Split (1)

train · 520k rows

pred_label stringclasses 2 values	pred_label_prob float64 0.5 1	wiki_prob float64 0.25 1	text stringlengths 93 1.02M	source stringlengths 39 45
__label__cc	0.711028	0.288972	Members by Region Who are the Hair Transplant Doctors? Physician Training Hair Transplant Results Hair Transplant Facility What is a Hair Transplant? Micrografts and Minigrafts Hair Transplant Visit Hair Loss Library View Licensed Hair Transplant Doctor Profiles: Click here to Search by Region now called Follicular Unit Excision The Follicular Unit Excision or FUE method is known popularly but incorrectly as the one-by-one procedure. There are many myths associated with this type of hair transplant, the greatest of which is that it’s a scar-free procedure. It is not. There is no such thing as scar-free surgery and any physician claiming such to lure patients is in violation of his or her state’s medical board regulations and most likely state laws as well. The falsehood was started (and still lives) on the Internet and in the deceptive advertising of clinics that are mostly located outside of the U.S. where accountability for such activity is rarely regulated. To be sure, some of the worst scarring in hair transplant history has come from FUE procedures. Certainly, the most recent unforgivable scarring has come from FUE mega-sessions, which is why it’s vital that anyone seeking a hair transplant is empowered with accurate information about follicular unit extraction. Rather than removing a strip from the back of the head, a small punch tool for hair follicle extraction is used to individually remove hair roots bundles. This is like the old plug procedure, but the punches are smaller than those used during that ancient era of hair transplants. The FUE method does not require the removal of a long piece of skin from the donor area as in the Strip method and therefore appeals to many patients, especially those who can’t accept the thought of submitting to a strip procedure. Rather than leaving a long scar extending horizontally along the back of the head, the FUE patient is left instead with hundreds or thousands of little dot-like scars from hair extraction in the donor area. In some cases, the scars are so uniformly distributed that even with short hair you can hardly tell that the person has had surgery. However, this is largely the exception. Successful FUE is mostly dependent upon the individual physiology of the patient which, unfortunately, is impossible to predict. Only a small minority of patients — fewer than 20 percent — can expect to achieve results on par with the FUT or Strip procedure. FUE has significant drawbacks and limitations: Not all people are candidates for this procedure and there is no way to know until the procedure is attempted. HTW board member Dr. Bill Rassman, invented an assessment called the FOX test which categorizes levels of candidacy and the specific physiological reasons for those classifications. Compared to the Strip method, FUE is far more traumatic to the hair grafts, resulting in poorer overall growth. This goes double for single hair grafts, as they are the thinnest and most fragile of all hair grafts to handle. The popular consensus among hair transplant physicians who perform both FUT and FUE is that FUE procedures, even in the best of hands, result in growth yields 15 to 50 percent lower than those from comparably sized FUT procedures. FUE is more traumatic to the donor area at the back and sides of the head, and produces more over all scarring and damage — more than 10 times as much, in fact. This means there will be fewer grafts available for future use if needed. Large FUE procedures significantly thin out the donor area, leaving the hair there so thin that it may be obvious to even a casual observer. HTW member Dr. Paul Rose wrote about this phenomenon in the ISHRS Forum International publication. Unlike Strip, where hair is left long enough to immediately cover the incision site at the back of the head, the FUE procedure almost always requires shaving the entire head, making post-operative concealment of the procedure impossible. Due to consistently poor growth among single hair FUE grafts, hairlines produced using FUE single-hair grafts often look unnatural and very thin, requiring repair and/or fill-in using Strip methods. To try to compensate for predictably poor yield, many FUE doctors tend to overpack recipient areas. This in turn leads to increased scarring and wasted grafts when compared to the far superior FUT procedure. The donor areas of patients who have undergone mega-session FUE procedures become obviously thinned out as the size of the procedure increases. Ugly History While unscrupulous doctors tout the FUE hair transplant technique as the latest and greatest in hair transplant technology, it simply isn’t true. In fact, the first hair transplants ever performed were of the FUE variety. The first hair transplant pioneer, Dr. Shoji Okuda of Japan, employed the hair transplant follicular unit extraction technique way back in 1939, and described it in an academic journal. Not only is FUE not new, as falsely claimed by so many unscrupulous practitioners, but it represents a step backward in hair transplant technology when compared to the far superior FUT/Strip procedure. In the 1960s, other doctors modified the FUE that Okuda invented, using larger punches to get more hair out quickly. This modification ultimately became known as the plug procedure. The Strip procedure then supplanted the plug procedure, creating the hair transplant industry that we know today. But in 2001, the FUE technique was reintroduced with a twist. Rather than using this technique for small procedures of a few hundred follicles, it was now being used to harvest thousands in an effort to compete with the incredibly successful Strip procedure. This appealed to patients who simply could not stand the thought of having strips of skin removed from the back of their heads. Thus, this newer version of FUE found its niche. However, side-by-side comparisons of FUT and FUE results left no doubt that FUE cases were not growing as well or as consistently as FUT. This reality was conveniently omitted from the marketing campaigns of unscrupulous doctors — and still is, in clinics mostly outside of the U.S. NOTICE THE THINNED-OUT RECTANGLE. THIS IS DUE TO FUE. FUE Technology and False Advertising There is an epidemic of false and misleading advertising concerning technologies that claim to improve on the FUE technique. By and large, any advancements concerning FUE do not improve the outcome for patients, but rather are concerned with making the performance of the procedure easier for the doctor. One has nothing to do with the other, yet the two are disingenuously conflated all the time. It’s nice if a so-called advancement makes the doctor’s job a bit easier, but if it has no relevance to the patient’s result then any such claim is intentionally misleading. No matter how much hype you may read online or in the pages of in-flight magazines, there is no FUE hair transplant machine or robot in existence that can perform an FUE hair transplant with less trauma and better yields than an experienced surgeon performing the procedure manually. Furthermore, there is no FUE procedure, manual or otherwise, that can compare to the growth yields of the FUT procedure. Pound for pound and graft for graft FUE is simply an inferior procedure to FUT. But if Strip is not an option, FUE can be a viable alternative. However, mega-sessions of grafts should be avoided. FUE Reality FUE works and has proven itself time and time again. But it really is a technique for a minority of patients who have limited hair loss. Think of FUE as a cloth patch. If you have tear in your jeans, a patch works fine. Even two patches work, practically and aesthetically. But making an entire pair of jeans out of patches would be wasteful, unattractive and inefficient. And so it goes for large sessions of FUE, as well. The consensus of hair doctors who regularly offer both FUT and and FUE is that FUE should be limited to relatively small cases. It is solely the FUE-only clinics that claim FUE grafts are the equal of FUT grafts. This is demonstrably untrue, and to deny this fact when describing the two procedures to a patient is to knowingly and willingly fail to establish informed consent. Find Your Doctor Today Read patient experiences View Before/After photos Q&A with Doctors and Patients Post Your Own Experience Give and Receive Support Click to Interact Hair Transplant Doctors Your Hair Loss © 2021 Hair Transplant Web. Owned and operated by ASFRD, Inc. Physician Approved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line777
__label__cc	0.743209	0.256791	Jewels of the Kalahari Submitted by Keith Recker on Tue, 2010-01-12 01:00 Other Natural Materials The ancient Bushmen enter the international jewelry market The Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert are almost as old as humanity itself. Geneticists tell us that they are perhaps the oldest group still walking the earth. Sadly, like many ancient peoples, they are among the poorest and most disenfranchised in their southern African homeland. Poverty notwithstanding, for countless generations the Bushmen have made beautiful jewelry to adorn themselves and their loved ones. Largely isolated from the outside world until the last century, they created (and still create today) intricate pieces using wild seeds, sticks, bone, tortoiseshell, and most importantly of all, beads painstakingly hand made from shards of ostrich eggshell. With ingenuity and precision, the women turn some of the beads a rich brown by frying them or black by roasting them – in order to have three colors of beads with which to make patterns and designs. Jewelry veteran Anna Haber, global director of marketing for emerald producer Gemfields, and talented London-based jeweler, Sabine Roemer recently collaborated with Bushmen women in Ghanzi, Botswana to create a unique 19-piece collection of jewelry comprised of necklaces, bracelets and earrings. The fashion-forward collection fuses the Bushmen’s traditional skills and natural materials with new materials including leather, silver, velvet and satin. By combining ancient designs with new inspiration, the collection captures the Bushmen’s long journey to link their rich cultural past with the modern world. Haber’s Jewels of the Kalahari collaboration aims, however, at something beyond just beautiful jewelry. The end goals are to create awareness of the Bushmen’s plight through the storytelling traditions that are connected to their arts and crafts, and also to create a sustainable business for the tribe that will generate a consistent income and ongoing work. Jewelry making is an important source of income, particularly for the women, as well as vehicle for cultural continuity. Haber is currently searching for retailers who might make a commitment to working with the Bushmen so that their unique skills can find a broader home in the world. Fashion and portrait photographer Boo George joined Haber and Roemer on their Kalahari adventure to document both the collection as well as the Bushmen’s imperiled way of life. In addition to the Bushmen’s strength, he captured a side of them that is so often forgotten – the exceptional humor, wisdom and beauty of the ladies. “The ladies have incredibly strong characters,” says Haber. “They are spirited, mischievous, so funny and joyful. Being around these unique women was such a life lesson for me. So many have HIV and have lost children. They receive little help or financial support from the men as many have turned to alcohol. It is the women that hold the communities together with their infectious personalities full of life, love, wisdom and humor. I believe that we, in the West, have a lot to learn from them.” Haber and Roemer did indeed learn a few things. After some weeks of intense preparation, with Haber trying to nail down every detail of the designs they would bring to the Bushmen, master goldsmith Roemer commented, “Anna this is craft, it just happens. You cannot plan it.” This turned out to be truer even than Roemer imagined, and the pair had to adjust their working methods and sense of timing and deadlines to be in tune with their artisan-partners. “We spent a week working with a group of ten producers, all of whom were all women, and all but one had HIV. So they were very energetic in the mornings but after they had taken their medication in the afternoon they became understandably tired and distracted. The first day was the most challenging as Sabine and I came in with our Western ways of working, wanting to get everything done in a timely manner and efficiently. The ladies, though, have their own way of working that is more free and relaxed, so we soon adapted to their way. They start each morning with a prayer or a beautiful traditional song -- even we were singing the words after a few days. Afterwards, we would all sit and discuss ideas and the best way to create the designs, using the new materials combined with the traditional way they sew the shells. Some designs worked straight away and some were a process of trial and error.” As the collection came together, photographer George recognized the exceptional beauty of a thirteen-year-old Bushman, Sekopaleina. Both of her parents died of HIV-related illnesses, and she is looked after by Mickie, one of the jewelry artisans. “She was so shy around us initially. But once Boo began to take pictures, the strength and force of her personality came out,” says Haber. “I am setting up a savings account for Sekopaleina to hopefully go towards higher education expenses in the future.” Haber’s long-term commitment to the Bushmen now requires her to find retailers to bring attention to their situation with exhibitions of George’s photographs, and to help them earn income through sale of the jewelry collections. Some of London’s most forward-looking retailers like the Dover Street Market have sold pieces. But more is needed. Haber says she is fueled in her quest by the memory of the last day of working on the collection: “We are so proud of the collection and all enjoyed our time working together on this special project. The beautiful landscapes and unforgettable ladies – their hypnotic singing and dancing – will forever be imprinted in our minds. Through this collection, we hope that others will come to appreciate the work, as much as we do.” For more information, read Anna Haber’s blog at onefinethread.blogspot.com. To offer connections to interested retailers, please email her at haberanna@hotmail.com. To see a short film by Charlie Ryan of the Bushmen community where the Jewels of the Kalahari collection is made, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKNrU6PtqrY Haber wishes to acknowledge the kind support and funding of Neo and Semane Khama, from Elan Botswana, as well as the collaboration of San Arts and Crafts, a fair trade organization that works directly with the Bushmen in Botswana. They ensure that the Bushmen crafts are fairly traded, working under the principles that trade can make sustainable and significant contribution to poverty reduction. Modern Hooker It's not what you think: Leslie Giuliani hooks rugs with a contemporary folk feel. Bridge of Beauty Kahina-Giving Beauty builds sustainable beauty Transforming Lives by Wearing Recycled Bombs Making Life Safer for Laotian Children and Families New Forms for Fashion Guatemalan handloom coming to a shopwindow near you Viet Trang Handicraft Weaving a sustainable lifestyle Fiber Art Masters and Innovators Objects in Flux Otherwordly Books Jacqueline Rush Lee’s Biblio Sculptures Transcendent Juxtapositions LRNCE Mirrors a Designer’s Adventurous Spirit Gahaya Links Joining Hutu and Tutsi women into a basket-weaving arts collective	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line780
__label__cc	0.530509	0.469491	The Lost Women of Nxivm Comments on Frank Book Mentions Select Media Mentions Ivy Nevares at the 2016 V Week. Amazing Email Raniere Sent to Ivy Nevares Reveals Disturbing Closeup of an Abusive Relationship This post is part of an ongoing analysis of the conviction and sentencing of Keith Alan Raniere. One of the women who read a victim impact statement at the sentencing of Raniere was Ivy Nevares. While it is not clear that Raniere committed any federal crimes against her, her statement was powerful and was delivered with the intent to enhance the length of his sentence. Raniere, 60, was sentenced to 120 years in prison. During his trial, Ivy was named as one of his inner circle. She remained loyal to him until January 2018, about two months before he was arrested. She had been with him for 17 years, as one of his lovers, his student, and an employee of Nxivm and some of the offshoot companies. Let us examine a revealing email Raniere wrote to Ivy in 2008. It was published on her website as part of her written victim impact statement, and filed with the court. Raniere’s email to Ivy [below] is printed in Bold type. My comments/clarifications are in normal type. From: “Flintlock” <kunterre@nycap.rr.com> Subject: Re: details Date: October 6, 2008 at 3:27:16 AM EDT To: “Ivy Nevares” <ivy@nxivm.com> I want you to know I love you. I want the best for us and act toward you in a way to optimze [sic] that. I had planned to surprise you on our anniversary for I had hoped you would make this possible for me by losing weight etc. For Raniere, and the women he had sexual relations with, their anniversary was often the calendar day they first had sex. The anniversary was considered a special day for the women. In his email, he is letting Ivy know that everything he does is because he wants to optimize what’s best for them as a couple. He knows best, it is assumed, for he is the Vanguard of the community. He is informing her that he might not be able to present her with the surprise he planned for their anniversary and may not be with her at all on that special day, because she has not lost enough weight. I do believe your habits are more important than “us.” Her habit was eating. He wanted to teach her that this and other indulgent habits should not be more important than “us” – of them being together as a couple. Keith had previously determined that Ivy’s optimum weight was 95 pounds and in order to attain that, he advised her to consume 400-500 calories daily. As Ivy relates in her victim impact statement, one day she offended Keith greatly by eating a handful of pumpkin seeds which potentially had about 125 calories. It was a reckless act and Keith realized how undisciplined and uncommitted she was to attaining her correct body weight. We are nothing if you do not earn your way out of this ethical dilemma. Keith is using the word “we” as in the two of them. He is saying they cannot be a couple if she cannot “earn” – by losing weight – her way out of this “ethical dilemma.” The ethical aspect is that Ivy apparently agreed to his condition of low bodyweight. For her part, Ivy wanted to be not only his student, but his wife, in a monogamous relationship, and to have a family with him. He had promised her before, she says, that she would be the mother of his firstborn child. It should be noted that Lauren Salzman also claimed Raniere promised her that she would bear his first child. Neither were to be successful at this. In fact, he already had a child when he wrote Ivy this email. In order to prevent Ivy from learning that she could not possibly bear his firstborn child, Keith and his inner-inner circle women created an elaborate story about his then-two-year-old son with Kristin Keeffe. The story they told about the male child toddling around Kristin’s house was that he was a foundling; that the lad’s mother died in childbirth and his father was unknown. The inner-inner circle women knew that the mother was Kristin and the father was Keith, but for Ivy and some of the other women he was having sexual relationships with, who thought they were in a monogamous relationship with him – and for the general rank and file students who were told that Keith was celibate – the denial of his paternity was essential to keep them loyal to him. The mother was even forced to deny her maternity, Kristin was to reveal in a victim statement. Keith felt it was justified. If Kristin was known to have had a child – a woman who was long in Keith’s inner-inner circle – she would be obliged to disclose the father – which would either force her to reveal Keith or make up someone, which would then appear to be a betrayal of Keith to some of those in the harem who knew Keith was having sex with all of them. All of the harem members were required to have sex only with Keith. It was a tangled web the teacher weaved. Kristin Keeffe told the court that Keith forced her to deny her maternity and that she had no choice, with a baby and no income outside what he gave her, to refuse to do what he required. When the child was a little older, Kristin took the first opportunity she had to flee from Raniere and she went into hiding for years. Of course, Raniere felt this pregnancy was not really his fault. He would have certainly ordered Kristin to have an abortion, as he had done dozens of times with his other harem women, if he had only known she was pregnant. She was so emaciated from maintaining her own low bodyweight that she did not show that she was pregnant and it was not until she passed out one day and was taken to the hospital that they learned she was pregnant and in her eighth month. In those days, there were no eighth-month abortions and the child was born. To protect the teachings that Keith said would one day revolutionize the world, the deception about the child’s parentage was necessary. It was also necessary to prevent Ivy from leaving – which was important because she was one of Nxivm’s hardest workers, one of their best writers and teachers. The point of this long explanation is to put the email in context. While Keith is writing to Ivy about her ethical dilemma – and offering her hope that she might be able to have his firstborn child and that he is monogamous with her – he already had a child and a harem. At this point, I do not know your weight and you have not written to me as you promissed [sic]: obsessively. Keith required of Ivy, as he did with other women, that she report her weight to him daily. He claims that Ivy promised to do this “obsessively,” a word Keith liked to use to show the commitment a person needed to have to achieve their goals. It has been argued that he was obsessively preoccupied with the weight of women – to pander to his own deviant sexual desires, but Keith has said that thin women are more spiritually evolved and that even a little fat shows indulgence and lack of commitment on the part of women. Even if you drank only water and walked many miles a day, I do not know if you can create the ethical permission for us to be together on our anniversary. Keith called himself an ethicist – and he defined ethics as consistency and keeping one’s word. She has to lose the necessary weight if she wants to be with him on their anniversary. He doubts she can succeed and if she does not, despite wanting to see her, he will not be able to grant himself “ethical permission” since she had not kept her word and lost the weight they agreed upon. I do not know what to do. Only you can create this, but it has to be more important in every moment than anything and I still [sic] there are no guarantees. What she has to “create” is the chance for them to be together on their anniversary. However, he can’t guarantee that, even if she does succeed and gets down to the desired weight, that he will see her. There may be other ethical considerations that will have to be analyzed before he can see her on their anniversary. On another note relating to this: in thought I am far more “faithful” to you than you to me. For example, I have never dreamt of having sex with another woman. While Keith may not have ever dreamt of having sex with another woman, while he was awake he was having sex with many women. Among those he was having sex with around the time were Pamela Cafritz; the three Mexican sisters, Mariana, Camila, and Daniela; Kristin K; Karen U; Dawn Morrison; Barbara Jeske; Kathy Russell; Monica Duran; Clare Bronfman; Loreta Garza; Lauren Salzman; Svetlana; Barbara Bouchey; Sarah [not Edmondson]; and, according to a very good source, Nancy Salzman. And numerous other women when the occasion arose. Up until recently you said the people with whom you had sex in your dreams were faceless and genital-less or with my genitals. This is no longer the case and I see it as an additional problem. Ivy had one or more erotic dreams, it seems, and told him about it. It is a problem because of things you said and thought about my genitals amongst other things from the begining [sic] of our relationship due (I believe) to fear of dependency. I think you are obsessed in this area. If so, it is important you be obsessed with me/mine. Your dreams indicate otherwise. This thought, which some intelligent people might be averse to putting in writing lest it might be published someday, suggests that, like her weight, Keith wanted Ivy to be obsessed with his genitals. Based on things she apparently said about his genitals in the past, and how she described the dream genitals of her faceless lover in her erotic dreams, Raniere realized that her dream lover did not possess his genitals. We saw in his texts to Camila, which were also of such a nature that some might have wondered why the self-proclaimed world’s smartest man ever put them in writing, and which were read at his trial, revealed that he required Camila to detail her preference for his genitals over the young man she had an affair with. In the somber atmosphere of the court, some of Raniere questions and Camila’s replies provided a sudden dose of comic relief – and caused jurors, prosecutors, spectators, and it seemed at least once, the judge, to hastily cover their faces to conceal laughter. I want to help you and us with all my heart. My condition has gotten very bad where I hide it from Nancy and Pam. Keith sometimes disclosed to his women that he had serious physical maladies, caused by the hard work he was doing for the world and from taking on the deep problems or “disintegrations” of various women because he loved them so much. At times, he disclosed his condition might be fatal. Because of his closeness to a woman, her defiance could cause a condition that could end his life and, hence, end the great movement he started. [Several women in his harem told Frank Report that he told them that their infidelity could actually kill him because of his high spiritual connection to them.] In his email to Ivy, Keith is revealing that his condition, possibly caused by Ivy, has gotten worse and because he does not want anyone to know he is suffering, he hid the dire nature of his condition from two women he worked closely with: Nancy Salzman and Pam Cafritz. Nancy ran the company at the time – and he lived with Pam and Mariana in a ménage à trois. He told various women, including possibly Ivy, in explanation as to why he was living with two attractive women who were devoted to him, that Mariana and Pam were lesbian lovers and not attracted to him sexually. The reality was that Pam was his top wing woman, his best recruiter of women to his bed, quite often with her as part of three-somes, and that Mariana was Keith’s longtime sex partner and house servant, with whom he chose in the end, over Ivy and Lauren and others, to have his second child. I can’t go on much longer. It is unclear if Keith meant he would die soon if she did not obsessively lose weight and think of his genitals. If you are to break this cycle, you must adopt a zero-tolerance, immediate policy with yourself. The moment you read this you must start, not tomorrow. You cannot use any excuse for any transgression. One single trangression [sic]–one single lazyness [sic] of writing or anything–and you have started down the slippery slope. This was her last chance. She must diet, must write to him her weight every day, and must obsess on his genitals – or else she would go down that slippery slope where she would not only miss out on their anniversary, but he might shun her altogether or die from the illness she created in him out of the love he felt for her. You need to obsessively incorporate all I have written here: miss not one word. I cannot tell you anymore [sic]; it is all up to you. You need to prove us to yourself and to me. You must live all of your past commitments, ideas of commitments, thoughts of commitments and anything else you can imagine: there are no limits; no idea, concept or practice is too much. “Do or die” is his teaching and if she does she can win the great prize, a perfect, monogamous relationship with him and have his firstborn child. This is a start. I do not know if it will be enough but this fact must not discourage you. Please do this. Make this right. I love you. If she obsessively lives up to all of her past commitments, ideas of commitments, thoughts of commitments, and anything else she can imagine without limits; with no idea, concept or practice being too much, she will have made a start, but there is no guarantee. Love apparently prevailed. At least in the short run. After receiving the email from Keith, Ivy did the near-impossible and got to see Keith on their anniversary. As she wrote in her victim impact statement, after she received his email., “For the following five days, I put myself on 500 calories of maple-syrup sweetened lemonade (the ‘Master Cleanse’), laxatives and saltwater purges. I walked 4 miles to the gym, worked out for an hour, sat in the sauna for an hour and walked 4 miles back home—this doesn’t include my teaching dance classes 1-2 hours a day. I lost 10 pounds in five days to spend our anniversary together.” But it did not last. After Ivy lost 10 pounds in five days by fasting, she started eating again. “When I began eating,” Ivy wrote, “it caused an inflammatory response, and my body stored the energy as fat.” Raniere did what ethics required him to do: She gained weight. After all, he had done for her she put on a pound or two of fat. He now ethically shunned her, refusing to see her. She did not care enough about “us” he explained. She cared more about her. Ivy stayed, however, following Raniere for almost another decade, much of that time falling short of the goals Raniere chalked out for her, oftentimes being shunned by him for lengthy periods of time and sometimes shunned by others in the community at Keith’s behest. She continued to work for Nxivm assiduously and remained faithful to him. Mariana and Keith Raniere pushing their child in his stroller. For his part, Keith continued to offer Ivy hope that she would one day cure her ethical breaches, which were more serious with each passing year, and have his firstborn child. She never did succeed and so she passed through most of her twenties and thirties trying to achieve goals Raniere set for her, believing he was her teacher who wanted the best for her. Today, Ivy says she believes she was manipulated by an abusive liar who took advantage of her love and his role as the teacher and leader of the community she lived in and worked for full time. She went so far as to ask the judge to punish him with life in prison. Now, none of what Keith did to Ivy qualifies as a crime – this fooling a woman for 17 years of her life, waiting for motherhood and the love of a husband. Ivy is another voice condemning him and it is a sad voice, an angry voice, crying out for justice’s sake for someone to listen to her. It is my impression that the judge heard every word she spoke. Part 2 — Claviger’s Initial Thoughts to Last 22 of Suneel’s 44 Questions Challenging Raniere Prosecution Bangkok: Raniere’s Companies Were Pyramid Schemes Suneel: Who Are You Kidding, Claviger — Prosecution’s False Use of ‘Pyramid’ Was Meant to Dirty up Keith Without Evidence OMG What a evil person NiceGuy says: Ivy has been through hell and back. I hope she finds happiness. What would Jim Del Negro say of this? Do you think any of his staunch supporters have heard any of the embarrassing emails he writes to his lovers..? How could they possibly justify this? The bad grammar and poor spelling alone should make them question his intelligence — not to mention his whiny, pathetic, insecure sentiments…. ugh! So gross. No pues… muy bien… muy cuerdo todo esto!! Pinchi bola de locos… que les pasa??? Jane Smith says: Could she not just have pretended she’d lost the weight for the anniversary. I bet he wouldn’t check. Anyway, he certainly managed to hook a lot of women in his net with this kind of thing. I was getting to know one man once and for 3 weeks I was unsure if he was lying or not. I hired an investigator (who only charged UK£150 to go to an address for me) who found he was living with his wife and child, not in the town he had said either. I then did an online search and found he had in fact been married twice. He seemed very good in those 3 weeks but I checked and he wasn’t. I bought the deeds to his property and even that had complicated ownership issues over it. He was a serial liar. Much later, I was in touch with another 1 or 2 women who had been taken in by him for longer. Even later, he was in trouble with his regulatory authorities and he had the audacity to ask me for legal help. I said no way. However, that does not mean any of could never be taken in but it does show that doing loads of checks on what people say is worth it. No, she could not pretend she lost the weight, because Raniere’s body is so sensitive to fcking women with an ounce of fat that he could have died. LOL Pandora'sJF says: I feel compassion for Ivy too. It seems everyone loses in this type of collective craziness. I guess what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger though. This letter actually made me feel compassion for Keith. To have him say or write semi-coherent misspelled drivel and the people around him then act like he is the smartest person in the world for it, of course that would magnify his already narcissistic, inflated megalomaniac sense of himself. It takes a village to make a megalomaniac. Nomin Jerabek says: More people won’t be happy about that. But my opinion is that, in addition to respecting Ivy for her courage, every woman, person, person is treated in a way that she allows others to treat. If you let him be a doormat because he’s so in love, he’ll be a doormat. In hindsight, you don’t mind, it’s not your fault that you loved someone so much who didn’t deserve it. First time I’ve seen the word “optimize” along with love and what is best for a couple, it sounds very clinical and removed. LOL Her habit was eating? I think that is a “habit” we all share. LOL “It was a tangled web the teacher weaved.” Good thing Raniere wasn’t a spider, because spiders don’t get caught in their own web, but slobs do. LOL “In those days there were no eighth-month abortions and the child was born.” Wrong, and here’s just one example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Gosnell LOL “In the somber atmosphere of the court, some of Raniere questions and Camila’s replies provided a sudden dose of comic relief, and saw jurors, prosecutors, spectators, and it seemed at least once, the judge, hastily cover their faces to conceal laughter.” As I recall, only the judge tried to hide his laugh, the rest of them simply laughed out loud. LOL The ones who, for whatever reasons, lived this way for years and years certainly participated in their own individual victimizations. Who put the blinders upon these eyes? Who did not listen to the inner voice of one’s personal experience and decided to believe this SHIT instead? There’s a delicate balance. A woman not only has a right but an inner and outer requirement, as a living being, to decide what is tolerable and what is intolerable, as well as what or who one decides to love or even to like, or not. And so does a man. In that context, this kind of toxic devotion is that of a fool, possibly a deliberative one, who has chosen to stick to unexamined inner denial of what is true and what is not true, even for decades. No one can claim that these people were enjoying their lives. Chaos, misery, jealousy, egotism, lies, tragedies, crimes and disappointments. This was the stew. In the name of what? Spiritual advancement? God. Exhale the ridiculousness of mice and men. Fly. Obviously Nevares considered her situation tolerable and that she loved Raniere. LOL Ivy blocked me and I am sad :'( I’m sorry Ivy :'( Mexican Lady says: Hahaha…I’m sad too. But more because Trump lost Trump isn’t going to lose, mark my words. LOL “Mark my words” is a cliche…. …..Like your incredible wonderful [redacted] “Incredible wonderful life” is an insult? I love you, Frank, but you make Twitter and Facebook look like the ACLU protecting the First Amendment. https://apnews.com/article/10290eeca9b44dd39372b49dcd589c13 The ACLU fights for liberals and even the white supremest organizations. Oddly enough for profit FaceBook and Twitter could care less. Big Poppa says: you made a good point before Mr. anonymous, that politicians in Mexico are now claiming to be “victims” of nxvim and use that to disguise their abuse of powers against women following a nxvim agenda. It could be that Emiliano Salinas is a victim . I think he needs to differentiate himself from these New Mexican politicians who were in nxvim. The New Mexican politicians who were in nxvim look to be evil. Especially when you look at their life trajectory. Emiliano Salinas would gain and win from separating himself from those politicians . I think we should expose those New Mexican políticas because they do have the power to create harm. They appear to also be sharing the nxvim agenda anti women. Ivy, I don’t know if you’re out there reading this, but you didn’t deserve this. This is heinous. This is narcissistic abuse. I’m so glad you are free of this jerk. mx lady says: I am sad trump lost 🙁 Is it fraud? What do you guys think will happen? Is it all lost? I don’t have friends to say that I am sad Trump lost. There is a stigma to show any support pro Trump. Biden hurt Mexico with the Fast and Furious operation (bringing in guns into Mexico). Trump was locking up big criminals like Chapo, or prosecuting big people in military Cienfuegos, Garcia Luna. I doubt they will be prosecuted now. I feel sad. Anyone else? :'( BTW, I saw Frank Report has a lot of news posts from 2017 doing really nasty bullying towards Ivy (mocking some of her life decisions etc). How do you guys feel about those news reports now? Frank Parlato says: Those posts were not meant to bully Ivy. Although she was at the time aligned with Raniere, writing for him and working to build Nxivm and its offshoots. The stories were meant to weaken the cult. More than a few women of Nxivm told me that it was my stories that got them out of Nxivm because it showed them how the outside world looked at them. Look at those stories from that light — that in 2017, Raniere was not arrested – that Ivy was still supporting him — and that he had done some incredibly mean things to her – he and Lauren Salzman. I wanted people to read this. I would do it again. In 2018, Ivy realized I was right about Raniere. You call it bullying, I call it trying to get Ivy and hundreds of others to leave Raniere. I am proud of my reporting work and, if you notice, from Ivy’s own statements, I was right in my reporting. She did grow her hair down past her feet; she was lied to about having a child with Raniere. Lauren was mocking her behind her back about the ridiculousness of her thinking she would have a baby with Keith, while pretending to her face, as her therapist, that she was going to have Keith’s baby. It might seem like I was mocking her life decisions but I was pointing out that her life decisions were unfortunate, largely because she was deceived. She finally agreed and turned against Raniere. She may have not had the full information in 2017, though I tried to provide that for her and others. She does now. Now she is making a comeback, telling her story and people can judge her, as she deserves to be judged, as a victim. Thank you for taking the time to explain. It is complex. Hope you are doing well, Frank. BTW, I don’t think Ivy is stupid or was ever naive. For me, it is inspiring to see her because as a Mexican Lady, I can’t relate to India, or anyone on the TV show, The Vow. I identify more with the Mexican Ivy. It is inspiring to see Mexican women leading the way in exposing manipulative bastards like Raniere. I hope Ivy writes her own book. We need to hear more of the voices about Latinas! On other things…I am sad about Trump. Anyone else? Without getting into a controversial debate, I think the matter of who will be the next president is not fully settled. I am, by the way, neutral and think that either Biden or Trump will be suitable for America. While I once favored Trump, I became neutral as I listened to both men. I grew to like Biden and I still like Trump – for different reasons. However it appears to me to be like this: Joe Biden is the apparent winner. The apparent loser is claiming significant voter fraud and the possibility of overtaking in Arizona. If his claims are valid – and I am no judge of this – the reversal of a couple of states might hand the election to Trump. I want the rightful winner of the electoral votes to be the next president. I personally take claims of voter fraud or voting machine fraud in an unprecedented election of mail-in votes seriously enough to want it investigated. I take the absolutes of the mainstream media who are for whatever reason highly partisan for the apparent winner with a grain of salt. Their certitude Biden won and that Trump’s claims are meritless may be true, but I cannot see why a touch of doubt – and the willingness to consider evidence of fraud can be in any way a fault – as long as there is true evidence and that the fraud rose to the level where it would have changed the election. There may be none, and then Biden will be president. There is time. In a week there will be more clarity. That still gives Biden plenty of time to prepare a transition. And if he is the winner, it will be far better to put the doubts of Trump supporters completely to rest. thanks for explaining frank. Great perspective 💜 There can be fraud and Biden will still be the next president, these are not mutually exclusive. LOL Official Election Results says: Joe Biden, President Elect Don Trump, President Reject I am prepared to accept that result once it is official. Then I will give my best congratulations and well wishes and hope to Biden. A Face In The Crowd says: Watch a 1957 movie that is really good, even without it also being the prescient tale of the rise and fall of a Trump-ish man popular with the common man who he uses but despises. A Face In The Crowd is eerily predictive of Trumpism…tho made just 10 years after WWII, it probably was a metaphor for Hitler, Mussolini, etc. Trump gave it Two Thumbs Up…because he didn’t realize it was about him https://www.abc.net.au/cm/rimage/8834718-16×9-xlarge.jpg?v=2 Fool me Not says: But Frank — the media does NOT call the election, and they did! What is going on??? That’s because you like to play both sides of the fence. LOL Anyone else.” I live in Hungary, which is a tiny country in Europe. Our prime minister has a great friendship with President Trump, which my friends and I are happy about because we sympathize with him – despite what may seem to be bad moves. I think the most important thing is that a president of your caliber is fair. I know it’s a difficult task in politics. Personally, I like President Trump’s sincere expression and commitment to his country. But obviously from this distance. I don’t see the whole thing. I’m a little disappointed reading the current results, but I’m confident that the truth has shown itself, whether it’s cheating or a legitimate victory. After all, it is the people who live there and in it who decide this, because they see what they are doing, but at the same time they bear the consequences. Let the Best win, that’s what I wish. Admitting the truth is often a painful thing. (Ivy,) and I don’t think there’s such a time as late. But you have to take it with your head high that you loved this Monster so much that all thoughts were overridden by his views, his actions, and his treatment of you. As a woman, I don’t judge you because we’re different, we’re genetically coded differently. But you should realize that you can’t really be mad at the things the Beast did to you when you let it go and you haven’t opened your eyes yet. It was your choice,because you’re smarter than the average other woman (sorry about those involved) and yet you were hoping for a miracle. How? That I’m being humiliated even more? If you loved her, you really loved her, accept it. But in hindsight, don’t whin. I’m sorry to give you an unsolicited opinion. Trump lost. No fraud. He was as bad as Keith Raniere. [redacted] Think about it. [redacted] a man who suggested injecting bleach into the body to kill COVID. [redacted] Puleeze, seriously —He was as bad as Keith Raniere— Puleeze is right! Trump was worse. Raniere didn’t cause the needless death of a hundred thousand Americans by mismanaging (or NOT managing) the pandemic…because he thought he would look weak wearing a protective mask that might muss his makeup. Trump will win. LOL He was kidding about injecting bleach, he said it himself. LOL But Trump seems so human, with all his flaws. And likable, just because he’s honest and outspoken. That’s what got him in trouble, and I think he sees things right. Even if sometimes it looks like he’s going to cut the tree down. Biden strikes me as a prefabricated sellable figure based on preliminary information. I’m sorry if I hurt anyone with this, but my nose says caution. ==Trump seems…..likable, just because he’s honest== Yeah, honest, if you don’t count the 20,000-plus lies. And the pandemic is “rounding the curve” and in control. Maybe Frank will start an article on Trump? He lost only by fraud. That man should absolutely have won, and he did wonderful things for our country. It’s not over yet. Bush v Gore–Gore won, Supreme Court ordered a recount, and 6 weeks later Bush won. Hang in there, Mexican Lady! Apolitical says: Is this Dennis Burke? Yes. I feel you, Mx lady. And yes, I do think it’s fraud. Here is a hypothesis: that letter was written by Mariana as an assignment from and to Keith. Les Liaisons dangereuses, homage to Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. AnonyMaker says: “From: “Flintlock” ” He was using Karen U.’s e-mail for this?! Or did she go so far in helping managing his relationships with other women, including ones he was grooming, as to author or help write communications to his other “fuck toys”? Either way, I think it shows he deliberately treated her like a doormat. And I think there was actually a time when what Raniere did to Nevares fell in the category of crimes now mostly recognized as just common law (civil) torts, such as wrongful seduction and breach of promise – though I believe they might still be considered civil crimes. Crimes are criminal cases, torts/wrongful acts are civil cases. LOL Linanon says: Here’s to hoping that Ivy is able, or has already found happiness away from this monster. What a beautiful woman to put up with that pudgy troll. She is way too pretty and talented for him anyways. I wish you all the best, Ivy. He never deserved your time or energy. The only upside is that she didn’t fall prey to DOS. Onwards and upwards. Natashka says: I think there are laws now in the UK regarding coercive control. Section 3.1 in the link is interesting. ‘The Government definition also outlines the following: Coercive behaviour is an act or a pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation or other abuse that is used to harm, punish, or frighten their victim Controlling behaviour is a range of acts designed to make a person subordinate and/or dependent by isolating them from sources of support, exploiting their resources and capacities for personal gain, depriving them of the means needed for independence, resistance and escape and regulating their everyday behaviour’ httpss://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/controlling-or-coercive-behaviour-intimate-or-family-relationship Jamie Slater says: What a sick F** Ranerie is. So freakin happy he is gone forever. Hope he becomes some big guys bitch in prison, taking orders instead of giving orders. Raniere will become numerous guys’ b!tch – after all, he thinks he should have sex with multiple sex partners. LOL “It’s all your fault I’m hurting.” Fake boohoo. Fake ethics. Man, he’s such a see-through, manipulative wussy. These women must have been brainwashed to become really dumb when they “fell” for this guy because that’s the only explanation as to why this clown’s letters and emails should’ve had any affect on them. Raniere had plenty of help from others, mostly women, in his inner circle, he’s too much of a schlub to do this on his own. LOL anonymous2 says: I wish Ivy sound health and healing. The 120 year sentence indicates the judge had been listening….to everything. It is poetic justice that Raniere has lost the ability to make choices about his meals FOREVER. Now, if you will excuse me, I’m going to go fix myself a snack. Decisions, decisions. 😉 Raniere still has choices regarding his meals – eat them or don’t eat them. LOL Poor Ivy. Giving up so much of her precious youth and life to this POS and malignant narcissist. People with good hearts are such easy targets for master manipulators like Keith. I am so damn glad she woke the fuck up. Girl Scout Cookies says: wow! Keith is such a misogynist prick. Barbara Bouchey Makes Her Final Statement to Raniere – and She Is in His Face Popular Types of Casinos: What Is the Best One? Frank Parlato Investigates Frank Parlato is an investigative journalist. His work has been cited in hundreds of news outlets, like The New York Times, The Daily Mail, VICE News, CBS News, Fox News, New York Post, New York Daily News, Oxygen, Rolling Stone, People Magazine, The Sun, The Times of London, CBS Inside Edition, among many others in all five continents. His work helping take down NXIVM is featured in books like “Captive” by Catherine Oxenberg; “Scarred” by Sarah Edmonson; “The Program” by Toni Natalie, and “NXIVM. La secta que sedujo al poder en México” by Juan Alberto Vasquez. Parlato has been featured prominently on HBO’s docuseries “The Vow” and acted as lead investigator and coordinating producer for Investigation Discovery’s “The Lost Women of NXIVM.” He was credited in the Starz docuseries 'Seduced' for saving 'slave' women from being branded and escaping the sex-slave cult known as DOS. Parlato appeared on the Nancy Grace Show, Gretchen Carlson Show, Dr. Oz and NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, where Parlato scored the first ever interview with Keith Raniere after his arrest, which many credit Parlato with engineering. He will be featured in an upcoming episode of American Greed. IMDb — Frank Parlato If the whole world stands against you sword in hand, would you still dare to do what you think is right? If you have a tip for Frank Report, send it here. Phone / Text: (716) 990-5740 Archives Select Month January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 March 2017 February 2017 December 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 General • Justice • Keith Raniere • Keith Raniere Appeal • Keith Raniere New Trial • Legal Issues • Suneel Chakravorty Claviger: My Initial Thoughts to Suneel’s ’44 Questions’ on Raniere Trial General • Keith Raniere Sentencing Scott Johnson: Using the Word ‘Pyramid’ to Describe Raniere’s Businesses Was Prejudicial About Frank Report If you’re looking for true, unfiltered, hard-hitting journalism, then the Frank Report is one of the Internet’s best destinations for you. Ever since 2015, the articles published by Frank Parlato on the Frank Report have exposed major scandals and uncovered disturbing criminal enterprises such as the sex-slavery, branding cult of NXIVM. Frank Parlato’s work has been cited in hundreds of news outlets, like the New York Times, The Daily Mail, VICE News, The Times of London, Fox News, New York Post, New York Daily News, Oxygen, Rolling Stone, People Magazine, The Sun, CBS Inside Edition, among many, many others in all five continents. Parlato has been featured prominently on HBO’s documentary “The Vow” and acted as lead investigator and coordinating producer for Investigation Discovery’s “The Lost Women of NXIVM.” Parlato will be featured in an upcoming episode of American Greed. Copyright © 2015-2020 Frank Report.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line784
__label__cc	0.708893	0.291107	Between noon and three …spare us in the youngest day when all are shaken awake, facts are facts, (and I shall know exactly what happened today between noon and three); that we too may come to the picnic with nothing to hide, join the dance as it moves in perichoresis, turns about the abiding tree. — W.H. Auden, "Compline" On behalf of the absurd by Fr. Blake This sermon was preached on the Last Sunday after the Epiphany, 11 February 2018, at St. Mark’s, Berkeley. In some ways it is a continuation of the theme begun last week, on worship – where it is directed, how it is conducted, what it means to participate, and the kind of life it shapes in those who undertake it as a regular part of their routine. Collect: O God, who before the passion of thy only-begotten Son didst reveal his glory upon the holy mount: Grant unto us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Readings: 2 Kings 2:1-12, 2 Corinthians 4:3-6, Mark 9:2-9 In the Name of God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Amen: I always think it’s remarkable, that all the gospel writers and especially Mark seem to make such a big deal of Peter at the Transfiguration, and how he comes off like a blathering idiot. Maybe it’s just self-deprecation — tradition holds that Mark is a student of Peter’s, and wrote his Gospel from Peter’s remembrances — but whatever the source they all seem to dwell on it. “Let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah!” And for that matter it’s not really so idiotic as all that: on one level it’s just good hospitality: if a couple of prophets show up, especially ones taken up to heaven before their death and now shining with the glory of God, it’s just good manners to try and make them comfortable. I always thought Peter got short shrift: he’s not being an idiot, he’s being practical. And anyway, what else are you supposed to say when the voice of God speaks from heaven like thunder? In our first lesson Elisha is in the same boat: Elijah gets taken up to heaven in chariots of fire, and all he can stammer out is an amazed exclamation, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” Like someone cheering on a sports team, or, like in old stories of besieged cities, where at the last moment reinforcements finally arrive, unexpected and unhoped-for. It’s a crazy exclamation — “The chariots of Israel, and its horsemen!” But then it’s a crazy sight — fiery chariots descending from heaven, and taking up his friend and mentor. What else is he supposed to say? The church has interpreted both of these stories, and particularly the Transfiguration as a moment of great theological clarity. On the mount of Transfiguration, God reveals something particularly significant about Jesus: not only does it reveal him as the Son of God, but also the dazzling brightness suggests the final, twin end of darkness brought about by his ministry: Jesus brings about the end of the darkness of death as well as the end of the darkness of ignorance. This is why we always read the Transfiguration on the Last Sunday before Lent, because it encapsulates the themes of the Epiphany, while also pointing us clearly towards Holy Week and the Resurrection. But too often we stop there. Too often we consider religion something that we think about, have opinions about, even beliefs about, something that we have to explain or systematize. And all that stuff is important. The imaginative system that results is rich and beautiful, full of insight and loveliness. But thinking is only the beginning, if it’s even that. I remember a story about a recently deceased bishop, who loved to rail against what he described as “voting for God.” Just as there’s more to civic engagement than appearing at a ballot box every four years, so there is more to religion than just deciding God is all right, saying so at convenient opportunities, and otherwise going about your business. This bishop was once on an airplane, traveling to some conference and wearing his clericals. The person sitting next to him noticed what he was wearing, and said something to the effect, “Oh you’re a priest! I believe in God, too.” To which the bishop replied, in a mood probably more saucy than charitable, “Great. How’s that working out for you?” The wonderful thing about Peter and Elisha in today’s readings is that they point out to us: even at the very brink of profound and clear revelation, even before the face of Christ himself shining brighter than the sun, even when we hear the very voice of God in heaven thundering into our waking ears; even there and maybe especially there words fail, reason can go no further, and Peter and Elisha are both reduced to wild exclamations, remembered more for their absurdity than for their eloquence or profundity. In that absurdity there is the suggestion that there is something closer to the heart of religion than words, or ideas, or clarity of expression; and that something is love. I pointed out this week in my greeting in the leaflet: that there is something wonderful about the Transfiguration occurring with just Peter and James and John and not all twelve of the disciples. It’s an intimate moment: Jesus revealing the truth of himself to his three closest friends, not even to the rest of the twelve. And it suggests that at least as far as Jesus was concerned, the knowledge worth having, the knowledge worth sharing, begins with love, and not the other way around. Same thing with Elisha: he and Elijah have been talking and walking long upon the road. Elijah is his mentor, his boss, and his friend; and whether or not Elisha’s request is granted is contingent not on any of his behavior or performance, but merely on whether or not he sees Elijah in the moment of his departure. Despite the absurdity of his cry when the chariots of fire come to collect, there’s no denying that it’s an episode full of tenderness, Elisha not wanting to leave this person who has meant so much to him. I’m sure Elijah taught him many things; but it’s not the teaching that Elisha will miss, rather the teacher. It’s not the end of the ideas that gives him grief, but the sundering of their bond of affection across whatever gulf was coming to separate them. Yes as far as religion is concerned, the knowledge worth having begins with love, and not love with knowledge. So back to the bishop on the airplane. He was irritated that this fellow merely wanted to share his “vote for God.” The bishop’s somewhat caustic reply was aimed at asking the deeper question: how does your belief matter, how does it make a difference in your life, where does it begin, and where does it end? Most importantly, what about your heart? You believe in God; do you love God? Do you love God’s people, God’s world? Because without that, I’m afraid your vote for God doesn’t count for much. So knowledge worth having starts with love, and not the other way around; and love always brings us to the brink of what can and cannot be said, of what can and cannot be put into words. By that accounting, Peter and Elisha both are pardoned for their absurdity, and much beloved. This year I am particularly conscious myself, being in a new place, of the limits of my own skill and capacity; which has me thinking about the limits of our religion as a whole. It makes me wonder, too: what we do on Sundays, and throughout the week: all our worship, all our prayers, all our writing and our reading; speaking at least for myself, sometimes I think we flatter ourselves that it is our part to articulate the mysteries of God just as the voice from heaven proclaimed to Peter and James and John the truth of who Jesus is, and to clear up all the darkness by our own brilliance. But I think it might be nearer the case that all our words and all our learning and all our worship, when they’re at their best, are nearer to the crazed expostulations of Peter and of Elisha: “My Father, My Father! The Chariots of Israel and its Horsemen!” “Lord it is good that we are here, let us make three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” These exclamations do not make sense on their own; no exegetical or scholarly acrobatics are sufficient to explain them satisfactorily. And yet, taken as part of a whole defined first by affectionate encounter between persons who love one another, we can both laugh at Peter and recognize in him something of our own deeply felt devotion and tenderness. So let our own worship, and prayer, and thought serve as faltering, imperfect, even absurd steps of love towards Peter’s God and ours. Today is the last Sunday after the Epiphany and Lent is right around the corner. Today let’s resolve afresh to resist the temptation to explain or even understand before exercising our faculties of tenderness and of love. So may we find truth revealed for us: not as so many facts or laws or doctrines or even as so many convictions or beliefs; but rather as an encounter of love, with Christ who first loved us. In the Name of God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: Amen. Filed Under: Homily Tags: knowledge : love : transfiguration : worship “If these were silent, even the stones would cry out” The Ascension Giving Time Fr. Blake on Where are you? Patricia Kirk on Where are you? Fr. Blake on “My tears have been my f… Nancy And Ty on “My tears have been my f… Mike Angell on St. Michael & All Ang…	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line786
__label__cc	0.614866	0.385134	The curfew in #Ferguson will be in effect again tonight from midnight to 5 am Good afternoon: The demonstration was peaceful. Police arrested seven people in Ferguson after midnight last night for violating the curfew. One person was hospitalized in critical condition with a gunshot wound. Police are investigating the shooting but have not identified the shooter or arrested anyone in connection with the shooting. The curfew will be in place again tonight from midnight to 5 am tomorrow morning. The St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office has completed the autopsy of Mike Brown but have not released the report or disclosed any details about his injuries. USA Today is reporting that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that the feds will conduct a second autopsy of Mike Brown, “due to the extraordinary circumstances involved in this case and at the request of the Brown family.” That announcement sounds like Eric Holder has no confidence in the competency of the medical examiner who performed the autopsy and the accuracy of the results. The Ferguson Police Department and the St.Louis County Sheriff’s Office appear to be infected with racism and poor judgment. As such, I believe they constitute a clear and present danger to the cause of justice in this case. They need to shut-up, get out of the way and stay out of the way. Then they need to be investigated thoroughly and transparently. The racists need to be weeded out and fired. I am impressed by Captain Ron Johnson who is emerging as a genuine American hero. This entry was posted on Sunday, August 17th, 2014 at 2:12 pm and is filed under Captain Ron Johnson, Curfew, Ferguson Missouri. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. 95 Responses to The curfew in #Ferguson will be in effect again tonight from midnight to 5 am Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was killed by a police officer, sparking protests around the nation, was shot at least six times, including twice in the head, a preliminary private autopsy performed on Sunday found. One of the bullets entered the top of Mr. Brown’s skull, suggesting his head was bent forward when it struck him and caused a fatal injury, according to Dr. Michael M. Baden, the former chief medical examiner for the City of New York, who flew to Missouri on Sunday at the family’s request to conduct the separate autopsy. It was likely the last of bullets to hit him, he said. Mr. Brown, 18, was also shot four times in the right arm, he said, adding that all the bullets were fired into his front. He wasn’t charging toward the police; he was falling toward them. He had been shot and he was falling forward; the last shot entered the top of his head. Do the math. Apparently the Ferguson police do not want any reporters reporting. Leonard Pitts wrote an article about two reporters who were arrested : from the Huffington Post and the Washington Post titled: “Ferguson police arrest reporters for reporting.” Link below for the google search results – just in case there are other reports of reporters being arrested in Ferguson. http://tinyurl.com/l8n23kt I don’t like saying this but I was not particularly impressed by Ron Johnson’s speech. Moving? Sure. Stirring? Right. Substantive? Hardly. Is he being used as a tool by the big white Copdom or is he independently trying to calm down the crowd by any means necessary (even God) so there is not a bloodbath, since he realizes his Copdom is ready to perpetrate a massacre? Here’s my problem with his speech: “I will protect your right to protest” — but I won’t do a thing about the curfew or the police conduct when you do protest. “I wear the uniform; I must apologize” — but I’m not insisting that the others wearing the uniform disclose everything about what happened and what is being planned now. “You need to stand tall and you need to get on your knees and pray” — yeah where’s that in the Constitution? How come we get to PRAY when we’re not armed and the police are armed but they’re not being given religious guidance about their conduct? “I’m with you” — this translates to “I am your leader” which can very well be the same as “You now take your marching orders from me” which is a very convenient way to say, in effect, “the cops are in charge of this whole thing but you can have a Black cop to look like you’re being represented.” I DO NOT LIKE THIS. What I would like to know from Johnson is this: Why have you not gotten rid of that curfew? Why have you not insisted upon a transparent report of activities of the police before, during and after the killing of Michael Brown? We don’t care if you’re tired and you’re sad; WE WANT ACTION. Empathy was for BEFORE Michael Brown was dead on the street. Prayer is fine but it is not what you hire police for. Prayer can be taken care of in church. Now where is the REAL DATA about Michael Brown’s death and WHAT are the OTHER cops going to do about it? Oh, and another thing. You’ve got a kid who wears baggy pants and his hat on a slant? “But” he’s still your baby? So what? How is Michael Brown’s death going to make HIM a better Black man? Is he in the crowd protesting the police brutality towards young Black men? What will be “better” about him after this murderous charade is over? Will he be more ready to wear the uniform and put his hat on straight? I don’t get it. I know it sounds all emotionally lovely and all but really, I don’t get it. I didn’t think shooting a young Black man dead in the street was a good way to make better young Black men; what am I missing? A friend of my nephew has been through a horror, and he’s white. Pretty soon, even the white folks might get off their axxes in protest. This retired PA police officer nailed what is wrong with the police all over this country: NOT that the majority of police officers are not “caring compassionate professionals, because they ARE” — but he goes on to say that the DIFFERENCE is how we handle those who are NOT, those who are thugs. Third-World countries, he says, cover up the anti-citizen behavior of thug-cops. Pennsylvania, he concludes, is operating like a third-world country in this regard. This is where we are: it is the prosecutorial misconduct, the court corruption, and the cover-ups that allow thug cops to succeed at their criminal behavior and escape punishment. Our courts are not to be trusted; our judges are not to be trusted; our prosecutors and public defenders are not to be trusted; our “internal affairs” divisions are not to be trusted; our public agencies are not to be trusted. And all this empowers thugs and criminals with badges and guns and “carte blanche” to kill and maim at will. Nobody is safe. elizbowe says: Thanks Sophia33! I heard Gov Nixon just signed an order for the National Guard to come in. It is only 10:50pm in my time zone so I am listening to reports. We just posted at the same time The police need the national guard to protect their right to murder citizens. Nixon just deployed the National Guard. The media is amazing. I’m watching CNN now and they are SHOWING video of a man kneeling down with his hands up and a tear gas being thrown by the police directly at him. He got up, walked away from the tear gas but appeared to succumbed to it. He fell and then was handcuffed?! But that is not how it is being reported. Yes, and one shot to the head was on the top of his head so his head must have been bowed down and Dr. Baden says the shots to Michael’s head were probably the last shots and the ones that killed him. Jesse Jackson has already commented on the report and feels that these results will also cause more distress in people and ongoing demonstrations. Exactly, the top of the head, from the front and the the last shots fired. Not appearing to be from close range because there was no gun powered on the body. CNN is saying that that the report from Baden says that the shots to the head where the last shots fired. Yes there are reports of agitators in the crowd — out of towners looting and throwing Molotov cocktails. Also some neo Nazis. Think about it. Do you think that Chief Gillespie like the fact that Chief Johnson was brought in to bring order? I’m just asking a question…who would benefit if there were unrest at these protests? Just asking! not surprised at all. None of those arrested last night were from Ferguson according to the police. It is not beneath our government to place agitators in crowds to make protestors look bad. Just something to remember. Remember Nixon had COINTELPRO. Miss you all much! COINTELPRO’s progeny live. Here we go again! I have thought of your guys often. School demands right now. I will be coming around more often. We need each other at this time. On the CNN website there is a preliminary report from the autopsy requested by the family and the family attorney Gray reported that Michael Brown was shot six times, twice in the head and four times in the arm, all at a long distance because there was no powder stippling on him. All were from the front according to this preliminary report. The autopsy was performed Sunday. They just told media to go back to the staging area as the clock ticks closer to the 12 am curfew. There is still a standoff and the media has been told by police to pull back. They will not allow what is going to happen next to be televised. Crowds are still forming. Be safe Ferguson. God bless. My, oh, my. Walking down the street holding your thing. The bravado of some of these young people. They only have 46 minutes left, and are facing down SWAT. I am praying. I mean 16 minutes left until curfew. Bless them, God. Damn, these people are brave. I wouldn’t be out on this street for nothing. I’d be hiding inside of my basement. Me too Michelle. Wow. Someone is up besides me. Hi there! Bill Taylor says: “encroachment” usually merits a 5 yard penalty…..NOT GASSING citizens of the USA that have broken no law. just heard the claim by the authorities that the people were “encroaching” on the command center. …encroaching on the command center, huh? … ooooooooh they scared. i cant find out what happened i have seen a few reports from folks there that the police just started firing gas all over the place for no reason……. What happened to the 12 am curfew? It’s only 9:40 pm there. Interview with Benjamin Crump. http://blackamericaweb.com/2014/08/15/ive-seen-the-body-and-it-is-bad-its-the-worst-police-shooting-ever-attorney-ben-crump-on-michael-brown/ masonblue says: Will go have a look and thank you! What in the heck is happening? I was just watching car loads of people in the street, now there are police. Diamonique says: There was a report of shots fired, so the police cleared the streets… and used tear gas of course. Ferguson has turned into the movie Groundhog Day. roderick, you’re right; that’s exactly it. Captain Johnson’s powerful speech this evening here: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/in-powerful-speech-cpt-johnson-apologizes-to-brown-family-promises-to-stand-by-ferguson/ As a believer in the Almighty, let the church say amen! Crane-Station here. We just listened to that twice. Yup. Amen: Wow. I don’t think Captain Johnson would stick his neck out like this if there wasn’t something very wrong about how Officer Wilson handled Michael Brown. i do believe Johnson knows the facts and knows a coverup is being attempted. They are also telling him one thing, and then doing the direct opposite. Excellent way of illustrating just how disrespectful they are of minorities no matter who they are. They are not about to be forthcoming or respectful, whether you are in a chain of command or are in a superior position. They are disrespecting his authority before the entire world, which drives the citizens of Ferguson MO. point home. No justice, no peace. Did I post that the officer left town days ago? (Interesting tidbit, I can’t seem to remember his name. Not a big deal, I don’t really want to remember it) Disappointed says: I do not believe anyone on here as said all police officers are bad. What we are saying is if Michael brown had shot the officer you can bet by now we would all know how many times the location of the bullets and Michael would already be locked up. Michael’s parents are tax payers. They are paying for this officer to get paid time off while they decide what to do next. It’s beyond common sense as to why some do not get this basic concept. Many in the community do not look at it that way: The taxes that the poor and minority pay for public services is not the same as that paid by the well-heeled or non-minorities. Those monies are viewed as only being deserved to serve and maintain and protect everybody but them. Can anyone comment on this article? Does anyone know what they are talking about? Nice to see all the familiar names here http://www.ijreview.com/2014/08/168698-eyewitness-recalls-important-detail-background-video-mins-ferguson-shooting/ I have not heard anything about the video or audio that they are claiming is part of investigation. I will say a lot if this could be put to rest if they could just answer the questions. How many shots and where on his body did he get shot. If it came from conservative tree house I would take it with a grain of salt. God knows conservatives think the only people who work are CEOs. Jmo Ok I listened to audio. The guys were not very clear on some if it. As in “he kept coming toward him” he as in Michael kept coming toward officer or officer kept coming toward Michael? Again I think someone maybe assuming something without knowing who he or him is. Absolutely. It’s Trayvon Martin (rest his soul) all over again. I’m going to wait for the Justice Department to chime in. All in all, we see how the powers-that-be in that jurisdiction think of its poor and its minorities. The sheet has been pulled off of their faces, and their unlawful and inhumane tactics revealed, from the top down. My ears are not the best so I was wondering if anyone else had heard any of this here. Thank you all for replying. maria lia calvo ‏@MariaLiaCalvo 25m Dont think it’s a coincidence that, only picture that has emerged of cop who shot #MichaelBrown is of him receiving commendation. #Ferguson Newsweek ‏@Newsweek 5m Al Sharpton, Ron Johnson and others gave moving speeches at a #Ferguson unity rally honoring Michael Brown http://trib.al/R8OA1PI Here is friend of killer’s audio account. http://danaloeschradio.com/alleged-friend-of-officer-darren-wilson-offers-his-side/ Salon.com ‏@Salon 24m Captain Johnson to #Ferguson community: “I will stand and protect you, and your right to protest.” http://slnm.us/si8nc6Z I just don’t see a real difference in the two narratives. Some witnesses claim that Brown turned toward the police in a posture of surrender with his hands in the air; others say he “advanced” after running away. Naturally, the interpretation of his going first (before being shot even once) away from the cops, whom he KNEW to be armed, and then towards the cops, whom he STILL KNEW to be armed, would be interpreted two ways: By those who do not wish to exonerate the cops for shooting him dead, it will be called an attempted escape and then, after a shot, a turn and surrender; by those who wish to exonerate the cop for shooting him dead, it will be called a flight and then a turn-around and an aggressive advance. Think about this: Wasn’t that what Fogen said happened? First, “shit, he’s running,” and “he ran” and then, “He came up on me from nowhere and said, ‘what’s your fucking problem man?'” Old story. Yup same B.S. story. But this bull crap is just crap. Darren gets pic of an award released like he’s a saint and Mike gets irrelevant video released to blame victim. Unbelievable. crustyolemothman says: Did I hear a different story from Michael Browns friend? My ears (or at least my mind thinks that they heard) heard him say that the officer got out of the car and started to chase them as they ran. How far was the officer from Michael Brown when he shot him? If he was shot 35 feet from the car and the officer was chasing him, how did he shoot him from 35 feet away? What was the actual distance 35 feet? 25 feet? 10 feet? or? Again, another small detail that is ignored by too many people in the quest to seek the answers that fit their agenda? What actually happened that day, which one of you actually knows? Or do you only think you know? Fred posted the 10 min video in previous thread and here the tree nuts go again. SMH. While I don’t like the site you used in the link, I wonder why this story also posted on there received not one mention? Or is this mans opinion so counter to what people want to hear that is ignored? I don’t agree with all he says, however he does make some valid points… But perhaps they are too radical to accept as truth? IDK… http://www.ijreview.com/2014/08/167552-man-frustrated-ferguson-riots-goes-legendary-rant-time-us-change/ ericadec3 says: This case is GZimmerman all over again.. characters such as Frank Taafe, replaced by the officers friend know as Jay, Chief Lee is being played by Chief Jackson. The orginal prosecuter in GZ case is now DA McCollough. The jury tainting has begin when the only photo of the officer is him receiving an award. The weed will be found in his system..give the right more ways to justify what he did….. so on and so on. Right, only this one is stacked even more in favor of the murderer because he’s a real cop this time. See how cops and those in the “justice” department protect one another? Fogan wasn’t even law enforcement, but he was protected like he was a member anyway, because he had family in law enforcement and in the judiciary. AND because the residents had already complained about him to the police >>>> and the police had chosen NOT to protect the residents but to threaten the residents and intimidate them so that Fogen was enabled to kill. At a HOA meeting on March 1, two days after the murder, someone who sounded off about why the police had refused to act when warned that Fogen was running around threatening people with his gun, that person was “escorted out” of the HOA meeting. THAT is why the HOA paid off as much as they had to before a lawsuit was even filed; they were paying to protect the police who had colluded in a murder and then covered it up to protect themSELVES. has anybody seen the claim from the conservative treehouse???? they claim to have background audio of somebody describing brown charging like a raging bull into the face of fire taking the bullets like they were nothing and still charging until finally he was stopped…….BUT their claim says he was 35 feet away from the police car when he started his full speed charge and continued it into the face of being shot….BUT being the superhuman he is he then after getting hit with the final shot politely walked back to where he started his charge before dying. That’s odd, because I saw the same brain matter on the street in the same graphic video that everyone else did. 33 feet from the vehicle. Wonder how he managed that, as well as being shot in the back as he was fleeing, according to CTH. Plus, there’s the eensy teensy problem of- Brown did not have a gun! Are they saying he was actually armed, and “charging?” one implied he had to be armed to be charging like that…..of course SENSE says if he was armed he would SHOOT not charge. The right-wing-hate-machine follows the Breitbart Rule. They lie about everything all the time. Historically, racists have always portrayed Black men as supercharged beasts, who cannot be humanly contained as other individuals. The narrative is always of someone with superhuman strength who has to be put down like an animal. verafish says: Here is a link to Ijreview, showing a transcript of the background conversation from the video. At first I was dismayed, but then read that the “transcript” came from the Treehouse, (and knowing what they are capable of) I read it again, right away spotting the background voice saying that Brown was IN the cop’s truck. IF that’s what the guy said, he’s not credible because no one else has claimed that. OR, more likely, Treehouse Lady got it alllll wrong. I apologize for the hit-and-run post but my mind is elsewhere and thought you all would be interested. I’ll leave it for you all to shred. Sounds about right. A barrage of bullets usually makes large, threatening young African American males remember their manners. Historically, it has always been the whip or the gun or inhumane imprisonment and death. Yup, posted link below regina taylor says: @Bill Taylor, yes I have. I have also viewed and listened to that video over and over, before this bs theory came out. It is really unclear what the conversation is really saying. Ridiculous, and until that person comes forward, whoever it is was, it is just the usual spin by con treehouse cesspool. Perhaps because the Law Enforcement Community is so bad and there are no good police officers in Ferguson, the entire LEC should be removed in totality from the city? That way the citizens of the community can solve their own problems in a way that they will be satisfied with. That should stop all the crime and domestic disputes that occur simply because of the bad police that they have. See there is a simple solution to the Bad Police State that we have, if there are no police you have no “bad” police officers, right? This being a peaceful community there is no real need for police to solve the legal problems…. Well I guess we have two choices: CHOICE ONE: Police who do not get prosecuted even if they murder citizens; or CHOICE TWO: No police “protection” at all. That way nobody gets murdered. Is that how it is? Because if there are only those two choices, it’s really hard to come up with the right answer. We’d have to try one of the choices in City A with the exact population and demographic and socioeconomic make up as City B, and we’d have to run the thing for ten year, and then collate the data. OR we could prosecute for murder whether it was committed by a police officer or by a person who wasn’t a police officer (whether or not he thought of himself as a police officer). That might work. And it could be a workable Option THREE. Yeah, I’d say that might really be a good option THREE. Well after reading all the responses that claim that all cops are bad, how could we possibly have a number three choice? There have been post after post saying how corrupt police officers and departments are, that obviously there are no good police officers in this nation only bad ones… I might ask how many police officers in the last year alone gave their lives in the line of duty protecting the citizens of this nation that we as a group gave recognition to? Yet when one police officer kills a person under questionable conditions, very quickly we turn as a pack of dogs and declare that police officers are bad and so on and on and on… Well, like I said if police officers are so bad in the mind of the people, no problem, just do with out them and solve your legal problems yourself, isn’t that what the NRA and the 2nd amendment folks want? The other option is to open your eyes and realize that police officers are human also and make mistakes just like any other human will, the main difference is that their mistake sometime result in tragic errors in judgment. No, police officers should not be above the law, but they should be afforded the same protections of the law that you folks are demanding, not more nor less. Do you remember the simple theory “innocent until proven guilty”… Personally unlike many, who have automatically decided all the facts in this case, I am still going to wait until we have some facts that are not tainted by bias from either side. The only true fact that we have at this point is that a young black man is dead, and a lot of allegations that are at this time not backed by fact. Now before you take what I am saying and twist it to be a claim that the PO did not commit a crime, that is not what my point is at all… My point is simple, we don’t know the facts of the shooting yet, all we have are assumptions based on emotion and allegations and not on hard facts. Now after I have said all this you want to throw rocks at me, so be it! I will continue to demand equal rights and treatment for “all” people of this nation, not just a select few or only a selected group! You make some valid points but it isn’t just one young Black man who has been killed by a cop. It’s many and nearly all of them get away with it. It’s also the overt disrespect and abuse that so many in the Black community have had to endure for decades that’s at the heart of the extreme, yet peaceful, reaction. Yes, there are some good cops but why aren’t they arresting the bad ones? Silence from the “good” cops is a crime of its own. Of course when the prosecutor is as racist as the bad cops, the “good” cops know that arresting the bad ones is a useless exercise that take them down the same path as Daniel Faulkner who tried to be the truly good cop in Philadelphia. I tell all of my relatives that this is a new day, and all of them must have dashcams and some sort of video devices on in their cars and on their person. Something that uploads directly to social media. This is a new day, and racial discrimination and police brutality must be fought in a different way. Michelleo, Great idea, with the exception of putting it directly on social media, the bad guys would really appreciate live knowledge of where the police were… I do have one small question, will you be as quick to praise an officer that does a good deed as you will be to condemn one who does what you consider wrong? The problem is that we as humans can almost always find ways to criticize, but struggle to praise… Not many, bettykath, all of them have skirted true justice. This is why we are in this boat. The problem is the militarization of local police. When you militarize police their motto is no longer protect and serve. For many police, this has historically always been so in exactly who they “police and serve.” Add racism to the mix and you have police legally performing lynchings on a daily basis. tblue says: crustyolemothman, you have just committed the elementary logical fallacy called the exclusion of the middle or false dilemma. We were in just seventh grade when we learned how ridiculous such an argument is. Apparently you did not. 3 words: Fupp the curfew. Again, I have a fantasy: EVERYONE in Ferguson leaves home five minutes before midnight and calmly and quietly (with their hands up if they are physically fit enough) walks downtown chanting, “WE ARE WHERE WE BELONG, WE ARE WHERE WE BELONG.” Indeed it was . It did not go well LE car allegedlly shot up by random youth fireing gun in the middle off the road. Random youth allegedlly shot random victim. There weree a zillion L E There armed an ready to rummble. W T F…Did not one of them shoot radom youth? Was it because we was not an unarmed random youth not surrendering? Or more like Its impossable to shoot a ficticous random youth. Would be intresting to see the type an calibre of any shell caseings found. Or bullets recovered from victim an le vechicle. Just on the off chance its simmilar ammo to le issue. And id it where you could check every gun le had on the streets that night an find out. The officer/officers that brandished and fired those weapons. If the police had the desire or motivation to police themselfs that is They better be videotaping everything because nobody in their right mind trusts those thugs (the LE). the police claim their car was fired upon, did they SEE the bullet? my point is they in reality HEARD a shot and now can claim they are shooting at us…….but common sense says who exactly was armed to the teeth in that area? Leave a Reply to Michelleo Cancel reply	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line787
__label__cc	0.701947	0.298053	Shepherding Exhortation, Giving, Mercy-Showing, Prophecy, Serving, Shepherding, Stories, Teaching November 3, 2018 February 1, 2020 THE BEAUTY AND PAIN OF KINSHIP by TERESA KU-BORDEN For the beginning of this Fruitful Story, you may want to first read Teresa Ku-Borden’s LIVING IN GETHSEMANE This second Fruitful story by Teresa is excerpted from her chapter in the book, Voices Rising: Women of Color Finding and Restoring Hope in the City Teresa is a bi-vocational minister and physician living and working in East Los Angeles. She writes about her journey into motherhood with her son, born with a congenital liver disease, and how the pain and trauma of living in prolonged crisis with a medically fragile child transformed her perspective of cross-cultural ministry and Christian community. She explores her identity as a Chinese-American woman newly introduced to deep suffering, and she uncovers therein the importance of empathy, solidarity and presence–the human kind and the divine…Immanuel: God with us. (Matthew 1:23) When we returned to our community in East Los Angeles, and to the small urban church we had helped to start, my husband Ryan and I were warmly welcomed back. Yet people were busy, relationships had changed, and we soon realized that we couldn’t pick up where we had left off. We were strangers in a familiar place, uncomfortable in the place we had thought of as home. We quickly realized we had no capacity to do any ministry, to serve in the ways we had before and wanted to do now. We ourselves needed significant support and help to create some sort of stability as new parents of this medically fragile child, who was hospitalized nine times in his first eighteen months life. He would be in the hospital for a liver infection one week, any basic routine in our lives was completely disrupted, and we would be back in the emergency room a few days after we were discharged. We had never felt more isolated and alone. We were paralyzed by the trauma of having a very sick child, and we were exhausted. Was the Lord forgetting how hard I worked, how healthy I tried to be during my pregnancy? Had He forgotten how faithful my husband and I had been to His ministry? The sacrifices we’d made? The ideals and assumptions I had about following Jesus as a naive twenty-five-year-old had completely broken down. Slowly, a small group of people from our church started gathering around us in support. These were a mix of friends whom we had led in the youth group and who were now young adults at our church, as well as friends who had relocated to do ministry with us in this community. They prayed with us, texted us, cooked meals for us, visited us in the hospital, and came over to spend time with us. Instead of ministering, we were now the ones being ministered to. When we had no energy to even think about ministry in our community, the community came to us. And as we began to open up about our suffering in this season, our friends—especially the youth we had invested in—began to open up about theirs. These young people had experienced more than their fair share of suffering, and when we shared our story with them, they had the capacity to connect with us in ours. We listened to their pain, this time from a different place than we had ten years prior. They also shared from a place more honest and raw. They not only shared stories of trauma from childhood and of anger about the inequalities in their education and upbringing, but they also began to share their frustration and bitterness toward Ryan and me, when we had mentored them as teenagers. To be entrusted with their honest reflections about that time in ministry was a privilege and a devastation. Even as it was painful to hear, especially in this difficult season, we knew it was a sacred gift to be invited into these depths. Our friends felt that we had operated out of a project mentality, rather than from a genuine desire to get to know them as people, as though we were using their community and doing ministry there to feel better about ourselves. Some of them shared that they were asked to be vulnerable, sharing their entire lives and brokenness with those of us who were leaders, before they were ready. Others felt that the kind of leadership that was modeled to them did not culturally resonate. Some local leaders felt that they were not trusted with the responsibility of leading others because of past or current failures, and they felt that they were treated differently from those who had relocated into the community. It became clear to us that even as we had earnestly tried to serve our young adult friends, there had been times when we had also hurt them deeply. Despite our best intentions, we learned from our friends that the power dynamics within the church, between those of us who had relocated into the community and those from the local community, mirrored some of the damaging power dynamics in the broader political, social, and economic arenas in this very resource-poor neighborhood where we lived. While many in our church from the local community did not express these same concerns, Ryan and I felt led to deeply engage with what our young friends were telling us. If the pain of our son’s condition and prognosis was real to us, their pain was just as sharply felt. We needed to take responsibility for how our leadership failures hurt them. We needed to reflect on ministry itself, continuing the process of learning how to serve in ways that were helpful and not hurtful. Even though our friends in the neighborhood community hadn’t experienced the same pain of a desperately sick child, they knew suffering, they knew injustice, and they knew the trauma of having the unexpected and undeserved happen to them—over and over again. They knew that catch-phrases didn’t comfort. They were not afraid of our suffering, because they had experienced it themselves. Just by being there, their knowing presence and commitment to prayer brought us comfort and connection. In baring our messy, chaotic lives to our friends, we were invited into a deeper, more complex window into their hearts. Although our pain was rooted in different sources, when all was said and done, it was still pain that was deep and raw, unfair and unjust. Somehow, in a divine way, out of this pain arose a kindred connection, and an unexpected solidarity between us. This second Fruitful story by Teresa is excerpted from her chapter in the book shown below, Voices Rising: Women of Color Finding and Restoring Hope in the City For more information about this new book, CLICK HERE, or view it on Amazon, CLICK HERE INVEST IN YOUR GOD-GIVEN GIFTS AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH Your Gifts: Spiritual Gifts Discovery God created you with purpose and passion—learn how you can take the gifts He has given you and use them to advance His Kingdom in ways you never imagined. EXPLORE MY GIFTS Free Online Spiritual Gifts Survey: Discover what you are gifted by God to do on this earth in about 20 minutes, CLICK HERE Here are more free articles, excerpted from the book Your Gifts shown above, one for each of the nine Team Ministry Spiritual Gifts… Do You Have the Spiritual Gift of Evangelism? Do You Have the Spiritual Gift of Prophecy? Do You Have the Spiritual Gift of Teaching? Do You Have the Spiritual Gift of Exhortation? Do You Have the Spiritual Gift of Shepherding? Do You Have the Spiritual Gift of Mercy-Showing? Do You Have the Spiritual Gift of Serving? Do You Have the Spiritual Gift of Giving? Do You Have the Spiritual Gift of Administration? TERESA KU-BORDEN More from TERESA KU-BORDEN LIVING IN GETHSEMANE Last weekend, I snapped a photo of my 15-month-old son sitting on... 5 WAYS TO ANCHOR YOUR JOY WHEN TIME STANDS STILL WORSHIP IN THE WRECKAGE Previous articleMY HIDDEN YEAR Next articleDIVINE OPPORTUNITY A YEAR COMPLETE HEALING IN THE MIDST OF TRAGEDY WISDOM OVER FEAR THROUGH THE EYES OF PURPOSE A BOY, A DAD AND A BOAT Katie on THE ART OF BEING BUSY jcbozhome on CHOOSING JOY WHEN LIVING IN DISAPPOINTMENT BLSaldana on DO INTROVERTS MAKE BETTER PRAY-ERS? BLSaldana on MY PILGRIMAGE doritosmix on WORSHIPPING IN OUR DARKEST NIGHT 5 Ways Fridays Mercy-Showing PTWG Exhortation, Shepherding, Stories, Teaching Fruitful is a platform where stories and reflections from fellow Christians are shared to curate conversation and inspiration about our spiritual gifts. Join us on this journey. Fruitful was created out of ChurchGrowth.org. as a way to show that books do not just sit on a shelf, but are translated into action around the world. This is a place to see how God moves through us and how you can become a part of it. Fruitful Pinterest Fruitful Facebook Fruitful Instagram • Spiritual Gifts Resources • Your Gifts Survey - FREE online! • Become a Contributor Sign-up today for the FREE email from Fruitful Blog. Copyright © 2020 \| ChurchGrowth.org Designed by \| Lawrence Media Interactive	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line794
__label__wiki	0.855161	0.855161	Holy Family Catholic Parish Serving families in Grundy, Butler, Black Hawk and Tama Counties in Iowa Current Bulletins and Homily Joining the Church St. Gabriel Church St. Patrick Church St. Mary Church, Dike (Former Church) Sacred Heart Church, Grundy Center (Former Church) Queen of Heaven Church, Reinbeck (Former Church) Ministerial Schedules Groups and Organizations Mothers of Ministry Sharing (MOMS) Queen of Heaven Church, Reinbeck Queen of Heaven Parish was established by decree of His Excellency, Most Reverend Leo Binz, Archbishop of Dubuque as published in the Witness on July 21, 1955. The first mass was celebrated in Reinbeck on Sunday July 24, 1955 in the Memorial Building with the Reverend John E. Grahm presiding and over 100 people in attendance. The first mass to be offered in the newly purchased and renovated Queen of Heaven Church on Blackhawk Street was on February 18, 1956. The church was solemnly blessed by Archbishop Leo Binz on April 6, 1956 at which time the parish consisted of about 30 families. St. Patrick, Parkersburg: Regular Weekend Mass: Saturday Mass 5:30 p.m. St. Gabriel, Reinbeck: Regular Weekend Mass: Sunday Mass 9:30 am. Address: 21275 U Avenue, Reinbeck, IA 50669 Archdiocese of Dubuque Archdiocesan Mission Priorities “The 4th H” series by Archbishop Jackels Copyright © 2021 Holy Family Catholic Parish. All rights reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line807
__label__wiki	0.7293	0.7293	Grown-up Travel Guide.com Inspiration, Entertainment and Information for the post-backpacking generation Aerial Videos Beer Diary Grown-up Travel Guide News Update – 14.12.2012 by Andy Higgs in News. In which we present a regular round-up of news from the world of Grown-up Travel Simon Calder: Why Branson’s fresh ideas were Virgin territory Success in aviation is a matter of learning from mistakes – preferably other people’s. Flying is so safe because the causes of crashes have been studied intensely for the benefit of future travellers. Commercially, there have been many fatal errors. The list of failed airlines is much longer than the table of successes. Recent collapses among UK carriers provide the useful, if predictable, lessons that “stand-alone business class doesn’t work” (Silverjet) and “the Isle of Thanet cannot sustain its own airline” (EUjet). Laker Airways, which flew transatlantic for five years until its sad demise in 1982, showed that “if you’re going to take on the big boys, you need more than just low fares”. I was a loyal follower of Sir Freddie right up until the point when British Airways, TWA and Pan Am matched Laker’s prices across the Atlantic. Once the incumbent airlines threw in access to Heathrow, a wider choice of flights and a decent dinner, Laker’s game was up. Richard Branson understood this when, two years later, he launched Virgin Atlantic. Contrary to popular belief, Virgin has never been a budget carrier. Its fares on individual routes, in my experience, rarely drift more than a few pounds from BA’s. But the cheeky upstart put playfulness into flying. “During the Seventies, what was offered in the air was an absolutely miserable experience,” the Virgin boss told me. “Which was why we decided to get into the airline business and try to change things.” Continue reading this story Ski resort celebrates Britons who made it downhill all the way Eddie the Eagle to join the party as Mürren in the Swiss Alps marks its centenary and Britain’s place in its history. The village sign is almost buried under the two metres of snow that has fallen in the past couple of days, and it’s hard to make out the peaks of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau in the blizzard. Welcome to Mürren in the Swiss Alps, which this weekend celebrates the start of its 100th winter season with what is almost an embarrassment of snow. Mürren is throwing a party on Sunday, and boldly claims to be marking not just its own centenary but the start of downhill skiing. The event it is commemorating – the opening of the funicular railway, called the Allmendhubelbahn, which carried early winter-sports enthusiasts to the slopes – is prosaic, but Mürren insists it was the beginning of large-scale skiing. More tourists came, hotels began to stay open in the winter, and gradually skiing took over from bobsleigh and tobogganing as the sport of choice. Strangely, the two heroes who will be lionised on Sunday are not Swiss but British: Henry Lunn, who encouraged the building of the funicular and almost singlehandedly created the winter sports industry in Mürren, and his son Arnold, who wrote the rules for downhill skiing, staged the first slalom in 1922 and the first world championships in 1931 (both held in Mürren), and in 1936 persuaded the Olympics to accept downhill skiing in the face of vigorous opposition from the Scandinavians, who favoured cross-country skiing and ski-jumping. “Without the British we would still be a Alpine farming village,” says Anna-Marie Goetschi, who is organising the celebrations. It will be an Anglo-Swiss event. Bernard Lunn, grandson of Arnold and son of Peter Lunn, who captained the British Olympic team at the 1936 Winter Olympics, will be there, suitably dressed in Edwardian gear. But the guest of honour will be Britain’s most famous skier – Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards, the bespectacled plasterer from Cheltenham who became a global superstar when he finished last in both ski-jumping events at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Gaza conflict putting off visitors to Bethlehem Recent unrest in Gaza is deterring Christmas pilgrimages to Bethlehem, according to reports. Although the small Palestinian town, identified in the New Testament as the birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth, lies around 40 miles to the west of Gaza – and five miles south of Jerusalem – recent hostilities between Israel and Hamas appear to have had an impact. Around 140,000 people visited Bethlehem last Christmas, but tourism authorities say that figure is likely to fall sharply this year. “We expected a decrease in tourism, and many tourists have cancelled,” Carmen Ghattas, spokeswoman for the Bethlehem Municipality, told CNN. “This season if the tourists do not come we will not have a good economic situation, and the citizens will be affected.” She added that, while the recent conflict was largely confined to Gaza, the West Bank had sustained some damage, and a number of rockets were fired at Jerusalem. Jiries Qumsiyeh, spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, confirmed there had been “some cancellations”. Earlier this year the Church of the Nativity – built on the spot where many believe Jesus was born, and the key attraction for visitors to the town – became the first Palestinian World Heritage Site. Its inscription came after Palestine was granted membership of UNESCO last year. Top 20 most anticipated hotel openings of 2013 If bunking in a great new luxury hotel is on your bucket list for 2013, then you’ll have plenty of extravagant choices. From the mountain forests of China’s Zhejiang Province and the grassy plains of Kenya to the bustling streets of Manhattan or amazing developments in Abu Dhabi, a slew of decadent hotels will open their doors and try to wow the world. Our Startle.com editors curated a list of 20 of the top resorts and hotels to debut in 2013 – read on to see which hotels are most worth a visit in the New Year. Mandarin Oriental Pudong, Shanghai The sleek Mandarin Oriental Pudong, Shanghai opens in March 2013, and sits on the banks of Shanghai’s Huangpu River among the financial district’s towering skyscrapers. Throughout the sleek high-rise, you’ll find the warm hues and modern furnishings for which the luxury hotel group is known. The hotel will include 318 spacious guest rooms and 44 suites, including one duplex suite and a 789 square metre presidential suite, as well as 210 apartment units – serviced by the hotel – with panoramic views of the river. Mandarin Oriental Pudong, Shanghai will also have six different dining venues (one serving fine Chinese cuisine), an indoor pool with plush loungers and a 13-treatment room spa. The PuSen Forest Retreat and Spa, Shaoxing, China One of the more unique getaways to debut in 2013, The PuSen Forest Retreat and Spa will be made up of 50 meticulously restored Zhejiang Province homes, all between 200 and 400 years old. These gorgeous Chinese villas, decorated with elaborate carvings, are tucked into the lush mountain forests of Shaoxing prefecture. When the remote retreat opens in the second quarter of 2013, guests can book villas (some with private pools), dine at two on-site restaurants and get treatments at the relaxing spa. About Andy Higgs View all posts by Andy Higgs → From one extreme to the other – Finland to Dubai (with 12 days in between) Our next big adventure starts next week – Zimbabwe American Airlines/US Airways merger – the world’s largest airline is born Don’t miss the giant LEGO SnowGlobe in London this Christmas Grown-up Travel Guide continues to evolve – are we on the right track? ← Grown-up Travel Guide Daily Photo: Christmas market, Trondheim, Norway Grown-up Travel Guide Daily Photo: Secure Bike Sheds, Amsterdam, The Netherlands → Investing In A Good Lipo Charger Latvia: A post-Covid foodie’s dream Why South Africa Is a Great Choice for Your Grown-up Gap Year Why Is Travelling Good for Your Health? Cat Breed Guide: 6 Short-Haired Felines That Make Great Pets Site maintenance by Performance Foundry Grown-up Travel Guide.com © 2021. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line815
__label__wiki	0.726011	0.726011	Home Top Stories SPU pays banks $132M interest to sit on $30B funds SPU pays banks $132M interest to sit on $30B funds …supposed to prepare closed estates for sale, no word on divestment Government has repaid some $132 million in interest owed on the $30 billion bond borrowed for the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) by the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL). Closed: The East Demerara Sugar Estate Closed: The Rose Hall Sugar Estate Closed: The Skeldon Sugar Estate This is according to Finance Minister Winston Jordan. When asked by Guyana Times during an interview on Tuesday, Jordan revealed that the money was paid as of last week. “The first payment came up on 24th of (May). We have been able to make that payment, with some stress. But we did make it, we didn’t default on it. The interest is $1.6 billion. The next payment is in November. Every six months,” Jordan said. The SPU under NICIL secured the $30 billion through commercials banks, both in Guyana and the Region, as part of the diversification initiatives. The bond was secured solely by bondholders in the Government, and not against any assets of NICIL or GuySuCo. The commercial lending rate for Guyana at the time was 13.0 per cent, while the NICIL bond was issued at 4.75 per cent, which is 8.25 per cent lower than the rate that most companies borrow at in Guyana. Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has previously said that in the case of the GuySuCo bond, “In five years, at a 4.75 per cent interest, which is 355 basis points above our treasury bill, the Government of Guyana will have to pay back from the proceeds of NICIL nearly US$40 million in about five years just to service $30 billion.” He has also previously said that instead of selling off, steps should be taken to resuscitate the industry in full capacity so that the workers can start earning an income again. And according to the former President, the People’s Progressive Party would not be recognising selling off of the estates under a Government that should have been in caretaker mode. “We are not recognising any deals. That is not the routine. When I spoke about the routine functioning of Government, it does not involve privatisation now. Any privatisation done in this period with a Government that has fallen, with a Government that should had resigned, with a Government that is on a caretaker capacity would be seen as an illegal arrangement,” Jagdeo had said. Jagdeo had informed reporters that the only investor that would enter into a deal with a fallen Government is one that is into underhand businesses and with the intention of getting a lucrative deal before a new government gets into office. While things have changed with the ruling of the Appeals Court that the No-confidence Motion of last year was validly passed, the rug could be pulled out from under the Government if the Caribbean Court of Justice overturns this decision. No word on divestment In November 2018, the SPU had released a list of five bids that were submitted for the sugar estates of Enmore, Skeldon and Rose Hall. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) closed off the bidding process for offers on the estates on October 31, 2018. However, since this year began, no word has come from the Government as to the position of those four sugar estates it had shut down which had resulted in thousands of sugar workers being left jobless. Agriculture Minister Noel Holder told Guyana Times when contacted that he did not have that information, since the management and decisions made in relation to those closed estates in question are not in his domain. “Cabinet made a decision that we are going to right size the industry and just concentrate of three estates for sugar that falls under the Agriculture Minister. There was a Special Purpose Unit created under the Finance Minister to divest the four estates; Wales, Rose Hall, Skeldon and Enmore. They are looking at that, I should not pronounce on that, because that is not within my portfolio. You will have to talk to the Finance Minister for that,” he stated. When asked on Tuesday, Minister Jordan could not immediately say what was the status on the divestment of the four estates. However, he promised to facilitate a press conference between the media and NICIL. Previous articleNo intervention from health department to Black Bush Polder residents Next articleMahdia mulls relocating persons living near creeks	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line817
__label__wiki	0.530913	0.530913	History of Changes in the Lineup of the Two-Party System Historical precedents give little encouragement for those who would replace a major political party in the United States. 1. The Federalists all but dissolved after 1816, ushering in an "Era of Good Feeling" that lasted until the 1824 election. Some former Federalists and former federalist issues reemerged, along with former Democratic Republicans and newly important issues, in the "National Republican" party in the late 1820s. That party merged with other disaffected opposition factions in 1833 to create the Whig party. 2. Both the Whigs and the Democrats split over the slavery issue in the 1850s. The Whigs split up over slavery in 1852 and basically stopped operations, with many of their members leaving politics for a time. Some later formed the Republican party, others the Constitutional Union party, with some of both persuasions passing through the nativist Know-Nothing party. By 1860, the Democrats were split more evenly than the former Whigs were, letting the Republican party have a plurality of the presidential vote. After secession, a bloody civil war, years of military government and then the abandonment of Black citizens' rights, by 1877 the Republicans established themselves as the nation's preeminent party. \| Comments (0) Follow Whig Out on Facebook for much more! L I K E "Whig Out?" Democrats challenge Ohio electoral votes -- Move delays official certification of presidential election What's the continuing attraction of communism? Real, actionable answers only, not feel-good ones. Libertarians -- Not Utopians, Not Cynics Before "rights," the invention of "we," "mine," and "not" made us human -- Bart Wilson How the Left-Right Divide Can Help Society Improve Longtime ACLU leader champions the right to donate anonymously and bigly in politics: Why are liberals liberal? To See How "Hate Speech" Came to Mean "Speech People Hate," Read Haidt. The Final Wedge Cleaving Liberals from Progressives: Justice Alito's Speech and the "Two Minutes' Hate" Reaction. Biden: Court-packing, even by the good guys, is "imperialist," "corrupted by power," "will lead inevitably to autocratic dominance." Original Composition - Not Just Links Whig Out? •	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line823
__label__cc	0.516062	0.483938	Wissenswertes und Tipps Remember that the iBook is not designed for professional use, and as much as a typical TidBITS reader might want additional features and capabilities, many of us aren't the target audience. Apple is targeting the consumer market with the iBook, and the designers obviously thought long and hard about which features could be cut to save money while at the same time differentiating the iBook from the PowerBook G3. tidbits.com Parent Category: FAQs Apple Unveils iBook Consumer and Education Portable is the iMac To Go Portable First to Use New AirPort Wireless Networking MACWORLD EXPO, NEW YORK - July 21, 1999 - Building upon its success in the consumer and education markets with the popular iMac, Apple today unveiled iBook, the "iMac to Go." iBook features "all day" battery life of up to six hours, Pentium-toasting performance, and Apple's revolutionary AirPort wireless Internet networking for cable-free Internet access (optional), all in a stunning notebook design available in two eye-catching colors - Blueberry and Tangerine. iBook features a 12.1" TFT display for super-crisp images and video; a PowerPC G3 microprocessor that outperforms the fastest Intel processor found in any notebook PC; built-in 56K modem and 10/100BASE-T Ethernet networking; built-in CD-ROM drive; and two built-in antennas and an internal slot to accept Apple's new AirPort wireless networking card. iBook's design innovations include a rubber-coated translucent enclosure for durability, a pullout handle for safe carrying, and a unique closing mechanism without latches for faster and easier access. iBook is the "iMac to Go" for both home and school, said Steve Jobs, Apple's interim CEO. And iBook was designed right from the start to use Apple's revolutionary new AirPort wireless networking for cable-free Internet access. iBook, available in September for U.S. $1,599, features: Brilliant 12.1-inch (diagonal) active-matrix TFT SVGA display with millions of colors at 800 x 600 resolution; * Fast PowerPC G3 processor running at 300MHz with a high-speed 512K backside L2 cache; * Up to six hours running time on a single charge of its Lithium-Ion battery; * Instant Internet access via 56K modem or 10/100BASE-T Ethernet using EarthLink Total Access; * AirPort wireless Internet connection option (antennas already built-in); * Full-size, professional-quality keyboard; * 24x CD-ROM drive; * Great productivity, education and games software bundle; * USB port for peripherals such as printers, input devices and storage devices; * The world's easiest to use operating system, Mac OS 8.6; * 32MB SDRAM, expandable to 160MB; * ATI RAGE Mobility graphic controller with 4MB SDRAM video memory and 2X AGP; * 3.2GB IDE hard disk drive; * Innovative power adapter that lets you wind up its cord like a YoYo; and * Built-in stereo headphone jack. * Based on industry standard ByteMark processor test. Apple Computer, Inc. ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II, and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is now recommitted to its original mission - to bring the best personal computing products and support to students, educators, designers, scientists, engineers, businesspersons and consumers in over 140 countries around the world.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line825
__label__wiki	0.72552	0.72552	Rick and Morty creator auctioning NFT artwork collection The platform stated it would offer “several original artworks” from Justin Roiland as part of his NFT collection. The Winklevoss-owned Nifty Gateway has announced the auction of a crypto art collection from the voice actor and co-creator behind Adult Swim’s cult animation series Rick and Morty. According to a tweet from Nifty Gateway today, the non-fungible token, or NFT, marketplace will be auctioning artwork from Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland on Jan. 19. The platform stated “several original artworks” from Roiland would be offered as part of the collection. We are thrilled to welcome @JustinRoiland to Nifty Gateway for his first ever crypto art release! The full collection features several original artworks from Justin and will go live next Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 7 pm ET. pic.twitter.com/cHppLujZlo — Nifty Gateway (@niftygateway) January 14, 2021 The Rick and Morty co-creator first tweeted about Bitcoin (BTC) in 2015 and he mentioned the crypto asset during a GQ video last June, saying viewers should “watch out for the economy collapse that’s coming up — buy Bitcoin and crypto”. However he then added: “Maybe don’t do that.” Nifty Gateway has acheived some noteworthy sales auctioning NFT crypto art. In December, the marketplace hosted an auction featuring a collection of artwork inspired by technology, nature, and Star Wars that ultimately sold for $3.5 million, with one piece selling for $777,777. The previous record set for the most-valuable artwork auctioned on the marketplace was held by Trevor Jones’ NFT “Picasso’s Bull,” which sold for $55,555.55 in August. The Rick and Morty animated series has a well-established fan base, some of whom are crypto fans as well. José Delbo, a comic book artist who has also auctioned his NFTs on Nifty and had his art featured in the Ethereum-based virtual reality world Decentraland, called the entry of Roiland into the digital art world “very exciting.” “With Jose blazing the trail it’s great to see other amazing comic and cartoonists enter the space with their fans,” said Twitter user CryptoRich0x69. “What a great time in the history of art.” PrevPreviousBitcoin price rally to $37,850, signals that bulls intend to reclaim $40K NextJack Dorsey cites Bitcoin as a better model for the internet in Trump ban explanation下一個	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line826
__label__wiki	0.976601	0.976601	Home » Browse Books » Browse Books: Political Science / Essays Browse Books: Political Science / Essays In Defense of a Liberal Education (Paperback) By Fareed Zakaria Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism (Paperback) By Ariella Azoulay Midland: Reports from Flyover Country (Paperback) By Michael Croley, Jack Shuler Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal (50th Anniversary Edition) (Mass Market) By Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen The Anti-Federalist Papers (Dover Thrift Editions) (Paperback) By Patrick Henry Light at the End of the Tunnel: A Survival Plan for the Human Species (Paperback) By Paul Hellyer Making Abolitionist Worlds: Proposals for a World on Fire (Paperback) By Abolition Collective (Editor) The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity (Paperback) By Douglas Murray On China (Paperback) By Henry Kissinger The Right to Be Elected: 100 Years Since Suffrage (Boston Review / Forum) (Paperback) By Jennifer M. Piscopo (Editor), Shauna L. Shames (Editor) What Are We Doing Here?: Essays (Hardcover) By Marilynne Robinson After the Flight 93 Election: The Vote That Saved America and What We Still Have to Lose (Paperback) By Michael Anton Little Readers Learn To Read 01/19/2021 - 10:00am to 11:00am Sunday Storytime! 01/20/2021 - 11:00am to 12:00pm Romance Readers Book Club - January Book Trivia 01/23/2021 - 12:00pm to 01/24/2021 - 3:00pm Winter Wonderland Sale 01/27/2021 - 7:00am to 01/28/2021 - 11:30pm Political Science / Essays Colonialism & Post-Colonialism Corruption & Misconduct Genocide & War Crimes Intelligence & Espionage Labor & Industrial Relations Privacy & Surveillance Public Affairs & Administration Security (National & International) IndieCommerce Sample Site \| 255 North Main Street, Memphis, TN 38103 \| 800-637-0037 Copyright © IndieCommerce Sample Site	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line830
__label__wiki	0.5519	0.5519	2. Practice\Violence Aimed at Spreading Terror among the Civilian Population Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of (current) Rule 2 (current) Practice Relating to Rule 2. Violence Aimed at Spreading Terror among the Civilian Population The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’s Military Manual (1988) states: “It is particularly prohibited to attack the civilian population with the aim of terrorizing it.” Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of, Propisi o Primeri Pravila Medjunarodnog Ratnog Prava u Oruzanim Snagama SFRJ, PrU-2, Savezni Sekretarijat za Narodnu Odbranu (Pravna Uprava), 1988, § 67(2). Under the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’s Penal Code (1976), as amended in 2001, “the taking of measures of intimidation and terror” against civilians is a war crime. Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of, Penal Code, 1976 as amended in 2001, Article 142(1).	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line833
__label__wiki	0.85662	0.85662	by Don Reisinger — Friday, February 22, 2013, 04:22 PM EDT Sony’s Next Act: A Hardware-Less PlayStation At its New York City event earlier this week, Sony unveiled the PlayStation 4. The device, which will be designed to compete with the next Xbox and Nintendo’s Wii U, includes a beefed up processor and a new GPU that the company says will deliver dramatically improved graphics in games. In fact, the console's GPU alone will be able to deliver almost 2 teraflops of compute performance. But perhaps the big story behind the event was that Sony didn’t even show off its hardware. Instead, the company talked about the many features its hardware will offer and focused on streaming. When it’ll actually unveil the PlayStation 4 console itself remains to be seen. That Sony talked so much about cloud gaming and neglected to show off the PlayStation 4 hardware is telling. Last year, Sony acquired cloud-gaming company Gaikai and said at that time it believed the future of gaming was in streaming. With the PlayStation 4, it seems ready to embrace that future -- to a point. By the time the next PlayStation would be due, however, expect cloud-gaming to take center stage and its hardware to, well, all but die. Now I realize that the idea of cloud-gaming replacing consoles is something that has been suggested for a long time. But each time such an idea is presented, console makers scoff, saying that hardware is a necessary component in our gaming experience. And for this generation, that’s clear. But the next generation will be different. Assuming Microsoft jumps into the next-generation console market this year as expected, we’ll probably see the next, next generation in about five to seven years. Between now and then, it’s not beyond the realm of possibility that most console makers will deliver games from the cloud, as broadband speeds increase and publishers do a better job of managing file sizes. Realizing that, Sony (and others) might question why it should go through the expensive and painstaking process of developing expensive hardware. Wouldn’t it simply make more sense to be the de facto provider of cloud gaming? If the technology industry has taught us anything, it’s that there are real benefits to being a solutions provider. It means eliminating the huge cost of hardware development and production and in the gaming space, cuts down on the years of losses companies must take on in order to build a critical mass of customers. Simply facilitating the transfer of games from all kinds of developers to gamers on their product of choice makes far more sense for Sony. Of course, cloud-based gaming will still require some hardware due to the massive costs of an all-digital setup, but why should Sony be the company to deliver it? Sony's recent PlayStation troubles have proven that the company has difficulty profiting on consoles. It might just be better for Sony to accept that another company will deliver a uniform platform, and it can get down to the business of facilitating the transfer of developer titles to that device. Valve's Steam service, with "Big Picture" mode Steam is perhaps the furthest ahead in that push. The company is currently offering a platform that’s designed to cut out physical discs and deliver titles remotely. Steam has said time and again that the future of content delivery is over the Web and it’s important that companies embrace that. Sony seems like the ideal candidate to follow Steam's lead. The PlayStation is wildly expensive and losing some of the traction it once had among gamers. Plus, Sony itself is hemorraghing cash as its tries to reinvent itself around a handful of divisions. Perhaps its next logical move is to go to the cloud and become a service provider for gamers. If Sony leaves the console market, which company might step up to deliver that singular platform that will deliver games to the television? At this point, it's tough to say. Steam is trying to work its way into the space, and Microsoft, with its billions in cash and recent hardware obsession, seems like an obvious choice. But the gaming industry has taught us over the years that nothing that happens today can inform our predictions for the future. Too much can change in a short period of time. Something that won't change, however, will be Sony's desire to establish itself as cloud gaming's leader. Of course, there are pitfalls the company will need to overcome and eventually, it might find itself competing with developers, but it’s the next logical step for Sony. And the fact that it focused so much of its presentation on cloud gaming and so little on hardware at its latest event, indicates the company might be moving that way. Get ready: this might be the last time Sony launches a PlayStation console. Tags: Sony, Gaming, Video Games, ps4, consoles, Xbox 720, Durango, PlayStation 4	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line834
__label__cc	0.517842	0.482158	Move In/Move Out Move In is an exciting time at Princeton University. Be sure to take a look at these suggestions for planning your move to campus. When to Arrive Move-in for first-year students will be held from Thursday, August 27 through Saturday, August 29. When packing, please take into account the shorter timeframe students will be residing on campus during the fall semester. Students are encouraged to pack lightly and to only bring items that are necessary to live on campus. We discourage bringing furniture, TVs, and other large items. Students may bring a maximum of one accompanying guest during move-in. First-year students will sign up for a move-in date and time. Students are expected to arrive to campus during the pre-scheduled date and time. Further details on the move-in sign-in process will be shared in mid-July. First-year students will need to pick up their TigerCards before first entering their assigned rooms. Move-in for returning students will be from Thursday, August 27 through Sunday, August 30. Invited and approved returning students will sign up for a move-in date and time. Students are expected to arrive to campus during the pre-scheduled date and time. Further details on the move-in sign-in process will be shared in mid-July. Returning students will need to hit a hotspot before first entering their assigned rooms. Campus Dining During Move In More Information to Get You Settled On the Incoming Students section of this website, you'll find lots more information to help you settle into your new life at Princeton University. It describes a typical dorm room and how you may personalize it and recommends what to bring from home and what to leave behind. All of your tech questions are answered, and there's everything you need to know about mail and how to best navigate the campus and the town of Princeton. Be sure to give it a thorough read. Permitted Moving Vehicles Moving Trucks You may bring a moving truck up to 15 feet onto campus. This length represents the cargo box attached to a majority of moving trucks made available by most rental truck agencies. This length also allows ample cargo capacity for studio apartments and 1-2 bedroom units. For moving trucks longer than 15 feet, parking will be made available in Lot 17 during move in. On Saturday, August 22nd and Saturday, August 28th Facilities staff members will be available from 6:00am to 4:00pm to help guide larger moving trucks to safely navigate campus grounds. Due to space constraints and the preservation of campus grounds, moving trucks exceeding 15 feet in length are unlikely to be guided as close to dormitories as smaller moving vehicles. The ability of moving trucks to gain access near dormitory entrances may also be constrained by traffic congestion and available space. Moving trucks exceeding 15 feet in length should be prepared to wait until traffic congestion dissipates and space becomes available. Moving trucks exceeding 15 feet, or arriving outside of the dates and times outlined above, will have an opportunity to unload contents from a designated area in Lot 17. Push carts will be provided, as available. You may bring a trailer up to 10 feet onto campus. This length specification accommodates the University’s many narrow walkways and sharp angle turns, which make the movement of trailers very difficult and unsafe. Trailers longer than 10 feet will have an opportunity to unload contents from a designated area in Lot 17. Push carts will be provided, as available. Approved Storage and Moving Providers Short-term Storage Prior to Check-in Princeton Student Agencies’ Moving & Storage Agency offers short-term storage for current FSI students, available between the conclusion of FSI’s summer program and the official move-in date for all first-year students. For questions, please contact Princeton Student Agencies by email (movestor@princeton.edu), or at 609-258-4906. Storage Pickup Locations for International Students and Volunteers Storage for international students and ISAP volunteers arriving early on campus for international pre-orientation is provided by Building Services, (609) 258-3490. There is a two-box limit and the storage is located in the Fisher Hall basement. Princeton University Mobile App Princeton Student Agencies	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line840
__label__cc	0.55928	0.44072	Ushi no Koku Mairi – Shrine Visit at the Hour of the Ox by Zack Davisson in Death Customs, Magical Dolls, Magical Tree Stories Tags: Cursed stories, From Mizuki Shigeru, Magical Dolls, Mysterious Trees Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Kaii Yokai Densho Database, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources At the Hour of the Ox (between 1-3 A.M.) a lone figure creeps silently towards a sacred tree. She is dressed in white, and on her head an upturned trivet is worn like a crown, three candles burning in the night. In one hand, she carries a doll made of bound straw in the form of a person; in her other hand, a small wooden hammer and a set of long, iron spikes. The hatred in her heart blazes brighter than the candles, appropriate for one completing the curse-ritual known as Ushi no Koku Mairi, the Shrine Visit at the Hour of the Ox. Ushi no Koku Mairi (丑の刻参り; also known as 丑の時参; Ushi no Toki Mairi, both of which translate as Shrine Visit at the Hour of the Ox) is an ancient, famous, and terrible Japanese curse-ritual. It has been performed for millennia—some sources trace it back as far as the Kofun period (250 – 538 CE), although in a different form. While the costume and ritual have changed over the centuries, the basic rite of pounding nails into dolls remains the same. To perform an Ushi no Koku Mairi, you first make a straw doll (藁人形; waraningyo) to serve as an effigy of the person you want to curse. For the best effect, the doll should have some part of the person in it, some hair, skin, blood, fingernails, or other DNA. In a pinch a photograph will do, or even their name written on a piece of paper. This done, you done the ritual costume, and sneak into a shrine late at night. Many Shinto shrines have sacred trees, called shinboku, that are the homes of kami spirits. Nail the doll to the sacred tree using long, iron spikes called gosunkugi (五寸釘). As stated in the name, the timing is very important. The ritual can only be completed at the Hour of the Ox, between 1-3 A.M. in the ancient method of counting time in Japan. The Hour of the Ox is the traditional Witching Hour in Japan, a time when yurei and yokai and other evil spirits come haunting. And most importantly—the ritual must be done in secret; it is said that if anyone sees you performing Ushi no Koku Mairi, the curse will rebound on the caster. Unless, of course, the eyewitness is immediately slain. How many times you perform the ritual vary; some say that you must go back seven nights, pounding in a single nail each night. The final nail goes into the head, which will kill the cursed person. The results of the curse vary as well—some say the cursed person will sicken and die. Some say that, like a Voodoo doll, the cursed person will feel pain where the spikes are hammered in. Some say it is a summoning ritual, and that performing an Ushi no Koku Mairi summons a vengeful spirit to torment and ultimately destroy the recipient. The Costume An important component to the ritual is the costume. One does not simply waltz into a shrine and pound a doll into a tree. The costume is a demonstration of your intention, and is more than just decoration; the curse is said to be so terrible that in order to be effective you must become a demon yourself. Although the costume has changed over the years (and there are numerous variations depending on your source), the most recognizable version comes from the Edo period, and is still associated with the ritual. • A white kimono and obi, with your face painted white (to look like a supernatural creature) • An upturned trivet on your head, with three candles burning on the legs • A mirror (a sacred symbol of Shinto) worn over your chest like a necklace • A shortsword tucked into your sash, to kill anyone that sees you • Tall, one-toothed geta clogs (or barefoot, if you can’t walk in them) • A wooden comb (in some accounts, a razor) held between your teeth (It is important not to utter a sound once you enter the shrine, and the comb keeps you silent.) Some variations of the costume swap out a headband and two candles for the trivet, but I think if you are going to do it, go all out. The History of Ushi no Koku Mairi No one really knows how old the ritual really is. In the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, the is an 8th century relic from an archeological dig of a doll made of bound wooden strips with an iron nail shoved through the chest. This is from a time when iron had just been introduced into Japan, and would have been a rare commodity. In the ruins of Datecho in Shimane prefecture, Matsue City, archeologists found a wooden plaque with a painting of a court lady that had wooden spikes pounded through it. It is known that dolls for curses were used by Onmyoji , the yin/yang sorcerers of the Heian period (794 – 1185 CE). Going to the shrine at the Hour of the Ox has not always been associated with curses, however. Old records show that people originally snuck in to pray, and that during these nighttime visits your pleas to the kami were more likely to be answered. Somehow, along the way, these prayers for a kami’s blessing turned into prayers for a kami’s curse. One of the oldest written accounts of the ritual comes from the Sword scroll of the Kamakura period epic poem The Tale of the Heike. It differs from modern accounts—the costume calls for you to bind your hair into five braids, to use bound-together pine branches threaded into an iron ring for torches, and to cake your face in red vermillion clay instead of painted white. Also, instead of a late-night sneak visit to a shrine, the curser runs down the street shouting their curse for all to hear. According to the story, the ritual was taught to a woman by a kami spirit, after she prayed for revenge at a local shrine. The woman would transform into the monstrous Hashi Hime (Bridge Princess), still wearing her frightful costume. In the Muromachi period (1337 to 1573 CE), a Noh play called Kanawa (鉄輪; Iron Ring)is credited with drawing a connection between the Onmyodo doll ritual and the costume of the Hashi Hime, creating the first account of the Ushi no Koku Mairi as it is known today. By the Edo period, the Ushi no Koku Mairi was firmly established and illustrated by artists in kaidan-shu collections of stories of the strange. One of the main differences in Edo period artists was the results of the ritual—many preferred to show some evil spirit or god lurking in the background, waiting to be summoned by the completed ritual. Where to Perform the Ritual Not all shrines are created equal for Ushi no Koku Mairi. Kifune Jinja in Kyoto and Ikurei Jinja in Niimi, Okayama, are famous sites for Ushi no Koku Mairi, as is Jishu Jinja, a small shrine located near the Kyoto Buddhist temple Kiyomizudera. If you look carefully, these sacred sites have shinboku trees that still bear the scars of centuries of iron nails pounded in by vengeance-seekers. And if all this seems like a lot of work to put together, don’t worry. In the modern world, a complete Ushi no Koku Mairi kit can be ordered online. But be careful, performers of the ritual can be prosecuted under Japanese law. Translator’s Note The Ushi no Koku Mairi was a difficult project–difficult in knowing what to leave in, and what to leave out. There are SO many different variations on the ritual it would be impossible to include them all. I tried to add in what I thought was relevant, and appeared in the highest number of resources. But this is by no means a complete account. This is the second of my trivet-wearing yokai stories. Next up is a direct ancestor of the Ushi no Koku Mairi, the Hashi Hime. For related kaidan stories, check out Gotokoneko – The Trivet Cat What are Teruteru Bozu? The Mistress of Tonbu and Nezu Previous Aoandon – The Blue Lantern Ghost Next A Brief History of Yokai Blue Satan You can be prosecuted under Japanese law if you perform Ushi no koku mairi… So, it works after all O.O You do not have to take these rituals slightly , because nobody knows it´s hidden powers….. Great post, and i´ll be waiting the one of the Hashi Hime, one of my favourites yokai! 