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AAA Highly Suggests Winter Car Kit
“Triple A” is offering some advice to prepare drivers who encounter car trouble during winter weather. They suggest you pack a winter car-care kit. They recommend traveling with extra clothes like gloves, hats, boots, and heavy socks. Extra clothes will help protect against frostbite. You should also keep blankets or sleeping bags in your car to keep warm in case of a breakdown.
If you have a cell phone, make sure it is fully charged, and carry it with you. Another tip– in an emergency, you can place newspapers between your clothing layers to help retain body heat. | <urn:uuid:68a2259e-8cbe-4b7e-a4a7-fca26a942040> | https://www.klkntv.com/aaa-highly-suggests-winter-car-kit/ | en | 0.965508 | 0.326421 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
Airport security checks: 3 tips to avoid them
Tips and tricks
We have all been there. You arrive at the airport breathless because you’re already 15min late and you absolutely don’t want to lose that flight…and find yourself before an endless security check.
These are our top 3 tips to make air travel a little less painful:
1. Take a shortcut and avoid the (crowded) security line altogether. How? With fast lane passes or “Trusted Traveler Programs” like TSA PreCheck or Global Entry . Whether you can take advantage of those will depend on the airport (first case) and your passport (second one).
2. If you’re already there, make the process as quick an efficient as possible. This includes being aware of security restrictions about things like electronic devices, shoes or liquids. Other passengers will thank you as well. There is nothing worse than being stuck behind someone who must fish out his shampoo bottle from the depth of his bag.
3. Choose the “less beaten path” when planning your trip: if you haven’t booked yet, select a more convenient time and airport.
Let’s review those.
1. Take a shortcut: Trusted Traveler Programs and fast lanes
What’s the difference between a Trusted Traveler Program and a fast lane?
Trusted Traveler Programs make sense for people who travel a lot between some specific countries and depend on agreements between those countries. U.S. CBP define it as “expedited travel for pre-approved, low risk travelers through dedicated lanes and kiosks”. Due to the “pre-approved” part, they require paperwork and background checks, besides a membership fee. Hence why they don’t make sense if you’re going visit a country once.
Fast lanes or fast tracks are usually services provided by the airport and can be used as a more specific “shortcut”, like when you’re about to lose that connecting flight. Its rules change depending on the airport. For instance, Frankfurt Airport fast lanes are available to all passengers of the flights displayed on the boards. Some offer the possibility to buy fast track passes. It’s the case of Barcelona (4€), Manchester (£5) or Luton (£3–5£). And most already offer the service if you’re flying Business or First class. Just check the airport’s website.
What is TSA PreCheck?
TSA PreCheck is a government-sponsored program that started in October 2011. Enrolled travelers can go through a separate security line for domestic flights and international departures which doesn’t require removing your: shoes, laptops, liquids, belts and light jackets . According to TSA’s website, “In December 2017, 93% of TSA Pre✓® passengers waited less than 5 min”.
The 5-years membership costs 85$ and is available to USA citizens and permanent residents . You can apply on-line here , but will need to go through a in-person interview for a background check.
When flying back to the United States: Global Entry
When making reservations you’ll need to provide your “Known Traveler Number” or “KTN”; otherwise, your boarding pass won’t reflect your status.
While TSA PreCheck is valid only with certain airlines (see the list of participating airlines here ), Global Entry is valid regardless of which airline you’re flying. As with the first program, you’ll need to apply on-line and go through a background check.
Unlike TSA PreCheck, it’s not only available to USA citizens; consult the list here .
Other Trusted Traveler programs
- USA, Mexico and Canada: for USA citizens returning through either Canada or Mexico, security and custom lines can be simplified with a NEXUS (USA/Canada) or SENTRI membership (USA — Canada/Mexico. There is some overlapping with other USA’s Trusted Traveler Programmes, since NEXUS members can use Global Entry kiosks when entering the United States via Canadian Preclearance airports, and SENTRI uses NEXUS lanes when entering the US from Canada. DHS has a handy chart comparing the different programs.
- Netherlands / FLUX : It seems like FLUX is being replaced by the Registered Traveller Programme , which will allows e-passport holders from some non EEA-countries to use the e-Gates upon arrival, speeding the process. It should be available during the 2018 to citizens of Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Canada and the United States of America.
- Netherlands / Previum : passport holders of the European Economic Area can obtain a Previum membership (130€ — 250€) and enjoy a super-fast security clearance in Schipol (Amsterdam) Airport thanks to an automatic eye scan (among other perks)
- The United Kindgdom has a program called Registered Traveller ; members don’t need to fill a landing card upon arrival and can use the UK and EU entry lanes. It’s available to citizens of the following countries .
Other agreements available to US citizens for a faster arrival to or from the following countries:
Germany — EasyPASS. Allows the use of eGates upon arrival to Germany ( website )
Ireland — US Citizen Preclearance. Passengers arriving in the US are treated as domestic arrivals, allowing them to avoid immigration queues upon arrival and pick up their bags and go. ( website )
Australia — Global Entry, NEXUS or SENTRI members with an ePassport can use the SmartGate System upon arrival to Australia ( website ). It also available to other countries.
New Zealand — Global Entry members can use a separate lane upon arrival at certain airports (AKL, WLG, CHC) ( website )
Korea — Smart Entry Service. Similar to the SmartGate System or eGates, the traveler can use an automated gate instead of a face-to-face inspection. This agreement allows Global Entry members to apply to the Korean SES program ( website )
2. Be aware of security guidelines
Do I need to take off my shoes off?
It depends. Airports with an older security technology (think walk-through metal detectors) will require you to take off both shoes and anything metallic. With more modern scanners (for instance, the one in Schipol airport ) you’ll only need to take out shoes with a thick sole like platform boots.
Liquids policy: what is exactly a liquid?
When thinking about liquids your shower gel may come to mind, but it also includes things like lipstick, mascara or toothpaste. One of the items travelers have more doubts about are stick deodorants. TSA’s official website says there are no restriction on them, which means they are not counted as liquids. Powders and crystals are ok too.
All liquids must be placed in containers of less than 100ml and in a plastic bag.
All other types though will have to be carried in containers of 100 ml or less. And as with all other liquids, they must be placed in a single, resealable and transparent bag of 1 quart capacity. It can be something as simple as a ziplock bag or a fancier TSA approved toiletry bag (which can be bought on Amazon from around 10$)
Electronic devices
Last year the United States banned all electronic devices on cabin (they had to be checked in) larger than a smartphone for passangers travelling from specific countries, but then revoqued the restriction.
But TSA has a new rule that still applies to all passengers travelling inside the US: now any electronic device larger than a cellphone (like an ebook or tablet) must be screened separately.
At the moment of this publication, flights to the UK from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia also have restriction on electronic devices: any item bigger than 16.3 x 9.3 x 1.5cm must be checked in and are not allowed in cabin. As a reference, an iPad mini would be already over, at 20 x 13 x 0.6.
As a general rule, always screen your laptop separately. It’s also a good idea to take out digital cameras as well if their dimensions is considerable (for instance DLSRs)
Finally, the bag itself should be taken into account. I’m talking about the new smart luggage trend, which let you do things like charge your devices on the go or locate your via its built-in Bluetooth. The problem is, as usual, security; and some airlines like American Airlines, Delta and Alaska Airlines have already implemented a ban on smart luggage with non-removable lithium-ion batteries. Bags can still be checked if you take those batteries with you in the cabin. Bags with removable batteries are also accepted as a carry on.
American Airlines also added that non-removable batteries will be allowed, but only if the battery can be turned off.
3. Choose the less beaten path
It probably won’t come as a surprise to you, but there are certain dates when airports (and security lines) will be packed, no matter how efficient the travelers and the staff is. It will depend on the airport and country. In the US it may mean Thanksgiving, in Australia it’s Christmas and in Japan is Golden Week (between April and May).
If travel during those dates can’t be avoided, consider an alternative route through a smaller or secondary airport. Be careful though, as this can also backfire, since sometimes smaller airports also have fewer staff. The time needed to get there must be taken into account as well.
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Processed Foods: To eat, or not to eat?
October 14, 2016
What are processed foods?
Processed foods are foods that have gone through long processes of manufacturing. Just by looking at the list of ingredients you can tell whether or not a certain food is processed or not. The longer the ingredient list, the more processed a food is likely to be.
Now we’ve all heard the term “processed foods” in a very unhealthy context. But what is it about these that make them so frowned upon?
1. Nutrient Deficiency
When foods undergo excessive processes of manufacturing such as cooling, heating, thawing, etc to increase their shelf life, the vital nutrients present in these are often destroyed. Processed foods provide the body with null calories- calories that have a few or no nutrients at all. Which means consuming processed foods is like consuming huge amount of calories but receiving minimal number of nutrients through these. So obviously it would be wiser to eat non-processed foods that will provide maximum nutrients just by consuming a few calories instead of consuming nutrient deficit calories through processed foods.
2. Added chemicals
When foods undergo all this processing, the natural flavor of these foods is lost during the process. To retain these flavors back to the foods chemicals are added. Also coloring agents to give foods a better appearance and preservatives to improve their shelf life are mixed with these foods. One commonly used chemical used for preventing bacteria growth in meat is nitrites. Nitrites prevent the growth of bacteria on salamis, sausages and other meat products but at the same time these have been known to cause cancer. The same goes for coloring agents, they are responsible for making the food look more appetizing in appearance, but many of these agents are known to cause cancer in both humans and animals. Processed foods also contain copious amounts sodium which causes high blood pressure. So avoiding processed foods can be very beneficial for someone who suffers from high blood pressure.
There’s a lot more to it that’s added to these foods. And around 60% of our diets revolve around processed foods. So you can imagine the amount of bad stuff we end up consuming every single day.
What can be done?
One extreme approach we can adopt is to rely on a complete vegan or Paleo diet which may be suitable for a few people. But for those who cannot rely on such a diet should be more careful about the food products they’re consuming. It should be made sure that the food products that you’re buying are fresh and are later being prepared in your kitchen. Even though home prepared meals are also going under sautéing, de-glazing, braising, cooling, wrapping, pressing, cutting which are considered to be methods of food processing, it’s always easier to consume such foods instead of consuming clumsy ‘natural foods’ foods are, of course, crappy when they undergo all those processes. But they’re only harmful if consumed in extreme amounts. Moderation is what we’re looking for to have a fit and healthy lifestyle. So don’t starve yourself and be smart enough to consume right for your body.
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Lord Varaha Lifting a Globe Earth?
Does the 8th century Durga Vishnu temple in Aihole actually show Lord Varaha lifting a globe Earth?
There is a picture often being spread on social media with the claim that an ancient carving of Lord Varaha shows him lifting a globe Earth hundreds of years before modern science had come to this conclusion. The above picture is one example of what is being sent.
When you look at a clear closeup photo, it is actually a shankha (conchshell), not a globe. The shankha (conch) and chakra (discus) are being held in the Lord's two hands as His weapons. It has nothing to do with a globe Earth and He is not lifting it with his nose. On the far left side is the matching chakra that goes along with the conchshell on the right:
The Earth is represented by the female Devi He is lifting. In South Indian temples Bhu Devi (Earth) is always shown in human form with Lord Varaha. She is Goddess Lakshmi.
The temple carvings them self are also not necessarily ancient (though some may be), as the temple was restored in recent times. You can see in a picture from 1855 and one from today that the entire temple dome was remade along with many other parts of the temple, as it had been lying in complete ruins for centuries. | <urn:uuid:f4861cfd-b5ff-4089-b690-44facce8112f> | https://www.radha.name/news/india/lord-varaha-lifting-a-globe-earth | en | 0.975681 | 0.430636 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
Text on red background reads: Someone chimes in with have you heard that a diet to heal his gut could help? I saw a book the other day about it. - Amy Bean
Hard to stomach
I saw a conversation the other day and I was struck by how people are so ignorant about autism that they just eat up anything the Internet serves them and without knowing much more than a headline, that becomes their base knowledge. Click bait on a variety of autism causes and cures is certainly not something that gives you real knowledge on the subject.
My friend was discussing her autistic son on Facebook being bullied at school. He’s not coping and getting sent home almost everyday. It was in great detail, with lots of information on the child’s situation.
Many people offered suggestions and advice about how to support or help the child. Things like how to talk to the child about the situation, talking to the school and related people that could support and help, removing the child from school, offering help to the mum for a break etc.
Someone chimes in with “have you heard that a diet to heal his gut could help? I saw a book the other day about it.”
JUST DON’T be that person saying that a child being bullied, probably just needs a new diet because it’s his stomach creating this situation.
Bullies and coping with school would not be an issue if his stomach was addressed? Really? The school situation is all in your heads? Let’s blame the child’s fragile digestive system, that I know nothing about.
See how wonderful it is when someone who isn’t in any way qualified to make such grand suggestions, can just enlighten you with all their Internet woo and latest cure or cause of autism fix.
How about the next time you have a rough time at work, your boss is being difficult, you feel unsupported, you’re tired and your house is filthy, your relationship is breaking down and someone suggests you may just need to look at the correlation between these problems and gut issues.
How would you feel?
I’m guessing I would be really pissed off.
And you should. As should someone who suggests the bullying and concerns with school are due to your son being autistic, with an undiagnosed bully inducing gut issue.
I have had a gut full of people correlating the gut and autism as causes or cures for being autistic.
Many people I know benefit from gluten free, dairy free, casein free diets, or whatever is best for that person to avoid. I know autistic people who do feel better on a diet that involves avoiding foods that cause them problems. They are no less autistic.
It’s important to remember that what people eat can impact on how they feel and function but it can never change their neurology.
Lately I no longer feel like I can be bothered with the niceties or I just want to nod when people say things that irk me about autism. Or are flat out ignorant, ableist and offensive. I don’t want to start a debate because most of the time I care not for the conversations I hear over and over. My off switch is triggered and getting ready for shooting out my quickest comment and shutting down.
The misinformation that constantly parades around about things like causes of autism, arguing over functioning labels (my child’s ‘severe’, I don’t think yours is), the “treatments” and woo Internet cures really bothers me. And exhausts me.
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1. JulieKay Dudley
JulieKay Dudley says:
I agree, while I am not on the spectrum, my 29 yr old daughter is. I have also done LOTS of research (I’m a bit of a research nerd anyway) on Autism, have heard and seen so much of what I call “snake-oil” remedies. I do try to educate when I hear misinformation, and it does get exhausting even for me, but I can only imagine how frustrating and exhausting it is to someone on the Spectrum who is able to engage in the discourse. I felt your frustration in your well written and thoughtful piece.
2. Shamanka
Shamanka says:
I’m on the spectrum and I find that certain people will always make ignorant comments and they’re not confined to the autistic community but can be on any topic at all. My own mother makes incredibly ignorant comments and I’ve learned to just let them go. We can’t change the way other people are but we can change our reactions. I find that with all the other difficulties my autism brings, I don’t want to add rage at the ignorants to them.
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Des fleurs!” cry the night florists. “Des fleurs!” They are starving, and they roam Paris on long feet, rangy as dogs.
“I need some flowers!” whispers a lonely man on a streetcorner, wearing a sad suit. The night florists converge, then, on dovecotes and flagpoles. The two strongest eye each other: they must duel for his francs.
Dusenne draws a lily, for warding. Verine draws azaleas, for fragile passion. They leap, and slice the moonlight; their blood is black as silk. When Verine stands triumphant, the lonely man has fled.
It’s really hard to sell anything when you’re a night florist.
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235: Women in Film: Beth Aala and Made In Boise
Hi, I’m Alex!
Today’s show highlights a fascinating PBS documentary, which premieres just a few days from now. It’s made by a dear friend of mine and covers an intriguing phenomenon taking place in Boise, Idaho.
Beth Aala is a three-time Emmy Award-winning producer and Peabody Award winner for her documentary work at HBO. Her most recent documentary is Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman, which she co-directed and produced. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017. Beth is here to discuss her new documentary that will air on PBS on October 28, so check your local listings for more information. The film is called Made In Boise, and it highlights the incredible, booming surrogacy industry that has emerged in Boise, Idaho. Beth shares her approach to the film, the relationships she witnesses, the politics of surrogacy, and the number of strong feelings and opinions brought on by this topic. I believe it’s important for women to see and hear stories about women that are made by women. Beth has built her successful career around the creation of these stories.
Music Credit: My good friend Lindsay Katt –
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Show Highlights:
• The surprising topic of Made In Boise: the booming surrogacy program
• How Beth stumbled upon this story
• Why Boise has become a hotbed for the surrogacy community
• How overseas surrogacy options have become exploitative and very limited
• How surrogates in Boise get paid $23K and up for their services
• Why the idea of paid surrogacy makes people uncomfortable
• The surprising challenges Beth faced in making the film
• How gay rights factored into the story
• Why commercial surrogacy is still illegal in MI and NY—and how people are working to change the laws
• How Beth deals with others’ biases in telling the story of surrogacy
• How the film brings up personal feelings and opinions
• What might happen next with the surrogacy industry in Boise
• How race factors into the decision to use a surrogate or become a surrogate
• How families have bonded over the surrogacy arrangement
• Why Boise has become a booming community of immigrants from all over the world
• What’s next in promoting the film
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Aural Oral Rehabilitation
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Jeddah Institute for Speech and Hearing (JISH)
Hearing is an important mechanism. We only realize how important it is when weare deprived of. Until recently, it was commonly believed that those who cannot hear could not speak as well. Nowadays, however, this concept has changed, as with using the appropriate hearing aid devices and receiving rehabilitation services, most hearing-impaired people can understand speech and communicate orally with others.
Our experience as a leading center in the field of communication disorders has taught us that no rehabilitation program can succeed without pursuing treatment at home. This concept is even more important if the person suffering for hearing impairment is a child, as parents take the bigger role to ensure hearing aids are working properly and provide him/her with the necessary hearing skills, to facilitate language acquisition and match peers with normal hearing. For parents to meet their duty in the rehabilitation process, they should first be aware of key principles of aural-oral rehabilitation and milestones the child should pass before he/she can communicate orally with others.
JISH Aural/Oral Rehabilitation Unit:
Children with hearing impairment need rehabilitation programs that can promote the development of hearing and listening skills necessary for the normal acquisition of language like their peers with normal hearing. Such programs are known as Aural/Oral Rehabilitation programs. Despite their superficial differences, they all focus on developing hearing and listening skills in the hearing impaired child to facilitate his/her language acquisition process.
What is Aural/Oral Rehabilitation?
The concept of Aural/Oral Rehabilitation emerged as a result of scientific and technical advancements in the field of hearing impairment treatment, where it was crucial for rehabilitation and therapy techniques to be in line with these advancements. The great advances made in hearing aid technology and in cochlear implant surgeries have now provided many hearing impaired children with the opportunity to receive this kind of rehabilitation. Using hearing aids or cochlear implant surgeries (or both), most hearing impaired children can hear and communicate orally with others, which is what oral rehabilitation is based on.
Supporters of aural/oral rehabilitation believe that reliance on hearing and using speech to communicate can help hearing impaired childrenblend more effectively with society and educational system.This principle is especially important in the Middle East, because there is no other viable option for communication, for example, there is no established universal Arabic sign language to be used by hearing-impaired children in learning or communicating yet.
However, Aural/oral communication is not the only communication method available for the hearing impaired; other methods include using total communication, which uses gestures (signs), lip reading and writing, or whatever is available to communicate with other.Sign language is another method for communication; however, as mentioned earlier, sign language has not been unified in the Middle East such as the American Sign Language (ASL). Total communication and sign language are the treatment of choice when the child fails to benefit from the hearing aids or when the child’s parents cannot adapt to the aural/oral rehabilitation program requirements.
Key Principles of Aural/Oral rehabilitation:
This part addresses the fundamental principles of Aural/Oral Rehabilitation, i.e. the use of oral language, early diagnosis, parents’ cooperation, treatment sessions, speech development through hearing, integration of learning and living environment, stimulation of hearing skills, constant evaluation, and encouraging children to depend on themselves in communication.
One: Encourage the child to use oral language to communicate. To achieve this, we must talk to the child and not use visual communication methods such as gestures and signs; as these are not part of the aural/oral method.
Two: Encourage identifying hearing loss as early as possible andproviding the child with the appropriate hearing aids, FM device, or to have the child undergo cochlear implant surgery, to enable the child to learn how to hear and speak in the early years of his/her life. That is why no time should be wasted in providing the child with the ability to hear. The appropriate hearing aids are chosen on an individual basis for each case to enhance the child’s ability to hear others while speaking and learn to speak. This is where the audiologist and ENTspecialist (when necessary) join handsto achieve the maximum hearing level for the child.
Three: Develop a partnership between parents and the therapist to train parents on how to provide the best oral learning opportunities for their child, through communicating with the child orally, encouraging others to follow their example, and preventing them from using wrong communication methods with their child (such as using “soundless” talking, whispering,using gestures or shortened sentences, etc.).
Parents will also be required to attend therapy sessions with their child to receive guidance and advice on methods that can be used to teach their child to talk within the natural household and social environments. Parents, rather than the aural/oral specialist or hearing impaired teacher, are the main source of learning for the child.Parents also learn how to use various opportunities in a child’s life to develop his/her listening and speaking skills.
Four: Each child and his/her parents receive individual therapy sessions in which an individual therapy plan is designedto meet the child’s specific needs. The role of the aural therapist is restricted to training, guiding andadvising parents until listening and speaking become natural for their child. Each child and family have unique and different needs, which is why they are addressed individually.
Five: Develop the child spoken language through listening and hearing. During this process, the hearing-impaired child learns to listen to his/her own voice, and to imitate the speech of those around in the same manner as normal hearing children do. The child begins to coo, then to babble, then to approximate the sound of words, and eventually progressesto
single words and sentences. The child is not directly trained to lip read, however, he/she develops this skill naturally from daily exposure to spoken language and observing facial expressions of speakers.
Six: Natural living and learning environments should be combined in a way that enables the child to learn daily chores, recreational activities, hopes and aspirations of the family. Parents are also encouraged to treat their hearing impaired child similarly to their other children.
Seven: Motivate and guide the child through the natural developmental milestones necessary for the acquisition of hearing, speech and language skills. The aural/oral rehabilitation program focuses on teaching the child to be attentive to different sounds that stimulate the areas of the brain that process hearing, language acquisition and oral communication. As the child’s ability to discriminate between sounds and his/her auditory memory improve, his vocabulary, phrases, and sentences begin to expand. Parents are encouraged to use daily events to reinforce the child’s listening and language skill. The child’s first years of hearing are crucial to establish the listening and hearing foundations necessary for oral communication.
Eight: Technological and therapy needs of a hearing-impaired child can change over time. Iit is,therefore, important to evaluate and monitor his/her needs constantly, which is why therapy is seen as continuous diagnosis process where information about the child level and needs are collected and discussed with parents and the treatment program is adjusted accordingly.
Nine: Train the child to depend on himself/herself in communication and encourage him/her to socialize and learn. By making friends with normal hearing children and going to normal hearing children preschools and
schools, the child is provided with oral communication models and made familiar with what is socially required of him/her.
Key requirements for the success of the Aura/Oral Rehabilitation Program:
The success of the aural/oral Rehabilitation Program depends on the availability of a hearing environment, the proper implementation of the rehabilitation program and family engagement.
1. The hearing environment:
In aural/oral rehabilitation programs, the child learns spoken language through listening and hearing, and not through seeing. Therefore, it is natural that the training takes place in an environment that encourages listening to facilitate understanding information, which in turn promotes learning.To encourage listening:
• Sit in close proximity to the child (on the side of the better ear)
• Talk from a close proximity to the child’s hearing aid or his/her cochlear implant
• Talk to the child naturally (avoid shouting or whispering)
• When talking to the child, avoid sitting in an area where there is background noise (television, air-conditioning etc.)
• Use tones rich in intonation, rhythm, and expressive elements(such as using a happy, sad or angry tone, etc.)
• Use acoustic highlighting (emphasize the incomprehensible word by pronouncing it louder or using a different tone than the rest of the sentence).
1. The treatment program:
The aural/oral rehabilitation sessions are usually diagnostic and provide guidance, used to evaluate both the child and parents’ progress and skills. During these individual sessions, the therapist assesses each child and his/her family specific needs individually. These sessions can take place in clinics or schools. The therapist can use the child’s own toys or small figures to encourage conversation with the child through listening and hearing.
Most aural/oral rehabilitation sessions are an hour to an hour and a half long weekly, which is why the parents’ participation is essential to the success of the program.Through their encouragement and guidance, parents develop confidence to implement the necessary strategies and techniques to reach the goal. Oral rehabilitation therapist outlines, guides and trains parents to help their child achieve the maximum use of his/her aural abilities. In addition to these individual sessions, the child might also attend group sessions to achieve specific goals, such as learning to communicate appropriately with his/her peers, amongst others.
Together as a team, the parents and the therapist set specific goals for the child to work on at home. For young children, these goals include playing with toys, performingdaily household activities. For older children, they includestorytelling, developing speaking and listening skills in noisy environments and learning topics relevantto school curriculum. All these goals depend on the child development and hearing skill levels. These
hearing and listening skills are developed through play, daily routine activities as well as oriented activities and songs.
1. Parents engagement:
Aural/Oral Rehabilitation philosophy is based on the point of view that children learn language more easily when they interact with people they have a bond with (i.e. their parents in their homes, and while taking part in activities that they enjoy and that are meaningful for them in a comfortable and secure environment). For that reason, parents observation and participationin sessions are very importantfor the following reasons:
• Provide the best models of communication to use with the child to promote hearing and language and communication activities at home to be followed by others.
• How to plan introducing hearing, listening, speech and language to their child’s daily activities .
• Communicate with therapists as partners in the rehabilitation of their child.
• Inform the therapist about their child’s interests and abilities.
• Ability to understand the meaningoftheir child’s first attempts to communicate.
• Develop methods to deal with any concerns they may have about their child’s behavior.
• Record and discuss their child progress.
• Understand the short-term and long-term goals of the treatment plan.
• Develop self confidence to deal with their hearing impaired child.
• Make informed decisions.
• Protect the rights of their child (for example:preventing others from using signs and gestures instead of spoken language with their child).
Factors affecting progress:
Children and their families have different learning styles and lifestyles. As a result, hearing and communication development level varies from one child to another, and their progress often depends on several factors, such as:
• Childage when first diagnosed with the hearing impairment.
• The earlier the hearing loss is discovered the better the prognosis.
• Cause(etiology) or the type of hearing loss.
• Severityof the hearing loss.
• Efficacyof the hearing aids or cochlear implant.
• Efficacyof the audiology services provided(hearing aids software, etc.)
• Childgeneral health.
• Emotionalwellbeing of the child’s family.
• Level of parents engagement.
• Levelof proficiency of the therapist.
• Parents’ skills.
• Childindividual learning style.
• Childcognitive ability.
• Cooperation of the child’s surrounding environment (his friends and family).5
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In January, I joined 23andMe to oversee the privacy and security of our customers’ information. I am responsible for coordinating the many teams and team members across 23andMe who manage our website, conduct scientific research, and provide customer support to ensure that customer information remains appropriately safeguarded and secure.
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I also spend time talking with 23andMe customers and potential customers about privacy and security related issues.
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Farming is a skill about growing plants. trees and crops. The skill can be unlocked by starting the Bob the Farmer quest (Completing is not a requirement to unlock, it is however to get access to Bob). The products are used as brewing ingredients, food or woods.
Players earn farming XP when harvesting crops. The higher tier the seeds are, the better XP they yield. High XP seeds are most likely rarer.
Farming level allows a player to grow high level seeds and prevent certain types of seeds from dying (see below).
Farming patchesEdit
After finishing the quest, Bob starts finding seeds with his Rake. Bob's wife Bobette will join him later with her Trowel, after completing her quest. The, initially slow, accumulation rate can been boosted by socketing Gems into the rake. Each level of gem adds an additional 5% chance of finding seeds, with a maximum bonus of 20%.
Four farming patches with red mushrooms growing
There are 4 farming plots to grow seeds on, with 2 more plots available as a donor perk. Seeds can be planted by clicking on the plot and selecting the image of the seed one wants to plant. Crops are harvested by clicking on the grown plant. Completing the Factory farming quest gives players access to the planter. This allows players to plant all plots at the same time with the same seed. If for some reason one plants the wrong seed, he can click on the plot and remove what he has growing to clear the plot. The planter can not remove growing plants from farming plots.
Completing Bob's Uncle quest allows players to access his farm. Only mushrooms can be planted there however because of the soil being too dry, and half of the yields are kept by him.
There are four type of seeds based on its function.
Primary seeds are grown for primary brewing ingredients, which mostly are variants of leaves. They have a chance of dying until players reach a certain farming level. The dying chance is 1/7.
Some kind of these seeds give the highest farming XP, like Striped Crystal Leaf Seeds or Crystal Leaf Seeds.
Secondary seeds are grown for secondary brewing ingredients, which are mushrooms, grasses and Strange Leaf, a special leaf that can only be obtained from woodcutting and Trees or monsters. None of the secondary seeds require bonemeal to grow and they usually give very little farming XP.
Tree seeds give logs and farming XP. They usually give decent XP, although with a (very) long growing time. Players can get tree seeds from chopping trees in Woodcutting patches, but not from trees growing in farming patches. They also can be obtained from workers.
Food seeds are alternative food sources besides fish from fishing, and only get collected by Bobette. For that reason, they give very low farming XP but yet take a long time to grow. Food seeds don't use bonemeal.
Higher level tree and leaf seeds use bonemeal to grow.
See more at Bonemeal Bin.
Livestock Edit
Livestock or cattle is a skill branch that allows players to raise animals and collect products from them.
See more at Animals.
List of all seeds Edit
Type Seed Grow lvl Dying lvl XP Time
XP/Min. Bonemeal Rarity Avg. rate (no gem)
Special DarkMushroomSeeds 1 N/A 100 1 100 N/A N/A N/A
Special GrassSeeds 20 N/A 1 0.25 4 N/A N/A N/A
Special StardustSeeds 30 N/A 1,000 30 33.3 5 Common 0-3/potion
Special LightMushroomSeeds 75 N/A 1,000 90 11.1 N/A 1-4/12 hours
Special PumpkinSeeds 40 N/A 100 60 1.67 N/A N/A Obsolete
Special WhiteLeafSeeds 0 100 10,000 120 83.3 N/A N/A N/A
Food CarrotSeeds 15 N/A 60 45 1.33 N/A Common
Food TomatoSeeds 35 N/A 150 90 1.67 N/A Uncommon
Food PotatoSeeds 55 N/A 300 180 1.67 N/A Very uncommon
Secondary RedMushroomSeeds 1 N/A 25 15 1.67 N/A Very common 1/4'000
Primary DottedGreenLeafSeeds 1 10 100 15 6.67 N/A Common 1/10'000
Food WheatSeeds 5 N/A 35 5 7 N/A Very common
Primary GreenLeafSeeds 10 20 300 45 6.67 N/A Uncommon 1/29'000
Secondary BlewitMushroomSeeds 15 N/A 150 30 5 N/A Common 1/8'000
Tree TreeSeeds 15 25 1000 180 5.56 N/A N/A N/A
Primary LimeLeafSeeds 20 30 900 90 10 N/A Very uncommon 1/68'000
Secondary SnapegrassSeeds 30 N/A 400 60 6.67 N/A Uncommon 1/20'000
Tree OakTreeSeeds 30 40 2,000 360 5.56 N/A N/A N/A
Primary GoldLeafSeeds 40 55 2,500 180 13.89
Very uncommon 1/200'000
Tree WillowTreeSeeds 50 60 4,000 480 8.33 15 N/A N/A
Tree MapleTreeSeeds 65 75 10,000 720 13.89 30 N/A N/A
Primary CrystalLeafSeeds 70 80 22,500 720 31.25 50 Rare 1/2'000'000
Tree StardustTreeSeeds 75 85 16,000 960 16.67 50 N/A N/A
Primary StripedCrystalLeafSeeds 85 95 85,000 1,200 71.25 100 Very rare 1/6'000'000
Tree AncientTreeSeeds 95 100 40,000 2,400 16.67 100 N/A N/A
Tree RedwoodTreeSeeds
Tree StrangeLeafTreeSeeds 90 95 20,000 1200 16.67 65 N/A
Trivia Edit
• Farming is the only skill involving characters that come with tools.
Mining Crafting Woodcutting Farming Brewing Combat Fishing Cooking Magic
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Kieri Suizahn Portrait
Kieri Suizahn, a Water Angel
Angels are the upstanding, polite, and kind-hearted natural citizens of Heaven. These creations of Mother Gaia do their best to make the Afterlife pleasant for souls worthy enough to find their way into the Kingdom of Paradise after death. If there’s one thing they truly despise, however, it’s the savage Demons who hail from Hell.
Physical Appearance
Angels look very similar to Humans except for their pointed ears, very pale skin and their hair color. All Angels have naturally snow-white hair but they dye their hair according to their element type. Males tend to have mostly white hair while only dying their hair-bangs a different color, while Females dye all of their hair while leaving their hair-bangs white. The standard Angel attire consists of a white long-sleeve sweater (with the end of their sleeves colored according to their element) and pants that are colored according to their element; along with a tabard with the symbol and colors of their element. They are also given a tattoo of their element branded on their left arm as another way of color-coding.
While Angels are known to have large white wings and a halo over their head, that is not available to them right away. They tend to receive a Sun Emblem for their wings, though the Star Emblem that's needed for the halo they need to earn.
Angels are naturally good-willed and uphold a sense of virtue that is expected of their kind and the people of Medius. Most Angels tend to be gentle, well disciplined and are more close to each other in terms of bonding through family and friendship than Demons. Despite their good nature, many have a sense of pride for being a higher race than Medians and view Demons as nothing more than blood-thirty monsters.
While Angels tend to avoid violence and desire peace, Warrior Angels are raised to combat Demons and through their experiences their views on them tend to be even harsher. Depending on their upbringing and experiences with them, a Warrior Angel may grow an intense hatred toward them and will zealously kill any and all Demons they see; whether or not they are innocent and even children are put down by their wrath.
In some cases an Angel may ignore their teachings when it comes to Demons who are not like what they were taught, and treat them no differently than any other Angel or Median. This can lead to them befriending the Demon(s), adopting orphaned children or even lead to a romantic relationship. This is often frowned upon by the other Angels and may see them as mentally-ill or under the evil influence of the Demon. A Warrior Angel may also attempt to kill the Angel (or anyone else for that matter) for such an act.
It's also possible an Angel may go against Heaven's teachings and end up on the same side as the Demons of Hell's Army. So far, only two Angels, the unnamed one and the seraph known as Verammi have been revealed to end up like this; Verammi joined due to hating her people's culture and how they were serving a God who was never around, and currently it's still unknown why the other has joined but was recruited by Father Syndel himself for those reasons.
Because Heaven appears to not possess food or drink, while Hell was hinted of having them, most of their eating habits came after they would come to Medius. So far, Angels appear to dislike meat. When it comes to alcohol, it only takes a small amount to get them very tipsy.[1] Verammi is so far the only Angel to consume alcohol and was able to maintain some composure despite drinking vast quantities of it.
Angels are born the same way as Humans and seem to have nearly identical courtship rituals involving marriage. However they seem to age more slowly than the other races but still tend to live longer. They tend to treat birthday's as like a succession of survival given their current status in the war with the Demons.
Lately, Angels (and Demons) are having a hard time even having children. Not just from the constant fighting but in general it's rare to see as young as Kieri or even Tirol. To them, having children is a powerful status symbol.
Like Demons, Angels do not reincarnate when they die. Their soul is returned to Gaia in order to be remade into another Angel.
Social Classes
Powers and Abilities
Angels are considered to be the best Magic Users in every realm regardless of elemental affiliation. Unlike Demons, there is no difference between how each type of Angel fights in terms of Magic outside of their skill level. Each type of Angel can use spells that fit within their elemental affinity and are known for the following skills:
Holy Magic: A unique school of Magic exclusive to Angels, it is the near equivalent to the Demon's Darkness Magic. Holy Magic acts as a mostly defensive magic school with few offensive uses. It can be used to heal others (including Demons, despite Holy being best used against them) as well as put them to sleep. Caretaker Angels are said to be more proficient in using this school of magic versus Warrior Angels.
Weapon Specialization: Because Angels are not very strong physically, they must rely on using weapons on top of using Magic. Warrior Angels can specialize in either close-range or long-range combat, depending on their skill and personal preference. So far they are shown to be capable of using swords, scythes, spears and bows.
Angel Emblems
Main article: Angel Emblems
Angels earn these Emblems through hard work and training, and their ranks correspond to how many Emblems a single Angel has. There are three total:
• Sun Emblem: Is said to calm the hearts of and bestow wings onto Angels.
• Star Emblem: Gives Angels halos and enhances concentration, which helps with using magic.
The Emblems are holy items and ordinarily can be touched only by Angels due to a protective enchantment. By removing that enchantment the emblems can be used by Demons for reasons yet to be explained.
• Angel weapons loosely resemble their users' elemental symbols. [2][3]
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Todo esta bien… “Everything is OK”
Have a lovely rest of your week!!!
Bye Pote, we’ll miss you so so much!
Today passed away a big, important man: Jose Luis Parga Puente. He was my grandfather and a man that many admire. With only a few years of elementary school, he was able to build a successful career as a reporter, journalist, author, pilot, family man, among many other titles. If you’re from Monterrey, my hometown, you probably read his column, he worked for the most important news paper in the region, “El Norte” he wrote mostly about 2 of his passions, Golf and Box. These passions and his tenacity even gave him an award for best international sports broadcaster at the World Trade Center. A guy from very humble beginnings, a guy that taught us all how to enjoy music, dance and drink the proper way…
A wise man that told me that the guy that I was obsessed with (many years ago) was obviously gay (closeted at the time), to get over it hahaha. A very strict and kind man that talked to me like an adult, corrected me and would let me know how I could be better; that supported me and my family when things were tough. He was also for sure a picky guy from whom I learned how to treat VIPs and high maintenance people, a very loving, protective man that didn’t want us to see him suffer.
I was able to enjoy many of the finest things on earth thanks to him: trips, food, art, knowledge, culture, religion; he was so so interesting, I wish you could have met him! His humor wasn’t always well received and many thought he was too strict, but his heart melted with any of his grandchildren, he loved us and made me feel special all the time.
I will definitely miss his words and quirkiness; I’ll have to get used to going to lunch in Monterrey without him telling us whats the coolest spot in town. I already miss so much of him! I am grateful that I enjoyed him as much as I did, he is such a big part of who I am.
Anyway, I wanted to write a tribute to my “Pote”the writer that taught himself how to do almost everything, and that never hesitated to share that knowledge with whomever was around…
Hoy murió un hombre muy importante: José Luis Parga Puente. Él era mi abuelo y alguien admirado y querido por muchos.
Con solo unos cuantos años de educación, fue capaz de construir una carrera exitosa como cronista, autor, piloto, hombre de familia, etc. Si eres de Monterrey, de donde soy yo, probablemente alguna vez leíste su columna en el “El Norte” el periódico más importante de la región donde casi siempre escribía sobre sus 2 pasiones Golf y Box; de hecho, gracias a esta pasión, y su increíble dedicación, fue que ganó un premio por ser el mejor cronista internacional de deportes en el World Trade Center. Un hombre de orígenes muy humildes, alguien que nos enseñó a disfrutar la música, bailar y tomar como debe de ser…
Un Señor muy sabio que me supo decir que aquel muchacho con el que yo estaba obsesionada (hace muchos años) era obviamente gay (yo no tenía idea en ese entonces), que lo superara ¡YA! Jajaja. Un hombre muy estricto y lindo, que me trataba como adulto, me corregía y hacia saber que tanto mejor podía ser; que nos ayudó a mí y a mi familia en tiempos difíciles.
También era una persona bastante especial y quisquillosa de quien aprendí el muy particular arte de tratar a VIPs. Un hombre muy amoroso y protector que nunca soportó que lo viéramos sufrir.
Gracias a él supe de las mejores cosas de la vida: viajes, comida, arte, sabiduría, cultura, religión; él era tan interesante, ¡Ojalá lo hubieras conocido! Su humor no siempre era bien recibido y muchos pensaban que podía ser algo sangrón, pero su corazón se derretía con cualquiera de sus nietos, nos amaba mucho y definitivamente siempre me hacía sentir especial.
Me van a faltar sus palabras y curiosidades; tendré que acostumbrarme a ir a comer a Monterrey sin sus recomendaciones sobre los lugares más nuevos y de onda. ¡Ya lo extraño tanto!
Agradezco mucho todo lo que lo disfruté, es una parte tan grande y esencial de quien soy.
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UX Writing Essentials: Error Messages
Key points – When writing error messages, make sure users understand what has happened and what they can do to fix the problem. Think of error messages as a blueprint for a solution, not just as an acknowledgement of a problem.
Image of an error message
What's an error message?
Error messages tell users that something has gone wrong in the past. Some kind of problem has occurred and users have to take action in order to solve it. This makes error messages different from other, similar messages, such as warnings or confirmation dialogues – those relate to something that might occur in the future.
Error messages are the roadblocks in any digital experience. The little bumps along the road. While nobody likes to see them, they are necessary to highlight an issue, and, most importantly, to help users fix it.
So don’t think of your error messages as, “Oh my god, something went wrong", but rather: “Something went wrong. Here’s how you can fix it." To do that, your error message should answer these 3 questions:
1. What went wrong?
2. Why did it go wrong?
3. How can users solve this?
(If you don’t have a lot of space, for example when you’re writing inline error messages, focus on 1. and 2. – those are the most important ones. The key is to let users know what went wrong and to help them find a solution.)
Structure of an error message
Usually, the structure of an error message consists of a heading, some body copy and one or two CTAs. Ideally, your error messages work even if the user doesn’t read the body copy (which is often the case). Let your heading and primary CTA do the heavy lifting.
Structure of an error message
Give a concise summary of the problem. Avoid ambiguity (e.g., “Something went wrong"), don’t be apologetic (e.g., “We’re sorry, but…") and don't try to deflect the problem ("Oops..."). Be clear about what has happened.
Body copy
Your body copy should do two things. It should explain the problem. Go into a bit more detail, but keep it concise. And it should offer an actionable solution. That way, users don't get stuck in a “dead end".
CTA (Call to action)
Make sure that the CTA properly describes the action it triggers. Often, a CTA just makes sure that a user has acknowledged the problem. In those cases, "OK" or "Close" can be sufficient.
Sometimes, however, your CTA needs to trigger a specific action, for example "Re-enter password". That's when you need to be more specific and give users an idea what's going to happen when they tap that CTA. If you want to know more about how they work, you can read more about CTAs here (opens in new window)
Tone and voice
When trying to find the right tone for your error message, imagine the user’s mindset. It’s usually not going to be pleasant, and the emotions might range from mild annoyance to anxiety or full-on anger. In any case, nowhere in the “happy" spectrum.
In those situations, a clear, simple way out is probably the best thing you can offer. No long-winded apologies, quirky comments or complicated, technical descriptions.
That's why the tone of an error message should be:
Different types of error messages
Most error messages follow the pattern we discussed above. There are a couple error messages that work differently. But whatever kind of error message you’re writing, users should always know what has happened, and what they can do to solve the problem. Here are a couple of examples.
