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Last week, Ted Cruz won the Republican U.S. Senate primary in Texas over a better-known, better-funded opponent. If you’ve followed the race, the narrative from the press has essentially been that Cruz is a Tea Party-backed firebrand whose knee-jerk ideology presages a rightward lurch for the GOP.
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Uplifting Only is the world's leading radio show for the orchestral uplifting trance genre, and also focuses on emotional uplifting trance, vocal uplifting trance, and a little orchestral and chillout music, with Ori Uplift on Safehouse Radio every Saturday from 4pm.
To quote iTunes commenters, Uplifting Only is "nonstop mixes by the best source for uplifting trance music. Perfect for long travels, tasks, homework, or to just jam out", and "Some of the best music out there. All the tracks are just beautiful."
It is the definitive show for orchestral uplifting trance the way Armin's A State of Trance intends itself for trance and progressive. Like ASOT, UpOnly includes weekly fan votes for favorite tracks and tunes of the year, a large number of exclusive world premieres every week, and exclusive recorded voiceovers from the artists whose tracks are premiered that week.
Orchestral uplifting trance is a genre of music that is both euphoric and peaceful, energizing and cinematic. It fuses trance and symphonic music by taking the genre of uplifting trance and having the breakdowns be like emotional/epic orchestral or film music. It also features trance melodies that are more epic, emotional, or euphoric than other uplifting trance.
Uplifting Only was rated the #8 trance radioshow/podcast in the 2014 Trance Podium Awards, and Trance Hub rated it one of the top 5 trance shows for working out (and the top show for yoga & pilates).
UpOnly is the flagship show for Abora Recordings, the world's top label for orchestral uplifting trance and emotional uplifting trance and the home of 11 sublabels.
On the first show of the month, UpOnly plays much vocal uplifting trance. It plays all-instrumental uplifting trance the rest of the month, except for guest mixes or special episodes, which can also have vocal trance.
Two mixcompilations based on the show and its voting reached the #1 spots on the Beatport genre charts for releases, and five have reached the top 5 on the charts.
DJ Syanide joins Safehouse Radio on the 2nd Friday of every month from 7pm. Expect all styles of Hard Dance music including Hard House, NRG, Hard Trance, German Trance, Hard Style, with regular guest DJ's.
Syanide has been a bedroom DJ since 1996 (how time flies!). He started off with belt drives, mixing Gabba. But when he went to the Country Club, Bournemouth's legendary hard dance venue, he was soon converted to anything hard (hard trance and hard house mostly).
He converted to CDJ's several years ago (still got his direct drive decks though), where he have improved his mixing by leaps and bounds. He's really starting to enjoy mixing again, and music in ge
Syanide also plays on Keeping Hard House Alive, every 1st and 3rd friday from 2pm and GlobalHardHouse, every 4th tuesday from 8pm.
DJ Remnis show delivers the first hour of pure vinyl classics we love along with guest mixes from trance, hard trance and techno DJ's in the second hour. Mixing up the old with the new, we go Beyond Reminiscing every 4th Friday from 7pm on Safehouse Radio.
Remnis started DJing in 2009, learning himself to play on a controller and laptop. As he discovered more and more old music, he realised that he had to get records to be able to play his favourite music. In 2011, he started collecting vinyls and he spent hours upon hours teaching himself to mix with vinyl.
In mid-2011, Remnis was invited to get a weekly residency at the FearFM hard stream, specialised in early hardstyle and hard trance. After about one and a half year, the radio station quit. In the years after FearFM, he had lots of time to improve his mixing. It would be until 2015 until he would have a regular radio show again.
2015 saw the founding of the BIT - Back in Time group, a group of DJs passionate about the roots of hardstyle. Focussing on the era of 2000 - 2010, this group has a weekly radio show at rhr.fm. Every week, one of the 12 DJs makes a mix. Every few months, the group presents a liveshow, gathering in a studio in the south of the Netherlands. Furthermore, the group does BIT showcases at gigs every now and then. Remnis has played at a few of these showcases around the Netherlands. Other than these showcases, he played at some local gigs in and around Utrecht, the Netherlands.
In September 2016, Remnis started his very own monthly radio show on Safehouseradio. ‘Beyond Reminiscing’ gave him the opportunity to really do what he wanted, without musical boundaries. The show includes hard trance, techno, acid, trance and more.
Around 2011, Remnis started looking into producing his own music. In 2016, he joined Nostic in the studio and they started a collab track, The Project. Having almost finished it, it will only be a matter of time before it is released.
Nowadays, his main focus is on hard trance, be it old or new. His most beloved style is the German hard trance from labels like Chaos Records, Overdose, Pulse and Tracid Traxxx, from around 2001. Other genres Remnis loves and often plays are techno, trance, acid, early rave, Chicago house and early hardstyle.
Join Loki as well as many other talented DJ guests and producers for a three hour live mix of Trance, Techno, Hard Trance and Hardstyle, showcasing fresh promos, favourite purchases, golden oldies and new tracks direct from his Terminal Trax studio on the 4th Saturday of the month from 7pm.
DJ/Producer Loki began his career in 2003 when he was selected as a finalist for the Frantic DJ competition at the legendary Camden Palace (KOKO), London. The following February he would play his first ever professional DJ set at the final Valentines ball held by the same promotion in the same venue.
Since then, Loki has gone on to play for various promotions and venues across the UK, including iconic venues such as Ministry Of Sound, Brixton Academy (O2), Scala, The Steelyard, Opera House (Bournemouth) and held a residency for 10 years at the popular Premonition SW, a night dedicated to the harder styles where he was dubbed “The Wizard” due to his technical abilities on the decks.
Current projects include the role of Music Director and resident DJ for long running promotion Planet Angel as well as running the Terminal Traxx label and Echo Base studio.
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Loki also has over 50 original/remix credits to his name and has engineered tracks for various labels such as Detox and his own imprint Terminal Trax. These productions have been released to critical acclaim including DJ support from artists like Mark Sherry, Scot Project, Anne Savage as well as having tracks featured on compilation CDs across the globe including DEFQON 1. | <urn:uuid:e1005942-7532-490d-9ff3-33f9b73e94ce> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://safehouseradio.co.uk/the-djs/itemlist/tag/trance?start=8 | 2021-03-04T13:06:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178369054.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20210304113205-20210304143205-00499.warc.gz | en | 0.968593 | 1,549 |
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December 2011 Avoid Weight Gain during the Holidays This time of year is often filled with endless parties and dinners — but delicious food doesn't have to sabotage a healthy eating plan. The holidays are in full swing, which means lots of family, fun... and FOOD! But it doesn't have to mean extra pounds. Even holiday treats can fit into a healthy eating plan. The key is balance and moderation. To avoid holiday weight gain, balance the calories you consume with the calories you burn. Physical activity and moderate food choices will help. These tips are gifts you can give yourself and your family to maintain a healthy lifestyle: 1. Stick to your regular exercise routine as much as possible. Especially during the holidays, plan your physical activity routine in advance (don't leave it up to chance). Mark it on the calendar and consider it as important as any other appointment. Get at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity daily, and more if possible. 2. Cut back on your family's television viewing time. Limit the number of hours your children spend playing video games. Instead make a new holiday tradition. Take a brisk walk around the neighborhood to see the holiday decorations, or grab your bike and head out to a nearby park. 3. Play some backyard football or Frisbee with children and adults before the big holiday dinner. 4. Dance or exercise to your favorite holiday music. 5. Make a New Year's resolution with friends to start a daily walking group. 6. Be physically active to avoid or relieve the holiday stress. 7. Overcome the urge to overeat. Standing by the buffet table is temptation to overeat. Remember holiday parties are about celebrating with family and friends, not just food. 8. It's easy to overindulge during the holidays. Make sure to watch portion sizes and only select one or two items from the host of tempting foods. 9. Leave those extra calories behind — limit your intake of foods high in fat or added sugar. 10. If you drink alcohol, do so in moderation. Remember that alcohol is a source of calories. A 12-ounce beer has 150 calories; a 3.5-ounce glass of wine, 85. A margarita packs a bigger caloric punch. Even worse offenders are creamy cocktails, the equivalent to drinking a rich dessert. The bottom line: If you’re trying to lose weight, stick with water. 11. Put out bowls of fresh fruit as a festive and sweet substitute for candy or chocolates. 12. Instead of a leftover turkey sandwich, try a leftover turkey salad! Add a few pieces of turkey to a generous portion of mixed greens, cucumbers, mushrooms, peppers, or any other vegetables you like. Sprinkle with dried cranberries for an authentic holiday taste. 13. Drink water. People often mistake thirst for hunger, so next time you feel like nibbling, reach for water first. Drinking water also helps you feel full. Some experts suggest sipping water (or iced tea) just before you sit down to a meal. Continue drinking as you eat to add volume and weight to your meal. 14. Set realistic goals. One or two pounds a week maximum is doable. Top weight-loss programs advocate stopping after the first 10 pounds and maintaining that loss for about six months before trying to lose any more. 15. Build in splurges. If you allow yourself to eat whatever you want for 2 meals out of every 21, you won’t inflict enough damage to subvert your weight loss. And you’ll feel less deprived. 16. Count to 10. Studies suggest that the average craving lasts only about 10 minutes. So before caving in to your urge, set your mental timer for a 10-minute time-out. Use the time to tackle an item on your to-do list; choose one that will give you a sense of accomplishment — and get you out of the kitchen. 17. Eat more often. People who have kept their weight off for more than a few years tend to eat an average of five times a day. Light, frequent meals curb your appetite, boost your energy, improve your mood and even speed your metabolism, since the process of digestion itself burns calories. 18. Make weekly resolutions. Don’t try to overhaul your diet overnight. If you make too many changes at once, chances are you’ll get frustrated and throw in the towel. Instead, make one change, such as eating at least one piece of fruit daily, every week. 19. Spike your meals with salsa. This spicy condiment can stand in for mayo to deliver plenty of flavors without the fat. Mix it with a bit of low-fat yogurt to make tuna salad. Spread it on a veggie burger, or serve it with chicken or fish. 20. Stay away from sodas. Soft drinks are a major source of empty calories in the American diet. We drink twice as much soda as milk and nearly six times more soda than fruit juice. But fluids don’t satisfy your appetite as well as solids. If you crave something sweet, you’re better off chewing it than gulping it. If you’re truly thirsty, reach for water or unsweetened iced tea instead of soda. 21. Don’t just eat — dine. Eating on the run or in front of the tube invites mindless munching. Instead, set the table every time you eat. Make a conscious choice to sit down and savor every bite. Placing a portion of chips on your best china helps focus your attention so you don’t eat the whole bag. 22. Make smart substitutions. Look for nutritious low-calorie alternatives to sugary, high- fat treats. Try frozen grapes instead of candy. Use air-popped popcorn instead of oil- popped. Dip fresh strawberries in fat-free fudge sauce for a sensuous chocolaty treat. 23. Have a “party plan.” When attending a party, offer to bring a plate. Arriving armed with chopped fresh veggies and a low-fat dip — or any other low-calorie snack — ensures that you’ll have something to snack on without feeling guilty. 24. Give yourself a break. No one says you have to reach your goal without making mistakes along the way. Tell yourself you can succeed in losing weight by taking things one step at a time and starting fresh whenever you slip up. If you overeat one night, just get back on track in the morning by focusing on what’s worked for you in the past. 25. Relax! Some people binge when they’re stressed. A Yale University study found that women who secreted the most cortisol (a hormone released during stress) ate the most high-fat food after stress. The combination of cortisol and insulin prompts the body to store fat in preparation for possible starvation — just what you don’t need. If stress has a stronghold on your life, try meditation, or simple breathing exercises.
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Amazon stated its second-quarter profits these days, and it changed into slightly of a whiff — and a bummer for Jeff Bezos, who’s now now not the solar system’s richest human and has been relegated to the unfortunate position of 2d-richest human.
The company’s revenue got here in lighter than Wall street expected. however Amazon’s cloud server farms, AWS, once again look like propping up Amazon’s profitability. The business’s huge bet on increase the foundation of contemporary cloud computing may, in a method, be held partially liable for Amazon’s long streak of profitability for the previous many quarters.
here’s a brief breakdown of that:
Amazon has grew to become AWS right into a business that’s on track to generate well over $ 10 billion in salary annually. It also has one of the crucial most reliable margins of all of Amazon’s strains of business, and it continues to grow at a really healthy expense. AWS salary was up 42 p.c within the 2d quarter compared to 2016. That boom is slowing slightly, as AWS salary became up 58 % between 2015 an 2016.
most likely most significantly, Amazon signaled that it might return to dropping funds within the subsequent quarter. Amazon has lengthy been everyday to burn cash in the search to continue to develop into probably the most greatest companies on earth, and Wall road has frequently been somewhat affected person with that approach. Yet regardless of that, Amazon put collectively a string of strong quarters and profitability, and on the year the business’s inventory is up forty percent.
It appears like that huge wager on building a bunch of structures with servers inside is paying off as Amazon continues to appear into other lines of profits. Amazon is smartly common to bulldoze its method into new organizations, whether that’s purchasing a ton of grocery shops for $ 13.7 billion or working a video streaming service for people enjoying video games. while AWS’s growth is slowing, it actually appears like it may be one in all Amazon’s buoys for some time to return.
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Perfume might seem like a good gift for a female friend, but be sure to pick the right fragrance! In this Chinese lesson, our hapless male hero attempts to navigate the choices.
Sun Oct 09 2011 | John, Dilu
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|自用||zìyòng||to use oneself|
|送人||sòngrén||to give to someone|
xiānsheng ，mǎi xiāngshuǐ a ！
Sir, are you buying perfume?
qǐngwèn nǐ xiǎng zìyòng háishi sòngrén ？
Are you buying it for yourself or to give to someone else?
To give to someone else.
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Android 4.2 camera with PhotoSphere leaks for Galaxy Nexus
posted by Michael H. / Oct 31, 2012, 3:01 PM
Unlike the keyboard, which could be installed on any device, this camera app rip is only available for the Galaxy Nexus, and obviously it must be rooted. The update is a ZIP file, which can be flashed via ClockworkMod Recovery. Remember, if you flash the ZIP, it will replace the stock app, so it's a good idea to make backups before flashing.
The backup may be more necessary with this one than the keyboard, because while we had no issues with the keyboard, the camera hasn't worked for us yet and force closes when we try to open it. Others have had success with it, but so far, we're not so lucky. So, if you want to play around with the new PhotoSphere option in the new camera app, proceed with caution.
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android just keeps getting more exciting and photosphere is just fantastic by what I've seen of it! And here's a reason why nexus devices will always stay golden...no matter if its old nexus or new!
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I am a bit confused - is this new software going to be part of the upcoming LG Nexus 4? Or? What is confusing me is that I thought the Nexus 4 is supposed to ship with JB. But now it seems Google will be releasing v 4.2 soon. Thanks in advance for any insight(s).
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fix permissions after the flash? usually fixes things right up
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I tried that, but it just keeps on closing. And, of course, I didn't heed my own advice and backup first...
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doesn't look like android has anything actaully worth while to present any more :D
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it works on my mom's Nexus running AOKP JB Milestone 1 and it can take PhotoSpheres but it can't view them. force close every time i try to look at what i've captured. everything else is vastly improved though. there may not be a lot of new features with 4.2 but the thing that gets me excited is that Moto is going to take another step closer to stock Android with 4.2 to incorporate these new features. Moto's quick setting pane will be obsolete, they'll need a new lock screen which was good for ICS but for JB it doesn't make sense. i want them to just make it a stock lock screen but with their icons if they have to and of course they have to add this new Camera app. :D
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A nuclear power plant on the coast of Israel was forced to shut down this week when its seawater cooling system became clogged with jellyfish. A similar incident temporarily disabled two nuclear reactors at the Torness power station on the Scottish coast last week. A week before, a reactor in Shimane, Japan was crippled by yet another jellyfish infiltration.
Amid speculation that warm waters and ocean acidification — both driven by climate change — are boosting jellyfish populations, are these three incidents signs of a growing trend?
"The several [power plant incidents] that happened recently aren't enough to indicate a global pattern. They certainly could be coincidental," said Monty Graham, a jellyfish biologist and senior marine scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab off the Gulf Coast of Alabama.
Graham said there have been dozens of cases of jellyfish causing partial or complete shutdowns of coastal power plants in the past few decades, as well as shutdowns of desalination plants. Steve Haddock of the Monterrey Bay Aquarium Research Institute said a power plant in Australia was shut down by jellyfish as long ago as 1937. Such events aren't surprising; all these plants draw water out of the ocean, and they are already fitted with filtration devices called flumes that remove jellyfish and other debris.
"Only when you have a huge influx of jellies do they overwhelm the flumes," Graham told Life's Little Mysteries. This happens when a jellyfish bloom — a huge swarm of adult specimens brought together by ocean currents — flows into a power plant's filtration system.
Jellyfish blooming occurs mostly in the spring and summer months, which may partly explain why the three recent power plant incidents happened in close succession. While conditions brought on by climate change may also be creating more jellyfish blooms than there used to be, signifying a worldwide jellyfish population explosion, researchers can't tell whether that's occurring; they began tracking jellyfish populations too recently.
"In some places, there have been some dramatic population increases in the past few decades, but overall, it's hard to identify a trend," Graham said. "We don't have the hard data because we haven't been looking at jellyfish on a long enough timescale."
Claudia Mills, a jellyfish biologist at the University of Washington, said that there are some documented cases of local population increases. For example, an invasive species has been spreading in the Mediterranean for decades, and may be the culprit that clogged the Israeli plant. However, Mills told us, a lot of the concern about rising populations on a larger scale is based on hyperbole. "We don't know what is going on with jellyfish in most parts of the world," she wrote in an email. [Read: Jellyfish Swarms: Menacing or Misunderstood? ]
Some researchers do suspect that populations are rising, as jellyfish may thrive in warmer oceans. "Jellyfish populations spike and wane with climate variability, so it's not hard to make the logical leap that if climate is changing long-term, we'll likely see a population change," Graham said. He is conducting research to investigate whether jellyfish populations are increasing globally, and if so, why.
Of course, a higher incidence of power plant-jellyfish standoffs (if, in fact, the incidence is higher) could also reflect the increasing number of coastal power plants, Graham said.
Either way, getting the power plants back online is not such a difficult fix.
"Plants only have to deal with a heavy-duty problem once or twice and they'll realize it's such a huge cost to them that they'll introduce countermeasures," he said. These include additional filters and a jet bubble system that makes incoming jellyfish float to the surface, where they can be skimmed off. "In some cases, the plants can just monitor for jellies and shut down temporarily when there's a bloom."
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james white NorthWest Liberty News January 26, 2019
Being someone who believes strongly in the Constitutional principles that this nation was founded upon, it truly pains me to have to pen this article. However, I will gladly endure the discomfort if my words motivate even one person to pick up a pen, or perhaps a camera, and get into the fight for this nation’s very survival.
As we witness daily, the forces of evil have seemingly been “poured out” onto earth like some sort of Biblical plague. To say that madness reigns does not fully illuminate the true nature of the trouble that we are currently in as a nation. The word dystopia immediately comes to mind.
Founded by brave men, on the principles outlined in the greatest man-made document ever produced, this country was able to break the grip of our tyrannical overlords and forge perhaps the greatest nation in the history of the know world. Sadly, however, the constitutional principles that we were founded upon have been eroded, and even eliminated, over time to give us what we have now, a Banana Republic.
The following list is certainly not complete, but a mere beginning to the stark realities that we face here in America, and why I think we have, in many ways, already achieved the status of Banana Republic.
- We cannot get other Americans to agree to secure the border so murderers, rapists and drug dealers cannot so easily make their way into our home.
- Over 70,000 people died last year due to drug overdose. Of those, almost 30,000 deaths were due to opioid addiction.
- NY State just voted to basically kill a child until birth, while almost simultaneously announcing free healthcare for everyone, especially illegals.
- The State of California has a poverty problem like no other. On the streets of Downtown San Francisco, there is so much human feces littering the sidewalk that the city had to hire a full-time crew to clean it up.
- Hundreds, if not thousands, of confused children are now opting to change genders every day, despite the biological and scientific evidence to the contrary.
- We supposedly get attacked on 9/11 by Radical Muslims, yet in multiple states the citizens have elected Radical Muslims to public office
- Illegal aliens make it into this country and receive free healthcare and public assistance, while veterans who served and sacrificed for this country languish in obscurity and suffer in silence.
- We owe over 21 Trillion Dollars in debt
- We owe over 120 Trillion Dollars in un-funded liabilities
- Our Nations top law enforcement agency colluded with the Justice Department, and other agencies under Homeland Security, to overthrow a duly, lawfully elected president; with the cooperation of the sitting President at the time, and his Secretary of State
- The so-called mainstream press is literally worse than Pravda during the height of the Communist reign in the former Soviet Union; as allegations of sedition among numerous members of the press are beginning to surface
- During the 2018 mid-term elections, numerous precincts were openly stolen by the Democrat party and not one thing was done about it. This with Full knowledge that they did the same thing but 2 short years earlier.
