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The Bloomberg Healthiest Countries Index for 2019 saw India slip one place from 119 to 120, while China improved its rank by three place to 52. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal rank significantly above India but one could argue that India’s sheer geographic size and population add multiple layers of complexity to the issue. Hence, a comparison with these three nations may not be fair.
The ranking compared 169 countries, and took into account criteria like life expectancy, and also downgraded countries for unhealthy habits like tobacco use and obesity. The rankings also considered environmental factors such as sanitation and clean water, according to a report. It will be interesting to observe how fast recently launched health schemes like Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) impact such rankings. This scheme has reportedly delivered treatment to more than 12 lakh people in the first 150 days since its launch last September.
India’s slip in the Healthiest Countries Index is minor and cannot negate many gains in terms of MDGs. Also, the devil lies in the details and we’d have to know more about the exact methodology before we pass final judgment.
Rather than knee jerk reactions to such rankings, we have to take a more holistic view. Regulations and policies are long-term measures and take time to be framed and implemented. In a country like India, the consultative approach, a hallmark of democracy, adds checks and balances, which are very crucial especially in healthcare. But the flip side is that arriving at a consensus among different stakeholders add layers of complexity. The process of listening to each stakeholder and finding a balance could take months and even years.
For instance, experts in medical devices manufacturers’ associations like Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AiMeD) and patient groups have been on opposing sides of the fence in debates on medical devices regulations. The latter group has sometimes accused the regulator of not listening to their side of the story.
But a day later, the CDSCO released a notification which apparently went against this understanding. In a press note dated February 14, Rajiv Nath, Forum Coordinator, AiMeD said that the notification released the same evening of their February 8 meeting, was in conflict with their discussion regarding a phased step-by-step approach. The association says there is no logic to the choice of devices regulated in the notification. Secondly, the deadline of 2020 is too short and AiMED has recommended that at least five years should be given as a transition phase. The rationale is that this transition phase is required for both industry to put in place the infrastructure as well as the regulatory departments to scale up inspection labs etc.
AiMeD followed this up with a tie up with the Association of Healthcare Providers (India) (AHPI) to promote the India Certification of Medical Devices (ICMED) Scheme, touted as the country’s first indigenously developed international class quality assurance system for India manufactured medical devices. The medical devices sector is going the same way as the pharmaceutical sector, where global norms like those of the US FDA for good manufacturing practices, take precedence over national norms. The difference is that the US FDA GMP inspections are for facilities exporting to the US. Local medical devices players argue that local certifications should be applied for locally used devices. But hospitals and doctors seem to mistrust devices which meet only local certifications and prefer to use imported devices which meet global norms. The issue will need to be addressed both on the quality and price front. The medical devices industry should learn from the experience of the pharma sector, where there is concerted move to move towards harmonisation of global GMP standards.
Ultimately, all segments have to keep the patients in mind. Whatever adds value to the patient will add a competitive edge to the stakeholders in the long run. | 2019-04-21T12:07:17 | https://www.expresshealthcare.in/blogs/editors-blog/regulating-medical-devices/409920/ |
From way back when, long before this thing was called Hip Hop back in the very early 70’s this thing called DJing took a turn that changed the way DJs play music forever.
It birthed the Turntablists, DJ’s who manipulated the soundscape and arrangements of the recorded piece changing the way we were meant to hear the music. It became something else. Dj’s all over New York went crazy looking for sounds to manipulate, it birthed the Breakbeat DJs. One of the greatest of all time is the man featured here Jazzy Jay.
From Bronx River Jazzy Jay like Charlie Chase, Grand Wizard Theodore and DXT was of a generation that went all out on this from not just buying and searching for records but becoming exceptional Skilled on the turntables. Their tapes and performances have influenced millions of people across the globe. Held in High regard I’ve seen it my self people still be asking him what was this track you played at this event or this track on this tape.