Inline error messages
These appear while the user is entering information, usually on form fields. If a user makes a mistake, don't blame them (“You entered a wrong password!"). Instead, make your message positive and actionable:
Two inline error messages
Toast messages
Some errors require the user to take action outside of your app or website. For example, when there’s no internet connection. In such a case, it’s fine to just show a toast message that simply states the problem – most users will know what to do with this kind of information.
A toast message in an iPhone wireframe
404 pages
A 404 page indicates that the browser is able to communicate with the server, but it can’t find the exact link a user is looking for. And while 404 pages aren't error messages in the usual sense, they work in the same way. They're usually not the most high-stakes kind of error, so you can use it as an opportunity to let your project’s character shine through. Just make sure to spell out the 404 error code and add a link that takes users back to the home page.
Pixar's 404 page Pixar's 404 page (opens in new window)
One error message per problem
I’ve found that, quite often, developers want to cover multiple error scenarios with a single, “generic" error message. While this can save some work, it doesn’t make sense from a user’s perspective. Generic messages are vague by definition and offer little opportunity to actually solve a problem. Generally, go for one error message per error scenario.
Error messages: to be or not to be
And, last but not least, the best error message is the one that doesn’t even show up. If you know that there’s a problem in the UX, design, copy or code of your project, fix it first – don’t just slap an error message on it and let the user figure it out.
Conversely, the worst error messages also don’t show up: whenever the user does encounter a significant problem, there should be an error message to go with it. Make sure your user always knows what’s going on. | <urn:uuid:8b6d584f-db05-4d77-857d-8b089ff47dd5> | https://uxcopyblog.com/essentials_error_messages.html | en | 0.904649 | 0.022447 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
Zoom Fatigue: The Struggles Nonprofits are Facing
HomeZoom Fatigue: The Struggles Nonprofits are Facing
Zoom Fatigue: The Struggles Nonprofits are Facing
Zoom fatigue… it's real and it's effecting more people than you may think. During this pandemic, businesses and organizations were forced to close and move online. While a lot of the country is opening up, most states are still being encouraged to work at home if they're able to, forcing meetings and programs to Zoom. Although Zoom is a great platform because it keeps us seeing each other's faces and engaged, it is exhausting us.
Staring at the computer all day is hard enough, but the pressure of making sure you and your background are presentable, no one popping into the background of your screen, having to repeat yourself because you froze- we're already tired and that's only a few factors. It's only natural that everyone is on edge in a global pandemic, but believe it or not, Zoom is adding to this. When you or another participant's screen freezes, it's frustrating. You are not able to pick up other participant's social cues on Zoom, which may lead to tension. Then, to add on to all of this, because you're on a Zoom call you feel obligated to have your screen on. So, you are then staring at yourself for way longer than you would on a normal non-Zoom day.
But, like we mentioned before, Zoom is a great way to stay engaged with people in real time. Nonprofits cannot afford to lose this time with its audience, so if you have to stay on Zoom here are some tips to lessen your fatigue.
• If you are able, turn off your screen. Reserve the mirror for staring at yourself, not your meeting time.
• Before and after Zoom calls, don't be on your screen. This is your reminder to take breaks throughout your days!
• Limit your programs and meetings. Our clients have told us one hour is the longest they've been able to hold Zoom events.
• Don't multitask. When you are multitasking, you are silently adding to your fatigue. It makes sense that you would think it's easier to things while on your Zoom call, but it's not. One thing at a time.
If you're looking for ways to limit your Zoom usage:
• Create a podcast. This requires no eyes, and podcasts are huge. You can talk about anything and it can be listened anywhere. That's the beauty of a podcast. You can bring on guests, you can open a call-in line, you can talk about what's been happening at your Nonprofit during Covid-19, what your future looks like and more.
• Create videos for users to watch at any time. These can range from tutorials, to interviews, to a pre-recorded program.
• Start a blog! Feature different people from within your Nonprofit as guest writers.
• Send out pre-planned programs. This is especially great for Nonprofits whose majority is children. Think scavenger hunts, crossword puzzles, recipes. The beauty of this, is it gets the kids active and parents can snap a picture to share with your organization!
If you're our client, we'd love to hear what's been working for your programs. If you're not our client, we still want to hear from you to learn more about what your Nonprofit has been doing thought this pandemic. Stay safe, take breaks and don't let the Zoom fatigue get you down!
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Before You Invest in a StartUp
By Leland Baptist, - In Money
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Investing in a company is a huge commitment. Not only is the investor committing but so is the entrepreneur. Many shows can over simplify the task of choosing a strong valuation for the prospective company or entrepreneur an investor is looking into investing. Whether you are an employee, investor or potential partner here are a few things to keep in perspective before you take on the task of business.
Our Parent company consultants conduct valuations of the prospective businesses to be acquired. Here are a few things that we look closely for;
Entrepreneur: Is the entrepreneur vested in the company? Knowing if an owner is willing to put his or her all into the company is a big sign of that person’s character. If the owner has the true desire to make that company become more than what it is today. A good identifier is to find out how much resources, capital, material and sweat equity the entrepreneur has placed into the company. Unfortunately there have been some business owners who have asked me to deploy our management team and capital into a dream that he/she have not been fully committed to them self. I label this type of entrepreneur as someone looking for a “job” not an investment. If a business owner is able to start a business one month and then three months later has suddenly decided to procrastinate by placing their dream(s) on hold. This is a sure sign that even with your capital, talent and expertise they would do the same to you. Why?? Because if they hardly respect themselves to push through with determination out of the desire of financial freedom for themselves, how can you expect them to achieve financial goals on your behalf? If they can’t respect themselves they won’t respect your time or money. A person like that will often have to be micro managed, causing you to be more of a supervisor instead of a business partner.
Management: This is different from the entrepreneur. If you are an Investor then the initial owner will be viewed as the CEO or executive. What makes Management different is the areas and practices that affect the business operations. For example, the company may build computers. In doing so they may purchase parts from Asia that take on average 3-4 weeks to be shipped. What is the current management process in place to handle the orders, shipments, sales and packaging? What is the “process” for advertising? Is there a sales funnel for acquiring new clients? Often the current management process is what causes a small business to not be successful. This is the reason that often times in addition to us investing capital into a small business we also add our management team to craft around the weaknesses of the small business owner. Find out what the current systems in place are to sustain the business operations.
Niche: Having a niche is a blessing and a curse. Having a niche for investing purposes is a quick win. This is primarily because you know the precise target market that your product is geared to. This means that your idea, service or product has a specialized but profitable corner of the market. You typically want to aim a company in a niche that is as least competitive as possible. A great example would be a product geared only to a certain demographic such as; gender: women, ethnicity: Hispanic, background: from Southern Florida with married parents, marital status: single, education: bachelor degree, Income: $45-$55,000, entertainment: VH1 and MTV, favorite food, favorite color etc. The more targeted the more you are able to learn about the customer. The more you know about the market, the more you know how your consumer thinks. The more you can identify with the thought process of the customer, the more you are aware of what drives them to purchase. Then you can position your company and product to their desires. Another example of a product with a niche is a product that is for Italian Americans who enjoy soccer. Maybe this product could be a soccer ball with the Italian and USA flag.
Scale/Sustainability: Scale is the ability for the business and business operations to be duplicated in multiple markets. This is valuable if the company goal is to duplicate the success and expand the business. To have company sustainability there are a ton of factors, but a very important factor is relevance and usage. Relevance can be changed if the product is associated with an industry that is parallel to entertainment. Usage is hard to control in an industry parallel to technology where there is constant influx of new products. For an example of a product that will have consistent relevance and usage, think of lotion that is geared toward dry skin such as eczema. In this example, there is a constant need, which will never fully be cured. This makes the product relevant through the adjustment of “common” technology, and stable usage since there is no cure.
Market Entry/Barrier & Growth Phase: As technology increases the ability to create and enter various markets becomes more and more accessible. An advantage for major corporations such as a chemical company is that their solutions are proprietary and thus for someone to compete it would be much harder. If a special chemical component is required to make the Steller product, the primary company can license the technology or slightly dominate the market with slight regulatory movement. This can be a great advantage if the company wishes to dominate their market. Barrier to entry for a new company can be a hurdle and may take the entering company years to further develop to become a true competitor in the market. A good example is a small mom and pop fast food chain determined to replace McDonalds. As an Investor you want the company you are investing in to have a healthy balance of a market barrier and growth phase. Growth phase is the estimated time period it would take to enhance the product or service to superior quality or consumer interest. For example, a clothing company can increase their materials and brand. By adding $10 worth of material, the quality can double and the price can be justified to be sold at three times its original value. This allows a shorter period of time to increase the company and profit margin. You want a market that will allow your company to grow and with minimal barriers.
Financials: Make sure that there is equity to obtain in the business. If the company is already over leveraged, does this mean that you as the Investor will clear the bad debt? If you clear the bad debt will you be able to acquire additional equity? (I hope so.) When will the company be expected to produce returns or dividends to their owners? Will this be monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually? What will be the company accounting calendar? What is the company capital structure? Will you have access to the financials? Will there be quarterly financial statements given to have a formal checkup and monitor of the company? These are all good starter questions to ask your new found business partner(s). As Investor, you really want the company to grow. During your decision process of investing, you should determine where or what part of operations the money should attack. Money is a servant, and you either control it, or it will control you. In other words you want to control where the working capital goes. For example you can agree to have a 40% equity stake in a company by investing $36,000.00 into the structured company. Yet pick and choose the allocations or earmark the $36,000.00.
Allocation Example:
• $12,000 – Marketing
• 33%
• $5,000 – Service Bad Debt
• 14%
• $6,000 – Working Capital
• 16%
• $10,000 – Product Enhancement & Branding
• 27%
• $2,000 – Website Enhancement
• 7%
• $1,000 – Prepaid Expenses
• 3%
When you invest in a company you’re not just investing into the company but also all of the functioning parts. This is why you want your capital to address the needed parts to produce profit immediately. Make sure that you can get along with your new business partner (entrepreneur). Have the proper agreements and board governance structure in place.
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Working in groups, for people that don’t like groups
We’re living in an age of technology, at home, out and about and of course at work, where employees are yearning for alternate ways to access their workplaces, ultimately making the work life balance much more flexible. The physical landscape and interpretation of our working environment is changing from silos to activity based spaces, and so the tools and technology we require need to change too. Crucial to this change is how groups communicate with one another over multiple locations and time zones, while maintaining an agile and diverse culture.
Previously, employees have all but been shackled to a desk from 9am – 5pm, with the occasional trip to the canteen or into a meeting room for a potential opportunity to avoid being interrupted, but now, spaces are becoming increasingly flexible, with furniture and technology being used to accommodate collaboration and inspire creative thinking between groups of colleagues that might not necessarily be in the same room, building or even country.
The end of email has long been predicted, and several enhanced communication replacements are now vying for our attention. Chief among these was Slack, with 10 million daily users, but Microsoft’s challenger, Teams has recently overtaken it with 13 million daily users. These tools are best used when sharing and collaborating in real time, amongst dispersed individuals working on a central task.
They boast much better logging and tracking of communication between groups. Where email is linear, and a single subject line can split into multiple topics, making it hard to track, channel-based tools like Teams, keep all the information about that project together.
Microsoft Offices in Aliso Viejo, CA by Abramson Teiger Architects
The additional advantages over email, including enhanced video conferencing, file sharing and editing, task assigning and management, means group can continually and spontaneously come together whenever and wherever a project requires their input.
A by-product of this form of communication is how it allows people who feel uncomfortable, or drained, from face to face discussions, to contribute and feel a part of the team. An introvert or someone who is neuro diverse can engage in group discussions, and project work, removed from the need to physically be in a conversation. This freedom to work independently, while feeling connected and supported, is critical for bringing a breadth and diversity of people into the workplace.
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Childhood obesity has grown at an alarming rate, and concomitant with this rise there is an increasing prevalence of metabolic risk factors in young children and adolescents. These metabolic risk factors include elevated circulating triglycerides and low levels of high-density lipoprotein, but also an increase in inflammatory biomarkers such as C-reactive protein and interleukin-6.
Each of these factors has been associated with the development of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Recent research has indicated that dietary modifications such as increased intakes of antioxidants or omega-3 fatty acids or increased physical activity and physical fitness may independently modify the inflammation associated with excess adiposity.
Additional research on the impact of diet and exercise on inflammation in children is warranted, especially studies that are prospective in nature.
Finally, current biomarkers of inflammation may not be sensitive enough to detect metabolic risk in youth, and novel biomarkers may be needed to detect the subtle changes in inflammation due to diet and physical activity modifications. | <urn:uuid:410b57e0-e0aa-4402-8688-3c73b67c064c> | https://www.omega-research.com/researchview.php?ID=2555&catid=2 | en | 0.946232 | 0.023341 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
@article {Ellingsgaard13163, author = {Ellingsgaard, Helga and Ehses, Jan A. and Hammar, Eva B. and Van Lommel, Leentje and Quintens, Roel and Martens, Geert and Kerr-Conte, Julie and Pattou, Francois and Berney, Thierry and Pipeleers, Daniel and Halban, Philippe A. and Schuit, Frans C. and Donath, Marc Y.}, title = {Interleukin-6 regulates pancreatic α-cell mass expansion}, volume = {105}, number = {35}, pages = {13163--13168}, year = {2008}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.0801059105}, publisher = {National Academy of Sciences}, abstract = {Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is systemically elevated in obesity and is a predictive factor to develop type 2 diabetes. Pancreatic islet pathology in type 2 diabetes is characterized by reduced β-cell function and mass, an increased proportion of α-cells relative to β-cells, and α-cell dysfunction. Here we show that the α cell is a primary target of IL-6 actions. Beginning with investigating the tissue-specific expression pattern of the IL-6 receptor (IL-6R) in both mice and rats, we find the highest expression of the IL-6R in the endocrine pancreas, with highest expression on the α-cell. The islet IL-6R is functional, and IL-6 acutely regulates both pro-glucagon mRNA and glucagon secretion in mouse and human islets, with no acute effect on insulin secretion. Furthermore, IL-6 stimulates α-cell proliferation, prevents apoptosis due to metabolic stress, and regulates α-cell mass in vivo. Using IL-6 KO mice fed a high-fat diet, we find that IL-6 is necessary for high-fat diet-induced increased α-cell mass, an effect that occurs early in response to diet change. Further, after high-fat diet feeding, IL-6 KO mice without expansion of α-cell mass display decreased fasting glucagon levels. However, despite these α-cell effects, high-fat feeding of IL-6 KO mice results in increased fed glycemia due to impaired insulin secretion, with unchanged insulin sensitivity and similar body weights. Thus, we conclude that IL-6 is necessary for the expansion of pancreatic α-cell mass in response to high-fat diet feeding, and we suggest that this expansion may be needed for functional β-cell compensation to increased metabolic demand.}, issn = {0027-8424}, URL = {https://www.pnas.org/content/105/35/13163}, eprint = {https://www.pnas.org/content/105/35/13163.full.pdf}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences} } | <urn:uuid:920c4d47-79e4-4fc7-9646-f66dd9588a95> | https://www.pnas.org/highwire/citation/61758/bibtext | en | 0.880028 | 0.35476 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
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Acid Testing the Revival of Psychic TV and Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth
What if Genesis Breyer P-Orridge's fascination with the acid house genre came not from magickal profiteering, but rather, as a turn of brinksmanship to counter an existential threat?
Over the past ten years, an arcane impulse has slowly re-emerged in underground music. Formerly content to survive on the fringes of various dark subcultures (and mostly in the basements of self-anointed purists), the occult and its signifiers—spanning design, text, and sonic elements—are now crawling out of the depths of the musical imagination, and reclaiming territory once ceded. This stygian urge, both ideological and artistic, is subtler than just love of the abject, and more purposeful than the mere hailing of Satan: through creative practice, its acolytes draw on millennia of esoteric belief and technique to intentionally re-sculpt reality via ritual, an approach known as functional magick.
Such aural "occulture" is, in part, a repudiation of the late '90s and early-to-mid '00s, when so-called subversive music allowed itself to be defanged in the public eye: when (nu) metal's A-list wailed about Rust Belt angst on the Family Values Tour; pop personalities forgot how to wink at their own overblown pageantry; rock's apotheosis became a hollow, ironic detachment; and electronica relinquished the menace of the beat's irrationality, to name a few. Functional magick in art also now competes against a resurgence of cloy, playacting magic (sans k) found in shop windows and merchandizing. These glib gestures in the epoch of Twitter are in fact more exo- than eso-teric, and gaining steam: casual astrological musings while in line for pour-over coffee; tarot with living-room rosé on a Friday night; self-declared covens of creative class yuppies ("Yuccies") in gentrifying neighborhoods; and the casting of public hexes to thwart right-wing politics, to name a few.
I think the spark for this mystic shift in music arrives through the folk canonization of the band Psychic TV, the ersatz cult Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth, and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, the larger-than-life counterculture impresario who jumpstarted both. A quarter-century since Temple ov Psychick Youth disbanded, and the musical careers of Psychic TV and P-Orridge withered, all three are now being lionized by a wide gamut of tastemakers: academics and journalists foremost, but also artists and fans who travel in eldritch music circles, including many who celebrate Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth's occulture as direct inspiration (Partridge 2013: 113-115). Adulatory coverage spans museum exhibitions, edited volumes, documentaries, and dozens of web and print articles, as well as entire genres (like witch house) and record labels (Sacred Bones, Dais) entranced by their aura. However, stepping back for a second, this moment feels rather arbitrary. Why here, and why now? How can we make sense of the modern resurrection of Psychic TV, Temple ov Psychick Youth, and P-Orridge? With their return to prominence in cultural memory, the "ley lines" for occulture seem to have been unearthed (or remembered?) again, and now summon the old forces anew in our shared imagination.
Let me suggest that this zeitgeist be traced to Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth's calculated, occult-fueled tactics of "cultural engineering", which first unfolded from 1981-1991 and still resonate, I think, into the present. This essay uses one such cultural engineering campaign to provide a vivid case study: Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth's propagandizing to appropriate the origin story of UK acid house, and surreptitiously insert themselves as the genre's innovators in the public eye. Primary sources show how this was accomplished—Psychic TV deliberately left a trail of breadcrumbs for fans to uncover during their interviews with journalists and other public commentaries, toying with elements of acid house's narrative that were equivocal and open to exploitation. Here, Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth catalyzed cultural engineering by weaving myths and seeding beliefs within the acid house community's collective consciousness that implied their prestige.
Most of the relevant mythology revolves around Psychic TV's four studio albums of electronic dance music released during this era, three of which were fabricated "compilations" that presented the Psychic TV band members as pseudonymous acid house artists beholden to Temple ov Psychick Youth's magickal influence: Jack the Tab (1988), Tekno Acid Beat (1988), Towards Thee Infinite Beat (1990), and Ultrahouse: The L.A. Connection (1991). Ultimately, this essay will show how Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth's mythmaking is linked back to a specific ritual of functional magick known as invocation, integral to both the curation of these albums and successful cultural engineering. I focus on myths that connect to Jack the Tab in particular, since this record laid the groundwork for all their subsequent forays into acid house. But for now, an examination of cultural engineering's ambitions, and its magickal underpinning, will establish the through-line that Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth pursued during their appropriation of the acid house counterculture.
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Chaos Magick as Cultural Engineering
From where did cultural engineering emerge? The story commences with the breakup of first-wave Industrial band Throbbing Gristle, memorialized by many as the genre's founders. Throbbing Gristle's art was intended not to delight, but to fulfill their socio-cultural program known as "the Mission." Its objective? "To create [an] anti-muzak" capable of jamming the transmissions sent by civilization's institutions of brainwashing and submission—church, state, and above all, corporatized media (Louv 2006: 23). This "Mission", largely inspired by the paranoiac postmodernist William S. Burroughs, aimed at unwinding our calcified systems of control and conformity through sensory shock and awe. To that end, Throbbing Gristle melded a grating sonic profile with prurient lyrical subjects. Of course, this original plan of attack fell short. But in the aftermath of Throbbing Gristle, two former members, P-Orridge and Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson, decided to evolve "the Mission" as the impetus for their next act.
Christened Psychic TV, this subsequent endeavor pivoted away from the sound and scene of Industrial culture, and towards occultism: a toolkit for social change more powerful, they wagered, than auditory assault alone. Here was Psychic TV (and Temple ov Psychick Youth's) foundational premise: to operate as the latest metamorphosis of an intellectual project first ignited a decade earlier, testing the ability of art to move through and manipulate our social fabric as an invisible hand. Launched in performance art collectives like The Exploding Galaxy/Transmedia Explorations and COUM Transmissions—and carried into Throbbing Gristle—the cultural engineering of Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth became the state-of-the-art iteration.
Contributors to Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth saw themselves as the latest scions of the Western esoteric heritage, spanning a thousand years from the self-proclaimed alchemists and sorcerers of the middle ages, through the fin de siècle spiritual sects, and into the advent of chaos magick during the late '70s. Indeed, cultural engineering is, at its core, Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth's savvy re-branding of the nascent chaos magick mindset, only now pointed specifically at molding the narratives of popular culture through ritual. Proper acknowledgment of Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth's "meta" agenda—to also paint themselves as the vanguard of functional magick's cutting-edge doctrines—will underscore how many past writings about P-Orridge and h/er confederates mistakenly regard them as historical curios, innocently unaware of their own posturing to curate occult narratives as well. But credit should be given where it's due: tapping into chaos magick as a compelling new mysticism during the early '80s, Psychic TV and its splinter bands (e.g., Coil, Current 93) were among the first artists to inject this approach into the artistry of Western counterculture. They laid the groundwork in music for chaos magick's adoption by both individual artists (such as Nurse with Wound, The KLF, Tool, and John Zorn) and subgenres (including black metal, neo-folk, and yes, even witch house).
Unlike earlier occult schools, such as the hidebound Victorians, chaos magick is premised on the fluidity of one's chosen methods; for rituals, each user cobbles together their own collection of favored techniques and themes, the more idiosyncratic, the better. Chaos magick's raw materials are near-infinite, ranging from the old esoteric conventions to the natural sciences, and from academia to pop literature, music, and art. (Hine 1995: 15). This amounts to occultism with both a Do-It-Yourself flair and an important undertone: that personal belief, no matter the context, is entirely mutable and useful only in the moment. Chaos magick prioritizes the "programming" of novel beliefs as a way to tease out latent desires hovering just below the surface of one's personality (Hine 1995: 17 and Temple ov Psychick Youth 2010: 218). In fact, practitioners often purposefully coax the implantation of contradictory beliefs and behaviors to destabilize a firm sense of self: "beliefs are not seen as ends in themselves, but as tools for creating desired effects" (Carroll 1992: 75-7).
The ritual known as invocation is one tool of chaos magick modeled on this concept. Invocation is undertaken by the magician to harvest either single behavioral attributes or, out of whole cloth, an entirely new character. For external viewers, this resembles roleplaying—the magician first idealizes a real or imagined archetype (a "godform"), and then imitates its desired disposition(s) with such fervor that they turn the corner from merely mimicking affectations to directly channeling the persona; one's body and mind are opened up as invited vessels for possession by an outside entity. Indeed, '"[one] purpose of chaos rituals is to create beliefs by acting as though such beliefs were true. … you fake it till you make it, to obtain the power that a belief can provide", but in the midst of invocation, the magician performs as though they already possess the fullness of the desired role (Carroll 1992: 75-6). The shift from pageantry to welcome subjugation by an interloping spirit is one approach by which ingrained selfhood is disrupted through the conscious selection and installation of new beliefs.
Though invocation itself is an intimate, solitary act, public-facing "aftercare" is often pursued as well. Here, the magician concocts external conditions that reflect back and inflate the veracity and power of the persona they chose to absorb. This even reaches back beyond the toolkit of chaos magick. For example, the infamous occult "thought leader" Aleister Crowley—whose influence crested during the Victorian mystic awakening—conjured the widespread impression that he commanded several rapidly-expanding esoteric sects (and a small army of followers) by writing copiously under more than a dozen different aliases, curating newsletters and other texts with commentaries and inscriptions implying his prestige.
It's unsurprising that legions of occultists, marching under the banner of a single figurehead, would strike dread in the hearts of the UK's patriotic Christians, whereas lone magicians inspire only mockery from the common folk. But while chaos magicians and Victorian magicians employ the same aftercare tactics for their invocation rituals, their self-regard differs greatly: the former would openly bluster about this strategy's puissance and clout, whereas the latter would cringe, embarrassed by being debunked. Through invocation, Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick YouthY first sought to excavate and re-sculpt their own personalities to the task at hand, and then, project their power of belief outward to shape the public imagination. Now, glimpsing into P-Orridge's magickal/musical hybrid sect will set the stage for invocation's usurpation of the UK acid house narrative.
Psychic TV and Temple ov Psychick Youth Up Close
Looking back, the link is evident between Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth's establishment in 1981 and the release of chaos magick's foundational grimoires (Peter Carroll's Liber Null & Psychonaut and Ray Sherwin's The Book of Results) only three years earlier in 1978. Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth's internal design and public deployment reflected the larger chaos magick ethos—rather than directly disrupt the "control machines", as Throbbing Gristle might, they operated through subterfuge. Psychic TV embodied the conspicuous, creative voice of P-Orridge and h/er lieutenants, but this functioned merely as an aural smokescreen for h/er much more ambitious gambit, the ritual collective Temple ov Psychick Youth (c. 1981-1991). Temple ov Psychick Youth's international youth network presented to outsiders as a cult with militant aspirations, though in actuality, their unifying feature was less any revolutionary fervor than a wide-eyed affinity for P-Orridge's hodgepodge of esoteric ideas and tactics strung together from chaos magick (Abrahamsson 2010: 11-5). Temple ov Psychick Youth also dissembled as a music subculture, doubling in the public eye as the Psychic TV fan club whose members espoused fanatical devotion to the band. Of course, behind the scenes, the reverse held true: Temple ov Psychick Youth's machinations were prioritized, while Psychic TV provided media-facing agitprop and a hype machine in support of the Temple's objective: to weaponize the techniques of chaos magick, and experiment with them in the test tube of the '80s subculture landscape (P-Orridge 2004: 312).
P-Orridge possessed a messianic streak in both h/er cult organizing and creative ventures, alternating between a preening charisma and an unpredictable, explosive temper—often in equal measure. As a result, Psychic TV's band membership turned into a revolving door for much of its 35 years of (intermittent) activity. This constant shuffle of artistic personnel led, in turn, to a mélange of different genres being probed (often at the same time). Psychic TV toyed with facets of psych-rock, the English ballad tradition, musique concrete, and the Burroughsian cut-up method, among others. Though often hit-or-miss, this synthesis reflected Psychic TV's stated goal to forge a new "hyperdelic" subgenre of rock, one whose psychedelic vibes were deliberately injected with occult intrigues (Neal 2001: 227-37). The hyperdelic (and for their dance phase, "sampledelic") music of Psychic TV played a specific organizing role: as practical background tracks for converting curious outsiders into loyal Temple ov Psychick Youth disciples, and usher them into the Temple's superstructure. Psychic TV became the real-world application of Temple ov Psychick Youth's prime credo: to harness pop culture as an "alchemical jar" for experimentation, and build an occult movement based in abstract philosophy rather than the common dogmas of organized religion (Kinney 1992: 327 and P-Orridge 1982: 30-1).
By 1991, Temple ov Psychick Youth professed to have 10,000 followers in its ranks, expanding from an original home base in Brighton, England to bastions across the Western world. To accommodate this surge, a larger governing structure came about—"Access Points" as small redoubts for disciples to disseminate radical Temple ov Psychick Youth literature and art among the unsuspecting public, and "Stations" that oversaw entire territories of acolytes, such as Australia (TOPYCHAOS) and North America (TOPYNA) in North America (Kali Four Zero 2010: 85-6). Contrary to other youth "movements" which instilled fear and loathing in the Thatcher/Reagan managerial class, for Temple ov Psychick Youth the construction of myth was the whole point. Akin to Aleister Crowley and other occultists of yore, they summoned for onlookers (and foremost, the media) the appearance of an insurgent faction using viral branding that encompassed hairstyle, fashion, and a striking design profile. Temple ov Psychick Youth drew beguiling parallels with other fearsome outsider factions already in the public imaginary, including Jim Jones' People's Temple, Charles Manson's "family", and most pointedly, Robert de Grimston's The Process Church (of the Final Judgement). From 1981-1987, Temple ov Psychick Youth's partisans sported coordinated signifiers, ranging from military combat dress and priestly garb to elongated rat tails—but above all, the network's identifying icon, the Psychick Cross. Derived from the papal cross with new pagan affectations, P-Orridge mused how "from The Process [Church] we saw the need for a logo, a symbol. I designed the Psychick Cross ... a symbol that seems really familiar … so that people could find it easy to adopt into their personal mythology" (P-Orridge 2008: 406).
But in retrospect, all of Temple ov Psychick Youth's early pageantry feels like just a prelude for cultural engineering's concerted deployment circa 1988-91, in service to Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth's joint acid house annexation. According to occultist Jason Louv, "Psychic TV (thanks, in large part, to regular consumption of MDMA), moved from an early focus on tribal, wolfpack-style declarations of war on man's sleepwalking state and into a fully psychedelic (or rather, hyperdelic), Merry Prankster-esque cheerleader squad for sex, drugs, and magick" (Louv 2006: 21). Louv characterizes this direct action as the zenith of Temple ov Psychick Youth's organizing, in which their devotees were already primed for the budding (but brave) new world of raving: the acid sound, MDMA, and other enchanted encounters with psychedelia's atavism. In this moment, he insists, Temple ov Psychick Youth emerged as the tip of a countercultural spear, and briefly, the frenzy and rapture of acid house lifted the veil and exposed society's inner logics of obedience and orthodoxy (Louv 2006: 22-3). This fawning narrative is standard for contemporary Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youthdefenders, selling the sect and its band both as acid house's portent and evangelist—a worthy inheritance for their prior indoctrination. But a larger question presses: precisely what tempted P-Orridge to pursue acid house as a target of cultural engineering, since this subculture was one of a plethora open to exploitation?
Why Acid House?
Books about acid house—like The Story of Acid House: Britain's Last Youth Culture Revolution by Luke Bainbridge, or Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture by Simon Reynolds—help establish broad strokes regarding the scene's emergence and development. But texts like these all concur that, in the public eye, acid house's collective ownership was fragmented at best. Crafted by queer artists of color in mid-'80s Chicago, acid's original authorship was soon uprooted in fan storytelling by its transference and explosive success in hotspots such as the UK, Ibiza, and Goa. Economics alone are revealing: for example, Chicago's black artists like Lil Louis, Phuture, Adonis, and Mr. Fingers sold exponentially fewer records than "second generation" white artists in the UK such as The KLF, 808 State, and Bomb the Bass (Shapiro 2000: 34). Chicago house DJ Derrick Carter recalled how "things started changing … in 1988. Because of the 'summer of love' in the UK, they were exporting acid house back to us. Everybody here has a local focus, so we were like, 'Really? They make acid music in London?' … I was the buyer at Importes, Etc. [Carter's record store day job] and I'd read these sheets that came with imports from the UK. They'd say things like, 'this has hard, driving acid.' I didn't understand how it could be acid."
Acid's incessant framing as a transitional style—a chrysalis for the global, mainstream youth phenomenon of '90s EDM and rave culture, rather than a self-sufficient genre—is another contributing factor, opening further avenues for appropriation. And Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth were far from the only forces of their generation to glom onto acid house. Simon Reynolds notes how "in British and European rave culture [one finds] … a surprising number of postpunk and synth-pop veterans rubbing shoulders with Ecstasy-gobbling teenagers and born-again clubbers. Dormant careers were instantly revitalized by the new context … (crazed collective hedonism) and … emotion (euphoria with a mystic tinge) … " (Reynolds 2006: 530-1). But the sound world of acid, and the conditions of the subculture proved especially irresistible for Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth's cultural engineering project, above and beyond artists just looking to bootstrap new career paths. Three specific dimensions prove this point.
First, of course, is the iconic psychedelia in acid's sonic and visual elements, particularly the TB-303 synth manufactured by Roland. Its trademark harmonic filters slowly shift up and down the frequency spectrum, imbuing a hallucinatory gloss to the repetitive bass sequences that rapidly cycle. This effect, coupled with other modulations and acid's maddening rhythms, conjure a deranged sort of phasing echo chamber analogous to Psychic TV's "hyperdelic" rock. The design components of acid are equally unhinged—most recognizable is the signature happy face with its dilated eyes and blank gaze, appropriated from hippie culture by Danny Rampling for London's Shoom club in 1987. This blissed-out face resonates, to an uncanny degree, with Temple ov Psychick Youth's own Psychick Cross logo, juxtaposing mystery, foreboding, and immediacy while playing off whichever seductive associations an individual assigns.
Second, to come together and dance, acid house developed a web of clandestine backchannels for coordination and abandoned venues for usurpation. The community re-purposed derelict structures ranging from airplane hangars to barns, and cinema studios to highway underpasses—circa 1988-1990, hundreds and hundreds of such "raves" took place (Hill 2003: 222-3). This extensive, underground planning (and the ecstatic gatherings that resulted) seemed eerily akin to Temple ov Psychick Youth's furtive communications networks to spread their gospels through hierarchical hideaways such as Access Points and Stations. Indeed, the scene's diffuse nature made the government's punitive oversight much more onerous, and in a guerilla fashion, acid aficionados were able to commune and then melt away again, back into the fissures of mundane civilization (Hill 2003: 222).
Third, I believe, is acid house's refusal to play along with the UK's reactionary institutions of power and authority. With their relentlessly rhizomatic, communitarian agenda, acid's adherents pierced Thatcherism's political master plan for a prudish social and libertarian economic system. Here, they joined with both Temple ov Psychick Youth and other modern occultists as kindred spirits, pushing back against the neoliberal conventions that privileged "rugged" individualism and well-disciplined, one-dimensional selfhood. Instead, the acid family sought "jouissance", "the Dionysiac", "loss of self" and the use of far-out digital, design, and pharmaceutical tools to deliberately select a more perfect version of reality (Hill 2002: 93-4 and Rushkoff 1994: 19). But perhaps most alluring was the anti-acid retaliation from UK politicians and law enforcement. Examples span constabulary task forces like the Pay Party Unit in 1989 and regulations designed to curtail acid parties like the Entertainments (Increased Penalties) Act in 1990. Crackdowns like these provided further enticement for Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth to hitch their wagons to acid house and leverage the danger it embodied for polite society (Hill 2003: 221).
These three elements of acid house—the surreal, dissociative music and imagery; the whisper campaigns required to plan and execute their rebellious conclaves; and the impish peril (real or imagined) that menaced God and country—collectively lent a ritual aura to the subculture. Academics commenting on acid house have likened "raves and clubs as ritual events", and DJs as shamans who glue together participants' shared sense of belonging (Gerard 2004: 170). In fact, I think much synergy is evident between the key features of acid house and the Victorian magickal orders on which Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth premised their own organizing. P-Orridge likely grasped these vapors of the occult when s/he first encountered acid house, and realized an opportunity to deploy and test the principles of cultural engineering. S/he stumbled upon, in essence, a countercultural factory with its machines already primed—but absent any public leadership setting the agenda.
By implicating Psychic TV and Temple ov Psychick Youth as masterminds of the acid house insurgency, P-Orridge supplied a mystical underpinning that affirmed percolating suspicions of some motive apart from straightforward debauchery and the spirit of saturnalia—as if to say, "here is the ritual purpose you surmised all along." S/he simply conjured the necessary beliefs through invocation's posturing, selling narrative purpose against an unsettled explanatory vacuum. Chaos magick's shrewd maneuvering here syncs perfectly with the old showbusiness truism: give the crowd what they want. Now, examining the precise fictions generated by Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth will elucidate just how they were interpolated as the antecedents of UK acid house.
Mythmaking Abounds
Popular culture is saturated with narratives about acid house that center Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth. But these were intentionally propagated, spread through externalized tactics of masquerade—such as artist interviews, public statements, and other published writings—that acquire occult dimensions in their service to P-Orridge (and others') invocation ritual(s). Most link to Psychic TV's initial "acid" album Jack the Tab, with three key myths persisting to this day—evidence of their magickal efficacy.
Myth One: Inventing Acid House
The first, and most comprehensive myth, is that Jack the Tab became the UK's debut acid record, which in turn, ignited the subculture's craze across the British Isles. Explaining Jack the Tab's premise, P-Orridge asserts: "we pretended that it was early tapes that we'd found like those compilations on Rhino or Bam Caruso, Pebbles, Nuggets, and we'll make up names for these different bands, so we'll see what happens." But P-Orridge and h/er collaborators penned the album with no inkling about the original Chicago sound—instead, they dreamt up a preferred iconography and sonic world from the name "acid". For example, in lieu of riding the resonance filter of the TB-303 to create the trademark "squelch", Psychic TV replaced the 303 synth on Jack the Tab with samples of live electric bass, an ironic misuse since the 303 was itself a failed attempt to imitate funk-style bass. Just as bizarre was Jack the Tab's percussion. Rather than mimic the acid drum machine kick/hi-hat syncopated sparseness, the record relies instead on mushy samples of acoustic drums with a booming, on-beat snare—an aesthetic more (again, ironically) industrial than late '80s queer dance.
Veering off course, Psychic TV's concept for acid employed the dense, unsettled layering of samples with psychedelic connotations in popular culture—spoken word, television, and film clips ranging from The Trip (Roger Corman, 1967) and The Wild Angels (ibid, 1966) to hippie figurehead Ken Kesey. Indeed, for Psychic TV, sampling imbued with external connotations from '60s counterculture (and occulture) served as the paragon of psychedelic affect, as opposed to specific musical techniques or themes. The handling (and subtexts of) the samples themselves are another point of contrast. Whereas Chicago acid's samples were predominantly the voices of the black DJs—then chopped up and turned into granular, textural elements via pitch shifting and stretching—the Psychic TV acid tracks featured almost only white voices from media clips, re-triggered over and over in a collage with practically no other sonic treatments to progressively mask or distort the original version beyond post-production effects. The result lacks the minute and incremental variation of textures found in Chicago acid.
First-hand accounts confirm what the music implies. In a candid confession, Jack the Tab's producer Richard Norris detailed how P-Orridge and the gang got wind of the "acid house" moniker and decided to run with it. He goes on to recall how, while interviewing P-Orridge in 1987, s/he asked whether Norris had listened to acid house before. But after expounding about acid house for some time, the fact that P-Orridge hadn't heard it either become patently obvious. Yet despite the blind leading the blind, the concept of an innovative dance music with expressly psychedelic vibes became their lodestar. Per Norris: "P-Orridge had already done a lot of that 'found' sound … so it didn't seem that much of a leap to purely sample-based music." After assembling a motley crew of comrades sold on the idea, they all turned up to a nearby studio with their personal collections of media comprising tapes, records, and films from back catalogs of psychedelic culture. Clips were then programmed into a rudimentary sampler, and drum patterns were layered on for the requisite accompaniments. Evidence of their work ethic, each track was arranged and compiled within about an hour. Apparently, once when Dave Ball [of Soft Cell] and Norris pushed the envelope by spending 90 minutes on a single track, P-Orridge chastised them for lollygagging about" (Bainbridge 2014: 101-2).
There is some marginal evidence of a guilty conscience at the time: Norris also related that, in between Jack the Tab's two-day assembly and its final release, P-Orridge and the team actually encountered real Chicago acid house, and as a band-aid, slipped in a sample of Chicago acid artist Adonis (Bainbridge 2014: 210). But as the old saying goes, all things fade. In a recent interview (that showcases invocation's staying power), P-Orridge gushed when handed a copy of Jack the Tab for autographing, proclaiming the miracle of its birth during a time when acid house was nonexistent (check out also DeLong 2017 and Reveron 2016). A particularly galling version of this myth flips the script entirely, and claims that Psychic TV brought the trailblazing UK acid sound to America for the first time.
Psychic TV worked along parallel fault lines of the acid house origin narrative as well. For example, Psychic TV purportedly initiated (in 1987) the very first dusk-till-dawn blowouts at Shoom, the London dance hall widely known for catalyzing acid house's popularity in the UK. According to this yarn, these Psychic TV parties soon morphed into full-blown raves which, in effect, birthed the dance craze in the UK as we know it. Shoom's indispensable part in propagating the acid sound is well-sourced, but Psychic TV's participation is unverifiable. Here is a prime example of ritual "aftercare" weaving fabrications into the historical record, often so seamlessly that even adroit fans are challenged to pull apart where the one ends and the other begins. But fortunately, public swagger reveals this claim's ancestry. In a 2006 interview, P-Orridge boasted how Psychic TV's 1987-88 shows were, fortuitously, bestowed the novel title "rave" and introduced MDMA to the dance community by proffering free tabs of ecstasy to all comers.
Practically every aspect of acid's idiosyncrasy is touched by these fables, such as P-Orridge anointing h/erself the co-innovator of disc jockey dexterity. S/he insisted that, in lieu of broadcast interviews, radio appearances would become impromptu sets during which P-Orridge would commandeer six tape players and beat-match over the course of a live, seamless mix. When s/he performed this feat in Detroit, Derrick Carter and his crew rushed the radio studio and demanded to meet whoever exhibited such rare tape deck finesse. P-Orridge then became Carter's guest of honor, bringing h/er to Importes, Etc. and introducing her to other house music happenings around Detroit and Chicago. Yet again, this bogus claim is intentionally difficult to unwind, even for those who follow the bread crumbs. Carter does affirm, around 1988, time was spent with P-Orridge while s/he visited Importes, Etc. and suggested checking out the nascent acid scene's few grassroots releases, but P-Orridge's visionary DJing was noticeably absent from the discussion. Even the acclaimed Amoeba record store in San Francisco states, in their Psychic TV biography section, that "[Jack the Tab] anticipated and contributed to the sound of the subsequent Madchester craze and the emerging rave culture."
Myth Two: Naming Acid House
Myth two ascribes acid's naming rights to P-Orridge. In apocryphal fashion, s/he supposedly spotted a crate of otherwise nondescript records in Chicago's Importes, Etc. which displayed the mysterious sticker "acid". With h/er interest piqued, she demoed a few, and was astounded to discover this homespun psychedelic dance music just sitting there. Though the bin's label was intended only as someone's inside joke (transferred from a nearby cleaning solvent container), acid house was nonetheless christened that very day (Rushkoff 1994: 154). Of course, here, Derrick Carter is conspicuously expunged as P-Orridge's guide.
This fantasy has proved resilient, even making its way into the first (and third) definitions for acid house in the streetwise compendium Urban Dictionary: "Gained its name by Genesis P-Orridge of the famous Psychic TV/Throbbing Gristle industrial groups." This story was later amended by P-Orridge, pivoting to focus on Psychic TV's 1988 track "Tune In (Turn on the Acid House)" as the inaugural song to employ this trendy new moniker. Staking such claims proves dubious, however, since compilations featuring first-generation acid artists (with names like The House Sound of Chicago - Vol. III - Acid Tracks) were being disseminated only one year prior in 1987. Even some academic accounts repeat this trope—that though Psychic TV's acid music was neither groundbreaking nor memorable, P-Orridge's shrewd branding and marketing of the term became a formidable contribution towards the scene's vitality (Reed 2013: 245-6. See also Opstrup 2017: 173 and Lee 2017: 8). But concessions like these merely bolster this particular myth while on the path to disavowing others. Indeed, according to Vice, P-Orridge's celebrity at this late stage is stratospheric enough that any claim they made to have popularized the term "acid house" is beyond reproach.