83n831 Prosecuted indeed: Bridget Bishop was hanged in 1692 on Gallows Hill in Salem for having “poppets” [i.e., human effigies or dolls] in the wall of her cellar. These were made of rags and hogs bristles and were found with headless pins stuck into them. When questioned before the jury, contemporary records state, she could make no “reasonable or tolerable” explanation of what she had been doing with these poppets. Interestingly, alleged replicas of these poppets can still be purchased through US-based websites dealing with occult periphernalia. Wouldn’t recommend it, though. Excellent account, Zack, and full of useful information for the folklorist interested in vernacular magic. lilituwind There’s a lot of poppets and witchcraft pictures like that at the Witchcraft museum in Cornwall, England. Some are dated as late as WWII and others are much older. I think it’s a common method of magic. Yes, and in 1963-64 there was an intense media panic in England about alleged cases of “black magic” taking place in disused cemeteries. One item commonly found at such sites was an animal’s heart pierced with thorns. In one case (Leigh, Essex) it was reported to be a sheep’s heart pierced with thirteen thorns found on a burial vault inside a chalked letter “A” and beside a pentagram. This was reported to be a “traditional Black Magic death curse,” but folklorists, noting that the practice showed up in collections in both the UK and US, thought it was more likely a White Magic ritual to neutralize what was believed to be an evil witch’s hex. For more info on this, see Bill Ellis, _Raising the Devil_ (Kentucky, 1999), pp. 214-15. Thanks! Always looking for more info on that sort of thing! ^_^ Thanks again for your additions! There are a few other forms of Japanese doll magic. Most of them are region specific. I have one story that I will translate that has doll fetishes boiled in a pot. Mouryo And again what did Toriyama say about this I’ll have to try and find a clean copy of the image. Most of the ones are too blurry for me to read, and I am not that great at old caligraphic writing. Usually someone has transcriped it somewhere, but I haven’t found one for this picture yet. Snaedis Another good entry. When I knew about this for the first time, it was in a Ranma1/2 episode and it shocked me. Really? Prosecuted under japanese law? Where there criminal related cases to make it like that? I mean nowadays. Its rare, but people can still be prosecuted for it. Basically, the law considers it a psychological attack–much like stalking and online bullying are illegal. The intent to harm is still there. Bill Ellis Further to this topic, the Washington Post recently published an article on an archaeological dig in Mexico in which the remains of pre-contact human sacrifices were found. Interestingly, the researchers found evidence that the spot was the site of more informal religious ceremonies for centuries afterwards, and apparently is still visited for occult purposes. The article says, “researchers found a plastic bag containing a black candle, an egg, and paper streamers wrapped around photographs of people at the site, what one local worker suggested was a form of witchcraft.” [This sounds like a lot of creole hoodoo rituals that I’ve read. The black candle is to “uncross” an evil hex that someone has cast on you, and the egg, rolled over a photo of the person, absorbs his or her charisma. Then you throw it and the candle away in a bad place like a graveyard or crossroads.] http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/archaeologists-find-strange-mound-of-skulls-of-sacrifice-victims-in-field-in-mexico/2013/01/31/9886c952-6bcf-11e2-8f4f-2abd96162ba8_story.html?tid=pm_world_pop Jenkat I would imagine you’d also likely be prosecuted simply for trespassing and vandalism. Even in America, you’d be charged with something when you are caught sneaking onto a Church grounds at 2 in the morning and nailing effigies into their holy trees. Not quite the same thing though. In Japan you get prosecuted for “Intent to Harm” for performing the curse. Trackback: 10 Bizarre Japanese Superstitions \| japanista Trackback: 10 Historical Ways People Cursed One Another - Trackback: 10 Historical Ways People Cursed One Another \| My Blog My son gave me a duzan little dolls made of straw ,he got them in Germany, what do that mean. Heather Trackback: Winter Wonderland and its Demonic Legends – Kyoto’s Kibune Town – Geishakai	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line844
__label__wiki	0.763876	0.763876	~Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes 2008~ The wordplay of the original Italian title, ‘Gomorra’, is a little lost in translation – the camorra is Naples’s crime network, while Gomorrah was the Old Testament citadel of sin – but that removes nothing of the power, pleasure and journalistic nouse of this unglamorous, violent film which won the Grand Prix at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. Unusually – and refreshingly – for a mafia film, filmmaker Matteo Garrone adopts a bottom-up perspective. It’s also a youthful one: most of his main players are on the cusp of adulthood. There’s serious-minded Totò, barely a teen, for whom maturity is arriving fast. In another world, Totò would have a paper route; in this one, he’s training to be a drug dealer. There’s the slightly older, keen Roberto, hired in bad faith by Franco, who trades in the disposal of toxic waste (a performance of Teflon charm from Toni Servillo). Less sympathetic but equally tragic are Marco and Ciro, two hotheads obsessed with De Palma’s Scarface (allowing Garrone to stick two fingers up to Hollywood’s idea of the mob). It’s not all about kids: factory manager Pasquale comes to regret moonlighting for a Chinese rival, while ageing stooge Don Ciro struggles to remain a faceless mafia bureaucrat. What 39-year-old Garrone has done is take a sprawling, heavily researched novel about the web of Neapolitan crime by young writer Roberto Saviano (now under police protection) and turn it into a more focused, multi-stranded drama about how ordinary lives and ambitions are impinged upon in a society where the parameters of business, justice and everyday life are heavily defined and warped by the influence of organised crime. He tells all this with an unfussy style, with a documentarist’s eye for the authentic, both for people and places, and a dramatist’s urge for the tragic and the universal. Such is the speed of the storytelling and its complexity that relationships and events are sometimes as muddled as our understanding of them, yet that’s the welcome price of rejecting over-simplification and distortion. Garrone shot his film in the area that he depicts. You couldn’t fake those locations (a crumbling housing estate that looks like a grand cruiseliner after a naval battle; a marshy, ghostly coastline) or the tough, leathery peasant faces of some of the film’s supporting hoodlums. – Dave Calhoun, Time Out London Trailer Italian with English subtitles Salvatore Abruzzese, Salvatore Cantalupo, Gianfelice Imparto, Marco Macor, Ciro Petrone, Toni Servillo Roberto Saviano, Maurizio Braucchi, Ugo Chiti, Gianni Di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, based on the book by Roberto Saviano	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line845
__label__wiki	0.579917	0.579917	Homepage / Freedom Of Religion / Democracy & Rights We must free our Holy Torah from the petty politics of Torarism – the terrorism of Torah. We must understand that politics corrupts, and religious politics corrupts absolutely. Rabbi Shlomo Riskin A haredi Supreme Court judge – what does that really mean? Rabbi Uri Regev, March 7, 2017 Jerusalem rabbinical court dismisses husband’s violence as grounds for divorce JTA News Brief, February 10, 2017 Valentine’s Day survey: Most Jewish Israelis support civil marriage and divorce Politicians and Shabbat – this is not the way! Rabbi Uri Regev, January 30, 2016 What Is Sabbath? 78 Percent Of Jewish Israelis Want Businesses Open On Shabbat Jason Le Miere, January 19, 2017 Religion & State was front and center at the 2017 General Assembly The religion-state stew is clearly boiling. This week, the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America convened in Los Angeles, and these challenges were front and center. Corruption in the name of God In the last couple days, a new chapter was added to the never ending saga of Israeli religious leaders who view the law as merely a suggestion. Whether for personal benefit or political opportunism, they do not hesitate to deviate from law and common norms. Deputy Minister Hotovely: pluralistic Judaism "emptied Judaism of content" At a conference of the American-Israeli community in Washington, the Deputy Foreign Minister said that non-Orthodox Judaism is not accepted in Israel. Director of the Reform movement: "Hotovely joins the wild campaign of incitement that has been going on in recent months against Reform Judaism." The Kotel controversy Many are following the twists and turns of the Kotel controversy with great interest and often anxiety. While grateful to the Jewish Week for featuring his take on the current state of the controversy, Rabbi Uri Regev feels that further contextualization and explanation is needed beyond the quotes that were reported. Religious extremism emanating from Israel Not content to exert their influence within the Haredi community, fundamentalist religious leaders and their sponsors have taken to attacking the Modern Orthodoxy community, which extols the virtues of Torah together with modernity and secular education. The religion-state aspects of Israel's Nation-state bill Next week the Knesset Special Committee on the Nation-State Bill (formally, 'Basic Law: Israel - The Nation-State of the Jewish People') will be deliberating on the revised draft bill, which was initiated by fourteen MKs from the Likud, Jewish Home, Yisrael Beiteinu, and Kulanu parties. Yom Kippur sermon 5778: Suite 117 The Israeli government’s decision to back out of its pledge to expand a non-Orthodox prayer space at the Western Wall, and ongoing discrimination against the Reform and Conservative movements, have brought to a head a crisis that has been brewing for decades. If not resolved, this crisis will destroy the relationship between the Jewish state and the Jewish people. Rosh HaShana sermon 5778: Being a Good Jew Most of us were born after the rise of a Jewish State, and can't imagine life otherwise. But some people consider it God's miracle. Israel Religion & State Index 2017 65% of the Jewish Israeli public supports granting equal official status to the three largest streams of world Jewry. A majority supports the involvement of Diaspora Jewry in promoting freedom of religion and equality in Israel. 65% of the Jewish Israeli public believes that the Nation-State Bill should anchor the guarantee of freedom of religion and conscience in law. The Bitter Taste of Victory - by Rabbi Pamela Frydman On August 31st, the Israeli Supreme Court took up a matter brought by Hiddush, Women of the Wall and the Reform and Conservative Movements. The issue at hand is whether to require the government to adhere to, and implement, the Kotel agreement. This week: just the latest in religious discrimination Next week, Hiddush's annual Israel Religion & State Index will be published, and it will become clear just how much the gap between the public's will and the policies of Israel's elected official's has increased. ‘Game Of Chicken’ On Kotel Deal Despite high court’s deadline, few expect egalitarian prayer pact to be implemented anytime soon. Justice Baron: Discriminatory laws should not be preserved indefinitely The High Court of Justice announced its ruling rejecting a petition submitted by same-sex couples to order the state to allow them and couples like them to marry in Israel. This came is no great surprise. Comprehensive interview with Rabbi Shlomo Riskin in Israeli media A recent detailed interview with Rabbi Shlomo Riskin appeared in the original Hebrew in Makor Rishon, with select paragraphs translated into English below. U.S. State Department releases International Religious Freedom Report The US State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report for 2016, released last week, diplomatically pans the lack of progress by the Israeli government toward increased religious freedom. <123456789101112131415161718192021> Send to a friend Share on Facebook Tweet Follow Hiddush	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line849
__label__wiki	0.577951	0.577951	Jersey's Best I’m Moving NJ.com Store Public Profile Edit Profile Sign Out Schools Teams Players Montclair Immaculate Montclair Kimberley 4-8 • 1-1 SEC - Independence 9-14 • 4-8 SEC - Liberty Montclair Immaculate (0) at Montclair Kimberley (15), In-season Tournament Thu, May 21, 2015, 4:00pm Montclair Immaculate (4-8) Montclair Kimberley (9-14) Montclair Immaculate Batting Montclair Kimberley Batting Lily Gordensky 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grace Turvey 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Izzy Mendez 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Jenna Donatiello 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Emma Pacifico 2 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Sophie Silberman 2 3 2 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 Raquel Rodriguez 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morgan Katona 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montclair Immaculate Pitching Runs Allowed Montclair Kimberley Pitching Morgan Katona 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 Passed Balls 0 0 Left On Base 0 0 Sacrifice Flies 0 0 Sacrifice Hits 0 0 Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy © 2021 New Jersey On-Line LLC. All rights reserved (About Us). The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of New Jersey On-Line LLC.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line851
__label__cc	0.636415	0.363585	How Download ? GTA 5 game Saturday, Nov 24 2018 2:11PM GTA 5 Download free full PC game cracked GTA 5 Download a lot of different premieres to be honest lot of people were wait for rockstar north and Rockstar Games. There are masses of reasons to play GTA 5 free. It’s set in a huge city, for one, […] Best Games Download WoWgame on Train Simulator 2020 Free Download Greates on Age of Empires II Definitive Edition Download MaximusxD on Escape From Tarkov Game download 3mte5 on Blair Witch Free PC Game download Chaos5 on Warcraft III Reforged Free Download Welcome to the world, where every follower of computer games will certainly seem like in paradise. You will figure out why it’s true by checking out more corners of the web page. Despite whether you are a follower of strategies, shooters, sporting activity, adventure or any other type of video games, after that you remain in the place, where you will locate whatever you desire. This is the place, where you can please not just on your own yet also your PC. It’s possible to find right here both classic video games, which glory hasn’t discolored except a 2nd, as well as all new works. Are you searching for the current premiers? This is the place, where your search coatings– simply unwind and enjoy the infinite quantity of the best games. This is a place loaded with web content for everybody, both young and a lot more seasoned players too guys or females. It is a land of entertainment for the entire household, and also alternative for long, lonely nights. All (and even much more) can be found in a cost, which is the preferred one for every one of you– entirely completely free! Discover the very best contact@install-game.com install-game.com	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line854
__label__wiki	0.511615	0.511615	Research tidbits: Religion and spirituality in business Home/News, Research Tidbits/Research tidbits: Religion and spirituality in business This week’s articles look at the influence of religion and spirituality in decision-making. Do religious norms influence corporate debt financing? Previous studies substantiate that religious social norms influence individual and organisational decisions. Using debt financing settings, the authors examine whether a firm’s religious environment influences outside parties’ perceptions in contracting with the firm. The authors document that firms located in the more religious areas use less debt financing and receive better credit ratings. Bond investors require lower yields and impose fewer covenants on such firms. Using the 2002 revelation of sex abuse by Catholic priests as an exogenous shock, the authors verify that these findings are not driven by endogeneity issues. This study highlights the role of social norms in financial transactions. Jay Cai & Guifeng Shi. 2019. Do Religious Norms Influence Corporate Debt Financing? Journal of Business Ethics, 157(1), 159–182. Science commercialisation and religious traditions Entrepreneurs of contested commodities often face stakeholders engaged in market excluding boundary work driven by ethical considerations. For example, the conversion of academic scientific knowledge into technologies that can be owned and sold (i.e., science commercialisation) is a growing global trend and key stakeholders have different ethical responses to this contested commodity. Commercialisation of science can be viewed as a good thing because people believe it bolsters economic growth and broadly benefits society. Others view it as bad because they believe it discourages basic research that ought to be freely shared without concern for profit. Taking a descriptive sociological approach, the authors posit that the stance of a religious tradition toward capitalism will help shape individual scientists’ views on science commercialisation and test whether the religious tradition of scientists correlates with their attitude toward the commercialisation of science. To maximise variance on the religious tradition dimension, the authors analyse pooled data from a cross-national survey of university biologists and physicists encompassing France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Taiwan, Turkey, UK and the USA. The authors indeed find religious tradition differences. Hindus and scientists with no religious tradition are more likely to agree that commercialisation of science “harms a university’s commitment to knowledge production” than Protestants. The authors end with a discussion on business ethics and the moral limits of the market as well as implications for entrepreneurs of contested commodities. Jared L. Peifer & Elaine Howard Ecklund. 2019. The Moral Limits of the Market: Science Commercialization and Religious Traditions. Dynamic patterns of spirituality in Turkish organisations This paper explores organisational spirituality, uncovers it as spiralling dynamics of both positive and negative potentialities, and proposes how leaders can shape these dynamics to improve the human conditions at the workplace. Based on case study of five Turkish organisations and drawing on the emerging discourse on spirituality in organisations literature, this study provides a deeper understanding of how dynamic patterns of spirituality operate in organisations. Insights from participant observation, organisational data, and semi-structured interviews yield three key themes of organisational spirituality: reflexivity, connectivity, and responsibility. Each of these themes has been found to be connected to upward spirals (inspiration, engagement, and calling) and downward spirals (incivility, silence, and fatigue). The study provides a detailed and holistic account of the individual and organisational processes through which spirituality is enacted both positively and negatively, exploring its dynamic and dualistic nature, as embodied in the fabric of everyday life and culture. Read this Open Access article online for free Fahri Karakas, Emine Sarigollu & Fahri Karakas. 2019. Spirals of Spirituality: A Qualitative Study Exploring Dynamic Patterns of Spirituality in Turkish Organizations. Market reality versus religious morality The paper explores Islamic morality within labour market realities. It presents Islamic moral axioms that are expected to guide employer–employee relationships. It provides an extensive review of Islamic moral ideals related to fairness in the labour market. Based on survey data from 319 individuals in the Saudi labour market, it tests three hypotheses related to religiosity, secular aspirations, and perception and practice of fairness in the labour market. Using multinomial logistic regression, the findings from several models clearly support all three hypotheses. They show that employers, owners and senior managers were more likely to consider market reality as their reference for describing fairness. Ideally speaking, the regression results confirm that being religious contributes positively to the sense of fairness even in a secular context. However, they also reveal that secular aspirations override religious ideals when it comes to market realities. In other words, when people place great importance on worldly outcomes, religious ideals have almost no impact on their labour market practices even if they ideally support fair practices. The study concludes that religious morality does matter with regard to fairness in employer–employee relationships only if it is not superseded by secular aspirations. Those who have a high-level of religiosity consider themselves to be fairer. However, if they embrace secular aspirations, they are less likely to practice their moral ideals in the labour market. Necati Aydin & Aljawhara Ibrahim Alquayid. 2019. Market Reality Versus Religious Morality: Empirical Evidence from the Saudi Arabian Labor Market. Religion-based decision making in Indian multinationals: A multi-faith study of ethical virtues and mindsets The convergence of India’s rich cultural and religious heritage with its rapidly transforming economy provides a unique opportunity to understand how senior executives navigate the demands of the business environment within the context of their religious convictions. Forty senior executives with varying religious backgrounds and global responsibilities within Indian multinational corporations participated in this study. Drawing from virtue ethics theory and using systematic content analysis, several themes emerged for ethical virtues (empathy, sympathy, humanity, justice, fairness, temperance, integrity, transparency, governance, conscientiousness, transcendence, wisdom, moral fortitude and determination). The analysis illustrates how these deeply seated ethical virtues helped to form and refine these executives’ ethical mindsets via guiding principles such as an ethical culture, environment, molding, education, commitment and leadership. In turn, these ethical mindsets influenced the executives’ ethical decision-making processes. The authors find that these executives’ ethical virtues and mindsets are inspired by their religious backgrounds. In summary, a very complex mental tug-of-war appears to take place as these executives rationalise and negotiate unethical circumstances while being cognisent of personal religious beliefs. The authors contend that in a pluralistic multi-faith society such as India, it is critical for corporations to align the virtues of its senior executives with those of the corporation so that virtues are applied consistently when dealing with various stakeholders. The findings present several theoretical and practical implications, which are discussed. Christopher Chan & Subramaniam Ananthram. 2019. Religion-Based Decision Making in Indian Multinationals: A Multi-faith Study of Ethical Virtues and Mindsets. Workplace spirituality, ethical climate and outcomes The role and influence of workplace spirituality on individual and organisational outcomes continue to draw attention among management scholars. Despite this increased attention, extant literature has yielded limited insights particularly into the impact and influence processes of workplace spirituality on performance outcomes at both the individual and unit levels of analysis. Addressing this gap in research, the authors proposed and tested a multilevel model, underpinned by social cognitive theory, that examines the processes linking perceptions of workplace spirituality and performance outcomes at the individual and organisational level of analysis. Data were obtained from 51 branches of a retail organisation in the United Kingdom. Results from structural equation modelling analysis revealed three salient findings. First, workplace spirituality was positively related to ethical climate, prosocial motivation, and moral judgment. Second, ethical climate partially mediated the relationship between workplace spirituality and prosocial motivation and moral judgment, respectively. Third, aggregated ethical climate significantly relates to branch-level helping behaviour and service performance. Lilian Otaye-Ebede, Samah Shaffakat & Scott Foster. 2019. A Multilevel Model Examining the Relationships Between Workplace Spirituality, Ethical Climate and Outcomes: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-019-04133-8. Orch182020-08-25T14:08:15+10:00August 13th, 2019\|News, Research Tidbits\|	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line855
__label__cc	0.67473	0.32527	IntelliVen Internal Tools Get Help, Manage to Lead Board Power! A Guide to Improve Board Performance June 28, 2020 Peter DiGiammarino Leave a comment CEOs often fall into the trap of orchestrating meetings with their Board of Directors to: Show how great they are and how well things are going (whether they really are or not!). Avoid leaving the meeting with more to do than when it started. A great deal of value can be derived from working with a board, but it takes a concerted effort to build, cultivate, prepare for, and work with individual board members and the board as a whole for that potential to be realized. Efforts to build a high-performing board are well-spent. Boards Are Not All The Same There are three distinctly different kinds of boards. Leaders often mix-up the three kinds which lead to confusion and poor performance. It is critical for a leader to be clear about what kind of board s/he is working with and to manage it accordingly. Celebrity Board A Celebrity Board is comprised of people who bring attention and prestige to the organization and who may, just by their presence, provide access to potentially valuable resources including money, customers, employees, partners, press, and prestige. A Board of Advisors is a collection of individuals with directly relevant personal experience in something important that the organization is doing or dealing with. Advisors may have the first-hand experience with the same problems the organization faces and offer valuable perspective and insight into best practices, benchmarks, and what will and will not work because they have previously done the same successfully themselves. Advisory Board members generally each have specific experience, knowledge, and perspective that is often ideally tapped-into in a bi-lateral (i.e., one-on-one) interaction rather than in a group forum where each will struggle to deliver what they think they have been recruited to provide while also jockeying for position and esteem relative to others present. See the Sample Advisory Board Charter for a way to set up an Advisory Board. The organization leader, or designee, regularly connects with each Advisory Board member to draw on their specific expertise in key situations. In addition, organization leaders meet with the Advisory Board as a group two to four times a year for three or so hours at a time. For each Advisory Board meeting, organization leaders prepare background material on two or three of the most important things going on, along with specific questions the team is struggling with, to send out two or so days ahead. Advisers read the background, think critically, and develop a point of view to share. In the meeting, organization leaders talk through key points, field clarifying questions from advisers, and then draw out the best advice from each adviser in turn for each item. Note board of advisor meetings used by leaders exclusively to brief attendees, and not to make decisions or to take actions, members will eventually choose to no longer attend meetings. Accountability Board The third type of board is an Accountability Board, or Board of Directors, or Governing Board, which has a three-pronged charter (see: Sample Accountability Board Charter) to: Provide a consistent point of accountability. I.e., where management puts before the board a plan and regularly reports on how things are going relative to plan. Help with individual and collective focus. I.e., what the organization, as a whole seeks to accomplish and how it is going, and what each leadership team member is assigned to accomplish and how it is going. Provide access to resources such as ideas, funding, customers, employees, best practices, training, partners, and perspective. Accountability Board members are generally also invited to also attend and participate fully as Advisory Board members as they are likely experts as something relevant to the organization, but it is rare that expert advisors also happen to be qualified to serve as Accountability Board members. Accountability Board Mechanics Accountability Boards meet three or four times a year for a full session and once or twice a year to cover specific items that come up such as approving the final annual financial plan before submitting to their bank. Meetings cover the following standing items for the organization as a whole and for one to three key topics such as strategic initiatives or milestone events such as financing, acquisition, or sale: What management said it would do. What has been done. What happened. What has been learned. What is planned to be done next. The CEO coordinates with the management team and the board chair to prepare and distribute advance materials for each item. The organization’s overall fiscal health is the opening topic for every meeting. The financial model, financial plan, and performance projections are reported via the income statement, cash flow, and balance sheet. All three are kept in focus and assessed carefully relative to: Planned performance and set the context and tone for all other topics. Advance material on financials summarizes the status and highlights key issues. Unless there are major concerns, the financial review should take less than 20-minutes, leaving the lion’s share of time to discuss strategic initiatives. Board Chairperson and CEO It is important for the board chairperson and CEO to facilitate the meeting so that: Points are made once and then move along. A common tendency is for board members to repeat points already made, adding a minor nuance, just to be heard and/or to look smart. Points are covered to the depth required to add significant value. Another tendency is for board members to “go deep” in areas of their personal strength to prove their worth but adding little value. Each topic is opened for discussion by the CEO or assigned management team member. Board members ask clarifying questions and to push-up management thinking. To close discussion on an item, board members each offer their best advice and then move on to the next topic. Members of the management team attend board meetings and listen carefully to what board members convey through their questions and comments without being the least bit defensive. The board chair works with the CEO to create and maintain a meeting environment in which it is safe for management to say what needs to be said and to be sure leaders hear what needs to be heard. It is critical for the CEO and board chair to give individual and group coaching when discussions go off track or when participants talk past each other as often happens. How a PE Portfolio Company CEO worked with his board after a massive disruption A proven Path to a Plan in the Wake of Massive Disruption How to set up and use an Accountability Board Leadership Support Framework Director Compensation Board of Directors FAQs Guidelines for Interviewing and selecting board members accountabilityboardboards Next post What makes an exceptional WWWPrevious post3 Levels of Human Identity Can Be Used to Build Relationships Across Difference Sign me up for Intelliven updates! Join the IntelliVen Amplification Pod If you are MtL trained and are willing to serve at the center of the IntelliVen Learning Community please apply to join the IntelliVen Amplification Pod. If accepted you will receive notice of questions from the ILC to answer, comment, or share. Request to Join the IntelliVen Amplification Pod Manage To Lead Get Loose Get Clear Get Aligned Do and Review How to Run a Great Annual Leadership Team Offsite Meeting. How to quit a job you love. Five Stages of Organization Evolution and Key Characteristics and Concerns at Each Stage How to use meeting ground rules to shape behavior and improve performance. Alternatives to a COO. WHAT WHO WHY Initiative to Action Leadership Support Structure Intelligent Strategies. Successful Ventures. Executive Transition Executive Assessment Executive Reviews Sales Matters Achieve Breakthrough Performance with More Effective Leadership UMass Amherst announces affiliation with IntelliVen 3 Truths and 6 Power Skills to Master Organization Politics Case: The Ideal Mix of Sr. Executive Team Skills for Success Ten Steps to Drive Change from the Inside Copyright © IntelliVen 2021 Privacy Agreement \| Terms of Use	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line856
__label__wiki	0.7117	0.7117	What Are the Main Goals for Central Banks… Customer-Experience Goals for the Banking Industry in 2021 Eurozone Banking Outlook for 2021 How COVID-19 Is Impacting Central Banks The Rise of Digital Banking Brings Fresh Security… Are We on the Cusp of a Global… Was Abenomics Successful in Achieving Its Aims? What a COVID-19 Vaccine Means for the Global… Locking Down, or Keeping the Economy Open? A… Has the Pandemic Triggered New Business Creation? Can Web Scraping Improve Investment Returns? Social Trading: a Key Tool in the Democratisation… Growth Sectors for Investors to Consider in 2021 Micro-Investing: Accessible Investing for Everyone Rare-Earth Elements: Will China Continue Its Market Dominance? National Bank of Greece: The Journey from Traditional,… Stellar Management and Accelerated Digitalisation Lie at the… Interview with Mr. Johan Thijs, Group Chief Executive… Interview with Mr. Frank Vang-Jensen, President and Chief… Interview with Mr. Samir Mezine, Chief Executive Officer,… Should We Fear Artificial Superintelligence? What Is the Internet of Behaviour? The Impact of Robotic Process Automation on Financial… Top Fintech Trends in 2021 The Future of Work: How Jobs Will Change… LIFE ARTS & TRAVEL Canada’s Luxury Market Remains Strong Amidst COVID-19 Insights into the Prime Central London Property Market… Behemoth SUVS Go Head to Head: the BMW… Haute Homes in the Caribbean Have Kids, Will Travel to One of Four… Interview with Mr. Johan Thijs, Chief Executive Officer… Interview with Ms. Nahla Khaddage Bou-Diab, Deputy General… Interview with Mr. Ade Adebiyi, CEO and Managing… Interview with Mr. Olukayode Pitan, Managing Director and… Interview with Mr. Anders Bouvin, President and Group… The International Banker 2020 Western & Eastern European… INTERNATIONAL BANKER 2020 ASIA & AUSTRALASIA AWARDS WINNERS INTERNATIONAL BANKER 2020 MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA AWARDS… The International Banker 2020 North & South American… The Impact of Robotic Process Automation on Financial... Are We on the Cusp of a Global... What Are the Main Goals for Central Banks... AUTHORITATIVE ANALYSIS ON INTERNATIONAL BANKING Home Slider There’s an AI for That There’s an AI for That by internationalbanker June 26, 2019 By Mark Sullivan, Global Business Leader, Banking and Capital Markets, Genpact Around the world, artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming work, business and the economy. The banking industry is no exception. National attitudes toward AI adoption differ. But regardless of where banks are located on the planet, or along the AI-adoption curve, one thing remains the same: customer-centricity is key. Given the heightened regulatory environment that came out of the global financial crisis, banks’ capital over the last decade has largely been spent in the areas of compliance, risk management and stress testing. It hasn’t been spent on designing new customer experiences or developing new products. In some ways, this is what led to the dawn of the fintech (financial-technology) era. If banks had had capital available, they would have continued to innovate internally, assuming they had the resources and culture to do so effectively. However, because that capital was required to be deployed elsewhere, a start-up ecosystem comprised of fintechs and other technology-based companies took on that innovation. Now, stability has been restored in the financial-services ecosystem. Fintechs are creating experiences and approaches that are attractive to financial consumers. So, after having invested heavily on the regulatory side, banks are beginning to re-consume innovation by cooperating with, partnering with and/or acquiring fintechs. This is important because, in general, banks are not growing. They are, in most cases, trading at book value. And they are finally starting to realise that they are engaged in a talent, process and technology war with their competitors to build a better experience, lest they risk losing their customers. Where we’re going Banks are on a journey to reinvent themselves. In the past, many banks made a significant return from poor customer performance. For example, fee revenue from a customer defaulting on his credit card, late fees on loan products and even fees on ATM (automated teller machine) withdrawals negatively impact the financial wellbeing of consumers. Now, many banks and fintechs are trying to align themselves with the financial betterment of their customers. Likewise, banks have historically been product manufacturers and marketers. For example, banks would manufacture an auto loan or mortgage product, then market it to consumers in the hopes of selling it. The sales process was labour-intensive, requiring consumers to fill out forms and provide information about themselves. But banks are now transforming from product-centric companies, which market and sell their products, to experience-centric companies, which serve their clients. Instead of selling an auto loan, banks are trying to facilitate a car-buying experience. If a customer were to enter an auto dealership with a banking app on his phone, his bank could conceivably “geolocate” him, identify that he is car shopping, and use structured and unstructured data to prequalify him for, and proactively offer him, an auto loan. The role of AI Technology helps banks provide better experiences like these for their customers by analysing and distilling data more quickly than humans can to create real-time impact. For this reason, AI is one of the hottest trends in the banking world today. And it’s true that AI can influence and improve this experience. In fact, if deployed well, AI can potentially inform the full end-to-end process—everything from how banks are finding customers to how they are servicing them. That said, there are different regulatory models and different levels of urgency and adoption with respect to AI in different markets. Most technology innovation appears to be happening in Asia. Organisations without legacy systems weighing them down have created great value for clients and shareholders alike. Mobile penetration is extremely high and the “digital exhaust”, the trail of data left by consumers’ digital and online activities, behaviours and transactions, is often monitored and used intelligently for customer betterment. In 2017, the Chinese government announced its intention to become a world leader in the AI field by 2030. Asia is in a hurry to advance quickly, and banks in the region are spending a lot of money on technology in general and AI in particular. In Australia, banks are in a challenging situation. The Royal Commission has entered the scene, and there are a lot of new regulatory oversights. There are protests in the street about banks making too much money, similar to the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement of 2011 in the United States. Australia is adopting AI, but sometimes that adoption feels almost reluctant. According to Genpact’s research series, AI 360: insights from the next frontier of business, Australia is lagging behind counterparts in the United States and the United Kingdom when it comes to embracing AI. Only 43 percent of Australians believe AI is improving their lives, compared with 48 percent of UK and 59 percent of US consumers. In Europe, banks are confident, profitable and perhaps overly comfortable. Resistance to change results in slower AI adoption. Many profitable European banks appear to be taking a wait-and-watch approach to AI. Similarly, banks in Canada have been taking a more passive stance. But we expect to see a very practical, pragmatic approach toward using AI to drive efficiency, speed, value and safety in Canada, as we see in the United States. In America, there is also recognition among banks that technology is inevitable as a key driver of success. However, given the cost of investment, some mid-tier banks are struggling to compete. As a result, there is an emerging feeling that some banks are “too-small-to-succeed”. In fact, some of the comments regarding recent mergers and acquisitions indicate that the driver for combining organisations was in part due to finding efficiency and investment capital with which to fight this technology war against the banking behemoths with deep pockets that can afford to play an aggressive tech game. Start with the end in mind While many banks are excited about AI and believe it will provide significant benefits for their organisations and the industry at large, many still struggle to see the how and the where to apply it within their businesses. As a result, banks and their boards often end up asking the wrong question. The question is not “What should our AI strategy be?” Rather, the questions are “What business outcomes are we seeking?” and “What experiences do our customers need?”Banks should address these questions with a clear understanding of where they want to drive value for the business and their customers, and awareness of the necessary process changes that AI can enable. No matter where you are in the world, developing an AI strategy for the sake of simply having an AI strategy won’t produce great results. AI is a means to an end; it’s an enabler to enhance the experience between your users or customers, to augment your workforce to make them more effective and to drive value into your business. Good AI programs start with customer need and a business goal in mind. Artificial IntelligenceBankingComplianceFinancial TechnologyFinTechGenpactMark SullivanTechnology Adopt an Employee-First Methodology for Optimal Management During a Bank Merger Can Myanmar’s Economy Fulfil its Potential? Social Trading: a Key Tool in the Democratisation... Joshua Allen August 5, 2019 - 11:01 am Well said, Mark!! Nowadays companies are using artificial intelligence to save time and money as well as to boost operational efficiency. The use of AI technology specifically in the banking sector explained by you is impressive. It can analyze and distill data more quickly than humans, to create real-time impact, it includes smarter chat-bots for customer service, personalized services for individuals, and even placing an AI robot for self-service at banks. There also other AI tools like CSAT.AI, MaestroQA, ScorebuddyQA, and Salesforce Einstein which are useful for providing better customer service. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Youtube Email International Banker Subscription Sign up for the International Banker newsletter. By subscribing I accept the privacy rules of this site Most Recent Contributors Brian P. Brooks – Comptroller of the Currency Christian Nolting – Deutsche Bank Wealth Management Kevin Martin – HSBC Santiago Fernández de Lis – BBVA Adam Farkas – Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) Liliana Rojas-Suarez – Center for Global Development Andrew Powell – Inter-American Development Bank Burin Adulwattana – Bangkok Bank Christian Fraedrich – Deutsche Bank David Bischof – International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Bill McCall – Chartered Banker Institute Bob Homan – ING Lord (JD) Waverley – House of Lords Gerrard B. Schmid – Diebold Nixdorf. Alexander R. Malaket – OPUS Advisory Services International Inc. Jürgen Rigterink – European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Robert Barrington – University of Sussex Yuefen Li – United Nations Swati Bhatt – Princeton University Martijn Groot – Alveo Justin Bercich – Lucinity Mauricio Umansky – The Agency Deep Das on The Impact of Robotic Process Automation on Financial Services Göte Nyman on What Is the Internet of Behaviour? Raj on The Impact of Robotic Process Automation on Financial Services fred on Is the US Dollar’s Role as the World’s Reserve Currency Under Threat? Financial Stability Is Key for a Speedy Economic Recovery in Latin America By Andrew Powell (@AndyPowell_IDB), Int… https://t.co/Eg6R7zYYA2 Has the Pandemic Triggered New Business Creation? By Dr. Swati Bhatt, Ph.D., Lecturer of Economics, Princeton Univ… https://t.co/AxsG3TYz87 Are Banks Enablers or Victims of Financial Crime? By Prof. Robert Barrington (@CSC_barrington), Centre for the Stu… https://t.co/ngIIjsD2Jy ISO 20022: Changes En Route By Christian Fraedrich, Head Cash Business Architecture, Deutsche Bank https://t.co/9xaQbqyP58 A Turning Point: Trade-Finance Positivity Persists, Despite New Challenges By David Bischof, Deputy Director, Fina… https://t.co/3FZL1ruqal The Impact of Robotic Process Automation on Financial Services Are We on the Cusp of a Global Solvency Crisis? What Are the Main Goals for Central Banks in 2021? Interview with Mr. Johan Thijs, Chief Executive Officer... Interview with Ms. Nahla Khaddage Bou-Diab, Deputy General... Interview with Mr. Ade Adebiyi, CEO and Managing... Interview with Mr. Olukayode Pitan, Managing Director and... Interview with Mr. Anders Bouvin, President and Group... Copyright © International Banker 2021 \| All Rights Reserved Subscription \| About us \| Contact us \| Advertise \| Careers \| Editorial Guidelines \| Copyright \| Privacy Policy \| Terms & Conditions Finance Publishing \| International Director \| Forex Focus	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line859
__label__wiki	0.574806	0.574806	Chicago Athletic Association Hotel: a Commune Hotel A Special Place, Rich in History and Quintessentially Chicago June 22, 2016 \| By Mike Raven The fireplace in the Drawing Room. The exterior of the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel. Photos by Thomas Hart Shelby This 1890s-era Venetian Gothic landmark has reemerged as an incomparable historic downtown Chicago hotel, with 241 rooms. Designed by Henry Ives Cobb and completed in 1893, the building operated as an elite private men’s club until 2007. Past members included five-time Olympic gold medalist Johnny Weissmuller, the original Tarzan. A frozen drink from the Game Room. Photo by Clayton Hauck. The historic building was saved in 2012 when Commune Hotels & Resorts, AJ Capital and Agman Partners announced their intention to purchase it and transform the former men’s club into a hotel. Some of the best components of the space are the vintage elements saved from the original club, which the owners have preserved so well even while modernizing the building. The indoor bocce court in the Game Room. Photos by Clayton Hauck The Grand Staircase. Photos by Clayton Hauck The hotel’s food and beverage scene is as diverse as the hotel itself. One of the more historic outlets is a second floor bar (the second floor is essentially the lobby), named the Milk Room. The tiny bar hidden behind stained-glass sliding doors was once a speakeasy during Prohibition. It is said they poured milk in the glasses, and then, if desired, the bartender added Whiskey to it – a clever disguise. Rare and vintage selections are the theme here, for the cocktail aficionado to savor. On the same floor, you can discover the Game Room. Well-priced cocktails and beer, along with an interesting mix of finger-friendly foods, create the scene here. Executive Chef Pete Coenen has created a menu of fun, playful items that give a nod to concession classics and street food favorites including smoked chicken wings, wild boar sausage sandwiches, fried pickle pops, fish tacos, hush puppies and more. They are perfect accompaniments for playing pool, tabletop shuffleboard, foosball, chess or a challenging game of full-size bocce. Fish tacos from the Game Room. Photo by Clayton Hauck. Also in the back of the second floor, is the Cherry Circle Room. It is the reinvention of the iconic restaurant of the same name that serviced the Chicago Athletic Association and its members for generations. The intimate space has been fully reimagined and restoredby Land and Sea Dept., melding the building’s historic original features with modern design elements. Beverage Director Paul McGee designed a cocktail program with an emphasis on American and Scotch Whiskey. They feature both seasonal house cocktails and a menu of specialty drinks inspired by a specific iconic bartender or cocktail book – the first of which is Jacques Straub’s Drinks, written right there in Chicago in 1914. The cocktail program also features tableside drink service that offers preparations of Manhattans, martinis, and old-fashions, as well as an after-dinner amaro and cheese cart. Cindy’s restaurant. Photos by Thomas Hart Shelby. The Founders Suite. Photos by Thomas Hart Shelby. A highball from the Game Room. Photo by Clayton Hauck Then there’s Cindy’s, the rooftop restaurant that is the crown jewel of the hotel. Cindy’s boasts an amazing selection of specialty cocktails along with a well thought-out wine and beer list. With seasonal freshness reflected in both food and drink, the rooftop offers the relaxed ambience of a Great Lakes beach house with a view of Millennium Park, the Art Institute and Lake Michigan. Cindy’s Executive Chef, Christian Ragano, wanted to offer a unique menu including platters, yummy salads, seafood, pheasant and an array of other meats and accompaniments. Starting at 11:00 p.m., Cindy’s breaks out the late-night menu, featuring a mouthwatering selection of unique bites to satiate your evening cravings. Well worth a visit for food and drinks for the locals, or for a stay by visitors in the classically appointed hotel rooms, the Chicago Athletic Association hotel is a unique and memorable destination. The striking view from Cindy’s terrace. Photo by Thomas Hart Shelby	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line861
__label__cc	0.736411	0.263589	Ask the Clarian Expert Diabetes Clarian - November 18, 2010 0 In recognition of November being American Diabetes Month, Dr. Carmella Evans-Molina will address your questions about diabetes. Dr. Evans-Molina is an endocrinologist with Clarian... Special to the Recorder - October 7, 2010 0 Cara Fast, manager of the Safety Store at Riley Hospital for Children, discusses family fire prevention and safety in recognition of Fire Prevention Week.... Ask the Clarian Expert Special to Recorder - June 3, 2010 0 Dr. Tres Scherer, director of pediatric trauma services at Riley Hospital for Children, offers important tips to keep your family safe this summer. What... Ask the Clarian Expert About…Kidney donations Special to Recorder - April 1, 2010 0 Dr. Tim Taber, medical director of Clarian Health Transplant’s kidney and pancreas transplant program, discusses the importance of kidney donation. How can you donate... Ask the Clarian Expert about… Clarian - March 11, 2010 0 Brett M. McCullough, M.D., a hospitalist with Clarian Health’s Methodist Hospital, discusses deep-vein thrombosis in recognition of March being Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month. What... IU expert: H1N1 public health messages inform rather than scare Special to the Recorder - October 15, 2009 0 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - So far, the communication strategies being employed by health care officials to warn people about the dangers of the 2009 H1N1... Ind. expert: Arrests more likely for black youth CHARLES WILSON Associated Press Writer - August 28, 2009 0 Juvenile justice experts said Thursday that the racial disparity in young offenders in Indiana is alarming and cited new data that shows black youth... Health and Fitness: Take an expert advice to meet your body’s needs ivan copper - July 31, 2009 0 Exercises have become a way of living these days. Gone are the days when exercises are done by sports people to prepare their bodies...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line863
__label__wiki	0.615698	0.615698	Indonesians are not big readers – but is anything being done about it? The UN’s education agency, Unesco, released an official statement in 2013 highlighting the fact that only 1 in 1,000 Indonesian people read books on a regular basis or for leisure. Photo by Nirwan Ahmad Arsuka. A recent report placed Indonesia 60th out of 61 countries in terms of interest in reading. The Central Connecticut State University study, “The World’s Most Literate Nation” put Finland in top spot, with Australia ranking 12th. The former minister of education and culture, Anies Baswedan, cited the study at a reading competition in August, prompting another round of hand-wringing in the Indonesian media over the low interest in reading in the country. The news was certainly nothing new. Previous studies have long pointed out poor reading habits among Indonesian people. The UN’s education agency, Unesco, released an official statement in 2013 highlighting the fact that only 1 in 1,000 Indonesian people read books on a regular basis or for leisure. Indonesia fares better for library infrastructure. The Central Connecticut State University study placed Indonesia equal 36th, ahead of even Germany, Portugal, New Zealand and South Korea. But while Indonesia might perform okay on library infrastructure, little has been done to make libraries interesting to visit. Collections are mostly old and dusty, and libraries do not hold regular events to engage with their communities. Most Indonesian families do not visit libraries for educational or recreational purposes and primary schools rarely make excursions to the local library. In countries like Australia and Japan, among many others, local libraries function as community and social hubs. Parents can take their children to attend storytelling sessions or craft classes, and senior citizens can attend various short courses, activities and discussions. In Scotland, whose capital, Edinburgh, was named Unesco’s first City of Literature, the government has partnered with hospitals to send storybooks to newborn babies to welcome them to the world. Scottish Book Trust, the nongovernmental organisation responsible for running the program, sends a book to babies at three months, and then again on their first birthday. The program was introduced seven years ago to boost reading habits. The function of libraries has shifted – they are not merely repositories for books but have an important role to play in building and strengthening their local communities and encouraging curiosity and creativity in learning. This is yet to happen in Indonesia. But that does not mean nothing is being done to respond to the reading crisis. While the government seems largely content to let libraries decline, plenty of reading communities, educators and ordinary people have taken up the challenge. Take Nirwan Ahmad Arsuka, for example. His Libraries in Motion (Pustaka Bergerak Indonesia) network is bringing books to children in small villages across the archipelago. The premise is simple. According to Nirwan, children need to be introduced to fun literature that can unleash their imaginations – not just books from the state approved curriculum, which are often the only reading materials available in more isolated regions. One of the first people to partner with Nirwan was Ridwan Sururi, from Serang, on the slopes of Mt. Slamet in Central Java. With a horse named Luna, Sururi visits local schools, letting children read books and play with Luna before the school starts. When news about Sururi’s horse library went viral last year, others joined the movement. One of these was Muhammad Ridwan Alimuddin, a marine researcher and activist in Tinambung, West Sulawesi. Ridwan has partnered with Nirwan to establish a boat library, named Pattingalloang, after a Bugis intellectual of the seventeenth century. It, too, blew up on social media. Books and donations flooded in, as people were touched by engaging photos of children in isolated coastal villages reading storybooks. Similar initiatives have now sprung up all over Indonesia, from a noken (Papuan traditional woven bag) library in Manokwari, Papua, to motorcycle libraries – even a tofu seller who doubles as a mobile library. For the volunteers at Libraries in Motion, the latest data about poor reading habits was not a surprise. In cities and villages, children are more interested in playing with mobile phones and video games or watching television. In many cases these electronic devices are more accessible than storybooks. Even in areas where libraries are present, Libraries in Motion has focused on creative methods of community outreach. Mobile libraries transport books to places where the children and community usually gather – schoolyards, markets, public squares or mosques. They aim to create a new and fun, yet educational, atmosphere in public spaces. “Now, parents love to join their children,” Nirwan says. “At the beginning, they just came to touch the books, looking at the pictures, or picking up one or two old magazines. But now, they are staying longer, sitting down on the grass or by the beach, reading quietly.” Indonesia doesn’t need ambitious dreams of becoming one of the world’s great literary nations. Culturally, Indonesians have a very strong oral tradition, and the country is not going to transform into a nation of bookworms overnight. What Indonesia does need, however, is to recognise that creativity and innovation are urgently needed to address the reading crisis. It shouldn’t just be left up to people like Nirwan and Ridwan. Lily Yulianti Farid Dr Lily Yulianti Farid is an Indonesian journalist, communication specialist, and researcher, and is the founder and director of the Makassar International Writers Festival. She completed her PhD at the School of Social and Political Science, University of Melbourne, in 2015. More Indonesians are holidaying abroad but is Australia missing out? Indonesia's growing middle class are travelling overseas in record numbers but the numbers holidaying in… The Muslim Cyber Army: what is it and what does it want? For more than a year, the Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet) has been… Are Minangkabau women really not into politics? The Minangkabau of West Sumatra are considered the world's largest matrilineal society. But despite the… Categories: Aid & Development Analysis Education Tags: Books, Reading	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line867
__label__wiki	0.941095	0.941095	INZ provider for settlement information announced by Scott Grant-ussher \| Jul 8, 2014 \| Blog post Immigration New Zealand, Visa New Zealand, Immigration Adviser Wellington, Immigration Advisor Wellington, Immigration services, Immigration Consultants Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has announced that from 1 July Citizens Advice Bureau New Zealand (CABNZ) will be the provider of face-to- face settlement information services for new migrants across the country. INZ General Manager Steve McGill says that the announcement is great news as CABNZ are an ideal mainstream organisation located in the heart of the communities they serve. “We are increasing provision of face-to-face outlets from 18 to 30 locations which will significantly increase coverage across the country,” Mr McGill says. “There will now be seven sites in Auckland, three in Christchurch and six new regional areas have been included. “Placing a service for new migrants in Bureau offices offers a great opportunity for new migrants to make connections with their local community and get the information and support they need. The CABNZ Language Link service, already funded by Immigration New Zealand, will provide added value and support if new migrants wish to use their own language.” Mr McGill says that the change is part of a new settlement information delivery model designed to attract and retain migrants with the skills that regions need and ensure they are successful in the workplace. From tomorrow all settlement information, both New Zealand-wide and regionally-specific, will be located on one website, www.newzealandnow.govt.nz. All phone calls and emails that have been handled up to now by Settlement Support New Zealand will be dealt with by the Immigration Contact Centre, which will significantly extend current service availability for migrants to a six-day, twelve-hour-day service. “I’m confident that these changes will improve services for migrants and employers so that we can continue to attract and retain the best talent from around the world,” Mr McGill says. Details of the 30 Citizens Advice Bureau locations, addresses and opening hours are available here.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line877
__label__cc	0.62528	0.37472	Nuvasive The Future of Spine NuVasive is the fastest growing, full-line spine company. Procedurally-integrated solutions iGA® NVM5® NuVasive Clinical Services™ NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics™ LessRay® Advanced Materials Science™ X360™ NuVasive is developing the operating room of the future. XLIF® XLIF corpectomy MAS® PLIF MAS TLIF MAGEC® system Thoracolumbar posterior fixation PRECICE® system Bendini® RELINE® Modulus® titanium technology Porous PEEK™ technology NuVasive offers solutions to alleviate patient symptoms. Lumbar degenerative disc disease Lumbar spinal stenosis Degenerative spondylolisthesis Degenerative scoliosis Cervical disc degeneration Early onset scoliosis Femur / Tibia Limb length discrepancy For Patients and Surgeons NuVasive provides patient support and surgeon education. The Better Way Back SpineTRACK registry For Surgeons Clinical Professional Development Electronic IFU information PCM® data collection form NuvaMap® PRECICE physicians Changing Lives Every Day NuVasive is transforming spine surgery and beyond. Corporate integrity NuVasive Spine Foundation NuVasive corporate grants IR Overview NuVasive Investor Relations NuVasive is a world leader in minimally invasive, procedurally integrated spine solutions. From complex spinal deformity to degenerative spinal conditions, NuVasive is transforming spine surgery with innovative technologies designed to deliver reproducible and clinically proven surgical outcomes. About NuVasive investorrelations@nuvasive.com Receive email alerts when new information about NuVasive, Inc is posted to this site. Need to unsubscribe? Click HERE. NuVasive, Inc. End-of-Day Stock Quote Alert NuVasive, Inc. SEC Filing Alert NuVasive, Inc. Event Alert NuVasive, Inc. All News Alert NuVasive, Inc. Annual Report Alert NuVasive Announces Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results SAN DIEGO, Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA), the leader in spine technology innovation, focused on transforming spine surgery with minimally disruptive, procedurally integrated solutions, today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2020. Net sales decreased -30.3% to $203.6 million, or -30.2% on a constant currency basis; GAAP operating margin of -18.3%; Non-GAAP operating margin of -9.8%; and GAAP diluted net loss per share of -$0.98; Non-GAAP diluted net loss per share of -$0.40. "NuVasive's second quarter performance was consistent with the preliminary results reported last month, highlighted by significantly better-than-expected net sales as a result of the upward monthly volume trend experienced in June," said J. Christopher Barry, chief executive officer of NuVasive. "While the Company continues to navigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, execution on our long-term business strategy remains a top priority as we continue advancing key research and development projects, increasing the adoption of less invasive surgical procedures in spine and strengthening our capabilities to take share globally." A full reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures can be found in the tables of this news release. Additionally, NuVasive is not reinstituting its annual financial guidance as visibility for spine surgery volumes for the remainder of the year continues to be limited and the Company is unable to predict when or how quickly elective surgery volumes will recover. Second Quarter 2020 Results NuVasive reported second quarter 2020 total net sales of $203.6 million, a -30.3% decrease compared to $292.1 million for the second quarter 2019. On a constant currency basis, second quarter 2020 total net sales decreased -30.2% compared to the same period last year. For the second quarter 2020, both GAAP and non-GAAP gross profit was $123.1 million and GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin was 60.5%. These results compared to GAAP and non-GAAP gross profit of $214.5 million and GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin of 73.4%, for the second quarter 2019. The Company reported a GAAP net loss of -$50.0 million, or diluted net loss per share of -$0.98, for the second quarter 2020 compared to GAAP net income of $15.0 million, or diluted earnings per share of $0.29, for the second quarter 2019. On a non-GAAP basis, the Company reported a net loss of -$20.4 million, or diluted net loss per share of -$0.40, for the second quarter 2020 compared to non-GAAP net income of $32.8 million, or diluted earnings per share of $0.63, for the second quarter 2019. Supplementary Financial Information For additional financial detail, please visit the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.nuvasive.com to access Supplementary Financial Information. Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Information Management uses certain non-GAAP financial measures such as non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP operating expenses and non-GAAP operating margin, which exclude amortization of intangible assets, business transition costs, purchased in-process research and development, one-time restructuring and related items in connection with acquisitions, investments and divestitures, non-recurring consulting fees, certain litigation expenses and settlements, certain European medical device regulation costs, gains and losses from strategic investments, gains and losses from changes in fair value of derivatives and non-cash interest expense (excluding debt issuance cost). Management also uses certain non-GAAP measures which are intended to exclude the impact of foreign exchange currency fluctuations. The measure constant currency utilizes an exchange rate that eliminates fluctuations when calculating financial performance numbers. The Company also uses measures such as free cash flow, which represents cash flow from operations less cash used in the acquisition and disposition of capital. Additionally, the Company uses an adjusted EBITDA measure which represents earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and excludes the impact of stock-based compensation, business transition costs, purchased in-process research and development, one-time restructuring and related items in connection with acquisitions, investments and divestitures, non-recurring consulting fees, certain litigation expenses and settlements, certain European medical device regulation costs, gains and losses on strategic investments, gains and losses from changes in fair value of derivatives and other significant one-time items. Management calculates the non-GAAP financial measures provided in this earnings release excluding these costs and uses these non-GAAP financial measures to enable it to further and more consistently analyze the period-to-period financial performance of its core business operations. Management believes that providing investors with these non-GAAP measures gives them additional information to enable them to assess, in the same way management assesses, the Company's current and future continuing operations. These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, GAAP, and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. Set forth below are reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measure. For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Unaudited - in thousands, except per share data) (Loss) Net (Loss) WASO7 Net (Loss) to Reported GAAP $ (37,303) $ (0.98) % of revenue Amortization of intangible assets Litigation related expenses and settlements1 Business transition costs2 Purchase of in-process research and development3 European medical device regulation4 Non-cash interest expense on convertible notes Net loss recognized on change in fair value of derivatives5 Tax effect of adjustments6 Interest expense/(income), net Income tax benefit Non-cash stock-based compensation Adjusted Non-GAAP Represents expenses associated with certain ongoing litigation matters, including infringement of the Company's intellectual property. Costs related to acquisition, integration and business transition activities which include severance, relocation, consulting, leasehold exit costs, third party merger and acquisitions costs, contingent consideration fair value adjustments, and other costs directly associated with such activities. Purchase of an in-process research and development asset which had no future alternative use. Represents costs specific to updating our quality system, product labeling, asset write-offs and product remanufacturing to comply with European medical device regulation. Represents the net change in fair value of the Company's derivative asset and liability associated with the 2023 Notes. Represents the impact from tax affecting the adjustments above at their statutory tax rate. Adjusted non-GAAP diluted WASO excludes the impact of all dilutive securities, including convertible notes for which the Company is economically hedged through its anti-dilutive bond hedge arrangements, as the Company recognized a non-GAAP net loss. (Loss) Profit $ (8,984) Net loss on strategic investments Adjusted non-GAAP diluted WASO excludes the impact of dilutive convertible notes for which the Company is economically hedged through its anti-dilutive bond hedge arrangements. Net Income to Represents the impact from tax affecting the adjustments above at their statutory tax rate. As of July 30, 2019, the Company estimated an annual tax rate of ~24% on a GAAP basis and ~23% on a non-GAAP basis. Investor Conference Call NuVasive will hold a conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT to discuss the results of its financial performance for the second quarter 2020. The dial-in numbers are 1-877-407-9039 for domestic callers and 1-201-689-8470 for international callers. A live webcast of the conference call will be available online from the Investor Relations page of the Company's website at www.nuvasive.com. After the live webcast, the call will remain available on NuVasive's website through September 4, 2020. In addition, a telephone replay of the call will be available until August 11, 2020. The replay dial-in numbers are 1-844-512-2921 for domestic callers and 1-412-317-6671 for international callers. Please use pin number: 13704316. NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA) is the leader in spine technology innovation, with a mission to transform surgery, advance care and change lives. The Company's less invasive, procedurally integrated surgical solutions are designed to deliver reproducible and clinically proven outcomes. The Company's comprehensive procedural portfolio includes access, implants and fixation systems, biologics, software for surgical planning, navigation and imaging solutions, magnetically adjustable implant systems for spine and orthopedics, and intraoperative monitoring service offerings. With more than $1 billion in net sales, NuVasive has approximately 2,800 employees and operates in more than 50 countries serving surgeons, hospitals and patients. For more information, please visit www.nuvasive.com. NuVasive cautions you that statements included in this news release or made on the investor conference call referenced herein that are not a description of historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors which, if they do not materialize or prove correct, could cause NuVasive's results to differ materially from historical results or those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In addition, this news release contains selected financial results from the second quarter 2020. The Company's results for the second quarter 2020 are prior to the completion of review and audit procedures by the Company's external auditors and are subject to adjustment. The potential risks and uncertainties which contribute to the uncertain nature of these statements include, among others, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company's business and financial results; the Company's ability to maintain operations to support its customers and patients in the near-term and to capitalize on future growth opportunities; risks associated with acceptance of the Company's surgical products and procedures by spine surgeons and hospitals, development and acceptance of new products or product enhancements, clinical and statistical verification of the benefits achieved via the use of NuVasive's products, the Company's ability to adequately manage inventory as it continues to release new products, its ability to recruit and retain management and key personnel, and the other risks and uncertainties more fully described in the Company's news releases and periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. NuVasive's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission are available at www.sec.gov. NuVasive assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date on which it was made. NuVasive, Inc. Total net sales Cost of sales (excluding below amortization of intangible assets) Total cost of sales Selling, general and administrative Purchase of in-process research and development Business transition costs Interest and other expense, net: Other (expense) income, net Total interest and other expense, net (Loss) income before income taxes Income tax benefit (expense) Consolidated net (loss) income Net (loss) income per share: (in thousands, except par values and share amounts) Short-term marketable securities Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $20,057 and $17,019, respectively Inventory, net Prepaid income taxes Property and equipment, net Deferred tax assets Restricted cash and investments Convertible note hedge derivative Contingent consideration liabilities Accrued payroll and related expenses Income tax liabilities Senior convertible notes Long-term senior convertible notes Embedded conversion derivative Deferred and income tax liabilities Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized, none outstanding Common stock, $0.001 par value; 120,000,000 shares authorized at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, 57,779,397 and 57,524,658 issued and outstanding at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively Treasury stock at cost; 6,528,294 shares and 5,379,536 shares at June 30, 2020 and Amortization of non-cash interest Reserves on current assets Net loss recognized on change in fair value of derivatives Other non-cash adjustments Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions: Acquisitions and investments Purchases of intangible assets Purchases of property and equipment Purchases of marketable securities Proceeds from the issuance of common stock Payment of contingent consideration Proceeds from issuance of convertible debt, net of issuance costs Proceeds from sale of warrants Purchases of convertible note hedges Other financing activities Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities Effect of exchange rate changes on cash Increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nuvasive-announces-second-quarter-2020-financial-results-301105966.html SOURCE NuVasive, Inc. Investor Contact: Suzanne Hatcher, NuVasive, Inc., 858-458-2240, investorrelations@nuvasive.com; Media Contact: Jessica Tieszen, NuVasive, Inc., 858-736-0364, media@nuvasive.com Investor type - Select -Individual InvestorBuy-Side AnalystSell-Side AnalystPortfolio ManagerStock BrokerEmployeeNews MediaLibraryOther Procedurally Integrated Solutions Pulse™ MAS® TLIF The Better Way Back™ NuVasive Spine Foundation™ NuVasive® Corporate Grants NuVasive Internship Program 7475 Lusk Blvd. San Diego, CA 92121 USA The materials on this website are for your general educational information only. Information you read on this website cannot replace the relationship that you have with your healthcare professional. We do not practice medicine or provide medical services or advice as a part of this website. You should always talk to your healthcare professional for diagnosis and treatment. ©2017 NuVasive®, Inc. Online IR Kit Webcasts and Events NuVasive® Japan NuVasive® Germany	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line878
__label__cc	0.616366	0.383634	By comparison with the Grand Canal, which had about fourteen feeders supplying the main line, the Royal seems to be almost a desert: I have found only five supplies. That may be because less has been published about its water supply, which receives comparatively little attention in either Peter Clarke’s The Royal Canal: the complete story (Elo Publications, Dublin 1992) or Ruth Delany and Ian Bath Ireland’s Royal Canal 1789–2009 (Lilliput Press, Dublin 2010). Furthermore, I have no map equivalent to that which I used for the Grand Canal, which was useful in naming the feeders. Most attention has focused on the Lough Owel feeder, which supplies the summit level, but it was not (and is not) the only source of water. Here is a list assembled from personal observation and from the OSI maps of ~1840 and ~1900, the Guide to the Royal Canal of Ireland (compiled by Ruth Delany and Ian Bath and published by the Office of Public Works in 1994) and some information from Waterways Ireland. The OSI surveyors working along the Royal seem to have been less interested in canal feeders, or perhaps there just weren’t as many. In several places they seem to have marked feeders with the letters CS rather than the words Canal Supply, making them rather harder to spot. As a result, I am not confident that this list is comprehensive and I would welcome additions, corrections and clarifications; please leave a Comment below. Again, the list goes from east (Dublin) to west (the Shannon). Ryewater supply, entering from the north just below 17th (Ferns, Ferrans) lock, west of Kilcock (OSI ~1900). There is a distortion in the online map at that point, but I assume that the sluice shown controlled discharge into the canal Riverstown supply, entering from the north opposite the harbour at Thomastown Pig’s Nostril, about half way between Baltrasna Bridge and Saunders Bridge east of Mullingar (OSI ~1900). This is a guess at the location, but it seems the most likely candidate; confirmation or contradiction welcome Lough Owel Feeder (upstream end) There is more about the Lough Owel Feeder here. Ballynacargy harbour supply (which may be the Balroe supply: Balroe Bridge is at 34th lock, one up from Ballynacargy) Is that all there is? Comments particularly from folk who’ve been along the Royal recently. Update November 2012 The Inspector’s Report to An Bord Pleanála on the Royal Canal Water Supply Scheme PL 25.JA0030 and PL 25.PW3005 reports that Nigel Russell, WI’s Director of Technical Services, described the “sources of water to the canal”: Apart from the summit Mr Russell noted that around Enfield there is some natural inflow as the canal is in cutting. There are two small gravity feeders in addition, the Thomastown feeder, a small stream, and the Rye water, which operate in flood weather conditions. The Boyne and Inny have been pumped over the last ten years and in times of low flow have been a significant source of water. In low flow the only Lough Owel derived water is from the fish farm. If it is considered that pristine Lough Owel water is the main source of water to the canal that is not accurate. Lough Owel supplies the canal during high water levels. At low flow times the canal sources are pumped water from the Boyne and Inny, Lough Owel water and Cullion fish farm recirculated water. […] Mr Russell indicated that the relative contributions of water at times of low flow could not be estimated. Losses of water through seepage is being addressed and illegal abstractions are being pursued. A large throughput of boats will give rise to large losses. Waterways Ireland is still pumping from the Inny into the Royal Canal at the Whitworth Aqueduct, north of Abbeyshrule, but the level is still well below normal. The inflow from the pump The water level on the aqueduct The location of the aqueduct [RC10] 23 responses to “Water supply to the Royal Canal: the feeders” Ewan Duffy \| Monday 16 April 2012 at 20:18 \| if memory serves me correct, there is a drain into the Royal just east of the 13th Lock at Blakestown. In Glasgow currently so can’t check on the ground. bjg \| Monday 16 April 2012 at 20:26 \| Thanks, Ewan. Nothing shown on the old OSIs, but I’m not sure that means very much! If you can check at some stage, that would be useful. bjg bjg \| Tuesday 17 April 2012 at 10:56 \| Update: memo to self: maps show things in two dimensions but in real life there are three. What I thought might be a supply from the Inny at Scally’s Bridge must instead be an overflow, as the canal is above the river at that point, having just crossed it on an aqueduct! Accordingly, I have deleted that from my list. Ewan Duffy \| Saturday 7 July 2012 at 08:20 \| Brian – apologies for the delay in responding. Drove by the 13th Lock this morning and there is a drain feeding to the canal – it is possible that it is runoff from the railway line. WIll send the photo to you by email. Martin \| Friday 30 November 2012 at 18:22 \| I walked the Royal in May and noted at least 3 pumped feeders, of which i photographed 2 (emailed). Of these, one was just past the McNead’s Bridge but before the lifting bridge. The second was at the Inny Aqueduct at Abbeyshrule. bjg \| Friday 30 November 2012 at 19:27 \| Brilliant; thanks Martin. How was the walk? I remember some years ago, going by boat, some sections of the towpath were pretty rough, but I haven’t seen all of it in recent years. bjg Martin \| Friday 7 December 2012 at 23:07 \| We were blessed wih 5 sunny days, thanks to which my memories of summer 2012 are good. The Grand is logistically easier ( 4 x c30km sections) but the scenery on the Royal is superior. No major or even minor obstacles en-route, I am looking forward to Minister Varadker’s plans to develop it further for cyclist and walkers. (Because there sure ain’t enough boats using it). bjg \| Friday 7 December 2012 at 23:09 \| Thanks, Martin. How did you arrange the sunny days? bjg Robzer \| Wednesday 6 December 2017 at 11:01 \| Growing up beside the canal in Enfield I can tell you there is a stream feeding the canal between Enfield railway station Bridge and Cloncurry Bridge. bjg \| Wednesday 6 December 2017 at 12:03 \| Great: thanks for that information. bjg Pat_kennelly@ hotmail.com \| Saturday 13 January 2018 at 20:04 \| Just happened on this site whilst home on holidays last year and walking the canal at Killashee Very informative and especially love the very local aspects of the updates bjg \| Saturday 13 January 2018 at 20:06 \| Cathal O Meara \| Friday 9 March 2018 at 10:00 \| The arterial drainage ( river dredging) schemes of the 1950s-1970s have taken a few meters off a lot of water tables along the canal, and particularly the Boyne itself. So a lot of feeder streams no longer work for much of the year. You need a really wet summer to provide water for the locks. I understand that the extraction pump from the Boyne is not licenced and that it may be decommissioned. Licenced by what of our myriad quangos I cannot say , could be anyone from the EPA to Waterways Ireland to the NPWS or all of the feckers. bjg \| Friday 9 March 2018 at 12:11 \| Thank you. That is very interesting and informative. The implications of drainage had not struck me. bjg Ben Treacy \| Monday 24 December 2018 at 01:58 \| I’m not sure if the Rivertown supply, entering the harbour at Thomastown is actually entering the canal it seems to be getting piped under the canal at this point, the water seems to drop into a grate and there is no output flow into the canal also, the wall at this point has been undercut and collapsed and is just a shallow area in the harbour now. I understand some “explorers traced the river and found unrestored sluice gates similar to those being used on the lough Owel feeder. So even though this river is flowing I do not think it is entering the canal bjg \| Monday 24 December 2018 at 07:51 \| Thanks, Ben. You’re right about the sluice: on map.geohive.ie enter the coordinates 657910.769,750856.452 and you should land at the top of the feeder, which is itself fed by the Riverstown River. Under Data Catalogue, Base Information and Mapping, switch to Historic 25″ and you’ll see the sluice marked. Follow it down and you come to a T junction with another sluice. After that it gets a bit complicated: two branches head towards the canal, the one to the left being marked “CS”. Both of them seem to go under the canal but the right-hand one looks as if it has an outlet (a small arch) in the canal as well, and maybe that’s marking the blocked outlet. bjg Pingback: Garryowen and the Royal Canal \| Irish waterways history Denis Baker \| Tuesday 29 October 2019 at 00:01 \| http://webgis.buildingsofireland.ie/HistoricEnvironment/?REG_NO=15402732 On the above link you can see the unrestored sluice which would have supplied water from the Riverstown River, north of Thomastown, to the Royal Canal at Thomastown Harbour. There is still a small feed entering the harbour but I believe in pastimes when the sluice was operational the supply in wetter weather would have been considerably more substantial. This would have greatly improved conditions on Long Level which suffers regularly now with low and fluctuating levels. The sluice appears to be complete but needs restoration. W.I. state that issues with landowners through whose land the feeder runs prevents restoration, I believe it’s probably more an issue of economics. By the sluice in the Riverstown River there appears to be a weir-like stone which would have only allowed water to reach the sluice if when the water level rose to a certain height. This stone is now moved some 90 degrees out of position and may have been used as a stepping stone stepoing to cross the river when low. It is ironic that the water from the Riverstown River eventually flows into the Boyne where it is then pumped at some cost by W.I. up into the canal at the Boyne Aqueduct…. on Long Level! It’s mad Ted!! bjg \| Tuesday 29 October 2019 at 09:42 \| Thanks, Denis: that’s very useful. I hadn’t realised that NIAH material was now on GIS. I don’t suppose there’s any progress with Lough Ennell. Victor \| Saturday 2 November 2019 at 08:50 \| There is a curious aspect of this. The River Brosna is said to begin at Lough Owel, but I can’t find any outlet except for the feeder. Looking at aerial photos, it seems that it splits from the feeder at the fish farm location. So it may be that the feeder uses the outlet that was originally the river, then it diverts, straightened out towards the canal. bjg \| Saturday 2 November 2019 at 11:45 \| I’ve looked at the OSI historic maps http://map.geohive.ie/mapviewer.html and it seems to have been the same back in the 1830s (or whenever that bit was surveyed). There was a tannery near the junction back then, a bit upstream of where the fish farm is; then, on the 25″ map of around 1900, Culleenmore House seems to be on the tannery site. In all cases, the river seems to start from around there, branching off from the feeder. Denis Baker \| Sunday 10 November 2019 at 02:47 \| Regarding Lough Ennel and the possibility of a replacement suppky to the Royal, in discussion with W.I. engineering early this year I learned that the Ennel plan may yet be revived. Issues with water rights, which had previously scuppered the plan, had been resolved by W.I. It remained for engineers from Irish Water and W.I. to review the plan. Irish Water had stopped water from Lough Owel entering the feeder on Jan 31st as the Lough had not fully recovered following the previous dry year. However, this summer having been so wet, the Lough is well up and supply to the Lough Owel feeder has been restored, temporarily anyway. bjg \| Sunday 10 November 2019 at 09:01 \| Thank you for that. bjg	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line879
__label__cc	0.676363	0.323637	Case Report/Case Series Acquired Bilateral Telangiectatic Macules: A Distinct Clinical Entity Ji-Hye Park, MD1; Dong Jun Lee, MD1; Yoo-Jung Lee, MD2; et al Yong Hyun Jang, MD, PhD3; Hee Young Kang, MD, PhD1; You Chan Kim, MD, PhD1 1Department of Dermatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea 2Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea 3Department of Dermatology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea JAMA Dermatol. 2014;150(9):974-977. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.10238 Importance We evaluated 13 distinct patients with multiple telangiectatic pigmented macules confined mostly to the upper arms to determine if the clinical and histopathological features of these cases might represent a specific clinical entity. Observations We retrospectively investigated the clinical, histopathologic, and immunohistochemical features of 13 patients with multiple telangiectatic pigmented macules on the upper arms who presented between January 2003 and December 2012. Epidermal pigmentation, melanogenic activity, melanocyte number, vascularity, epidermal thickness, and perivascular mast cell number of the specimens were evaluated. Clinically, the condition favored middle-aged men. On histopathologic examination, the lesional skin showed capillary proliferation and telangiectasia in the upper dermis. Histochemical and immunohistochemical analysis revealed basal hyperpigmentation and increased melanogenic activity in the lesional skin (P < .05). No significant difference in epidermal thickness or mast cell number was observed between the normal perilesional skin and the lesional skin. Conclusions and Relevance The clinical and histopathologic features of these lesions were relatively consistent in all patients. In addition, the features are quite distinct from other diseases. Based on clinical and histologic features, we suggest the name acquired bilateral telangiectatic macules for this new entity. Within the last several years, we observed 13 adult patients with multiple telangiectatic pigmented macules confined mostly to the upper arms. Until now, these patients might have been diagnosed with conditions such as telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans (TMEP)1 or acquired brachial cutaneous dyschromatosis (ABCD).2 Herein, we report the findings of further analysis of these clinical and histologic findings. Report of Cases All patients provided their written informed consent, and the study was approved by the Ajou University Hospital institutional review board. We examined 13 patients with multiple telangiectatic pigmented macules on the upper arms who presented between January 2003 and December 2012. Chart review was performed for the clinical evaluation of the enrolled patients. Clinical features associated with age, sex, location of skin lesions, symptom duration at the time of presentation, and underlying diseases were investigated. Three-millimeter punch biopsies of both the lesional and the normal perilesional skin were performed in 7 patients and of only the lesional skin in the remaining 6 patients. Hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) staining was used to study the general histopathologic changes in the skin lesions. Epidermal thickness was measured under H&E staining as well. Melanin pigments were visualized with Fontana-Masson staining. Immunohistochemical staining was performed using monoclonal antibodies to human gp100 (NKI/beteb; Monosan; 1:10), tyrosinase (TYR; Thermo Scientific; 1:50), microphthalmia transcription factor (MITF; Leica Biosystems; 1:10), factor VIII–related antigen (Thermo Scientific; 1:100), podoplanin (D2-40; Cell Marque; 1:100), and c-kit (CD117; Cell Marque; 1:50). The amount of melanin pigment was evaluated as the ratio of pigmented area to the measured epidermal area (PA/EA) under Fontana-Masson staining. Expression of NKI/beteb and TYR were calculated as the ratio of the stained area to measured EA (SA/EA). The number of MITF-positive melanocytes (Mc) per 1-mm length of rete ridge (Mc/1R) was counted. The number of factor VIII–related antigen-positive vessels per 1 mm2 area within a 0.1-mm distance from the dermal-epidermal junction was counted. Perivascular mast cell number per vessel unit (>55 μm) was compared under c-kit staining. For statistical analysis, an image analysis program (Image-Pro PLUS software, version 4.5; Media Cybernetics) was used. A Kruskal-Wallis test was performed using SPSS Statistics Desktop 20.0.0 software (IBM). A P < .05 was considered statistically significant. Mean patient age was 42.9 years (age range, 37-52 years; 11 men, 2 women), and all patients had Fitzpatrick skin types III and IV. The skin lesion duration ranged from 1 to 8 years. None of the patients had a family history of similar skin lesions or specific medical history such as a chronic drug intake. All patients had asymptomatic, irregular, dark red to brown telangiectatic macules developed insidiously and distributed over both upper arms (Figure 1). Darier sign was negative in all cases. The skin sites of disease involvement included both upper arms (13 of 13 patients), both lower arms (7 of 13 patients), both thighs (1 of 13 patients), trunk (1 of 13 patients), and neck (1 of 13 patients) (Table 1). Figure 1. Clinical Images of 2 Study Patients Patients with asymptomatic, irregular, dark red to brown telangiectatic macules on both upper arms (A, case 8; B, case 9). Table 1. Demographic Data for All 13 Study Patients Twelve patients were observed in follow-up without specific treatment, and none of the patients showed improvement. Mean duration of follow-up was 3.8 years (range, 1.3-10.3 years). One patient was treated with intense pulsed light (IPL; Lumenis One, LUMENIS) at 3- to 4-week intervals. Treatment fluence ranged from 21 to 23 J/cm2, Energy was delivered in double pulse trains of 3.0 milliseconds with pulse delays of 120 milliseconds. Cutoff filters of 590 nm were used. After 4 treatment sessions, the skin lesions showed moderate improvement. Histopathologic examination revealed mild capillary proliferation and telangiectasia in the lesional skin of all the patients. No D2-40 immunoreactivity was observed in the lesional or normal perilesional skin. The lesional skin specimens showed marked hyperpigmentation in the basal layer of the epidermis on H&E staining. Capillary proliferation and perivascular inflammatory cell infiltration in the dermis was observed (Figure 2). A significant difference was observed in mean (SD) epidermal pigmentation in the normal perilesional and lesional skin (PA/EA, 0.097 [0.057] vs 0.249 [0.062]) (P = .02). The mean (SD) NKI/beteb levels (SA/EA, 0.003 [0.002] vs 0.017 [0.009]) (P = .07) and number of melanocytes (Mc/1R, 1.861 [0.808] vs 3.882 [1.633]) (P = .12) did not differ significantly between the perilesional and lesional skin. However, TYR levels (SA/EA, 0.005 [0.003] vs 0.032 [0.015]) (P = .046), which are used as markers of melanogenic activity, were significantly higher in the lesional skin than in the perilesional skin. An 89.26% increase in mean (SD) vessel density was observed in the lesional skin compared with the normal perilesional skin (5.626 [2.707] mm2 vs 10.648 [4.943] mm2) (P = .046). The mean epidermal thicknesses of the normal and lesional skin samples were 31.10 μm and 33.62 μm, respectively, not significantly different (P = .63). We compared the perivascular mast cell number of the normal and lesional skin samples using c-kit staining. The mean numbers of mast cells in the normal and lesional skin samples were 2.18 and 2.50, respectively, and no significant difference was noted (P = .50) (Table 2). Figure 2. Histochemical and Immunohistochemical Features in Perilesional and Lesional Samples Original magnification ×200 for all panels. A and B, Hyperpigmentation in the basal layer of the epidermis, capillary proliferation, and perivascular inflammatory cell infiltration in the dermis is observed (hematoxylin-eosin [H&E]). C and D, Fontana-Masson (FM) stain confirmed increased melanin pigment in the basal layer of the epidermis. E and F, Melanogenesis-associated factor (TYR) is upregulated in the lesional skin compared with the perilesional sample. G and H, The number of blood vessels is increased in the upper dermis of the lesional skin compared with the normal perilesional skin (factor VIII–related antigen immunostain). Table 2. Comparative Analysis of Characteristics in Perilesional and Lesional Skin Samplesa The clinical features of these lesions were relatively consistent in all patients. The lesions occurred insidiously and mostly in men during middle age (age 32-50 years), and the patients had irregular and dark red to brown telangiectatic macules on both upper arms. None of the patients had a history of excessive sun exposure. Some disorders should be discussed in the differential diagnosis. Clinically, TMEP is characterized by telangiectatic tan to brown macules on the trunk and extremities. Histologically, TMEP shows infiltrates of mast cells, mainly in the upper dermis usually clustered around dilated capillaries and venules.3 Unlike TMEP, our cases showed no significant difference in perivascular mast cell number was observed between the lesional and perilesional skin in our patients. The newly described ABCD is a disorder characterized clinically by asymptomatic gray-brown patches on the arms. However, in contrast to our cases, it is accompanied by epidermal atrophy and slight actinic elastosis and occurs on the dorsal aspects of the forearms in postmenopausal women.2 Generalized essential telangiectasia is characterized by the dilatation of veins and capillaries without preceding or coexisting skin lesions. However, it involves a large segment of the body and develops most frequently in women in their 40s and 50s, usually appearing first on the lower legs and then spreading to the upper legs, abdomen, and arms.3 Poikiloderma is a morphologic term combining atrophy, telangiectasia, and pigmentary changes over an area of the skin. However, unlike patients with poikiloderma, our patients showed no significant difference in epidermal thickness. Unilateral nevoid telangiectasia syndrome involves large punctate and stellate telangiectases on the skin with characteristic unilateral occurrence. These presentations can frequently be assigned to certain dermatomes.4 Solar lentigines commonly occur as multiple lesions in sun-exposed areas such as the face and extensor surfaces of the forearms. Histologically, the rete ridges are subtly elongated. In contrast, our patients had skin lesions mainly on their upper arms, and rete ridge elongations were not observed on histologic examination. In the present study, epidermal hyperpigmentation and increased vessel density were observed in the lesional skin. In recent studies, more vascularization was observed in hyperpigmented lesions than in the normal perilesional skin in melasma.5,6 These results support the hypothesis that vascular components may be closely correlated with cutaneous pigmentation. Although the number of melanocytes in our cases was not increased in the lesional skin, melanogenic activity was increased. The exact vascular factor associated with melanogenesis has not yet been determined. However, recent studies have proposed that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) might play a key role in melanogenesis.7,8 Kim et al7 suggest that VEGF might not only affect cutaneous angiogenesis but also exert paracrine effects on melanocytes. It is known that VEGF activates the arachidonic acid pathway, which might affect melanogenesis.8 An additional in vivo study is needed to support these data. Because most of the patients described herein showed no significant change of the skin lesions during follow-up, this condition is thought to be chronic and persistent. However, moderate improvement was observed in a patient treated with IPL, which might be effective in treating both hyperpigmentation and erythema in this condition because of its broad spectrum of light. We describe herein an acquired telangiectatic disorder with an adult male predominance that involves pigmentation mainly on the upper arms. Based on its clinical and histologic features, we suggest the name acquired bilateral telangiectatic macules for this entity. Corresponding Author: You Chan Kim, MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, San 5 Woncheon-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 443-721, South Korea (maychan@ajou.ac.kr). Published Online: May 7, 2014. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.10238. Author Contributions: Drs Park and Kim had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: Kim. Acquisition of data: Park, D. J. Lee, Y.-J. Lee. Analysis and interpretation of data: Park, D. J. Lee, Y.-J. Lee, Jang, Kang, Kim. Drafting of the manuscript: Park, D. J. Lee, Y.-J. Lee, Jang. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Jang, Kang, Kim. Statistical analysis: Park, D. J. Lee, Y.-J. Lee. Study supervision: Kim. Lee HW, Jeong YI, Choi JC, et al. Two cases of telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans demonstrated by immunohistochemistry for c-kit (CD 117). J Dermatol. 2005;32(10):817-820.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref Rongioletti F, Rebora A. Acquired brachial cutaneous dyschromatosis: a common pigmentary disorder of the arm in middle-aged women. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2000;42(4):680-684.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref James WD, Elston DM, Berger TG, Andrews GC. Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology.11th ed. London, England: Saunders/Elsevier; 2011. Kreft B, Marsch WC, Wohlrab J. Unilateral nevoid telangiectasia syndrome. Dermatology. 2004;209(3):215-217.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref Kang HY, Bahadoran P, Suzuki I, et al. In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy detects pigmentary changes in melasma at a cellular level resolution. Exp Dermatol. 2010;19(8):e228-e233.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref Kim EH, Kim YC, Lee ES, Kang HY. The vascular characteristics of melasma. J Dermatol Sci. 2007;46(2):111-116.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref Kim EJ, Park HY, Yaar M, Gilchrest BA. Modulation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors in melanocytes. Exp Dermatol. 2005;14(8):625-633.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref Wheeler-Jones C, Abu-Ghazaleh R, Cospedal R, Houliston RA, Martin J, Zachary I. Vascular endothelial growth factor stimulates prostacyclin production and activation of cytosolic phospholipase A2 in endothelial cells via p42/p44 mitogen-activated protein kinase. FEBS Lett. 1997;420(1):28-32.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref Park J, Lee DJ, Lee Y, Jang YH, Kang HY, Kim YC. Acquired Bilateral Telangiectatic Macules: A Distinct Clinical Entity. JAMA Dermatol. 2014;150(9):974–977. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.10238	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line888
__label__cc	0.722744	0.277256	Subscribe to the JAMA Neurology journal Comparison of 3 Treatment Strategies for Medication Overuse Headache Association of Stress-Related Disorders With Subsequent Neurodegenerative Diseases In This Issue of JAMA Neurology JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(10):1165. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.2485 Brain Atrophy in Super-refractory Status Epilepticus Hocker and coauthors document and quantify the development of atrophy over time in super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE). This retrospective medical record review included all patients with SRSE who were admitted to a tertiary referral campus of the Mayo Clinic Hospital with SRSE from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2013. Atrophy developed in all patients with SRSE who underwent serial imaging, despite administration of agents for seizure control. The degree of atrophy appears to be related to the duration of SRSE. Editorial perspective is provided by Andrew J. Cole, MD. Serum Docosahexaenoic Acid and Cerebral Amyloidosis Yassine and colleagues determine the association between serum docosahexanoic acid (DHA) levels, cerebral amyloidosis, and the volumes of brain areas affected by Alzheimer disease. They performed a cross-sectional analysis of serum DHA levels together with measures of amyloid deposition (Pittsburgh Compound B index), brain volumes, and neuropsychological testing scores from 61 participants in the Aging Brain Study. They show that serum DHA levels were associated with pathogenesis of cerebral amyloidosis and with preservation of entorhinal and hippocampal volumes. Editorial perspective is provided by Joseph F. Quinn, MD. Clinical Review & Education Synthetic Nucleic Acids and Treatment of Neurological Diseases Corey reviews the use of antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) for the treatment of neurological disorders. Synthetic ASOs can recognize cellular RNA and control gene expression. Antisense oligonucleotides are not a new concept, but successful clinical development has proceeded at a slow pace. Advances in ASO chemistry, biological understanding, and clinical design are making successful applications more likely. Both laboratory and clinical studies are demonstrating the potential of ASOs as a source of drugs to treat neurological disease. Jill Sergesketter Butler, PhD, and Marek Napierala, PhD, provide editorial perspective. Highlights. JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(10):1165. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.2485 JAMA Neurology Author Interviews Get the latest from JAMA Neurology	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line889
__label__wiki	0.558033	0.558033	Face scanning and spontaneous emotion preference in Cornelia de Lange syndrome and Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome Hayley Crawford1,2, Joanna Moss2,3, Joseph P. McCleery4, Giles M. Anderson5 & Chris Oliver2 Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders volume 7, Article number: 22 (2015) Cite this article Existing literature suggests differences in face scanning in individuals with different socio-behavioural characteristics. Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) and Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RTS) are two genetically defined neurodevelopmental disorders with unique profiles of social behaviour. Here, we examine eye gaze to the eye and mouth regions of neutrally expressive faces, as well as the spontaneous visual preference for happy and disgusted facial expressions compared to neutral faces, in individuals with CdLS versus RTS. Results indicate that the amount of time spent looking at the eye and mouth regions of faces was similar in 15 individuals with CdLS and 17 individuals with RTS. Both participant groups also showed a similar pattern of spontaneous visual preference for emotions. These results provide insight into two rare, genetically defined neurodevelopmental disorders that have been reported to exhibit contrasting socio-behavioural characteristics and suggest that differences in social behaviour may not be sufficient to predict attention to the eye region of faces. These results also suggest that differences in the social behaviours of these two groups may be cognitively mediated rather than subcortically mediated. The processing of social information is crucial for understanding the social world in which we live. In order to identify people during social interactions, we must process their facial features and characteristics. Furthermore, information gained from the face, such as expressions of emotion, can inform whether it is necessary to alter our interaction style. Exploring the face to spontaneously distinguish emotional expressions is part of successful social interaction. The eye region, in particular, has been proposed to be highly important for social interaction, due to the role it plays in conveying emotional states and communicative intent [1, 2]. Different face scanning has been reported in the literature for individuals who exhibit impairments in social interaction [3–5]. However, the majority of these studies have focussed primarily on individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), although more recent studies have investigated visual exploration of social stimuli in Williams syndrome (WS). These two neurodevelopmental disorders are each associated with impairments and atypicalities in social interactions, but the presentation of these impairments is dramatically different. For example, individuals with ASD have often been reported to exhibit social withdrawal and reduced eye contact, whereas individuals with WS have been reported to exhibit hyper-sociability and heightened eye gaze [3–5]. In addition to distinctive patterns of eye looking in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders associated with divergent socio-behavioural characteristics, reduced eye looking has been well documented in individuals with amygdala damage. For example, failure to spontaneously fixate to the eye region of static faces has been reported in a patient with bilateral amygdala damage [6]. Reduced eye contact during real social interactions has also been shown in a patient with amygdala damage [7], and a positive relationship between amygdala activation and looking to the eye region of faces has been documented in ASD [8]. Although evidence for amygdala dysfunction in ASD exists, it is somewhat inconsistent [9, 10]. In addition, reduced eye looking in ASD has been proven to be more inconsistent than once thought. Indeed, many studies have reported no difference in the amount of time individuals spend looking at the eye region compared to typically developing controls [11–13]. Rather, reduced eye looking in ASD has recently become most commonly associated with dynamic stimuli as opposed to static stimuli [12]. This suggests that reduced eye looking in ASD may be mediated by higher order cognitive mechanisms as opposed to biologically mediated amygdala dysfunction, with which reduced eye looking to static faces is a more consistent finding than in ASD. It has been suggested that impaired facial emotion recognition may be due to reduced looking at the eye region, which has been argued to be important for communicating emotional expressions [2, 14, 15]. In support of this, eye contact has been reported to predict performance on a facial emotion recognition task in individuals with ASD [14], and increased emotion recognition performance has also been reported in those looking longer to the eye region [15]. Furthermore, neuropsychological patients with damage to the amygdala have been found to exhibit both reduced looking to the eye region of static faces and reduced ability to discriminate facial expressions of emotion [6, 16]. Both of these findings are in line with the hypothesis that looking to the eye region is important for successful emotion recognition, which in turn has been suggested to be important for successful social interaction [17]. However, more recent studies have also suggested that the eye region may not be as crucial as once thought, with a recent study showing reduced eye contact in a group of participants with ASD who also displayed intact emotion recognition skills [18]. Furthermore, a number of studies have reported relatively intact emotional face processing in ASD when comparison groups are well matched [19], thus highlighting the mixed nature of the findings regarding emotion recognition and looking to the eye region in ASD. The aforementioned studies have revealed a putative pathway from eye gaze behaviour during the viewing of social stimuli and social characteristics in ASD versus WS [3–5]. Whilst these studies report clear findings that reflect the characteristic social behaviours of the groups studied, the two disorders are also associated with socio-behavioural profiles argued to be at polar ends of a spectrum [20]. Whether or not similar group level or individual associations are replicable with different neurodevelopmental disorders associated with contrasting socio-behavioural profiles has not yet been investigated. Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) and Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RTS) show a divergent pattern of social abilities. Whether or not the social behaviours exhibited by individuals with CdLS and RTS, namely social withdrawal/anxiety and social interest, can be linked to visual exploration of social information in the same was as previously reported in ASD and WS is of interest to the present study. CdLS is a genetic disorder affecting approximately 1 in 40,000 live births [21] and is associated with intellectual disability, specific physical characteristics such as distinctive facial features and limb abnormalities and increased rates of ASD symptomatology [22–24]. CdLS is primarily caused by a deletion in the NIPBL gene located on chromosome 5 [25–27], whilst fewer cases have been reported that are caused by mutations on the SMC3 gene on chromosome 10 [28], the SMC1 gene [29], the HDAC8 gene [30], and the RAD21 gene [31]. Although CdLS is associated with an increased prevalence of ASD, the social impairments are subtly different. Most notably, individuals with CdLS have been reported to exhibit extreme social anxiety alongside selective mutism, whereas those with ASD typically withdraw from social interaction, but this withdrawal is not commonly or primarily attributed to extreme anxiety [24]. In addition, individuals with CdLS have been reported to exhibit reduced eye contact during situations which require initiation of speech [32] but less impaired eye contact than individuals with ASD [24]. One possible explanation for this pattern of eye looking in CdLS is that decreased eye contact is associated with anxiety and social withdrawal tendencies during situations with high social demand, whereas less impaired eye contact during a range of situations may be reflective of relatively higher social motivation in this population [24]. Interestingly, increased eye contact is also reported in typically developing individuals experiencing social anxiety [33]. Furthermore, a role for amygdala dysfunction in social anxiety has been postulated [34, 35]. The social impairments documented in CdLS are not dissimilar to those seen in fragile X syndrome (FXS), with both groups generally being reported or suggested to exhibit heightened social anxiety alongside heightened social motivation [36]. Eye-tracking methodology has previously been used to investigate face scanning in individuals with FXS, with the majority of these studies reporting reduced looking to the eye region in comparison to typically developing individuals [37–40] and in comparison to children with ASD [41]. Interestingly, FXS is associated with amygdala dysfunction [42], which, with consistent reports of reduced looking to the eye region of faces, may indicate that the social impairments observed in this group are somewhat subcortically mediated by amygdala dysfunction. Furthermore, direct comparisons of the brain structure in individuals with FXS and ASD have revealed smaller amygdala size in those with FXS compared to those with ASD [10]. This provides further support for the notion that eye looking in ASD may be mediated by higher order cognitive mechanisms as opposed to biologically mediated by amygdala dysfunction, as is more likely to be the case in FXS. Whilst eye contact has been investigated in real-life social situations in people with CdLS, the use of eye-tracking methodology to investigate face scanning has not previously been attempted. Investigating the visual exploration of social information such as faces and emotional expressions using robust methodological techniques is important due to the relationship this may have to the striking social impairments present in this group. Furthermore, brain-imaging studies have not been conducted in CdLS. Therefore, studying eye looking and emotion processing, which has been associated with amygdala damage, may further our understanding of amygdala function in an under-researched population. RTS is also a genetic syndrome associated with intellectual disability, affecting approximately one in 100,000–125,000 live births [43]. Mutations in the CREB-binding protein gene (CBP) account for approximately 40 % of cases, whereas mutations in the EP300 gene account for a limited number of cases [44–48]. Whilst studies investigating the social characteristics of RTS are limited, those that have been conducted to date suggest that social skills are largely intact in this group relative to their level of intellectual functioning [49]. Individuals with RTS have been reported to initiate and maintain social contact despite cognitive impairments [47]. One study, for example, described three children with RTS as being friendly and as making good social contacts [50]. Families of children with RTS have also described them as friendly and loving [50–52]. Increased social interest in children with RTS particularly relating to eye contact, initiating play, and use of facial expressions, compared to a group of children matched for age, gender, and developmental ability [53] has also been reported. However, this report of increased social interest given the level of intellectual ability may be age-specific, as an increase in anxiety and depression in adults with RTS compared to children with RTS has recently been reported [54]. However, as the majority of research indicates typical levels of social interest in this group, if not increased, it would be interesting to investigate the visual exploration of social information in this syndrome group. Similarly to CdLS, eye-tracking methodology has not yet been used to investigate looking patterns to social stimuli in this group. The current study uses eye-tracking methodology to investigate spontaneous emotion preference for happy versus neutral and disgust versus neutral facial expressions and face scanning in individuals with CdLS versus RTS. Happiness and disgust were the expressions used in the present study due to their contrast in emotional valence. Many negative emotional expressions, such as sadness, fear, and anger, can often be experienced cognitively with no distinctive facial expression. For example, one may not always display a frown when experiencing sadness. Disgust was chosen as the negative emotional expression of interest for the current study as it is depicted facially. Patterns of eye gaze across the eye, mouth, and other regions of the face were also measured during “standard” trials, which presented pairs of faces posed in neutral expressions, in order to examine and compare gaze to the eye region across participant groups. The aim of this study is to determine whether or not previous findings in individuals with contrasting profiles of social behaviour, namely ASD (reduced) and WS (enhanced), replicate in the visual exploration of social information of two syndrome groups that exhibit similarly contrasting socio-behavioural characteristics. As impaired eye looking in static faces is associated with amygdala dysfunction, this study aims to further the understanding of whether the documented differences in social behaviour of CdLS and RTS are subcortically or cognitively mediated. Based on previous literature indicating differences in face processing for groups with divergent profiles of social behaviour, we hypothesised that those with CdLS and RTS would show contrasting patterns of looking to the eye region. Specifically, based on reports of heightened social anxiety in people with CdLS [24, 32] and reports of social interest being relatively intact in individuals with RTS [53], we predicted that individuals with CdLS would exhibit less looking to the eye region than individuals with RTS. The methods used here are identical to those used and described in a previous study conducted by the authors to investigate face processing in Fragile X Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder [41]. Fifteen individuals with CdLS (seven female, Mage = 18.42, SD = 9.78) and 17 individuals with RTS (10 female, Mage = 17.33, SD = 10.14) were included in the analyses. An additional one participant with RTS was tested but did not provide reliable data due to providing over 40 % invalid trials in one condition. A trial during which the participant did not look at either face was considered invalid. Table 1 presents the characteristics of the final study populations. As Table 1 shows, participants with CdLS and RTS were matched on chronological age, gender, severity of autistic impairments, as measured by the social communication questionnaire (SCQ; [55]), and global and communicative adaptive behaviour abilities, as measured by the Vineland adaptive behaviour scale (VABS; [56]). SCQ data was not returned for one participant with RTS. Participants were recruited through the Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of Birmingham (UoB) participant database, through the Cornelia de Lange Foundation UK and Ireland, and through the Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome UK support group. All participants had a confirmed diagnosis from a professional (paediatrician, general practitioner, or clinical geneticist). Two participants with CdLS were tested at the UoB. All remaining participants were tested at syndrome support group family meetings. This study was reviewed and approved by the School of Psychology Ethics Committee at the UoB. Written consent was obtained from participants aged 16 years and over and parents of children under 16 years of age before their participation in the study. Table 1 Participant characteristics and alpha level for comparison between CdLS and RTS participants The experimental procedures described here are the same as those used by the authors in a previous study, which reported a difference in looking times to the eye region of facial stimuli in individuals with FXS and ASD [41]. The stimuli were generated by the Experiment Builder programme (SR Research, Ontario, Canada) and presented on a 19-in. CRT screen at a screen resolution of 1024 × 768. Participants placed their head on a chin rest 0.6 m from the screen, in a dimly lit room with windows blacked-out to avoid luminance changes. Chin rest and desk heights were adjusted so that eye gaze was central to the display screen. Eye movements were recorded using an Eyelink 1000 Tower Mount system, which runs with a spatial accuracy of 0.5–1 visual angle (°), a spatial resolution of 0.01°, and a temporal resolution of 2 (500 Hz). A five-point calibration was performed prior to each experimental block, as well as mid-block if necessary. A single-point drift correction to the calibration was made prior to every fifth trial. The eye-tracking camera was linked to a separate host PC to the one displaying the search stimuli. EyeLink software (SR research, Ontario, Canada) was used to control the camera and collect data and was synchronised via an Ethernet cable with display PC. During the eye-tracking task, an animated dolphin measuring 0.96 × 1.43° of visual angle was used for calibration, as well as for drift correction and fixation “cross” prior to each trial. The 38 static colour photographs of male and female adult human faces were taken from the MacBrain Face Stimulus SetFootnote 1 [57]. During each trial, two faces were presented side-by-side. On the majority of trials, both faces displayed a neutral facial expression. For the remainder of trials, one of the two faces displayed a happy or disgusted expression. The faces displayed a straight-ahead gaze and an open mouth. Only the face, hair, and neck were visible. Faces subtended an average of 14.30 × 18.59° of visual angle were displayed on a white background. They were positioned side-by-side, separated by a gap of 7.179° of visual angle. In addition to participants completing the eye-tracking task, the participant’s primary caregiver completed a demographic questionnaire providing information about the participants’ gender, date of birth, verbal ability (more/less than 30 signs/words), and mobility (ability to walk unaided). Information about the participant’s diagnosis was also collected from caregivers including the specific diagnosis given, who gave the diagnosis, and when. Participants’ primary caregivers also completed the SCQ [55], to assess behaviours associated with ASD such as social functioning and communication skills. A score of 15 or above is suggested by the authors of the SCQ to indicate the presence of an ASD. The Communication Skills, Daily Living Skills, and Socialisation Skills of the Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scale—Second Edition, Survey Interview Form [56] was administered to primary caregivers to assess participants’ adaptive behaviour abilities. The interview yields an adaptive behaviour composite (ABC) from the three domains. Standard scores, which are based on a sample of 3000 children, can be calculated for each domain and the ABC and reflect performance relative to participant chronological age. The standard scores for the communication domain and the ABC were used in the present study to ensure participants were matched on communicative and global adaptive behaviour abilities. Eye-tracking task All participants were instructed to remain still during testing. At the start of the eye-tracking task, the eye-tracker was calibrated using a five-point calibration. During calibration, participants fixated on an animated blue dolphin as it moved positions from the centre of the screen to various locations around the edges of the display area. The calibration was repeated until all participants achieved a full five-point calibration. In between each trial, the animated dolphin reappeared at the centre of the screen to act as a point of fixation. Every five trials, this individually presented dolphin served as a one-point drift correct to adjust calibration of the eye-tracker accounting for small head movements. If necessary, re-calibration was undertaken at this point and the trials resumed once calibration was successful. Participants were presented with 80 trials, during which two faces were presented side-by-side for 1500 ms. The animated dolphin was displayed for 1000 ms in between trials, except for trials when a drift correct was performed. This was a passive viewing task. Therefore, participants were instructed to look wherever they wished whilst the faces were presented on the screen but to look at the dolphin that appeared between trials. Participants completed one of two experimental blocks, each with trials in a different pseudo-random trial presentation order. As a result of randomization, in one experimental block, 10 of 80 trials were “emotion” trials in which one emotionally expressive face was presented alongside one neutrally expressive face; in the other experimental block, 11 of 80 trials were “emotion” trials. The experimental block assigned to participants was counterbalanced within and across participant groups. The remaining trials were “standard” trials, in which two neutrally expressive faces were presented in order to habituate participants to the category of neutral facial expressions. To ensure participant’s habituation to neutrally expressive faces, the beginning of the testing block commenced with at least seven “standard” trials prior to the presentation of any “emotion” trials. Throughout the remainder of the experiment, “emotion” trials were separated by a minimum of four “standard” trials. During “emotion” trials, the emotionally expressive face displayed either happiness or disgust and was equally likely to appear on the left or right side of the screen. Happy faces were presented during approximately half of the emotion trials in both experimental blocks. Disgust was presented during the remainder of the emotion trials. The eye-tracking task generally lasted less than 10 min but total experiment time varied slightly across participants due to differences in the amount of time it took to obtain successful calibration and whether participants accepted the option to take additional breaks during the drift-correct trials. Participants completed the eye-tracking task, and parents of participants completed the SCQ and the VABS. The eye-tracking task was completed first. Parents completed the SCQ either whilst their child performed the eye-tracking task or at home and returned it to the researchers. The VABS was either administered face to face following the eye-tracking task or over the telephone following the testing session. Fixations were assessed as occurring when eye movement did not exceed a velocity threshold of 30°/s, an acceleration threshold of 8000°/s2, or a motion threshold of 0.1°, and the pupil was not missing for three or more samples in a sequence. A fixation was assigned to a particular area of the face when the fixation coordinates were within a rectangular area (termed the “region(s) of interest” or ROI) assigned to the area in question. Face ROI was a rectangular shape positioned automatically to cover the face, hair, and neck of the models presented on the left and right side of the screen, whilst ROI for the left eye, right eye, and mouth for each individual face were identified manually using coordinates (see Fig. 1). The ROI for all stimuli were identical to those previously reported in a study using the same paradigm to investigate eye looking and emotion preference in FXS and ASD [41]. All data were subjected to the Shapiro-Wilk test for normality.Footnote 2 The mean number of trials with missing data (where participants did not look at either facial stimulus) was 4.133 for participants with CdLS and 4.82 for participants with RTS. Except where mentioned, the alpha level for significance was 0.05. Example of face ROI, left and right eyes ROI, and mouth ROI; face ROI was a rectangular shape positioned automatically to cover the face, hair, and neck of models, whilst fixation coordinates within the rectangular areas were assigned to eyes and mouth ROI for each model, respectively Participants with CdLS spent, on average, 37.8 % of trial time looking at the facial stimuli and 25.4 % of trial time looking at other areas on the screen. This was similar for participants with RTS as they spent 38.5 % of trial time looking at the facial stimuli and 25.9 % of trial time looking at other areas on the screen. On average, data from 35.8 and 35.6 % of trial time from participants with CdLS and RTS, respectively, were lost due to saccades, blinks, and inattention. Previously published data from typically developing children and adults [41], who completed the same paradigm, yielded similar percentages of lost data (41.4 and 34.3 %, respectively). Spontaneous emotion preference data are presented as proportion of trial spent looking, in seconds, at faces posed in happy, disgust, and neutral facial expressions. Eyes and mouth looking data were only analysed during standard trials, on which both faces presented neutral expressions. Eye looking data are presented as a ratio of the time spent looking at the eyes to the time spent looking at the face: $$ \frac{\mathrm{Mean}\ \mathrm{time}\ \left(\mathrm{in}\ \mathrm{ms}\right)\ \mathrm{spent}\ \mathrm{looking}\ \mathrm{at}\ \mathrm{the}\ \mathrm{left}\ \mathrm{eye} + \mathrm{mean}\ \mathrm{time}\ \left(\mathrm{in}\ \mathrm{ms}\right)\ \mathrm{spent}\ \mathrm{looking}\ \mathrm{at}\ \mathrm{right}\ \mathrm{eye}}{\mathrm{Mean}\ \mathrm{time}\ \left(\mathrm{in}\ \mathrm{ms}\right)\ \mathrm{spent}\ \mathrm{looking}\ \mathrm{at}\ \mathrm{neutral}\ \mathrm{faces}} $$ Mouth looking data are presented as a ratio of the time spent looking at the mouth to the time spent looking at the face: $$ \frac{\mathrm{Mean}\ \mathrm{time}\ \left(\mathrm{in}\ \mathrm{ms}\right)\ \mathrm{spent}\ \mathrm{looking}\ \mathrm{at}\ \mathrm{the}\ \mathrm{mouth}\ \mathrm{region}}{\mathrm{Mean}\ \mathrm{time}\ \Big(\mathrm{in}\ \mathrm{ms}\ \mathrm{spent}\ \mathrm{looking}\ \mathrm{at}\ \mathrm{neutral}\ \mathrm{faces}} $$ There were no between-group differences in the amount of time spent looking at the screen (t(30) = −0.639, p = 0.528) or in the amount of time participants spent looking at faces relative to the background of the screen (t(30) = 0.538, p = 0.594). Eyes/mouth looking time Data reflect the amount of time in milliseconds that was spent looking at the left eye ROI, the right eye ROI, and the mouth ROI. In order to account for different looking time on faces, the average time each participant spent looking at the eyes and mouth of the neutral faces presented during standard trials was divided by the average amount of time that participant spent looking at both neutral faces. Emotional face (i.e. oddball) trials were not included in these analyses due to the low percentages of trials that they represented, as well as the fact that participant looking time was split between neutral and emotional faces on these trials. To ensure that participants did not demonstrate a looking bias to the left or right eye in faces, t tests were conducted for each group to compare looking time to the left and right eyes relative to the amount of time spent looking at the face which revealed no significant differences (CdLS: t(14) = 0.557, p = 0.586; RTS: t(16) = −1.759, p = 0.098). Therefore, the time spent looking to the left and right eye, relative to the amount of time spent looking at faces, was summed for further analyses in order to investigate overall looking patterns to the eyes. Figure 2 depicts the ratio of time each group spent looking at the eye region of faces. The amount of time spent looking at the eye region of neutral faces; the amount of time, in milliseconds, spent looking within the eyes ROI divided by the amount of time, in milliseconds, spent looking at the entire face ROI of neutral faces. Error bars represent standard error To compare looking time to the eye region of the faces, an independent sample t test was conducted. The analysis revealed no significant between-group difference in the ratio of time spent looking at the eyes to the time spent looking at faces (t(30) = −0.158, p = 0.875). In order to compare looking time to the mouth region of the faces relative to the rest of the face, an independent sample t test was conducted. The analysis revealed no significant between-group difference in the ratio of time spent looking at the mouth (t(18) = −1.537, p = 0.142). Figure 3 depicts the ratio of time each group spent looking at the mouth to the rest of the face. Due to the wide range of ages and abilities of participants included in this study, an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was conducted, which revealed no effect of syndrome group on the amount of time spent looking at the eyes or mouth relative to the amount of time spent looking at the face, when chronological age was controlled for (eye looking: F (1, 29) = 0.038, p = .846; mouth looking: F (1, 29) = 2.505, p = 0.124) and when global adaptive behaviour ability was controlled for (eye looking: F (1, 29) = 0.017, p = 0.896; mouth looking: F (1, 29) = 2.613, p = 0.117). Figure 4 presents the heat maps for each participant group to depict the distribution and duration of looking to neutral faces. The amount of time spent looking at the mouth region of neutral faces; the amount of time, in milliseconds, spent looking within the mouth ROI divided by the amount of time, in milliseconds, spent looking at the entire face ROI of neutral faces. Error bars represent standard error Heat maps depicting the distribution of looking on all neutral trials. The heat map is based on the duration of fixations across the display for all participants. The eyes and mouth were not exactly lined up across all trials due to natural variation in the position of features across the different facial stimuli Spontaneous emotion preference The proportion of the trial spent looking at faces displaying a happy expression was calculated for happy faces and neutral faces presented side-by-side with happy faces. This process was repeated for dwell time percentage on faces displaying a disgusted expression and for neutral faces presented alongside disgusted faces. Paired sample t tests were conducted for each group to investigate whether participants spent a significantly higher proportion of the trial looking at happy relative to neutral faces during happy-neutral trials and disgust relative to neutral faces during disgust-neutral trials. These t tests revealed that both participant groups spent a higher proportion of the trial looking at disgust compared to neutral faces (CdLS: t(14) = 2.761, p = 0.015; RTS: t(16) = 5.997, p < 0.001) but not happy compared to neutral faces (CdLS: t(14) = 0.617, p = 0.547; RTS: t(16) = 0.799, p = 0.436). The analysis conducted thus far indicated that both participant groups look more at disgust faces than neutral faces but not happy faces compared to neutral faces. However, this analysis does not allow for a between-group comparison. Therefore, a looking preference for happy faces was calculated by subtracting the proportion of the trial spent looking at neutral faces during happy-neutral trials from the proportion of the trial spent looking at happy faces. This was repeated to calculate the disgust preference. Happy and disgust preferences were compared between groups using an independent samples t test. This test indicated no between-group difference of happy preference (t(30) = −0.115, p = 0.909) or disgust preference (t(30) = 1.414, p = 0.168). Figure 5 depicts the proportion of extra time spent looking at happy and disgust faces compared to neutral faces during oddball trials. In summary, all participants spent a higher proportion of time looking at disgust versus neutral faces but not happy versus neutral faces. Due to the wide range of ages and abilities of participants included in this study, an ANCOVA was conducted, which revealed no effect of syndrome group on happy or disgust preference, when chronological age was controlled for (happy preference: F (1, 29) = 0.009, p = 0.924; disgust preference: F (1, 29) = 1.941, p = 0.174) or when global adaptive behaviour was controlled for (happy preference: F (1, 29) = 0.028, p = 0.868; disgust preference: F (1, 29) = 1.923, p = 0.176. Looking preference for happy and disgust faces, compared to neutral faces; the proportion of trial time that participants spent looking at happy faces divided by neutral faces during happy-neutral trials (happy preference), and the proportion of trial time that participants spent looking at disgusted faces divided by neutral faces during disgust-neutral trails (disgust preference). Error bars represent standard error In the present study, we investigated looking patterns to the eyes and mouth, as well as spontaneous emotion preference, in individuals with CdLS and RTS. In line with previous literature that provides evidence for different patterns of visual exploration of social stimuli in groups displaying divergent social behaviours, it was hypothesised that individuals with CdLS and RTS would also demonstrate different patterns of face scanning due to their contrasting socio-behavioural profiles. Specifically, we predicted that individuals with CdLS would display lower levels of looking to the eye region than those with RTS, due to the reports of social anxiety and withdrawal reported in CdLS [32] and due to the heightened social interest reported in RTS [53]. The results demonstrate that individuals with CdLS and RTS displayed similar looking patterns to the eye region of the face. These findings do not support the hypothesis of a difference between groups with contrasting profiles of social behaviour exhibiting different face processing techniques. Furthermore, as existing literature points to a role for amygdala dysfunction in reduced looking to the eye region of static faces [6], the results from the present study indicate that the documented differences in CdLS and RTS are unlikely to be subcortically mediated. Spontaneous looking patterns were assessed by examining and comparing the ratio of time spent looking at the eyes and mouth during the standard trials (neutral face pairs). The results indicated that participants with CdLS and RTS looked at the eye region of the faces a similar amount. These findings are unlikely to be driven by chronological age, autistic impairments, and global and adaptive behaviour ability levels as these variables were matched across participants. Whilst the expected group differences between CdLS and RTS did not emerge, it is unlikely that the lack of group differences in the present study is a result of the paradigm used and its sensitivity to highlight group differences. Using the same paradigm, the authors previously reported that participants with FXS exhibit reduced looking to the eye region of the faces, in comparison to those with ASD, as used here [41]. Although previously published data from participants with ASD and TD children and adults [41] were not presented here, those data were compared to data presented for participants with CdLS and RTS in the current study. Interestingly, no differences were found between any groups suggesting typical eye gaze in both those with CdLS and RTS. Reduced eye looking in FXS compared to ASD using the same measure lend support to the notion that the social impairments in FXS are somewhat subcortically mediated by amygdala dysfunction, which has been reported in this population [42]. However, amygdala dysfunction is a less consistent finding in ASD [9] and may go some way toward explaining inconsistent results regarding looking to the eye region of faces [12]. In the present study, no differences in looking to the eye region between individuals with CdLS, associated with social withdrawal and anxiety, and individuals with RTS, associated with social interest, were found. These results indicate that firstly, the documented differences in social behaviour in CdLS and RTS may not be subcortically mediated. Consequently, this suggests that the social anxiety reported in CdLS may be cognitively mediated, rather than associated with amygdala dysfunction, which has implications for both basic science and clinical intervention in relation to individuals with CdLS. Previous literature comparing visual exploration of social stimuli in ASD and WS has consistently reported less eye looking in ASD, associated with social withdrawal, and increased eye looking in WS associated with hyper-sociability [3–5]. However, the present study reports similar eye gaze patterns in two different neurodevelopmental disorders also associated with clearly contrasting profiles of social behaviour. From previous reports of social behaviour in CdLS and RTS appearing to differ and from previous studies of face scanning in disorders with contrasting socio-behavioural characteristics, differing levels of eye gaze were predicted in these groups. However, such differences were not observed in the present study, and both groups showed typical levels of eye gaze. One possible explanation for these results concerns the nature of the differences in social skills between those with CdLS and those with RTS. Whilst there are documented differences in the social behaviours of the two disorders studied here, the differences are perhaps not as extreme as those described in ASD and WS, arguably at polar ends of a sociability spectrum. The lack of a clear distinction of visual exploration of social stimuli in the current groups, whose associated socio-behavioural characteristics are contrasting, suggests that studying social cognition across individuals with different genetic syndromes and neurodevelopmental disorders is often more complicated than the impaired or enhanced profile of results that emerge from those with ASD and WS. The results from this study suggest that clear differences in socio-behavioural characteristics are not sufficient to predict attention to social information. Furthermore, whilst eye contact has been reported to be a good indicator of social functioning in ASD and WS, this may not be the case for all neurodevelopmental disorders. Existing evidence exists to support this interpretation. Specifically, some studies have reported a developmental shift in the relationship between reduced eye looking and social disability. For example, reduced eye looking has been associated with higher levels of social disability in toddlers [58, 59], but there appears to be no such relationship in school-age children [60] or adults with ASD [61]. The mean age of participants in the present study was 17–18 years. Therefore, it may be the case that visual attention to social information may be more predictive of socio-behavioural impairments in the early years of life as opposed to throughout early adulthood. It is important to consider the interpretation of these findings in light of the limitations of the study. Firstly, behavioural data on these two participant groups were not collected alongside the eye-tracking data. Although it is common in the existing literature for data to be presented on either behavioural or cognitive measures, previous studies documenting looking patterns to social stimuli have previously used participant groups with well-defined socio-behavioural characteristics, such as ASD and Williams syndrome. As the social behaviour of CdLS and RTS is comparatively under-researched, it would have been beneficial to collect such data on the individuals participating in the present study and this is a focus for future research. Instead, for the present study it was necessary to utilise previous literature to document the socio-behavioural characteristics of CdLS and RTS, and interpret the current results in light of existing literature. Whilst the sample size is comparable to existing studies investigating visual attention to social stimuli in genetic syndromes versus typical development, there may be limited power in the current study to detect smaller differences between two participant groups where different socio-behavioural features are documented yet require more extensive exploration. In addition, the conclusions stated here should be considered alongside the potential limitation that this study documents eye looking during a laboratory-based task of passive viewing of facial stimuli, which, whilst providing robust and novel findings, does not mirror real-world experiences of social interactions. Due to the laboratory-based setting, the facial stimuli presented may be less anxiety provoking than real faces, which could impact the way in which they are processed. Future research should consider the differential effects of laboratory and real-world experiences in visual exploration of faces in children and adults with neurodevelopmental disorders. Finally, whilst IQ measures were not administered for the present study, the VABS adaptive behaviour composite and communication standard score provide standard and reliable measures of adaptive behaviour abilities and verbal abilities, respectively, that are comparable across the CdLS and RTS groups. Adaptive behaviour was assessed over IQ measures due to the difficulty associated with selecting an IQ test that can be administered to individuals with a range of chronological ages and abilities. In addition, due to the level of intellectual ability of participants in this study, it was deemed more appropriate to use parental report of adaptive behaviour abilities, which focus on typical performance of everyday skills, as opposed to IQ measures, which focus on optimal performance of tasks that are associated with performance or cognitive demands. Furthermore, general IQ has been reported to correlate with the communication subscale of the VABS [62, 63], which did not differ between the CdLS and RTS participant groups in the current study. It should be noted that, to our knowledge, this is the first study documenting the use of eye-tracking technology in individuals with CdLS and RTS. Due to the level of intellectual disability associated with these genetic syndromes, the use of a passive viewing task was deemed most appropriate. Importantly, the overall levels of task engagement reflect those demonstrated by TD children and adults on the same paradigm. Therefore, these levels of task engagement, which may be considered relatively low, most likely reflect the nature of the task used. As passive viewing tasks do not require a response, there is no cost to the participant to look away from the screen. In addition to the findings on face scanning, the results from the current study showed that implicit emotion preference did not differ in either individuals with CdLS or individuals with RTS. In the current study, spontaneous emotion preference was assessed using a novel oddball paradigm in conjunction with a preferential looking measure. Participants were presented with pairs of neutral faces (standard trials), with neutral-disgust, and neutral-happy pairs (oddball trials) presented infrequently. Participants in both groups looked longer at faces posed in disgusted expressions compared with neutral faces during the target trials, whereas no participant group looked longer at the faces posed in happy expressions compared to neutral faces. This pattern of results mirrors those previously reported for TD children and adults [41]. As described above, participants in both groups exhibited significant preferential looking to disgust relative to neutral expressions but did not exhibit a preference for looking to happy relative to neutral expressions. Two potential explanations for these findings are proposed. Firstly, it is possible that disgusted faced gain an attentional advantage over happy faces due to the relative novelty of disgusted faces (see [64] for a review). Disgusted faces are not seen in everyday life as often as happy faces. Therefore, the novelty of the disgusted faces may have captured the attention of participants to a greater extent than the happy faces. Alternatively, the negativity bias, whereby individuals attend more to negative information than to positive information due to its increased informational value in detecting threatening stimuli [65, 66], may also contribute to the results reported in the current study. Disgusted expressions may be perceived as a cue to threat, due to its association with negative affect, thus capturing an individual’s attention more so than non-threatening, positive facial expressions. The results of this study show similar face scanning in two neurodevelopmental disorders with contrasting profiles of social behaviour. Individuals with CdLS and RTS looked at the eye region of faces a similar amount. Spontaneous emotion preference was also observed to be similar in those with CdLS and RTS in the current study and mirror that previously reported in TD individuals [41]. These findings suggest that such coarse measures as attention to the eyes may not be sensitive to differences in socio-behavioural characteristics unless the differences are as extreme as those seen in ASD and WS. These findings also suggest that documented differences in the socio-behavioural characteristics of individuals with CdLS and RTS may be cognitively rather than subcortically mediated, due to the well-documented association between impaired eye looking and amygdala dysfunction. Future experimental eye-tracking and other research should focus on other aspects of social cognitive functioning and social behaviour in individuals with CdLS, RTS, and other genetic syndromes, in an effort to elucidate pathways from genetic disorders to behaviour in atypical and impaired social functioning. Development of the MacBrain Face Stimulus Set was overseen by Nim Tottenham and supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Early Experience and Brain Development. Please contact Nim Tottenham at tott0006@tc.umn.edu for more information concerning the stimulus set. Where results from non-parametric tests, used when data were not normally distributed, did not differ from results from the equivalent parametric tests, the results from the parametric tests are reported. adaptive behaviour composite CdLS: Cornelia de Lange syndrome FXS: RTS: Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome SCQ: social communication questionnaire TD: typically developing UoB: Vineland adaptive behaviour scale Williams syndrome Baron-Cohen S, Joliffe T, Mortimore C, Robertson M. Another advanced test of theory of mind: evidence from very high functioning adults with autism or asperger syndrome. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1997;38:813–22. Baron-Cohen S, Wheelwright S, Hill J, Raste Y, Plumb I. The “reading the mind in the eyes” test revised version: a study with normal adults, and adults with asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2001;42:241–51. Riby DM, Hancock PJB. Viewing it differently: social scene perception in Williams syndrome and autism. Neuropsychologia. 2008;46:2855–60. Riby DM, Doherty-Sneddon G, Bruce V. Exploring face perception in disorders of development: evidence from Williams syndrome and autism. J Neuropsychol. 2008;2:47–64. Riby DM, Hancock PJB. Do faces capture the attention of individuals with Williams syndrome or autism? evidence from tracking eye movements. J Autism Dev Disord. 2009;39:421–31. Kennedy DP, Adolphs R. Impaired fixation to eyes following amygdala damage arises from abnormal bottom-up attention. Neuropsychologia. 2010;48:3392–8. PubMed Central PubMed Article Google Scholar Spezio ML, Huang PY, Castelli F, Adolphs R. Amygdala damage impairs eye contact during conversations with real people. J Neurosci. 2007;27:3994–7. Dalton KM, Nacewicz BM, Johnstone T, Schaefer HS, Gernsbacher MA, Goldsmith HH, et al. Gaze fixation and the neural circuitry of face processing in autism. Nat Neurosci. 2005;8:519–26. CAS PubMed Central PubMed Google Scholar Sweeten TL, Posey DJ, Shekhar A, McDougle CJ. The amygdala and related structures in the pathophysiology of autism. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2002;71:449–55. Cody Hazlett H, Pelphrey KA, Piven J. Structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging of autism. Int J Dev Neurosci. 2002;20:421–38. Kirchner JC, Hatri A, Heekeren HR, Dziobeck I. Autistic symptomatology, face processing abilities, and eye fixation patterns. J Autism Dev Disord. 2011;41:158–67. Speer LL, Cook AE, McMahon WM, Clark E. Face processing in children with autism effects of stimulus contents and type. Autism. 2007;11:265–77. Guillon Q, Hadjikhani N, Badual S, Rogé B. Visual social attention in autism spectrum disorder: insights from eye-tracking studies. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2014;42:279–97. Kliemann D, Dziobeck I, Hatri A, Steimke R, Heekeren HR. Atypical reflexive gaze patterns on emotional faces in autism spectrum disorders. J Neurosci. 2010;30:12281–7. Bal E, Harden E, Lamb D, Van Hecke AV, Denver JW, Porges SW. Emotion recognition in children with autism spectrum disorders: relations to eye gaze and autonomic state. J Autism Dev Disord. 2010;40:358–70. Adolphs R, Tranel D, Damasio H, Damasio A. Impaired recognition of emotion in facial expressions following bilateral damage to the human amygdala. Nature. 1994;372:669–72. Izard C, Fine S, Schultz D, Mostow A, Ackerman B, Youngstrom E. Emotion knowledge as a predictor of social behaviour and academic competence in children at risk. Psychol Sci. 2001;12:18–23. Sawyer AA, Williamson P, Young RL. Can gaze avoidance explain why individuals with Asperger’s syndrome can’t recognise emotions from facial expressions? J Autism Dev Disord. 2012;42:606–18. Harms MB, Martin A, Wallace GL. Facial emotion recognition in autism spectrum disorders: a review of behavioral and neuroimaging studies. Neuropsychol Rev. 2010;20:290–322. Tager-Flusberg H, Skwerer DP, Joseph RM. Model syndromes for investigating social cognitive and affective neuroscience: a comparison of autism and Williams syndrome. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2006;1:175–82. Beck B. Epidemiology of Cornelia de Lange’s syndrome. Acta Paediatr. 1976;65:631–8. Berney TP, Ireland M, Burn J. Behavioural phenotype of Cornelia de Lange syndrome. Arch Dis Child. 1999;81:333–6. Moss J, Oliver C, Berg K, Kaur G, Jephcott L, Cornish K. Prevalence of autism spectrum phenomenology in Cornelia de Lange and Cri du Chat syndromes. Am J Ment Retard. 2008;113:278–91. Moss J, Howlin P, Magiati I, Oliver C. Characteristics of autism spectrum disorder in Cornelia de Lange syndrome. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2012;53:883–91. Gillis LA, McCallum J, Kaur M, DeScipio C, Yaeger D, Mariani A, et al. NIPBL mutational analysis in 120 individuals with Cornelia de Lange syndrome and evaluation of genotype-phenotype correlations. Am J Hum Genet. 2004;75:610–23. Krantz ID, McCallum J, DeScipio C, Kaur M, Gillis LA, Yaeger D, et al. Cornelia de Lange syndrome is caused by mutations in NIPBL, the human homolog of Drosophila melanogaster Nipped-B. Nat Gen. 2004;36:631–5. Miyake N, Visser R, Kinoshita A, Yoshiura K-I, Niikawa N, Kondoh T, et al. Four novel NIPBL mutations in Japanese patients with Cornelia de Lange syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2005;135:103–5. Deardorff MA, Kaur M, Yaeger D, Rampuria A, Korolev S, Pie J, et al. Mutations in cohesin complex members SMC3 and SMC1A cause a mild variant of Cornelia de Lange syndrome with predominant mental retardation. Am J Hum Genet. 2007;80:485–94. Musio A, Selicorni A, Focarelli ML, Gervasini C, Milani D, Russo S, et al. X-linked Cornelia de Lange syndrome owing to SMC1L1 mutations. Nat Gen. 2006;38:528–30. Deardorff MA, Bando M, Nakato R, Watrin E, Itoh T, Minamino M, et al. HDAC8 mutations in Cornelia de Lange syndrome affect the cohesin acetylation cycle. Nature. 2012;489:313–7. Minor A, Shinawi M, Hogue JS, Vineyard M, Hamlin DR, Tan C, et al. Two novel RAD21 mutations in patients with mild Cornelia de Lange syndrome-like presentation and report of the first familial case. Genet Med. 2014;537:279–84. Richards C, Moss J, O’Farrell L, Kaur G, Oliver C. Social anxiety in Cornelia de Lange syndrome. J Autism Dev Disord. 2009;39:1155–62. Wieser M, Pauli P, Alpers GW, Muhlberger A. Is eye to eye contact really threatening and avoided in social anxiety? An eye-tracking and psychophysiology study. J Anxiety Disord. 2009;23. Evans KC, Wright CI, Wedig MM, Gold AL, Pollack MH, Rauch SL. A functional MRI study of amygdala response to angry schematic faces in social anxiety disorder. Depress Anxiety. 2008;25:495–505. Amarel DG. The primate amygdala and the neurobiology of social behaviour: implications for understanding social anxiety. Biol Psychiatry. 2002;51:11–7. Cornish K, Turk J, Levitas A. Fragile X syndrome and autism: common developmental pathways? Curr Pediatr Rev. 2007;3:61–8. Dalton KM, Holsen L, Abbeduto L, Davidson RJ. Brain function and gaze fixation during facial-emotion processing in fragile X and autism. Autism Res. 2008;1:231–9. Holsen LM, Dalton KM, Johnstone T, Davidson RJ. Prefrontal social cognition network dysfunction underlying face encoding and social anxiety in fragile X syndrome. Neuroimage. 2008;43:592–604. Farzin F, Rivera SM, Hessl D. Brief report: visual processing of faces in individuals with fragile X syndrome: an eye tracking study. J Autism Dev Disord. 2009;39:946–52. Farzin F, Scaggs F, Hervey C, Berry-Kravis E, Hessl D. Reliability of eye tracking and pupillometry measures in individuals with fragile X syndrome. J Autism Dev Disord. 2011;41:1515–22. Crawford H, Moss J, Anderson GM, Oliver C, McCleery JP. Implicit discrimination of basic facial expressions of positive/negative emotion in fragile X syndrome and autism spectrum disorder, American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities. 2015. Hessl D, Rivera S, Koldewyn K, Cordeiro L, Adamns J, Tassone F, et al. Amygdala dysfunction in men with the fragile x premutation. Brain. 2007;130:404–16. Hennekam RC, Van Den Boogaard M-J, Sibbles BJ, Van Spijker HG. Rubinstein-taybi syndrome in the Netherlands. Am J Med Genet. 1990;37:17–29. Petrif F, Giles RH, Dauwerse HG, Saris JJ, Hennekam RC, Masuno M, et al. Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome caused by mutations in the transcriptional co-activator CBP. Nature. 1995;376:348–51. Coupry I, Roudaut C, Stef M, Delrue MA, Marche M, Burgelin I, et al. Molecular analysis of the CBP gene in 60 patients with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. J Med Genet. 2002;39:415–21. Kalkhoven E, Roelfsema JH, Teunissen H, den Boer A, Ariyurek Y, Zantema A, et al. Loss of CBP acetyltransferase activity by PHD finger mutations in Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. Hum Mol Genet. 2003;12:441–50. Hennekam RC. Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. Eur J Hum Genet. 2006;14:981–5. Roelfsema JH, White SJ, Ariyürek Y, Bartholdi D, Niedrist D, Papadia F, et al. Genetic heterogeneity in Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome: mutations in both the CBP and EP300 genes cause disease. Am J Hum Genet. 2005;76:572–80. Hennekam RC, Baselier AC, Beyaert E, Bos A. Psychological and speech studies in Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. Am J Ment Retard. 1992;96:645–60. Gotts EE, Liemohn WP. Behavioural characteristics of three children with the broad-thumb-hallux (Rubinstein-Taybi) syndrome. Biol Psychiatry. 1977;12:413–23. Baxter G, Beer J. Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. Phys Rep. 1992;70:451–6. Stevens CA, Carey JC, Blackburn BL. Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome: a natural history study. Am J Med Genet. 1990;37:30–7. Galéra C, Taupiac E, Fraisse S, Naudion S, Toussaint E, Rooryck-Thambo C, et al. Socio-behavioral characteristics of children with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. J Autism Dev Disord. 2009;39:1252–60. Yagihashi T, Kenjiro K, Nobuhiko O, Mizuno S, Kenji K, Takao T, et al. Age-dependent change in behavioural feature in Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. Congenit Anom. 2012;52:82–6. Rutter M, Bailey A, Lord C. The social communication questionnaire. Los Angeles, CA: Western Psychological Services; 2003. Sparrow SS, Cicchetti DV, Balla DA. Vineland-II adaptive behavior scales: survey forms manual. Circle Pines, MN: AGS Publishing; 2005. Tottenham N, Tanaka JW, Leon AC, McCarry T, Nurse M, Hare TA, et al. The NimStim set of facial expressions: judgments from untrained research participants. Psychiatry Res. 2009;168:242–9. Jones W, Carr K, Klin A. Absence of preferential looking to the eyes of approaching adults predicts level of social disability in 2-year-olds with autism. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008;65. Campbell DJ, Shic F, Macari S, Chawarska K. Gaze response to dyadic bids at 2 years related to outcomes at 3 years in autism spectrum disorders: a subtyping analysis. J Autism Dev Disord. 2014;44:431–42. Rice K, Moriuchi JM, Jones W, Klin A. Parsing heterogeneity in autism spectrum disorders: visual scanning of dynamic social scenes in school-aged children. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2012;51:238–43. Klin A, Jones W, Schultz R, Volkmar F, Cohen D. Visual fixation patterns during viewing of naturalistic social situations as predictors of social competence in individuals with autism. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2002;59:809–16. Perry A, Flanagan HE, HGeiser JD, Freeman NL. Brief report: the Vineland adaptive behavior scales in young children with autism spectrum disorders at different cognitive levels. J Autism Dev Disord. 2009;39:1066–78. Bölte S, Poustka F. The relation between general cognitive level and adaptive behaviour domains in individuals with autism with and without comorbid mental retardation. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2002;33:165–72. Desimone R, Duncan J. Neural mechanisms of selective visual attention. Annu Rev Neurosci. 1995;18:193–222. Peeters G, Czapinski J. Positive-negative asymmetry in evaluations: the distinction between affective and informational negativity effects. Eur Rev Soc Psychol. 1990;1:33–60. Öhman A, Mineka S. Fears, phobias, and preparedness: toward an evolved module of fear and fear learning. Psychol Rev. 2001;108:483. We would like to thank all participants and their families for taking part in this study. We would also like to thank the CdLS Foundation UK and Ireland and the Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome support group UK for the assistance in the recruitment of the participants. The research reported here was supported by a grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (Grant Number: ES/I901825/1) awarded to HC and by Cerebra. Centre for Research in Psychology, Behaviour and Achievement, Coventry University, Coventry, CV1 5FB, UK Hayley Crawford Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT, UK Hayley Crawford, Joanna Moss & Chris Oliver Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AR, UK Joanna Moss Center for Autism Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 3535 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA Joseph P. McCleery School of Psychology, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK Giles M. Anderson Correspondence to Hayley Crawford. All authors contributed to the planning of the study, the planning of analyses, and the writing of the paper. GMA and JPM were involved in developing and programming the eye-tracking task. HC, JM, JPM, and CO were involved in recruitment, data collection, and interpretation of the data. HC conducted the analysis and wrote the first draft of the paper. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. Crawford, H., Moss, J., McCleery, J.P. et al. Face scanning and spontaneous emotion preference in Cornelia de Lange syndrome and Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. J Neurodevelop Disord 7, 22 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-015-9119-4 Emotion preference	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line898
__label__cc	0.576277	0.423723	Last edited by Jujar 3 edition of Franchise to furnish gas and electric light service, County of Maui, Hawaii. found in the catalog. Franchise to furnish gas and electric light service, County of Maui, Hawaii. United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Territories Published 1921 by [s.n.] in Washington . Electric power, Gas industry, Other titles Franchise to furnish gas and electricity in Hawaii Series H.rp.163 Format Electronic resource Pagination 2 p. In December , Hawaii Electric Light and Maui Electric executed contracts of private carriage with Hawaiian Interisland Towing, Inc. for the employment of a . University of Hawai‘i Maui College W. Ka‘ahumanu Avenue Kahului, HI Phone: Fax: University of Hawai‘i Center, Maui W. Ka‘ahumanu Avenue Kahului, HI Phone: Fax: UH Maui College Outreach Centers UHMC Hana Education CenterFile Size: 4MB. The population of the State of Hawaii, including the County of Maui, has been steadily increasing over the past 25 years. Between and , the population of Hawaii increased by percent while Maui County experienced a population increase of nearly 28 percent (Table ). According to the Hawaii Data Book. Flowers in color Oxford Handbook of Primary Care and Community Nursing (Oxford Handbooks in Nursing) Loan of obsolete Springfield rifles, etc. Coastal morphology and sedimentation, lower Cook Inlet, Alaska Encyclopedia of archaeological excavations in the Holy Land Pay late, pay interest Tell em I died game Fire shadows NOAA authorization Review of freeway corridor traffic models Land exchange in Idaho and Wyoming Guidelines for dental services in hospitals. Ji na ndị Igbo = Steam yachts system of analytic mechanics. Practical corporate planning Ancestors and descendants of Luthera Betsy Chadwick, Reverend Felix Joseph Borgia, Karen Bergithe Moe, Sefanias S.S. Reitan (Sivertson) Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteer Brigade A woorke concerning the trewnesse of the Christian religion Franchise to furnish gas and electric light service, County of Maui, Hawaii. by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Territories Download PDF EPUB FB2 Electricity. Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) Richards St. Honolulu, HI or Ward Ave. Honolulu, HI Phone: () Gas. The Gas Company Kamakeʻe St. Honolulu, HI Phone: () Hawaii utility bill assistance. The primary utility company that operates in the region is Hawaiian Electric Company. They provide service to over 95% of the population in the state. Low income customers, qualified seniors and people who need short term assistance can qualify for help with paying bills or energy conservation programs. Lighting. The benefits of energy-efficient lighting are straightforward and compelling. Lighting can account for % of a business’ overall energy costs. Lighting retrofits are one of the quickest and easiest improvements you can make to save energy. In most cases, your investment will pay for itself in less than 2 years. Hawaii franchises for sale. Get costs, ownership information and a list of all HI franchise companies looking to expand operations with new owners. Avoided Energy Costs. The Avoided Energy Costs and Schedule Q rates (applicable to kWh purchases from qualifying facilities of kW or less) are calculated based on the methodology approved by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission in Decision and Order No. in Docket No. This methodology is applicable effective August 1, Utility Landscape in Hawaii Hawaii’s Energy Utilities Each Hawaiian Island with a utility presence has its own County of Maui electrical grid (Niihau and Kahoolawe do not have electrical utilities), which can make the integration of high amounts of renewable energy challenging. Four electrical utilities currently purchase, transmit, distribute, and sell electricity in the State of Hawaii:. Utility Notification Franchise to furnish gas and electric light service. In JulyGovernor Linda Lingle signed Hawaii. book law a bill requiring the PUC to establish a One Call Center by January 1, Hawaii's One Call Center will be similar to other centers operating throughout the nation and the first of its kind in this State requiring mandatory participation by both excavators County of Maui, contractors) and operators (e.g., public utilities). Company Profile Hawaii Gas is the only government franchised full-service gas utility, processing and distributing gas products and providing related services in Hawaii. The company’s primary products are synthetic natural gas (SNG) and propane (LPG), both of which provide cost-effective and clean energy solutions for a variety of residential. Or, you may pay your electric bill by calling A $ convenience fee and a minimum $ payment will apply, with a maximum payment amount of $1, for residential customers. A $ convenience fee, $ minimum, and $5, maximum payment amount will apply for commercial customers. Please allow business days for your. Hawaiian Electric P.O. Box Honolulu, HI Maui County: Hawaiian Electric - Maui County P.O. Box Honolulu, HI Hawaii Island: Hawaii Electric - Hawaii Island P.O. Box Honolulu, HI County of Maui S. High St. Kalana O Maui Bldg, Wailuku, HI Information Desk located: 2nd floor lobby. The Hawaiian Electric Companies have provided the following key performance metrics. Hawaiian Electric, Maui Electric, and Hawaii Electric Light are striving to improve customer satisfaction and address customer expectations by focusing on increasing service accessibility and improving customer service quality through investment in employees, new technologies. Utility company Hawaiian Electric, whose subsidiaries include Maui Electric and Hawaii Electric Light, recently released its “Electrification of Transportation Strategic Roadmap,” describing near- and long-term actions to create a clean energy future and reduce dependence on imported fossil fuel for transportation, as well as electricity. The plan, filed with the Public. Hawaii ranks second in the na behindon California in the number of EVs registered in the state registered light cars and trucks in Hawaii are Electric.8 out of every 1, registered light cars and trucks in Hawaii are EV Cost for a government or commercial property owner to install aFile Size: KB. Call the Maui Electric Company’s hour trouble call number: Maui - () Molokai and Lanai - 1 () They will ask you for the pole number located on the pole) and the location of the street light. There will be no change to your gas bill or methods of payment due to our new Hawaii Gas name. Speedpay offers the option of paying your bill with a credit card, debit/ATM card, or electronic check. Call toll-free or click the. The Gas Company delivers SNG and LPG through utility (regulated) and nonutility (nonregulated) services, with utility services subject to regulations by the PUC. The primary difference between utility and nonutility gas services is the way the gas is distributed. Utility gas is distributed via an underground transmission system, primarily throughout Oahu’s urban core. Maui County Utilities are business enterprises that provide essential public services including electricity, natural gas, water, and sewer services in Maui County, HI. Because of the infrastructure required to deliver services, a monopoly is often the most economical way for an utility service to operate. Rebates are available to residential electric utility ratepayers on Hawaii Island, Lanai, Maui, Molokai and Oahu only. They are available on a first-come, first-served basis and are subject to availability of funds, restrictions, change and/or discontinuation without advance notice. Kauai residents are serviced by a utility cooperative and. Hawaiian Electric provides electricity and services to 95 percent of the state's million residents on Oahu, Maui County and Hawaii Island. The company is also one of the state's leading employers and a major contributor and supporter of. Maui County Code, Chapter B (Uniform Fire Code as Amended) Contact Information: Department of Fire and Public Safety Fire Prevention Bureau Manea Place Wailuku, Maui, HI Ph: () Electric Utilities Each of Hawaii’s six main islands has its own electrical grid, not connected to any other island. Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) and its subsidiaries, Maui Electric (MECO) and Hawaii Electric Light Company (HELCO), serve about 95% of the State’s popula on. The island of Kauai. Start, Stop or Move Service Continuous Service for Property Owners & Managers Builders, Developers & Contractors Customer Installation Form Manuals & Engineering Specifications Power Quality Safety & Outages Power Outages Oahu Outage Map Report Oahu Outage Maui County Streetlight Form. Electrical installations must also comply with the County’s Energy Code, MCC Chapterand the County’s Outdoor Lighting regulations, MCC Chapter Electrical installations involving utility service connections should also be coordinated with Maui Electric Company’s Engineering Office, Phone: () MCC Chapter 6. In the s, two mergers were completed. The first with Hana Light & Power in and the second with Lahaina Light & Power in The customer base increased to 13, and Maui Electric was now servicing the entire island. On November 1,Maui Electric became a wholly owned subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Company. GasBuddy lets you search for Gas Prices by city, state, zip code, with listings for all cities in the USA and Canada. Updated in real-time, with national average price for gasoline, current trends, and mapping tools. Hawaii is the only state that depends so heavily on petroleum for its energy needs. Whereas less than 1% of electricity in the nation is generated using oil, in Hawaii relied on oil for 71% and on coal for 15% of its electricity Size: 2MB. County of M 10, County of Hawaii 7, 7, County of Kauai 5, 4, File Size: 2MB. Hawaiian Electric, Maui Electric and Hawaiʿi Electric Light are well on their way to achieving the next mandated RPS milestone, 30% byaccording to Hawaiian Electric. Smell gas. If you smell gas or suspect an emergency situation, leave the area immediately, call and then Hawaii Gas. With crazy gas prices, changed daily due to the oil war lords, and whatever kind of games they want to play that day, It is good to know that you don't have to be a part of that at all, while on Maui. You can rent the most fuel efficient gas hybrid. Maui Gas Service schedules full-time local delivery drivers year-round in order to provide reliable propane service to all of our customers. Our team also specializes in converting appliances to propane, tank installations, propane system maintenance, and Location: Mill St, Wailuku,HI. Hawaii Electric - Hawaii Island P.O. Box Honolulu, HI ; Hawaiian Electric - Maui County P.O. Box Honolulu, HI ; Payments can be made at these Western Union locations on Oahu, Maui and Hawaii Island. The Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative aims to have the State of Hawaii using 70% clean energy by Current Primary Energy Source Maui Electric Power Plant. Also referred to as the Maalaea Power Plant, is located off of North Kihei Road, just minutes away from Maalaea Harbor. At this power plant, fossil fuels are converted into electricity. ADVERTISEMENT TO BID FRONT STREET SEWER LINE REHABILITATION – PHASE 1 COUNTY OF MAUI, HAWAII COUNTY JOB NO. Pursuant to Chapter D, HRS, [ Status: Closes: Closed 8/28/ PM: Furnish 50% Aluminum Chlorhydrate (ACH) Bid No. DWSP We recycle, you get paid. Rid-a-Fridge makes it easy for residential electric customers to surrender old, working refrigerators and freezers. We will recycle old, working units for FREE and pay you. Residents of Hawaii island, Maui County and Oahu will receive $75 for each one. An “Applicant” is a scheduled account holder of an electric utility on the islands of Hawai‘i, Lāna‘i, Maui, Moloka‘i or O‘ahu who contributes to the Public Benefits Fund where the electricity-saving energy efficiency measure has been installed. Rebates are. Hawaii Electric Light Co., Inc. Joint Apprenticeship Committee (Hawaii Electric Light Co., Inc. and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local ) Electrician Electrician (Communications) Lineman 6, x 09/15/70 At least 16 years old Physically able to perform the work and have the aptitude, ability and. How do I close an account/end gas service for a business. How do I know if Hawaii Gas will provide reliable service. How do I open an account/start gas service for a residential unit. How exactly does work. What is the "price to compare". What is a gas supplier. What should I do if a person tries to sell me energy service by coming to my house. Uses Of Renewable Natural Gas. Renewable Natural Gas can be used for many of the same applications as natural gas. Renewable Natural Gas is a cleaner fuel as compared to the 1) oil and diesel now used to produce electricity 2) the gasoline and diesel used for ground transportation and 3) the oil-derived synthetic natural gas distributed on Oahu. Part-time owner - Fast Food Sandwich Franchise - Maui, Hawaii. Maui County, HI. Opportunity to be your own boss and own a worldwide successful sandwich franchise. Located in a high traffic location, operated for over 17 years, with strong consistent revenues of over $56, a .Maui County has officially joined Drive Electric Hawaii, a collaboration of groups that share a vision to power Hawaii’s ground transportation with percent renewable energy. Mayor Alan Arakawa signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) earlier this month to join groups in the Drive Electric Hawaii Initiative, which aims to accelerate the cost-effective electrification of Author: Suzanne Kayian.Lighting Light the Way to Energy Savings. Making the switch to energy-efficient lighting is the quickest and easiest way to start saving money. With Hawaii Energy instant rebates, buying the most energy efficient lights is more affordable than ever. aracdegerkaybi.online - Franchise to furnish gas and electric light service, County of Maui, Hawaii. book © 2020	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line899
__label__cc	0.596092	0.403908	Details for: Correlative imaging : focusing on the future / Correlative imaging : focusing on the future / [edited by] Paul Verkade, Lucy Collinson. Contributor(s): Verkade, Paul [editor.] \| Collinson, Lucy, 1974- [editor.] Material type: TextSeries: RMS-Wiley series: Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2020]Edition: First editionDescription: p. ; cm; pages cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781119086451Uniform titles: Correlative imaging (Verkade) Subject(s): Multimodal Imaging -- trends \| Microscopy -- methods \| Optical Imaging -- methods DDC classification: 616.07/58 LOC classification: RB43.5 It's a small, small world : a brief history of biological correlative microscopy -- Challenges for CLEM from a Light Microscopy Perspective -- The importance of sample processing for correlative imaging (or, rubbish in, rubbish out) -- 3D CLEM : Correlating Volume Light and Electron Microscopy -- Can correlative microscopy ever be easy? An array tomography viewpoint -- Correlative microscopy using scanning probe microscopes -- Future of CLEM - Integrated Light and Electron Microscopy -- Cryo-correlative light and electron microscopy : Towards in situ structural biology -- Correlative cryo soft X-ray imaging. -- Correlative light- and liquid-phase scanning transmission electron microscopy for studies of protein function in whole cells -- Correlating data from different imaging modalities -- Big data in correlative imaging -- The Future of CLEM : Summary. Summary: "Correlative Microscopy (CM), or more broadly Correlative Imaging (CI), aims to analyse a single sample by two or more distinct imaging modalities. By doing so, one should be able to extract more scientific insight than would have otherwise been possible using each imaging modality as a stand-alone technique. We have thus coined the term '1 1 = 3' to explain the principle of CI. It should be noted that CI is NOT the process of imaging biological replicates with a variety of imaging techniques, which would be more properly referred to as comparative imaging"-- Provided by publisher. Book Books at groups SSU Electron Microscopy Not for loan "Correlative Microscopy (CM), or more broadly Correlative Imaging (CI), aims to analyse a single sample by two or more distinct imaging modalities. By doing so, one should be able to extract more scientific insight than would have otherwise been possible using each imaging modality as a stand-alone technique. We have thus coined the term '1 1 = 3' to explain the principle of CI. It should be noted that CI is NOT the process of imaging biological replicates with a variety of imaging techniques, which would be more properly referred to as comparative imaging"-- Provided by publisher.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line907
__label__cc	0.561675	0.438325	Improving vaccination uptake in pediatric Cochlear implant recipients Lisa Jin1, Paula Téllez2, Ruth Chia3, Daphne Lu1, Neil K. Chadha1,2, Julie Pauwels2, Simon Dobson4, Hazim Al Eid5 & Frederick K. Kozak ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-7615-30411,2 An Infectious Disease vaccine specialist joined our institution’s Cochlear Implant Team in 2010 in order to address the high percentage of non-compliance to immunization prior to surgery identified previously from an internal review. The purpose of this study was to (1) review the immunization status of cochlear implant recipients in 2010–2014, (2) assess if introducing a vaccine specialist made a significant change in vaccination compliance and (3) elucidate any barriers to vaccination compliance. Retrospective chart review and a telephone survey. Medical records of 116 cochlear implant recipients between 2010 and 2014 were reviewed. A telephone survey was conducted to obtain the current vaccination status in children who required post-operative vaccinations with incomplete records on chart review and, if applicable, the reason for non-compliance. Between 2010 and 2014, 98% of children were up-to-date at the time of surgery, compared to 67% up-to-date at the time of surgery between 2002 and 2007. 27 children were included in our post-operative immunization analysis. 29.6% (8/27) failed to receive necessary vaccinations post-surgery. Pneumovax-23, a vaccine for high-risk patients (such as cochlear implant candidates) was missed in all cases. Pre-operative vaccination for cochlear implant recipients improved dramatically with the addition of a vaccine specialist. However, a significant proportion of patients requiring vaccinations post-surgery did not receive them. The main reason for non-compliance was due to parents being unaware that their children required this vaccine postoperatively by being “high-risk”. Although improvement was demonstrated, a communication gap continued to impede the adequacy of vaccination uptake in pediatric cochlear implant recipients following surgery at age 2 when the high-risk vaccine was due. Advances in technology over the last few decades have greatly impacted patient care and quality of life; cochlear implants prove to be an excellent example. A cochlear implant (CI) is a 2-part electrode with an external microphone and an internal electrode implanted in the cochlea that provides direct electric stimulation to the auditory nerve fibers [1, 2]. CIs allow those with profound sensorineural hearing loss to appreciate hearing and to develop the ability to communicate through spoken language [1, 2]. However, as with any invasive intervention, there lies the risk of infection. Due to the close proximity of the cochlea to the brain, post-operative bacterial pneumococcal meningitis is and has been a significant concern for CI surgeons and recipients. The incidence of Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis in children with CIs has been reported to be 16 to 30 times higher than the general population due to multiple predisposing risk factors. Cochleovestibular malformation, a major risk factor for pneumococcal meningitis, is a common cause for children with sensorineural hearing loss. Electrode insertion, failure to seal the cochleostomy, and the lack of appropriate meningitis vaccines strictly for high-risk populations are additional identified risk factors [1, 3, 4]. Moreover, a much lower inoculation threshold of S. pneumoniae is required to induce meningitis through the cochlea compared to other means of entry [5]. Although many of these factors are beyond control, ensuring these children are properly immunized against the highly virulent S. pneumoniae subtypes before and after surgery is critical in harm-reduction for the CI population. Currently CI recipients in our province follow the provincial high-risk vaccination schedule for pneumococcal meningitis prevention. Under the high-risk schedule, CI patients receive 2 additional vaccines, an additional dose of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-13) at 6 months and the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV-23) at 24 months of age, for greater protection against S. pneumoniae. A previous internal review of vaccination rates in pediatric CI patients at our institution, implanted between 2002 and 2007 [unpublished], revealed that 33% of patients were not up-to-date with their meningitis vaccinations at the time of their surgery. Reported barriers to vaccination compliance included confusion from changes in provincial vaccination schedules, the language barrier associated with the province’s high immigration rate, difference in vaccination requirements between provinces and lack of communication between patients’ families and health providers. Recognizing that inadequate vaccination of CI patients largely stemmed from confusion and lack of communication over the high-risk schedule requirements, in 2008 the Cochlear Implant Team at our hospital partnered with a vaccine specialist to address this significant concern. As a result, a structured plan was put into place utilizing a preoperative template with both the routine and high risk vaccine schedules clearly outlined to be confirmed by either the vaccine infectious disease specialist or the cochlear implant surgeon (Fig. 1). Any confusion surrounding the vaccine status of the patient was reviewed with the vaccine specialist. Situations where implant candidates either came from a different province or another country where in both instances vaccine schedules differ were closely reviewed and modifications made to comply with the province’s standards. In order to improve the confusion and lack of adequate vaccination after the internal review, our institution created a policy that required patients to be up-to-date with their pneumococcal meningitis vaccinations prior to surgery. In some instances this may result in a delay in implantation. The option to vaccinate patients those vaccines that are missing on the day of surgery is not an optimal scenario as it takes between two to eight weeks depending on the vaccine to achieve adequate immune response to the vaccine and obtain maximal immunity. Although there is no firm data to support this stance that is taken by our program the above reasoning is why this position has been taken. The resultant delay is felt not to be significant enough to affect the long term outcome of the patient’s cochlear implantation. Vaccination schedule for children at high risk for meningitis (ie – Cochlear Implant Recipients). Additional high-risk vaccine doses are circled and outlined in red text. 1Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV-13) is required for children under the age of 5. 2The high-risk schedule for PCV-13 series only applies to patients < 1 years of age at the time of candidacy assessment. If a child is over the age of 1 at the time of cochlear implant candidacy assessment, only 3 doses are required This study aimed to i) review the current immunization status of recently implanted patients at our institution since the aforementioned change was made, ii) assess if this change made a significant impact on the number of patients with inadequate vaccinations and iii) elucidate any barriers that continue to exist in vaccination compliance pre- and post-CI surgery. Of note, the high-risk immunizations and vaccinations referred in this review are specific to those for pneumococcal meningitis. The objectives of this study were to review the vaccination status of CI patients implanted between 2010 and 2014, compare findings with the previous internal review (2002–2007) and identify barriers to vaccination compliance. Ethical approval was obtained by the Institutional Ethics Board and informed verbal or written consent was obtained from the parents and/or legal guardians of children who participated in the telephone interview. The study consisted of two parts: Chart Review: A retrospective Chart Review was conducted to determine the vaccination status for all CI recipients operated on at our institution between 2010 and 2014 i) at the initial candidacy assessment, ii) during surgery and iii) post-operatively, if appropriate. Post-operative vaccination status was only collected if patients required additional meningitis immunizations after surgery. These include children that were operated on with missing vaccinations and children who were not old enough at the time of surgery to have completed the high-risk meningitis vaccination series (due at 24 months of age). For children who received two CIs during the study period at different times, the vaccination status (at candidacy assessment, during surgery and post-operatively) for their first CI was collected. Telephone Survey: All children identified with missing vaccination information on post-implant vaccinations that could not be found on the chart review were contacted for a telephone survey. Information was collected regarding current vaccination status and the reason for non-compliance, if applicable. Chart review The study population included all children (19 years or younger at time of their procedure) who had received a cochlear implant at our institution between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2014, inclusive. Re-implanted recipients were excluded from the study. A total of 116 children met the study criteria. Hospital and clinic records were reviewed for basic demographics (gender, place of birth, date of immigration), clinical history of hearing loss, records of meningitis vaccination series (Haemophilus influenzae type 2, 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine), and focused pre-surgical, surgical and post-surgical details. Once children are considered candidates for CI at our institution, they are required to follow the high-risk meningitis vaccination schedule thereafter. Children with a CI received prior to the study period are considered high-risk for pneumococcal meningitis and thus are required to follow the high-risk schedule during the initial candidacy assessment for their second CI. The high-risk meningitis vaccination schedule includes four doses of Haemophilus influenzae type 2 vaccine (HiB), four doses of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-13) and a single dose of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV-23) for children over the age of 2 who have completed the PCV-13 series. Figure 1 shows the additional doses required in the high-risk schedule. There are two exceptions to this schedule: i) a fourth PCV-13 dose is not required for children identified as a CI candidate after the age of 1 and ii) PCV-13 is recommended for children under the age of 5 only. Since the PCV-13 vaccine became part of the standard immunization series in 2000, PCV-13 records of children born prior to 2000 were not reviewed as they are over the age of 5 during the study period (2010–2014). A child was deemed “up-to-date” with his or her vaccinations at the time of assessment with the cochlear implant team if all immunization series were completed or if the most recent age-appropriate dose of each immunization series was received at the time of this visit. This definition was also applied in the assessment of vaccination status at the time of surgery. For children who were not “up-to-date” with their vaccinations, individualized immunization catch-up programs were implemented to ensure the most appropriate vaccines are received prior to surgery. A vaccine infectious disease specialist was consulted to determine whether or not these individuals were up-to-date with their vaccinations at the time of surgery on a case-by-case basis. The catch up vaccines prior to surgery were given by either the local public health unit, by the patient’s family practitioner, or on rare occasions, by the vaccine infectious disease specialist. Telephone survey A telephone survey was administered to the parent and/or legal guardian of cochlear implant recipients with missing vaccination information after the chart review. These include children who were missing vaccines at the time of surgery or children who were not old enough to complete the immunization series prior to surgery and records were not updated in the chart during the review. A record of any additional vaccines (HiB, PCV-13 and PPV-23) received after surgery was recorded and if applicable, reasons for vaccine non-compliance were documented. Parents were made aware of any vaccine their child was missing. A letter outlining the vaccines each child was missing was also sent out to these families to be taken into Public Health or their family physician for appropriate vaccination catch-up. Public Health Records were also reviewed with permission. Descriptive statistics including means, ranges and standard deviation were used to summarize continuous variables. Categorical variables were summarized with percentages. Absolute percentage change and odds ratio were used to compare results from this study and the 2008 internal review. One hundred sixteen children received cochlear implants at our institution between 2010 and 2014. The age range of the children was less than 1 year of age to 19 years (median 5.72 years; SD 4.77 years). The male to female ratio was 1.2:1 (63:53). Of these 116 children, 37 had a cochlear implant prior to the study period and received a second CI between 2010 and 2014. These children were considered high-risk patients at the time of candidacy assessment for the second implant. From the remaining 79 patients, 48 received one CI and 31 received two CIs during the study period. Twelve children received both implants at the same surgery (bilateral simultaneous CI) and 19 children underwent two separate cochlear implant surgeries (bilateral sequential CI). Vaccination status at time of candidacy assessment with the CI team A total of 19/116 patients (16%) were not up-to-date at the time of candidacy assessment (Table 1). From the 79 patients who received their first CI during the study period, 9 were not up-to-date with their vaccinations at the time of their candidacy assessment. Ten out of the 37 children who were receiving a second implant were not up-to-date with their vaccinations. A greater proportion of children receiving a second implant during the study period were not up-to-date with vaccinations (OR 2.35). The vaccines most commonly missed at the initial visit for first time CI recipients were HiB and/or PCV-13, whereas for those children receiving their second implant, PPV-23 was the most commonly missed vaccine (Fig. 2). Table 1 Patients missing vaccinations at time of candidacy assessment and at surgery Vaccines missing at time of candidacy assessment with the Cochlear Implant team. a–First time CI recipients. b–Patients receiving their second CI. Vaccines up to date – either the individual has completed all vaccinations or has received the most recent age-appropriate vaccination. HiB – Can be part of Pediacel ® or Infranrix Hexa depending on the age. PCV-13 – Pneumococcal Conjugate (Prevnar™). PPV-23 – Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (Pneumovax-23 ®) Vaccination status at the time of surgery The Cochlear Implant Team at our institution requires all children to be up-to-date with their vaccinations prior to surgery. If the child is missing any vaccines at the time of candidacy assessment, the CI team will work closely with a vaccine specialist to develop an individualized vaccine catch-up schedule. Despite this policy, two children received a cochlear implant without being appropriately vaccinated. In both cases, the child was receiving their first CI and was missing PPV-23. All recipients who had a CI prior to the study period were up-to-date with their vaccinations at the time of the second CI surgery (Table 1). Vaccination status after surgery A total of 32 children required vaccinations post-operatively. These included the two children who were operated on with missing vaccines and 30 children who were not old enough at the time of surgery to have completed their meningitis vaccination series. Completed immunization documentation was on file for 13 children, thus we attempted to contact the remaining 19 for the telephone survey. Five children did not complete the survey; 27/32 (84.4%) children were included in our post-operative immunization analysis (Fig. 3). Flowchart to establish patient for post-operative immunization analysis. 1Children who are age-appropriately up-to-date with immunizations; however, still require additional vaccines post-operatively to complete meningitis immunization series. 2No consent = 1, unable to reach = 4 Out of the 27 children in our post-operative immunization analysis, 8 (29.6%) did not receive the necessary vaccination(s) after surgery. In all eight cases, the missing vaccine post-surgery was PPV-23. Four of the eight children missing PPV-23 also required additional HiB or PCV-13 vaccines, in which they received. As previously mentioned, PPV-23 is only a requirement for high-risk children, whereas HiB and PCV-13 are part of the routine childhood immunization schedule. When asked the reason why the child missed this vaccine, the responses from the parents were similar: none of the parents were aware this vaccine was required for their child as they followed the vaccination schedule for a normal-risk child. This indicates that the main reason for non-compliance is that parents as well as Public Health were not following the high-risk schedule for cochlear implant recipients in our province. Comparison with previous study internal review (2002–2007) Between 2010 and 2014, 84% (97/116) of children receiving CI were up to date with their vaccines at time of candidacy assessment with the CI team. Through individualized vaccination catch-up programs, 98% (114/116) of CI recipients were up-to-date at the time of their surgery. In comparison with the previous internal review, there was a 31% absolute increase in children being appropriately vaccinated at the time of CI surgery, from 67 to 98% (OR 28.5) (Table 2). Table 2 Patients up-to-date with vaccinations at candidacy assessment and at Cochlear Implant (CI) surgery Following a high-risk vaccination schedule is imperative to protect children with cochlear implants against the risk of serious, potentially life-threatening infection such as pneumococcal meningitis. Ensuring CI recipients are properly vaccinated before and after surgery is challenging due to multiple reasons. These factors, identified in our internal review, include the confusion over changes in the high-risk vaccination requirements over the years, the language barrier associated with our province’s high immigration rate, differences in the schedules among the provinces where a child might begin a schedule in one province and then move to BC. Adding to this complexity, immunizations are given in primary care settings, either by public health or family practitioners, however children are made high-risk status by the CI Team. Primary care providers need to be made aware that the patient is being considered for CI, otherwise the trigger of ‘High Risk status’ is not made. A review of vaccination rates of CI patients at our institution in 2008 revealed that vaccination requirements were not being met and, as such, an Infectious Diseases vaccine specialist was enlisted to assist the CI Team in addressing this concern. This recent review of vaccination rates at our institution since the change was implemented indicates that pre-operative immunizations for meningitis, particularly pneumococcal meningitis, under the high-risk schedule improved significantly. There was a 31% absolute increase in the percentage of recipients who were up-to-date with vaccinations at the time of CI surgery; only 1.7% of children were operated on without having received the required vaccinations prior to surgery. Our finding highlights the success that can be achieved with the introduction of a designated specialist to monitor immunizations and provide individualized catch-up programs. However, significant challenges remain in ensuring post-CI vaccination compliance. The 23-valent-pneumococcal-polysaccharide vaccine (PPV-23), a vaccine given specifically to patients at high risk of meningitis, is the only immunization that was reported missing in CI recipients who required immunizations post-operatively. Interestingly, children that missed PPV-23, but required other scheduled meningitis immunizations as part of the regular routine vaccines such as HiB and PCV-13 received the latter vaccinations in a timely manner. The odds of a child missing critical pneumococcal meningitis vaccinations at their visit for assessment double once the child is considered “high-risk”. This also highlights the need to follow the high-risk vaccination schedule after surgery is not well communicated to the parent or to the immunizers in primary care. In all eight cases of missed vaccinations post-surgery, the parents reported that they were unaware this vaccine was required for their child. These parents continue to follow the vaccination schedule for a normal-risk child provided by Public Health. The parents of the children who received PPV-23 after surgery indicated that the CI team informed them of this requirement during a follow-up appointment. Only one parent reported having followed the high-risk vaccination sheet given to them during the initial consult with the CI Team. The language barrier that was previously recognized as a barrier to vaccination compliance from our internal review was no longer an active problem, as it was not identified in this study. In the initial internal review between 2002 and 2007 Cantonese and Mandarin were the two main languages that posed difficulty. Repeat calls after working day hours improved acquisition of data as English speaking parents were at home at this time. In this study, perhaps improvement was a result of the fact that in instances where the initial contact of families was with a non English speaking person, we were fortunate enough to have two of the authors who spoke Mandarin to facilitate the interaction. There are an abundant number of resources in British Columbia and specifically the Vancouver area for interpreter services and one could speculate that this has assisted in compliance as well, however our study did not address this aspect directly. Ensuring appropriate vaccination post-surgery still remains a current issue. The key reasons for non-compliance seems to be a communication gap between the CI team, parents, family physicians and Public Health. In our province, immunizations are generally obtained at a Public Health Clinic or at a primary care clinic. During the telephone survey, we clarified to the parents which vaccination schedule their child is recommended to follow and provided them with a letter to present to the Public Health Clinic or their family physician for appropriate vaccination catch-up. However, greater measures need to be taken to close the communication gap. Solutions to bridge this gap include providing families with updated high-risk vaccination schedules post-surgery, sending reminder notifications to family members, notifying Public Health or the patient’s primary care physician regarding his/her high-risk status, or assigning a designated person or program to manage post-operative vaccinations in a similar manner to which is used in our pre-operative vaccination compliance management. Our study revealed that immunization rates at time of surgery significantly improved after the introduction of an infectious disease vaccine specialist. Once a child was identified to be missing vaccinations during the initial candidacy assessment, individualized catch-up programs were created to ensure these children were appropriately vaccinated and would not prolong the wait time for surgery. An interesting future direction would be to assess whether this administrative change significantly impacted on the wait times for CI surgery. Our group acknowledges the difficulty of recruiting a specialist to assist in the implement of a vaccination program. Alternatively, the use of a Registered Nurse or Nurse Practitioner may exhibit similar benefits. Nonetheless, it is important to have a designated person to oversee and manage the vaccination status of a small group of high-risk individuals, such as Cochlear Implant recipients. This study showed a significant improvement was made in pre-operative vaccination rates after the introduction of a specialist. However, it is evident that a communication gap regarding which vaccination schedule to follow post-operatively continues to exist. Post-operative vaccinations are not being appropriately managed and in turn, CI patients continue to occasionally miss vaccines critical to their health. Based on the significant success in increasing pre-operative vaccination rates, one may consider creating a designated program to improve post-operative vaccinations, specifically for PPV-23. At our institution, we have ensured that all patients implanted prior to the age of 2 are seen in follow-up at 2 years of age to ensure that they are up to date for their PPV-23 vaccine. HiB: Haemophilus influenzae type 2 vaccine 13: 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine PPV: 23: 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine Ou H, Cleary P, Sie K. Assessing the immunization status of pediatric cochlear implant recipients using a state-maintained immunization registry. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otohns.2010.05.020. Gluth MB, Driscoll CLW, Lalwani AK. Cochlear implants. In: Lalwani AK, editor. CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment in Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery. 3rd ed. New York: United States. McGraw-Hill Education; 2011. Reefhuis J, Honein MA, Whitney CG, Chamany S, Mann EA, Biernath KR, et al.. Risk of bacterial meningitis in children with cochlear implants. N Engl J Med. 2003. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa031101. Lalwani AK, Cohen NL. Does meningitis after cochlear implantation remain a concern in 2011? Otol Neurotol. 2011;33:93–5. Wei BP, Shepherd RK, Robins-Browne RM, Clark GM, O'Leary SJ. Pneumococcal meningitis threshold model: A potential tool to assess infectious risk of new or existing inner ear surgical interventions. Otol Neurotol. 2006. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.mao.0000227898.80656.54. The authors acknowledge current and former members of the Cochlear Implant Team at BC Children’s Hospital for their assistance over the years related to vaccination of the cochlear implant patient population. This study was supported by the University of British Columbia under the Florence E Heighway Summer Research Award in the study and collection. The data that support the findings of the current study and from the internal review are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 317-2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada Lisa Jin, Daphne Lu, Neil K. Chadha & Frederick K. Kozak Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, BC Children’s Hospital, 4480 Oak St, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3N1, Canada Paula Téllez, Neil K. Chadha, Julie Pauwels & Frederick K. Kozak Department of Audiology, BC Children’s Hospital, 4480 Oak St, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3N1, Canada Ruth Chia Sidra Medical and Research Centre, Doha, Qatar Simon Dobson Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Hazim Al Eid Lisa Jin Paula Téllez Daphne Lu Neil K. Chadha Julie Pauwels Frederick K. Kozak FKK, LJ and JP designed the study. LJ and PT performed the chart review with the guidance from RC, FKK and SD. LJ and DL collected consents and conducted the telephone survey. LJ, JP, PT and FKK wrote the manuscript and all authors read and approved the final manuscript. Correspondence to Frederick K. Kozak. Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Children’s and Women’s Research Ethics Board (#H15–01351) and informed verbal or written consent was obtained from the parents and/or legal guardians of children who participated in the telephone interview. Jin, L., Téllez, P., Chia, R. et al. Improving vaccination uptake in pediatric Cochlear implant recipients. J of Otolaryngol - Head & Neck Surg 47, 56 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40463-018-0308-5	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line922
__label__cc	0.692488	0.307512	hello@joyjoya.com Jewelry Marketing Services Sample Email AutomationLaryssa2018-06-13T19:43:47-07:00 In 2018, we helped our client set up a Facebook advertising campaign with the goal of capturing new email leads from members of the client’s target audience. Once a lead provided his or her name and email address, we would automatically send the new lead a series of emails shown in the gallery below. The lead would receive one email per week, for seven weeks, and the emails together provide a comprehensive introduction to the brand. The second-to-last email offers a free download of a free e-book titled “How to Shop for Vintage-Inspired Jewelry“. Reminding the recipient of the available coupon code played an important role in each email. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”8″ gal_title=”Email Automation”] SIGN UP FOR WEEKLY JEWELRY MARKETING TIPS	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line923
__label__wiki	0.650085	0.650085	Teacher bags life imprisonment for raping 10-year old girl in Ondo Posted byWonderlady August 14, 2020 Posted inNews An Ondo State High court sitting in Akure has sentenced a teacher, Omotayo Adanlawo to life imprisonment for raping a 10 year old girl. The judge, justice Samuel Bola who gave the judgement said defendant failed to give convincing evidence and testimony to prove his innocence in the rape allegations The defendant attends the victim’s Father’s church. On 24th august 2018, the defendant Omotayo Adanlawo allegedly went to the victim’s house at Iju while she was alone and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her with a warning her not to tell anyone else she will die. When the victim started complaining of stomach pains and could not walk afterwards, her mother took her to a hospital for examination where it was revealed that the girl had been raped And after rigorous interrogation, the little girl opened up and said her Father’s church member Omotayo Adanlawo who had sexual intercourse with her. The case was then reported at Iju-Itaogbolu divisional headquarters before being transfered to Ala area command, and a medical report revealed that there was actual penetration into the 10 year old girls’ private part. Based of the legal advice from the director of public prosecution, Adanlawo was dragged before justice Samuel Bola of a count-charge of rape contrary to section 357 and punishable under section 358 of the criminal laws of Ondo State. While the prosecution led by a state counsel, Stella Adegoke called five witnesses including the victim and her mother, the defendant was the only one who stood for himself. Adanlawo in his statement before the police claimed the young girl told him to lie on her after asking for 50 naira and chinchin, but during cross examination, said he was at home at the time of the incident. He also claimed to be battling with hernia and as such was not medically fit to had had sexual intercourse with the girl. Justice Samuel Bola in his judgement however said the prosecution was able to prove there was penetration in the rape allegation against adanlawo He also said the defendant gave no medical report to prove his condition as well as any evidence to suggest his was in his house as claimed on the day of the incident. He therefore sentenced Adanlawo to life imprisonment in line with section 358 of the crimanal laws of ondo state. The Attorney-General and state Commissioner for Justice, Adekola Olawoye said the judgement has shown that it would not be business as usual for paedophiles in the state. Omotayo has been handed over to officers of the Nigerian correctional service to begin his sentence. COMMUNIQUE: Media Training Workshop on using the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act for Investigative Reports on Campaign Finance and Covid-19 Accountability Issues JUST IN: Gunmen kill Nigerian lawmaker in his house, abduct wife	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line925
__label__cc	0.728818	0.271182	Search for correlations between the arrival directions of IceCube neutrino events and ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array The Pierre Auger Collaboration, The IceCube collaboration, The Telescope Array collaboration Experimental Particle Physics This paper presents the results of different searches for correlations between very high-energy neutrino candidates detected by IceCube and the highest-energy cosmic rays measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array. We first consider samples of cascade neutrino events and of high-energy neutrino-induced muon tracks, which provided evidence for a neutrino flux of astrophysical origin, and study their cross-correlation with the ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) samples as a function of angular separation. We also study their possible directional correlations using a likelihood method stacking the neutrino arrival directions and adopting different assumptions on the size of the UHECR magnetic deflections. Finally, we perform another likelihood analysis stacking the UHECR directions and using a sample of through-going muon tracks optimized for neutrino point-source searches with sub-degree angular resolution. No indications of correlations at discovery level are obtained for any of the searches performed. The smallest of the p-values comes from the search for correlation between UHECRs with IceCube high-energy cascades, a result that should continue to be monitored. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/01/037 10.1088/1475-7516/2016/01/037 Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'Search for correlations between the arrival directions of IceCube neutrino events and ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array'. Together they form a unique fingerprint. arrivals Physics & Astronomy observatories Physics & Astronomy cosmic rays Physics & Astronomy neutrinos Physics & Astronomy telescopes Physics & Astronomy muons Physics & Astronomy cascades Physics & Astronomy The Pierre Auger Collaboration, The IceCube collaboration, & The Telescope Array collaboration (2016). Search for correlations between the arrival directions of IceCube neutrino events and ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2016(1), [37]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/01/037 Search for correlations between the arrival directions of IceCube neutrino events and ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array. / The Pierre Auger Collaboration; The IceCube collaboration; The Telescope Array collaboration. In: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2016, No. 1, 37, 20.01.2016. The Pierre Auger Collaboration, The IceCube collaboration & The Telescope Array collaboration 2016, 'Search for correlations between the arrival directions of IceCube neutrino events and ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array', Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, vol. 2016, no. 1, 37. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/01/037 The Pierre Auger Collaboration, The IceCube collaboration, The Telescope Array collaboration. Search for correlations between the arrival directions of IceCube neutrino events and ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2016 Jan 20;2016(1). 37. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/01/037 The Pierre Auger Collaboration ; The IceCube collaboration ; The Telescope Array collaboration. / Search for correlations between the arrival directions of IceCube neutrino events and ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array. In: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2016 ; Vol. 2016, No. 1. @article{e55c77969b8e4c7881ecc9d288ce8f74, title = "Search for correlations between the arrival directions of IceCube neutrino events and ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array", abstract = "This paper presents the results of different searches for correlations between very high-energy neutrino candidates detected by IceCube and the highest-energy cosmic rays measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array. We first consider samples of cascade neutrino events and of high-energy neutrino-induced muon tracks, which provided evidence for a neutrino flux of astrophysical origin, and study their cross-correlation with the ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) samples as a function of angular separation. We also study their possible directional correlations using a likelihood method stacking the neutrino arrival directions and adopting different assumptions on the size of the UHECR magnetic deflections. Finally, we perform another likelihood analysis stacking the UHECR directions and using a sample of through-going muon tracks optimized for neutrino point-source searches with sub-degree angular resolution. No indications of correlations at discovery level are obtained for any of the searches performed. The smallest of the p-values comes from the search for correlation between UHECRs with IceCube high-energy cascades, a result that should continue to be monitored.", author = "{The Pierre Auger Collaboration} and {The IceCube collaboration} and {The Telescope Array collaboration} and Aartsen, {M. G.} and K. Abraham and M. Ackermann and J. Adams and Aguilar, {J. A.} and M. Ahlers and M. Ahrens and D. Altmann and T. Anderson and I. Ansseau and M. Archinger and C. Arguelles and Arlen, {T. C.} and J. Auffenberg and X. Bai and Barwick, {S. W.} and V. Baum and R. Bay and Beatty, {J. J.} and {Becker Tjus}, J. and Becker, {K. H.} and E. Beiser and P. Berghaus and D. Berley and E. Bernardini and A. Bernhard and Besson, {D. Z.} and G. Binder and D. Bindig and M. Bissok and E. Blaufuss and J. Blumenthal and Boersma, {D. J.} and C. Bohm and M. B{\"o}rner and F. Bos and D. Bose and S. B{\"o}ser and O. Botner and J. Braun and L. Brayeur and Bretz, {H. P.} and N. Buzinsky and J. Casey and M. Casier and E. Cheung and D. Chirkin and A. Christov and K. Clark and L. Classen", doi = "10.1088/1475-7516/2016/01/037", journal = "Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics", T1 - Search for correlations between the arrival directions of IceCube neutrino events and ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array AU - The Pierre Auger Collaboration AU - The IceCube collaboration AU - The Telescope Array collaboration AU - Aartsen, M. G. AU - Abraham, K. AU - Ackermann, M. AU - Adams, J. AU - Aguilar, J. A. AU - Ahlers, M. AU - Ahrens, M. AU - Altmann, D. AU - Anderson, T. AU - Ansseau, I. AU - Archinger, M. AU - Arguelles, C. AU - Arlen, T. C. AU - Auffenberg, J. AU - Bai, X. AU - Barwick, S. W. AU - Baum, V. AU - Bay, R. AU - Beatty, J. J. AU - Becker Tjus, J. AU - Becker, K. H. AU - Beiser, E. AU - Berghaus, P. AU - Berley, D. AU - Bernardini, E. AU - Bernhard, A. AU - Besson, D. Z. AU - Binder, G. AU - Bindig, D. AU - Bissok, M. AU - Blaufuss, E. AU - Blumenthal, J. AU - Boersma, D. J. AU - Bohm, C. AU - Börner, M. AU - Bos, F. AU - Bose, D. AU - Böser, S. AU - Botner, O. AU - Braun, J. AU - Brayeur, L. AU - Bretz, H. P. AU - Buzinsky, N. AU - Casey, J. AU - Casier, M. AU - Cheung, E. AU - Chirkin, D. AU - Christov, A. AU - Clark, K. AU - Classen, L. N2 - This paper presents the results of different searches for correlations between very high-energy neutrino candidates detected by IceCube and the highest-energy cosmic rays measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array. We first consider samples of cascade neutrino events and of high-energy neutrino-induced muon tracks, which provided evidence for a neutrino flux of astrophysical origin, and study their cross-correlation with the ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) samples as a function of angular separation. We also study their possible directional correlations using a likelihood method stacking the neutrino arrival directions and adopting different assumptions on the size of the UHECR magnetic deflections. Finally, we perform another likelihood analysis stacking the UHECR directions and using a sample of through-going muon tracks optimized for neutrino point-source searches with sub-degree angular resolution. No indications of correlations at discovery level are obtained for any of the searches performed. The smallest of the p-values comes from the search for correlation between UHECRs with IceCube high-energy cascades, a result that should continue to be monitored. AB - This paper presents the results of different searches for correlations between very high-energy neutrino candidates detected by IceCube and the highest-energy cosmic rays measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array. We first consider samples of cascade neutrino events and of high-energy neutrino-induced muon tracks, which provided evidence for a neutrino flux of astrophysical origin, and study their cross-correlation with the ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) samples as a function of angular separation. We also study their possible directional correlations using a likelihood method stacking the neutrino arrival directions and adopting different assumptions on the size of the UHECR magnetic deflections. Finally, we perform another likelihood analysis stacking the UHECR directions and using a sample of through-going muon tracks optimized for neutrino point-source searches with sub-degree angular resolution. No indications of correlations at discovery level are obtained for any of the searches performed. The smallest of the p-values comes from the search for correlation between UHECRs with IceCube high-energy cascades, a result that should continue to be monitored. U2 - 10.1088/1475-7516/2016/01/037 DO - 10.1088/1475-7516/2016/01/037 JO - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics JF - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line929
__label__wiki	0.593219	0.593219	Convergence \| Laurie AltmanWebsite Webmaster2017-07-21T00:08:59+00:00 Music of Laurie Altman (*1944) Sonata for Piano # 5 (2006) 22:52 Dedicated to the memory of Olivier Altman [01] I. Introduction 08:29 [02] II. Scherzo 02:22 [03] III. “Nobody knows the Trouble I’ve Seen” 03:55 [04] IV. Introduction and Fugue, Choral 07:54 Clipper Erickson, piano [05] Antarctic Convergence (2006) 08:36 for tenor saxophone, piano and double bass Andrew Rathbun, tenor saxophone Scott Lee, double bass [06] Pedro’s Story for solo piano (2007) 06:35 [07] Romare Bearden: A Gallery Tour (2006) 23:01 for tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, piano and double bass Andrew Rathbun, saxophones 3 for Duke (2006) 14:15 for soprano, flute and piano [08] I. Sophisticated Lady 06:45 [09] II. Mood Indigo 04:26 [10] III. It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t… 02:48 Patrice Michaels, soprano Helen Rathbun, flute NOTES ON CONVERGENCE Composing, in the very broadest sense is a journey from inwardness to lucidity. One is carried from piece to piece into resilient and expansive shapings and forms; harmonic and rhythmic narrowings and complexities; sonic dots, clusters and timbres of light and darkness all bound up into a final product: completion, on both a personal and universal level. One begins by (as the artist Robert Motherwell states), “seizing the glimpse” – the idea (or ideas) which underpin and support the entire composition. Differences in thematic content allow for the inclusion of inner voices that bend and blend with the musical landscape and topography at hand. Stylistic castings – a “minimalist”, a “romantic”, a “jazzer” – seem beside the point. For myself I use what I need to and get there by going where and how I must go. The compositions on Convergence are deeply varied: separated by time, place, emotion, event and “glimpse”. An Antarctic journey yields a spiritual commentary upon cold, emptiness and unimaginable beauty, while a trip to a San Francisco Art Museum becomes a bonding of artistic color and vision with my eyes and then into my heart. The reading of a fantasy novella carries my imagination into clouds filled with ghosts, dreams and death. While a piano sonata speaks of loss, pain, fatherly affection, anger and love. Finally, a revisiting of a musical master, Duke Ellington, allows me to re-imagine three great enduring classics, traveling down new pathways with them; a rebirth of sorts, a distortion and expansion of form, mood, length and content. Sonata for Piano # 5 Sonata for Piano # 5 was written and completed in 2006 and is dedicated to the memory of my son, Olivier Altman, who passed away in 2004. The form of the work emerged quickly (this Sonata has always seemed to be one of my most organic works) with the opening introduction and its pitch relationships providing much of the evolving material and development. The choice of C sharp minor as a predominant key seemed at the time to be most compatible with my mood and the Sonata’s content. The opening movement is highly rhythmic and vertical in character with minor thirds used as a common thread. A return to C sharp minor (a moment of personal memory) is resisted at first by fleeting intrusions and then solidified and carried forward by a sixteenth note triplet figure. A return to the opening material, expressed with some variation brings the movement to its close. The second movement, a Scherzo, is fast, intense and highly rhythmic. It begins with a figure derived from the opening movement (a kind of after thought) and proceeds through a new idea of alternating 2/4 and 5/8 contrasts. The ending returns to the opening figure and closes with a percussive burst of chords at high velocity. Movement three is my take on the famous spiritual Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen. The piece seemed an apt metaphor for both the loss of my son and the ensuing an enduring pain and grief it has caused me. It closes, wistfully, as if in a dream. One of peace, quiet and release. Movement four begins with a recapitulation of the introduction (as in movement one) – bookends of a sort – and is followed by a long Fugue and two Chorale like insertions. The opening five notes of the Fugue subject are derived from the introduction and the Fugue proceeds rapidly through key, metrical and structural manipulations. The Chorales provide moments of space, breathing and contemplation. Insertions of material from the introduction – an attempt to derail as it were, the Fugue’s forward thrust are overcome (a moment of great pain and anger) before the subject returns again in C sharp minor and brings the Sonata to its conclusion. It is a rare thing in any musical period that such a drama of the emotions, with their sometimes subtly, sometimes violently, shifting colors, can be expressed in an organic and integrated form such as a Sonata. As a performer the greatest challenge I have is to render this kind of creation both as a clear architectural structure and as a moving expression of the heart. Performing Beethoven’s Sonatas is a similar experience. Laurie Altman’s Sonatas share many qualities with these. The motivic development, key relationships, and the manner in which the meditative and transcendent slow movement proceeds through a kind of fantasy (in Sonata for Piano # 5’s case a restatement of the opening introduction) to an exuberant and triumphant Fugue, all recall the Hammerklavier Sonata, Op. 106. It signifies the triumph of unstoppable creative force over the tragedy and sadness of human life. Sonata for Piano # 5 is Laurie’s reimagining of Beethoven’s universally psychic drama in the musical language of the 21st century. Laurie completely understands the meaning of Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen. The opening sonority, embracing the full range of the keyboard says space and timelessness. The call-response phrasing and pianistic versions of the grunts and moans of “sorrow songs”, follow the authentic tradition of spirituals. This is the center of the work, the central experience of what the previous movements have been hinting and searching for. The ending Fugue is the response to that experience, majestic and fiery energy. Being a part of bringing forth this creation into real sound has been a wonderful labor, rewarding in its difficulties and in itself. My feeling as a player is that Laurie Altman’s Sonatas will be seen as a unique contribution to the literature, showing that music from the soul and heart, not simply a cerebral construction, is as vibrant and relevant as in the era of the great keyboard composers of previous times. Clipper Erickson Antarctic Convergence for tenor saxophone, piano and double bass Antarctic Convergence was imagined and completed in 2006. Its beginnings occurred aboard the Endeavor, a National Geographic ship that my wife Jeannine and I were traveling aboard during a trip to Antarctica in 2006. I became haunted by trying to find a sound – something to bring me closer to the emptiness, the vastness, the color, the cold, and the pristine stillness of that remarkable place. Though more or less a straight AABBAAB form, the harmonies and structural spacings take it into other places. The improvised statements of the three instruments become personal commentaries; dialogues within a void; assertions of place, temperature, incline and conclusion. Laurie Altman’s Antarctic Convergence is program music at it best. It’s an evocative piece which accurately captures both the desolation and the beauty of Antarctica. It is also a fine example of one of my favorite aspect’s of Laurie’s music, which is his highly evolved sense of harmony I was completely taken with the chordal colors in this piece from the very first time we read it. Laurie realizes these colors perfectly at the piano, understanding them with the perfect timbre. Andrew Rathbun Pedro’s Story for solo piano Mexican pianist, Ana Cervantes commissioned Pedro’s Story (2007) from a group of composers asked to create musical impressions of the Mexican Author Juan Rulfo’s seminal work, Pedro Paramo. Juan Rulfo (1917–1986) was an esteemed Latin American novelist, short story writer and photographer. Pedro Paramo, a novella like fantasy is set in a mythical hell on earth inhabited by the dead who are haunted by the moral transgressions of the past. I had an opportunity to listen to some of the other composers works and found them, in some cases to be a form of “new age” classical fantasy, a bit too predictable and consistent in their use of motion / stasis, loud and soft and over exaggerated dramatic pauses. My Pedro’s Story is far jazzier, with decided Latin tinge, song form in structure, AAB, that in time moves into the realm of fantasy without exploiting it. Laurie Altman’s Pedro’s Story is simply a narrative. A strange narrative perhaps, but as logical as Rulfo’s masterpiece. The novella forces the reader to understand everything in retrospective and Laurie’s version asks the listener to listen likewise. What is essential is not an impressionistic portrayal of the ghosts in the story but the reader’s experience of the narrative. It is a story that suggests a musical version because it is best appreciated in time, both sequential time and disturbed time. Laurie’s Pedro’s Story is taught and terse, like Rulfo’s. There is nothing extraneous, nothing that doesn’t need to be there. Romare Bearden: A Gallery Tour for tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, piano and double bass Romare Bearden: A Gallery Tour is obviously, in some manner fashioned after Mussorsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, though its linkage to that work was never a consciously motivated event. Leaving the San Francisco Art Museum after experiencing the full range of this remarkable artist’s work left me with no other outcome than to write, immediately, in fact, a new composition; a kind of tribute to the richness that his show had inspired as well as the ways in which Bearden’s usage of color, structure and shape would infuse, feed and energize the roadmap that was to become Gallery Tour. The overall structure of the work balances, after an opening piano statement a series of pieces, eleven in total (which was the number of galleries – rooms – that the show was housed in) with a short ritornello, periodically interspursed between galleries that provides an adhesive unity to the work with at least five distinct returns. The earliest series of galleries, numbers one through seven were deliberately meant to be both short and concise musical events, akin somewhat to the manner and ways in which a painting or collage is first seen and observed from a distance. Gallery 8, a distortion of Jerome Kern’s standard, All the Things You Are with improvisations; Gallery 10, a rendering of the black spiritual Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen (Bearden’s work deeply touches the souls of black people immersed in life and music creating), and Gallery 11, a final summing up are all significantly longer in length, a measurement of the scope of this great artist’s work, as well as in number 11, some final colors and shapings; an animated and pulsing sense of unified excitement and intensity moving from canvas on into sound and instrumental dialogue. In New York City, when like minded musicians gather for a session, invariably we begin with “a piece”, which means a free improvisation: nothing is said, we just play together. I always think that this is what Laurie does within himself when he composes: the interplay is with his own musical mind and spirit. The muse speaks to him deeply and visits often. He composes with harmonic and rhythmic complexity, with vigorous form and beautiful melodies, and yet it all somehow sounds free, fresh and necessary. These two compositions, Antarctic Convergence and Romare Bearden: A Gallery Tour, represent the impressionistic and improvisatory specialness that is Laurie: they are fearless, searching, and meant to be in the world. I also admire Laurie’s ability to create longer form works, and his tribute to the great artist, Romare Bearden is a fantastic work. As an improviser, it is such a pleasure to get to create melodies with such distinct and striking backdrops that Laurie creates throughout this piece. A great deal of the music is rather difficult, with plenty of mixed meters and odd groupings, uneven phrasing and difficult harmony, but the music still remains organic and pure. Laurie does not compose difficult music for the sake of just being “difficult”. He composes what he hears and feels, and this is what results; regardless of the technique, his music sounds original, melodic, and most importantly, beautiful. 3 for Duke Version for flute, soprano and piano Duke Ellington’s music resides, pulsating inside my body. From the first moments, age 11 or 12 of finger piano poking on Sophisticated Lady to, in turn, a lifetime of Ellington compositions, events and performances, I remain assured that his greatness lies in the directness and clarity of his voice, his sudden rhythmic and mood shifts, coupled with an ability to swing yet remain poignant, thoroughly engaged, subtle and unequivocally honest and penetrating. These three seminal Ellington pieces are scored for flute, voice and piano. The construct of the work begins with the solo flute, both addressing and veering off course, searching, in this case for a way into the opening bars of Sophisticated Lady’s opening words, “They say”. This “Lady” unfolds as a vehicle for voice and piano, slower, more somber and lush, the approach confronts something empty and alone, speculative and meditative. “And when nobody is nigh, you cry”. “You cry”, rendered three times for emphasis and power ends the song. Mood Indigo, heavy and soulful at the outset finds energy in new metrical pathways, leading to a flute solo – a brighter and more up tempo feel yet yielding to the flute and piano floating off somewhere, someplace at the end. It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t… is held together by a recurring ostinato imparting groove and bounce into the proceedings. The entire ensemble is at play here with numerous interconnections, dialogues and unsettled moments. A set of quartal harmonies in the piano, a chromatic ascending flute figure, and voice scats towards the end leads to a verbal return, “So-phis-ti-ca-ted-La-dy”, bringing the piece full circle with a bit of word/instrumental play evaporating into lightness and short punches at the end. Deepest thanks must be given to all those participating musicians who invested copious amounts of time, study and creative energy into this CD. Helen, Patrice, Scott, Andrew and Clipper: Playing with you or simply listening was an enriching experience and one that allowed me the space to be something more than an intractable composer with a fixed vision. Being more malleable, yielding and open to suggestion and commentary allowed these works to improve and grow stronger, ultimately leading to new ways in and out. To Judith Sherman, engineer and producer and her assistant Jeanne Velononis, my heartfelt thanks for such inspired listening and insight. I am so much the better composer by your finding the voice within me and allowing it so securely and often sublimely to come out and find a place to reside. A special embrace for my wife, Jeannine, for her inspired and meaningful photo’s, and my dear friend, Christian Henking, for catching me at a good moment. Finally, the very deepest of thanks to Wulf Weinmann and NEOS Music. I feel honored by your support of this project and proud to be associated with a company so unequivocally devoted to presenting modern music, rich in both, expressiveness, singularity and quality.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line940
__label__cc	0.527635	0.472365	Justice Laws Website Canada's System of Justice Laws Website Home Annual Statutes S.C. 2019, c. 29 - Table of Contents S.C. 2019, c. 29 This Web page has been archived on the Web. Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1 (S.C. 2019, c. 29) Full Document: HTMLFull Document: Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1 (Accessibility Buttons available) \| PDFFull Document: Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1 [3167 KB] Assented to 2019-06-21 Previous PageTable of ContentsNext Page PART 4Various Measures (continued) DIVISION 25Various Measures Related to Indigenous Matters (continued) SUBDIVISION CTransitional Provisions, Consequential Amendments, Coordinating Amendments and Repeal (continued) 2014, c. 38 Indian Act Amendment and Replacement Act 370 Section 2 of the Indian Act Amendment and Replacement Act is replaced by the following: Marginal note:Report by Ministers 2 Within the first 10 sitting days of the House of Commons in every calendar year, the Minister of Indigenous Services must report to the House of Commons committee responsible for Aboriginal affairs on the work undertaken by his or her department in collaboration with First Nations and other interested parties to develop new legislation to replace the Indian Act . Marginal note:Replacement of “Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development” 371 (1) Every reference to the “Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development” is replaced by a reference to the “Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs” in the following provisions: (a) paragraph 25(b) of the Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act ; and (b) paragraph 16(2)(b) of the Specific Claims Tribunal Act . Marginal note:Other references to Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (2) Unless the context requires otherwise, every reference to the “Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development” is, with any grammatical adaptations, to be read as a reference to the “Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs” in the following provisions: (a) paragraphs 7(a) and (b) of the Gwich’in Land Claim Settlement Act ; (b) paragraph 7(b) of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act ; (c) paragraph 7(a) of the Sahtu Dene and Metis Land Claim Settlement Act ; (d) paragraph 15(b) of the Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act ; (e) paragraphs 4(d) and (f) of the Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act ; and (f) subsection 25(2) of the First Nations Jurisdiction over Education in British Columbia Act . Marginal note:Other reference to Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (3) Unless the context requires otherwise, the reference to the “Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development” is to be read as a reference to the “Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs” in the English version of paragraph 15(b) of the Westbank First Nation Self-Government Act . 372 (1) Every reference to the “Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development” is replaced by a reference to the “Department of Indigenous Services” in the following provisions: (a) the definition Department in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act ; (b) section 15 of the Indian Oil and Gas Act ; (c) subparagraphs 2(3)(f)(i) and (ii) of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act ; (d) subsection 7(2) of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act ; (e) paragraph 109.1(c) of the Pension Act ; (f) paragraph 6.6(c) of the Department of Veterans Affairs Act ; (g) subsection 10(2) of the Dominion Water Power Act ; (h) paragraph 72(c) of the Canada Petroleum Resources Act ; and (i) paragraph (a) of the definition reservation in section 59 of the Yukon Surface Rights Board Act . (2) Unless the context requires otherwise, the reference to the “Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development” is to be read as a reference to the “Department of Indigenous Services” in the English version of the portion of subsection 22(1) of the Kanesatake Interim Land Base Governance Act before paragraph (a). Marginal note:Replacement of “Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development” 373 (1) Every reference to the “Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development” is replaced by a reference to the “Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations” in the following provisions: (a) the definition Minister in subsection 2(1) of the Naskapi and the Cree-Naskapi Commission Act ; (b) the definition Minister in subsection 2(1) of the Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act ; (c) the definition Minister in section 2 of the Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act ; (d) the definition Minister in subsection 2(1) of the First Nations Land Management Act ; (e) the definition Minister in section 8 of the Manitoba Claim Settlements Implementation Act ; (f) the definition Minister in section 2 of the Claim Settlements (Alberta and Saskatchewan) Implementation Act ; (g) in the Westbank First Nation Self-Government Act , (i) section 13, and (ii) subsection 14.1(1); (h) the definition Minister in subsection 2(1) of the First Nations Fiscal Management Act ; (i) the definition Minister in subsection 2(1) of the First Nations Jurisdiction over Education in British Columbia Act ; and (j) the definition Minister in section 2 of the Specific Claims Tribunal Act . Marginal note:Other references to Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (2) Unless the context requires otherwise, every reference to the “Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development” is, with any grammatical adaptations, to be read as a reference to the “Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations” in the following provisions: (a) the portion of section 7 of the Gwich’in Land Claim Settlement Act before paragraph (a); (b) the portion of section 7 of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act before paragraph (a); (c) the portion of section 7 of the Sahtu Dene and Metis Land Claim Settlement Act before paragraph (a); (d) the portion of section 15 of the Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act before paragraph (a); (e) the portion of section 15 of the Westbank First Nation Self-Government Act before paragraph (a); (f) the portion of section 4 of the Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act before paragraph (a); and (g) section 32 of An Act to amend the Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act , chapter 12 of the Statutes of Canada, 2009. Marginal note:Other references to Minister (3) Unless the context requires otherwise, every reference to the “Minister” is to be read as a reference to the “Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations” in sections 12 and 13 of the Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act . Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1 1 - Short Title 2 - PART 1 - Income Tax Act and Other Legislation 2 - Income Tax Act 45 - Canada Pension Plan 45 - Amendments to the Act 47 - Coming into Force 48 - Cultural Property Export and Import Act 50 - Employment Insurance Act 52 - Income Tax Regulations 70 - PART 2 - GST/HST Measures 70 - Excise Tax Act 80 - Streamlined Accounting (GST/HST) Regulations 81 - PART 3 - Excise Act, 2001 87 - PART 4 - Various Measures 87 - DIVISION 1 - Financial Sector 87 - SUBDIVISION A - Bank Act 91 - An Act to amend certain Acts in relation to financial institutions 92 - Coordinating Amendments 93 - SUBDIVISION B - Canadian Payments Act 98 - DIVISION 2 - Strengthening Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Regime 98 - SUBDIVISION A - Canada Business Corporations Act 102 - Coming into Force 103 - SUBDIVISION B - Criminal Code 104 - SUBDIVISION C - Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act 112 - SUBDIVISION D - Seized Property Management Act 112 - Amendments to the Act 121 - Consequential Amendments 121 - Criminal Code 122 - Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act 124 - Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act 127 - DIVISION 3 - Employment Equity Act 127 - Amendment to the Act 129 - DIVISION 4 - Payments 129 - Climate Action Support 130 - Payment in Relation to Infrastructure 131 - Federation of Canadian Municipalities 132 - Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service 133 - DIVISION 5 - Enhancing Retirement Security 133 - Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 136 - Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act 141 - Canada Business Corporations Act 145 - Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 149 - Transitional Provisions 151 - Coordinating Amendments 153 - DIVISION 6 - Canada Pension Plan 156 - DIVISION 7 - Old Age Security Act 157 - DIVISION 8 - Non-permitted Surplus 157 - Canadian Forces Superannuation Act 158 - Public Service Superannuation Act 159 - Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act 160 - DIVISION 9 - Regulatory Modernization 160 - SUBDIVISION A - Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 162 - SUBDIVISION B - Electricity and Gas Inspection Act 163 - SUBDIVISION C - Food and Drugs Act 185 - SUBDIVISION D - Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act 190 - SUBDIVISION E - Precious Metals Marking Act 191 - SUBDIVISION F - Textile Labelling Act 192 - SUBDIVISION G - Weights and Measures Act 198 - SUBDIVISION H - Hazardous Materials Information Review Act 214 - SUBDIVISION I - Canada Transportation Act 217 - SUBDIVISION J - Pest Control Products Act 220 - SUBDIVISION K - Quarantine Act 221 - SUBDIVISION L - Human Pathogens and Toxins Act 222 - DIVISION 10 - Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act 223 - Transitional Provision 225 - DIVISION 11 - Pilotage Act 266 - Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act 267 - Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada Act 268 - Coordinating Amendment 270 - DIVISION 12 - Security Screening Services Commercialization 270 - Security Screening Services Commercialization Act 271 - Aeronautics Act 276 - Financial Administration Act 277 - Canada Transportation Act 278 - Secure Air Travel Act 280 - DIVISION 13 - Aviation Industry Indemnity Act 290 - DIVISION 14 - Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada Act 291 - DIVISION 15 - Immigration and Citizenship Representation or Advice 292 - Enactment of Act 293 - Related Amendments 293 - Citizenship Act 296 - Immigration and Refugee Protection Act 298 - Access to Information Act 299 - Privacy Act 301 - DIVISION 16 - Immigration and Refugee Protection Act 311 - DIVISION 17 - Federal Courts Act 312 - DIVISION 18 - National Housing Act 313 - DIVISION 19 - National Housing Strategy Act 315 - DIVISION 20 - Poverty Reduction Act 316 - Repeal 318 - DIVISION 21 - Veterans Well-being Act 323 - DIVISION 22 - Student Loans 323 - Canada Student Loans Act 325 - Canada Student Financial Assistance Act 328 - DIVISION 23 - Canada National Parks Act 334 - DIVISION 24 - Parks Canada Agency Act 336 - DIVISION 25 - Various Measures Related to Indigenous Matters 336 - SUBDIVISION A - Department of Indigenous Services Act 336.1 - Coming into Force 337 - SUBDIVISION B - Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Act 338 - SUBDIVISION C - Transitional Provisions, Consequential Amendments, Coordinating Amendments and Repeal 338 - Indigenous Services 341 - Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs 345 - References and Regulations 357 - Indian Act 362 - Salaries Act 363 - Dominion Water Power Act 364 - Public Sector Compensation Act 366 - Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act 367 - Federal Real Property and Federal Immovables Act 368 - First Nations Financial Transparency Act 370 - Indian Act Amendment and Replacement Act 371 - Terminology 384 - SUBDIVISION D - Various Amendments 384 - First Nations Land Management Act 385 - First Nations Oil and Gas and Moneys Management Act 386 - Addition of Lands to Reserves and Reserve Creation Act 387 - DIVISION 26 - Federal Prompt Payment for Construction Work Act Table of Contents1 ... 67 ... 1516 ... 2122 ... 2425 ... 2930 ... 3435 ... 4041 ... 4344 ... 515253 ... 5859 ... 6162 ... 6970 ... 7576 ... 8485 ... 9192 ... 99100 ... 113114 ... 120121 ... 129130 ... 135136 ... 143144 ... 151152 ... 162163 ... 166167 ... 170171 ... 174175 ... 190191 ... 200201202 ... 215216 ... 222223 ... 232233 ... 238239 ... 242243 ... 251252253254 ... 256257 ... 270271 ... 282283 ... 292293 ... 300301 ... 307308 ... 313314 ... 317318 ... 328329 ... 331332 ... 336336.1 ... 337337.1 ... 351352 ... 369370 ... 373374 ... 376377 ... 