It’s these DJs that inspired the members of DITC to coin the term Diggin in the Crates. I’ve known Jazzy for many years now and we have shot many videos together, he never fails to surprise me. When you see me and Jazzy put something together you better believe it’s going to be special and honest.
Recently I got to tour along side Diamond D and Large Pro doing the 45s sets, these men them selves Diamond especially will tell you that we was all mentored by Jazzy. Diamond you can see where he is at when he cuts 45s. the way he cuts them. Its not easy at all, but h makes it look easy as he came from a time and place where that is all it was and the only way to do it, it was competitive as almost every block had DJs that were all working/ practicing hard to make a name, to be hailed as one of the best.
I was in NYC for 4 nights to work with Large Pro and Main Source documenting the 25 year Anniversary of Breaking Atoms. One of the greatest Records ever made across all genres of music. I took one day off to be with Jazzy to see him and his family. On the Friday joined by Large Pro and King of Chill we got into the spirit of creativity and few beers leading me onto persuade Jazzy to cut some 45s for me and let me shoot. This was not rehearsed or prepared, but you can see here what we captured, a man who cutting up 45s is a walk in the park.
Jazzy Jay is available for shows. Info on the video. | 2019-04-24T18:07:34 | http://www.kingofthebeats.com/dj-jazzy-jay-a-walk-in-the-park-episode-1/ |
The proposals will be laid in Parliament in 2 separate regulations and, subject to Parliamentary approval, the government hopes to bring the new fees into force from 6th April 2012.
Fees will increase by only 2% in the majority of cases, but there will be higher increases on certain routes.
A full table of the proposed fees is available in the ministerial statement, which can be downloaded here. | 2019-04-22T16:17:54 | https://immigrationbarrister.co.uk/new-immigration-fees-proposed/ |
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Billy D’Andrea, a Center for Climate and Life Fellow and paleoclimatologist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, has led several expeditions to Greenland and Norway’s remote Svalbard archipelago to collect the plant waxes, fat molecules and dead algae preserved in the layers of sediment that fall to the bottom of lakes. Analyses of these data reveal what climate was like in the past, and helps make better predictions of future climate.
National Geographic sent a photojournalist with D’Andrea and his colleagues on a recent expedition to collect sediment samples and data in Svalbard. The resulting multimedia piece details the team’s efforts to gather vital climate data in the high Arctic’s harsh conditions. Visit National Geographic to read and watch the stories.
To learn more about D’Andrea’s research, check out his 2017 expedition to Norway’s Lofoten Islands, where he investigated the influence of shifting climate and sea level on the Vikings. | 2019-04-19T02:48:28 | http://climateandlife.columbia.edu/2017/11/17/center-for-climate-and-life-fellow-featured-in-national-geographic/ |
Today, we want to let you know supercharge your website content to increase rankings and sales through creating a syndication network.
“Publish, publish, publish fresh content.” You’ve heard it a million times. So you spend time writing a great blog or article for your small business website, you post it, and wait, wait, wait…and nada.
Your article gets few views and does nothing to help you increase in how high you rank on the search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.) for the keyword topic you thought would get you increased traffic.
You get frustrated and think this whole “publish fresh content to get found” idea is a sham. I quit!
You can easily supercharge your business blog content to get more traffic to your website. With over 2 million blogs and articles posted daily, with this simple strategy you can make your blogs and fresh content count!
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By using a powerful little app called If This Then That (IFTTT) your content can be supercharged.
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There are best practices that need to be in place, but if we build your network and then maintain the most up-to-date recipes, all you have to focus on is great content.
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Use the keyword early in the title and in one or two headlines (called H1 and H2’s) in your blog. Also, make sure you don’t overuse the keyword or use it meaninglessly (called keyword stuffing), as the search engines frown on this practice.
Of course, we can do the keyword research and write keyword optimized content in your own voice with your company’s persona and tone. All you have to do is approve the final blog or article, allowing you the time to do what you do best–run your business.