Myth Three: Fixing Acid House
The final myth cites P-Orridge as revitalizing acid house, contributing a previously absent psychedelic affect. The story goes: after departing from Importes, Etc. with a bundle of Chicago acid records in tow, P-Orridge became sorely disappointed upon listening—these releases were utterly devoid of the authentic "acid" signifiers that s/he expected to discover, lacking any (traditional, white, 1960s) psychedelia implied by its namesake except for a sprightly, upbeat tempo (Sfetcu 2014: 190-1 and DeRogatis 2003: 436). To amend this injustice, Jack the Tab was cooked up, rectifying all of Chicago acid's glaring deficiencies. This particularly outlandish tale is pitched, retroactively, as a sort of Grail quest that spans the length of P-Orridge's music career—how might one blend "garage psychedelic music" (Psychic TV's standard repertoire) with the so-called ethnic musics which were, in h/er outlook, more purely functional than artistic—"a hyperdelic form of dance music?" See this recent Huffington Post interview with P-Orridge for a particularly whimsical rendition (as well as Halligan 2013: 49-50 and Reynolds 1990: 181).
In another variant, further evolved, P-Orridge takes leave of Importes, Etc. and flies straight to Ibiza, to fulfill their (completely fabricated) DJing residency in the midst of Ecstasy-fueled dance music enthusiasts on vacation from the UK. Here, the argument is two-fold. First, that by exposing Chicago acid house to "psychedelic circumstances", P-Orridge drew explicit cultural connections between the two for the first time and flipped a switch. Second, of course, is that P-Orridge h/erself is "patient zero" for bringing acid house beyond America, thus spreading the contagion to Britain. This tale, once again, thrives in the liminal zone of credibility, inserting P-Orridge (after the fact) into a widely accepted stream of the folk narrative about acid house's transmission. This third myth finds sympathetic echoes from a wide variety of commentators. One apologetic account argues that, while "wide of the mark," Jack the Tab "[evokes] a psychedelic continuum" spanning from the jazz fusion era of Miles Davis to proto-shoegaze—not exactly high praise for electronic house music (Halligan 2013: 49-50). Even the authoritative AllMusic.com delivers a version of this strand.
These three myths are not entirely uncontested. For example, Simon Reynolds calls P-Orridge a "peripheral figure in the UK's acid house scene", with any testaments otherwise "a total myth-take" (Reynolds 2012: 287). But I think that participant-sourced texts that breathe nary a word about Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth—even dismissive references—are most damning, such as Class of '88: The True Acid House Experience by Wayne Anthony and Altered State: The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House by Matthew Collin. Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth never captivated UK acid house through songwriting acumen or relentless touring, yet via targeted interviews and pure swagger, they nourished a terrarium of cultural engineering in the public mind five, ten, even twenty years in the aftermath of acid's downturn when history-writing began.
Cultural Engineering's Complexities
This cultural engineering campaign—spanning 1988 to the present—deployed three competing myths about acid house: that Psychic TV fabricated the style writ large; that Genesis P-Orridge bestowed the name; and that P-Orridge injected a revolutionary, psychedelic affect. Yet why promote so many variants at once, rather than agree to one narrative? Multiple tales, spread to many different fans or investigators, may be useful to Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth by disrupting corroboration or persuading skeptics. The true rationale, I think, is that a profusion of alibis guides the personal implantation of belief in the ritual context of invocation for P-Orridge and h/er cadre as well. Former Psychic TV member Fred Giannelli, since embittered by his tenure, confirms this spectacle's power:
What you will read in any interviews or history books [about P-Orridge and acid house] … are all bullshit hype and self-promoting fluff. … I would like to take this opportunity to publicly refute Genesis P-Orridge's claims of "inventing" acid house. Since when did a short [white] Englishman look like a black guy from Chicago? Gen has made this claim so many times in interviews that he actually believes his own bullshit … interviewed backstage by … gullible rock journalists all those years ago. The more press he did, the more grandiose and absurd the claims.
Invocation's "sleight of mind" first convinces eager viewers, but with time, genuinely seduces the actor too (Carroll 1992: 94). As chaos magick evangelist Peter Carroll attests "we have a greater propensity to believe what we do, than to do what we believe," or conversely—"beliefs are largely formed by what we find ourselves doing", thus establishing a vicious (or virtuous) cycle in which "beliefs tend to lead to activities which … reconfirm belief" (Carroll 1992: 96, 76-7). And all the better if these beliefs are in conflict with each other, fracturing one's stability of self and opening the gates for invocation to take hold. Indeed, to realize an ambition, behave as though its conquest were already undisputed—by crafting the façade and committing with abandon, the magician grows into and merges with the character. After P-Orridge and h/er confederates performed the invocation ritual, they then tried to live out this new reality, partially through conscious deceit—but by convincing enough outsiders, in time, they also convinced themselves. Perhaps 30 years were actually required for the invocation ritual and the "fake it till you make it" campaign to come to fruition.
Knowing deceptions are extra potent when tucked inside some scaffolding of veracity, adjacent to existing cultural memory such as starting "raves" at Shoom, introducing MDMA to club culture, or bringing the Chicago sound to Ibiza. Even backpedaling strengthens this dynamic, re-introducing a lesser claim with greater warrants to keep investigators, and invocators, unbalanced. For example, instead of naming the entire genre, P-Orridge concedes being first to title an album "acid house"; s/he wins this negotiation of belief after having h/er initial bluff called. Doing so opens liminal spaces for others to hedge and embolden cultural engineering—as one analysis of Jack the Tab argues, rather than concoct outright falsehoods about acid house, Psychic TV merely "proactively anticipate[s]" and "pseudo-curate[s]" the movement (Halligan 2013: 49-50).
There is also a moral frame to cultural engineering in acid house. Chaos magick, and the ritual context of Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth's behavior, provide a backdrop for explaining how this occult sect and their band justified myth-weaving and cultural appropriation. If there were no esoteric explanation girding their designs, then Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth's collective actions circa 1988-1991 amounted to little more than Elvis stealing Chuck Berry's songs all over again. To be frank, P-Orridge and h/er followers were erasing the contributions and artistic identity of queer people of color in Chicago -- an ignoble legacy indeed. But working through the lens of a ritual experiment being performed, the idea of occult trickery takes on a different moral charge—more "Merry Prankster," less exploitative colonialism.
This dovetails with another "raced" element of the acid house story, and its place in the cultural imagination. Typically, when both high and low culture narratives lay claim to a multiracial (or "race contested"?) art form, the critical consensus—from erudite academics and journalists—emphasizes contributions of white participants who successfully monetize the art. On the other hand, those "in the know" as artists and fans champion the work of the people of color who first germinated the style. For acid house, the opposite holds true. Here, the well-credentialed writers and commentators tend to stress the inventive work of diverse, marginalized artists in Chicago and neighboring outposts, whereas lay audiences are increasingly enticed by the folk narratives that center P-Orridge and h/er (predominantly white) acolytes as the authoritative voices of the scene.
Closing Takeaways
Why exactly did Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth's dalliance with the acid house subculture conclude? After four studio albums of varied material, one might think that P-Orridge and h/er coterie were whetted to the dance world for the long haul. But with invocation's braggadocio in full effect, P-Orridge let slip an amusing bit of projection—blaming their disengagement on, of all things, co-option and the collapse of the scene's authenticity:
I was really disappointed with the way … [acid house] … unfolded, it became very conservative, formularized, the DJs became stars just like the singers in bands … the raves weren't these secret parties anymore, 20,000 people paying thirty dollars to get in … it's not what we were thinking at all. … We miscalculated, in a way we were elitist, we were thinking conceptually, it didn't cross our minds that it would just be like going to the pub and getting drunk. … But certainly, I very quickly lost interest in it and moved on … I think our culture is so corrupted by commerce and so homogenized at this point that it's going to be very hard for anything except small, autonomous, private groups, clans, and tribes having their own little scenes.
Of course, P-Orridge tells the story as if acid house were h/er own pet experiment gone awry. But the reality is less flattering. After 1991, Temple ov Psychick Youth's notoriety and cultural capital plummeted when P-Orridge formally disowned and departed the collective in a flurry of copyright lawsuits and cease-and-desist orders. Temple ov Psychick Youth soldiered on after this schism, particularly their North American chapters (TOPYNA), though never again struck terror in the heart of polite society. P-Orridge h/erself founded lesser collectives in the mold of Temple ov Psychick Youth, such as "The Process" (1991) and "One True TOPI Tribe" (2010), but none acquired anywhere near the same vitality as Temple ov Psychick Youth.
There are still four lingering aspects of this strange saga worth mentioning. First, I think that the current discourse surrounding Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth should suspend the normal rules of engagement and tread carefully when pulling apart the Temple's weft of history and lore, or risk being complicit in superficial rehabilitation. As a collective dedicated to propagandizing via music, fashion, manifesto, and media art, the Temple's investments in self-mythology are keenly felt during our present wave of revisionism, which lauds P-Orridge and h/er lieutenants while excluding apostates—many who portray the Temple leadership as preying on the vulnerable and naïve to construct the same sort of controlling hierarchy that Temple ov Psychick Youth claimed to thwart.
Second, there are the innate challenges to accurate documenting esoteric history at all. As occult investigator Mitch Horowitz (2017) argues, most earnest writers on outsider spiritual topics "tend to either develop [an overt] contempt or … [outsized] affection for their subjects," while other blatant critics marginalize them as "curios belonging to another era, oddball figures occupying a fringe of religious life"—their contemporary influence on mainstream culture, when conceded with sarcastic tone, is nearly always "regrettable". So dispassionate writing is a tightrope that few can walk. But the subjects themselves are often confounding, pursuing outright con artistry (e.g., Madame Blavatsky) or the knowing erasure of competitors from the historical ledger. Even luminaries who appear trustworthy fabricate details, and much so-called "common knowledge" within occult communities is un-sourced or un-sourceable, and therefore daunting to verify. Writers may try to probe every bewitching story's minutiae, but this spurs exhaustion, and slowly, the temptation to cut-and-paste from existing chronicles overwhelms lay and academic circles alike. Yet more importantly, we simply want to believe these stories—they're colorful, bombastic, and represent a history too compelling to reject. P-Orridge likely recognized these enduring traits of esoteric history, hedging on their continuity throughout Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth's maneuvers to sow the unsteady ground separating earnest narrative and deliberate myth.
Third, there is the danger of anachronism when we look back at the acid house era. Since contemporary music fans readily cross-reference claims made by artists, the press, and their peers, the success of Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth's occult agenda strains credulity. But the late '10s feature a wealth of editorial and crowd-sourced online resources (e.g. Discogs.com, the Wikimedia suites) which dwarf the investigative tools available circa 1988-1991. During Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth's heyday, artist backstories, creative ownership, and stylistic borrowing were far more arduous to corroborate via broadcast media, print magazines, record company backlogs, or word of mouth. First-hand scene engagement may debunk some claims, but casual fans were left in the dark, forced to rely on interviews and music criticism—realms of authority already subverted by Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth via invocation. More curious? That their career rehabilitation, and claims of acid house primacy, still flourish amidst myriad pipelines for grassroots artist research. Clearly, the information glut of the modern Internet propagates useful rumors for artists like P-Orridge just as well as SPIN magazine did a generation earlier. This, I think, makes the case for restraint against impulses to harshly appraise this earlier epoch as gullible.
Finally, I offer an alternative reading of Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth's acid house misadventures: what if P-Orridge's fascination with the genre came not from magickal profiteering, but rather, brinksmanship to counter an existential threat? Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth's aesthetic synergy and logistic congruency with this peer youth movement is evident, but a fear of irrelevance, rather than straightforward annexation, may have been the overriding motivation. Both movements refused consensus reality, plumbed the depths of psychedelia to re-structure their minds, and seized derelict gaps of civic fabric to exchange suppressed ideas and artifacts, but by 1988, acid house may have been beating Psychic TV/Temple ov Psychick Youth at their own game. Indeed, Temple ov Psychick Youth's founding directive sought to project occult unrest, and cast phantasms of martial youth revolt throughout Thatcherite Britain. While they did surface in the public eye as bit players of the larger '80s-'90s "Satanic Panic", their exploits received nowhere near the reactionary backlash as acid house, cast by establishment forces as a hedonist swarm dismantling post-war norms and values—in the process, stealing the spotlight from Temple ov Psychick Youth and fulfilling in months what the Temple had fixated on for seven years. Per Simon Reynolds:
[early 1990s] rave culture represented an … epidemic of self-organizing activity. Teenagers made their own records on computers in their bedrooms, self-released them as white labels, and self-distributed them … to specialist record stores. The hard-core rave underground was the ultimate expression of the do-it-yourself principle (Reynolds 2006: 530-1).
These spontaneous pathways made formal bureaucracy, such as Temple ov Psychick Youth's Stations and Access Points, further irrelevant for tapping into kindred spirits and exchanging taboo art. If P-Orridge sensed Temple ov Psychick Youth's market share plummeting against competitor counterculture networks, then s/he would be remiss not to strike back with every magickal tool available to execute a clandestine takeover.
Many thanks to Michael Willems and Stephanie Monohan for the conversations and encouragements which inspired this article.
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Why Does My Physio Give Me Exercises?
There are a few ways in which exercise can help.
One way is a term called Mechanotransduction or mechanotherapy and this the process of how exercise stimulates tissue repair and remodelling in tissue. This is an ongoing process in the human body just like respiration and circulation.
So what is it?
It is the process where the body converts the loading from exercise into cellular responses. These cellular responses promote structural change in the tissue - the muscles, tendons, cartilage and bone. A good example is weak bone can become stronger when put under appropriate load.
So this tissue goes through three stages, the first being the trigger and this is what your physio will call ‘load’. For example walking provides the achilles tendon with force which can elicit a change in the cells which can trigger a whole array of responses depending on the type, weight and sets and reps.
The second phase is the communication of the load throughout the tissue. This allows us to affect other tissue that may be in another location because of certain chemical reactions.
And finally the third part is the response at the cellular level to produce a tissue response and assemble the necessary material in correct alignment. In the absence of activity, mechanotansduction is weak and change in tissue is lost and will thus deteriorate - get weaker etc. When there is a load (exercise) above the tissues set point or capacity the body will adapt and change, becoming larger and stronger.
Research shows exercise and load helps to repair tendons, muscles, cartilage and bone.
This article was adapted from Khan and Scott, 2009, which is an open access article in the BJSM and can be accessed here: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/43/4/247.long
Some examples of improvement can be seen below:
Muscle - Increased strength
Tendon - Improved capacity of muscle-tendon unit
Bone - Increased bone density
Joint - Regulation of synovial fluid, improved joint function
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I am trying to download the game from the microsoft store and it only allows me to select my SSD which I mostly use for the OS. On my wife's computer she is allowed to select either her SSD or her HDD. We use the same make and models for them. Would anyone have an idea why this would be. I literally have not had any software refuse to install on my HDD before.
I don't know what the problem could be. I was able to use my SSD, which had 140GB free or my HDD, which had around 300GB free. I just installed it on my SSD, since that should help it load faster.
if the extra drive you have on your machine is formatted with an nonactive mbt partition it can cause the microsoft store to refuse to install apps there, try reformatting the drive and assigning a logical GPT pratition
While formatting my HDD was definitely NOT an option, I did manage to shrink the currently existing volume and create / format a new partition on the remaining space. This really should not be a requirement, however it did allow for the game to download onto the physical drive. So basically now I have a partition made exclusively for PSO2.
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Quince & Cotognata (Quince Paste)
The quince, also known as mela cotogna is a fruit related to the apple and pear and ripens in mid to late autumn. It was highly prized by ancient civilizations and known as the ancient apple - introduced in Italy by the Romans and Greeks who enjoyed eating it raw with honey. The quince featured prominently on many of the Pompeii frescoes which date back to (circa) 80 BC. It is also believed that the apple that Adam ate when he visited Eve in the forbidden garden was the quince.
The fruit is high in vitamins and minerals and considered an antioxidant. I have come across two varies - one shaped like an apple and the other more like a pear. They vary slightly in texture and flavour when cooked. Due to its astringent and hard flesh, it is usually cooked with sugar. The flesh of the fruit turns a deep orange after a long cooking time and breaks down to a pulp. It is high in pectin and great for making jams and jellies. It is also used in savoury dishes and makes a great accompaniment to roast pork.
Mamma would prepare the fruit by peeling it first, slicing and adding a drizzle of vin cotto, then roasting it in the oven. The caramelised pieces would then be served with ice-cream or added to a tart base which we call crostata di cotogne. Its most common use as a sweet dish would be in the form of a spoon desert or jam / paste known as cotognata in Italian and membrillo in Spanish. It makes a great accompaniment to cheese such as brie, blue vein or a hard cheese like pecorino pepato. Papa` loves it baked and drizzled with vin cotto.
Cotognata Recipe
3 kg of quince
Sugar (equal amounts of sugar to quince puree)
1 lemon cut in quarters
Some recipes suggest peeling the quinces, but I like to just wash and place in a pan whole covered in water. It is easier to peel them once they are cooked. I also add lemon slices for added flavour.
Boil and cook until tender, drain and allow to cool. Peel, remove the core and puree the pulp.
Weigh the puree and add equal weight of sugar. Add lemon quarters, mix and cook to the desired thickness and colour. Frequent mixing is required to avoid it from sticking to the pot. The longer you cook it the thicker and darker it becomes. If you want a jam consistency then it will require less cooking. I allow it to cook for 1 hour for jam or 2 hours for quince paste.
The jam can be stored in sterilized jars or if jelly consistency is required, in a mould. Wet the moulds with cold water, pour the contents and let it sit to dry overnight. Remove from moulds and cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters. If you like you can cover the cut shapes with sugar ready for serving or allow these to further air dry before storing between grease proof paper.
My mother in law would use her formine (clay moulds) from Sicily for shaping the cotognata which adds character to the finished product. Nowadays moulds made of silicon work just as well providing interesting shapes and varied sizes.
hope you enjoy making cotognata! You will notice many more recipes posted over time using the quince fruit or the quince paste as it is one of our family favourite.
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język polski - English
uciec inglés:
1. levant levant
Inglés palabrauciec"(levant) ocurre en conjuntos:
Fiszki z książki - "Choffard" (Vera Salomons)
Fiszki z książki - "Four Meetings" (Henry James)
Fiszki z książki - "When London Burned" (G. A. Henty)
Fiszki z książki - "A Missionary Twig" (Emma L. Bu...
2. flee flee
The rebels invaded and the residents were forced to flee their town.
Andrew Johnson had to flee his home to save his life.
The man fleed the scene of the accident.
The refugees were fleeing a military dictatorship.
Brown and his friends were forced to flee.
Hope is the last thing that man has to flee unto.
People flee Syria.
flee fled fled
Pour refugee just flees from civil war.
Authorities are worried about the rising number of drivers who flee the scene of accidents they cause.
You must flee before there are too many of them.
People started fleeing
Flee never so fast you cannot flee your fortune.
Inglés palabrauciec"(flee) ocurre en conjuntos:
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Komnata Tajemnic The End
Practise Tests Vocabulary #1
How to get out alive
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3. run away run away
When she was a child, she once tried to run away from home.
Kids who threaten to run away are using it for power.
Don’t run away! I won’t hurt you.
The thief run away and the police ran after him.
Harry and Greta run away.
Jo's run away from home.
I must run away.
Don't run away. Be a man.
Inglés palabrauciec"(run away) ocurre en conjuntos:
Etapy życia 2 święta uroczystości
"New Matura Success" - Pre-Intermediate Unit 11
życie rodzinne i towarzyskie ang
Matura Focus 4 Unit 6 Wordlist "True or False?"
4. escape
Cave escape!
When she saw the lengths he'd gone to to get all dressed up, she couldn't help letting a brief chuckle escape.
As far as this problem is concerned, you cannot escape your responsibility.
Gun makers have been able to escape responsibility for firearm violence.
His name escapes me (= I have forgotten his name). Nothing important escapes her notice/attention.
The monkey escape and destroys a restaurant
‘Sweepers’ had started to hunt survivors, so Lucy escaped and hid in the wilds of Central Park.
Troubles are everywhere; in front of you, on your left, on your right. You can't escape.
Inglés palabrauciec"(escape) ocurre en conjuntos:
16.07.12 new english file
życie społeczne (Unit 14)
New Zeland i inne
Matura Prime Time
5. get away
I thought I would never get away from that boring guy!
What time can you get away?
Many Jews get away from Poland during II World War.
We're planning to get away for a few days in June
Maybe you just need to get away for a while
What often happens to high pressure business men who work too hard and never even get away for the normal annual holiday?
get away with her crime
We will get away for a weekend.
We walked to the next beach to get away from the crowds. I just need to get away for a few days. "Ralph painted that, you know." "Get away!"
Inglés palabrauciec"(get away) ocurre en conjuntos:
market leader - lekcja 1a
Business English - Phrasal Verbs
ENG- PL prepositions 13-1
Unit 1 J. angielski
New Matura Succes Unit 3
6. break out
Inglés palabrauciec"(break out) ocurre en conjuntos:
Confusing words & false friends
New Matura Succes Unit 3
słówka unit 3
państwo i społeczeństwo
Życie społeczne
7. flee fled fled
Inglés palabrauciec"(flee fled fled) ocurre en conjuntos:
Czasowniki nieregularne
8. get away with
Inglés palabrauciec"(get away with) ocurre en conjuntos:
Czasowniki fazowe
9. ran off
Inglés palabrauciec"(ran off) ocurre en conjuntos:
16th of november
10. broke out
The Second World War broke out in 1939
11. to leg it
Inglés palabrauciec"(to leg it) ocurre en conjuntos:
życie prywatne
12. getting away
13. abscond
He has to convince a judge that he wasn’t going to abscond from prison
He absconded from a children's home.
Inglés palabrauciec"(abscond) ocurre en conjuntos:
5. 1.1 Crime
14. elope
elope to the woods
We couldn`t take this anymore so we eloped.
15. get away from it all
Inglés palabrauciec"(get away from it all) ocurre en conjuntos:
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Yoga for Ovarian Cancer: Poses and Benefits for Your Health | Everyday Health
Yoga for Ovarian Cancer: Poses That Benefit Your Health During and After Treatment
Whether you’re in the middle of treatment for ovarian cancer or trying to get your strength back after you’ve completed it, a yoga routine may be just what the doctor ordered.
Several small studies suggest that yoga can help women with ovarian cancer cope with symptoms.iStock
Okay, yoga may not have literally been on the list of doctor's orders you received as you embarked on treatment, but if not, perhaps it should have been. Yoga has a proven track record of reducing anxiety, as shown in a meta-analysis published in the May 2016 Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. Not only is anxiety common to people coping with cancer, but several small studies have shown yoga's benefits for women being treated for ovarian cancer specifically.
A small pilot study of women undergoing chemotherapy for ovarian cancer, published in the journal Explore, found that adding even one 15-minute session of yoga breathing and poses before treatment reduced anxiety and increased relaxation.
Another study, of 51 women with ovarian or breast cancer, published in the Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology, found that 10 weekly classes of restorative yoga, a form of yoga that combines supported postures, breathing, and deep relaxation, resulted in less fatigue, depression, and anxiety in participants, and a better overall quality of life.
Yoga for Ovarian Cancer: Start With the Breath
First: If you’re not sure where to start, the gentle breathing practices that are an integral part of yoga can be done at any stage of treatment, says Kelli Bethel, a physical therapist and the director of yoga therapy at the University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Integrative Medicine in Baltimore.
One practice Bethel recommends is called a 2-to-1 breathing technique, which is thought to stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system responsible for releasing tension. While sitting or lying down, gently inhale through your nose to a count of 3 or 4 (whichever is most comfortable for you), then gently exhale through your nose to twice that count (6 or 8).
Continue for as long as feels comfortable. Breath work, says Bethel, can be done at home, in transit to appointments, in the waiting room before seeing your doctor, and before and after procedures or chemotherapy sessions.
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Yoga Poses for Women With Ovarian Cancer
If you’re in treatment, get your doctor’s approval before attempting any physical poses. And keep the moves gentle at first. If you have balance issues as a result of chemotherapy, postures in which you sit (either on a chair, on a mat, or on the floor) or lie (on the bed or the floor) are preferable to those done standing, says Bethel. Be sure to stop if you feel any discomfort.
Gentle Neck Rolls
Benefits: Strengthens neck muscles, relaxes neck and upper back, reduces stress
1. Sit up straight on a chair or the floor. Center your head with your eyes looking forward. Be sure to breathe regularly through these movements.
2. Gently tip your head to the left, drawing your ear toward your shoulder. Hold for a moment, noticing the stretch on the right side of your neck.
3. Slowly roll your head around to the front, leading with your chin, until your right ear is near your right shoulder. Hold here, noticing the stretch on the left side of your neck.
4. Very gently continue rolling your neck the rest of the way around, taking care not to jerk your head or tilt too far, until your left ear is again by your left shoulder. If you feel any discomfort during this move, stop immediately.
5. Repeat steps 2 through 4, then reverse direction for two repetitions.
Seated Mountain Pose (Tadasana)
Benefits: Releases tension, improves posture, facilitates concentration
1. Sit upright on a chair or in a comfortable cross-legged position on the floor, spine erect, arms down by your side. Keep your breathing relaxed and even throughout.
2. Slightly lift your spine and elongate your neck. Release and relax the muscles in your face.
3. As you inhale, bring your shoulders up to your ears and, exhaling, press them down fully. Hold them steady in this position.
4. Without moving your arms, feel as if your fingers are actively reaching toward the floor.
5. Your aim is to feel as powerful and steady as a mountain. Hold the pose for 30 seconds to a few minutes, then release.
Seated Cat/Cow (Chakravakasana)
Benefits: Brings circulation to your abdomen, stretches your back and core
1. Sit on a chair or cross-legged on the floor. Keep your spine straight and your head centered.
2. Gently rest your hands on your knees or the tops of your thighs.
3. Inhale, arch your spine slightly back. Simultaneously roll your shoulders back toward your shoulder blades. This is the Cow position.
4. Exhale, round your spine, bring your shoulders forward, and release your chin toward your chest. This is Cat.
5. Continue alternating between Cow and Cat for 5 inhales and exhales.
Modified Knee-to-Chest Pose (Pawanmuktasana)
Benefits: Engages the abdomen, eases back tension, helps relieve bloating
1. Lie on your back, legs together, arms resting alongside your body.
2. Breathe in, then, as you exhale, bend your right knee and pull it toward your chest.
3. Gently clasp your hands around your shin.
4. Take several long and slow deep breaths while you gently hold your leg in this position.
5. On an exhale, release your leg and hands and return them to starting position.
6. Repeat on the other side.
Supported Deep Relaxation (Savasana)
Benefits: Relaxes the body, softens the breath, quiets the mind
1. Lie on the floor or your bed with a pillow under your head and, if desired, one under your knees. If you prefer, lean back on your bed close to the headboard with pillows stacked behind you. The idea is to be at least partially reclined but feel completely supported.
2. Relax your arms next to your body, palms facing up. Close your eyes.
3. Begin to scan your body starting with your feet, feeling any tension melting away in your feet, then ankles, shins, knees, and thighs.
4. Continue to scan through your torso, arms, head, and face.
5. Feel the last bit of tension float up through the top of your head.
6. Focusing on your breath as you gently inhale and exhale, remain in this position for as long as you like, but at least for several minutes.
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Hate going to the doctor? Try going to the body mechanic!!
A lot of people ignore their health (symptoms) thinking that things will get better in time. Most say they hate going to doctors. Stop thinking of chiropractors as typical doctors! Yes, we are very capable doctors with extensive training in what we do, but it might help you to think of us more as a body mechanic. Instead of saying you have to go to the "doctor" with all its anxiety causing notions, instead try saying that you have to go to the chiropractor for a "tune-up" to keep your body performing at its best!!
This change in outlook could benefit your health by making you more open to the wellness benefits of the chiropractor. Especially if you are pregnant. Pregnancy chiropractic care requires no symptoms and is of a major benefit to a pregnant mother to be and her full term pregnancy. Less discomforts, shorter labor time are two of many benefits!!
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RETRO Game Review - White Knight Chronicles (PS3)
Updated: Jun 30
White Knight Chronicles is an ambitious Japanese Role Playing Game (JRPG) developed by Level-5, which offers exciting gameplay customisability, inspired world-building and some breathtaking visuals but is let down by technical issues and fairly repetitive dungeon design.
Now, some perspective is required. I am new to the JRPG genre and have no real base for comparison and so this review will not be able to draw on the obvious pillars such as the Final Fantasy games or the Persona series or any other franchise which has shaped the genre before this release. Additionally, my experiences are from playing the game in 2018 which is a considerable amount of time since the Geonet (in-game internet servers) have been disconnected so this was a single-player experience for me with no meet-ups or public quests completed.
Right off the bat in this game you are prompted to create an avatar. This character will be a supporting player in the story (kind of) in that they are not the driving force of the plot but can be fitted with any of the weapons skills and attributes to be used in conjunction with the rest of the characters you will slowly party up with over the story. However, the character will never speak (bizarrely) and will literally be reduced to staring vaguely at other characters when they are speaking. It would have been perhaps too much to expect full voice work and dialogue interactions but it does feel like the character is not even present as the other party members never acknowledge his/her existence.
But given that this game takes place in a world with cockney-voiced toad creatures and bunny-eared elf-people that can build flying machines tethered to massive dragons, perhaps the silent avatar isn’t too unbelievable. Granted, the story feels like it borrows from many different sources and in some ways it works and others feels discordant. For example, there is a heavy Arthurian feeling to the beginning section and character designs, but with a Japanese anime look to the characters - the localised International edition voice actors range from gravely serious to utterly ham-fisted – and the later areas introduce a fantasy steam-punk aesthetic which adds to an already weird but colourful concoction.
The central plot revolves around the capture of young mute princess Cisna by enemy forces from wars fought long ago between the two main warring factions, with the young hero (less heroically named Leonard) tasked with saving her. On his journey, he will meet a handful of adventurers and bring them along. Aside from your avatar which is simply under-written as a friend of Leonard, the other characters are all very distinguished: the young girl Yulie, secretly pining for Leonard as he looks for the Princesses’ affections; the old mysterious warrior Eldore, doling out wisdom in his comically gruff voice; the ethereal blonde beauty Kara seeking out her missing sister; and the rich, cocky lout Caesar that happens to be a skilled warrior. The character dynamics are clear and the many lengthy dialogue scenes make enjoyable viewing, even when the performances occasionally dip.
The Knights of the title are the ancient battle knights which were used by the warring factions to turn the tide of war, and were massive robot-like beings which were spiritually fused with a worthy warrior. This mixture of fantasy and technology really emphasises the great mish-mash of cultures and ideas that pervades this entire game.
As any of your party, you will travel across the different lands of the game with a main singular objective. In the main towns this could be anything from trying to find a specific character, find out about an event that has happened by talking to townsfolk or going to a specified location. Weirdly though, in the town areas you will only be able to see the character you are controlling but will still hear the rest of the party making comments like they are still there. This was likely due to technical issues to keep frame-rate up in these high-traffic environments but initially it’s a little jarring. In the town environments you can speak to NPCs to read a two-line comment which vaguely gives insight into their lives, roam shops, jewellers, armouries or crafting stations (for merging weapons and armour). But in the larger land areas between the safe towns are where enemies will appear (and thankfully three of your party will actually be visible and can be used in battle).
Once you have visited an area at least once it can then be selected on the world map as a fast travelling location, which is crucial as some of the later areas and dungeons tend to outstay their welcome. Those were some of my least enjoyed moments playing this game as although each dungeon is varied and unique, they became a maze of identical assets reused for longevity’s sake. For some I eventually resorted to a guide or YouTube video to persevere. It’s a shame as a majority of the early level geometry is fine and aesthetically pleasing. Throughout the game, you will battle in standard castle dungeons, cyrstal mines, caves, traverse beautiful countryside, exotic deserts to unusual locations like mountains which require your character to fly across them using the wind and large flowers.
The cut-scenes are mostly rendered in the in-game-engine however there are the odd cinematic moments where it switches to, admittedly, absolutely gorgeous pre-rendered visuals (a scene from a mountain-top looking down on a city being carried on the back of a gargantuan monster springs to mind). Although the switch-back-and-forth was slightly jarring as it highlighted the differences between the two styles.
Of course, the most important part is the combat. Unlike many games in the genre, WKC is not turn-based and instead combat handles in third-person and in real-time with a cool-down employed between actions. Each player character can specialise in a weapons skill (swords, longswords, axe, spear, bow, and staff or between the two different types of magic: Divine and Elemental). You will assign skill points earned from levelling up in combat to unlock new abilities or skill points within each of the main disciplines. So, for instance the sword skill tree I assigned to Leonard and when he levelled up I increased his strength, speed, dexterity and general sword mastery powers as well as unlocked different swiping hits, combo attacks and special moves. Whereas the Elemental magic power I assigned to Yulie as the specialist and she became my reliable healer of the group; she was excellent at group healing quickly as well as curing my team from paralysis or when they were knocked out. I really enjoyed the freedom and customisability of mapping out which of my characters would be my longsword holding up-close fighter to my distance preferring bowman. Of course, it did help to give them all some powers from the magic options as towards the latter half of the game when enemies were tougher it was necessary that all party members could easily heal themselves in a pinch.
Each character has three sets of slots to fill and these could be weapon attacks, combos as well as attacking or defensive magic spells. They also have an action chip meter, health meter and magic meter. The latter two are straight-forward but the action chips were less obvious. Most attacks performed would slowly build up chips which can be used to do more devastating damage. These can also be for customised combos which are fun to create and mix up as they also tend to pack a heavier punch and were typically designed for boss characters. However, doing them also depletes the action chips at your disposal so it requires a balancing act of mixing up character attacks and spells to really do the most effective damage.
Additionally, each character’s clothing can be customised by purchasing items from local shops or raiding treasure chests. There is a massive selection of armour, jackets, cloaks or even accessories like earrings or rings and as I progressed through the game I tended to find the next main village I came across had statistically better clothing items to equip. This meant I spent an awful lot of time swapping out between characters and managing inventory which was time-consuming but it was necessary if you knew you were going to be heading to a new dungeon with potentially tougher enemies.
The loot drip-feed was effective though as it was always encouraging to see there was an even larger sword to equip or bigger shield which would outclass my current gear. The economy of the game is nicely paced as the amount of gold earned would always nearly be enough to buy the best stuff for the party but never for everyone so you had to be clever about who would be getting the newest, tougher material. On top of that, you can enhance weapons and armour with better strength and durability as well as a specific elemental power. So, if you knew you were going to be facing enemies weak to fire any time soon, then a sword enhanced with flame damage would be very effective. This applied to the shields, armour and even amulets so there were many ways to buff out my party which I really appreciated.
Then there are the knights. Without going into spoilers, at least one of your party can transform into the titular White Knight during battle and this leads to the character towering over the enemies ready to do serious damage. They are a great tide changer and they don’t have a traditional health meter like the other characters but instead are governed by the magic meter which will slowly decrease with damage taken or from attacking. Over the course of the story you will learn stronger attacks which will use up more of the meter but deal serious damage that, again, a fine balancing act will be required to maximise the effectiveness of the knight.
The learning curve of WKC is pretty well judged as, although I died a fair few times in that first castle dungeon, it prompted me to mix up my strategies and essentially served as a tutorial to learn how all the different features were implemented. The game’s variety of enemies was also appreciated as the main recurring villains were human armoured knights called the Magi and they would have a mixture of weapons and armour as well as magic users. Then as you progress through the different environments you will encounter hostile creatures such as vespids, lizards, boars, elemental spirits and massive beasts that usually require a Knight to take down like trolls, Cerberus (three headed dogs), black knights and dragons. All of these different enemies are usually enhanced with some elemental power like ice, fire, wind or rock and this would encourage you to consider which character or special attacks to utilise.
This applied especially in relation to the boss battles, which were usually against much larger foes and would be introduced in anime style dramatic fashion. For the early fights the use of the White Knight was normally enough to get me through the fight but towards the end there were points where I fought numerous boss battles back-to-back which more often than not required some planning beforehand as to the method of attack as well as making sure each character was equipped with plenty of healing potions and the best available armour. It was never a truly difficult game but it certainly required me to really dig into the different systems, options and customisability of my party.
There were areas, however, that did grate in relation to performance. From a technical perspective this game has issues, especially in relation to draw distance and asset pop-in. Level 5 really struggled to have characters appear from a distance. In fact, occasionally an icon would appear further ahead indicating something was there and it wasn’t until I ventured closer to realise it was a group of enemies which literally appeared right in front of me and began attacking. This happened constantly and was a real hindrance for immersion as well as from a strategy point of view. There were moments where I would be hoping to avoid combat in some of the larger wastes that I was forced to fight gigantic beasts that materialised in front of me because the game couldn’t render them until it was too late. As well as that, it happened in the town areas where the street would appear empty until I walked further and all of a sudden a collection of NPCs would suddenly be visible, which somewhat detracted from my immersion in this otherwise well realised game world.
As mentioned at the beginning of the review this game was initially a co-operative online multi-player game and it’s probably fair to say a lot of the design of the game was with that in mind. The dungeons never incorporate any major puzzles or intricate gameplay and the objectives are completely linear. There are entire quests which can be played either as a solo player or as a group (although no longer possible as the servers are discontinued) and I didn’t feel compelled to do any of them using only my avatar character as my enjoyment of the combat derived from seeing my group working together. On top of that there was a Georama feature which allowed players to build small towns using in-game assets and pull different NPC characters from the world as characters for the town and it was even possible for other players to then visit these created villages. Again, this feature is also no longer present due to the retired internet server which is a shame as I would have liked to have tried it out.
Thankfully, the story was enough to keep my interest and I was able to beat the game after 40 plus hours of playtime. Surprisingly, I didn’t feel like I had to grind my level up too much, which I understand is usually a staple of the JRPG genre. On beating the game, I then unlocked the New Game Plus mode which allowed me to repeat the story but with my characters remaining at the same level as they were at the end and with all weapons and armour provided. Even after spending over 40 hours within the game I was eager to delve back in for this mode as it was so satisfying beating enemies with one hit, or downing a major epic boss that I previously had struggled with in one foul swoop due to my over-levelled characters. It was a fun reward which has encouraged me to play again and mix up my characters specialties and weapons configurations to keep the experience fresh and engaging.
Overall, Level 5 created an attractive JRPG which excelled from a visual stand-point, plethora of combat options and a fun, but slightly derivative story. The real-time combat actually succeeds in creating tension and the characters and world of White Knight Chronicles are mostly well depicted. However, the technical limitations and repetitive dungeon designs do hold back what is otherwise a worthwhile entry in the crowded JRPG genre.
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Peirene No. 26
Shadows on the Tundra
Dalia Grinkevičiutė
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• Description
An extraordinary piece of international survival literature, joining the likes of Primo Levi and Anne Frank.
Why Peirene chose to publish this book:
There is only one word to describe this book, extraordinary. It blew me away when I first read it in German translation. Dalia’s account goes far beyond a memoir. This is an outstanding piece of literature which should be read by anyone who wishes to understand the Soviet repression.
Written by Dalia Grinkevičiūtė.
Translated from the Lithuanian by Delija Valiukenas.
Home in Exile series
192pp, paperback with flaps, £12
ISBN 978-1-908670-44-1
eISBN 978-1-908670-45-8
• Unpublished Extract
In 2018, Peirene Press published Shadows on the Tundra, Delija Valiukenas’ translation of the story that Dalia buried. It is a truly remarkable memoir that bears witness, not only to the suffering Dalia endured, but to the hope that sustained her.
A year later, Delija Valiukenas approached us to tell us that she had been working on translating a number of additional extracts that Dalia had written, later in life, when she returned to Lithuania. With the generous permission of Dalia’s close friend, Vytene Muschick, we are so pleased to be able to share this unpublished extract with you.
From Lithuanians at the Laptev Sea [Version Two] by Dalia Grinkevičiūtė. Vilnius:
Lietuvių rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2005, 190-192.
Excerpt: Nearly a year after Dalia and her mother escape from the Siberian gulag and return illegally to Lithuania, Mrs. Grinkevičius dies and Dalia is faced with a major dilemma….
Eight months later, Mother’s health began to deteriorate. The alarming symptoms of uremia set in. By the spring of 1950, her condition was hopeless. She asked to be transported to our former home in Kaunas. That was incredibly risky, but we did as she wished.
The doctors who attended her would usually arrive after dark. Once out of the blue, she asked me, “But how will you bury me? They’ll catch you and put you in prison. Why don’t you just lower me into the Nemunas River….”
She passed into the afterlife thinking that even in death there would be no place for her in the land of her fathers. She died May 5, 1950; it was a difficult death. Her last words were a simple question: “Why didn’t they just shoot us when they had us lined up beside the train?”
I lay her out on a bed and surround her with flowers. Her face looks blissful and at peace. Her suffering at an end. I open the window for air, for a Lithuanian breeze to waft across her face one last time. My good and gentle Mum, who’d never hurt a single living thing. Why were you destined for so much suffering? You were always the first to offer help and did it quietly without fanfare. I’m glad, at least, that your last and greatest wish has been granted. You’ve died in Lithuania. Your native land will gather you into its embrace. With the last of your strength you made it home. Frail, dying, and persecuted. In the end, you triumphed.
But where is your final resting place to be? Where and how should I bury you?
I did find a priest who agreed to perform the final rites without the usual documents. We’d bury you under a different surname 18 km outside of Kaunas in a village cemetery. But how do I get a casket out of the house? Or transport it out of town? Its removal and conveyance will alert the neighbors. Should I bury you in a flower bed underneath the window? But the nights in May are bright, it’ll be impossible to dig a grave without being noticed.
My aunt’s idea was to go to the NKVD. She would tell them that her ailing sister had showed up in the middle of the night. She couldn’t very well shut the door in her face, then the next day her sister died. Meanwhile, I would remove myself from the scene. Aunt thinks that after following the usual procedure for identifying the body, they’d let us bury her. But even if they did, I wouldn’t be able to attend her funeral or visit her grave afterwards: it would be watched—they’d be lying in wait for me. Besides, they won’t believe it, and some people will end up paying a price in that scenario.
But what I couldn’t bear the most was the thought of her executioners being there looking at her in death when it should be me at the very end who is standing at her side.
So what to do? Can there really be no room for my dead Mother in her homeland? There is a small area of the cellar intended as an air raid shelter during the war. I’ll bury her there.
With hammer and chisel I begin to break up the cement floor. It’s a hard, thick layer. When he built the house, Dad hadn’t considered how difficult it would be to chisel out a grave for Mum. To avoid being seen from the outside, I work by candlelight. As hard as I try, progress is slow. At the slightest creak of the stairs leading to the second floor, I pause. Eventually, I break through the cement. Beneath is clay. I work around the clock and finish digging the following day. An enormous hole stares up at me.
Tomorrow is the first Sunday in May—Mother’s Day. Who’d have thought that this would be my last gift to you, Mama. Together with my Aunt, we saw an armoire in half lengthwise and fashion a casket. The door to the armoire will serve as a lid. At the first light, we carry the casket downstairs and lower it into the grave. We line it. Now all that remains is to carry her down. I approach the bed several times, but each time I go weak in the knees and feel woozy. I realize, I’ll never manage. I turn to someone that I know I can trust – the brother of the prominent missionary priest, Paukštis. He takes her into his arms and carries her out of the room.