387388SCHEDULE 1SCHEDULE 2SCHEDULE 3SCHEDULE 4 French Constitutional Drafting Committee (1990) Consolidated Acts Consolidated Regulations Statutes Repeal Act: Reports, Deferrals and Repeals Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Program Typographical and Grammatical Corrections New Layout for Legislation Accessibility Buttons Table of Public Statutes and Responsible Ministers Table of Private Acts Consolidated Index of Statutory Instruments PDF Help How to Create Stable Links Policy on Legal Assistance Service on the Crown Guide to Canadian Legal Information The Minister and Attorney General Careers and Articling Justice Accomplishments	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line941
__label__wiki	0.794395	0.794395	Reporter 78 - April 2017 Modelling from land to water Fedezze fel Reporter 78 - April 2017 Digitalisation of Building Construction - Q&A with Bernd Moeller When electricity is on the line Building the longest road in Greenland Building paradise with precision Let it flow Pulling artifacts from the jungle using Full Waveform LiDAR Bringing safety, productivity with laser scanning Unveiling the past with reality capture Measuring England's highest peak Always comes in 3s Reality Capture for BIM Reporter Subscribe Author: Monica Miller Rodgers Climate change is impacting bodies of fresh-water supplies, worldwide. The Colorado River, running through seven states in the U.S. to Mexico where it empties into the Sea of Cortez, is one such example. Classified as the most endangered river in the U.S. in 2015, water flow is expected to reduce by 10 to 30 per cent by 2050. Warmer weather, less snowfall, and more than hundred dams built into the river’s path have placed significant stress on its ecosystem. This detrimentally impacts fish and wildlife habitat, along with the: $26 billion recreational economy, 40 million people who depend on the river for daily water use, 2 million hectares of farmland irrigation. With so much riding on the health of Colorado River, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), tasked with overseeing water resource management and the delivery of water, needed to better understand the basin geomorphology. “We have an ongoing effort to understand what is happening with the Colorado River,” said Carrie Scott, chief of BOR’s Yuma Area Office technical support office. “We model the river to understand sediment deposits throughout the shallow water, and in turn this helps us identify any water delivery issues such as degradation of banklines or ‘choke points’ in flow.” As with any river’s nature, Colorado River’s meandering is to change its natural course. This poses a threat to nearby structures, such as roads, agricultural and residential communities. BOR strives to keep the river on its course through dredging and armouring bank lines. “As the water masters of the River, we need to ensure continuous water delivery. We have an ongoing program to contract for a study to map the river by reach to understand how the riverbed is changing,” said Scott. “The data we receive helps us to better model the surface and sub-surface of the river. The better quality data we have, the better we’re able to model and understand the impact of various water flows and produce our engineering designs for projects along the river.” Turning to Allied GIS, a mapping firm specialising in GIS, imagery and database applications, the firm was tasked to build a digital orthophotography and a topographical map that met the U.S. national mapping accuracy standard of 30 cm. Allied GIS then worked with the Bureau of Economic Geology in the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin (the Bureau) to acquire airborne bathymetric LiDAR data and another survey firm to provide topographic LiDAR and ground truthing support. From bathymetry to topography A long-time user of Leica Geosystems airborne sensors, researchers at the Bureau used their Leica Chiroptera airborne system to collect data of the lower Colorado River basin in California and Arizona. Chiroptera has two independent LiDAR scanners: A near-infrared (red-wavelength) for topographic LiDAR A visible (green-wavelength) for bathymetric LiDAR Chiroptera is designed to acquire data concurrently with both scanners, enabling surveys in complex landscapes with shallow water bodies. The river survey was conducted at an altitude of 400 m above the ground level, which is the optimum altitude for collecting bathymetric LiDAR data. The topographic scanner acquired data simultaneously with a repetition rate of 300 kHz to distinguish the water-surface, and to map the immediate shoreline. “Chiroptera allowed us to capture bathymetric aspects of the river and features of the immediate terrain,” said Kutalmis Saylam, the lead research scientist for the Bureau. “We’ve been using our Chiroptera for more than four years now, and we can rely on this robust and intuitive system in the field. That’s very important for us as reliable sensors are a must for our work.” Weather conditions in the survey location were mostly ideal, and a total of nine missions were completed. Flight plans were adjusted to maintain safe aircraft manoeuvring especially in the north end of the survey area with high mountain peaks. The entire survey of 133 flight lines covering an area of 265 km2 was completed with 21 hours of airborne time. Seeing clearly through Part of the mission included collecting bathymetric data from an area of the deepest dam in the world. The Parker Dam, between the states of Arizona and California has a retaining wall height of 98 m, and discharges water with a varying rate, depending on the season. In coordination with the dam authority, the Bureau scheduled the airborne missions during lower discharge period (146 versus 252 m3/sec) for possible lower turbidity levels in the water-column. Because turbidity absorbs light beams and prevents them from penetrating into deeper water column, it is an essential part of quality assurance procedures for conducting a successful ALB survey. The average reading was 0.41 nephelometric turbidity unit (NTU) in the northern sections of the river, which indicated overall low levels of turbidity in the water-column. In the south, the river was shallower, running through a desert-like environment and losing much of its water to irrigation. These conditions contributed to higher turbidity levels of up to 6.25 NTU and created difficulties for LiDAR beams. “The strong light beams of Chiroptera easily penetrated the clear waters of the northern sections of the river. We created a seamless water-bottom representation where depths exceeded 10 m,” said Saylam. “In the south, where turbidity levels were higher, we used available returns and interpolation methods to estimate and create a water-bottom representation. Leica LiDAR Survey Suite LSS v2.3 software contains an updated turbid-water algorithm that filters the backscatter noise created by low or moderate levels of turbidity and selects the most distinctive peak as the water-bottom representation. “This algorithm enabled the discovery of more returns from deeper waters of the river, and we measured an overall improvement of 81 cm compared to normal returns - a significant achievement in LiDAR bathymetry,” said Saylam. Facilitating the study of the lower Colorado River basin geomorphology and further understanding of the effects of climate change, the Bureau was able to provide an accurate and detailed map. “We were able to quantify the water-column depth, map the bottom of the river, the shoreline, and the overall topography of the river as requested by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation” said Saylam. “This valuable knowledge enables us to undertake similar projects in the future, and the reliability of Chiroptera allows us to continue focusing on similar scientific studies.” BOR will further use the digital orthophotography and the topographical map to match its in-house survey team’s measurements from boat and ground means. The LiDAR study conclusions will continue to help BOR to keep Colorado River flowing in the right direction and supporting those who depend on it. “The data we received from the LiDAR was calibrated to our in-house team’s surveys,” said Scott. “This information is important to our ongoing operation to continue to improve our models so we can correctly identify what’s changing what could hap-pen and to develop our projects according to conditions.” Reporter subscription Receive the latest updates about Reporter magazine Kapcsolat Leica Geosystems Válassza ki a keresett Leica Geosystems szolgáltatást, amihez elérhetőséget szeretne: értékesítés, terméktámogatás vagy szerviz. Értékesítés & terméktámogatás	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line948
__label__wiki	0.831036	0.831036	Biotic Distribution Plant Distribution Animal Distribution Chickens and Dogs Island Wealth The oldest in Indonesia Ancient Continent Kumari Kandam Nusantara Indonesia 6 Indonesian Colonialist Countries Arysio Santos Stephen Oppenheimer James Churchward Window of Archipelago Borobudur Temple - 800 AD Borobudur Temple (337 - 422 AD) already existed when F-Huan came to the Land of Java Jakarta ( DreamLandLibrary ) - Borobudur is ... Home » 10000 BC , Atlantis , Atlantis in Java , Java , Opinions of Arysio Santos » Atlantis on the Bottom of the Java Sea Atlantis on the Bottom of the Java Sea Main Literacy Jakarta (Dreamland Library) - For months Captain Hans Berekoven roamed the waters of the Java Sea in the mid-1990s. He commanded the Australian Navy seismic survey ship, which works for two international oil companies, Arco and Conoco. Seismic surveys are a common method for examining subsurface structures, especially those related to oil, natural gas and other mineral exploration. "Wow, how shallow the Java Sea is. The depth is about 60 meters everywhere. According to my scientific knowledge, there must be a dry plain during the Ice Age here," Hans said at the end of October in Jakarta. The Java Sea is part of the Sunda Exposure that was submerged after the Ice Age ended. Sundanese Exposure is a stretch of land that is an extension to the south of the plains of Southeast Asia. Most of the plains are now covered by shallow seas, including the South China Sea, the Gulf of Thailand and the Java Sea, with an average depth of less than 100 meters. Exposure area is estimated at 1.8 million square kilometers. During the Ice Age, which lasted thousands of years ago to end abruptly 12 thousand years ago, all exposure was at sea level. This can be seen from the remnants of the river channel that has been recognized. One path crosses north to the South China Sea. One route to the east to the Sunda Shelf and the Flores Canal. The existence of this exposure was first reported by G.W. Earl in 1845. Hans already knew about this exposure and some scientists' estimates that this was the speculation of Atlantis, the city of legend mentioned by the philosophers of Plato in Timaeus and Critias, located. Hans has compared the results of research conducted by several scientists, including the analysis of Arysio Santos and Stephen Oppenheimer in Eden in the East, regarding the Ice Age. According to Hans, the Ice Age occurred because of the volcanic eruption in Sumatra 70,000 years ago. Lake Toba is the remaining crater of this eruption. Its volcanic ash is thrown into the atmosphere and surrounds the world, which prevents sunlight from entering and results in a global temperature drop. The Arctic ice cap widens south to 50 degrees North Latitude. Most of Europe is covered with a thick layer of ice, which in some parts reaches a thickness of two thousand meters. "When the world's climate is very cold, the Asian region is very warm and fertile. Sea levels are 150 meters lower than they are now. This is encouraging nomadic humans in China, India and other Asian regions to migrate to the Sunda Exposure, so this exposure becomes a center of concentration civilization, "Hans said. http://www.sayangi.com/media/k2/items/cache/387550f7343f4deb93ee23f25519aa16_XL.jpg The limited fertile land in the Sunda Exposure forced the nomadic tribes to change their culture, from a nomadic nation to a resident nation that developed ways of farming and raising animals. "So agriculture and animal husbandry are found here, in Indonesia, not in Mesopotamia," he said. During this organized civilization is considered the first time developing in Mesopotamia in 5,500 years ago. However, after lasting more than 60 thousand years, the Ice Age suddenly ended. Ice melted on a large scale that began 10 thousand years before Christ. Why is that? Scientists differ on the answer. Hans chose the asteroid impact theory. In this theory, a giant asteroid is thought to have hit the coast of North America in the Atlantic Ocean 12,000 years ago. This eruption resulted in global warming which melted the Arctic ice cap, which caused flash floods that submerged some of the Sundanese Exposure. The sinking of some of these fertile areas drowned the signs of early civilization in Asia. How far the civilization has developed is also unknown. However, from the seismic data obtained when investigating the Java Sea, Hans saw signs of the beginning of civilization. The problem, he said, was that the data focused on 1,000 meters below the seabed. "But, if you manipulate the data with special software, you can see the 'bump' of 10 meters, although it is blurred and the quality is not good," Hans said. In addition, he said, the survey was conducted not at the best points, namely along the ancient river at the bottom of the Java Sea. "Because my data are inadequate and the oil company also has a different mission and is concerned about the data, I decided to research it myself," he said. Hans Berekoven then spent his annual bonus money and his 2,000 fine Morinos wool to buy a Southern Sun ship and sail to the Java Sea. He and his wife, Rose, and their two children, Tristan, 15, and Hannah, 8, left for Bali, where they built a base for refueling, supplies and schools for their two children in 2005. The Sunda Exposure Archeology Project, as the project is called, uses a 19 meter long vessel equipped with sonar equipment and a long distance mini submarine. The sonar can record an area of 200 square meters and a depth of around 60 meters. The mini-submarine helps to record and approach objects in the sea. "I run it like a farmer working on the fields, piece by piece, to map the surface of the sea floor," Hans said. He then approached the Indonesian Institute of Sciences and the Indonesian government to help with his efforts. Initially, according to him, Indonesia was less interested in the offer. "Later, the Indonesians agreed that the project must use their large research vessel," he said. The text of the collaboration between the National Spatial Survey and Mapping Coordinating Board (Bakosurtanal) and Southern Sun Sonar and Mapping was signed on March 22, 2006 by Bakosurtanal Chief Secretary Sukendra Martha and Hans Berekoven. The problem, said Hans, is using a large boat and then the costs will increase. "I don't have enough funds for that," he said. Finally the cooperation was canceled. Unable to obtain a survey permit from the Indonesian government, Hans and his small ship, Southern Sun, turned to Malaysia and built a base in Miri, Sarawak. Hans and Rose are now exploring the waters of Malaysia and Kalimantan. But Hans is still convinced that the evidence of ancient civilization is stored behind a mud pile at the bottom of the Java Sea. This conviction grew thicker when he heard about the discovery of an ancient city under water in the Gulf of Cambay on the west coast of India in 2002. He was soon there. The National Institute of Ocean Technology, the Indian government-owned agency that handles marine research, has conducted surveys with sonar in Cambay Bay since 1999. Badrinaryan, head of the research team, noted that he discovered unusual forms of sonar imagery. "The shapes of circles and squares in the geometric order could not exist in the sea," Badrinaryan wrote on the Graham Hancock site, a site which contains many analyzes of the mysteries of ancient civilizations. The artifact is at a depth of 40 meters and 20 kilometers from the coast. What is surprising is the results of carbon testing for determining the age of the artifact, which was carried out by several institutions in India; Oxford University, United Kingdom; and Hannover, Germany. Some of these artifact objects prey until 19 thousand years ago, which means they are in the Ice Age. Some pottery shards studied by Oxford University are estimated to have been 16 thousand years old. This makes it the oldest pottery, which shifts Jomon's pottery position from Fukui Cave in Kyushu, Japan, which is 12 thousand years old. The findings also reveal that ancient civilizations in the Gulf of Cambay were able to make pottery and burn it 16 thousand years ago. They have also built cities on the banks of the river and houses in an orderly arrangement. In the ancient city also found seeds of food that has become fossilized, which shows that they do agricultural cultivation. Hans twice went to India and photographed the artifacts. "Mesopotamia as the oldest civilization has no meaning now," he said. "The city under the sea of Cambay Bay is a part of the continent that sank in the Ice Age. Every country has something like this and Indonesia has the largest share," Hans said. He still hopes his ship, the Southern Sun, can scan the Java Sea and find an ancient city at its base. Sources; http://segalaberita.com/index.php/features/knowing/671-ada-kota-purba-yang-tenggel-di-dalam-laut-jawa Photo: Special Arabic Culture Turns Inheritance from Christian Religious Culture Library Administrator Vision, Mission & Contributors Early Civilization 10,481 BC Be Aware of Yourself Genocite Labeling Theory Archipelago Insight Arsive 1 BC - Kandis (Atlantis in Sumatra) 200 BC -Gamolan (Lampung Musical Instrument) 300 BC - Plato tells the story of Atlantis 400 BC - First Batik 500 BC - Buni Archaeological Site 700 BC - Roman Empire 900 BC 975 BC - Prophet Sulaiman (21) 1.000 BC 1,040 BC - Prophet David (20) - History of the Owner of Jerusalem 1.527 BC - Prophet Moses (16) 1.997 BC - Prophet Ibrahim (6) 2.500 BC - Austronesia 3.200 BC - The First Rice in the World 3.393 BC - Noah (3) 4.000 BC - Noah from Mount Gede 5.872 BC - Prophet Adam (1) 8.000 BC - The First Banana in the World 9.600 BC - Atlantis 10.000 BC 10.481 BC - Early Civilizations 11.000 BC - End of Lemuria 14.000 BC - Domestication Chicken & Buffalo 15.000 BC - First Martial Arts in the World 25.000 BC - Archaeological Site Mt. Padang 38.000 BC - Ancient Sulawesi Painting 48.000 BC - The First Tattoo in the World 73.000 BC - The Eruption of Mt.Old Toba 75.000 BC - Lemuria 92.000 BC - Hobits from Flores 498.000 BC - Ancient Javanese Painting 778.000 BC - Peking Man 1.800.000 BC - Mount Rinjani 1.900.000 BC - Pre-History 2'000'000 BC 2.000.000 BC - The First Man in the World 250.000.000 BC - First Event in the World 1 AD - Prophet Jesus (21) 1 AD 6 AD - Reog Dance 52 AD - Syrian Orthodox Christians 300 AD - Minahasa Government System 400 AD - Kingdom of Taruma & the Entry of Buddha 564 AD- Sawerigading (Local Religion) 571 AD - Prophet Muhammad (25) 671 AD - Kingdom of Srivijaya 800 AD - Borobudur Temple 1.350 AD - Walisongo 1.478 AD - End of the Majapahit Kingdom 1.579 AD - End of the Pajajaran Kingdom 1.677 AD - Wangsekerta Manuscript 1.825 AD - Diponegoro War 1.945 AD - Period of the Republic of Indonesia 1,945 AD - Regarding the Independence of the Republic of Indonesia, 1.965 AD - G 30 S PKI 2.040 AD - Indonesia “Gemah Ripah Loh Jinawi” Archives of Dreamland Library Atlantis - 9600 Years BC Nusantara - Indonesia Timeline Nusantara Local Religion - 10,481 BC Hinduism - 3,102 BC Buddhism - 563 BC Christianity - 1 AD Islam - 611 AD Religious Timeline Prophet Adam Prophet Ibrahim Prophet David Prophet Sulayman History of the Prophets Islam and Arabic Arabic script War in the Archipelago Bubat War Paregreg War Padri War Diponegoro War History of War in the Archipelago Indonesian History 6 Indonesian invaders The Dutch began to colonize Atlantis is Indonesia Atlantis on Java Atlantis in Kalimantan Atlantis on NTT Atlantis in Papua Atlantis on Sulawesi Atlantis on Sumatra Kumari Kandam - Sumatera Kumari Kandam - Australia James Churchward's opinion Continent Lemuria / MU Events of the Lemuria Continent Buni Archaeological Site Temple History Country Leader / King - Origin of Indonesia Singapore's First President Malaysia's First King Negeri Sembilan Sultan of the First Brunai Archipelago Kingdom Kingdom of Srivijaya Kingdom of Mataram Kingdom of Majapahit Kingdom in Banten Sultanate of the Archipelago Sultanate of Mataram History of the Sultanate Foreign Kingdoms Foreign Kingdom History Tribes in the Archipelago Betawi culture History of Script History of Languages Diaspora as Ambassador Javanese to South Africa Kejawen in South Africa Kejawen in Suriname Minang to Malaysia Indonesian Diaspora Visi Misi & Kontributor Dreamland Community	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line955
__label__cc	0.716557	0.283443	Daily Tech Digest - May 18, 2018 What Is A Business Analyst? A Key Role For Business IT Efficiency “Elicitation of requirements and using those requirements to get IT onboard and understand what the client really wants, that’s one of the biggest responsibilities for BAs. They have to work as a product owner, even though the business is the product owner,” Gregory says. “[They need to ask:] What do the systems need to do, how do they do it, who do we need to get input from, and how do we get everyone to agree on what we need to do before we go and do it? The BA’s life revolves around defining requirements and prioritizing requirements and getting feedback and approval on requirements,” says Jeffrey Hammond, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research. The role of a business analyst is constantly evolving and changing – especially as companies rely more on data to advise business operations. Every company has different issues that a business analyst can address, whether it’s dealing with outdated legacy systems, changing technologies, broken processes, poor client or customer satisfaction or siloed large organizations. Why AI is the perfect software testing assistant Software testers are highly analytical, creative problem solvers. To identify hidden defects and areas where users might get frustrated, they must ask what others haven't asked and see what others don't see. But the analytical process takes time, and it isn't always as efficient as today's businesses and the users of their software demand. Artificial intelligence (AI), and its ability to search data sets for golden nuggets, could really come in handy here. An AI tool could quickly locate tests that have already been written to cover a particular scenario or new line of code. The system could even tell testers which test cases are most appropriate for the requirement. Over time, an AI tool could even pinpoint what might be causing the bugs that those tests find, based on past data. When combined with testers' wealth of knowledge about the product and its users, AI has the potential to significantly increase testing efficiency. ... We are beginning to see a few AI-enhanced testing tools hit the market now; initial capabilities include highlighting areas of risk that need further testing or that weren't covered at all. There will be many more advanced tools released in the coming months and years. Blockchain technology lacks enough use cases to be disruptive, says Worldpay A lack of strong use cases for blockchain is preventing the technology from disrupting the financial services industry, according to Worldpay. The payment company’s head of technology operations, Jason Scott-Taggart, said the organisation had not ruled out using blockchain in future, but the technology still has some way to go. “You’d be surprised, but in payments blockchain is not as disruptive as people assume it is. There’s not a lot of demand for cryptocurrencies, and blockchain as a technology is not something we have seen a good application for in what we do yet,” he told Computer Weekly in an interview at the ServiceNow Knowledge 18 conference. His view echoes research from Gartner, which found just 1% of CIOs are currently undertaking blockchain projects and 8% plan to start one in the short term. The analyst firm’s vice-president, David Furlonger, said the technology was “massively hyped” and warned “rushing into blockchain deployments could lead organisations to significant problems of failed innovation, wasted investment [and] rash decisions”. Improve the rapid application development model for deployment readiness An increasing number of enterprises adapt rapid application development tools rather than reworking their DevOps toolchain. Kubernetes, Marathon and other container orchestration platforms easily combine with continuous integration tools such as Jenkins to make every stage of rapid development, from unit testing through production, part of an explicit flow. The move from idea to prototype is defined in rapid development terms, using rapid development tools. Jenkins, Buildbot, CruiseControl and similar tools frame production as a stage of rapid or continuous development. At each stage, they link to container orchestration for deployment. Simply hosting application code in containers does not guarantee that the orchestration practices for each stage will be comparable, but it does organize the process overall. Containers, and a single orchestration tool, provide commonality across all stages of rapid application development to ensure that every stage is tested, including the transition to production.. The rapid application development model, in both setups, is a string of testing and integration phases linked together. Adware bundle makes Chrome invisible to launch cryptojacking attacks Known as cryptojacking, this practice involves the use of often-legitimate mining scripts which are deployed on browsers without user consent, before funneling the proceeds to mining pools controlled by threat actors. According to the publication, the bundle creates a Windows autorun which launches the Google Chrome browser -- in a way which is invisible. By using specific code to launch the browser, the software forces Chrome to launch in an invisible, headless state. The browser then connects to a mining page whenever the user logs into Windows. This page launches the CoinCube mining script that steals processing power to mine Monero. CPU usage may spike to up to 80 percent, and while victims may notice their PCs are slow, it could be a very long time before the software is uncovered and removed -- or users may simply blame Chrome as the oddity. The researcher opened the website page responsible for the script in a standard browser window and came across an interesting element of the script; the page masquerades as a Cloudflare anti-DDoS page. Telegrab: Russian malware hijacks Telegram sessions Cisco Talos researchers Vitor Ventura and Azim Khodjibaev dubbed the malware Telegrab. They analyzed two versions of it. The first one, discovered on April 4, 2018, only stole browser credentials, cookies, and all text files it can find on the system. The second one, spotted less than a week later, is also capable of collecting Telegram’s desktop cache and key files and login information for the Steam website. To steal Telegram cache and key files, the malware is not taking advantage of software flaws. The malware is capable of targeting only the desktop version of the popular messenger because it does not support Secret Chats and does not have the auto-logout feature active by default. This means that the attacker can use those stolen files to access the victim’s Telegram session (if the session is open), contacts and previous chats. Telegrab is distributed via a variety of downloaders, and it checks if the victim’s IP address is part of a list that includes Chinese and Russian IP addresses, along with those of anonymity services in other countries. If it is, it will exit. Blockchain will be the killer app for supply chain management in 2018 Private or "permissioned" blockchains can be created within a company's four walls or between trusted partners and centrally administered while retaining control over who has access to information on the network. Blockchain can also be used between business partners, such as a cloud vendor, a financial services provider and its clients. Bill Fearnley, Jr., research director for IDC's Worldwide Blockchain Strategies, recently returned from visiting company clients in China where he found "everybody wanted to talk about supply chain. "If you build a blockchain ledger within [a single company] that has a certain value," Fearnley said. "The real value for blockchain is when you use distributed electronic ledgers and data to connect with suppliers, customers and intermediaries." One major challenge with supply chain management today involves trade finance record keeping, because a lot of trade finance record keeping is still based on inefficient systems: including faxes, spreadsheets, emails, phone calls and paper. Zara concept store greets shoppers with robots and holograms At Zara’s new flagship store in London, shoppers can swipe garments along a floor-to-ceiling mirror to see a hologram-style image of what they’d look like as part of a full outfit. Robot arms get garments into shoppers’ hands at online-order collection points. iPad-wielding assistants also help customers in the store order their sizes online, so they can pick them up later. “Customers don’t differentiate between ordering online or in a store,” spokesman Jesus Echevarria Hernandez said. “You need to facilitate that as best as you can.” The store, which opened Thursday, shows how retailers are increasingly blending online and bricks-and-mortar shopping in a bid to keep up with the might of Amazon.com Inc. Inditex SA, the Spanish company that owns Zara, calls it an example of the technologies it will implement around the world. ... Amazon is moving the other way, building out its physical retail presence. Not only has it acquired grocer Whole Foods Market Inc., it has opened Amazon Go convenience stores, which use artificial intelligence and video cameras in lieu of checkouts, in several U.S. cities. Icinga Enterprise-Grade Open-Source Network Monitoring That Scales Icinga runs on most of the popular Linux distros and the vendor provides detailed installation instructions for Ubuntu, Debian, Red Hat (including CentOS and Fedora) and SUSE/SLES. Icinga does not publish specific hardware requirements, but our installation ran well on a quad-core processor with 4 GB RAM and this is probably be a good starting point for a basic installation. ... As with most monitoring applications, storage is an important variable that largely depends on the number of hosts and services monitored and how often information is written to the log. With too little storage, the logs can easily fill up and freeze the system. We were able to quickly install Icinga on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with just a few simple commands at the prompt. The first step was to download the necessary files to the local repository, and then install the actual Icinga application. Icinga can be used to monitor the availability of hosts and services from switches and routers as well as a variety of network services like HTTP, SMTP and SSH. CISO soft skills in demand as position evolves into leadership role You need to be able to understand what engineering is trying to do and what their goals are, what marketing and procurement are doing, what the customer is trying to do and what their goals are. If you can't empathize with what their goals and challenges are, you can't influence. So much flows from that: Your communication skills and communication style will flow from empathy. You also need to be understanding of what we call the data subject -- the consumer who doesn't understand what's happening to their data -- and having empathy for them, as well as empathy with all the stakeholders. It's empathizing with everybody and making the wisest decision to push for the best outcome you can. ... It's important for at least two different reasons. One, from a practical perspective, I've talked a lot about the skills gap. If we're blocking 50% of the planet from joining this career path, we're really contributing to our biggest challenge. Then the other part: Women across the globe are economically oppressed, and information security is a lucrative field. I want to get women into the information security field so they can be financially independent and make a good living. "Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses." -- Mitt Romney Labels: artificial intelligence, blockchain, business analysis, cryptojacking, CxO, digital disruption, leadership, malware, open source, robots, Soft Skills, testing, Tools	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line961
__label__cc	0.633513	0.366487	Archives for posts with tag: Computers Three Serious Interrelated Computer Problems Solved! Lisa Mason #writer #computers #Dell #Windows10 #seriousproblems #computerfixed #patreon @patreon I. Computers of the Past and Present Ever since my two Apple computers blew up (literally) twelve years ago, I’ve been using Dells. One is an Inspiron 540 Tower, which has never been on the Internet and runs like a dream. Fast, with nary a glitch. (Knock on wood!) I typically write content on my virgin Tower, print the content out on the attached Dell black-and-white, high volume printer, copy the file to a DVD, and transfer it over to the present Internet computer. In twelve years, I’ve replaced the motherboard and the clock battery. It won’t last forever, I know, so I periodically copy all the files to a rewritable DVD and put the dated DVD in a drawer. For now, I’m completely happy with the arrangement. The second is an Inspiron laptop, which I briefly used as my Internet computer until some very big, very bad virus took the whole laptop down. The whole machine blacked out. I logged off the Internet and the laptop is so extremely good, it totally restored itself. It’s attached to an HP Laserjet scanner, color printer, and copier that is simplicity itself to use. I now use the laptop and the HP for graphics, including covers for ebooks and for print books published by Bast Books. Visit http://www.lisamason.com for our beautiful covers, some twenty-two of them. That meant I needed to fill the Internet gap with another computer. Seven years ago, I invested in a Dell 2020 All-in-One and a Canon Pixma scanner and color printer. The Pixma is crap as a printer, slow and guzzling ink (which is probably why it was on sale for a hundred bucks). But the printer produces good prints. I mostly use the My Image Garden subprogram which crops and fusses around with photographs I take with my cheap little Sony camera. In fact, I use the photo cropping function a lot. II. Trouble Looms Meanwhile, in seven years, even though I had various programs through AOL that purported to clean and protect the computer, I’d inadvertently acquired a number of malware programs and unnecessary programs. One night, in late January 2020, I turned the Dell on. The Start Up took a long time and when I got to the screen, I couldn’t get any functions to work! I tried a System Restore, which took hours to run—and failed. I have often used a neighborhood computer repair store located in a busy shopping district. Not only are people flocking in (one rude man butted ahead of me though I was there first), not only do they have dozens of computers awaiting repair in their back room, but the parking is hideous. After the Attack, I can’t walk very well, so I would have to drop my husband off with computer and find a place to park nearby. Everything is metered and the parking meters are only good for fifteen minutes. The last time we brought the Tower in to have the motherboard replaced (BTW, I researched and found a Dell phone number for spare parts, so I ordered the motherboard myself), we were late returning to the meter and were stuck with a $45 parking ticket. And the 2020 began to fail on an early Saturday, the busiest time for the shopping district. So I took out the Yellow Pages (yes, it’s good to have a print telephone book in case you can’t get on the Internet to look something up!), and lo! there were several computer repair specialists who make house calls. I picked the ad that said they were Dell specialists and called the number. Within twenty minutes, the tech called me back, listened to my description of what was happening. Within the hour (on a Saturday afternoon!), he was at my home, at my computer, and running diagnostics. He showed me the results: the hard drive was bad, was failing. He told me he would try to save all my data (seven years’ worth; actually it was more like twenty years’ worth since I had files for a number of books I’d written years ago on the drive), but he couldn’t guarantee it. He unplugged my computer and took it away, promising to call me on Monday. I’d never a hard drive fail before! I had a very bad evening and Sunday. One saving grace was I wouldn’t lose everything. I have a Seagate external hard drive attached to the 2020, which my husband bought for me as a birthday gift. The Seagate is actually not that expensive and simple to use (recommended!), but I’d recently neglected to copy some updated files to it, so the data on the drive were not completely up to date. NOTE TO SELF: Always update your files on a daily basis to the external hard drive! As a precaution, I didn’t want to work on the Tower or the laptop until I had my newest computer back up and running. At noon on Monday, the tech called me. He saved all my data (hooray!), replaced the hard drive, reinstalled the data, and set the computer up with Windows 10. Within an hour, he came to my home, plugged everything in, acquainted me with the new system, installed my printer/scanner with its software, the modem, the Seagate, and a flat Samsung DVD drive (I don’t like the right-side sideways DVD drive on the 2020 since I’m left-handed find the sideways drive hard to use.) The tech also reinstalled (from the Internet) Microsoft Office Word, to which I still have a valid subscription. (NOTE: Be sure to save the card with your registration number that comes with Word. You will need it for situations like this.) He also reinstalled my Adobe DreamWeaver software, which I use to create and update my website. Fortunately, I updated lisamason.com for 2020 before all this transpired. I haven’t needed to update yet and I haven’t tried that out for reasons that will soon become apparent. The tech told me I didn’t need McAfee or Norton (or need to pay for souped-up versions of those programs) since I now had, as a feature of Windows 10, Windows Defender, a powerful anti-virus program. Too powerful, as it turned out. The tech charged me nearly $500! That cost included the price of the new hard drive, a drive twice as powerful as the old drive that came from Dell with the computer, plus all of the services described above, including immediately coming to my home on a weekend. All in all, it was worth it. But now I have to figure out how to pay the bill! III. Three Serious Interrelated New Problems and How I Solved Them I was happy with most of what the tech did. He set me up with the browser Microsoft Edge, which I dislike. He said, “AOL Gold is crap,” but I’ve had AOL as my email address for twenty years, it’s on my business card, the editors I sometimes do business with recognize me as that email address, I have several other AOL screen names under which I do business, and I’m essentially happy with it. Using Microsoft Edge, I downloaded AOL Gold back onto my computer. So I restored that myself. Then I did a usual thing—photographed my Friday Fish Fry dinner for a Facebook post. I like to arrange my humble repast artistically. People like such posts and my cat pictures, amid occasional promotions of my books and stories. I usually just unplugged the Samsung DVD drive, plugged in my camera, uploaded the photos I wanted to a folder on the 2020, unplugged the camera, and plugged back in the Samsung drive. The computer beeped warningly like it did before, when I go unplugging and plugging devices in without following a protocol (which I can’t find on Windows 10, actually, where it was before). Both camera and flat drive work just fine during this whole procedure. The problem arose when I went to crop the photo of a plate of pan-seared shrimp using My Image Garden, a part of the Pixma bundle of programs. The computer alerted me that the program hadn’t been installed, so I installed it. Easy. Then I went to the photo in my Facebook folder, cropped it, and Saved it to the folder just as always. PROBLEM ONE! Windows Defender (WD) told me I was attempting to save a file to a Write-Protected folder. WD blocked the Save and Write-Protected MY ENTIRE DOCUMENTS FOLDER. Talk about losing twenty years of work! WD was treating a harmless little program on my own device—NOT from the Internet—like a virus. To check, I went to a Word document, made a small change, and tried to Save. Same thing. Blocked by write-protect! My entire Documents folder was inaccessible. I panicked. I don’t know where that reaction comes from—probably from my late mother. She would freak out over the least little thing—the cat throwing up on her pristine wall-to-wall living room rug, for example. Panicked, I thought about contacting the tech again, thought again about the unaffordable cost. Still panicked, I clicked on the START button and asked how to remove write-protect from a folder. The computer directed me to the Internet for several solutions. One website had three different routines for Windows 10, none of which worked. Then the site offered a program that would remove write-protect for me. SILLY ME (AND YOU, TOO, IF YOU DO THIS). I downloaded the program, which looked perfectly legitimate. I ran the routine to remove write-protect, and the program removed write-protect from my Seagate drive. Which was not the problem. On the program’s menu, it didn’t include my C drive, which WAS the problem. I panicked again, calmed down again. Thought carefully again. I pressed the START button (at the lower left corner of your Windows 10 screen), typed—instead of remove write-protect—remove read-only. What a difference the right question makes! Instead of directing me to the Internet, the simple answer was right there on my computer. And here’s the solution to Problem One. This will also work if Office Word inexplicably makes a document you’ve been working with Read-Only—which means you can’t save any changes to it. This has happened to me several times after Word updates and which I couldn’t figure out how to fix other than Save As another document. Yeah, I’m not going to reveal the solution here, or Problem Two and its solution. Same for Problem Three. I need to raise funds to pay for that expensive tech fix! I went through days of hell and trial and error so you don’t have to. The serious Problems and their solutions are on my Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=23011206. Did you know you can pledge one time on Patreon for any amount? If you don’t want to follow me every month—yet!—now is the time to pledge once for this valuable information. Friends, readers, and fans, please join my Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=23011206 and help me after the Attack. I’ve posted delightful new stories and previously published stories, writing tips, book excerpts, movie reviews, original healthy recipes and health tips, and more exclusively for my heroic patrons! I’m offering a critique of your writing sample per submission. Visit me at www.lisamason.com for all my books, ebooks, stories, and screenplays, beautiful cover, reviews, interviews, blogs, roundtables, adorable cat pictures, forthcoming works, fine art and bespoke jewelry by my husband Tom Robinson, worldwide links, and more! Tags computer problems, computer problems solved, Computers, Dell, Lisa Mason, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author on Facebook, Lisa Mason on Facebook, Lisa Mason on Twitter, Lisa Mason Romantic Suspense Author, Lisa Mason Screenwriter, Lisa Mason Urban Fantasy, Lisa Mason Urban Fantasy Author, Lisa Mason's Patreon Page, Patreon, Windows 10, Windows Defender Categories 2020, Books, computer problems, computer problems solved, Ebooks, Facebook Author Page, Facebook Personal Page, Lisa Mason, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author On Facebook, Lisa Mason Official Website, Lisa Mason on Facebook, Lisa Mason Romantic Suspense Author, Lisa Mason Screenwriter, Lisa Mason Urban Fantasy Author, Lisa Mason's Patreon Page Arachne, Published by William Morrow, Debuted on the Locus Hardcover Bestseller List, Back in Print and an Ebook Worldwide! New Review! I’ll Take the Comparison to William Gibson and Philip K. Dick! Lisa Mason #SFWApro #SFWAauthor #cyberpunk #sciencefiction #artificialintelligence #womenssciencefiction November 27, 2018 // It’s been four months since a man violently attacked me as I was walking around Lake Merritt in Oakland, California in the afternoon, fracturing my hip. Now I’m up and walking, using a quad cane sometimes, but mostly unaided around the house. Feeling much, much better and much more energetic. So I’ll be blogging here again after a period of recuperation (if you like the British spelling, include an “o”). I can’t think of a better way to begin again than with a new review at the Libreture Website, as of October, 2018, of ARACHNE. I found this on Twitter at https://twitter.com/libreture/status/1052661778436505603. The reviewer was kind enough to tag me. “Arachne is a unique entry in the cyberpunk genre. It steps between the dystopia of William Gibson and the otherworldliness of Philip K. Dick. Full of ‘almost’ body-horror, corporations so mega that they transact court cases in nanoseconds, and AI characters with more spiritualism in their circuits than the humans that inhabit this post Big-One San Francisco. A must-read for cyberpunk fans!” https://www.libreture.com/library/kevin/book/arachne/ And this on Twitter: @nate_smith I loved Cyberweb 🙂 Do you think you’ll write a sequel, ever? I’m an unabashed Pr. Spinner fanboy. To which I replied @lisaSmason Thank you! I appreciate your readership! Yes, Spyder, the third book in the Arachne trilogy, is in the works. ARACHNE is my first novel, an expansion of the short story, also titled “Arachne”, which I published in OMNI magazine. The book was published in hard cover by William Morrow, reprinted in trade paperback by Eos and in mass market paperback by AvoNova. The book was also published in Japan by Hayakawa, and the short story was translated and published in various foreign anthologies. ARACHNE debuted in the top ten books on the Locus Hardcover Bestseller list. Here’s the review and the reviewer’s website link. The book links—print and ebook—follow below. Here’s the book description: High above the dangerous streets of post-quake San Francisco Island, mechanically modified professionals link minds in a cybernetic telespace to push through big deals and decisions at lightning speed. But unexplained telelink blackouts and bizarre hallucinations have marred mediator Carly Quester’s debut appearance before a computer-generated Venue—forcing her to consider delicate psychic surgery at the hands of a robot therapist, Prober Spinner. And suddenly the ambitious young mediator is at risk in a deadly Artificial Intelligence scheme to steal human souls—because the ghosts of Carly’s unconscious may be a prize well worth killing for. Find the whole story behind the book and more photos at http://www.lisamason.com/arachne.html “Powerful . . . Entertaining . . . Imaginative.” “In humanity’s daring to enter the cybernetic heaven (and hell) of telespace, Lisa Mason reveals the lineaments of all that is tragic and transcendent in our evolution. Once the journey into this vivid and terrifying future has begun, there is no returning until the infinite has been faced and the last word read.” –David Zindell, Author of Neverness “Cybernetics, robotics, the aftermath of San Francisco’s Big Quake II, urban tribalism—Lisa Mason combines them all with such deftness and grace, they form a living world. Mason spins an entertaining tale . . . She allows Carly’s robotic allies a measure of personality and sophistication beyond the stock role of a chirping R2D2 or a blandly sinister Hal . . . Her characters and their world will stay with you long after you’ve finished this fine book.” –Locus, The Trade Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy “Lisa Mason stakes out, within the cyberpunk sub-genre, a territory all her own.” –The San Francisco Chronicle “Mason’s endearing characters and their absorbing adventures will hook even the most jaded SF fan.” “Arachne is an impressive debut by a writer gifted with inventiveness, wit, and insight. The characters face choices well worth reading about. This is cyberpunk with a heart.” –Nancy Kress, Author of Brain Rose “There is a refreshing amount of energy associated with Lisa Mason’s writing. The good old values are there: fun, excitement, drama—but served up with new and original twists. Lisa Mason is definitely a writer to watch—and to read.” –Paul Preuss, Author of Venus Prime “Lisa Mason must be counted among science fiction’s most distinctive voices as we rush toward the new millennium.” –Ed Bryant So there you have it, my friends. I’m delighted to announce that Arachne is Back in Print! Find the beautiful trade paperback at https://www.amazon.com/dp/198435602X and on Barnes and Noble at https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/arachne-lisa-mason/1000035633. Arachne (a Locus Hardover Bestseller) is also an ebook on US Kindle, UK Kindle, Canada Kindle, Australia Kindle, Barnes and Noble, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. On Kindle worldwide in France Kindle, Germany Kindle, Italy Kindle, Netherlands Kindle, Spain Kindle, Mexico Kindle, Brazil Kindle, India Kindle, and Japan Kindle. Celestial Girl, The Omnibus Edition, A Lily Modjeska Mystery (Five stars) On Nook, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo. On Kindle worldwide in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands. SOON IN PRINT! Tags A.I., Arachne the Novel, Arachne the Omni story, Artificial Intelligence, Computers, cyberpunk, Cyberpunk Classic, Cyberweb, Cyberweb the Sequel to Arachne, Lisa Mason, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author on Facebook, Lisa Mason on Facebook, Lisa Mason on Twitter, Lisa Mason Romantic Suspense Author, Lisa Mason Screenwriter, Lisa Mason Urban Fantasy Author, San Francisco, science fiction, Sequel to Arachne, Women Science Fiction Writers Categories 2018, A.I., Amazon.com, Arachne, Arachne the Novel, Arachne the Omni story, Artificial Intelligence, Authors, BarnesandNoble.com, Bast Books, Book Review, Book Reviews, Bookstore, bookstores, Computers, cyberpunk, Cyberpunk Classic, Cyberweb, Ebooks, First Novel, Futuristic Fiction, Hybrid Authors, Independent publishing, Librarians, Libraries, Lisa Mason, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author On Facebook, Lisa Mason Official Website, Lisa Mason on Facebook, Lisa Mason Romantic Suspense Author, Lisa Mason Screenwriter, Lisa Mason Urban Fantasy Author, Magazine Story, Published Worldwide, Science fiction, Science Fiction and More, Speculative Fiction Cyberweb by Lisa Mason Is an Ebook, Soon to be Back in Print! #SFWApro #cyberpunk #artificialintelligence #sciencefiction #womenssciencefiction by Lisa Mason Carly Quester was once a professional telelinker with a powerful and corrupt mediation firm. Now she lives as an outlaw among the underground in San Francisco, wanted by the authorities for dubious crimes against Data Control. But with a new assignment from a mysterious sengine—and the help of a standalone AI entity, Pr. Spinner—she seeks the fast-track back into public telespace and the Prime Time. Her assignment, however, comes with sticky strings attached. For it has made Carly the target of a ruthless mercenary ultra, the love obsession of the young shaman of a savage urban tribe—and a possible pawn of the Silicon Supremacists plotting no less than the annihilation of humankind. Cyberweb is the sequel to Lisa Mason’s first novel, Arachne, and was published in hardcover by William Morrow, trade paperback by Eos, mass market paperback by AvoNova, and as an ebook by Bast Books. From the author of Summer Of Love, A Time Travel (a Philip K. Dick Award Finalist and San Francisco Chronicle Recommended Book). On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo. On Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands. The Gilded Age, A Time Travel (a New York Times Notable Book and New York Public Library Recommended Book). On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. On Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands. Time Travels to San Francisco (boxed set of Summer of Love and The Gilded Age). On US Kindle, UK Kindle, Canada Kindle, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo. On Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, India, and Japan. Arachne (a Locus Bestseller). On US Kindle, UK Kindle, Canada Kindle, Australia Kindle, Barnes and Noble, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. On Kindle on France Kindle, Germany Kindle, Italy Kindle, Netherlands Kindle, Spain Kindle, Mexico Kindle, Brazil Kindle, India Kindle, and Japan Kindle. Strange Ladies: 7 Stories. On Nook, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo. On Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands. The Garden of Abracadabra. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. On Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands. The Garden of Abracadabra, Book 1: Life’s Journey. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. On Kindle in Australia, Brazil, Germany, France, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and Spain. The Garden of Abracadabra, Book 2: In Dark Woods. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. On Kindle in Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and Spain. The Garden of Abracadabra, Book 3: The Right Road. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. On Kindle in Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and Spain. Celestial Girl, The Omnibus Edition (A Lily Modjeska Mystery). On Nook, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo. On Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands. Celestial Girl, Book 1: The Heartland (A Lily Modjeska Mystery). On Nook, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and India. Celestial Girl, Book 2: Jewel of the Golden West (A Lily Modjeska Mystery). On Nook, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and India. Celestial Girl, Book 3: The Celestial Kingdom (A Lily Modjeska Mystery) and Celestial Girl, Book 4: Terminus are on Nook, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, Kobo. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and India. Shaken. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands. Hummers. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and India. Daughter of the Tao. On US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, BarnesandNoble, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands. Every Mystery Unexplained. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and India. Tomorrow’s Child. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands. The Sixty-third Anniversary of Hysteria. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and India. U F uh-O. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and India. Tesla, A Screenplay. On US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, BarnesandNoble, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and India. My Charlotte: Patty’s Story. On Barnes and Noble, US Kindle, UK Kindle, Canada Kindle, Australia Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo. On Kindle in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Netherlands, and Mexico. Tags A.I., Artificial Intelligence, Computers, cyberpunk, Cyberpunk Classic, Cyberweb, Lisa Mason, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author on Facebook, Lisa Mason on Facebook, Lisa Mason Romantic Suspense Author, Lisa Mason Urban Fantasy Author, novel, San Francisco, science fiction Categories 2017, A.I., Artificial Intelligence, Authors, Books, cyberpunk, Cyberpunk Classic, Cyberweb, Ebooks, Lisa Mason, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author On Facebook, Lisa Mason Official Website, Lisa Mason on Facebook, Lisa Mason Urban Fantasy Author, San Francisco, Science fiction The Artificial Intelligence Storybundle ENDS TODAY April 20 Midnight Eastern, 9 PM Pacific #SFWApro The Artificial Intelligence Storybundle Curated by Lisa Mason Artificial Intelligence—A.I. When computers become conscious. Self-aware. Genuinely as intelligent as human beings. Will A.I. benefit humanity? Or become our greatest enemy? In the March, 2017 Scientific American, Gary Marcus, a professor of neural science at New York University, joins futurist Ray Kerzweil, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and others in concluding that the Singularity—that moment when A.I. truly exists—has not yet arrived. Will not arrive until the future. That hasn’t stopped science fiction writers from tackling difficult questions about A.I., speculating about the future, and asking what if? In the most entertaining way! You must check out these amazing books from authors—bestselling, award-winning, as well as popular indies—in the A.I. Storybundle. In New York Times Bestselling Walter Jon Williams’ Aristoi, an elite class holds dominion over a glittering interstellar culture with virtual reality, genetic engineering, faster-than-light travel, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, telepathic links with computers, and more. But murder threatens to rip that world apart. In award-winning Linda Nagata’s The Bohr Maker, a powerful, illicit device known as the Bohr Maker, a microscopic factory full of self-replicating machines programmed to transform a human host into a genius-level nanotech engineer. In Nagata’s Limit of Vision, biotechnologists enhance their own cognitive abilities and the experiment goes terribly wrong. In Locus Hardcover Bestsellers Arachne and Cyberweb, Lisa Mason follows telelinker Carly Quester as she confronts an A.I. therapist and finds herself entangled in the machinations of powerful A.I. sengines who want to destroy humanity. In Rewired, editors John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly present stories about A.I. and the future by William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Pat Cadigan, Jonathan Lethem, and twelve others. In Queen City Jazz, award-winning Kathleen Ann Goonan’s teenage heroine Verity journeys to the technologically superior but dangerously insane “enlivened” city of Cincinnati. In Glass Houses: Avatars Dance, acclaimed Laura J. Mixon takes us to a dystopian Manhattan of the next century where Ruby and her Golem, six hundred pounds of vaguely human-shaped, remote-operated power, run into serious trouble. In Eye Candy, popular indie author Ryan Schneider takes us next to Los Angeles of 2047 where a roboticist famous for his books on the inner workings of artificially-intelligent beings finds himself on a blind date with a beautiful robopsychologist named Candy. Trouble! And award-winning editor Samuel Peralta offers thirteen stories by new bestselling authors addressing the Singularity and A.I. in The A.I. Chronicles Anthology. As always at Storybundle.com, you the reader name your price—whatever you feel the books are worth. You may designate a portion of the proceeds to go to a charity. For the AI Storybundle, that’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (“SFWA”). SFWA champions writers’ rights, sponsors the Nebula Award for excellence in science fiction, and promotes numerous literacy groups. The basic bundle (minimum $ 5 to purchase, more if you feel the books are worth more) includes: Aristoi by Walter Jon Williams The Bohr Maker by Linda Nagata Arachne by Lisa Mason Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology, edited by John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly including stories by William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Pat Cadigan, Jonathan Lethem, and twelve others Queen City Jazz by Kathleen Ann Goonan To complete your bundle, beat the bonus price of $15 and you’ll receive another five amazing books: Eye Candy by Ryan Schneider Glass Houses by Laura Mixon Cyberweb by Lisa Mason Limit of Vision by Linda Nagata The A.I. Chronicles Anthology edited by Samuel Peralta including stories by David Simpson, Julie Czerneda, and eleven others So there you have it! Download your own bundle with award-winning, best-selling, and indie speculations about A.I. and the far future. The Artificial Intelligence Storybundle is both historic and unique, an excellent addition to your elibrary providing world-class reading right now, through the summer, and beyond. –Lisa Mason, Curator The A.I. Storybundle is available only from March 29 to April 20, 2017 and only via Storybundle. The bundle is easy to read on computers, smartphones, and tablets, as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get multiple DRM-free formats (.epub and .mobi) for all books. When the bundle is gone, it’s gone. Download yours today! It’s super easy to give the gift of reading with StoryBundle, thanks to our gift cards – which allow you to send someone a code that they can redeem for any future StoryBundle bundle – and timed delivery, which allows you to control exactly when your recipient will get the gift of StoryBundle. Why StoryBundle? Here are just a few benefits StoryBundle provides. Get quality reads: We’ve chosen works from excellent authors to bundle together in one convenient package. Pay what you want (minimum $ 5): You decide how much these fantastic books are worth to you. If you can only spare a little, that’s fine! You’ll still get access to a batch of thrilling titles. Support authors who support DRM-free books: StoryBundle is a platform for authors to get exposure for their works, both for the titles featured in the bundle and for the rest of their list. Supporting authors who let you read their books on any device you want—restriction free—will show everyone there’s nothing wrong with ditching DRM. Give to worthy causes: Bundle buyers have a chance to donate a portion of their proceeds to charity. The A.I. Storybundle forwards your donations to Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Receive bonus books to complete your bundle. When you beat our bonus price of $ 15, you’re not just getting five books, you’re getting ten! The A.I. Storybundle ENDS TODAY Thursday, April 20, 2017 midnight Eastern, 9 P.M. Pacific! Pay what you want for the core bundle, unlock the bonus books, donate to charity. Explore Artificial Intelligence and how A.I. will affect the future in Aristoi by Walter Jon Williams, The Bohr Maker by Linda Nagata, Arachne by Lisa Mason, Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology, edited by John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly with stories by William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Pat Cadigan, Jonathan Lethem, and others, Queen City Jazz by Kathleen Ann Goonan, Eye Candy by Ryan Schneider, Glass Houses by Laura J. Mixon, Cyberweb by Lisa Mason, Limit of Vision by Linda Nagata, and The A.I. Chronicles Anthology, edited by Samuel Peralta. Download yours TODAY at https://storybundle.com/ai! When it’s gone, it’s gone…. Tags A.I., Arachne, Aristoi, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Storybundle, Computers, Cyberweb, Eye Candy, Glass Houses, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Laura J. Mixon, Limit of Vision, Linda Nagata, Lisa Mason, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author on Facebook, literary science fiction, Queen City Jazz, Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology, Ryan Schneider, Samuel Peralta, science fiction, Storybundle Curator, StoryBundle.com, The A.I. Chronicles, The Bohr Maker, Walter Jon Williams Categories 2017, A.I., Arachne, Arachne the Novel, Artificial Intelligence, Authors, Books, Computers, cyberpunk, Cyberpunk Classic, Cyberweb, Ebooks, Fiction, Lisa Mason, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author On Facebook, Lisa Mason Official Website, Lisa Mason on Facebook, Lisa Mason Urban Fantasy Author, Literary science fiction, Science fiction Cyberweb by Lisa Mason is in the Artificial Intelligence Storybundle! Lisa Mason #SFWApro Breaking news! We’ve got a YouTube book trailer for the Artificial Intelligence Storybundle up at https://youtu.be/kgtCwt4cmUw Lisa Mason is the author of eight novels, including Summer of Love, A Time Travel, a San Francisco Chronicle Recommended Book and Philip K. Dick Award Finalist, The Gilded Age, A Time Travel, a New York Times Notable Book and New York Public Library Recommended Book, a collection of previously published fiction, Strange Ladies: 7 Stories (Bast Books), and two dozen stories and novellas in magazines and anthologies worldwide. Mason’s Omni story, “Tomorrow’s Child,” sold outright as a feature film to Universal Studios. Her first novel, Arachne, debuted on the Locus Hardcover Bestseller List. Visit her at Lisa Mason’s Official Website for books, ebooks, stories, and screenplays, reviews, interviews, and blogs, adorable cat pictures, forthcoming projects, fine art and bespoke jewelry by San Francisco artist Tom Robinson, worldwide Amazon.com links for Brazil, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, and Spain, and more! And on Lisa Mason’s Blog, on her Facebook Author Page, on her Facebook Profile Page, on Amazon, on Goodreads, on LinkedIn, on Twitter at @lisaSmason, at Smashwords, at Apple, at Kobo, and at Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The A.I. Storybundle is live, but only five more days until April 20, 2017! Explore Artificial Intelligence and how A.I. will affect the future in Aristoi by Walter Jon Williams, The Bohr Maker by Linda Nagata, Arachne by Lisa Mason, Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology, edited by John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly with stories by William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Pat Cadigan, and others, Queen City Jazz by Kathleen Ann Goonan, Eye Candy by Ryan Schneider, Glass Houses by Laura Mixon, Cyberweb by Lisa Mason, Limit of Vision by Linda Nagata, and The A.I. Chronicles Anthology, edited by Samuel Peralta. Download yours today only at https://storybundle.com/ai Tags Arachne, Aristoi, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Storybundle, Computers, Cyberweb, Glass Houses, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Laura J. Mixon, Limit of Vision, Lisa Mason, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author on Facebook, Lisa Mason on Facebook, Lisa Mason Urban Fantasy Author, Queen City Jazz, Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology, robots, science fiction, StoryBundle.com, The A.I. Chronicles, The Bohr Maker, Walter Jon Williams Categories 2017, A.I., Arachne, Arachne the Novel, Artificial Intelligence, Authors, Books, Computers, cyberpunk, Cyberpunk Classic, Cyberweb, Ebooks, Fiction, Lisa Mason, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author On Facebook, Lisa Mason Official Website, Lisa Mason on Facebook, Lisa Mason Screenwriter, Lisa Mason Urban Fantasy Author, Literary science fiction, Science fiction How To Give Your Old Computer A New Lease On Life #LisaMason Lisa Mason I’ve got a Dell Inspiron 546 desktop in my office, a room with a view of the chestnut tree and a door that closes for privacy. This computer has the ultimate firewall—I’ve never put it on the Internet. It’s attached to a high-volume black-and-white printer, has a great monitor and keyboard, and works fine with Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat. The machine is solid as a rock. I only use it for creating content and the hard drive is, after numerous books and stories, still only 10 percent filled. I don’t need to update the operating system because the machine isn’t on the Internet and works just fine with its word-processing software. It’s also five years old. I love it. When I want to bring graphics to the tower, I scan them on my graphics center in a more public area of our house, burn the files to a DVD and bring them over. The graphics center is a terrific Dell laptop, also five years old, that I had to take off the Internet when the poor little thing got seriously hacked two years ago. The lap is compatible with a five-year-old HP OfficeJet that scans beautifully, prints low volume in color, and is simple and fast to use. Then there’s the computer I’m sending this blog on now to the Internet, another Dell 2020, pretty new, attached to a high-speed modem and an overly complex Pixma scanner/printer (I still haven’t read the whole user’s manual). Any files I want to transfer online, I burn to a DVD from the other computers and load ‘em up. It’s a nice system. So I was dismayed when the desktop failed to start up. The power light started blinking amber and the machine emitted three beeps. I dug out the scanty user’s manual and the invoice. The user’s manual said that the signs I was seeing were the code for the fact that the motherboard had burned out. I went at once to Dell’s website on the Internet and searched for the product number of the motherboard, which I found on the invoice. The search yielded no results and, of course, the machine is way off the warranty. I called the Tech Support number (this was fairly late at night) and got bounced around three times to different reps, who confirmed that Dell’s online products database didn’t stock the motherboard made to fit the 546 (“That machine is over five years old,” one rep said. Well, yes. So?). I finally got a rep who took pity on me. He told me the brand of another motherboard that might be compatible with the 546, but he couldn’t provide a specific model number. (Later, I searched online for that brand of motherboard—there are hundreds of them in all kinds of configurations.) The last rep also gave me the phone number of The Spare Parts Department (sounds like an SF story waiting to happen, doesn’t it? I’ve got first dibs on the title). “They’ll be able to look up what you need,” he said. I asked him to repeat the phone number and to email it to me. “Oh, no, I can’t email it,” he said. “That’s Inside Information.” Hah. I called The Spare Parts Department bright and early the next morning and spoke with Kumar in India (he says it’s unseasonably cold there). He found the motherboard manufactured specifically for the 546 in about sixty seconds, placed my order, and sent it to me by FedEx Express mail, free shipping. When the package arrived a day later, Tom and I unplugged the tower, put it in a large L.L. Bean canvas tote bag, put the motherboard in a medium-sized L.L. Bean bag, and drove over to our local computer repair shop. I’ve dealt with Steve, one of the techs there, for years. He once organized a book fair and likes writers. When my 2020 recently inexplicably froze after an update, he gave me the keystroke that unfroze it over the phone. So we rolled in there and, though Steve had a number of jobs stacked up, he turned his attention right to it. He shooed us out of the shop (another tech there said they don’t like customers watching while they fix stuff because it makes them nervous). When we returned in an hour, the tower was done. I went to pay the bill for an hour’s labor with the owner of the shop. As he was processing my credit card, he began plying me with questions. “Where did you get this part? How much did you pay for it?” and so on. I innocently told him the story of The Spare Parts Department and he clucked his tongue. “So much trouble for you. We could have found you a compatible motherboard.” I told him it was no trouble at all and, anyway, I have an account with Dell and got the right Dell motherboard, not a compatible. As I turned to go, Steve and the other techs were grinning at me like Cheshire cats. When we walked out the door, Tom was laughing. “You got the boss.” I said, “Huh?” Tom said, “He was not happy with you. He would’ve charged you for three hours’ labor to run a diagnostic and make the same calls you made and charged three times the price you paid for the motherboard. He’s a small businessman, you know.” Oh. Well, I’m running a small business, too. It never even occurred to me to delegate to someone else what I could research and do myself. The only task beyond my skill set was opening up the tower’s housing, taking out and plugging in the motherboard. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to learn that’s nearly as fast and easy as changing a light bulb. That’s probably why they shooed us out of the shop. But it’s okay. I’d rather leave a task like that to Steve who works around open computers every day and has all the right tools. So there you have it, my friends. If you’ve got a sturdy old Dell, and the machine starts to beep strangely, get out your user’s manual—always, always save your user’s manual, minimal though it is—and look up the code for the number of beeps you hear. Yes, there is a Spare Parts Department and you don’t need to be a retailer or a repair shop to order merchandise. Get the part yourself, then take it to your local computer repair shop. You’ll be glad you did! I’m hoping to get another five years from my beloved desktop. It’s working like a charm! Summer of Love, A Time Travel is also on Amazon.com in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Australia. The Gilded Age, A Time Travel is also on Amazon.com in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, and India. The Garden of Abracadabra, Volume 1 of the Abracadabra Series, “Fun and enjoyable urban fantasy,” on BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. The Garden of Abracadabra, Volume 1 of the Abracadabra Series, is also on Amazon.com in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, and India. Celestial Girl, The Omnibus Edition (A Lily Modjeska Mystery) is also on Amazon.com in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, and India. Strange Ladies: 7 Stories, five-star rated, “A fantastic collection,” on Nook, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, Kobo, and Sony. Strange Ladies: 7 Stories is also on Amazon.com in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, and India. My Charlotte: Patty’s Story on Barnes and Noble, US Kindle, UK Kindle, Canada Kindle, Australia Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo; My Charlotte: Patty’s Story is also on Amazon.com worldwide in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, and Mexico. Visit me at Lisa Mason’s Official Website for books, ebooks, stories, and screenplays, reviews, interviews, and blogs, adorable pet pictures, forthcoming projects, fine art and bespoke jewelry by my husband Tom Robinson, worldwide links, and more! Tags authors, books, Computers, ebooks, Lisa Mason, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author on Facebook, Lisa Mason on Facebook, Lisa Mason Romantic Suspense Author, Lisa Mason Urban Fantasy Author Categories Authors, Computers, Ebooks, Lisa Mason, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author On Facebook, Lisa Mason Official Website, Lisa Mason on Facebook, Lisa Mason Romantic Suspense Author, Lisa Mason Screenwriter, Lisa Mason Urban Fantasy Author	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line963
__label__wiki	0.581637	0.581637	The World to Me by martialartist816 Cartoons » Legend of Korra Rated: K+, English, Romance & Adventure, Korra, General Iroh, Words: 5k+, Favs: 108, Follows: 82, Published: 6/30/2012 Updated: 7/12/2012} 47 Chapter 4: Epilogue: No Moon at All No Moon at All Sung by Doris Day It was late, around three in the morning. The park in Republic City was completely empty, save two people. It was a new moon that night, invisible to the human eye, and without artificial light, the grassy hills were dark. On a picnic blanket, under a tree, huddled together were the general of the United Forces and the Avatar. A lamp lay off to the side, giving off a dim firelight. This was the first night Korra and Iroh had seen each other in half a season. The mid-spring weather was a comfortable cool and the air smelled like rain. They sat there, perfectly content in watching the stars and just being together. He would steal a kiss or two, being chaste out of respect for the young lady. Her heart would race every time their lips met like she was a child with a crush. She hated that she blushed so often around him, but he found it endearing. Iroh sat up, causing Korra to furrow her eyebrows. "What is it?" she asked. He looked at her with what she could call a thoughtful expression. But then he smiled and pulled her into his lap. Tucking a stray strand of her hair away, his gaze flickered to her lips before returning to her ocean blue eyes. "I love you," he said casually, like it was part of average conversation. He cupped her face and kissed her deeply. Her mouth responded to his immediately, moving in perfect sync. She tangled her fingers in his hair, not allowing him to go anywhere. "I love you, too." She kissed him again a little more feverishly. Iroh's hands migrated to the small of her back, holding her against him. Her palms rested on his chest, slowly curling and fisting his shirt. Iroh swiftly snapped his fingers, and the flame from the lamp went out, extinguishing them in complete darkness. "The night is right and bright moonlight might interfere." AN: and I leave the rest to your imagination. Cheesy ending, I know, but I feel like they would say and do things like this. But seriously, I'm obsessed with that song "No Moon at All." It's a great date night song and a good fit for this scene. It's all romantic with just the right amount of sexy. Check it out!	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line966
__label__cc	0.614237	0.385763	Not the first thing I should have read this morning. Apparently one of the feminist communities on LJ can't understand (or at least most of their members can't) why a shirt saying "I had an abortion" (that's sold by Planned Parenthood) is potentially offensive. They equate it with the "Abortion is Homocide" shirts. Call it equal time. Feel that it's just a matter of free speech. Sure, if you take that view, fine. But it's not really the same thing, is it? If abortion really is the simple medical procedure with no emotional attachment to a living thing/ child/ etc. then why isn't Planned Parenthood making shirts like "I got my Ovaries removed" or "I have ovarian cysts!" or "Hysterectomy Go!" . They're just a bunch of conditions or medical procedures just like abortion, right? If it isn't just a simple medical procedure and there is some attachment to this living thing that you are in effect terminating then why be all fucking flippant about it? Support the right of the woman who is carrying the child to make that choice, but don't make that choice just "no big deal", which I think making a catchy little tshirt slogan does. Not a fan of the still rampant abortion debate. Not a fan generally of self defined feminists (becuase the majority just don't seem to actually get what the fuck it is they're talking about and how their moral and idealogical stances define who they MUST be and usually just aren't), and pretty much against the sort of inbred notions that come out of any talking circle for political/social/spiritual ideas. So really, this one is just hitting on all fronts.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line974
__label__wiki	0.501072	0.501072	MSG Agriculture The African Plantation Company (APCO) African Livestock Company African Ginning Factories MSG Engineering MSG Food MSG Media Brand Avenue for Advertising and Promotion Sudania 24 Media Group MSG Services MSG Trading Almahgoub Pharmaceuticals Company Mahgoub Sons Trading Co. Ltd. African Cotton Trading Company MSG Joint Ventures Established in 2015, Sudania 24 Media Group seeks to establish itself as an All-encompassing media organization providing quality broadcast services including digital and mobile as well as comprehensive media training services ranging from technology to production and programming. Starting with Sudania 24 TV channel which was launched in 2016, the Sudania 24 Media Group officially delved into the media industry with an unwavering commitment to provide world class service to the Sudanese people. S24 TV Channel S24 TV channel is a leading broadcaster of news, sports, current affairs and entertainment in Sudan. Since its launch, it has captured the hearts of viewers instantly through contemporary programing, high quality images, broad content and deep analysis. The channel’s mission is to become the number one TV channel in the country that provides world class broadcasting services reflecting the economic, cultural and social wealth of Sudan to encourage investment and promote tourism. S24 TV channel maintains viewers’ interest and fulfills its mission through strategic allocation of airtime. Prioritizing topics that impact peoples’ livelihoods, 30% of the channel’s airtime is allocated to economic affairs with hourly updates on local economic news. The rest of its airtime is distributed between entertainment, sports and news. S24 TV channel stays on top of international trends by live-broadcasting 20% of its content, as well as utilizing social media channels to maximize its interaction with viewers and increase its fan base. The channel’s philosophy is encapsulated in a succinct slogan “A country televised”. Surpassing other Sudanese TV channels, S24 TV channel has committed from the beginning to bringing the whole of Sudan to its viewers. The channel regularly broadcasts from various cities and towns across the country, showcasing its beautiful diversity and cultural wealth, educating about Sudan and promoting tourism. Editorial Values To provide value for our viewers, S24 TV channel leans on uncompromising values that guide all activities. 1. Currency– We aim to bring our viewers the most up-to-date content staying at the forefront of local and global affairs. 2. Impartiality – We strive to be impartial in all our subject matter and make every effort, over a period of time, to make sure that no strand of thought is under-represented. 3. Accuracy – We hold ourselves to high standards of accuracy when reporting events by rigorous fact checking and unbiased presentation. 4. Fairness & Transparency – We treat all our stakeholders with fairness, give credit to our external content creators and provide our audiences with all the information they need to decide the suitability of our content to them and their children. 5. Accountability – We are accountable to our audiences and treat their feedback seriously, acknowledging mistakes and taking corrective action. 6. Safeguarding children and young people – We are mindful of the well-being of children, young people and vulnerable individuals/groups that contribute or feature in our content, and take serious measures to protect their physical and emotional welfare and dignity. 7. Relevance to people’s livelihood – We believe that human livelihood is the utmost factor in development and dedicate ample resources to investigate, analyse, educate and provide solutions for such issues. © 2020 Mahgoub Sons Group	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line977
__label__wiki	0.629921	0.629921	Billson’s Launches Craft Gins with Strategy and Design by Cowan London By newsroom on April 25, 2019 Comments Off on Billson’s Launches Craft Gins with Strategy and Design by Cowan London Billson’s brewery today reveals the launch of Billson’s Australian Dry Gin and Billson’s Beechworth Dry Gin, with strategy, brand and packaging design by independent, international design agency Cowan London. The launch not only marks a new direction for one of Australia’s oldest drinks manufacturers, it is also an example of how a brand can stand out in a market as competitive as Australian gin. Since 2017, when they acquired the brewery in Beechworth, north-east Victoria, the new owners of Billson’s have been breathing fresh life into the site and its product range. Today’s launch of two craft gins follows a series of alcoholic and non-alcoholic launches, most recently small batch craft beers and heritage beers. “It was so important to continue to grow the Billson’s brand and communicate our expertise,” says Billson’s Sales Manager, Darrian Field. “People will love our gins, made using Australian ingredients local to Beechworth and our Alpine spring water. We just need to encourage them to try it, and that’s where design comes in – it has to communicate a clear point of difference and deliver something unique and distinctive in the crowded gin space.” Elizabeth Finn, Managing Director, Cowan London, says: “Many new to market gin designs are modern, so our strategy was to achieve stand out by focusing on the heritage and provenance of Billson’s, while giving it a modern twist. Together with the client we decided very early on that each of the Billson’s core products would not have any sub-branding and that Billson’s would lead proudly and prominently on the pack.” To entice consumers, communicating the botanicals in the gins was also important. Billson’s Australian Dry Gin is infused with Australian hops and botanicals while Billson’s Beechworth Dry Gin is infused with local honey, Australian eucalyptus, dandelion and turmeric. A simple syrup added after distillation gives the drink a distinctive yellow colour. These botanicals are represented on the label with beautiful drawings. A traditional style of illustration complements the history of the brewery and confirms the brand’s credibility in the market. It’s a layered design that cleverly marries a contemporary, clean and pure look with heritage. A cork stopper and simple tamper seal, all used in hand-finished bottle production, emphasise that this is a small batch product, and this is reinforced by the bottle shape, a raised Billson’s wordmark to give an embossed feel, and a handwritten footer and label. Cowan London, Creative Director, Samantha Dumont, says: “We wanted to ensure that the design for Billson’s gin had a sense of history to it, much like the brand overall, but was executed as a contemporary design. The limited colour palette suits the pure, elegant nature of gin, and the single hit of a rich vintage colour differentiates the two gins and makes the design feel fresh. The mix of typography, the bold confident Billson’s branding and sans-serif typography on the primary label, and the classically crafted secondary elements on the distiller’s secondary label, position this gin as a contemporary product but with a nod to the brewery’s history.” Field adds: “Cowan London has been working with Billson’s on packaging design and branding for our soft drinks and craft beers. We wanted to continue the journey with them as we take our first steps into the spirits world. We look forward to working with Cowan London on further exciting launches.” Source: Cowan London Alcohol, Australia, Beverage, Billson’s, Branding, Cowan London, Design, Dry Gin, Marketing, New Look, Packaging Billson’s Launches Craft Gins with Strategy and Design by Cowan London added by newsroom on April 25, 2019 Dirt & Glory Launches Shackleton Protect Campaign and The World’s First Expedition Grade Parka Made From Recycled Bottles	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line979
__label__cc	0.718694	0.281306	Cadbury Encourages the UK to Become a ‘Secret Santa’ this Christmas By newsroom on November 23, 2018 Comments Off on Cadbury Encourages the UK to Become a ‘Secret Santa’ this Christmas https://marcommnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Film-with-legals.mp4 Cadbury has unveiled a magical new Christmas campaign to celebrate the thoughtful and generous ritual of Secret Santa gifting. The new festive TV advert by VCCP, urges families across the UK to follow their generous instinct and become a Secret Santa this Christmas, to show their appreciation to friends and loved ones during the festive season. The enchanting new advert cuts between people of all walks of life up and down the country doing their best to deliver Cadbury chocolate, all the while hiding under a Secret Santa disguise in an attempt to a remain a secret. We see a husband sneaking out late at night to surprise his wife who works a night shift, as well as a boy nearly get caught by his father as he sneaks the Cadbury Retro selection box in his Dad’s garage…all in the name of Secret Santa gift giving and giving ‘just because’. The campaign is launching on Friday 9th November during Channel 4’s Gogglebox and will be running throughout November and December’s action-packed Christmas schedule. Keep your eyes peeled for an exciting Cadbury Secret Santa activation that will be hitting the UK in November. Benazir Barlet-Batada, Brand Equity Lead for Cadbury said, “Christmas is a magical time of year that brings out that generous instinct that we believe everyone has inside them. Cadbury chocolate has been synonymous with a thoughtful gift throughout the years, so aligning with the ritual of Secret Santa felt like the perfect pairing for our new Christmas advert. We hope our new campaign encourages the nation to follow their generous instinct and become a Secret Santa this Christmas.” Source: VCCP Advertising, Cadbury, Campaign, Chocolate, Christmas, Confectionery, Food, Marketing, Mondelez International, Secret Santa, UK, VCCP Cadbury Encourages the UK to Become a ‘Secret Santa’ this Christmas added by newsroom on November 23, 2018	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line980
__label__cc	0.629643	0.370357	Search Engine Marketing & Search Engine Optimization Generating leads for your business online involves different strategies including search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), and social media. Online Lead Generation, Search Optimization & Search Marketing Marqui Management has a dedicated team of account managers and technicians that focus on four primary services to drive qualified, active seekers to your company’s website through digital marketing servicecs which includes: Directory Registration & Listings, Local Citations & Link Building, Search Engine Optimization, Paid Listings and Paid Sponsorships, and Keyword Media Buys/ Pay Per Click Advertising, providing a comprehensive advertising and marketing management solution. Because more than 75 percent of Internet consumers use search engines and directories to look for products, services, and information, effective positioning within these advertising channels is essential for any successful web marketer. Simply put, search engine marketing allows potential customers to find your company on the web. With the millions of websites that exist on the net, it is unrealistic to expect users to locate your company by directly entering its site address. Search engine marketing takes active seekers of your company’s product or service to your website – increasing qualified traffic, leads and transactions. Online Directory Registration Services Directories, including Yahoo, LookSmart, AOL and MSN, direct millions of individuals through the web each day. The Marqui Management account managers research the most relevant categories and keywords for your business and make sure that your site appears within multiple categories when users search for related information in over 50 directory-based search engines. Our account managers have close relationships with these primary editors to ensure that our requests are expedited and given priority. For several of the directories such as Yahoo and Looksmart, we will pay out-of-pocket fees to ensure that your listing is added quickly and to multiple categories. Search engine optimization is a complex process that ensures that your company’s name, description, and link appear when users search for keywords that directly relate to your business. In addition, our optimization techniques catapult your site to the top listings in its categories – ahead of your competitors. Marqui Management optimizes rankings within all of the leading search engines including Google, Bing, Yahoo, Inktomi, AltaVista, Lycos, Excite, MSN, NorthernLight and more than 20 others, including international and niche engines. Marqui Management achieves top rankings for its clients through: customized content pages manual submissions optimization maintenance Keyword Research Services To ensure that your company’s site receives top positioning for the most relevant keywords, D’Vaughn Bell, President of Search Engine Services, personally researches and compiles a list of the keywords and phrases most relevant to your site’s offering. As a part of this research, he assesses keyword relevancy, traffic potential, complimentary terms, misspellings, multiple keyword phrases, and geographic considerations. Customized Content Pages & Copywriting Services From the list of approved words, our content development technicians create multiple “content” pages for each primary keyword and phrase. The pages are developed with a unique look and feel to ensure search engine acceptance and aesthetic appeal. These content pages cater to each search engine’s algorithm and allow your site to be readily found by automatic search engine searches. Also, we provide our clients with strategic recommendations for coding their site, including the home page and sub-pages, to ensure maximum performance. Manual Submissions & Citation Building Services We manually submit the content pages to all engines in a systematic approach to ensure that it is not considered spamming. Since Marqui Management’s inception, we have never had a page rejected due to spamming. For search engines offering paid inclusion, we pay submission fees to ensure that our pages are indexed within 24 hours. Ongoing Optimization Maintenance Services On an ongoing basis, our account managers and technicians monitor and optimize the positioning of each content page once top rankings are achieved. As fluctuations are common, we regularly re-optimize and resubmit your pages according to the latest search engine algorithms. When necessary, we will adjust the optimized HTML coding on the content pages to increase compatibility with the search engine algorithms. Because of the extremely dynamic nature of search engines, the maintenance process is integral to ensure the longevity of the premium positioning established at the start of the campaign. To substantiate and methodically manage campaigns, each client receives a “Client Services SEO Binder” that organizes all pertinent campaign information, timelines and reporting. Link Popularity & Link Building Services Marqui Management also offers a link popularity exchange program to capitalize on search engines that rank site relevancy based on the volume of “quality” links or link popularity. As part of this program, we will negotiate inbound links to your website from as many top-level horizontal and vertical linking opportunities. This program will help to increase the relevant link popularity of your site and help boost your site’s ranking with the search engines. SEO & SEM Reporting We provide detailed monthly reports that summarize keyword performance, search engine positioning, and trends in site traffic originating from search engines and directories. Clients can access their reports 24 hours a day through a secured extranet site using a unique password. After specific milestones have been achieved, we produce management level reports that are reviewed between Marqui Management and client management. These reports showcase campaign performance, recommendations, and action steps. Targeted Keyword Media Buying Services Marqui Management has an experienced media team that specializes in positioning advertisements to appear when keywords specific to your company are searched. Through a targeted media buying campaign, these banners and text links can coincide with any of your search engine, directory or paid listings to further increase your company’s exposure, traffic, and acquisitions on the web. Our media team manages the performance of these media placements using its Google Adwords, Outbrain, and Taboola ad serving and reporting tool. Over the last several years, Marqui Management’s media team has planned, negotiated, and tracked over 1 billion media impressions for dozens of clients. For more information on our media services, please contact Marqui Management, at 888-384-8424. Paid Listings, Sponsorships & Pay Per Click Advertising Services Paid listings, or pay-per-click (PPC) search engines provide advertisers with over 75% coverage across all of the major search engines. This new type of advertising allows advertisers to bid against competing advertisers for higher rankings. The more you pay-per-click, the higher up on the list your site appears. Examples of pay-per-click search engines are Google, Yahoo and Bing. Paid Listings offer three distinct advantages: Advertisers pay only for qualified leads on a per-click basis. An advertiser can, at any time, manipulate its ranking by increasing or decreasing its bid accordingly to reposition itself against competitors or further optimize their ad copy to obtain more relevance than competitors. Partnerships between PPC search engines and traditional search engines allow advertisers that appear in the top PPC listings to receive keyword-specific featured placements on search engines including Google, Bing, Yahoo, AOL, Excite, Lycos, MSN, and Altavista. Marqui Management’s proprietary bid management application allows us to ensure that a client never overbids for rankings in the pay-per-click engines. If at any time a client is paying over 1¢ more than the advertiser in the position below it, our team and systems will automatically adjust the client’s bid accordingly. In addition to pay-per-click search engines, pay-for-placement directories allow advertisers to pay a monthly fee for inclusion in a special section above the general search results in the most relevant category. This placement does not coincide with the pay-per-click services. Examples of directories offering pay-for-placement listings include Yellow Pages, Yelp, LookSmart Featured Sites and Yahoo! Category Sponsorships. The Marqui Management Presskit ALLEN – MarquiManagement.com is a full-service, digital marketing agency specializing in search engine optimization, interactive creative design, media planning and buying, email marketing, and website redesign. Our portfolio spans a variety of clients including BellSouth, Microsoft Network, DuPont Stainmaster, and UPS e-Logistics. MarquiManagement.com focuses on seven interdependent competencies to produce compelling, targeted and results-oriented campaigns. Marqui Management’s strategic planning process identifies each client’s needs and maps a plan of action. The strategy team ensures that all media, creative and other offerings are consistent with the client’s business objectives. Our strategic process defines demographic and psychographic target markets and establishes online product positioning. We determine media placement, creative messaging and design strategies to achieve high conversion rates and optimum branding appeal. Our unified strategic planning process guides the entire online marketing and advertising effort to ensure a cohesive and impactful campaign. The Marqui Management creative team develops innovative and original GIF, HTML, Flash, Director, JAVA, DHTML and streaming content for websites and interactive advertisements including banners, landing pages, email ads, viral promotions, and interactive CD ROMs. Our creative team strives to blend precision design and high-impact rich media to create the most effective, high-performance websites and interactive campaigns. Marqui Management’s technology team is proficient in HTML, HDML and WML formatting, allowing our clients to distribute content to a wide audience. We also specialize in website development, wireless applications, mobile app development, gaming applications, custom-built database development, email marketing tools, data-aggregation applications, specialized viral marketing campaigns, online survey technology, and reporting. We offer multimedia solutions using Macromedia Director, Shockwave and Flash and provide clients with custom HTML, JavaScript, and CGI development. Our technologists are also familiar with DHTML and PHP to give client content the highest level of interactivity. Marqui Management’s technology department is skilled in Advanced Apache server configuration and has a vast knowledge of ad serving networks (DoubleClick, Ad Knowledge, etc.) and methodologies. Marqui Management also has aided many of our clients with resolving web browser compatibility issues. Media Planning/Buying Marqui Management’s media team is responsible for researching and negotiating the most highly-targeted online placements to maximize ROI and create effective branding on the web. For each campaign, a team of media planners conducts audience analyses including @Plan(tm) research to identify targeted websites, HTML newsletters, opt-in emails and wireless opportunities that attract the client’s audience. The buyers then negotiate with the sites to obtain the most strategic, cost-effective placements – including cost-per-acquisition (CPA), cost-per-lead (CPL), and cost-per-click (CPC) opportunities – to drive qualified traffic to the client’s website. Throughout the entire campaign, our media planners follow and measure the progress of the buy and optimize placements to guarantee top performance. Audience Tracking and Analysis Different from traditional advertising, in which companies can only estimate the success of an ad campaign, with interactive advertising clients can determine the exact impact of a campaign. Marqui Management uses ad serving technologies to place advertisements with sites and “tag” them to allow for tracking. The system detects each appearance of the ad as well as each time a user clicks on the ad. In addition, back-end tracking allows Marqui Management to know exactly how many of the people who clicked on an ad actually made a transaction with the client’s site. Our technology also supports post-impression analysis. In other words, we can now appreciate the website visits and transactions of individuals who did not click directly on a client’s ad but were served an impression and later visited the client’s site. Each client works with Marqui Management to define objectives upon which to measure the success of a campaign. Search Engine Management Since more than 75 percent of Internet users initiate their online activity through search engines and directories, effective positioning within these areas is essential for any successful web marketer. Marqui Management specializes in search engine management designed to ensure clients a top ranking within the search engine and directory listings. Search engine services are critical to a successful campaign; without them, a client’s website listing on major engines and portals may remain buried under countless others. Our search engine and directory registration, optimization and maintenance services ensure that each client’s site maintains top positioning. Marqui Management’s email management services allow clients to capture existing databases of email addresses from individuals who have already expressed an interest in a product or service similar to that of the client or who match the demographics of the client’s intended audience. Marqui Management then creates promotional newsletters and value-added emails to reach and initiate ongoing communications with these potential or current customers. We work with email marketing providers such as Mailchimp, Rail Gun, Accucast, Radical Mail and YesMail to convert self-identified prospects and increase the lifetime value of online customers. Generating More Leads Through Digital Marketing Marqui Management’s interactive advertising and marketing capabilities build the brand recognition, and credibility companies need to differentiate themselves and develop a presence on the Internet. These comprehensive offerings and the continual development of new technologies have made Marqui Management a leader in the interactive marketing realm. About Marqui Managment’s Search Marketing & Search Optimization Services Having launched and managed dozens of successful search engine marketing campaigns for clients such as BellSouth, Alamo Rent A Car, CNN, Dupont, ING, McGraw Hill, Sheraton Grand Resorts, and others Marqui Management’s search engine team has the proven expertise to generate results for your website. Our team’s customized approach maximizes our clients’ performance in each of the major US and international search engines and directories and includes paid listing placements and niche directories. We apply proprietary management tools such as Bid Optimizer®, Search Gauge®, and DoubleClick DART® that enable us to effectively maximize and track the impact of our search engine campaigns. Based on our proven track record and client satisfaction, we guarantee that our search engine marketing campaigns will produce results for your Web initiative. Marqui Management, an International Search Engine Marketing agency, provides industry-leading search engine optimization, paid placement management, and performance analytics to over 150 clients, including many leading US-based and international companies. A partial list of clients includes Alamo Rent A Car, Bank of America, CNN En Español, Firstwave Technologies, ING USA, Inc., McGraw Hill Corporation, Universal Studios, UPS, and Sheraton Hotels. Marqui Management clients benefit from a seasoned team of more than 30 search engine marketing professionals, including dedicated account management, search technologists, search media and analytical specialists. Marqui Management core search engine marketing capabilities consist of the following: Strategic SEM planning Algorithmic search engine optimization Link development and enhancements Content development and optimization Dynamic database optimization consulting XML feed management programs Paid media placement planning, buying, and management Creative development for text ads, banners, emails, and websites Ongoing campaign reporting, optimization, and performance analytics Founded in 2017, the marketing and advertising agency develops search engine optimization and marketing campaigns that build clients’ businesses through comprehensive site optimization and paid placement programs that increase site visibility, rankings, traffic, and transactions. All campaign traffic is measured real-time through the company’s campaign tracking solution which measures paid and non-paid traffic, visitor pathing analysis, time spent on site, and revenue generated. The agency has been recognized with numerous search engine marketing awards including a 5 star rating for client success in the Marketing Sherpa’s Guide to SEO Firms, a “Top 10 Search Engine Marketing Firm” in the Iconocast Search Engine Optimization Guide, a “Top 50 Media Agencies” by Media Magazine, a “Top 50 BtoB Agencies” by BtoB Magazine, and a “Top 100 Interactive Marketing Agencies” by Advertising Age. Company Founder, D’Vaughn Bell was invited by Danny Sullivan from SearchEngineWatch.com to be a regular speaker at Internet.com’s Search Engine Strategies conferences on the topics of algorithmic site optimization, dynamic database optimization, and paid media management. Also, the company Co-Founders serve on the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) Search Engine Marketing and Hispanic committees and the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO). These organizations are responsible for helping to shape Search Engine Marketing industry standards and research for the advancement of the industry. Contact us to learn how your company can benefit from our years of search engine optimization, online media, and campaign analytics experience. For more information on our company, please click here to watch a short company video produced for 24/7 Business News by D’Vaughn Bell or click here to download the Marqui Management company brochure (PDF). Search Engine Marketing & Search Engine Optimization Allen TX At Marqui Management we work with many Fortune 500 companies and local businesses to bring their company’s up to speed on the web. Rest assured that our strategic processes for search marketing and search optimization are safe and proven. For more details, please contact one of our search engine marketing and search engine optimization consultants at 888-384-9424. Our office is located at 700 Central Expressway South Suite 400 Allen TX 75013 Located in Allen, Texas Marqui Management is both a full-service marketing and consulting firm. Our unique culmination of marketing and consulting allows Marqui Management to deliver unmatched services and unparalleled results. Visit our company profile page for more offers and information on services, case studies, careers and additional resources. Fort Worth Search Engine Optimization Services San Antonio SEO Company & Digital Marketing Services What Is Instagram? Created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger in 2010, Instagram has risen through the ranks to become one of the ... Public Relations (PR) Management Services PR management services are a must for those operating in the digital world. Let our skilled public relations ... Best Online Reputation Management Services Reputation management, a term you might hear quite often, but what exactly is it and why is it so important? A quick search ... More in Services Search Engine Optimization: What Is SEO? Marketing Automation, Lead Gen & Demand Generation Web Host Provider & Website Hosting Web Design & Website Development Services	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line983
__label__wiki	0.727143	0.727143	Edkaufman (Message Wall \| contribs) (→‎Shmidt/Schmidt) Shabook (Message Wall \| contribs) Tag: sourceedit (34 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown) == Citizen V and the V Battalion == ::--[[User:GrnMarvl14\|GrnMarvl14]] 23:13, February 18, 2010 (UTC) :::I agree that the handbooks are authoritative. If they weren't, we could stop doing our work alltogether, most likely. That still doesn't mean they make sense all the time: you're right, the spelling without the c exists in the real world, thought you get about 200 times less hits than the spelling with the c on google. I just checked the online phone book for germany and I got 9 hits. schmidt gets me 10'000+, which sounds about right, since it's the german translation of smith. Again, I may be wrong, but as far as I remember, the c-less spelling is almost exclusive to russian and/or jewish families (it would be one of those family names forced onto jewish families in order to make them easily recognizable as jews). Now I'm not saying it's impossible (and in fact, it would be one hell of a weird character twist if the red skull was jewish), but it seems very, very unlikely. I can see how it would be weird (on priciple alone) to deviate from the OHOTMU - but we do deviate when it comes to reality numbers, with the explicit intention of getting our information into the handbooks at one point. Whatever decision we reach, we should put a brief synopsis concerning the confusion under "notes".--[[User:Edkaufman\|edkaufman]] 01:24, February 19, 2010 (UTC) :::I agree that the handbooks are authoritative. If they weren't, we could stop doing our work alltogether, most likely. That still doesn't mean they make sense all the time: you're right, the spelling without the c exists in the real world, though you get about 200 times less hits than the spelling with the c on google. I just checked the online phone book for germany and I got 9 hits. schmidt gets me 10'000+, which sounds about right, since it's the german translation of smith. Again, I may be wrong, but as far as I remember, the c-less spelling is almost exclusive to russian and/or jewish families (it would be one of those family names forced onto jewish families in order to make them easily recognizable as jews). Now I'm not saying it's impossible (and in fact, it would be one hell of a weird character twist if the red skull was jewish), but it seems very, very unlikely. I can see how it would be weird (on priciple alone) to deviate from the OHOTMU - but we do deviate when it comes to reality numbers, with the explicit intention of getting our information into the handbooks at one point. Whatever decision we reach, we should put a brief synopsis concerning the confusion under "notes".--[[User:Edkaufman\|edkaufman]] 01:24, February 19, 2010 (UTC) :::::We really only deviate on reality numbers when there isn't an existing reality number they utilize. And, when it comes to names, shouldn't we defer to the official published sources? Especially when there's more than one that uses that name? I mean, barring a recent revelation, shouldn't we trust the official sources to be accurate? Should we really second-guess their spellings? I understand if the real name was only referenced twice, and misspelled one of those times. Then I'd be all for going with the common sense name (Schmidt, in this instance). Makes sense. But at what point are we just thinking we know better (than the official material)? I'm all for placing a note on the page to note what's more accurate in terms of "this is how the real world works." That's good information. That's solid. That's interesting (to a nerd like me, at least). But shouldn't our baseline be the official word (or spelling, in this case)? Though, if we keep it at Schmidt, we need to make sure to move Sin's page back. :::::--[[User:GrnMarvl14\|GrnMarvl14]] 02:46, February 19, 2010 (UTC) :How often is his name given in actual comic stories? I think just considering the OHOTMU type stuff is a bit limited. You only need one editor to miss something, and suddenly "Peter Parker" is "Petor Paker". [[File:Roygbiv666 Sig 001.png\|link=User talk:Roygbiv666]] 03:45, February 19, 2010 (UTC) :But it's not just one instance. Shmidt is in three Handbooks stretching across two of three decades. Sin's profile (his daughter) uses the Shmidt spelling. His listing in Acts of Vengeance uses Shmidt. In every instance in which his last name is mentioned in the Deluxe edition, it's Shmidt. For it to be repeated over several Handbook iterations would take more than one editor making the same mistake. More than one writer making the same mistake. Whereas the ONE Handbook with Schmidt...that COULD be attributed to an editorial mistake. Especially since it IS more accurate in the real world. Seem to vaguely recall another character whose name is commonly misspelled because it's NOT spelled the common way. Wish I could actually remember who it was, though. :--[[User:GrnMarvl14\|GrnMarvl14]] 20:27, February 19, 2010 (UTC) ::Sorry I wasn't clear. Aside from OHOTMU books, when the Skull's name appears in comics, do they spell it with a "c" or not? It is conceivable that each OHOTMU edition just copies over data from the last one. What is the preponderance of usage overall for the spelling of the Skull's real name? :[[File:Roygbiv666 Sig 001.png\|link=User talk:Roygbiv666]] 23:21, February 19, 2010 (UTC) :::The Twelve: Spearhead #1: "And if that wasn't enough, there's a good chance we are going to run into the Reich's highest ranking officer, obergruppenfuhrer Johann Shmidt." That work? :::--[[User:GrnMarvl14\|GrnMarvl14]] 01:17, March 13, 2010 (UTC) :::OK, that's "one" for "Shmidt". Again, to belabor the point - how often are the different spellings used in stories? :::[[File:Roygbiv666 Sig 001.png\|link=User talk:Roygbiv666]] 01:43, March 13, 2010 (UTC) ::::Do we need to count up every single time his last name is mentioned and determine the spelling from that? Cause that could take a while. So far, we've got numerous Handbooks and an in-continuity reference all using the same spelling. Why is this not enough? Because it's uncommon? In a universe where characters are named Mar-Vell, Thanos, and Cal'syee...is Shmidt that odd? ::::--[[User:GrnMarvl14\|GrnMarvl14]] 03:01, March 13, 2010 (UTC) Sorry, I wasn't actually trying to be difficult. Even for comics stuff, I really don't care. I just think '''preponderance'' trumps OHOTMU, that's all. No big deal. [[File:Roygbiv666 Sig 001.png\|link=User talk:Roygbiv666]] 04:02, March 13, 2010 (UTC) : definitely agree: the horse is dead. arguments have been made, two possible solutions are clear: either leave it, and add a note saying why we deviate from the OHOTMU, or change it and add a note that it was different before and that it may be a typo. Now, how do we proceed? Is there like a final vote?--[[User:Edkaufman\|edkaufman]] 16:04, March 13, 2010 (UTC) ::Roygbiv666, you're not being difficult, I'm just genuinely wondering what it's going to take to convince you guys that it's accurate. Literally, will it take going through every single appearance and counting up the Shmidts vs the Schmidts, or will a certain number suffice? As is, it seems that we have several Handbooks and an in-continuity reference versus...commonality and a vague remembrance. What issues have him referred to as Schmidt, aside from one Handbook (which, since it's one out of numerous versions would be the aberration, NOT the Shmidt)? ::--[[User:GrnMarvl14\|GrnMarvl14]] 17:55, March 13, 2010 (UTC) :::I don't know what it would take, because he's a fictional character. Accurate is whatever the writers say it is. What is the primary source of info - is it comics or OHOTMU? There's no birth certificate to check, my only point is that if there were 132 stories using the "c" and only 3 without, the answer is clear. Why not just say OHOTMU says no "c", but alternate spellings exist? :::::Maybe there are 132 issues where he's called Schmidt...but give me some issue numbers. Not some "maybes", but some actual issue numbers. I've provided several where it's Shmidt. Should this be how we do things now? Someone says a spelling's more common and we go with that over the people who continuously provide references to the contrary? :::::I'd be fine with a note...but does that mean we should go through every character who has a name that isn't the common spelling and put the same note? I mean, Jonathan is the more common spelling of that name. Do we need that note on [[Johnathon Blaze (Earth-616)\|Johnny Blaze's page]]? Or [[Jonothon Starsmore (Earth-616)\|Chamber]]'s? How about [[Brunnhilde (Earth-616)\|Valkyrie]]? Brunnhilde doesn't appear to be the common spelling of her name. Kathryn's not the most common spelling of that name. Should we add a note to [[Katheryn Twoyoungmen (Earth-616)\|Katheryn Twoyoungmen]] and [[Kathryn Immonen]]'s pages? Why not go with what the Handbooks and the one clear reference that's been brought up say? If it's wrong...we can move it back. No note's needed unless we need to add notes to EVERY page that has an uncommon spelling of a name, and if people have questions, we can point them to this discussion on the talk page. And if we find out that all along it was Schmidt...feel free to blame me and say "I told you so." :::::--[[User:GrnMarvl14\|GrnMarvl14]] 00:17, March 14, 2010 (UTC) He's called Shmidt the first time his real name is given, in Captain America #298. His father's name is spelled Shmidt, and his name is given with the same spelling no less than six times. He's been mis-spelled Schmidt a fair few times, but that's simply because it is the more common spelling, so people assume. However, the original spelling, one still in use in the comics as shown by the Twelve one-shot, and the one used by the handbooks is Shmidt. The handbooks aren't accidentally spelling it Shmidt all those times; it's deliberate, because it is the correct spelling for the character. [[User:Lokiofmidgaard\|Lokiofmidgaard]] 00:35, March 14, 2010 (UTC) Additional - it's spelled Shmidt again in Captain America #300, when the Skull dies, and again, this time with Mark Gruenwald writing (it was J.M. DeMatteis writing the earlier issues) and with a different editor in Captain America #350 when the Skull is revived. It's spelled that way at least five times in that issue. There's five years between those issues, more than enough time for readers to have ponted out that the spelling is more commonly Schmidt, yet they stuck with Shmidt, suggesting the choice was deliberate (or, at least, the choice to stick with the spelling was deliberate). [[User:Lokiofmidgaard\|Lokiofmidgaard]] 01:12, March 14, 2010 (UTC) :Wow, now that's research. Good job! Sounds like it's Shmidt then. :[[File:Roygbiv666 Sig 001.png\|link=User talk:Roygbiv666]] 03:03, March 14, 2010 (UTC) :: no more with the horse metaphor - it's dead, rotting and, frankly, it smells already, so let's please bury it. The comics say it and so do the handbooks. So Shmidt it is. Fine. There is however, a big difference to Brunnhilde (the original spelling in the Nibleungenlied of the valkyrie's name is brünnhilde, two n, check wiki; the one n version is the anglicized version) or Kathryn (which is a common enough alternate spelling) and this case. There is no logical, scientific, linguistic or cultural reason for him being called Shmidt, as I pointed out before. The only reason in Germany in that era for a person to be called Shmidt was if they were Jewish, which, I'm sure we agree, the Skull is not. No indication in the comics and probably not a gigantic cynical cultural joke being played here. It is simply a typo or bad research. As if a Japanese character was called Ling. Doesn't work. That is the reason why we should put a note. It is not just an uncommon spelling, it simply doesn't make sense. I agree we can change it, since it's Marvel which decides what to call their characters. But the fact that we have been debating this for wto and a half months alone merits a note.--[[User:Edkaufman\|edkaufman]] 03:55, March 14, 2010 (UTC) :::But why doesn't the Brunnhilde case deserve a note as well? And, again, the Jonathan issue. We have three different spellings, something that threw me until I saw the different spellings confirmed by the Handbooks. I'm not against a note, but I don't see why this instance is so much more special than the others. ::::just noticed: Brunnhilde is already spelled with two n, that's close enough for me since the letter ü is commonly replaced with a u in English. The [[Natalia Romanova (Earth-616)\|Black Widow]], which in a similar way was given culturally wrong for ages, has a note on her name as well. I don't doubt Shmidt is deliberate on Marvel's part, but it's not the "correct" spelling for the name, not with the cultural background of the Skull. That's what merits the note.--[[User:Edkaufman\|edkaufman]] 09:15, March 15, 2010 (UTC) :::::Well, with Black Widow, that's a change they also made in the Handbooks. Giving her Natalia Romanova as a real name, then noting Natasha Romanoff as being an anglicization (technically, it refers to her last name as being anglicized and her first name as being the informal version of her true first name). But, okay, as long as it's a cultural note and not just a note solely because it's spelled differently, then consider me on-board. If it was solely because it was different or uncommon, then we have a huge number of those that we'd need to add to as well, or else look odd for not doing so (and we'd likely have the entire discussion again when they were raised). I haven't read all of this... But since I am German... there is no Name "Shmidt" in Germany. There are several way to spell it (Schmitt, Schmid, Schmidt) but "Shmidt" is definitely not a German Name. It's as wrong as Nightcrawlers "Schweinhund" (it would be "Schweinehund" ;)). [[User:Beast of Averoigne\|Beast of Averoigne]] 10:57, August 15, 2010 (UTC) :: Stuart Vandal of the Handbooks confirmed Shmidt as the correct spelling for the Skull. So it should be moved I guess. ;-) [[User:Beast of Averoigne\|Beast of Averoigne]] 12:08, August 15, 2010 (UTC) : And the new Red Skull miniseries is using Schmidt again. [[User:Thanos6\|Thanos6]] 23:38, July 18, 2011 (UTC) Shmidt remains the official spelling, Schmidt remains a common error. Nothing new about it. [[User:Lokiofmidgaard\|Lokiofmidgaard]] 00:34, July 19, 2011 (UTC) == First Appearance? == I've got a bit of an issue (ha ha) with listing the Red Skull's first appearance in {{c\|Captain America Comics #1}}. If you read the story it's not Johann Shmidt, it's George Maxon who was the Skull in that issue and in issue #3 (which he dies). Now someone on here notes that Shmidt first appeared in {{c\|Captain America Comics #7}}.. (Marvel's website and constant other references state it was CAC #1... even though it was Maxon not Shmidt).. I would argue both, as I would say that Schmidt's first appearance was in {{c\|Young Allies #1}}. It was published in the Summer of 1941 (So likely June) which is four months earlier that CAC #7 (October 41). Now some might argue after the publication of {{c\|Young Allies 70th Anniversary Special #1}} that it was a fictitious story a wartime comic book printed on Earth-616, however, one of the flashbacks shows the Young Allies fighting the Red Skull early on in their adventures, and the Marvel Handbooks with profiles on the Young Allies have stated that the stories are all likely true all be it highly embellished. Also, all the Young Allies related characters (with the exception of Bucky and Toro) have their first appearances in Young Allies #1. That is good enough for me to say that Young Allies #1 is the first appearance of the Johann Shmidt Red Skull. Anyone else want to chime in? [[User:Nausiated\|Nausiated]] 03:28, April 28, 2011 (UTC) Check the citations. Shmidt and Maxon both appeared in Captain America Comics #1. [[User:Lokiofmidgaard\|Lokiofmidgaard]] 04:00, April 28, 2011 (UTC) == ht & wt, hair & eye Deletions == Marvel Encyclopedia has his original and cloned body ht & wt, hair & eye colors (Page 245 Full page spread). Please don't turn his hair black as it is brown (see picture of him as child) [[User:Capam\|Capam]] 03:45, July 27, 2011 (UTC) ===DOD?=== Is the Dust of Death worthy of its own page? [[User:The Next X-Man\|The Next X-Man]] ([[User talk:The Next X-Man\|talk]]) 00:20, December 12, 2013 (UTC)Next X-Man == Separate page for the Clone? == The new clone skull fro uncanny avengers is rapidly developing into his own character, incurring injuries receiving prosthetic, meeting characters, and numerous other pieces that could be covered in a separate article.Please reply on my talk page.--FossilLord 16:38, February 10, 2014 (UTC) :I agree. This Red Skull has been mentioned to be a copy of the Red Skull in a cloned body. That alone should be enough reasons to give him a separate page. ::--[[User:ADour\|The ADour-incible ADour]] ([[User talk:ADour\|talk]]) 06:23, July 20, 2014 (UTC) 1 Citizen V and the V Battalion 2 Shmidt/Schmidt 3 First Appearance? 4 ht & wt, hair & eye Deletions 4.1 DOD? 5 Separate page for the Clone? Citizen V and the V Battalion I'd be fine with a note...but does that mean we should go through every character who has a name that isn't the common spelling and put the same note? I mean, Jonathan is the more common spelling of that name. Do we need that note on Johnny Blaze's page? Or Chamber's? How about Valkyrie? Brunnhilde doesn't appear to be the common spelling of her name. Kathryn's not the most common spelling of that name. Should we add a note to Katheryn Twoyoungmen and Kathryn Immonen's pages? Why not go with what the Handbooks and the one clear reference that's been brought up say? If it's wrong...we can move it back. No note's needed unless we need to add notes to EVERY page that has an uncommon spelling of a name, and if people have questions, we can point them to this discussion on the talk page. And if we find out that all along it was Schmidt...feel free to blame me and say "I told you so." no more with the horse metaphor - it's dead, rotting and, frankly, it smells already, so let's please bury it. The comics say it and so do the handbooks. So Shmidt it is. Fine. There is however, a big difference to Brunnhilde (the original spelling in the Nibleungenlied of the valkyrie's name is brünnhilde, two n, check wiki; the one n version is the anglicized version) or Kathryn (which is a common enough alternate spelling) and this case. There is no logical, scientific, linguistic or cultural reason for him being called Shmidt, as I pointed out before. The only reason in Germany in that era for a person to be called Shmidt was if they were Jewish, which, I'm sure we agree, the Skull is not. No indication in the comics and probably not a gigantic cynical cultural joke being played here. It is simply a typo or bad research. As if a Japanese character was called Ling. Doesn't work. That is the reason why we should put a note. It is not just an uncommon spelling, it simply doesn't make sense. I agree we can change it, since it's Marvel which decides what to call their characters. But the fact that we have been debating this for wto and a half months alone merits a note.--edkaufman 03:55, March 14, 2010 (UTC) But why doesn't the Brunnhilde case deserve a note as well? And, again, the Jonathan issue. We have three different spellings, something that threw me until I saw the different spellings confirmed by the Handbooks. I'm not against a note, but I don't see why this instance is so much more special than the others. just noticed: Brunnhilde is already spelled with two n, that's close enough for me since the letter ü is commonly replaced with a u in English. The Black Widow, which in a similar way was given culturally wrong for ages, has a note on her name as well. I don't doubt Shmidt is deliberate on Marvel's part, but it's not the "correct" spelling for the name, not with the cultural background of the Skull. That's what merits the note.--edkaufman 09:15, March 15, 2010 (UTC) Well, with Black Widow, that's a change they also made in the Handbooks. Giving her Natalia Romanova as a real name, then noting Natasha Romanoff as being an anglicization (technically, it refers to her last name as being anglicized and her first name as being the informal version of her true first name). But, okay, as long as it's a cultural note and not just a note solely because it's spelled differently, then consider me on-board. If it was solely because it was different or uncommon, then we have a huge number of those that we'd need to add to as well, or else look odd for not doing so (and we'd likely have the entire discussion again when they were raised). I haven't read all of this... But since I am German... there is no Name "Shmidt" in Germany. There are several way to spell it (Schmitt, Schmid, Schmidt) but "Shmidt" is definitely not a German Name. It's as wrong as Nightcrawlers "Schweinhund" (it would be "Schweinehund" ;)). Beast of Averoigne 10:57, August 15, 2010 (UTC) Stuart Vandal of the Handbooks confirmed Shmidt as the correct spelling for the Skull. So it should be moved I guess. ;-) Beast of Averoigne 12:08, August 15, 2010 (UTC) And the new Red Skull miniseries is using Schmidt again. Thanos6 23:38, July 18, 2011 (UTC) Shmidt remains the official spelling, Schmidt remains a common error. Nothing new about it. Lokiofmidgaard 00:34, July 19, 2011 (UTC) First Appearance? I've got a bit of an issue (ha ha) with listing the Red Skull's first appearance in Captain America Comics #1. If you read the story it's not Johann Shmidt, it's George Maxon who was the Skull in that issue and in issue #3 (which he dies). Now someone on here notes that Shmidt first appeared in Captain America Comics #7.. (Marvel's website and constant other references state it was CAC #1... even though it was Maxon not Shmidt).. I would argue both, as I would say that Schmidt's first appearance was in Young Allies #1. It was published in the Summer of 1941 (So likely June) which is four months earlier that CAC #7 (October 41). Now some might argue after the publication of Young Allies 70th Anniversary Special #1 that it was a fictitious story a wartime comic book printed on Earth-616, however, one of the flashbacks shows the Young Allies fighting the Red Skull early on in their adventures, and the Marvel Handbooks with profiles on the Young Allies have stated that the stories are all likely true all be it highly embellished. Also, all the Young Allies related characters (with the exception of Bucky and Toro) have their first appearances in Young Allies #1. That is good enough for me to say that Young Allies #1 is the first appearance of the Johann Shmidt Red Skull. Nausiated 03:28, April 28, 2011 (UTC) Check the citations. Shmidt and Maxon both appeared in Captain America Comics #1. Lokiofmidgaard 04:00, April 28, 2011 (UTC) ht & wt, hair & eye Deletions Marvel Encyclopedia has his original and cloned body ht & wt, hair & eye colors (Page 245 Full page spread). Please don't turn his hair black as it is brown (see picture of him as child) Capam 03:45, July 27, 2011 (UTC) DOD? Is the Dust of Death worthy of its own page? The Next X-Man (talk) 00:20, December 12, 2013 (UTC)Next X-Man Separate page for the Clone? I agree. This Red Skull has been mentioned to be a copy of the Red Skull in a cloned body. That alone should be enough reasons to give him a separate page. --The ADour-incible ADour (talk) 06:23, July 20, 2014 (UTC)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line984
__label__wiki	0.701923	0.701923	Ads & Marketing • 20 Jan 2016 Publicis snaps up Popimedia in R350m+ deal By Stuart Thomas Read nextFacebook Sports Stadium: a new feature for fans to discuss and follow games live Publicis’ South African buying spree shows no signs of slowing down. On Wednesday, the French agency network announced that it had completed an outright acquisition of Johannesburg-based ad tech company Popimedia in a deal which industry insiders say is worth more than R350-million. Founded in 2007 by Daniel Levy, Ryan Silberman and Gil Sperling, Popimedia works predominantly in the social space, with the aim of helping clients maximise the value of their effort and spend within the social realm. The acquisition comes just months after Publicis confirmed its acquisition of The Creative Counsel, a stakeholder in Popimedia, in a record deal which was believed to be worth around R1-billion. Popimedia CEO and co-founder Daniel Levy That’s no accident either. According to Levy, there were a “whole host of reasons” for accepting Publicis’ offer. But, he told Memeburn, the existing synergy with The Creative Counsel — as well as the fact that Publicis was first to the table with an offer — helped push the French mega network to the top of Popimedia’s preferred buyer list. Aside from its value, the Popimedia deal is also significant because it is the first Facebook Marketing Partner anywhere in the world to be sold to a major network. According to Levy, the deal also shows that the company is a much bigger force in the South African online space than it is sometimes made out to be. “In the industry, we’ve always been seen as a small player,” he told Memeburn. “We’re the absolute antithesis of that”. “We’ve built a sizable company and we’re very proud of it,” he added. Both Levy and Sperling are keen to point out that Popimedia is not an agency, but a builder of technology products — something they say has allowed the company to scale without needing “hundreds of people”. “We’ve had one underlying principle from the beginning,” Sperling told us, “and that is to build a scalable, global, technology-based business. And we’ve done that”. Popimedia CTO and co-founder Gil Sperling Those are big statements, but they’re backed up by the fact that the company is today the largest buyer of social media inventory on the African continent. Kevin Tromp, Publicis Africa Group CEO indicated that the acquisition will provide clients across the continent and beyond with tools and skills that provide measurable competitive advantage. “With this investment in Popimedia, we will increase the breadth of our offering to clients, enabling them to maximise campaign reach and through the line conversion and engagement, via social and digital media. “We are committed to providing clients with solutions that maximise the value and positive outcomes of their investment, so Popimedia was a natural choice in the search for a partner that could provide measurable results for clients and increase their campaign effectiveness.” “The acquisition shows that social and digital media is no longer a nice to have, but critical to brand growth in current markets. As such specialist skills such as ours have become a necessity for communication agencies and clients looking to deliver phenomenal results. The fact that we can offer proprietary technology in addition to specialist skills enables us to offer substantial value and a competitive edge for a global network such as Publicis,” says Levy, CEO of Popimedia. According to Tromp Popimedia will continue to operate under its own brand but that it would be included extensively in the broad-based agency group’s current and future offering. Levy and Sperling also told Memeburn that their plan was to remain with Popimedia for “the foreseeable future”. “We’re active in markets throughout Africa, and the Popimedia product has important application across the continent. With this partnership, we can now provide our clients with competitive advantage in the ad-tech space, wherever they choose to do business,” says Tromp. Stuart Thomas Posted in Ads & Marketing, News Facebook Sports Stadium: a new feature for fans to discuss and follow games live Facebook • 21 Jan 2016	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line990
__label__wiki	0.68153	0.68153	HomeEventsAdvocacy Priorities & Resources#MeetTheMomentMANo. 1 for SomePartnersContact Alongside the rest of the country, Massachusetts is fighting multiple pandemics: the COVID-19 virus and its devastating health and economic impacts, and persistent systemic racism. This moment is hard for so many reasons. But it’s also an opportunity to step up and meet the challenge of this moment with courageous advocacy and action. To that end, the Massachusetts Education Equity Partnership has launched Meet the Moment Massachusetts, a campaign that calls on education and elected leaders to center the voices, experiences, and demands of historically underserved students and families in policy decisions during this time of pandemic. The campaign seeks to advance two central goals: Ensure that student and family perspectives inform policy and decision-making at every level of our education system, from the classroom to the State Legislature, and Spark public demand for classroom instruction rooted in anti-racism and culturally-responsive pedagogy. Families in Massachusetts have made herculean efforts to meet the needs of their children amidst great uncertainty and little support during this time of pandemic. We must rise to ensure that we meet the urgency of this moment and adequately support students and families, from what they learn to how they participate in decision-making. Challenges of Remote Learning Amid Pandemic Alejandra de la Cruz is a 17-year old Massachusetts high school senior who advocates for equality in education. A youth organizer with Hyde Square Task Force, a MEEP partner, she speaks out about the challenges of remote learning amid the pandemic and the lack of motivation she sees among her peers. Watch her interview here. #HearOurTruth: Listening to Students and Families For policy to be most impactful and effective, it must be informed by the voices of the people most impacted on the ground. The Massachusetts Education Equity Partnership believes that students and families must speak for themselves and inform decision-making at every level, from the classroom to the State Legislature. December 8th, 6:30pm: New #HearOurTruth Family Forum A recent poll of Massachusetts families revealed deep racial inequities in how students are learning this year. But what do these numbers mean in the lives of students and families? On December 8th at 6:30pm, join the Massachusetts Education Equity Partnership and NBC Boston for a Facebook Live event with families from across the state to hear the stories behind the data and learn what education leaders can do to help. #HearOurTruth Family Forum: October 2020 Missed our first Family Forum and campaign kick-off on October 7th? You can still watch it here. Hear from students, families and community advocates about what state and local education leaders can do to make sure all students continue to learn – regardless of where they are learning from. During the conversation, panelists elevated the following issues: Families need more effective communication from their schools – including multi-lingual hotlines they can call if they are having technical difficulties, or need other help supporting their child’s learning Students and families need more access to teachers and personalized support, including social-emotional and mental health supports Students need more dynamic, engaging virtual classes Technology continues to be a challenge – from access to devices and internet, to insufficient support with navigating remote learning platforms Community-based organizations want to work with school districts to maximize support for families – but have to be brought on as equal partners, not one-off service providers. #HearOurTruth Video Narratives Earlier this year, we asked students and families across Massachusetts how remote learning had gone for them last spring, and what they hoped would be different this school year. Here’s what they told us. We want to hear from you! Write to us at [email protected] and tell us about your experience learning, teaching, or supporting learning this school year. How would you describe your family's remote learning experience this past spring? What did your family need to do to meet the challenges you were faced with? What do you hope school will look like next year? © 2020 The Massachusetts Education Equity Partnership \| Privacy Policy	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line993
__label__wiki	0.866739	0.866739	Mitch Frank #12 Defenseman - Simon Fraser 6' 3" Height Hometown: Burnaby, BC High School: St. Thomas More Eligibility: Senior 2013 Simon Fraser 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2012 Simon Fraser 12 17 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 02/02/2013 @ Washington W 27-4 2 0 0 0 0 02/09/2013 Western Washington W 20-7 0 0 0 0 0 02/13/2013 @ Oregon L 8-9 0 0 0 0 0 02/15/2013 @ Chico State W 8-4 0 0 0 0 0 02/23/2013 Boise State W 14-6 0 0 0 0 0 03/01/2013 Arizona L 12-14 0 0 0 0 0 03/09/2013 @ Colorado State L 7-16 0 0 0 0 0 03/10/2013 @ Colorado L 11-18 0 0 0 0 0 03/12/2013 @ Virginia Tech W 11-9 0 0 0 0 0 02/04/2012 Western Washington W 16-12 0 0 0 0 0 02/11/2012 Brigham Young L 10-14 0 0 0 0 0 02/12/2012 @ Boise State L 14-15 1 0 0 0 0 02/26/2012 @ Oregon State L 6-13 1 0 0 0 0 03/03/2012 Oregon L 13-20 0 0 0 0 0 03/04/2012 Florida W 15-9 2 1 0 0 0 03/17/2012 Illinois W 8-4 2 0 0 0 0 03/23/2012 @ Chapman L 11-13 2 0 0 0 0 03/25/2012 @ Loyola Marymount W 10-9 0 0 0 0 0 03/31/2012 Idaho W 24-6 3 0 0 0 0 04/08/2012 Texas W 13-7 2 0 0 0 0 04/14/2012 Washington W 23-17 1 0 0 0 0 05/05/2012 Oregon State W 13-11 1 0 0 0 0 05/06/2012 @ Oregon L 6-13 2 0 0 0 0 02/25/2011 @ Utah L 11-12 2 0 0 0 0 02/26/2011 @ Brigham Young L 8-16 0 0 0 0 0 03/04/2011 Michigan State L 14-17 0 0 0 0 0 05/07/2011 @ Idaho W 26-7 1 0 0 0 0 03/07/2010 @ Colorado L 7-17 0 0 0 0 0 03/12/2010 @ University of Michigan L 10-22 0 0 0 0 0 03/14/2010 @ Michigan State L 9-12 0 0 0 0 0 03/20/2010 Brigham Young L 9-15 0 0 0 0 0 03/27/2010 Cal Poly W 9-8 0 0 0 0 0 04/03/2010 Chapman L 8-11 0 0 0 0 0 04/04/2010 Arizona State W 14-7 0 0 0 0 0 04/10/2010 Oregon State W 21-7 1 0 0 0 0 04/11/2010 Oregon W 13-11 0 0 0 0 0 04/16/2010 @ Montana W 27-4 3 0 0 0 0 05/11/2010 @ Florida State W 9-6 0 0 0 0 0 05/13/2010 Colorado State W 12-11 0 0 0 0 0 05/14/2010 @ Arizona State L 9-19 0 0 0 0 0	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line997
__label__wiki	0.958535	0.958535	Veteran With PTSD Finds Relief, Companionship With Neglected Pit Bull Filed Under:Pit Bull, PTSD, Rachel Slavik, Ruff Start Rescue, Soldier, Veteran MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — There’s an old saying among dog owners that people don’t pick their pet, the pet chooses the person. Chad Fleming believes that was the case when he adopted Mikko from Ruff Start Rescue last week. Having lived in a shelter for most of its life, the dog was terrified of people until the pit bull mix met his new owner. In just six days, Fleming and Mikko have formed a strong bond. “He’s always got to be close,” Fleming said. “He won’t just sit over there.” If you know their story, it seems fate would always bring these two together. “I knew immediately that there was a connection there between us,” Fleming said. His two tours of duty in Iraq left more than just physical injuries, he’s had several surgeries on his knees after an explosion in his Humvee. It also left emotional trauma. “I have a lot of PTSD and anxiety and dealing with that stuff has just been very hard,” Fleming said. The 2-year-old pit bull/bulldog mix had his own emotional scars of a forgotten dog left in an impound. “When I saw him in the shelter, he was very shut down,” Chris Maddox of Ruff Start Rescue said. “He was scared of people.” Maddox saved Mikko the day he was set to be put down. The dog was brought to Ruff Start Rescue and placed into a foster home. “We were lucky we found him,” Maddox said. Within days, Fleming came along and changed the pup’s life, taking a terrified dog and teaching him to trust. “You’ve got to put time into them and that’s what I was willing to do,” Fleming said. “He knows it and he’s been a big teddy bear ever since.” Meanwhile, the new pet made an impact on his owner. “Getting a dog absolutely helps,” Fleming said. “It takes a lot of anxiety away.” After all, companionship is about bringing out the best in each other. Fleming’s goal is to get Mikko to a place where he can be trained to be his service dog. Ruff Start Rescue, the organization that brought the two together, is always looking for foster families to save dogs like Mikko.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1005
__label__cc	0.51347	0.48653	Home › African American History › MissPres News Roundup 6-28-2017 MissPres News Roundup 6-28-2017 By Thomas Rosell on June 28, 2017 • ( 6 ) What happened to June? It’s hard to believe it’s almost over but let’s jump right into this week’s roundup. From Meridian two stories this week. The first is regarding preservation grant funds. According to the Meridian Star: The Charles L. Young, Sr. Grant for Historic Preservation is available to nonprofit organizations, schools, and government entities in the African-American community of Meridian and Lauderdale County. The grant of $1,285 is available to support building renovations, capital improvements, and special projects that emphasize African-American history, culture and achievement. The deadline to apply is June 30. Contact the Community Foundation of East Mississippi to obtain the grant application at 601-696-3035 or office@cfem.org http://www.meridianstar.com/news/business/historic-preservation-grant-available/article_d61a6ce5-8d04-58fc-a069-9f521a7bc476.html http://www.wgbctv.com/single-post/2017/06/10/East-Mississippi-Community-Foundation-grants-available Also in Meridian, Gov. Bryant apparently visited the Lauderdale County Courthouse and referred to its physical state as “concerning.” According to the article the Governor made a brief tour of the Courthouse on June 22. Bryant says the courthouse is in desperate need of repair. He says some funding could come from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History or the U.S. Department of Justice. The article also mentions that county has a meeting with the Department of Archives and History on June 27. Hopefully the county will work with MDAH to find a way to restore the historic courthouse. I hope the governor helps make sure that MDAH receives those funds to award to the County for the courthouse restoration. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/mississippi/articles/2017-06-23/gov-bryant-mississippi-courthouse-state-is-concerning In Columbus, the childhood home of noted Disney animator, painter Joshua Meador is on the market. The Meador family moved into a then new bungalow home on North Sixth Avenue when Joshua Meador was two years old in 1918. The house remained in the family until his mother’s death in 1970. http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=58925 Another story from Columbus is that the 36 windows in the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library on North Seventh Street will soon be replaced. The article states that paperwork has been submitted “to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History because the library is in a historic district.” I’m not sure why because MDAH doesn’t oversee work in historic districts. This might relate to the funding source of the window replacement rather than just the building solely being in the historic district. Does anyone know more about this story? Farish Street Neighborhood Historic Dirstric. Jackson, Hinds County Adele Cramer April, 1979 from MDAH HRI database Accessed 5-24-17 Helm Place, an affordable-housing development in the Farish Street Historic District, won a national award last week. Chartre, the Oxford, Miss.-based developer, plans to expand the neighborhood in 2017. Photo by Imani Khayyam. Jackson Free Press Accessed 5-18-17 In Jackson news, the Farish Street housing project hits snags of the developer’s own design. According to the Jackson Free Press; At the [Jackson Historic Preservation] commission’s May meeting, developers presented their informal proposal to the commission, during the discussion part of the meeting and promptly walked out, minutes from that meeting show. Chartre Companies Ltd. owner Clarence Chapman said his group also withdrew their formal Certificate of Appropriateness application. Chapman thinks the commission does not want to give his group a COA to build more homes because it is “‘destroying the fabric of that community,’ which is absurd,” Chapman told the Jackson Free Press. But the commission’s chairman, Jeff Seabold, who was not a member when it approved Helm Place I and II, emphasized that no one is above the law. Seabold said that in large development projects like Helm Place, the massing (the shape, form and size of the buildings) and scale are important because they can start to change the fabric and feel of a neighborhood, something important under federal Department of Interior standards the commission must use as their guiding principles. The department’s second standard for rehabilitation of historic buildings, as well as the site and environment attached, adjacent or related to new construction, says that “the historic character of a property shall be retained and preserved.” “While it’s a great thing for the City to be building housing and helping it out, the overall scale of that project is large. It’s a very big challenge so we have to be very, very specific about some details and other things to be sensitive to the placement of it,” Seabold said. “When you’ve got two- and three-story townhouses next to … the Scott Ford houses …, it worries people in the neighborhood. We have to consider what that does to those historic sites as well. It’s a district; it’s not single houses that we’re speaking of.” The house plans also have handicap accessibility issues, just adding to the obviousness that the developers haven’t given much of any thought beyond slapping something up. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AUlGf31rpmugJ%3Awww.jacksonfreepress.com%2Fnews%2F2017%2Fjun%2F21%2Ffarish-street-affordable-housing-hits-snags News from Natchez is that the Wharlest Jackson House is now officially listed on National Register of Historic Places. We had previously reported at the beginning of April that the house was being considered for inclusion on the Register. Jackson, a civil rights martyr, was killed when a bomb planted under his truck was detonated. He had been promoted to a job previously held by whites only at the Armstrong Tire Plant. His murder has never been solved. http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2017/06/20/wharlest-jackson-house-listed-on-national-register-of-historic-places/ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/mississippi/articles/2017-06-24/home-of-firebombed-naacp-officer-added-to-historic-register First Presbyterian Church (1859-60)–the famous hand pointing to heaven First Presbyterian Church (1859-60) The big story from Port Gibson this week we reported on yesterday is that the pointing hand on the First Presbyterian Church steeple was removed by a crane and is now on its way to Virginia where it will be repaired and then re-gilded and eventually reinstalled. The hand was last gilded in 1990. https://misspreservation.com/2017/06/27/hand-pointing-to-heaven-now-pointing-toward-virginia/ As an update, architect Robert Parker Adams emailed us this picture Tuesday afternoon showing that the Hand has arrived safely in Virginia at ASCo, where they will strip it, evaluate all the metal, and repair damaged areas before passing it on to the Gilder’s Studio for gilding and return to its perch in Port Gibson. From Moss Point we have news of a fundraiser to be held for the restoration of the 145-year-old parsonage house belonging to the Dantzler Memorial United Methodist Church. http://www.wlox.com/story/35738470/page-13-saving-historic-moss-point-home In Biloxi, we reported last week that Beauvoir the historic home of Jefferson Davis received some damage from a tornado caused by Tropical Storm Cindy. Fortunately the damage was minor. http://www.wlox.com/story/35719446/tornado-leaves-behind-damage-in-biloxi https://misspreservation.com/2017/06/22/beauvoir-damaged-in-ts-cindy-tornado/ Mantee Depot 2011 source unknown from MDAH HRI db accessed 6-26-17 Mantee Depot 2016 from belindastewartarchitects.com accessed 6-26-17 I mentioned last week that an old radio station building in Laurel was the recipient of the Mississippi Main Street Association “Outstanding Adaptive Reuse Project,” but I neglected to mention that the Mississippi Main Street Association also awarded the “Outstanding Rehabilitation Project” award to the Mantee Depot Restoration, in Mantee that was overseen by Belinda Stewart Architects. The depot also won an AIA Citation award back in October of 2016. http://www.clarionledger.com/story/business/2017/06/19/mississippi-main-street-announces-2017-winners/407707001/ https://belindastewartarchitects.com/press/mantee-depot-restoration-mississippi-aia-award-of-merit/ Another story out of Laurel was shared with us by a reader last week. A building ’round the corner from the rehabbed radio station is also undergoing a rehabilitation. We look forward to learning more about this project, hopefully it will perhaps pursue historic tax credits and be restored? https://www.facebook.com/groups/241422182551483/permalink/1733776773316009/ Here’s an interesting piece from Blake Wintory at Lakeport Plantation on Greenville Mississippi’s City and Telephone Directories. It gives a rundown on these valuable research documents, and as an added bonus, Lakeport Plantation provides a digitized version of the 1900 Greenville Telephone Directory you can peruse online. http://lakeport.astate.edu/2017/06/21/greenville-mississippis-city-and-telephone-directories-2/ From a Facebook post by Prospect Hill Plantation, MissPres learned that Bill Gatlin, MDAH National Register Coordinator is retiring. If you’ve attended a public hearing on a potential new National Register district, you’ve met Bill. He was also kind enough each year to write the MissPres end of year round-up for new National Register listings. You can see National Register lists from years past by clicking here and compare this list to the Map of Mississippi National Register Listings. Stay tuned next week as we have a week-long salute to Mr. Gatlin’s work at MDAH (just kidding!) Congratulations to Bill on his retirement, and we all know one never really retires from preservation, so we all look forward to what is up next for him. This is certainly not all the preservation goings on in Mississippi. If you know of any preservation-related news items not mentioned, or if you have more information about a story above please let us know in the comments below. ‹ Hand Pointing to Heaven Now Pointing Toward Virginia A Custom McHuley & Lattimore House › Categories: African American History, Antebellum, Architectural Research, Biloxi, Cemeteries, Churches, Civil Rights, Columbus, Cool Old Places, Courthouses, Depots, Disasters, Grants, Greenville, Historic Preservation, Jackson, Laurel, MDAH, Meridian, Moss Point, MS Dept. of Archives and History, Natchez, National Register, News Roundups, Port Gibson, Preservation People/Events, Renovation Projects RE: Farrish Street Housing Project Hits Snag I agree with Mr. Seabold’s trying to maintain the historical architectural appearance to Farrish Street Historical District. Would love to see that area be as wonderful as Beale Street in Memphis. Jumping to another one of Jackson’s historic districts – I’m still confused on how a 9 story building behind Kolbs Cleaners on State Street was approved for Fondren. Keeping the Kolbs building front is great but 9 stories seems tall to me for that area. It would have been great if it had followed 21C Museum Hotels design and that of The Whitney Place to be near Pig & Pint. A 21C Museum Hotel would be perfect there! Oops! Farish St. spelling error. Only one r – Farish St. Suzassippi This was surely a busy week! I read the article about the Farish Street “snag”, and though surprised, was pleased. I think you can see the ‘fabric of the neighborhood’ being changed by merely looking at the photograph of the new development, with massive garages facing the street making it look like a military complex and not a front door in sight. The concept of “Defensible Space” in the early 1980s, and still in use, is a good example of how the design of housing affects the social and physical elements of a neighborhood. Defensible Space designs lower crime rates and vulnerability to crime, and also help to create neighborhoods and social norms. The design of Helm Place does not. pibbb25 I agree with Suzassippi. Whiie, I assume, well-intentioned, this development looks like what it is: mass-produced, non-site specific housing, which I suppose works when located in a new, edge-of-town development. This particular site is the opposite. It’s located in the midst of an increasingly fractured and fragile 19th century fabric. It is an interloper, in both massing and design, which is unfortunate because the attempt to provide housing of this type is more than laudable; it’s almost heroic. These developers deserve lots of praise for even considering this type of undertaking, (ditto for current federal tax law that incentivise such projects). When all concerned parties sincerely working together, the developer, neighborhood and residents can each benefit. Jeff Rosenberg Congratulations Bill on your retirement! I’ll miss working with you on NR projects. I hope you’ll still be involved with SESAH? Jennifer Baughn We miss Bill already at the Historic Preservation Division! He was a workhorse in our division, but he also made friends throughout the state for his guidance on National Register nominations and his passion for preservation. 