- The State of New Jersey is going to start allowing “gender-neutral” birth certificates beginning February 1st, despite the biological and scientific evidence to the contrary
- Members of Congress make an average annual salary of $178,000 a year, while spending well less than half of that time working. The house averages 138 working days a year, while the Senate averages 162
- There is enough evidence already available to lock a large portion of the criminal class in Washington, D.C. up for multiple lifetimes, yet they all continue to breathe free air while being allowed to further destroy this country | <urn:uuid:87d0bff3-1913-4c7f-b73c-55bf528ae19c> | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | https://northwestlibertynews.com/the-banana-republic-of-america/ | 2021-08-02T02:44:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154302.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20210802012641-20210802042641-00508.warc.gz | en | 0.962943 | 777 |
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The essential guide by one of America's leading doctors to how digital technology enables all of us to take charge of our health A trip to the doctor is almost a guarantee of misery. You'll make an appointment months in advance. You'll probably wait for several hours until you hear "the doctor will see you now"-but only for fifteen minutes! Then you'll wait even longer for lab tests, the results of which you'll likely never see, unless they indicate further (and more invasive) tests, most of which will probably prove unnecessary (much like physicals themselves). And your bill will be astronomical.
In The Patient Will See You Now, Eric Topol, one of the nation's top physicians, shows why medicine does not have to be that way. Instead, you could use your smartphone to get rapid test results from one drop of blood, monitor your vital signs both day and night, and use an artificially intelligent algorithm to receive a diagnosis without having to see a doctor, all at a small fraction of the cost imposed by our modern healthcare system.
The change is powered by what Topol calls medicine's "Gutenberg moment." Much as the printing press took learning out of the hands of a priestly class, the mobile internet is doing the same for medicine, giving us unprecedented control over our healthcare. With smartphones in hand, we are no longer beholden to an impersonal and paternalistic system in which "doctor knows best." Medicine has been digitized, Topol argues; now it will be democratized. Computers will replace physicians for many diagnostic tasks, citizen science will give rise to citizen medicine, and enormous data sets will give us new means to attack conditions that have long been incurable. Massive, open, online medicine, where diagnostics are done by Facebook-like comparisons of medical profiles, will enable real-time, real-world research on massive populations. There's no doubt the path forward will be complicated: the medical establishment will resist these changes, and digitized medicine inevitably raises serious issues surrounding privacy. Nevertheless, the result-better, cheaper, and more human health care-will be worth it.
Provocative and engrossing, The Patient Will See You Now is essential reading for anyone who thinks they deserve better health care. That is, for all of us.
Eric J. Topol, M.D., is professor of innovative medicine and the director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute in La Jolla, California. Trained at Johns Hopkins University, he conducted one of the first trials of a genetically engineered protein for treating heart attacks, was the founder of the world's first cardiovascular gene bank at the Cleveland Clinic, and was one of the first cardiologists to raise an alarm over the dangerous side-effects of Vioxx. The author of The Creative Destruction of Medicine, he is one of the ten most-cited working scientists, and was named Doctor of the Decade by the Institute for Scientific Information as well as a "rock star of science" by GQ. He lives with his family in La Jolla, California. | <urn:uuid:38272d3f-3313-4e85-8aa6-b31a564874ee> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | https://orellfuessli.ch/shop/home/artikeldetails/ID60256604.html | 2019-08-21T00:55:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315695.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20190821001802-20190821023802-00008.warc.gz | en | 0.953844 | 627 |
Shirin Tabeshfar, a graduate of the Behzad School of Fine Arts in Tehran, moved to the United Kingdom at the age of 18. She studied graphic design in Bristol and later obtained her B.A. in graphic design at the Bath Academy of Art.
What distinguishes Shirin’s painting, despite a stylistic evolution over time, is that it remains faithful to its core subject: the Still life. Clearly, years of patient and laborious research, has moved her painting towards a simplification of forms to the extreme. Liberated almost from the subject, Shirin tries to challenge the world of forms. The formal rigour is now in place, at the greatest count.
Shirin’s paintings are organised around the balance of subtle colour fields, on a grey background or white with a translucent dullness. They are a "semblance" of everyday objects, reduced to ghostly forms, and far from being frozen, they seem to move on the canvas. Shirin attains a kind of abstraction both rigorous and poetic.
From tableau to tableau we discover a change in the layout of her canvas: the drips of paint sometimes fill the whole space. Ones gaze is lost in a maze of lines, all in a continuous composition, without edges or centre. Yet the layout of the lines keeps the impression of the order and the controlled gesture of the artist.
In her latest compositions, Shirin asserts a certain nostalgia for Iranian art. She is inspired by the printed fabrics (Ghalamkar) of Isfahan, and creates canvases with subtle tones, punctuated by motifs and writing. Thus it pays homage to an age-old art: the tablecloths, curtains, cushions and bedspreads that once brightened Persian interiors.
From figurative to abstract, Shirin's art manages to keep its innate freshness, in a world of silent poetry.
Afsaneh H.S Djavadi
Shirin’s paintings have been exhibited widely with shows at Josie Eastwood Art Gallery, the Tabernacle Gallery, and the Fairfax Gallery, the Cricket Fine Art Gallery, Gallerie 27th Concept, Highgate contemporary gallery and The Royal college of Art.
Shirin's work is also held in private and public collections across the United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom
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CMCA Statement (4) – Coronavirus/COVID-19 26 March 2020
The board and management continue to keep you updated regarding the effects COVID-19 is having on our Club and the members. Again, we would like to reiterate that the health and well-being of members, volunteers and staff of CMCA is paramount and remains our first priority. Sometimes that is a balancing act – but we must act in the best interest of the Club overall.
NHQ staff and directors have received several calls and emails regarding members who are currently on the road and what they can do. This includes those still trying to return home and members who live on the road full time. This is especially important now with the closure of Crown/State owned or managed land including national parks, state parks and campgrounds. Under direction of the Chief Health Officer, Victoria has closed all campsites, caravan parks and camping grounds (Government and privately owned) to all visitors except permanent residents and those staying for interim accommodation such as people with no fixed address or who have been placed in emergency housing there (e.g. as a result of the recent bushfires).
Management have been in further correspondence with Federal and State Government officials to make them aware that full-time RVers need to be considered and to seek clarification on their behalf. As soon as we receive any advice it will be provided expeditiously. However, as you can imagine, we must be patient due to the many conflicting priorities of those officials.
Regarding the closure of own CMCA RV Parks, the Club had no alternative but to take this action. Five of the parks are under lease (four from local government), and authorities are now enforcing closure of Government owned and leased properties. The protection of our members, especially volunteer custodians, was also imperative. The parks are not set up, nor do our approvals generally allow, for long-term use.
Please keep an eye out for the relevant websites (depending on state) that provide the latest information on what is open and closed. Many of our RV Friendly Towns, at this point in time, appear to have some of their rest areas open - especially to self-contained vehicles.
We acknowledge many of our members do not wish to stay in commercial campgrounds and caravan parks, however, in these dire times, there may be no other alternative. Advice continues to roll in about caravan parks still operating, some offering reduced rates to those staying long-term as a result of the crisis – you may be the only customers. However, be aware, they may have also reduced the services that they offer – for example some have closed all facilities and only accept self-contained vehicles. Members of the Big4 and G’day Rewards chains have been told they are still currently open for business around Australia. Big4 also noted those on the road full time, or travelling to get home, are most welcome. Check also, our CMCA Friendly Caravan Parks and give them a call as those that are still open may have space available.
As a result of increasing state border and other travel restrictions, members still on the road will be restricted on where and how they can travel – remember this is exactly what the Government wants to do to stop the spread of this virus. Only essential travel is allowed – and that does not include movement around by choice. Please do your bit to keep yourself and all others safe from this virus. Find a place to park up if you are not heading directly home.
We will continue to act upon further advice the Government and health authorities release, once officially announced. We must be measured in our approach to ensure the best actions are taken.
These are unprecedented times; we must work together, and non-essential travel, as has been defined by Government, should not be undertaken.
I know some chapter/special interest group executives are already reaching out to their members to keep in contact in various ways – perhaps others might like to follow suit. As the prime minister said to the nation previously, it is no longer okay to even have private get togethers. Do we all miss them? Yes. But life is what it is at present, and we all have to live with the inconveniences that are now so common.
We also would like to advise members that we are looking after our Club’s staff members – these dedicated staff have been with us long term and are greatly assisting the board and management in these fast-changing times.
We ask all members to remain calm and abide by all guidelines that have been established regarding border restrictions, park closures, self- isolation, social-distancing and when and how to seek medical advice/treatment – for more information please refer to https://www.health.gov.au/.
Again, thank you to all those who continue to support both the Club and the actions needed to beat this COVID-19.
As April approaches and we celebrate our Club’s 34th birthday, we may all find something (however small) that makes us Laugh More; and may we all play our part to ensure we all Live Longer.
Kim Atkinson Richard Barwick
Chairman Chief Executive Officer
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- Serving as a vehicle for bringing Irish writing to a wider audience throughout the world.
Formerly called the International Association for the Study of Anglo-Irish Literature (IASAIL), IASIL altered its name in 1998 to the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures to reflect the diversity of its members’ interest in all traditions of writing on the island in Irish and English, as well as in Irish literary culture and its impact and reception internationally.
Our members, working in both the academic and arts-related professions, are located in 35 countries worldwide, making Irish Studies truly a global endeavour.
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Self-care has become one of the most defining terms of the past five years. As more and more people have sought to reclaim their busy lives and center in on their health and well-being, self-care has risen to prominence in a way that has never been seen before. Here are some self-care fundamentals you can enjoy every day.
Intro to Self-Care Fundamentals
Despite this widespread acknowledgment of the benefits of self-care, some people have yet to truly make a switch and embrace what self-care can offer them. One of the most common reasons for this is concerns about time. Often, self-care is described in terms that make it sound very time consuming — take the night off, go to a spa, read one book per week — and, sadly, some people just don’t have the free time available to allow for those behaviors.
Thankfully, there are ways and means of embracing self-care without having to sacrifice half of your diary to the endeavor. Self-care, at its most basic, is about improving every day of your life in small, but noticeable and beneficial, ways. Below, you’ll find a few ideas for self-care fundamentals that can help give you the boost you need to finally be able to embrace self-care once and for all.
Use Basic Products That Bring You Joy
There are some things in life that we have to do every day, without fail— so why not make them as pleasant as possible? By choosing products that you use on a daily basis that genuinely make you happy, there’s a little moment of joy in even the simplest of functions. For example, choose your favorite fragrance for your bath melts, a softer towel to use to dry your hair after a shower, or a cute notepad to record your to-do list in. These little touches allow you to make even the most mundane of daily tasks that little more special. In so small a way that you wouldn’t even notice it from the outside, these are incremental improvements that will make your life better.
Go To Bed Earlier Than Normal
Sleep is perhaps the ultimate when it comes to self-care. We are all able to be the very best versions of ourselves when we have slept well, so “treating yourself” to an earlier bedtime can feel indulgent and luxurious, and have significant benefits for both your health and your mood. Take the time to ensure that your bed is as comfortable and welcoming as possible, too; opt for beautiful cotton pillowcases and use a latex mattress as a comfort layer so delightful you’ll actively look forward to collapsing into bed every night!
Talk About Nothing Of Importance
When was the last time you spoke to someone about… nothing? Just idly chatted about things that were going on in the world, a shared hobby, or just observations about your lives? For many of us, the last time we spoke to a loved one for no specific reason is a very long time ago— our conversations are usually expected to be more productive, making decisions and discussing particular issues. Make a little time to talk with a friend, via text message or email if necessary, about nothing in particular. Just relax and natter with one another, enjoy each other’s company, and not feeling like there’s something to be accomplished from the conversation. Sometimes, talking about nothing at all can be one of the most rewarding things you can possibly do.
Laughing is inherently good for us; the more we laugh, the better we feel. Interestingly, the laughter doesn’t have to be genuine— fake laughter produces the same mood-boosting effects as genuine laughter. To make the most of this odd biological quirk, set aside five minutes in the day to laugh to yourself about nothing at all— you’ll be amazed at how good it makes you feel. Concerned you’ll feel self-conscious if someone overhears you laughing to yourself? Don’t worry: do your daily laughing in the shower, as the water should drown out your faux mirth.
By taking the time to engage with these self-care fundamentals, you have made important inroads that can genuinely benefit your life. You can use these fundamentals as a starting point for greater development of self-care, or — if you really don’t have the time for more — you can see these as a baseline that will help establish your happiness every day of your life.
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This new ebook edition of Cities of Gold includes for very first time over 100 never-before-published photographs taken during the author’s epic, thousand mile horseback journey across Arizona and New Mexico. It also includes many rare and extraordinary historical photographs of the Old West, Native Americans, pioneers, prospectors, Indian pueblos, and vanished landscapes.
The Old West’s last glimmers flicker through this piercingly beautiful adventure, an unforgettable saga in which Preston, astride his horse Popeye, traverses the desert and mountain wilderness of Arizona and New Mexico retracing the trail-blazing 1540-41 expedition of Spanish Explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado in search of the legendary Seven Cities of Gold In place of the mythical winning of the West, Preston unfolds a harrowing tale of loss.” Publishers Weekly
The entire book is a sheer pleasure to read.” The San Diego Union-Tribune
A Blue Highways on horseback, well worth the trip.” Kirkus Reviews
A riveting yarn, with as many turns as a switchback road.” The Christian Science Monitor
A fearful, fascinating tale.” Los Angeles Times
A journey of historical importance.” The New York Times
By setting out with a companion and four horses to track Coronado’s army across a thousand miles of brutal desert and mountain country, from the Mexican border through Arizona and New Mexico, the author is ready to risk his life to try to see with his own eyes, as it were, that moment, 450 years ago, when the peoples of the Old World and New World first encountered each other’ and quickly began the strife-torn redefining of America. Throughout the book, Preston intersperses the original reports and memoirs of Coronado’s adventure with accounts of his own party’s hard progress, making the centuries dissolve into a common, first-person, present-tense narrative. And along the way he records stories of the people and places he encounters, making brief excursions into mining booms and busts, the history of livestock ranching, the impact of barbed wire and windmills, the first mail routes, homesteading, the destruction of the Indian nations, and much more.” Smithsonian Magazine
Douglas Preston is a journalist and author who has published twenty-six books, nonfiction and fiction, several of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers. In addition to Cities of Gold he is the author of several books on Southwestern history, including Talking to the Ground and The Royal Road. Preston is the co-creator, with Lincoln Child, of the Pendergast series of novels, including Relic and The Cabinet of Curiositiesboth of which were named in a National Public Radio listener poll as being among the 100 greatest suspense novels ever written. Preston’s most recent nonfiction book, The Monster of Florence, is being made into a movie starring George Clooney. Preston also writes for the New Yorker magazine, the Atlantic and Smithsonian, and he taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University. He divides his time between Maine and New Mexico.
Walter W. Nelson began his creative career in 1967 and it has spanned a period of 40 years. He first explored the field of photography, traveling around the world, discovering spiritual places, deep landscapes, places of origin, experimenting with abstract colors and textures, always seeking the visual heart of existence in the desert, mountains, canyons, rivers, and cities of the world. He later branched out to painting and sculpture, and combined all three into an ever-expanding visual tapestry of mind and consciousness. My life and my art,” N
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These guys are so weird. Funny, of couse, but still weird!
The graphics were great. I like the effects of the aliens floting over their heads. Nice glow around them for a VERY cool effect.
A shrimp and toast and some butter on the moon... MAKES SENSE TO ME!
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The iPad Air has been on sale for nearly 12 hours now and early reports are starting to indicate that the higher end models are becoming scarce as initial supply is dwindling. It may not be quite as hard to get your hands on the iPad Air as a the gold iPhone 5s, but our pal who made the extremely useful iPhone Tracker tool is back with an update that will help you find the iPad Air you want.
The simple web app scrapes data from store.apple.com for the most up-to-date info on local pick-up options for the iPad Air. A chart of green and red squares indicate whether local Apple Stores have stock of 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB units in the color of your choice, so you can know where to head to for the best shot at getting the iPad you want.
Apple Tracker has also been updated to support stock information on the iPad mini with Retina display too once it becomes available this month. Use the drop downs to select the color and carrier you want, press submit and viola. There’s even a purchase button at the bottom of each inventory listing to speed up the shopping process.
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OST (Offline Storage Folder) file is created by Microsoft Outlook that keeps cached data of Exchange server. If you want to open this file then it is important that MS Outlook should be connected with Exchange server continuously.
There are two main reasons like software and hardware failure for Outlook OST file corruption. Suppose if your Hard Disk has some bad sectors and OST files is stored on these sectors then it may be the cause of corruption. Network connection failure, virus attack, synchronization error may be other reasons of OST file corruption.
For complete the solution to open corrupt OST files users can use OST Viewer program that can be downloaded from its official website. The tool is world’s famous software that has full capability read corrupted Outlook OST files in simple steps. Software provides facility to recover deleted emails from OST files for preview.
Some advance features makes it special software as following
1) Offer facility to open corrupt and normal OST files
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3) Browse every component of OST file like attachments, contacts, calendar, notes etc.
4) Exchange server connectivity is not compulsory to preview OST files
5) View multiple OST files one by one
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Coatings for Commercial Concrete Flooring in St Paul
Concrete flooring makes an excellent choice in floor for businesses of all kinds. However, it is important you protect your commercial concrete flooring with the right coating for finish and functionality that lasts. Coating for your commercial concrete flooring is also a great way to incorporate style, color, texture and intrigue to your functional commercial flooring. It makes ordinary commercial concrete flooring extraordinary.
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Coatings for your commercial concrete flooring also come in a wide variety of styles so you are bound to find the right look for your business. Restaurant? Retail space? Warehouse? No problem! There is a great commercial concrete floor coating for you; and our experts are here to help you find it. We have a wide range of products that offer everything from sealers to eliminate concrete dust to coatings that will withstand high volume foot to steel-wheeled traffic. Here are some of the commercial concrete flooring coatings we offer:
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For more information on coatings for your commercial concrete flooring at your St Paul area business, call Advantage Coating at 877-554-8720 or Contact Us. | <urn:uuid:73551b70-02b8-49bf-86e4-3e301d09d1cb> | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | https://www.advantagecoating.com/commercial-concrete-flooring-st-paul/ | 2021-09-17T15:44:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780055684.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20210917151054-20210917181054-00288.warc.gz | en | 0.941201 | 620 |
Parallel 38 – Charlottesville, VA
Address: 2055 Bond Street, Charlottesville, VA 22901
Latitude/Longitude: 38.064960, -78.492186
Web site: click here
Phone: (434) 923-3838
There’s a new tapas restaurant in town – Parallel 38. Their mission is to delight us with small plates that evoke this temperate, middle latitude. Charlottesville VA happens to be in the 38th Parallel as does parts of Greece, Spain, Italy, China, Korea, Japan and Afghanistan.
The restaurant has taken foods from some of these regions – primarily Greece, Italy, and Spain – and interpreted them with locally sourced ingredients. They also bring you wines from regions within the 38th parallel – including some wines from the Charlottesville area.
On their menu are such iconic dishes as hummus, htipiti, labneh and tapenade to start with. We can attest that their labneh is supurb! You can then move on to the Olives & Almonds appetizer which has 4 types of olives and two varieites of almonds. They also have cured meats from Spain, Italy and Virginia.
Their meat selections include beer bok meatballs (goat), roasted pork belly (wonderful!), sauteed shrimp (house favorite) and bronzini. All very flavorful.
One thing we like about tapas-style restaurants is that the serving sizes are just right for trying a variety of dishes and Parallel 38 does not disappoint in this regard. They even right-sized their dessert offerings (definitely try the poached pear with bourbon cream).
They are open everyday except Monday.
From the Author: We went to Parallel 38 after seeing a movie - it's right next door. What's better than a movie and dinner without having to drive? We were very pleased with our experience and the waitress (Stephanie) gave us excellent recommendations. Our favorite three items were the labneh, gnocchi (melt in your mouth) and the roasted pork belly.
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The City of Fort St. John is looking at long-term plans to upgrade its water system.
City Staff presented an extensive report on the city’s current water structure, including several recommendations on improvements.
Staff announced that the overall final goal is to transform the city’s supply to a closed-mesh system.
Currently, the City runs on an open-mesh system, and some water flows to ‘dead ends’ in the city. Director of Infrastructure and Capital Works Victor Shopland says the water tends to sit in an open-mesh system.
Councilors discussed the issue with staff at the Committee of the Whole meeting on Tuesday afternoon.
Fort St. John Fire Chief Fred Burrows was also in attendance. He says the Fire Department would prefer a closed-mesh system because the current arrangement is not as efficient.
Burrows mentioned that the city’s open mesh system heavily affected the fire department’s work on the Fort Hotel fire and the Formula Powell fire.
City Manager Diane Hunter says while the is fully able to service Fort St. John needs, the city still needs to look at long-term solutions to the weak areas in the structure.
In the end, Councilors unanimously approved, in principle, a 15 year Capital Program to convert the water distribution system into a closed mesh system. The upgrades will be chosen on an annual basis, beginning in 2010.
Mayor Bruce Lantz says this will now come forward to a regular council meeting in the future, which will allow for further discussion on the issue.