I spend all next week, every single night, carrying chunks of cement and clay out of the basement. Next, I smooth out the cellar floor with a layer of fresh cement. No sign of a grave remains.
There was a water meter on the premises. The meter reader would have noticed the flowers and the lighted candle more than once, but he never uttered a word.
• Author
Dalia Grinkevičiūtė (1927-1987) was born in Kaunas, the former capital of Lithuania. She spent her teenage years in a Siberian gulag. At 21 she escaped and returned to her home country only to be deported to Siberia once again in 1951. She was released five years later, then studied medicine. Grinkevičiūtė’s writings are now placed firmly in the Lithuanian canon.
• Translator
Born in Germany of Lithuanian parents, who fled their home in 1944 to escape the Russian occupation, Delija Valiukenas and her family emigrated to the United States and settled in Upstate New York. She earned her Ph.D. in English Literature from Brown University and has taught World Literature for 34 years. Delija writes and translates for Baltic and Lithuanian journals; and was commissioned by the Lithuanian National Theatre of Kaunas to translate selected Lithuanian plays into English.
• Press
‘Dalia Grinkeviciute’s account of surviving starvation and hard labour deserves to become a classic.’ Anna Aslanyan, The Spectator
Shadows on the Tundra is a devastating portrait of human cruelty … yet Dalia’s searing tale is unexpectedly uplifting.’ Lucy Popescu, The Riveter
‘Dalia’s suffering is so breathlessly cruel that the Gulag may have been plucked from some dark early century, but her voice – angry, sulky, sarcastic – brings it hurrying into the present.’ Julie McDowall, TLS
‘A distressing historic document and a literary work of great significance.’ Neue Zürcher Zeitung
‘An incredible force of language … the story of constant indignation.’ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
• For Reading Groups
Reading Shadows on the Tundra in a book group? Here’s some questions to get the conversation going:
1. Shadows on the Tundra was originally written on scraps of paper that Dalia Grinkevičiūtė buried in her garden to keep hidden from the KGB. How does this background information affect the way you read the story?
2. The book’s structure matches the way Dalia structured her original writing. What is your opinion of the lack of chapters or headings?
3. How do the occasional photographs and maps enhance your reading experience?
4. “Snowflakes pirouette gracefully onto the bellies and sightless eyes of the dead” (61). What do Dalia’s detailed descriptions tell you about life in the Gulag?
5. What role does Krikštanis play in the story?
6. What does Dalia’s behavior at her trial tell you about her character?
7. “Then comes the hill: this is Golgotha, our Calvary. The tall, steep, crumbling riverbank. We stumble, we slip and slide, we dangle from our traces; the rope presses against our chests” (86). What is the importance of this hill, and why does Dalia describe it so often?
8. What is your impression of the book’s ending?
9. How has reading this book changed your understanding of the historical period in which it was written?
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Elementary School Fundraising Ideas
When it comes to creating the perfect elementary school fundraiser, it can be quite tough and quite frankly, a real headache. You need to calm down and discover a fantastic way to raise money with a good idea for you, the school and most especially, the kids but it seems like everything you think of has already been done before.
You might also be feeling like you do not have enough time as well as resources. Or it could be you feel like you do not have enough support from the PTA to help put all this in place. Well, you have nothing to worry about as there are so many ideas out there to help you with your fundraiser. You also don’t need to think about it too much as raising funds for your school shouldn’t have to be difficult. There are so many fun things to do and money to make.
A good elementary school fundraiser engages people, is fun, and let’s not forget that it gets out a lot of cash. So with the brilliant tips, we are about to give you, we strongly hope it helps you to not just raise money for a cause but also have fun while doing it.
Elementary School Fundraising Ideas
1. Carol Singing
Everyone loves a good Christmas Carol, although it can be quite seasonal, you can still raise a lot of money from elementary school children singing a carol. It would be done weeks before Christmas to get the utmost effect. You can also go around the neighborhood with the choir and get as much donation as you can.
1. Disney Day
How does this work? Simple, for Disney day, you can have the school children dressed in their favorite Disney character and get a small donation in exchange. This would be done a lot better if you tell presents in advance to get their custom made or bought.
1. Crafts Day.
This is done by encouraging the children to participate in arts and craft. It can be done in groups and also been done with parents. One of the benefits of this fundraiser is that there is an opportunity for the public to purchase the items.
1. Staging a Theatre Play
No parent would want to miss the opportunity to witness their child perform in a play and that is a good advantage. You can always work with the children and stage a play appropriate to their age and ensure the audience know that their donations are going for a cause.
1. Lemonade Stand.
This is one of the oldest, yet most effective way to make money or raise funds for a good cause. How do you do this? Simply help your students to set up a stand at any school event where they can sell lemonade.
1. School Picnic
This is an excellent fundraising idea for warm days and it helps in generating funds for a cause in your school. It also encourages children to spend a healthy amount of time outdoors. All you need to do is select a green area, make proper announcements, choose a fee amount, get food and drinks which can be donated as well.
1. School Sleepovers
Sleepovers are the coolest, especially for kids and you want them having fun right? You can host a school sleepover in the school’s library or even the school gym. All you need to do is tell the parents what their kids need to bring for this activity and determine a specific amount to charge. The amount you make can then go to the school’s fundraising needs.
1. Popcorn Fundraiser
Everyone loves popcorn and the good thing about them is that they are a lot more healthy than chocolate or sweets. There are companies which you can work with for your popcorn fundraiser. These companies can help you organize them and they can work with you till the sale is over, after then the profit is split.
All these are great ways to raise funds for the school or a particular cause. Remember, you do not want to stress the kids and you want them to have fun while making money. With these ideas, you can do it and so much more. If you need to maximize the effectiveness of your fundraiser, you should visit Fundraising Zone and start your search there.
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In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly voted, under heavy pressure from the United States, in favor of a partition plan for British Mandate Palestine, without submitting the plan to the people of Palestine to determine their wishes.
Instead of self determination for the people of Palestine, which is mandated in the U.N. charter, this U.N. plan imposed a plan that was opposed by a majority of the people of Palestine, who consisted at the time of approximately 2/3 Arabs and 1/3 Jews. Fighting broke out immediately between Jews and Arabs, and has continued for the last 64 years with no end in sight. At no time has a popular vote been held to determine which form of government the Palestinians desired.
The hard core Zionists basically want all of Palestine ( and really fanatical Zionists want everything west of the Nile river and east of the Persian gulf. )
With the $100 BILLION of U.S. taxpayer supplied military aid Israel has received over the last 30 years, they have military superiority over all of their Arab neighbors combined. While it is unlikely that another large scale expulsion of Arab civilians, ( like in 1948 when over 700,000 civilians were the victims of ethnic cleansing, ) will occur in the near future, the current philosophy of the government of Israel is to make life so unbearable to its non-Jewish citizens that they will voluntarily leave.
If Israel really wanted peace, she would not have rejected Arafat's unconditional acceptance of the last Israeli peace plan made at Taba in late 2000. Since this plan was written by Israelis, it gave Israel very favorable terms; yet still it was rejected because it had allegedly expired. Since when does a viable peace plan expire? The myth of Israeli desire for peace was laid bare for the entire world to see, except in the United States where the mass media does not allow most news stories unfavorable to Israel.
Some of the reasons why a two state solution, in which both sides are satisfied with the outcome, will never occur are:
1. Palestinians will demand the Right of Return for all refugees and their descendants to the homes they owned when they were expelled, and who have been denied returning to their homes at gunpoint. Also they want just compensation for their property which was confiscated by Israel. Israel's 2000 Taba plan, which Arafat unconditionally accepted but Israel rejected, generously offered to let other countries provide compensation, but would have required zero compensation from Israel.
2. Israel will never agree to the Right of Return. The U.N. General Assembly has passed resolutions every year since 1948 asking Israel to obey International Law and allow the return of the refugees who agree to become good citizens, and every year Israel ignores said resolution.
3. Israeli acceptance of the 1947 Partition Resolution included a clause making Jerusalem an International city, but Zionists never intended to honor that clause, just like they never intended to honor the Partition Resolution boundaries for their state. Likewise, Arabs want total control of Jerusalem, since the Muslim religion considers Jerusalem their third most holy city. Israel today controls all of Jerusalem, and is unlike to voluntarily give up any of it. Prime Minister Netanyahu specifically rejects the “Clinton parameters,” and his position is to never give up a square inch of Jerusalem. No country in the world, not even the United States, recognizes Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem.
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Name Belphegor
Actor Alexander Calvert
Dates ???? – 2019 (killed by Castiel)
Location Hell
Occupation Demon
Episode(s) 15.01 Back and to the Future
15.02 Raising Hell
15.03 The Rupture
– Belphegor, 15.01 Back and to the Future
Belphegor was an old demon, very proficient in spell work, who left Hell when Chuck opened all the doors. He described his life as a human as coming from a time where people were "ugly" and worshiped a giant rock that looked like a penis. As a demon, he was a self-described "clock puncher," and enjoyed his work tormenting the souls that entered Hell. Motivated by his desire for life in Hell to go back to how it was before the souls were released, after taking over Jack's corpse as a meatsuit, he offers his services to the Winchesters and Castiel.
Belphegor was also a fan of Dean Winchester's from when he spent his time in Hell and tortured under Alastair. He calls what Dean did "more than torture", telling him how he thought it was art.
While initially appearing to act as an ally to the Winchesters in stopping the ghost apocalypse caused by Chuck, it is revealed by the demon Ardat that Belphegor has spent centuries in Hell looking for a chance to seize power for himself. With all of the other leaders of Hell dead, Belphegor used the situation with the Hell ghosts to seize his chance.
15.01 Back and to the Future
With the Winchesters and Castiel trapped in a crypt, Belphegor makes his presence known by taking possession of Jack's lifeless, blinded body. As he tries to formally introduce himself, Castiel, angry that he is defiling Jack's body by possessing it, demands that he leave. Due to their desperate situation, Dean and Sam allow Belphegor to explain himself. He tells the Winchesters and Castiel that he wants the souls back in Hell as much as they do, and offers to get them out of the crypt by performing a spell using graveyard dirt and angel blood that blasts all the damned souls from their rotting meatsuits.
Driving back to the Bunker, Belpehgor reveals that 2-3 billion souls escaped from Hell. As they are currently unable to close the rift, he suggests that containing the souls is their best option, offering to perform a spell that would act as a mile-wide salt circle around Harlan, Kansas that would keep any ghosts from getting in or out.
In Harlan, Belphegor and Dean remain downtown to collect the ingredients for the spell, while Sam and Castiel help evacuate the citizens. After getting a bag of rock salt, Dean and Belephegor prepare to go to the morgue to retrieve a heart for the spell. The two are diverted when they overhear the Woman in White killing the Harlan sheriff. Finding his body, Belphegor removes his heart, and as Dean alerts Belphegor that they need to leave, Constance Welch appears and attacks them. Dean is able to temporarily banish her with iron, allowing Belphegor enough time to perform the spell, creating a barrier around Harlan to keep any ghosts from getting in or out.
15.02 Raising Hell
As Belphegor and Dean patrol the streets of Harlan, Belphegor points out an escape attempt from a spirit -- Francis Tumblety -- whom Dean shoots with rock salt.
The next day Sam meets up with Dean and Belpheghor in the quarantine zone, where they find two people standing in the middle of the street. When Sam tells them they need to go back to the school, ectoplasm begins running down their faces. Francis Tumblety appears and demands the warding be shut down, but he is forced to flee with the sudden arrival of Arthur Ketch.
Back at the school, Belphegor tells everyone that all is quiet, which he assumes means that the ghosts are up to something. He introduces himself to Ketch, who had believed Belphegor to be Jack. Ketch then tells everyone that he got an assignment from a female demon named Ardat to eliminate Belphegor, who claimed that Belphegor is a threat to humanity. Seeing that the demon is not a threat at the moment, Ketch puts this task aside.
While Sam and Dean are patrolling the quarantine zone, Belphegor suddenly appears behind them. After hearing that the warding is failing, Belphegor tells the Winchesters that it would happen, that he'd assumed they would have cleaned things up by now, and that he can't charge it back up. After learning of their intent to send Kevin Tran to Heaven, Belphegor shuts them down, revealing that since Kevin has been to Hell, he can't enter Heaven without God's blessing.
Belphegor is able to temporarily weaken the warding enough for Kevin to be let out. After releasing Kevin, as they look on at the spirits flooding out Hell, Belphegor notes to the Winchesters and Rowena that once his spell shuts down, they will be overrun.
Belphegor is killed by Castiel.
15.03 The Rupture
After Rowena's spell to power up the warding around Harlan fails, Belphegor leaves the crypt and is pursued by Castiel, who finds him standing at the rupture to Hell, where he tells Castiel he has an idea. Back in the crypt, Belphegor tells the Winchesters and Rowena about Lilith's Crook -- a horn created by Lilith to call any of Hell's creatures that are on earth and draw them back to Hell. The crook had been sealed away in Lilith's Chamber, and with all the doors now open Belphegor believed he would be able to find it and call back all the souls. Belphegor asks for protection venturing into Hell; Dean volunteers Castiel, much to the angel's chagrin.
Standing at the rupture, Belphegor tells Castiel he may die or even get trapped in Hell, then mocks him, saying that it doesn't seem like Sam or Dean would really care. As he's wondering how they can get down, Castiel simply pushes Belphegor into the Pit and follows suit.
Belphegor and Castiel make it safely to Lilith's Chamber. They find a demon, Malfayan, ransacking the room, whom Castiel kills. Searching the room, Belphegor finds a box holding the crook. Castiel recites the song of praise to Lucifer that is adorned around the box in Enochian script. When nothing happens, Belphegor suggests he sing the verses.
Once the box is opened, Castiel is about to hand the horn to Belphegor, when Ardat attacks him and knocks him down. She stares at Belphegor and begins to beat him. When Castiel intervenes, Ardat tries to warn him that Belphegor has always wanted the throne to Hell, but she is stabbed in the back and killed before she could continue her warning. With the crook in hand, Belphegor sends Castiel flying out of the room and reveals that the crook is also a siphon, with which he plans to absorb all the souls and make himself like a god. As Belphegor blows the horn, it causes a great sound wave to hit Castiel as the souls begin flooding back into Hell. Castiel fights his way through the wave, and is able to knock Belphegor down. As Castiel begins punching Belphegor again and again, Belphegor attempts to manipulate Castiel, claiming to be Jack. Angry, Castiel uses considerable power to smite Belphegor, which renders him a burned-out husk and destroys the crook.
Belphegor in Lore
Belphegor is one of the seven Princes of Hell, and tied to the deadly sin of Sloth. Belphegor is also thought to seduce people through helping them making discoveries and inventions as a means to make them rich and sow discord among men as a "disputer."
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joint investigation by watchdogs in Canada and British Columbia has found that Cambridge Analytica-linked data firm, Aggregate IQ, broke privacy laws in Facebook ad-targeting work it undertook for the official Vote Leave Brexit campaign in the UK's 2016 EU referendum.
A quick reminder: Vote Leave was the official leave campaign in the referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union. While Cambridge Analytica is the (now defunct) firm at the center of a massive Facebook data misuse scandal which has dented the company's fortunes and continues to tarnish its reputation.
Vote Leave's campaign director, Dominic Cummings -- now a special advisor to the UK prime minister -- wrote in 2017 that the winning recipe for the leave campaign was data science. And, more specifically, spending 98% of its marketing budget on "nearly a billion targeted digital adverts".
Targeted at Facebook users.
The problem is, per the Canadian watchdogs' conclusions, AIQ did not have proper legal consents from UK voters for disclosing their personal information to Facebook for the Brexit ad blitz which Cummings ordered.
Either for "the purpose of advertising to those individuals (via 'custom audiences') or for the purpose of analyzing their traits and characteristics in order to locate and target others like them (via 'lookalike audiences')".
Last year the UK's Electoral Commission also concluded that Vote Leave breached election campaign spending limits by channeling money to AIQ to run the targeting political ads on Facebook’s platform, via undeclared joint working with another Brexit campaign, BeLeave. So there's a full sandwich of legal wrongdoings stuck to the brexit mess that UK society remains mired in, more than three years later.
Meanwhile, the current UK General Election is now a digital petri dish for data scientists and democracy hackers to run wild experiments in microtargeted manipulation -- given election laws haven't been updated to take account of the outgrowth of the adtech industry's tracking and targeting infrastructure, despite multiple warnings from watchdogs and parliamentarians.
Data really is helluva a drug.
Fake news inquiry calls for social media levy to defend democracy
The Canadian investigation cleared AIQ of any wrongdoing in its use of phone numbers to send SMS messages for another pro-Brexit campaign, BeLeave; a purpose the watchdogs found had been authorized by the consent provided by individuals who gave their information to that youth-focused campaign.
But they did find consent problems with work AIQ undertook for various US campaigns on behalf of Cambridge Analytica affiliate, SCL Elections -- including for a political action committee, a presidential primary campaign and various campaigns in the 2014 midterm elections.
And, again -- as we know -- Facebook is squarely in the frame here too.
"The investigation finds that the personal information provided to and used by AIQ comes from disparate sources. This includes psychographic profiles derived from personal information Facebook disclosed to Dr. Aleksandr Kogan, and onward to Cambridge Analytica," the watchdogs write.
"In the case of their work for US campaigns... AIQ did not attempt to determine whether there was consent it could rely on for its use and disclosure of personal information."
The investigation also looked at AIQ's work for multiple Canadian campaigns -- finding fewer issues related to consent. Though the report states that in: "certain cases, the purposes for which individuals are informed, or could reasonably assume their personal information is being collected, do not extend to social media advertising and analytics".
AIQ also gets told off for failing to properly secure the data it misused.
This element of the probe resulted from a data breach reported by UpGuard after it found AIQ running an unsecured GitLab repository -- holding what the report dubs "substantial personal information", as well as encryption keys and login credentials which it says put the personal information of 35 million+ people at risk.
Double oops.
"The investigation determined that AIQ failed to take reasonable security measures to ensure that personal information under its control was secure from unauthorized access or disclosure," is the inexorable conclusion.
Turns out if an entity doesn't have a proper legal right to people's information in the first place it may not be majorly concerned about where else the data might end up.
The report flows from an investigation into allegations of unauthorized access and use of Facebook user profiles which was started by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC in late 2017. A separate probe was opened by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada last year. The two watchdogs subsequently combined their efforts.
The upshot for AIQ from the joint investigation's finding of multiple privacy and security violations is a series of, er, "recommendations".
On the data use front it is suggested the company take "reasonable measures" to ensure any third-party consent it relies on for collection, use or disclosure of personal information on behalf of clients is "adequate" under the relevant Canadian and BC privacy laws.
"These measures should include both contractual measures and other measures, such as reviewing the consent language used by the client," the watchdogs suggest. "Where the information is sensitive, as with political opinions, AIQ should ensure there is express consent, rather than implied."
On security, the recommendations are similarly for it to "adopt and maintain reasonable security measures to protect personal information, and that it delete personal information that is no longer necessary for business or legal purposes".
"During the investigation, AIQ took steps to remedy its security breach. AIQ has agreed to implement the Offices’ recommendations," the report adds.
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Black holes were first postulated in 1915 as part of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. They are so mysterious that it was long believed impossible to observe one directly. The very first image of a black hole, therefore, is a remarkable scientific achievement. Some have complained that the image itself is a letdown, as it resembles every drawing of black hole. But nothing should detract from the incredible effort required to produce it.
Ten years ago, Avery E. Broderick and Abraham Loeb, two of the scientists on the huge team that eventually captured the image, laid out in Scientific American some of the challenges of the imaging project. One problem they faced was that, despite what science fiction tells us, most black holes actually aren’t that large as astronomical phenomena go. According to Broderick and Loeb, a “typical” black hole is only about 90 km across, a mere speck in the grand scheme of things. Even a really large black hole fits within the area defined by Neptune’s orbit. The imaging project was possible, in part, because the black hole they chose was exceptionally enormous: 6.5 billon times our sun’s mass and almost 29,000 times it diameter. Still, from 55 million light years away, it looks small.
Another problem was that the gas circling the event horizon (i.e., the black part) is spinning exceptionally quickly. It takes very high resolution instruments to pick up such rapid motion. Furthermore, very few black holes actually have a spinning halo of visible gas; most are just dark. Prospective targets for imaging are limited. One takeaway is that there are many more black holes in existence than have been discovered.
But the biggest obstacle in getting the image was diffraction. No matter what kind of electromagnetic wave is being detected—be it light, radio, or x-rays—the waves will scatter into a series of indistinguishable blurred rings when an object is small and faint. A larger telescope increases the observable distance before diffraction sets in, but there are limits to practical telescope size. Shorter wavelengths like infrared can be detected with a smaller telescope, but it’s relative. A suitable telescope dish needs to to be thousands of kilometers wide to capture longer wavelengths.
Which is, of course, impossible, unless you use multiple telescopes. There are various telescopes in the world that consist of arrays of smaller telescopes, networked to act as one. Imaging the black hole required networking several arrays to all receive the same image, but none of these telescopes was initially designed for such work. It took years for researchers to figure out how to get a group of telescope arrays networked in order to be able to observe Saggitarius A, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
Windows of available telescope time and proper weather conditions at multiple sites all had to come together. New techniques had to be developed just to process the image. The rest, as they say, is history.
Scientific American, Vol. 301, No. 6 (December 2009), pp. 42-49
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Updated: 06/08/2017 10:36 AM | First Published: 10/24/2016 01:06 PM
Greg Kinnear and wife Helen Labdon small family is completed by their adorable children.
Greg Kinnear and his wife Helen Labdon have gone through frequent thick and thin in their 17 years long marriage. At times, family problems and misunderstandings have created unlikeable situations in the family ranging from simple fights to the rumors of divorce. However, the sweet small family of Greg Kinnear and Helen Labdon is made complete by their adorable and innocent-looking children.
Greg Kinnear and wife Helen Labdon went through a lot of ups and downs
Greg Kinnear and Helen Labdon married each other in 1999 after a few years of being together and discovering the love for each other. The marriage was much anticipated by the people around the country and, perhaps, the globe as well. Greg had already been a reputed actor in Hollywood, so the marriage wasn’t a low profile.
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Two years after their marriage, the couple suffered a major tragedy. Helen had a miscarriage, so they lost a five months’ old child. It created an agony in their hearts. However, the situation made them come closer and become stronger in unison. The couple hadn’t imagined they would get over the situation so effectively.
In the course of almost two decades, Helen and Greg have faced a lot of misunderstandings between themselves. However, it’s a normal thing in a family, isn’t it? They would fight and wake up with more love for each other in the morning. It’s a very typical husband-wife thing.
Recently, their relationship was questioned by a lot of people. Are they going to divorce? Come on, folks. This couple’s story isn’t any less than the story of Romeo and Juliet. Let go the divorce; they won’t even live separately whatever the situation is.
Despite all these thick and thin, the couple has managed to go on and become stronger. And, this is the magic, or whatever you say, created by the love of their wonderful kids.
Greg Kinnear and wife Helen Labdon's bond is made stronger by their children
Greg Kinnear and Helen Labdon have three children. The oldest daughter is Lily Katherine Kinnear who was born on September 12, 2013. After the miscarriage, she was the immediate cause that filled up the incomplete part in the life of Greg and Helen.
Then, Audrey Mae Kinnear was born on June 13, 2006. On October 2009, the youngest daughter Kate Grace Kinnear was born. Although the couple lost the first child due to miscarriage, they are gifted with three more children in their life. So, Greg and Helen believe that God is graceful.
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No Statewide Face Mask Requirement In Florida Prompts Local Government Action And Lawsuits
Jun 26, 2020
Originally published on June 26, 2020 2:01 pm
As coronavirus cases continue rising in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis is dismissing calls for a statewide order requiring people to wear face masks. That's led several counties to pass face mask ordinances to prevent the virus from spreading. However, those moves are not without push-back.
The state has been setting daily records for the sheer number of new coronavirus cases. This week more than 25,000 cases were reported to the Florida Department of Health. It's causing Florida Democratic lawmakers to call for a statewide order requiring people to wear face masks. Tampa Democratic Sen. Janet Cruz:
"I can't even believe that we have this conversation in this state," Republican Sen. Janet Cruz says.
But Gov. DeSantis says ordering people statewide to wear masks might backfire:
"When you attach criminal penalties for something. You got to enforce it. And the question is in some of the parts of Florida is that really a good use of resources, so I've encouraged the locals to fashion those policies that fit their communities."
And that's what they've been doing. Counties across the state are passing ordinances requiring people to wear face masks. That includes Pinellas, Pasco, Palm Beach, and Leon County. But those ordinances cause some people like Leon County GOP Chairman Evan Power to file an emergency injunction against them.
"We're exposing people who have medical issues who won't wear a mask subject to ridicule for people who try to pressure them and then they'll have to explain why they're not wearing a mask to law enforcement," Power says.
Power explains while there's a lot of exemptions, he's concerned the ordinance won't be enforced evenly throughout the county.
"I think that it creates an environment that's not about the safety and health of our residents but rather them trying to drive revenue through punitive measures," Power says.
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The Farm Fox Experiment Provides Insights on Dog Domestication
Updated on May 24, 2019
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Farm foxes reveal interesting insights on dog domestication.
Farm foxes reveal interesting insights on dog domestication. | Source
There seems to be a lot of theories on how the gray wolf (Canis lupus) morphed into the domestic dog (canis lupus familiaris). Interestingly, historical data shows that one of the earliest evidence of dogs dates back 14,000 years ago. A mandible found in a Paleolithic grave in Germany attests that dogs existed back then.
While the exact date of the appearance of the first dogs may never be known for certain, the bond between dog and human was clearly demonstrated by the discovery of a Natufian skeleton found buried along with a puppy in Israel, which dated back 12,000 years ago.
Update: the latest findings seem to suggest that dogs split from wolves into two separate lineages as early as 27,000 to 40,000 years ago.
A Variety of Theories
There are different theories surrounding the type of wolves dogs may have derived from. Canis lupus pallipes, the Indian wolf, could have been a potential ancestor because of its small size and less threatening appearance compared to the larger, more aggressive northern varieties.
Another theory has canis lupus chanco, the Chinese wolf, as the potential ancestor due to anatomy of its mandible which is similar to a dogs' and unlike any other mandible of any other wolf subspecies.
Canis lupus lupus is suspected to have played a prominent role in the genome of the many arctic, Spitz-type dogs, whereas, canis lupus arabus, may have contributed to the development of more modern European breeds according to Steven Lindsey's Handbook of Dog Behavior and Training.
This leads to the theory that dogs may have developed from several subspecies of wolves spread throughout the world in different places and in different eras. Yet, the question of how the wolf morphed into the dog remains unsolved.
Obviously, the process didn't happen overnight. Different theories abound on how wolf and man first met and developed the first stepping stones leading to the strong partnership between dog and human. Following are some theories of how it may have all started.
Theory 1: Wolves as Hunting Partners
One theory has it that as hunters, humans attracted wolves which lagged behind attracted by the wounded animals the humans caught. As time went by, the wolves may have played a prominent role when the bow and arrow first was invented. The hunters likely hit the animals with the bow and the wolves' chore was to track them down and subdue them until the hunters took over.
Theory 2: Wolves as Pets
A romantic theory has it that a child may have found a wolf pup and adopted it in the household. The parents may have found it difficult to say no and the wolf turned out demonstrating great qualities such as guarding the home and helping in hunting. This theory may be a tad bit difficult to believe since even as of today, wolves show the ability to be tamed, but not domesticated. It's unlikely that Mesolithic people back then on the brink of survival, had the time or will to tame wolves.
Theory 3: Wolves as Scavengers
Another interesting theory is assumed by Ray Coppinger, a biologist and dog behavior expert at Hampshire College. His belief is that wolves domesticated themselves as the human villages became the attractant for wolves. The wolves or proto-dogs were simply attracted by human waste left by the outskirts of villages. The wolves who had less fear were the ones to survive and ultimately flourish.
While we may never know with certainty how 'Canis Lupus' developed into 'Canis lupus Familiaris' farm foxes may provide an intriguing clue when it comes to morphological and behavioral changes. Read on to discover how a farm fox experiment sheds some light on the domestication process of dogs.
The Farm Fox Experiment
It all started when Soviet scientist Dmitry Belyaev started studying Vulpes Vulpes, the 'silver fox' in the late 1950s at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics (ICG) in Novosibirsk, Russia. The purpose of his studies was to identify possible correlations with the process of dog domestication. He therefore decided to start a breeding program using this species of fox because it was never domesticated before.
He carefully started selecting the tamer foxes while discarding the most vicious ones, in a process meant to mimic the domestication process of dogs. He continued his breeding program for 26 years of his life and such breeding program still continues as of today... definitively something he would be extremely proud of if he was still alive...
Some Stunning, Unexpected Changes
As the tamer foxes were selectively bred and the most vicious were discarded, about 50 years later, outstanding changes started taking place. Perhaps the most relevant were the drastic coat changes. Throughout the years, the foxes started losing their distinctive silver coat color and started developing a piebald colored coat. Because the foxes were tamed and kept in captivity, they no longer appeared to have a need for the silver coat which allowed them to camouflage in the wild!
Several foxes also started developing a "star". Basically, several light colored hairs started developing on the fox's face, in a similar fashion as the stars horses feature on their foreheads. Dmitry's theory assumed that this mutation was likely occurring in several domesticated species.
But the morphological changes didn't stop there. The foxes also started developing shorter legs, floppy ears and curled tails! All traits you see in many dog breeds today! The floppy ears were classified as an effect of pedomorphosis. Also, known as "neoteny", this was a tendency to retain juvenile traits through adulthood.
To add a further twist to the studies, the foxes also morphed their behaviors throughout the years. The foxes developed a tendency to whine, bark and act submissively by licking the caregiver's face. These were more features that suggested a tendency to retain juvenile traits. Dogs in the same way appear to be perpetually juvenile specimens almost as if they froze into a young wolf pup state and never grow up. Dogs as wolf pups whine and bark, retain juvenile morphological traits and seem to not mature.
Interestingly, the baby foxes also opened their eyes earlier and responded to auditory stimulation earlier than the wild foxes. They also reached their fear phases later than the non-domesticated ones. This allowed longer opportunities for socialization and more bonding time with the humans.
All these changes appear to mimic what may have happened with the domestication process of dogs. Yet; no definite conclusions can be made. While it's pretty evident how with time, domesticated species started developing pedomorphic traits and how their behaviors started changing, one must consider if it was really domestication that changed dogs or rather selective breeding. Yet, one cannot help but be fascinated by the farm fox/dog domestication theory. Continuing at this pace, foxes may soon become a new domesticated species, a sort of a cross between a dog and a cat .- Watch video below to see these intriguing fellows- or read more from the American Scientist link.
Steven Lindsey, Handbook of Dog Behavior and Training
American Scientist: Early Canid Domestication: The Farm-Fox Experiment
Watch how the Foxes Changed in this Experiment
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• alexadry profile imageAUTHOR
Adrienne Farricelli
13 months ago
Yes, Norfolk ears are down, Norwich ears are up.
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Lora Clark
15 months ago
Norfolk ears are dropped I believe
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Nancy Yager
7 years ago from Hamburg, New York
It is interesting how we can interpret all this information. I found this to be very informative.
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Adrienne Farricelli
7 years ago
Thanks for stopping by agilitymatch and for the votes up. Yet, the puzzle remains still a bit on the obscure side, as only assumptions and theories are being made. Hopefully, further studies will reveal more.
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Kristin Kaldahl
7 years ago
I saw this title in the hub topics, and my first thought was, "Oh no. Someone is saying owing wild foxes are a good thing to own." Then I saw you wrote it and knew it would be about the fox domestication study. Excellent article!!! Voting up and more. Great historical and scientific information for anyone who owns a dog. :)
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Adrienne Farricelli
7 years ago
Isn't it amazing? I was amazed too when I first learned about this in an ethology class years ago.
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Dolores Monet
7 years ago from East Coast, United States
Behavior is one thing, but the fact that the foxes changes in looks is amazing. Some of them remind me of corgi's. What an interesting hub!
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Adrienne Farricelli
7 years ago
Thanks for stopping by. I think it's very interesting the theory that they
changed colors because in captivity there was no longer need to camouflage. Also, those juvenile traits almost seem like they're there so they look irresistible to humans!
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Bob Bamberg
7 years ago
An interesting and informative read. I found the physical changes in the silver fox as the experiment evolved to be very interesting.
Back in the 90's when our local zoo had a North American display there was a red fox exhibit. The graphics identified them as vulpes vulpes also.
Very interesting science, presented in a manner that was easy on the brain. Voted up and interesting.
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7 years ago from Alabama
Wow, I never thought how dogs came into being what they are to us today. Really interesting hub.
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The island has run out of oxygen. The island is swollen.
The island is rotten. The island has taken my beloved from me. The island is a Greenlander.
It's the fault of the Greenlander. In Nuuk, Greenland... Fia breaks up with her long-term boyfriend and falls for Sara. Sara is in love with Ivik who holds a deep secret and is about to break promises.
Ivik struggles with gender dysphoria as their friends become addicted to social media, listen to American pop music and get blind drunk in downtown bars and uptown house parties. Then there is Inuk, who also has something to hide - it will take him beyond his limits to madness, and question what it means to be a Greenlander, while Arnaq, the party queen, pulls the strings of manipulation, bringing a web of relationships to a shocking crescendo. Crimson weaves through restlessness, depression, love and queer experiences to tell the story of Greenlanders through a unique and challenging form.
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How Time and Attendance Systems Minimize Employee Absenteeism
Absenteeism is a major problem that affects businesses of all sizes. When employees don’t show up to work as scheduled, it has a big impact on productivity and leads to higher administrative costs.
To keep a close eye on this issue, employers can use a time and attendance software package that can give them detailed statistics in real-time. This type of system can help them create a better-organized workplace while immediately reducing costly wages that are paid unnecessarily.
But first, let’s take a look at what all those absentees are costing you.
The problem: Direct costs of frequent worker absences
• When some employees have poor attendance records, other workers are required to adjust their workload to compensate
• The company may be required to hire contract or temporary workers, often at higher rates, to complete orders or meet deadlines if it is unexpectedly short-staffed
• Lack of notice means the company must pull employees away from their regular duties to train new workers, which further slows down production
• Workers who are asked to perform more work without more pay may feel frustrated or grow resentful of the worker who was absent, affecting morale and the atmosphere in the workplace
• The company may incur increased administrative costs, such as overtime wages
In addition, human resources (HR) staff will be required to spend time tracking and reporting on the attendance of employees who don’t come to work on a regular basis. Depending on company policy, a chronically absent employee may require counseling and/ or a warning, which takes time away from the HR department manager, the employee’s supervisor, and the employee’s normal duties.
The solution: Taking charge of employee attendance issues
Time and attendance systems are designed with specific features that help monitor absenteeism and determine the impact it is having on your bottom line so it can be reduced or, otherwise, eliminated.
Key functionalities include:
• Tracking attendance patterns to find the problem areas. The first step in dealing with an employee attendance issue is to take appropriate steps to monitor attendance for all employees. Managers should make company policy on attendance clear to all workers, and remind them periodically about the workplace rules concerning attendance expectations. Using a software program that tracks time and attendance, a business can monitor changes in an employee’s attendance pattern. Excessive absences can be noted and the employee can be offered appropriate assistance and support to correct the situation.
• Providing the tools that encourage a positive change in behavior. Some software packages will automatically generate warning letters once a certain number of absences are noted. This option may not be appropriate for all business owners, however. A personal approach may be a better way to deal with an employee’s attendance issue, but tracking it with specialized software means it will not fall through the cracks.
• Psychological impact. It is estimated that, in many cases, the simple knowledge that a time and attendance system is in place is enough to deter staff members from taking unnecessary leaves, falsifying time logs, and “buddy-punching” for someone else.
And don’t forget about punctuality
Though not necessarily an absence, attendance systems also monitor punctuality. While a few minutes here or there may not seem like a big deal, but when you are dealing with hourly employees, they add up quickly.
For example, if you have 10 employees who are 3 minutes late, that’s 30 minutes of lost labor in a single day. If you pay those employees $20/hour, that equates to a loss of $10. That $10 becomes $70 in a week, $300 in a month, and $3,600 in a year… for absolutely nothing. Now, what if they’re all 15 minutes late?
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Tag: cryptozoology
Why Cryptozoology Deserves a Bit of Respect
When most people hear the term “Cryptozoology”, they immediately think of a bunch of guys on Discovery Channel walking around in the woods looking for Bigfoot. Or, someone staking out the shores of loch ness looking for signs of a prehistoric monster.
To most people, either of these groups are just nut bags looking for non existent creatures. But is there any legitimacy to cryptozoology?
The truth is, there are a lot of animals that are now well known to science that were not to long ago considered myths. Let’s take a look at a few of the better known former mythological creatures that are now science fact.
The Giant Squid
Giantsquidphoto2 (1)Twenty years ago, when I was in high school, the giant squid was considered a myth. There had been a few dead specimens that had washed up on sure, but most scientists considered those mutated variations of other squids. Then, in December of 2006, someone finally caught a live specimen on video. For centuries people thought the giant squid was a myth, yet in 2006 it went from cryptozoology to scientific fact.
Megamouth Shark
Once a mythical sea creature, the Megamouth shark was first confirmed to exist when one was caught in 1976. Since then, only 60 specimens have been caught, or sighted, and only 3 have ever been videotaped alive and in the wild.
cryptozoology-mountain-gorillaFor many centuries people scoffed at the idea of large, hairy humanoid creatures living in the mountains of the Africa. It wasn’t until 1847, when naturalist Thomas Savage obtained several gorilla bones, including skulls, in Liberia, and wrote, with Harvard anatomist Jeffries Wyman, the first formal description of the gorilla that people began to believe. A decade later, explorer Paul du Chaillu sent several gorilla carcasses back to Europe and people finally accepted the existence of gorillas. Mountain gorillas remained a myth until 1902, when they were first identified by German captain Robert von Beringe.
Panda Bears
Pandas were well known to the Chinese throughout history, however westerners thought they were a myth when the stories of these vegetarian black and white bears were first told to them. For close to 60 years, westerners marched around the woods in China looking for a real panda. One can’t help but wonder if they would have had Discovery Channel shows about them had their been TV in the late 1800’s. It wasn’t until they were finally spotted by German zoologist Hugo Weigold in 1916 that westerners began to believe the stories.
Komodo Dragon
komodo-dragon-cryptozoologyFor years, tales of an Indonesian island with giant reptiles on it were thought to be myth and folklore. in 1926, an expedition from the American Museum of Natural History confirmed that the tales of giant lizards were true. The leader of the expedition, W. Douglas Burden, returned with twelve Komodo Dragon corpses, and two live ones Thus proving the creatures existence to the amazement of science.
When reports first began to surface of a strange egg laying mammal with a duck bill, and beaver tail first started to emerge, most scientists thought they were a myth. In 1798 when the first corpse of a platypus was brought back to Europe for study, scientists thought it was an elaborate hoax set up by a skilled taxidermist. Dr George Shaw, who first scientifically categorized the species in 1799, was so sure the carcass he had received was a hoax that he took a pair of scissors to the pelt, expecting to find stitches attaching the bill to the skin.
Modern Cryptozoology
So we may think the bigfoot hunters, and lake monster stalkers of today are nothing more then Discovery Channel fodder, The truth is, there are likely many species of animals that modern science has yet to discover. There may actually be more species of large ape like creatures living in the woods of North America. And although the chances of pliosaurs still roaming the lakes and lochs of the world may be non existent, it is very likely that there are species of giant animals in our large bodies of water yet to be discovered. So it may be wise to not write off every cryptid as myth… | <urn:uuid:5278af2c-e68b-466f-9b9e-863749802025> | https://thetruthhunter.com/tag/cryptozoology/ | en | 0.971231 | 0.216431 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
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[–] voatusernamevoat [S] 0 points 89 points (+89|-0) ago (edited ago)
[–] WhoFramedReaderRabit 0 points 31 points (+31|-0) ago
I wish your post could be stickied to the front of Voat. White Genocide is no conspiracy, its being waged, and a (((peculiar people))) are the driving force behind it.
[–] voatusernamevoat [S] 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago (edited ago)
I get what you're saying but it is indeed a conspiracy, jews have been conspiring, it's no theory.
[–] Kriegson 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
Honestly I really don't understand why.
Look at Iran. They used puppet Shah's (SP) to assert control of the nation but when they were going to assume direct control it turned out the Shah's weren't really puppets after all and Islam took over. In Europe it's the same damn thing, they're pushing Islam into the nations to weaken them for an eventual takeover by the EU but that's only under the assumption that the Islamists will cooperate when that time comes. They won't. You might think they could remove them by force but good fucking luck with that when they're more than 50% of your population in a few generations.
It's a huge "coincidence" that it seems like these orgs are always pushed by (((white people))) but it just doesn't make sense to me unless they're post-modernist "Burn it all down and hope something better rises from the ashes" types, because once you cede those lands to them you aren't getting them back without extensive, expensive protracted wars or tremendous human rights violations that would be impossible to hide in this day and age.
I can only figure they allow and encourage Islamic attacks so when they start violating human rights, people don't care or even cheer it on.
[–] Chipcer 12 points -6 points (+6|-12) ago (edited ago)
I must give credit here to voatusernamevoat who actually provides links or kek image style screenshots to real news items. However I think the first post is missing credibility, we all know the UN is dumbass and stupid but Daily Stormer and storm front etc are a bunch of sad neo-Nazi and white supremacist so called forum "news" sites, they have little credibility and make up all kinds of tinfoil headed anti-Jew conspiracy filled with hysteria, some of these fuckwits are actually aligned with criminal illegal immigrant Africans and islamo jihadis because in their fucked up logic the more problems islamics create in the West the more people will hate Israelis and join alt-right KKK style groups...they are basically full of shit weakass fucked up white nationalists with a brain disease that sees Jew conspiracy EVERYWHERE, if they can not see an 'imaginary' Jew conspiracy they will try create one. The Neo-Nazi numbskulls they are easily manipulated as stupid and fucked up as any islamo Turk or any dumbass Arab. The only reason these posts get up voted on voat is because here on voat we have been flooded by a bunch of fucking facebook reddit pussies who have been beaten, editing and bashed down by Zuckerberg and the reddit CEO Huffman so now these reddit assholes flood voat with their constant Jewish conspiracy bullshit instead of returning to that reddit shithole from which they originally came. On the topic of the whole islamo 'migrant' jihadi 'refugee' or rapefugee, the countries of Hungary, Australia, Japan, Poland etc did call it correct. The West or the Western style democratic nation, it is good that Hillary lost the election she would have fucked up the West, she was bought and paid for by the globalists and Saudis and the West does not need islam or it needs islam like it needs a fucking hole in the head.
[–] guinness2 0 points 17 points (+17|-0) ago
If I could upvote you x1000, I would.
Also, I like this image too.
[–] voatusernamevoat [S] 0 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago (edited ago)
It's jew's White genocide agenda, plain and simple. I wouldn't ban abortion completely though, for example, forcing White women to have an abomination from being raped by shitskins is unconscionable.
[–] StoneRights 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Literally doing Amaterasu's work, son.
[–] Tzitzimitl ago
nigga thats kawaii af
[–] PsyOp 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Exactly! So the question is this: why are the vast majority of white people opposed to surgical violence against those who are trying to exterminate us?