2,336,836 posts read since 2009 About MissPres Welcome to Preservation in Mississippi, a blog about historic buildings, places, and even a few people in Mississippi. Preservation has a long history in the Magnolia State, and we hope this blog will help build a stronger community of local and state preservationists. Join the discussion, talk back, agree, disagree, etc. by adding your comments (insightful, silly, but always respectful) and sharing important stories from your neck of the woods. New to MissPres? How did MissPres get its start? Are you sentimental enough to be a preservationist? Who is E.L. Malvaney? Find the answers at "To Be Or Not To Be, That Was the Question." Brenda Smith on Lost to Katrina: Elmwood Manor… Henry Frierson on Abandoned: Vaughan, Mississipp… Amy Van Hecke on Abandoned: Vaughan, Mississipp… Amy Vaughan Van Heck… on Abandoned: Vaughan, Mississipp… Scott on Monterey in Mississippi Sherry Auttonberry on Vacation Postcards: Arlington,… Ada Elizabeth Butler on Duncan, Mississippi after the… toniclifton on Mississippi Architects: Robert… What is Rock Lath? Abandoned: Vaughan, Mississippi Poplar Hill School, Jefferson County Abandoned Mississippi: Vicksburg's Mercy Hospital "Gloucester," Natchez Roadside Mississippi: Pizza as Architecture January 15, 2020 Who remembers Burger Chef? January 7, 2020 New research available on Mississippi’s oldest building October 22, 2019 Beat The Heat: Aerolux Shades and Awnings October 3, 2019 Itawamba County’s Historic Banner School, Preserved…For Now September 9, 2019 New Deal in Mississippi: Laurel Sweet Potato Starch Factory September 3, 2019 Historic Natchez Foundation Unveils New Website August 13, 2019 Two preservation related events this week August 6, 2019 HABS in Mississippi: John Ford House, Marion County July 11, 2019 Mid-Century Mississippi: Subsistence Homesteads July 10, 2019 Community Heritage Preservation Grant Applications Open July 9, 2019 MissPres News Roundup 7-8-2019 July 8, 2019 101 Places to See Before You Die! Goings-On About MS Click here for a calendar of events in the great big world of Mississippi preservation Mississippi River Basin Model Cleanup February 6, 2021 at 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Buddy Butts Park, 6180 McRaven Rd, Jackson, MS 39209, USA Please join us for our monthly clean up event. We are working to take back the model from the overgrowth. We have several types of activities from removing dirt, debris on the panels to cutting down and removing invasive trees. Activities for all ages including kids who can help with littler prevention. MHT Heritage Award Recipient 2014	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1006
__label__cc	0.570831	0.429169	Home Science Comics: Rockets Science Comics: Rockets By: Anne Drozd and Jerzy Drozd Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic—dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and many more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you! This volume: In Rockets we explore the 2,000 years that rockets have been in existence. We dive into Newton's Laws of Motion—learning all about gravity, force, acceleration, and the history of rockets made in the past and rockets to be made in the future! Censor Level: 4	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1007
__label__wiki	0.574705	0.574705	Under Fire Councillor Quits Position Due To “Personal Reasons And Pressure Of Work” By Times Reporter in News on December 14, 2020 A leading councillor has quit his Hampshire County Council Cabinet position five days after being found in breach of the councillor’s code of conduct. Hampshire County Council says Sean Woodward quit his role as Executive Member for Recreation and Heritage with immediate effect “citing personal reasons and pressure of work.” Woodward, who has been a member of the County Council since 2005, will remain a county councillor. He is also the leader of Fareham Borough Council. The Leader of Hampshire County Council Councillor Keith Mans said: “Earlier today, I accepted the formal resignation of Cllr Sean Woodward from his role on Cabinet. I wish to thank Sean for his support to my Cabinet. I will be announcing his replacement in the next day or so.”	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1008
__label__wiki	0.9209	0.9209	Home » Politics » ‘Absolute dread’ Nicola Sturgeon faces HUGE backlash amid plans to delay exams ‘Absolute dread’ Nicola Sturgeon faces HUGE backlash amid plans to delay exams MSP John Swinney said work is under way for exams in Scotland which were cancelled this year to be held in spring 2021. But he warned the “ongoing impacts” of COVID-19 meant he couldn’t say “with absolute certainty” that they would be able to take place, meaning they could be pushed back to a later date. His comments provoked a backlash from opposition members claiming that the move would have a “severe impact on learning”. Mr Swinney told MSPs on Holyrood’s Education Committee yesterday: “Although we are planning for an exam diet I cannot say with absolute certainty that it will be able to take place. “So we are asking schools to gather evidence on an ongoing basis to support judgments that may be required to be made in the spring of 2021. “The current model for the delivery of education is not as effective as the model we had prior to COVID.” He also admitted that the Scottish government’s blended learning model which will see pupils returning to classes part-time in August with some learning also being done from home will mean “educational outcomes will be jeopardised”. The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) is making preparations for next year but Mr Swinney said that they have been in touch with schools to make staff aware of the back up measures. Sutherland MSP Gail Ross told the Education Secretary a “lot of parents are absolutely dreading” the blended learning system after “struggling” with homeschooling. Green MSP Ross Greer said that “inevitably” the blended learning will have an impact on learning. The Scottish Greens education spokesman also questioned why exams could still be “conducted in a normal manner, at the end of a very abnormal [school] year”. In response, Mr Swinney told Mr Greer: “We are planning on the basis of the SQA diet taking place in the spring of 2021 but I am not impervious to the issues that he raises, which I recognise are significant issues we have to consider and judge.” He added: “The last thing I want is young people are not in any way able to properly realise their potential and the benefit of the learning activity they have undertaken. “We’re trying to approach the school year from a perspective of minimising disruption, of maximising the opportunities for assistance in learning.” Francois unleashes fury at meddling SNP and ‘ludicrous’ Barnier [REVEAL] Nicola Sturgeon begs Boris Johnson for extra money [REVEAL] Sturgeon ordered to act now to save Scottish economy [REVEAL] He stressed that going against the scientific advice on this will be a “recipe for anarchy in the way in which we pursue our approach”. Mr Swinney said he wants children to be in school “for as close to 50 percent” as is possible but acknowledged that in some circumstances this will not be possible because of the two-metre social distancing rule. But he stressed: “I don’t want the blended learning model to go on for a minute longer than is required. “I do not want this to be a long-term educational model for Scotland. “I don’t think it is the best educational model but it is the best educational model in the circumstances that we face, because I can not ignore the public health advice and issues that we face.” Australian newspaper cartoon of U.S. candidates Harris and Biden criticized as racist Brexit Project Fear unmasked: Did ANY of these five Remainer claims come true? ‘It’s the law!’ Matt Hancock hits back at Kay Burley over new Covid rules enforcement Trump fails to block tax return subpoena, will appeal decision	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1012
__label__cc	0.698557	0.301443	“Printemps Loves NY” Collaboration By BrainWash 09/28/2010 November 10th, 2020 No Comments Printemps, a department store in France, teamed up with Mr Brainwash for Paris Fashion Week. Printemps was designed by architects Jules and Paul Sedille in 1865 and is noted for its historic significance in the city. New York-themed large scale works from Mr Brainwash and other artists who have contributed to the installation adorned Printemps’ window display, works that portrayed the cliches of American lifestyle and celebrated beloved American designers. Mr Brainwash even installed a 20-ft high statue of King Kong, made out of rubber tires, to greet customers as they made their way into the store’s entrance. Previous PostKeep A Child Alive Charity with Alicia Keys Next PostExit Through the Gift Shop (USA Release) Best of L.A. 2020 Developer_107/24/2020 Naples Museum Celebrates Street Art Pope Art Mr. Brainwash – filmmaker and Street Pop artist. Thierry Guetta. Questions / Concerns Original Art Inquiries © & TM 2020 Amusement Art, LLC. All rights reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1016
__label__cc	0.706605	0.293395	Gord's Gold Singer/Songwriter · 1975 Editors’ Notes Gordon Lightfoot turned from Canadian folksinger to an FM soft-rock staple as the ‘70s progressed. The success of songs such as “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown,” and “Carefree Highway” brought Lightfoot into the mainstream. His record company, wishing to capitalize on that success, looked to issue a “Greatest Hits” collection, and so Lightfoot agreed to re-record his earlier material for the album. What it provides is a pleasant way to experience the more “mature” Lightfoot. His voice has smoothed and calmed in places, any angst replaced by an adult confidence that’s made Lightfoot a master singer/songwriter and professional entertainer. One of the biggest hits of his career, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” was still a year away, and can be found on the extremely rewarding Summertime Dream collection. I'm Not Sayin' / Ribbon of Darkness (1975 Version) Song for a Winter's Night (1975 Version) Canadian Railroad Trilogy (1975 Version) Softly (1975 Version) For Lovin' Me / Did She Mention My Name (1975 Version) Affair on 8th Avenue (1975 Version) Steel Rail Blues (1975 Version) Wherefore and Why (1975 Version) Bitter Green (1975 Version) Early Morning Rain (1975 Version) Minstrel of the Dawn Summer Side of Life Cotton Jenny Circle of Steel Old Dan's Records Cold On the Shoulder Carefree Highway ℗ 1975 WARNER RECORDS INC. More by Gordon Lightfoot Gord's Gold, Vol. 2 Summertime Dream ’70s Hits Essentials Apple Music Classic Rock Gordon Lightfoot Essentials Apple Music Pop '70s Singer-Songwriter Essentials Pop Hits: 1974 Singer/Songwriter Gems: 1970 Apple Music Acoustic Gordon Lightfoot: Next Steps The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary Peter, Paul & Mary Inner City Front (Bonus Track Version) Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 The Very Best of Judy Collins Ramblin' Boy Tom Paxton The Circle Game (40th Anniversary Edition) [Remastered] Tom Rush Murray McLauchlan: Greatest Hits Murray McLauchlan	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1017
__label__cc	0.587067	0.412933	Naturopathic Yoga for Resilience DE-STRESS AND DIGEST SERIES What's this about? READ FIRST Create Your Flow 10 mins (12:34) Tuning in 10 Mins (13:39) Breathing ~ for Calming Body and Mind (5:43) Let it Flow 10 mins (10:44) Unwind 20 mins (21:42) Cellular Stretching 10 Mins (11:22) Yoga Nidra for Sleep (16:08) Calm Flow 10 Mins (12:20) Vinyasa Slow Flow 30 Mins (33:09) MORNING ENERGISER ADRENAL SERIES What's this about? Seven Minutes of Sun Salutations (10:01) Your Lovely Hips 15 mins (17:23) Essential Morning Movement 20 Mins (24:30) Adrenal Healing Meditation 10 Minutes (11:34) Balanced Alignment 20 Mins (19:39) Centre to Ground 20 mins (21:45) YIN SERIES TO REDUCE TIREDNESS Watch a FREE sample video (2:01) Creating Space 10 Minutes (13:35) Ground and Let Go - 20 Minutes (22:11) Let's Exhale - 20 Minutes (21:44) Rejuvenation Meditation - 10 Minutes (10:58) Release Resistance - 10 Minutes (12:47) Inner Journey - 20 Minutes (21:31) Slow Flow Recharge - 10 Minutes (12:17) THYROID & METABOLISM BOOST SERIES Align The Spine 10 Minutes (12:25) Calm and Nourish 10 Minutes (13:14) Find Your Balance 20 Minutes (23:18) Gentle Thyroid Meditation 10 Minutes (10:52) Pillar of Strength 10 Minutes (12:06) Twist it Open 10 Minutes (12:31) Connected Nourishment 20 Minutes (20:35) CLEANSE THE LIVER SERIES Seven Minutes of Sun Salutations to Cleanse and Revive (10:34) Balance and Cleanse 20 mins (20:24) Cleansing Meditation 10 minutes (10:51) Core Grounding 20 Mins (21:33) Open Wide 15 mins (17:23) Sunshine Flow 20 Mins (24:11) ONCOLOGY SERIES (great for beginners) FOUNDATIONS 1 - Standing Poses (15:33) FOUNDATIONS 2 - Seated Poses (13:53) Namastay In Bed - Poses you can do in bed (or on the floor) (12:14) Slow flow feeling (22:02) Foundations Sequence (31:08) PRE CONCEPTION AND PREGNANCY FLOW SERIES Calling Baby In Meditation Women's Balance 10 Mins (10:36) Connect with Your Inner Child 10 mins (11:24) Hormone Balance Poses 10 Minutes (11:04) Conceive Slow Flow 10 Mins (11:13) Pregnancy Daily Practice 30 mins (30:46) Pregnant and Calm 10 mins (11:58) Pregnancy Gentle Flow 20 mins (21:39) Bonus Pre Conception Videos (55:51) WOMEN'S BALANCE Beginners class (11:55) Finding me (11:30) Energy boost (21:58) Clarity (13:03) Healing (21:19) Soften (12:29) Relax (19:55) Space (11:09) New horizons (12:08) WEIGHT LOSS (Naturopathic HIIT Workouts) 5 x Tabata workouts (4 min intervals) (28:07) Soften	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1021
__label__cc	0.669792	0.330208	Home Uncategorized Panama’s First Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Clinical Trial for Rheumatoid Arthritis Panama’s First Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Clinical Trial for Rheumatoid Arthritis Posted on January 18, 2014 Written by nhriordan 7 Comments Panama’s First Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Clinical Trial for Rheumatoid Arthritis Approved by Comité Nacional de Bioética de la Investigación Institutional Review Board Translational Biosciences, a subsidiary of Medistem Panama has received the county’s first clinical trial approval for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) from the Comité Nacional de Bioética de la Investigación (CNEI) Institutional Review Board (IRB). Share on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on Google+Share on LinkedInEmail a friend Translational Biosciences Logo Panama City, Panama (PRWEB) January 14, 2014 Translational Biosciences, a subsidiary of Medistem Panama has received the county’s first clinical trial approval for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) from the Comité Nacional de Bioética de la Investigación Institutional Review Board (IRB). Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease in which the patient’s immune system generates cellular and antibody responses to various components of the joint such as type I collagen. As a result of this immune response, not only does joint destruction occur, but also other secondary complications such as pulmonary fibrosis, renal damage, and even heart damage. RA affects approximately 0.5-1% of the population in the United States. Mesenchymal stem cells harvested from donated human umbilical cords after normal, healthy births possess anti-inflammatory and immune modulatory properties that may relieve RA symptoms. Because they are immune privileged, the recipient’s immune system does not reject them. These properties make MSC interesting candidates for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune disorders. Each patient will receive five intravenous injections of umbilical cord stem cells over the course of 5 days. They will be assessed at 3 months and 12 month primarily for safety and secondarily for indications of efficacy. The stem cell technology being utilized in this trial was developed by Neil Riordan, PhD, founder of Medistem Panama. The stem cells will be harvested and processed at Medistem Panama’s 8000 sq. ft. laboratory in the prestigious City of Knowledge. They will be administered at the Stem Cell Institute in Panama City, Panama. The Principle Investigator is Jorge Paz-Rodriguez, MD. Dr. Paz-Rodriguez also serves as the Medical Director at the Stem Cell Institute. “While this is just the first step, it is our hope that Panama’s rapid emergence as a leader in applied stem cell research will lead to safe, effective treatments for debilitating diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and serve to benefit all Panamanians who suffer from it in the not-too-distant future,” said Ruben Berocal, M.D., National Secretary of Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACYT). “Oversight by the National Committee for Investigational Bioethics ensures patient safety by demanding ethical transparency and compliance with the highest levels of international standards,” he added. For detailed information about this clinical trial visit http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. If you are a rheumatoid arthritis patient who has not responded to disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARD) for at least 6 months you may qualify for this trial. Please email trials(at)translationalbiosciences(dot)com for more information about how to apply. About Translational Biosciences A subsidiary of Medistem Panama Inc., Translational Biosciences was founded solely to conduct clinical trials using adult stem cells and adult stem cell-derived products. Translational Biosciences Web Site: http://www.translationalbiosciences.com Email: trials(at)translationalbiosciences(dot)com About Medistem Panama Inc. Since opening its doors in 2007, Medistem Panama Inc. has developed adult stem cell-based products from human umbilical cord tissue and blood, adipose (fat) tissue and bone marrow. Medistem operates an 8000 sq. ft. ISO 9001-certified laboratory in the prestigious City of Knowledge. The laboratory is fully licensed by the Panamanian Ministry of Health and features 3 class 10000 clean rooms, class 100 laminar flow hoods, and class 100 incubators. Medistem Panama Inc. Ciudad del Saber, Edif. 221 / Clayton Panama, Rep. of Panama About Stem Cell Institute Panama Founded in 2007 on the principles of providing unbiased, scientifically-sound treatment options, the Stem Cell Institute has matured into the world’s leading adult stem cell therapy and research center. In close collaboration with universities and physicians world-wide, our comprehensive stem cell treatment protocols employ well-targeted combinations of autologous bone marrow stem cells, autologous adipose stem cells, and donor human umbilical cord stem cells to treat: multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, heart disease, and autoimmune diseases. To-date, the Institute has treated over 2000 patients. For more information on stem cell therapy: Stem Cell Institute Website: http://www.cellmedicine.com Stem Cell Institute Via Israel & Calle 66 Plaza Pacific Office #2A Phone: +1 800 980-STEM (7836) (USA Toll-free) +1 954 636-3390 (from outside USA) Fax: +1 866 775-3951 (USA Toll-free) +1 775 887-1194 (from outside USA) Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: arthritis, mesenchymal stem cells, Neil Riordan, Panama, rheumatoid, rheumatoid arthritis, riordan, stem cells Would a SpinaBifida patient be a candidate for stem cell? Mark Sandeen says I may have e-mailed you prior, but just in case wanted to make sure. I have a friend with Progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), also known as Duchenne-Aran muscular atrophy and Duchenne-Aran disease — is a rare subtype of motor neuron disease (MND) which affects only the lower motor neurones. PMA is thought to account for around 4% of all MND cases.[1] This is in contrast to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common form of MND, which affects both the upper and lower motor neurones, or primary lateral sclerosis, another rare MND variant, which affects only the upper motor neurons. The distinction is important because PMA is associated with a better prognosis than classic ALS. Sorry for the cut and paste, just easier…Is there any current treatment for him ? Neuralstem and Brainstorm have current trials, but the Umbilical Cord derived MSC’s might stave off the progression of the disease, at least thats a question to you….. I appreciate you and what you are doing, and I have watched Dr. Caplan’s series of videos produced by you at least five times….. I am hoping Bill can see some light at the end of the tunnel, and our hope is to do something rather than wait as his body continues to debilitate…. sandeenmark@gmail.com Alan L. Demos says Dear Dr. Neil Riordan, I and my wife need your stem cell treatment for several damaged cells in our 64 year old bodies. But also we have several friends who also need help. I am a vet who has fellow friends where the VA system does not work. One close friend who has cancer is in his 50s and is about to start chemo. Another has a child who has autism and treatments do not seem to work. The question is I believe in Stem Cell treatment but: How do I tell them about you and what you can offer them? What are the costs and treatment times for different elements? I am retired now with little income but want to be treated as well as be part of this new cutting edge stem cell treatment medicine. I live in San Antonio, can there be a way for me to help all these people here in USA and you in Panama? How can we talk and what are your ideas? Alan Demos, alan2468d@yahoo.com Marilyn Hays says I have CIDP??? can stem cell treatment help or cure me? Dr Isaac Riveroy says Hello Dr. Neil Riordan: This Isaac I was the individual who has RA and recently Dr.Paz put me in contact with you to show you pictures and the results of my condition. I want to forward you those pictures but I need your email and contact number so I can forward those to you. Please contact me via phone number at (909) 261-4522 I would like to come visit your operations in Texas . I am looking forward in doing some clinical research at our MRI Center. Call me we can discuss . Dr Isaac Paul Mitchell says My son Todd who is 40 years old suffers from Psoriatic Arthritis. He has been this way since the age of 27. Todd has tried DMARDS and did not like the side affects as well as the prognosis for long term use of these drugs Todd is currently being treated by Dr. Franco using antibiotics at the Arthritis Centre in Riverside California. Todd has been treated with antibiotics for the past 5 years and has seen improvement over the use of DMARDS but still has frequent flare ups. Todd and his wife Darlene have two daughters and one year ago they had a son. With the birth of their son they kept the umbilical cord in a stem cell bank with the idea of considering stem cell treatment for his psoriatic arthritis. Does stem cell treatment work for PA as well as RA? Does one (1) umbilical cord from his son provide enough stem cell to provide adequate treatment? If Todd was to use your clinic for the treatment how would he ensure his son’s umbilical cord would be used exclusively for his treatment? Does the use of his son’s umbilical cord provide enhanced treatment for his PA over using the bank of stem cell you provide? Where would his son’s stem cells be stored/ What costs can be expected using his son’s umbilical stem cells and your facilities? Please provide literature about your facilities. Best Regards……………..Paul Mitchell (Father of Todd). Denise Durkin says my son had brain surgery 8 years ago. he has a few things wrong post surgery. Pan hypodthyroidism, he takes growth hormone, has diabetes incipidus takes desmopressin spray to control that he takes cortef for hydrocortisone which he no longer produces and he passes out everyday as a side effect of one of these medications. I am a friend of Tina and Brad Hillstrom and would like to hear from you about how this treatment can help my son. Leave a Reply to Dr Isaac Riveroy Cancel reply	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1027
__label__wiki	0.959285	0.959285	October 26, 2020 Syria BY CPJ Syrian journalist Rasheed Bakr killed in an airstrike in northern Idlib The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the killing of Syrian reporter and cameraman Rasheed Bakr and urged all parties in the Syrian conflict to guarantee the safety of civilians, including journalists. October 11, 2020 BY CPJ Journalist stabbed while returning home from work Iliyas Hossain, 45, a correspondent for the local Bangla daily newspaper, Dainik Bijoy, was repeatedly stabbed while returning home from work on the evening of October 11, 2020, in Narayanganj, a suburb of Dhaka, according to news reports and a photo of the body, which CPJ has seen. He was found in the street and taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead. October 2, 2020 BY AP Gunmen on motorcycle kill journalist in Honduras Gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot to death a journalist in Honduras who had worked in radio and television before starting his own social media information channel. September 17, 2020 BY ACOS Alliance Safely covering the pandemic INSI is proud to support a new resource aimed at helping news organisations to cover the pandemic professionally and in a way that minimises risk. September 16, 2020 BY Rappler Former radio reporter killed in Sorsogon shooting A former radio reporter in Sorsogon – now with the Balangibog News Online portal – was gunned down on Monday evening, September 14. September 7, 2020 BY UNESCO Director-General urges investigation into killing of community radio journalist Abelardo Liz in Colombia The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has condemned the killing of Abelardo Liz, a community radio journalist in the town of Corinto, in the southwestern department of Cauca on 13 August. September 7, 2020 BY CPJ Journalists killed in Honduras On July 1, 2020, two unidentified individuals shot Jorge Posas, a camera operator and technician at the local privately owned TV station Canal 45, and German Vallecillo Jr., a host at the station, while they drove in the residential area of El Naranjal, in the northeastern Honduran city of La Ceiba, according to news reports. August 4, 2020 BY CPJ Photojournalist Christoff Griffith killed at crime scene in Barbados Authorities in Barbados must thoroughly investigate the killing of photojournalist Christoff Griffith and ensure those responsible are held to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Griffith is the first journalist CPJ has recorded as killed in relation to his work in Barbados. August 4, 2020 BY the Guardian Killing of Pakistani anti-corruption journalist sparks protests The murder of a reporter known for exposing corruption has set off a wave of protests across Pakistan’s western Balochistan province, one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist. Mexico journalist gunned down – the fifth to be killed this year Press groups have called for justice after unidentified gunmen killed a journalist in southern Mexico, along with a police officer assigned to protect him after a 2016 attack. View on page	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1029
__label__cc	0.551314	0.448686	IndiaRush – Invoking Ethnic Fashion with the Incl... FXB Introduces Bitcoin As Payment Method Dr. Ankit Desai, MD is recognized among Castle Connolly... Food Logistics Magazine Recognizes PINC as 2017 Top Software and Technology Provider Jan 9, 2018 \| Business Union City, CA, January 09, 2018 –(PR.com)– Food Logistics, the only publication exclusively dedicated to covering the movement of product through the global food supply chain, has selected PINC, the number-one provider of yard management and inventory robotics solutions to the food and beverage sector, to its 2017 FL100+ Top Software and Technology Providers list. The annual FL100+ Top Software and Technology Providers list serves as a resource guide of software and technology providers whose products and services are critical for companies in the global food and beverage supply chain. "New developments and innovations in the software and technology sector are making sizeable impacts on the global food supply chain," notes Lara L. Sowinski, editorial director for Food Logistics and its sister publication, Supply & Demand Chain Executive. "The result is a greater visibility, improved regulatory compliance, enhanced shelf life for perishables, and the emergence of a more proactive and nimble food supply chain that benefits both the food industry and its logistics partners, as well as the end consumer." "We have the privilege to work with industry leading food and beverage companies. Our mantra has always been to positively impact our customers' operations through digital technology and automation," says Matt Yearling, CEO of PINC. "I would like to personally thank Food Logistics' team for recognizing PINC as a top software and technology provider." About PINC PINC provides scalable software, hardware, and services that enable companies to locate and move inventory through their supply chain faster, more cost-effectively, and more efficiently. The company's cloud-based real-time asset tracking platform, powered by an Internet of Things (IoT) sensor network that includes passive RFID, GPS, optical, cellular, and other sensors, provides actionable insights and connected expert guidance that allow companies to optimize their supply chain execution. Learn more about PINC at www.pinc.com. About Food Logistics Food Logistics is published by AC Business Media, a business-to-business media company that provides targeted content and comprehensive, integrated advertising and promotion opportunities for some of the world's most recognized B2B brands. Its diverse portfolio serves the construction, logistics, supply chain and other industries with print, digital and custom products, events and social media. Learn more about FL at www.foodlogistics.com. PINC Rafael Granato www.pinc.com Read the full story here: https://www.pr.com/press-release/740845 PreviousPrayer Points for 2018: Prayer is the Door to Success in 2018 NextLightning Surge Systems from 3ctest Will Fill Void from Thermo Keytek Closure WorkBoat Names its Boat of the Year FINE WINE INVESTMENT: INVESTING IN FINE WINE IS MORE LUCRATIVE THAN EVER SteelCo Buildings Wins Best Overall Float Mississippi Mesothelioma Victims Center Is Urging A Navy Veteran In Mississippi With Mesothelioma or Asbestos Exposure Lung Cancer To Call About The Lawyers Who Get Them The Best Compensation Results 5:41am8:49pm NZDT Wind: 11km/h S Weather forecast Wellington, New Zealand ▸ Shaka Smith Encourages the Wrongfully Incarcerated to “Stay Strong” on Debut Single Top 10 Things to do in Helsinki THE BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED ACTRESS SARAH JOSEPHINE BOSCH Interview With Em Soto on New Single Drift & Swerve Apple Vs FBI: All you need to know	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1030
__label__cc	0.594457	0.405543	NILL added new content to 6 Indian Law Bulletins on 5/30 * U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin Case was decided in Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community (tribal sovereign immunity) and petition was denied in Village of Hobart v. Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin (land into trust) on May 27, 2014. * U.S. Courts of Appeals Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/cta/2014cta.html Colombe v. Rosebud Sioux Tribe (casino management contract) * United States Federal Trial Courts Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/dct/2014dct.html Cases featured: Jones v. Schneiderman (jurisdiction, sporting events) * News Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.htm In the "Sovereign Immunity" section, we feature a couple of articles about the U.S. Supreme Court Bay Mills Indian Community decision. * U.S. Legislation Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/113_uslegislation.html One new bill was added: S.2132 - Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2014 * Regulatory Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2014fr.html We feature proposed rules of the Department of Interior regarding federal acknowledgment of American Indian tribes. NILL added new content to 6 Indian Law Bulletins o...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1034
__label__wiki	0.744783	0.744783	Empty student rooms provide sanctuary for domestic abuse victims Written by Martin Steers on October 23, 2020 Vacant student accommodation at the University was once again used for a good cause, recently housing people who had suffered domestic abuse during the pandemic. A small number of empty rooms were used between March and August following referrals from Northamptonshire Police. Those living in them were supported by the police and social workers. In normal circumstances, the police have an emergency arrangement with local hotels to house victims of domestic abuse and other crimes associated with vulnerability. However, due to strict lock down restrictions and hotels not having the required space, a new arrangement with the University of Northampton was put in place. Becky Bradshaw, Director of Estates and Campus Services, said: “At the beginning of the pandemic we made a commitment to assist our local community in whichever way we could. When we heard that hotel closures had left Northamptonshire Police with nowhere to offer as sanctuary to vulnerable members of our community, we were of course keen to help by offering our empty accommodation, just as we previously did for individuals who were sleeping rough and key workers in Northampton earlier this year. “We have been more than pleased to once again open our doors to home vulnerable people in need of a safe place to stay.” Detective Superintendent Lee McBride from Northamptonshire Police said: “Being able to house these seven vulnerable people at University of Northampton accommodation was extremely useful during the COVID–19 lockdown and I would like to thank the University for allowing us to use their student housing in this way. “The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people in so many ways and none more so than victims of domestic abuse and other crimes associated with vulnerability who, in a strict lockdown, had no escape. “The accommodation provided by the University became a sanctuary for seven of these people who were able to live somewhere where they felt safe and looked after.” Martin Steers NLive Radio wins county award for supporting the community during the pandemic University to provide Careers webinars for the community Local Charity and Telecommunications company form partnership to deliver Tech4Kids across Northamptonshire NLive Volunteers among those celebrated as community champions	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1037
__label__wiki	0.512707	0.512707	Last edited by Dajar Saturday, November 28, 2020 \| History 1 edition of Quality of service in museums and galleries found in the catalog. Quality of service in museums and galleries customer care in museums : guidelines on implementations Published 1993 by Museums & Galleries Commission in London . Cover title. Statement Museums & Galleries Commission. Contributions Great Britain. Museums and Galleries Commission. Are you concerned about providing visitors with the best overall experience possible? This manual can help museum staff make a case for visitor services, understand and meet the needs of visitors, plan and staff visitor services, train staff, and evaluate services. More than 25 museum leaders contributed their knowledge and experience to make this manual the most complete resource for . List of museums in Mexico. Jump to navigation Jump to search. This is a list of museums and galleries in Mexico Museums and galleries Aguascalientes. Aguascalientes Museum; Guadalupe Posada Museum; Museo Descubre (IMAX screen) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Museums in Mexico. What does NMG stand for? NMG stands for National Museums and Galleries. National Museums and Galleries of Wales is a book publisher. Department of National Heritage, national museums and galleries: quality of service to the public: report. [Great Britain. National Audit. Foreign ownership and the advertising industry figure of the Arab in medieval Italian literature. Hold-up. Economic conditions in the Federal Republic of Germany Class struggle and the industrial revolution Manu Parekh, exhibition of paintings, 20th January-16 February 95. Small houses in England 1520-1820 Progress report of the Legislative Commission on the Modernization and Simplification of Tax Administration and the Tax Law. Welsh wars of Edward I Fanaticism fanatically imputed to the Catholick church by Doctour Stillingfleet Cliffords Good Deeds Library Edition dictionary of modern English usage. The midnight visitors Inside Little Britain Comparative endocrinology of calcium regulation The Wisdom of the Zen masters Differences in the length of words and nonwords under prime influences in short-term memory Lighten up, George Archaeology and the blind Quality of service in museums and galleries Download PDF EPUB FB2 Museums & Galleries is proud to announce the exclusive launch of Zandra Rhodes branded. Quality and service. Our exclusive licenses and innovative products are combined with a genuine commitment to value and customer service. Whether you're looking to grow your retail business, or develop your licensed brand, we will help you stand out from the. museums in more than 40 European countries), an empirical approach founded on the use of an evaluation grid which the members of the EMYA Committee have elaborated starting from Kenneth Hudson’s intuition of the so-called “Public Quality of Museums”, a concept to which we’ll refer moreFile Size: KB. Get this from a library. Department of National Heritage, national museums and galleries: quality of service to the public: report. [Great Britain. National Audit Office.]. In this pioneering book, Christopher Whitehead provides an overview and critique of art interpretation practices in museums and galleries. Covering the philosophy and sociology of art, traditions in art history and art display, the psychology of the aesthetic experience and ideas about learning and communication, Whitehead advances major theoretical frameworks for understanding interpretation Cited by: A Study of Service Quality and Satisfaction for Museums - Taking the National Museum of Prehistory as an Example Shi, Hui-Ying, Postgraduate student of Business Management Department, Asia University Taiwan museums have been expanded from the traditional book reservation, storage, study, and exhibition to the The P.Z.B service Quality of service in museums and galleries book Cited by: 8. Best Sellers Customer Service Find a Gift Registry New Releases Gift Cards AmazonBasics Sell #FoundItOnAmazon Whole Foods Free Shipping Shopper Toolkit Museums & Galleries There's a problem loading this menu right now. Author and art dealer Ed Mero of Prestige Fine Art. Ed Mero has been immersed in the world of museum quality art and fine art recreations for more than 20 years. Along the way, he has accumulated many wonderful stories about artists, collectors, and the works of art that bring them all together. Standards and Best Practices. A shared set standards are a critical element for any professional field. Standards are a tool to help museums assess and align their operations and performance; they serve to hold museums accountable—to each other, their stakeholders, the public and society at large; and they enable museum leadership and staff to make informed, ethical and consistent decisions. “ The best art and antiques shop in Luxor, museum quality pieces for a reasonable price and a very knowledgeable and friendly owner, great service. “ Beautiful shop excellent quality and good prince nice service mohamed was vary frindly Highly recommend ”. Top Alaska History Museums: See reviews and photos of history museums in Alaska, United States on Tripadvisor. Art Galleries, Art Museums. The Rain Barrel. Reviews. Gift & Specialty Shops, Art Galleries. History paintings are of lesser reading room occupies one corner contains a modest library & is an open invitation. To me, “museum quality” means something is worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection. And there are basically Quality of service in museums and galleries book categories of museums: history and art. Art museums look for the absolute finest example of a certain kind of art. EVALUATION OF MUSEUMS SERVICE QUALITY A RESEARCH STUDY OF MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES VISITORS’ SATISFACTION John Mylonakis Eleutheria Kendristakis Hellenic Open University, Athens, Greece1 Abstract: As competition increases in the leisure sector, quality service is an advantage that increases the number of new and repeat users. Museums & Galleries Ltd is the UK’s leading producer of quality art cards and design led stationery and gifts. We source from the world’s greatest art design and illustration archives as well as working directly with established and emerging artists and independent galleries Based in Corby in England, with a dedicated art studio in Frome. The Art UK Shop raises revenues for the museums, galleries, charities and trusts that care for the nation’s art. We support collections by selling high-quality print reproductions, image licences, gifts and art books. Would definitely recommend. Very desirable books. An excellent service. I would certainly recommend this excellent service for. This is the first book to explore and evaluate the potential of museum and gallery spaces and partnerships for art therapy. Showcasing approaches by well-known art therapists, the edited collection contains descriptions of, and reflections on, art therapy in museums and galleries around the globe.5/5(1). World-renowned museums. Explore a variety of Fort Worth museums that are world-famous for their architecture and the quality of their collections. The Fort Worth Cultural District, home to five museums in a relaxing, park-like setting is a great place to start your tour. Review of the armed forces service museums Review of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, the National Army Museum and the Royal Air Force Museum. Published 9 February From. In order to measure service quality in the heritage context, including museums, Frochot and Hug h es (2 ) have re -modified the SERVQUAL model into a new model called HISTOQUAL. Bradford Museums & Galleries Volunteers’ Handbook CARTWRIGHT HALL ART GALLERY CLIFFE CASTLE MUSEUM BOLLING HALL BRADFORD INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM PAGE 3 Bradford Museums and Galleries (BMG) exists to provide a high quality museums and galleries service that is responsive, inspiring and challenging, and through active. Buy thousands of artworks from partner museums and art galleries. The artworks available to purchase on the Art UK Shop belong to a number of Art UK Partner Collections including museums and art galleries. Each collection has a wonderful catalogue of publicly owned oil paintings for you to enjoy online and purchase as reproduction art prints. Contemplating museums’ service failure: Extracting the service quality dimensions of museums from negative on-line reviews. has revealed that the museums and galleries that are directly funded by the U.K. government attracted million visitors in /, a record high since the first data were published in /03 Cited by: Open up a treasure trove of decorative arts in the new Art, Design and Fashion galleries or follow the story of Scotland from prehistory to the present day in the Scottish galleries. From meteorites to monsters from the deep, the Natural World galleries tell the story of our planet, while the World Cultures galleries link people and possessions. Museums attract attention and can alter the perception of whole regions – the best example is the deconstructionist author-architecture of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao or the open architecture of the Louvre-Lens embedded in its surroundings. But even smaller galleries and unusual exhibition concepts can open the doors to the world of art. Buy Marketing and Public Relations for Museums, Galleries, Cultural and Heritage Attractions 1 by French, Ylva, Runyard, Sue (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.5/5(2). service to visitors as well as from narrower goal-driven educational agenda. The exhibition standards, guidelines, and principles reviewed for this paper were developed by museums, professionals working with museums and other cultural organizations, and associations; thus, they were issued in several different formats. At times, exhibition File Size: KB. MUseUMs AND GAlleRIes CoMMIssIoN. “stANDARDs IN tHe MUseUM CARe oF PHotoGRAPHIC ColleCtIoNs.” “Polyethylene foam (such as Plastazote)can be used to line shelves or drawers in order to soften the hard surfaces.” MUseUMs AND GAlleRIes CoMMIssIoN. “stANDARDs IN tHe MUseUM CARe oF CostUMe AND textIle ColleCtIoNs.”. Art Galleries and Museums Businesses for Sale. BizQuest has more Art Gallery and Museum business for sale listings than any other source. Whether you are looking to buy a Art Gallery and Museum business for sale or sell your Art Gallery and Museum business, BizQuest is the Internet's leading Art Gallery and Museum business for sale marketplace. Arts in British Columbia, Canada. Cite this entry as: () Art Museums/Galleries. In: Michalos A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. 10 iconic artworks to see in and around Amsterdam. Amsterdam is not just a city for lovers of history, architecture, culture and cuisine – it’s a city for the artists. With its dozens of museums and galleries, you get a front row seat to fine art from around the world. Museums in Edinburgh Famous above all for its fascinating history, Edinburgh offers equally excellent museums and galleries, and the entry to the majority of these is totally free. Although Edinburgh is better known for its history and for its ghosts, from a cultural point of view the city has equally deep heritage, with museums and galleries. Museum Management and Curatorship (), 12, Customer Perception Auditing A Means of Monitoring the Service Provided by Museums and Galleries NICK JOHNS AND SUE L. CLARK Introduction Quality auditing is now well established as a means of assessing and enhancing service quality in many industrial sectors, and this paper suggests that the time is ripe for museums and Cited by: Washington, DC is known for being home to world-class museums. In addition to the fabulous slate of free museums along the National Mall, the District is home to a vast collection of high quality museums to investigate everything from crime and news to art, history and more. The first. TrustPilot: “Excellent” /10 Tiqets is the best app to plan and organize your trip. Book skip-the-line and fast-track tickets to museums, galleries, cruises, theme parks, guided tours, and many other attractions. The Tiqets app opens the doors of culture to those who don’t want to wait in culture’s long lines. Whether you’re at home or already traveling, you can browse cultural /5(K). The City of Salisbury, NC is the county seat of Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The population in the Census (growing % from the previous Census in ). Salisbury is the home to famed North Carolina soft drink, Cheerwine and regional supermarket Food Lion. It is one of only two cities in North Carolina to have Internet up to 10 gigabits per second through its. Museums, libraries and galleries are the sacred spaces of academics. They are places where art, history, culture and science come alive. No matter what sort of academic or exhibit space you are developing, managing or curating, window films can be an exceptional addition to any building, providing exceptional defense from UVB radiation, break-ins, natural disasters and more. These hints from insider Ragnhild Martine Bø will lead you to high-quality historical museums all over Norway. Ragnhild Martine Bø, art historian and postdoctoral researcher at The Institute of archeology, conservation, and history in Oslo, is the person to ask for guidance to some of Norway’s. London is one of those cities in the world where you can find almost anything. If you are one of those people who like visiting museums then you can find all kind of museums in this city and if you are interested in “visiting art galleries London” then this city of full of mind blowing art galleries too. There are so many museums and art galleries London that covering all of them in one. the state and regional conferences and the quality of the institutional research work being done in other parts of the world. In addition, there are AIR Showcases, Table Topics, Demonstrations and Contributed Papers. World Wide Web and E-Mail Service Availability Several workstations will be available for use by attendees to access the. IMPORTANCE OF MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES Strategic objectives Museums and galleries, as well as any other company must operate in line with their objectives, strategies and strategic actions. • e strategic goals are long term and are the answer to the question of what the museum wants to be in the future. Live Borders Museums, Galleries & Archives St Maryâ€&#x;s Mill Level Crossing Road Selkirk TD7 5EW t: t:. The Smithsonian offers eleven museums and galleries on the National Mall plus six other museums and the National Zoo in the greater National Capital Area. In New York City, we invite you to tour two museums in historic settings. Not near a Smithsonian museum? Look for exhibitions and affiliate museums in your community.Records Management for Museums and Galleries offers a comprehensive overview of records management work within the heritage sector and draws on over a .Save on popular hotels near Museums & Galleries of Podgorica, Downtown: Browse Expedia's selection of hotels and places to stay closest to Museums & Galleries of Podgorica. Find cheap deals and discount rates among them that best fit your budget. It's simple to book your hotel with Expedia! Contact Us DMCA Terms and Privacy cincinnatiblackhistory.com © 2020	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1040
__label__cc	0.730313	0.269687	Login/Renew Ambitious for Welcome to your National Party membership portal MyNational! Here you can update your personal details, find out about what's going on near you, and recruit your friends and family to the Party. National Party President I am incredibly proud to be a member of the New Zealand National Party. Like you, I believe only a National Government will deliver for our country and steer us through the most significant health and economic crisis in 100 years. It's thanks to the tireless work of members and volunteers, just like you, that over 80 years since the founding of our Party National continues to provide a clear and aspirational vision for New Zealand's future. MEET PETER MEET THE BOARD UPDATES FROM NATIONAL Member Bulletins 5 things you need to know - 28 August 2020 BY National Party Today marks 50 days until Election day, and 36 days until early voting begins.Our National team are continuing to roll out our policy platform to get New Zealand working and we will be working hard... 5 things you need to know - 16 June 2020 Last Thursday marked 100 days till Election day, and as each day goes by the choice couldn't be clearer for the future of New Zealand. 5 things you need to know - 16 March 2020 With 187 days until the General Election, Simon Bridges recently released the first of National’s five-part economic plan. Join us and make a difference National is made up of over 30,000 hard-working members and supporters, who want to make a difference and help shape the future of our country. It’s simple and easy to join, and you can be involved as much or as little as you like. JOIN THE TEAM THAT WILL GET NEW ZEALAND WORKING AGAIN Why Join National? Recruit New Party Group National Homepage Authorised by G Hamilton, 41 Pipitea Street, Thorndon, Wellington. Created by VOXARA with NationBuilder	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1041
__label__wiki	0.907625	0.907625	“Gun Lobby Goons At It Again”: The NRA’s Disarming Plan To Arm Schools The gun-lobby goons were at it again. The National Rifle Association’s security guards gained notoriety earlier this year when, escorting NRA officials to a hearing, they were upbraided by Capitol authorities for pushing cameramen. The thugs were back Tuesday when the NRA rolled out its “National School Shield” — the gun lobbyists’ plan to get armed guards in public schools — and this time they were packing heat. About 20 of them — roughly one for every three reporters — fanned out through the National Press Club, some in uniforms with gun holsters exposed, others with earpieces and bulges under their suit jackets. In a spectacle that officials at the National Press Club said they had never seen before, the NRA gunmen directed some photographers not to take pictures, ordered reporters out of the lobby when NRA officials passed and inspected reporters’ briefcases before granting them access to the news conference. The antics gave new meaning to the notion of disarming your critics. By journalistic custom and D.C. law, of course, reporters don’t carry guns to news conferences — and certainly not when the person at the lectern is the NRA’s Asa Hutchinson, an unremarkable former congressman and Bush administration official whom most reporters couldn’t pick out of a lineup. But the NRA wasn’t going to leave any doubt about its superior firepower. Thus has it gone so far in the gun debate in Washington. The legislation is about to be taken up in Congress, but by most accounts the NRA has already won. Plans for limiting assault weapons and ammunition clips are history, and the prospects for meaningful background checks are bleak. Now, The Post’s Philip Rucker and Ed O’Keefe report, the NRA is proposing language to gut the last meaningful gun-control proposal, making gun trafficking a federal crime. Apparently, the gun lobby thinks even criminals deserve Second Amendment protection. If the NRA has its way, as it usually does, states will soon be weakening their gun laws to allow more guns in schools. The top two recommendations Hutchinson announced Tuesday involved firearms in the schoolhouse. The first: “training programs” for “designated armed school personnel.” The second: “adoption of model legislation by individual states to allow for armed school personnel.” Hutchinson claimed that his task force, which came up with these ideas, had “full independence” from the NRA. By coincidence, the proposals closely matched those announced by the NRA before it formed and funded the task force. The task force did scale back plans to protect schools with armed volunteer vigilantes, opting instead for arming paid guards and school staff — at least one in every school. States and school districts “are prepared” to pay for it, Hutchinson declared. The task force garnished the more-guns recommendations with some good ideas, such as better fencing, doors and security monitoring for schools, and more mental-health intervention. But much of that is in the overall Senate legislation that the NRA is trying to kill. To close his case, Hutchinson introduced a secret weapon, “special guest” Mark Mattioli, the father of one of the Newtown, Conn., victims. Mattioli told reporters that there had been “nine school shootings since Newtown” but that Newtown was “off the bell curve, if you will, with respect to the impact.” Perhaps that’s because the Newtown killer had a military-style gun with a 30-round magazine? Hutchinson, queried by a reporter from Connecticut, said that limiting assault weapons is “totally inadequate” because it “doesn’t stop violence in the schools.” Likewise, he told CBS News’s Nancy Cordes, limiting magazine clips won’t work as well as his plan to “give the schools more tools” — i.e., guns. And he told CNN’s Jim Acosta that background checks weren’t related to his focus of school safety. Fox News’s Chad Pergram mentioned the gun-control legislation. “Do you see any common ground?” he asked. “This will be the common ground,” Hutchinson said of his proposals. If so, American schoolchildren may grow accustomed to the sort of scene Hutchinson caused Tuesday, protected by more armed guards than a Third World dictator. Hutchinson, pressed by reporters about the armed goons, said: “You go into a mall, there is security. And so there is security here at the National Press Club.” A reporter asked Hutchinson what he was afraid of. “There’s nothing I’m afraid of. I’m very wide open,” Hutchinson replied, separated from his unarmed questioners by an eight-foot buffer zone, a lectern, a raised podium, a red-velvet rope and a score of gun-toting men. “There’s nothing I’m nervous about.” By: Dana Milbank, Opinion Writer, The Washington Post, April 2, 2013 April 4, 2013 Posted by raemd95 \| Gun Control, Guns \| Asa Hutchinson, Assault Weapons Ban, Background Checks, Gun Trafficking, Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, School Shield Program, School Shootings \| Leave a comment	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1044
__label__wiki	0.630998	0.630998	Tag Archives: Warren Robb Album Review: John Conlee – ‘Rose Colored Glasses’ 1 Comment Posted by Occasional Hope on March 4, 2019 The title track was a surprise hit for John Conlee, and a career-defining hit. Swathed in strings, but allowing his powerful voice to cut through, the insightful lyrics are about a man who is almost fooling himself about a woman who is obviously over their relationship. It was written by Conlee with George Baber. The single peaked at #5 on Billboard, but its influence outweighed that by far. The album elicited two even more successful hits, now that John Conlee was a known quantity. ‘Lady Lay Down’, written by Rafe VanHoy and Don Cook, is an emotional ballad in which the protagonist begs the woman who is threatening to leave to sleep with him again, to make up for all his past neglect. This and the final single made it all the way to #1. The last single, ‘Backside Of Thirty’, is another self-penned tune about a successful man whose life ‘all comes undone’ when his wife leaves him and feels he no long has anything to look forward to: Makin’ money at thirty with a wife and a son Then a short five years later it all comes undone She’s gone back to mama with the boy by her side Now I’m wine-drunk and running with them on my mind I’m on the backside of thirty and back on my own An empty apartment don’t feel like a home On the backside of thirty, The short side of time Back on the bottom with no will to climb It’s dawn Monday morning and I just called in sick I skipped work last Friday to drink this much red And when my friends ask me, Lord, I’ll tell them I’m fine But my eyes tell a story that my lies can’t hide Conlee wrote another couple of songs on the album, but they fall into the filler category. ‘I’ll Be Easy’ is addressed to a woman who wants to take things more slowly than he does. ‘Hold On’ ‘Something Special’ is a nice mid-paced love song written by Dave Loggins. ‘Let Your Love Fall Back On Me’ is a very good song addressed to an ex who has found new love: I hear you’ve put your happiness In the hands of someone new That’s alright I guess I want the best for you If all I hear is true There’ll soon be wedding bells I guess you’ve set the date I guess I wish you well If you find the road you’re on Hard to travel any way at all If you should stumble and fall Let your love fall back on me Max D Barnes and Rayburn Anthony wrote ‘She Loves My Troubles Away’, a cheerily positive love song about making it through the hard times: Lost my job down at the docks My old Chevy’s up on blocks I got holes in both my socks But she loves me Her ol’ washing machine still squeaks Our hot water heater leaks I ain’t worked in 14 weeks And she loves my troubles away Every night she makes my day Troubles get me down But they never stay Cause she loves my troubles away I can’t give her fancy things Pretty clothes or diamond rings Nor the pleasure money brings Late at night she takes my hand Says “you know I understand You just do the best you can” Then she loves me The legendary “Doodle” Owen contributed two songs. ‘Just Let It Slide’ urges reconciliation and tolerance within a relationship: I don’t even know what started the fight we just had One minute we’re happy Next minute we’re both fighting mad And what does it get us Outside of this hurting inside? Cause we’re not forgiving, We’re never willing To listen and just let it slide. Wild accusations lead us to a quarrel every time. And then comes that game of Who’s right and who’s wrong in our minds. When the trigger of temper is pulled by the finger of pride. Baby lets be forgiving and try to be willing To listen and just let it slide Just think of the time we’ve already wasted on hate And count out the hours when love had to stand back and wait Then the next time our anger puts us on opposite sides ‘Some Old California Memory’ is an excellent song written by Owens with Warren Robb, which had been a minor hit (#28) for Henson Cargill in 1973. It sees a loved one leaving by plane. The production, courtesy of Bud Logan, bears all the hallmarks of its era, with a string section adding sophistication, but it is just subtle enough laid over a country basis to allow Conlee’s voice and the strong material to shine. It is available digitally. Album Reviews, Retro Reviews, Spotlight Artist A. L. "Doodle" Owens, Bud Logan, Dave Loggins, Don Cook, George Baber, Henson Cargill, John Conlee, Max D Barnes, Rafe VanHoy, Rayburn Anthony, Warren Robb Album Review: Moe Bandy – ‘It’s A Cheating Situation’ Leave a comment Posted by Paul W. Dennis on February 21, 2018 It’s a Cheating Situation is the 10th studio album by Moe Bandy and his seventh album of new material. Released in 1979, the album reached #19 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart, his best showing in a few years. The album generated two top ten hits and featured the solid country sound that made Moe such a favorite among fans of traditional country music. The album opened with the title track a fine track featuring Janie Fricke on harmony. Written by Curly Putman and Sonny Throckmorton, the song sailed to #1 on Record World (#2 Billboard, #1 Canadian Country), one of only two solo Bandy singles to reach #1. The song was a bit unusual for Bandy, but effective. It’s a cheating situation, a stealing invitation To take what’s not really ours, to make it through the midnight hours It’s a cheating situation, just a cheap imitation Doing what we have to do when there’s no love at home There’s no use in pretending, there’ll be a happy ending Where our love’s concerned, sweetheart, we both know We’ll take love where we find it, love and try to hide it It’s all we got, for we know they’re not gonna let us go Next up is a more typical Moe Bandy number in “Barstool Mountain”, written by Donn Tankersley and Wayne Carson. The song was the second single released from the album and reached #9. The song had been recorded, as an album track, by Johnny Paycheck a few years earlier on his Take This Job And Shove It album. I like Paycheck but Bandy’s version is far superior I’ve finally found a place where I can take it All this loneliness you left behind. On a mountain that’s no hill for a climber. Just one step up, sit back and pour the wine. I climb up on barstool mountain. High above your world where there’s no pain. And I’m the king of barstool mountain. Pretending I don’t love you once again. “Cheaters Never Win” by Sanger Shafer and Doodle Owens sounds like something Hank Williams might have written, and the comparison is driven home by the arrangement put together for Bandy. Released a decade before, the song would have made a good single for someone. I don’t know how long you left me here alone But I sure was a lonesome someone And I learned from a friend how cheaters never win Oh, but we sure have more fun. When empty arms need someone soft to fill them They’ll start reaching out for almost anyone My stood to couldn’t stand and cheaters never win “Conscience Where Were You (When I Needed You Last Night)” is a medium slow ballad from the pens of Sanger Shafer and Warren Robb. I’m not that familiar with songwriter Herb McCollough but his “Try My Love On for Size” is a nice song with steel and fiddle driving the ong along. This song is taken at a moderately up-tempo pace. I really like the song, but I don’t think it would have made for a successful single. Yeah slip into my arms I think you’ll find a perfect fit They’ll keep you warm throughout the coldest nights And these lips will cool the fires that burn you deep inside My love will hold you close but not too tight. So try my love on for size It’ll never shrink or run or fade away Yes, try my love on for size Never return it if you’re fully satisfied. Never return it if you’re fully satisfied… Bobby Barker’s “To Cheat Or Not To Cheat” is a mid-tempo song that asks what I suppose to be the eternal question (my suggestion is ‘Not To Cheat’). It’s an okay song as an album track but nothing more. While she makes another midnight pot of coffee We’re mixin’ up just one last glass of gin And before I even cheat I’m feelin’ guilty And gin can’t dim these butterflies within. To cheat or not to cheat, that’s the question That’s been runnin’ through my mind all evenin’ long To cheat or not to cheat, what’s the answer Now I’m pullin’ in my driveway here at home… Max D. Barnes was a fine songwriter, and “She Stays In The Name of Love” is a good song that I think could have been a good single for someone. Johnny Gimble and Weldon Myrick shine on this track. I’ve been everything that a man shouldn’t be I’ve done things a man won’t do And it’s hard to believe what she sees in me After all that I put her through. But I guess that she knows when the bars finally close She’s the one that I’m thinkin’ of Well she could leave in the name of a heart full of pain But she stays in the name of love. “It Just Helps To Keep The Hurt From Hurtin'” is a fine and wistful Cindy Walker ballad that Moe tackles successfully with just the right amount of trepidation in his voice. Carl Belew was one of my favorite songwriters, and while his success as a performer was limited, some of his songs became great pop and country classics (“Stop The World and Let Me Off”, “Lonely Street”, “What’s He Doing In My World”, “Am I That Easy To Forget”, “Don’t Squeeze My Sharmon”). “When My Working Girl Comes Home (And Works on Me)” is the sort of album material that Moe excels at singing. The album closes with “They Haven’t Made The Drink (That Can Get Me Over You)”, another mid-tempo Sanger Shafer – Doodle Owens honky-tonk classic, featuring Johnny Gimble on fiddle and “Pig” Robbins on piano . For the life of me, I do not understand why this track wasn’t released as a single by Moe or perhaps someone else. The face on my watch stares up through a scratched up crystal As if to say I’m sorry it’s too early for the booze Sometimes my mind wonders from the bottle to the pistol ‘Cause they haven’t made the drink that can get me over you. The bartenders’ local called a special meeting They came up with a drink called ‘What’s The Use’ I must have drank a dozen before I broke down cryin’ There are signs on several tracks of the Moe Bandy sound beginning to soften a little. There’s still plenty of ‘Drifting Cowboy’ steel guitar and Texas-style fiddle but on a few tracks the Jordanaires are a little more prominent than I would like, and the title track is far less honky-tonk that Moe’s usual fare. Among the musicians helping keep this country are the following: Bob Moore (bass), Johnny Gimble (fiddle, mandolin), Hargus “Pig” Robbins (piano), Bobby Thompson (banjo), Weldon Myrick (steel guitar), and Charlie McCoy (harmonica). I very much like this album and would rate it an “A”. Album Reviews, Retro Reviews, Spotlight Artist A. L. "Doodle" Owens, Bob Moore, Bobby Barker, Bobby Thompson, Carl Belew, Charlie McCoy, Cindy Walker, Curly Putman, Donn Tankersley, Hank Williams, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Herb McCullough, Janie Fricke, Johnny Gimble, Johnny Paycheck, Max D Barnes, Moe Bandy, Sanger D Shafer, Sonny Throckmorton, The Jordanaires, Warren Robb, Wayne Carson, Weldon Myrick Album Review: Rhonda Vincent – ‘Timeless And True Love’ 2 Comments Posted by Occasional Hope on July 9, 2012 Rhonda’s fourth and last album for Rebel (another 1991 release) heralded the move she was about to make into straight country music. Produced by Rhonda with brother and band member Darrin and Ronny Light, it was her best effort to date with a nice collection of material, although many of the songs were covers, some of them surprisingly recent country songs given a tasteful bluegrass or semi-bluegrass treatment. A ballad-dominated set, whose songs were picked out with the assistance of the great songwriter Jim Rushing (although he did not write any of them himself), this is basically a bluegrass influenced country album rather than a pure bluegrass one, with piano, drums, steel and electric guitar added to the basic bluegrass band, although the instrumentation is mainly acoustic and bluegrass-sounding with Rhonda’s mandolin much in evidence. Guests include banjo stars Allison Brown and Bela Fleck. The beautiful title track was previously recorded by The McCarters, a sister trio who had a top 5 country hit with it in 1987. A sunny version of ‘Birmingham Turnaround’, a song written by Sanger D Shafer and Warren Robb which had been cut on Keith Whitley’s 1988 classic Don’t Close Your Eyes, opens the set in straight bluegrass style. Neither of these quite matches the originals, but they are agreeable listening nonetheless. The best of the covers is a charming version of another Sanger D Shafer co-write, ‘I Do My Cryin’ At Night’, an old Lefty Frizzell song, which works well for Rhonda. Another favorite track is ‘I’m Not That Lonely Yet’, a lovely traditional country song written by Bill and Sharon Rice about the hard process of getting over an ex, and resisting the temptation of getting back together with him. It was a #3 hit single for Reba McEntire in 1982. ‘Midnight Angel’ is not the country song recorded by both Barbara Mandrell and Highway 101, but an excellent plaintive number written by two of the finest bluegrass songwriters, Pete Goble and Bobby Osborne, but given a classic country arrangement. Steel guitar dominates as Rhonda addresses the title character, her errant spouse who spends the nights preying on other women while she waits unloved at home. ‘Let’s Put Love Back To Work’, written by Larry Cordle and Mark Collie, is an attractive love duet sung with bluegrass singer David Parmley (credited only as a harmony vocalist), The lovely sounding ‘Artificial Tears’ features prominent harmonies from Alison Krauss. Despite the sweetness of the music, Rhonda gives an ultimatum to a partner unwilling to show his true feelings and pretending to be upset about her leaving. ‘Lucinda’ is a story song painting a picture of a kindly truck stop waitress who, having her own lover taken from her, lives vicariously through the truckers’ tales. Another story song, ‘Bobby And Sarah’ relates a love story from teenage romance to marriage and babies. ‘Homecoming’ is a pretty Carl Jackson gospel song about the promise of heaven. ‘Moving On’ is an early Irene Kelley song, written with Nancy Montgomery, pleasant but not that memorable. Rhonda plays both mandolin and fiddle on the record, and showcases her skills on a self-composed instrumental, ‘Cherry Jubilee’. This is a fine record which reveals Rhonda at a time when she was planning to spread her wings beyond bluegrass. The vocals are not quite as golden as on her later records, but the overall package is very good indeed. Album Reviews, Spotlight Artist Alison Krauss, Allison Brown, Barbara Mandrell, Bela Fleck, Bill Rice, Bobby Osborne, Carl Jackson, Darrin Vincent, David Parmley, Irene Kelley, Jim Rushing, Keith Whitley, Larry Cordle, Lefty Frizzell, Mark Collie, Nancy Montgomery, Pete Goble, Reba McEntire, Rhonda Vincent, Ronny Light, Sanger D Shafer, Sharon Rice, The McCarters, Warren Robb Album Review: George Jones – ‘Walls Can Fall’ 7 Comments Posted by Occasional Hope on July 28, 2010 George’s second MCA album was released in 1992, and showed he was still capable of competing with the younger artists musically, although he was getting squeezed out of radio playlists. Producer Emory Gordy Jr gives the up tempo tracks a muscular rhythmic backing adapted to contemporary radio trends, but the ballads get a more subtle treatment. Gordy’s wife Patty Loveless sings backing vocals, together with Vince Gill. A select group of younger stars provided backing vocals on the age-defying ‘I Don’t Need Your Rockin’ Chair’, with Vince and Patty joined by Garth Brooks, Joe Diffie, Pam Tillis, T. Graham Brown, Mark Chesnutt, Travis Tritt, Alan Jackson, and Clint Black. George and friends were rewarded with the CMA Award for Vocal Event of the Year, in 1993, although the single was only moderately successful, peaking at #34. Written by Billy Yates, Kerry Kurt Phillips and Frank Dycus, the song has never been a favorite of mine despite its accolades. Lyrically it is dangerously close to a novelty song, with slightly overbearing production. I prefer the cheerfully rebellious ‘Wrong’s What I Do Best’ (written by Dickey Lee, Mike Campbell and Freddy Weller), the vibrant second single, although it flopped at radio, failing to rise above the 60s. It may have been a mistake not to release the closing track, ‘Finally Friday’ (previously recorded by Earl Thomas Conley). George roars and growls his way through this insistently rhythmic ode to the end of the working week in what is in many ways a more successful defiance of age than ‘I Don’t Need Your Rockin’ Chair’. A ballad was picked for the final (and sadly noncharting) single, but not one of George’s heartbreak specials. The title track is also an older man’s song but a more dignified one, expressing gratitude for a love breaking through the barriers the protagonist has erected over the years, for which Yates and Dycus were also responsible (together with Bruce Bouton). It is a nice but not outstanding song, and there is better fare of the album, including the album’s other love song, veteran Wayne Kemp’s beautiful ‘Don’t Send Me No Angels’. In the ironic ‘Drive Me To Drink’, George tells his cheating wife to drop him off at the bar on her way to meet her lover: You’ll be in his arms again And I’ll be off the road The highway will be safer And they’ll have you to thank If you’re gonna drive me crazy, baby Drive me to drink The storyline may be an implausible spin on the phrase which inspired it, but George sells it vocally, and this is probably my favorite of the up-tempo numbers. One of the standout tracks is ‘What Am I Doing There’, written by Buddy Brock and Zack Turner, a classic sounding slow sad song as fantasies about a lost love imperil a new relationship, with lonesome fiddle backing up George’s sorrowful and guilt-ridden emoting which recalls his very best: I no longer know what’s real anymore In the back of my mind I have opened the door That leads to the past & the love we once shared How could I explain to the one lying here, She’s loving me now What am I doing there? It is just beaten to the title of my personal favorite on this album by a perfectly structured Gene and Paul Nelson song, ‘There’s The Door’, also recorded by Stacy Dean Campbell, where a man faces a stark choice. Having tried his wife’s patience by staggering home past midnight once too often, he is faced with her ultimatum: She took a sip of coffee and softly said to me, “There’s the mantel where we keep our wedding picture There’s the bedroom where we made both love and war There’s the ring keeps on slipping off your finger There’s no reason we should go on anymore There’s the door” So I’m back here on this barstool my whole world blown to hell Behind the bottle there’s a mirror where a fool can see himself If I were the man I should be and not the one I am I would go back there this minute and beg for one more chance There’s the jukebox where I wasted all those quarters There’s a lady trying to get me out on the floor And there’s a chance the one I love would still forgive me It’s a step that I just never took before I particularly like the fact that we don’t get told whether he makes the choice, and whether that door remains closed or not. My feeling is that he doesn’t, but there is that glimmer of hope. Also fantastic is the regretful ‘You Must Have Walked Across My Mind Again’, written by Kemp with Warren Robb, which sounds like classic George, as the protagonist wakes up in prison after a drunken brawl which he blames on memories of his ex. George also covers the Haggard classic ‘The Bottle Let Me Down’. Years of abusing his body with alcohol notwithstanding, George entered his sixties in pretty good shape vocally, and although perhaps his voice was starting to show slight signs of deterioration, his interpretative ability was still second to none. He may have been starting to struggle to compete with younger stars at radio, but this album showed he was still capable of making great music. And although I started out by saying I didn’t much like ‘I Don’t Need Your Rocking Chair’, its chart success helped make this Goegre’s first gold-seller since Wine Colored Roses. It’s still easy to find, and worth adding to your George Jones collection. Album Reviews, Retro Reviews, Spotlight Artist Alan Jackson, Billy Yates, Bruce Bouton, Buddy Brock, Clint Black, Dickey Lee, Earl Thomas Conley, Emory Gordy Jr., Frank Dycus, Freddy Weller, Garth Brooks, Gene Nelson, George Jones, Joe Diffie, Kerry Kurt Phillips, Mark Chesnutt, Merle Haggard, Mike Campbell, Pam Tillis, Patty Loveless, Paul Nelson, Stacy Dean Campbell, T Graham Brown, Travis Tritt, Vince Gill, Warren Robb, Wayne Kemp, Zack Turner Album Review: Ron Williams – ‘The Longer You’re Gone’ 2 Comments Posted by Occasional Hope on October 8, 2009 Ron Williams, son of the often underrated Leona Williams and one-time stepson of Merle Haggard, has a nice voice with a warm tone and soft timbre which is very pleasing. His third album, produced by Eddie Kilroy, on Ah-Ha Music Group, is solidly country, with some lovely fiddle from Rob Hajacos, and 80s star Janie Fricke guests on backing vocals. Williams is not a writer, unlike his mother, but he and his producer have found some excellent songs for this record. Bill Anderson contributed three very good songs to the set, starting with the outstanding title track co-written with Jim Collins, a soulful ballad about the increasing regrets about a broken relationship after the event, as the protagonist starts to remember the good things he misses rather than the fights and bad times, concluding, “It’s a funny thing about a memory The longer you’re gone The better our love used to be” Just as good is the ironic reproach to a former love now dating another guy, written by Bill with Don Cook, ‘You Should Have More Respect For The Dead’: “Can’t you see you’re killing me Your happiness is messing up my head I’ve died a thousand times since I threw away your love You should have more respect for the dead” Anderson and Cook joined up with Matt Jenkins to write ‘The F Words’ about a man whose cheating ex wants him back, but, “I can’t say the F words Forgive and forget” Another highlight is the cover of ‘Where The Tall Grass Grows’, recorded previously by George Jones on his 1991 album And Along Came Jones, and also covered by Ricky Van Shelton on 1994’s Love And Honor. While Ron is not in quite the same league as Jones (few are), he tackles the fine song with an honest emotion, as he depicts a house that is no longer a home, with haunting steel and lonesome fiddle. Album Reviews Alabama, Becky Hobbs, Bill Anderson, Dave Lindsey, Dene Anton, Don Cook, Duane Sciacqua, Eddie Kilroy, George Jones, Harley Allen, Jake Owen, Janie Fricke, Jim Collins, John Wayne Wiggins, Kim Williams, Larry Shell, Leona Williams, Matt Jenkins, Merle Haggard, Ricky Van Shelton, Rob Hajacos, Ron Williams, Warren Robb	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1045
__label__cc	0.612924	0.387076	The Meditations The Meditations By Marcus Aurelius Written 167 A.C.E. Translated by George Long From my grandfather Verus I learned good morals and the government of my temper. From the reputation and remembrance of my father, modesty and a manly character. From my mother, piety and beneficence, and abstinence, not only from evil deeds, but even from evil thoughts; and further, simplicity in my way of living, far removed from the habits of the rich. From my great-grandfather, not to have frequented public schools, and to have had good teachers at home, and to know that on such things a man should spend liberally. From my governor, to be neither of the green nor of the blue party at the games in the Circus, nor a partizan either of the Parmularius or the Scutarius at the gladiators’ fights; from him too I learned endurance of labour, and to want little, and to work with my own hands, and not to meddle with other people’s affairs, and not to be ready to listen to slander. From Diognetus, not to busy myself about trifling things, and not to give credit to what was said by miracle-workers and jugglers about incantations and the driving away of daemons and such things; and not to breed quails for fighting, nor to give myself up passionately to such things; and to endure freedom of speech; and to have become intimate with philosophy; and to have been a hearer, first of Bacchius, then of Tandasis and Marcianus; and to have written dialogues in my youth; and to have desired a plank bed and skin, and whatever else of the kind belongs to the Grecian discipline. From Rusticus I received the impression that my character required improvement and discipline; and from him I learned not to be led astray to sophistic emulation, nor to writing on speculative matters, nor to delivering little hortatory orations, nor to showing myself off as a man who practises much discipline, or does benevolent acts in order to make a display; and to abstain from rhetoric, and poetry, and fine writing; and not to walk about in the house in my outdoor dress, nor to do other things of the kind; and to write my letters with simplicity, like the letter which Rusticus wrote from Sinuessa to my mother; and with respect to those who have offended me by words, or done me wrong, to be easily disposed to be pacified and reconciled, as soon as they have shown a readiness to be reconciled; and to read carefully, and not to be satisfied with a superficial understanding of a book; nor hastily to give my assent to those who talk overmuch; and I am indebted to him for being acquainted with the discourses of Epictetus, which he communicated to me out of his own collection. From Apollonius I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose; and to look to nothing else, not even for a moment, except to reason; and to be always the same, in sharp pains, on the occasion of the loss of a child, and in long illness; and to see clearly in a living example that the same man can be both most resolute and yielding, and not peevish in giving his instruction; and to have had before my eyes a man who clearly considered his experience and his skill in expounding philosophical principles as the smallest of his merits; and from him I learned how to receive from friends what are esteemed favours, without being either humbled by them or letting them pass unnoticed. From Sextus, a benevolent disposition, and the example of a family governed in a fatherly manner, and the idea of living conformably to nature; and gravity without affectation, and to look carefully after the interests of friends, and to tolerate ignorant persons, and those who form opinions without consideration: he had the power of readily accommodating himself to all, so that intercourse with him was more agreeable than any flattery; and at the same time he was most highly venerated by those who associated with him: and he had the faculty both of discovering and ordering, in an intelligent and methodical way, the principles necessary for life; and he never showed anger or any other passion, but was entirely free from passion, and also most affectionate; and he could express approbation without noisy display, and he possessed much knowledge without ostentation. From Alexander the grammarian, to refrain from fault-finding, and not in a reproachful way to chide those who uttered any barbarous or solecistic or strange-sounding expression; but dexterously to introduce the very expression which ought to have been used, and in the way of answer or giving confirmation, or joining in an inquiry about the thing itself, not about the word, or by some other fit suggestion. From Fronto I learned to observe what envy, and duplicity, and hypocrisy are in a tyrant, and that generally those among us who are called Patricians are rather deficient in paternal affection. From Alexander the Platonic, not frequently nor without necessity to say to any one, or to write in a letter, that I have no leisure; nor continually to excuse the neglect of duties required by our relation to those with whom we live, by alleging urgent occupations. From Catulus, not to be indifferent when a friend finds fault, even if he should find fault without reason, but to try to restore him to his usual disposition; and to be ready to speak well of teachers, as it is reported of Domitius and Athenodotus; and to love my children truly. From my brother Severus, to love my kin, and to love truth, and to love justice; and through him I learned to know Thrasea, Helvidius, Cato, Dion, Brutus; and from him I received the idea of a polity in which there is the same law for all, a polity administered with regard to equal rights and equal freedom of speech, and the idea of a kingly government which respects most of all the freedom of the governed; I learned from him also consistency and undeviating steadiness in my regard for philosophy; and a disposition to do good, and to give to others readily, and to cherish good hopes, and to believe that I am loved by my friends; and in him I observed no concealment of his opinions with respect to those whom he condemned, and that his friends had no need to conjecture what he wished or did not wish, but it was quite plain. From Maximus I learned self-government, and not to be led aside by anything; and cheerfulness in all circumstances, as well as in illness; and a just admixture in the moral character of sweetness and dignity, and to do what was set before me without complaining. I observed that everybody believed that he thought as he spoke, and that in all that he did he neverhad any bad intention; and he never showed amazement and surprise, and was never in a hurry, and never put off doing a thing, nor was perplexed nor dejected, nor did he ever laugh to disguise his vexation, nor, on the other hand, was he ever passionate or suspicious. He was accustomed to do acts of beneficence, and was ready to forgive, and was free from allfalsehood; and he presented the appearance of a man who could not be diverted from right rather than of a man who had been improved. I observed, too, that no man could ever think that he was despised by Maximus, or ever venture to think himself a better man. He had also the art of being humorous in an agreeable way. In my father I observed mildness of temper, and unchangeable resolution in the things which he had determined after due deliberation; and no vainglory in those things which men call honours; and a love of labour and perseverance; and a readiness to listen to those who had anything to propose for the common weal; and undeviating firmness in giving to every man according to his deserts; and a knowledge derived from experience of the occasions for vigorous action and for remission. And I observed that he had overcome all passion for boys; and he considered himself no more than any other citizen; and he released his friends from all obligation to sup with him or to attend him of necessity when he went abroad, and those who had failed to accompany him, by reason of any urgent circumstances, always found him the same. I observed too his habit of careful inquiry in all matters ofdeliberation, and his persistency, and that he never stopped his investigation through being satisfied with appearances which first present themselves; and that his disposition was to keep his friends, and not to be soon tired of them, nor yet to be extravagant in his affection; and to be satisfied on all occasions, and cheerful; and to foresee things a long way off, andto provide for the smallest without display; and to check immediately popular applause and all flattery; and to be ever watchful over the things which were necessary for the administration of the empire, and to be a good manager of the expenditure, and patiently to endure the blame which he got for such conduct; and he was neither superstitious with respect to the gods, nor did he court men by gifts or by trying to please them, or by flattering the populace; but he showed sobriety in all things and firmness, and never any mean thoughts or action, nor love of novelty. And the things which conduce in any way to the commodity of life, and of which fortune gives an abundant supply, he used without arrogance and without excusing himself; so that when he had them, he enjoyed them without affectation, and when he had them not, he did not want them. No one could ever say of him that he was either a sophist or a home-bred flippant slave or a pedant; but every one acknowledged him to be a man ripe, perfect, above flattery, able to manage his own and other men’s affairs. Besides this, he honoured those who were true philosophers, and he did not reproach those who pretended to be philosophers, nor yet was he easily led by them. He was also easy in conversation, and he made himself agreeable without any offensive affectation. He took a reasonable care of his body’s health, not as one who was greatly attached to life, nor out of regard to personal appearance, nor yet in a careless way, but so that, through his own attention, he very seldom stood in need of the physician’s art or of medicine or external applications. He was most ready to give way without envy to those who possessed any particular faculty, such as that of eloquence or knowledge of the law or of morals, or of anything else; and he gave them his help, that each might enjoy reputation according to his deserts; and he always acted conformably to the institutions of his country, without showing any affectation of doing so. Further, he was not fond of change nor unsteady, but he loved to stay in the same places, and to employ himself about the same things; and after his paroxysms of headache he came immediately fresh and vigorous to his usual occupations. His secrets were not but very few and very rare, and these only about public matters; and he showed prudence and economy in the exhibition of the public spectacles and the construction of public buildings, his donations to the people, and in such things, for he was a man who looked to what ought to be done, not to the reputation which is got by a man’s acts. He did not take the bath at unseasonable hours; he was not fond of building houses, nor curious about what he ate, nor about the texture and colour of his clothes, nor about the beauty of his slaves. His dress came from Lorium, his villa on the coast, and from Lanuvium generally. We know how he behaved to the toll-collector at Tusculum who asked his pardon; and such was all his behaviour. There was in him nothing harsh, nor implacable, nor violent, nor, as one may say, anything carried to the sweating point; but he examined all things severally, as if he had abundance of time, and without confusion, in an orderly way, vigorously and consistently. And that might be applied to him which is recorded of Socrates, that he was able both to abstain from, and to enjoy, those things which many are too weak to abstain from, and cannot enjoy without excess. But to be strong enough both to bear the one and to be sober in the other is the mark of a man who has a perfect and invincible soul, such as he showed in the illness of Maximus. To the gods I am indebted for having good grandfathers, good parents, a good sister, good teachers, good associates, good kinsmen and friends, nearly everything good. Further, I owe it to the gods that I was not hurried into any offence against any of them, though I had a disposition which, if opportunity had offered, might have led me to do something of this kind; but, through their favour, there never was such a concurrence of circumstances as put me to the trial. Further, I am thankful to the gods that I was not longer brought up with my grandfather’s concubine, and that I preserved the flower of my youth, and that I did not make proof of my virility before the proper season, but even deferred the time; that I was subjected to a ruler and a father who was able to take away all pride from me, and to bring me to the knowledge that it is possible for a man to live in a palace without wanting either guards or embroidered dresses, or torches and statues, and such-like show; but that it is in such a man’s power to bring himself very near to the fashion of a private person, without being for this reason either meaner in thought, or more remiss in action, with respect to the things which must be done for the public interest in a manner that befits a ruler. I thank the gods for giving me such a brother, who was able by his moral character to rouse me to vigilance over myself, and who, at the same time, pleased me by his respect and affection; that my children have not been stupid nor deformed in body; that I did not make more proficiency in rhetoric, poetry, and the other studies, in which I should perhaps have been completely engaged, if I had seen that I was making progress in them; that I made haste to place those who brought me up in the station of honour, which they seemed to desire, without putting them off with hope of my doing it some time after, because they were then still young; that I knew Apollonius, Rusticus, Maximus; that I received clear and frequent impressions about living according to nature, and what kind of a life that is, so that, so far as depended on the gods, and their gifts, and help, and inspirations, nothing hindered me from forthwith living according to nature, though I still fall short of it through my own fault, and through not observing the admonitions of the gods, and, I may almost say, their direct instructions; that my body has held out so long in such a kind of life; that I never touched either Benedicta or Theodotus, and that, after having fallen into amatory passions, I was cured; and, though I was often out of humour with Rusticus, I never did anything of which I had occasion to repent; that, though it was my mother’s fate to die young, she spent the last years of her life with me; that, whenever I wished to help any man in his need, or on any other occasion, I was never told that I had not the means of doing it; and that to myself the same necessity never happened, to receive anything from another; that I have such a wife, so obedient, and so affectionate, and so simple; that I had abundance of good masters for my children; and that remedies have been shown to me by dreams, both others, and against bloodspitting and giddiness…; and that, when I had an inclination tophilosophy, I did not fall into the hands of any sophist, and that I did not waste my time on writers of histories, or in the resolution of syllogisms, or occupy myself about the investigation of appearances in the heavens; for all these things require the help of the gods and fortune. Among the Quadi at the Granua. Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busy-body, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial. All these things happen to them by reason of their ignorance of what is good and evil. But I who have seen the nature of the good that it is beautiful, and of the bad that it is ugly, and the nature of him who does wrong, that it is akinto me, not only of the same blood or seed, but that it participates in the same intelligence and the same portion of the divinity, I can neither be injured by any of them, for no one can fix on me what is ugly, nor can I be angry with my kinsman, nor hate him, For we are made for co-operation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like the rows of the upper and lowerteeth. To act against one another then is contrary to nature; and it is acting against one another to be vexed and to turn away. Whatever this is that I am, it is a little flesh and breath, and the ruling part. Throw away thy books; no longer distract thyself: it is not allowed; but as if thou wast now dying, despise the flesh; it is blood and bones and a network, a contexture of nerves, veins, and arteries. See the breath also, what kind of a thing it is, air, and not always the same, but every moment sent out and again sucked in. The third then is the ruling part: consider thus: Thou art an old man; no longer let this be a slave, no longer be pulled by the strings like a puppet to unsocial movements, no longer either be dissatisfied with thy present lot, or shrink from the future. All that is from the gods is full of Providence. That which is from fortune is not separated from nature or without an interweaving and involution with the things which are ordered by Providence. From thence all things flow; and there is besides necessity, and that which is for the advantage of the whole universe, of which thou art a part. But that is good for every part of nature which the nature of the whole brings, and what serves to maintain this nature. Now the universe is preserved, as by the changes of the elements so by the changes of things compounded of the elements. Let these principles be enough for thee, let them always be fixed opinions. But cast away the thirst after books, that thou mayest not die murmuring, but cheerfully, truly, and from thy heart thankful to the gods. Remember how long thou hast been putting off these things, and how often thou hast received an opportunity from the gods, and yet dost not use it. Thou must now at last perceive of what universe thou art a part, and of what administrator of the universe thy existence is an efflux, and that a limit of time is fixed for thee, which if thou dost not use for clearing away the clouds from thy mind, it will go and thou wilt go, and it will never return. Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity, and feeling of affection, and freedom, and justice; and to give thyself relief from all other thoughts. And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last, laying aside all carelessness and passionate aversionfrom the commands of reason, and all hypocrisy, and self-love, and discontent with the portion which has been given to thee. Thou seest how few the things are, the which if a man lays hold of, he is able to live a life which flows in quiet, and is like the existence of the gods; for the gods on their part will require nothing more from him who observes thesethings. Do wrong to thyself, do wrong to thyself, my soul; but thou wilt no longer have the opportunity of honouring thyself. Every man’s life is sufficient. But thine is nearly finished, though thy soul reverences not itself but places thy felicity in the souls of others. Do the things external which fall upon thee distract thee? Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around. But then thou must also avoid being carried about the other way. For those too are triflers who have wearied themselves in life by their activity, and yet have no object to which to direct every movement, and, in a word,all their thoughts. Through not observing what is in the mind of another a man has seldom been seen to be unhappy; but those who do not observe the movements of their own minds must of necessity be unhappy. This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole, and what is my nature, and how this is related to that, and what kind of a part it is of what kind of a whole; and that there is no one who hinders thee from always doing and saying the things which are according to the nature of which thou art a part. Theophrastus, in his comparison of bad acts- such a comparison as one would make in accordance with the common notions of mankind- says, like a true philosopher, that the offences which are committed through desire are more blameable than those which are committed through anger. For he who is excited by anger seems to turn away from reason with a certain pain and unconscious contraction; but he who offends through desire, being overpowered by pleasure, seems to be in a manner more intemperate and more womanish in his offences. Rightly then, and in a way worthy of philosophy, he said that the offence which is committed with pleasure is more blameable than that which is committed with pain; and on the whole the one is more like a person who has been first wronged and through pain is compelled to be angry; but the other is moved by his own impulse to do wrong, beingcarried towards doing something by desire. Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly. But to go away from among men, if there are gods, is not a thing to be afraid of, for the gods will not involve thee in evil; but if indeed they do not exist, or if they have no concern about human affairs, what is it to me to live in a universe devoid of gods or devoid of Providence? But in truth they do exist, and they do care for human things, and they have put all the means in man’s power to enable him not to fall into real evils. And as to the rest, if there was anything evil, they would have provided for this also, that it should be altogether in a man’s power not to fall into it. Now that which does not make a man worse, how can it make a man’s life worse? But neither through ignorance, nor having the knowledge, but not the power to guard against or correct these things, is it possible that the nature of the universe has overlooked them; nor is it possible that it has made so great a mistake, either through want of power or want of skill, that good and evil should happen indiscriminately to the good and the bad. But death certainly, and life, honour and dishonour, pain and pleasure, all these things equally happen to good men and bad, being things which make us neither better nor worse. Therefore they are neither good nor evil. How quickly all things disappear, in the universe the bodies themselves, but in time the remembrance of them; what is the nature of all sensible things, and particularly those which attract with the bait of pleasure or terrify by pain, or are noised abroad by vapoury fame; how worthless, and contemptible, and sordid, and perishable, and dead they are- all this it is the part of the intellectual faculty to observe. To observe too who these are whose opinions and voices give reputation; what death is, and the fact that, if a man looks at it in itself, and by the abstractive power of reflection resolves into their parts all the things which present themselves to the imagination in it, he will then consider it to be nothing else than an operation of nature; and if any one is afraid of an operation of nature, he is a child. This, however, is not only an operation of nature, but it is also a thing which conduces to the purposes of nature. To observe too how man comes near to the deity, and by what part of him, and when this part of man is so disposed. Nothing is more wretched than a man who traverses everything in a round, and pries into the things beneath the earth, as the poet says, and seeks by conjecture what is in the minds of his neighbours, without perceiving that it is sufficient to attend to the daemon within him, and to reverence it sincerely. And reverence of the daemon consists in keeping it pure from passion and thoughtlessness, and dissatisfaction with what comes from gods and men. For the things from the gods merit veneration for their excellence; and the things from men should be dear to us by reason of kinship; and sometimes even, in a manner, they move our pity by reason of men’s ignorance of good and bad; this defect being not less than that which deprives us of the power of distinguishing things that are white and black. Though thou shouldst be going to live three thousand years, and as many times ten thousand years, still remember that no man loses any other life than this which he now lives, nor lives any other than this which he now loses. The longest and shortest are thus brought to the same. For the present is the same to all, though that which perishes is not the same; and so that which is lost appears to be a mere moment. For a man cannot lose either the past or the future: for what a man has not, how can any one take this from him? These two things then thou must bear in mind; the one, that all things from eternity are of like forms and come round in a circle, and that it makes no difference whether a man shall see the same things during a hundred years or two hundred, or an infinite time; and the second, that the longest liver and he who will die soonest lose just the same. For the present is the only thing of which a man can be deprived, if it is true that this is the only thing which he has, and that a man cannot lose a thing if he has it not. Remember that all is opinion. For what was said by the Cynic Monimus is manifest: and manifest too is the use of what was said, if a man receives what may be got out of it as far as it is true. The soul of man does violence to itself, first of all, when it becomes an abscess and, as it were, a tumour on the universe, so far as it can. For to be vexed at anything which happens is a separation of ourselves from nature, in some part of which the natures of all other things are contained. In the next place, the soul does violence to itself when it turns away from any man, or even moves towards him with the intention of injuring, such as are the souls of those who are angry. In the third place, the soul does violence to itself when it is overpowered by pleasure or by pain. Fourthly, when it plays a part, and does or says anything insincerely and untruly. Fifthly, when it allows any act of its own and any movement to be without an aim, and does anything thoughtlessly and without considering what it is, it being right that even the smallest things be done with reference to an end; and the end of rational animals is to follow the reason and the law of the most ancient city and polity. Of human life the time is a point, and the substance is in a flux, and the perception dull, and the composition of the whole body subject to putrefaction, and the soul a whirl, and fortune hard to divine, and fame a thing devoid of judgement. And, to say all in a word, everything which belongs to the body is a stream, and what belongs to the soul is a dream and vapour, and life is a warfare and a stranger’s sojourn, and after-fame is oblivion. What then is that which is able to conduct a man? One thing and only one, philosophy. But this consists in keeping the daemon within a man free from violence and unharmed, superior to pains and pleasures, doing nothing without purpose, nor yet falsely and with hypocrisy, not feeling the need of another man’s doing or not doing anything; and besides, accepting all that happens, and all that is allotted, as coming from thence, wherever it is, from whence he himself came; and, finally, waiting for death with a cheerful mind, as being nothing else than a dissolution of the elements of which every living being is compounded. But if there is no harm to the elements themselves in each continually changing into another, why should a man have any apprehension about the change and dissolution of all the elements? For it is according to nature, and nothing is evil which is according to nature. This in Carnuntum. We ught to consider not only that our life is daily wasting away and a smaller part of it is left, but another thing also must be taken into the account, that if a man should live longer, it is quite uncertain whether the understanding will still continue sufficient for the comprehension of things, and retain the power of contemplation which strives to acquire the knowledge of the divine and the human. For if he shall begin to fall into dotage, perspiration and nutrition and imagination and appetite, and whatever else there is of the kind, will not fail; but the power of making use of ourselves, and filling up the measure of our duty, and clearly separating all appearances, and considering whether a man should now depart from life, and whatever else of the kind absolutely requires a disciplined reason, all this is already extinguished. We must make haste then, not only because we are daily nearer to death, but also because the conception of things and the understanding of them cease first. We ought to observe also that even the things which follow after the things which are produced according to nature contain something pleasing and attractive. For instance, when bread is baked some parts are split at the surface, and these parts which thus open, and have a certain fashion contrary to the purpose of the baker’s art, are beautiful in a manner, and in a peculiar way excite a desire for eating. And again, figs, when they are quite ripe, gape open; and in the ripe olives the very circumstance of their being near to rottenness adds a peculiar beauty to the fruit. And the ears of corn bending down, and the lion’s eyebrows, and the foam which flows from the mouth of wild boars, and many other things- though they are far from being beautiful, if a man should examine them severally- still, because they are consequent upon the things which are formed by nature, help to adorn them, and they please the mind; so that if a man should have a feeling and deeper insight with respect to the things which are produced in the universe, there is hardly one of those which follow by way of consequence which will not seem to him to be in a manner disposed so as to give pleasure. And so he will see even the real gaping jaws of wild beasts with no less pleasure than those which painters and sculptors show by imitation; and in an old woman and an old man he will be able to see a certain maturity and comeliness; and the attractive loveliness of young persons he will be able to look on with chaste eyes; and many such things will present themselves, not pleasing to every man, but to him only who has become truly familiar with nature and her works. Hippocrates after curing many diseases himself fell sick and died. The Chaldaei foretold the deaths of many, and then fate caught them too. Alexander, and Pompeius, and Caius Caesar, after so often completely destroying whole cities, and in battle cutting to pieces many ten thousands of cavalry and infantry, themselves too at last departed from life. Heraclitus, after so many speculations on the conflagration of the universe, was filled with water internally and died smeared all over with mud. And lice destroyed Democritus; and other lice killed Socrates. What means all this? Thou hast embarked, thou hast made the voyage, thou art come to shore; get out. If indeed to another life, there is no want of gods, not even there. But if to a state without sensation, thou wilt cease to be held by pains and pleasures, and to be a slave to the vessel, which is as much inferior as that which serves it is superior: for the one is intelligence and deity; the other is earth and corruption. Do not waste the remainder of thy life in thoughts about others, when thou dost not refer thy thoughts to some object of common utility. For thou losest the opportunity of doing something else when thou hast such thoughts as these, What is such a person doing, and why, and what is he saying, and what is he thinking of, and what is he contriving, andwhatever else of the kind makes us wander away from the observation of our own ruling power. We ought then to check in the series of our thoughts everything that is without a purpose and useless, but most of all the over-curious feeling and the malignant; and a man should use himself to think of those things only about which if one should suddenly ask, What hast thou now in thy thoughts? With perfect openness thou mightest, immediately answer, This or That; so that from thy words it should be plain that everything in thee is simple and benevolent, and such as befits a social animal, and one that cares not for thoughts about pleasure or sensual enjoyments at all, nor has any rivalry or envy and suspicion, or anything else for which thou wouldst blush if thou shouldst say that thou hadst it in thy mind. For the man who is such and no longer delays being among the number of the best, is like a priest and minister of the gods, using too the deity which is planted within him, which makes the man uncontaminated by pleasure, unharmed by any pain, untouched by any insult, feeling no wrong, a fighter in the noblest fight, one who cannot be overpowered by any passion, dyed deep with justice, accepting with all his soul everything which happensand is assigned to him as his portion; and not often, nor yet without great necessity and for the general interest, imagining what another says, or does, or thinks. For it is only what belongs to himself that he makes the matter for his activity; and he constantly thinks of that which is allotted to himself out of the sum total of things, and he makes his own acts fair,and he is persuaded that his own portion is good. For the lot which is assigned to each man is carried along with him and carries him along with it. And he remembers also that every rational animal is his kinsman, and that to care for all men is according to man’s nature; and a man should hold on to the opinion not of all, but of those only who confessedly liveaccording to nature. But as to those who live not so, he always bears in mind what kind of men they are both at home and from home, both by night and by day, and what they are, and with what men they live an impure life. Accordingly, he does not value at all the praise which comes from such men, since they are not even satisfied with themselves. Labour not unwillingly, nor without regard to the common interest, nor without due consideration, nor with distraction; nor let studied ornament set off thy thoughts, and be not either a man of many words, or busy about too many things. And further, let the deity which is in thee be the guardian of a living being, manly and of ripe age, and engaged in matter political, and a Roman, and a ruler, who has taken his post like a man waiting for the signal which summons him from life, and ready to go, having need neither of oath nor of any man’s testimony. Be cheerful also, and seek not external help nor the tranquility which others give. A man then must stand erect, not be kept erect by others. If thou findest in human life anything better than justice, truth, temperance, fortitude, and, in a word, anything better than thy own mind’s self-satisfaction in the things which it enables thee to do according to right reason, and in the condition that is assigned to thee without thy own choice; if, I say, thou seest anything better than this, turn to it with all thy soul, and enjoy that which thou hast found to be the best. But if nothing appears to be better than the deity which is planted in thee, which has subjected to itself all thy appetites, and carefully examines all the impressions, and, as Socrates said, has detached itself from the persuasions of sense, and has submitted itself to the gods, and cares for mankind; if thou findest everything else smaller and of less value than this, give place to nothing else, for if thou dost once diverge and incline to it, thou wilt no longer without distraction be able to give the preference to that good thing which is thy proper possession and thy own; for it is not right that anything of any other kind, such as praise from the many, or power, or enjoyment of pleasure, should come into competition with that which is rationally and politically or practically good. All these things, even though they may seem to adapt themselves to the better things in a small degree, obtain the superiority all at once, and carry us away. But do thou, I say, simply and freely choose the better, and hold to it.- But that which is useful is the better.- Well then, if it is useful to thee as a rational being, keep to it; but if it is only useful to thee as an animal, say so, and maintain thy judgement without arrogance: only take care that thou makest the inquiry by a sure method. Never value anything as profitable to thyself which shall compel thee to break thy promise, to lose thy self-respect, to hate any man, to suspect, to curse, to act the hypocrite, to desire anything which needs walls and curtains: for he who has preferred to everything intelligence and daemon and the worship of its excellence, acts no tragic part, does not groan, will not need either solitude or much company; and, what is chief of all, he will live without either pursuing or flying from death; but whether for a longer or a shorter time he shall have the soul inclosed in the body, he cares not at all: for even if he must depart immediately, he will go as readily as if he were going to do anything else which can be done with decency and order; taking care of this only all through life, that his thoughts turn not away from anything which belongs to an intelligent animal and a member of a civil community. In the mind of one who is chastened and purified thou wilt find no corrupt matter, nor impurity, nor any sore skinned over. Nor is his life incomplete when fate overtakes him, as one may say of an actor who leaves the stage before ending and finishing the play. Besides, there is in him nothing servile, nor affected, nor too closely bound to other things, nor yet detached from other things, nothing worthy of blame, nothing which seeks a hiding-place. Reverence the faculty which produces opinion. On this faculty it entirely depends whether there shall exist in thy ruling part any opinion inconsistent with nature and the constitution of the rational animal. And this faculty promises freedom from hasty judgement, and friendship towards men, and obedience to the gods. Throwing away then all things, hold to these only which are few; and besides bear in mind that every man lives only this present time, which is an indivisible point, and that all the rest of his life is either past or it is uncertain. Short then is the time which every man lives, and small the nook of the earth where he lives; and short too the longest posthumous fame, and even this only continued by a succession of poor human beings, who will very soon die, and who know not even themselves, much less him who died long ago. To the aids which have been mentioned let this one still be added:- Make for thyself a definition or description of the thing which is presented to thee, so as to see distinctly what kind of a thing it is in its substance, in its nudity, in its complete entirety, and tell thyself its proper name, and the names of the things of which it has been compounded, and into which it will be resolved. For nothing is so productive of elevation of mind as to be able to examine methodically and truly every object which is presented to thee in life, and always to look at things so as to see at the same time what kind of universe this is, and what kind of use everything performs in it, and what value everything has with reference to the whole, and what with reference to man, who is a citizen of the highest city, of which all other cities are like families; what each thing is, and of what it is composed, and how long it is the nature of this thing to endure which now makes an impression on me, and what virtue I have need of with respect to it, such as gentleness, manliness, truth, fidelity, simplicity, contentment, and the rest. Wherefore, on every occasion a man should say: this comes from God; and this is according to the apportionment and spinning of the thread of destiny, and such-like coincidence and chance; and this is from one of the same stock, and a kinsman and partner, one who knows not however what is according to his nature. But I know; for this reason I behave towards him according to the natural law of fellowship with benevolence and justice. At the same time however in things indifferent I attempt to ascertain the value of each. If thou workest at that which is before thee, following right reason seriously, vigorously, calmly, without allowing anything else to distract thee, but keeping thy divine part pure, as if thou shouldst be bound to give it back immediately; if thou holdest to this, expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to nature, and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou utterest, thou wilt live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this. As physicians have always their instruments and knives ready for cases which suddenly require their skill, so do thou have principles ready for the understanding of things divine and human, and for doing everything, even the smallest, with a recollection of the bond which unites the divine and human to one another. For neither wilt thou do anything well whichpertains to man without at the same time having a reference to things divine; nor the contrary. No longer wander at hazard; for neither wilt thou read thy own memoirs, nor the acts of the ancient Romans and Hellenes, and the selections from books which thou wast reserving for thy old age. Hasten then to the end which thou hast before thee, and throwing away idle hopes, come to thy own aid, if thou carest at all for thyself, while it is in thy power. They know not how many things are signified by the words stealing, sowing, buying, keeping quiet, seeing what ought to be done; for this is not effected by the eyes, but by another kind of vision. Body, soul, intelligence: to the body belong sensations, to the soul appetites, to the intelligence principles. To receive the impressions of forms by means of appearances belongs even to animals; to be pulled by the strings of desire belongs both to wild beasts and to men who have made themselves into women, and to a Phalaris and a Nero: and to have theintelligence that guides to the things which appear suitable belongs also to those who do not believe in the gods, and who betray their country, and do their impure deeds when they have shut the doors. If then everything else is common to all that I have mentioned, there remains that which is peculiar to the good man, to be pleased and content with what happens, and with the thread which is spun for him; and not to defile the divinity which is planted in his breast, nor disturb it by a crowd of images, but to preserve it tranquil, following it obediently as a god, neither saying anything contrary to the truth, nor doing anything contrary to justice. And if all men refuse to believe that he lives a simple, modest, and contented life, he is neither angry with any of them, nor does he deviate from the way which leads to the end of life, to which a man ought to come pure, tranquil, ready to depart, and without any compulsion perfectly reconciled to his lot. Book Four That which rules within, when it is according to nature, is so affected with respect to the events which happen, that it always easily adapts itself to that which is and is presented to it. For it requires no definite material, but it moves towards its purpose, under certain conditions however; and it makes a material for itself out of that which opposes it, as fire lays hold of what falls into it, by which a small light would have been extinguished: but when the fire is strong, it soon appropriates to itself the matter which is heaped on it, and consumes it, and rises higher by means of this very material. Let no act be done without a purpose, nor otherwise than according to the perfect principles of art. Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in thy power whenever thou shalt choose to retire into thyself. For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire thaninto his own soul, particularly when he has within him such thoughts that by looking into them he is immediately in perfect tranquility; and I affirm that tranquility is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind. Constantly then give to thyself this retreat, and renew thyself; and let thy principles be brief and fundamental, which, as soon as thou shalt recur to them, will be sufficient to cleanse the soul completely, and to send thee back free from all discontent with the things to which thou returnest. For with what art thou discontented? With the badness of men? Recall to thy mind this conclusion, that rational animals exist for one another, and that to endure is a part of justice, and that men do wrong involuntarily; and consider how many already, after mutual enmity, suspicion, hatred, and fighting, have been stretched dead, reduced to ashes; and be quiet at last.- But perhaps thou art dissatisfied with that which is assigned to thee out of the universe.- Recall to thy recollection this alternative; either there is providence or atoms, fortuitous concurrence of things; or remember the arguments by which it has been proved that the world is a kind of political community, and be quiet at last.- But perhaps corporeal things will still fasten upon thee.- Consider then further that the mind mingles not with the breath, whether moving gently or violently, when it has once drawn itself apart and discovered its own power, and think also of all that thou hast heard and assented to about pain and pleasure, and be quiet at last.- But perhaps the desire of the thing called fame will torment thee.- See how soon everything is forgotten, and look at the chaos of infinite time on each side of the present, and the emptiness of applause, and the changeableness and want of judgement in those who pretend to give praise, and the narrowness of the space within which it is circumscribed, and be quiet at last. For the whole earth is a point, and how small a nook in it is this thy dwelling, and how few are there in it, and what kind of people are they who will praise thee. This then remains: Remember to retire into this little territory of thy own, and above all do not distract or strain thyself, but be free, and look at things as a man, as a human being, as a citizen, as a mortal. But among the things readiest to thy hand to which thou shalt turn, let there be these, which are two. One is that things do not touch the soul, for they are external and remain immovable; but our perturbations come only from the opinion which is within. The other is that all these things, which thou seest, change immediately and will no longer be; and constantly bear in mind how many of these changes thou hast already witnessed. The universe is transformation: life is opinion. If our intellectual part is common, the reason also, in respect of which we are rational beings, is common: if this is so, common also is the reason which commands us what to do, and what not to do; if this is so, there is a common law also; if this is so, we are fellow-citizens; if this is so, we are members of some political community; if this is so, the world is in a manner a state. For of what other common political community will any one say that the whole human race are members? And from thence, from this common political community comes also our very intellectual faculty and reasoning faculty and our capacity for law; or whence do they come? For as my earthly part is a portion given to me from certain earth, and that which is watery from another element, and that which is hot and fiery from some peculiar source (for nothing comes out of that which is nothing, as nothing also returns to non-existence), so also the intellectual part comes from some source. Death is such as generation is, a mystery of nature; a composition out of the same elements, and a decomposition into the same; and altogether not a thing of which any man should be ashamed, for it is not contrary to the nature of a reasonable animal, and not contrary to the reason of our constitution. It is natural that these things should be done by such persons, it is a matter of necessity; and if a man will not have it so, he will not allow the fig-tree to have juice. But by all means bear this in mind, that within a very short time both thou and he will be dead; and soon not even your names will be left behind. Take away thy opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, “I have been harmed.” Take away the complaint, “I have been harmed,” and the harm is taken away. That which does not make a man worse than he was, also does not make his life worse, nor does it harm him either from without or from within. The nature of that which is universally useful has been compelled to do this. Consider that everything which happens, happens justly, and if thou observest carefully, thou wilt find it to be so. I do not say only with respect to the continuity of the series of things, but with respect to what is just, and as if it were done by one who assigns to each thing its value. Observe then as thou hast begun; and whatever thou doest, do it in conjunction with this, the being good, and in the sense in which a man is properly understood to be good. Keep to this in every action. Do not have such an opinion of things as he has who does thee wrong, or such as he wishes thee to have, but look at them as they are in truth. A man should always have these two rules in readiness; the one, to do only whatever the reason of the ruling and legislating faculty may suggest for the use of men; the other, to change thy opinion, if there is any one at hand who sets thee right and moves thee from any opinion. But this change of opinion must proceed only from a certain persuasion, as of what is just or of common advantage, and the like, not because it appears pleasant or brings reputation. Hast thou reason? I have.- Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost thou wish? Thou hast existed as a part. Thou shalt disappear in that which produced thee; but rather thou shalt be received back into its seminal principle by transmutation. Many grains of frankincense on the same altar: one falls before, another falls after; but it makes no difference. Within ten days thou wilt seem a god to those to whom thou art now a beast and an ape, if thou wilt return to thy principles and the worship of reason. Do not act as if thou wert going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over thee. While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good. How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only to what he does himself, that it may be just and pure; or as Agathon says, look not round at the depraved morals of others, but run straight along the line without deviating from it. He who has a vehement desire for posthumous fame does not consider that every one of those who remember him will himself also die very soon; then again also they who have succeeded them, until the whole remembrance shall have been extinguished as it is transmitted through men who foolishly admire and perish. But suppose that those who will remember are even immortal, and that the remembrance will be immortal, what then is this to thee? And I say not what is it to the dead, but what is it to the living? What is praise except indeed so far as it has a certain utility? For thou now rejectest unseasonably the gift of nature, clinging to something else… Everything which is in any way beautiful is beautiful in itself, and terminates in itself, not having praise as part of itself. Neither worse then nor better is a thing made by being praised. I affirm this also of the things which are called beautiful by the vulgar, for example, material things and works of art. That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty. Which of these things is beautiful because it is praised, or spoiled by being blamed? Is such a thing as an emerald made worse than it was, if it is not praised? Or gold, ivory, purple, a lyre, a little knife, a flower, a shrub? If souls continue to exist, how does the air contain them from eternity?- But how does the earth contain the bodies of those who have been buried from time so remote? For as here the mutation of these bodies after a certain continuance, whatever it may be, and their dissolution make room for other dead bodies; so the souls which are removed into the air after subsisting for some time are transmuted and diffused, and assume a fiery nature by being received into the seminal intelligence of the universe, and in this way make room for the fresh souls which come to dwell there. And this is the answer which a man might give on the hypothesis of souls continuing to exist. But we must not only think of the number of bodies which are thus buried, but also of the number of animals which are daily eaten by us and the other animals. For what a number is consumed, and thus in a manner buried in the bodies of those who feed on them! And nevertheless this earth receives them by reason of the changes of these bodies into blood, and the transformations into the aerial or the fieryelement. What is the investigation into the truth in this matter? The division into that which is material and that which is the cause of form, the formal. Do not be whirled about, but in every movement have respect to justice, and on the occasion of every impression maintain the faculty of comprehension or understanding. Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, O Universe. Nothing for me is too early nor too late, which is in due time for thee. Everything is fruit to me which thy seasons bring, O Nature: from thee are all things, in thee are all things, to thee all things return. The poet says, Dear city of Cecrops; and wilt not thou say, Dear city of Zeus? Occupy thyself with few things, says the philosopher, if thou wouldst be tranquil.