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For many people, life sees a huge shift in August and September when the kids go back to school. You are likely gone more frequently and with more regularity and schedules become more predictable. There are usually more people opening doors throughout the day, leaving more opportunity for them to be left open or unlocked.[…]
This video is an example of not-so-savvy alleged burglars for your entertainment. The video surveillance system shown was not installed by RSF Security. | <urn:uuid:9bd1d0dd-da53-4aef-a6c5-778daf574ac1> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | https://www.rsfsecurity.com/2018/08/ | 2019-06-27T12:03:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560628001138.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20190627115818-20190627141818-00299.warc.gz | en | 0.961733 | 95 |
Quotes, aphorisms, famous sentences
In these pages you can find a collection of 8295 quotes and aphorisms. You can search for a specific word using the form below, or surf among the categories. If you find errors, please let me know! Have fun!
They do not get their qualities from a class: they belong to that class because they have those qualities. C.S. Lewis - 'Delinquents in the Snow' Time and Tide | <urn:uuid:f7ae7030-90f1-46eb-bbde-6f8f315f4a9a> | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | http://www.giacobbe85.altervista.org/pagine/Citazioni.php?lang=eng&cit=139 | 2017-08-20T11:45:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886106465.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20170820112115-20170820132115-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.901455 | 96 |
What is your Metal genre?
What Metal genre are you? There are so many styles and so many different genres for it, which are you? Unfortunatly I could only pick 6. =( Oh well, better than nothing.
Are you Rap Metal? Or Thrash Metal? Or Avant Garde Metal? Or Black Metal? Or Industrial Metal? Or Nu Metal? LoL, I only put those because I didn't know what to type.
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Red Diamond’s Point of Sale Program helps drive traffic, build excitement and create trial. Our POS offerings include a variety of designs in different colors and displays designed to work well in any size setting. Every piece is coordinated, devised to promote sales and enhance your store with unified decorative elements. Red Diamond® offers proven plans for promoting your coffee and tea offerings throughout the year, with consideration for the season and sales trend. Select eye-catching designs in everything from back wall and door designs to window signs, pump signs, danglers and wraps. | <urn:uuid:d12ef036-d562-40e2-ad3c-c227f276310b> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://reddiamondbevservice.com/pos/ | 2021-03-07T02:10:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178376006.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20210307013626-20210307043626-00514.warc.gz | en | 0.93398 | 111 |
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TRIO OF CATS
This adorable cat family ornament features a set of three cats huddling together.
The three cats interlock to create the set and each piece is cast in the finest resin before being carefully hand-painted to create a unique and rustic finish.
This lovely freestanding cat sculpture set will certainly enhance any part of your cat loving home (Suitable for indoor use only).
This cute trio of cats ornament will make a wonderful gift for cat lovers.
This handmade trio of cats ornament comes individually boxed and will make the purrfect gift for women on Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Christmas (Xmas), Birthdays, Graduations, Weddings and Anniversaries.
An exclusive Fabulous Felines® design. We only source and sell the very best quality products catkind has to offer. We are also dedicated to designing cat themed products that will ensure the cat or cat lover in your life is always purring.
Size: Height 14cm x Width 18cm x Depth 10cm.
Weight: 670g (total weight of all 3 pieces).
Minor variations of sizes, design and finish are inherent character of these handcrafted products and should not be considered as defects.
Bring your garden or your window sill to life with this cute ceramic cat plant holder. (Please note plants are not included.)
Length - 16cm
Height - 16cm
Width - 11cm
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KARACHI: The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) has decided to embark on a feminist linguistic transition. The official term of reference for the incoming class at LUMS will no longer be ‘Freshmen’, instead they will be referred to as ‘First Years.’
Cutacut reached out to the woman behind this change, LUMS professor Nida Kirmani, who told us,”It is something that had been bothering me for some time, and last week when I saw an email from the Dean’s Office in which the word ‘freshmen’ was used, I thought it was a good opportunity to suggest that we might start using a more inclusive term. I knew the Dean would be open to this as he is a staunch supporter of gender equality and inclusiveness, and he was. In fact, he said he had been meaning to make this change himself for some time. There was no campaign involved, just an email.”
Nida Kirmani is also a staunch feminist, and the Faculty Director of the Saida Waheed Gender Initiative at LUMS. When asked why language is important to the feminist movement, she said, “Language has always been an important issue for the feminist movement because of the awareness of the role that language plays in structuring our world. Language is the lens through which we see and experience the world. When people use ‘man’ or words with ‘man’ in them to include all humans, it turns ‘man’ into the standard and ‘woman’ into an add-on or a deviation. Many argue that it is understood that words like ‘freshman’ include people of all genders, but these are the subtle ways in which women are told that they are subsidiary human beings. A small change like ‘freshman’ to ‘first year’ gives a message that the institution is serious about equality and inclusivity.”
Read:Twitter calls out Punjab Bar Council over alleged use of sexist quotes in diary
Areeba Fatima, a first year student at LUMS, spoke to us about the change and said, “When the policy was announced there was a surge of polarising opinions in the campus community. People who were never outright misogynistic in their opinions indulged in nonsensical humour about how this policy is stupid. The importance of language is heavily undermined in our society. The way we address women and how we talk about them translates into our conscience and hence our routinely behavior also reflects the same.”
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October 29th, 2010
03:19 PM ET
Funnyman Jon Stewart may not be laughing when he finds out that the hush-hush details of tomorrow's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in Washington, D.C., have been revealed.
The Christian Science Monitor has obtained a copy of the event's permit, and according to Rolling Stone, the document includes the names of all of the celebrities who will be on hand - as well as a few who are still "TBD."
The rally is expected to kick off at 10 a.m., with videos and music entertaining the crowd on a Jumbotron until music group the Roots take the stage at noon. A comedian will join the fun at 12:40 pm, getting the audience ready for "The Daily Show" host, who will appear at 1:05 pm.
Comedy Central colleague Stephen Colbert arrives at 1:20 pm, bringing along actors Sam Waterston and Don Novello to perform readings. At 1:40 p.m., singers Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy take the spotlight for a 10-minute set. Grammy winner Sheryl Crow will follow with a five-minute gig at 2:15, followed by more unannounced speakers and singers.
Stewart and Colbert will end the three-hour production with final statements.
Though the permit application expects a crowd of 60,000, over 226,000 people have RSVP'ed on the site's official Facebook page.
About this blog
Our daily cheat-sheet for breaking celebrity news, Hollywood buzz and your pop-culture obsessions. | <urn:uuid:40726586-10dd-415e-ac78-35d70bfdc6c2> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/29/whos-performing-at-the-rally-to-restore-sanity/ | 2017-10-20T10:20:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187824068.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20171020101632-20171020121632-00894.warc.gz | en | 0.921306 | 330 |
There are plenty of mobile white label programs available, but only mobiFriendly comes PACKED with features. Once you experience our platform and our unsurpassed customer service, you will see why we lead and others follow (albeit poorly).
Feature Details: With two major upgrades to our platform, we keep adding features! As a White Label, you receive constant communication informing you on upcoming updates.
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Media Kit: Once you sign up for a White Label, we provide you will all the tools you need to sell. This includes presentations, images, statistics, slide-decks, custom CSS scripts, etc. etc.
White Labels: White Labels have direct access to our back-office (and our executive, sales and development staff). We recognize that our White Labels are our primary channels where the “rubber hits the road.” | <urn:uuid:4ed83df5-6fc5-4afd-b247-0bc02d3cb7c6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://mobifriendly.com/index.php/features-2/ | 2017-01-16T17:09:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279224.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00443-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.899235 | 213 |
The summer is long gone (at least here in Europe), but it's never too late (or too early) to prepare for adventures in the heat. Without the hat it's certainly impossible.
Instead of buying hats from big brands and people complimenting us on their fanciness, we made one on our own (with the help from somebody who manufactures them).
So from now on, whenever we meet and greet somebody on the street, they are definitely keen on finding out what Freecords does.
And for us, that's a major plus, as instead of reaffirming other brands, we are promoting our own, and we certainly hope you will decide to do so too.
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Have you dreamed about your magical wedding day? Let us help make your dreams come true! We are a certified professional bridal consulting company. We will customize a package of services to fit all of your needs. LET US MAKE YOUR STRESS DISAPPEAR AND YOUR MEMORIES MAGICAL! Member: Southern Charm Bridal Network, Association of Bridal Consultants. FREE One-Hour Initial Consultation! We are also an authorized dealer for Weddingg Gown Preservation. | <urn:uuid:6495cb0e-3196-4919-8d9f-cc6c58af7e7f> | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | http://www.decidio.com/vendors/magical-memories-wedding-event-planning-llc-44300.html | 2014-04-23T11:51:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1398223202548.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20140423032002-00088-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.878246 | 96 |
About - XBeach
The devastating effects of hurricanes on low-lying sandy coasts, especially during the 2004 and 2005 seasons in the USA, have pointed at an urgent need to be able to assess the vulnerability of coastal areas and (re-)design coastal protection for future events, but also to evaluate the performance of existing coastal protection projects compared to ‘do-nothing' scenarios.
In order to address such questions the Morphos-3D project was initiated by the US Army Corps of Engineers. This project brings together models, modelers and data on hurricane winds, storm surges, wave generation and nearshore processes (wave breaking, surf and swash zone processes, dune erosion, overwashing and breaching). A group of experts in nearshore morphological modelling, led by UNESCO-IHE's Prof. Dano Roelvink, and including researchers from Deltares (formerly Delft Hydraulics), Delft University and the University of Miami, was asked to contribute by developing a new public domain model, ‘XBeach', that can predict nearshore waves and currents, dune erosion (scarping), overwashing and eventually breaching of barrier islands. Based on their long experience with modelling such processes in physical models and in computer models such as Delft3D, the group has developed a prototype model and validated it against a number of large-scale flume tests in the first year of the project, which will continue for two more years.
The XBeach model can be used as stand-alone model for small-scale (project-scale) coastal applications, but will also be used within the Morphos model system, where it will be driven by boundary conditions provided by the wind, wave and surge models and its main output to be transferred back will be the time-varying bathymetry and possibly discharges over breached barrier island sections. The model solves coupled 2D horizontal equations for wave propagation, flow, sediment transport and bottom changes, for varying (spectral) wave and flow boundary conditions. Because the model takes into account the variation in wave height in time (long known to surfers) it resolves the special long wave motions created by this variation. This so-called ‘surf beat' is responsible for most of the swash waves that actually hit the dune front or overtop it. Because of this innovation the XBeach model is better able to model the development of the dune erosion profile and to predict when a dune or barrier island will start overwashing and breaching.
The model has already been validated against extensive large-scale flume data sets including short and long wave distributions, return flow, orbital velocities, concentrations and profile change during dune erosion events. An essential part is an avalanching mechanism which allows a surprisingly accurate description of the evolution of the upper profile and dune face. | <urn:uuid:5c5b543d-646b-4b74-8c2d-97eb57208c60> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://oss.deltares.nl/web/xbeach/about-xbeach | 2020-09-20T14:51:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400198213.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20200920125718-20200920155718-00474.warc.gz | en | 0.938161 | 584 |
Wanted: Smart Information Security
There should be no debate over the need for effective information security in the information revolution. As digital information becomes more vital with the growth of cyberspace, securing it increases in importance. However, even with broad public awareness of the need for cybersecurity, the infosphere is faced with a serious challenge that is multifaceted and that defies easy solution.
For example, recently my wife’s computer rebelled and refused to cooperate. As the machine’s functions deteriorated and my wife’s frustrations grew, she declared that if the cause were another virus, then she would give up going online and would cede cyberspace to the bad guys.
Ultimately, our troubleshooting indicated a hardware problem. But her initial reaction points out the sad state of affairs in the information arena today. My wife uses her computer extensively to stay in contact with friends, to shop and to perform volunteer work. Given her reliance on the computer, it is remarkable that she would be willing to give up all of these activities and concede defeat to the marauders of cyberspace. Yet that is the point that we have reached in the information age.
As we make investments in information security, we must understand just how important it really is to the future of the information age. Many information technology professionals agree that it is becoming so expensive to keep up with antivirus protection that many people are wishing they could just opt out of the information revolution.
Clearly that is not a solution.
I have always believed that we should treat information as if it were air. It would be available to everyone in the Free World routinely as a right. And, information should be free of risk just as air should be free of pollutants.
But, maybe this is the wrong approach to take. Maybe we should view information as a privilege and not a right. We can protect a privilege more easily than we can a right.
If we are reaching a point in our society that hackers and virus makers are so destructive that intelligent users will throw up their hands and abandon the Internet, then we are failing.
An answer may be strong prosecution laws that put hackers and virus producers in jail. But, punishment always has been a reactive solution to a problem.
The best solution is to prevent the activities of cyberspace marauders through effective security measures. But providing proper protection is far more complex than blanketing networks with stifling security measures. These measures must enable safe and effective use of the information realm without constricting the very infrastructure that they set out to protect.
The potential pitfalls of overly restrictive security are apparent to our military. Panelists at TechNet International 2005 discussed the issues of speed and agility versus security. Many people see those concepts as being at opposite ends of the spectrum—effective security slows the flow of information and operations, while speed and agility largely come at the expense of security. However, security is necessary to ensure the work of enablers of speed and agility. Balancing security with speed and agility will be the key to successful military operations in the information age.
We must view network security in the same light that we view physical security. Government and industry both have roles in ensuring information security. But their roles must go beyond merely recognizing the need for this security. Industry and government must do the equivalent of saying, “We’re mad as hell, and we’re not going to take it anymore.” They must agree to take on the hacker and the nation-states that penetrate computer systems together.
Industry is working hard to stay ahead of the malevolent cyberspace denizens. But the real key is that software developed with greater discipline will offer fewer opportunities for a hacker to enter a network.
However, truly effective built-in security can be expensive. Many of the experts employed by software makers achieve only a 90-percent or 80-percent solution. The 80-percent solution became a benchmark for some firms because the last 20 percent would require a considerable expenditure in money and time, during which time other firms could develop software to supersede theirs.
Industry and government must work together to offer people around the globe secure network operations. First, they both must emphasize to a greater degree the need for security to be built into software. Second, government must stiffen laws against viruses and network intrusions and must prosecute offenders aggressively. For the vital infrastructure, both entities must commit to building a layered defense that covers every node possible.
Meeting these goals is only half the challenge. The other half is to ensure that these security measures don’t cause the slowdowns in speed and agility that heretofore have been the concern of only the military. Security measures that hamstring Internet commerce will hurt the economy, just as measures that hinder internal information exchange in corporations will limit productivity. Overly restrictive security could be even more harmful to the information arena than are hackers and viruses.
The goal of effective information security must be to minimize the effects of cyberspace vandals, not to enhance those effects with our reaction to their activities. These vandals are thieves who steal our time and our freedoms. They should not be allowed to drive users from cyberspace, nor should their tactics lead to measures that serve as disincentives to our fully reaping the benefits of cyberspace. Instead, let’s dishonor them by developing effective information system security that renders them and their activities irrelevant. | <urn:uuid:16af2d39-e124-43dc-8979-bcfd89460f2d> | CC-MAIN-2015-32 | http://www.afcea.org/content/?q=node/997 | 2015-07-30T12:55:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-32/segments/1438042987174.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20150728002307-00140-ip-10-236-191-2.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95723 | 1,109 |
Seven It’s the blogoversary. I had ice cream with the person because of whom I started blogging. And I laughed. Happy 7. Share this:TweetPocketWhatsAppLike this:Like Loading... 4 thoughts on “Seven” Add yours ‘Seven’ is a long long time! Congratulations dear lady! I can’t even begin to tell you how long you’ve come and how proud you make me! 🙂 Here’s wishing Amarllyis a hundred more glorious years ahead! LikeLike Reply Thank you so much! So lucky to have you as a friend. 🙂 LikeLike Reply WISHING YOU A VERY HAPPY NEW EAR AND LOOKING FORWARD TO READ A LOT FROM YOUR PEN LikeLike Reply Thank you so much! Really appreciate your reading. 🙂 LikeLike Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here... Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (required) (Address never made public) Name (required) Website You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change ) Cancel Connecting to %s Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. | <urn:uuid:ffef2ff1-e9ed-45d3-a821-a338fd04a71c> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | https://amarllyis.in/2015/12/30/seven/ | 2019-08-20T12:46:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315329.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20190820113425-20190820135425-00353.warc.gz | en | 0.828262 | 292 |
“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” –Andrew Carnegie
Running a company, even if it is a small business, needs a team of committed and capable employees who can get the job done. But a team is not something that happens by itself. The process of team-building teamworkteambuilding-c-9.html) takes time and effort. The end result is to create a work environment in which every person feels like his or her contribution is a vital and valued part of the organization’s success.
We have put together a list of 5 Cs of effective team-building to help you on your way:
1. Clear expectations: One of the key characteristics of a successful team is clear role delineation of every team member – every person has to know the role he or she is expected to play in the company as well as the roles of the other team members. As the business owner, you have to ensure that every employee in your organization clearly understands how and where he/she fits in the organizational structure. Use organizational charts and staff meetings to facilitate this understanding.
2. Channels of communication: Create and maintain open channels of communication CommunicationIntro.htm) with your employees. This must not only be between you and your employees, but also among the staff. Create a working atmosphere such that your employees know that you are always available to listen to their concerns. Also encourage them to discuss genuine issues amongst themselves. Without free and unfettered communication, team-building is only a distant dream.
3. Conflict resolution: Getting a group of people to work together is not a bed of roses. There will invariably be times when the going gets rough and differences come out in the open. Develop conflict-resolution skills among your employees and create a mechanism for grievance redressal, if they can’t resolve their problems on their own. If necessary, arrange for professionals to conduct workshops on this subject.
4. Consequences: Make members feel responsible and accountable for team achievements. Enable them to understand that each individual contribution is a vital piece in the whole picture. At the same time, encourage individual creativity to blossom by instituting a system of rewards and recognition.
5. Celebrating achievements as a team: Give your team-building efforts a fillip by celebrating successes as a group. Since every employee plays an important part in the success or failure of your business, it only makes sense to celebrate your achievements as a team. Depending on the size of the achievement, your celebration can be as simple as a pizza party or as spectacular as a company trip to Hawaii.
Use these tips to ensure that the people who make up your small business work together as a team
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U.S. Expatriate Taxes In Hong Kong
Hong Kong is among the most popular destinations for American expats, but how does living there affect their U.S. expat taxes? As an economic hub of China and South East Asia, Hong Kong is respected as one of the most important cities in the world. Living in Hong Kong as an American, you will surely think about your home country now and again, and rest assured that it has not forgotten you, especially when it comes time to file U.S. expat taxes.
Please visit our Country Tax Resource Guide for Filing Taxes as an American Living in Hong Kong.
U.S. Expat Taxes in Hong Kong
U.S. citizens and U.S. green card holders (resident aliens) have unique filing obligations, unlike the citizens of other tax jurisdictions. The U.S. imposes income taxation based upon citizenship, not based on tax residency and U.S. resident aliens are taxable on worldwide income for their lifetime unless they expatriate completely.
U.S. citizens and U.S. green card holders living and working outside the United States are required to file a U.S. tax return annually and report their worldwide income if they continue to meet the annually indexed minimum tax filing threshold amounts, consisting of the standard deduction and exemption.
Residing and working outside of the United States may permit the application of special tax laws and regulations when certain qualifications are met, permitting the offset of U.S. tax obligations in part or in their entirety. These rights of offsets are the result of the integration between the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE), Housing Exclusion (HE) and/ or Housing Deduction (HD) available on Form 2555 – Foreign Earned Income and Foreign Tax Credits (FTC) available on Form 1116 – Foreign Tax Credit. The Foreign Tax Credit on Form 1116 may be considered if the foreign country has a foreign income tax.
At Protax Consulting Services, our primary goal and objective is to use these interplay of mechanisms – the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE), Housing Exclusion (HE) and/ or Housing Deduction (HD) –in combination to wipe out any U.S. income tax.
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Sometimes it feels as though the current moment in American history is unique. At other times, there’s a disquieting déjà vu—for example, this week, when Daniel Ortega, the Nicaragua Sandinista leader, and Ollie North, the American Marine who funneled weapons to his right-wing opponents, the Contras, are both in the news.
Ortega, now president once again, is holding on for bare political life amid protests in his country. North, it turns out, is about to take over another controversial, oft-protested body: The National Rifle Association announced Monday that North will be its next president.
From a certain angle, North’s ascension is a peculiar choice for the NRA, both given the current political moment and given North’s own history. North came to national prominence in the Iran-Contra affair, in which the U.S. illegally sold weapons to Iran—violating an arms embargo—then funneled the proceeds to the Contras, who were fighting Ortega’s left-wing government. North, a Vietnam veteran, was then a lieutenant colonel serving on the National Security Council. He was charged with various felonies related to Iran-Contra and convicted of three. The New York Times editorial board tartly panned his verdict: “Oliver North won’t go to prison even though he lied to Congress, shredded White House documents and accepted a $14,000 security fence from an Iran-contra arms profiteer.” As it turned out, North’s convictions were reversed and vacated altogether because a judge ruled that the prosecution had used testimony North offered Congress under an immunity agreement.
In 1994, North ran for U.S. Senate in Virginia, where he proved a formidable fundraiser but a divisive candidate, and lost to incumbent Chuck Robb, helped by a third-party candidate who was endorsed by Senator John Warner, a Republican. Since then, he’s been active in conservative activist circles.