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3 Business Forms
Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, and Corporation
Definition of Revenues and Expenses
Inflow/Outflow, respectively, in funds due to operations
Difference between Internal and External Users
Info users inside and outside of companies.
Managerial Accounting/Financial Accounting
What is FASB?
What are they in charge of?
Financial Accounting Standards Board
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
What is the basic and expanded Accounting Equation?
Assets = Liabilities + Owners Equity
Assets = Liabilities + (Owners Equity + Revenue - Expenses)
What 3 activities can businesses engage in?
Operations, Financing, and Investing
What is responsible for developing a single set of worldwide accountings standards so that these standards will help companies to reduce accounting costs, make it easier to acquire foreign companies, and to facilitate comparisons between foreign companies?
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
Primary Objective of Financial Reporting
provide info for decision makers
What makes information relevant?
makes a difference to decision makers & has predictive nature
Who should financial information be understandable by?
to those that take the time to understand it
What accounts should be on a Balance Sheet?
Assets, Liabilities, and Owners Equity
What accounts should be on an Income Statement?
Revenues minus Expenses equals Net Income
Why are assets recorded at their historical or original costs?
Because it is Verifiable and Objective
What are the left and right sides of a journal?
Debit and Credit
What is the initial recording of a transaction made in a journal/general journal?
What is meant by double-entry accounting?
System of accounting in which at least 2 accounts affected in every transaction
What is the purpose of a trial-account?
List of assets and their balances use to prove Debit and Credit Equality
Difference between Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable is a current asset resulting from a credit sale.
Accounts Payable is a current liability resulting from a credit purchase.
When is revenue recognized with respect to accrual accounting?
When earned
When is revenue recognized with respect to cash basis accounting?
When cash is received
When are adjusting entries REQUIRED?
When cash receipts or cash dispersments happen before or after when revenue or expenses should be recognized.
What are closing entries?
Revenue and expense accounts are closed to Retained Earnings at the end of the year
What is a cash equivalent?
Investments easily convertible to cash that are due in 90 days or less
Which asset is most liquid?
Can a foolproof Internal Control system bedesigned?
What accountingfunction can be performed only by a CPA?
Auditing, to render an opinion on the fairness of financial statements
Explain these credit terms; 2/10, n/30
2% discount if paid within 10 days or net total due in 30 days
Explain the Difference between FOB Shipping Point and FOB Destination Point
With Shipping Point when goods are shipped the purchaser owns goods in transit.
With Destination the title passes when goods reach destination, so the seller owns goods in transit.
What's the difference between Accounts Receivable and Notes Receivable?
Accounts Receivable is an informal credit sale.
Notes Receivable is a formal promise to pay principle and interest.
The 2 methods for accounting for Bad Debts are
Allowance and Direct-Write Off
How do you calculate Net Realizable Value of Accounts Receivable
Accounts Receivable minus allowance for doubtful accounts
How do you calculate interest for notes receivable
Interest equals Principle times Rate times Time
How do you calculate Gross Profit
Sales minus Cost of Goods Sold
Notes on Financial Statements provide
Full Disclosure
Inventory going from an asset to an expense (cost of goods sold) is an example of
the matching principle
Generally who uses multiple-step Income Statements (which includes gross profit)
used by merchandisers and retailers
NOT manufacturers
What does the inventory turnover ratio indicate?
how rapidly is turned-over
What inventory costing and valuation methods are their?
FIFO (first in first out) is when the oldest inventory cost is what becomes the cost /
LIFO (last in first out) is when the newest inventory cost is what becomes the cost /
Weighted Average is when all inventories average cost is what becomes the cost /
Specific Identification is when an items specific cost is what becomes the cost
***What will the ending inventory be for FIFO and LIFO?***
FIFO uses up the old and leaves the most recently purchased units.
LIFO uses up the new and leaves the oldest units.
Who would use a Specific Identification?
Auto-dealers, Jewelers, home builders, and antique dealers
What is meant by "Lower of Cost or Market?"
Inventory is reported in statements at whichever is lower, historical cost or market value.
How do you calculate the Book Value of an Asset?
Cost minus Accumulated Depriciation
Which property, plant, and equipment asset is not depreciated?
In order to calculate depreciation, what three items need to be known?
Historical Cost, Residual Value, and Useful Life
Difference between Amortization and Depreication
Amortization is the scheduled charging to expense of an intangible asset over its useful life. (like a License)
Depreciation is the scheduled charging to expense of a tangible asset over its useful life. (like a Truck)
How to calculate depriciation depending on the different methods
Straight-line (SL), expensing asset value equally over time
Unit Production (UP), expensing asset value based on its use
Double-declining (DDB), expensing two times the straight-line rate of the lasting book-value (accelerated depreciation method)
If an asset is sold above or below Book Value what must you account for
Gain on an asset or a loss on an asset
What is a Parent and subsidiary in terms of accounting?
A parent has a 50% or more stake in another firm which is it's subsidiary.
A subsidiary is has 50% or more of it's shares owned by another firm which is its parent.
What is a current liability?
An obligation that will be paid within the next year.
A good example is Accounts Payable.
What is the Current Ratio?
Current Assets divided by Current Liabilities
What is a contingent liability?
A potential liability that depends on future outcomes of past events.
Good examples are product warranties, lawsuits, guarantees, and premium offers on cereal boxes.
What is a long-term liability?
Obligation to pay in more than a year from now.
Good examples are bonds and deferred income taxes
What are callable and convertible bonds?
With Callable the issuing company has the right at any time to retire the bond.
With convertible the holder may redeem the bond for common stock at a future time.
How do you calculate interest on Bonds?
Principle times Rate times Time
What is a debenture bond?
A bond without any collateral backing it.
When is a bond issued for a premium or a discount?
When the stated interest rate is different from market interest rate
Discount of Bonds Payable is what type of account?
Contra Liability
Retained Earnings represents
Earnings from the beginning of the business that have not been paid on expenses or dividends.
What is Par Value
an Arbitrary amount that exists to fulfill legal requirements
Why do investors purchase preferred stock?
Dividends are paid on before common stock
What is a Capital Lease? And what gets recorded in records for a capital lease?
A lease used to finance getting assets.
An asset.
What's the cumulative feature of preferred stock?
If dividends are not paid to preferred stock holders in previous years, those dividends must be paid before common stock
$1 par value stocks sells for $20
By what amount are; cash, common stock, and paid-in-capital increased?
Cash increases $20
Common Stock increases $1
Paid-In-Capital increases $19
Treasury Stock; What is it, why would corporations buy it, and how is it recorded?
Firm owned shares of itself.
Purchased for employee bonuses, to prevent takeover attempts, and to improve financial ratings.
They are recorded at cost.
A company must have what to declare a dividend?
Cash and retained earnings enough to pay the dividend
Two important dates with dividends are?
The date of declaration, where a liability is created.
The date of payment, where the dividend is paid.
What's the effect of a stock dividend?
Transfers value of stock dividend from Retained Earnings to common stock and paid-in-capital
What's the effect of a stock split?
Increase in the number of shares outstanding with a porportionate reduction in the stocks par value.
How do you calculate net income?
Revenues minus expenses
What is the purpose of the Statement of CashFlows?
to summarize cash inflows and outflows for a company over a period of time
How could you identify the indirectmethod from the direct method?
the first line of the operating activities is net income in indirect
What is liquidity?
A companies ability to pay it's debts as they come due
What is profitability?
Earning a net income
What is working capital?
Current Assets minus Current Liabilities
How are common income-statements created?
Each item is expressed as a percent of revenue on the income statement or total assets on the balance sheet.
Which ratio assesses capital structure and risk in a corporation?
Debt to Equity ratio
How do you calculate the Debt to Equity Ratio?
Total liabilities divided by Stockholders Equity
How do you calculate inventory turnover?
Cost of goods sold divided by Average Inventory
How do you calculate accounts receivable turnover?
Net Sales divided by Average Net Accounts Receivable
How do you calculate earnings per share (EPS)?
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This Pasodoble is dedicated to the neighborhood of “La Vereda“ and the festival committee of the Alicante town of Novelda (Spain), in 2005.
“La Vereda” was commissioned by the governing board of this neighborhood, chaired by Javier Arenas Gómez, and first performed by the Sociedad Musical Santa María Magdalena of Novelda in a concert during the town festivals.
This is a pasodoble charged with rhythm and strength, expressly written for the festival and for a neighborhood that is fully identified with the style of the piece. Innovative rhythms intertwining with more conservative parts are the hallmark of this Pasodoble; an inescapable part of each and every activity in the neighborhood of “La Vereda”.
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To be blunt about this, the one thing a fanatic could not call Agarwood oil or “Oud Oil” as it is more commonly known as is cheap. The most affordable Oud oils are on the lower end of $200 per Tola. This is a price that many would still feel is unusually high for an oil of any kind. Of course, Oud oils are not your typical oils, being a much high caliber with a much more complicated distilling process. In fact, these differences are a major reason why the prices for Oud oils have reached over of $5000 per Tola bottle. Of course such an exorbitant price is extremely rare, but it begs the question: Why can it get so expensive?
If there’s one thing I’m certain about, it’s the fact that the pricing is entirely determined by the market itself. The amount of genuine care and dedication a purveyor of Oud oils puts into their product, greed is out of the question. The thing with Oud oils is a drop can go a long way. So when you see that price of forty, seventy, two hundred, or even one thousand, you know it is worth every drop. Barring that, the prices aren’t gouged to make a massive profit off of a little bit of oil. Not in the slightest. The price is almost entirely equal to the cost of making the oil.
This cost comes from the extravagant woods used to produce the oils in the first place. Agarwoods are a rare form of wood that yields the most exotic Oud oils. These woods can cost as high as one thousand dollars or more per kilogram. So simply to purchase the agarwood necessary to create a high-end blend of oils, an artisan of the craft might have to spend upwards of five to ten thousand dollars on materials alone. This is before distilling costs as well. But aside from spending thousands of dollars on agarwood to produce these magnificent oils from, there is another reason why the prices stay so consistently high.
From five kilograms of Agarwood, in which a master might have spent five thousand dollars to obtain, they might only be able to produce a meager amount of oil. After shelling out thousands of dollars, spending countless hours, days, or even weeks distilling the wood and carefully crafting the environment in which the wood distills, an oil craftsman might only be able to squeeze about 1.5 grams of oil out of it. After all of their hard work and tireless effort, the yield is laughably small. This is by no means the fault of any of these incredible artists or the woods that they use. This is simply the way it is. It’s the double-edged sword of being an artisan of Oud oils. On one side, they are creating unmatchable oils with a scent that is incorruptible and unlike anything anyone has ever experienced before and will most likely never experience again. But on the other side, they must sink their time and, most importantly, money into an art where the amount of yield from the final product is eclipsed by the amount of effort and material necessary to produce it.
In short, at the end of the day creating Oud oil is a passion that is shared by only a handful of people. These oils are simply divine and to go through ones entire life without experiencing the unique and prodigious scents of the one and only Oud is simply regrettable. The prices that might drive one away from indulging in these wonders of the world are not a product of greed or inflation. It is in fact the very opposite of that. The Plantations International price represents all of the blood and sweat these artisan shed to bring the world the very best that the scented oil industry has to offer. It represents the sacrifice the craftsman endure to bring you these few drops of heavenly glory. From countless hours distilling the highest quality and highly expensive Agarwoods to squeezing out what little oil these woods will allow, that price represents the sacred culture of Oud oils. It embodies the unwillingness to compromise their proud and innovative methods for the sake of making a quick and easy profit. That is why Oud oils can and should be so expensive. | <urn:uuid:2e78e217-dbd6-4975-b54d-632d372efc60> | https://www.plantationsinternational.com/why-is-agarwood-oud-oil-so-expensive/ | en | 0.963083 | 0.325967 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
Inequality at Davos
23.01.2014 - Pressenza London
Inequality at Davos
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Published on Thursday, 23 January 2014 00:39 by Critical Thinking
The World Economic Forum at Davos this week is discussing inequality. NBC News declared: “With the global economy slowly getting back on its feet, 2,500 delegates gathered in Davos, Switzerland face a vexing question this week: How to spread the wealth.” This is in the same week that Oxfam released a report which revealed the richest 85 people in the world own wealth equivalent to that owned by the poorest 3.5 billion, approximately half the global population. Expressed another way: 0.00000000017% of the world’s population own the same as the poorest 50%. It throws the Occupy slogan of “We are the 99%” into sharp relief.
Accelerating inequality is a function of the economic system and is driven by three fundamental flaws which, if not addressed, render all other remedies impotent and will result in the collapse of the economic system. These flaws have been embedded over centuries, to serve the interests of those who shaped the banking and economic system, the ruling elites. These crucial flaws ensured (and ensure today) these elites, who already hold power and wealth, not only hang on to it but tilt the “playing field” ever further in their favour granting them ever more, in a system which drives wealth from the poorest to the richest. No regulation or “change of culture” can withstand the tsunami of self-interest embedded in the system which drives inequality, unsustainable growth, competition, conflict and environmental destruction. It fosters a culture of “cheating” and corruption leading to outright fraud. Perverse incentives abound to bury information and “work the system” for self-interest. It’s not a conspiracy, it’s the collusion of vested interests.
JP Morgan Chase is facing charges that run into hundreds of pages and has already racked up “fines” (a cost of doing business which is a minor inconvenience when your bank is “too big to fail”) of some $23 billion. Yet neither the incredibly wealthy CEO nor any other senior executives have faced criminal charges – they are “too big to jail”. Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and many other banks are similarly crime ridden. Many executives of these banks will be at Davos shaping the future for the ruling elite. These same interests are driving “so called” free trade agreements, negotiated in secret, such as the TransPacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trading and Investment Partnership (TTIP) which are probably also on the agenda at Davos. What is the purpose of these secret, anti-democratic agreements?
To lever open economies to corporate exploitation, attacking health, social and environmental protection. In short, TTIP and TPP are weapons of oppression and wealth extraction. The perpetrators of these crimes may or may not be criminally inclined but the system actively encourages this institutionalised cheating culture – getting one over the rest of humanity. Like goldfish who have no concept of the water they live in; most bankers and economists have no understanding of this fundamentally abusive system which drives their behaviour, nor do most other people.
Just to make sure you can’t see behind the curtain, economics has evolved with a contrived complexity which few understand and even those that claim to, may understand the mechanics but have no idea of the inevitable adverse consequences. They are wilfully ignorant of the coming crisis which will make 2008 look like a warm-up. Interest is the fundamental driver of our banking and economic system and is a primary culprit in driving inequality. The abusive, exploitative nature of interest has been understood for millennia. It is no accident that the major religions prohibited usury – lending money at interest. Simply put, it allows those with more money than they need, to exploit those who need it. And it gets worse: the establishment of the privately owned Bank of England in 1694 created the interest based money system which prevails today. It encourages private banks to create money from nothing and charge us interest for the privilege of using it, thus enslaving us all in debt, both public and private.
Margrit Kennedy, who sadly died late last year, wrote Interest and Inflation Free Money in 1995 and drew on data for West Germany over previous decades. She found everyone pays interest. When you buy a railway ticket, within the cost is the interest element levied on the capital investment to provide stations, track and rolling stock. Similarly, when you buy food, the cost includes interest on the investment in buildings, plant, machinery and transport. Kennedy also found that interest treats people differently. She divided the West German population by income and analysed the interest they paid and received. She found the bottom 80% of the population paid twice as much interest as they received but the top 10% received twice as much interest as they paid. ie. The lowest four fifths of the population paid all their interest to the top 10%. And the top 0.01% received 2,000 times what the top 10% received on average.
The interest system drives inequality; it is unavoidable. This is why the richest 85 people own as much as the poorest three and a half billion. Kennedy also found that the ability to pay the interest diminishes over time. Over the period 1968 to 1989, West German wages and national income rose by less than 400% but interest on national debt rose by a whopping 1,360%. ie. Debt interest rose much faster than the income to pay it. Debt grows exponentially, it is built into the money system. Interest on money discounts the future which is why we’re depleting our resources and damaging the environment at an accelerating rate. Future returns are calculated with reference to (interest based) Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) which means for example, a forest is worth more as logged timber today than left standing for future generations.
Environmental destruction is an inevitable consequence of the interest based money system because we demand a “time value” for money. Eradicating interest from our economic system would be a start but it is not sufficient to expunge the embedded cheating in our society. Henry George wrote in Progress and Poverty (1879) how vibrant economic progress in America was always accompanied by abject poverty. Many years study showed the underlying cause was the private appropriation of land and resources which are gifts from nature and whose value is created by the community but captured by parasitical landowners. He proposed a 100% land value tax, an idea adopted by Lloyd George and Winston Churchill which would remove the necessity to tax employment and enterprise. But the idea was quashed and suppressed, from public and academic discourse, by vested interests, ie. Landowners. More recently, Fred Harrison, who has spent 40 years studying and promoting the work of Henry George, wrote The Traumatised Society in which he describes how progressive dispossession from our land birthright by force has eliminated our ability to think clearly. He explains how the process of dispossession began five centuries ago when Henry VIII confiscated the monasteries, prior to which virtually 100% of the surpluses from the land were available for the public purse. Following the enclosures of common land, by the early 19th century, less than 4% was levied from land for the common good.
A tax “on the honest man” was introduced to make up the shortfall, ie. income tax. In the early 1990s, Harrison urged Boris Yeltsin to retain land in common ownership but banking interests prevailed, allowing Russia’s land and resources to be appropriated and exploited by global corporations and former public servants who became oligarchs. The other major flaw stems from the industrial revolution, that paid employment is a prerequisite for the means to life. Once people had been dispossessed of the land and the means to house, clothe and feed themselves, they were driven into factories in order to survive.
Landowners and parasitical collectors of interest gain an extraordinary share of the total wealth by exploiting those who create it. Since the industrial revolution, productivity growth has rendered full employment undesirable, unachievable and unnecessary. We are now in the position of having to create jobs that are destructive, without real purpose or just bureaucracy gone mad. The progressive monetisation and bureaucratic control over the lives of individuals, combined with having to work long hours to survive, has limited the opportunities to think, congregate and discuss how to create a better world for us all and future generations.
The media, controlled by the few, ensure we don’t question the way things are too deeply. Information is suppressed or corrupted to fit the narrative of vested interests. We are seduced into thinking that changes of government will make a difference but both sides are working within the framework of the dominant economic system, controlled by the few. Politics is reduced to puppet theatre. The business cycle is a product of these two flaws: land speculation and interest on money drive boom and bust. Many think we’ve just had our “bust” and are looking forward to the “boom”. Sadly, they will be disappointed. Our “bust” didn’t happen – we bailed out the banks and they are bigger than ever. What’s more the bailout is now constant, $70 billion per month from the Fed alone.
Money printing by central banks has driven the asset price bubble. Regulation has barely changed because the same vested interests “own” the regulators. The US central bank, the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) is privately owned, as are many other central banks. Corruption of the money system is now endemic with the Fed complicit in market manipulation and fraud. Potential triggers to start the collapse are many and various: dramatic one-day falls in stockmarkets, an oil shock caused by escalating conflict, a rise in interest rates, exposure of gold shorting to prop up the US dollar or European bank failures. Income inequality is now higher than its ever been recorded; the last time it was at anything like these levels was immediately prior to the Wall Street Crash in 1929 – thereafter, the inequality ratio plummeted. It’s been rising exponentially since the 1980s.
So what is to be done?
The Critical Thinking project, which emerged from Occupy London in January 2012, has been exploring these issues and the above summary is the result of extensive analysis. We are now developing a blueprint for a New Economy, which fosters greater equality, cooperation and fairness while working for the interests of all and a sustainable future. The New Economy is founded on three fundamental principles to eradicate the three fundamental flaws in the current system:
100% of surpluses (before labour or capital are applied) from land and resources are to be shared for the common good
Complete prohibition of interest
Unconditional citizens income to provide the means for a comfortable life for all
An economic system, founded on these principles will remove the systemic drivers of inequality, unsustainable growth, competition, conflict and environmental destruction. Interest free money would be created centrally to fund public housing and infrastructure. Rents on land would fund public services and a citizens income. Everyone will receive the citizens income which means that survival is no longer a preoccupation.
Paid employment becomes a choice rather than an obligation, balancing the power between employer and employee – no need for unions to protect workers rights, they can vote with their feet. Private enterprise, co-operatives and state owned utilities could operate in a mixed economy where the “winner takes all” doctrine, no longer applies. Income and other employment taxes could be abolished, along with VAT. It would solve the growing demographic problem, in the developed world, of rising pension costs – state pension and unemployment benefits would be unnecessary.
Critics will be quick to question affordability but they are thinking in terms of the current unfair distribution of income where the few “rent seekers” appropriate our birthright, through land rents and interest on illusory money. Applying these principles will make it affordable. Absence of interest will halve the cost of living and eliminate inflation. Gross income would equal net income (no tax). Highly educated people in banking, finance, law, accounting, public service etc. would be free to unleash their highly educated creativity to benefit mankind, as would everyone else. These ideas have been in existence for over a century. It’s about time we applied them to begin to eliminate many of the problems in the world which are symptoms of a broken economic system. A discourse on these issues is unlikely at Davos, which is a shame; the ruling elites and their lieutenants need not fear for their future. But they sure will, when the system collapses. Perhaps they just need to see the income inequality chart above to imagine the possible consequences and think differently. The alternative to our scarcity based civilisation, destined to collapse, is a co-operative civilisation in which these systemic drivers of inequality, violence and misery are absent.
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Dangerous Lies, Netflix review - slick silliness
Dangerous Lies, Netflix review - slick silliness
Hoary hokum about a dodgy inheritance is Dickensian in the worst way
Dumb waiter? Katie (Camila Mendes) and Adam (Jessie T Usher)
When not dipping into its bottomless debts to write Scorsese blank cheques, Netflix tends to favour old-school TV movie potboilers such as this slick, silly thriller, in which young couple Katie (Camila Mendes) and Adam (Jessie T Usher) have their moral flaws picked apart by financial temptation.
Katie’s work as a Chicago waitress ends in a violent robbery, while her day-job working for rich old loner Leonard (Elliot Gould, pictured below) finds her inheriting not only his lakeside mansion, but a secret treasure chest of cash and diamonds. “I’m just sick of being poor,” impetuous Adam declares, when this windfall’s tainted nature and the chance of tumbling back to financial earth become clear.Leonard (Elliot Gould) in Dangerous LiesGould’s credibility-lending cameo gives his gravelly old-timer a childlike openness, much like the slightly slow-witted sap he played when taken for a ride by Warren Beatty in Bugsy. Mendes is all perky, brisk innocence. Usher, meanwhile, gives his underserved, foolish character more sympathy than the script, digging into its sole crevice of ambiguity. When this hot-headed liability of a boyfriend mutters “whatever that means” after being glibly refused a job, he hints at a young black man’s frustratingly intangible suspicions when prospects fall through. He’s the couple’s ambitious half, first seen cracking books on “contemporary sociological analysis” and promising he’ll support Katie “in the style you deserve”. She’s simply kind and sensible, a very old-fashioned heroine in a male-created, female-focused tale, much like a daytime soap.
Tangled coincidences and intricate schemes abound, in a tale as brazenly hoary as its treasure chest. David Golden’s screenplay requires manic paranoia for his characters to do anything other than inherit a big house and live happily ever after. When an 88-year-old loner on heavy medication quietly dies in his armchair with the needle stuck in the groove of his favourite 78, why does glamorous police detective Chesler (Sasha Alexander) drop everything to investigate? Why do our impecunious young couple (who already rent a perfectly nice flat) want to live in a money pit mansion with no visible means of support, instead of quickly cashing it in? Why does the local bank robber look so shiftily unshaven when casing a joint for his loot?Adam (Jessie T. Usher) and Katie (Camila Mendes) in Dangerous LiesGolden raids the hack storehouse’s dustiest cupboard for his yarn, where an eccentric millionaire’s house of secrets, knotty inheritance, brutish robbers and shifty lawyers await in a Victorian plot Dickens would deride as decidedly moth-eaten. The fact that this jalopy’s motor still runs thanks to our instinctive sympathy with its wronged woman is Dangerous Lies’ purest pleasure.
Sex, violence and scares stay at a subdued, Nancy Drew level, in the sort of hokum lockdown makes passable. Such meat-and-potatoes storytelling can actually be more satisfyingly nutritious than the steroidal budgets and mechanical contrivances of mainstream studio product. Unpretentious B-movies meet undemanding viewers midway, and there’s often little more in the soul of a Tom Cruise blockbuster. But Dangerous Lies cashes in credibility and imagination too meekly. Rather than the film noir suggested by the camera’s opening swoop through a neon-streaked puddle towards a diner, or the sleazy erotic thriller which is the genre’s latter-day debasement, it settles for simple child’s play.
Sex, violence and scares stay subdued, in the sort of hokum lockdown makes passable
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Keeping up with the Dream Team – A Netflix Original
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Netflix and its working culture: how effective is the firing mechanism
Halfway reading through Netflix culture page, we felt a subtle hint towards a ‘Hunger Games’ styled office. And if you happen to read or hear about the recent Wall Street Journal’s 4,500 words dedication to the culture at Netflix, then you will know that we are not talking about Jennifer Lawrence visiting their Silicon Valley office. There is a “Keeper test” wherein managers ask this little question “If one of the members of the team was thinking of leaving for another firm, would the manager try hard to keep them from leaving?” If the answer is a “no” then the employee is given a severance package and a let-go.
You have to give it to Netflix, hands down for their rather candid and ‘calling a spade, a spade” mood of the culture page. It is commonplace to come across companies with web pages of sugar-coated talk about values that are not even there when you walk into their office. But, that is not how Netflix plays (or rather streams) it, they focus on ‘real values’. Sushi lunches, big bonus payouts –Netflix perks don’t look like that. The focus, as they say, is on people and not processes. Are you wondering, what the perks are after all? Netflix gives its employees the ‘Dream Team’. You work at Netflix and no, they do not consider you family. For them, employees are a part of the team — the all-star professional sports league.
Ask Netflix, why employees are not a family and the answer goes “A family is about unconditional love, despite your siblings’ unusual behavior.” Teams, are about pushing to be the best teammate, caring about your colleagues and knowing that you may always not be a part of it – that is how Netflix sees it. When was the last time you saw an average runner in a gold medalist relay team? Probably, never. Netflix holds on to this all-star team image very seriously and lets the average ones go.
So, Netflix does not mince words and says it in your face, and if you are not a constant star there then they cannot have you in their team. It is how companies roll, but most of the times they are too sweet to say it out loud in their culture page or create a 124-page slide on it (more on that later). If you go around and see the numbers then Glassdoor has a 3.7 out of 5 rating for Netflix and that is more than the average of 3.4. Reed Hastings, the CEO, has an approval rating of 87% against the average approval rating of 69%. So, you work hard and be at the top of your game every single day. How hard can it be?
With Netflix, you can never be sure whether you made it or broke it.
The reason was a marketing shoot for the second season of Orange is the New Black. A former VP of marketing worked all weekend on it (going by the value of freedom and responsibility). She received a meeting scheduled for Monday from Chief Marketing Officer, Kelly Bennett and Chief Talent Officer Tawni Nazario-Cranz (ex CTO now). They stopped by on their way to London from California. They asked her to leave.
• They give employees “freedom and responsibility”. Almost all employees can access and put comments on sensitive documents like salary records. (So, the reason you got fired makes the headlines of the emails that day.)
• The expense policy is “act in Netflix’s best interest” and that is it, no forms filled or questions asked.
• Vacation policy goes “take a vacation” and they do not say how many. Employees spend tense weekends checking work emails.
• Parental leave policy says “take care of your baby and yourself”.
• And regarding corporate rules - there are “no rules”.
Empowering enough, isn’t it? Patty Mccord (ex-Chief Talent Officer at Netflix and the author of Powerful; Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility), believes that employees do not need any empowering. The power lies with people, dismantle the process and see employees bring power into the office. With this, she threw the rulebook in the bin and came up with the 124-pages slideshow, which went viral across Silicon Valley. Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook went ahead to call it “The most important document ever to come out of the Valley.” Mccord came up with the “Keeper Test” and 360, in which everyone can review anyone in the office (Hastings included). What happened next, is a pure textbook – Hastings was reviewing Mccord in one of the ‘usual’ keeper tests and the answer was “no”. After 20 years with Hastings, being a neighbor and carpooling together, Mccord was asked to leave to make room for an upgrade. She felt sad, but she was a “grown-up” and understood it. Neil Hunt, the Chief Product Officer was the guy who was the brain behind the Netflix algorithm as you see it today. He was Reed Hasting’s close friend of 18 years. He was let-go as “a lot has changed” and an underlying was all set to take the charge. Neil Hunt was unhappy but agreed with the logic. He got the severance package. Did we tell you that not everyone gets a severance package? If you are a contractual employee and are fired then you are not eligible for a severance package.
Returning to the place where Netflix talks about “people over process”, throwing out rules and colleagues fiercely caring about teammates - there was an instance when there was no one to “care” for a female teammate as she left in tears. The reason was simple; they were afraid that it would make them the next target. This is the “culture of fear” Wall Street Journal was talking about. As an employee puts it, the focus is not to be the star, but to be better than the weakest link in the team. Makes you return to the plains of Serengeti where everyone in the herd runs faster than the slowest antelope – Darwinian Theory at its best.
Hunt got a goodbye as Netflix was moving beyond Hollywood and to newer geographies. Netflix opened its Singapore office in 2016. They went on with their Silicon Valley way and employees were soon shocked to see the quickfire culture. Woven into the culture is “candid and honest feedback”. But when a Korean employee left Netflix she said that this feedback culture reminded her of North Korea where mothers are forced to humiliate their children in public (yes, employees are humiliated and fired in public).
The verdict
The pay is high if you compare with industry standards, but there are absolutely no benefits. One of the ex-employees says “without medical, daycare and other perks, the high pay gets eaten up real fast.”
Most worrying is the diffusion of this firing culture in other companies. Keeper test has every component to camouflage common office politics. Reed Hastings is unencumbered with emotions, but not all are him. The firing culture is working just fine for Netflix but for others – we won’t be so sure. Netflix is expanding and so are its competitors, and carrying deadweight is not an option. In short-term people will excel in the “culture of fear”, but in the long-term, the constant stress to excel might have a burnout. They need people who are consistent so they understand competition. Star performers may not always have that keen eye (who has it when they are running in a mad rush?).
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Parker spiral
As the Sun’s magnetic field is carried out through the solar system, the Sun is rotating. Its rotation winds up the magnetic field into a large rotating spiral, known as the “Parker spiral”, named after the scientist who first described it. The Parker spiral magnetic field is indicated by the yellow arrows.
The magnetic field is primarily directed outward from the Sun in one of its hemispheres, and inward in the other. This causes opposite magnetic field directions in the Parker spiral. The thin layer between the different field directions is described as the “neutral current sheet”. Since this dividing line between the outward and inward field directions is not exactly on the solar equator, the rotation of the Sun causes the current sheet to become “wavy”, and this waviness is carried out into interplanetary space by the solar wind.
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The Ocular Irritation Test, much like the Dermal Irritation Test, uses a 3-dimensional model of eye tissue to determine the potential of a cosmetic product or ingredient to cause eye irritation when used by the consumer. Just as some cosmetic products can cause irritation to the skin, they can cause similar effects to the eye area. The 3D model used in the ocular irritation test closely resembles the corneal mucosa of the human eye in many ways including morphology, thickness and ocular secretions. For this reason, this in vitro model is an excellent substitute for in vivo eye irritation tests to determine ocular irritation potential.
When is Ocular Irritation Testing Necessary?
For obvious reasons, it is necessary to conduct this test on cosmetic and personal care products made for use in or around the eye area. However, there is also potential for products that are not specifically made for the eye area to get in the consumers eyes. For example, consumers may apply a product such as lotion to their bodies using their hands. They might then touch their face in or around the eye area prior to washing their hands. It will be important to know how that product will affect their eyes as well so warning labels can be made appropriately.
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Hang on to Your Youth
I was at the car wash this morning because my little guy had decided to sleep longer than usual and my husband was working from home. It was a peaceful morning consisting of a dropping my oldest off at school, a trip to the grocery store, and then the luxury car wash stop where I could scroll Facebook while my car washed (without feeling guilty). As I pulled through to the dryers I sat and watched a guy parked by the vacuums, hand drying his truck. He was young, my age, in his 30s I’d say. He was the stereotypical young guy with some cash. His truck was really big, really black, and really shiny. I giggled as I watched him dry his chrome wheels and just thought for a second how I have never cared about anything other than having a rinsed off car without bird poop. I wondered where he found the time to care or bother with such things. I dreamed for a second about what it might be like for him. Maybe he’s single, or at the very least doesn’t have kids and cleaning his car is actually worth it because it stays clean. The chicks probably dig it, I guess. I have no clue. When I met my husband he was borrowing an old jeep from a friend because he didn’t even own a car. The jeep didn’t have doors either. And it was…yellow. My favorite part was how he drove with his left foot hanging outside the jeep. That was hot to me. There was definitely no shine to the jeep and it was a total buzz kill when I found out it didn’t even belong to him. I married him anyway though.
So, as I sat watching this guy and dreaming of childless days where priorities where a wee bit different a second guy caught my eye. Very cute, small, well built man. My age again. Backwards cap, tight fitted flannel shirt, those Levi’s jeans from the Diet Coke commercials, and loosely laced tennis shoes. The outfit said it all for me. Hanging on to his youth, possibly by a thread as he also dried the shit out of his car. He looked like he was working hard. He looked like he cared about what he was doing. I saw him glimpse at the man with the big shiny penis enlarging black truck and for that split second I could see into his soul. It was really a split second, but there was a moment. A moment of envy. The same feeling I had for a moment. I was thinking about the time to do something for myself that I truly cared about. To have it just the way I liked it without anyone messing it up. He was probably thinking ‘lucky bastard’ or something to that effect as he went back to drying the shit out of his 2000 navy blue Dodge Grand Caravan. That van likely carries more than one child and he’s likely in charge of getting them wherever they need to go. Maybe he doesn’t work (because it’s 9am on a Thursday) and all this guy’s got at this point is his tight jeans and clean van.
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Sunscreen Issues and Skin Cancer
By: Jo Johnson - Updated: 25 Oct 2012 | comments*Discuss
Sunscreen; Suntan Lotion; Sun Block;
Never has it been more advisable to use sunscreen than in today’s society. With skin cancer rates increasing and the use of sunbeds becoming common in many households, we should be doing all we can to try and reduce the risks to our health.
What are the Risks From the Sun?
The sun's rays contain both UVA and UVB rays. UVA, or ultra-violet type A rays are generally considered by the public to be less harmful than UVB rays, as they do not cause reddening and burning of the skin. Experts however continue to research this area as they believe long-term effects to skin and resulting cancers can also be blamed on these rays.
Many of the suncreams for sale in the UK do not contain protection against UVA rays, so please do ensure than the labels are read correctly to guarantee the best possible protection for yourself and your family.
UVB, ultra-violet type B rays are known to be very dangerous and can damage skin irreparably and cause skin cancers and it is protection against these rays that is contained in most of the sunscreen products.
What Is Sunscreen?
Sunscreens are products that have been developed to help people protect themselves fro the harmful rays of the sun. They come in wide variety of strengths, all offering different levels of protection.If the container does not mention an SPF rating (sun protection factor) then the chances are it is purely a moisturising cream and will offer no protection at all.
SPF ratings are given as a guide to the strength of protection offered by the product. As a general rule the SPF indicates the amount of time the person can spend in the sun without becoming burned, for example an SPF 12 rating suggests that the person will be protected for up to 12 hours following application. However, this is purely a rough guide and does not take into account the persons skin type, age, previous damage to the skin, types of activities being pursued, the amount of cream applied or the skins general absorbency rate.
Types of Sunscreen
Sunscreen can be found in many different forms and types, in fact the choice is so wide and varied, it can be confusing deciding which type is the most suitable for each individuals use.Available from most chemists and supermarkets, there are creams and sprays often with a variety of terminology used such as suntan cream, lotion and sun-block to name a few, and it can be mind boggling deciphering the jargon around each product.
The general rules in the UK are that sun-block offers a total screen from the harmful rays of the sun, a cream and a lotion are topical applications that are applied by hand to the required areas, and a spray is literally a lotion that comes out of a pump action bottle, which some people find more suitable to use than a plain bottle. It really is a matter of personal preference.
It is important to remember to apply lotions to the face, ears hands and toes as these areas are often overlooked and can become sore very easily.Eyes should also be protected using eyewear that blocks out the harmful UVA and UVB rays.
The Use of Sunscreen for Children
It is recommended that total sun block is used for children as their skin is so delicate and susceptible to burning. Labelling systems are set to change in the next few years in the UK with the term sun block becoming less and less used as it has been found to be misleading as there are no definite guarantees that total protection from the sun can be assured. Try and find a label that offers ‘very high protection’ with the highest SPF rating available for use in children and apply frequently. Always use a waterproof variety as these stay on for longer.
Sunscreen issues can be very confusing and complicated in current society due to the huge variety of products available and differences in terminology.Always read the label thoroughly and seek advice if you are unsure.
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WORMLEIGHTON, St Peter 3: c.8cwt in A - Unringable
Grid Reference 151/448538 Wormleighton Church - Source: Lesley Black
Postcode CV33 9DW
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Affiliation Coventry DG
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Other Information Unringable
This church is right in the corner of Warwickshire. The parish is bordered by Northamptonshire to the East and Oxfordshire to the South. The church, built around 1850 is Grade I listed due to its significant historic interest. The Lord of the Manor is Earl Spencer, brother to the late Princess of Wales.
The church consists of a chancel, nave, north and south aisles, south porch, and west tower. There was an early-12th-century church on the site, as indicated by the surviving angles of the original nave, which has roughly the common proportion of two squares, i.e. length roughly twice the breadth, although the walls are not at right angles, both east and west ends inclining westwards from north to south. At the end of the 12th century the two narrow aisles were added with their arcades of three bays: the south doorway of this period still exists but the windows, which were probably small, were altered, chiefly in the 14th century, and the walls more or less rebuilt on the old foundations.
The west tower is also of the same period as the arcades, or slightly later, except for an alteration to the north-west buttress and possibly the north wall, which is thinner than the others, done in the 15th century. The chancel was enlarged in the early 13th century, but its side windows were replaced by others in the 14th century and the east window in the 15th century. The east and south walls were rebuilt in the 18th century, when the older windows were reset.
The clearstory was raised above the nave in the 15th century and probably a flat lead-covered roof was provided, but this was replaced by the low-pitched slatecovered roof in the 16th or 17th century. The south porch was a 14th-or early-15th-century addition. There have been several 18th and 19th century renovations and probably minor alterations to the architectural features, and the chancel-and south-aisle roofs have been renewed or replaced by relatively modern roofs. An interesting survival is the rood-screen and part of the rood-loft of the 15th century. Probably the chancel arch was widened for the screen.
These bells are unsafe. The mediaeval bell was rehung on ball bearings by Mears and Stainbank in the 1950s and the rest are on fittings from 1843 rehanging by William Watson of Napton, it having the same issues as his other work at Marton: the tenor is unturned but is heavily worn. The wheels are almost complete, but the bearings are heavily worn.
At first sight these bells appear perfectly ringable; it is only the state of the bearings and the tenor's clapper-wear that prohibit this.
The inscriptions are found in Tilley and Walters' book, "The Church Bells of Warwickshrie":
Don't be misled by the book's claim of a possible one-ton tenor - it's only about 8cwt!
Details of the Bells
1 Henry Bagley I, Chacombe 1642 5cwt 30.00" 1121.0Hz (C#+19c)
2 Robert Mellours, Nottingham c1520 6½cwt 33.25" 984.0Hz (B-7c)
3 Hugh Watts, Leicester 1617 c8cwt 35.875" 873.5Hz (A-13c)
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Plan of the Church. Source: British History Online
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It's the greatest secret in the history of civilization... Or, maybe people find out all of the time. Millions of people all around the world have Sleepwalkers - alternate personalities that take control of their bodies when they fall asleep. The life of a Sleepwalker is short but fun: no stress, no responsibility. All you have to do is not get caught. If you get caught, you disappear forever.
Ben (Jeff Ronan) is one such Sleepwalker, and he loves his life. Every night he gets up, steals some money from Awake Ben’s rainy day stash, and goes to hang out with his three best friends - also Sleepwalkers - Danny (Marco Torriani), Flynn (Ron Barba), and Trey (Ryan Nicolls).
Together they try to make the most of every night, getting into adventures and trying new things (no matter how trivial, childish, or weird). At the end of the night, they usually end up at Ben’s favorite diner, where they get served pancakes by their friendly waitress Allison (Jessica DiGiovanni). And all Ben has to do is get home before the alarm goes off so that his waking self can continue his boring life completely oblivious.
One night, after his friends abandon him, Ben starts spending a lot more time with Allison. The more he connects with her, the harder it gets for him to keep his “sleeping” and “waking” lives apart. Pretty soon Ben has to make a choice - just how much is he willing to risk?
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Ryan Nicolls
Rachel Liu
Jason Merrin
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Hidden parts in assembly also hide in drawing
Question asked by Salted Fish on Jan 14, 2019
Latest reply on Jan 14, 2019 by Salted Fish
I have an assembly which required a number of different drawings in order to get all the dimensions in a comprehensible manner — that is, I needed to hide some parts of the assembly, create a drawing, then unhide those parts and hide others, and create another drawing. I saved the drawings as I went along and printed them out. Later, I went to open the drawings and was astonished to find that my drawings were lacking parts. I came to realize that as I went along, hiding and unhiding parts in the assembly, the drawings were updating their views to reflect the assembly and its hidden parts. This meant that by the time I finished my set of drawings, by which point I had hidden the initial parts, those first drawings now had no parts in them (although the dimensions persisted).
Is there a way to force SolidWorks not to do this? Or break the dependency? This seems completely stupid: if I make a drawing for a particular part, I want that part to always be visible even if I've hidden that part in the assembly. Why would the drawing be dependent on the assembly in this manner? What use is a drawing to me if I have to constantly open the assembly, "unhide" everything in the assembly, then reload the drawing? I find myself hiding and unhiding parts in the assembly as a way to focus on certain features and derive relationships between parts while setting up parts on machines. | <urn:uuid:473c004d-61cf-47dc-ac9a-09e72db94d08> | https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/228116 | en | 0.9728 | 0.090975 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
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Also asks that mask buyers refrain from suddenly developing a need for eyeglasses.
Common coronavirus symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Symptoms of coronavirus panic, however, now include sudden physical transformation into a different person.
This phenomenon was observed by the workers at a Japanese drug store recently visited by Twitter user @awo_3310, who shared a photo of a sign inside the shop alerting customers to the phenomenon.
The sign reads:
“A request for customers:
Mask purchases, regardless of the type or model, are limited to one pack per family (household) per day.
Please do not suddenly transform into a different person, put on eyeglasses, put on a hat, or take off your coat before getting back in the checkout line again and again.”
Rather than spontaneous metamorphoses, these “transformations” are self-induced, as shoppers try to get around the one-pack-per-family-per-day rule with some impromptu disguises, or at least changing their appearance just enough to take advantage of a cashier feeling too awkward to say, “Umm, I think you might have bought a pack of masks earlier, but did you?”