- But consider if it would not be better to say, Do what is necessary, and whatever the reason of the animal which is naturally social requires, and as it requires. For this brings not only the tranquility which comes from doing well, but also that which comes from doing few things.For the greatest part of what we say and do being unnecessary, if a man takes this away, he will have more leisure and less uneasiness. Accordingly on every occasion a man should ask himself, Is this one of the unnecessary things? Now a man should take away not only unnecessary acts, but also, unnecessary thoughts, for thus superfluous acts will not followafter. Try how the life of the good man suits thee, the life of him who is satisfied with his portion out of the whole, and satisfied with his own just acts and benevolent disposition. Hast thou seen those things? Look also at these. Do not disturb thyself. Make thyself all simplicity. Does any one do wrong? It is to himself that he does the wrong. Has anything happened to thee? Well; out of the universe from the beginning everything which happens has been apportioned and spun out to thee. In a word, thy life is short. Thou must turn to profit the present by the aid of reason and justice. Be sober in thy relaxation. Either it is a well-arranged universe or a chaos huddled together, but still a universe. But can a certain order subsist in thee, and disorder in the All? And this too when all things are so separated and diffused and sympathetic. A black character, a womanish character, a stubborn character, bestial, childish, animal, stupid, counterfeit, scurrilous, fraudulent, tyrannical. If he is a stranger to the universe who does not know what is in it, no less is he a stranger who does not know what is going on in it. He is a runaway, who flies from social reason; he is blind, who shuts the eyes of the understanding; he is poor, who has need of another, and has not from himself all things which are useful for life. He is an abscess on the universe who withdraws and separates himself from the reason of our common nature through being displeased with the things which happen, for the same nature produces this, and has produced thee too: he is a piece rent asunder from the state, who tears his own soul from that of reasonable animals, which is one. The one is a philosopher without a tunic, and the other without a book: here is another half naked: Bread I have not, he says, and I abide by reason.- And I do not get the means of living out of my learning, and I abide by my reason. Love the art, poor as it may be, which thou hast learned, and be content with it; and pass through the rest of life like one who has intrusted to the gods with his whole soul all that he has, making thyself neither the tyrant nor the slave of any man. Consider, for example, the times of Vespasian. Thou wilt see all these things, people marrying, bringing up children, sick, dying, warring, feasting, trafficking, cultivating the ground, flattering, obstinately arrogant, suspecting, plotting, wishing for some to die, grumbling about the present, loving, heaping up treasure, desiring counsulship, kingly power. Well then, that life of these people no longer exists at all. Again, remove to the times of Trajan. Again, all is the same. Their life too is gone. In like manner view also the other epochs of time and of whole nations, and see how many after great efforts soon fell and were resolved into the elements. But chiefly thou shouldst think of those whom thou hast thyself known distracting themselves about idle things, neglecting to do what was in accordance with their proper constitution, and to hold firmly to this and to be content with it. And herein it is necessary to remember that the attention given to everything has its proper value and proportion. For thus thou wilt not be dissatisfied, if thou appliest thyself to smaller matters no further than is fit. The words which were formerly familiar are now antiquated: so also the names of those who were famed of old, are now in a manner antiquated, Camillus, Caeso, Volesus, Leonnatus, and a little after also Scipio and Cato, then Augustus, then also Hadrian and Antoninus. For all things soon pass away and become a mere tale, and complete oblivion soon buries them. And I say this of those who have shone in a wondrous way. For the rest, as soon as they have breathed out their breath, they are gone, and no man speaks of them. And, to conclude the matter, what is even an eternal remembrance? A mere nothing. What then is that about which we ought to employ our serious pains? This one thing, thoughts just, and acts social, and words which never lie, and a disposition which gladly accepts all that happens, as necessary, as usual, as flowing from a principle and source of the same kind. Willingly give thyself up to Clotho, one of the Fates, allowing her to spin thy thread into whatever things she pleases. Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered. Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are and to make new things like them. For everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be. But thou art thinking only of seeds which are cast into the earth or into a womb: but this is a very vulgar notion. Thou wilt soon die, and thou art not yet simple, not free from perturbations, nor without suspicion of being hurt by external things, nor kindly disposed towards all; nor dost thou yet place wisdom only in acting justly. Examine men’s ruling principles, even those of the wise, what kind of things they avoid, and what kind they pursue. What is evil to thee does not subsist in the ruling principle of another; nor yet in any turning and mutation of thy corporeal covering. Where is it then? It is in that part of thee in which subsists the power of forming opinions about evils. Let this power then not form such opinions, and all is well. And if that which is nearest to it, the poor body, is burnt, filled with matter and rottenness, nevertheless let the part which forms opinions about these things be quiet, that is, let it judge that nothing is either bad or good which can happen equally to the bad man and the good. For that which happens equally to him who lives contrary to nature and to him who lives according to nature, is neither according to nature nor contrary to nature. Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul; and observe how all things have reference to one perception, the perception of this one living being; and how all things act with one movement; and how all things are the cooperating causes of all things which exist; observe too the continuous spinning of the thread and the contexture of the web. Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say. It is no evil for things to undergo change, and no good for things to subsist in consequence of change. Time is like a river made up of the events which happen, and a violent stream; for as soon as a thing has been seen, it is carried away, and another comes in its place, and this will be carried away too. Everything which happens is as familiar and well known as the rose in spring and the fruit in summer; for such is disease, and death, and calumny, and treachery, and whatever else delights fools or vexes them. In the series of things those which follow are always aptly fitted to those which have gone before; for this series is not like a mere enumeration of disjointed things, which has only a necessary sequence, but it is a rational connection: and as all existing things are arranged together harmoniously, so the things which come into existence exhibit no mere succession, but a certain wonderful relationship. Always remember the saying of Heraclitus, that the death of earth is to become water, and the death of water is to become air, and the death of air is to become fire, and reversely. And think too of him who forgets whither the way leads, and that men quarrel with that with which they are most constantly in communion, the reason which governs the universe; and the things which daily meet with seem to them strange: and consider that we ought not to act and speak as if we were asleep, for even in sleep we seem to act and speak; and that we ought not, like children who learn from their parents, simply to act and speak as we have been taught. If any god told thee that thou shalt die to-morrow, or certainly on the day after to-morrow, thou wouldst not care much whether it was on the third day or on the morrow, unless thou wast in the highest degree mean-spirited- for how small is the difference?- So think it no great thing to die after as many years as thou canst name rather than to-morrow. Think continually how many physicians are dead after often contracting their eyebrows over the sick; and how many astrologers after predicting with great pretensions the deaths of others; and how many philosophers after endless discourses on death or immortality; how many heroes after killing thousands; and how many tyrants who have used their power overmen’s lives with terrible insolence as if they were immortal; and how many cities are entirely dead, so to speak, Helice and Pompeii and Herculaneum, and others innumerable. Add to the reckoning all whom thou hast known, one after another. One man after burying another has been laid out dead, and another buries him: and all this in a short time. To conclude, always observe how ephemeral and worthless human things are, and what was yesterday a little mucus to-morrow will be a mummy or ashes. Pass then through this little space of time conformably to nature, and end thy journey in content, just as an olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature who produced it, and thanking the tree on which it grew. Be like the promontory against which the waves continually break, but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it. Unhappy am I because this has happened to me.- Not so, but happy am I, though this has happened to me, because I continue free from pain, neither crushed by the present nor fearing the future. For such a thing as this might have happened to every man; but every man would not have continued free from pain on such an occasion. Why then is that rather amisfortune than this a good fortune? And dost thou in all cases call that a man’s misfortune, which is not a deviation from man’s nature? And does a thing seem to thee to be a deviation from man’s nature, when it is not contrary to the will of man’s nature? Well, thou knowest the will of nature. Will then this which has happened prevent thee from being just, magnanimous, temperate, prudent, secure against inconsiderate opinions and falsehood; will it prevent thee from having modesty, freedom, and everything else, by the presence of which man’s nature obtains all that is its own? Remember too on every occasion which leads thee to vexation to apply this principle: not that this is a misfortune, but that to bear it nobly is good fortune. It is a vulgar, but still a useful help towards contempt of death, to pass in review those who have tenaciously stuck to life. What more then have they gained than those who have died early? Certainly they lie in their tombs somewhere at last, Cadicianus, Fabius, Julianus, Lepidus, or any one else like them, who have carried out many to be buried, and then were carried out themselves. Altogether the interval is small between birth and death; and consider with how much trouble, and in company with what sort of people and in what a feeble body this interval is laboriously passed. Do not then consider life a thing of any value. For look to the immensity of time behind thee, and to the time which is before thee, another boundless space. In this infinity then what is the difference between him who lives three days and him who lives three generations? Always run to the short way; and the short way is the natural: accordingly say and do everything in conformity with the soundest reason. For such a purpose frees a man from trouble, and warfare, and all artifice and ostentatious display. In he morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present- I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world? Or have I been made for this, to lie in the bed-clothes and keep myself warm?- But this is more pleasant.- Dost thou exist then to take thy pleasure, and not at all for action or exertion? Dost thou not see the little plants, the little birds, the ants, the spiders, the bees working together to put in order their several parts of the universe? And art thou unwilling to do the work of a human being, and dost thou not make haste to do that which is according to thy nature?- But it is necessary to take rest also.- It is necessary: however nature has fixed bounds to this too: she has fixed bounds both to eating and drinking, and yet thou goest beyond these bounds, beyond what is sufficient; yet in thy acts it is not so, but thou stoppest short of what thou canst do. So thou lovest not thyself, for if thou didst, thou wouldst love thy nature and her will. But those who love their several arts exhaust themselves in working at them unwashed and without food; but thou valuest thy own own nature less than the turner values the turning art, or the dancer the dancing art, or the lover of money values his money, or the vainglorious man his little glory. And such men, when they have a violent affection to a thing, choose neither to eat nor to sleep rather than to perfect the things which they care for. But are the acts which concern society more vile in thy eyes and less worthy of thy labour? How easy it is to repel and to wipe away every impression which is troublesome or unsuitable, and immediately to be in all tranquility. Judge every word and deed which are according to nature to be fit for thee; and be not diverted by the blame which follows from any people nor by their words, but if a thing is good to be done or said, do not consider it unworthy of thee. For those persons have their peculiar leading principle and follow their peculiar movement; which things do not thou regard, but go straight on, following thy own nature and the common nature; and the way of both is one. I go through the things which happen according to nature until I shall fall and rest, breathing out my breath into that element out of which I daily draw it in, and falling upon that earth out of which my father collected the seed, and my mother the blood, and my nurse the milk; out of which during so many years I have been supplied with food and drink; which bears me when I tread on it and abuse it for so many purposes. Thou sayest, Men cannot admire the sharpness of thy wits.- Be it so: but there are many other things of which thou canst not say, I am not formed for them by nature. Show those qualities then which are altogether in thy power, sincerity, gravity, endurance of labour, aversion to pleasure, contentment with thy portion and with few things, benevolence, frankness, no love of superfluity, freedom from trifling magnanimity. Dost thou not see how many qualities thou art immediately able to exhibit, in which there is no excuse of natural incapacity and unfitness, and yet thou still remainest voluntarily below the mark? Or art thou compelled through being defectively furnished by nature to murmur, and to be stingy, and to flatter, and to find fault with thy poor body, and to try to please men, and to make great display, and to be so restless in thy mind? No, by the gods: but thou mightesthave been delivered from these things long ago. Only if in truth thou canst be charged with being rather slow and dull of comprehension, thou must exert thyself about this also, not neglecting it nor yet taking pleasure in thy dulness. One man, when he has done a service to another, is ready to set it down to his account as a favour conferred. Another is not ready to do this, but still in his own mind he thinks of the man as his debtor, and he knows what he has done. A third in a manner does not even know what he has done, but he is like a vine which has produced grapes, and seeks for nothing more after it has once produced its proper fruit. As a horse when he has run, a dog when he has tracked the game, a bee when it has made the honey, so a man when he has done a good act, does not call out for others to come and see, but he goes on to another act, as a vine goes on to produce again the grapes in season.- Must a man then be one of these, who in a manner act thus without observing it?- Yes.- But this very thing is necessary, the observation of what a man is doing: for, it may be said, it is characteristic of the social animal to perceive that he is working in a social manner, and indeed to wish that his social partner also should perceive it.- It is true what thou sayest, but thou dost not rightly understand what is now said: and for this reason thou wilt become one of those of whom I spoke before, for even they are misled by a certain show of reason. But if thou wilt choose to understand the meaning of what is said, do not fear that for this reason thou wilt omit any social act. A prayer of the Athenians: Rain, rain, O dear Zeus, down on the ploughed fields of the Athenians and on the plains.- In truth we ought not to pray at all, or we ought to pray in this simple and noble fashion. Just as we must understand when it is said, That Aesculapius prescribed to this man horse-exercise, or bathing in cold water or going without shoes; so we must understand it when it is said, That the nature of the universe prescribed to this man disease or mutilation or loss or anything else of the kind. For in the first case Prescribed means something like this: heprescribed this for this man as a thing adapted to procure health; and in the second case it means: That which happens to (or, suits) every man is fixed in a manner for him suitably to his destiny. For this is what we mean when we say that things are suitable to us, as the workmen say of squared stones in walls or the pyramids, that they are suitable, when they fit them to one another in some kind of connexion. For there is altogether one fitness, harmony. And as the universe is made up out of all bodies to be such a body as it is, so out of all existing causes necessity (destiny) is made up to be such a cause as it is. And even those who are completely ignorant understand what I mean, for they say, It (necessity, destiny)brought this to such a person.- This then was brought and this was precribed to him. Let us then receive these things, as well as those which Aesculapius prescribes. Many as a matter of course even among his prescriptions are disagreeable, but we accept them in the hope of health. Let the perfecting and accomplishment of the things, which the common nature judges to be good, be judged by thee to be of the same kind as thy health. And so accept everything which happens, even if it seem disagreeable, because it leads to this, to the health of the universe and to the prosperity and felicity of Zeus (the universe). For he would not have brought on any man what he has brought, if it were not useful for the whole. Neither does the nature of anything, whatever it may be, cause anything which is not suitable to that which is directed by it. For two reasons then it is right to be content with that which happens to thee; the one, because it was done for thee and prescribed for thee, and in a manner had reference to thee, originally from the most ancient causes spun with thy destiny; and the other, because even that which comes severally to every man is to the power which administers the universe a cause of felicity and perfection, nay even of its very continuance. For the integrity of the whole is mutilated, if thou cuttest off anything whatever from the conjunction and the continuity either of the parts or of the causes. And thou dost cut off, as far as it is in thy power, when thou art dissatisfied, and in a manner triest to put anything out of the way. Be not disgusted, nor discouraged, nor dissatisfied, if thou dost not succeed in doing everything according to right principles; but when thou bast failed, return back again, and be content if the greater part of what thou doest is consistent with man’s nature, and love this to which thou returnest; and do not return to philosophy as if she were a master, but act like those who have sore eyes and apply a bit of sponge and egg, or as another applies a plaster, or drenching with water. For thus thou wilt not fail to obey reason, and thou wilt repose in it. And remember that philosophy requires only the things which thy nature requires; but thou wouldst have something else which is not according to nature.- It may be objected, Why what is more agreeable than this which I am doing?- But is not this the very reason why pleasure deceives us? And consider if magnanimity, freedom, simplicity, equanimity, piety, are not more agreeable. For what is more agreeable than wisdom itself, when thou thinkest of the security and the happy course of all things which depend on the faculty of understanding and knowledge? Things are in such a kind of envelopment that they have seemed to philosophers, not a few nor those common philosophers, altogether unintelligible; nay even to the Stoics themselves they seem difficult to understand. And all our assent is changeable; for where is the man who never changes? Carry thy thoughts then to the objects themselves, and consider how short-lived they are and worthless, and that they may be in the possession of a filthy wretch or a whore or a robber. Then turn to the morals of those who live with thee, and it is hardly possible to endure even the most agreeable of them, to say nothing of a man being hardly able to endure himself. In such darkness then and dirt and in so constant a flux both of substance and of time, and of motion and of things moved, what there is worth being highly prized or even an object of serious pursuit, I cannot imagine. But on the contrary it is a man’s duty to comfort himself, and to wait for the natural dissolution and not to be vexed at the delay, but to rest in these principles only: the one, that nothing will happen to me which is not conformable to the nature of the universe; and the other, that it is in my power never to act contrary to my god and daemon: for there is no man who will compel me to this. About what am I now employing my own soul? On every occasion I must ask myself this question, and inquire, what have I now in this part of me which they call the ruling principle? And whose soul have I now? That of a child, or of a young man, or of a feeble woman, or of a tyrant, or of a domestic animal, or of a wild beast? What kind of things those are which appear good to the many, we may learn even from this. For if any man should conceive certain things as being really good, such as prudence, temperance, justice, fortitude, he would not after having first conceived these endure to listen to anything which should not be in harmony with what is really good. But if a man hasfirst conceived as good the things which appear to the many to be good, he will listen and readily receive as very applicable that which was said by the comic writer. Thus even the many perceive the difference. For were it not so, this saying would not offend and would not be rejected in the first case, while we receive it when it is said of wealth, and of the means which further luxury and fame, as said fitly and wittily. Go on then and ask if we should value and think those things to be good, to which after their first conception in the mind the words of the comic writer might be aptly applied- that he who has them, through pure abundance has not a place to ease himself in. I am composed of the formal and the material; and neither of them will perish into non-existence, as neither of them came into existence out of non-existence. Every part of me then will be reduced by change into some part of the universe, and that again will change into another part of the universe, and so on for ever. And by consequence of such a change I too exist, and those who begot me, and so on for ever in the other direction. For nothing hinders us from saying so, even if the universe is administered according to definite periods of revolution. Reason and the reasoning art (philosophy) are powers which are sufficient for themselves and for their own works. They move then from a first principle which is their own, and they make their way to the end which is proposed to them; and this is the reason why such acts are named catorthoseis or right acts, which word signifies that they proceed by the right road. None of these things ought to be called a man’s, which do not belong to a man, as man. They are not required of a man, nor does man’s nature promise them, nor are they the means of man’s nature attaining its end. Neither then does the end of man lie in these things, nor yet that which aids to the accomplishment of this end, and that which aids towards this end is that which is good. Besides, if any of these things did belong to man, it would not be right for a man to despise them and to set himself against them; nor would a man be worthy of praise who showed that he did not want these things, nor would he who stinted himself in any of them be good, if indeed these things were good. But now the more of these things a man deprives himself of, or of other things like them, or even when he is deprived of any of them, the more patiently he endures the loss, just in the same degree he is a better man. Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then with a continuous series of such thoughts as these: for instance, that where a man can live, there he can also live well. But he must live in a palace;- well then, he can also live well in a palace. And again, consider that for whateverpurpose each thing has been constituted, for this it has been constituted, and towards this it is carried; and its end is in that towards which it is carried; and where the end is, there also is the advantage and the good of each thing. Now the good for the reasonable animal is society; for that we are made for society has been shown above. Is it not plain that the inferior exist for the sake of the superior? But the things which have life are superior to those which have not life, and of those which have life the superior are those which have reason. To seek what is impossible is madness: and it is impossible that the bad should not do something of this kind. Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear. The same things happen to another, and either because he does not see that they have happened or because he would show a great spirit he is firm and remains unharmed. It is a shame then that ignorance and conceit should be stronger than wisdom. Things themselves touch not the soul, not in the least degree; nor have they admission to the soul, nor can they turn or move the soul: but the soul turns and moves itself alone, and whatever judgements it may think proper to make, such it makes for itself the things which present themselves to it. In one respect man is the nearest thing to me, so far as I must do good to men and endure them. But so far as some men make themselves obstacles to my proper acts, man becomes to me one of the things which are indifferent, no less than the sun or wind or a wild beast. Now it is true that these may impede my action, but they are no impediments to my affects and disposition, which have the power of acting conditionally and changing: for the mind converts and changes every hindrance to its activity into an aid; and so that which is a hindrance is made a furtherance to an act; and that which is an obstacle on the road helps us on this road. Reverence that which is best in the universe; and this is that which makes use of all things and directs all things. And in like manner also reverence that which is best in thyself; and this is of the same kind as that. For in thyself also, that which makes use of everything else, is this, and thy life is directed by this. That which does no harm to the state, does no harm to the citizen. In the case of every appearance of harm apply this rule: if the state is not harmed by this, neither am I harmed. But if the state is harmed, thou must not be angry with him who does harm to the state. Show him where his error is. Often think of the rapidity with which things pass by and disappear, both the things which are and the things which are produced. For substance is like a river in a continual flow, and the activities of things are in constant change, and the causes work in infinite varieties; and there is hardly anything which stands still. And consider this which is near to thee, this boundless abyss of the past and of the future in which all things disappear. How then is he not a fool who is puffed up with such things or plagued about them and makes himself miserable? for they vex him only for a time, and a short time. Think of the universal substance, of which thou hast a very small portion; and of universal time, of which a short and indivisible interval has been assigned to thee; and of that which is fixed by destiny, and how small a part of it thou art. Does another do me wrong? Let him look to it. He has his own disposition, his own activity. I now have what the universal nature wills me to have; and I do what my nature now wills me to do. Let the part of thy soul which leads and governs be undisturbed by the movements in the flesh, whether of pleasure or of pain; and let it not unite with them, but let it circumscribe itself and limit those affects to their parts. But when these affects rise up to the mind by virtue of that other sympathy that naturally exists in a body which is all one, then thou must not strive to resist the sensation, for it is natural: but let not the ruling part of itself add to the sensation the opinion that it is either good or bad. Live with the gods. And he does live with the gods who constantly shows to them, his own soul is satisfied with that which is assigned to him, and that it does all that the daemon wishes, which Zeus hath given to every man for his guardian and guide, a portion of himself. And this is every man’s understanding and reason. Art thou angry with him whose armpits stink? Art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul? What good will this danger do thee? He has such a mouth, he has such arm-pits: it is necessary that such an emanation must come from such things- but the man has reason, it will be said, and he is able, if he takes pain, to discover wherein he offends- I wish theewell of thy discovery. Well then, and thou hast reason: by thy rational faculty stir up his rational faculty; show him his error, admonish him. For if he listens, thou wilt cure him, and there is no need of anger. Neither tragic actor nor whore… As thou intendest to live when thou art gone out,…so it is in thy power to live here. But if men do not permit thee, then get away out of life, yet so as if thou wert suffering no harm. The house is smoky, and I quit it. Why dost thou think that this is any trouble? But so long as nothing of the kind drives me out, I remain, am free, and no man shall hinder me from doing what I choose; and I choose to do what is according to the nature of the rational and social animal. The intelligence of the universe is social. Accordingly it has made the inferior things for the sake of the superior, and it has fitted the superior to one another. Thou seest how it has subordinated, co-ordinated and assigned to everything its proper portion, and has brought together into concord with one another the things which are the best. How hast thou behaved hitherto to the gods, thy parents, brethren, children, teachers, to those who looked after thy infancy, to thy friends, kinsfolk, to thy slaves? Consider if thou hast hitherto behaved to all in such a way that this may be said of thee: Never has wronged a man in deed or word. And call to recollection both how many things thou hast passed through, and how many things thou hast been able to endure: and that the history of thy life is now complete and thy service is ended: and how many beautiful things thou hast seen: and how many pleasures and pains thou hast despised; and how many things called honourable thou hast spurned; and to how many ill-minded folks thou hast shown a kind disposition. Why do unskilled and ignorant souls disturb him who has skill and knowledge? What soul then has skill and knowledge? That which knows beginning and end, and knows the reason which pervades all substance and through all time by fixed periods (revolutions) administers the universe. Soon, very soon, thou wilt be ashes, or a skeleton, and either a name or not even a name; but name is sound and echo. And the things which are much valued in life are empty and rotten and trifling, and like little dogs biting one another, and little children quarrelling, laughing, and then straightway weeping. But fidelity and modesty and justice and truth are fled Up to Olympus from the wide-spread earth. What then is there which still detains thee here? If the objects of sense are easily changed and never stand still, and the organs of perception are dull and easily receive false impressions; and the poor soul itself is an exhalation from blood. But to have good repute amidst such a world as this is an empty thing.Why then dost thou not wait in tranquility for thy end, whether it is extinction or removal to another state? And until that time comes, what is sufficient? Why, what else than to venerate the gods and bless them, and to do good to men, and to practise tolerance and self-restraint; but as to everything which is beyond the limits of the poor flesh and breath, to remember that this is neither thine nor in thy power. Thou canst pass thy life in an equable flow of happiness, if thou canst go by the right way, and think and act in the right way. These two things are common both to the soul of God and to the soul of man, and to the soul of every rational being, not to be hindered by another; and to hold good to consist in the disposition to justice and the practice of it, and in this to let thy desire find its termination. If this is neither my own badness, nor an effect of my own badness, and the common weal is not injured, why am I troubled about it? And what is the harm to the common weal? Do not be carried along inconsiderately by the appearance of things, but give help to all according to thy ability and their fitness; and if they should have sustained loss in matters which are indifferent, do not imagine this to be a damage. For it is a bad habit. But as the old man, when he went away, asked back his foster-child’s top, remembering that it was a top, so do thou in this case also. When thou art calling out on the Rostra, hast thou forgotten, man, what these things are?- Yes; but they are objects of great concern to these people- wilt thou too then be made a fool for these things?- I was once a fortunate man, but I lost it, I know not how.- But fortunate means that a man has assigned to himself a good fortune: and a good fortune is gooddisposition of the soul, good emotions, good actions. Book Six The substance of the universe is obedient and compliant; and the reason which governs it has in itself no cause for doing evil, for it has no malice, nor does it do evil to anything, nor is anything harmed by it. But all things are made and perfected according to this reason. Let it make no difference to thee whether thou art cold or warm, if thou art doing thy duty; and whether thou art drowsy or satisfied with sleep; and whether ill-spoken of or praised; and whether dying or doing something else. For it is one of the acts of life, this act by which we die: it is sufficient then in this act also to do well what we have in hand. Look within. Let neither the peculiar quality of anything nor its value escape thee. All existing things soon change, and they will either be reduced to vapour, if indeed all substance is one, or they will be dispersed. The reason which governs knows what its own disposition is, and what it does, and on what material it works. The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong doer. Take pleasure in one thing and rest in it, in passing from one social act to another social act, thinking of God. The ruling principle is that which rouses and turns itself, and while it makes itself such as it is and such as it wills to be, it also makes everything which happens appear to itself to be such as it wills. In conformity to the nature of the universe every single thing is accomplished, for certainly it is not in conformity to any other nature that each thing is accomplished, either a nature which externally comprehends this, or a nature which is comprehended within this nature, or a nature external and independent of this. The universe is either a confusion, and a mutual involution of things, and a dispersion; or it is unity and order and providence. If then it is the former, why do I desire to tarry in a fortuitous combination of things and such a disorder? And why do I care about anything else than how I shall at last become earth? And why am I disturbed, for the dispersion of my elements will happen whatever I do. But if the other supposition is true, I venerate, and I am firm, and I trust in him who governs. When thou hast been compelled by circumstances to be disturbed in a manner, quickly return to thyself and do not continue out of tune longer than the compulsion lasts; for thou wilt have more mastery over the harmony by continually recurring to it. If thou hadst a step-mother and a mother at the same time, thou wouldst be dutiful to thy step-mother, but still thou wouldst constantly return to thy mother. Let the court and philosophy now be to thee step-mother and mother: return to philosophy frequently and repose in her, through whom what thou meetest with in the court appears to thee tolerable, and thou appearest tolerable in the court. When we have meat before us and such eatables we receive the impression, that this is the dead body of a fish, and this is the dead body of a bird or of a pig; and again, that this Falernian is only a little grape juice, and this purple robe some sheep’s wool dyed with the blood of a shell-fish: such then are these impressions, and they reach the things themselves and penetrate them, and so we see what kind of things they are. Just in the same way ought we to act all through life, and where there are things which appear most worthy of our approbation, we ought to lay them bare and look at their worthlessness and strip them of all the words by which they are exalted. For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason, and when thou art most sure that thou art employed about things worth thy pains, it is then that it cheats thee most. Consider then what Crates says of Xenocrates himself. Most of the things which the multitude admire are referred to objects of the most general kind, those which are held together by cohesion or natural organization, such as stones, wood, fig-trees, vines, olives. But those which are admired by men who are a little more reasonable are referred to the things which are held together by a living principle, as flocks,herds. Those which are admired by men who are still more instructed are the things which are held together by a rational soul, not however a universal soul, but rational so far as it is a soul skilled in some art, or expert in some other way, or simply rational so far as it possesses a number of slaves. But he who values rational soul, a soul universal and fitted forpolitical life, regards nothing else except this; and above all things he keeps his soul in a condition and in an activity conformable to reason and social life, and he co-operates to this end with those who are of the same kind as himself. Some things are hurrying into existence, and others are hurrying out of it; and of that which is coming into existence part is already extinguished. Motions and changes are continually renewing the world, just as the uninterrupted course of time is always renewing the infinite duration of ages. In this flowing stream then, on which there is no abiding, what is there of the things which hurry by on which a man would set a high price? It would be just as if a man should fall in love with one of the sparrows which fly by, but it has already passed out of sight. Something of this kind is the very life of every man, like the exhalation of the blood and the respiration of the air. For such as it is to have once drawn in the air and to have given it back, which we do every moment, just the same is it with the whole respiratory power, which thou didst receive at thy birth yesterday and the day before, to give it back to the element from which thou didst first draw it. Neither is transpiration, as in plants, a thing to be valued, nor respiration, as in domesticated animals and wild beasts, nor the receiving of impressions by the appearances of things, nor being moved by desires as puppets by strings, nor assembling in herds, nor being nourished by food; for this is just like the act of separating and parting with the useless part of our food. What then is worth being valued? To be received with clapping of hands? No. Neither must we value the clapping of tongues, for the praise which comes from the many is a clapping of tongues. Suppose then that thou hast given up this worthless thing called fame, what remains that is worth valuing? This in my opinion, to move thyself and to restrainthyself in conformity to thy proper constitution, to which end both all employments and arts lead. For every art aims at this, that the thing which has been made should be adapted to the work for which it has been made; and both the vine-planter who looks after the vine, and the horse-breaker, and he who trains the dog, seek this end. But the education and the teaching of youth aim at something. In this then is the value of the education and the teaching. And if this is well, thou wilt not seek anything else. Wilt thou not cease to value many other things too? Then thou wilt be neither free, nor sufficient for thy own happiness, nor without passion. For of necessity thou must be envious, jealous, and suspicious of those who can take away those things, and plot against those who have that which is valued by thee. Of necessity a man must be altogether in a state of perturbation who wants any of these things; and besides, he must often find fault with the gods. But to reverence and honour thy own mind will make thee content with thyself, and in harmony with society, and in agreement with the gods, that is, praising all that they give and have ordered. Above, below, all around are the movements of the elements. But the motion of virtue is in none of these: it is something more divine, and advancing by a way hardly observed it goes happily on its road. How strangely men act. They will not praise those who are living at the same time and living with themselves; but to be themselves praised by posterity, by those whom they have never seen or ever will see, this they set much value on. But this is very much the same as if thou shouldst be grieved because those who have lived before thee did not praise thee. If a thing is difficult to be accomplished by thyself, do not think that it is impossible for man: but if anything is possible for man and conformable to his nature, think that this can be attained by thyself too. In the gymnastic exercises suppose that a man has torn thee with his nails, and by dashing against thy head has inflicted a wound. Well, we neither show any signs of vexation, nor are we offended, nor do we suspect him afterwards as a treacherous fellow; and yet we are on our guard against him, not however as an enemy, nor yet with suspicion, but we quietly get out of his way. Something like this let thy behaviour be in all the other parts of life; let us overlook many things in those who are like antagonists in the gymnasium. For it is in our power, as I said, to get out of the way, and to have no suspicion nor hatred. If any man is able to convince me and show me that I do not think or act right, I will gladly change; for I seek the truth by which no man was ever injured. But he is injured who abides in his error and ignorance. I do my duty: other things trouble me not; for they are either things without life, or things without reason, or things that have rambled and know not the way. As to the animals which have no reason and generally all things and objects, do thou, since thou hast reason and they have none, make use of them with a generous and liberal spirit. But towards human beings, as they have reason, behave in a social spirit. And on all occasions call on the gods, and do not perplex thyself about the length of time in which thou shalt do this; for even three hours so spent are sufficient. Alexander the Macedonian and his groom by death were brought to the same state; for either they were received among the same seminal principles of the universe, or they were alike dispersed among the atoms. Consider how many things in the same indivisible time take place in each of us, things which concern the body and things which concern the soul: and so thou wilt not wonder if many more things, or rather all things which come into existence in that which is the one and all, which we call Cosmos, exist in it at the same time. If any man should propose to thee the question, how the name Antoninus is written, wouldst thou with a straining of the voice utter each letter? What then if they grow angry, wilt thou be angry too? Wilt thou not go on with composure and number every letter? just so then in this life also remember that every duty is made up of certain parts. These it is thy dutyto observe and without being disturbed or showing anger towards those who are angry with thee to go on thy way and finish that which is set before thee. How cruel it is not to allow men to strive after the things which appear to them to be suitable to their nature and profitable! And yet in a manner thou dost not allow them to do this, when thou art vexed because they do wrong. For they are certainly moved towards things because they suppose them to be suitable to their nature and profitable to them.- But it is not so.- Teach them then, and show them without being angry. Death is a cessation of the impressions through the senses, and of the pulling of the strings which move the appetites, and of the discursive movements of the thoughts, and of the service to the flesh. It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way. Take care that thou art not made into a Caesar, that thou art not dyed with this dye; for such things happen. Keep thyself then simple, good, pure, serious, free from affectation, a friend of justice, a worshipper of the gods, kind, affectionate, strenuous in all proper acts. Strive to continue to be such as philosophy wished to make thee. Reverence the gods, and help men. Short is life. There is only one fruit of this terrene life, a pious disposition and social acts. Do everything as a disciple of Antoninus. Remember his constancy in every act which was conformable to reason, and his evenness in all things, and his piety, and the serenity of his countenance, and his sweetness, and his disregard of empty fame, and his efforts to understand things; and how he would never let anything pass without having first most carefully examined it and clearly understood it; and how he bore with those who blamed him unjustly without blaming them in return; how he did nothing in a hurry; and how he listened not to calumnies, and how exact an examiner of manners and actions he was; and not given to reproach people, nor timid, nor suspicious, nor a sophist; and with how little he was satisfied, such as lodging, bed, dress, food, servants; and how laborious and patient; and how he was able on account of his sparing diet to hold out to the evening, not even requiring to relieve himself by any evacuations except at the usual hour; and his firmness and uniformity in his friendships; and how he tolerated freedom of speech in those who opposed his opinions; and the pleasure that he had when any man showed him anything better; and how religious he was without superstition. Imitate all this that thou mayest have as good a conscience, when thy last hour comes, as he had. Return to thy sober senses and call thyself back; and when thou hast roused thyself from sleep and hast perceived that they were only dreams which troubled thee, now in thy waking hours look at these (the things about thee) as thou didst look at those (the dreams). I consist of a little body and a soul. Now to this little body all things are indifferent, for it is not able to perceive differences. But to the understanding those things only are indifferent, which are not the works of its own activity. But whatever things are the works of its own activity, all these are in its power. And of these however only those which are done with reference to the present; for as to the future and the past activities of the mind, even these are for the present indifferent. Neither the labour which the hand does nor that of the foot is contrary to nature, so long as the foot does the foot’s work and the hand the hand’s. So then neither to a man as a man is his labour contrary to nature, so long as it does the things of a man. But if the labour is not contrary to his nature, neither is it an evil to him. How many pleasures have been enjoyed by robbers, patricides, tyrants. Dost thou not see how the handicraftsmen accommodate themselves up to a certain point to those who are not skilled in their craft- nevertheless they cling to the reason (the principles) of their art and do not endure to depart from it? Is it not strange if the architect and the physician shall have more respect to the reason (the principles) of their own artsthan man to his own reason, which is common to him and the gods? Asia, Europe are corners of the universe: all the sea a drop in the universe; Athos a little clod of the universe: all the present time is a point in eternity. All things are little, changeable, perishable. All things come from thence, from that universal ruling power either directly proceeding or by way of sequence. And accordingly the lion’s gaping jaws, and that which is poisonous, and every harmful thing, as a thorn, as mud, are after-products of the grand and beautiful. Do not then imagine that they are of another kind from that which thou dost venerate, but form a just opinion of the source of all. He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will be for time without end; for all things are of one kin and of one form. Frequently consider the connexion of all things in the universe and their relation to one another. For in a manner all things are implicated with one another, and all in this way are friendly to one another; for one thing comes in order after another, and this is by virtue of the active movement and mutual conspiration and the unity of the substance. Adapt thyself to the things with which thy lot has been cast: and the men among whom thou hast received thy portion, love them, but do it truly, sincerely. Every instrument, tool, vessel, if it does that for which it has been made, is well, and yet he who made it is not there. But in the things which are held together by nature there is within and there abides in them the power which made them; wherefore the more is it fit to reverence this power, and to think, that, if thou dost live and act according to its will,everything in thee is in conformity to intelligence. And thus also in the universe the things which belong to it are in conformity to intelligence. Whatever of the things which are not within thy power thou shalt suppose to be good for thee or evil, it must of necessity be that, if such a bad thing befall thee or the loss of such a good thing, thou wilt blame the gods, and hate men too, those who are the cause of the misfortune or the loss, or those who are suspected of being likely to be the cause; and indeed we do much injustice, because we make a difference between these things. But if we judge only those things which are in our power to be good or bad, there remains no reason either for finding fault with God or standing in a hostile attitude to man. We are all working together to one end, some with knowledge and design, and others without knowing what they do; as men also when they are asleep, of whom it is Heraclitus, I think, who says that they are labourers and co-operators in the things which take place in the universe. But men co-operate after different fashions: and even those co-operate abundantly, who find fault with what happens and those who try to oppose it and to hinder it; for the universe had need even of such men as these. It remains then for thee to understand among what kind of workmen thou placest thyself; for he who rules all things will certainly make a right use of thee, and he will receive thee among some part of the co-operators and of those whose labours conduce to one end. But be not thou such a part as the mean and ridiculous verse in the play, which Chrysippus speaks of. Does the sun undertake to do the work of the rain, or Aesculapius the work of the Fruit-bearer (the earth)? And how is it with respect to each of the stars, are they not different and yet they work together to the same end? If the gods have determined about me and about the things which must happen to me, they have determined well, for it is not easy even to imagine a deity without forethought; and as to doing me harm, why should they have any desire towards that? For what advantage would result to them from this or to the whole, which is the special object of their providence?But if they have not determined about me individually, they have certainly determined about the whole at least, and the things which happen by way of sequence in this general arrangement I ought to accept with pleasure and to be content with them. But if they determine about nothing- which it is wicked to believe, or if we do believe it, let us neither sacrifice nor pray nor swear by them nor do anything else which we do as if the gods were present and lived with us- but if however the gods determine about none of the things which concern us, I am able to determine about myself, and I can inquire about that which is useful; and that is useful to every man which is conformable to his own constitution and nature. But my nature is rational and social; and my city and country, so far as I am Antoninus, is Rome, but so far as I am a man, it is the world. The things then which are useful to these cities are alone useful to me. Whatever happens to every man, this is for the interest of the universal: this might be sufficient. But further thou wilt observe this also as a general truth, if thou dost observe, that whatever is profitable to any man is profitable also to other men. But let the word profitable be taken here in the common sense as said of things of the middle kind, neither good nor bad. As it happens to thee in the amphitheatre and such places, that the continual sight of the same things and the uniformity make the spectacle wearisome, so it is in the whole of life; for all things above, below, are the same and from the same. How long then? Think continually that all kinds of men and of all kinds of pursuits and of all nations are dead, so that thy thoughts come down even to Philistion and Phoebus and Origanion. Now turn thy thoughts to the other kinds of men. To that place then we must remove, where there are so many great orators, and so many noble philosophers, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Socrates; so many heroes of former days, and so many generals after them, and tyrants; besides these, Eudoxus, Hipparchus, Archimedes, and other men of acute natural talents, great minds, lovers of labour, versatile, confident, mockers even of the perishable and ephemeral life of man, as Menippus and such as are like him. As to all these consider that they have long been in the dust. What harm then is this to them; and what to those whose names are altogether unknown? One thing here is worth a great deal, to pass thy life in truth and justice, with a benevolent disposition even to liars and unjust men. When thou wishest to delight thyself, think of the virtues of those who live with thee; for instance, the activity of one, and the modesty of another, and the liberality of a third, and some other good quality of a fourth. For nothing delights so much as the examples of the virtues, when they are exhibited in the morals of those who live with us and presentthemselves in abundance, as far as is possible. Wherefore we must keep them before us. Thou art not dissatisfied, I suppose, because thou weighest only so many litrae and not three hundred. Be not dissatisfied then that thou must live only so many years and not more; for as thou art satisfied with the amount of substance which has been assigned to thee, so be content with the time. Let us try to persuade them (men). But act even against their will, when the principles of justice lead that way. If however any man by using force stands in thy way, betake thyself to contentment and tranquility, and at the same time employ the hindrance towards the exercise of some other virtue; and remember that thy attempt was with a reservation, that thou didst not desire to do impossibilities. What then didst thou desire?- Some such effort as this.- But thou attainest thy object, if the things to which thou wast moved are accomplished. He who loves fame considers another man’s activity to be his own good; and he who loves pleasure, his own sensations; but he who has understanding, considers his own acts to be his own good. It is in our power to have no opinion about a thing, and not to be disturbed in our soul; for things themselves have no natural power to form our judgements. Accustom thyself to attend carefully to what is said by another, and as much as it is possible, be in the speaker’s mind. That which is not good for the swarm, neither is it good for the bee. If sailors abused the helmsman or the sick the doctor, would they listen to anybody else; or how could the helmsman secure the safety of those in the ship or the doctor the health of those whom he attends? How many together with whom I came into the world are already gone out of it. To the jaundiced honey tastes bitter, and to those bitten by mad dogs water causes fear; and to little children the ball is a fine thing. Why then am I angry? Dost thou think that a false opinion has less power than the bile in the jaundiced or the poison in him who is bitten by a mad dog? No man will hinder thee from living according to the reason of thy own nature: nothing will happen to thee contrary to the reason of the universal nature. What kind of people are those whom men wish to please, and for what objects, and by what kind of acts? How soon will time cover all things, and how many it has covered already. What is badness? It is that which thou hast often seen. And on the occasion of everything which happens keep this in mind, that it is that which thou hast often seen. Everywhere up and down thou wilt find the same things, with which the old histories are filled, those of the middle ages and those of our own day; with which cities and houses are filled now. There is nothing new: all things are both familiar and short-lived. How can our principles become dead, unless the impressions (thoughts) which correspond to them are extinguished? But it is in thy power continuously to fan these thoughts into a flame. I can have that opinion about anything, which I ought to have. If I can, why am I disturbed? The things which are external to my mind have no relation at all to my mind.- Let this be the state of thy affects, and thou standest erect. To recover thy life is in thy power. Look at things again as thou didst use to look at them; for in this consists the recovery of thy life. The idle business of show, plays on the stage, flocks of sheep, herds, exercises with spears, a bone cast to little dogs, a bit of bread into fish-ponds, labourings of ants and burden-carrying, runnings about of frightened little mice, puppets pulled by strings- all alike. It is thy duty then in the midst of such things to show good humour and not a proud air; to understand however that every man is worth just so much as the things are worth about which he busies himself. In discourse thou must attend to what is said, and in every movement thou must observe what is doing. And in the one thou shouldst see immediately to what end it refers, but in the other watch carefully what is the thing signified. Is my understanding sufficient for this or not? If it is sufficient, I use it for the work as an instrument given by the universal nature. But if it is not sufficient, then either I retire from the work and give way to him who is able to do it better, unless there be some reason why I ought not to do so; or I do it as well as I can, taking to help me the man who with the aid of my ruling principle can do what is now fit and useful for the general good. For whatsoever either by myself or with another I can do, ought to be directed to this only, to that which is useful and well suited to society. How many after being celebrated by fame have been given up to oblivion; and how many who have celebrated the fame of others have long been dead. Be not ashamed to be helped; for it is thy business to do thy duty like a soldier in the assault on a town. How then, if being lame thou canst not mount up on the battlements alone, but with the help of another it is possible? Let not future things disturb thee, for thou wilt come to them, if it shall be necessary, having with thee the same reason which now thou usest for present things. All things are implicated with one another, and the bond is holy; and there is hardly anything unconnected with any other thing. For things have been co-ordinated, and they combine to form the same universe (order). For there is one universe made up of all things, and one God who pervades all things, and one substance, and one law, one common reason in all intelligent animals, and one truth; if indeed there is also one perfection for all animals which are of the same stock and participate in the same reason. Everything material soon disappears in the substance of the whole; and everything formal (causal) is very soon taken back into the universal reason; and the memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time. To the rational animal the same act is according to nature and according to reason. Be thou erect, or be made erect. Just as it is with the members in those bodies which are united in one, so it is with rational beings which exist separate, for they have been constituted for one co-operation. And the perception of this will be more apparent to thee, if thou often sayest to thyself that I am a member (melos) of the system of rational beings. But if (using the letter r) thou sayest that thou art a part (meros) thou dost not yet love men from thy heart; beneficence does not yet delight thee for its own sake; thou still doest it barely as a thing of propriety, and not yet as doing good to thyself. Let there fall externally what will on the parts which can feel the effects of this fall. For those parts which have felt will complain, if they choose. But I, unless I think that what has happened is an evil, am not injured. And it is in my power not to think so. Whatever any one does or says, I must be good, just as if the gold, or the emerald, or the purple were always saying this, Whatever any one does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour. The ruling faculty does not disturb itself; I mean, does not frighten itself or cause itself pain. But if any one else can frighten or pain it, let him do so. For the faculty itself will not by its own opinion turn itself into such ways. Let the body itself take care, if it can, that is suffer nothing, and let it speak, if it suffers. But the soul itself, that which is subject to fear, to pain, which has completely the power of forming an opinion about these things, will suffer nothing, for it will never deviate into such a judgement. The leading principle in itself wants nothing, unless it makes a want for itself; and therefore it is both free from perturbation and unimpeded, if it does not disturb and impede itself. Eudaemonia (happiness) is a good daemon, or a good thing. What then art thou doing here, O imagination? Go away, I entreat thee by the gods, as thou didst come, for I want thee not. But thou art come according to thy old fashion. I am not angry with thee: only go away. Is any man afraid of change? Why what can take place without change? What then is more pleasing or more suitable to the universal nature? And canst thou take a bath unless the wood undergoes a change? And canst thou be nourished, unless the food undergoes a change? And can anything else that is useful be accomplished without change? Dost thou not see then that for thyself also to change is just the same, and equally necessary for the universal nature? Through the universal substance as through a furious torrent all bodies are carried, being by their nature united with and cooperating with the whole, as the parts of our body with one another. How many a Chrysippus, how many a Socrates, how many an Epictetus has time already swallowed up? And let the same thought occur to thee with reference to every man and thing. One thing only troubles me, lest I should do something which the constitution of man does not allow, or in the way which it does not allow, or what it does not allow now. Near is thy forgetfulness of all things; and near the forgetfulness of thee by all. It is peculiar to man to love even those who do wrong. And this happens, if when they do wrong it occurs to thee that they are kinsmen, and that they do wrong through ignorance and unintentionally, and that soon both of you will die; and above all, that the wrong-doer has done thee no harm, for he has not made thy ruling faculty worse than it was before. The universal nature out of the universal substance, as if it were wax, now moulds a horse, and when it has broken this up, it uses the material for a tree, then for a man, then for something else; and each of these things subsists for a very short time. But it is no hardship for the vessel to be broken up, just as there was none in its being fastened together. A scowling look is altogether unnatural; when it is often assumed, the result is that all comeliness dies away, and at last is so completely extinguished that it cannot be again lighted up at all. Try to conclude from this very fact that it is contrary to reason. For if even the perception of doing wrong shall depart, what reason is there for living any longer? Nature which governs the whole will soon change all things which thou seest, and out of their substance will make other things, and again other things from the substance of them, in order that the world may be ever new. When a man has done thee any wrong, immediately consider with what opinion about good or evil he has done wrong. For when thou hast seen this, thou wilt pity him, and wilt neither wonder nor be angry. For either thou thyself thinkest the same thing to be good that he does or another thing of the same kind. It is thy duty then to pardon him. But if thou dost not think such things to be good or evil, thou wilt more readily be well disposed to him who is in error. Think not so much of what thou hast not as of what thou hast: but of the things which thou hast select the best, and then reflect how eagerly they would have been sought, if thou hadst them not. At the same time however take care that thou dost not through being so pleased with them accustom thyself to overvalue them, so as to be disturbed if ever thou shouldst not have them. Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so secures tranquility. Wipe out the imagination. Stop the pulling of the strings. Confine thyself to the present. Understand well what happens either to thee or to another. Divide and distribute every object into the causal (formal) and the material. Think of thy last hour. Let the wrong which is done by a man stay there where the wrong was done. Direct thy attention to what is said. Let thy understanding enter into the things that are doing and the things which do them. Adorn thyself with simplicity and modesty and with indifference towards the things which lie between virtue and vice. Love mankind. Follow God. The poet says that Law rules all.- And it is enough to remember that Law rules all. About death: Whether it is a dispersion, or a resolution into atoms, or annihilation, it is either extinction or change. About pain: The pain which is intolerable carries us off; but that which lasts a long time is tolerable; and the mind maintains its own tranquility by retiring into itself, and the ruling faculty is not made worse. But the parts which are harmed by pain, let them, if they can, give their opinion about it. About fame: Look at the minds of those who seek fame, observe what they are, and what kind of things they avoid, and what kind of things they pursue. And consider that as the heaps of sand piled on one another hide the former sands, so in life the events which go before are soon covered by those which come after. From Plato: The man who has an elevated mind and takes a view of all time and of all substance, dost thou suppose it possible for him to think that human life is anything great? it is not possible, he said.- Such a man then will think that death also is no evil.- Certainly not. From Antisthenes: It is royal to do good and to be abused. It is a base thing for the countenance to be obedient and to regulate and compose itself as the mind commands, and for the mind not to be regulated and composed by itself. It is not right to vex ourselves at things, For they care nought about it. To the immortal gods and us give joy. Life must be reaped like the ripe ears of corn: One man is born; another dies. If gods care not for me and for my children, There is a reason for it. For the good is with me, and the just. No joining others in their wailing, no violent emotion. From Plato: But I would make this man a sufficient answer, which is this: Thou sayest not well, if thou thinkest that a man who is good for anything at all ought to compute the hazard of life or death, and should not rather look to this only in all that he does, whether he is doing what is just or unjust, and the works of a good or a bad man. For thus it is, men of Athens, in truth: wherever a man has placed himself thinking it the best place for him, or has been placed by a commander, there in my opinion he ought to stay and to abide the hazard, taking nothing into the reckoning, either death or anything else, before the baseness of deserting his post. But, my good friend, reflect whether that which is noble and good is not something different from saving and being saved; for as to a man living such or such a time, at least one who is really a man, consider if this is not a thing to be dismissed from the thoughts: and there must be no love of life: but as to these matters a man must intrust them to the deity and believe what the women say, that no man can escape his destiny, the next inquiry being how he may best live the time that he has to live. Look round at the courses of the stars, as if thou wert going along with them; and constantly consider the changes of the elements into one another; for such thoughts purge away the filth of the terrene life. This is a fine saying of Plato: That he who is discoursing about men should look also at earthly things as if he viewed them from some higher place; should look at them in their assemblies, armies, agricultural labours, marriages, treaties, births, deaths, noise of the courts of justice, desert places, various nations of barbarians, feasts, lamentations, markets, amixture of all things and an orderly combination of contraries. Consider the past; such great changes of political supremacies. Thou mayest foresee also the things which will be. For they will certainly be of like form, and it is not possible that they should deviate from the order of the things which take place now: accordingly to have contemplated human life for forty years is the same as to have contemplated it for tenthousand years. For what more wilt thou see? That which has grown from the earth to the earth, But that which has sprung from heavenly seed, Back to the heavenly realms returns. This is either a dissolution of the mutual involution of the atoms, or a similar dispersion of the unsentient elements. With food and drinks and cunning magic arts Turning the channel’s course to ‘scape from death. The breeze which heaven has sent We must endure, and toil without complaining. Another may be more expert in casting his opponent; but he is not more social, nor more modest, nor better disciplined to meet all that happens, nor more considerate with respect to the faults of his neighbours. Where any work can be done conformably to the reason which is common to gods and men, there we have nothing to fear: for where we are able to get profit by means of the activity which is successful and proceeds according to our constitution, there no harm is to be suspected. Everywhere and at all times it is in thy power piously to acquiesce in thy present condition, and to behave justly to those who are about thee, and to exert thy skill upon thy present thoughts, that nothing shall steal into them without being well examined. Do not look around thee to discover other men’s ruling principles, but look straight to this, to what nature leads thee, both the universal nature through the things which happen to thee, and thy own nature through the acts which must be done by thee. But every being ought to do that which is according to its constitution; and all other things have been constituted for the sake of rational beings, just as among irrational things the inferior for the sake of the superior, but the rational for the sake of one another. The prime principle then in man’s constitution is the social. And the second is not to yield to the persuasions of the body, for it is the peculiar office of the rational and intelligent motion to circumscribe itself, and never to be overpowered either by the motion of the senses or of the appetites, for both are animal; but the intelligent motion claims superiority and does not permit itself to be overpowered by the others. And with good reason, for it is formed by nature to use all of them. The third thing in the rational constitution is freedom from error and from deception. Let then the ruling principle holding fast to these things go straight on, and it has what is its own. Consider thyself to be dead, and to have completed thy life up to the present time; and live according to nature the remainder which is allowed thee. Love that only which happens to thee and is spun with the thread of thy destiny. For what is more suitable? In everything which happens keep before thy eyes those to whom the same things happened, and how they were vexed, and treated them as strange things, and found fault with them: and now where are they? Nowhere. Why then dost thou too choose to act in the same way? And why dost thou not leave these agitations which are foreign to nature, to those who cause them and those who are moved by them? And why art thou not altogether intent upon the right way of making use of the things which happen to thee? For then thou wilt use them well, and they will be a material for thee to work on. Only attend to thyself, and resolve to be a good man in every act which thou doest: and remember… Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig. The body ought to be compact, and to show no irregularity either in motion or attitude. For what the mind shows in the face by maintaining in it the expression of intelligence and propriety, that ought to be required also in the whole body. But all of these things should be observed without affectation. The art of life is more like the wrestler’s art than the dancer’s, in respect of this, that it should stand ready and firm to meet onsets which are sudden and unexpected. Constantly observe who those are whose approbation thou wishest to have, and what ruling principles they possess. For then thou wilt neither blame those who offend involuntarily, nor wilt thou want their approbation, if thou lookest to the sources of their opinions and appetites. Every soul, the philosopher says, is involuntarily deprived of truth; consequently in the same way it is deprived of justice and temperance and benevolence and everything of the kind. It is most necessary to bear this constantly in mind, for thus thou wilt be more gentle towards all. In every pain let this thought be present, that there is no dishonour in it, nor does it make the governing intelligence worse, for it does not damage the intelligence either so far as the intelligence is rational or so far as it is social. Indeed in the case of most pains let this remark of Epicurus aid thee, that pain is neither intolerable nor everlasting, if thou bearest in mind that it has its limits, and if thou addest nothing to it in imagination: and remember this too, that we do not perceive that many things which are disagreeable to us are the same as pain, such as excessive drowsiness, and the being scorched by heat, and the having no appetite. When then thou art discontented about any of these things, say to thyself, that thou art yielding to pain. Take care not to feel towards the inhuman, as they feel towards men. How do we know if Telauges was not superior in character to Socrates? For it is not enough that Socrates died a more noble death, and disputed more skilfully with the sophists, and passed the night in the cold with more endurance, and that when he was bid to arrest Leon of Salamis, he considered it more noble to refuse, and that he walked in a swaggering way in the streets- though as to this fact one may have great doubts if it was true. But we ought to inquire, what kind of a soul it was that Socrates possessed, and if he was able to be content with being just towards men and pious towards the gods, neither idly vexed on account of men’s villainy, nor yet making himself a slave to any man’s ignorance, nor receiving as strange anything that fell to his share out of the universal, nor enduring it as intolerable, nor allowing his understanding to sympathize with the affects of the miserable flesh. Nature has not so mingled the intelligence with the composition of the body, as not to have allowed thee the power of circumscribing thyself and of bringing under subjection to thyself all that is thy own; for it is very possible to be a divine man and to be recognised as such by no one. Always bear this in mind; and another thing too, that very little indeed is necessary for living a happy life. And because thou hast despaired of becoming a dialectician and skilled in the knowledge of nature, do not for this reason renounce the hope of being both free and modest and social and obedient to God. It is in thy power to live free from all compulsion in the greatest tranquility of mind, even if all the world cry out against thee as much as they choose, and even if wild beasts tear in pieces the members of this kneaded matter which has grown around thee. For what hinders the mind in the midst of all this from maintaining itself in tranquility and in a justjudgement of all surrounding things and in a ready use of the objects which are presented to it, so that the judgement may say to the thing which falls under its observation: This thou art in substance (reality), though in men’s opinion thou mayest appear to be of a different kind; and the use shall say to that which falls under the hand: Thou art the thing that I was seeking; for to me that which presents itself is always a material for virtue both rational and political, and in a word, for the exercise of art, which belongs to man or God. For everything which happens has a relationship either to God or man, and is neither new nor difficult to handle, but usual and apt matter to work on. The perfection of moral character consists in this, in passing every day as the last, and in being neither violently excited nor torpid nor playing the hypocrite. The gods who are immortal are not vexed because during so long a time they must tolerate continually men such as they are and so many of them bad; and besides this, they also take care of them in all ways. But thou, who art destined to end so soon, art thou wearied of enduring the bad, and this too when thou art one of them? It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men’s badness, which is impossible. Whatever the rational and political (social) faculty finds to be neither intelligent nor social, it properly judges to be inferior to itself. When thou hast done a good act and another has received it, why dost thou look for a third thing besides these, as fools do, either to have the reputation of having done a good act or to obtain a return? No man is tired of receiving what is useful. But it is useful to act according to nature. Do not then be tired of receiving what is useful by doing it to others. The nature of the An moved to make the universe. But now either everything that takes place comes by way of consequence or continuity; or even the chief things towards which the ruling power of the universe directs its own movement are governed by no rational principle. If this is remembered it will make thee more tranquil in many things. Book Eight This reflection also tends to the removal of the desire of empty fame, that it is no longer in thy power to have lived the whole of thy life, or at least thy life from thy youth upwards, like a philosopher; but both to many others and to thyself it is plain that thou art far from philosophy. Thou hast fallen into disorder then, so that it is no longer easy for thee to get the reputation of a philosopher; and thy plan of life also opposes it. If then thou hast truly seen where the matter lies, throw away the thought, How thou shalt seem to others, and be content if thou shalt live the rest of thy life in such wise as thy nature wills. Observe then what it wills, and let nothing else distract thee; for thou hast had experience of many wanderings without having found happiness anywhere, not in syllogisms, nor in wealth, nor in reputation, nor in enjoyment, nor anywhere. Where is it then? In doing what man’s nature requires. How then shall a man do this? If he has principles from which come his affects and his acts. What principles? Those which relate to good and bad: the belief that there is nothing good for man, which does not make him just, temperate, manly, free; and that there is nothing bad, which does not do the contrary to what has been mentioned. On the occasion of every act ask thyself, How is this with respect to me? Shall I repent of it? A little time and I am dead, and all is gone. What more do I seek, if what I am now doing is work of an intelligent living being, and a social being, and one who is under the same law with God? Alexander and Gaius and Pompeius, what are they in comparison with Diogenes and Heraclitus and Socrates? For they were acquainted with things, and their causes (forms), and their matter, and the ruling principles of these men were the same. But as to the others, how many things had they to care for, and to how many things were they slaves? Consider that men will do the same things nevertheless, even though thou shouldst burst. This is the chief thing: Be not perturbed, for all things are according to the nature of the universal; and in a little time thou wilt be nobody and nowhere, like Hadrian and Augustus. In the next place having fixed thy eyes steadily on thy business look at it, and at the same time remembering that it is thy duty to be a good man, and what man’s nature demands, do that without turning aside; and speak as it seems to thee most just, only let it be with a good disposition and with modesty and without hypocrisy. The nature of the universal has this work to do, to remove to that place the things which are in this, to change them, to take them away hence, and to carry them there. All things are change, yet we need not fear anything new. All things are familiar to us; but the distribution of them still remains the same. Every nature is contented with itself when it goes on its way well; and a rational nature goes on its way well, when in its thoughts it assents to nothing false or uncertain, and when it directs its movements to social acts only, and when it confines its desires and aversions to the things which are in its power, and when it is satisfied with everything that is assigned to it by the common nature. For of this common nature every particular nature is a part, as the nature of the leaf is a part of the nature of the plant; except that in the plant the nature of the leaf is part of a nature which has not perception or reason, and is subject to be impeded; but the nature of man is part of a nature which is not subject to impediments, and is intelligent and just, since it gives to everything in equal portions and according to its worth, times, substance, cause (form), activity, and incident. But examine, not to discover that any one thing compared with any other single thing is equal in all respects, but by taking all the parts together of one thing and comparing them with all the parts together of another. Thou hast not leisure or ability to read. But thou hast leisure or ability to check arrogance: thou hast leisure to be superior to pleasure and pain: thou hast leisure to be superior to love of fame, and not to be vexed at stupid and ungrateful people, nay even to care for them. Let no man any longer hear thee finding fault with the court life or with thy own. Repentance is a kind of self-reproof for having neglected something useful; but that which is good must be something useful, and the perfect good man should look after it. But no such man would ever repent of having refused any sensual pleasure. Pleasure then is neither good nor useful. This thing, what is it in itself, in its own constitution? What is its substance and material? And what its causal nature (or form)? And what is it doing in the world? And how long does it subsist? When thou risest from sleep with reluctance, remember that it is according to thy constitution and according to human nature to perform social acts, but sleeping is common also to irrational animals. But that which is according to each individual’s nature is also more peculiarly its own, and more suitable to its nature, and indeed also more agreeable. Constantly and, if it be possible, on the occasion of every impression on the soul, apply to it the principles of Physic, of Ethic, and of Dialectic. Whatever man thou meetest with, immediately say to thyself: What opinions has this man about good and bad? For if with respect to pleasure and pain and the causes of each, and with respect to fame and ignominy, death and life, he has such and such opinions, it will seem nothing wonderful or strange to me, if he does such and such things; and I shall bear inmind that he is compelled to do so. Remember that as it is a shame to be surprised if the fig-tree produces figs, so it is to be surprised if the world produces such and such things of which it is productive; and for the physician and the helmsman it is a shame to be surprised, if a man has a fever, or if the wind is unfavourable. Remember that to change thy opinion and to follow him who corrects thy error is as consistent with freedom as it is to persist in thy error. For it is thy own, the activity which is exerted according to thy own movement and judgement, and indeed according to thy own understanding too. If a thing is in thy own power, why dost thou do it? But if it is in the power of another, whom dost thou blame? The atoms (chance) or the gods? Both are foolish. Thou must blame nobody. For if thou canst, correct that which is the cause; but if thou canst not do this, correct at least the thing itself; but if thou canst not do even this, of what use is it to thee to find fault? For nothing should be done without a purpose. That which has died falls not out of the universe. If it stays here, it also changes here, and is dissolved into its proper parts, which are elements of the universe and of thyself. And these too change, and they murmur not. Everything exists for some end, a horse, a vine. Why dost thou wonder? Even the sun will say, I am for some purpose, and the rest of the gods will say the same. For what purpose then art thou? to enjoy pleasure? See if common sense allows this. Nature has had regard in everything no less to the end than to the beginning and the continuance, just like the man who throws up a ball. What good is it then for the ball to be thrown up, or harm for it to come down, or even to have fallen? And what good is it to the bubble while it holds together, or what harm when it is burst? The same may be said of a light also. Turn it (the body) inside out, and see what kind of thing it is; and when it has grown old, what kind of thing it becomes, and when it is diseased. Short-lived are both the praiser and the praised, and the rememberer and the remembered: and all this in a nook of this part of the world; and not even here do all agree, no, not any one with himself: and the whole earth too is a point. Attend to the matter which is before thee, whether it is an opinion or an act or a word. Thou sufferest this justly: for thou choosest rather to become good to-morrow than to be good to-day. Am I doing anything? I do it with reference to the good of mankind. Does anything happen to me? I receive it and refer it to the gods, and the source of all things, from which all that happens is derived. Such as bathing appears to thee- oil, sweat, dirt, filthy water, all things disgusting- so is every part of life and everything. Lucilla saw Verus die, and then Lucilla died. Secunda saw Maximus die, and then Secunda died. Epitynchanus saw Diotimus die, and Epitynchanus died. Antoninus saw Faustina die, and then Antoninus died. Such is everything. Celer saw Hadrian die, and then Celer died. And those sharp-witted men, either seers or men inflated with pride, where are they? For instance the sharp-witted men, Charax and Demetrius the Platonist and Eudaemon, and any one else like them. All ephemeral, dead long ago. Some indeed have not been remembered even for a short time, and others have become the heroes of fables, and again others have disappeared even from fables. Remember this then, that this little compound, thyself, must either be dissolved, or thy poor breath must be extinguished, or be removed and placed elsewhere. It is satisfaction to a man to do the proper works of a man. Now it is a proper work of a man to be benevolent to his own kind, to despise the movements of the senses, to form a just judgement of plausible appearances, and to take a survey of the nature of the universe and of the things which happen in it. There are three relations between thee and other things: the one to the body which surrounds thee; the second to the divine cause from which all things come to all; and the third to those who live with thee. Pain is either an evil to the body- then let the body say what it thinks of it- or to the soul; but it is in the power of the soul to maintain its own serenity and tranquility, and not to think that pain is an evil. For every judgement and movement and desire and aversion is within, and no evil ascends so high. Wipe out thy imaginations by often saying to thyself: now it is in my power to let no badness be in this soul, nor desire nor any perturbation at all; but looking at all things I see what is their nature, and I use each according to its value.- Remember this power which thou hast from nature. Speak both in the senate and to every man, whoever he may be, appropriately, not with any affectation: use plain discourse. Augustus’ court, wife, daughter, descendants, ancestors, sister, Agrippa, kinsmen, intimates, friends, Areius, Maecenas, physicians and sacrificing priests- the whole court is dead. Then turn to the rest, not considering the death of a single man, but of a whole race, as of the Pompeii; and that which is inscribed on the tombs- The last of his race. Then considerwhat trouble those before them have had that they might leave a successor; and then, that of necessity some one must be the last. Again here consider the death of a whole race. It is thy duty to order thy life well in every single act; and if every act does its duty, as far as is possible, be content; and no one is able to hinder thee so that each act shall not do its duty.- But something external will stand in the way.- Nothing will stand in the way of thy acting justly and soberly and considerately.- But perhaps some other active power will be hindered.- Well, but by acquiescing in the hindrance and by being content to transfer thy efforts to that which is allowed, another opportunity of action is immediately put before thee in place of that which was hindered, and one which will adapt itself to this ordering of which we are speaking. Receive wealth or prosperity without arrogance; and be ready to let it go. If thou didst ever see a hand cut off, or a foot, or a head, lying anywhere apart from the rest of the body, such does a man make himself, as far as he can, who is not content with what happens, and separates himself from others, or does anything unsocial. Suppose that thou hast detached thyself from the natural unity- for thou wast made by nature a part, but now thou hast cut thyself off- yet here there is this beautiful provision, that it is in thy power again to unite thyself. God has allowed this to no other part, after it has been separated and cut asunder, to come together again. But consider the kindness by which he has distinguished man, for he has put it in his power not to be separated at all from the universal; and when he has been separated, he has allowed him to return and to be united and to resume his place as a part. As the nature of the universal has given to every rational being all the other powers that it has, so we have received from it this power also. For as the universal nature converts and fixes in its predestined place everything which stands in the way and opposes it, and makes such things a part of itself, so also the rational animal is able to make every hindrance its own material, and to use it for such purposes as it may have designed. Do not disturb thyself by thinking of the whole of thy life. Let not thy thoughts at once embrace all the various troubles which thou mayest expect to befall thee: but on every occasion ask thyself, What is there in this which is intolerable and past bearing? For thou wilt be ashamed to confess. In the next place remember that neither the future nor the past pains thee, but only the present. But this is reduced to a very little, if thou only circumscribest it, and chidest thy mind, if it is unable to hold out against even this. Does Panthea or Pergamus now sit by the tomb of Verus? Does Chaurias or Diotimus sit by the tomb of Hadrian? That would be ridiculous. Well, suppose they did sit there, would the dead be conscious of it? And if the dead were conscious, would they be pleased? And if they were pleased, would that make them immortal? Was it not in the order of destiny that these persons too should first become old women and old men and then die? What then would those do after these were dead? All this is foul smell and blood in a bag. If thou canst see sharp, look and judge wisely, says the philosopher. In the constitution of the rational animal I see no virtue which is opposed to justice; but I see a virtue which is opposed to love of pleasure, and that is temperance. If thou takest away thy opinion about that which appears to give thee pain, thou thyself standest in perfect security.- Who is this self?- The reason.- But I am not reason.- Be it so. Let then the reason itself not trouble itself. But if any other part of thee suffers, let it have its own opinion about itself. Hindrance to the perceptions of sense is an evil to the animal nature. Hindrance to the movements (desires) is equally an evil to the animal nature. And something else also is equally an impediment and an evil to the constitution of plants. So then that which is a hindrance to the intelligence is an evil to the intelligent nature. Apply all these things then to thyself. Does pain or sensuous pleasure affect thee? The senses will look to that.- Has any obstacle opposed thee in thy efforts towards an object? if indeed thou wast making this effort absolutely (unconditionally, or without any reservation), certainly this obstacle is an evil to thee considered as a rational animal. But if thou takest into consideration the usual course of things, thou hast not yet been injured nor even impeded. The things however which are proper to the understanding no other man is used to impede, for neither fire, nor iron, nor tyrant, nor abuse, touches it in any way. When it has been made a sphere, it continues a sphere. It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another. Different things delight different people. But it is my delight to keep the ruling faculty sound without turning away either from any man or from any of the things which happen to men, but looking at and receiving all with welcome eyes and using everything according to its value. See that thou secure this present time to thyself: for those who rather pursue posthumous fame do consider that the men of after time will be exactly such as these whom they cannot bear now; and both are mortal. And what is it in any way to thee if these men of after time utter this or that sound, or have this or that opinion about thee? Take me and cast me where thou wilt; for there I shall keep my divine part tranquil, that is, content, if it can feel and act conformably to its proper constitution. Is this change of place sufficient reason why my soul should be unhappy and worse than it was, depressed, expanded, shrinking, affrighted? And what wilt thou find which is sufficient reason for this? Nothing can happen to any man which is not a human accident, nor to an ox which is not according to the nature of an ox, nor to a vine which is not according to the nature of a vine, nor to a stone which is not proper to a stone. If then there happens to each thing both what is usual and natural, why shouldst thou complain? For the common nature brings nothingwhich may not be borne by thee. If thou art pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs thee, but thy own judgement about it. And it is in thy power to wipe out this judgement now. But if anything in thy own disposition gives thee pain, who hinders thee from correcting thy opinion? And even if thou art pained because thou art not doing some particular thing which seems to thee to be right, why dost thou not rather act than complain?- But some insuperable obstacle is in the way?- Do not be grieved then, for the cause of its not being done depends not on thee.- But it is not worth while to live if this cannot be done.- Take thy departure then from life contentedly, just as he dies who is in full activity, and well pleased too with the things which are obstacles. Remember that the ruling faculty is invincible, when self-collected it is satisfied with itself, if it does nothing which it does not choose to do, even if it resist from mere obstinacy. What then will it be when it forms a judgement about anything aided by reason and deliberately? Therefore the mind which is free from passions is a citadel, for man has nothingmore secure to which he can fly for, refuge and for the future be inexpugnable. He then who has not seen this is an ignorant man; but he who has seen it and does not fly to this refuge is unhappy. Say nothing more to thyself than what the first appearances report. Suppose that it has been reported to thee that a certain person speaks ill of thee. This has been reported; but that thou hast been injured, that has not been reported. I see that my child is sick. I do see; but that he is in danger, I do not see. Thus then always abide by the first appearances, and add nothing thyself from within, and then nothing happens to thee. Or rather add something, like a man who knows everything that happens in the world. A cucumber is bitter.- Throw it away.- There are briars in the road.- Turn aside from them.- This is enough. Do not add, And why were such things made in the world? For thou wilt be ridiculed by a man who is acquainted with nature, as thou wouldst be ridiculed by a carpenter and shoemaker if thou didst find fault because thou seest in their workshop shavings and cuttings from the things which they make. And yet they have places into which they can throw these shavings and cuttings, and the universal nature has no external space; but the wondrous part of her art is that though she has circumscribed herself, everything within her which appears to decay and to grow old and to be useless she changes into herself, andagain makes other new things from these very same, so that she requires neither substance from without nor wants a place into which she may cast that which decays. She is content then with her own space, and her own matter and her own art. Neither in thy actions be sluggish nor in thy conversation without method, nor wandering in thy thoughts, nor let there be in thy soul inward contention nor external effusion, nor in life be so busy as to have no leisure. Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee. What then can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining pure, wise, sober, just? For instance, if a man should stand by a limpid pure spring, and curse it, the spring never ceases sending up potable water; and if he should cast clay into it or filth, it will speedily disperse them and wash them out, and will not be at all polluted. How then shalt thou possess a perpetual fountain and not a mere well? By forming thyself hourly to freedom conjoined with contentment, simplicity and modesty. He who does not know what the world is, does not know where he is. And he who does not know for what purpose the world exists, does not know who he is, nor what the world is. But he who has failed in any one of these things could not even say for what purpose he exists himself. What then dost thou think of him who avoids or seeks the praise of those who applaud, of men who know not either where they are or who they are? Dost thou wish to be praised by a man who curses himself thrice every hour? Wouldst thou wish to please a man who does not please himself? Does a man please himself who repents of nearly everything that he does? No longer let thy breathing only act in concert with the air which surrounds thee, but let thy intelligence also now be in harmony with the intelligence which embraces all things. For the intelligent power is no less diffused in all parts and pervades all things for him who is willing to draw it to him than the aerial power for him who is able to respire it. Generally, wickedness does no harm at all to the universe; and particularly, the wickedness of one man does no harm to another. It is only harmful to him who has it in his power to be released from it, as soon as he shall choose. To my own free will the free will of my neighbour is just as indifferent as his poor breath and flesh. For though we are made especially for the sake of one another, still the ruling power of each of us has its own office, for otherwise my neighbour’s wickedness would be my harm, which God has not willed in order that my unhappiness may not depend onanother. The sun appears to be poured down, and in all directions indeed it is diffused, yet it is not effused. For this diffusion is extension: Accordingly its rays are called Extensions [aktines] because they are extended [apo tou ekteinesthai]. But one may judge what kind of a thing a ray is, if he looks at the sun’s light passing through a narrow opening into a darkened room, for it is extended in a right line, and as it were is divided when it meets with any solid body which stands in the way and intercepts the air beyond; but there the light remains fixed and does not glide or fall off. Such then ought to be the out-pouring and diffusion of the understanding, and it should in no way be an effusion, but an extension, and it shouldmake no violent or impetuous collision with the obstacles which are in its way; nor yet fall down, but be fixed and enlighten that which receives it. For a body will deprive itself of the illumination, if it does not admit it. He who fears death either fears the loss of sensation or a different kind of sensation. But if thou shalt have no sensation, neither wilt thou feel any harm; and if thou shalt acquire another kind of sensation, thou wilt be a different kind of living being and thou wilt not cease to live. Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them. In one way an arrow moves, in another way the mind. The mind indeed, both when it exercises caution and when it is employed about inquiry, moves straight onward not the less, and to its object. Enter into every man’s ruling faculty; and also let every other man enter into thine. Book Nine He ho acts unjustly acts impiously. For since the universal nature has made rational animals for the sake of one another to help one another according to their deserts, but in no way to injure one another, he who transgresses her will, is clearly guilty of impiety towards the highest divinity. And he too who lies is guilty of impiety to the same divinity; for the universal nature is the nature of things that are; and things that are have a relation to all things that come into existence. And further, this universal nature is named truth, and is the prime cause of all things that are true. He then who lies intentionally is guilty of impiety inasmuch as he acts unjustly by deceiving; and he also who lies unintentionally, inasmuch as he is at variance with the universal nature, and inasmuch as he disturbs the order by fighting against the nature of the world; for he fights against it, who is moved of himself to that which is contrary to truth, for he had received powers from nature through the neglect of which he is not able now to distinguish falsehood from truth. And indeed he who pursues pleasure as good, and avoids pain as evil, is guilty of impiety. For of necessity such a man must often find fault with the universal nature, alleging that it assigns things to the bad and the good contrary to their deserts, because frequently the bad are in the enjoyment of pleasure and possess the things which procure pleasure, but the good have pain for their share and the things which cause pain. And further, he who is afraid of pain will sometimes also be afraid of some of the things which will happen in the world, and even this is impiety. And he who pursues pleasure will not abstain from injustice, and this is plainly impiety. Now with respect to the things towards which the universal nature is equally affected- for it would not have made both, unless it was equally affected towards both- towards these they who wish to follow nature should be of the same mind with it, and equally affected. With respect to pain, then, and pleasure, or death and life, or honour and dishonour, which the universal nature employs equally, whoever is not equally affected is manifestly acting impiously. And I say that the universal nature employs them equally, instead of saying that they happen alike to those who are produced in continuous series and to those who come after them by virtue of a certain original movement of Providence, according to which it moved from a certain beginning to this ordering of things, having conceived certain principles of the things which were to be, and having determined powers productive of beings and of changes and of such like successions. It would be a man’s happiest lot to depart from mankind without having had any taste of lying and hypocrisy and luxury and pride. However to breathe out one’s life when a man has had enough of these things is the next best voyage, as the saying is. Hast thou determined to abide with vice, and has not experience yet induced thee to fly from this pestilence? For the destruction of the understanding is a pestilence, much more indeed than any such corruption and change of this atmosphere which surrounds us. For this corruption is a pestilence of animals so far as they are animals; but the other is a pestilence of men so far as they are men. Do not despise death, but be well content with it, since this too is one of those things which nature wills. For such as it is to be young and to grow old, and to increase and to reach maturity, and to have teeth and beard and grey hairs, and to beget, and to be pregnant and to bring forth, and all the other natural operations which the seasons of thy life bring, such also is dissolution. This, then, is consistent with the character of a reflecting man, to be neither careless nor impatient nor contemptuous with respect to death, but to wait for it as one of the operations of nature. As thou now waitest for the time when the child shall come out of thy wife’s womb, so be ready for the time when thy soul shall fall out of this envelope.But if thou requirest also a vulgar kind of comfort which shall reach thy heart, thou wilt be made best reconciled to death by observing the objects from which thou art going to be removed, and the morals of those with whom thy soul will no longer be mingled. For it is no way right to be offended with men, but it is thy duty to care for them and to bear with them gently; and yet to remember that thy departure will be not from men who have the same principles as thyself. For this is the only thing, if there be any, which could draw us the contrary way and attach us to life, to be permitted to live with those who have the same principles as ourselves. But now thou seest how great is the trouble arising from the discordance of those who live together, so that thou mayest say, Come quick, O death, lest perchance I, too, should forget myself. He who does wrong does wrong against himself. He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself, because he makes himself bad. He often acts unjustly who does not do a certain thing; not only he who does a certain thing. Thy present opinion founded on understanding, and thy present conduct directed to social good, and thy present disposition of contentment with everything which happens- that is enough. Wipe out imagination: check desire: extinguish appetite: keep the ruling faculty in its own power. Among the animals which have not reason one life is distributed; but among reasonable animals one intelligent soul is distributed: just as there is one earth of all things which are of an earthy nature, and we see by one light, and breathe one air, all of us that have the faculty of vision and all that have life. All things which participate in anything which is common to them all move towards that which is of the same kind with themselves. Everything which is earthy turns towards the earth, everything which is liquid flows together, and everything which is of an aerial kind does the same, so that they require something to keep them asunder, and the application of force. Fire indeed moves upwards on account of the elemental fire, but it is so ready to be kindled together with all the fire which is here, that even every substance which is somewhat dry, is easily ignited, because there is less mingled with it of that which is a hindrance to ignition. Accordingly then everything also which participates in the common intelligent nature moves in like manner towards that which is of the same kind with itself, or moves even more. For so much as it is superior in comparison with all other things, in the same degree also is it more ready to mingle with and to be fused with that which is akin to it. Accordingly among animals devoid of reason we find swarms of bees, and herds of cattle, and the nurture of young birds, and in a manner, loves; for even in animals there are souls, and that power which brings them together is seen to exert itself in the superior degree, and in such a way as never has been observed in plants nor in stones nor in trees. But in rational animals there are political communities and friendships, and families and meetings of people; and in wars, treaties and armistices. But in the things which are still superior, even though they are separated from one another, unity in a manner exists, as in the stars. Thus the ascent to the higher degree is able to produce a sympathy even in things which are separated. See, then, what now takes place. For only intelligent animals have now forgotten this mutual desire and inclination, and in them alone the property of flowing together is not seen. But still though men strive to avoid this union, they are caught and held by it, for their nature is too strong for them; and thou wilt see what I say, if thou only observest. Sooner, then, will one find anything earthy which comes in contact with no earthy thing than a man altogether separated from other men. Both man and God and the universe produce fruit; at the proper seasons each produces it. But if usage has especially fixed these terms to the vine and like things, this is nothing. Reason produces fruit both for all and for itself, and there are produced from it other things of the same kind as reason itself. If thou art able, correct by teaching those who do wrong; but if thou canst not, remember that indulgence is given to thee for this purpose. And the gods, too, are indulgent to such persons; and for some purposes they even help them to get health, wealth, reputation; so kind they are. And it is in thy power also; or say, who hinders thee? Labour not as one who is wretched, nor yet as one who would be pitied or admired: but direct thy will to one thing only, to put thyself in motion and to check thyself, as the social reason requires. To-day I have got out of all trouble, or rather I have cast out all trouble, for it was not outside, but within and in my opinions. All things are the same, familiar in experience, and ephemeral in time, and worthless in the matter. Everything now is just as it was in the time of those whom we have buried. Things stand outside of us, themselves by themselves, neither knowing aught of themselves, nor expressing any judgement. What is it, then, which does judge about them? The ruling faculty. Not in passivity, but in activity lie the evil and the good of the rational social animal, just as his virtue and his vice lie not in passivity, but in activity. For the stone which has been thrown up it is no evil to come down, nor indeed any good to have been carried up. Penetrate inwards into men’s leading principles, and thou wilt see what judges thou art afraid of, and what kind of judges they are of themselves. All things are changing: and thou thyself art in continuous mutation and in a manner in continuous destruction, and the whole universe too. It is thy duty to leave another man’s wrongful act there where it is. Termination of activity, cessation from movement and opinion, and in a sense their death, is no evil. Turn thy thoughts now to the consideration of thy life, thy life as a child, as a youth, thy manhood, thy old age, for in these also every change was a death. Is this anything to fear? Turn thy thoughts now to thy life under thy grandfather, then to thy life underthy mother, then to thy life under thy father; and as thou findest many other differences and changes and terminations, ask thyself, Is this anything to fear? In like manner, then, neither are the termination and cessation and change of thy whole life a thing to be afraid of. Hasten to examine thy own ruling faculty and that of the universe and that of thy neighbour: thy own that thou mayest make it just: and that of the universe, that thou mayest remember of what thou art a part; and that of thy neighbour, that thou mayest know whether he has acted ignorantly or with knowledge, and that thou mayest also consider that his ruling faculty is akin to thine. As thou thyself art a component part of a social system, so let every act of thine be a component part of social life. Whatever act of thine then has no reference either immediately or remotely to a social end, this tears asunder thy life, and does not allow it to be one, and it is of the nature of a mutiny, just as when in a popular assembly a man acting by himself stands apart from the general agreement. Quarrels of little children and their sports, and poor spirits carrying about dead bodies, such is everything; and so what is exhibited in the representation of the mansions of the dead strikes our eyes more clearly. Examine into the quality of the form of an object, and detach it altogether from its material part, and then contemplate it; then determine the time, the longest which a thing of this peculiar form is naturally made to endure. Thou hast endured infinite troubles through not being contented with thy ruling faculty, when it does the things which it is constituted by nature to do. But enough of this. When another blames thee or hates thee, or when men say about thee anything injurious, approach their poor souls, penetrate within, and see what kind of men they are. Thou wilt discover that there is no reason to take any trouble that these men may have this or that opinion about thee. However thou must be well disposed towards them, for by nature they arefriends. And the gods too aid them in all ways, by dreams, by signs, towards the attainment of those things on which they set a value. The periodic movements of the universe are the same, up and down from age to age. And either the universal intelligence puts itself in motion for every separate effect, and if this is so, be thou content with that which is the result of its activity; or it puts itself in motion once, and everything else comes by way of sequence in a manner; or indivisible elements are the origin of all things.- In a word, if there is a god, all is well; and if chance rules, do not thou also be governed by it. Soon will the earth cover us all: then the earth, too, will change, and the things also which result from change will continue to change for ever, and these again for ever. For if a man reflects on the changes and transformations which follow one another like wave after wave and their rapidity, he will despise everything which is perishable. The universal cause is like a winter torrent: it carries everything along with it. But how worthless are all these poor people who are engaged in matters political, and, as they suppose, are playing the philosopher! All drivellers. Well then, man: do what nature now requires. Set thyself in motion, if it is in thy power, and do not look about thee to see if any one will observe it; nor yet expect Plato’s Republic: but be content if the smallest thing goes on well, and consider such an event to be no small matter. For who can change men’s opinions? And without a change of opinions what else is there than the slavery of men who groan while they pretend to obey? Come now and tell me of Alexander and Philip and Demetrius of Phalerum. They themselves shall judge whether they discovered what the common nature required, and trained themselves accordingly. But if they acted like tragedy heroes, no one has condemned me to imitate them. Simple and modest is the work of philosophy. Draw me not aside to indolence and pride. Look down from above on the countless herds of men and their countless solemnities, and the infinitely varied voyagings in storms and calms, and the differences among those who are born, who live together, and die. And consider, too, the life lived by others in olden time, and the life of those who will live after thee, and the life now lived among barbarousnations, and how many know not even thy name, and how many will soon forget it, and how they who perhaps now are praising thee will very soon blame thee, and that neither a posthumous name is of any value, nor reputation, nor anything else. Let there be freedom from perturbations with respect to the things which come from the external cause; and let there be justice in the things done by virtue of the internal cause, that is, let there be movement and action terminating in this, in social acts, for this is according to thy nature. Thou canst remove out of the way many useless things among those which disturb thee, for they lie entirely in thy opinion; and thou wilt then gain for thyself ample space by comprehending the whole universe in thy mind, and by contemplating the eternity of time, and observing the rapid change of every several thing, how short is the time from birth todissolution, and the illimitable time before birth as well as the equally boundless time after dissolution. All that thou seest will quickly perish, and those who have been spectators of its dissolution will very soon perish too. And he who dies at the extremest old age will be brought into the same condition with him who died prematurely. What are these men’s leading principles, and about what kind of things are they busy, and for what kind of reasons do they love and honour? Imagine that thou seest their poor souls laid bare. When they think that they do harm by their blame or good by their praise, what an idea! Loss is nothing else than change. But the universal nature delights in change, and in obedience to her all things are now done well, and from eternity have been done in like form, and will be such to time without end. What, then, dost thou say? That all things have been and all things always will be bad, and that no power has ever been found in so many gods to rectify these things, but the world has been condemned to be found in never ceasing evil? The rottenness of the matter which is the foundation of everything! Water, dust, bones, filth: or again, marble rocks, the callosities of the earth; and gold and silver, the sediments; and garments, only bits of hair; and purple dye, blood; and everything else is of the same kind. And that which is of the nature of breath is also another thing of the same kind, changing from this to that. Enough of this wretched life and murmuring and apish tricks. Why art thou disturbed? What is there new in this? What unsettles thee? Is it the form of the thing? Look at it. Or is it the matter? Look at it. But besides these there is nothing. Towards the gods, then, now become at last more simple and better. It is the same whether we examine these things for a hundred years or three. If any man has done wrong, the harm is his own. But perhaps he has not done wrong. Either all things proceed from one intelligent source and come together as in one body, and the part ought not to find fault with what is done for the benefit of the whole; or there are only atoms, and nothing else than mixture and dispersion. Why, then, art thou disturbed? Say to the ruling faculty, Art thou dead, art thou corrupted, art thou playing the hypocrite, art thou become a beast, dost thou herd and feed with the rest? Either the gods have no power or they have power. If, then, they have no power, why dost thou pray to them? But if they have power, why dost thou not pray for them to give thee the faculty of not fearing any of the things which thou fearest, or of not desiring any of the things which thou desirest, or not being pained at anything, rather than pray that any of these things should not happen or happen? for certainly if they can co-operate with men, they can co-operate for these purposes. But perhaps thou wilt say, the gods have placed them in thy power. Well, then, is it not better to use what is in thy power like a free man than to desire in a slavish and abject way what is not in thy power? And who has told thee that the gods do not aid us even in the things which are in our power? Begin, then, to pray for such things, and thou wilt see. One man prays thus: How shall I be able to lie with that woman? Do thou pray thus: How shall I not desire to lie with her? Another prays thus: How shall I be released from this? Another prays: How shall I not desire to be released? Another thus: How shall I not lose my little son? Thou thus: How shall I not be afraid to lose him? In fine, turn thy prayers this way, and see what comes. Epicurus says, In my sickness my conversation was not about my bodily sufferings, nor, says he, did I talk on such subjects to those who visited me; but I continued to discourse on the nature of things as before, keeping to this main point, how the mind, while participating in such movements as go on in the poor flesh, shall be free from perturbations and maintain its proper good. Nor did I, he says, give the physicians an opportunity of putting on solemn looks, as if they were doing something great, but my life went on well and happily. Do, then, the same that he did both in sickness, if thou art sick, and in any other circumstances; for never to desert philosophy in any events that may befall us, nor to hold trifling talk either with an ignorant man or with one unacquainted with nature, is a principle of all schools of philosophy; but to be intent only on that which thou art now doing and on the instrument by which thou doest it. When thou art offended with any man’s shameless conduct, immediately ask thyself, Is it possible, then, that shameless men should not be in the world? It is not possible. Do not, then, require what is impossible. For this man also is one of those shameless men who must of necessity be in the world. Let the same considerations be present to thy mind in thecase of the knave, and the faithless man, and of every man who does wrong in any way. For at the same time that thou dost remind thyself that it is impossible that such kind of men should not exist, thou wilt become more kindly disposed towards every one individually. It is useful to perceive this, too, immediately when the occasion arises, what virtue nature has given to man to oppose to every wrongful act. For she has given to man, as an antidote against the stupid man, mildness, and against another kind of man some other power. And in all cases it is possible for thee to correct by teaching the man who is gone astray; for every man who errs misses his object and is gone astray. Besides wherein hast thou been injured? For thou wilt find that no one among those against whom thou art irritated has done anything by which thy mind could be made worse; but that which is evil to thee and harmful has its foundation only in the mind. And what harm is done or what is there strange, if the man who has not been instructed does the acts of an uninstructed man? Consider whether thou shouldst not rather blame thyself, because thou didst not expect such a man to err in such a way. For thou hadst means given thee by thy reason to suppose that it was likely that he would commit this error, and yet thou hast forgotten and art amazed that he has erred. But most of all when thou blamest a man as faithless or ungrateful, turn to thyself. For the fault is manifestly thy own, whether thou didst trust that a man who had such a disposition would keep his promise, or when conferring thy kindness thou didst not confer it absolutely, nor yet in such way as to have received from thy very act all the profit. For what more dost thou want when thou hast done a man a service? Art thou not content that thou hast done something conformable to thy nature, and dost thou seek to be paid for it? Just as if the eye demanded a recompense for seeing, or the feet for walking. For as thesemembers are formed for a particular purpose, and by working according to their several constitutions obtain what is their own; so also as man is formed by nature to acts of benevolence, when he has done anything benevolent or in any other way conducive to the common interest, he has acted conformably to his constitution, and he gets what is his own. Book Ten Wilt thou, then, my soul, never be good and simple and one and naked, more manifest than the body which surrounds thee? Wilt thou never enjoy an affectionate and contented disposition? Wilt thou never be full and without a want of any kind, longing for nothing more, nor desiring anything, either animate or inanimate, for the enjoyment of pleasures? Nor yet desiring time wherein thou shalt have longer enjoyment, or place, or pleasant climate, or society of men with whom thou mayest live in harmony? But wilt thou be satisfied with thy present condition, and pleased with all that is about thee, and wilt thou convince thyself that thou hast everything and that it comes from the gods, that everything is well for thee, and will be well whatever shall please them, and whatever they shall give for the conservation of the perfect living being, the good and just and beautiful, which generates and holds together all things, and contains and embraces all things which are dissolved for the production of other like things? Wilt thou never be such that thou shalt so dwell in community with gods and men as neither to find fault with them at all, nor to be condemned by them? Observe what thy nature requires, so far as thou art governed by nature only: then do it and accept it, if thy nature, so far as thou art a living being, shall not be made worse by it. And next thou must observe what thy nature requires so far as thou art a living being. And all this thou mayest allow thyself, if thy nature, so far as thou art a rational animal, shall not be made worse by it. But the rational animal is consequently also a political (social) animal. Use these rules, then, and trouble thyself about nothing else. Everything which happens either happens in such wise as thou art formed by nature to bear it, or as thou art not formed by nature to bear it. If, then, it happens to thee in such way as thou art formed by nature to bear it, do not complain, but bear it as thou art formed by nature to bear it. But if it happens in such wise as thou art not formed by nature to bear it, do not complain, for it will perish after it has consumed thee. Remember, however, that thou art formed by nature to bear everything, with respect to which it depends on thy own opinion to make it endurable and tolerable, by thinking that it is either thy interest or thy duty to do this. If a man is mistaken, instruct him kindly and show him his error. But if thou art not able, blame thyself, or blame not even thyself. Whatever may happen to thee, it was prepared for thee from all eternity; and the implication of causes was from eternity spinning the thread of thy being, and of that which is incident to it. Whether the universe is a concourse of atoms, or nature is a system, let this first be established, that I am a part of the whole which is governed by nature; next, I am in a manner intimately related to the parts which are of the same kind with myself. For remembering this, inasmuch as I am a part, I shall be discontented with none of the things which are assigned to me out of the whole; for nothing is injurious to the part, if it is for the advantage of the whole. For the whole contains nothing which is not for its advantage; and all natures indeed have this common principle, but the nature of the universe has this principle besides, that it cannot be compelled even by any external cause to generate anything harmful to itself. By remembering, then, that I am a part of such a whole, I shall be content with everything that happens. And inasmuch as I am in a manner intimately related to the parts which are of the same kind with myself, I shall do nothing unsocial, but I shall rather direct myself to the things which are of the same kind with myself, and I shall turn an my efforts to the common interest, and divert them from the contrary. Now, if these things are done so, life must flow on happily, just as thou mayest observe that the life of a citizen is happy, who continues a course of action which is advantageous to his fellow-citizens, and is content with whatever the state may assign to him. The parts of the whole, everything, I mean, which is naturally comprehended in the universe, must of necessity perish; but let this be understood in this sense, that they must undergo change. But if this is naturally both an evil and a necessity for the parts, the whole would not continue to exist in a good condition, the parts being subject to change and constituted so as to perish in various ways. For whether did nature herself design to do evil to the things which are parts of herself, and to make them subject to evil and of necessity fall into evil, or have such results happened without her knowing it? Both these suppositions, indeed, are incredible. But if a man should even drop the term Nature (as an efficient power), and should speak of these things as natural, even then it would be ridiculous to affirm at the same time that the parts of the whole are in their nature subject to change, and at the same time to be surprised or vexed as if something were happening contrary to nature, particularly as the dissolution of things is into those things of which each thing is composed. For there is either a dispersion of the elements out of which everything has been compounded, or a change from the solid to the earthy and from the airy to the aerial, so that these parts are taken back into the universal reason, whether this at certain periods is consumed by fire or renewed by eternal changes. And do not imagine that the solid and the airy part belong to thee from the time of generation. For all this received its accretion only yesterday and the day before, as one may say, from the food and the air which is inspired. This, then, which has received the accretion, changes, not that which thy mother brought forth. But suppose that this which thy mother brought forth implicates thee very much with that other part, which has the peculiar quality of change, this is nothing in fact in the way of objection to what is said. When thou hast assumed these names, good, modest, true, rational, a man of equanimity, and magnanimous, take care that thou dost not change these names; and if thou shouldst lose them, quickly return to them. And remember that the term Rational was intended to signify a discriminating attention to every several thing and freedom from negligence; and thatEquanimity is the voluntary acceptance of the things which are assigned to thee by the common nature; and that Magnanimity is the elevation of the intelligent part above the pleasurable or painful sensations of the flesh, and above that poor thing called fame, and death, and all such things. If, then, thou maintainest thyself in the possession of these names, without desiring to be called by these names by others, thou wilt be another person and wilt enter on another life. For to continue to be such as thou hast hitherto been, and to be tom in pieces and defiled in such a life, is the character of a very stupid man and one overfond of his life, and like those half-devoured fighters with wild beasts, who though covered with wounds and gore, still intreat to be kept to the following day, though they will be exposed in the same state to the same claws and bites. Therefore fix thyself in the possession of these few names: and if thou art able to abide in them, abide as if thou wast removed to certain islands of the Happy. But if thou shalt perceive that thou fallest out of them and dost not maintain thy hold, go courageously into some nook where thou shalt maintain them, or even depart at once from life, not in passion, but with simplicity and freedom and modesty, after doing this one laudable thing at least in thy life, to have gone out of it thus. In order, however, to the remembrance of these names, it will greatly help thee, if thou rememberest the gods, and that they wish not to be flattered, but wish all reasonable beings to be made like themselves; and if thou rememberest that what does the work of a fig-tree is a fig-tree, and that what does the work of a dog is a dog, and that what does the work of a bee is a bee, and that what does the work of a man is a man. Mimi, war, astonishment, torpor, slavery, will daily wipe out those holy principles of thine. How many things without studying nature dost thou imagine, and how many dost thou neglect? But it is thy duty so to look on and so to do everything, that at the same time the power of dealing with circumstances is perfected, and the contemplative faculty is exercised, and the confidence which comes from the knowledge of each several thing is maintained without showing it, but yet not concealed. For when wilt thou enjoy simplicity, when gravity, and when the knowledge of every several thing, both what it is in substance, and what place it has in the universe, and how long it is formed to exist and of what things it is compounded, and to whom it can belong, and who are able both to give it and take it away? A spider is proud when it has caught a fly, and another when he has caught a poor hare, and another when he has taken a little fish in a net, and another when he has taken wild boars, and another when he has taken bears, and another when he has taken Sarmatians. Are not these robbers, if thou examinest their opinions? Acquire the contemplative way of seeing how all things change into one another, and constantly attend to it, and exercise thyself about this part of philosophy. For nothing is so much adapted to produce magnanimity. Such a man has put off the body, and as he sees that he must, no one knows how soon, go away from among men and leave everything here, he gives himself up entirely to just doing in all his actions, and in everything else that happens he resigns himself to the universal nature. But as to what any man shall say or think about him or do against him, he never even thinks of it, being himself contented with these two things, with acting justly in what he now does, and being satisfied with what is now assigned to him; and he lays aside all distracting and busy pursuits, and desires nothing else than to accomplish the straight course through the law, and by accomplishing the straight course to follow God. What need is there of suspicious fear, since it is in thy power to inquire what ought to be done? And if thou seest clear, go by this way content, without turning back: but if thou dost not see clear, stop and take the best advisers. But if any other things oppose thee, go on according to thy powers with due consideration, keeping to that which appears to be just. For it is best to reach this object, and if thou dost fail, let thy failure be in attempting this. He who follows reason in all things is both tranquil and active at the same time, and also cheerful and collected. Inquire of thyself as soon as thou wakest from sleep, whether it will make any difference to thee, if another does what is just and right. It will make no difference. Thou hast not forgotten, I suppose, that those who assume arrogant airs in bestowing their praise or blame on others, are such as they are at bed and at board, and thou hast not forgotten what they do, and what they avoid and what they pursue, and how they steal and how they rob, not with hands and feet, but with their most valuable part, by means of which there is produced, when a man chooses, fidelity, modesty, truth, law, a good daemon (happiness)? To her who gives and takes back all, to nature, the man who is instructed and modest says, Give what thou wilt; take back what thou wilt. And he says this not proudly, but obediently and well pleased with her. Short is the little which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain. For it makes no difference whether a man lives there or here, if he lives everywhere in the world as in a state (political community). Let men see, let them know a real man who lives according to nature. If they cannot endure him, let them kill him. For that is better than to live thus as men do. No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such. Constantly contemplate the whole of time and the whole of substance, and consider that all individual things as to substance are a grain of a fig, and as to time, the turning of a gimlet. Look at everything that exists, and observe that it is already in dissolution and in change, and as it were putrefaction or dispersion, or that everything is so constituted by nature as todie. Consider what men are when they are eating, sleeping, generating, easing themselves and so forth. Then what kind of men they are when they are imperious and arrogant, or angry and scolding from their elevated place. But a short time ago to how many they were slaves and for what things; and after a little time consider in what a condition they will be. That is for the good of each thing, which the universal nature brings to each. And it is for its good at the time when nature brings it. “The earth loves the shower”; and “the solemn aether loves”: and the universe loves to make whatever is about to be. I say then to the universe, that I love as thou lovest. And is not this too said, that “this or that loves (is wont) to be produced”? Either thou livest here and hast already accustomed thyself to it, or thou art going away, and this was thy own will; or thou art dying and hast discharged thy duty. But besides these things there is nothing. Be of good cheer, then. Let this always be plain to thee, that this piece of land is like any other; and that all things here are the same with things on top of a mountain, or on the sea-shore, or wherever thou choosest to be. For thou wilt find just what Plato says, Dwelling within the walls of a city as in a shepherd’s fold on a mountain. What is my ruling faculty now to me? And of what nature am I now making it? And for what purpose am I now using it? Is it void of understanding? Is it loosed and rent asunder from social life? Is it melted into and mixed with the poor flesh so as to move together with it? He who flies from his master is a runaway; but the law is master, and he who breaks the law is a runaway. And he also who is grieved or angry or afraid, is dissatisfied because something has been or is or shall be of the things which are appointed by him who rules all things, and he is Law, and assigns to every man what is fit. He then who fears or is grievedor is angry is a runaway. A man deposits seed in a womb and goes away, and then another cause takes it, and labours on it and makes a child. What a thing from such a material! Again, the child passes food down through the throat, and then another cause takes it and makes perception and motion, and in fine life and strength and other things; how many and how strange I Observe thenthe things which are produced in such a hidden way, and see the power just as we see the power which carries things downwards and upwards, not with the eyes, but still no less plainly. Constantly consider how all things such as they now are, in time past also were; and consider that they will be the same again. And place before thy eyes entire dramas and stages of the same form, whatever thou hast learned from thy experience or from older history; for example, the whole court of Hadrian, and the whole court of Antoninus, and the whole court of Philip, Alexander, Croesus; for all those were such dramas as we see now, only with different actors. Imagine every man who is grieved at anything or discontented to be like a pig which is sacrificed and kicks and screams. Like this pig also is he who on his bed in silence laments the bonds in which we are held. And consider that only to the rational animal is it given to follow voluntarily what happens; but simply to follow is a necessity imposed on all. Severally on the occasion of everything that thou doest, pause and ask thyself, if death is a dreadful thing because it deprives thee of this. When thou art offended at any man’s fault, forthwith turn to thyself and reflect in what like manner thou dost err thyself; for example, in thinking that money is a good thing, or pleasure, or a bit of reputation, and the like. For by attending to this thou wilt quickly forget thy anger, if this consideration also is added, that the man is compelled: for what else could he do? or, if thou art able, take away from him the compulsion. When thou hast seen Satyron the Socratic, think of either Eutyches or Hymen, and when thou hast seen Euphrates, think of Eutychion or Silvanus, and when thou hast seen Alciphron think of Tropaeophorus, and when thou hast seen Xenophon think of Crito or Severus, and when thou hast looked on thyself, think of any other Caesar, and in the case of every one do in like manner. Then let this thought be in thy mind, Where then are those men? Nowhere, or nobody knows where. For thus continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all; especially if thou reflectest at the same time that what has once changed will never exist again in the infinite duration of time. But thou, in what a brief space of time is thy existence? And why art thou not content to pass through this short time in an orderly way? What matter and opportunity for thy activity art thou avoiding? For what else are all these things, except exercises for the reason, when it has viewed carefully and by examination into their nature the things which happen in life? Persevere then until thou shalt have made these things thy own, as the stomach which is strengthened makes all things its own, as the blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it. Let it not be in any man’s power to say truly of thee that thou art not simple or that thou are not good; but let him be a liar whoever shall think anything of this kind about thee; and this is altogether in thy power. For who is he that shall hinder thee from being good and simple? Do thou only determine to live no longer, unless thou shalt be such. For neither does reason allow thee to live, if thou art not such. What is that which as to this material (our life) can be done or said in the way most conformable to reason. For whatever this may be, it is in thy power to do it or to say it, and do not make excuses that thou art hindered. Thou wilt not cease to lament till thy mind is in such a condition that, what luxury is to those who enjoy pleasure, such shall be to thee, in the matter which is subjected and presented to thee, the doing of the things which are conformable to man’s constitution; for a man ought to consider as an enjoyment everything which it is in his power to do according to his own nature. And it is in his power everywhere. Now, it is not given to a cylinder to move everywhere by its own motion, nor yet to water nor to fire, nor to anything else which is governed by nature or an irrational soul, for the things which check them and stand in the way are many. But intelligence and reason are able to go through everything that opposes them, and in such manner as they are formed by nature and as they choose. Place before thy eyes this facility with which the reason will be carried through all things, as fire upwards, as a stone downwards, as a cylinder down an inclined surface, and seek for nothing further. For all other obstacles either affect the body only which is a dead thing; or, except through opinion and the yielding of the reason itself, they do not crush nor do any harm of any kind; for if they did, he who felt it would immediately become bad. Now, in the case of all things which have a certain constitution, whatever harm may happen to any of them, that which is so affected becomes consequently worse; but in the like case, a man becomes both better, if one may say so, and more worthy of praise by making a right use of these accidents. And finally remember that nothing harms him who is really a citizen, which does not harm the state; nor yet does anything harm the state, which does not harm law (order); and of these things which are called misfortunes not one harms law. What then does not harm law does not harm either state or citizen. To him who is penetrated by true principles even the briefest precept is sufficient, and any common precept, to remind him that he should be free from grief and fear. For example- Leaves, some the wind scatters on the ground- So is the race of men. Leaves, also, are thy children; and leaves, too, are they who cry out as if they were worthy of credit and bestow their praise, or on the contrary curse, or secretly blame and sneer; and leaves, in like manner, are those who shall receive and transmit a man’s fame to aftertimes. For all such things as these “are produced in the season of spring,” as the poet says; then the wind casts them down; then the forest produces other leaves in their places. But a brief existence is common to all things, and yet thou avoidest and pursuest all things as if they would be eternal. A little time, and thou shalt close thy eyes; and him who has attended thee to thy grave another soon will lament. The healthy eye ought to see all visible things and not to say, I wish for green things; for this is the condition of a diseased eye. And the healthy hearing and smelling ought to be ready to perceive all that can be heard and smelled. And the healthy stomach ought to be with respect to all food just as the mill with respect to all things which it is formed to grind. And accordingly the healthy understanding ought to be prepared for everything which happens; but that which says, Let my dear children live, and let all men praise whatever I may do, is an eye which seeks for green things, or teeth which seek for soft things. There is no man so fortunate that there shall not be by him when he is dying some who are pleased with what is going to happen. Suppose that he was a good and wise man, will there not be at last some one to say to himself, Let us at last breathe freely being relieved from this schoolmaster? It is true that he was harsh to none of us, but I perceived that he tacitly condemns us.