North’s appointment spawned an immediate round of very similar jokes—he’s a perfect fit for the NRA, since he’s got lots of experience facilitating gun sales, har har har—as well as some consternation at why the NRA would choose an obviously tarnished figure like North, especially at a moment when the organization is under even more political pressure than usual following the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the aftermath of which has launched the largest protest movement for gun restrictions in years.
The NRA’s éminence grise is Wayne LaPierre, its longtime executive vice president, while the presidency is a more ceremonial post. Still, the group hasn’t shied away from controversial presidents in the past. The most notable in recent memory is Charlton Heston, who served for five years and delivered the famous quip that Al Gore could have his gun when he took it “from my cold, dead hands.” A more recent president, Jim Porter, called Barack Obama a “fake president” and referred to the Civil War as the “War of Northern Aggression.” (The NRA’s first president, Ambrose Burnside, led troops in the Union Army against the treasonous rebellion.)
This is not merely chance. Warning about gun-grabbers riles up NRA members. As I wrote in February, after a LaPierre stemwinder full of controversial and dubious points just days after Parkland, it’s a consistent strategy for the group. LaPierre does something like this almost every year, setting off a predictable cycle: People get outraged; someone says LaPierre has gone too far; but LaPierre holds up the backlash against him as proof that they (the media, the government, whomever) is out for their guns and rallies the base with it. LaPierre has recognized that in these post-violence moments, in which there are new calls for gun control, all the NRA needs to do is maintain the status quo. A vocal and energized minority of the population is sufficient to do that, even though vast majorities of Americans support at least some minor forms of gun control, like stricter background checks. The NRA pursues a similarly provocative strategy in its online messaging, most recently in the person of spokeswoman Dana Loesch.
North, as a veteran culture warrior, is perfectly fitted to this strategy. Because of his Iran-Contra connections, he also makes for a perfect Trump-era martyr. His champions viewed him as a victim of the deep state, long before anyone in the U.S. used the phrase, and of a special prosecutor overstepping his bounds.
After Parkland, it seemed like the seemingly unshakeable stalemate on gun laws was trembling. The power of the Parkland students as advocates for stricter gun laws is remarkable, but so far they have few concrete victories to point to, and their staying power is unknown. In March, Florida added a few new gun regulations that the NRA opposed, but the changes are modest, and also included an NRA-backed idea to allow teachers to carry guns.
Days after LaPierre’s comments in Florida, President Trump demanded stronger gun-control laws, suggested taking guns from people without due process, and mocked lawmakers for being afraid of the NRA. But the president quickly backed off those comments and hasn’t continued to push for controls. He did, however, appear at the NRA convention in Dallas last week, as did Vice President Pence. At the moment, LaPierre’s post-Parkland strategy seems to have worked. The NRA has found its true north in provocation, so it’s only logical they’d find Ollie North, too.
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Firearms History: Articles address historical aspects of firearms development.
Long Range Rifle Fire: A collection of articles on historical topics providing hitherto difficult to find contemporary texts and newly written pieces for the student of long range shooting.
Long Range Target Rifles: Long range target rifles are scarce and highly prized collectors items today. While some saw limited use as sharpshooters arms (notably in the American Civil War) the rifles featured here in these general discussions were more often encountered on the rifle range.
British Military Longarms: Muskets, Rifles and Carbines. Small Arms Trials.
Ammunition: Projectiles, history of the cartridge from paper tube to solid-drawn case. Contemporary information on loading.
Accessories: Accessories associated with rifles and rifle shooting. Military, sporting and target rifles.
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Different Local Authorities do Different Things...
The three tiers of local government – the parish council, the district council, South Northamptonshire Council, and the county council, Northamptonshire County Council – can (and in some cases must) deliver a range of public services. This page provides basic listings for the services provided by each tier.
Click here to jump to the list of services provided by South Northamptonshire Council.
Click here to jump to the list of services provided by Northamptonshire County Council.
What King’s Sutton Parish Council Does
Click here for more information about King’s Sutton Parish Council.
Access to local information – The parish council provides information on local matters to village residents via its notice boards; a quarterly newsletter (King’s Sutton Times) delivered to each home in the village; the village website; and its social media channels (Facebook and Twitter.) The newsletter and online facilities are separately managed and maintain editorial independence. Their content does not necessarily reflect the council’s views.
Allotments – The parish council does not own any allotments. However, some allotments are rented out by the Baptist Church. (Contact Malcolm Hendley on 01295 810570 for details.)
Bridleways – Northamptonshire County Council maintains bridleways. However, the Parish Council appoints a volunteer Rights of Way Warden who monitors the parish bridleways and liaises with the county council as and when issues arise.
Burials (see Cemetery)
Bus Stops and Shelters – The parish council is responsible for the maintenance of the bus shelters in Astrop Road and Banbury Lane. The location of bus stops is determined by the county council.
Cemetery – The parish council manages the village cemetery and and arranges the sale of plots within it. (Contact the Parish Clerk for details.)
Community Grants – The parish council has discretion to make small awards for local community projects. Community funding is also available from other local authorities. (Contact the Parish Clerk for details.)
Dog Litter Bins – The parish council manages the provision of dog litter bins, and the collection and disposal of waste from them.
Footway Lighting – The parish council manages the provision of lighting for footways within King’s Sutton.
Footpaths (Rights of Way) – Northamptonshire County Council maintains public footpaths. However, the Parish Council appoints a volunteer Rights of Way Warden who monitors the parish footpaths and liaises with the county council as and when issues arise.
Grass Cutting of Public Green Spaces and Verges in the Village – The parish council manages grass-cutting on its own land within the village boundaries and has discretion to do the same for other landowners such as South Northants Homes.
Litter – The parish council manages litter-picking on its own land and may occasionally organise voluntary litter-picks thoughout the village.
Litter Bins – The parish council manages the provision of the yellow bins in the village and the collection of waste from them. (The black bins are the responsibility of South Northamptonshire Council.)
Millennium Memorial Hall – The village hall is owned and managed by a charitable trust. (The parish council usually has a representative on its management committee.)
Planning Applications – The parish council is a statutory consultee in planning matters. South Northamptonshire Council is the local planning authority (ie, the decision-maker) other than for waste and minerals, which are the responsibility of the county council.
Playgrounds – The parish council manages the provision and maintenance of play equipment on its land.
Recreation Ground, Village Green and Other Open Spaces – With the exception of the Playing Fields, the parish council owns and manages the land made available in the village for public enjoyment. (The Playing Fields are owned and managed by a charitable trust. The parish council usually has a representative on its management committee.)
Trees/Woodlands – The parish council is responsible for the management of trees on its own land. (The Planning Committee can also comment on proposals affecting any trees in the parish subject to Tree Preservation Orders.)
Verge Maintenance (see Grass Cutting)
Village Hall (See Millennium Memorial Hall)
War Memorial – The parish council is responsible for the maintenance of the parish war memorial, which is located on Highway land just outside the Church of SS Peter and Paul in The Square, King’s Sutton.
Young People's Activities – The parish council has discretion to make small awards for organised young people’s activities. (Youth services are usually led and organised by the county council. South Northamptonshire Council may also make some provision for children’s activities during school holidays.) | <urn:uuid:562ba236-1d28-4b14-b8b8-186a9e291817> | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | https://www.kingssutton.org/about-kings-sutton/parish-council/local-councils-who-does-what/ | 2017-02-20T06:16:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501170425.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104610-00039-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944473 | 1,003 |
Tomorrow is a big day in our nation as Americans will go to the polls to elect the 45th
President of the United States of America. In the midst of all the election chaos, frustration,
fear, and agony we often forget the incredible privilege it is to have a voice in a free country. I am thankful to have the opportunity to cast my vote for elected officials from the local level to the national level.
This freedom is a result of brave men and women who have fought to provide and
preserve the freedoms we have here in America. Later this week our country will
celebrate Veterans Day on Friday. My hope is after all the election hoopla is over, we can
find joy in remembering and honoring all our military heroes. The privilege of voting
tomorrow is a result of the sacrifice of our fellow Americans.
Speaking of voting tomorrow, if you have not already voted in this election I encourage
you to prayerfully seek God’s guidance and exercise your freedom to vote. Maybe much of
what is wrong here in America is a result of Christians failing to speak up and be heard.
Stand for what is right, rather than criticize what is wrong. Let your voice be heard as you
seek to honor Jesus with your life, your values, and your vote.
The most important thing to remember about elections, voting, freedom, and life is the
bigger picture. Once this election is over, God is still in control, Jesus is still Lord, the Bible
is still true, and the tomb is still empty. Let us focus our hope in Jesus Christ and let the world around us see the love of Jesus in our words and our actions. Rise up, church, and let
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The Gunslinger series really took me back to Stephen King, and so it was with the closing of that last book and a visit to a few others, that I decided to try a return to some of his books that I owned but remained unread.
Insomnia opens well, and the slow character building story actually does a good job of hooking you in and getting in touch with the main characters. However, I began to feel myself skipping small paragraphs and sentences, almost bored waiting for something to happen and shooting forward. Still I forced myself back and kept reading.
It was all going well but then King turned on that part of the story which inevitably drove me away from his writing. That odd element. It’s hard to describe, it’s almost like a Lovecraft story that just suddenly twists without reason and there are the wierdest things happening, but it’s more than that. It’s that he goes too far with some of the creatures and events that occur, and they step towards the line of daftness, for want of a better word, than of horror.
This is exactly what happened towards the end of this book, when the events really start to build and race towards the characters destiny. For me a lot of the characters, their circumstances and even the choices they made just seemed wrong, or just that step too far, or maybe one to the side. I don’t know, it’s really hard to describe, but it just went too far for me.
I did finish the book though, and I saw the nice tie in with the Gunslinger books. Yet I didn’t feel satisfied, especially for such a lengthy read. I feel I may struggle with reading the other unread books I own of his. | <urn:uuid:16204d5f-9243-4872-9045-98abc67de73b> | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | http://weblog.brunton.org.uk/2005/02/insomnia_-_step.html | 2018-01-20T04:45:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084889325.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20180120043530-20180120063530-00757.warc.gz | en | 0.982775 | 367 |
It’s HERE!! The biggest sale of the year! There are SO MANY GOOD THINGS to choose from! In case you didn’t know, the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is once a year starting every July where they put their fall fashion on sale and then the prices go UP in August. It’s the reverse sale and SO good. You can get the best jackets, boots, shoes, bags, jeans….you name it. It’s the best time to stock up! I ALWAYS get my designer jeans in this sale. If you are a Nordstrom card holder, you can get early access right now through July 16th. I have a Nordstrom debit card for this sale alone and it’s so worth it.
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Congratulations to Gallery Salamanca artist, Josie Birchall, for being one of 32 finalists (out of 600+ entries) in the 2018 Hadley's Art Prize for your painting ~ 'Treasure Island'!
What an incredible achievement! We're so proud of you!
About the Hadley's Art Prize...
"Presented by Hadley’s Orient Hotel, the Hadley’s Art Prize, Hobart is an annual, acquisitive Australian landscape prize, which offers $100,000 to the winning entry. Dating back to 1834, Hadley’s Orient Hotel has a rich and fascinating history interwoven with art, particularly landscape art.
The Hadley’s Art Prize, Hobart, seeks to contribute to the Tasmanian and Australian art scene, generating interest in cultural tourism and promoting the work of contemporary Australian landscape artists.
Judged by a panel of art specialists, the prize is open to Australian artists over the age of eighteen working in two-dimensional media. Artists at all career stages are invited to enter. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists are encouraged to enter.
In 2018 the Hadley’s Art Prize will be awarded to the best portrayal of the Australian landscape." ~ www.hadleysartprize.com.au | <urn:uuid:61474e3c-df53-4f57-a7a6-ba851d7ccd4a> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.gallerysalamanca.com.au/blogs/news/congrats-good-luck-to-hadleys-art-prize-2018-finalist-josie-birchall | 2020-10-01T23:02:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600402132335.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20201001210429-20201002000429-00409.warc.gz | en | 0.922998 | 266 |
[Episcopal News Service] When Skylar Mitchell arrived at Spelman College, an all-female historically black school in Atlanta, Georgia, she found herself in an unfamiliar environment. “I had never been around only black people before,” she said last year, as her sophomore year drew to a close. “I didn’t like that I didn’t know how to be around black women my age on a social scale,” she said. “Now that I’ve been here, I love being around my people.”
As Mitchell wrote in her essay “Why I Chose a Historically Black College,” featured in the New York Times in April, the high-achieving comparative women’s studies major had set her sights on a big-name traditionally white institution—not one of the country’s roughly 100 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Mitchell ultimately chose Spelman, the top-ranked HBCU, over the likes of Swarthmore and other well-known predominantly white institutions (PWIs), with no regrets. “I just feel more relaxed,” she said, compared to her previous majority-white high school. “Those first couple of days when I was at Spelman — I had never felt like that before.”
While Spelman has Baptist rather than Episcopal roots, Mitchell’s story might resonate with the Rev. Martini Shaw, rector of the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas in Philadelphia. Shaw is chair of the Episcopal Church’s Executive Council Committee on HBCUs. Talking with HBCU graduates, “hearing their testimonies, their witness about how those schools made such an impact and such a difference in their lives” has persuaded him that post-secondary schools dedicated to African-Americans remain essential in American society.
The Episcopal Church’s Executive Council established the HBCU committee at its June meeting to continue the work begun by a task force, formed in 2015.
Two historically black colleges and universities have deep Episcopal Church roots
Voorhees College, in Denmark, South Carolina, and Saint Augustine’s University, in Raleigh, North Carolina, are the only two Episcopal-affiliated historically black colleges and universities left in the United States. At one point, the Episcopal Church supported 11 HBCUs in Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. These schools fell under the auspices of the American Church Institute for Negroes (ACIN; later known as the American Church Institute). An additional school in Texas “received funds from ACIN but was never officially brought under its oversight,” according to Episcopal Church archives. By 1976, only three Episcopal-supported black colleges remained: Voorhees, Saint Augustine’s and Saint Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, Virginia. That year, a resolution to continue funding the colleges passed at General Convention.
In 2013, however, Saint Paul’s folded. The school’s financial problems started with the 2008 economic downturn, according to the Rev. Jamie Callaway, general secretary of the Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion and the Association of Episcopal Colleges. Moreover, “the federal government tightened the rules on federal loan programs [including Pell grants],” said Callaway, who is also a member of the HBCU committee. The changes affected many schools, but “for Saint Paul’s, it was, unfortunately, fatal,” he added.
Saint Paul’s wasn’t unique in its vulnerability to economic swings and government cuts; this is the case for HBCUs in general. Their mission is to keep post-secondary education affordable and accessible for all students, especially low-income students (between 70 and 75 percent of HBCU students receive need-based financial assistance in the form of Pell grants), those who would be the first in their family to attend college and students without access to five-star academic resources.
“These schools aren’t only for black students,” said Brian K. Bridges, vice president of research and membership engagement at the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). In 1976, 15 percent of HBCU students were not black; by 2014, that figure had risen to 21 percent. And the diversity goes beyond race. “[HBCUs] really do represent a cross-section of our society; you can’t categorize them into one group of students,” said Annette Buchanan, national president of the Union of Black Episcopalians (UBE).
Given the small percentage of students who attend HBCUs, it’s noteworthy that the schools are “among the top feeders of black students to graduate schools and professional schools, particularly in STEM fields,” according to Felecia Commodore, assistant professor of higher education at Old Dominion University. Statistics back this up: According to the National Science Foundation, between 2010 and 2014, a notable portion of African-American doctoral degree recipients had earned their bachelor’s degrees at HBCUs, from slightly less than 20 percent in the social sciences to nearly 50 percent in the agricultural sciences.
Congrats to Biology major Malika Wood '18 for receiving a travel award to attend The Graduate School @ Penn State's STEM Open House program! pic.twitter.com/NuTWaYgxV2
— Saint Augustine's (@SAU_News) October 3, 2017
While those figures may fluctuate, a 2015 Gallup poll shows that black graduates of HBCUs are “more likely than black graduates of other colleges to be thriving … particularly in their financial and purpose well-being.” This point goes to the heart of Mitchell’s experience at Spelman.
“Some will excel at Ivy League colleges,” Shaw said, and “others will do much better academically in a much smaller setting where they feel connected and supported by a community that looks more like them.” HBCUs are smaller, on average, than their traditionally white counterparts. The largest HBCUs’ student bodies number about 10,000. St. Augustine’s University has 1,100 students, while Voorhees College has some 480 students.
As cozy and advantageous as a small college might be, Voorhees President W. Franklin Evans wants to boost his school’s enrollment. “Last August, enrollment was at its lowest,” Evans said. The decline in enrollment—at a time when many HBCUs have seen their admissions spike—made him conclude that Voorhees isn’t “as family-oriented and as nurturing as we should be.”
Inaugurated as the school’s president in April, Evans said he is “reimagining Voorhees; it’s a different school of thought now.” In addition to boosting enrollment, his goals include reaching out to non-traditional students, re-establishing off-campus sites, boosting alumni donations and ensuring the perceived luster of Voorhees students in employers’ eyes.
Becoming more family-oriented at a school where “at least 85 percent” of the students are the first generation in their family to go to college means something specific to Evans. “We’ve got to do a better job of educating the parents and caregivers,” about navigating the college years, including the financial aid process.
He hopes, too, for more of a connection with the Episcopal Church. “I didn’t find the church as warm and kind and fuzzy as I thought it would be,” Evans said. Complicating matters for Voorhees has been the 2012 departure of the leaders and several members in many Diocese of South Carolina congregations during a dispute over biblical authority and theology, primarily centered on the full inclusion of LGBT people in the life of the church. “That, in and of itself, is an issue that has an effect on Voorhees,” said Evans, because several churches of those congregations were supportive of the college.
While Saint Augustine’s doesn’t have that particular complication, the school is also focused on increasing enrollment and alumni giving, according to the school’s president since 2015, Everett B. Ward. He’s looking to the council committee as his school moves forward with its efforts. “To have that level of support will be very helpful,” Ward said.
That support, in fact, could help prevent the loss of another Episcopal-affiliated HBCU. “We’re aware of the decline of small, church-affiliated HBCUs in general,” said UNCF’s Bridges. “This is a trend that’s happening nationally.” And while people have bemoaned the loss of HBCUs nationally, and four schools have lost accreditation, “over the past 15 years, only St. Paul’s has closed,” Bridges said.
Strenghtening the church’s connection
Looking back at the Episcopal Church’s relationship with its historically black schools, “one thing is very obvious,” said Shaw. “Yes, they were Episcopal HBCUs. Yes, there were dollars and funds allocated, but I’m not sure how much involvement beyond that there was.”
Now, he said, is the time to support Voorhees and St. Augustine’s with more than just money—while underscoring that more money always helps. Under the auspices of the new HBCU committee, at least two consultants are working on development and strategic planning, “in direct contact with the presidents, staff and boards of both schools,” Shaw said. He also noted that Episcopal HBCUs once had a healthy percentage of Episcopal students, but that is no longer the case.
The UBE’s Buchanan noted the same trend. “What we’ve heard and seen is that young black Episcopalians are not aware of the two Episcopal HBCUs,” she said. To raise awareness, UBE added a new page, Support Our HBCUs, to its website this year.
This isn’t the beginning of the 49-year-old organization’s support of Episcopal-affiliated HBCUs, though. “We’ve had a relationship with them throughout our history,” Buchanan said.
Buchanan sees Voorhees and St. Augustine’s as “the church’s largest outreach to the black community.” She said the church could strengthen this particular ministry, though. “I think the church’s results have been mixed,” she said. “The funding for HBCUs has remained the same over the past few years — every year, it’s been a struggle to get funding from the church for [them].”
The General Convention allocated $1,645,000 for HBCUs in its 2016-2018 budget, along with $400,000 in “education enterprise grants” to be shared by the two schools. That combination increases the church’s total HBCU funding to $2,045,000, which is $20,000 more than in 2013-2015, when the allocation was intended for Voorhees, Saint Augustine’s and Saint Paul’s. The current HBCU-earmarked total is $205,000 less than the 2010-2012 allocation.
At the same time, for the past 18 months, the Episcopal Church’s Development Office has been working to help Saint Augustine’s and Voorhees. With the support of the Executive Council, the presiding bishop and the new committee on HBCU, the development office’s goal is “to increase public awareness [of HBCUs] within the Episcopal Church, to strengthen fundraising for the schools and to provide connections to other Episcopal organizations that support HBCUs,” said Director of Development Tara Elgin Holley. One manifestation of this has been the formation by members of Christ Church in Raleigh of a “legacy council” for Saint Augustine’s. The council’s goal is to help spread the word about Saint Augustine’s. Three other local churches have also expressed interest in joining the group.
The development office’s efforts are part of the Episcopal Church’s racial reconciliation and justice effort, Building Beloved Community, Elgin Holley said. A summary of Building Beloved Community includes partnerships with HBCUs as part of a churchwide initiative to “repair the breach in society and institutions.”
Fighting for funding isn’t unique to Episcopal HBCUs; it’s woven into the HBCU community’s story at a national level, according to Marybeth Gasman, professor of higher education at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Penn Center for Minority-Serving Institutions. “HBCUs just had to fight to exist,” said Gasman. “Funding has continued to be really, really difficult; if they’re public, they’re not funded at the level of majority institutions.”