However, the store is onto such shenanigans, and the sign goes on to say:
“Those who do not follow the rules will not be allowed to make purchases. Those who become hysterical or cause a commotion will also not be allowed to make purchases.
Please remain calm while shopping.”
“The staff at this store is really having a tough time,” tweeted @awo_3310, and other commenters chimed in with:
“That’s some manga-level scheming.”
“They should make you show ID when you’re buying masks.”
“[Since it’s one pack per family] they should also add ‘Please don’t suddenly get divorced.’”
“At the store I work at, someone came in, filled up his shopping basket with mask packs, then pulled out his phone and called his friends to come buy one each.”
Granted, the antics happening at the store @awo_3310 visited aren’t as bad as when a street fight broke out over masks elsewhere in Japan, but they’re still sad to see as people across Japan are looking for ways to stay safe and healthy, so hopefully the incognito multi-purchases at the shop will stop now that would-be rule-breakers know the staff is onto them.
Source: Twitter/@awo_3310 via Hachima Kiko
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This document give instructions for installing the simpleSAMLphp framework. simpleSAMLphp is an alternative to using the Internet2 Shibboleth service provider software. This means that if you want to use simpleSAMLphp, then you do not have to install the Internet2 shibd software.
Install simpleSAMLphp
Download SimpleSAMLphp:
This document was written for simpleSAMLphp 1.6.2.
If you notice significant difference between it and the version you are trying to install, please let us know.
Install it in /var, then sym link it to simplesamlphp:
ln -s /var/simplesamlphp-1.6.2 /var/simplesamlphp
Configure Apache
Apache has to know where SimpleSAMLphp is located. So, in ssl.conf add the following in the VirtualHost section:
Alias /simplesaml /var/simplesamlphp/www
The restart Apache:
sudo /sbin/service httpd restart
Configure SP
See the "Configuring the SP" section of the following doc:
After you generate the X509 cert, edit config/authsources.php and make 'default-sp' section look like this:
// An authentication source which can authenticate against both SAML 2.0
// and Shibboleth 1.3 IdPs.
'default-sp' => array(
'privatekey' => 'saml.pem',
'certificate' => 'saml.crt',
// The entity ID of this SP.
// Can be NULL/unset, in which case an entity ID is generated based on the metadata URL.
'entityID' => '',
// The entity ID of the IdP this should SP should contact.
// Can be NULL/unset, in which case the user will be shown a list of available IdPs.
'idp' => '',
// The URL to the discovery service.
// Can be NULL/unset, in which case a builtin discovery service will be used.
'discoURL' => NULL,
Set Admin Password and Contact Info
In /var/simplesamlphp/config/config.php set 'auth.adminpassword' to the password of your choosing, then set the following:
'technicalcontact_name' => 'Your app or department name',
'technicalcontact_email' => '',
Convert MyAccess Metadata
Use the following URL to convert the MyAccess IdP metadata to simpleSAMLphp metadata: /admin/metadata-converter.php
Once parsed, you want the saml20-idp-remote metadata. Copy this and replace the contents of the following file:
Don't forget to put <?php at the top!
Also, for the SingleLogoutService, change it to look like this:
'SingleLogoutService' => '',
//array (
Configure PHP
PHP needs to have mcrypt enabled, to do this, do the following (assuming you are on a Linux RedHat or CentOS system):
sudo yum -y install php-mcrypt.x86_64
sudo /sbin/service httpd restart
Integrate With MyAccess
At this point you are ready to integrate with MyAccess. You should open up a service ticket with ITS ( then click on "Submit a ticket for ITS or School of Nursing IT") and include the following information:
Subject indicating that the request is for "MyAccess Shibboleth test or production"
Attributes you want to get back from their IdP (and if you want ones that were not covered above, then you need to ask them for the OID for the attribute and configure it in attribute-map.xml)
URL for your metadata (so that they can download the metadata, or attach the metadata file to the ticket)
Indicate which attributes you would like to receive from MyAccess
To get the metadata for your simpleSAMLphp installation, go to the following URL (you will have to authenticate to simpleSAMLphp using the password you used in the configuration when installing simpleSAMLphp):
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Windows Python scripts
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We are going to practice writing and running Python programs (often called "scripts").
Start your text editor[edit]
1. Launch the Notepad++ text editor. See the Windows text editor setup instructions for the steps to do this.
2. Start a new, blank text file.
Write and save a short Python script[edit]
1. Add the following line to your new text file:
print("Hello World!")
1. Save the script as in your Desktop directory. The .py extension indicates that this file contains Python code.
Run the script[edit]
1. Start a new terminal prompt. See the terminal navigation on Windows instructions for the steps to do this. Recall that a terminal prompt will look like C:\ and a Python prompt will look like >>>. Make sure you are at a terminal prompt and not a Python prompt; if you are at a Python prompt, you can type exit() on a line by itself and then press enter to exit Python and return to a terminal prompt.
2. Navigate to your Desktop directory from a PowerShell terminal prompt, using the ls and cd commands. See the terminal navigation on Windows instructions for a refresher on using these commands. Don't hesitate to get help from a staff member on this step if you need it -- it's a new way of navigating your computer, so it may be unintuitive at first!
3. Once you are in your Desktop directory, you'll see in the output of ls.
4. Type
and press enter. Doing this will cause Python to execute the contents of that script -- it should print "Hello World!" to the screen. What you've done here is run the Python application with an argument -- the name of a file, in this case "". Python knows that when you give it a file name as an argument, it should execute the contents of the provided file. You get the same result as if you typed
print("Hello World!")
at a Python prompt and press enter.
You created and ran your first Python script!
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The Ebola Virus
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The Ebola virus was discovered in 1976. It has four strains, each from a different geographic area, but all give their victims the same painful, often lethal symptoms. The Ebola virus and Marburg virus are the two known members of the Filovirus family. Marburg is a relative of the Ebola virus. The four strains of Ebola are Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, Ebola Reston, and Ebola Tai. Each one is named after the location where it was discovered. These filoviruses cause hemorrhagic fever, which is actually what kills victims of the Ebola virus. Hemorrhagic fever is defined as a group of viral aerosol infections, characterized by fever, chills, headache, fatigue, and respiratory symptoms. This is followed by capillary hemorrhages, and, in severe infection, kidney failure, hypotension, and, possibly, death. The incubation period for Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever ranges from 2-21 days. The blood fails to clot and patients may bleed from injection sites and into the gastrointestinal tract, skin and internal organs. Massive destruction of the liver is one distinct symptom of Ebola. This virus does in ten days what it takes AIDS ten years to do. It also requires bio-safety level four containment, the highest and most dangerous level. HIV the virus that causes AIDS requires only a bio-safety level of two. In reported outbreaks, 50%-90% of cases have been fatal. Ebola can be spread in a number of ways. Ebola reproduction in infected cells takes about eight hours. Hundreds to thousands of new virus cells are then released during periods of a few hours to a few days. In most outbreaks, transmission from patient to patient within hospitals has been associated within the reuse of needles and syringes. High rates of transmission in outbreaks have occurred from patients to family members who provide nursing care without barriers to prevent exposure to blood, other body fluids such as, vomit, urine and feces. Risk for transmitting the infection appears to be highest during the later stages of illness. Those symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea, shock, and frequently hemorrhaging. Even a person who has recovered from the symptoms of the illness may have the virus present in the genital secretions for a short time after. This makes it possible for the virus to be spread by sexual activity. Complete recovery is reached only when none virus’s cells are left in any body fluids. This is quite rare. Ebola Zaire was identified in 1976 in Northern Zaire and was the first documented appearance of the virus.
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Entertainment in Greece
Find out about entertainment options in Greece, including the available English language media...
From its idyllic islands to its throbbing cities, Greece is renowned for its party atmosphere, but the country's family-focus means that there are plenty of fun things to do for all ages.
Greece's major cities boast a cosmopolitan range of nightlife, cultural and entertainment options, and the smallest of villages celebrates numerous festivals and events throughout the year.
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Easy Tips to Keep Your Dishwashers Clean
Dishwashers are a boon to many who don’t find enough time to clean their dishes daily. More often people don’t think about cleaning their dishwashers in the first place. Even though the best dishwashers are used to wash dishes, over time, there is a buildup of food debris inside these large appliances that reduces its efficiency.
It might even reach a point wherein the machine gives out a very bad odour or even does not clean the dishes properly anymore. Thus, cleaning your dishwasher on a regular basis is required to run the machine more efficiently.
Here are some of the tips that will help you clean your dishwashers and consequently increase its performance.
1. Use Regularly
This is a go-to mantra for improving the performance and maintaining any electronic device. Regular usage of dishwashers reduces the build-up of food particles inside the dishwasher.
The food particles are usually drained out of the device and do not settle in the bottom of the appliance. Thus, the frequency of cleaning the device itself reduces drastically.
2. Empty the Dishwasher
To make your job of cleaning the dishwasher a lot easier, it is always recommended to empty all the dishes from inside the machine. By running the washer through one complete cleaning cycle and then emptying the device, gives you easier access to all the various parts of the device.
3. Clean the Spinning Arms
While cleaning your dishwasher, you might often concentrate only on the floor and the walls of the dishwasher. The part that easily misses your cleaning cycle is the spinning arms. These arms spray water onto the dishes while cleaning.
Very often, the nozzles that spray the water gets clogged. This hits the efficiency of the entire machine. Additionally, the dishes are also not washed properly. By clearing the blockage in the spinning arms, the flow of water is normalized, and you enjoy the full benefit of the dishwasher.
4. Clean the Edges and the Interiors
This goes without saying, the interior of the dishwasher is where all the dirty utensils are put. It is also the place where food particles can accumulate. This leads to a horrible odour from the dishwasher. While cleaning the interior, special care must be taken, and you should keep in mind not to miss out any spots.
The flatware basket is the place where most of the messy food particles accumulate and over time leads to the bad smell of the device. You should also clean the part under the floor of the dishwasher as well. Some of the food particles might have crept inside and can lead to unhygienic, bad odour from the device. The part that is most often overlooked by us all while cleaning the dishwashers are the corners.
Not only is it hard to reach, but is also hard to clean. Special attention needs to be given to this part of the dishwasher because, over time, it can accumulate a lot of food particles. To make this job a whole lot easier, use a brush. This ensures that even the tightest of corners can be reached and cleaned easily.
5. Unclog and Clean the Drain
A clogged dishwasher hinders the cleaning process. Always remember to throw all the large food particles on the plates into the dustbin, before putting it in the dishwasher. This will certainly help reduce a lot of work when you are cleaning.
However, it still does not guarantee that your dishwasher will never get clogged. Sometimes, smaller food particles accumulate near the drain and eventually lead to clogging of the dishwasher. When you start cleaning your dishwasher, always start with the drain, this will ensure clear passage of water when you are cleaning the other parts of the dishwasher.
While cleaning the dishwasher drain, first unplug the dishwasher and then remove all the larger particles by hand. Use a brush to scrub off the smaller particles present near the drain. By cleaning around the drain, you are ensured that all the dirty water is exiting the dishwasher and your dishes are getting cleaned thoroughly.
6. Use Acid to Remove Buildup
Acid helps clean the toughest of all deposits inside a dishwasher. Here, by acid, we mean a mild acid like using vinegar or even lemon juice. This helps in the process of breaking up of all the complex food deposits that happen over time when the dishwasher is not cleaned very often.
These acids also help in the process of removal of water deposits. Thus, ensuring that you get shiny utensils every time you wash them.
7. Get Rid of Moulds and Mildew
The last step that you would need to follow to ensure a spotless and shiny dishwasher is to use bleach to remove any moulds or mildew that might have developed inside the dishwasher over time.
By running a short wash cycle using bleach ensures that all moulds are eliminated. As long as you don’t have a stainless steel dishwasher, this will ensure that you have a shiny dishwasher in the end.
General points to remember before starting the whole cleaning process:
• Always unplug the device when you are cleaning the interiors by hand.
• Do not use any bleach if the interiors of the dishwasher are made using stainless steel.
• If you remove any screws, remember to put them back before you decide to run the device again.
Cleaning is one work none of us like to do. However, a dishwasher helps you in the process of cleaning your everyday utensils. It is also one of the few things that we don’t clean very often. To make sure that we eat out of clean plates every day, we must clean the dishwasher from time to time.
This might be a very tiring process. However, through this article, you can ensure that it is done in the correct and the most effective way.
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Pinky-Sized Marine Animal Breaks Record for Ocean Filtration
A small marine creature just broke the world record for ocean filtration and is a newly named champion in the fight against climate change.
Giant larvaceans, marine animals the size of a human pinky, are so fragile that nets destroy them. Scientists have therefore desired to study them in the wild, but only recently achieved the feat using a remotely operated vehicle that launched a high-tech laser and optics gadget, DeepPIV, which looks like something out of a James Bond film. Kakani Katija, who led the effort from aboard the surface vessel Rachel Carson in Monterey Bay, described what happened next.
“When we turned off the white lights and turned on the laser, there was a collective gasp in the room — we couldn’t believe what we were seeing,” said Katija, who is the principal engineer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
“We could see the larvacean pumping its tail,” she continued. “We could see the interior chambers of the filters. We could see the motion of fluid in and through the house (the animal’s filtration system).”
It was then that her colleague, senior scientist Bruce Robison, shouted, “Wow! We’re pulling back the veil of ignorance.”
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Doing so revealed that a giant larvacean known as blue-tailed Bathochordaeus filters particles out of water faster than any other marine creature. It beats the prior record holder, plankton called salps. The findings are reported in the journal Science Advances.
Giant larvaceans, a type of zooplankton, are the key to the so-called biological pump. This is a process whereby organisms in the ocean transport carbon from the atmosphere into the deep sea, where some of that carbon is sequestered.
Capturing and sequestering carbon help to mitigate global climate change, so we and every other species on the planet benefit from the ocean filtration talents of these tiny creatures every day of our lives.
“We have estimated that as much as a quarter of the organic carbon transported to the deep bottom of Monterey Bay comes from discarded giant larvacean houses,” Robison said, adding that giant larvaceans are also located in oceans across the world.
He and Katija explained that giant larvaceans first make the rudimentary filtration “house” by excreting mucus from a series of cells located on its head.
“At some point in the build process, the larvacean starts moving its tail in a specific fashion, where we suspect the animal is forcing fluid through the house rudiment, and effectively blows up the rudiment like a balloon,” Katija said.
The house is then ready for action, filtering phytoplankton and other organic particles. These materials stick in the mucus house for digestion. When the filtration system fills up with waste matter, the entire nutrient-rich house is discarded and sinks to the sea floor. There, it provides a source of food for deep-sea animals. Giant larvaceans at that point may swim to another location, prior to building another house, in order to start the process all over again.
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The animals have such an effective filtration system that researchers have even considered adding them to the ocean to do more good work. That idea was shut down quickly, however, due to concerns over unintended consequences, such as disruption of the marine ecosystem.
Robison said scientists of the past learned hard lessons about unintended consequences. He then listed some of the colossal failures: bringing mongooses to Hawaii to control rats in sugar cane fields (mongooses became an invasive species there); dumping radioactive waste in the ocean (causing pollution and hurting marine life); and bringing kudzu plants from Japan into the states to feed livestock (kudzu became an invasive species).
“The list goes on and on,” he added. “Upsetting the balance of nature can be a tricky business, especially when dealing with an ecosystem as poorly known as the deep sea.”
The researchers, however, hope to further study larvaceans. They also plan to use DeepPIV to obtain more accurate measurements of carbon removal by other deep-water organisms.
“Who knows what else is out there?” Robison asked. “The deep ocean is the least explored habitat on Earth, and we are only beginning to learn who is out there and how it all works.”
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If you are less than 30 years old and you have had fewer than 2 children, please consider the following points before having a vasectomy:
1. You may regret it. Men who have vasectomies when they are in their 20's, especially if they have had fewer than 2 children, may be the ones most likely to seek vasectomy reversal at a later date, often regretting their vasectomy decisions if their reversals are not successful.
2. You may change your mind. Many men who think they will never want children when they are in their early 20's are delighted with fatherhood when they are in their 30's. You may be totally convinced now that you will never want children, but people change and you may have a much different outlook 10 years from now.
3. Women may change their minds. Similarly, women who have no desire for children when they are in their early 20's may have a much stronger desire when they are in their 30's and when many of their friends are having children of their own.
4. Relationships end. You may not be with the same partner ten years from now and a new partner may have a much stronger desire for children than your present partner does. Just because your present partner claims that they will never want children, their decision may change 10 years from now, or they may not be your partner in 10 years.
5. Vasectomy should be considered a permanent and non-reversible procedure because vasectomy reversals are not always successful. Before having a vasectomy, know all of your options.
6. Have you discussed your decision with your parents? If not, consider this: You're an adult, yes, but they helped you get there. How would you feel if your son came home one day and said that he had had a vasectomy? That he had done something to limit his future potential (to be a father) and to limit your own potential (to be a grandparent). Having a vasectomy is still your decision, but at least you granted them the respect of letting them render an opinion. And if they succeed in discouraging you, because they know you better than any doctor does, you may one day thank them. If they don't succeed in discouraging you, they may split with you the cost of sperm storage and feel much better about your vasectomy in doing so.
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a Young Adult Novel by Felicity Pullman
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As in 'Shalott', once again Australian teenagers interact with characters and events detailed in Malory's 'Le Morte d'Arthur', giving new insight into an old legend while also exploring issues of concern to teenagers today.
Against her better judgment, Callie is persuaded to re-enter her father's virtual reality program in order to save the life of Howell's friend. But instead of reversing recent events, Callie, her sister El and their friends Stephen and Howell find themselves back in Camelot. Just as they meet up with their old friend Lev, Sir Bors' squire is thrown from a horse and dies. Accident—or the result of two Howells confronting each other across the centuries?
With Howell now blaming himself for two deaths, the teenagers become caught up in all the danger and intrigue marking the last days of Camelot. Callie's courage is tested to the limit as Morgan le Fay uses her terrifying dark arts to keep her from her true love, Lancelot, while Guinevere resorts to cunning and deceit in her determination to win Lancelot and conceive with him an heir for Camelot. Desperate to keep the ancient faith alive at court, Guinevere invokes the help of the Mother Goddess—and pays the penalty when the Christian Arthur sentences her to burn, along with the 'pagans', El and Stephen. It's up to the teenagers to find a way to save themselves (and Guinevere) from death as they realise that Camelot is doomed, and that Callie will lose Lancelot for ever.
In this, her last quest, Callie risks everything to unlock the secrets of her heart and find the answer to why she needed to go back in time to Camelot.
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"I didn't mean to stand up! I wasn't v...." Your yelling was lost in the sounds of laughter and cheering from the audience, but you couldn't tell if they were cheering at you or the screen. Your pussy was still betraying you, becoming wetter by the second. You grasped at the seats in front of you uncontrollably, gripping the chair arms and the backs in front of you. Even though your clothes were on, it was as if you could feel the constant touching of the shadows right through your tank top, the strange feeling of their cold hands on your legs underneath the jeans. It felt like there were ice cubes and burning matches coursing through them, an almost electric tingling sensation caressing you with every touch. You began to relax deeper into the seat, your legs sliding underneath the chair in front of you.
You looked at the screen again as you felt more formless hands pull your legs apart. There, on the screen, in thirty feet of Technicolor, was your own face. You gaped in shock, barely noticing the tingling on your pussylips as you saw yourself moaning louder and louder, bouncing up and down, buffeted back and forth by two unseen cocks. A shiver went down your spine as a drop of sweat fell from your sun bleached breasts onscreen, and as if in response to that something that felt like massive fingers encircling those same breasts, squeezing both of them completely as if they were going to be sucked right out of your shirt. You tried to call out again, only to feel your tongue being tickled, as if tiny little frozen fingers were lapping at the insides of your mouth like waves, starting to thrust in and out between short breaks. Strangely, it felt much like the time you touched a nine volt battery to your tongue when you were younger. Except this was much milder, and spreading everywhere you could imagine it reaching. Even though your clothes were on, there were similar sensations building at the edges of your pussy and ass. It seemed like with every breath the sensations all over your body, both inside and out, were growing stronger.
The sweating, bouncing, moaning version of you on the screen was in the middle of coming when you noticed what was happening. She began to gag on another cock as she bounced on two others as you realized you were feeling the same sensations, but harder, like a cloud made of steel, covered in sandpaper and electricity trying to push you to your limits. Your legs flopped awkwardly, your mouth gaping open as the unseen cock continued to expand, pushing in your throat still deeper. You began to drool on yourself as the shadowy member kept your mouth open, lost in staring at the screen to see what would happen next. Jolts of sensation began to shake your body as the version of you in a cumstained bikini took cock after cock in all her holes.
You tried to squeal in shock as you saw another woman joined in, squeezing your doppelganger's nipples as she licked your pussy and sucked your clit. In the darkness of the theater your clit felt as if it had a suction cup on it, and you tried to scream over the phantom cock in your mouth as the fleshy logs in both your pussy and ass seemed to grow at once, battering against your cervix and into your stretched rectum at the same time, fucking you right through your jeans. All of the thrusting was happening in unison. You were sure your jeans looked like you had pissed them.
The silver screen version of you was the center of a tableau of debauchery.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There I Can T Explain Myself, I M Afraid, Sir, Said Alice, Because I M Not Myself, You See When Alice Sees A White Rabbit Take A Watch Out Of Its Waistcoat Pocket She Decides To Follow It, And A Sequence Of Most Unusual Events Is Set In Motion This Mini Book Contains The Entire Topsy Turvy Stories Of Alice S Adventures In Wonderland And Through The Looking Glass, Accompanied By Practical Notes And Martina Pelouso S Memorable Full Colour Illustrations
The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer.His most famous writings are Alice s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass as well as the poems The Hunting of the Snark and Jabberwocky , all considered to be within the genre of literary nonsense.Oxfo
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1. says:
I think that the failure not only of Children s Literature as a whole, but of our very concept of children and the child s mind is that we think it a crime to challenge and confront that mind Children are first protected from their culture kept remote and safe and then they are thrust incongruously into a world that they have been told is unsafe and unsavory and we expected them not to blanch.It has been my policy that the best literature for children is not a trifling thing, not a simplification of the adult or a sillier take on the world Good Children s literature is some of the most difficult literature to write because one must challenge, engage, please, and awe a mind without resorting to archetypes or life experience.Once a body grows old enough, we are all saddened by the thought of a breakup We have a set of knowledge and memories The pain returns to the surface Children are not born with these understandings, so to make them understand pain, fear, and loss is no trivial thing The education of children is the transformation of an erratic and hedonistic little beast into a creature with a rational method by which to judge the world.A child must be taught not to fear monsters but to fear instead electrical outlets, pink slips, poor people, and lack of social acceptance The former is frightening in and of itself, the latter for complex, internal reasons I think the real reason that culture often fears sexuality and violence in children is because they are such natural urges We fear to trigger them because we cannot control the little beasts We cannot watch them every minute.So, to write Children s Literature, an author must create something complex and challenging, something that the child can turn over in their mind without accidentally revealing some terrible aspect of the world that the child is not yet capable of dealing with Carroll did this by basing his fantasies off of complex, impersonal structures linguistics and mathematical theory These things have all the ambiguity, uncertainty, and structure of the grown up world without the messy, human parts.This is also why the Alice stories fulfill another requirement I have for Children s Lit that it be just as intriguing and rewarding for adults There is no need to limit the depth in books for children, because each reader will come away with whatever they are capable of finding Fill an attic with treasures and the child who enters it may find any number of things put a single coin in a room and you ensure that the child will find it, but nothing .Of course, we must remember that nothing we can write will ever be strange or disturbing to a child than the pure, unadulterated world that we will always have failed to prepare them for However, perhaps we can fail a little less and give them Alice Not all outlets are to be feared, despite what your parents taught you In fact, some should be prodded with regularity, and if you dare, not a little joy.
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THIS BOOK IS MY DREAM.It s Alice s Adventures in Wonderland, plus Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, plus a ton of critical analysis and fun facts and biographical info and poetry and background and cultural and period information and bonus illustrations and basically all you need or could ever want to know, except if you re me and your love for and curiosity about Alice and Lewis Carroll and Wonderland will never be satiated.And also it s about a square yard and the font is tiny and it weighs about 30 pounds and takes an eternity to read.I loved this so much that it made my heart hurt to finish it My version of paradise is probably something like this, where I m alternating between reading the original text I love than anything and eloquent, wise, humorous elaboration on things I had never known The I learned, the I wanted to know.I guess you could say I grew curiouser and curiouser.I love myself.Anyway, my bookmark for this book was a folded up sheet of lined paper on which I wrote down the titles and works of art and research queries I wanted to know about as I read I filled up both sides of that sheet.Absolutely every aspect of this book is gorgeous and curated and fascinating I don t really know how to review this because it basically transcended reading for me It was just a perfect experience.Bottom line If you love Alice like I do, or really really like it, you need to read this book It s a gift That s all I can say pre reviewi have never, in my entire life, cried in public over a book.until today.THIS BOOK MADE ME CRY IN PUBLIC of a review to come
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Dreams , figments of the wondrous mind, what things can it createA little girl named Alice, 7 with her big sister a few years older, sitting on the banks of the gentle river Thames, on a calm , warm sunny day, in 1862 how delightful , still she is bored watching her sibling read a book, not paying any attention to her, with no pictures, imagine that getting sleepyOut of nowhere a nervous White Rabbit dashes by Alice, no big deal even though it has clothes on, not thinking it peculiar when the animal speaks, looking at a watch, and declares he will be late to an important party Intrigued the child follows the rapid rabbit down a large hole, a long tunnel , soon finding a precipice, then falling and falling, the never ending drop continues as the frightened girl starts to believe, maybe, quite possible , arrive finally on the other side of the world, welcome Australia Nevertheless landing safely in a pile of leaves, unhurt Alice in a strange hall sees a bottle that says drink me She the brave girl does, being much too big, for this land, needing to get out, to the beautiful place outside that Alice views, through the door, too small for her and shrinks this will not be the last time either, her size will vary in future adventures in this magical tale Meeting a plethora of mad characters, as one of them matter of fact boasts we re all mad here The Cheshire Cat with his always grinning smile as he fades away and reappears the Queen of Hearts the annoyed ruler frequently shouts and proclaims, Off with their heads , and her curiouser and curiouser croquet matchwith real animals for equipment, the Mad Hatter and his perpetual tea party with the March Hare who enjoys puzzling Alice The mellow Caterpillar likes sitting on top of a mushroom smoking leisurely and showing scorn for the little girl s silly questions, the Mock Turtle who head looks like a cow and is sad, the ugly Duchess sneezing because her maid s over use of pepper, other weird souls in this enchanting book appear If you are a type of person who relishes the road less traveled, this will be up your alley A classic children s fable that will always be a favorite, having sold than 100 million copies, and adults can be entrapped also, and benefit by the amusing satire of their foibles, which everyone has.That is being human
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Once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people If I ever had to choose to be another literary person than my beloved soulmate Don Quixote, it would have to be Alice in Wonderland Why would I need to be another character than the one and only Don Well, it is good to have a backup if you are asked to come to a masquerade as a favourite book character a not completely unlikely risk and side effect of my profession , and you realise that your blonde hair and the emphasis on blue dresses in your wardrobe makes that a much natural choice than the Medieval male dresscode of La Mancha.On the other hand, Alice is a perfect complement to the Don in many ways While he sets out to give the ordinary world some magic, she dives into Wonderland to make it sparkle with her common sense approach to madness A perfect pair, those two characters In times like these, they are needed than ever, to fight the windmills or Jabberwockys of modern craziness As coffee is a means of survival to me, and I like the idea of drinking it out of a mug featuring an illustration of a famous tea party as nonsensical as most, but fun I once went to London and bought myself a Mad Hatter mug, the handle nicely formed like one of those keys Alice had such trouble with The quote on the back of the mug has helped me along with the caffeine and a sense of humour as dark as my no milk and no sugar coffee survive many a lesson with teenagers If you knew Time as well as I do, said the Hatter, you wouldn t talk about wasting it I know for a fact that this book can be reread as many times as needed to figure out your own identity and level of madness, without any waste of time whatsoever Who am I then Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I ll come up if not, I ll stay down here till I m someone else I can almost give the same promise that Milo got in The Phantom Tollbooth RESULTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED, BUT IF NOT PERFECTLY SATISFIED, YOUR WASTED TIME WILL BE REFUNDED.
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Curiouser and curiouser edition This is the annotated edition, collecting both novels in the Alice book series Alice s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice found There. WE RE ALL MAD HERE Begin at the beginning This was technically a re reading since I ve already read both novels previously, the key difference here was that this is an annotated edition, which includes a comprehensive section, at the end of each chapter, with tons of notes revealing behind the scenes detailing moments in the life of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson aka Lewis Carroll , the real meaning of scenes, the real inspirations for several of the characters in both novels, historic meaning in the Victorian England of casual expressions that got outdated nowadays, studies in the metrics of the poems included in the novels, etc I don t think Then you shouldn t talk It was a curiouser and curiouser reading experience since this was my first annotated edition of any book, and I believe that if you want to engage into this sort of books, it s advisable having read the regular version of the novel first, since reading all those annotations after each chapter, it s a kinda of braking effect, since depending the chapter, you ll invest almost the same time reading the explanations than the chapter itself, so you lose a great deal of the rhythm of your reading, therefore, if you haven t read the story before, you may not enjoying as much as it was supposed to be It s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards. Of course, almost all the information was made by scholars in the Lewis Carroll s works, doing assumptions and best guesses, since the author was already gone when this annotated edition began to be conceived Therefore, it s a priceless access to get a better understanding of the novels at the era when they were published, BUT sometimes I ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. you can t fully take without a doubt the exposed explanations, since you can t ask the author any to validate if their interpretations are truly accurate So, as many things in life, it s up to you if you wish to believe them I can t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. And as those scholars mentioned at some momento of the annotations, that sometimes we are so obssessed to find a secret meaning behind any single quote, any single character, any single scene, etc and while it s evident that some quotes, characters and scenes have indeed a double significance, some of them are merely things needed to keep flowing the narrative, as simply as that, without any conspiration or secret plot, I m not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours. so don t get too deep into the annotations section and simply enjoy this wonderfully mad tale about a little girl who fell down into a rabbit s hole and she kept finding curiouser and curiouser things, even through the looking glass and go on till you come to the end then stop.
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Read both as a child, and again as an adult Loved and appreciated it then love and appreciate it now A book everyone should read at least once, and one that I hope children are still reading today.
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Then Alice saw a large wall in the middle distance Someone was sitting on the top of it When Alice had come within a few yards of it, she saw that the thing sitting on the wall had eyes and a nose and mouth and a large pile of golden hair and when she had come very close, she saw clearly that it was TRUMPTY DUMPTY himself It must be him because that s what is written on his baseball cap, she said to herself He was already speaking to her They said I wouldn t build the wall and I built the wall They were wrong because they weren t right Really really really great wall I m sure it is, said Alice What is it for Believe me, this is the greatest wall there ever was, I m sure it is, said Alice, but please, what is it for The people, there were people, who said the wall would never be built, they were not smart people, as you see, the wall is right here, it is extremely extremely here, believe me Yes, I do see that it is, but please, said Alice, getting rather impatient, what is it for Those people, there were so many many of them, they said the wall was never ever ever going to be built, that s what they said, you can check that, it s there in the record They were really really not smart those people Everyone here can see that this is a great great day That is what people are telling me But started Alice We are making Wonderland great again Really really great Dozens, hundreds of people, have said that there would be no wall No wall at all They said it would never never never happen You can t find those people any because they are on the other side of the wall Oh yes, there is another side of the wall Really really other side Can you hear them Trumpty put his hand to his ear, exaggeratedly listening Alice listened hard too for a moment but could not hear a sound, except for Trumpty talking continually She had by now given up trying to ask Trumpty Dumpty anything at all It was as if he did not know what a conversation was It s going to be amazing, really amazing You will see Wonderland great again So great Sorry about that. I really just wanted to flag up that this Definitive 150th Anniversary edition by Martin Gardner is exquisite and replaces all previous editions So if you have a birthday coming up, you could ask for this And if you get it you ll have a smile that will take a really really great long time to fade away Believe me.
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This is a weird one The I read the I m okay with the weirdness Does that say something about me I thought at first I wouldn t read it to my kids because it s too strange, but I m thinking now I might They just might like it We ll see how it ends Am I lame that I ve never read this before Okay, done with them both Alice in Wonderland was okay Still weird Weird and I didn t understand it Through the Looking Glass took weird to a whole new level A bad level The whole time I was reading it I was thinking, Is Carroll on crack This makes no sense And then I thought maybe I needed to be on crack to understand it I ve had crazy dreams sort of like this, all disjointed and random and all, but that doesn t mean I want to read a book about psycho dreams And what s up with shaking the poor kitten all the time I might read Wonderland to the kids I won t read Through the Looking Glass.And does anyone really know what this all means Because if it s just for fun , it wasn t.
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But I don t want to go among mad people, Alice remarked Oh, you can t help that, said the Cat we re all mad here I m mad You re mad How do you know I m mad said Alice You must be, said the Cat, or you wouldn t have come here 150 years ago, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson welcomed a new Dean to Christ Church College, Oxford, along with his family, including the three daughters, Lorina, Edith and Alice Charles had been writing prose and poetry since a very young age, but it was young Alice Liddell who encouraged him to write down the stories he had made up for her and her sisters, thus Alice s Adventures in Wonderland was published and has since been a stalwart in children s reading treasuries.Charles, or famously known by his alias Lewis Carroll, was an extraordinary man, graduating from Oxford with a first in Mathematics and going on to study and teach at Oxford, where he remained until his death in 1898 Not only did he write, but he was an early pioneer of photography and also painted He predominantly wrote short stories and poems, but Alice s Adventures in Wonderland was a longer version of his unique writing style, and was published in 1865 to great acclaim He became famous almost over night and wrote the sequel Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, though this particular story seemed much darker than the much loved Wonderland, most probably caused by the depression he felt after the death of his father in 1871 Sylvie and Bruno, a tale of fairy siblings is a lesser known story from Carroll in 1895 and did not fair as well as Alice ever did though it remains in print as a testimony to the wonderful writer Lewis Carroll was.Lewis Carroll s writing is often described as surreal and nonsensical, a lot of his words are made up, but are used in today s language think specifically of the poem Jabberwocky and he has had almost as much impact on the way we use language as Shakespeare ever did The word chortle is used today as commonly as if it truly were a real word for laughing Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe Beware the Jabberwock, my son The jaws that bite, the claws that catch Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch And, has thou slain the Jabberwock Come to my arms, my beamish boy O frabjous day Callooh Callay He chortled in his joy.In my most recent re read of Alice, I decided I would read aloud the poetry within the book There is a lot poetry in it than I originally remembered, all of which is told to Alice by the various characters she meets The made up Carrollian words sound both strange and familiar on the tongue and one can find a genuine lilting rhythm to the entire book when experienced out loud with sound.Beneath the surface, the story can be seen as quite dark, particularly the latter story Through the Looking Glass Whilst both retain the whimsical, surreal nature of another world, Looking Glass has of a sinister overtone, with things going wrong for Alice and many characters being unkind to one another It also showed another side to Alice herself, as she had grown out of the rabbit hole and crying her way out of situations and instead wished than anything to be a Queen Her previous adventure with the Queen must have sparked this desire, though Alice had shown nothing but disdain for the Queen of Wonderland who wanted to chop everyone s head off at any given moment.I found myself enjoying the latter book to the former I cannot place my finger on the reason why, however If nothing else, it is probably the grown up version of Alice I prefer, though in reality she is still just a child Her experiences in her first Wonderland adventure seemed to have impacted her fervently, as she navigated the Looking Glass Wonderland exceedingly well, often outsmarting those who were native to it.The two books often just collated in to one large one known as Alice in Wonderland are actually all I ve ever read of Lewis Carroll s works, though I am intrigued by his other works, particularly his poetry The surreal, nonsense nature of the poetry in Alice is unique to Carroll and I d be curious to see if it carries over in to his other works Have you ever read his other works There is some controversy surrounded Lewis Carroll, mostly brought up in biographies of him, particularly regarding his friendliness with young girls such as the Liddell children, but I shan t be commenting on that here Instead we shall concentrate on the great piece of literature he left behind, which he wrote whilst he was both disappointed and unhappy with his job of teaching at Oxford despite remaining there until his death and saddened by the loss of his mother early on in his life and by his father after Alice s Adventures in Wonderland was published It is too much to wonder whether the reputation of such an absorbing, wonderful book would be tarnished if his biographers ever learnt the exact truth of his nature and the absurdities of accusations are most likely driven by the era they find themselves in.There are many events taking place in 2015 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of this wonderful, wondrous, wandering book all over the globe Royal Mail are producing celebratory collection stamps in honour of the landmark and who can forget the wonderful if rather libertarian Disney film The best thing you can do is to read and re read this book an enjoy it for what it is a beautifully written, surreal and nonsense book that has captivated the imaginations of children and adults alike On the night I re read Alice s Adventures in Wonderland, the moon decided to show me his best Cheshire Cat smile in celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the book Blog Instagram Twitter Pinterest Shop Etsy
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What a bunch of codswallop Trying to find something rational in these bizarre characters and perplexing adventures will result in one s disappointment, and indeed, you will find none of it For if you were to put logical reasoning into the picture, you ll need heaps of Ibuprofen to pacify that throbbing headache of yours, which I did on my first day of reading Alice s adventures By the second day, I ve decided to throw out the logical and embrace lunacy for Pete s sake It was better and made me curiouser and curiouser as I trot along after Alice Lewis Carroll was a genius Whoever knew that such an intelligent man would be able to weave both the creative and logical parts of the brain and come up with a classical, nonsensical tale that is beloved or disliked by both children and adults alike The tales are imaginative and dreamy or nightmare ish depending on one s view, as it was a nightmare for me and the word play is ingenious Utter madness, these stories are But it doesn t deter me from loving the Cheshire Cat and dreadfully missing the Mad Tea Party.Meself thinks these creatures should also exist Jub Jub Bird, Bandersnatch, and Jabberwocky I d fancy having one as a pet if and only if my desire for off with their heads edict isn t entirely quenched We re all mad here
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A dropped or hollowed back can be a critical roadblock in advancing the athletic development of the horse. More importantly than the sought-after aesthetics, it is a definitive indicator of weakness through the abdominals, and lack of engagement from the hindquarters.
Once ill-fitting tack and pain have been ruled out as potential factors, it’s a matter of targeting the horse’s body in ways that release tension and develop strength specifically in those areas of weakness.
Lateral Bending
Through circling exercises, serpentine and leg yields, the natural bend that is created through the spine helps unlock the topline while encouraging them to step under themselves more with the inner hind leg. Exaggerating this bend for limited periods can be helpful in the early stages to get the point across.
Maintaining a steady rhythm is essential, allowing more time for the hind end to step under versus when the horse is allowed to rush, and that is what will help strengthen the muscles for engagement for progressive training.
Rounded Squares and Diamonds
Squares and diamonds with rounded corners are useful exercises for alternating between creating a lateral bend and straightening. Rounding the corners as if they are quarters of circles affords the opportunity to establish a bend for a few strides before straightening again. For horses who achieve engagement and roundness through the body while circling or bending but struggle to do so on straight lines, this exercise in turn helps develop their self-carriage.
Through the corners are the bending phases, where the rider’s inside leg asks for a deeper inside bend and engagement of the hind leg during the posting phase of the trot. By pushing the horse’s ribs outwards, the inside hind can step under more, thereby lifting through the abdominals, and allowing for softening and elevation through the back, shoulder and base of the neck.
Through the straight sides of the pattern, by asking for the same activity as through the corner, the horse learns to translate the elasticity and softness he has through a bend into movements on straight lines. This technique also helps refine cueing off the rider’s inside leg to mean more than just influencing tempo or gait.
If the horse proceeds through the straight sides desirably after practicing the exercise, it’s a great opportunity to round out the shape onto a circle and allow them to proceed ahead, letting them carry themselves for as long as they’re able, making corrections only as necessary.
With practice, the horse can begin to associate that when cued while their inside hind leg is airborne, it means a deeper step, engagement of the abdominals and a lifting through the back whether through a corner, circle or straight ahead.
The half-moon is a demanding exercise for more advanced horses that forces them to step under themselves, carrying themselves over the weight-bearing leg rather than being able to move forward off of it. It’s an intense workout for the hindquarters that forces them to carry more weight on their haunches rather than being allowed to tilt their weight forward onto the forehand.
The pattern begins at a halt, generally at the centre of the long side. Imagine that you are halted on the edge of a slice of pie, facing the point, and you’re asking the horse to cross over to the other edge of the pie without walking forward through your hands.
From the outside leg, ask him to step over until his body is roughly at a 45 degree angle from the rail with his hindquarters furthest, and then ask him to move away from your inside leg back to the rail along the same curved track. Stepping forward can be corrected with a backwards step, and then resume.
Twice is generally sufficient, so once you return to the rail the second time, ask the horse to trot on and into a 10 metre semi-circle. Observe the gait and be sure to maintain an even rhythm, as the exercise tends to inspire a lot of power.
If the rein-back is well established, an effective change of rein can be executed as you arch onto the centre-line, ask for a halt and proceed into the schaukel: rein-back 3-4 steps, walk forward 3-4 steps and immediately reverse again while a forefoot is still airborne, then trot on, and after a few steps turn into a 10 metre semi-circle in the new direction.
Halt at the centre of the long side facing the new direction and repeat the exercise off the other leg.
It is a great idea to allow for a trot ahead, letting them reach out onto a long rein after practicing this exercise. Not only does it allow you to assess the efficacy of the lesson through how they carry themselves, but encouraging them to stretch out the topline for body and mind is an essential reward.
The most important things to remember when trying to overcome a dropped or hollowed back is that the strength to correct it must come from the abdominal muscles and hindquarters. The softening and rounding of the neck comes more naturally when then chest is elevated and the back is supported. Practicing exercises that encourage engagement of the abdominals and stepping under with the hind-end will help the horse reach his athletic potential.
Find the complete article as originally published in Horse Sport: Unlocking Inversion
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The defensive skills of the first baseman are often taken for granted. This position is the most under-rated defensive position on a team. The defensive skills of a good first baseman can often make the difference in winning a championship.
Set & Ready Position – With No Runners On Base
1. The first baseman positions himself approximately 15 to 20 feet behind first base and about 10 feet from the line. This is the normal positioning when a bunt is not anticipated and there are no runners on base.
2. Weight slightly forward, left foot in front three or four inches, knees slightly bent and weight up on the balls of the feet.
3. Glove held waist high, open, facing toward the batter.
4. Always check with the second baseman to make sure there is no mix up on ground balls hit to the right side of the infield.
5. Always focus your eyes into the strike zone, assuming that the ball will be hit in your direction.
Set & Ready Position – Holding The Runner On
The purpose of this position is to receive the pitcher’s pick-off throw and apply a quick tag. Secondly, if the pitcher throws to home, moving into position to field the ball.
1. Touch the inside of the bag with your right foot and stretch out with your glove hand, making an inviting target for the pitcher to throw to.
2. When the pitcher throws over, catch the ball and apply a tag with a sweeping motion.
3. If the pitcher throws towards the plate, move quickly into a position to field the ball.
Fielding Balls Hit To The Left Of The Pitcher
It is the pitcher’s responsibility to cover first base when the first baseman has to field the ball. Always make an unassisted putout when you can. When relaying the ball to the pitcher, the following tips will help avoid errors.