- This is what is said of a good man. But in our own case how many other things are there for which there are many who wish to get rid of us. Thou wilt consider this then when thou art dying, and thou wilt depart more contentedly by reflecting thus: I am going away from such a life, in which even my associates in behalf of whom I have striven so much, prayed, and cared, themselves wish me to depart, hoping perchance to get some little advantage by it. Why then should a man cling to a longer stay here? Do not however for this reason go away less kindly disposed to them, but preserving thy own character, and friendly and benevolent and mild, and on the other hand not as if thou wast torn away; but as when a man dies a quiet death, the poor soul is easily separated from the body, such also ought thy departure from men to be, for nature united thee to them and associated thee. But does she now dissolve the union? Well, I am separated as from kinsmen, not however dragged resisting, but without compulsion; for this too is one of the things according tonature. Accustom thyself as much as possible on the occasion of anything being done by any person to inquire with thyself, For what object is this man doing this? But begin with thyself, and examine thyself first. Remember that this which pulls the strings is the thing which is hidden within: this is the power of persuasion, this is life, this, if one may so say, is man. In contemplating thyself never include the vessel which surrounds thee and these instruments which are attached about it. For they are like to an axe, differing only in this that they grow to the body. For indeed there is no more use in these parts without the cause which moves and checks them than in the weaver’s shuttle, and the writer’s pen and the driver’s whip. Book Eleven These are the properties of the rational soul: it sees itself, analyses itself, and makes itself such as it chooses; the fruit which it bears itself enjoys- for the fruits of plants and that in animals which corresponds to fruits others enjoy- it obtains its own end, wherever the limit of life may be fixed. Not as in a dance and in a play and in such like things, where the whole action is incomplete, if anything cuts it short; but in every part and wherever it may be stopped, it makes what has been set before it full and complete, so that it can say, I have what is my own. And further it traverses the whole universe, and the surrounding vacuum, and surveys its form, and it extends itself into the infinity of time, and embraces and comprehends the periodical renovation of all things, and it comprehends that those who come after us will see nothing new, nor have those before us seen anything more, but in a manner he who is forty years old, if he has any understanding at all, has seen by virtue of the uniformity that prevails all things which have been and all that will be. This too is aproperty of the rational soul, love of one’s neighbour, and truth and modesty, and to value nothing more more than itself, which is also the property of Law. Thus then right reason differs not at all from the reason of justice. Thou wilt set little value on pleasing song and dancing and the pancratium, if thou wilt distribute the melody of the voice into its several sounds, and ask thyself as to each, if thou art mastered by this; for thou wilt be prevented by shame from confessing it: and in the matter of dancing, if at each movement and attitude thou wilt do the same; and the like also in the matter of the pancratium. In all things, then, except virtue and the acts of virtue, remember to apply thyself to their several parts, and by this division to come to value them little: and apply this rule also to thy whole life. What a soul that is which is ready, if at any moment it must be separated from the body, and ready either to be extinguished or dispersed or continue to exist; but so that this readiness comes from a man’s own judgement, not from mere obstinacy, as with the Christians, but considerately and with dignity and in a way to persuade another, without tragic show. Have I done something for the general interest? Well then I have had my reward. Let this always be present to thy mind, and never stop doing such good. What is thy art? To be good. And how is this accomplished well except by general principles, some about the nature of the universe, and others about the proper constitution of man? At first tragedies were brought on the stage as means of reminding men of the things which happen to them, and that it is according to nature for things to happen so, and that, if you are delighted with what is shown on the stage, you should not be troubled with that which takes place on the larger stage. For you see that these things must be accomplished thus,and that even they bear them who cry out “O Cithaeron.” And, indeed, some things are said well by the dramatic writers, of which kind is the following especially:- Me and my children if the gods neglect, This has its reason too. And again- We must not chale and fret at that which happens. And Life’s harvest reap like the wheat’s fruitful ear. And other things of the same kind. After tragedy the old comedy was introduced, which had a magisterial freedom of speech, and by its very plainness of speaking was useful in reminding men to beware of insolence; and for this purpose too Diogenes used to take from these writers. But as to the middle comedy which came next, observe what it was, and again, for what object the new comedy was introduced, which gradually sunk down into a mere mimic artifice. That some good things are said even by these writers, everybody knows: but the whole plan of such poetry and dramaturgy, to what end does it look! How plain does it appear that there is not another condition of life so well suited for philosophising as this in which thou now happenest to be. A branch cut off from the adjacent branch must of necessity be cut off from the whole tree also. So too a man when he is separated from another man has fallen off from the whole social community. Now as to a branch, another cuts it off, but a man by his own act separates himself from his neighbour when he hates him and turns away from him, and he doesnot know that he has at the same time cut himself off from the whole social system. Yet he has this privilege certainly from Zeus who framed society, for it is in our power to grow again to that which is near to us, and be to come a part which helps to make up the whole. However, if it often happens, this kind of separation, it makes it difficult for that which detaches itself to be brought to unity and to be restored to its former condition. Finally, the branch, which from the first grew together with the tree, and has continued to have one life with it, is not like that which after being cut off is then ingrafted, for this is something like what the gardeners mean when they say that it grows with the rest of the tree, but that it has not the same mind with it. As those who try to stand in thy way when thou art proceeding according to right reason, will not be able to turn thee aside from thy proper action, so neither let them drive thee from thy benevolent feelings towards them, but be on thy guard equally in both matters, not only in the matter of steady judgement and action, but also in the matter of gentleness towardsthose who try to hinder or otherwise trouble thee. For this also is a weakness, to be vexed at them, as well as to be diverted from thy course of action and to give way through fear; for both are equally deserters from their post, the man who does it through fear, and the man who is alienated from him who is by nature a kinsman and a friend. There is no nature which is inferior to art, for the arts imitate the nature of things. But if this is so, that nature which is the most perfect and the most comprehensive of all natures, cannot fall short of the skill of art. Now all arts do the inferior things for the sake of the superior; therefore the universal nature does so too. And, indeed, hence is the origin of justice, and in justice the other virtues have their foundation: for justice will not be observed, if we either care for middle things (things indifferent), or are easily deceived and careless andchangeable. If the things do not come to thee, the pursuits and avoidances of which disturb thee, still in a manner thou goest to them. Let then thy judgement about them be at rest, and they will remain quiet, and thou wilt not be seen either pursuing or avoiding. The spherical form of the soul maintains its figure, when it is neither extended towards any object, nor contracted inwards, nor dispersed nor sinks down, but is illuminated by light, by which it sees the truth, the truth of all things and the truth that is in itself. Suppose any man shall despise me. Let him look to that himself. But I will look to this, that I be not discovered doing or saying anything deserving of contempt. Shall any man hate me? Let him look to it. But I will be mild and benevolent towards every man, and ready to show even him his mistake, not reproachfully, nor yet as making a display of my endurance, but nobly and honestly, like the great Phocion, unless indeed he only assumed it. For the interior parts ought to be such, and a man ought to be seen by the gods neither dissatisfied with anything nor complaining. For what evil is it to thee, if thou art now doing what is agreeable to thy own nature, and art satisfied with that which at this moment is suitable to the nature of the universe, since thou art a human being placed at thy post in order that what is for the common advantage may be done in some way? Men despise one another and flatter one another; and men wish to raise themselves above one another, and crouch before one another. How unsound and insincere is he who says, I have determined to deal with thee in a fair way.- What art thou doing, man? There is no occasion to give this notice. It will soon show itself by acts. The voice ought to be plainly written on the forehead. Such as a man’s character is, he immediately shows it in his eyes, just as he who is beloved forthwith readseverything in the eyes of lovers. The man who is honest and good ought to be exactly like a man who smells strong, so that the bystander as soon as he comes near him must smell whether he choose or not. But the affectation of simplicity is like a crooked stick. Nothing is more disgraceful than a wolfish friendship (false friendship). Avoid this most of all. The good and simple and benevolent show all these things in the eyes, and there is no mistaking. As to living in the best way, this power is in the soul, if it be indifferent to things which are indifferent. And it will be indifferent, if it looks on each of these things separately and all together, and if it remembers that not one of them produces in us an opinion about itself, nor comes to us; but these things remain immovable, and it is we ourselves who produce the judgements about them, and, as we may say, write them in ourselves, it being in our power not to write them, and it being in our power, if perchance these judgements have imperceptibly got admission to our minds, to wipe them out; and if we remember also that such attention will only be for a short time, and then life will be at an end. Besides, what trouble is there at all in doing this? For if these things are according to nature, rejoice in them, and they will be easy to thee: but if contrary to nature, seek what is conformable to thy own nature, and strive towards this, even if it bring no reputation; for every man is allowed to seek his own good. Consider whence each thing is come, and of what it consists, and into what it changes, and what kind of a thing it will be when it has changed, and that it will sustain no harm. If any have offended against thee, consider first: What is my relation to men, and that we are made for one another; and in another respect, I was made to be set over them, as a ram over the flock or a bull over the herd. But examine the matter from first principles, from this: If all things are not mere atoms, it is nature which orders all things: if this is so, the inferior things exist for the sake of the superior, and these for the sake of one another. Second, consider what kind of men they are at table, in bed, and so forth: and particularly, under what compulsions in respect of opinions they are; and as to their acts, consider with what pride they do what they do. Third, that if men do rightly what they do, we ought not to be displeased; but if they do not right, it is plain that they do so involuntarily and in ignorance. For as every soul is unwillingly deprived of the truth, so also is it unwillingly deprived of the power of behaving to each man according to his deserts. Accordingly men are pained when they are calledunjust, ungrateful, and greedy, and in a word wrong-doers to their neighbours. Fourth, consider that thou also doest many things wrong, and that thou art a man like others; and even if thou dost abstain from certain faults, still thou hast the disposition to commit them, though either through cowardice, or concern about reputation, or some such mean motive, thou dost abstain from such faults. Fifth, consider that thou dost not even understand whether men are doing wrong or not, for many things are done with a certain reference to circumstances. And in short, a man must learn a great deal to enable him to pass a correct judgement on another man’s acts. Sixth, consider when thou art much vexed or grieved, that man’s life is only a moment, and after a short time we are all laid out dead. Seventh, that it is not men’s acts which disturb us, for those acts have their foundation in men’s ruling principles, but it is our own opinions which disturb us. Take away these opinions then, and resolve to dismiss thy judgement about an act as if it were something grievous, and thy anger is gone. How then shall I take away these opinions? By reflectingthat no wrongful act of another brings shame on thee: for unless that which is shameful is alone bad, thou also must of necessity do many things wrong, and become a robber and everything else. Eighth, consider how much more pain is brought on us by the anger and vexation caused by such acts than by the acts themselves, at which we are angry and vexed. Ninth, consider that a good disposition is invincible, if it be genuine, and not an affected smile and acting a part. For what will the most violent man do to thee, if thou continuest to be of a kind disposition towards him, and if, as opportunity offers, thou gently admonishest him and calmly correctest his errors at the very time when he is trying to do thee harm, saying, Not so, my child: we are constituted by nature for something else: I shall certainly not be injured, but thou art injuring thyself, my child.- And show him with gentle tact and by general principles that this is so, and that even bees do not do as he does, nor any animals which are formed by nature to be gregarious. And thou must do this neither with any double meaning nor in the way of reproach, but affectionately and without any rancour in thy soul; and not as if thou wert lecturing him, nor yet that any bystander may admire, but either when he is alone, and if others are present… Remember these nine rules, as if thou hadst received them as a gift from the Muses, and begin at last to be a man while thou livest. But thou must equally avoid flattering men and being veied at them, for both are unsocial and lead to harm. And let this truth be present to thee in the excitement of anger, that to be moved by passion is not manly, but that mildness and gentleness, as they are more agreeable to human nature, so also are they more manly; and he who possesses these qualities possesses strength, nerves and courage, and not the man who is subject to fits of passion and discontent. For in the same degree in which a man’s mind is nearer to freedom from all passion, in the same degree also is it nearer to strength: and as the sense of pain is a characteristic of weakness, so also is anger. For he who yields to pain and he who yields to anger, both are wounded and both submit. But if thou wilt, receive also a tenth present from the leader of the Muses (Apollo), and it is this- that to expect bad men not to do wrong is madness, for he who expects this desires an impossibility. But to allow men to behave so to others, and to expect them not to do thee any wrong, is irrational and tyrannical. There are four principal aberrations of the superior faculty against which thou shouldst be constantly on thy guard, and when thou hast detected them, thou shouldst wipe them out and say on each occasion thus: this thought is not necessary: this tends to destroy social union: this which thou art going to say comes not from the real thoughts; for thou shouldst consider it among the most absurd of things for a man not to speak from his real thoughts. But the fourth is when thou shalt reproach thyself for anything, for this is an evidence of the diviner part within thee being overpowered and yielding to the less honourable and to the perishable part, the body, and to its gross pleasures. Thy aerial part and all the fiery parts which are mingled in thee, though by nature they have an upward tendency, still in obedience to the disposition of the universe they are overpowered here in the compound mass (the body). And also the whole of the earthy part in thee and the watery, though their tendency is downward, still are raised up and occupy a position which is not their natural one. In this manner then the elemental parts obey the universal, for when they have been fixed in any place perforce they remain there until again the universal shall sound the signal for dissolution. Is it not then strange that thy intelligent part only should be disobedient and discontented with its own place? And yet no force isimposed on it, but only those things which are conformable to its nature: still it does not submit, but is carried in the opposite direction. For the movement towards injustice and intemperance and to anger and grief and fear is nothing else than the act of one who deviates from nature. And also when the ruling faculty is discontented with anything that happens, then too it deserts its post: for it is constituted for piety and reverence towards the gods no less than for justice. For these qualities also are comprehended under the generic term of contentment with the constitution of things, and indeed they are prior to acts of justice. He who has not one and always the same object in life, cannot be one and the same all through his life. But what I have said is not enough, unless this also is added, what this object ought to be. For as there is not the same opinion about all the things which in some way or other are considered by the majority to be good, but only about some certain things, that is, things which concern the common interest; so also ought we to propose to ourselves an object which shall be of a common kind (social) and political. For he who directs all his own efforts to this object, will make all his acts alike, and thus will always be the same. Think of the country mouse and of the town mouse, and of the alarm and trepidation of the town mouse. Socrates used to call the opinions of the many by the name of Lamiae, bugbears to frighten children. The Lacedaemonians at their public spectacles used to set seats in the shade for strangers, but themselves sat down anywhere. Socrates excused himself to Perdiccas for not going to him, saying, It is because I would not perish by the worst of all ends, that is, I would not receive a favour and then be unable to return it. In the writings of the Ephesians there was this precept, constantly to think of some one of the men of former times who practised virtue. The Pythagoreans bid us in the morning look to the heavens that we may be reminded of those bodies which continually do the same things and in the same manner perform their work, and also be reminded of their purity and nudity. For there is no veil over a star. Consider what a man Socrates was when he dressed himself in a skin, after Xanthippe had taken his cloak and gone out, and what Socrates said to his friends who were ashamed of him and drew back from him when they saw him dressed thus. Neither in writing nor in reading wilt thou be able to lay down rules for others before thou shalt have first learned to obey rules thyself. Much more is this so in life. A slave thou art: free speech is not for thee. And my heart laughed within. And virtue they will curse, speaking harsh words. To look for the fig in winter is a madman’s act: such is he who looks for his child when it is no longer allowed. When a man kisses his child, said Epictetus, he should whisper to himself, “To-morrow perchance thou wilt die.”- But those are words of bad omen.- “No word is a word of bad omen,” said Epictetus, “which expresses any work of nature; or if it is so, it is also a word of bad omen to speak of the ears of corn being reaped.” The unripe grape, the ripe bunch, the dried grape, all are changes, not into nothing, but into something which exists not yet. No man can rob us of our free will. Epictetus also said, A man must discover an art (or rules) with respect to giving his assent; and in respect to his movements he must be careful that they be made with regard to circumstances, that they be consistent with social interests, that they have regard to the value of the object; and as to sensual desire, he should altogether keep away from it; and as to avoidance (aversion) he should not show it with respect to any of the things which are not in our power. The dispute then, he said, is not about any common matter, but about being mad or not. Socrates used to say, What do you want? Souls of rational men or irrational?- Souls of rational men.- Of what rational men? Sound or unsound?- Sound.- Why then do you not seek for them?- Because we have them.- Why then do you fight and quarrel? Book Twelve All those things at which thou wishest to arrive by a circuitous road, thou canst have now, if thou dost not refuse them to thyself. And this means, if thou wilt take no notice of all the past, and trust the future to providence, and direct the present only conformably to piety and justice. Conformably to piety, that thou mayest be content with the lot which is assigned to thee, for nature designed it for thee and thee for it. Conformably to justice, that thou mayest always speak the truth freely and without disguise, and do the things which are agreeable to law and according to the worth of each. And let neither another man’s wickedness hinder thee, nor opinion nor voice, nor yet the sensations of the poor flesh which hasgrown about thee; for the passive part will look to this. If then, whatever the time may be when thou shalt be near to thy departure, neglecting everything else thou shalt respect only thy ruling faculty and the divinity within thee, and if thou shalt be afraid not because thou must some time cease to live, but if thou shalt fear never to have begun to live according tonature- then thou wilt be a man worthy of the universe which has produced thee, and thou wilt cease to be a stranger in thy native land, and to wonder at things which happen daily as if they were something unexpected, and to be dependent on this or that. God sees the minds (ruling principles) of all men bared of the material vesture and rind and impurities. For with his intellectual part alone he touches the intelligence only which has flowed and been derived from himself into these bodies. And if thou also usest thyself to do this, thou wilt rid thyself of thy much trouble. For he who regards not the poor flesh which envelops him, surely will not trouble himself by looking after raiment and dwelling and fame and such like externals and show. The things are three of which thou art composed, a little body, a little breath (life), intelligence. Of these the first two are thine, so far as it is thy duty to take care of them; but the third alone is properly thine. Therefore if thou shalt separate from thyself, that is, from thy understanding, whatever others do or say, and whatever thou hast done or said thyself, and whatever future things trouble thee because they may happen, and whatever in the body which envelops thee or in the breath (life), which is by nature associated with the body, is attached to thee independent of thy will, and whatever the external circumfluent vortex whirls round, so that the intellectual power exempt from the things of fate can live pure and free by itself, doing what is just and accepting what happens and saying the truth: if thou wilt separate, I say, from this ruling faculty the things which are attached to it by the impressions of sense, and the things of time to come and of time that is past, and wilt make thyself like Empedocles’ sphere, All round, and in its joyous rest reposing; and if thou shalt strive to live only what is really thy life, that is, the present- then thou wilt be able to pass that portion of life which remains for thee up to the time of thy death, free from perturbations, nobly, and obedient to thy own daemon (to the god that is within thee). I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others. If then a god or a wise teacher should present himself to a man and bid him to think of nothing and to design nothing which he would not express as soon as he conceived it, he could not endure it even for a single day. So much more respect have we to what our neighbours shall think of us than to what we shall think of ourselves. How can it be that the gods after having arranged all things well and benevolently for mankind, have overlooked this alone, that some men and very good men, and men who, as we may say, have had most communion with the divinity, and through pious acts and religious observances have been most intimate with the divinity, when they have once died should never exist again, but should be completely extinguished? But if this is so, be assured that if it ought to have been otherwise, the gods would have done it. For if it were just, it would also be possible; and if it were according to nature, nature would have had it so. But because it is not so, if in fact it is not so, be thou convinced that it ought not to have been so:- for thou seest even of thyself that in this inquiry thou art disputing with the diety; and we should not thus dispute with the gods, unless they were most excellent and most just;- but if this is so, they would not have allowed anything in the ordering of the universe to be neglected unjustly and irrationally. Practise thyself even in the things which thou despairest of accomplishing. For even the left hand, which is ineffectual for all other things for want of practice, holds the bridle more vigorously than the right hand; for it has been practised in this. Consider in what condition both in body and soul a man should be when he is overtaken by death; and consider the shortness of life, the boundless abyss of time past and future, the feebleness of all matter. Contemplate the formative principles (forms) of things bare of their coverings; the purposes of actions; consider what pain is, what pleasure is, and death, and fame; who is to himself the cause of his uneasiness; how no man is hindered by another; that everything is opinion. In the application of thy principles thou must be like the pancratiast, not like the gladiator; for the gladiator lets fall the sword which he uses and is killed; but the other always has his hand, and needs to do nothing else than use it. See what things are in themselves, dividing them into matter, form and purpose. What a power man has to do nothing except what God will approve, and to accept all that God may give him. With respect to that which happens conformably to nature, we ought to blame neither gods, for they do nothing wrong either voluntarily or involuntarily, nor men, for they do nothing wrong except involuntarily. Consequently we should blame nobody. How ridiculous and what a stranger he is who is surprised at anything which happens in life. Either there is a fatal necessity and invincible order, or a kind Providence, or a confusion without a purpose and without a director (Book IV). If then there is an invincible necessity, why dost thou resist? But if there is a Providence which allows itself to be propitiated, make thyself worthy of the help of the divinity. But if there is a confusion without governor, be content that in such a tempest thou hast in thyself a certain ruling intelligence. And even if the tempest carry thee away, let it carry away the poor flesh, the poor breath, everything else; for the intelligence at least it will not carry away. Does the light of the lamp shine without losing its splendour until it is extinguished; and shall the truth which is in thee and justice and temperance be extinguished before thy death? When a man has presented the appearance of having done wrong, say, How then do I know if this is a wrongful act? And even if he has done wrong, how do I know that he has not condemned himself? and so this is like tearing his own face. Consider that he, who would not have the bad man do wrong, is like the man who would not have the fig-tree to bear juice in the figs and infants to cry and the horse to neigh, and whatever else must of necessity be. For what must a man do who has such a character? If then thou art irritable, cure this man’s disposition. If it is not right, do not do it: if it is not true, do not say it. For let thy efforts be- In everything always observe what the thing is which produces for thee an appearance, and resolve it by dividing it into the formal, the material, the purpose, and the time within which it must end. Perceive at last that thou hast in thee something better and more divine than the things which cause the various affects, and as it were pull thee by the strings. What is there now in my mind? Is it fear, or suspicion, or desire, or anything of the kind? First, do nothing inconsiderately, nor without a purpose. Second, make thy acts refer to nothing else than to a social end. Consider that before long thou wilt be nobody and nowhere, nor will any of the things exist which thou now seest, nor any of those who are now living. For all things are formed by nature to change and be turned and to perish in order that other things in continuous succession may exist. Consider that everything is opinion, and opinion is in thy power. Take away then, when thou choosest, thy opinion, and like a mariner, who has doubled the promontory, thou wilt find calm, everything stable, and a waveless bay. Any one activity whatever it may be, when it has ceased at its proper time, suffers no evil because it has ceased; nor he who has done this act, does he suffer any evil for this reason that the act has ceased. In like manner then the whole which consists of all the acts, which is our life, if it cease at its proper time, suffers no evil for this reason that it has ceased; nor he who has terminated this series at the proper time, has he been ill dealt with. But the proper time and the limit nature fixes, sometimes as in old age the peculiar nature of man, but always the universal nature, by the change of whose parts the whole universe continues ever young and perfect. And everything which is useful to the universal is always good and in season. Therefore the termination of life for every man is no evil, because neither is it shameful, since it is both independent of the will and not opposed to the general interest, but it is good, since it is seasonable and profitable to and congruent with the universal. For thus too he is moved by the deity who is moved in the same manner with the deity and moved towards the same things in his mind. These three principles thou must have in readiness. In the things which thou doest do nothing either inconsiderately or otherwise than as justice herself would act; but with respect to what may happen to thee from without, consider that it happens either by chance or according to Providence, and thou must neither blame chance nor accuse Providence. Second,consider what every being is from the seed to the time of its receiving a soul, and from the reception of a soul to the giving back of the same, and of what things every being is compounded and into what things it is resolved. Third, if thou shouldst suddenly be raised up above the earth, and shouldst look down on human things, and observe the variety of them how great it is, and at the same time also shouldst see at a glance how great is the number of beings who dwell around in the air and the aether, consider that as often as thou shouldst be raised up, thou wouldst see the same things, sameness of form and shortness of duration. Are these things to be proud of? Cast away opinion: thou art saved. Who then hinders thee from casting it away? When thou art troubled about anything, thou hast forgotten this, that all things happen according to the universal nature; and forgotten this, that a man’s wrongful act is nothing to thee; and further thou hast forgotten this, that everything which happens, always happened so and will happen so, and now happens so everywhere; forgotten this too, how close is the kinship between a man and the whole human race, for it is a community, not of a little blood or seed, but of intelligence. And thou hast forgotten this too, that every man’s intelligence is a god, and is an efflux of the deity; and forgotten this, that nothing is a man’s own, but that his child and his body and his very soul came from the deity; forgotten this, that everything is opinion; and lastly thou hast forgotten that every man lives the present time only, and loses only this. Constantly bring to thy recollection those who have complained greatly about anything, those who have been most conspicuous by the greatest fame or misfortunes or enmities or fortunes of any kind: then think where are they all now? Smoke and ash and a tale, or not even a tale. And let there be present to thy mind also everything of this sort, how Fabius Catullinus lived in the country, and Lucius Lupus in his gardens, and Stertinius at Baiae, and Tiberius at Capreae and Velius Rufus (or Rufus at Velia); and in fine think of the eager pursuit of anything conjoined with pride; and how worthless everything is after which men violently strain; and how much more philosophical it is for a man in the opportunities presented to him to show Tweets by MohammedAbbasi http://www.facebook.com/MohammedAbbasi http://www.linkedIn.com/MohammedAbbasi http://www.youtube.com/AbbasiOfficial December 4, 2018 Mohammed Abbasi Previous Previous post: The Tao-te Ching Next Next post: The Analects – Confucius	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1047
__label__cc	0.572447	0.427553	Art, Video Games Do You Like Your Alphabets Comprised of Video Game Titles? Well Then, You Sir, Are in Luck. Alphagames is here to make your alphabetic/video game dreams come true. Now the question is, can you name every game shown? Currently Playing, Video Games Oh Snap I’ve Got BLOPS Nothing strikes fear into the heart of CoD nerds than a man with a promotional Comic Book Men lamp, a warm Diet Coke & a cut-rate tape dispenser. GET READY TO FEEL MY DIGITAL JUSTICE. viciouspjurahead Currently Playing, Uncategorized, Video Games FIFA 13 Career Mode, Episode 2 Back from a wedding and resurrected from the depths of Hurricane Sandy’s wrath, Napoleon Bonaparte gets back on the pitch and continues his own path of destruction towards to the Ligue 1 Championship and a place in the Champions League. ACA 1 – Valenciennes FC 2 After starting out with a 1-0 lead 6 minutes into the game, Valenciennes scores two unlikely goals 4 minutes apart right before the half. The first goal a header off of free kick that just went over the goalkeeper’s head. The second one more of a headscratcher really on the defense. The right back trying to clear the ball out of his zone kicks it right into the 18 yard box where Aboubakar, the striker for Valenciennes, gets a head on it before the goalie can make a play and it goes right into the net. Valenciennes would play a tough defense the rest of the game and unfortunately ACA go home with zero points for this first time this season. ACA 2 – Toulouse 0 With Murgu away on International duty, the young striker Delort comes in and takes his place hoping to make his mark on Ligue 1. Two powerful strikes by Eduardo and newcomer Delort were all that were needed as Ajaccio took the first game of the Coupe de Ligue against Toulouse. The victory in the first round gives my team additional funds. How much you ask. A whopping 75,000. Oh what can I buy. A Xavi, an Iniesta, a Messi. More like a nice big bag of Hersheys kisses. Not going under the radar is the stellar play of Carl Medjani and Sajamary Diarra. Their play has been stellar and they have been the men who are probably the first names on Bonaparte’s team sheet. The manager has been ebullient in his praise for both of these players recently. The biggest tranfers of the season so far have been Mario Balotelli to FC Barcelona for 34 million Euros. Kaiseke Honda has taken his talents out of Russia and signed a 15 million euro transfer to play in La Liga with Athletico Madrid. ACA – OL Before the match with Olympique Lyon Bonaparte took the time to praise midfielder Michel Bastos. He considers the 29 year old from Brazil a dangerous weapon. “We always study the good players, even if it’s just to admire them. Michel Bastos is definitely worth studying.” Well Napoleon did something right in this game because Bastos, along with what seemed to be the rest of OL, were held in check. A pretty lackluster where the only scoring came through on a rebound shot by Cavlli in the 54th minute. Damien Tiberi after the game says, “I’ve got to get more playing time boss, I’m frustrated when I’m not picked.” Music, Video Games Trent Reznor’s Black Ops II Theme Surprising! Comics, This Week's Comics Haul This Week’s Comics Haul – Taking a Break from BLOPS 2 To Get My Comic Fix Black rain falling from the sky look strange: – Not going to lie; Shadowman #1 was “meh” at best. Hopefully this isn’t how the rest of Valiant’s second tier titles are going to go. Never fear though, there’s a new Archer & Armstrong this week to clear away the bad taste. – Because I’m a sucker who is terrible with money, I am getting on board with at least the first one or two issues of the Marvel NOW! relaunch/rejigger/re-whatever that is happening in the wake of AvX. Iron Man last week wasn’t bad! Let’s see what Matt Fraction can do with Marvel’s First Family. – New Locke & Key. That’s all that needs to be said. I want to treat this comic like I treat Homeland; it’s so good that I can’t bear waiting one second more after it’s over to start the next one. Go to your local library and pick up the trades! – “Death of the Family” continues in Batman & Robin and Batman this week. Death in comics is a tricky thing; you know it’s not going to be forever, but at the same time it’s a great talking point & sales generator. But when you’ve been reading “Death of…” stories for 20 years, they kind of lose their gravity. But crazy Joker antics = take my money. – After 72 issues, The Boyswraps up. Not in the same ballpark (or even state the ballpark is located in) as Preacher,but still clever & interesting enough at times to warrant picking up here and there. – Saga is so weird/charming that I keep getting it because I need to know where it’s going. Also the robots with fancy military uniforms & televisions for heads. I like them. ‘Cause they have TVs. Where heads should be. – Spider Glider! <— shouldn’t that rhyme? – As for the rest, that’s just reflexive grabbing & impulse purchasing: Gambit, Thor, X-Men. Passable but most likely not life altering. But who knows? Maybe Marvel NOW! has got some tricky sleeves & Gambit is able to recapture the charm of the first issue. What are you buying this week?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1048
__label__wiki	0.577944	0.577944	Joint Union Asbestos Committee: Asbestos crisis in our schools The recent articles in the Guardian newspaper- “700 English schools reported over asbestos safety concerns” (5th July) & “Britain’s death toll from asbestos at crisis level figures reveal” (8th July) only serve to validate the Joint Union Asbestos Committee (JUAC) approach to the terrible legacy of asbestos in schools. Serious action needs to be taken now and JUAC has consistently advocated the following measures: The development of a planned, phased and costed programme of removal of all asbestos from schools Establishing a mandatory survey of all schools ensuring that it is known exactly where the asbestos is present and in what condition it is in Train all school staff on how asbestos should be managed in schools Increase resources to the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and restore proactive inspections by them in schools Make the results of surveys available to all staff and parents of each school The legacy of exposure to asbestos from traditional heavy industries, ship building, thermal stripping and lagging, is changing as these industries are in steep decline and the growing threat from this exposure will be in the built environment where low level, long exposure will continue to lead to asbestos related diseases such as mesothelioma. The judgement of the HSE that asbestos is best left “in situ” if it is in a good condition is now demonstrably invalid, because comprehensive information on the condition of asbestos in schools is still not available. In addition epidemiologists, such as Professor Peto, who suggest that it is not worth the risk in removing asbestos from schools are among the same experts who have been forecasting for over 20 years that deaths from mesothelioma will decline. Todays figures highlight just how wrong they are. Strangely, while Peto in his TV interview presumed the risk from asbestos in schools is low, his recent research* paper actually indicates that airborne asbestos fibres released by weathering and everyday occupation of buildings may also be an important source of environmental exposure and his earlier paper in 2016 stated:’The risk from asbestos to younger people in buildings is not known but could be substantial’ At the same time Robin Howie * has provided evidence to show that teachers are five times more likely to develop mesothelioma than those who have not been exposed to asbestos. He also showed that teachers are likely to have been exposed to airborne asbestos fibre concentrations significantly higher than typical in buildings containing asbestos in a good condition. This means schools have not been identifying and removing the unsafe asbestos that victims inhaled. As Peto stated to the Education Select Committee in 2013: “All that matters is whether or not kids are breathing in asbestos and, until you find that out, everything else is hot air.” The identification and removal of unsafe asbestos needs an agreed resourced and detailed plan and JUAC is calling on government to properly fund and resource the removal of asbestos from schools. John McClean, Chair of JUAC, said “The risks to children and staff of poorly managed asbestos are very real. A phased programme of removal is the only way to begin to tackle this scourge”. Gilham, C; Rake, C; Hodgson, J; Darnton, A; Burdett, G; Peto Wild, J; Newton, M; Nicholson, AG; Davidson, L; Shires, M; Treasure, T; Peto, J; TIPS Collaboration; (2018) Past and current asbestos exposure and future mesothelioma risks in Britain: The Inhaled Particles Study (TIPS). International journal of epidemiology. ISSN 0300-5771 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyx276 Pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer risks in relation to occupational history and asbestos lung burden Clare Gilham,1 Christine Rake,1 Garry Burdett,2 Andrew G Nicholson,3 Leslie Davison,4 Angelo Franchini,1 James Carpenter,1,5 John Hodgson,6 Andrew Darnton,6 Julian Peto1 **Robin Howie Environmental health Scotland Vol29 Number 4 Winter 2017 pages 34-35 About JUAC The Joint Union Asbestos Committee (JUAC) was formed in 2010 and is a trade union campaigning committee comprising eight unions: Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL); National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT); National Education Union (NEU); NASUWT; UCU, Voice; plus the education sections of UNISON, Unite, and the GMB. The Group’s objective is to make all UK schools and colleges safe from the dangers of asbestos. All the unions in JUAC are also members of the Asbestos in Schools (AIS) campaign. JUAC is a non-party political group and both JUAC and AIS have a common interest in making UK schools and colleges safe from the dangers of asbestos, both for staff and pupils. In the long-term we wish to see all asbestos removed from all schools and colleges. However, we recognise that, realistically, the focus in the short and medium-term must be on safe management of asbestos in schools and colleges. Contact – John McClean, Chair, john.mcclean55@btinternet.com NEU state of school and college buildings survey This survey highlights the challenges facing schools and colleges in ensuring their buildings are well maintained and provide a safe and decent environment for teaching and learning. PAC ‘seriously concerned’ about the Government’s approach to asbestos management in schools The Joint Union Asbestos Committee which comprises the education and support staff unions (ASCL, GMB, NAHT, NASUWT, NEU, UCU, UNISON, Unite and Voice) and the Asbestos in Schools Group, Chaired by Emma Hardy MP are today responding to the asbestos recommendations in the Public Accounts Committee report into Academy accounts and performance. Delays to the Government’s Asbestos Management Assurance Process This week the DfE reopened its ‘Asbestos Management Assurance Process’, an exercise which asks school employers to declare whether they are compliant with their legal duty to manage asbestos in their schools. Freedom of information requests to Multi Academy Trusts reveal shocking disparity in asbestos management The continuing presence of asbestos in the majority of schools and academies is a national scandal - putting the lives of pupils and staff at risk. Universal Credit and Free School Meals More than 1 in 4 children across the UK are growing up trapped in poverty, but we are still having the same conversations about whether MPs will do the right thing to tackle the scourge of child poverty in 2021. DfE Consultation on Awarding Grades Consultation is always welcome but this is too late in the day.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1051
__label__wiki	0.833954	0.833954	Podcasts Homepage Josephine Livingstone/ April 4, 2017 With S-Town, Podcasts Come of Age The series, from the creators of 'Serial,' begins as a murder investigation, before broadening into a meta-investigation of its own genre. Thewatchmanpro “I’m embarking on an investigation at the behest of an Alabamian horologist.” So declares Brian Reed, the presenter of Shit-Town, a new podcast from the team behind Serial and This American Life. You may have seen it advertised euphemistically as “S-Town.” The title derives from an unsolicited email sent to Reed by a man named John B. McLemore in 2014—the Alabamian horologist, a specialist in the art of making clocks and watches. McLemore asks Reed to visit him in “shit-town, Alabama,” where, he suspects, a gruesome murder has gone unsolved. Reed takes the bait, and the listener expects a second Serial to unfold. But McLemore is stranger than mystery, and more mysterious than a dead girl. It was as if, Reed says, McLemore had opened a portal between them through sheer force of will. He calls Reed, writes to him, insinuates himself into the reporter’s life. Reed has no way to know if McLemore is telling the truth, or if he is just radically lonely and desperate to find a voice on the other end of the line, or at least an ear. We can hear from the first that McLemore is eccentric: His thick Southern accent undulates wildly as he speaks. In the first episode, Reed locates McLemore’s remote property in Bibb County, Alabama, via coordinates of longitude and latitude, and walks straight into a literal maze of his subject’s own creation. This beginning sets up metaphors and themes that will hold the entire seven-episode series together. The maze is a huge, waist-high, spiral-form labyrinth constructed out of rose bushes. McLemore is a polymath of extraordinary mathematical and artisanal ability; he has not only constructed this remarkable maze, but also teaches trigonometry to the hired hands on his land, and heals antique clocks that nobody else can repair. The rose maze and the restored clocks become this show’s governing figures. The rose maze and the restored clocks become this show’s governing figures. Reed believes he is in Woodstock, Alabama—for Woodstock is Shit-Town, and Shit-Town Woodstock—to investigate whether a teenager beat another teenager to death, and got away with it. In the course of his investigations he comes across nasty-sounding people, like the owners of a business titled “K3,” and various virulent racists who use the N-word with abandon in the back of a tattoo parlor. The investigation swiftly becomes chaotic—and then the murder-mystery structure falls apart completely. It is impossible to say more without giving away the series’ twists, which are crucial to its listening pleasure. But what seems like insanity turns out to be tragic beauty; where ugliness and chaos seem to rule, love is in fact buried. Just as McLemore forced open a portal between himself and a radio journalist many, many miles away, the story of his life and loves forces a collapse of genres and a new level in audio storytelling to open up. The problem of Shit-Town is not, in the end, one of murder. It is a problem of time. In an early episode, Reed hangs out with McLemore and his young friend Tyler, who is sharpening a chainsaw, tooth by tooth. The sound the sharpening makes is rhythmic—not quite like the ticking of a clock, but regular enough to remind you of a metronome. In one of Shit-Town’s characteristically avant-garde production moves, Reed’s narration picks this sound out of the background of a scene that he himself is in, to talk about time. The chainsaw that keeps count; sundials bearing gloomy inscriptions; the gorgeous astrolabes and old clocks over which McLemore has a mastery evident nowhere else in his existence: this show is about how to measure out a life. Toward the very end of the series, an old friend looks down at a beautiful instrument made for him by McLemore, and laughs, then cries, over its sheer mechanical beauty. “What’s more valuable to me than this?” he chokes out. “The measure of time has something to do with me.” Another old friend of McLemore recalls him saying as much, as he fell in love with clocks. Timepieces are not just about time in Shit-Town, but also about identity. The maze is also about being in the world; specifically, in space. How to be myself, and how to be myself here, where I hate everything and everyone? McLemore loathes Woodstock so much that he christens the entire show with a cruel epithet, and yet he does not leave. He builds his maze so that it can be escaped in 64 different ways, depending on how he shuts the gate. There is one version of the maze that is inescapable. At Vox, Aja Romano writes that Shit-Town should never have been made. The entire show is about this single, complex man but—for reasons I won’t reveal—he cannot consent to its publication. “I can’t help but wish Reed had questioned his mission more openly,” Romano writes. The invasion goes too deep, Romano feels. But, unlike the pointless inquiry of Missing Richard Simmons, or even the rubbernecking spectacle of Serial, I think that S-Town does interrogate its mission. Reed simply performs that interrogation formally, by setting up and then collapsing generic expectations so that his investigation becomes a meta-investigation, which itself then collapses into a shapeless but compelling sprawl of philosophical questions. What kind of story is this? And when will I understand where I’m being led? S-Town is transgressive, but that transgression, along with its high quality, mark a new phase of maturity for audio storytelling—perhaps a kind of adolescence. A similar stage for contemporary essay-writing was marked by Janet Malcolm, when she condemned the journalist in 1989 as “a kind of confidence man, preying on people’s vanity, ignorance or loneliness, gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse.” In The Journalist and the Murderer, Malcolm acknowledges that a subject’s consent is not the same thing as a subject understanding how far nonfiction storytelling can warp a person. One cannot consent to becoming art. And “so the consenting subject of a piece of nonfiction learns—when the article or book appears—his hard lesson,” Malcolm writes. Malcolm’s New Yorker article-turned-book was a landmark because the genres available to her at the time—essay-writing, biography, investigative journalism, reflections on ethics—were not, individually, capacious enough to hold her thought. Similarly, the genres available to audio storytelling (at least forms popular enough to be recognized as genres by listeners) are not capacious enough to hold the story of John B. McLemore. So Brian Reed and his colleagues have had to create something different. What kind of story is this? And when will I understand where I’m being led? These are perhaps the secondary animating questions behind S-Town, just after the actual mysteries under investigation. Since this is a new kind of story for the mass audio market, the listener has no way to predict where this story will take her. I wanted to take the show on its own terms, to follow the real-life mystery at hand, but the formal innovations of S-Town are distracting. The mystery of the show’s identity keeps us listening the way that the mystery of the murderer’s identity kept us listening to Serial. But in time, more shows in the mainstream will follow S-Town’s peculiar lead. If greater intimacy with the messy and wonderful corners of our world ensue, and fewer neat little mysteries get tied up with bows, our headphones will be better for it. Like clockwork, a medium grows in complexity and strength as time and collaboration do their work. Josephine Livingstone @Jo_Livingstone Josephine Livingstone is a staff writer at The New Republic. S-Town, Podcast, Serial, This American Life, Brian Reed, John B. McLemore, Alabama, Horology	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1053
__label__wiki	0.940911	0.940911	Privacy & Data Security Law News The Parthenon temple is seen on the skyline of Athens, Greece, on Friday, June 15, 2012. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images Trustworthiness of AI in Law Debated at International Roundtable By Sam Skolnik Goal of conference to help turn new AI principles into practice Participants said need is growing to make conferences annual High ethical standards and trustworthiness must be heeded when implementing artificial intelligence-infused tools in legal settings, law firm, government, and business leaders said. The 80-plus participants of the “AI and the Rule of Law Roundtable” in Greece debated how to ensure that AI tech works as intended—and that those who implement and operate such systems are competent to do so. The Sept. 21-22 Athens roundtable came as law firms are increasingly adopting legal tech software systems powered by AI to help streamline operations and save money. International groups are now also beginning to develop standards for the use of such tools. The goal is “to move from principles to practice,” said a roundtable organizer, Nicolas Economou, chairman and CEO of e-discovery and data analytics consultancy H5. The roundtable was co-hosted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, known as IEEE, law firm Covington & Burling, the Future Society, and the European Law Observatory on New Technologies. Four Principles Regulators in the U.S. and Europe are recognizing that with the advent of a far-reaching tech like AI, protections need to be in place to protect people from misuse. In recent months, the Council of Europe and the IEEE set standards for using AI in law. The effort aims to recognize how “smart” legal tech can affect privacy and human rights, including while processing and analyzing personal data relating to criminal proceedings. The IEEE concluded that four principles should be upheld when adopting AI in a legal setting. It said AI systems and tools should be effective; those who design and maintain them should be competent; people must be held accountable when the work of AI tools results in biased or other “undesirable outcomes"; and AI-enabled processes need to be transparent. With conferees largely agreeing that certain standards need to be met, the Athens roundtable more broadly addressed the degree to which governments, or legal oversight groups like national or state bar associations, should issue regulations—or whether something closer to free-market, “self-certification” systems should be allowed. “Although the Roundtable participants came from different geographic regions and different sectors, there was a lot of consensus around the trustworthiness principles and the need for practices and an appropriate legal framework to implement them,” said Covington partner Lee Tiedrich, co-chair of the firm’s global AI practice. “There also was general consensus that collaboration among stakeholders is important for developing these practices and for considering the legal frameworks,” she said. Mark Lyon, chair of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s AI and automated systems practice group, had a slightly different takeaway. In general terms, Lyon said, “some EU stakeholders seemed to want to legislate or regulate AI-based systems now, without waiting for the technology to mature further, whereas some U.S. stakeholders seemed to think that premature regulation was potentially worse than no regulation and that we should allow the technology and standards processes to move closer toward realization before defining the legal framework.” Tiedrich and Lyon did agree on one thing: the need for those affected by AI in the legal arena to have a basic understanding of how the technology works. Efforts should continue to implement the “fairness principle” designed to protect individuals, Tiedrich said, including those subject to criminal proceedings, “against harmful or unintended bias in the use of AI.” Fairness also means full explanations of AI to those affected by its use, she said. There was also clear consensus among roundtable participants, which included representatives of about 20 countries, that such conferences should continue as public and private adoption of AI tools in legal settings moves forward, said Economou. “There was enormous energy that this should be annualized,” he said. To contact the reporter on this story: Sam Skolnik in Washington at sskolnik@bloomberglaw.com To contact the editors responsible for this story: Jessie Kokrda Kamens at jkamens@bloomberglaw.com; Rebekah Mintzer at rmintzer@bloomberglaw.com Sam Skolnik data protection (non-U.S.)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1054
__label__cc	0.549945	0.450055	ROCKVILLEONLINEus Rockville GUIDE ROCKVILLEONLINE Popular in Rockville Rockville News Chevy Chase Section Five Chevy Chase Section Three Chevy Chase View Colmar Manor Cottage City Funkstown Landover Hills Loch Lynn Heights Martin's Additions North Chevy Chase Riva Rd Riverdale Park Seat Pleasant Templeville ABT AWARDED POSITION ON $250M HHS CONTRACT ADDRESSING ISSUES RANGING FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND HIV/AIDS TO MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH Rockville, MD, Aug. 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An Abt Associates-led team has been awarded a position on a $250 million, five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract that addresses a variety of health challenges. This gives the Abt team the right to bid on task orders covering issues ranging from substance use disorders and HIV/AIDS to maternal and child healthcare. The contract calls for technical assistance for the HIV/AIDS Bureau, Maternal Child Health Bureau and the Bureaus of Primary Health Care and Health Workforce, which are part of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The assistance may include program development, leadership development, performance data collection, quality assurance, continuous quality improvement, and promotion of collaboration among grantees and sharing of evidence-based practices. The team also may train HRSA staff and grantees to improve access to health care for underserved and vulnerable populations as well as improve HRSA internal systems and develop related educational materials. “We have extensive experience working with HRSA and substantive expertise in improving health systems and health care delivery, including on-the-ground experience in clinical care” said Christopher Spera, Ph.D., Abt vice president of health and environment. “We look forward to expanding our impact in these areas through this IDIQ.” About Abt Associates Abt Associates is an engine for social impact, dedicated to moving people from vulnerability to security. Harnessing the power of data and our experts’ insights, we provide research, consulting and technical services globally in the areas of health, environmental and social policy, technology and international development. http://www.abtassociates.com Stan Crock stan_crock@abtassoc.com Top Cities of Maryland Read More About rockvilleonline.us	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1056
__label__cc	0.593944	0.406056	Tag: arlington Transit Comfort Begins with Great Customer Service On 2015-02-19 2019-03-29 By Paul GoddinIn Arlington County, TDMLeave a comment There’s a story that’s popular in business schools. A blizzard in the California Sierras had knocked out all communications and deliveries to customers of a California FedEx office. Unable to meet the company’s “absolutely, positively delivered overnight” guarantee, a junior FedEx staffer, without approval of his managers, rented a helicopter (charging it on his personal … Continue reading Transit Comfort Begins with Great Customer Service Boeing Flies Right on Transportation Options On 2015-02-13 2019-03-05 By Paul GoddinIn Arlington County, Business, Land UseLeave a comment Boeing’s new regional headquarters has opened in the Crystal City neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia. And it’s an example of how a large company can prop up a local economy while minimizing its impact on traffic congestion. Boeing chose Crystal City because of its location across the Potomac River from Washington D.C., and for the multiple … Continue reading Boeing Flies Right on Transportation Options Arlington Hotels Help Drive Public-Transportation Ridership On 2015-02-10 2019-03-06 By Paul GoddinIn Arlington County, Business, TDMLeave a comment When it comes to public transportation, some of Arlington, Virginia’s most forward-thinking businesses are in the hospitality industry. A handful of hotels have recently been recognized for their initiatives, in partnership with Arlington Transportation Partners (ATP), to implement transit benefits and educate their employees about the area’s transportation options. They were honored at a recent … Continue reading Arlington Hotels Help Drive Public-Transportation Ridership As Driving Habits Change, Places That Cater to Millennials Thrive On 2014-10-24 2019-03-10 By Paul GoddinIn Arlington County, Millennials, UrbanizationLeave a comment An employment opportunity brought Matt Smith (above), a 30-year old business-development manager, to the Washington D.C. area from Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania in 2009. He chose to live in Arlington because of its urban feel and plethora of transportation options. “Arlington feels like D.C. to me, but it’s cleaner and greener,” said Smith, who works at goDCgo … Continue reading As Driving Habits Change, Places That Cater to Millennials Thrive Are Suburbs The Secret to Walkability in D.C.? On 2014-08-14 2019-03-11 By Paul GoddinIn Research, Walkability, Washington DCLeave a comment Washington D.C. is the most walkable metropolitan area in the U.S., according to a report by George Washington University and Smart Growth America. The District’s number-one ranking has surprised some, prompting them to ask how D.C. was able to surpass places such as New York City, which not only contains one of the best subway … Continue reading Are Suburbs The Secret to Walkability in D.C.? 10 Rules for Construction of Good Bicycle Parking On 2014-07-18 2019-03-20 By Paul GoddinIn Arlington County, Bicycling, TDMLeave a comment Arlington, Virginia takes bicycling seriously. It partnered with Washington D.C. to create arguably the most successful bikesharing network in the U.S., Capital Bikeshare. Arlington contains more than 100 miles of multi-use trails, on-street bike lanes, and designated bike routes over a relatively small 26.1 square miles of space. The county prides itself on its world-class … Continue reading 10 Rules for Construction of Good Bicycle Parking Virginia Senator Discusses Silver Line, Streetcar, Uber On 2014-07-12 2019-03-22 By Paul GoddinIn Arlington County, Public Transit, Sharing EconomyLeave a comment A recent Salon article called Arlington the suburb of the future, and Virginia State Senator Barbara Favola (D) had a big hand in creating it. At Mobility Lab’s Lunch At the Lab this week, the 14-year veteran of the Arlington County Board discussed a wide array of transportation issues in Virginia, including the Silver Line, the … Continue reading Virginia Senator Discusses Silver Line, Streetcar, Uber Bike Parking Overtakes Auto Parking in Some Places On 2014-07-09 2019-03-22 By Paul GoddinIn Business, Land Use, Washington DCLeave a comment At a recent tour of Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health in Washington, D.C., Dr. Ted Eytan displayed a photograph of Kaiser Permanente’s Colorado Springs, Colorado medical office (see below), and asked: “In this picture, what’s the most toxic structure to humans?” You might guess the correct answer was the office building, or the carbon dioxide-emitting automobile. But … Continue reading Bike Parking Overtakes Auto Parking in Some Places How Arlington Plans to Invest in Transportation Future On 2014-06-20 2019-03-22 By Paul GoddinIn Arlington County, Transportation, UrbanizationLeave a comment More people are moving throughout Arlington County, Virginia without additional automobile congestion. Over the past 15 years, Arlington’s arterial roads have had less traffic, while transit usage during the same period of time has increased 34.5 percent. As transit service has grown, customer satisfaction has increased, especially on the county’s ART buses. These statistics were … Continue reading How Arlington Plans to Invest in Transportation Future	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1068
__label__cc	0.569403	0.430597	Former Luckin HRD joins sugar-free beverage giant Genki Forest, which may enter the coffee market By Jeffrey.W December 8, 2020 December 8, 2020 Leave a Comment on Former Luckin HRD joins sugar-free beverage giant Genki Forest, which may enter the coffee market Ran Hao, the director of human resources who previously worked for Luckin Coffee, recently joined Genki Forest, a Chinese diet soda unicorn, according to an exclusive source from Chinese media tech618. Ran Hao joined Luckin Coffee in 2017, although his official position is HRD, he has been responsible for the job of chief human resources officer. He resigned from Luckin Coffe in June after the financial fraud scandal broke. Also See: Four Months After the Financial Scandal, Luckin Coffee is Still Booming Genki Forest is a Chinese soda company founded in 2016, although it has a Japanese name. It is rapidly popular in China for the production of sugar-free sparkling water and sweet tea. Since the beginning of this year, it has begun to expand its business, entering the energy drink market and the yogurt market successively. Although sales of Genki Forest soda were hit by Covid-19 in the first quarter, demand rebounded strongly after the outbreak. According to people familiar with the matter, Genki Forest sold 400 million yuan (about $61 million) of drinks in the best month of the year. Also see: What is Genki Forest ? Two months ago, the company announced at an internal meeting that, the company revealed that it had set the total target sales of offline sales channels at 7.5billion yuan (about US $1.145 billion) in 2021. This is at least three times higher than its figure in 2020 when the company aims to sell 2.5billion yuan (about $382 million) through all channels in 2020. Tang Binsen, the founder of Genki Forest, had previously invested in Never Coffee, a small Chinese bottled coffee brand. On the other hand, Genki Forest has tried to produce two bottled coffee, but they are not officially available to consumers. In previous internal meetings, Genki Forest also announced that they have a large number of new products that have not yet been introduced to the market. This seems to suggest that the company is very likely to officially enter the bottled coffee market in 2021. Tags: China Chinese Drink Genki Forest Luckin Published by Jeffrey.W Former researcher, living and working in Beijing, storyteller. If you want to provide reporting clues or any suggestions, contact me with e-mail : Jeffrey@PandaYoo.comView all posts by Jeffrey.W Previous Entry Coca-Cola launches ginger cola as a hot drink in China Next Entry Only 52.26% of Chinese office workers eat breakfast every day, according to a report	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1075
__label__cc	0.657991	0.342009	Ian Weber, MD Total Joint Specialist, Hip & Knee Replacement Cornerstone Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine – Wheat Ridge Dr. Ian Weber, a complex joint reconstruction surgeon, joined Cornerstone Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in 2015. He is actively involved in the industry as an American Academy of Hip and Knee Surgeons member, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Fellow, and speaker at Pacira Pharmaceuticals/Exparel. He is actively involved with speaking and research with Zimmer and Microport. Dr. Weber has started a Robotic Knee program where he is researching ways to improve total knee replacement outcomes for patients. His philosophy on joint replacements, is to allow patients to recover faster with better outcomes. As well as participating in all activities without restrictions. Prior to working at Cornerstone Orthopaedics, Dr. Weber graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biochemistry from Austin College in Sherman, TX. Following his undergraduate degree, he completed medical school and completed his residency at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio. In 2007, he completed his Joint Reconstruction/Trauma Fellowship from Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN and in 2011, he completed his Complex Joint Reconstruction Fellowship at Creighton Medical Center in Omaha, NE. Shortly after, Dr. Weber worked at Creighton University Medical Center and at New West Orthopaedics. While he was working at New West, he also served as the Director of the Rapid Knee and Hip Recovery Program at the Kearney Regional Medical Center, where he focused on performing minimally-invasive total hip and knee replacements, as well as partial knee replacements. When Dr. Weber is not performing a surgery or meeting with patients, he can be found enjoying the outdoors: mountain climbing, trekking, backpacking, or kicking a soccer ball. As an outdoor enthusiast, with an adventurous spirit, he has traveled abroad to Russia, Ecuador, India, Peru, and Ireland. Arthroscopic Surgery - Hip - Knee - Meniscus - Partial Joint Replacement - Physical Therapy - Regenerative Medicine - Total Joint Replacement Pacira Pharmaceuticals/Exparel January 2016 – Present Zimmer, Persona TM Tibia Instruments 2.0 December 2015 – Present American Academy of Hip and Knee Surgeons April 2013 – Present American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2009 – Present First District Medical Society (Fargo) January 2007 – Present North Dakota Medical Society January 2007 – Present Clinical Orthopaedic Society October 2006 – Present Candidate Member Alamo Orthopaedic Society August 2005 – Present Texas Orthopaedic Association August 2001 – Present Bexar County Medical Association August 2000 – Present Texas Medical Association August 2000 – Present University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio Alumni Association August 2000 – Present Austin College Alumni Association, San Antonio Gold Club Organizer August 1996 – Present New Student Recruiter Forteo, Eli Lilly and Company January 2013 – 2015 Texas Medical Association August 1996 – May 2000 American Medical Student Association August 1996 – May 2000 Sigma Xi Research Society August 1994 – July 2000 Creighton Medical Center, Fellowship in Complex Joint Reconstruction 2011 Hennepin County Medical Center, Fellowship in Joint Reconstruction/Trauma 2005 – 2007 Board Eligible, 95th Percentile Part I Written Examination 2005 University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, Orthopaedic Residency 2000 – 2005 University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, School of Medicine 1996 – 2000 Austin College, Bachelor’s of Arts in Biochemistry 1992 – 1996	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1079
__label__cc	0.535128	0.464872	Grizzly Bear The Culture And Habits Yukon College History Mandeep Singh ENG. 100 Yukon is the land of first nation community where hunting is the main souse of food however the excess of grizzly trophy hunting in Yukon have brought people’s attention towards prohibition on grizzly hunting. The killing of hundreds of grizzly and interference in their natural habitat could lead to the disappearance of grizzly bears in the Yukon. Trophy hunting provides long term effects on culture and tradition, natural habitat of animals and wildlife due to the fact that a lot of steps are taken in order to conserve the wild life in Yukon and considering the cultural and traditional rights of Yukon indigenous people for hunting. First and foremost, Hunting is most common activity in the world. The art of hunting in the blood of Yukon First nation people has been around since the beginning of time. They hunt majority of animals for survival including grizzly bear. The grizzly bears play a vital role in indigenous culture. First nation people have a deep connection with grizzly and from the dawn of there life they respect these giant animals because these animals provide them food. They used to worship the bears and give respect by doing a lot of things for example According to Clark & Slocombe (2009). “everybody left the river by the afternoon cause the morning was the people time and the afternoon and evening was the bear’s turn to fish” It means first nation people used to give a personal time to animals and they respect their habitants. However, the trophy hunting gave stunning effects on Yukon first nation people’s culture. Hunter meant to kill animals for trophy hunting to get rewards leave the whole body of animals after gun fire which is culturally wrong for indigenous people. People used to hunt for survival but because of trophy hunting food is being waste. Desjardins. L. (2017) found that “the government of the British Columbia has banned hunting the bear, except for a limited harvest by Indigenous peoples. First Nations have treaty rights to hunt for food, social or ceremonial purposes.” For the sake of the culture of first nation people Canada government don’t stop indigenous community to hunt grizzly for food but trophy hunting indeed give huge effect on the culture of people. Secondly, Trophy hunting creates an imbalance in the natural elements of the environment If a predator, like wolves or grizzly bears, are hunted to hither numbers, then it will be a reason of imbalance in food circle. Our Nature has a graceful balance and hunting can be a reason of unbalance of environment. Yukon is a tourist place where people come for fun and hunting because it is the best place for hunting but because of trophy hunting many animals were in the edge of extinction. Because of trophy hunting many animals face difficulties in giving birth to new animals due to the fact that some time female animals are killed and that affect in the number of births of new animals. Lastly, Thousands... Right to Bear Arms, Gun Control debate and the Second Amendment - Government - Final Paper 2437 words - 10 pages Right to Bear Arms Phoebe Lindway Phoebe Lindway Professor Bidari Political Science 1010 November 28, 2018 Right to Bear Arms The United States Constitution includes a set of amendments, which were written with the intent of securing the basic rights of all U.S citizens. It serves as an outline for the laws of the land by dictating the powers of the people and what is acceptable under the United States government. These rights are considered a A cold war Culture: a philosophical dissection of Counter culture and its root in the cold war - American History; Colorado Christian University - Essay 835 words - 4 pages devil was a serpent. As the generations grew, humanity became more and more entangled in sin, and further removed from the intimacy between God and humanity in the Cold War Counterculture 3 garden. What once was sin, separation from holiness, is now life, simply breathing in and breathing out. As the line between sin and culture fades, the consequences of sin only begin to grow. The pain, suffering, and experience that compliments our sinfulness Rape Culture in the Media and Digital Age - Final Essay for History of the Illustrated Press - Essay 1466 words - 6 pages Rape Culture in the Media and Digital Age In the history of the illustrated press, the portrayal of rape victims and rapists have been muddled. Sexual violence, sexual harassment, and sexual abuse are being perpetuated through the development of digital technology. Sexual violence, which can be defined as actual "physical acts, like rape, sexual assault, non-contact offenses and behaviors, like sexual harassment and sexual coercion." Technology Culture, History and Travel to Cambodia. - music appreciation - research paper 921 words - 4 pages what is considered offensive and a taboo subject. https://landlopers.com/2014/06/15/cambodia-travel This is a blog informing travelers of things that they wish someone would have shared with them before traveling. https://www.amazon.com/First-They-Killed-Father-Remembers/dp/0060856262 As a frequent traveler to Cambodia the only resource that I recommend is reading this book. It is full of culture, history, customs, traditional music and food, as well as the story of how a young girl stays alive while growing under the Khemer Rouge, it is very important to understand the Khemer Rouge. The Maya-The Culture And The Fall Of The Empire 254 words - 2 pages The classic Maya culture started to decline in the 8th and 9th centuries A.D. Most of the cities of the central lowlands had been abandoned. Earthquakes, invasions by outsiders, famine, warfare, and drought have all been suggested as possible causes for the fall of the Mayan civilization. By 900 A.D. almost all of the ceremonial centers had been abandoned. Jungle growth had hid many of the sites from destruction by the Spanish conquistadors. The East Timor History and Australian influence - The Scots College History - Essay 1160 words - 5 pages Free Alec Bathgate East Timor Assignment History of East Timor Throughout the history of the country known today as East Timor, there has been numerous events that shaped and created this unique area of land in Asia’s South-east. The Portuguese began to trade with Timor in the early 16th century and colonised it throughout mid-century. They fought with the Dutch in the region which eventually resulted in an 1859 treaty, where the Dutch were able to The Conflict Between Nature and Culture in Wuthering Heights 469 words - 2 pages The Conflict Between Nature and Culture in Wuthering HeightsIn Wuthering Heights there is a clear battle between human nature, and the attempt to control it with civilization and culture. The conflict between nature and culture which is a part of the thematic structure of this novel is presented in the relationship between two residences: Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange as well as its inhabitants. Wuthering Heights represents the youth culture and the fashion movement - year 2 - essay 1962 words - 8 pages wearing a distinctive fashion, shows reinforcement for that particular group. This essay will examine the links between Fashion and youth movement of post-war Britain and how youth culture was formed and influenced. Regardless of the fact that Fashion and Style are closely linked, both can be clarified in different ways. A dictionary definition of Fashion is “a style that is popular at a particular time, especially inclothes, hair, make-up, etc Food in Japan - Culture, Daily Life and Habits - Food - Research Paper 418 words - 2 pages Japan Many famous landmarks in Japan include: Mount Fuji, Shibuya crossing, Itsukushima shrine, Dotonbori, Himeji castle, Nara park and the Tokyo tower. Rice is the most abundant crop grown in Japan, other crops grown in Japan include: soy beans, barley, wheat and a large variety of fruits and vegetables. Popular fruits and vegetables grown in Japan include: Fuji apples, satsuma mandarins, nashi pears, Japanese persimmons and honey melons History paper using , America: A Narrative History - hunter college and History 152 - history essay 544 words - 3 pages HIS 152 Paper Sclar – Fall 2018 Paper due date: November 19 The 4-5 page paper is a study into American history (Civil War to the present). The assignment is to choose two primary documents from Shi/Mayer, For the Record (you may use more documents if you wish) and make an argument about American history. Use the documents to focus your paper as you explain what the documents tell us about the historical period in which they are from. While Internet speech, freedom of speech and hate culture; cyber bullying - Orange County community college English 1 - research 1520 words - 7 pages Lima 1 Addison Lima Prof. Meagher English 101 Nov 29 2018 Internet culture: Free speech and Hate speech It is most likely safe to assume that very few people predicted the internet becoming so widespread as it is today in the United States.. The average person interacts with it daily, using its near infinite reservoir of knowledge for education, business, leisure activities, and just about anything else you can think of. The internet connects The American Way is about culture in America its pros and cons - Eng 1301 - Essay 2085 words - 9 pages , mind, and soul is what that matters to the society. General eating habits of the American people blew away my mind although the Americans has different culinary tastes, there is an adaptation towards the culture of fast food in the US. Many Americans have adopted an eating dietary culture and has been embraced by most cultural groups who live in the US. This was a big surprise for me because they were cheap compared to fast food in my country. Most Manifest Destiny In Relation to Shane, Stagecoach, and The Searchers - Columbia College Hollywood - GH380 MP History: Westerns - Research Paper 1164 words - 5 pages cultural expression of life on the edge of civilization. These concepts operate in the films “Shane”, “Stagecoach”, and “The Searchers” by displaying characters who act on a conflict revolving around the journey west. In his novel, Horizons West, Jim Kitses outlines a series of binary oppositions between the individual and the community, nature and culture, and West vs. East. These oppositions provide the backbone for westward expansion in relation to history essay descriptive that of gneeral and president of the united states of america - westchester community college - essay 738 words - 3 pages George Washington George Washington is unanimously referred to as the "father of America". The first president of the United States of America, Washington set the manner for what was to become the most powerful seat of government in the country. The purpose of this paper is to provide biographical information on Washington. George Washington's life is somewhat of a tall-tale of American History that actually occurred in the eighteenth century Global Culture and the Politics of Poverty - Sociology 101 - Research Paper 996 words - 4 pages Running head: AMERICAN BODY MODIFICATION 1 AMERICAN BODY MODIFICATION 4 Body Modification: A Subculture Lauren Hartman Pikes Peak Community College American Body Modification: A Subculture Despite being rather taboo and against what is considered normal for most, the practice of extreme body modification (BM) in America has developed significantly, and with its specific rituals, universal morals and purpose, it has turned into a definitive Enterprise Analysis of a UK company - ASDA - Business School - Essay In-depth Animalia on feeding, defensive, sexual strategies, etc. - Florida International Univers... Grade 9 Cosmetology review notes - Cosmetology - Review Paper National Parks Early Preservationists - National Parks - College Level - Essay endurring issue during middle ages - pre ap goble history - essay Descriptive Essay For beginners - English - Essay hentoff aunt sally analysis essay - mcc eng 102 - essay Gertrude and Ophelia passivity makes them vulnerable to exploitation and manipulation - Kharwas...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1082
__label__wiki	0.955921	0.955921	Jeff Dillman Muschamp directs Florida to signature win October 7, 2012 \| By Adam Silverstein Florida Gators head coach Will Muschamp ensured the fans all offseason that their team was headed in the right direction. He spoke at Gator Clubs, appeared on national television, did radio interviews... Florida adds former Nebraska OL Tyler Moore September 20, 2012 \| By Adam Silverstein Former four-star 2011 recruit Tyler Moore (Clearwater, FL), an offensive lineman who was set to start at left tackle for the Nebraska Cornhuskers this season but instead decided to leave the program... 9/17: Muschamp, players discuss Florida’s win Florida Gators head coach Will Muschamp met with the media on Monday to review his team’s dominant 37-20 victory over the Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday in Knoxville, TN. He and some players... 8/27: Muschamp on Gators injuries, playing time August 27, 2012 \| By Adam Silverstein Participating in his first game week press conference of the season, Florida Gators head coach Will Muschamp met with the media on Monday to discuss the team’s first official depth chart and... The Countdown: Florida Gators roster (69-50) With the 2011-12 athletic season now in the books and the 2012-13 season about to begin, the focus has shifted to the return of Florida Gators football. For the second-straight year, OGGOA... Muschamp: Time to “quit talking, start playing” August 3, 2012 \| By Adam Silverstein With the Florida Gators finally set to begin 2012 fall practice on Friday, head coach Will Muschamp and dozens of the players met with the media to discuss the upcoming season. Below... 3/21: Pease discusses players, philosophies March 22, 2012 \| By Adam Silverstein Florida Gators offensive coordinator Brent Pease had plenty to say after four days of spring practice and did exactly that on Wednesday afternoon. Pease discussed specific players, general philosophies and plenty else... Bostic, Gillislee talk offseason improvements A pair of senior Florida Gators football players – linebacker Jon Bostic and running back Mike Gillislee – spoke on Tuesday about the team’s activities during the offseason and how they each... Gators release contracts for new 2012 coaches March 6, 2012 \| By Adam Silverstein In his second year at the helm of the Florida Gators, head coach Will Muschamp was forced to hire two new position coaches and find a new director of strength and conditioning... Florida college football recruiting: National Signing D... December 16, 2020 College Football Playoff Rankings: Why Florida at No. 7... December 15, 2020 Keyontae Johnson updates: Florida star speaking, breath... December 15, 2020	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1090
__label__cc	0.624302	0.375698	Open Borders: The Case "The Efficient, Egalitarian, Libertarian, Utilitarian Way to Double World GDP" — Bryan Caplan Moral case Right to migrate Self-ownership versus state ownership Obligations to strangers Double world GDP End of poverty Egalitarian Rawlsian Global apartheid Human capabilities Bleeding-heart libertarian Conservative and small-government Practical case Benefits to migrants Stated and revealed preferences of migrants and potential migrants Concrete benefits to migrants Benefits to immigrant-sending countries Ghosts versus zombies Incentives for human capital development Exit and competitive government Benefits to immigrant-receiving countries Global benefits Innovation case Peace case Second-order case Keyhole solutions Immigration tariffs Linguistic and cultural fluency requirements DRITI Arguments from authority Economist consensus Legal and political scholarly consensus Smart and more informed opinion US-specific Harms to immigrant-receiving countries Suppression of wages of natives Welfare state/fiscal burden objection Means-tested welfare benefits for poor immigrants Emergency medical care for immigrants Public schools for immigrant children Crime and related physical harms Overpopulation and environment More harms Second-order harms Second-order crime Second-order welfare objection Contraction of welfare state Political externalities Citizen preference for reduced immigration Foreign control and loss of sovereignty Immigrant suffrage Harms (theoretical bases) Immigrant characteristics Dysfunctional immigrant culture IQ deficit Skills mismatch Social capital decline Nativist backlash Other practical objections Harms to immigrant-sending countries Delay political reform Global harms Killing the goose that lays the golden eggs Cheap labor leading to a technological slowdown Increased footprint Swamped Twofers Theoretical objections Philosophical bases Citizenism Territorialism Local inequality aversion Nation as family State responsibility thesis Moral counter-case Killing vs letting die (act/omission distinction) Collective property rights Anarcho-capitalist counterfactual Restrictionist metaphors Alien invasion metaphor Electing a new people Attacks on advocates Ideological blindness and stupidity Elite conscience salve Leftist agenda Libertarian pipedream Economist blind spot Sentimentalism Self-interest accusations Corporatist agenda Herd-building Potential immigrant US visa policy: where everything’s made up, and due process doesn’t matter October 25, 2013 John Lee 3 Comments In 1998, Robert Olsen successfully sued the US State Department, winning his claim that he had been fired for refusing to enforce racist and arbitrary immigration policies. The full judgment in Olsen v. Albright is worth reading. Olsen, who was stationed in Sao Paulo, was a law graduate working as a consular officer reviewing visa applications. He was troubled by the consulate’s policy. The Sao Paulo consulate’s visa manual explicitly documented common abbreviations used when documenting visa refusals, such as these gems: LP = looks poor LR = looks rough TP = talks poor Note that these determinations were not made on the basis of actual evidence, such as affidavits, bank statements, or letters. They were made simply on the basis of a consular officer deciding the applicant “looked poor” or “talked poor”. Imagine being denied your driver’s licence because the bureaucrat at the DMV felt that you just “look” like a bad driver. Here are some actual, documented reasons for visa denials: “Slimy looking[;] wears jacket on shoulders w/ earring” “LP!!!!!!” “Look Really Poor” “Bad Appearance. Talks POOR” “Looks + talks poor.” Of course, if we’re turning down applications because of arbitrary things like someone’s physical appearance, it’s a short hop and a skip to turning them down because of race. The Sao Paulo visa manual further singled out various races and nationalities as especially suspect (ostensibly because of fraud). The manual explicitly states: “Visas are rarely issued to [Koreans and Chinese] unless they have had previous visas and are older.” One would assume that if fraud were the reason, the manual should have laid out ways to corroborate suspicion of fraud, instead of making blanket assumptions about people of a particular nationality or ethnic descent. Instead of providing any such guidance, Olsen’s superiors scolded him for issuing too many visas to people who fit certain unspecified “fraudulent” profiles, and arbitrarily demanded that he double his visa rejection rate from 15% to 30%. Judge Stanley Sporkin eventually found in Olsen’s favour, ruling (emphasis added): The Consulate’s policies instruct visa officers to view members of these groups as far more suspicious and dishonest than applicants of other races and nationalities. In effect, the manual places a heavy additional burden on applicants of particular nationalities and races that other individuals do not have to face. Based on generalized stereotypes about their behavior, Koreans, Chinese, and Arabs are singled out and stamped with the ignominious badge of “major fraud” before any facts about them are known. …Although the Court understands the difficulty of the Consulate’s task, greater efficiency is not a sufficient reason to justify the discrimination of people based upon their skin color or national origin. …The Court is aware of the State Department’s difficult responsibilities in adjudicating visa applications under strict time constraints. However, the Court is confident that the State Department can dispatch its duties effectively without using generalizations based on national origin. This nation’s officials once deemed it necessary to make the broad generalization that American citizens of Japanese origin were inherently suspect and likely to commit espionage. Sporkin noted that Olsen’s superiors did not cite any actual instances of fraud in their evaluation of his performance; they merely demanded he arbitrarily reject more people who they viewed as inherently more susceptible to fraud: “the administrative record reveals numerous instances where Plaintiff’s superiors, in instructing Plaintiff how he should improve his performance, told him to rely more heavily on the profiles.” When Olsen was posted to a different consulate without Sao Paulo’s discriminatory policies, he received an exemplary performance review which noted he “appeared to apply consistency and good judgment to each visa case.” Sadly, Sporkin’s decision did nothing for the hundreds of people refused visas for being born into the wrong race, or wearing the wrong clothes. Even more sadly, the New York Times noted at the time that “similar policies are in effect at American visa offices around the world.” And this was in a pre-9/11 world; it is a truth universally acknowledged that US visa policy has become even stricter since then. And US consular officers’ discretion has not shrunk: they remain empowered to use virtually any reason they like to deny you a non-immigrant visa, and they strongly oppose the establishment of any rules- or principles-based process, especially one that the public might rely on, citing fraud concerns. We know that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. As immigration lawyer Angelo Paparelli notes, US consular officers literally have the final say on who gets a visa: it is a decision not even the President can overturn. One immigration lawyer has a heartrending tale of how the absence of any appeals process destroyed her client’s life. Another immigration law blog from Thailand puts it more bluntly: “Many people mistakenly believe that legal concepts such as due process apply to matters going before US Consular officers.” The end result: a US visa policy that denies you a visa simply because you “Look Really Poor.” The scary thing is, we have no idea how many such cases like these there are. The only reason this matter became public and went before the courts is because of the following chain of events: The Sao Paulo consulate explicitly documented their racist and arbitrary visa policies Olsen was stationed in Sao Paulo Olsen had the moral courage to refuse to apply racist and arbitrary visa policies State fired Olsen for his courageous stance Olsen sued State for wrongful termination, and did not accept a private settlement If any one of those had not happened, we would never have heard about this. Under US law, consular decisions are not subject to judicial review, and there is no appeals process. The racist and arbitrary nature of visa policy only came before the court because it was at issue in Olsen’s allegation of wrongful termination — not because the court was reviewing visa policy or specific visa denials, something the court had absolutely no legal right to do. There is literally more due process and transparency involved in applying for a US government secret security clearance than there is in applying for a tourist or student visa. Anyone who has their clearance application denied is allowed to appeal, and the findings of these hearings are documented and made public. Until the courts told the US government that they were simply going too far, immigrants were not even allowed to see the evidence that the US government had used in deciding to deny their visa. The US government’s position until 2011 literally was: Appeals against denied security clearances are public matters, and the evidence behind the government’s decision needs to be public by default Appeals against denied visas are a threat to national security, and the government should not make public any evidence without undergoing the tortuous Freedom of Information Act process The people whose visas were denied by the Sao Paulo consulate are in all likelihood the tip of the iceberg. Because there is no appeals process and the US government hides the visa adjudication and decision-making processes behind a veil of “national security” that doesn’t even apply to top secret security clearances, we have no way of knowing how many other US consular outposts might be enforcing similarly arbitrary or racist policies. Considering the opacity and dictatorial discretion here, it would be surprising if Sao Paulo was the only one. Every year, 1 to 2 million people are denied US visas for no real reason — they’ve passed criminal background checks, they’ve passed medical checks — the consular officer reviewing their application just felt like turning them down. The victims of racist and arbitrary immigration policies here are not just immigrants — people who want to be with their friends and family, people who want to earn an honest living. They are also people who simply wanted to visit or study in the US. They had family they needed to see, places they wanted to visit, business partners they needed to meet, classes they needed to attend. And all because they “Look Really Poor” — not because they posed any sort of threat to the US. US policy is that they have no channel for appeal — even if, as one immigration lawyer puts it, “the denial was based on a consular officer’s mistake of fact or a misunderstanding of the law, or even if the officer acted capriciously, arbitrarily, or maliciously”. Yes, we can improve immigration policy by limiting consular discretion, and guaranteeing more due process. Making the evidence used to deny visas public, and allowing visa denials to be appealed would be a good start. But even these improvements are playing at the margins. We need to abolish immigration policies that assume all foreigners are evil or criminal until they prove conclusively otherwise. As long as we continue to make the assumption that billions of people around the world are guilty until proven innocent, we cannot have any true “due process.” Perhaps the benefits of this manifest injustice outweigh the costs. But there is no evidence, no analysis, truly showing that that is the case. Until you can show me why we should throw fundamental due process protections out the window — why the benefits of making visa decisions in secret behind closed doors, based on arbitrary criteria like race or physical appearance, outweigh the costs — I can only conclude that the immigration policy status quo is an affront to the most basic principles of any civilised justice system. The cartoon featured at the top of this post depicts a Chinese immigrant being refused entry to the United States, and was published in 1882. arbitrarinessimmigration enforcementOlsen v. AlbrightprejudiceracismRobert OlsenUnited Statesvisavisas Private discrimination against immigrants is morally fine, and should be legal October 22, 2013 Nathan Smith 14 Comments I’ve been reading Paul Collier’s Exodus, and plan to write a series of posts in response to it soon. Meanwhile, I might as well lay the groundwork for that by jotting down a few reflections. Here’s one. I’ve commented before on Robert Putnam’s research about immigration and social capital, or really, about ethnic diversity and social capital. He finds that in ethnically mixed settings people tend to “hunker down,” become less sociable, not only with other ethnic groups, but even among themselves. Putnam suggests, and Collier expands on the idea, that immigration could harm social capital. See our page on social capital decline. Also related are the writings of Hans-Herman Hoppe on immigration as “forced integration,” which I have previously responded to here. Thomas E. Woods recently wrote in this vein at The Freeman. Woods’ article, which contains phrases like “immigrants and the American bureaucracy that serves them” (!), is basically silly, but it does contain some serious ideas. In particular, Hoppe and Putnam have a point about “forced integration,” though it’s not the one they think they have. Hoppe’s starting point is a “pure private property” society in which even streets are privately owned. This is completely unworkable, since it would create endless hold-up problems, and also unjust, since there is no just way for this kind of property regime to originate. As my theory of streets Principles of a Free Society elucidates, natural easements arise from people’s need to move onto and off of their property, and where these easements coincide to form streets, there is a place where over-lapping non-exclusive transit rights prevent individual appropriation. Consequently, no one can be excluded, including immigrants. There is some scope here for gated communities and other explicit contractual arrangements to “privatize,” as it were, streets that serve functions that go beyond mere transit. If a road also serves as a place for your club to meet and socialize, and no one outside the club has any claims on it, you might be justified in restricting access to it. That leaves some space in which Hoppian local communes, so to speak, might be carved out. But to say that immigration should be left to local communities to decide and then use that as a platform from which to demand harsh national immigration restrictions is absurd. Local communities are not, in general, well-defined. There would rarely be local agreement on whom to let in. Enforcement would be an insuperable problem. Some communities would choose to be largely open to the world, and would expand. The Hoppe plan would basically break down, resulting in some combination of open borders and local squabbling lead to the arbitrary denial to many individuals of the full and proper use of their own property. It is completely untenable to regard the mere entry of foreigners into the country, without the state using force to stop them, as “forced integration” by the state. Nativists are lying to themselves if they think is open borders advocates, rather than themselves, who are using force. But if the government not only permits the entry of immigrants, but also requires native citizens to interact with them on equal terms, on pain of falling foul of anti-discrimination laws, then a complaint of “forced integration” has merit. More generally, all manner of state-mandated equal opportunity and anti-discrimination rules amount to “forced integration.” That’s not to say we shouldn’t have them. Here my attitude is ambivalent. On the one hand, anti-discrimination law is an extremely sinister extension of the state’s jurisdiction. If a classic liberal state only enforces contracts, an anti-discrimination state micromanages what contracts you can sign, and, worst of all, does so on very subjective and non-transparent grounds. On the other hand, the evil which anti-discrimination law in the US was instituted to deal with– the vast historic crime of slavery, and its legacy of segregation– was very great. I am inclined to feel that the state’s act in prohibiting private discrimination was an intolerable affront to the rights of private contract, and at the same time, that it might have been worth it. Of course, we don’t know what would have happened if the state had simply abolished de jure discrimination on the part of the government, and left private discrimination to individual conscience and civil society. There has been a revolution in values over the past generation to the point where I highly doubt that much private racial discrimination would occur, even if it were absolutely legal. Perhaps the achievements of the civil rights movement could have been accomplished without the sinister extension of state power to micromanage private decision-making. Indeed, perhaps it would have been even more successful. After all, there is a sense in which affirmative action makes racism true. If a university deliberately seeks to hire a diverse faculty, it will face trade-offs between racial/diversity criteria, which favor minorities, and other criteria. Ceteris paribus, that will mean that minority faculty will be lower in quality in other respects. If that’s the hiring process, it will be quite rational for faculty to think, even if they wouldn’t dare say, “He’s black, so he’s probably not that smart.” That may not be a valid statement globally, but it will be valid locally, precisely because affirmative action engineers things to be that way. Of course, affirmative action violates the norm of color-blindness, and it would be difficult to imagine in what sense it could fail to be regarded as unfair. It may lead to resentment, but even if not, people are rational, and if conditions have been created such that there is a local negative correlation between minority status and intelligence, experience, conscientiousness, or whatever, then their beliefs will reflect that. Discrimination is regarded nowadays as almost the one unforgivable sin. One is indoctrinated against it in school, as one is not indoctrinated against fornication, adultery, or even theft. This is very misguided. It’s highly questionable whether discrimination, in general, is even wrong. Consider the following three motives for discrimination: 1. Hatred of the other. You don’t hire, don’t want to work with, don’t want to be served by, don’t want to rent a room to, don’t want to sell to, etc., members of a minority group, because you hate them. You regard them as inferior and/or bad, and find interaction with them unpleasant. 2. Statistical discrimination. You are aware that many personal traits which are relevant to you as an employer, landlord, teacher, waiter, or whatever, and which are not easily observable, are correlated with race. You therefore make probabilistic assumptions about a person based on their race. 3. Desire to help. You feel particular liking and sympathy for members of your own group, however defined, and when you know that some action of yours, whether purely altruistic or partially self-interested, will benefit another, you are more eager to do it if the benefit is conferred on a group you specially love. You may or may not be a member of that group yourself. Now, it seems pretty clear that discrimination which proceeds from motive (1) is bad. But it’s not clear that discrimination from motives (2) or (3) is bad, and it might even be good. It can be proved that statistical discrimination is sometimes efficient. As an example, consider the well-known complaint that it’s harder for African-Americans to catch a cab. This might be because taxi drivers are racist in sense (1), but I doubt it. More likely, taxi drivers are engaged in statistical discrimination. Cab driving is a rather dangerous business, because among patrons there are a few bad apples who might rob or even kill you. Doubtless, the vast majority of black taxi customers are law-abiding, but it is nonetheless a statistical fact that crime rates are higher among blacks, so the cab driver runs a greater risk. From an economist’s point of view, a smart solution would be to allow cab drivers to practice statistical discrimination by charging black clients more! The higher price would compensate for the greater risk, and blacks would have just as easy a time catching a cab. By that logic, explicit racial price discrimination by cab drivers might make the world a better place. But we’re unwilling to tolerate that, so cab drivers probably optimize by avoiding black clients. The somewhat serendipitous nature of customer-taxi contacts– Did he avoid me or did he just not see me hail him?— makes statistical discrimination difficult to regulate. Statistical discrimination in hiring seems harder to justify, since a job application and interview would seem to provide better information than crude racial patterns can supply. But maybe not. If Irish, say, are particularly sociable, or Asians particularly conscientious, it might be a profit-maximizing strategy to discriminate in favor of Irish people for head-hunters and salesmen, and Asians for analysts and accountants. As for discrimination in favor of one’s own group, this has several things going for it. First, it seems like a good thing if one’s job isn’t just a paycheck, but is about making the world a better place. One way you might make the world a better place is by giving someone a service, or a job, that they love. But knowing whether they love the service, or the job, will have a lot to do with knowing them. Maybe you know via ethnic networks that your co-national Mr. X really needs the job, whereas you have no way to find out whether outsider Mr. Y does. Second, working with someone you like and identify with might just be fun, in a way that working with a stranger isn’t. Third, there may be a tacit “gift exchange” dynamic in hiring an insider, which is missing in the case of an outsider. In short, discriminating in favor of insiders may build social capital, the merits of which Robert Putnam has amply explained in his writings even if he is too much of a cheerleader for it. American society has won a massive victory over racism in the past few decades. This is something to be proud of. It is, by and large, a step forward for justice. And yet in many respects it has gone too far, and impinged too much on freedom of association. I suspect that is part of the reason for the social capital decline that Putnam has exhaustively explored in the course of his career. Anti-discrimination norms in both law and personal ethics have severely restricted our ability to associate with those we like associating with. We have imposed an arm’s-length principle on the realms of commerce and to a considerable extent civil society as well, and paid the price in lost fraternity and neighborliness. It may be a price worth paying as regards blacks, who really were terribly oppressed for much of American history. That is something to atone for. But only in the case of blacks. Non-discrimination is not a general moral principle. It is only tenuously related to justice. It is not wrong to hire a family man, or a single mother, in preference to a bachelor or bachelorette, on the grounds that they need the job more, or are likely to be more stable. It is probably right to suppress the urge to engage in statistical discrimination with respect to blacks, even when that means sacrificing a bit of profit, though I think cab drivers who avoid a real risk of being crime victims by not picking up black customers are probably justified. Now, let’s bring this back to immigration. With respect to immigrants, lots of discrimination with motives (2) and (3) will be warranted. Immigrants will often lack the language skills, cultural understanding, and perhaps values systems to be suitable for certain jobs or inclusion in certain clubs. More subtly but no less importantly, types of immigrants may tend to lack certain traits. It’s unfair, in a sense, if private discrimination denies to certain immigrants opportunities for which they are really qualified, simply because the groups of which they are a part tend to lack suitable traits. But we can’t make the world perfectly fair. And all the private discrimination on earth could never come close to the unfairness of migration restrictions. It’s absurd to exclude a person from a country on the grounds that if he comes, he’ll face private discrimination. If that’s a price he’s willing to pay, let him. Very likely, the opportunities from which he is excluded, he wouldn’t have wanted anyway. Meanwhile, native citizens who are forced to integrate with immigrants– meaning, not just to see them on the street, which involves trivial harm and no violation of rights, but to be forced to hire them, rent apartments to them, accept them in a school, etc.