HBCUs’ endowments also lag behind those of their traditionally white counterparts’. Top HBCU Spelman draws upon a $346.9 million endowment, whereas top-ranked TWI Princeton’s endowment is $22.7 billion strong. The same goes for alumni giving. Voorhees College doesn’t have the kind of donors that support so many of the country’s TWIs, according to Evans. “We’re lucky if we have alums who are willing to give $200,” he said.
— Voorhees College (@VoorheesCollege) September 23, 2017
Earlier this year, President Trump invited HBCU presidents to the Oval Office as he signed an executive order “to promote excellence and innovation” at HBCUs. As part of the order, the Initiative on HBCUs moved from the Department of Education into the White House’s purview.
“Certainly, the president’s call to meet with the HBCU presidents was a good thing, as long as it was not simply a photo opportunity; time will tell,” said Shaw. The Initiative on HBCUs’ move “causes a little anxiety,” he added. The University of Pennsylvania’s Gasman agrees: “The money is in the Department of Education. It’s not in the Executive Branch. I don’t know why you would want the chickens in the house with the fox.”
Ultimately, the Trump administration’s intentions seem mixed, at best. While the Department of Education has reinstated year-round Pell grants, the Pell grant surplus could potentially be cut by more than $3 billion in the FY 2018 federal budget. And in May, the president called into question the constitutionality of the HBCU Capital Financing Program, comments at odds with February’s pro-HBCU talk and Executive Order.
In this sense, more than 150 years after HBCUs first arose, the schools continue to explain their relevance, to justify their very existence. HBCUs’ relevance remains a topic even though “we’ve seen upticks in enrollment in the past four or five years,” according to Gasman. HBCUs are seen “as a safe space for black students, so that they do not have to deal with microaggressions.” (Microagressions are comments or actions that subtly and sometimes unconsciously or unintentionally expresses a prejudiced attitude toward a member of a marginalized group such as a racial minority.)
Last fall’s HBCU enrollment spike in the wake of student protests at PWIs (including the University of Missouri and Yale University) drew national attention. “There are some very interesting racial dynamics going on right now in our country … coupled with the Black Lives Matter movement,” said the United Negro College Fund’s Bridges. Even students for whom finances were not a major consideration, Mitchell among them, value a place where their blackness isn’t an issue.
Given all of this, the HBCU community wants to change the subject from relevance. Commodore, of Old Dominion, and Gasman co-edited “Opportunities and Challenges of Historically Black Colleges and Universities: A Student Perspective” because “we wanted to push some of the conversations that are happening in HBCU research,” Commodore said. Those conversations included LGBTQ issues and the influx of Latino and Asian students into historically black schools. Moreover, “we really need to start talking about what are the governance challenges at HBCUs,” she said.
Buchanan pointed out the importance of leadership, not only in keeping HBCUs as healthy as possible, but also in acknowledging that a school is more than its administration. “Various leadership with various skill levels” have shepherded HBCUs, Buchanan said. “And some were not very good at all. There’s a tendency to paint a whole institution [in leadership’s light], when they really didn’t know how to manage their school.”
Bridges sounded positive about recent changes in HBCU leadership. “There’s been a new cadre of presidents coming in who are doing things in some new ways,” he said. Many of them are younger, in their late 30s and 40s, equipped with more “dynamic” marketing techniques. “The question for me is how do [HBCUs] exist, given the new racial dynamics of today, the new way of delivering education?” Bridges said. “How do they retool themselves to keep helping large numbers of low-income, academically unprepared students?”
Voorhees and Saint Augstine’s are among the HBCUs with new presidents, both seemingly eager to shift gears at their respective schools and to learn from past mistakes. At the same time, the Episcopal Church is dedicating time, people and resources to study HBCUs while supporting them in new ways, signaling that the schools should be more than just a line item in the church’s budget.
This path forward, which many credit to Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, is not only forward-looking; it harkens back to the beginnings of Episcopal HBCUs. “The founding of these colleges was the beachhead of the Episcopal Church’s work for racial reconciliation after the Civil War,” said Callaway. “Instead of just going forward, the church was saying, ‘how can we move forward and change things?’”
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This year’s winner of the American Philological Association’s Pre-Collegiate Teaching Award is Max Gabrielson. Mr. Gabrielson left a successful career in law to teach classics in the public system, first at Ridgefield High School and then at Wilton High School. Over the course of the past decade, he has expanded the Latin program at Wilton High School; more remarkably, he has built a Greek program ex nihilo from two students in 2001 to the present cohort of over thirty. He has done this entirely outside the regular class schedule, offering three levels of Greek before and after the school day, and often continuing instruction into the summer break. His advanced level students read and enjoy Homer, Plato and Greek tragedy. As one recommender remarked, “He willed it [the Greek program] into being by persevering, working overtime, and taking no shortcuts. He attracted already overworked students by promising them even more hard work – and great rewards.”
The rigor that his students appreciate in his teaching is coupled with a passion for the languages that his students soon come to experience for themselves. One former student who credits him as the reason why she went on to major in classics says of his teaching: “To live and breathe your passion is something few will ever accomplish, but Mr. Gabrielson does it every day, and it is that pure thrill of reading the classics in their original language that he imparted to our class.” The comments of another former student concur: “His teaching started from the position that these languages were a thing of great beauty, complexity and subtlety and to present them as anything else would diminish these qualities... Mr. Gabrielson expected his students to love the languages as if we were his peers, and yet he made it clear that nothing of this love was to be accepted on faith alone.”
Mr. Gabrielson is a tireless champion of Latin and Greek. He managed to secure the inclusion of ancient Greek in the Poetry Recitation Contest organized by the Connecticut Organization of Language Teachers, in which a thousand students participate and now get the opportunity to be exposed to ancient Greek. For the past seven years, he has served as Associate Editor of the American Classical League Newsletter. And he writes stirring editorials in his local newspaper with titles such as “Why Greek should be taught in all high schools” and “Why teaching the Classics is still relevant.” Mr. Gabrielson’s students join him in spreading the word. In an article published in the Wilton Bulletin titled “Learning ancient Greek is definitely no tragedy”, one of his students describes her joy as she translates Homer’s Iliad: “It is a wonderful feeling to extract meaning from chaos. The text lies in front of me, a puzzle, and I get to make sense of it. It does not matter that the text has been translated numerous times by better scholars. When I translate, I experience the beauty of the text first hand. It becomes my own personal Iliad: Homer through my voice, through my words. Nothing could be more satisfying.”
We too experience deep satisfaction in recognizing with the 2010 Pre-Collegiate Teaching Award Mr. Max Gabrielson, an inspiring teacher and vigorous advocate of classics in whom sapientia and eloquentia converge.
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James Anderson is a Ph.D student in Mass Communications and Media Arts at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His research interests include social movements, critical pedagogy and political economy. In his guest post for RE.FRAMING ACTIVISM, James pays tribute to the cyber activist Aaron Swartz.
“Information is power,” cyber activist Aaron Swartz wrote in his Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto. Crucially, he added, “But like all power there are those who want to keep it for themselves.” Swartz helped develop the RSS web application at the age of 14, served as early architect in creating the Creative Commons alternative to copyright, co-founded Reddit, constructed a vast online public library for all at archive.org and was one of the most vocal and committed opponents to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) — a particularly draconian piece of legislation that was defeated by a ground swelling of grassroots activism.
Swartz was a committed social justice advocate. He committed suicide January 11 at the age of 26.
Legal scholar Lawrence Lessig called him “brilliant, and funny. A kid genius. A soul, a conscience,” and said that he was “driven to the edge by what a decent society would only call bullying. Richard Stallman, prolific computer programmer and famed “hacktivist” pinpointed a particular kind of bullying in his renowned essay, Misinterpreting Copyright: A Series of Errors. To the point, “publishers call people who copy ‘pirates,’ a smear term designed to equate sharing information with your neighbour with attacking a ship,” Stallman wrote. “This rhetoric directly rejects the constitutional basis for copyright, but presents itself as representing the unquestioned tradition of the American legal system.”
Publishers’ sales are thus equated with public concerns. Increasingly extended copyright provisions today perform similar functions, channelling George Orwell to invert common understandings with Orwellian talk designed to confuse people, enclose common (shared or potentially shared) social spaces, thwart innovations, stultify ideas and limit collective creativity.
These are bullying practices and policies that put profits over people.
Another example includes the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which Stallman argues, “was designed to bring back copy protection (which computer users detest) by making it a crime to break copy protection, or even publish information about how to break it.”
“This law ought to be called the ‘Domination by Media Corporations Act,'” Stallman said, “because it effectively offers publishers the chance to write their own copyright law.”
In a 2003 Florida Law Review transcription Lessig took a similar position. He describes how an owner of a $1300 Sony AIBO dog tinkered with his pup to teach it to dance jazz. So strong was this man’s love for jazz (or techno-dogs dancing) and his impulse to share that he posted an explanation of how to do the hack on his website. As a result Sony sent him a letter saying, “Your site contains information providing the means to circumvent AIBO ware’s copy protection protocol constituting a violation of the anti-circumvention provisions of a law called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.”
In effect, the DMCA takes the concept of bullying to new domains. It prohibits the “fair use” of works that even draconian copyright restrictions would permit. Not only does DMCA unfairly threaten “fair use” provisions, but it potentially threatens the public’s inalienable rights to see many robot dogs dance.
That is the sort of bullying and injustice we cannot stand.
If this is the kind of digital revolution we are being sold, then I’m not buying it. As the famous Lithuanian political activist Emma Goldman reportedly once proclaimed, “A revolution without dancing is not a revolution worth having.”
But like over-reaching copyright law, SOPA and DMCA all show, the bullying trajectory is the “revolutionary” path that has thus far prevailed.
And in a monopoly-finance casino capitalist society such as ours, bullies abound. You find them embodied in the likes of Wall Street financiers who crashed the (admittedly crises prone, highly unequal and outmoded) economy, took billions from the public in bailouts and then rewarded themselves lavishly with bonuses while working people suffered, lost money and in some cases had their homes foreclosed.
The bully bankster brigade at Goldman Sachs exemplifies this profits-over-people bully ethos. In addition to being “too-big-too-fail,” the investment bank is also “a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money,” Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi wrote in a scathing rebuke of financial thievery.
Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein personifies the process. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called him the “face of class warfare,” after Blankfein stressed the need to “lower people’s expectations” apropos of essential social services provisions like Social Security (which contributes not a penny to the deficit, by the way). To be fair, Blankein has had to lower his own expectations too.
The Toronto Star reported on Dec. 21, 2006 that lovable Lloyd broke the record for the biggest bonus paid to a Wall Street executive when he got $53.4 million from Goldman. Contrast that with a recent story from the Wall Street Journal claiming that the chief executive is on track to receive a $21 million payday — a paltry sum compared to years past.
Perhaps times are changing in some ways for the better. However serious efforts to concentrate wealth, control information and privatize knowledge to give a privileged few unchecked power undoubtedly persist.
Preeminent journalist, SIUC honorary doctorate holder, owner to the rights of my heart and my unequivocal unrequited love, Amy Goodman, explained in a column for the online news publication Truthdig that many people in Spain have also suffered from bullying austerity policies wrought by the same global crisis of bully capitalism. Goodman told the story of Amaia Engana who lived in a suburb of Bilbao in Spain’s Basque territory. Engana faced the harship of homeforeclosure. She did not want to have her home taken from her so she took her own life, Goodman reported.
But bullying trends and cruel consequences are not divinely ordained. In another recent Truthdig article Goodman suggested, “Now the work of movements begins.”
Indeed, Dr. Goodman, my love. As the late Swartz asserted, “we can fight back.” And we have, with considerable success.
The M-15 movement in Spain inveighs against austerity and related direct-action initiatives have thwarted home foreclosures there. The Occupy Wall Street movement in the US sought to take back the public domain, implement horizontal forms of social organization, practice direct democracy, protest bully banksterism help keep people from being evicted from their homes when they couldn’t pay mortgages and in sum prefigure another (more just) world.
Thanks to activists like Aaron Swartz bills to encroach upon Internet freedoms like SOPA were defeated, keeping doors to that better world open.
In one of his final acts of civil disobedience Swartz used the database at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to download electronic academic articles from the JSTOR corporation’s journal repository with the aim of making them available to everybody — that is, to the public who largely subsidizes the research at MIT and at innumerable other universities throughout the US through their taxpayer dollars.
Swartz was ultimately prevented from releasing the documents. JSTOR did not try to press charges. The company acted sensibly in this case, but the same cannot be said for MIT. Swartz’s family believes the university administration made decisions that contributed to Swartz’s death.
It would not be the first time that a university administration acted in a bullying manner, in accord with business principles. Anti-democratic decision-making and hierarchical structures at many universities support the bully ethic. It is what enables gross disparities in pay reflected by a highly skewed pyramid with administrators and board members at the top with their usually very high salaries, often disenfranchised professors in the middle and exploited graduate assistants on the bottom alongside students who owe $26,000 in debt upon degree completion (that’s the approximate average debt for students in the US after graduation).
Yet just like privatization of the public domain gets protested, so too does covert privatization schemes like skyrocketing costs of tuition and student fees in conjunction with indebtedness that further monopolizes knowledge and opportunities for meaningful work.
With the celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy fresh in our minds, one of Dr. King’s quotes rings loud and true: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
Still, in a bit of ironic bullying, a video that showed clips of King’s copyrighted “I Have a Dream” speech created to protest copyright law was removed from the web on Friday 18th January 2013 by Vimeo, presumably for copyright violations, the Washington Post reported. In a public appearance Swartz’s girlfriend recounted how she would often urge him to take a break from all-consuming social activism to do something that would make him happy. She said he replied that he didn’t want to be happy; he wanted to change the world.
Swartz and King did their part. We have to do ours. So long as we keep bending that universal arc toward justice, engaging in acts of civil disobedience to preserve and enhance freedoms and equality (in the physical and virtual spheres) like some of those sketched out above — bullies be damned! — something tells me Swartz and King would be happy. | <urn:uuid:7509b0d7-5148-41ae-b3a5-f362f4cb2c97> | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/activistmedia/2013/01/a-tribute-to-aaron-swartz/ | 2019-10-14T03:57:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986649035.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20191014025508-20191014052508-00535.warc.gz | en | 0.952441 | 2,081 |
From the Commissioner
Away from the headlines, some amazing work is going on in Maine schools and I’ve had the good fortune to visit several schools –most recently Lake Region High School and the career and technical education center.
I also got to meet six talented teachers last Thursday at a ceremony recognizing them as 2014 Maine Teacher of the Year semi-finalists. Yes, Shannon Shanning, our 2013 Teacher of the Year has barely begun her term, but we are already busy reviewing, scoring, and celebrating more great teachers. I was also glad to announce that the Department has entered into a partnership with Educate Maine, a business-led education group, to manage the program. We are excited about this partnership and confident in their ability to further raise the profile of this program, which showcases and highlights exceptional teachers.
Notices and Reporting
- Teacher of the year semi-finalist Suzen Polk-Hoffses, kindergarten teacher at Milbridge Elementary School, with Governor LePage and Millbridge student Juan Jose Castillo. | More
News & Views
AUGUSTA – A new set of science standards that Maine took a leading role in helping to develop were released Tuesday evening. Earlier in the day, the State Board of Education was briefed on the Next Generation Science Standards by Anita Bernhardt, the Maine Department of Education science education specialist. The Board anticipates voting on adoption of the standards later this spring. | More | Anita Berhardt’s SciTech blog
Governor, Ed Commissioner announce 2014 Maine Teacher of the Year semi-finalists, partnership with Educate Maine
AUGUSTA – On Thursday, six Maine teachers were named as semi-finalist candidates to become the 2014 Maine Teacher of the Year. Governor Paul R. LePage and Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen honored the talented group of educators from around the state in a State House ceremony. Also recognizing the semi-finalists were Steven Pound, chair of the State Board of Education; Tanna Clews, executive director of Educate Maine; and the 2013 Maine Teacher of the Year, Shannon Shanning. | More
Commissioner Stephen Bowen visited Lake Region High School and Lake Regional Vocational Center, both in RSU 61/SAD 61, Naples, to explore their project-based academies and new career and technical education facility as part of his Promising Practices Tour on Friday. | More
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How to Get Rid of Separation Anxiety in Dogs: Many Solutions to a Multi-Faceted Problem
Separation anxiety in dogs is a complicated problem with many potential causes and cures. Does your dog have it? My current dog has separation anxiety (3.5 years) and my former dog did also. How do you get rid of it? The first thing to do is to rule out other problems and confirm that your dog DOES have separation anxiety: that means, a trip to the vet.
Does your dog have separation anxiety?
Kennel size matters
My first suggestion would be to kennel her during the day. Her kennel should be a safe den for her to go in whenever she wants. My dog goes in her kennel because she wants to for some alone time, to get away from company if I have any, or if she's scared (of a noise outside or what's on TV or whatever). The door is always open to her kennel, which is a size too small for her, but she hates the larger size that is appropriate—it's not den-like enough, apparently.
Is your dog's kennel too big for her? If so, put a sturdy box in it to make it smaller. If that works, buy a smaller kennel for long-term and donate/sell the old one. Is it the enclosed kind or the open wire kind? If it's open wire, then cover three sides (all except a door) loosely with an old sheet or better yet use clean, used cardboard and just set it against the top and sides. Also, use a box (as described above) to make it into a small den if it's too big for her. Lock her in her kennel/"safe den" during the day. Also, apply Bitter Apple liberally to the items around the house that she chews most--it works for many dogs, but not all of them. Then hopefully she won't chew on things when you get home from work and let her out.
Dog exercise survey
How often do you go to the dog park with your dog, on average?
Exercise your dog: go to a dog park frequently
Make sure your dog gets tons of exercise--"a tired dog is a good dog". Play with her, cuddle with her, but also take her to the dog park several times a week for exercise with canine companionship. Note that walks are not serious exercise for the dog, just the human. Dog parks are what dogs need so they can run and play with their own kind. Make the trips at least 1/2 hour; many dogs need 2 hours or more several days a week.
Another important thing that should help is obedience training. Even if you've already been to classes, sign up for more classes even if you’ve already taken them. This helps reinforce to the dog that self-discipline is necessary at all times and increases the bond between you and the dog. Make sure your instructor knows why you are taking these classes—because of the dog's separation anxiety—and the instructor will probably be able to help a lot more proactively and specifically.
Appropriate chew toys
Also, make sure your dog has appropriate chew toys. After careful supervision for a long time, I've found that I can safely leave a classic red Kong, sized for my dog, in my dog's kennel and leave her all day. It provides stress outlet in the form of chewing that is PROPER chewing. Make sure she's got plenty of proper chew toys to play with when she's not in her kennel, too, and whenever you catch her chewing on something inappropriate offer an appropriate toy instead (and spray the inappropriate item with Bitter Apple as quickly as possible).
A trip to the veterinarian
If you're still not getting results using several of these methods at the same time, and after at least 4 weeks, take your dog back to the vet and ask the vet about medicines and other remedies. Medicines are controversial, just like psychiatric medication for humans (especially for kids), but it helps many dogs miraculously. Some over-the-counter medicines are "Pet-Eeze", "Rescue Remedy", and "Ultra-Calm".
Note that I've tried a pale blue necklace-type thing that emits "calming pheromones" to the dog--it smelled really bad, so I had to throw it out before it was even on her. It might or might not work, in other words, but be aware that it stinks in any case.
I haven't tried the plug-in calming products, such as "Comfort Zone", but that might help to put one next to her kennel during the day.
Prescription Anti-Anxiety Medicine for Dogs
Finally, talk with your vet about prescription anti-anxiety medicine, such as "Clomicalm" or one of several other options. It is expensive, but less expensive than your furniture and home being ruined and there is a generic form that is approximately 1/3 the cost. Each dog is an individual, just like humans, so some medicines and dosages will work for your dog and some won't. Maybe none.
Getting a companion animal
I think getting another dog as a companion, especially a rescue, might not be a wise idea until you've solved this problem with your dog. I'd try the above suggestions first. Perhaps a cat rather than a dog for a companion pet once your dog's symptoms are improved or controlled. But keep in mind the vet and toy and food bills add up quickly for each animal.
Please let me know if this works for you or if you need more help troubleshooting the problems with your dog! Very good luck and warm wishes to you if you are in this situation. I went through the same thing until I found the right combination of solutions (dog parks, meds, and cuddling) for my dog. It does require TONS of patience on your part, though.
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(Martha) They said to me, “Ok, now, you’re exhausted. You let us be the nurse, and you be the wife.”
(Martha) And that set me free from those duties that I had been doing, but it also gave me freedom to call on them for things that I would have normally done.
And as I look back on it, the most amazing thing I could see, that time was God’s time with Kenneth and Kenneth’s time with God. It was not for me, about me or between me and Kenneth. And God moved to keep me out of it serving Him so that He could minister to Kenneth. So I was not interfering and keeping him from hearing. I was not hovering.
(J) Oh, wow, umm.
(Martha) ) In fact, I shared this with my dear, dear friend, who’s assistant pastor, and she said, “Martha, I saw this on you. You were serene, and you didn’t hover.” Having experience I’m sure with a lot of people she could tell that was unusual. And it’s shocking, but I was not his god,
(Martha) and it was not mine to bring him to his end. It was not mine to usher him into heaven, to do whatever transpired between him and God. I watched it, and some of it I heard, but very little. And my conscience was clear when it was over, and when I could see that through Sue’s note, because I knew that God had kept me in my place, so that Kenneth could be in his place alone with God.