1. Wave the pitcher off before making an unassisted putout.
2. When sprinting to the bag, hold onto the ball in your bare hand. You will have better control and the ball will not fall out of your glove, since you do not have to apply a tag.
3. You can toss the ball to the pitcher quicker if you have to.
4. When relaying the ball to the pitcher, use the underhand shovel type release.
5. Throw the ball at the bag so the pitcher can catch the ball chest-high as he crosses the bag.
6. After releasing the ball to the pitcher, you must give him directions if there are other runners on base.
7. When fielding balls that are hit to right, plant your pivot foot and make an overhand throw to the pitcher.
8. Communicate with your pitcher. It is his responsibility to field all ground balls that he can get to. Make sure you cover the bag if he fields any balls. Remind him constantly to let you know what his intentions are before it is too late. On critical plays he must yell loud when he is fielding the ball.
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How Much Sugar Is Really in a Soda?
Americans have a passion for soda pop. In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that around a third of the population drinks at least one sugary soda or other sweetened drink daily. All that sugar can add up to a lot of health problems for a majority of people who consume soda regularly. Learning exactly how much sugar is in a can of full-sugar soda might be the ticket to helping a person kick the habit for good.
A can of non-diet soda contains anywhere from 8 to 13 teaspoons of sugar per 12 ounces.
A Look at the Numbers
The amount of sugar in a 12-ounce can of soda depends on the variety chosen:
• Orange soda: 10 to 13 teaspoons per 12 ounces
• Cola: 10 teaspoons per 12 ounces
• Lemon-lime: Around 8 teaspoons per 12 ounces
• Root Beer: 11 teaspoons per 12 ounces
• Ginger Ale: 8 teaspoons per 12 ounces
The Problem With Sugar
Consuming too much added sugar from soda, as well as from other sources, can cause a number of health problems, from weight gain to tooth decay. For example, Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health notes that an average can of sugar-sweetened soda contains about 150 calories, most of which come from sugar. This can lead to gaining up to 5 pounds in a year if no other lifestyle changes are made. Additionally, drinking soda regularly increases the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
When it comes to your dental health, the sugar in soda joins forces with bacteria to form an acid that wreaks havoc on your teeth. These acid attacks weaken tooth enamel, particularly in children's teeth, and cause decay.
Strategies for Cutting Back
In a perfect world, you could cut out sugary sodas cold-turkey and suffer no consequences. But many people, to avoid suffering withdrawal from soda consumption, need to make gradual changes. Although diet soda arguably has its own issues, sugar is not one of them. Therefore, you can start by switching to diet before decreasing the total amount of all sodas that you drink daily. If it's just the carbonation you crave, skip the diet and go straight to unsweetened sparkling water. If you're finding it incredibly hard to cut down on sugar-sweetened soda, try this trick: Calculate how much you would have to exercise to work off the calories. Research published in the American Journal of Public Health found that people who learned the number of minutes they had to exercise to burn off a soda drank less of it overall.
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Printer Reviews
Juku 3Doodler Create+ 3D Printing Pen Set
The Juku 3Doodler Create+ pen is a fun, open-ended toy and educational tool. The accessories and templates available provide additional project inspiration and project ideas.
The Juku 3Doodler Create+ 3D Printing Pen Set ($74.99) contains a mini, handheld 3D printer in the form of a pen that's fun to use and has lots of creative potential. It's the latest iteration of WobbleWorks' 3Doodler Juku series, created in a partnership with Office Depot and marketed to a young audience with educational purposes in mind. We reviewed an earlier version of the 3Doodler pen a year ago, and although the device itself seems essentially the same, new accessories and activity kits offer users additional guidance and educational value.
The 3Doodler Create+ lets you "draw" in 3D by extruding tiny plastic strands that you use the pen to shape and control. The device resembles a hot glue gun: You stick the plastic filaments in the back and the pen melts them down. The plastic dries almost instantly, staying (for the most part) locked in however you drew them, essentially allowing you to create anything you can dream up.
I tested the Juku 3Doodler (my first time using one) and had a lot of fun with the product, even though I realized early on there was definitely a learning curve. Despite its name, the 3Doodler works best when you have a plan in mind. Drawing in 3D is a skill that will be new for most people. In my initial attempts with the 3Doodler, I defaulted to writing in 2D. But the process gets easier every time you use it.
Getting Started
The pen comes with 50 filaments of plastic in various colors that equal 400 feet of plastic. You power up the pen and then wait for it to heat up before using it. This process takes about 60 to 90 seconds. A light switches from red to green when it's ready to go.
Loading the filaments into the pen was a little more difficult than I expected. You can't just load the filament in the back—you really have to use some force to jam it in and make sure it gets picked up by the intake gears at the bottom. Once the pen has hold of the plastic, it can start extruding in a few seconds.
I found some mismatched information in the manual. The pen I tested had two settings: Hi and Low, but pictures of the pen in the manual showed a different model, on which the settings say ABS/FLX and PLA (those are the two different types of plastic filaments, the hi-temp ABS or Flexy plastic and the low-temp PLA plastic). This setting is important, as using the wrong temperature and plastic combination will result in less-than-optimal results. If they don't read the manual and make the connection, though, some users might miss this.
Along with the high and low temperature settings, you can adjust the extrusion speed to fast and slow with the two buttons at the bottom of the pen, ideally right where your index finger would be as you draw.
I recommend new users to keep it on the slow setting until you feel comfortable using it, as once it starts extruding, it won't stop until you switch it off. This makes precision a bit difficult to achieve as starting and stopping the extrusion isn't instantaneous, and you have to keep your finger on the button to be able to stop on command.
The pen itself is easy to hold and lightweight. You have to keep it plugged in while you use it, so be mindful of the cord while you're doodling. The plastic comes out hot but cools and dries right away. The pen itself does get hot. Touching the metal tip of the pen could cause a burn, so parents should watch younger kids when they're using the 3Doodler.
The Technique
Building 3D shapes takes some practice, but it's straightforward in concept: The plastic is malleable as it comes out but solidifies almost instantaneously. To draw up, you have to have some sort of base on which to draw. Then you simply lift the pen off the surface in a straight motion, turn off the extrusion when you have the desired length, and pull the pen away quickly. With some finesse, the plastic will stay in position, and you'll have the beginning of a framework on which to draw.
This is where precision comes into play. Switching between the fast and slow settings and turning the extrusion on and off isn't completely seamless, and there's a little bit of fallout even after you turn it off. Learning how to finesse the way the pen works, however, comes relatively quickly. In our previous review, we noted that holding the pen in a way where you can turn the buttons on or off easily take a bit of practice.
Also, don't worry if you have an errant strand or mess up what you're trying to do. Hardly anything is built with a single strand—t's more about going back and forth multiple times and layering strands on top of one another.
I enjoyed the range of filament colors (there's even a clear plastic one, which looks sweet) but you can't really change them out until you use the current filament up or reverse it out of the pen, which is time-consuming. I found it easier to create designs with just one or two colors.
What to Make
So you've got the technique down. Now what do you actually make? The company offers tons of resources that make it easy to create projects with the pen. Both the website and the manual include stencil blueprints for projects of various levels of difficulty: coasters, a candle holder, and the Eiffel Tower itself. What's cool about these kinds of designs is that you can make the same thing multiple times and improve in your technique each time.
The 3Doodler 3DU STEM Accessory Kit (sold separately for $12.99) for kids ages 8 and older includes stencils and construction blueprints for projects such as a geodesic dome and a five-axis arm. The STEM kit provides more inspiration for what to create and has the added benefit of exposing kids to principles of mechanical and engineering design.
The kit also comes with a ball-and-socket joint silicone mold and an interlocking silicon mold piece for use in different creations. Combining the pieces that you make from the pen with the existing joint molds is a great way to experience how different components work together to create a single working piece.
The pen has creative implications beyond that of a toy, as well. I can see it being of use as a brainstorming tool: Architects, engineers or artists could quickly churn out 3D prototypes or rough model mock-ups. It's a bit too limited right now for a lot of people to have the skills to use it in this way, but perhaps a future version of the pen could be used for these purposes.
The Verdict
The Juku 3Doodler Create+ does what it's designed to do, but I can imagine future iterations of this technology evolving into something else, especially since the tech used in toys can influence innovation outside of that industry. Way back in 1978, Texas Instruments' Speak and Spell was the first commercial instance of digital signal processing (DSP) and the first time "the human vocal tract has been electronically duplicated on a single chip of silicon." An early prototype of Siri or Alexa? That might be a stretch, but no doubt that technology played a role somewhere.
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Q&A: Madison Zielke (11)
Madison Zielke’s (11) dad, a paramedic for Superior, poses with the decorations in front of their house. He’s giving a friendly reminder to everyone that drives by to wear masks and gloves and to stay safe.
Hailey Prasopoulos, Print Team Leader
Q: What occupation and where do your parents work?
A: “My mom is an ICU nurse at Ingalls and my dad is a paramedic at Superior.”
Q: How has their job changed since the pandemic?
A: “Both of their jobs are a lot busier during the pandemic for sure. My dad has to get his temperature taken before going into the hospitals and before leaving. My mom has to wear scrubs from the hospital along with a mask all day. When she goes into a room with a patient she has to wear a gown and gloves and another mask. They added new rules to not only keep the patients safe as possible, but also all the doctors and nurses because they have families to go home to.”
Q: Since your parents play such an important role in our community, would you eventually want to follow in their footsteps in the future? Why?
A: “What my parents go through everyday really opened my eyes to what I want to do in the future. I definitely want to do something in the medical field. If i could help out right now i would honestly. Watching my mom go through everything she does at work just makes me appreciate her and what she does 100 times more than I already did.”
Q: What are your thoughts about your parents risking their lives everyday going into work?
A: “It’s scary when you think about how they could get sick by working, but I try to just remember that they aren’t sick and are protected from people who really need help to get better. They are extremely brave and doing a job that has to be done. I’m very proud of them.”
Q: What extra precautions are you and your family doing at home to stay safe?
A: “My parents try to go to stores when they have first responder hours so they aren’t putting other people at potential risk. We also disinfect our cars and wallets if we do have to go out in public. If we ever go out to the store we make sure to wear masks covering our nose and use hand sanitizer when we are done.”
Q: If you could say one message to our community about the stay at home order and just staying safe, what would you tell people?
A: “Social distancing is the most important part of staying safe and healthy, especially right now. You can make the best out of staying home. You can find a lot of things to do while you are staying safe and not put others at risk. Take up a new hobby, get ahead in school etc. If you really miss your friends just FaceTime them. You can still go for a walk or get some exercise, just do it by yourself or with your family. Don’t hang out with friends because you’re putting everyone at risk if you do so. It just takes one person to start speaking it. Social distancing should be a bigger deal than everyone is treating it. If people are constantly getting out of their houses and hanging out with people the better chance we won’t have a summer. Don’t ruin that for everyone, stay home and stay healthy.” | <urn:uuid:ed02e5dd-5b56-40e5-becd-5f057ab10f2a> | https://lakecentralnews.com/45006/top-stories/qa-madison-zielke-11/ | en | 0.976327 | 0.615157 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
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6 Traits of Financially Successful People
Written by: Corey Janoff
This blog post originally appeared on our previous blog website, FinancialClarityBlog.com on April 4, 2017. It has since been revised and updated.
In meeting and working with hundreds of people over the past decade plus, I have learned to identify pretty quickly which ones will be financially successful and which ones might struggle to reach their financial goals. There are always people who surprise me, but for the most part I am pretty accurate with my intuition. I define financial success as being able to live comfortably and reach your (realistic) financial goals within the time frame you want to reach them. Financial independence is realizing that dream. This post will outline some of the common traits that most financially successful people possess.
I’ll admit, I haven’t done any formal research or scientific studies to confirm my beliefs. These are merely my observations from getting an in-depth look at people’s personal finances and helping guide them on their path towards financial independence. So if you are looking at ways to improve your financial well-being, start by practicing the following behaviors.
They Live Below Their Means
A common financial tip that is thrown around is that people should live within their means. I’m taking it one step further and telling you that the most financially successful people live below their means. Just because the bank says you qualify for a $1 million mortgage doesn’t mean you should purchase the $1 million house. People that structure their fixed expenses so that they have a lot of wiggle room in their budget are the ones most likely to reach their long-term goals.
Surprises come up from time to time. Repairs are needed on the house. An illness in the family. Unexpected medical expenses. A loss of job. The dog needs a $5,000 surgery and then some expensive medications. The list goes on. People that have an emergency reserve and flexibility in their budget are able to handle these unplanned expenses in life.
I have one client couple that is in retirement now and they are so conscious of their budget that we have to encourage them to spend more money. They currently live comfortably on Social Security and a small pension from the state where one of them worked for years. And they are completely content and happy! When they are forced to take their required minimum distributions (RMD’s) from their retirement accounts each year, they often write a check for the same amount for us to deposit into their other investment accounts. We had to fight them in the past to try to get them to spend their RMD money on a fun vacation or something. Keeping expenses to a minimum is so engrained in their souls to the point where they are still saving for their future while they are in retirement! You don’t need to take things to this extreme, but you get the idea. If you spend considerably less than you bring in each month, that will give you a lot of financial freedom.
Financially Successful People Listen and are Coachable
This might be a trait exclusive to clients that work with a financial advisor, because I am sure there are many people out there that manage their own finances without the guidance of a professional and do just fine. From the people I meet directly with though, the ones that do the best financially actually listen to what I say and follow my recommendations. Similar to the way people looking to improve their physical fitness will follow the tips of a personal trainer, or people looking to improve their health will listen to the recommendations of their doctor. The ones that seem to struggle to reach their financial goals either don’t listen, or completely disregard the advice.
People that meet with a financial advisor can be broken down into two categories:
1. Those that are eager to learn and willing to follow the advisor’s guidance.
2. Those that are merely looking for affirmation that what they are doing is correct.
I have met with countless people who will ask me a question, I’ll give them an answer, then they will argue with my answer and give all these reasons to justify why they are doing things a certain way. No you shouldn’t buy the Tesla when you only make $75,000/year. The purchase price of your car shouldn’t equal your income. I don’t care if you are single with no kids, have minimal expenses and you expect your income to rise consistently in the coming years. I understand you can sell it if your situation changes, but once you get used to driving a Tesla, you are not going to want to downgrade to the Nissan Leaf or even further to the Hyundai accent. What are your coworkers going to say when you roll up to work in something less prestigious? Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
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Aversion to Debt
This one is pretty straightforward. The most financially successful clients I have are the ones that keep their debts to a minimum and pay the ones they have off faster than required. This doesn’t mean you have to be debt free or avoid debts completely. Most of my clients have (or have had at some point) a mortgage, student loans, business loans, car loans, etc.
Before taking out a debt though, they make sure the payments will be affordable (living below means) and the interest rate is reasonable. They also avoid the short-term, high interest rate debts like personal loans or credit cards. So when they want to do to the home remodel, they don’t take out a loan to pay for it – they save up enough money in their savings account to cover the full cost.
They Are Committed to Saving
Whether it is saving for retirement, college for the children, or a home down payment, when they outline a goal they want to reach, they commit themselves to saving enough to reach that goal. This also coincides with living below your means and is a key ingredient to achieving financial independence. If you live below your means, you have an ability to save for your other goals in life. Rather than spending money left over each month/year, financially successful people save it and invest it instead.
A general guideline I have brought up before is that most people should aim to save at least 20% of their income for retirement. I've done the math enough times to conclude that if you start diligently saving for retirement in your early 30's, that should put you on a healthy track to be able to retire in your early to mid-60's. No guarantees of course, and that's why it's important to review your progress towards your goals from time to time and adjust things if necessary along the way.
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They are Always Looking for Deals
This may not be a mandatory trait, but it you are constantly looking for deals, it probably means you are very cost conscious and make prudent financial decisions. Buy your plane tickets when the airline has a sale. See if the store will price match Amazon. Pretend like you are still in college and seek out the $0.75 Taco Tuesday and $2 off drinks for a fun date night.
I know one guy who is in his 60’s that is always looking for ways to save money (even though he earns a nice income and lives below his means). When he and his wife go out to dinner, it is often during happy hour. The local grocery store has a senior discount on Tuesdays – guess who only does his grocery shopping on Tuesdays!? When he buys something at a store, he will often scan the ads and coupons that arrive in the mail that week to see if another store has the same product for less. If he does find a better price elsewhere, he will drive back to the store he bought it at and ask them to give him a credit for the difference. After you factor in the time consumed and money spent on gas to go back to the store, he probably isn’t saving much at all, but it’s that mentality that leads to financial freedom.
They Are Organized
You don’t need to have detailed spreadsheets that track absolutely everything, but you should be able to know where to find important financial documents. If you need to look up an account, know the website to go to and your username and password. If you have to write all these things down somewhere to keep track of them, then do it.
The most financially successful clients I have are the ones that are able to quickly retrieve information when I ask them for it. If I ask for a breakdown of their student loans, they know where to find it. If I ask for a summary of their investment holdings in their retirement plan at work, they can easily get that to me.
The people that struggle financially are often unorganized. They don’t know how to find certain information pertinent to their financial situation and after a few minutes of trying, they give up. When they can’t look up said information, it's challenging to accomplish the mission of coming up with a plan to reach their financial goals.
You won’t believe how many people I have met with that are completely oblivious to what is going on with their finances. I met one particular resident physician who thought she had $200,000 of student loans. After a couple of years of meeting on and off, she entered practice and learned to her surprise that she actually had $400,000 of student loans! She had a second loan servicing provider that she was totally unaware of.
I commonly will find that people are not invested the best way they could be in their workplace retirement plans. They are either paying unnecessary fees, or in an investment that is inappropriate for the time horizon they have. If you know how to log into your retirement plan at work, I can help you! If you don’t know how to access it, ask HR for guidance!
These are some of many traits that financially successful people possess. This doesn’t mean you have to exude all of these qualities if you want to reach your financial goals and of course there are exceptions to every rule. However, if you have most of these attributes, you are probably on the right track to financial success!
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Careprost eye drops, careprost for eyelashes, Carepost
Working of Careprost Eye Drops
Careprost Eye Drops is actually an ophthalmic solution which can use for lowering down the pressure within the eyes called intraocular pressure.
It can use for the treatment of glaucoma in which there is an increase in the intraocular pressure that builds up the fluid known as aqueous humor.
When there is an increase in the IOP, it causes the damage to the optic nerve fibres and results in the gradual loss of eyesight, initiating from the peripheral vision or may lead to the complete loss of vision.
The Careprost 0.03% enhances the drainage of the aqueous fluid out of your eyes that reduces the IOP and helps in preventing the vision loss.
It also uses these eye drops to treat ocular hypertension in which IOP is being increased without damage to the ocular nerve.
Apart from that, Careprost also used for treating the condition of hypotrichosis in which is a low, abnormal growth of eyes. If this medication use, it imparts you a thicker and darker of the eyelashes.
Composition of Careprost
The Careprost Eye Drops (0.03%) comprises the most active component known as bimatoprost.
Which is the synthetic analog of prostamide which can use for lowering down the intraocular pressure (IOP) in glaucoma.
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We highly appreciate long and curvy eyelashes. Careprost is also used for thickening the growth of eyes lashes. It comprises a prostaglandin analog that makes it an effective growth promoter.
So now you can purchase the top quality, and most genuine of the Careprost 3 ml eye drops with the brush at the lowest rates. And gets it delivered to your place within the minimum time.
How to use Careprost?
Apply medicine in a affected area of eyes as per the direction of the doctor and usually once in a day. Use eye drops in the correct dosage and the strength as per the recommendation of the doctor.
For applying it just tilt your head a bit, put down the lower of the eyelid for creating a small pocket.
Squeeze a drop of medicine using the dropper and then close your eyes. Gently press your finger on the inner corner of your eyes for about 1 minute for preventing the liquid from draining into your tear duct.
How these eyes drops should be stored?
You should store these eye drops in a cool and dry place where the temperature remains below 25 degrees Celsius.
Also, replace the top of the bottle frequently for preventing any of the contamination. Just discard the medicine within four weeks of opening it.
Interaction with other drugs
If you are using other medications or over-the-counter products, then the effects of this medication may change.
It might increase the risk for side effects or may cause this medicine not to work correctly.
Communicate with your doctor about all the drugs and supplements. That you are consuming so that practitioners help you in preventing or managing the drug interactions.
Common side effects of Careprost Eye Drops
Few of the common side effects of this Eye Medication include:
Headache, Irritation in eyes, Blurred eyesight, alternation in eye color, blurred vision, eye discharge. It may also raise the level of a brown color pigment.
The eyelashes and skin around the eyes may become dark, and these changes can be long-lasting.
This medicine is for external use only. Put the dosage as per the advice of the doctor. Check the label of the drug before its final usage.
The patients should not put these eye drops when they have an allergy towards the bimatoprost or from any of the component present in it. Pregnant women or breastfeeding women should not use it.
Also, when the person is wearing contact lenses, they should first remove it and then replace it after putting the eye drops.
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The need for best practice in evidence gathering for post-construction BREEAM assessments
Harry Hazell, Sustainability Consultant, Darren Evans Assessments comments on the need for best practice in evidence gathering for post-construction BREEAM assessments.
As BREEAM assessors we are required to gather a wide variety of evidence from project teams in post-construction assessments but due to the quality of evidence required this can be a time-consuming process.
Information needs to be exact, robust and show compliance with relevant criteria as it will be used for the final verification of a building in order to gain certification.
With greater robustness needed than in design stage assessments which can focus more on commitments to deliver certain performance, it is crucial that teams have a plan in place to deliver that evidence promptly and efficiently to ensure that their building gets its certificate on time. So what are the best practice methods for collating evidence in post-construction BREEAM assessments?
The first priority for assessors is to meet and engage with contractors, project managers and clients as early as possible and throughout the assessment process in order to build and maintain a positive relationship. Keep in regular contact so as to have a handle on the project at all times. Evidence gathering itself needs to start as early as possible, as soon as the design stage assessment is complete if one is taking place, to ensure adequate planning time to achieve an effective process.
Secondly, client and contractor need to be clearly informed of the requirements for evidence in an easily understood way for all involved. Use of a central tracker document is a practical tool for keeping tabs on what evidence has been received, and who supplied it, and the current overall score of the assessment. It will also show the evidence still outstanding, who is responsible for it and when it is due.
Clear roles and responsibilities need to be assigned for each specific element of evidence, for example the M&E contractor providing as-built drawings and product specifications. Commitment has to be given from individuals on deadlines for delivering evidence including individual accountability for sending it. An up to date schedule of works should be obtained so the assessor can determine the stage of the building and therefore when certain evidence will be available.
A site inspection by a registered assessor will normally also be required for a post-construction BREEAM assessment to validate the evidence, which is further reason to streamline the rest of the process. BRE Global administers BREEAM endeavours to ensure that all information required will already be in existence in any normal design and procurement process, but collaborative working across the team and using these best practice pointers will make providing it as efficient as possible. This way the building gets its project credits and certificate sooner, and delays to final handover are less likely. | <urn:uuid:971cd01f-6ed0-4217-a67f-7766f3a5895e> | https://www.architectsdatafile.co.uk/news/the-need-for-best-practice-in-evidence-gathering-for-post-construction-breeam-assessments/ | en | 0.953399 | 0.071469 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
Ski Car Hire Tips
Whenever you hire a car you should make sure to check out its condition thoroughly. If you should find any noticeable damage then you should inform the attendant straight away. Take special note of items such as tyres, wheels, windows and the underside of the vehicle. The same goes for when you return the car. Wait for a sign off that everything is ok from the attendant before rushing off if at all possible.
Here are some safety tips for driving during your ski holiday:
• Always turn on your fog lights and head lights during snowfall
• Leave a reasonable distance between your hire car and other cars on the road
• Practice gently braking while driving slowly on a quiet road
• If you meet a car on a hilly road allow the car going uphill to pass first as it can be difficult to restart on a hill if the car cuts out.
• Don’t unnecessarily use top gears when driving on tight roads
• If you do happen to skid, do not brake but rather try and steer the car to safety
• Accelerate slowly and steadily
• Avoid braking on tight corners where possible
• Watch out for large buses carrying tourists to ski destinations
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Before You Leave, Can I Get My Heart Back?
January 23, 2016
If you’re old enough to read this blog post, then you have probably dealt with it before – the growing pain of a heart break.
Even the players that claim that they would never “wife” a girl or the females that preach about being a “strong, independent woman” as if it were the Gospel itself have felt that sense of emptiness after a break up. Heck, if you ask me, sometimes a break up is what causes men to have those womanizer ways or women to have the “I can do bad all by myself” mentality but that’s tea for another post.
If you have yet to ever experience what it feels like to end a relationship with someone you saw some sort of future with, then this post may not resonate as much with you. That doesn’t mean stop reading. I can bet all the money in my bank account that you will go through it if you haven’t already. You may let this post be your potential guide. Keep in mind that these are only Mei’s thoughts. Life lessons may explain it better for you one day.
Before we get into ways of actually dealing with a heartbreak, I feel that I must address some of the reasons that make a break up tough to cope with. See, many of us have been in relationships with a partner that we knew we needed to get out of a long time ago. We often stay because even though our partner has flaws, we become infatuated with their potential. We overlook those red flags of reality because we have this idea that we may be able to stick it out with this person while they work on changing. Even when your friends point out instances of cheating or when your mom tells you “honey, he/she ain’t the one,” you continue to pursue because there is good that you see in that person. I’m not going to lie, you may even have genuine chemistry with that partner and have gone through unbelievable things together which built up a history. How could you let the familiar go for something unknown? Having self-respect is how you could do so. Fearing the unknown may keep you in a relationship that should have ended a long time ago. There are some things that you just don’t compromise in a relationship such as your worth. So when we talk about heartbreak, we have to understand that yes you do miss the good things about the other person, but that’s not the hardest part. Instead, the largest portions of the hurt come from being upset over how naïve you were to those signs, how much time you invested that we can’t get back, facing the world that will see your relationship failure and say “I told you so,” and how much personal freedom you gave up to make the unit (the relationship) work. The biggest key to getting over a heart break is shifting your focus. In other words, RESTORE YOURSELF.
1) Stay Busy: Please be aware that I am not telling you to join five different book clubs and get two more jobs when I suggest for you to stay busy. Instead, I am encouraging you to rediscover the things that you are passionate about and focus on them. Having ample time to sit around and just think is the worst for a break up. You may find yourself blowing up your ex’s hotline, stalking their social media, or beating yourself up. You do not need to dwell in that depression. If it is truly over, then it is time to shift the focus back to yourself. If you need to delete their contact or delete them from your social media for a while, then do so. That doesn’t have to be a permanent thing but sometimes you need to have that “out of sight, out of mind” mentality until you can get back to a good place.
2) Remind Yourself: Even if you do not like to write, I would encourage you to write out the reasons why the break up was needed. You need to have a visual reminder (piece of paper perhaps) that lists the cons of staying in the relationship. Read this paper over in times of weakness if you need to. If this is a true break up, having a reminder is crucial. It is so easy to succumb to emotions. You may find yourself not really missing the person, but rather missing the company of being with someone else. Those feelings of loneliness may attract you back to a person that you needed to let go. You may also find yourself dwelling on the good memories completely negating all of the bad ones. I’m not saying that there won’t be good and bad in any relationship because there absolutely will be. However, once you both get to the point of a true break up it may be time for serious space. Who knows, maybe you both will grow during that space apart and end up together again down the road. However, if you never acknowledge the things that need to be fixed and make decisions based off of only emotions then you will never be able to restore yourself let alone a relationship.
3) Love Yourself: Sometimes we can lose ourselves in a bad relationship. We completely lose our own self-identity because we become so focused on being a “team.” There is NOTHING wrong with wanting to have a successful relationship as long as you are dealing with a true team player. I still would encourage you to still keep a sense of yourself to a degree. However, in a bad relationship, you find yourself giving without receiving the same in return. What makes the break up bad in this situation is not that you’re losing your partner. What hurts is the fact that you lost yourself and your partner became your only source of validation. It is important to remind yourself of the things that you love about yourself! You need to remind yourself that you CAN be whole on your own. Understand that you are still valuable even if the person could not see it for themselves. Imagine going to Walmart and seeing an item on the shelf. You are not going to get to the checkout and pay whatever price you want for it. Instead, you will pay the price that was marked and if you don’t have enough then you will not be able to purchase the item. It is the same with you. You have to love yourself enough to place value on yourself. You have to let other potential partners know that “I love myself and this is the value I place on myself.” Either they will pay the price to have you or keep it moving. However, the first step in this process is to love yourself.
4)Talk to Someone Older: Do not get me wrong, it is okay to have a circle of friends your age. Sometimes they have already been through things that you are currently experiencing. Keep them around, but in addition it may prove helpful to seek out words of wisdom from older people. There is comfort to be found in speaking with someone that you know have had a large amount of experience. Older people are an invaluable source. Instead of learning a lesson too late or learning a lesson the hard way, try listening to someone that has “been there and done that.” Even if the damage has already been done, because older people have already been through similar things they may be able to offer you “non-textbook” ways on how to cope.
5) Let it Out: After a heartbreak, some people will tell you to “suck it up” and move on. They may sympathize with you when it is fresh but forget that you may still need that understanding friend two weeks out. I encourage you to let out those emotions, even if that means crying. Bottling it all up does not help you move past the situation. Think about it. If you have a cup full of watered down soda that you don’t like, then what would you do to get rid of it? Would you keep it in your cup?—absolutely not. If you want to get rid of it, you would empty the cup out COMPLETELY. You wouldn’t even want to leave the slightest bit of that soda in your cup because if you put a new drink in that cup you would taste bits of that old watered down soda. Are you following me? It is okay to grieve for a while. You need to be honest with your emotions and acknowledge the hurt. Once you have let out that hurt, don’t keep that person “in your cup” (even a little bit). I’m going to get real here for a second. This means that if you guys have broken up, stop allowing gifts from that person. Don’t allow those vulnerable days of having relations with that person. Cut off ties with that person until you have gotten them out of your system and you are strong enough to simply be friends. You cannot keeps bits of that person in your cup.
Now, you may take everything I just said and throw it out the window. That is your choice. I’m just a person that blogs my thoughts. What do I know? However, something I wrote must’ve resonated with you because you made it to the end of this post. Until next time with #simplymei….
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Rode MiCon-5 3 Pin XLR Adapter
Designed to connect to a standard 3 pin XLR, with P48 phantom power
Rode MiCon-5 3 Pin XLR Adapter
Rode MiCon-5 3 Pin XLR Adapter
SKU: MiCon-5
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Estimated Delivery 2 to 3 days
£25.00 (ex vat) £30.00 (incl vat)
Rode MiCon-5 3 Pin XLR Adapter
Product Specification
Weight 50.00gm
Dimensions 61.80mmH x 30.10mmW x 21.00mmD
Warranty 1 year
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Sunday, April 22, 2007
The Clintons: A Family Of Criminals
This Post Was Suggested To Me By John K
I'm kind of rushing, so you'll just have to read it yourself.
Anonymous said...
The coverage there seems one-sided. Until something actually happens the article only really amounts to smack talk and hearsay.
I do find it surprising though that you jump right out and assume guilt when you didn't do that for DeLay or Abramoff.
Anonymous said...
Chris did not do that for those guys because the Liberal media already was doing it. Assuming guilt.
This article shows that there are court preceedings taking place right now and no one seems to be looking. How come?
Anonymous said...
BTW: Delay has not been convicted of any crimes to date. So why do you mention him with Abramoff? Because of YOUR bias no doubt.
Anonymous said...
Right, the fact that both were taken to court for similar reasons as this has nothing to do with it.
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Now that the full Core Set 2021 has arrived, we can start looking at the cards that may have an impact on standard. Looking back on Core Set 2020, the set overall had a limited impact on the top tiers of standard, so I expect Core Set 2021 will have a similar impact on competitive play from new cards in the set. What may have the most impact are the reprints?
Today, I will look at white cards. Traditional, white is one of the weakest colors in Magic. Over the course of the 2019-2020 season, white has played a supporting role in several top tier decks. Core Set 2021 does offer a few cards that may push white into a larger role in standard. During Theros season, an attempt was made to create a competitive Mono-White deck. The deck made it to the lower tiers of competitive standard but did not perform well against the Top Tier decks.
Mono White Wennies?
One of the most popular white arc types is Mono-White Aggro. Core Set 2021 provides several additions that could help Mono-White Aggro become a more competitive deck. The first key piece is planeswalker Basri Ket.
What makes him a good addition is his plus one ability to give a +1/+1 counter and indestructible to a creature and his minus two ability to create a 1/1 white soldier token for each nontoken creature that attacks. This can quickly create an army of 1/1 white soldiers if Basri Ket goes unchecked. His ultimate for minus six gives you an emblem with “At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 white solder creature token, then put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.” While I do not expect this to happen often. It will create a large powerful set of creatures that should win most games.
The second potential addition is Basri’s Lieutenant. This human knight has vigilance and protection from multicolored.
His abilities make him worth considering in a knight or Mono-White deck. When Basri’s Lieutenant enters the battlefield, he put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then whenever Basri’s Lieutentant or another creature you control dies, if it had a +1/+1 counter on it, create a 2/2 white Knight creature with vigilance. This gives white a creature that provides a similar protective effect to the one that Anax Hardened in the Forge provides for Red. The four mana cost does makes him hard to get into play early in the game. This might limit his usefulness, but if standard remains slow he might just do the trick.
Mono-White get a good one drop in Speaker of the Heavens. For one white mana, you get a 1/1 white human cleric with vigilance and lifelink.
These are good abilities that make it a playable card. What makes it better than playable is its other ability. Speaker of the Heavens can tap to create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying. It can be activated only when you have at least 7 life more than your starting life total and only any a time you could cast a sorcery. White has many ways to gain life, so getting to 27 should not be difficult. Getting a 4/4 white angel with flying for free is a great ability. Once rotation occurs, this card should get better because the amount of removal in the format will decline.
The fourth card is Glorious Anthem. For three mana, you get an enchantment that gives creatures you control +1/+1.
This is the same ability that Benalish Marshall has that made Mono-White a competitive deck last year. Standard does have ways to destroy an enchantment, but it is much easier to destroy a creature. I expect some of the players that had success with Mono-White in the previous season to take a shot at making Mono-White a viable deck in the upcoming standard.
If Basri’s Lieutenant does find a place in a Mono-White Aggro deck then Basri’s Solidarity is a good option for the deck. Basri’s Solidarity gives each of your creatures a +1/+1 counter. This works well with Basri’s Lieutenant’s ability to protect creatures. It also puts more power on the battlefield for a low mana investment. I think that other decks may want to give it a try as well. Maybe the Mardu Knights deck or another aggro deck that splashes white will find a place for it.
The other white cards that have potential do not fit well into a Mono-White Aggro deck. I expect them to be tried in mid-range and control decks. The first is a former All-Star reprint in Baneslayer Angel.
Baneslayer Angel was a dominate card in standard when it was first printed in M10 and M11. Her key word abilities make her one of the most powerful cards in Magic history. The question is how she will stake-up against the higher power level of current cards. Having first strike makes her a power blocker that gains life. Flying gives her evasion as an attacker that can easily finish games. The question is whether there will be a deck that can best utilize these abilities.
Dogs get a lord in Pack Leader.
This 2/2 dog gives other dogs you control +1/+1 and whenever Pack Leader attacks, it prevents all combat damage that would be dealt this turn to Dogs you control. I expect dog lovers to build around Pack Leader. We have seen similar cards play a key role in other aggro decks. The power level of other dogs in the format will determine how successful the deck is overall.
From Shadowmoor, we get the reprint Runed Halo.
This enchantment gives you protection from a card. Against decks that rely on cards like Expansion//Explosion, it can shut down the most powerful card in a deck. I think it will at least see sideboard play and could find a place in main decks if the top decks rely on one or two key cards to win games.
Another important reprint is Containment Priest. This 2/2 human cleric has flash and prevents a nontoken creature from entering the battlefield if it was not cast. Flash makes it very powerful because you can wait until your opponent activates an ability or cast a card that brings a creature into play that was not cast. This will prevent it from entering play and will result in the card being exiled.
This might be the most important white reprint. It prevents creature cards from being searched up and placed on the battlefield like Winota does. While Containment Priest might not be an idea aggro card, it might be a good fit in an aggro deck that wants to prevent uncast creature cards from entering play. It also should shutdown the cat oven combo because feeding the cat a food token is not casting it. It will be interesting to see how players use this card.
A hidden gem in white might be Angelic Ascension. For two mana you get to exile a target creature or planeswalker and create a 4/4 angel for that creature’s controller. This happens at instant speed, so it can happen in response to an attack or be used to take down a larger creature. Using Angelic Ascension to exile a card like Uro is an important option by making it something that can more easily be dealt with that Uro. It can also be a great save option against decks that use spot removal. After your opponent uses a card like Heartless Act or Dire Tactics to remove a creature, you cast Angelic Ascension to replace it. This can be a game changing effect. It will be interesting to see how players use it.
The final white card I want to look at is Mangara, the Diplomat. One of white’s biggest problems is its inability to general card advantage. Mangara provides a way to general additional cards, but it is dependent on your opponent attacking with two or more creatures.
This makes Mangara a good card against aggro decks, but he has limited value against control and combo decks. I think Mangara has a place in sideboards, but I think he will have a hard time finding a place in main decks unless aggro becomes a larger part of standard.
White has some interesting cards in Core Set 2021. How important to standard these cards will depend on how the format adapts to the release of Core Set 2021. These cards have potential, but that may not be realized until cards like Teferi, Time Raveler and Wilderness Reclamation rotate out of the format.
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Eero Koivisto Flower Stool - Occasional Table
• Eero Koivisto Flower Stool - Occasional Table
• Eero Koivisto Flower Stool - Occasional Table
OFFECCT made a decision together with Eero Koivisto after visiting last year's "Salone del Mobile" in Milan to create something new that would stand out from the things that dominated the fair. OFFECCT and Koivisto wanted to create a functional piece of furniture with soft lines that would give a positive feeling and make the user happy. The result is FLOWER, a colourful stool and side-table combined which is being presented at the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2004.
Eero Koivisto has designed inspirational pieces like ORBIT, DOPPIO and DNA for OFFECCT in the past. FLOWER is a natural progression of that work, and the basic idea was to create a colourful multi-purpose piece of furniture that was a stool as well as a surface on which to put your laptop, notebook or cup of coffee.
When FLOWER was developed, Eero had the meeting places of today in mind. More and more meetings take place somewhere other than around a conference table. The new piece stands for a more relaxed and creative approach to the whole meeting environment.
FLOWER is a flexible piece of furniture with a form somewhat similar to a flower-shaped cookie. This makes it compatible with other pieces, opening up endless possibilities to create bigger side-tables or seatings. The user decides on the ultimate look, and that element of constant change keeps it interesting.
FLOWER was originally developed in a plastic material, but OFFECCT felt it was too hard and did not work with the soft lines and form of the piece. Finally they found a material that was used in hospital mattresses. This semi-soft high-tech material worked beautifully, and is also water-resistant and easy to keep clean.
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Caribbean Project: Review: A Hidden Race
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates the disappearance of black people in Mexico and Peru
Mexico and Peru
In this episode of Black in Latin America, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. travels to Mexico and Peru to discover how black people were absorbed into the mestizo population to become George Zimmerman:
Cliff Notes:
(1) More slaves were brought to Mexico and Peru than the United States.
(2) Mestizos in Mexico hide the black grandmother in the closet.
(3) La Bamba is a type of African dance music.
(4) In 1653, the number of blacks and mulattoes in Veracruz was roughly equal to the number of Whites living there.
(5) Mexicans are often to shocked to find out their ancestors were black.
(6) There was miscegenation in the English colonies and the Spanish colonies in the Caribbean and North America.
In the English colonies though, there were anti-miscegenation laws that prohibited black male/white female miscegenation, and the offspring of white male/black female miscegenation did not inherit the legal status of the White fathers. Mulattoes were treated as blacks.
In the Spanish colonies, mulattoes and mestizos were not regarded as blacks. They did not always inherit the legal status of their slave mothers. This failure to treat all mulattoes as black is why they were absorbed into the White population in Mexico.
(7) In Mexico, the slaves worked as domestics, as mine workers, and sometimes in sugar cane fields.
(8) By the end of the seventeenth century, interracial relationships were common. The Catholic Church permitted miscegenation. Free negroes were allowed to intermarry with Indians. White men increasingly impregnated black women.
(9) Black generals played a prominent role in the Mexican struggle for independence.
(10) The blackest part of Mexico is the Costa region or Costa Chica on the Pacific Coast in Southern Mexico. It is extremely poor.
(11) 100,000 black slaves were imported to Peru to work in the mines and on sugar plantations. Lima used to be around 40 percent black.
(12) Blacks still pick cotton in Peru.
(13) Only 27 percent of Afro-Peruvians finish high school and 2 percent get a college education.
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1. As far as not treating mulattoes as black, I think they were simply being technical. It is technically correct to call mulattoes and quadroons just that. That is likely what happened.
2. “why were your White people more willing to sleep with black people then my White people?”
“because the culture of the Spanish church and the Spanish people were more open to mixing the culture”
fairly damning dialogue
mexico’s second president was a negro and they still haven’t recovered from it. Seems to me, some one wrote a book about how wonderful race mixing has worked in mexico. If the race mixers are looking for a mixed race success story, mexico isn’t it
negro music, even in peru, is horrible noise
3. The Spanish do have a fairly well developed sense of their own ethne. Mexico City (Tenochtitlamb?) was very populous. Nowhere near that number of Indians in New England or Virginia.
The Conquistadors also relied on the local disgruntled Indians to overthrow the Aztecs as an imperial class.
So they probably intermarried very early.
When the English came it was to exterminate and displace.
4. They were much less included to intermarry in other colonial circumstances. Especially with North African Muslims.
5. The history of white people in the United States did not begin in 1776, nor in 1787.
The original colonists arrived long before the foundation of the United States. They encountered existing populations of numerous Indian tribes and confederacies.
The relationships that developed varied from hostility to political alliances to marriages.
Benjamin Franklin observed: “When an Indian Child has been brought up among us, taught our lan-guage and habituated to our Customs, yet if he goes to see his relations and makes one Indian Ramble with them, there is no perswading him ever to return. [But] when white persons of either sex have been taken prisoners young by the Indians, and lived a while among them, tho’ ran-somed by their Friends, and treated with all imaginable tenderness to pre-vail with them to stay among the English, yet in a Short time they become disgusted with our manner of life, and the care and pains that are necessary to support it, and take the first good Opportunity of escaping again into the Woods, from whence there is no reclaiming them.”
Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, May 9, I753, in Leonard W. Labaree et al., eds., The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, IV (New Haven, Conn., i96i), 481-482.
As Hector de Crevecoeur put it, “thousands of Europeans are Indians, and we have no examples of even one of those Aborigines having from choice become Europeans!” J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, Letters from an American Farmer (London, I9I2 [orig. publ. I782]), 2I5.
What I have read so far indicates that a racial or racist hostility to intermarriage with Indians was not common prior to the 1830s.
It is true that the majority opinion of the early colonists was that a primary goal was the conversion of the aborigines to the religions and customs of the colonists. The colonists thought of themselves as Christians, not whites.