We have one other step we are using to see our dramatic increases in rankings. We have access to a restricted program that applies the real mojo, using live humans to click through to your blog article after searching it. This dramatically increases the initial value Google gives to your post launching it forward in its placement on search results.
The speed at which you climb the search engine results totally depends on the competitiveness of your keywords.
If you are going after search results on a very broad term (ex. luxury bedding, prostate cancer, etc.), gaining rank takes more time.
By strategically using longer search terms that still have a solid amount of search, you will typically see the fastest results (ex. Tuscan luxury bedding, prostate cancer surgery side effects).
Local search term ranking tends to be more accelerated than national terms, though rank with even national terms can be gained (luxury bedding in Frisco, prostate cancer treatment in Dallas, TX).
Ranking on a certain term doesn’t matter if it doesn’t lead to revenue. You need people to click onto your site who are ready to spend their money on your products and services.
This starts by watching which keyword terms most often turn into paying customers. Your Google Analytics tool, when set up properly, can show you which keywords and resources and leading to paying customers.
Your content must also be valuable to the reader, convincing them to move farther into your sales funnel. A dry, SEO-only written article might get visitors to your site, but unless it is practical and relevant, providing solutions to their needs, it won’t keep them on your site and convert to revenue.
Don’t get suckered into the ranking alone measurement. Your Google Analytics account will tell if you if people coming through your supercharged blogs, content, and articles are staying on your site and visiting subsequent pages.
(2)tell you how to simply read the sometimes overwhelming report.
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Recent Action at Solo Motorsports allowed customers to save up to 50% compared to dealer costs! We are the well-experienced shop in Atlanta area that is able to resolve any problem that occurs. We have the Most Advanced Tools available in the Automotive Industry. We have more Advanced Tools than most of the Dealerships in Atlanta area. It is not uncommon for Dealers to contact us to resolve their issues. There is no issue we cannot resolve. For your Automotive needs, Solo Motorsports has your solution. Maintenance, Service, Performance, Fabrication, Wheel Alignment and Suspension, Dynometer, Custom Tuning we have it all, all in one location.
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Crystal Keepers is an exciting, action packed book that reels you in entirely. Cole Randolph is an 11-year-old boy, who is trapped in the outskirts; a parallel universe of sorts. He, and his companions, travel to Zeropolis, the third kingdom of the five. Here he is looking for Constance, one of the lost princesses. And his enslaved friends. He’s running as an fugitive, and goes undercover. In this technologically advanced city, he faces many challenges. It was fun and exciting, it constantly keeps you engaged. Read this book! | 2019-04-26T11:40:43 | https://bookbirdz.com/2017/03/01/crystal-keepers-five-kingdoms-by-brandon-mull/ |
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We focus mainly on export and import shipments from/to South Eastern Europe. With these countries we have a business relationship for many years. | 2019-04-19T06:37:28 | https://www.schauperl.com/en/customs-service/ |
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An Insider’s Insight into the World of Food Commercials and Food Photography in India.
Master sound designer, Shajith Koyeri, gets candid with Pandolin about creating the sound of silence in Barfi.
Pandolin meets the man whose realistic sound designs match the gritty realism of Dibakar Banerjee’s films, LSD and more recently, Shanghai, and is hurtled into a world of sound, noise, melodies and clear dialogues.
So far, Trishya Screwvala has been known as the “daughter of Ronnie Screwvala” but soon, she won’t need any introduction. | 2019-04-26T11:38:19 | http://pandolin.com/category/e-zine/production/page/7/ |
The rising number of dengue cases has put forward the need of some stern measures in the health ministry department to monitor the situation in detail.
While the Union Health Minister JP Nadda is reported to be personally involved in reviewing the current situation in the national capital and other states, the ministry at large seems confident of curtaining the situation to flare up further.