(Martha) Oh, thank you for that wow.
(J) Wow, wow, wow.
(Martha) And I’m so, I’m so grateful God did that, because as a Christian you would think you would be there speaking all the time and saying, “How are you?” but it was very peaceful and very quiet in that room. And I was there, you know, the whole time, of course.
This is very precious, and my pastor told it at the funeral. He was on one side of the bed and I was on the other, and Kenneth was pretty much sedated and at that time when he wasn’t alert altogether. And the pastor told me later that he said five words and he said, “Three of them were to you.” And he was listening to the pastor, and he had his head turned toward him, and I don’t remember his words were. “Hello,” probably. And suddenly he turned to me with tears in his eyes and he said, “I love you,” and that was the last words he said. But he did it, not because I was demanding to hear from him or because I pestering him or because I expected anything. But that was his last gift to me. And that was my precious…
(J) Because you were out of the way, God was able to work through him to give you something too.
(Martha) Exactly. And I think we’re supposed to be that with everyone. We’re not supposed to play God. And many times I would worry over him and fret over him, and God would say, “He had a God. I’m on duty. Don’t worry.” But it was an amazing experience, and really almost too precious to share. If I didn’t think the Lord wanted me to share it, I wouldn’t. But it’s an example. I think it’s a huge lesson in the rest. And the two priests of the New Testament were Mary of Bethany. Jesus said wherever the gospel is declared, what she has done will be a memorial. She was a priest to Jesus, not to the people around her. She was focused on Him. And the other one is John, the Beloved. He was the priest on Patmos that heard and saw into the heavens the final history of mankind with God. He was the priest. That’s what it’s like to have a focus on Him. And then, and I make the point in my book that people followed Mary – they didn’t follow Martha – because she was, I’m sure, somehow full of light and full of love, and..
(Martha) Life, umhmm. So, if will serve to show everyone the rest that those days, as you can imagine, and you saw were exhausting. But those days where I stayed in the position and should be at this moment also, they were, it was rest, because I didn’t move til God moved. I didn’t speak til God spoke. I watched. I waited. I loved Him and He loved through me, just like you described.
(J) You know, I’m thinking of the “JEV,” the “John Enslow Version.”
(J) I’m thinking of the word He gave me that, “Effort is blasphemy,” and when you’re in the effort, you are preventing God from being Who He wants to be.
(Martha) That’s the point, exactly. Very good, thank you.
(J) And there’s chaos. You create an incredible amount of chaos when you are in that kind of effort, because you’re playing God. You’re saying, “I can do it better.”
(Martha) Exactly. Umhmm.
(J) “And I know better,” rather than letting God be God. And so, “effort is blasphemy.” I’m looking and going, “Oh, my gosh, it really is blasphemy,” because it is blaspheming His actions and His desire to move.
(Martha) Oh, John, I see it this moment in a new way. It’s demeaning God as God and making myself god, and I know how to do it as a woman and as…
(J) Yeah as humans, and every single one of us can do it.
(Martha) Yeah, and have done it.
(J) Do it, do it repeatedly.
(Martha) But it isn’t supposed to be chaos. It’s supposed to be the beautiful order that it was. It was beautiful. And when he… I think he passed away in his sleep. The nurses were in the room as they usually were in the night. And then they came to me and said he was gone. I was awake, because they were making, they were talking, but I wasn’t involved. God didn’t even let me be involved in the moment that he passed away. It was between Him and Kenneth. That is very, very private. And it should be with all of us. It’s given me such a reverence for God’s defense of, “I’m his God. He’s got One. You don’t need to be one.” It’s getting in the way.
(J) Well, let me give you the perspective of if you had been in the way, you would have created chaos, because you would have been doing things, bumping around and telling the nurses to do stuff. You would have been in the way. You would have brought chaos, and it wouldn’t have been a peaceful entrance.
(Martha) That’s right. Oh, that’s so true, John, because he was very, very susceptible to noise. Exhausted. Four beautiful friends that came to see him, and it was the most wonderful day, the most wonderful visit for him and for all of us. But two days later he wouldn’t have been able to do that. He wouldn’t have been able to bear it. It would have been too much noise, too much. He was so weak. He needed all of his energy to get ready for his entrance. And I knew that instinctively. I don’t know that I knew is consciously, but I very much guarded him from visitors later.
(J) How frightening it would have been if you had prevented him from having his moment with God.
(Martha) Oh, it would have broken my heart, including God’s heart. It was simply, I was simply removed from those final, final moments.
(J) But you were beautiful in that. You were absolutely beautiful and perfect in what he needed and what God needed in the moment. You were in like a perfection of the moment.
(Martha) Ummm. Wow.. umm
(J) You believe me?
(Martha) It’s lovely. But you know if I have been in it, I would have broken into a communication that was going on and distracted him, and he didn’t have the energy to do anything more than just be there with God in secret and in silence. He didn’t have the energy.
(J) It’s such a check. It’s such a check for all of us to be, be a priest, to be focused on Him rather than being Him.
(J) Thinking we know better being Him.
(J) We can be Him. By focusing on Him, He brings His life through us, but if we think we do it better, pwwwh…
(Martha) We can do it without Him is what we really think. It’s always… We make much of fellowship and church and the Body of Christ, and that’s true. But there is a place where it’s just you and God.
(J) There’s more time of me and God alone than me and the Body.
(Martha) Uhhuh, and that’s healthy.
(J) Well, that’s the reality, you know?
(Martha) Oh yeah, I see what you mean. But it proves another thing too, John. If God tells you to be in your position, and you ask Him to keep you there; He kept me there, and I wasn’t even conscious of being in a position. I was just conscious of waiting for Him and watching for Him. “Is there anything You want me to do, Lord? Is there anything You want me to say?” “Nope, I’m doing fine.”
(J) Ohhh, Jesus.
(Martha) And to create that peace. The Lord created the peace in the room, that he needed the quiet. I wasn’t talking, I wasn’t asking. I wasn’t probing. I wasn’t, you know. It was just a quiet, it was a quiet… I can look back on it and know that God achieved the perfect end of this world in peace and quiet. It was so quiet. Somebody asked me how I was doing and I said, “Quiet,” and I don’t remember what they answered. But it’s not what you would expect. But that’s where I’ve kind of been a lot, just quiet.
(J) That’s why I hijacked you and brought you out into the middle of a field. Ahhhh, yeah.
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McCain released a Web ad that distorts Obama’s positions on clean-energy innovation and nuclear power.
- The ad portrays Obama as saying "no" to energy "innovation" and to "the electric car." In fact, Obama proposed a $150 billion program of research into a wide variety of clean-energy technologies last year, long before McCain proposed to award a $300 million prize for developing a commercially viable battery package capable of powering automobiles.
- The ad also has Obama saying "no" to "clean, safe nuclear energy." In fact, Obama has said, "I have not ruled out nuclear… but only [would support it] so far as it is clean and safe."
Sen. John McCain’s campaign announced the new Web-only ad on June 25. It portrays Obama as "The Dr. No of energy security." We find that some of the claims in the ad go too far and misrepresent some of Obama’s positions.
McCain Web Ad: "Dr. No"
On Screen: Barack Obama Is Dr. No. No To Drilling Offshore Oil.
Obama: Offshore drilling would not lower gas prices today.
On Screen: No To A Gas Tax Holiday.
Obama: I think John McCain’s proposal for a three month tax holiday is a bad idea.
On Screen: No To Innovation. No To The Electric Car.
Obama: In this campaign, John McCain is offering the same old gimmicks.
On Screen: No To Clean, Safe, Nuclear Energy.
Obama: I start off with the premise that nuclear energy is not optimal. I am not a nuclear energy proponent.
On Screen: Barack Obama Truly Is The Dr. No Of Energy Security. Paid for by John McCain 2008.[/TET]
No to Innovation?
The most glaringly inaccurate claim in the ad is that Obama opposes "innovation" in general and "the electric car" in particular. The claim is based solely on Obama’s dismissal of McCain’s proposal to award a $300 million prize for development of a battery package capable of powering plug-in hybrids or electric cars at a fraction of current costs. Obama called McCain’s approach a gimmick, but it’s not true that he opposes innovation or electric-powered cars.
In fact, Obama was criticizing McCain for not going far enough. He said in a speech in Las Vegas on June 24:
Obama: After all those years in Washington, John McCain still doesn’t get it. I commend him for his desire to accelerate the search for a battery that can power the cars of the future. I’ve been talking about this myself for the last few years. But I don’t think a $300 million prize is enough. When John F. Kennedy decided that we were going to put a man on the moon, he didn’t put a bounty out for some rocket scientist to win – he put the full resources of the United States government behind the project and called on the ingenuity and innovation of the American people.
And far from saying "no to innovation," Obama has proposed spending $150 billion over 10 years to develop a variety of new energy technologies, specifically including advanced biofuels, "clean coal" technology, and wind and solar technologies. We find no specific reference to electric-car research, but we also find no evidence that Obama is opposed to developing electric cars.
Furthermore, Obama laid out this $150 billion proposal in a speech on Oct. 8, 2007. That is more than eight months before McCain first mentioned his $300 million car-battery prize on June 23. Readers may judge for themselves which candidate is more aggressive about promoting energy innovation.
"No to Nuclear?"
The McCain ad also portrays Obama as saying "no to clean, safe, nuclear energy." That’s false. Obama has said he’s open to building new nuclear plants if they are clean and safe.
As we noted in a recent article, McCain bases his claim on a partial quote from Obama from a town hall meeting in Newton, Iowa, on Dec. 30, 2007. Obama had been asked whether he was "truly comfortable" with the safety of nuclear power.
Obama, Dec. 30, 2007: I start off with the premise that nuclear energy is not optimal. … I am not a nuclear energy proponent.
If that was all Obama said it would not make him an opponent of nuclear power, of course. It would make him "Dr. Maybe," but not "Dr. No." And In fact, Obama went on to say later in the same response:
Obama, Dec. 30, 2007: There is no perfect energy source. Everything has some problems right now. We haven’t found it yet. Now I trust in our ingenuity. … I have not ruled out nuclear as part of that [$150 billion proposed energy research] package, but only so far as it is clean and safe.
Furthermore, the energy plan Obama released in October 2007 said: "It is unlikely that we can meet our aggressive climate goals if we eliminate nuclear power from the table."
There’s no question that McCain is a much bigger advocate of nuclear power than Obama, who has taken a more guarded position. McCain has said that he’d work to bring 45 new nuclear power plants online by 2030, with the eventual goal of building 100 new nuclear plants. Obama has criticized that, highlighting his opposition to long-term storage of nuclear waste at the federal government’s Yucca Mountain site in Nevada. "He wants to build 45 new nuclear reactors when they don’t have a plan to store the waste anywhere besides right here," Obama said June 25 in Las Vegas. McCain supports going ahead with the Yucca Mountain plan.
The absence of long-term storage facilities is a key obstacle to building new plants. But Obama’s 2007 plan promised that he "will also lead federal efforts to look for a safe, long-term disposal solution based on objective, scientific analysis." It’s inaccurate to cast Obama as an opponent, and McCain goes too far when he portrays Obama as saying "no" to nuclear.
The McCain ad is on target elsewhere. It says Obama is opposed to opening up new areas for offshore drilling, and he is. And it says Obama is opposed to McCain’s proposal for a three-month suspension of the 18.4-cents-per-gallon gasoline tax, which is also true. That "gas tax holiday," an idea that has been criticized by more than 300 economists, was to have started on Memorial Day, however, and has a near-zero chance of enactment.
Bond: It was a good idea to use atomic power. I’m glad to see you can handle it properly. …
Dr. No: My work has given me a unique knowledge of radioactivity. But not without costs, as you see. [Indicating his prosthetic hands]
Dr. No later meets his doom in the bubbling cooling vat of a nuclear reactor that is melting down. The reactor later explodes, obliterating Dr. No’s island complex. The movie was released 17 years before the real near-meltdown at the Three Mile Island plant in Pennsylvania, on March 28, 1979. The movie doesn’t really tell us anything about whether today’s nuclear plants are safe, but we thought it was worth a mention.
– by Brooks Jackson
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Scope and Contents This collection consists of the papers of Dr. Daniel Crump Buchanan on Japanese culture with some information on China, Korea, and other Asian countries generally organized by subject. The files on Japanese culture and history are arranged alphabetically by subject. They contain some significant memos and position papers on propaganda and psychological warfare against Japan during World War II. Other files on similar themes include "Espionage," "Target Operations", and "Reorientation." Also...
Dates: 1935 - 1957
Scope and Contents A carte de visite album belonging to the Houston family of Lexington, Virginia. It contains images of Judge Thomas Dix Houston, the Ervine, White, Wilson, Leach, Weir, Buchanan, Shumate, Culton, and Bear families of Rockbridge and Augusta Counties in Virginia. It also contains an image of Virginia Military Institute professor James Woods Massie. There are photographs by Lexington and Shenandoah Valley photographers Michael Miley, Adam H. Plecker, Hugh Morrison, and Benjamin Clinedinst, and...
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Perhaps there’s hope in the pop world after all.
Inundated as we are by hormonal determination of the female tween populace regarding such lightweight romantics as the Justin Biebers, One Directions and numerous copycats whose musical, puppy-eyed declarations of love carry the emotional resonance of a Twix candy bar, it seems as though not all of the ladies have been taken in by the scam.
Apparently there’s still room for intelligence, intellect and poetry — at least, if the lustful predominantly female crowd that screamed at the top of their lungs during the opening strains of “Give Me Love” at Monday night’s Ed Sheeran Echo Beach appearance is any indicator.
At the ripe young age of 21, the solitary Sheeran, whose all-ages appearance was upgraded from the Kool Haus due to his popular growth spurt, still flies within the radar demographic boundaries worshipped by followers of the Biebs and the One Direction lads, if just only.
But rather than concentrating on butterfly platitudes, Sheeran — armed only with his guitar, a couple of microphones and his BOSS loop pedal RC-30 — offered more substance within the confines of his romantic context than the countless parade of Tiger Beat cover candidates.
So he was many things to many people last night: charming host, telling multiple stories about playing at festivals and relative’s weddings, the turning tender with “Kiss Me.”
He was a doting expectant parent on another sensitive song about hope and innocence called “Small Bump and a “ soulful gospel man on “Wayfaring Stranger.” Of course, his unique ability as a “hip-hop” folkie to stuff multiple syntaxes into such numbers as “U.N.I.” and his tour-de-force, “You Need Me, I Don’t Need You,” stretched into marathon proportions during last night’s four-song encore.
If there’s a consistent aspect to the good-natured Sheeran’s talent, it’s as a first-rate craftsman who combines the best elements of pop — strong melodies, memorable choruses and sturdy hooks — into an intellectual and sentimentally fulfilling art, probably best represented by the big hit that concluded his nearly two-hour set, “The A-team.”
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He explained and demonstrated this magic during “Drunk,” instantly transforming himself from solo performer to group, and handily impressing the sold-out singalong masses of 5,000 or so in attendance.
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…catching up on episodes would be so easy and life on social media would be suddenly worth the time.
Unfortunately, it will never happen as it would be a bit difficult to install WiFi at Downton given the Dowager Countess’ feelings toward electricity. We all remember her comments that were so late-19th century when she said, “I couldn’t have electricity in the house, I wouldn’t sleep a wink. All those vapors floating about.” Kind of hard to install WiFi without electricity. And, as you now know, it would be just an added expense for Downton that, given their recent need to cut back on expenses and subsequent apparent mismanagement of funds, it might not be something anyone upstairs or downstairs is ready to take on at this time.
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BARCELONA -- Mobile World Congress -- The mobile industry has descended on Barcelona for an action-packed week of mobile devices, infrastructure updates and 5G fantasizing.
Light Reading was among the first to arrive -- some of us a few days early to take in the city and mentally prepare and others of us bright and early on Sunday, the unofficially official first day of the show, to the foreign sight of sunshine and no cab lines.
Here's a few snapshots from our first few days in the city, including snaps from Light Reading's pre-show soiree with 100 of our closest friends at "Jessica" Albas Granados. Click on the image below to launch the slide show.
It is barely the work week, but MWC has already seen a lot of action. Here's a sampling of the pre-show stories below.
- Poll: NFV/SDN, 5G & IoT to Dominate MWC
- MWC: Let the Madness Begin
- Is DT About to Blow Our SDN Socks Off?
- Deutsche Telekom Outlines Its RCS Evolution
- Huawei Promises 4.5G & LTE-M in 2016
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So, are you an ex born-again-Christian-Apologist or just ex-born-again but still a Christian Apologist?
And, if the former, were you a Christian Apologist for 20 years, or have been an ex for 20 years?
Ah, good questions! And thank you for asking. I just realized this could be misconstrued in some fashion (as I was a bit vague). I am an EX (all of the above). That is to say, I was a "born-again" Christian for nearly 20 years and was
a Christian apologist for about 15 of those years (give or take). I am now an agnostic atheist (if I may use those terms) and no longer hold any
of those religious views. So, the pendulum has swung in the reverse!
In short (and in Dan Barker/John Loftus type fashion), I experienced a "gradual migration" out of religion and "faith" - via the avenue of, and toward, REASON! Basically, in challenging the views of others (as a Christian Apologist) I began to challenge my own views. And when I did, those views/beliefs began to fall apart. It was like watching a house of cards fall in slow motion (a very-slow 5 year long movie).
So, if one of you is debating with a theist on here and begins to lose hope, thinking, "You're so far gone. It's pointless." Think again! I WAS that guy you are debating with. I was just
as irrational, just
as much of an ass, just
as hard headed, and just
as "too far gone" (in most cases). It took 5+ years for me but things can change. Keep the logic hammer around, and keep pounding! Apologists are often secretly questioning/doubting but would never let you know the truth because it's too painful. They have made an emotional/lifestyle investment, and it is painful to give that up.
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Adorior The Scarlet Hordes Of Autumn
So enter night sweet babe.
For I embroider thee with pitch.
Close thy eyes and sleep till dawn.
And I'll go onward.
Stitch, by stitch
Children (of a later eve).
Hand from splintered, swollen, tiny, limbs.
The breeze gently swaying, their bluing torsos.
Deafening moans, null the dying, into a deeper place.
Where it is hard for even demons to wake.
Precious months, swallow hard.
The rotting substenance of dear life.
While the dismal Barth of Orthodox.
Slashes to sip,
Careful not to drip,
Fondling, while his fingers slip.
Skinless infants bound, by searching roots
Undulate, in adult sensuality.
Servants, to the mindless rhythm of pain.
"We are, the Scarlet Hordes of Autumn", echoes,
The wild wild wood.
Where the jackals play.
"We all remained, that went that way".
Don't stray from the path.
He's waiting for you.
To smooth, the red sweat, from your shoulder blades.
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Learn the Different Recipes for Fresh Seafood
All over the world; the fresh seafood options have expanded. This has been enabled by increased imports more fishing technologies and increased farming of different seafood strains. Due to their great taste and known benefits, people have opted for increased farming of seafood varieties. Despite the domestication of these fish, farmed fish can never taste like the wild fish. This has led to situations where buyers cannot easily trust an individual who is purporting to selling sea wild crabs while indeed, they might be farmed one. It has however been made easier to connect with genuine sellers of wild seafood by ordering seafood online. If you have been a victim of the lie of farmed seafood when you wanted the wild one, change your tactic of getting your supplies. Once you connect with a trusted seller, you can then stick with that one or occasionally taste what other sellers offer.
People who reside on the coast have the advantage of enjoying different types of fresh seafood options such as shrimps and crabs. Those who are far from the sea often have to bear with seafood that can be frozen. It is true that frozen crawfish taste differently from fresh crawfish. Different technologies have been made to preserve seafood options that cannot be frozen. The seafood options available are influenced by such things as practices and region. There are different options that are not available in same places. As such, the main seafood dishes are customized around the food that is locally available.
The shrimp can either be grilled or boiled in different parts of the world. It is often more available than the lobster since it can be frozen. Shrimps are often used to prepare variety of seafood recipes. Commonly, the small shrimp is boiled and cooks very quickly. To avoid overcooking, keep watch. The larger varieties of shrimps are often grilled. The prettiest way to do it is to place on a wooden skewer before grilling. You may also brush the shrimp with olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper when you cook.
The sea crab has different strains such as the kings crabs, dungeons crabs, Maryland crab and blue crabs. Crab meat is best cooked when cooked as opposed to lobster which is preferred when cooked alive. Doing this ensures that the crab absorbs less water making it good for soft crab meat. Removes the claws and then cut open the stomach, by use of small spoon, scoop the brown meat from the inside and remove the white meat from the claws and legs. You can then cook it either by boiling or over a saucepan. | <urn:uuid:257d225f-98be-4849-aa41-933e2a5d9306> | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | http://foodglamour.us/2018/04/05/valuable-lessons-ive-learned-about-foods-2/ | 2018-12-18T14:16:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376829399.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20181218123521-20181218145521-00491.warc.gz | en | 0.963723 | 513 |
GENERATION CITIZEN DIVERSITY STATEMENT
A democracy only works when all of its citizens’ voices are represented and valued in the decision-making process. For a variety of reasons, this is not currently happening in the United States of America. Generation Citizen, as an organization and future movement, exists largely to ensure that the voices historically marginalized in our democracy are heard and valued. In doing so, we are attempting to play a role in creating a more perfect union.