It is generally admitted by scholars “Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Thomas Paine were well aware of the inner workings of many tribal governments such as the Iroquois Confederacy, the Cherokee, and the Shawnee. In fact, an Iroquois chief suggested to Franklin in 1744 that the 13 colonies should form a union such as the six tribes had formed in the Iroquois Confederacy. Commentators state that Franklin’s 1754 Albany Plan for a colonial union was based on the Iroquois League.”
Point Two
The United States of America as constituted in 1787 was already multi-racial, multi-cultural, and diverse; and the Founding Fathers made no effort to ethnically-cleanse the territories of the United States of aboriginal tribes and nations, of black freedmen and slaves, nor of Jews.
Moreover, the concept of “Manifest Destiny” does not appear in any English books until after the ratification of the United States constitution. Therefore, Covington’s assertion that the Founding Fathers intended the United States to be “a national expression … [of}] the Manifest Destiny of the white race” is ahistorical nonsense.
6. The English also made the only serious effort to get european women to the colonies, the lack thereof being the single biggest reason why miscegenation occurred.
7. The spanish caste system on face value should have promoted white births, first spaniards, then those born to spaniards, then the various other groups.
8. I agree that the English who came were not self consciously ‘white’, but they were there to have large families, seize land, to control and to colonize and displace. The Spanish patterns of conquest were very different from colonial mindsets. The French were intermediate.
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"The Way She Loves Me"
I would like to start this by acknowledging the fact that my story might not be the toughest one, and maybe what I was being told weren't the meanest words; but what made them feel like knives stabbing my heart, was whose mouth (and facebook account) they were comming from.
My name is Mauricio, and I'm 19 years old (20 this Sunday May 4th). I live in a beautiful, small town in Mexico. My story begins back when I was about 13, I was in 7th grade. I remember I went to a friend's home one day and met his neighbour, a beautiful girl our age who was incredibly fun and way too smart for our age. I can remember instantly falling in love with her smile, her laughter, her words, and her eyes. That was the first time I ever felt that way about anyone. Like I could spend the rest of the day, in fact the rest of my life, just listening to her talk, and laugh, and watch her look into my eyes. So we became good friends, apparently. But whenever we spent time together, she'd always "joke" about how I wasn't "good looking" (those were the words she used first); then she would say "Just kidding!". Or maybe she sometimes added how she thought I was boring, or simply pointed out I was a little dumb. That's how it started, and it was so small and even meaningless that I never took it seriously. As time went on (now I was in 8th grade), and my caring for her became bigger and bigger, her words and actions also became more hurtful. At first she'd just stop talking to me for a while and when I asked why, she would respond with something like "because you're f*ing disgusting", and then she apologized and said she was having a bad day and ask for help. After I had helped her, she'd go and tell some of our common friends how stupid I was, and that I wasn't worth their time, so everyone should just stop listening to me. Bad luck for me, they all listened to her and would later call me a fag, a pig, a freak, a weirdo, a creep, a hopeless outsider. Then she would say she was sorry, and I forgave her every time she did this. I thought, well, maybe this is just the way she loves me. But, of course, the insults started to become stronger. She would repeat all those words to me every day, every time she had the chance to. She added that I was unworthy of love, that she had never cared, and that no one would ever care. She once said I was worthless, useless, ugly, and should think of killing myself sometime soon. All these words that came from her mouth, and that I kept encountering in our facebook conversations began to grow inside me. Making me think of myself as all that, so when she showed the slightest bit of care I didn't even think of her rude words to me. I just did as she asked and helped if she needed to. All of this continued all through 8th grade, until one day, she said something that made everything fall over me and made me fall apart. I told her how I felt about her and how I had felt that way since the first moment we met, and she replied saying she knew and she had been waiting for me to tell her so she could say something as well (of course I got very excited because she had also been keeping something to herself. She loved me too!!). And what she said was I was a poor, delusional, lonely boy who was desperate for attention. She said she thought I was the most disgusting person to ever live and she had always felt embarrassed to be seen with me. "You're worth nothing, don't you understand? How could I, or anyone, ever love a piece of nothing?", this is the only part I remember so clearly I can even quote. The she laughed to my face, slapped me so hard in my right cheek that my right eye began tearing because of the physical pain, and when she saw this she said I was miserable and pitiful, and left. All I did was go back home, and her previous words popped in my head: I SHOULD KILL MYSELF SOON. And so I took an entire box of pills, very strong pills, that my grandmother had to take for her Alzheimer's. I actually had to go to the hospital and have my stomach pumped, and every person who knew just stopped talking to me. If before this they didn't have a reason to call me freak, now they did. I was the crazy person who had attempted suicide.
I changed schools, and started fresh. I was able to make friends, good friends. I was content, but I can't say I was happy. After having cared so much for someone who hurt me so much, it was hard for me to ever trust anyone again, or even trust myself. And I have to admit it's still hard, and I'm still quite afraid of being myself because I think people might judge too harshly.
Anyway, I'm thankful I survived my suicide attempt. Because now I'm trying to help others see how we're all beautiful and love worthy. I'm really trying hard to build my self-confidence again, and I'm trying to build the life I know I deserve.
Had I died, I wouldn't have ever been able to build anything again. Not even a Lego house. And I can honestly say that this strength in me might have never shown up if I hadn't experienced what I did. So, thank you Ana. You helped more than you ever wanted to, mainly because I know you never wanted to help at all.
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This Bandwagon Changes Everything
There is a new wave of protest about climate change at the moment. There are marches and events leading up to the meeting of world government representatives in Paris in December. This long running saga of meetings is seeking an agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions and avoid “dangerous” warming. The prospects for this meeting leading to a meaningful outcome and realistic action are a big subject and we could look at this at another time. The protests are interesting in themselves especially the influence that books like “This Changes Everything” appear to be having. A speaker at an event associated with the book said how she was inspired and motivated by the core message: “It’s those horrid corporations and capitalists that are responsible”. While I would agree regulation and restriction of corporate exploitation and damaging practice is very necessary is it right to point the finger of responsibility for climate change? I can recall getting in trouble years ago at climate camp meetings for pointing out that per head carbon emissions in the Soviet Union before it collapsed were roughly comparable with the west when this same line was put forwards. Does it matter? Well yes it probably does because if you want to solve a problem getting the analysis right is sensible as you would not want to waste time and effort pushing for an ineffective solution.
It is easy and appealing this simplistic “It’s them!” argument because implied in it is “It’s not us!” so let that moral superiority flow. The speaker at the event I mentioned actually said she felt better for having grasped this message. So absolved of personal responsibility for the problem the audience was invited to join in that warm glow of self righteous indignation and push the ant-capitalist agenda. When you look at actually dealing with climate change the first thing that comes to mind is to stop any unnecessary activity that involves creating greenhouse gas emissions. There are many obvious things that ordinary people do which in the circumstances could be prohibited : garden strimmers, powered hedge trimmers, powered mowers, pressure washers. That was only a glance at the garden! It does not matter if these unnecessary machines are electric powered either even off renewable energy as that energy would be better used replacing fossil fuel or nuclear generation. Then there are the considerable emissions involved in making and shipping these unnecessary machines in the first place. There are perfectly good longer lasting hand tools to do these jobs. The average strimmer owner is not a raving capitalist or banker, just an ordinary person. The capitalist might run the corporation that makes the strimmer (in China probably). The banker might fund it, the oil company supplies the fuel, but it’s the ordinary person that buys and uses these totally un-necessary contraptions and is therefore responsible for the un-necessary emission involved in the process. These are very simplistic examples of course but the principle is sound. Co-opting action on climate change to Anti-Capitalism is probably not very sensible as it misunderstands the nature of the climate change problem, we are all responsible. In the same way the idea that “Green Capitalism” is going to make a big difference is just as silly. What matters is cutting unnecessary emissions and using the lowest emission methods possible.hedgecutter33
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Find Inner Peace
Blogs need to be written. Art needs to be colored. Laundry needs to be folded. FOOD NEEDS TO BE EATEN. Just a 4 sentence look into my life as a aspiring writer, artist, wife, friend, and food lover.
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Consciousness – Who decides, you or your brain?
If you were to answer the question “What differentiates humans from other organisms on Earth?”, you would probably list a number of things, including the ability of humans to make “free choices” dictated by their consciousness, rather than by something organic. Am I right? What if someone told you that this is not actually the … More Consciousness – Who decides, you or your brain?
Decoding autism
About a year ago, I posted an article entitled Autism, which was meant to be more of an introduction into autistic spectrum disorders. Since then, I’ve been meaning to come back to this topic and provide more details about the mechanisms leading to autism, but I knew I need to do some proper research, which … More Decoding autism
Why “sleep”?
In a previous article, we talked a bit about narcolepsy as one of the very intriguing sleep disorders. It was perhaps easy to understand why people suffering from narcolepsy could have a pretty hard time performing several normal tasks; however, most of us would probably relate less to narcolepsy. But something which almost everyone can … More Why “sleep”? | <urn:uuid:a186c414-490c-446e-bfb8-bd572641e2ad> | https://finding-neuron.com/author/iasminah/ | en | 0.975054 | 0.113975 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
05/6 Soku-shin-ze-butsu
Mind Here and Now Is Buddha
Soku means “here and now.” Shin means “mind.” Ze means “is.” Butsu means “buddha.” The principle of soku-shin-ze-butsu, or “mind here and now is buddha” is very famous in Buddhism, but many people have interpreted the principle to support the beliefs of naturalism. They say if our mind here and now is just buddha, our conduct must always be right, and in that case, we need not make any effort to understand or to realize Buddhism. However, this interpretation is a serious mistake. The principle soku-shin-ze-butsu, “mind here and now is buddha,” must be understood not from the standpoint of the intellect, but from the standpoint of practice. In other words, the principle does not mean belief in something spiritual called “mind” but it affirms the time “now” and the place “here” as reality itself. This time and place must always be absolute and right, and so we can call them the truth or “buddha.” In this chapter, Master Dogen explained this meaning of soku-shin-ze-butsu, or “mind here and now is buddha.” | <urn:uuid:9e7a26cb-3a1e-47ee-b84c-5a71eafe4279> | https://glasgowzengroup.com/cat_shobogenzo/chapter-5/ | en | 0.936926 | 0.024378 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
Self-Improvement and Interesting Knowledge
As I had discussed in part one of this article, modern man suffers from a serious lack of energy. I had mentioned our incredibly hectic modern pace, our lack of proper sleep, and our bad diet. Certainly, these are clear reasons for our energetic lack but aside from maybe learning to develop a better diet, there is very little that most people can do to help their current lot.
If you can, do slow down. But as I say this, I know that most people will not heed my advice. There are also a majority out there that could not take my advice if they wanted to.
Increased credit debt, mortgage trouble, kid’s soccer leagues and an infinitude of other reasons, have the modern individual over a barrel. You can’t slow down because if you do, it is quite possible that the very world around you might come to an end. Perhaps.
Since you will not listen or quite possible you can’t do as I ask and; slow down. I can perhaps help you find energy in other ways so that you might be able to cope a little better with our modern situation.
As I also mention in my prior article, drugs are not the answer. Coffee; you can be sure is a drug. But it is also a good and natural food of the earth so taken in moderation, it can be a nice treat and good pick me up. But if abused, even this most savory little helper can cause you many health problems.
I strive in this article therefore to give you another method to re-charge your batteries. Just like in my other article, this method seems a little exotic at first glance but if you give it a chance, you will find that it has a number of very beneficial aspects that can help you tremendously.
If you have high blood pressure, or at risk of heart or aneurism problems, please talk to your doctor before you try the following technique.
Before you begin this exercise, I would highly recommend that you read the article entitled, How to Breathe Properly. The reason for this is that it will give you a good back ground on the power of your breath and it will show you how to inhale so that you can take energy in from the air and you can also master the ability to fill your lungs properly and completely.
To begin this exercise; I want you to take a number of long deep breaths. While you are inhaling, I want you to make sure that you fill your lungs completely. Fill your lung from top to bottom and expand your entire chest cavity. Take three good long breaths like this.
On the fourth breath, I want you to hold your breath, do not exhale. Hold that fourth breath in your body. When you are holding your breath, I want you to practice holding your breath with your diaphragm instead of your throat. You will know the difference because when you are holding your breath with your throat muscles, you can feel a large pressure in your neck and head while if you are using your diagram to hold your breath, all tension and effort will be focused on your lower chest.
As you hold your breath, I want you to imagine that there is a heat that is starting to be generated in your lower back. Imagine that the base of your spine is heating up almost like a a motor being turned on. You will of course start to run out of air and as you do, the tension and the desire to open your mouth and breathe will become quite uncomfortable.
Do not give in to this feeling though but continue to hold your breath and as you do, and as your discomfort builds, I want you to focus on the heat that is growing more and more intense in your lower back. Imagine that this heat grows in intensity in direct proportion to the discomfort that you feel as you hold your breath. Continue like this until you can’t take it anymore and you must open your mouth and suck in a large gulp of air.
But as you inhale again, do not breathe out but once again hold your breath. Once again focus on the growing heat in your lower back except that this time the heat is so intense that there is a ball of light is being created there. Your lower back begins to glow with heat and power and this glow and power increase in direct relation to the discomfort that you feel as you hold your breath. Continue to focus on this glowing energy at the base of your spine until you can’t take it anymore and you once again open your mouth and you exhale the old air and you take a third deep and refreshing breath.
Again, hold this breath and as you do, remember to focus of the glowing ball of energy that has developed in your lower back. But with this final breath, imagine that this glow, heat and energy from your lower back begins to move up your spine and as it does this, it pushes into every cell in your body, from your pinkie, to your toes, to the top of your head. This power from your lower back forces itself out with great vigor and is in direct relation to the discomfort that you feel from holding your breath.
Do this until you can’t hold your breath any longer and you must finally open your mouth and suck in that wonderful and cooling fresh air. Relax your body and catch your breath.
This is an incredibly powerful exercise that will increase your energy far better than any drug. Learn to focus your imagination so that you can very clearly see and feel the heat and light at the base of your spine. Focus all of your concentration as you do this exercise so that you can use the tension from your breath to drive yourself to great realism in all the things that you are imagining.
In very short order, you should be able to perform this entire exercise in only one breath so that you can go from heat to light to shooting energy. Once you can do this, you will be able to increase your energy anywhere, anytime and in very little time.
— Frank Herbert, Dune
I like that quote. I like it because it is very true, fear is the little death; it obliterates your mind and your common sense. Fear, if unchecked can destroy any good effort that you might achieve. Everyone gets nervous, anxious, and fearful. But if you let these emotions overpower you, YOU are lost…literally.
Let us take for example one of the biggest fears that people have; the fear of Flying. This fear is so powerful that many of us have had nightmares about it. According to the TIME magazine’s article What Are We Afraid Of?* the fear of flying is our biggest present fear and it even outranks the dreaded fear of public speaking.
But how do we define fear? defines fear as:
Simple enough to understand; you imagine or perceive danger and you become fearful of possible danger??
If you have an image of a snake eating itself, then you have a basic understanding of what most fear really is. What this means is that you correctly or incorrectly perceive or imagine danger. This is a healthy thing and it allows you to steer clear of things that might harm you or worse kill you. But if what you have perceived or imagined is wrong, then you are really fearful of self created illusions which build on themselves until the snake eats itself out of existence.
The fear of flying is like this; you perceive danger but in reality flying is far safer than driving. It is actually one of the safest forms of transportation that we can use. The average airline pilot has a decade of flying under his belt, he is using top of the line equipment that has to meet rigorous testing and your entire flying experience is coordinated by hundreds of trained professionals. Compare this to the average highway trip and you begin to get the basic idea.
But, what about if you perceive danger and there is danger. Let’s take a closer look at the fear of public speaking. What about if you have to give a speech in front of a large audience and your future depends on you doing a good job?
Then you have a righteous fear. You perceive an obstacle that can make you or break you. You have to stay aware and focused because if you screw it up, you are done. Certainly then fear is good , it keeps you focused?…Well yes it will make you very present orientated which is good, your sharp; but unless you have a great deal of mastery over yourself, fear will come on you like an avalanche and suffocate the life right out of you.
Fear does not have a dial. Its fight or flight, all go. Standing on a tarmac or on a podium, you have nothing to hit and nothing that you can run from.
So what do you do?
Well I hope that the following technique can help with this. It is very good and tried and tested, an old bald guy with a big moustache taught it to me. I like to call this technique ‘The Third Person’.
The best way to understand this technique is to think of the points of view that a story can be written in. A story can be written in the first, second or third person. If you write something in the first person, then you are writing about it from your personal point of view. Everything is me , myself and I. For example you can say, “ As I stepped on the stage, I saw the audience and I felt a nervous spasm pass over me. I was instantly scared out of my wits!”
Writing from the second person point of view involves talking directly to your audience. The writer will use a lot of ‘you’ language. For example, “You have to give this speech. It’s in your better interest so don’t screw it up!”
Lastly we have the Third Person point of view. Writers use more DISTANT language. There will be a lot of “he”, “she”, “it”, and “they” used. In this case, the writer is looking down on a scene, he is writing a report of what he sees from a distant position, usually seemingly above the epic scene below. “ As William stepped on the stage, he looked at his audience in fear and discomfort. He fumbled with his notes and prepared himself for his first words.”
Imagine if you could automatically put yourself into a Third Person perspective. What if you could get away from yourself, your fear, and from any terribly frightening situation in general? You could look down on yourself, separated from your emotions, seeing everything, and most importantly seeing everything with a clear vision that is not distorted by fear or anxiety. What you need to do to control your fear then is to start seeing everything in the ‘Third Person’.
To do this, imagine that you are having an out of body experience. Imagine that your consciousness flies up through the top of your head and in one instant you find yourself looking down at your body and the entire scene below.
From this position you can see everything that is going on around you and you can keep a special eye on your body below. Funny as it might seem, you can even control your body, sort of like a puppet master. Very cool.
I want you to practice the following exercise at home on your own until you feel very comfortable with the Third Person perspective. It will allow you to get into the third person very quickly, and through this technique, you will find that you will be able to conquer just about any fear. Actually as long as you have perfect concentration, there is no fear that cannot be conquered by this method. The goal is to be able to put yourself instantly into this new perspective, at the drop of a hat, when you need it most.
To begin the exercise I want you to take a comfortable seat in a quiet area. This designated area can be inside or outside but it has to be in a quiet place away from others. After you have sat down in your quiet area, I want you to imagine, with your eyes open, that you are somewhere else in the room. For example; if you are sitting on the bed in your room, I want you to imagine that you are standing next to the far wall on the other side of the room.
I want you to imaginatively look at the world around you from this new perspective. If you are imaginatively standing by a wall, then I want you to imagine what the wall from your new perspective looks like. Perhaps you are right next to the wall in your new imaginative location, do imagine that you can actually see the wall really close up.
You can touch the wall from your new location, since you are imaginatively standing right next to it. So touch the wall with your imagination with your imaginary hands and imagine how the wall feels. Feel the wall therefore with your second imaginary hand. Is the wall cold and smooth perhaps? Imagine what things feel like to your second self.
Do this with all your senses so that there is a real you that is perceiving one thing and a pretend you that is standing a few feet away perceiving things from a slightly different angle. You are creating a double for yourself. An imaginative double that can be anywhere you want him to be and can do anything that you want him to do.
This exercise will take time and good visualization skills but its fun and most people get good at it very fast. Keep your double close at the beginning of the exercises, no more than a dozen or so feet from you. The trick of the exercise is to try and imagine with each sensory organ what it would be like to be in the doubles position. See, hear, feel, smell, and taste through your double.
If the exercise seems to be too hard, close your eyes. Open them from time to time to get reference points so that you can picture yourself and your environment correctly but after you have taken a mental picture of your room, close your eyes and imagine yourself by the wall again.
Practice this exercise until you can keep your eyes open and still have two very different perspectives of your room. One is your actual physical perception and the other is the imagined perception from your double.
After you have become really good at seeing the things around you from your doubles perspective, I want you to look at yourself and see yourself as your double would see you. Weird stuff right! You are looking at yourself looking at yourself! Imagine again what it would be like to see yourself sitting on your bed from your doubles position. Practice looking at yourself from the new perspective until it becomes easy and second nature.
When you have a good grasp of the exercise above and are confident with your skill, I want you to go outside and imagine that your double is flying above in the air looking down on you. The double is not too high up, it’s about three to six feet above your head and a bit to the right.
Imagine once again what the world looks like to your double. Imagine what the world looks like through your doubles eyes, what and how does it see. What does the world feel like from your doubles position, what does your double hear and smell from up there. You certainly have a better visual perspective from your double’s point of view. Use this new visual perspective to your advantage, look at everything. Get a lay of the land.
When you are good at this newest variation of the exercise and are comfortable with your new imaginative doubles position, I want you to go for a short walk. Just a nice short walk around the block, but I want you to imaginatively see, feel, hear smell and possibly taste everything ONLY from your doubles point of view!
Try really hard to only keep the doubles point of view. This is a pretty hard exercise at first but with a bit of practice, you will be amazed at how good you can get at it. Practice this until you are good and can extend the length of your walk as much as you want without losing focus.
So let us tackle fear number one; You are about to get on a plane and you have cold sweats and there is a big possibility that you might lose your lunch.
Instantly get into Third Perspective. Hopefully you have practiced and are very good at imagining that a second you is flying three to six feet above your head and is looking down on you. Go to your double now. Imagine that you are up above looking down on your scared self.
Look through your doubles eyes, FEEL through your double. Look at all of the things around you through your double’s senses. Put most of your conscious self in your doubles place.
As you do this, and if you do this with enough concentration, you will notice that you will feel distant and detached from the scared person below. By changing your point of concentration, you will instantly change how you feel. By changing your point of view, you will see other angles and this will give you alternatives if you need them.
The you up above, your Double, is objective and detached. Maintain your focus on the perceptions of your double and forget about the feelings of the person below. You are an objective viewer of the happenings below. You are the puppet master controlling the avatar below+.
The idea here is to see your physical self like just one of many players on a play below. You are up above and you are watching the actors below. You can make the one main actor, your avatar, do anything you like, you have direct control over him/her. But during the duration of this trip and until you feel comfortable again, the real you, your conscious being is going to be seeing the world from the doubles perspective up above.
If it’s a long trip, then at anytime you can return to First Person position and see how you feel. If you feel panicky once you get back to first person, then go right back up to your double’s position. If you fall asleep, when you wake up you will most likely wake up in First Position and you can wake up a bit panicky again. If this is the case, instantly take a deep breath and go to Third position. Don’t worry, it’s that easy to quickly leave your First self and begin to see the world again from the Third perspective.
How about giving a speech in front of people? Well again you want to go into the ‘Third Person ‘ position. You have hopefully rehearsed your speech so that you won’t have to look at notes too much but if you do; you will find switching perspectives is very easy. You can read something from your physical perspective for example but you can instantly return to the doubles perspective up above.
Remember how I told you to think of the person below as just another actor in a play or show, well using this premise, let you actor/avatar/physical self act below. This is an easy task with a bit of practice, and you will not believe the results that you will get.
If the avatar needs to wave at the audience then have him/her wave. See the avatar waving from your position up above. Have the avatar smile and make eye contact with the audience. Forgot a line of your speech? Then have the avatar look at his notes, see through his eyes and then return to your higher position and continue with the speech.
When the tension is over and you find yourself in a quieter place again, then go back to First person. You should be able to switch positions now at a moment’s notice.
With this method; properly mastered and extensively practiced, there is no fear that you won’t be able to overcome. I hope you well.
*Thursday, Mar. 29, 2007 By BILL TANCER
+Those of you that are video game players and gamers in interactive worlds like ‘Second Life’ will have a great time with this exercise.
I inherited the headache gene from my mother. I’ll get headaches when I’m not eating right, not drinking enough, sleeping enough or if I’m stressed. Sometimes they are mild, the kind you can ignore. Other times they make it hard to concentrate on anything, and all I want to do is lie down and try to sleep so the pain will go away. In cases like these even pills can’t take the edge off. But I found something that does help and in many cases cure my headaches.
The great thing about this technique is that you don’t need to have years of experience with visualization or mediation. If you can day dream, then you can complete this exercise!
Find somewhere you can be undisturbed for about five minutes. Ideally you would be able to lie down in a dark and quiet room, but if you’re at work this is probably not possible. The key is to find a place where you can be alone and relax (a deserted lunchroom or quiet park bench for example). If you will be sitting, then gently align your spine so you have a fairly straight back. If it feels better, lean against the back of the chair for support. If you have a bed, lie on your back with your arms by your side.
Begin by breathing deeply and slowly, concentrating on relaxing. When you are ready, concentrate on your head, and forget the outside world.
Imagine that your skull is made of energy. Give it a color! I usually choose silver, but you might prefer a soothing blue or radiant yellow.
Once you have this image in your mind locate the center of the headache. You want to feel the pain, and confront it with your full focus. Start contracting the energy towards it. Make the skull-shaped energy field get smaller and more spherical. Make it contract around the pain in your head, until the pain is completely surrounded by the ball of energy.
When this image is strong in your mind, see the sphere (with the pain inside) slowly taking the shortest route out of your head. As the sphere leaves your body the headache may move with it, or might just start to fade (as it does with me).
Don’t stop your concentration once the sphere is outside. You still have to dispose of it properly. Imagine the sphere moving away from you, and out of the building. Control it downwards until you see it sink into the earth, and out of sight.
Bring your attention back to your body. Keep your eyes closed and your breathing slow and steady. Feel for pain in your head. In some cases the pain may have completely vanished. You might feel a few last throbs of pain before it goes for good. If your headache remains, it should have at least lessened somewhat. Try the visualization again to see if you can sweep up more of the pain.
The key to this exercise is calm resolve. The usual reaction to a headache is to try and ignore the building pain, while it grows and takes the enjoyment of the day away from you. Instead meet the pain head-on, treat it like an invader that you are going to eliminate. Put that strength and resolve into the energy that you use to capture it. If your first attempt doesn’t work, don’t give up. If you doubt the effectiveness of this exercise, then it probably won’t do a thing. Put scepticism aside and be confident. Do you feel even a little better? If yes, then it worked! Keep at it and the results will only improve.
To close, I want to put a quick word in about headache prevention. Some people are just prone to headaches, and will get them no matter what they do. However, the following tips can help ward them off.
Eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. Avoid products that contain white or refined sugar as much as possible. Stay hydrated throughout the day. If you’re like me and you just forget to drink water then make a point of going to the water cooler every two hours, filling your cup and drinking it right there before you let yourself sit down again.
Get enough sleep. Listen to your body and go to bed when you’re tired. Television has been proven to make deep, restful sleep difficult. Turn the television off at least thirty minutes before you get in bed and instead incorporate a relaxing bedtime routine like sipping tea and reading.
Sleep on your side or back. Sleeping on your stomach causes a lot of pressure to build in your neck and cause a tension headache, because your head is twisted sideways all night. If you find anything other than your stomach uncomfortable then consider investing in a slip on pillow-top cover for your mattress. The extra padding will support your body better than a conventional flat mattress, especially if you’re a woman. Many people find that placing a pillow between their knees helps them sleep on their sides. If you wake up in the middle of the night, take five seconds to correct your sleep posture if needed.
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Marijuana Laws in Minnesota
by Thomas C. Gallagher, Minnesota’s Marijuana Attorney
This page lays out Minnesota marijuana laws and Marijuana Attorney Thomas Gallagher’s expert qualifications.
Thomas Gallagher explains Minnesota Criminal Law
Thomas Gallagher explains Minnesota Criminal Law
A valued plant through history
Humans used the cannabis plant for thousands of years. Since the dawn of history, people grew the cannabis as fiber and food (Hemp) and as a psychoactive agent (Marijuana).
All over the world, people have used cannabis. Yet adult-use marijuana was dominant in the warmer climate areas of the world.
In fact, George Washington himself grew Cannabis on his farm. There was no such thing as a criminal law prohibiting Marijuana or Cannabis.
George Washington growing marijuana
George Washington grew marijuana on his farm
Until the 1930s in the United States, that is. Now, in the 21st Century, our nation may be coming to its senses. And we may End Prohibition again, and Re-Legalize Marijuana.
In the meantime however, Minnesota still has laws making possession or sale of Marijuana a crime. Here is a summary of those laws, by Marijuana Attorney Thomas Gallagher.
Criminal Laws relating to Marijuana in Minnesota are primarily state and federal statutes. In Minnesota, a prosecutor can file a marijuana charge in state or federal court. Which jurisdiction charges may depend upon the facts claimed by police, and the exercise of prosecutor discretion.
State or Federal Court?
The state and federal criminal statutes treat marijuana less harshly than other illegal drugs, for similar quantities. Federal law enforcement and prosecutors, similarly, seem less interested in targeting marijuana cases than other illegal drug cases.
Criminal Marijuana cases in federal court are more likely to involve larger quantities, or larger group conspiracies.
Most marijuana cases in Minnesota charge under state law, in state courts.
State or federal court, a marijuana attorney can lead the way to a legal solution.
Many don’t know that Minnesota has its own “Controlled Substance” statutes, with its own “Scheduling” scheme.
And the Minnesota schedules are completely separate and independent from those of the federal government.
So, Minnesota can de-schedule marijuana, or reschedule out of Schedule 1, at any time — regardless of the federal government.
Still, the federal “Schedule 1” classification of some forms, has troubling impacts on the States and the People.
Under federal law it is generally illegal to cultivate, possess, or distribute (sell, trade or give) “marijuana” or products sourced from “marijuana” whether plants, extracts, oil, THC, etc.). But now, the “hemp” form of cannabis is no longer illegal “marijuana,” as we discuss below.
“Marijuana” is an artificial, legal category of the cannabis plant. Until it is fully legal, people will need help from a Minnesota marijuana attorney.
Hemp vs. marijuana
Minnesota law defines cannabis plants with over 0.3 THC on a dry weight basis as “marijuana. And it’s currently on Minnesota’s Schedule 1.
Hemp is legal in Minnesota
Hemp is legal in Minnesota
The law defines cannabis with 0.3 % or less THC as “Industrial Hemp.” And “industrial hemp is not marijuana, as defined in section 152.01, subdivision 9.” Minnesota Statutes Section 18K.02.
The general rule is that cannabis over 0.3 % THC, is marijuana. But if it’s cannabis 0.3 % or less THC, then it is not marijuana, and not illegal.
As a result, most hemp-sourced CBD, or Cannabidiol, is legal under Minnesota law. However, most “marijuana”-sourced CBD is not legal.
For a detailed legal analysis of CBD and Hemp; see Marijuana Attorney Thomas Gallagher’s blog: Is CBD legal in Minnesota?
Is marijuana legal in Minnesota?
Some forms of “marijuana,” products sourced from “marijuana” plants, are currently legal.
One such category is marijuana within the limits of Minnesota’s medical marijuana program, by registered, lawfully participating patients.
Another example is Epidiolex. Made from “marijuana;” Epidiolex is a new prescription form of CBD. And it’s now listed in the federal version of the federal Controlled Substance Act in Schedule 5.
THC is the component of marijuana that gives adult-users their desired psychoactive effect. (CBD, the other most important component, has no psychoactive effect.) Minnesota’s Schedule 1 lists THC separately.
As a result, THC is normally illegal to possess. So, until THC is fully legal, people will need help from a Minnesota marijuana attorney.
But we have an exception to that general rule. The synthetic, pharmaceutical form of THC (e.g., Marinol or Dronabinol), is now classified as Schedule 3.
The “Schedule 1” label means “no currently accepted medical use.”
But in 1988, DEA Administrative Law Judge Francis Young, recommended moving marijuana to Schedule 2. The DEA Administrative Judge’s decision rested on the ground that since a significant minority of doctors endorse it; it then had acurrently accepted medical use.”
That was in 1988. But now a majority of the U.S. population lives in a state with legal medical marijuana.
Minnesota Statutes Chapter 152 “Drugs, Controlled Substances”
Chapter 152 of Minnesota Statutes has most of the criminal statutes on marijuana. Section 152.02, Subd. 2, defines “marijuana” as “Schedule 1.” The Chapter lays out the felony drug crimes, ironically, as “Controlled Substances Crimes.”
These vary in severity from “first degree” (the most serious) to “fifth degree.” A Minnesota marijuana attorney can help protect you from all of them.
These statutes define several drug crimes based on “marijuana.” (Possession of alcohol is no longer a crime for adults.)
Possession vs. Sale
The Minnesota “Controlled Substance” crimes on marijuana are generally either “sale” or “possession” crimes.
What is “Sale?”
Some sale prosecutions involve what police call a “controlled buy.” They use an undercover police officer; or usually, an informant trying to work their way out of their own criminal case, often paid by police. And police attempt surveillance, electronically and otherwise, while the informant makes the buy.
Possession of growing marijuana: One irrational feature of the current legal scheme is the legislature’s defining “cultivation” to mean “manufacture;” and then, to define “manufacture” to mean “sell.”
Tomato grow operation
Tomato grow operation
If you grow a tomato in your backyard and eat it right off the vine, fresh; according to the logic of current Minnesota law, by doing so you have “sold” a tomato.
What is “Possession?”
Possession cases are more common than sale cases. Just what is “possession?” In criminal law, there are two types of criminal “possession” of contraband: actual possession and constructive possession.
Constructive possession is the legal construct that even though you don’t actually possess something; the government may claim that circumstances give rise to an inference that the thing is within your dominion and control. “Constructive possession” is based solely upon circumstantial evidence. This law increases the government power to take away your liberty (as compared to actual possession).
Another factor that affects the severity of the criminal charge in marijuana cases is quantity. So the larger the quantity sold or possessed, the more severe the penalty.
Just what counts as “quantity?” Weight. (Number of plants is now a measure of quantity in certain grow cases, however.)
Just what counts as weight of “marijuana?” Section 152.01, subd. 9 says:
“all the parts of the plant… but shall not include the mature stalks of such plant, fiber from such stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of such plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of such mature stalks, except the resin extracted therefrom, fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of such plant which is incapable of germination.”
In practice, weight is an important issue only when close to one of the statutory weight thresholds. For example, 42.5 grams is the threshold between petty misdemeanor (non-criminal) possession and felony Controlled Substance Crime – 5th Degree.
A 2016 law affects prosecution of cases involving marijuana concentrates: Less Than One-Quarter Gram Possession Gross Misdemeanor Crime.
The most commonly charged Minnesota misdemeanor drug crimes and petty misdemeanor violations are:
cannabis sativa drawing
cannabis sativa
Possession of a Small Amount of Marijuana, Minnesota Statutes §152.027, subd. 4. The definition of a “small amount” of marijuana 42.5 grams or less (roughly an ounce-and-a-half or less). Minnesota Statutes §152.01, subd. 16.
Normally, when a court adjudicates a person guilty of this provision; he ends up with a “petty misdemeanor” record. But with exceptions noted in that section.
A petty misdemeanor in Minnesota is a civil violation, and is not a crime. So police cannot lawfully arrest a person for a petty misdemeanor; nor is any jail sentence possible from a petty misdemeanor.
But, a guilty plea or verdict will result in a public, petty misdemeanor conviction.” There are possible criminal misdemeanor consequences in this section of statute however, at Minnesota Statutes §152.027, subd. 4 (b), (c).
Possession of Marijuana in a Motor Vehicle, Minnesota Statutes §152.027, subd. 3, is a misdemeanor crime, for 42.5 grams or less but more than 1.4 grams of marijuana; unless in the trunk of the motor vehicle or similar area of a vehicle without a trunk. Police once wrote “Open Bottle – Marijuana” on these citations. The legislature passed the law soon after plant-form small amount decriminalization in Minnesota. Like the Open Bottle law, its purpose was deterring drivers from consuming while driving.
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Minnesota Statutes §152.092, is a petty misdemeanor. Minnesota Statutes §152.01, subd. 18 defines “drug paraphernalia.”
Marijuana Attorney
Well known Marijuana Attorney
If you’re from Minnesota, have you heard of Minnesota’s Marijuana Attorney Thomas C. Gallagher?
Experienced Marijuana Attorney
Thomas Gallagher is a Minneapolis criminal defense lawyer with over 30 years experience. Attorney Thomas Gallagher represents a big percentage of clients accused of marijuana crimes.
He represents good people accused of violating bad laws.
Recognized Expert Marijuana Attorney
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After decades of defending people accused of drug crimes, and a large proportion of marijuana cases; Marijuana Attorney Thomas Gallagher has developed expertise in winning these cases.
So, Attorney Thomas Gallagher has aught many CLE courses on marijuana law to lawyers, judges, and police officers. They ask him to teach because of Thomas Gallagher’s marijuana law expertise.
And Attorney Thomas Gallagher’s many articles published on Minnesota marijuana laws can help you avoid legal problems, or solve them.
So many online five-star reviews. (Look at Google Reviews link at the bottom of this page.)
Peers reviews by other lawyers and judges awarded Thomas Gallagher the best possible, AV-Rating .
Client defined outcome goal
Client defined outcome goal
Benefitting you – outcome focused
The winning formula begins with focus on outcome. We identify the client’s desired outcome for the case. Of course, the more desirable outcomes tend to carry the greatest risk. And we may want more than one feature in the outcome. But one becomes the priority.
No priors: For the client with no priors, we try to keep their record clean. There is more than one way to do that. First, we can try to persuade the prosecuting attorney to agree to a “clean record eventually” outcome. And if not, then we can litigate the case to get charges dismissed by a judge.
Criminal history: For clients with criminal history, we try to avoid presumptive sentences of executed prison, or mandatory minimum sentences. So for these clients, sometimes their goal is to get probation instead of prison, or to keep the number down.
The client decides their outcome goal, not the lawyer.
Pretrial motions – jury trials
If an agreement with the prosecutor cannot meet the goal, then we litigate. We litigate until we either achieve the client’s goal or fail in the attempt.
Pretrial motions ask the judge to suppress evidence or dismiss charges, on the law and the facts of the case. The judge conducts a Contested Omnibus Hearing to receive testimony and evidence. And typically the judge issues a written Order with their decision.
If the prosecution survives pretrial motions, the court holds a trial, to either a judge or to a jury. The difference is that in a jury trial the lawyers select a jury panel. And then the jury decides guilty or not-guilty of each charge.
A guilty verdict accepted by the judge would lead to sentencing. At sentencing, the judge will consider the lawyers arguments as well as the Pre-Sentence Investigation (PSI) Report prepared by a Probation Officer. A defense appeal may follow.
A not-guilty verdict on all charges means the accused won the case and it’s over.
Jury nullification
What is jury nullification? Under American law, the right to a jury trial means that the jury is the final finder-of-fact. The jury can decide to make a Not-guilty verdict; even where the facts show the accused acted intentionally as prohibited by law.
In other words, a jury has the power to acquit good people who violate bad laws.
This is a cornerstone of our democratic republic. Jury nullification is a sign, that laws must change to reflect the conscience of the community.
As a re-legalization activist, Thomas Gallagher is aware of the two-thirds majority support in every major poll for marijuana legalization. Most Minnesotans in both major political parties support regulating marijuana like beer and wine. So a majority now oppose laws making marijuana a crime.
That means a majority on any jury panel in Minnesota object to making marijuana a crime. This makes the rule of jury lenity – and jury nullification – factors in marijuana cases in Minnesota.
The marijuana attorney you choose
Which marijuana attorney should you choose?
Many criminal defense attorneys near you may be able to do a good job for you. Do you really need one of the best?
This is your one chance with this case. Once done, it will be too late to go back and change things.
Good may be good enough for others, but you don’t want to take any chances. You wan the best marijuana attorney you can find.
Thomas C Gallagher,
Minnesota's Marijuana Attorney
Thomas C Gallagher,
Minnesota’s Marijuana Attorney
Why Minnesota’s Marijuana Attorney Thomas Gallagher
In addition to the advantages offered by Thomas C. Gallagher as a Minnesota marijuana attorney, when you choose him, you get him.
When you hire Thomas Gallagher, you get Thomas Gallagher — not a substitute. Gallagher will not have a younger, less experienced lawyer take over your case. You will get the real deal.
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Vote them all out!
Dump Terry Bernardo
Scanning the comments on political blogs, you see this recommendation fairly often, from left and right alike: “Vote them all out!”
Vote them out? How, may I ask, when there are no challengers on the ballot? State Senator Bonacic ran unopposed. County Executive Hein ran unopposed. Legislators Fabiano, Loughran, Provenzano, Harris, Gerentine, and Ronk ran unopposed. They were “elected” the moment their name was printed on the ballot. Aren’t you curious to learn how much money was wasted on the pointless elections held in the Town of Rochester, where all candidates ran unopposed?
Without choice, there is no election. People see that their votes don’t make a difference, and a climate of political apathy sets in. An unopposed candidate is appointed, not elected. Before you know, people are losing one of their fundamental rights, the right to vote.
Here is a headline from Daily Freeman: New Paltz Republican Chairman Butch Dener resigns, says he’s fed up with political climate, and a few quotes from the article:
“Intelligence, respect and character are no longer the coin of the realm,” Dener wrote in a January 18 letter announcing his decision. “Meanspiritedness, greed, ego, duplicity and lack of any moral fiber rules the day.”
A commenter spells it out:
“The days of loyalty to ones own party and principles are gone. It is every man/woman for themselves, moral and ethical obligation be damned! The Ulster County political process is poisoned with selfish, power hungry people. The cross endorsement of candidates, especially the Independence party, have bastardized the election process by leaving the winners with the Independence endorsement beholden to people like Mrs. Len Bernardo just to keep her husband’s endorsement.”
Back to the article:
“Ulster County Republican Chairman Roger Rascoe said he was sorry to see Dener resign but understood Dener’s frustration with the political environment.”
Who created the current political environment, Mr. Rascoe? And what is maintaining it? Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t this untenable situation the work of a small group of people either too greedy or too power-hungry? I’m giving you the pieces: Bonacic, He Bernardo, Independence Party endorsements, Catalano, O’Halloran, She Bernardo, Chapman, you and your wife’s job… Can you solve the puzzle?
Mr. Rascoe, stop the pretense, cut the non-sense… You know the facts. As Chairman of the Ulster County GOP, you alone can change its disastrous course, if you choose to look beyond self-interest.
As the town’s 2013 election nears, Dener said voters deserve to have more than one candidate running for any office, and he criticized the cross-endorsement by the GOP of Democrat Susan Zimet for town supervisor. He said the Republicans must find new candidates, raise money and do the grassroots work needed to get party members elected.
Problem is Mr. Rascoe, you hate primaries. It’s not your private party, but you only want your friends to “win,” while the people are losing, again and again.
– Jon Dogar-Marinesco
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3 Responses to Vote them all out!
1. Anonymous says:
After we lose our 2nd amendment, the rest of our Country’s constitution will follow.
2. bubbaband says:
Please do NOT comments to further YOUR agenda.
Thank You
3. Anonymous says:
Rascoe says that politics lacks civility. Let me see, since the Catalano and Rascoe regime the party has lost numerous good working members. Mrs. Wadnola, Ellen and Joe Defalco, Tantillo (no loss), noonan, Yess and now Dener and Wadlin. You lost Roberti but bought him back with a job for him and his daughter. You killed Karen Binder. You tossed a knowledgeable Bill West to the side. You alienated most of the remaining committees. All this for some little guy from the city. What have you gotten for it? NOTHING but a broken party that will take years to fix. Civility is not a thing Rascoe believes in, ask anyone in Shawangunk that has the balls to stand up to him. A bully always was, always will be. When he goes maybe the party can rebuild (not with Costello either).
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