An official release from the ministry said that several meetings have been taken with municipal bodies, Delhi government officials, Delhi Cantonment Board and directors of central government hospitals in Delhi to review the situation and preparedness to address and manage dengue and not allow it to escalate.
Health Secretary B.P. Sharma has asked the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) and the Municipal Corporations to coordinate their activities towards this end, the release said.
The health secretary has also written to his counterpart in the urban development ministry to allow access to several unoccupied buildings and rooftops of buildings for checking breeding.
The ministry has also undertaken intensive targeted multi-media activities to create mass awareness among the communities for prevention and control of Dengue, the release added.
The national capital has reported 301 dengue cases in the past one week and the total number of cases has crossed 830 till August. | 2019-04-25T18:41:42 | https://medicaldialogues.in/the-union-health-ministry-works-to-keep-dengue-under-check/ |
Injectable contraceptives are an increasingly popular method of family planning. They are safe, discrete, highly effective, and generally last for several months. Sayana® Press, also known as subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone (DMPA‑SC), is a lower‑dose formula version of the already popular injectable Depo‑Provera. DMPA‑SC combines the drug and needle in a single‑use unit, which makes it easy to transport and simple to use with little training. DMPA‑SC can be administered by community health workers (CHWs) and women themselves – potentially making injectable contraceptives available to women who can’t easily travel to clinics. | 2019-04-21T10:43:02 | https://www.ippf.org/resource/integration-dmpa-sc-method-mix-contributes-increased-uptake-all-methods-family-planning |
Fans of MasterChef may well have seen the Leicester Square Kitchen host an episode of Celebrity MasterChef in August 2018. The video on the BBC website offers a great insight into the kitchen at the restaurant.
There is something for everyone on the menu with all-day dining from breakfast until dinner. The Mexican and Peruvian cuisine style extends even to breakfast, where you can try The Mexicana - Poached hens' eggs, cayenne-buttered muffin, crispy bacon and Mayan-spiced hollandaise. That should set up even the heartiest of appetites for the day ahead!
The a la carte dining offering is a collection of soft tacos, small plates, anticucho and robata, tostadas and a tempting selection from the Josper Grill. A 28-day-aged 10oz rib-eye with cumin, garlic and cilantro or stone bass with crushed Andean chilli lime sea salt will certainly whet the appetite.
The Leicester Square Kitchen also serves afternoon tea, including a gluten-free afternoon tea, to make this wonderful restaurant appealling to all.
This offer runs from 01/04/2019 to 12/07/2019.
Simply click the button below to start your booking for Leicester Square Kitchen. | 2019-04-21T06:27:24 | https://bestlondonrestaurants.co.uk/leicester-square-kitchen/ |
BeerBoard today released its “NFL Opening Sunday Beer Report.” In this report (link here: NFL Opening Sunday Beer Report), BeerBoard takes a look at the beer consumed for the Opening Sunday of the 2017 NFL season (September 10, 2017).
The NFL Opening Sunday Beer Report is part of a regular series of industry data and analytics reports generated by BeerBoard. The company is headquartered in Syracuse, NY, and has offices in Denver and the New York City area.
BeerBoard monitors over 50,000 draft lines and 35,000 products through its Integrated Beer Management and Guest Display System. Installed at thousands of client locations, its services include SmartBar, which generates pour data and trend-driven analytics, BeerBoard Display, a digital consumer-facing menu display, BeerBoard Menu, automated print and website menus, and a consumer mobile application. The company services high profile independent groups and major chain clients throughout North America, including Buffalo Wild Wings, Hooters, Twin Peaks and BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse. | 2019-04-18T18:27:17 | https://culinationmagazine.com/index.php/2017/09/19/nfl-opening-sunday-beer-report-beerboard/ |
Join us as we celebrate diversity and come together as a community at Aurora’s Multicultural Festival.
This exciting festival will be taking place on Saturday, September 7 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Aurora Town Park.