As an organization committed to bettering our democracy through active citizen participation, Generation Citizen aims to instill in young people the fundamental skills to collaborate, challenge, and support peers, individuals, institutions, and communities who have diverse opinions, perspectives, and experiences. This commitment to democratic renewal necessitates an organization-wide focus on diversity – we cannot expect young people to engage effectively with individuals different from themselves if we do not do so ourselves. Therefore, Generation Citizen is committed to building a team – including its staff, boards, college volunteers and school and organizational partners – which models diversity and presents a diversity of lived experience. GC, as an organization, should model the improved democracy we are helping our young people to create.
Supporting the young people we serve and our team in engaging effectively with diverse stakeholders and peers will require a combination of formal, intentional training and lived experiences. A wide range of perspectives is both essential to our work and instrumental in driving progress towards our organizational vision. We are committed to building a Generation Citizen community that is diverse across many dimensions, including race, sex, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, nationality, socioeconomic status, religion, political opinion, education, age and professional experience and aspirations. We believe that by modeling this diversity in our community, we will contribute to building a democracy in which all citizens participate fully in difficult conversations and take action where it is urgently needed.
We recognize that we have much work still to do as an organization to achieve the vision outlined in this statement. We are committed to continually being transparent about our progress and taking concrete action to move us forward towards our goals. | <urn:uuid:b75a45a2-debe-4fd4-b150-4bcaaca64850> | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | https://generationcitizen.org/our-team/diversity-and-inclusion/ | 2018-10-18T22:10:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583512015.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20181018214747-20181019000247-00549.warc.gz | en | 0.952186 | 426 |
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Balazs Grill Meets High Standards
Officially open to the public this Monday, The Standard Grill, located under the High Line, is the Meat Packing district's latest and greatest. A product of hotelier André Balazs the interior resembles a rustic French Bistro. This week's friends and family tasting attracted a hip crowd of downtown Manhattan insiders, including actress Julianne Moore and photographer Sante D'Orazio, who enjoyed fantastic atmosphere in the back dinning room. Under the culinary direction of Executive Chef Dan Silverman the kitchen serves late night, until 4 am, which will no doubt keep patrons coming back for dishes like their “Million Dollar” whole roast chicken and fries for two. | <urn:uuid:0ebf23d1-9f1b-4711-a4dd-76a5b4b43921> | CC-MAIN-2017-30 | http://artcollc.blogspot.com/2009/06/balazs-grill-meets-high-standards.html | 2017-07-25T18:33:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500549425352.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20170725182354-20170725202354-00302.warc.gz | en | 0.940356 | 156 |
Citrix Bolters Its MDM Solutions with Zenprise Buy
Citrix wants to ensure its place in managing employee-owned tablets, PCs and smartphones as well as cloud-based file sharing with the planned acquisition of leading MDM supplier Zenprise.
Citrix announced the agreement on Tuesday, for undisclosed terms. Citrix plans to integrate the Zenprise MobileManager, Zencloud and Zensuite offerings with its own MDM solution CloudGateway and the Me@Work portfolio, which includes the respective GoToMeeting and ShareFile cloud-based conferencing and document storage services.
"Consumerization and BYO have given rise to very difficult challenges for businesses in enabling a productive, mobile workforce while still maintaining tight controls over company information," said Sumit Dhawan, Citrix vice president and general manager of mobile solutions. "Zenprise was a clear choice for Citrix, with its leading MDM product, an experienced team, a history of innovation, and a footprint on more than one million devices. With a complete Citrix enterprise mobility solution, customers have all the necessary pieces to manage and secure mobile apps, content and devices."
When Citrix launched CloudGateway last year, it described it as a tool to manage and securely distribute mobile apps in addition to managing PCs, Web and software as a service (SaaS) apps. It remains to be seen how Zenprise tools are integrated with CloudGateway but Zenprise has focused on MDM for nearly a decade and is seen as a leader by analyst firms Forrester and Gartner.
Presumably it means Zenprise will also provide management of Citirix's various cloud offerings including its new ShareFile. But Zenprise's flagship MobileManager software allows IT to control the deployment, configuration, provisioning based on enterprise policies, security (including the blocking of data synchronization with public cloud services such as iCloud), monitoring and decommissioning (wiping) of devices.
For those that don't want to deploy Zenprise MobileManager on site, the company offers Zencloud, which promsines 100 percent uptime SLAs and is housed in SSAE 16/SOC1, FISMA Moderate compliant facility.
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I am scheduled to buy a Mark III tomorrow and I saw posts about video capture lock-up/freezing and I was alarmed so I immediately reviewed my Mark II footages. Here's what I think. I have used a Mark II for a feature film last year and I know that these DSLRs can only record up to about 12 minutes of full HD footage in .MOV format. Why? Because any card whether CF or SD and even flash drives are formatted in FAT32 regardless of its capacity which means they can only keep up to 4GB (I've recorded a 4.18GB of 00:12:12 footage) of file at a time and 12 minutes of full HD in .MOV is exactly 4GB. I think that's what causing it to lock up. The only problem is that it shouldn't freeze to avoid losing data. Mark II just stops recording and stores that long footage. Then you just have to push record again. So to those of you who already have the Mark III who use it to cover long events, hit that pause/record button before it reaches that 12 minute mark. | <urn:uuid:215a0bb6-d2d1-4a4b-b30b-1884a490663a> | CC-MAIN-2014-41 | http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;sa=messages;u=262087 | 2014-10-02T06:57:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1412037663718.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20140930004103-00294-ip-10-234-18-248.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971869 | 242 |
Ok, so I am a product junkie and I will try just about ANYTHING once – that includes beauty treatments, makeup, hair extensions and products, nails, you name it. So when I was given the chance to try and honestly review the Irresistible Me clip-in hair extensions, I was more than thrilled. So let me start with the Before & After photos so you can see the product in action for yourself.
BEFORE & AFTER
So, what do you think? I actually LOVE them.
Starting from the beginning of picking out which kind of extension (Silky Touch or Royal Remy) I needed, to picking out the shade, the whole process was really simple and worked well. The ones I used are the Silky Touch because I didn’t need quite as much volume as the full set Royal Remy. They even have a place on their website where you can choose the thickness of the extensions that you want based on example images, which was super helpful in deciding which style to choose. Then for the shade, I was afraid it wouldn’t be right for me since my hair is pretty golden, but after watching the in-depth video on the website, I confidently picked out the Silky Platinum Blonde since my balayage highlights are so light and start really high on my head. Plus, when you get the extensions, they give you a sample piece to take out and try to match against your hair first before opening the rest.
NEXT is actually putting them on. I’ve used extensions in the past, but it had been awhile since I’ve used my old ones (which also don’t match my hair anymore anyways) and forgot how to do it well. It took me a couple of tries because the first time I put them in, I didn’t watch a tutorial and just did what I thought was best. You could see some of the extensions obviously through my real hair so I had to take them out and try again. I watched one of Irresistible Me’s suggestion videos for putting them in your hair and followed along step by step, which made it so much easier.
Then, I curled a few pieces and tried to blend my natural hair well with the extensions. The color perfectly matched and since my hair had so many layers, the extensions fit in with my hair great. I love that you can style, curl, straighten the extensions along with your real hair to match whatever look you are going for. Overall, I think they look really natural, which is very important to me. Maybe if you KNEW I had extensions in and asked you to look, then you could realize, but I can tell you an average man or woman on the street would not have a clue this wasn’t all my natural hair.
I loved the extensions so much that I put them in and styled them into a low twisted ponytail for my cousin’s wedding that I was in and no one could tell it wasn’t all my hair. In fact, I got a ton of compliments. I think the next step is I would like to go to a hair stylist to trim them a little bit and have them layered to fit with my hair even more naturally. Oh and I did get the 20″ length and for reference, they come in 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, and 24 inches.
I would totally recommend these extensions, even to a beginner or first timer using extensions because Irresistible Me makes the process really simple and fuss-free. Plus, they are all at really great prices.
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A YOUNG couple is sitting at a picnic table in a pavilion in upstate New York during a summer storm. As the thunder roars all around them, the couple suddenly notice something very strange about 30 metres away. It is a glowing ball of light, about the size of a tennis ball. And it's heading their way.
As the ball floats into the pavilion, the transfixed couple hear it sizzling like a freshly struck match, although there is no heat coming from it. Rising and falling, it floats out of the pavilion, strikes the groundand is gone.
Almost 40 years later, Graham Hubler of the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington can still vividly recall his encounter that summer evening with one of the most mysterious of all natural phenomena: ball lightning. And he's still hunting for a decent scientific explanation for what he saw: "It remains an enigma to modern ...
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Absolute zero: The lowest temperature possible. The value is 0 degrees Kelvin, -273.15(degrees) Celsius and -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit. The point at which theoretically no molecular activity exists, or the temperature at which the volume of a perfect gas vanishes.
Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His forecasts can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN-TV News at noon and 9 p.m. | <urn:uuid:753c1c60-0025-40e4-b019-0e51e23cfee1> | CC-MAIN-2015-14 | http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-03-06/news/0503060034_1_wgn-absolute-zero-degrees | 2015-03-27T13:31:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131296456.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172136-00107-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.881838 | 93 |
With Winter winding down and Spring fast approaching, I’m very much looking forward to warmer moments and dining “al fresco”. In the meantime, this gorgeous CANTINE dinner collection from Williams Sonoma is helping set the stage and is definitely on my want list!
Made by award winning French master ceramists Jars, each piece uses an intricate 17 step process that gives it the beautiful crackled appearance and color. Check out the video below that showcases the process.
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The Cutlers’ Company in Sheffield is consulting on only the fourth change in membership rules in its 390-year history - whether to admit makers of ‘soft’ products including digital firms.
The organisation is reviewing its criteria in light of the success of local companies and rise of the ‘Internet of Things’ - machines embedded with electronics, software, sensors and internet connectivity.
When established in 1624, the Company was exclusively for cutlery makers.
Over 200 years later, in the 1850s, it was expanded to include the newly successful steelmen and in the 20th century, all ‘hard’ manufacturing was included.
Now, a proposal has been made to remove the reference to ‘hard’.
Senior Warden Craig McKay said: “I’m excited by it, I think it gives us the opportunity to be incredibly relevant.
“If you haven’t got a digital engineer in the room, you’re not benefiting from the digital revolution.”
The Internet of Things - or ‘Industry 4.0’ when applied to manufacturing - could save up to 40 per cent of costs, he added.
Individuals are eligible for Freedom - membership - of the Cutlers’ Company if they are a director or senior executive of a business making products such as steel, tools, bricks or machines.
“Soft” product manufacturers - including software, food and stationery - can now apply.
Mr McKay, director of steel products firm Evenort, in North Anston, said: “Manufacturers of soft products can apply for Freedom - but the decision rests with the Company.”
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Here at PC World Australia we go by the motto "nothing is perfect". A great example of us putting this into practice is Samsung's Galaxy S II — a phone that is widely regarded by experts as the best Android smartphone yet, and perhaps even the best smartphone on the market, period.
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Even though we think Samsung has produced the best Android smartphone ever, the Galaxy S II is not immune from criticism. It does have a brilliant screen, a fast processor and a great camera, and also offers blazing performance for almost anything you throw at it, but there are a few niggling aspects that we don't like.
After playing with the Galaxy S II for over two weeks, here are five things we hate about Samsung's latest flagship Android phone.
That flimsy battery cover
We absolutely LOVE the Galaxy S II's slim profile and light weight, but Samsung simply needs to do better with the quality of its materials. We don't consider the frame of the phone itself to be flimsy despite its plastic build, but the rear battery cover definitely detracts from the overall feel of the device.
The carbon-like finish does provide a solid grip when held, but the cover is a chore to remove, and even tougher to click back into place. In fact, the first time we had to remove it we almost broke it — such is the flimsy feel of the plastic. In comparison to the iPhone 4's all-metal body, the Galaxy S II definitely feels inferior in this regard.
The Galaxy S II's battery cover feels flimsy.
A missing notification LED
Many Android phones make use of a handy notification LED that flashes when you have a missed call, an incoming text or an e-mail. Often, these can be colour coded to work with various apps — for example you can make the LED flash red when you have a missed call, and green when you have a new text message and so forth.
Samsung has not included a notification LED on the Galaxy S II, which is an annoyance, especially given that the screen doesn't automatically power on for all notifications. Sure, the message and missed call notifications on the home screen that allow you to swipe directly into call logs (for missed calls) and your inbox (for new messages) are handy, but these aren't adequate replacements for a notification LED.
No physical camera key
The Samsung Galaxy S II is one of the best camera phones we've tested, perhaps surpassed only by the exceptional Nokia N8 (which happens to be a poor smartphone on the whole). The 8-megapixel camera also doubles as a full HD 1080p video recorder, and the quality of videos produced is exceptional for a phone. It’s a shame then that Samsung has not included a physical camera button, which would make it easier to take photos and capture video. The on-screen shutter button works well enough, but the thin design of the Galaxy S II makes it hard to keep still when holding with two hands — often the first one or two seconds of videos are shaky.
The lack of a physical camera button makes holding the Galaxy S II still a little tough.
Samsung TouchWIZ UI
The Samsung Galaxy S II features Samsung's TouchWIZ 4.0 UI overlay on top of the standard Android interface. Though this really comes down to personal taste, we aren't huge fans of TouchWIZ. In particular, the default lock screen is slow to slide and feels sluggish on such a top-end phone, the TouchWIZ home screens don't scroll as fast as we'd like, and the screen does not wake instantly when unlocked. You also can't automatically sort the icons in the main menu, though you can move them around manually. In addition, we found little value in the four Samsung software hubs: the social hub, readers hub, game hub and music hub. Of these, the readers hub (which integrates electronic newspapers, books and magazines) is the most useful. We prefer using separate apps to social hub (which groups social networking, e-mail and IM accounts), the music hub is a music service not yet available in Australia (but coming at a later date), and the games hub simply searches for and lists compatible games in the Android Market — hardly groundbreaking stuff.
Call quality and volume
Believe it or not, behind the Galaxy S II's dual-core processor, brilliant display and quality camera is a device that makes and receives phone calls. While call quality is above average, the Galaxy S II could use some improvement in this regard. The volume of the regular earpiece for calls needs a boost, and our callers did sometimes complain they couldn't hear us too well when we were talking softly. We found you need to speak directly into the built-in microphone at the base of the phone to get the best outgoing audio quality.
In addition, the built-in loudspeaker is relatively loud and clear for phone calls, but the speaker is located in an awkward position; placing the Galaxy S II on a flat surface covers it. The loudspeaker also distorts during audio playback at about 70 per cent volume and higher.
Keep an eye out later this week where we will discuss five things we love about the Galaxy S II — because we aren't always grumpy and negative.
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Bhutan Highlights Tours is a tour package, in which, you get to spend five nights and six days, in the Dragon Kingdom of Bhutan, visiting places and things that are worthy of note to the Bhutanese culture, tradition, history and religion. This is a guided tour where you are confined to the cities of Thimphu, Paro and Punakha and their surroundings.
Bhutan, where the Bhutan Highlights Tours takes place, is a country that lies in the Himalayan Region to the East of Nepal. It is a landlocked country that is surrounded by India on three sides to the south and the autonomous region of Tibet to the North, from where much of its historical interaction had taken place, giving much in terms of religion, impressing upon its architecture and to an extent, its social norms had been manifested. Though much of what is there in Bhutan presently had independently evolved. Bhutan is the only country on earth where its carbon rating is on the negative side of the spectrum. It has a forest mass coverage of over 60 percent. This is because, not like other countries that measure its economic growth in its gross domestic product, in Bhutan, it is done by its evaluation of gross domestic happiness. Another thing with the country, its total agricultural output is based on sustainable and organic farming. This also makes the country self-sufficient in healthy food. The philosophies of Buddhism are enshrined in its constitution which has not only helped to keep alive its historical artifacts in pristine conditions but is used to instill into the benefit of its people. So much so, the Dragon Kingdom has much to show the world of what it has from the past and what it still frames from it, at present. In this Bhutan Highlights Tours, this is what is highlighted to you in your five nights and six days’ stay here. Plus you might consider taking other Bhutan Tour Package as per your duration or a Bhutan Hike if you like a nice unique rural setting.
What does Bhutan Highlights Tours give you in a period of five days and six nights? Much, if you take the length of time into consideration. Starting off, your entry into the Dragon Kingdom of Bhutan is done afloat the National Carrier of the Nation at its only International Airport in Paro. Coming in from Nepal takes you on a two hour flight over some of the amazing terrain. To the north, it is the High Himalayan with their ever covered snow-capped mountains with heights ranging from six thousand to over eight thousand as if floating in clouds. You fly over the lush green verdure hills dotted with villages atop them, with sloping valleys and fasting flowing rivers oozing from glaciers emancipating from the north and gorges here and there cut because of them. Then you make a dramatic landing in the valley of Paro. It is from here that your tour begins to various destinations of note in the three cities of Paro, Thimphu and Punakha and their surrounding vicinities. Each having something unique to offer in their own ways. In the tours, you visit Buddha’s Point that has a gigantic Shakyamuni Buddha statue made to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the fourth king, King Memorial Chorten, Farmer’s Market, Folk Heritage Museum, Tashichho Dzong, which is a Buddhist monastery on the edge of Thimphu on the west banks of Wang Cho River that was once a fortress. Then, there is Dochula pass (3140m), where if the weather is clear you get a lovely view of the Himalayan snow-capped mountain peaks, Chimi Lhakhang, the fertility temple dedicated to Drukpa Kunley who is also known as the Divine Madman. Then there is the visit to Gangtey while we pass over Wangdue and Phobijikha Valleys supposedly the most beautiful in Bhutan. Then there is the two and half hour hike to Taktsang Monastery where it is believed that Guru Padmasambhava flew on the back of a tigress to meditate. The monastery is atop a vertical cliff. Then again there is the visit to Kychu Lhakhang – the oldest shrine in the country and the Paro Ringpond Dzong. They and much more make this tour amazing for anyone to take a tour of in the Dragon Kingdom of Bhutan.
What is the lodging like on this tour?
You get full board lodging on the Bhutan Highlights Tour where you are lodged at a three-star hotel and above with full meals of Breakfast, lunch and dinner plus while on tour from venue to venue, you are transported by private vehicle with a driver and your tour guide.
Outline Itinerary for Bhutan Highlights Tour
Day 01 : Arrive Paro (2,250m) – Thimphu (2,350m)
Day 02 : Thimphu – Punakha (1,310m)
Day 03 : Punakha – Thimphu (2,350m)
Day 04 : Thimphu – Day excursion to Haa Valley (2,740m) – Paro (2,250m)
Day 05 : Paro – Hike to Taktsang Monastery (3,120m)
Day 06 : Paro depart
- Witness majestic views of the world greatest Himalayas onboard flying in/out from Paro.
- Explore Paro exploding with colors and tradition.
- Visit the tiny capital of Thimphu.
- Hike to Taktsang Monastery ‘Tiger’s Nest’- one of the most famous monasteries in Bhutan.
- Visit Punakha Dzong – the most beautiful monastery in Bhutan.
- Visit Kyichu Lhakhang - the oldest & most sacred shrines in Bhutan.
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Say to the House of Israel, "The Lord God says this: I am acting not for your sake, House of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone. I am going to display the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the Lord - declares the Lord God - when in you I display my holiness before their eyes. For I shall take you from among the nations and gather you back from all the countries, and bring you home to your own country. I shall pour clean water over you and you will be cleansed; I shall cleanse you of all your filth and of all your foul idols. I shall give you a new heart, and put a new spirit in you; I shall remove the heart of stone from your bodies and give you a heart of flesh instead. I shall put my spirit in you, and make you keep my laws, and respect and practise my judgments. You will live in the country which I gave your ancestors. You will be my people and I shall be your God."
At long last, following chapter after chapter of relentless challenge and accusation, following diatribe after diatribe against ritual sacrilege and social profanation, the prophet utters a quiet word of hope. Finally, after harsh indictment and stark symbol, Ezekiel is enlightened by a salvific glow.
Ezekiel is the first prophet to speak from exile, from outside the Promised Land, from Babylon, capital of the colonial empire. His voice is heard for some 22 years (BCE 593-571). From bitter banishment, he grapples with God's apparent failure. Who can respect a god who cannot even protect the god's own people on their own land? The three pillars of the Torah have evidently collapsed: the pledge of land to ensure fecundity, the security of a Davidic dynasty to guarantee justice, the promise of a temple and priesthood to proclaim God's Word authentically.
The prophecy of Ezekiel is not for the faint-hearted, for those who look for an instant salvific solution before courageously facing utter catastrophe. For the world of Ezekiel is a world in chaos; the empire has seemingly won while God's people is fast assimilating itself to occupation at home and settling down to marginalization in exile. God's people have proved fickle and faithless, swiftly embracing the dominant values of the empire, the idols of cultic, military and political might. The social fabric is crumbling, for greed and violence are as infectious as they are numbing. The poor are ignored and God's holiness profaned among the nations. In times like these, Ezekiel has little time for the tenderness of an Isaiah or the encouragement of an evangelist.