– do have a valid grievance. Something has been taken away from them. Possibly– it’s an interesting question– the optimal world would involve both open borders and anti-discrimination laws, and native citizens should just be forced to integrate with all manner of immigrants, regardless of the psychic cost. One thing is clear, though: if we think native citizens should be spared from forced integration, the way to achieve that is to permit them to engage in private discrimination against immigrants, not to exclude immigrants by force from the territory of a country. Open Borders editorial note: As described on our general blog and comments policies page: “The moral and intellectual responsibility for each blog post also lies with the individual author. Other bloggers are not responsible for the views expressed by any author in any individual blog post, and the views of bloggers expressed in individual blog posts should not be construed as views of the site per se.” Immigration and Class Struggle October 21, 2013 Michael Carey 6 Comments Consider the following paragraphs from an article in Salon about a recent immigration proposal: “The proposal, then, is to turn most of today’s illegal immigrants in the U.S. into a new, legally resident class of non-citizen foreign serfs. They will be allowed (i.e., compelled) to work for American employers. But they will be denied all the benefits that go to the working citizen poor. And none of them will be eligible to vote for a decade and a half, at the earliest. Quite apart from its inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants, this proposal is a direct assault on the rights and interests of native and naturalized American citizen-workers. American citizen-workers are threatened by anything that creates a multi-tier labor market inside U.S. borders. Allowing workers with different levels of rights to compete for the same jobs in the U.S. economy permits employers to pit one category of workers against another. And when one group has fewer rights and less bargaining power, many employers will prefer to hire them rather than the workers with more rights and greater bargaining power.” There are a few distinct strands here, but the basic idea is that we shouldn’t allow immigrants into the country under a system that affords them fewer rights than other citizens because a) it is inhumane to the immigrants and b) it hurts American workers. Eventually, the article advocates giving “clean, swift amnesty followed by full, equal citizenship” to the undocumented immigrants that are here while hoping that “new waves of illegal immigration could be deterred in the future.” The combination of preferring total amnesty for existing immigrants while deterring future immigrants seemed a bit contradictory at first to me. Why consider the welfare of current undocumented immigrants over next years undocumented immigrants? The answer is that I don’t think the welfare of immigrants is really the author’s driving consideration. The author is considering immigration as one aspect of a class struggle between labor and capital: Capitalists benefit from more unskilled immigration because it drives down wages. They prefer not to give the immigrants too many rights because this probably tends to raise reservation wages. Labor would prefer to keep out the competition, but if it can’t prevent immigration outright, they would rather have voting immigrant laborers join their side to bolster their political power. In short, capital prefers high levels of immigration and low levels of immigrant rights while labor prefers low immigration and high immigrant rights. Of course, not everyone fits into these categories, so I present to you my two dimensional immigration Quadrant graph: Note that the origin of this graph does not represent zero immigration or no rights. The axes just represent “more” and “less” along two different dimensions. Also, the representative groups are not necessarily the only inhabitant of their quadrant. For example, territorialists also occupy the spot I have attributed to labor. Finally, when I use the word “rights” I don’t necessarily mean that there actually exists a set of natural rights that everyone is entitled to. You can replace this axis with “privileges,” “entitlements” or whatever suits you. Perhaps you don’t agree with my placement of labor in the lower right corner in the first place. Before you object too much, let me concede that not all of those who identify with the labor movement would fit in this quadrant. But I think there is a pretty significant trend in this direction. See, for example, this rambling socialist essay noting that the AFL-CIO changed their position to one more in support of immigrant labor rights and sponsored a series of demonstrations in support of immigrant rights. They go on to urge “immediate and unconditional amnesty for all undocumented workers” and even “a living wage of $12.50 and free universal health care.” At the same time they concede that a demand for open borders would be an “obstacle to dialogue between socialists and native born workers.” To help the poor in other countries they support “assisting in the economic and social development of poor countries.” So, basically, they want to offer full citizenship and benefits to immigrants in order to achieve labor solidarity and prevent capital from pitting different groups of labor against each other. But since high levels of continued immigration would drive down wages we need to slow the process down. Granted, they don’t actually say we need to build a wall on the border. Maybe they actually believe that global economic aid to poor countries will suddenly start to work. But the overriding goal is labor solidarity and ultimately this requires accepting those who are already here and making sure that we don’t get too many more. So, assuming you agree with my quadrants, there are a few things to note. First, class struggle is relevant to the immigration debate, but it is orthogonal to the Open Borders/Nativism divide. Second, open borders advocates usually don’t insist on zero volume restrictions and full rights for immigrants — they often consider keyhole solutions that involve some trading off of volumes and rights. And my sense is that most open borders advocates would restrict rights before restricting volume. I am probably in this camp personally. The fact that so many people are willing to come here illegally is evidence enough for me that the benefits (for immigrants) of increased immigration are enough to justify sacrificing some political privileges. So it seems my preferred immigration policy would probably be beneficial for capital and detrimental to labor. Since I don’t really have a dog in that fight, maybe I should think more about ways of implementing immigration reform that explicitly favor labor, such as using immigrant fees to help support a guaranteed minimum income. Or should I simply advocate the immigration policy I think is right and ignore the impact it might have on class struggle? class warfarefolk Marxismterritorialism Weekly link roundup 17 October 18, 2013 Open Borders Admin Leave a comment Here’s our weekly installment of links from around the web (see here for all link roundups). As usual, linking does not imply endorsement. End of free NHS care for migrants under new bill, by Tim Ross and David Barrett, The Telegraph, October 5, 2013. See also the Open Borders page on keyhole solutions. Russia Responds to Anti-Migrant Riots by Arresting Migrants, by Simon Shuster, Time, October 14, 2013. A Decalogue for the UN Migration Summit, by Peter Sutherland, Project Syndicate, October 1, 2013. Against All Nations and Borders, by Rad Geek, Center for a Stateless Society, October 15, 2013. Italy steps up migrant boat patrols after tragedies, BBC News, October 14, 2013. California to Let Illegal Immigrants Drive Legally, Which is Actually Not a New Thing, by Scott Shackford, Reason, October 4, 2013. Court: Applicants Wrongly Denied US Citizenship, The Associated Press, September 24, 2013. Mapping Europe’s war on immigration, by Philippe Rekacewicz, Le Monde diplomatique, October 16, 2013. See also the Open Borders blog post Closed borders kill people by John Lee, October 21, 2012. Why I Will Never, Ever, Go Back to the United States, by Niel Gerson, Huffington Post, October 14, 2013. More on the Political Externalities of Immigration, by Sam Wilson, October 16, 2013. See also the Open Borders page on political externalities. The Heartache of an Immigrant Family, by Sonia Nazaria, The New York Times, October 14, 2013. Unlike shutdown, GOP says Democrats must bend on immigration, by Alan Gomez, USA Today, October 17, 2013. See also the Open Borders blog post Partisan politics is holding immigrants’ lives and liberty hostage by John Lee, October 1, 2013. Schoolgirl expulsion reignites French migration row, by Nicholas Vinocur and Fatos Bytyci, Reuters, October 17, 2013. See also the Open Borders blog post Uphold the rule of law and let your illegal immigrants stay by John Lee, September 17, 2013. link roundup Open borders and Gilded Age success October 16, 2013 Nathan Smith Leave a comment In an article at The Freeman, “Bring Back the Gilded Age” (part 1 and part 2), I argue that the Great Stagnation is a result of the exhaustion of the technological legacy of the Gilded Age, of which I claim that: In the decades before World War I, sometimes called “the Gilded Age,” institutions in America and Europe were more conducive to progress than they are today. Old bonds of class and custom had lost most of their power to lock people into traditional roles. Absolutist and arbitrary government had lost ground to the rule of law. The limited-liability corporation had taken shape and was in the ascendant. In short, capitalism had taken command. But socialism, communism, progressivism, fascism, the welfare state, migration control, and other bad ideas that bedeviled the twentieth century were still young and weak. The result was a mighty wave of betterment of the human condition whose momentum carried it well into the twentieth century—long after the eclipse of the nineteenth-century liberalism that had set the wave in motion. One of the features that made the Gilded Age more conducive to progress was open borders: 4. Open immigration. “Give me your tired, your poor / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore / Send these, the homeless, the tempest-tossed to me / I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” The famous Statue of Liberty poem, written by Emma Lazarus in 1883, is still sometimes quoted with some patriotic feeling, but modern America is unworthy of it. Not only does the United States turn away the vast majority of applicants for immigration visas, but it especially discriminates against the poor, homeless, huddled masses whom the Statue of Liberty welcomes in the poem, in favor of the highly educated. In the Gilded Age, though, it described a reality. Not only the United States but all of the world’s leading countries kept their borders almost entirely open to immigration then, not so much out of generosity, as because the bad idea that it is somehow acceptable to exclude peaceful migrants by force from a country through a comprehensive passport regime had not yet darkened the mind of man. Considering that the United States was absorbing so many low-skill immigrants at that time, the statistics probably understate the superiority of U.S. economic performance in the Gilded Age, since productivity statistics do not even capture the jump in productivity that occurs when a person from an impoverished country in eastern and or southern Europe joined the population of the much wealthier United States. But immigrants also contributed to U.S. growth in several ways. First, then as now, some of the leading entrepreneurs, like Andrew Carnegie, and inventors, like Nikola Tesla, were immigrants. Nowadays, many advocate discrimination in favor of “high-skill” immigrants, but Carnegie was not “high-skill” when he arrived: He was born in a poor weaver’s cottage in Scotland. Immigrants also supplied a mass workforce and a mass market for factory-produced goods. A great theme of nineteenth-century capitalism was the drive for cheapness, as goods once enjoyed by the rich became affordable for the masses. Today, the world’s poor are kept out of America, so it’s harder for American capitalists to make fortunes by serving them. It occurred to me after I sent the article to press that Henry Ford and Norman Borlaug might serve as symbols of innovation with and without open borders. The two men are arguably the greatest benefactors of mankind in the last 150 years or so. Ford, by mass-producing automobiles and bringing them within reach of the common man, was the single most important contributor to the upsurge in living standards which occupied the first few decades of the 20th century. Borlaug invented disease-resistant and high-yielding strains of wheat that vastly increased food production in many developing countries, and thereby averted the major famines that would have occurred due to population growth, without these increases in agricultural productivity. Borlaug has been called “the man who saved a billion lives.” But here’s the crucial difference: Ford was financed by venture capital, and ended up an extremely rich man; Borlaug worked with governments and private charities, such as the Rockefeller Foundation, and as far as a little online research has revealed, he never got rich. Why not? Because when poor people can come to America, as did millions of immigrants who became Ford’s customers, they become a lucrative mass market; but when they are scattered all over the world and living under governments whose respect for property rights is imperfect, you can’t make much money by serving them. Borlaug is a more appealing figure than Ford for not being in it for the money. But free-market capitalism with sophisticated property rights protection incentivizes individual effort and private capital to benefit the public. See my post “Innovation and open borders” for more on this. Welcome to Open Borders! Read our welcome blog post! More at our donate page amnesty arbitrariness assimilation attitudes to immigration Barack Obama bleg Bryan Caplan Canada China Christianity citizenism crime critiques of restrictionists deportation double world GDP EconLog comments Europe guest worker programs high versus low skill history of borders illegal immigration immigration enforcement India in the news IQ Joseph Carens keyhole solutions legal versus illegal link roundup Michael Clemens moderate versus radical open borders moral case New blogger introduction Open Borders Action Group open borders advocacy place premium political externalities refugees Steve Sailer suppression of wages of natives swamped territorialism then versus now United States VDARE Pro-open borders reading list Anti-open borders reading list Miscellaneous reading list Long individual video Bryan Caplan: Immigration restrictions: a solution in search of a problem Michael Clemens: The Biggest Idea in Development that No One Really Tried Lant Pritchett: Education, Migration and Development Debate video Panel, discussion video Talking heads video Pro-open borders people Michael Clemens Anti-open borders people Peter Brimelow Mark Krikorian Resources (other websites, groups) Migration information web resources Pro-immigration web resources Anti-immigration web resources Center for Immigration Studies NumbersUSA Immigration lobbying information and web resources Immigration law web resources Consumer-oriented visa and migration help resources Effect on you Potential guest blogger contact form Site story Press/Media and External Coverage General blog and comments policies Specific coverage World map for blog coverage US state map for blog coverage Blog coverage of think tanks and lobbying groups What I mean when I say “The border is a lie” Transforming America’s Policing and Immigration Systems Is It 1920 or 1964 for Immigration to the U.S.? Immigration Reform or Revolution? Trump Critics’ Flawed Pronouncements on Immigration Policy Increase Immigration Levels to Weaken White Supremacy The Good, the Bad, and Immigration Restrictions Building on the Outrage A Resident’s Bill of Rights: Fixing Immigration While Protecting Communities Open Borders for the Rohingya Immigration Restrictions Hurt Americans Too The Cognitive Dissonance of Immigration Law The Most Privileged Target the Most Disadvantaged The Practice of Immigration Law as Manumission Resistance to U.S. Immigration Restriction: Echoes of the Opposition to the Fugitive Slave Laws The Muslim Takeover of Europe (According to Christopher Caldwell) The U.S. and Canada Should Open Their Borders to Syrian Refugees Deportation Constitutes Cruel and Unusual Punishment The US really is a Nation of Immigrants – and Peter Brimelow is wrong Bureaucracy and Domination: An Indirect Argument for Open Borders US visa policy: where everything’s made up, and due process doesn’t matter is licensed by John Lee under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1091
__label__cc	0.721039	0.278961	Die Toten Kuchen Here we have Act II Scene 2 of Die Tote Stadt. Frank is singing about Marietta to the horrified Paul. I believe the person who sings the roles of Frank and Fritz has a very stressful quick costume change just after this scene. Details of Painting \| Performance Review of Die Tote Stadt Posted at 02:22 PM in Die Tote Stadt, Opera in Visual Art, San Francisco Opera \| Permalink \| Comments (2) Der Triumph des Lebens The fourth performance of Die Tote Stadt was actually fairly well-attended, though there was noticeable audience attrition after intermission. The set was moved around more quietly and no speaking was heard from backstage, not even from Box Y. It was easier to appreciate how well all the Adler Fellows did from closer quarters as much of their singing was rather far upstage. Ji Young Yang sang Juliette with great sweetness. I'm quite sad I will miss the last two performances. Everyone was very well-behaved as far as I could tell. Please keep it up. Posted at 11:06 AM in Die Tote Stadt, Opera Review, San Francisco Opera \| Permalink \| Comments (4) Unsere Liebe war, ist, und wird sein The second performance of Die Tote Stadt at San Francisco Opera only served to solidify my opinion on this work, which surely deserves to be part of the standard repertoire. Willy Decker's production, directed by Meisje Hummel in this revival, has its own complete conception and is consistent throughout. Instead of trying to recapture a fossilized past, the staging is fairly bizarre, to be sure. This does not detract from the music, particularly because most of the action takes place within a nightmare. Certainly, the set was not perfect. Hardly anything can be seen from the back of the house, I was impressed, actually, how much I had missed during the first performance. I suppose this is an argument for OperaVision, but personally I think it might be nicer to have productions that work for our opera house. The set was also pretty noisy during Act II, again, and someone's voice was heard from back stage. John Singer Sargent's Portrait of Miss Elsie Palmer is a poor choice for the purposes of the production, it just looks a cartoon blown up, as the painting is somewhat loose. From closer up, the images looked a little tawdry, though they read well from afar. The sound is better in the back of the balcony, Torsten Kerl was especially dampened when listening from orchestra standing room. The staging does not help in this regard, much of the singing happens upstage. This physical distance from the audience makes the singers lack immediacy, though one can see how it would work better in a smaller house. The choreography was strong among the Adler Fellows, for instance, Ji Young Yang and Daniela Mack had their cute dancing kicks perfectly together. There were a few empty seats in the orchestra, and I stood behind someone I happen to know. Needless to say, she was well-behaved. Bloggers were out, Cedric of SFist stopped by to say hello, and I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Not for Fun Only at intermission. Emily Magee did not lose her wig this time, at least, not when she was not supposed to. Posted at 08:09 AM in Die Tote Stadt, Opera Review, San Francisco Opera \| Permalink \| Comments (12) SF Opera's Die Tote Stadt Media Round-Up Production Web Site \| Press Photographs Reviews of San Francisco Opera's 2008 Performances: The Opera Tattler (Music) \| The Opera Tattler (Production) \| Civic Center \| Out West Arts \| Not For Fun Only \| San Francisco Chronicle \| San Francisco Classical Voice \| Inside Bay Area \| Financial Times Posted at 02:41 PM in Die Tote Stadt, San Francisco Opera \| Permalink \| Comments (0) Die Tote Stadt at SF Opera Nearly 88 years after the world premiere, Die Tote Stadt finally opened in San Francisco yesterday evening. The work is certainly a very pretty synthesis of Wagner, Strauss, and Puccini. It is nostalgic, but also prefigures Korngold's work in film scores. The music sounded effortless under the direction of Donald Runnicles, the orchestra did not overwhelm the singers and the tempi were rigorous. The chorus sounded perfectly lovely as well. All of the smaller singing roles were filled by Adler Fellows, some familiar to the War Memorial stage, such as tenor Andrew Bidlack, soprano Ji Young Yang, and mezzo-soprano Katharine Tier. The other two, mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack and tenor Alek Shrader, had their main stage debuts. They all did well, sounding and looking the parts. Tier was particularly fine as Brigitta, the maid, her diction was clear and her voice is quite promising. Former Adler Lucas Meachem was convincing as both Frank and Fritz, his acting strong and his volume good. He sang "Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen" splendidly and without strain. Tenor Torsten Kerl was palatable enough as Paul, there were times when his voice did not quite cut through the orchestra, though he was always audible. On the other hand, Emily Magee's voice soared over the orchestra, she gave a vocally exquisite performance as Marie/Marietta. For the most part her acting was persuasive, though she does not quite have a dancer's self-possession as far as movement is concerned. However, overall the music was gorgeous and everything seemed to come together beautifully. As I was unable to see much of the production in the balcony, I have little to say about it. From what I could see, it appeared sleek and tasteful. Clearly the set was meant for a different space, and it was annoying when singers' heads could not be seen. The shrine to Mariette was not in evidence as there was almost no furniture, only scattered and badly cropped reproductions of a portrait by John Singer Sargent. The painting of Miss Elsie Palmer looks rather grotesque when blown up to the dimensions necessary for the stage, but was used effectively in the various nightmare sequences. I very much enjoyed the little houses that were moved around upstage, apparently if such stagecraft is used in a dream, it is not considered Eurotrash. There were many empty seats in the balcony, giving me nothing to tattle about as far as audience behavior. However, I did notice, much to my chagrin, that my name appears in the program. There was a fair amount of banging and crashing as the set was changed, though the aforementioned houses were silent. Emily Magee lost her wig in Act I as she took off her hat, but remained calm, simply smoothing it back onto her head with aplomb. Posted at 09:07 AM in Alek Shrader, Die Tote Stadt, Donald Runnicles, Opera Review, San Francisco Opera \| Permalink \| Comments (22) Die Tote Stadt Panel Discussion Yesterday evening Kip Cranna moderated a panel discussion on Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Die Tote Stadt, which has a San Francisco premiere tonight. The panelists included baritone Lucas Meachem (Fritz, Frank), the revival director Meisje Hummel, and conductor Donald Runnicles. The discussion was one of the more informative, and it is too bad San Francisco Opera neglected to put the talk on their monthly calendar. As such, the audience had an even higher percentage of donors than usual, perhaps because as the talk was listed on the membership cards. The panelists were asked how they each became involved in this co-production of the Vienna State Opera and the 2004 Salzburg Festival. Meachem is debuting his two roles in the opera this evening, but is engaged to sing in Die Tote Stadt again at Teatro Real in 2010. Ms. Hummel was the assistant to Willy Decker, the original director, and worked on the production at the Salzburg Festspiele, the Wiener Staatsoper, the Nederlandse Opera, and the Gran Teatre del Liceu. Runnicles conducted the work in Salzburg and Vienna, but had not known it previously, with the exceptions of "Mein sehnen, mein wähnen" and "Glück das mir verblieb." Runnicles did get into the history of this opera, explaining that Korngold was the son of Julius Korngold, a vicious music critic who also happened to be an arch-conservative. It was Korngold's father that wrote the libretto, based on Georges Rodenbach's novella Bruges-la-Morte. The fiendishly difficult music is certainly late Romantic, influenced by Mahler and Strauss, both of whom agreed that Korngold was a genius. Strangely enough, the opera debuted simultaneously in Hamburg and Cologne, so great was the demand for this world premiere. The production itself sounds vaguely Regie, despite all of the promises for no Eurotrash. Both Meachem and Runnicles adore it, saying it is both emotional and cerebral. Meachem mentioned it was his favorite except for the Pique Dame we had a few years ago, and I immediately thought of the oversized skeleton in that production and how much I had to stifle my laughter. Runnicles believes this production is in the top five of the ones he's been involved with for the last 20 years, and that the playing is better with this orchestra compared to Salzburg and Vienna. In any case, this is the only opera besides Idomeneo that I've been truly looking forward to, despite my disdain of Late Romanticism. Posted at 08:27 AM in Die Tote Stadt, Donald Runnicles, Panel Discussion \| Permalink \| Comments (2) ROH's 2008-2009 Season September 8- October 4 2008: Don Giovanni September 16-29 2008: La fanciulla del West September 23- October 10 2008: La Calisto October 11-18 2008: La Bohème October 23- November 11 2008: Matilde di Shabran November 9-24 2008: Elektra November 25- December 13 2008: Les Contes d'Hoffmann December 9 2008- January 1 2009: Hänsel und Gretel December 22- January 23 2008: Turandot January 20-31 2009: The Beggar's Opera January 27- February 17 2009: Die Tote Stadt February 10 -25 2009: Rigoletto February 23- March 10 2009: Der fliegende Holländer March 2- April 11 2009: I Capuleti e i Montecchi March 31- April 20 2009: Dido and Aeneas/Acis and Galatea April 13- May 7 2009: Il trovatore April 27- May 16 2009: Lohengrin May 12-25 2009: L'elisir d'Amore June 4-20 2009: Lulu June 19- July 6 2009: La Traviata June 26- July 18 2009: Un Ballo en Maschera July 7-18 2009: Il barbiere di Siviglia July 9-18 2009: Tosca Simon Keenlyside and Mariusz Kwiecien share the role of Don Giovanni, and Keenlyside also sings Figaro in Il barbiere. David Alden has his ROH debut directing a production of La Calisto from Bayerische Staatsoper. Bryn Terfel is singing in Holländer and Tosca, while Deborah Voigt sings the title role of the latter. Renée Fleming is singing opposite Joseph Calleja in La Traviata and Thomas Hampson sings Germont. Die Tote Stadt has its UK premiere, Ingo Metzmacher will conduct. The production is from Salzburg and is the one that will be at San Francisco Opera this September. Lucas Meachem will be singing Aeneas in his ROH debut. Bloomberg Article \| Press Release [PDF] \|Official Site Posted at 11:36 AM in 2008-2009 Season Previews, Bryn Terfel, David Alden, Deborah Voigt, Der Fliegende Holländer, Die Tote Stadt, Joseph Calleja, La Calisto, La Traviata, Lucas Meachem, Mariusz Kwiecien, Renée Fleming, The Royal Opera, London, Thomas Hampson, Tosca \| Permalink \| Comments (0) SF Opera's 2008-2009 Season September 5-27 2008: Simon Boccanegra September 6 2008: Angela Gheorghiu in Concert September 13- October 3 2008: The Bonesetter's Daughter September 23- October 12 2008: Die Tote Stadt October 15-November 15 2008: Boris Godunov October 29- November 26 2008: L'Elisir d'Amore November 16- December 7 2008: La Bohème December 11-14 2008: Three Decembers January 10, 2009: Salvatore Licitra in Concert May 29 2009: Verdi's Requiem June 2-26 2009: Tosca June 9-27 2009: Porgy and Bess San Francisco Opera's "Grand and Glorious" 86th season was revealed today, there are 78 performances of 11 operas, running from September 5, 2008 to July 5, 2009. Many big names this year, as promised. Angela Gheorghiu returns in La Bohème, Anna Netrebko in La Traviata, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Simon Boccanegra for the first time since he sang Germont in 2004. Samuel Ramey will sing in the title role of Boris Godunov and Frederica von Stade stars in the West Coast premiere of Three Decembers. Another world premiere this year, no Baroque opera, three operas in English, none in French, but finally an opera in Russian. Inva Mula, the voice of the blue space alien singing Lucia di Lammermoor in The Fifth Element, will have her SF Opera debut as Adina in L'Elisir d'Amore. She sings opposite of Ramón Vargas. I am most looking forward to Kurt Streit and Alice Coote in Idomeneo. I am glad to see that Joseph Calleja is having his San Francisco Opera debut as Rodolfo in La Bohème. Summer of 2009 will be the first time in three years that I won't feel compelled to spend every spare moment at the War Memorial Opera House. I have seen the Mansouri/Bosquet Tosca several times, though I do find this opera to be one of my favorites by Puccini. Porgy and Bess is intriguing, but I doubt I'll become obsessed. Though La Traviata will be great, and I'm glad it is a new production (from Los Angeles Opera), I am not holding my breath either. Puccini, Gershwin, and Verdi will get people into the opera house, but I'd rather hear Mozart, Gluck, or Händel. However, perhaps I should go to Bayreuth in 2009, since I will have the time. It is interesting that there will be such a large gap between the San Francisco Opera this production of Das Rheingold and whole Ring Cycle, which is slated for 2011. I had complained about too many Rings, given that LA and Seattle both have them on the schedule for next year. It was reported that Donald Runnicles would end his tenure as music director here with the Ring, just has he began his career here. Press Release [PDF] \| Season Brochure [PDF] \| 2008-2009 Official Site \| Examiner Article Posted at 02:02 PM in 2008-2009 Season Previews, Angela Gheorghiu, Anna Netrebko, Boris Godunov, Die Tote Stadt, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Frederica von Stade, L'Elisir d'Amore, La Bohème, La Traviata, News, Samuel Ramey, San Francisco Opera, Simon Boccanegra, The Bonesetter's Daughter \| Permalink \| Comments (5) Speculation on SF Opera's 2008-2009 Season I've noticed a fair amount of people coming to this blog in search of San Francisco Opera's next season, which will be announced this week. Certainly we have some insight into the programming, Stewart Wallace's The Bonesetter's Daughter will have its world premiere, Qian Yi will be in the lead role with her San Francisco Opera debut. We also know that music director designate Nicola Luisotti is returning to San Francisco Opera this Fall to conduct La Bohème. David Gockley himself said that Angela Gheorghiu is to sing here next in Bohème, perhaps the Met simulcast in April, which has both Luisotti and Gheorghiu, will be a good preview. I wouldn't be surprised if Gheorghiu also gave a concert at some point, when she is over on this coast, as she has in Los Angeles. Inva Mula's official site says she is engaged to sing Adina in L'Elisir d'Amore. The Ring cycle will conclude the 2008-2009 season, conducted by Donald Runnicles. Janos Gereben also reported last month in SFCV that Dmitri Hvorostovsky will sing Simon Boccanegra on opening night and Korngold's Die Tote Stadt has its SF Opera premiere some time between August 26 and October 12, 2008. Torsten Kerl sings Paul and Emily Magee sings Marietta. Posted at 09:20 AM in 2008-2009 Season Previews, Angela Gheorghiu, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Die Tote Stadt, Die Walküre, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Donald Runnicles, Gossip, Götterdämmerung, L'Elisir d'Amore, La Bohème, Nicola Luisotti, San Francisco Opera, Siegfried, Simon Boccanegra \| Permalink \| Comments (2)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1093
__label__cc	0.606242	0.393758	More Than One-Third Covid Kids Show No Symptoms Reveals Study By Odishatv Bureau On Dec 1, 2020 - 2:34 PM Pic Credit: Frontiers Blog Toronto: More than one-third of kids who have Covid-19 are asymptomatic, say researchers, adding that youngsters diagnosed with the disease may represent just a fraction of those infected. “The concern from a public health perspective is that there is probably a lot of Covid-19 circulating in the community that people don’t even realize,” said study author Finlay McAlister from the University of Alberta in Canada. Weekly Horoscope From 18th To 24th January 2021: Know What This Week Has In Store For You Makar Sankranti: 5 Traditional Recipes To Relish At Home For the study, published in the journal CMAJ, the research team analysed results for 2,463 children who were tested during the first wave of the pandemic–March to September–for Covid-19 infection. All told, 1,987 children had a positive test result for Covid-19 and 476 had a negative result. Of children who tested positive, 35.9 per cent–reported being asymptomatic. “As far as we know, kids are less likely to spread disease than adults, but the risk is not zero,” McAlister said. “Presumably asymptomatic spreaders are less contagious than the person sitting nearby who is sneezing all over you, but we don’t know that for sure,” he added. The researchers also found that although cough, runny nose and sore throat were three of the most common symptoms among children with Covid-19 infection–showing up in 25, 19 and 16 per cent of cases respectively. They were actually slightly more common among those with negative Covid-19 test results, and therefore not predictive of a positive test. “Of course, kids are at risk of contracting many different viruses, so the Covid-specific symptoms are actually more things like loss of taste and smell, headache, fever, and nausea and vomiting, not runny nose, a cough and sore throat,” McAlister said. He added that if people have any symptoms at all, they should stay home and get tested, while even those who feel well should still be doing everything, they can to stay safe–wearing a protective mask, frequent handwashing, keeping distance, and avoiding meeting indoors. “Some people with Covid feel well and don’t realize they have it so they socialize with friends and unintentionally spread the virus, and I think that’s the big issue,” the author noted. CoronavirusCOVID-19kids Congress Alleges Massive Corruption In Swachh Bharat Prog & PMGSY In Swabhiman Anchal Instagram Live Rooms Now Allows 3 More Users In India Weekly Horoscope From 18th To 24th January 2021: Know What This Week Has In Store For… Check Your Weekly Horoscope From January 11 To 17 Here All About Bird Flu: Outbreaks in Odisha, Threats to Human, Symptoms And Prevention	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1094
__label__wiki	0.595044	0.595044	Offaly Tatler Free Magazine for Co Offaly Porperty Topics: Select category Arts Business Community Entertainment Books Events Farming GAA Letters Motoring News Back Issues Education Enviornment Political Uncategorized Porperty Sports Tourism You are here: Home / News / IrishJobs.ie survey forecasts how Ireland will look in 10 years’ time IrishJobs.ie survey forecasts how Ireland will look in 10 years’ time 4 in 10 believe we will be working less hours 24 per cent claim their job will be done by a robot in 10 years’ time More people will be renting (63 per cent) Paul O’Connell for President (15 per cent) 65 per cent believe we will still be able to buy a hard copy newspaper in 2025 Cars will be self-driving according to 59 per cent People will be sharing less on social media (37 per cent) An IrishJobs.ie survey of more than 2,500 people, both workers and jobseekers, forecasts how Ireland will look in 10 years’ time revealing great optimism and clear views on work, life and much more. 71 per cent, believe that the Irish economy will be better in 2025. 4 in 10 told IrishJobs.ie that they would not be working in the same industry in 10 years’ time. 46 per cent claim believe they could be doing a job in 2025 that currently doesn’t exist while 24 per cent claim that the job they do will be done by a robot by the year 2025. Reassuringly, this isn’t a concern for 73 per cent. 2 in 5 believe that we will be working less hours and working from home will be more common practice in 10 years time in the opinion of a significant majority of 85 per cent. IrishJobs.ie carried out the survey to mark 20 years in business, Ireland’s leading jobs and careers website attracts 1.4 million visitors each month and features jobs from over 900 of businesses from multinationals to SMEs to start ups. Looking back, the original 10-year survey done by IrishJobs.ie in 2005 turned up some interesting results, in hindsight: In 2005, a majority believed that Ireland would continue on a path of economic growth (55 per cent) and 80 per cent expected that their career patch would change over the next decade. 7 in 10 predicted that Irish roads would still be over-flowing with traffic in 2015 and 55 per cent said that Sinn Fein would be in Government. 84 per cent of people said in 2005 that mobile phones would be even smaller in 2015. The 2,500 people surveyed in a follow up to 2005 are made up of 43 per cent digital natives or millennials, born after 1980, and 57 per cent digital immigrants (a combination of Generation X and Baby Boomers). The IrishJobs.ie survey asked respondents about politics: 77 per cent predict that there will be a female Taoiseach by the year 2025. 4 in 10 predict a Fianna Fail / Fine Gael coalition in 2025. Paul O’Connell got the most votes for the person respondents see as President in 2025, with 15 per cent of the vote. Other options including Bono, Noirin O’Sullivan, Joan Burton, Panti Bliss were popular for approximately 8-10 per cent. 7 in 10 of respondents to the IrishJobs.ie survey claim that pension contributions will be mandatory in 10 year’s time. Will we still be able to buy a hard copy newspaper in 2025? Yes is the answer, with 65 per cent certain that this will be the case. Renting will be more common than buying a home according to 63 per cent. Orla Moran, General Manager, IrishJobs.ie comments: “Our own timeline maps much change over 20 years in business for IrishJobs.ie both for the industry and in the jobs market. When the original 10 year survey was done online businesses were just becoming mainstream, since 2005 that change has accelerated and Ireland is now firmly established at the forefront of digital industry.” She continues: “When you compare our two surveys – 2005 and now this one, 2015 – one thing that is clear to me is the tremendous optimism and positivity of Irish workers. What also shines through this time is that change and adaptability are now part and parcel of modern Irish working life with over 40 per cent telling us they won’t be in the same industry in 10 years time and almost half of respondents telling us they could be doing a job in 2025 that doesn’t currently exist.” Finally, IrishJobs.ie asked respondents some quick questions on roads, cars, social media, Mars and the Eurovision: 77 per cent claim that there will be more traffic on the roads Dublin city centre will be a car free zone according to 57 per cent More than half believe that our fridge will be ordering the groceries The first manned trip to Mars will take place in the view of 52 per cent Ireland will not win the Eurovision by 2025 according to 63 per cent (42% were confident of Ireland’s chances of winning another Eurovision Song Contest in the next ten years – in 2005) Filed under News · Tagged with forecast, Ireland 2025, IrishJobs.ie, survey jobs from ie.neuvoo The Story of Your Stuff – Investigating the long-term impacts of everyday decisions at heart of EPA second-level schools’ competition Fuel Prices Rise on Crude Oil Surge Ireland could attract more EU third-level students post-Brexit Indigo Telecom Group announces plans to recruit 100 people to its International Fibre Centre of Excellence in Limerick Farmers Face €40m Clawback On Flawed Beam Scheme Employees to have right to request remote work before end of 2021 Jobs in Offaly Offaly GAA News from hoganstand.com Gaelic football lost on Waterford beach found washed up in Wales A gaelic football that was lost on a Waterford beach has been found, through the power of social media, more than 300km away, washed up off the west coast of Wales. Daingean club notes The winning numbers drawn on Monday 11th January were: 9, 10, 11, 28. Clodiagh Gaels club notes We have a club shop on the O'Neills sports website where you can purchase all the latest club merchandise. Rhode club notes The 132nd AGM of Rhode GAA Club will take place remotely On Friday January 29th at 8pm Sharp. "The terror, the fear. It was uncanny, it was unreal" Legendary Meath football manager Sean Boylan has spoken of his terrifying battle with Covid-19 that left him hospitalised. Tipp Tatler Offaly County Council News Notice of Rates having been made Notice is hereby given that County Rates have been duly made on the property rateable thereto in the above named County Health District of Offaly. The annual rate on valuation (ARV - formerly Rates in the pound) for the ordinary expenditure of Offaly County Council for service of the year ending on 31st December 2019 […] Offaly County Council Social Housing Needs Assessment 2016 · Please complete the following form to update your application for social housing with Offaly County Council. · Documents needed to update your application are listed below. Please send in the relevant documents with this form. · If you have any questions, please call the Housing Department on 057 935 7409 or email hna@offalycoco.ie	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1095
__label__cc	0.600121	0.399879	Afternoon of Hill Visits Culminates in Evening Reception for CDFI Congressional Champions Mary Scott Hardwick / November 1, 2019 / Policy On Tuesday, October 22, more than 100 Conference attendees donned their rain gear, grabbed packets of information about CDFIs, and headed across town to participate in An Afternoon on Capitol Hill. In small groups, they met with their local representatives, as well as offices of House and Senate leadership and the Chairs nd Ranking Members of congressional committees relevant to the CDFI industry During the sit-downs, representatives from a diverse array of CDFIs — geographically and size-wise — shared information about how and where CDFIs work, the value of CDFI Fund appropriations, and importance of making the New Markets Tax Credit and Community Advantage programs permanent. In each meeting, we made the case for OFN’s 2019 Policy Priorities, which include urging Senators to approve the House-passed bill of $304 million for the CDFI Fund and a continuation of the CDFI Bond Guarantee program with $500 million in guarantee authority. (See OFN’s full list of our 2019 Policy Priorities here.) As a group, we covered a lot of ground, meeting with more than 60 offices in just two hours. Congressional Champions Awards After an invigorating afternoon of meetings, OFN hosted the 2019 CDFI Congressional Champion Awards reception, where we were joined by Congressional staffers, more Conference attendees, and CDFI funders, partners, and investors. The CDFI Congressional Champion Award honors Members of Congress who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing policies that support CDFIs and spur economic growth and job creation in underserved communities across the nation. At the reception, we presented awards to this year’s Champions: Senator Steve Daines (R-MT), Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA-13), and Representative Steven Palazzo (R-MS-4). (Representative Lee receives Award) (Senator Daines receives Award) (Representative Palazzo receives Award) Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) also received the Congressional Champion Award in his office prior to the reception. (Senator Brown receives Award) “Creating economic opportunity in rural, urban, and Native communities is truly a bipartisan issue,” said Lisa Mensah, President and CEO of OFN. “These four leaders are strong advocates for CDFIs and the CDFI Fund. As a result, millions of Americans in communities excluded from the financial mainstream now have access to responsible capital and financial services. On behalf of the CDFI industry, I am proud to recognize these policymakers for their efforts.” We were also delighted that Representative T.J. Cox (D-21-CA) stopped by the reception to speak about his support of CDFIs and community development. The reception was well attended and provided an opportunity for Conference attendees to network with Congressional staff and policymakers. (Representative Cox and guests) See more 2019 OFN Conference highlights — speaker videos, session materials, photos, and blog recaps — at conference.ofn.org! Congressional Champions Past, Present, and Future of CDFIs: Q&A with OFN's Dafina Williams OFN CEO Lisa Mensah to Speak at Federal Reserve 'Fed Listens' Event House Appropriations Subcommittee Holds First Hearing Ever on the CDFI Fund	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1097
__label__wiki	0.95195	0.95195	letmebee ( letmebee) wrote in ohnotheydidnt, letmebee Selena Gomez Reportedly Can’t Stand Taylor Swift’s Friend Lorde Looks like Selena didn't enjoy those Taylor Swift birthday party photos. Taylor and Lorde have been getting close, and Heat’s sources say that Selena is furious. “Selena can’t stand Lorde, and has publicly trashed Lorde for not being feminist and supporting other female artists,” the source says, referring to the time Lorde called Taylor “too flawless and unattainable.” Lorde also dissed Selena’s song “Come and Get It,” saying “I’m a feminist, and the theme of her song is, ‘When you’re ready come and get it from me.’ I’m sick of women being portrayed this way.” Ouch! Taylor obviously moved past Lorde’s poorly-worded diss, but apparently Selena might not be as quick to forgive. The source also says that Taylor and Lorde’s friendship is only growing stronger, so Selena might need to watch her back! “Taylor is buttering up Lorde, because she wants a musical collaboration and knows that Lorde is the hottest new thing in pop music,” the source says. “Taylor is blowing off the diss. She wants and edgier image, and Lorde is helping her craft that.” Tags: music / musician, selena gomez, taylor swift	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1098
__label__cc	0.602798	0.397202	Aya.Takeo is a story of Space, Time, Civilization and Star-Crossed Love. Set in a distant wrinkle of space where some things are familiar and others are forever surprising. Noblewoman Aya perseveres with her love for the lowly warrior Takeo amidst a backdrop of a neo-classical Japan under invasion by spider mecha… but who is the true enemy? This full-colour, large format volume collects together the first year of the online comic updated every sunday at ayatakeo.com This resource, created by poet Kate Wakeling, explores some creative and interactive approaches to writing and responding to poems on the theme of space for SEND groups (particularly those with ASD) with a reading age/ability from phase 5 upwards. Once upon a star there were no stars to shine no Sun to rise no Sun to set no day no night nor any time Discover the origins of the universe and how our solar system was formed. The narrative verse takes the reader on an immersive journey through space and time, illuminated by striking, dynamic illustrations. The worlds of poetry and non-fiction collide to create a beautiful, unique picture book about our Sun. “A dreamer? Me? Err, You bet, The world’s greatest space cadet!” Join poet James Carter on a journey through space and time: meet everyone from a Viking warrior to a crazed cat – and travel from planet Earth to the very edges of the universe… This wonderful collection is the perfect way to get children interested in poetry. Have you ever looked up and wondered what’s going on high up in the skies above your eyes? Take a journey up into the air, through the atmosphere, way out into space and back down to Earth in this richly illustrated concertina book. Zoom past the technology that fills our skies, from helicopters, fighter jets, weather balloons, to satellites, hang-gliders and hot-air balloons. Discover the insects and animals that whizz through the skies, explore the layers of the atmosphere, and travel through the solar system and out to the galaxies far beyond. The follow up to The Street Beneath My Feet, which dug down to the center of the Earth, this expansive concertina book opens out to an impressive 2.5 metres, perfect for inquisitive young minds. From jet trails to comets’ tails, enjoy amazing sights as you journey through the skies. Meet hilarious, science-mad chatterbox, Rocket – she’s going to be the greatest astronaut, star-catcher, space-traveller that has ever lived! But… can she convince her big brother to stop looking down at his phone and start LOOKING UP at the stars? Bursting with energy and passion about science and space, this heart-warming, inspirational picture book will have readers turning off their screens and switching on to the outside world. Astrid has always loved the stars and space. “I want to be an astronaut!” she says. While Mama is away, Papa and Astrid have fun acting out the challenges an astronaut faces on a space mission – eating food from a tube, doing science experiments, living and sleeping in near-zero gravity. Astrid can do it all! Then it’s time to meet Mama at the airbase. But where has Mama been? Prince Frog is convinced he’s destined to rule the world … the trouble is, the world has ended. Undeterred, Frog sets out to claim his crown, armed with nothing more than a pair of Catastrophe Pants and his trusty stick, Basil Rathbone. But Frog soon realizes that the world isn’t quite as ended as he thought. He discovers a magical kingdom, filled with wild landscapes, strange creatures … and a princess sitting on his throne. Together with his new friend, Sheriff Explosion the sheep, Frog seeks to prove his princeliness and escape the clutches of the princess who’s sure he’d make a better pet than a prince. But just when Frog thinks things can’t get any worse, he discovers he is actually the prince of an invading alien army and that he’s just given the go-ahead for an all-out alien invasion. Can he and the princess put aside their differences long enough to save the kingdom – and the world?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1106
__label__wiki	0.688427	0.688427	January - Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 1 - 90 February - Volume 50, Issue 2, Pages 91 - 144 March - Volume 50, Issue 3, Pages 145 - 240 April - Volume 50, Issue 4, Pages 241 - 320 May - Volume 50, Issue 5, Pages 321 - 434 June - Volume 50, Issue 6, Pages 435 - 554 July - Volume 51, Issue 1, Pages 1 - 110 August - Volume 51, Issue 2, Pages 111 - 220 September - Volume 51, Issue 3, Pages 221 - 322 October - Volume 51, Issue 4, Pages 323 - 425 November - Volume 51, Issue 5, Pages 427 - 513 December - Volume 51, Issue 6, Pages 515 - 612 December - Volume 51, Issue s3 This article was originally published in Clinical Science and Molecular Medicine Medical Research Society Meeting 2 and 3 July 1976 H2-Receptor Antagonists in Prophylaxis and Control of Bleeding in Liver Disease B. R. D. MacDougall; R. J. Bailey; Roger Williams Clin Sci Mol Med (1976) 51 (3): 1P. Immune Complexes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease H. J. F. Hodgson; B. J. Potter; D. P. Jewell Relationship between Cyclic Adenosine 3′, 5′-Monophosphate and Prostaglandins in Bone Resorption Induced by Human Hypernephroma in Vitro N. H. Hunt; D. Atkins; J. R. Shortland; K. J. Ibbotson; V. P. Michelangeli; T. J. Martin Clin Sci Mol Med (1976) 51 (3): 1P–2P. Lecithin Cholesterol Acyl Transferase (LCAT) Activity and Plasma Liproprotein Changes in Obstructive Jaundice J. Agorastos; D. S. Harry; C. Boswell; N. McIntyre Lung Volume Changes and the Interpretation of Changes in Indices of Airways Resistance in Asthmatics B. Kenneth Saunders; Michael Rudolf The Relationship between Nitrite and Hydrogen Ion Concentration in the Fasting Human Stomach W. S. J. Ruddell; L. M. Blendis; C. L. Walters Pancreatico-Biliary Secretions: Are they Trophic to the Intestine? C. Hughes; T. Bates; E. Sabine; R. Hermon Dowling Physical Characteristics and Ventilatory Function of Commercial Divers Operating in the North Sea W. A. Crosbie; I. Anderson; N. I. C. McIver; R. A. F. Cox The Effect of an Inhaled Atropine-Like Drug on Airway Function in Normal Subjects N. J. Douglas; M. F. Sudlow; D. C. Flenley Determinants of Residual Volume in Normal Subjects C. Davis; P. Openshaw; G. Woodroof; E. J. M. Campbell; N. B. Pride Exponential Description of Lung Pressure Volume Curves R. C. Schroter; J. Davis; R. B. Dell; G. J. Gibson; N. B. Pride Validation of a Method for Continuously Estimating the Regional Myocardial Distribution of Blood Flow Using 81mKr A. P. Selwyn; J. H. Turner; J. P. Shillingford The Interaction between Local Changes in [K+] and [HCO3] in the Control of Hypothalamic Blood flow R. A. F. Linton; J. Caronna; R. Miller; I. R. Cameron Correlation of Extravascular Lung Water with Cardiac Output and Left Atrial Pressure in Man C. G. C. MacArthur; C. G. Rhodes; F. Fazio; T. Jones; J. M. B. Hughes Intrapulmonary Vascular Shunts in Fulminant Hepatic Failure A. Williams; Lynne Reid; P. N. Trewby; Roger Williams Abnormalities of the Renal Transport of ‘Hippuran’ in Essential Hypertension J. Reeve; D. Kenny; Cherry Kennard; A. D. Goldberg Combined Alpha and Beta Adrenergic Blockade in Mild Hypertension: A Controlled Trial of Labetalol Compared to Propranolol and Placebo L. J. Beilin; D. J. Pugsley; B. K. Armstrong; M. A. Nassim Decarboxylase Inhibitors and the Actions of α-Methyldopa in Man F. Kersting; J. L. Reid; C. T. Dollery The Role of Octopamine and other False Neurotransmitters in the Hypotension of Fulminant Hepatic Failure P. N. Trewby; R. A. Chase; M. Davis; Roger Williams Systolic Blood Pressure in a Population of Neonates M. de Swiet; P. Fayers; E. A. Shinebourne Pathogenesis of Retinal Cotton Wool Spots D. McLeod; J. Marshall; E. M. Kohner; A. C. Bird Substrate Specificities of Hepatic Lipase and Lipoprotein Lipase and the Mechanism of Type I Hyperlipoproteinaemia Anne Nicoll; Edward Janus; Barry Lewis The Metabolism of Very Low Density Lipoprotein (VLDL) and Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) Apolipoprotein B in Combined Hyperlipidaemia (Type IIB) Edward Janus; Gunnar Sigurdsson; A'nne Nicoll; Peter Turner; Barry Lewis Very Low Density Lipoprotein (VLDL) Composition in Familial Hyperlipoproteinaemias I. C. Ononogbu; Barry Lewis The Cholesterol Lowering Properties of Guar and Pectin David J. A. Jenkins; Anthony R. Leeds; Miguel A. Gassull; Helen Houston; David V. Goff; Michael J. Hill Plasma Cholesterol Esterification and Thyroid Function J. H. Fuller; M. B. Mattock; K. Stringer; G. Mashiter; A. Stepanas; M. Maisey The Effect of Age on the Uptake of Albumin by the Cockerel Aorta M. D. Ezekowitz; K. H. Parker; N. Salpadoru; R. K. C. Oxenham; C. G. Caro Prothrombin Time and Fat Malabsorption in Alcoholic Liver Disease D. J. A. Jenkins; M. A. Gassull; A. R. Leeds; L. M. Blendis Clin Sci Mol Med (1976) 51 (3): 9P–10P. The Origins of Plasma Proteins in Ascitic and Pleural Effusions D. Burnett; S. N. Booth; P. W. Dykes; A. R. Bradwell Clin Sci Mol Med (1976) 51 (3): 10P. Evidence for Non-Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy in Acute Leukaemia and Lymphoma M. A. Mir; K. Kothari Increased Prostaglandin Activity in Human Sustained Inflammation and its Inhibition by Aspirin N. A. Plummer; M. W. Greaves; C. N. Hensby; A. Kobza Black Clin Sci Mol Med (1976) 51 (3): 10P–11P. Evidence for a Sodium Transport Modifier System in Normal Blood M. A. Mir; Christine Sinai; I. W. Delamore Repeatability of Progressive Exercise and Co2 Rebreathing Tests with Comparison of the Ventilation-Tidal Relationship during Each Test in Normal Subjects and Patients with Sarcoidosis B. D. W. Harrison; Michael Rudolf; J. Freeman; Maria Stralkowska; P. Marchant Measurement of the Hypoxicdrivetobreathing at Rest and on Exercise Using Transient, Progressive and Steady State Hypoxic Methods in Normal Subjects A. G. Leitch; L. J. Clancy; D. C. Flenley Oxygen Breath Tests in Thyrotoxicosis R. A. Stockley Hypoxic Drive to Breathing Assessed by a Modified Rebreathing Method J. R. W. Lyall; I. R. Cameron Does Inhalation of Salbutamol Enable Patients with Airway Obstruction to Walk Further? C. R. McGavin; H. Naoe; G. J. R. McHardy Portable Oxygen and Exercise Tolerance in Chronic Cor Pulmonale R. J. E. Leggett; D. C. Flenley Simultaneous Pulmonary Arterial Blood Velocity Measurements by Doppler Method and Pulmonary Capillary flow by Body Plethysmography M. B. McIlroy; S. P. Creekmore; M. M. Graham; G. E. Jahn Regulation of Pulmonary Bloodflow and Gas Exchange in a Computer Model of the Lung B. J. B. Grant Effect of the New Rhone-Poulenc Polyacrilonitrile Membrane on Plasma Amino Acid Levels and Depth of Coma in Fulminant Hepatic Failure D. B. A. Silk; R. A. Chase; P. N. Trewby; M. J. Weston; P. Wheeler; A. Hanid; Roger Williams Pepsin 1 Secretion in Peptic Ulcer and in Stress Valerie Walker; W. H. Taylor Tubular Reabsorption of Bile Acids by the Isolated Rat Kidney S. Barnes; J. Gollan; Barbara H. Billing Plasma Elimination of a Tracer Dose of Cholyl[1-14C] Glycine in Liver Disease S. Barnes; B. Barbara Thjodleifsson; H. Billing; S. Sherlock Smoking and Adrenergic Activity in Man R. H. Robson; D. C. Fluck The Effect of Clonidine on Biochemical Indices of Sympathetic Function in Normotensive Subjects L. M. H. Wing; J. L. Reid; C. A. Hamilton; D. S. Davies; C. T. Dollery Salbutamol: A Beta-Blocker R. Wiggins; Roy Davies; Isik Basar; N. N. Payne; J. D. H. Slater Saralasin Responsiveness in Patients on Chronic Haemodialysis B. P. McGrath; J. G. G. Ledingham Volume and Angiotensin II in Hypertensive Dialysis Patients G. A. MacGregor The Nature of the β-Adrenoreceptor Controlling Plasma Renin Activity in Man Carole Bye; B. F. Johnson; J. LaBrooy; I. K. Smith The Release of Renin Provoked by Intravenous Isoprenaline in Man: A Dose—Response Relationship Roy Davies; D. M. Geddes; J. D. H. Slater; Michael Rudolf; N. N. Payne A New Approach to the Treatment of Mild Diabetes R. R. Holman; R. C. Turner Beta Cell Deficiency in Maturity Onset Diabetes R. C. Turner; R. R. Holman; T. D. R. Hockaday Metabolic Effects of Oral Glucose Loading in Hepatic Cirrhosis D. G. Johnston; L. Hinks; P. Smythe; R. Wright; K. G. M. M. Alberti Cholinergic Manifestations of the Acute Hypoglycaemic Reaction in Man R. J. M. Corrall; N. McD. Davidson; E. B. French Hormonal and Metabolic Effects of Chlorpropamide and Glibenclamide in a Cross-Over Study in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus J. R. Perkins; S. M. Grey; S. L. Judd; C. Lowy; K. H. Quine; P. H. Sönksen; T. E. T. West Effect of Treatment of Free Fatty Acid (FFA), Glucose Turnover and Respiratory Exchange in Diabetes and Hyperthyroidism S. E. H. Hall; J. Saunders; P. H. Sönksen Relationships between the Molecular Structure and Metabolism of Insulin R. H. Jones; D. Brandenburg; D. I. Dron; M. J. Ellis; D. G. Lindsay; P. H. Sönksen Increased Somatostatin Immunoreactive Cells in the Islets of Streptozotocin Treated Rats Rats R. J. McFarland; J. Ardill; E. Knowles; I. Banks; J. Sloan; K. D. Buchanan An Experimental Investigation into the Aetiology of Non-Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia M. A. Mir; H. Bobinski; I. W. Delamore; E. G. Wade Release of N-Acetyl-β-Glucosaminidase in Acute Myocardial Infarction Elizabeth Welman; T. J. Peters; J. Colbeck; J. P. Shillingford The Interaction of Thyroid Hormones, Vitamin a and Their Binding Proteins following Surgical Stress P. H. Prince; W. A. Burr; D. B. Ramsden; E. G. Black; R. S. Griffiths; A. R. Bradwell The Effect of Pregnancy on Plasma Calcium and 25 Hydroxy Vitamin D C. W. G. Turton; P. Stanley; I. D. Maxwell; T. C. B. Stamp A Comparison of the Changes in Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Intracellular pH during Acute and Chronic Hypoxia and Hypercapnia N. T. Bateman; I. R. Cameron Hereditary Elevation of Thyroxine Binding Globulin W. A. Burr; R. S. Griffiths; S. Evans; D. B. Ramsdne Effect of Haemodialysis on Thyroid Function P. Dandona; D. Newton; M. M. Platts Assessment of a New Index of End-Organ Function in Hypothyroidism J. J. Manns; A. M. M. Shepherd; T. E. Isles; D. G. Adamson; J. Crooks The Metabolism of the Fifth Component of Complement (C5) in Disease and its Relationship to C3 Metabolism J. G. P. Sissons; J. Liebowitch; D. K. Peters Renal Arteriolar C3 Deposition in Renal Disease P. Naish; J. Barratt; M. Johnstone; T. Marshall Gaber A Reticulo-Endothelial ‘Stress Test’ as a Measure of Kupffer Cell Function George Drivas; Nigel Wardle Circulating IgE Levels in Hodgkin's Disease P. L. Amlot; S. J. Barnes Analysis of Soluble Fibrin Isolated by Affinity Chromatography in Patients with Intravascular Coagulation W. Edgar; Caroline McKillop; P. W. Howe; C. D. Forbes; C. R. M. Prentice The Effects of Therapy and Splenectomy on Immunity in Malignant Lymphoma B. W. Hancock; Lesley Bruce; A. Milford Ward; John Richmond Platelet Adhesion to Damaged Rabbit Aorta and the Effect of Acetylsalicylic Acid and Sulphinpyrazone J. A. Davies; E. Essien; J-P. Cazenave; R. L. K. Rathbone; J. F. Mustard Low-Density Lipoproteins in Patients Homozygous for Familial Hyperbetalipoproteinaemia G. L. Mills; C. E. Taylaur; M. J. Chapman Clin Sci Mol Med (1976) 51 (3): 221–231. Comparison of Heart Sarcolemmal Enzyme Activities in Normal and Cardiomyopathic (UM-X7.1) Hamsters N. S. Dhalla; J. N. Singh; E. Bajusz; G. Jasmin Haemodynamics and Body Fluid Volumes in Response to Fluid Loading in Conscious Dogs: Non-Excretory Renal Influences J.-F. Liard The Esterification of Exogenous Fatty Acids by Adipose Tissue of Hypertriglyceridaemic Subjects with or without Diabetes Mellitus P. Clifton-Bligh; D. J. Galton The Response of Arginine Vasopressin and Plasma Renin to Postural Change in Normal Man, with Observations on Syncope Roy Davies; J. D. H. Slater; Mary L. Forsling; Nadia Payne Influence of Sodium Restriction upon Two Models of Renal Hypertension H. Thurston; J. D. Swales Indirect Evidence of Calcitonin Secretion in Man A. Caniggia; C. Gennari; A. Vattimo; P. Nardi; R. Nuti Potassium Transport across the Distal Colon in Man C. A. Salas-Coll; J. C. Kermode; C. J. Edmonds Blood Flow through the Calf during Recovery from Fractures of the Lower Limb F. J. Imms; D. A. Lorde; S. P. Prestidge; Christine Thornton Effects of Immersion in Water and Changes in Intrathoracic Blood Volume on Lung Function in Man N. K. Burki Generation of Ammonia from Non-Urea Sources in a Faecal Incubation System A. Vince; P. F. Down; J. Murison; F. J. Twigg; O. M. Wrong	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1108
__label__wiki	0.530832	0.530832	Philly Bluegrass Putting a little country in the city. Spring 2016 Concert Roundup Posted on April 22, 2016 June 15, 2016 by phillybluegrass The trees are turning green here in Philadelphia, and the summer festival season is just around the corner. But the grass is already blue at venues all around the city this spring, with great shows coming to World Cafe Live, Tin Angel, Milkboy, the Keswick, Ortlieb’s, the Colonial, and the Ardmore Music Hall. Here’s our roundup! April 23: Sierra Hull with Marc Silver and The Stonethrowers If you missed her at the Sellersville Theater back in February, you’ll get another chance on April 23, when Sierra Hull visits World Cafe Live (downstairs). She’s sure to have with her copies of her new album Weighted Mind, which hit #2 on Billboard’s bluegrass chart. Opening is local favorite Marc Silver, who is currently preparing a new studio album of his own. April 30: Charm City Folk and Bluegrass Festival with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Keller Williams and the Travelin’ McCourys, Steep Canyon Rangers, and more. Okay, this one isn’t in Philly, but since we sadly don’t have our own one-day, hip, downtown bluegrass festival, we’re giving it honorary status. Plus, area bands Cabinet, Colebrook Road, and Man About a Horse are on the bill, giving this up-and-coming festival just down the road a strong Philly connection. Tickets for this, the 4th annual edition of the festival, are available are at www.charmcitybluegrass.com. April 30: Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen Part of its monthly concert series, the Philadelphia Folksong Society welcomes Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen to the Tin Angel on April 30. Philly is one of the band’s first stops on its “Family, Friends & Heroes” release tour, after the album of the same name that dropped on March 4th on Compass Records. May 1: Hot Buttered Rum with Man About a Horse San Francisco Bay Area jamgrassers Hot Buttered Rum visit Milkboy on May 1. It should be a full-on Sunday night dance party with Philly’s Man About a Horse opening. May 9: Punch Brothers The Atlantic‘s David A. Graham called them “your snobby bluegrass-fan friend’s answer to Mumford and Sons.” Detractors aside, you should make every effort to see the Punch Brothers at the Keswick Theatre this May, before Chris Thile begins his Prairie Home Convalescence this fall. The best part: the Bros will be reprising their “single mic” tour from December, with a lone Neumann U-89 microphone providing all amplification. May 12: Damn Tall Buildings Berklee grads Damn Tall Buildings passed through Philadelphia last summer during their national tour, playing a packed house at the Tin Angel along with Philly’s Man About a Horse. The bands will team up again on May 12 at Ortlieb’s. May 21: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Fresh off a 50th anniversary special that aired on PBS in March, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band visits the Colonial Theatre on May 21. June 3: Mason Porter with Frog Holler, Chris Grunwald and the Slow Response On June 3 Mason Porter takes the stage at Ardmore Music Hall to celebrate the release of their second EP in 12 months, almost exactly a year since the release of 2015’s Key to the Skyway, which No Depression called “a leap forward in both confidence and sound for the band.” Frog Holler and “Griz” get the party started. June 4: Steep Canyon Rangers with Marc Silver and Friends Many know them as Steve Martin’s band, but North Carolina’s the Steep Canyon Rangers are way more than that, as demonstrated on their recently-released album, RADIO, and their Grammy-winning 2013 effort, Nobody Knows You. The Rangers visit Ardmore Music Hall on June 4, with special guest Marc Silver and Friends opening. ← Interview with Town Mountain’s Jesse Langlais Interview with Michael Daves → Join Philly Bluegrass as a member. Visit our Square store for Philly Bluegrass merch. Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives at Penn's Peak (Jim Thorpe, PA) February 26, 2021 at 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm Penn's Peak, 325 Maury Rd, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229 http://www.pennspeak.com/events/2020-06-06-marty-stuart-and-his-fabulous-superlatives Ramblin' Jack Elliott at City Winery Philly July 22, 2021 at 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm City Winery, 990 Filbert St, Philadelphia, PA https://www.facebook.com/events/213687063158584/ Bluegrass Music Appreciation Day December 12, 2021 Worldwide https://www.facebook.com/BluegrassAppreciationDay (c) 2020 Philly Bluegrass. A project of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1119
__label__cc	0.559707	0.440293	Home AGHARTA Artisan Shaving Soap & Aftershave Bundle Deal \| Ultra Premium CK-6 Formula \| 5 Oz AGHARTA Artisan Shaving Soap & Aftershave Bundle Deal \| Ultra Premium CK-6 Formula \| 5 Oz Original price $49.90 USD Current price $44.90 USD Finally, AGHARTA in our Ultra Premium Formula CK-6! First and foremost, for those who just want the straight notes of AGHARTA, behold: Talc, Ambergris, Amyris, French Vanilla Bean, Japanese Sandalwood, Cedar and Oak Moss. Check out our entire AGHARTA Line ========> HERE! [Our Story Begins Below] Now for those who are fans of our trilogy soaps, this is for you! Read on... This my friends has been a long time coming, AGHARTA. The final installment of our recent trilogy and what an adventure it's been. For those that follow what we do here, you know PAA is more than about just shaving, but about an experience. Maybe a shave happening in our own unique PAA universe or your own shave realm/dreamscape pieced together by stimulating all the senses. I hope that opening up a new jar of our suds or aftershave is like walking into a movie theater as the lights begin to dim, or discovering lost treasure, or listening to a vinyl record and following along with the liner notes. I know it is for me! Soapmaking for me doesn't just end when the soap is cured. There's the story, the label design, the photos and artwork chosen to tell the tale, the research, the scent research and how they work with each other, the dry erase board, the clippings, sometimes even the travel. (Remember I'm the guy who drove to Roswell, New Mexico just to release a soap!) This approach, if you want to call it that, seems to confuse some, especially those that really are not paying attention. They see maybe bits and pieces, flashes and confuse it for something that it's not. With their mouths always full with critique they really never have a chance to hear what's being said. Which often says more about them than us. Often I am reminded of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott, where the denizens of Flatland are so fast to demonize, fear or despise something so quickly without understanding what they are actually seeing, ho hum. If it was all just about money, I would just make soap and save myself some heartache. This is what we do, maybe it's a tad eccentric, maybe it's art, but it certainly drives me day in and out and I am very grateful to be able to do what I do; pouring all my interests and passions into one cup. I wish that everyone could sip from a similar cup! So thank you again to those that "get it" and have stuck with us...But I digress. The AGHARTA Trilogy, AKA: The Shaver Mystery is what I believe to be our most epic yet! Not only do all three soaps thematically work in unison to tell pieces of the ongoing saga, but the scents are also interchangeable! Meaning, they compliment each other opening up a truly creative mix and match experience! So get creative with them in your daily combinations! Now for a little background. I am a huge fan of adventure, fantasy and sci-fi...I geek out to it, hard. The more obscure the better. One of my favorite authors and not too well known to most is Richard Sharp Shaver. What's in a name? The man was either a genius or completely out of his mind! I was first introduced to him in my early teens by my best friends older brother. (Who would have guessed I would be a Sharp Shaver myself some day. There is no such thing as coincidence.) His outrageous and sometimes perverse tales of the inner earth colored my adolescent mind and probably not for the better. The fantastical worlds he created were a well spring of endless possibility. What made these stories all the richer (pun intended) was that he believed them to be true! I won't take up space with a bio on Mr Shaver but I encourage you all to look him up, absolute madness of the wunder kind! So I refer to this trilogy as The Shaver Mystery in an homage and in hopes of at least one person "getting it"...but not holding my breath! :) That said, that was my introduction to the concept of the hollow earth. From that point on it was always of interest to me be it fiction or theory, i ate it all up and continue to do so finding new material on the subject or revisiting the classics. Note, I am not admitting to subscribe to such a belief but in reverie I do often entertain the possibilities. Up until this point, the trilogy has only really been cryptically told in images and prosaic fragments from the prior 2 releases: High Jump 47 and Strange Island. If you are just tuning in, I suggest you read those two sales pages first and in order. Please approach them with a willing suspension of disbelief. Maybe fill in the blanks with your own whimsical additions. Heck, you could even go back to last years Harvest Moon Trilogy and start there! That was Dixie, The WOW Signal and finally Harvest Moon. Steeplechase was also an offshoot of the story as was Ciderhouse 5, supplemental if you will. Much like Cold Spices is a supplemental part of this trilogy. Most of my labels are telling some kind of tale and are created for those with eyes to see, sort to speak. I consider them pillars holding up the PAA Universe. But I digress yet again, pardon. Now we get to AGHARTA, the journey is over. Up until this point AGHARTA too was propelled by visual snippets and lyrical fragments but from here on in I subconsciously, it would seem, decided to take a more traditional approach, a scent description that accidentally turned into possibly a novella. Sigh, this is so typical for me, nothing is ever simple. I really did just set out to write, I swear, another fragmental description of the scent and the scene. This was around 7 o'clock pm last night and lasted till about 10 pm. I awoke today and was back at it sporadically throughout the day. I really wanted folks to be able to climb into the story with me and see what I was seeing when pushing and pulling at all these things and concepts; conspiracy, scent; painting with smell, mystery, soapmaking, adventure, label and artwork design, Douglas Smythe, and all that jazz. I really owe it to the lot of you that have been patient enough to play/follow along and even do some digging yourselves, bravo! There is a whole wacky world out there still and I do belief there is much more to be discovered under our oceans, on land, deep in the jungles, in my labels (!) and as you may have guessed by now, underneath our feet! I want you to keep that excitement you feel welling up inside you as you read these words, it's infectious and should be shared and applied to your everyday life, it's okay to be a grown up kid and it's ok to geek out on soap, you already know that much. Be kind to each other and now lets begin our race of Good vs Evil, shall we? SPECIAL THANKS to the staff and rangers of Kartchner Caverns, AZ! I can only imagine what you were thinking when we barged in dressed for a journey to the center of the earth! May 2016 - Deep Underground "VRIL!" Douglas woke up kicking and screaming in cold sweats, nearly rolling himself out of his makeshift tent. Another hauntingly real nightmare that faded just as fast as it came on. In vain he tried to grasp at the fleeting images that playfully flitted in the dim atmosphere around his bed roll. In his dream they were being pursued, for what he did not know and by whom he could not see? No one could possibly know they were here. Looking around at the darkness that engulfed him and his small, sleeping band of "would be" explorers. Would be meaning: if they weren't lost they would be exploring. It had already been over a month now of trekking through these mysterious ancient tunnels, getting nowhere, and almost a year since this whole misadventure began...and how did it begin? Home after 3 weeks of traveling for work he could finally sit down, just sit, nothing more except, maybe stare at nothing, completely zone out. Maybe gaze at a door knob for a few hours, anything as long as it was mindless and un-thought-provoking. It had been go, go, go since the moment he boarded the plane out of Phoenix, nonstop wet shaving action! But now he needed to process it all, call his family, make a quick meal, unpack, pour himself a much needed drink and maybe pay some bills. Motivated by that last thought, he picked through the pile of mail that was spilling out of the drop slot of his front door in an arch; suspended animation. He should have had the post office hold it for him. He made a mental note for next time. There were a few women's catalogs for Fran, loads of junk mail for both of them and some random letters. Douglas Smythe was a huge fan of a good old fashioned handwritten letter, though his handwriting, if you could even define it as such, was that of a 3rd grader’s, simply put, atrocious. He knew this and it seemed not to bother him, if it did, he never let on. It did bother a few of his "pen pals" however but being who they are, kind, they never mentioned it. He separated the junk from the obvious epistolaries and headed towards the kitchen to have a bowl of cereal. Over this sad little dinner he picked through the letters and began to place them in the order he would read them in. He discovered among them six that did not contain return addresses and in a script he did not recognize, possibly written in pen and ink? Typically he would insert his prized antique letter opener into the upper right corner of the flap and slice the envelope open, but he was not at his desk. He could get up and improvise with a butter knife, but moving more than he had to was out of the question. So uncharacteristically, he gently peeled open the letter as one does when given a wrapped gift by a stranger or a new friend, so as not to come off like the impatient beast we all are. The envelope seemed very old and opened quite easily. Inside were two pages folded twice and yellowed with age, they looked to have been torn from a diary. "What the hell?" Doug said out loud becoming interested. Confused he turned the envelope over again and checked the date stamp, 1947, “Right” he thought. Underneath the faded ink, a single 15 cent Airmail stamp was affixed to the corner. It didn't make sense. He then delicately unfolded the brittle pages and began to read what appeared to be journal entries from one Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Each envelope contained more of the journal entries, entries that seemed to border on the incoherent ramblings of a man gone mad! When Doug was done reading and rereading the journal he looked at the clock, it was now 1:46 am. "Damn, I wanted to be in bed and in a deep coma by now." he mumbled scoldingly, and then, poured himself a drink. But he suspected he was onto something big and digging into the details while physically and mentally exhausting, was always worth it, and maybe added a little more woo woo to it all, at least at this hour. The entries not only described a strange ancient world seemingly beneath our very feet but also referenced a map. A map that contained detailed instructions, and locations of entrance ways all over the globe, but most importantly, a direct route to the mythical, inner earth city of AGHARTA. Of course, there was no map included. Had to be a joke he thought. He finished his gin and tonic and then with a sly smirk, he mixed another and stirred it with his finger. Fran, his girlfriend and partner in crime, had been away visiting with some old college friends on the East Coast. It suddenly became clear they were obviously playing some sort of trick on him, and in his, by now, over exhausted state, had been sucked into their clever prank. She would be home in a few days and he would confront her then. For now, he reinserted the silly, probably tea stained parchments, back into their rightful envelopes. In doing so he noticed something odd. A strange pattern on the inside of the enclosure. After carefully prying it open and flattening the false envelope on the table, it was clear this was a portion of an antiquated, hand drawn map. In a few minutes and with great anticipation, he laid all six pieces out before him on the coffee table. It was a puzzle! He hated puzzles, ever since he was little. He always felt like he was putting together something that someone else took apart. Cleaning up someone else's mess never appealed to him. But this time it was different, he was part of something, seeing something through, part of an epic tale that was still being told. Besides, it was only six pieces, hard to screw up. "Damn it, where'd I put the scotch tape?" Almost 12 months later Douglas and a rather skeptical Fran were making their way around the Superstition Mountains, East of Phoenix, Arizona. A truly spooky place and home to the myth of The Lost Dutchman's Mine or so the story goes. Not as well known, Geronimo was said to have secret subterranean tunnels in and all around this place also. Tunnels that crisscrossed over into Mexico as well as other nearby states. Apaches would be seen in the Superstitions one minute and then suddenly, they’d disappear only then to re-surface a day later and miles or even states away! At the time this was considered great magic but over the years it came down that this was done through access to ancient tunnel systems that had been in place long before the Native Americans discovered them and put them to use confounding the white man. With map in hand, Douglas and Fran found the entrance to what the Hopi called the underworld, home to the Ant People and what Admiral Byrd referred to as the Inner Earth. Rather than an immediate great expanse it was more of a corridor between two worlds and it would seem they had many, many miles to go. A world away and many years before in Berlin, Maria Orsic head medium of the newly reestablished Vril Society stares out the window of the grand dining room of a Gothic era manor. The Vril Society combined ancient pagan and Eastern religion with modern occult and Nazi ideology. As in the days of old when great leaders and common folk would travel many miles to consult the oracles of Delphi so were the mediums of the Vril society used. But unlike in those days of old the common volk or people, were not welcome. Many high ranking members of the Nazi party were secretly passing in and out of the doors of this new/old black church. The mediums used were all women with long, natural hair, unlike the popular short style of the time. It was believed the length of the hair functioned like a cosmic or psychic antenna. Antennae that would aid them in communication with the dead, the unborn and even aliens. Being the head seer Maria Orsic had it good, to a certain extent, in fact once removed, she was running the country. Aside from the most powerful woman in Germany she was also considered possibly, the most beautiful, a fact she knew well and put to good use. Born on Hallow's Eve Ever since she was a young girl she knew she was different, she learned very quickly that she could see and feel things few others could. She had very few friends growing up her own age, those that were, were often ghosts from other times and usually, other places. She was also a rather bright girl and this was recognized in her by a new teacher from her village that took a special interest in her. He was a very worldly man who wore a red moustache and was rumored to practice alchemy by the old women of the town. He went by the name Herr Germain. Even when she was off to study at university, a great privilege for a woman back then, especially of such common stock, Herr Germain kept her under his tutelage visiting her at night with sacred texts. As tradition would dictate, these occult lessons lasted only as long as a candle would burn. However soon was gone the curious little girl trying to control the strange unruly forces that flowed through her. She had become by now, a cold, cunning, beautiful and ambitious young woman. She seemed to favor dabbling more on the darker side of the craft than on the light. So much so, even Herr Germaine felt uncomfortable around her. It would seem he had created a monster, and with this in his mind he confronted her one evening before her studies. No one really knows what happened to the mystical scholar after that night. Maybe he left the city, maybe he took flight, but he was gone and she was now unstoppable. Like a shooting star she shot in and out of certain influential social and political circles...she had a gift. She was of great use to many of the rich and powerful around Austria and Germany. When is the best day to travel? Who do the stars recommend I marry? When do I sell? When do I buy? When do we overthrow the standing government? When do we ring in the new vision? She was very successful in the "advice" she administered. In many an ancient manuscript she would see the word Vril, an easy to overlook word that sounded nonsensical to most, but magical to those with ears to hear. The first time she heard the word Vril was in a conversation at a party in Vienna. A young, driven man with a hacking cough and a dark look in his eyes brought it up. He was speaking of a book he had read not long before, The Coming Race. Fantastic stuff, pure science fiction and easy to forget, but she didn't (and nor did he). Now 8 years later she was running and shaping the Vril Society, not to mention the destiny of the country. Vril was real, Vril was obtainable, Vril would mean endless power for her and the fatherland. The Spear of Destiny was already in their possession and other powerful relics were being discovered around the world everyday by their stormtroopers. But if they could attain Vril, and if the legends were true, she could amplify her powers by 10 fold. She knew where it was, AGHARTA, but getting to the fabled land was proving much more of a task than the Great Mistress Orsic was used to. Then one day while scrying she saw a foggy figure in a pith helmet, mispronouncing German words and waving a map. Who was this and from what time was he from? He was clearly American she could tell that much by the body language even before he spoke a lick of his native tongue. But anymore detail was vague and fading fast. The practice of scrying or looking into a mirror, bowl of water, or pretty much anything reflective, was not an exact science and a lot was left to interpretation, unless you really knew what to look for. Before long the scene before her dissipated but she would try to revisit this specter again later and learn more when her head was clearer. This was the closest she had come to obtaining what in her mind was her magical birthright. Her whole life up until now had been just preparation for the journey she knew she was about to embark upon. It had been days of endless hiking and snacking in between meals for Fran and Doug. The caverns were truly an archeologists dream; cave art from all throughout the ages adorned the walls and relics and ruins of all kinds and from all cultures littered their path. It was always exciting to stumble upon something new and always a bit freaky and less inspiring to stumble upon the skeletal remains of others who had made their way into the tunnels before them. They would wonder out loud what their stories were and how they came to their eventual end. During one of these "wonderings" Douglas was interrupted by a low scratchy moan, which he assumed at first was Fran's stomach signaling lunch time, lunch was important stuff. But judging by the concerned look on her face he quickly realized it came from up ahead. They both raked their flashlights across the cavern, wielding them like light sabers. "I think it came from up above, from that overhanging ledge!" Fran whispered as gravel fell down on them like rain. Before Douglas could get a word in or crack a joke, it was on top of him. It seemed like all hands; frantically poking and grabbing, not for Doug's side arm but for his canteen. Water bottle in hand and a push from Doug the it sprang back wildly and began to chug. Soon the thing began gasping and making sounds, making words, stringing them together into sentences and gasping some more. Unfortunately these words were not in English, but Fran soon figured them to be German or a similar dialect. "It's a man!" Doug blurted out, followed by a softer; "duh." to himself. Indeed it was a man, a wild man in a rather improvised outfit of this and that, with a great beard and long, stringy red hair. He didn't smell bad but he didn't smell good either. Douglas searched through his backpack for a granola bar and his German language book. With flashlight in mouth he skimmed the pages briskly. Knowing that this trip would take them all over and under the world he brought a small stack of different language primers and split them up between both of their packs. At the time, Fran complained about the extra weight but now she seemed more than grateful for the extra 25 pounds of books and snacks he and she had been lugging around. First off, German was not Doug's language. It did not come natural to him as such was the case with Spanish. But he tried. "Wer und was hubschrauber waren Ihre welpen geboren am?" For emphasis and to drive his introduction home, he waved a scotch taped map in front of the stranger and tapped his chest. The man looked at Douglas blankly. Fran looked on painfully and hoped for the best, giving Doug a supportive thumbs up. "Let's try this again, Mein gynäkologe ist eine schwindlig..." Douglas stammered looking up and feeling pretty sure of himself handing the wild man a granola bar, then continued; “…schwester und getränke wie ein toaster" This did not have the effect he was hoping for, but it did have an effect. "Great, just great, I hope what you're on wasn't in the water!" said the man with a light hint of a German accent, dropping the snack and putting his finger in his mouth touching the back of is throat and forcing himself to gag. With a pang of loss, Doug’s eyes followed the granola bar as it fell to the ground. Both Fran and Douglas exhaled and looked at each other relieved and somewhat hungry. And then there were 3. It turns out the man was far from wild, in fact, he was quite cultured and very well spoken. Once he caught his breath and realized they were not trying to drug him, he introduced himself as Aldous and apologized for his rudeness. He had been wandering the caverns without a torch for weeks now, surviving on grubs and giant toadstools whenever he stumbled upon them.The only real thing he could recall, and it was much less a real thing and more like just a made up, silly word, was Vril and it was very important that he locate it. He also considered the possible fact that this was a delusion due to a healthy portion of those curious, giant cave mushrooms that made up most of his diet. But yet still, a small part of himself couldn't dismiss it so easily. The more research Maria did the more intel on this stranger from the future she procured. It also turned out that 12 years from now a US Admiral, ironically with the last name Byrd, would accidentally fly into AGHARTA. It is this Admiral that apparently had the foresight and ability to send the map to a one Mr. Douglas Smythe almost 70 years into the future. But why? Her information was still piecemeal and thin but it looked as though this odd looking man in a pith helmet was nothing more than an eccentric soapmaker from the future. It made no sense. As the days past, Aldous became more coherent and was actually quite fun to have around. From what he could remember and from what Fran and Doug could piece together, Aldous had been bumbling around down here in the dark for a lot longer than a few weeks, and possibly ages! What a brilliant mind however, he knew everything about everything, a Jack of all trades, master of all! He knew all about the process of making soap and perfuming, was old hat to him. After awhile both Fran and Doug felt they could contribute nothing of interest to the ongoing orations and just let the man ramble on as they walked. It was much like listening to an audio book on a long trip, so much so, each was hesitant to "pull over to a rest area" in risk of missing one captivating detail escaping Aldous' mouth. Suddenly in the middle of one of Aldous' stories Doug noticed the compass. The needle seemed to be second guessing itself, whirling around it's case and then wandering back slowly. It was at this time they all noticed they felt lighter too, and reinvigorated. They could move faster through the endless passage at greater speed. How odd, but how cool. Aldous explained this away in terms of magnetism, what we and most top dwellers commonly confuse for gravity. They were getting close he assured them but when pressed how he could be so sure, he pleaded the 5th. Either Aldous was a bit mad or maybe holding something back, which was hard for them to believe. There was now a strange, whimsical tinge to the cavern air. It creeped up on the nose like the salt of the sea does as one gets closer to the beach. But it wasn't water or salt, not even ozone, but a surreal sweetness with a rather rich, distinctive boldness to it. Words actually fail in describing it, at least in English and bad German. If synesthesia had her say, she would describe it as a mythological symphony performed by all the heroes and villains of all the sagas, and all the epics, from all the myths up through all the science fiction films of the 20st century and all of what’s to come. Could this new, sudden appreciation of the air around them also be explained away by magnetism? If so, one would wager to bet it was that of a different sort. They were now drawn ever so nearer, as if hooked under nostril by a near do well succubus (or incubus in Fran's case). They moved on with a renewed and unexplained urgency. Maria walked up and down the line of men in deep thought as she inspected the soldiers she had assembled as her team. 4 specialists, 2 scientists and 23 foot soldiers, many, including the scientists, were members of the Vril Society and occultists in their own right. It was in her best interest to play this expedition close to the vest and the less curious eyes from outside her inner sanctum the better off the mission was. There were two entrances to the hollow earth she learned of, one was located on a strange island off the antarctic but another portal was much closer in the Bavarian Forest. The door to the underworld was reported to be through an ancient oak tree located dead center in the forest. She had handed over the coordinates to one of her specialists but packed a dousing wand as well, just in case. It was only known among a few within the craft that dousing was not only useful for locating underground springs but also other inter dimensional pockets and spaces. Recalling all that she had recently learned through scrying, time seemed to play by different rules within the realms of the inner Earth. She was convinced it was layered with other dimensions that were alive and interweaving between space and time. Just the sort of stuff a dowsing rod would be drawn to. If all that failed however, there was always the Spear of Destiny which she had wrapped in cloth tape in an effort to disguise it as a walking stick. She felt rather intuitively it would direct her directly to the tree. The Spear was believed to be the very one that the roman soldier Longinus used to pierce Christ's side at the crucifixion. Whether it was or wasn't, so many believed it to be, thus making it a rather potent or charged talisman none the less. That's really how magic works, through intent and/or through popular belief. They boarded their train to Bavaria feeling prematurely victorious. As she had suspected, the simple use of the coordinates, map and compass proved futile. The compass was of little use once they had entered the dark, evergreen canopy of the forest. The needle spun like a drunken dervish on ice skates. Same went for the dousing rod, useless. In the end they were led by the growing pull of the spear. They came upon a shady glade and in the center of it stood a giant, ancient oak tree, the portal to the inner world. The Oak Tree let off a certain energy, almost tonal, captivating all the human senses. Shaking off the reverie, one of the scientists planted a green candle firmly into the ground in front of the great trunk and lit it with a match. He then gingerly, began to knock on the massive tree. Three then gave pause. After a few seconds, six more. Again he paused. Finally nine more raps. A heavy door within the sacred oak swung out on invisible hinges. Everyone except Maria exhaled with relief. Now to find this Smythe character and his small team. It was time to set up camp again. It really had become second nature to the group by now. Doug would set up the "tents". At this point in their quest the tents had deteriorated way past any real usefulness due to this unique environment they were not designed for. But the very act of setting them up tended to keep him grounded and sane. The metal posts seemed to oxidize and corrode more and more with every new day losing critical, structural integrity. Twice Doug had awakened nearly suffocating, inhaling nylon and creating, not necessarily an unpleasant sound but a comical, vibratory buzz reminiscent of someone playing the hair comb. So he resorted to using pieces of scrap wood and roots he found along the way in place of the original posts. The nylon material seemed to be getting thinner too, so cheap rain ponchos were repurposed and thrown over the clumsy shelters. Not like there was a chance of rain but it did help to maintain heat at night. It also helped create a false sense of security, creating a barrier between them and whatever strange critters and creatures were out there only now starting to make their presence known. They only seemed to be blurs at first as they lazily ducked into the rocks and crevices for cover from the strangers. But as our heroes grew closer to their destination, some of these strange beings became more curious and gave them a sniff or two before disappearing through another hidden tunnel or simply dematerializing. It was always tough to say for sure their method of exit. One memorable and popular sniffer, if you will, was what many a surface dweller would call a Bigfoot and in parts of Scotland, Am Fear Liath Mòr (Greyman). The creature was easily 8 feet in height, covered in hair and had a certain effluvium about him that would really assault ones nose within 15 feet of the it. The eyes and facial expressions were so very human causing a certain connection between our travelers and the beast. Then it was gone. This became such a common occurrence with this particular fellow that they gave him a nickname, Jonathon. Then, after awhile, they gave his nickname a nickname, Jon. Then there were the trailing, glowing orbs seen through the corners of their eyes. They were heading in the same direction they were going, as if caught in the same invisible current. If looked upon directly, they would disappear. Douglas was familiar with a similar phenomenon and called them Prairie Dragons. There were frequent sightings of these out West in the US as well as reports from as far away as Tibet. Aldous was astounded, he knew nothing of them. In all the time he had spent trapped in this maze, he had never come upon them. He theorized that they may be some unknown classification of bioluminescent animal, sentient and possibly the reason for the little parties no longer need for flashlights. "The veil is thin here." He cryptically declared and then noticeably caught himself before giving any further an explanation. Fran raised an eyebrow and gave Doug a look. So tents, though hardly protective, they were still a welcomed escape away from certain anxiety inducing stimuli lurking around without leashes outside in the caverns. But let us return to the daily chores. As Doug creatively constructed the tents Fran and Aldous would begin to prepare dinner, which was a regular vaudeville routine. Two cooks despite lacking a kitchen, were still two cooks too many. They could never agree on anything and each would micromanage the other. Fran would eventually win in the end. Her Kung Fu was definitely stronger than his. After eating they all sat around the fire and pored over the map making plans for the next day. Everyone did their own meager laundry and by now Doug had gifted Aldous some of his extra clothing. Washing was done in a collapsible wash basin whenever they came upon a spring or underground river. The topic of conversation this particular night before cashing in was not that of the map but about their strange new companion, Jonathon or Jon. Aldous was convinced their fury, ripe smelling friend was trying to communicate something of great importance to them, but what? His appearances became less random and now a few times a day rather than once every now and again as it had begun a few weeks back. Another oddity they had also noticed were the fresh runes on the walls; etched in with a sharp stone or quartz only moments before they had stumbled across them. Was this also Jon trying to convey something? A warning or a welcome? A signpost to AGHARTA maybe? Then there were also small piles of rocks or what Aldous called Cairns. Historically, these were man (or creature) made trail markers, or at least in modern times. Further back in the past and prehistory they were used to convey many different messages, mark dates and even bury the dead. It was unclear what all this meant and a tad unnerving to the group but they kept such thoughts to themselves as they fell asleep each night exhausted under thin nylon breathing perfumed air. Were they lost? Traveling through the corridors of the inner earth proved difficult for Maria and her team without a map to consult. The spear did help by pulling, but pulling where? She needed to find Smythe and collect the journal entries along with the map. Without the key details contained within them they were almost as good as lost. "We're lost!" Douglas sighed removing his pith hat and wiping away the sweat on his forehead with a dirty bandana. "What do you mean we're lost?" asked Fran sitting down on a rock next to him, removing a shoe and dumping out some misplaced stones. "The panels of the map, they are in the wrong order." he held the map under her nose and pointed. Fran didn't know why she or any of them hadn't noticed this before. It was more than obvious; streams that should have been connecting from panel to panel stopped dead and the path they had been following stopped and started at different places. Something was wrong, and where was Aldous? Aldous thought he heard a "pssssst" from behind him as the three of them traipsed at their own pace along the trail. He turned his head back in time to see a finger from around a bend they had just past curling and beckoning him back. He shrugged his shoulders and turned to see what this was all about, he'd catch up with Doug and Fran in a jiff, seemed harmless enough. But that was not to be. Then there were 2.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1120
__label__wiki	0.926095	0.926095	1101 - 1200 out of 2,095Page size: 100 Text Mining and Social Media: When Quantitative Meets Qualitative, and Software Meets Humans Ampofo, L., Collister, S., O'Loughlin, B. & Chadwick, A., 7 Oct 2013, New Political Communication Unit, 66 p. (New Political Communication Unit Working Papers). The Mediatization of Trauma and the Trauma of Mediatization: Benjamin, Tulloch, and the Struggle to Speak O'Loughlin, B., Oct 2013, Traumatic Affect. Atkinson, M. & Richardson, M. (eds.). Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, p. 193-212 20 p. Understanding the limitations of the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy Dyson, T. & Konstadinides, T., 26 Sep 2013, e-International Relations. Research output: Contribution to non-peer-reviewed publication › Internet publication The reluctance of German politicians to take a strong line on defence policy poses a security risk for Europe Dyson, T., 5 Sep 2013, LSE European Politics and Policy Blog. UNHCR in Uganda: Better than its reputation suggests Jones, W., 1 Sep 2013, In : Forced Migration Review. 44, p. 81-83 3 p. What Matters Most in Selecting top Chinese Leaders? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis Zeng, J., Sep 2013, In : Journal of Chinese Political Science . An Historical Institutionalist Account of the Turkish National Security Council's role in Turkey's relationship with the European Union Icoz, G., 24 Aug 2013, (Unpublished) 306 p. Adorno and the Ends of Philosophy Bowie, A., 23 Aug 2013, Cambridge: Polity Press. 206 p. The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power Chadwick, A., 1 Aug 2013, New York: Oxford University Press. 256 p. Across time and space: Explaining variation in news coverage of the European Union Boomgaarden, H. G., De Vreese, C. H., Schuck, A. R. T., Azrout, R., Elenbaas, M., Van Spanje, J. H. P. & Vliegenthart, R., Aug 2013, In : European Journal of Political Research. 52, 5, p. 608-629 22 p. Gendering Global Conflict: Toward a Feminist Theory of War Sjoberg, L., Aug 2013, New York: Columbia University Press. 480 p. Double Visions: Autobiography and the Ends of Philosophy Gascoigne, N., 10 Jul 2013, In : Humanities . 2, 3, p. 384-403 20 p. Huawei-Imperial plan renews Chinese cyber-security fears Stevens, T., 5 Jul 2013, The Conversation. Ancient Approaches to Plato's Republic Sheppard, A. (ed.), Jul 2013, London: Institute of Classical Studies, London. (BICS Supplement 117) Britain and Africa: time to put the politics back in Gallagher, J., Jul 2013, African Arguments. Sheppard, A., Jul 2013, Ancient Approaches to Plato's Republic. London: Institute of Classical Studies, London, p. 1-2 2 p. (BICS Supplements; no. 117). Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript Zimbabwe’s electoral observers hold the line in Harare Focusing on differences? contextual conditions and anti-immigrant attitudes' effects on support for turkey's eu membership Azrout, R., Van Spanje, J. H. P. & De Vreese, C. H., 19 Jun 2013, In : International Journal of Public Opinion Research. 25, 4, p. 480-501 22 p. The Paradox of Security Cosmopolitanism? Sjoberg, L., 14 Jun 2013, In : Critical Studies on Security. 1, 1, p. 29-34 6 p. Information warfare: A response to Taddeo Stevens, T., Jun 2013, In : Philosophy & Technology. 26, 2, p. 221-225 5 p. Marginalization as Non-Contribution Seglow, J., Jun 2013, In : Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP). 16, 3, p. 459-73 14 p. Negotiating gendered institutions: Women's parliamentary friendships Childs, S., Jun 2013, In : Politics and Gender. 9, 2, p. 127-151 25 p. Post-Established Harmony: Kant and Analogy Reconsidered Whistler, D., Jun 2013, In : Sophia. 52, 2, p. 235-258 24 p. Viewing Peace Through Gender Lenses Sjoberg, L., 31 May 2013, In : Ethics and International Affairs. 27, 2, p. 175-187 14 p. The Impact Imperative: Here Come the Women Campbell, R. & Childs, S., 1 May 2013, In : Political Studies Review. 11, 2, p. 182-189 8 p. Review of 'Contractors at War' Williams, M., May 2013, In : Defence and Security Analysis. Tacit Knowledge Gascoigne, N. & Thornton, T., 25 Apr 2013, Acumen. 224 p. Analogical Reasoning and Cyber Security Betz, D. & Stevens, T., Apr 2013, In : Security Dialogue. 44, 2, p. 147-164 18 p. Enduring, but Irrelevant? NATO, Britain and the Future of the Transatlantic Alliance Williams, M., Apr 2013, In : International Politics. 50, 2 European Defence Cooperation in EU Law and IR Theory Dyson, T. & Konstadinides, T., Apr 2013, Palgrave Macmillan. 280 p. (New Security Challenges) Rules, Strategies and Words: The Content of the 2010 Prime Ministerial Debates Allen, N., Bara, J. & Bartle, J., Apr 2013, In : Political Studies. 61, S1, p. 92-113 The Violent Image: Insurgent propaganda and the new revolutionaries by Neville Bolt Stevens, T., Apr 2013, In : Media, War & Conflict. 6, 1, p. 93-94 2 p. Schelling's Theory of Symbolic Language: Forming the System of Identity Whistler, D., 28 Mar 2013, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 261 p. Developing New Capabilities: The European Imperative Dyson, T., 27 Mar 2013, Hitting the Target?: How New Capabilities are Shaping International Intervention. Aaronson, M. (ed.). London: Royal United Services Institute, p. 105-113 9 p. (Whitehall Report Series; vol. 13, no. 2). International Security and Gender, by Nicole Detraz Sjoberg, L., 19 Mar 2013, In : H-Diplo. p. 1-4 4 p. Explaining Campaign News Coverage: How Medium, Time, and Context Explain Variation in the Media Framing of the 2009 European Parliamentary Elections Schuck, A. R. T., Vliegenthart, R., Boomgaarden, H. G., Elenbaas, M., Azrout, R., van Spanje, J. & de Vreese, C. H., 26 Feb 2013, In : Journal of Political Marketing. 12, 1, p. 8-28 21 p. Getting the Message Across: Perceived Effectiveness of Political Campaign Communication Van Spanje, J., Boomgaarden, H. G., Elenbaas, M., Vliegenthart, R., Azrout, R., Schuck, A. R. T. & de Vreese, C. H., 26 Feb 2013, In : Journal of Political Marketing. 12, 1, p. 100-120 21 p. Silvering, or the Role of Mysticism in German Idealism Whistler, D., Feb 2013, In : Glossator. 7, p. 151-186 Globalization and Borders: Theorising Borders as Mechanisms of Connection Cooper, A., 21 Jan 2013, (Unpublished) Review: Intercultural Communication: A New Approach to International Relations and Global Challenges Brisbourne, A., 10 Jan 2013, In : Political Studies Review. 11, 1, p. 101 1 p. Africa's Illiberal Statebuilders Jones, W., Soares de Oliveira, R. & Verhoeven, H., Jan 2013, 26 p. (RSC Working Paper Series; vol. 89). Monumentalising the Border: Bordering Through Connectivity Cooper, A. & Rumford, C., Jan 2013, In : Mobilities. "Quicker than a consultation at the hairdressers": Abortion and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 Childs, S., Evans, E. & Webb, P., 2013, In : New Genetics and Society. 32, 2, p. 119-134 16 p. [BOOK REVIEW] Ethnic Struggle, Coexistence, and Democratization in Eastern Europe (Sherrill Stroschein. Pp. 289. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2012) Cianetti, L., 2013, In : Slovo. 25, 1, p. 83-85 “Voice and Equality”: Young People’s Politics in the European Union Sloam, J., 2013, In : West European Politics. 36, 4, p. 836-858 A Tale of Two E-Parties: Candidate Websites in the 2008 US Presidential Primaries Vaccari, C., 2013, In : Party Politics. 19, 1, p. 19 40 p. A threat called Turkey: Perceived religious threat and support for EU entry of Croatia, Switzerland and Turkey Azrout, R., Van Spanje, J. & De Vreese, C., 2013, In : Acta Politica. 48, p. 2-21 20 p. Balancing Threat, Not Capabilities: European Defence Cooperation as Reformed Bandwagoning Dyson, T., 2013, In : Contemporary Security Policy. 34, 2, p. 387-91 5 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate Bolstering food security through agricultural policies Petrikova, I., 2013, In : International Journal of Development Issues. 12, 2, p. 92-109 18 p. Can We Read the Writing on the Wall: the place of religion in 'ethnic conflict' Mattausch, J., 2013, (In preparation) City Hall 2.0? Italian Local Executive Officials’ Presence and Popularity on Web 2.0 Platforms Vaccari, C., 2013, Politics and the Internet in Comparative Context: Views from the Cloud. Nixon, P., Rawal, R. & Mercea, D. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 169 185 p. Class and Religious Voting in Italy: The Rise of Policy Responsiveness Heath, O. & Bellucci, P., 2013, Political Choice Matters: Explaining the Strength of Class and Religious Cleavages in Cross-National Perspective. Evans, G. & de Graaf, N. D. (eds.). Oxford University Press Common Goods and Evils? The Formation of Global Crime Governance Jakobi, A. P., 2013, Oxford University Press. 309 p. Conceptualising Change and Continuity in US Foreign Policy Bentley, M. & Holland, J., 2013, Obama’s Foreign Policy: Ending the War on Terror . Bentley, M. & Holland, J. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 192-201 Conceptualising the Relationship between Bilateral and Multilateral Security Approaches in the Asia-Pacific: A Great Power Regional Order Framework Goh, E., 2013, (Accepted/In press) The Bilateral-Multilateral Nexus and Asian Security: Convergence, Competition or Complex Patchworks? . Routledge Curzon Continuity We Can Believe In: Escaping the War on Terror Bentley, M., 2013, Obama’s Foreign Policy: Ending the War on Terror . Bentley, M. & Holland, J. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 91-107 Cyberspace and National Security: Threats, Opportunities, and Power in a Virtual World. edited by Derek Reveron Stevens, T., 2013, In : Contemporary Security Policy. 34, 1, p. 254-256 3 p. De opkomstkloof tussen jong volwassenen en ouderen in nationale verkiezingen: een vergelijkend onderzoek Smets, K., 2013, In : Res Publica. 55, 1, p. 11-36 Defending Associative Duties Seglow, J., 2013, London: Routledge. 216 p. Deleuze’s Use of Kant’s Argument from Incongruent Counterparts Somers-Hall, H., 2013, In : SOUTHERN JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY. Deleuze's Difference and Repetition: An Edinburgh Philosophical Guide Somers-Hall, H., 2013, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 208 p. Digital Politics in Western Democracies: A Comparative Study Vaccari, C., 2013, Johns Hopkins University Press. 304 p. Do People “Like” Politicians on Facebook? Not really. Large-Scale Direct Candidate-to-Voter Online Communication as an Outlier Phenomenon Vaccari, C. & Nielsen, R. K., 2013, In : International Journal of Communication. 7, p. 2333 2356 p. Don’t mention Europe: a study of the Europeanisation of party organisation in the British Labour Party, the French Socialist Party and the German Social Democratic Party. Hertner, I., 2013, (Unpublished) 346 p. East Asia as Regional International Society: The Problem of Great Power Management Goh, E., 2013, (In preparation) International Society and East Asia: English School Theory at the Regional Level. Buzan, B. & Zhang, Y. (eds.). Oxford University Press Facing violence and crime: models of non-state actor involvement in governance Jakobi, A. & Wolf, K. D., 2013, A.P. Jakobi & K.D. Wolf (eds.) The Transnational Governance of Violence and Crime. Non-State Actors in Security. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 257-272 Tickner, J. A. & Sjoberg, L., 2013, International Relations Theory: Discipline and Diversity. Dunne, T., Kurki, M. & Smith, S. (eds.). 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 205-222 18 p. German Defence Politics: A View From Abroad Dyson, T., 2013, Understanding German Defence. Baden Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Global energy policy: findings and new research agendas Goldthau, A., 2013, Handbook of Global Energy Policy. Goldthau, A. (ed.). Wiley-Blackwell, p. 521–524 Global environmental change, global criminal threats? A critical appraisal Jakobi, A., 2013, A. Maas et al (eds.): Global environmental change: New drivers for resistance, crime and terrorism?. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 57-74 Good state, bad state: Loss and longing in postcolonial Zimbabwe Gallagher, J., 2013, The Handbook of African Civil Society. Obadare, E. (ed.). Springer, Vol. 20. p. 61-77 17 p. Governing war economies: conflict diamonds and the Kimberley process Jakobi, A., 2013, in: A.P. Jakobi & K.D. Wolf (eds.) The Transnational Governance of Violence and Crime. Non-State Actors in Security. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 84-105 Grounding Cosmopolitanism in Betweenness H. Rothstein and J. Arquilla, Afghan Endgames: Strategy and Policy Choices for America's Longest War, (Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2012). Dyson, T., 2013, In : Contemporary Security Policy. Handbook of Global Energy Policy Goldthau, A., 2013, Wiley-Blackwell. Research output: Book/Report › Scholarly edition Herausforderung gewaschenes Geld. [The Challenge of Money Laundering] Jakobi, A., 2013, In : Welttrends. 91 , July-August, p. 49-57 Hierarchy and Regional Security Governance Goh, E., 2013, (In preparation) In : Global Governance. Goh, E., 2013, (In preparation) Effective Multilateralism: Through the Looking Glass of East Asia . Palgrave Macmillan Homemade Citizens: The Development of Political Interest During Adolescence and Young Adulthood Neundorf, A., Smets, K. & García-Albacete, G., 2013, In : Acta Politica. 48, 1, p. 92-116 How do we Recognize the Subject? Widder, N., 2013, The Edinburgh Companion to Poststructuralism. MacKenzie, I., Dillet, B. & Porter, R. (eds.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 207-227 20 p. IN THE ABSENCE OF ELECTORAL SEX QUOTAS: REGULATING POLITICAL PARTIES FOR WOMEN'S REPRESENTATION Childs, S., 2013, In : Representation. 49, 4, p. 401-423 23 p. India’s War, 1939-1945 Khan, Y., 2013, (In preparation) Oxford University Press. Introductie: Jongeren en politiek in verandering Hooghe, M. & Smets, K., 2013, In : Res Publica. 55, 1, p. 5-9 Key dimensions of global energy policy Goldthau, A., 2013, Handbook of Global Energy Policy. Goldthau, A. (ed.). Wiley-Blackwell, p. 1–12 Liberal Warfare: A Crusade Twice Removed Hughes, D., 2013, In : International Studies Review. 15, 3, p. 351-373 22 p. Managing illicit flows: The formation of global anti-money laundering regulations. Jakobi, A., 2013, G.S. Drori et al. (eds.): Organizations and managerial ideas: global themes and local variations. Routledge, p. 369-382 Meta-analysis: Why do citizens vote (or not) in national elections? van Ham, C. & Smets, K., 2013, SAGE Research Methods Cases. SAGE NATO and the Risk Society Williams, M., 2013, (Accepted/In press) Thinking Theoretically about NATO. ECPR Press Natural Gas Going Global? Potential and Pitfalls Goldthau, A. & Hulbert, M., 2013, Handbook of Global Energy Policy. Goldthau, A. (ed.). Wiley-Blackwell, p. 98–112 Nature and Freedom in Schelling and Adorno Bowie, A., 2013, Interpreting Schelling: Critical Essays. Ostaric, L. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, p. 180-199 19 p. Negation, Disjunction, and a New Theory of Forces: Deleuze’s Critique of Hegel Widder, N., 2013, Hegel and Deleuze: Together Again for the First Time. Vernon, J. & Houle, K. (eds.). Northwestern University Press, p. 18-37 20 p. New Discourse, Old Orientalism: A Critical Evaluation of the “Arab Spring for Women”? Sjoberg, L. & Whooley, J., 2013, The Arab Spring and Arab Thaw: Unfinished Revolutions and the Quest for Democracy. Davis, J. (ed.). Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, p. 13-44 32 p. Nicht-staatliche Gewalt und politische Ordnung [Non-State Violence and State Order.] Jakobi, A., 2013, H. Breitmeier, T. Conzelmann & KD Wolf (eds.): Studienbrief ‘Transnationales Regieren’. Hagen: Fernuniversität Hagen . Fernuniversitaet Hagen, p. 225-240 Non-state actors all around: The governance of cybercrime Jakobi, A., 2013, A.P. Jakobi & K.D. Wolf (eds.) The Transnational Governance of Violence and Crime. Non-State Actors in Security. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 129-148 Non-State actors and the governance of violence and crime Jakobi, A. & Wolf, K. D., 2013, A.P. Jakobi & K.D. Wolf (eds.) The Transnational Governance of Violence and Crime. Non-State Actors in Security. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-20 Obama's Foreign Policy: Ending the War on Terror Bentley, M. (ed.) & Holland, J. (ed.), 2013, London: Routledge. Order and Justice on an International Scale? Rethinking the Domestic Analogy in the Political Theories of Thomas Hobbes and John Rawls Rolf, N., 2013, (Unpublished) 262 p. Politics of the Event after Hegel Coombs, N., 2013, (Unpublished) 395 p. Widder, N., 2013, CQ Encyclopedia of Modern Political Thought. Claeys, G. (ed.). CQ Press Previous 1...8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ...21 Next	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1127
__label__cc	0.537367	0.462633	Effective treatment of schizophrenia requires a patient-centered approach \| Progress In Mind Effective treatment of schizophrenia requires a patient-centered approach Schizophrenia - 19.04.2018 Recognition of how people with schizophrenia interact and cope with their experiences is necessary for effective treatment, said Giovanni Stanghellini, Professor of Dynamic Psychology and Psychopathology, Chieti University, Italy in a lively, thought-stimulating workshop at EPA 2018. Recovery requires not only the reduction of acute symptoms but also a change in the individual’s attitude with respect to his or her basic abnormal phenomena, explained Professor Stanghellini. At-risk mental states signal a risk of imminent psychosis At-risk mental states describes a variable set of clinical presentations carrying a heightened risk for developing more severe psychopathology, particularly within the psychotic spectrum, said Andrea Raballo, Associate Professor of Psychopathology and Development, Trondheim, Norway. They are typically accompanied by a profound modification of the subjective experience. For example, a patient might be unable to drive a car. Examples of such experiences are described by patients as “as if parts of my brain awoke,” “my senses were sharpened,” “I became fascinated by little, insignificant things.” These drive a self-generating circuit of “deep meaning.” Subjectivity is the core. Psychiatrists treat disease, but patients want their illness treated Patients with schizophrenia present with an illness when the disease affects their social and personal function, said Dinesh Bhugra, Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity, King’s College, London. Psychiatrists treat disease, but patients want their illness treated so they can function at work, home and socially. The unconscious mind of patients is interpreted through sociocultural influences Professor Bhugra emphasized the need to work with patients empathically, and explained how the unconscious mind of patients is interpreted through sociocultural influences. In this way, a disease is converted into a patient-centered illness. The sociocultural construction creates the illness experience and impacts symptoms and healing. The message from all speakers at the workshop was that it is more important to consider an individual’s experience of their illness rather than focus on their behavior, said Professor Stanghellini. Otto Doerr-Zegers, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Chile, Chile, clarified this distinction using auditory hallucinations as an example: the symptom is “hearing voices;” the experience is “being spoken to.” The focus should shift from the experiential to how the patient makes sense of his or her experiences An abnormal self-presence, an impaired perspective in which thoughts become objects, and phenomenality characterized by constant introspection and ”living in the head,” are the domains of abnormal self-experience, said Professor Stanghellini. The focus for psychiatrists should then be to shift from the experiential to how the patient makes sense of his or her experiences, he said. That is, the meaning they give to them and how they respond to them. The schizophrenic phenotype results from the experience plus the individual’s understanding or interpretation of the experience. The person-centered dialectical model of schizophrenia provides a framework for understanding many phenotypes Recognizing subtle differences in the patient’s experience enables a more effective differential diagnosis The person-centered dialectical (PCD) model of schizophrenia adds ”personhood” to the notion of “selfhood.” Personhood is more comprehensive than selfhood, said Professor Stanghellini. Selfhood is the basic vulnerability and disordered self. Personhood makes sense of the experience and depends on an individual’s emotional tone and interpretation of the experience: emotional tones include detachment, apathy, anxiety, depression, dysphoria, despair, and exultation; interpretation of the experience is influenced by education, values and beliefs, and may be nonexistent or rudimentary, real-life based (e.g., “I’ve been poisoned”) or metaphysical. The principal clinical implication of the PCD is the development of a two-tier descriptive system that includes phenomenal assessment of disordered selfhood and appraisal of personal background. Recognition of these subtle differences in the patient’s experience enables a more effective differential diagnosis, said Professor Stanghellini. Real world study casts new light on potential of polypharmacy The sooner the better: Early detection and intervention in psychosis Taper or maintain antipsychotics in schizophrenia?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1132
__label__wiki	0.501938	0.501938	QuickLets awarded Best Letting Agency in Malta Winners of the 2018-2019 European Property Awards celebrated their success as they collected their accolades at The Royal Lancaster, London. QuickLets won the Best Letting Agency in Malta Award, achieving five-star status for their nomination. Top property industry professionals from across the fields of interior design, real estate, architecture and property development proved themselves to be the very best in their category. The inaugural International Property Awards were presented in 1993. Lord Best and the Earl of Liverpool presented the awards on the night following a full-day conference where professionals networked and presented their best projects. QuickLets’ first listing went live in 2013. Since then, the firm has grown from a one-man job to a group of over 240 letting specialists. It has also built a large live letting database, a landlord list of over 10,000, and is also the mastermind behind the Virtual Agent concept. “When we founded QuickLets, our aim was always to offer the real estate industry a specialised property rental service by focusing on establishing ourselves as the go-to estate agency on the island,” said QuickLets CeO and co-founder Steve Mercieca. “With the hard work and consistent effort of our awesome team, we have managed to achieve this. Having an international awards agency put a stamp on our success makes us all feel very proud. I’d like to publicly thank our co-founders, team, clients, family and friends who have always believed in our vision, he added. QuickLets, alongside Zanzi Homes, forms part of the QLZH Group. Earlier this year, the group was also the winner of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award by the European Business Awards in Warsaw. Did you find this article useful or interesting? Then please share Kazakhstan celebrates the success at the International Property Awards STUNNING LUXURY AND ECO-FRIENDLY VILLA IN MARBELLA WINS TOP INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARD ALINA Residences Boca Raton Recognized at USA & Americas Property Awards Building for Bucharest – One United Properties Tweets by Property_Awards Register your entries for 2021 Entry spaces are limited, enter today to not miss out! Enter Awards - register View Deadlines	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1134
__label__wiki	0.598301	0.598301	Final Exams: Procedures for Evacuating Buildings, Postponement due to Weather Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 10:48 a.m. KU Lawrence Faculty KU Lawence Unclassified Professional Staff KU Graduate Teaching Assistants With final examinations scheduled to begin on Monday, May 13, it is important to review university procedures for evacuating buildings, the policies and procedures that govern administration of examinations that are disrupted by evacuations, and the procedures for canceling or postponing examinations due to severe weather conditions. A building evacuation may be necessary if there is a fire, power failure, lack of water, hazardous material release, structural damage, or any other situation that makes the facility unsafe or uninhabitable. An evacuation may be initiated by the building alarm, by notice from a public safety officer or fire official, or by administrative decision. If an alarm sounds, or if a public safety officer or fire official gives an evacuation notice, everyone must leave the building. If building evacuation is necessary during the final exam period, a member of the KU Office of Public Safety will inform faculty who are giving examinations of an alternate location or will tell the faculty that the examination will be delayed briefly until the building can be searched. Please inform your students that no final examination will be canceled or postponed to a later date because of a building evacuation. You also might let them know that there are real personnel and material costs associated with each evacuation. In the event that weather conditions are so severe that examinations cannot safely be held, a decision to postpone examinations will be made and announced in accordance with existing policies and procedures on inclement weather. (See the “Inclement Weather” portion of the “Winter Weather Policies and Procedures” in the Policy Library for further information.) Detailed information about the policies and procedures affecting evacuations during final examinations is available in the Policy Library. Please review the information and contact the Provost's Office (785-864-4904 or provost@ku.edu) if there are questions.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1138
__label__cc	0.645317	0.354683	Is Biotechnology Finally Ready To Move Higher? Broader market rally to new highs has raised the probability of a Biotechnology breakout. After a nearly 6-month trading range consolidation, the sector appears poised to make an attempt towards new YTD highs. Earnings season can be the catalyst to push the sector higher and past its previous high-point. If no adverse healthcare policy news is generated at the Democratic convention, and earnings from industry leaders are on-track, the Biotechnology sector can see new highs shortly. The Biotechnology sector has been on a simmer setting for many months. After a sharp correction that began in July 2015, the sector as represented by IBB, an ETF tracking the underlying Nasdaq Biotechnology Index, found itself hacked-down nearly 40% from its highs, by the time the February 2016 lows were reached. The sharp correction correlated to a meteoric rise in the sector over previous years. Since then, the bear-market grip has been strong on the biotechs. As the broader market indexes have rallied to cross the key 200 day moving average ((DMA)), widely considered a key technical momentum indicator, and in some cases even recording new all-time highs, the biotechs remain depressed below the 200dma and bouncing within a range, as we pointed out in a recent article,Biotechnology – The Perfect Yo-Yo. This back-and-forth trading allowed the biotechnology index to recently form a triple bottom, at a time when the broader markets when buffeted by such unexpected events – like the Brexit – found support around their 200DMA levels and have been recording higher-lows. Market conditions remain favorable towards higher stock prices, as was highlighted in the article The Stock Market Is Not Ready To Give Up. IBB Price Chart and 200 DMA The past two times when the IBB reached the high-point of its range, it ended up getting caught in systemic factors which resulted in broader market sell-offs. The first time it was concerns relating to US economic growth, poor earnings, and a potential rate increase in June, while the second time it was the Brexit surprise outcome. So What's Different This Time Around? As the IBB is laboring towards the high-end of its range, a level approximating 285 to 290, the broader market indexes are recording all-time highs, notably the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA), and the S&P 500 (SPY). The Nasdaq is within shouting distance of an all-time high and has to cover less than 3% additional ground to reach it. This time around, a strong market tailwind accompanies the IBB's approach to previous highs. The Top 15 large caps and midcaps within the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index, representing about 67% of the Index by weight, have risen strongly in unison during July. This has been different than in the past attempts. In fact, at the beginning of July only 2 of the Top 15 companies were above the 200DMA. As of last week (July 21), 9 companies are above their 200DMA. To some extent, a rise above the technical level has been assisted by the slowly declining 200DMA over this time period. But a bulk of this achievement has been powered by sharp rises in these stocks during July, as shown in the Table below. IBB's Top 15 Monthly Performance for July Another favorable circumstance is the continuing rise of the speculative small cap segment of the market, as represented by the Russell 2000 index (IWM), which has been steadily recording new highs since bottoming-out in February this year. This was pointed out recently in the article Small-Cap Stocks Are Charging Ahead. Similar to the biotech sector, the small cap segment experienced a deeper decline (-27%), compared to the broader market indexes like Nasdaq (-20%) and S&P500 (-15%). Russell 2000 Index Price Chart and 200DMA The solid and steady rebound of Russell 2000 indicates that the risk appetite for speculative stocks remains strong and is growing, an important prerequisite for rising stock prices. Like small caps, Biotechnology stocks are relatively more speculative than the broader market, and the small cap performance should be seen as being supportive for the industry. Another sector index, the S&P Biotechnology Select Index (SPSIBI), and its tracking ETF, S&P SPDR Biotech (XBI), holds a higher proportion of midcaps and small caps and should benefit relatively more from the small cap performance than the larger-cap oriented Nasdaq Biotechnology Index, which drives IBB. Furthermore, small-and-mid-cap consolidation continues to build in the Biotechnology sector. After acquisitions of Anacor (NASDAQ:ANAC) by Pfizer (NYSE:PFE), and Celator Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CPXX) by Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:JAZZ), this month saw the acquisition of Relypsa (RLYP) by Galenica Group at a premium of 62%. Medivation has already made public its intention to be sold with Sanofi (NYSE:SNY) taking its bid hostile, and Acadia Pharmaceuticals (ACAD) is being speculated as being potentially a mid-cap acquisition target. The earnings season may prove to be the catalyst this time to power a breakthrough for the biotech sector. Biogen surprised during the week with a strong earnings report that beat expectations on the top-line and bottom-line, a far cry from its report the previous quarter, which had missed expectations. This has raised hopes for better performance from industry behemoth Gilead Sciences, which too had disappointed the last-time around. Gilead is expected to report this week. Additionally, there is greater optimism for a better second-half economic and earnings growth performance compared to the first-half, on the backs of strong consumer confidence and spending. However, it has to be noted that the primary concern of a legislative attempt to change drug pricing will still remain till November elections, when eventual clarity is achieved on the makeup of the Congress. Ever since Hillary Clinton's September 2015 tweet about "price gouging," and the multiple Congressional hearings around the subject, the Biotech index has been highly sensitive to any discussion on potential legislation that allows Medicare and Medicaid to negotiate prices, and set caps on drug pricing. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been conducting a pilot program, directed at the healthcare providers, to reduce reimbursement levels for drugs and to pay a fixed fee irrespective of the price of the drug, in the hope that it will encourage doctors to choose cheaper drugs when available. We believe that this week is important as the Democratic convention begins. If there are no new healthcare policy announcements, just like there were none at the Republican convention, then it shall reduce the resistance for Biotechs to rally on the probability of a low chance of any price-cap legislation successfully winding its way through Congress in 2017. Against the above backdrop as the IBB approaches a key level for the third time, we believe chances for a breakthrough are highest so far barring any unexpected healthcare related news from the Democratic convention. A move to a new 2016 high also requires earnings from sector leaders to be overall positive. We believe some continued exposure to Biotech is prudent at this time, particularly in the midcap and small cap segments. There are a number of promising companies including Tesaro (TSRO), Seattle Genetics (SGEN), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Exelis (EXEL), Novavax (NVAX), GW Pharmaceuticals (GWPH), Spark Therapeutics (ONCE), Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT), Sage Therapeutics (SAGE), Coherus Biosciences (CHRS), Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA), Minerva Neurosciences (NERV), Exact Sciences (EXAS), Xencor (XNCR), and large caps like Amgen and Biomarin. Sector ETFs like IBB and XBI, are an efficient alternative to gain quick exposure, while leveraged sector ETFs like the Direxion Daily S&P Biotech Bull 3X Fund (LABU), and the ProShares Ultra Nasdaq Biotechnology 3x ETF (UBIO), are suitable for highly concentrated exposure, which can often be volatile with a wide range of movement. As always, do your own due diligence. Article can also be viewed here on Seeking Alpha...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1139
__label__cc	0.666793	0.333207	Justia Regulation Tracker Department Of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Jordan Cove Energy Project LP, Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline LP; Notice of Extension of Comment Period and Additional Public Scoping Meetings for the Jordan Cove Liquefaction and Pacific Connector Pipeline Projects, 53885 [2012-21658] Jordan Cove Energy Project LP, Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline LP; Notice of Extension of Comment Period and Additional Public Scoping Meetings for the Jordan Cove Liquefaction and Pacific Connector Pipeline Projects, 53885 [2012-21658] Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 171 / Tuesday, September 4, 2012 / Notices to the applicant’s request for blanket authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of liability is September 4, 2012. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http:// www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above-referenced proceeding(s) are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Dated: August 15, 2012. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2012–21650 Filed 8–31–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES [Docket No. PF12–7–000; Docket No. PF12– 17–000] Jordan Cove Energy Project LP, Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline LP; Notice of Extension of Comment Period and Additional Public Scoping Meetings for the Jordan Cove Liquefaction and Pacific Connector Pipeline Projects This notice announces the extension of the public scoping process and comment period for Jordan Cove Energy Project LP’s (Jordan Cove) proposed liquefaction project in Coos County, Oregon, in Docket No. PF12–7–000, and VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:25 Aug 31, 2012 Jkt 226001 Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline LP’s (Pacific Connector) proposed pipeline project crossing portions of Klamath, Jackson, Douglas, and Coos Counties, Oregon, in Docket No. PF12–17–000. In addition to extending the scoping period, the Commission staff will conduct two additional public scoping meetings, with dates and times to be announced at a later date. Please note that the scoping period will now close on October 29, 2012. On August 2, 2012, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service (Forest Service), and the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM), issued a Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Planned Jordan Cove Liquefaction and Pacific Connector Pipeline Projects, Requests for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings (NOI). The NOI solicited comments on the potential environmental impacts of the proposed projects and announced the time and location of four public meetings. The environmental comments received will allow the staffs of the Commission, Forest Service, and BLM to focus attention on issues important to the public during our preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the projects. You can attend any of the scoping meetings to provide verbal comments.1 In lieu of or in addition to providing comments at the meetings, you can submit written comments to the Commission. In order for your written comments to be considered and addressed in the EIS, they should be properly filed with the Commission. There are three methods you can use to submit your comments to the FERC. In all instances, please reference the docket numbers for these projects (PF12–7–000 and PF12–17–000) with your submission. (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment feature located on the Commission’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the Documents & Filings link. This is an easy method for interested persons to submit brief, text-only comments on a project; (2) You can file your comments electronically using the eFiling feature located on the Commission’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the Documents & Filings link. With eFiling, you can 1 Verbal comments at the public scoping meetings will be transcribed by a court reporter and placed into the public record for these proceedings. PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 53885 provide comments in a variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your submission. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You must select the type of filing you are making. If you are filing a comment on a particular project, please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing;’’ or (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. If you have questions about electronic filings with the FERC, feel free to call our information technology experts at FERC Online Support at 202–502–6652 or email ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov; or 202–502–8258 or email efiling@ferc.gov. Dated: August 28, 2012. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2012–21658 Filed 8–31–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP12–500–000] CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company, LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization Take notice that on August 15, 2012, CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company, LLC (CenterPoint), 1111 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed a prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.208, 157.211, and 157.216 of the Commission’s regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and CenterPoint’s blanket certificate issued in Docket Nos. CP82–384–000 and CP82–384–001 for authorization to replace and abandon certain deteriorated facilities located in Nevada County, Arkansas (Line A Replacement Project). Specifically, CenterPoint proposes to: (1) Replace a 7.3-mile, 18inch and 20-inch diameter pipeline segment of Line A having an MAOP of 350 psig with 7.4 miles of new 12-inch diameter pipeline having an MAOP of 1000 psig; (2) extend Line A to a new replacement delivery point by constructing 0.7 miles of 12-inch diameter pipeline; (3) install replacement delivery taps and other appurtenant facilities; and (4) abandon two small lines—Line AM–189 (205 feet of 2-inch diameter line) and Line AM– 10 (204 feet of 6-inch diameter line)— as well as certain metering and appurtenant facilities. It is indicated E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1 [Federal Register Volume 77, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2012)] [Docket No. PF12-7-000; Docket No. PF12-17-000] Jordan Cove Energy Project LP, Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline LP; Notice of Extension of Comment Period and Additional Public Scoping Meetings for the Jordan Cove Liquefaction and Pacific Connector Pipeline Projects This notice announces the extension of the public scoping process and comment period for Jordan Cove Energy Project LP's (Jordan Cove) proposed liquefaction project in Coos County, Oregon, in Docket No. PF12-7-000, and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline LP's (Pacific Connector) proposed pipeline project crossing portions of Klamath, Jackson, Douglas, and Coos Counties, Oregon, in Docket No. PF12-17-000. In addition to extending the scoping period, the Commission staff will conduct two additional public scoping meetings, with dates and times to be announced at a later date. Please note that the scoping period will now close on October 29, 2012. On August 2, 2012, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service (Forest Service), and the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM), issued a Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Planned Jordan Cove Liquefaction and Pacific Connector Pipeline Projects, Requests for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings (NOI). The NOI solicited comments on the potential environmental impacts of the proposed projects and announced the time and location of four public meetings. The environmental comments received will allow the staffs of the Commission, Forest Service, and BLM to focus attention on issues important to the public during our preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the projects. You can attend any of the scoping meetings to provide verbal comments.\1\ In lieu of or in addition to providing comments at the meetings, you can submit written comments to the Commission. In order for your written comments to be considered and addressed in the EIS, they should be properly filed with the Commission. There are three methods you can use to submit your comments to the FERC. In all instances, please reference the docket numbers for these projects (PF12-7-000 and PF12-17-000) with your submission. \1\ Verbal comments at the public scoping meetings will be transcribed by a court reporter and placed into the public record for these proceedings. (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment feature located on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the Documents & Filings link. This is an easy method for interested persons to submit brief, text-only comments on a project; (2) You can file your comments electronically using the eFiling Documents & Filings link. With eFiling, you can provide comments in a variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your submission. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on ``eRegister.'' You must select the type of filing you are making. If you are filing a comment on a particular project, please select ``Comment on a Filing;'' or (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC If you have questions about electronic filings with the FERC, feel free to call our information technology experts at FERC Online Support at 202-502-6652 or email ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov; or 202-502-8258 or email efiling@ferc.gov. Dated: August 28, 2012. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1143
__label__cc	0.604522	0.395478	‘Apple Tree Yard’ by Louise Doughty Fiction – Kindle edition; Faber and Faber; 358 pages; 2013. Louise Doughty‘s Apple Tree Yard is a dark, smart and sexy psychological-thriller-cum-court-room-drama, full of twists, turns and unexpected shocks. It is arguably the best of the genre I’ve read this year. Adulterous affair Yvonne Carmichael, 52, is a highly successful geneticist who is happily married with two adult children. But one day, while attending a House of Commons Standing Committee hearing — where she is presenting evidence — she meets a man to whom she is immediately attracted. They strike up a conversation and he takes her on a lunch-time tour of the crypt, where they end up having sex — and from this one spontaneous and illicit act the rest of Yvonne’s steady suburban life spirals out of control. What follows is a highly charged affair in which Yvonne and her unnamed lover meet in cafes and side streets, sharing little of their lives outside of their new clandestine relationship. In fact, Yvonne is so swept up in the romance of it all that she is convinced that her lover works for British secret services — why else would he be so non-communicative about his normal life? Unusual structure The structure of this novel is unusual. It starts mid-way through the story arc, when Yvonne is in the dock at the Old Bailey, answering to the charge of murder. What you don’t know is who she has murdered and why, nor who her co-conspirator is. The story backtracks to the beginning of her affair and from there the reader is kept in an almost constant state of tension. The story is exceptionally well plotted and Yvonne’s voice — one of constant disbelief that her ordinary dull and predictable life has come to this — is believable. Here’s an example of that voice — the reader is addressed as “you” throughout the entire novel: Then, after a long while, you do something that will endear you to me when I think about it later. You pause. You stop kissing me, withdraw your face, and as I open my eyes I see you are looking into mine. You still have one hand in my hair, your fingers entwined. Fast-paced and suspenseful Doughty is very good at moving events along quickly without compromising on detail. Indeed, London — particularly the area around Westminster and Embankment — comes alive in these pages to the point of it being an extra character in its own right. And she’s an expert at dropping in little nuggets of information that add a new twist to the story. Yet nothing feels forced or added on; it all flows naturally and reads effortlessly. Apple Tree Yard is a very good look at the stories we tell ourselves to justify our actions. It’s a thoroughly absorbing and intelligent read with a dark edge and bucketloads of suspense — and it’s set to be one of my favourite books of 2013. November 11, 2013 by kimbofo British literature, crime, crime fiction, London, Louise Doughty, thriller 10 thoughts on “‘Apple Tree Yard’ by Louise Doughty” Guy Savage says: It’s out here early next year. Sounds like my sort of book. Thanks for the review Already on my to buy list but it’s gone up a few notches now. Sounds like it might make a good movie, too. Lindsay @ The Little Reader Library says: I really fancy this one too. I’ve heard many good things about it. Glad you enjoyed it. kimbofo says: Yes, I think you’d like this one, Guy. It’s dark and noirish, but very sexy too. Yes, I could imagine this one being made into a movie for TV… Gabriel Byrne would probably be the male protagonist, not sure who would play Yvonne. It was the best £1.20 I’ve spent all year, Lindsay — it was in one of those Kindle sales over the summer. I’ve seen number of good reviews about this and have been meaning to pick up a copy. I am particularly interested in novels that use an unusual narrative structure so this should be right up my street. Thanks for your comment, Alex. The unusual structure helps create an element of intrigue, which adds to the tension and pace of reading it, so on that level it is very effective. Hope you get a chance to read the book at some point… it’s a quick read, mainly because it’s very hard to put it down once you start it! Marcus Clark says: Kim, you don’t give four stars to many of your reviews, and I thought this one sounded like my kind of book. Which it was. Unfortunately, the novel was not compatible with housework, lawn mowing, car washing etc. As you say, it is hard to put down. I liked the way the story moved on two levels, the emotions that Yvonne experienced, and the physical, detailed descriptions of the story. I too would give it **** Sometimes I feel like I give four stars to everything! But anyway, glad you enjoyed this book — it’s pretty gripping, isn’t it? I reckon it will probably make my top 10 reads of the year, too. I'd love to know what you think, so please leave a comment below x	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0082.json.gz/line1152

Subsets and Splits

No community queries yet

The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.