And yet, when death has seemingly won at home and abroad, the prophet resists every attempt to be "normalized", to conform, to be assimilated into the world around him. If it is true that "only dead fish follow the current", there would seem to be little evidence of life among the exiles in Babylon. Yet as long as the prophet's faith is alive, he will not grow spiritually numb.
And yes, the prophet finally sees that we are not beyond redemption, that the political, religious and ecological mess we have made of God's world may indeed be healed. Dawn is breaking for those who have squarely faced the long darkness. Long delayed, these are words of renewal and restoration: a new people with a new spirit return to their ancestral land and rebuild Jerusalem (Ezek. 40-48). Renovation is to be carried out under a renewed leadership in the hands of shepherds after God's own heart (Ezek. 34).
In Ezekiel 36:22-32 we read the core of Ezekiel's theology of salvation: the "failed" god of 12 minor tribes is none other than the universal God of the nations. God, witness to our wrongdoing, is giving this people a new heart and a new spirit. A transformed humanity will channel God's holiness and witness to God's glory among the nations. God's glorious name is being revealed in a new leadership for a renewed people who are being reinstated in their ancestral lands. Sola gratia, salvation solely through God's initiative and God's grace; sola fide, a people cleansed from ritual pollution and social stain in God's clean water.
The human heart is the centre of personality, the source of every thought, the fountain of the will. Gone is the insensitive, preoccupied and grasping heart of stone, replaced by a responsive heart of flesh, a heart fully awake and wholly aware. Gone is the numbing assimilated spirit, replaced by a life force that truly moves and motivates, directing intentions, thoughts and attitudes. The presence of God's Spirit within transforms motivation; only then are we capable of living according to God's Word.
Not for Ezekiel a planting of God's law within our present heart (as against Jeremiah 31:31-34), but rather a total heart replacement and an utterly new spirit. With new heart and new spirit the people can look at life from God's own viewpoint and live as a community rather than as scattered individuals. This is the sign of a new age, the age of the Messiah (see Ezek. 37:14, 39:29, Joel 2:28-29) when "You will be my people and I shall be your God". This key covenant formula is found elsewhere in Ezekiel (Ezek. 14:11; 37:23, 27), in other prophetic writings (Jer. 7:23, 11:4, 24:7, 31:33, Hos. 2:23, Zech. 8:8) and in the Torah itself (Ex. 6:7).
The new heart and new spirit heal the people from loss of hope due to the apparent loss of God's promises (land, kingship, temple). The people are restored to a new sense of mission and once again become a channel to the nations flowing with God's holiness.
Having apparently lost everything, a small, prophetically-inspired group of exiles later showed themselves at their most creative: they compiled the Hebrew Bible. This written scripture, produced in exile, has proved more secure than any homeland, more permanent than political kingship, and has opened more hearts to God's Word than any quantity of temple sacrifice.
Personal/group reflection and study
Prayerful reflection in three steps
1. Read through the passage slowly. Remain silent for a while until a particular word or phrase stands out. In a group each person is given an opportunity to say aloud the word or phrase that is most striking to the reader. More than one person may have chosen the same phrase.
2. Read through the passage slowly again. Remain silent for awhile, and then each person who wishes may briefly mention why that particular word or phrase is striking. No long sermon, just a simple sharing.
3. Read through the passage slowly once more. Remain silent for awhile, and then each person who wishes may turn the phrase they have chosen into a short prayer.
Study in context
One or more of the following themes may be shared and discussed.
What values of the surrounding culture have been assimilated by your Christian community? What numbing influence does assimilation bring?
What biblical values stand out in stark contrast to those of contemporary society?
Do you feel closer to Ezekiel's small community bravely living a "contrast culture", or to the larger Hebrew community that had already assimilated itself to Babylonian society?
Assimilation brings numbing indifference and gives scope to shallow personal ambition. What changes need to take place in order for our intentions, thoughts and attitudes to be attuned to God's Word?
Witness to God's holiness
Share your experience of God's grandeur. What impact does God's greatness have on your daily life?
Give examples of how God's holiness has pierced the shallow, consumer culture of the global market or softened the crass, violent culture of domination.
New heart, new spirit
Share inspiring examples of someone who has become a "completely new person" and left behind the values of wealth and power, and now witnesses to the God of compassionate justice and truthful love.
The repressive Babylonian state brought about harmony through coercion. Oppression and exploitation preserved the status quo. In these unpromising conditions a minority group of exiled Hebrews creatively produced a written scripture. The "People of the Book" rose again in hope, with a new sense of mission.
However unpromising our present day situation, how could a new heart - fully awake and wholly aware - give us a new sense of mission
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Henry Hill is probably the most famous mob rat of them all. Immortalized by Martin Scorsese's movie 'Goodfellas' in wich Henry Hill was played by Ray Liotta. Thanks to this movie Hill's life in the witness protection program isn't as boring as he had anticipated at the end of the movie 'Goodfellas'. He's doing interviews and appears on TV shows, all thanks to his shady past and the great movie made about his life.
Henry Hill grew up in the Brooklyn area dominated by Lucchese Crime Family capo Paul Vario. Paul Vario was one of the more respected capos in the Lucchese crime family. He controlled a lot of the family's rackets and also had a number of criminal innovations that returned even more profit, including a number of chop shops throughout Brooklyn where the stolen parts were sold on to crooked auto suppliers and service centers.
Henry was fascinated by the gangsters and mafiosi and from the moment he saw them wanted to become just like them. But he couldn't become like them, Henry couldn't become a full fledged Mafia member because he wasn't Italian. His mother was, but his father wasn't. His father was Irish and becuase of that Henry could never become a made guy. But not being Italian didn't stop Henry from becoming a close associate and friend of Paul Vario and his crew. In his teenage years Henry would run errands for Vario and his crew, and eventuelly after becoming best friends with Jimmy "The Gent" Burke and Tommy DeSimone, moved on from running errands to more serious crimes like truck hijacking.
Henry was married to Karen who was the mother of his two children. Henry and Karen had a love hate relationship as Henry lived up to his gangster image having a number of affairs and girlfriends, staying out long nights drinking and partying, playing cards and just doing the usual things that wiseguys did in Brooklyn around that time.
After beating up a gambler who refused to pay his debts who's sister happened to work at the FBI as a typist, Henry was sentenced to jail for ten years. Once Inside Henry soon realized that prison time for wiseguys was different compared to that of the normal convicts. The mobsters were treated with respect by everyone from convicts to the prison guards, who were paid off in order to make the time a little easier for the mafiosi and their associates. Inside Henry made some contacts in the narcotics trade which he would soon seek out upon his release.
His release came after four and a quarter years thanks to Paul Vario who set up a dummy job for him, which also helped when he began his probation. It wasn't long before Henry began to use his narcotics contacts from prison and began shifting large amounts of cocaine from Brooklyn to Pittsburgh even though Paul Vario vehemently forbid any of his crew from dealing drugs. But the money came rolling in and soon Henry needed help as his operation grew. So he cut his two best pals Jimmy Burke and Tommy DeSimone in on the action. Things started going bad when Henry began using his own product and became very sloppy as he was arrested and the whole chain including his contacts in Pittsburgh was busted with him.
Now Henry found himself in a sticky position. Paul Vario had banned the use or distribution of drugs because he was afraid of what the government could do with a drug charge. So Henry would be killed if he would turn to Vario. On the other hand a life on the run with two young children isn't really an option and so Henry Hill became a government witness. He ratted out his best pal Jimmy "The Gent" Burke and his capo Paul Vario, who the feds had wanted to get for a long time. And because of the wider range of rackets he had under his belt the feds valued Henry's testimony highly, as they knew all to well that he could put Vario away for probably the rest of his life.
Henry Hill enjoyed the fame the movie Goodfellas brought him. He wrote several more books and regularly appeared on Howard Stern's radio show. But Henry started using drugs again, and again got in trouble with the law. In March 2005 he was arrested in Nebraska where he worked at an Italian restaurant as a chef, when drug paraphernalia (glass tubes with cocaine and methamphetamine residue) were found in his luggage at the airport.
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Mariam Moustafa, spent weeks in a coma after the brutal attack which took place around 8pm on February 20.
A group of women allegedly set upon the engineering student outside the Intu Victoria Centre in Nottingham and the 18-year-old suffered a stroke as a result.
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Det Ch Inspector Mat Healey, of Nottinghamshire Police, added: "Our thoughts are with the woman’s family who we are giving support to at this difficult time.
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The talented young victim had been offered a place at university in London before the assault took place.
After hearing about the attack, Mariam’s parents Mohamed and Nessrin rushed to Queen’s Medical Centre to learn about their daughter’s condition.
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- Women older than 30
Myth 3: When you have fibroids, you will know
Fact: Most women in the reproductive age group have fibroids ranging from the size of a pea to about a watermelon. They are fed by female hormones, especially oestrogen. Small fibroids hardly cause symptoms. However, when they are large, symptoms may set in.
These symptoms include heavy menses, irregular vaginal bleeding between menses, pelvic pain, increased urination, inability to hold urine, constipation, defecation, rectal pain, abdominal cramps, abdominal swelling and early satiety.
To confirm a diagnosis of uterine fibroids, your doctor will examine you before carrying out tests. These tests may include an ultrasound scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and a blood test (to check for iron-deficiency anaemia if heavy bleeding is caused by the tumour).
Myth 4: Fibroids will cause infertility
Fact: Fibroids can grow near the fallopian tubes and cervix, thereby blocking proper movement of sperm and egg through the uterus and tubes. Fibroids can also line the cavity of the uterus making it impossible for a pregnancy to properly implant in the uterus. However, pregnancy is possible even with the presence of fibroids.
Myth 5: When you have fibroids, surgery is the only option
Fact: Treatment for fibroids depends on a number of factors and the decision rests with you and your doctor. Your general health, number and size of fibroids, symptoms, and your desire for pregnancy are important in making a decision. Treatment is only recommended in women with symptoms affecting their quality of life.
Using drugs targeted at addressing symptoms is appropriate for patients with mild symptoms or small fibroids. These drugs include birth control pills, hormonal pills and painkillers.
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Everywhere I have been has been a chapter in my life with so many memories. There is always a part of me that is sad to leave but I focus more on being excited for the new chapter and place. Arizona has been a big part of my life and I did cry when I left.
All the other places that I have gone too wasn’t my choosing, I just followed where my dad was going, which I didn’t mind at all but moving to Arizona was my chose. It wasn’t my parent’s idea, I picked to go to Arizona for school. The reason why I picked Arizona was because my professor from community college suggest me to go to a university there because it has a great anthropology program. I looked it up and knew that this was the place for me. The school was amazing and everyone I talked to told me that Arizona was a beautiful place to go to, plus I love the dry heat.
I remember getting accepted and was so excited. My mom and I were sitting on the couch and I was logging into my university account so I could show her how hot my councilor was (He was smoking hot and this was before I got with my husband, hahaha). As I logged in to my account, all of the sudden the page popped up saying that I got accepted. My mom and I celebrated and were so happy I ended up crying for joy. A few days later I got my acceptance letter, which made me even more excited.
Then in the summer of 2015 I packed up my room and had a family road trip from Maryland to Arizona. I was nervous because this was the first time I was leaving my family and just being by myself but it was time for me to move on and be independent. I started classes and have to say that I was so happy that I did community college before I went to university. I feel like it helped me get ready for the harder classes and a bit mature compare to the other students there. I wasn’t the party girl or went out and drink a lot, I worked hard on my classes. I didn’t want to be that student that wasted my parent’s money by failing classes. So I did work on my classes a lot, I got a job at the university library and the tree ring lab. I worked hard to make sure that I could be on my own. Don’t get me wrong I called my mom at least three to five times a day because she is my best friend and I did miss her (and still do).
After a year there I got my own apartment, which to me is a big deal and I couldn’t believe that I did it myself. I also had to deal with a lot of different things that I am surprised that I actually was able to do, such as finding a way to pay for school. This was also the place I got engaged in and found out I was pregnant, Arizona means a lot to me.
Now don’t get me wrong there is a lot of lessons I learned from the mistakes I have done in Arizona, such as friends that I had, and the way I organize my money. The mistakes I learned from me being on my own has made me the person who I am.
Arizona has been a big part of my life and I am sad to leave it because it is where I decided to be independent. But a new chapter has begun and I am so excited that finally I get to be with husband and have a child in 3 months!!! Honestly I think this is going to be the best adventure yet, here I come Louisiana!!! | <urn:uuid:5296b0f2-ff51-4fcd-9a4c-a8332e307b86> | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | https://ijusthavesomethingtowriteabout.wordpress.com/2017/07/07/leaving-arizona/ | 2018-07-21T20:46:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676592778.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20180721203722-20180721223722-00568.warc.gz | en | 0.992525 | 745 |
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With dozens of cameras catching every glimpse and grimace, a gallery of excited onlookers and smoke billowing across the set, I could begin to see what all the fuss had been about.
It was my first visit to Kitchen Stadium and I was nervous enough. I could only begin to imagine how Chef Canora and Chef Forgione must be feeling as they walked into the arena. They had not only to impress the three judges one more time, but also to persuade Iron Chefs Morimoto and Flay that they were ready to join the pantheon of the greats.
When given their final task, to prepare for us the finest Thanksgiving feast imaginable, the way they approached it summed up their performances in every challenge to date. Chef Forgione was cool, calm and collected as he followed his story of recreating the first turkey-free Thanksgiving. Chef Canora, on the other hand, was all drama and nervous energy as he dipped into his family cookbook to bring us a traditional Thanksgiving meal. It was not long before he was literally leaving his blood, sweat and tears on the floor.
Sixty minutes later, the cooking part of Season 3 of The Next Iron Chef was over and it was time to make the big decision. Chef Forgione was the first to present. We all felt that there were seasoning problems with his food, as there had been a number of times before, and I was not particularly taken with his main dish of venison. However, his turkey-free story hung together well and in his dish of lobster and dessert of plum cobbler he produced two dishes as good as any we had tasted in the whole competition.
Chef Canora had arguably taken the safer route, depending on soulful cooking rather than fireworks to see him to victory. Unfortunately, for me his sweet pumpkin risotto was a flop and his venison dish came close behind in the disappointment stakes. His turkey dinner, however, rocked and his pecan pie was the best I have ever tried. Which meant it was all to play for as I tallied up my scores.
On plating and presentation, I had Chef Forgione as a narrow winner. On creativity, he was farther in front. Although things were much more even when it came to the final category of taste, when I added up the points for each chef, there was one clear winner.
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Despite growing up in Kenya, with a vibrant natural world “in our backyard,” Lupita Nyong’o says she learned plenty after she signed on to narrate the six-part Discovery Channel documentary Serengeti. Produced and directed by nature doc veteran John Downer and American Idol creator Simon Fuller, Serengeti chronicles daily life on the African plains, achieving a sense of intimacy with the natural world by following the film’s animal subjects for more than a year.
A passionate animal rights activist who was honored in 2019 by the global conservation organization WildAid for her efforts to protect wild African elephants, Nyong’o says there are lessons to be learned just by “observing and listening” to nature. She talked to The Hollywood Reporter about the discoveries she made while working on Serengeti, including how gender dynamics in the animal kingdom can mirror that of humans, finding her own voice as a narrator and why she had to rethink her attitude toward hyenas.
What about working on Serengeti intrigued you in particular? Have you always been a fan of nature documentaries?
I grew up watching nature documentaries. I loved them, they were quite comforting when I was younger, especially because we had so much of that nature in our backyard, so to speak. At the same time, I think I took them for granted. They were just naturally there. And in my adult years, I have enjoyed them from time to time, but when Simon approached me to do this, I realized I have never, ever heard a nature documentary narrated by a woman. And I certainly have never heard a nature documentary narrated by an African. For those two reasons I thought, “Wow, this is actually quite novel for me to take this on.” I was very excited by that, to be the one responsible for telling this African story. It was one small way to contribute to diversifying the genre.
The series also focuses on the role matriarchs play in nature.
I quickly learned that there is quite a focus on the female dynamics in nature. And that in itself is so natural. I don’t think that that is imposed by the filmmakers. As we see in the documentary, the females play a very, very powerful and integral role. That is a great thing to meditate on for human beings who sometimes forget their own nature.
There are also some interesting gender dynamics, especially in the way males “win” females through shows of dominance.
The thing that fascinated me was the relationship with the lions, where the lionesses have a very specific role that they play, and it’s an important role. They feed the pride. They are responsible for keeping the pride alive. And they are ruthless at it. But at the same time, the lion is powerful because it protects the pride from its own kind. That was really fascinating to observe. For the lion to do his job, he doesn’t diminish the female job. They are working in tandem with one another. So it was interesting because, in many ways, you see this kind of male dominance, but at the same time there is evidence of unity and democracy in this strange way.
Did you learn anything about these animals that really surprised you?
Because I’ve been on so many safaris, it’s hard to find something that I didn’t know about. But I will say that I haven’t really spent much time empathizing with hyenas. I grew up being told really scary stories about hyenas. We were told these bedtime stories to freak us out so that we would stay out of harm’s way. So I was always suspicious of them. [But] this documentary was great because that’s one of the storylines. I found myself actually rooting for the hyena, which is something that I have just never, ever imagined I would do. I love that — that this documentary makes you invest in both the predator and the prey in equal measure.
What was your approach to the narration? Was there a tone you particularly wanted to achieve or were asked to convey?
One of the things they asked is that I use my natural voice and my natural accent, which is all over the place. That was really exciting because my accent right now has been influenced by all my global experiences, so just to be able to have the freedom to do that, to bring myself to it, was great.
Interview edited for length and clarity.
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All human beings who have accepted that there is a God, and that the Bible is His revelation to man, need to seriously apply themselves to finding out its basic message. Many of those calling themselves 'Christians' seem to make a poor job of this - a few verses from the New Testament on Sundays, a Bible somewhere in the home that is never opened, dimly remembering a handful of Bible stories. Little wonder that with such a laid-back attitude to God's mighty Word of truth, there is so much confusion and uncertainty in the lives and minds of so many.
On the other hand, there are those with little Christian background who decide to try to figure out the Bible's message, but find that everyone they approach tries to offer them a package deal of doctrines and human philosophies which do not fundamentally reflect the words of the Bible.
It is the purpose of 'Bible Basics' to analyze the Bible's message in a business-like, systematic way. It is designed to be read straight through as a book, or alternatively to be used as a correspondence course. Answers to the questions at the end of each study can be sent to the address below; your answers will then be passed to a personal tutor who can then correspond with you as you progress further through the Studies. It is appreciated that some readers will shy away from the idea of answering questions, but would rather ask questions concerning areas which they are unclear about, or disagree with the interpretation presented here. Again, if such correspondence is directed to the address below, personal answers can be given.
It is the author's conviction that the basic message of the Bible is crystal clear. However, there will always be some passages and topics which may appear superficially to be at variance with the general theme of Scripture. Some of these, along with other aspects of the Gospel which may only interest some readers, are discussed in the Digressions. It should be possible to understand the Bible's basic message without reading the Digressions, but it is anticipated that many students will read through most of them. The Bible translation generally used in these studies is the Authorized Version. However, where there is any unclarity in the rendering, other versions are quoted: The Revised Version (R.V.), Revised Standard Version (R.S.V.), Revised Authorized Version (R.A.V.) and New International Version (N.I.V.).
There are many people who ought to be thanked for their help in producing this book. My main debt lies with the hundreds of people in Africa, the West Indies, the Philippines and Eastern Europe, whose searching questions and thirst for truth have forced me to think through these Bible Basics time and again. Their beauty and strength only increases by being viewed from so many different angles. In crowded taxis, on open trucks and lorries, in sedate conference rooms to sweltering hotel balconies and starlit bush villages, these topics have been discussed, argued over and enthused about with Bible students from all walks of life. My Christadelphian brethren with whom I have been privileged to work in this have been a ceaseless source of strength and help. The substance of many of the Digressions in this book was often thrashed out between us in hotel rooms, after a gruelling session with a group of Bible correspondence course students. The fellowship and friendship that comes from being bound together by these basic doctrines of Bible truth is surely unsurpassed in human experience. So to all these "my fellow workers unto the Kingdom of God" I now pay tribute, hoping they will find this volume a help in the great work of publishing the true Gospel "into all nations".
Grasping the real truth of the Gospel as taught in the Bible's pages will affect every part of our lives, leading men and women the world over to properly give glory to God as He intended, both now and for eternity. Every one who finds the truth finds the "pearl of great price", and will know the feelings of Jeremiah for himself: "Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart" (Jer.15:16). To achieve this, be sure to pray for God's help in understanding the word before you tackle each of these Studies. "And now...I commend you to God, and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified" (Acts 20:32). Duncan Heaster
Abbreviations used in these studies for books of the BibleGen.-Genesis
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2 Sam.-2 Samuel
1 Chron.-1 Chronicles
2 Chron.-2 Chronicles
1 Cor.-I Corinthians
2 Cor.-2 Corinthians
1 Thes.-1 Thessalonians
2 Thes.-2 Thessalonians
1 Tim.-1 Timothy
2 Tim.-2 Timothy
1 Pet.-1 Peter
2 Pet.-2 Peter
1 Jn.- 1 John
2 Jn.-2 John
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