Focusing on celebrating our community's roots while embracing new cultures, lively music, vibrant traditional clothing and wonderful dancing from around the world, this event will take you on a one-of-a-kind cultural tour; all in one location, all in the same day.
Be dazzled and awed as you experience how other cultures celebrate song and dance with a fully-packed entertainment line-up. Take your palate on a tour, sampling tastes from all over the world, attend a cooking demo and learn how to make a new dish at this free festival. Participate in fun activities you may not have experienced before, such as jousting or archery.
Be sure to take part in the cultural activities and games available, such as an inflatable jousting ring, archery, Sapo, bocce, cricket and more.
905-726-4762. Any changes to the event based on weather conditions will be updated on this line. We reserve the right to cancel, amend or change activities.
Check out the excitement from Aurora's Multicultural Festival 2017. | 2019-04-22T16:05:24 | https://www.aurora.ca/Thingstodo/Pages/Special%20Events/Aurora's-Multicultural-.aspx |
President Yoweri Museveni is already in Tanzania for the 20thOrdinary Summit of East African Community (EAC) Heads of State.
The ongoing summit is taking place at Arusha International Conference Centre (AICC) in Arusha.
The leaders are discussing among others a raft of issues such as the implementation status of the EA Customs Union, progress report on political confederation, financial status of the community and report on having two deputy Secretary Generals recruited competitively, according to a statement from the President’s office.
Other issues are endorsement of Kenya’s push for a non-permanent slot on United Nations Security Council (UNSC), report on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and promotion of motor vehicle assembly plant in the region.
At their 19th Ordinary Meeting held in Kampala, Uganda on February 23, 2018, the Summit directed the EAC Council of Ministers to explore the possibilities of developing the automotive industry in East Africa by reducing the importation of used vehicles from outside the region and thereby make the region more competitive.
On the same function, Museveni is expected to handover the EAC chair to another head of state whom the leaders will agree on. | 2019-04-18T13:01:50 | https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20190201/60703/eac-heads-of-state-summit-museveni-to-hand-over-power.html |
Glasses aren't merely accessories for some of us. They help us function by giving us the ability to see. They might be one of the most expensive things we wear on our bodies, but they are worth their price tag.
We're used to wearing glasses now, but many of us were resistant at first. Bad vision happens gradually and it's easy to adjust and pretend your vision isn't going bad as it's happening. But now that we've given in to wearing them, we can't imagine our lives without them.
Here is a list of things that only people who wear glasses (and are blind without them) understand.
People always want to fix you. They think the fact that you wear glasses shows that there is something "wrong" with you. You should wear contacts. You would look so much better with contacts. But you like wearing glasses and that will always sit wrong with certain people.
Even if I were to grab my glasses and purposefully drop them at my feet on a floor with nothing else on it, I would have difficulty finding my glasses. This is why sometimes I keep my old pairs of scratched up glasses in drawers I can easily access. They aren't the right prescription anymore, but they are better than nothing and can sometimes help me find my glasses when I lose them and am alone.
Anyone who is near-sighted like me has had to feel around the floor or the counter or their bed to find their glasses. We've all accidentally knocked them onto the floor, too, when feeling for them and cursed loudly either in our head or out loud because of it.
It's panic-inducing. You're scared you will never find them or that you'll step on them, but once you get them again, it's the most relieving feeling in the world.
Sometimes I get scared someone will break into my house someday. Even worse, I get scared they will break into my house and I won't even be able to see them. In the darkness of my room, without my glasses on, my vision is so blurry that someone could stand completely still and they might blend into darkness completely. I'd never know they were there, just staring at me.
This is why I sometimes hold my glasses in my sleep like a teddy bear or at the very least keep them right next to me on the dresser, so I can see anything I need to see easily at night.
I mean, you can go swimming or take a shower with your glasses on, but so much water gets on them that you can't see anything out of them anyway. There's also always that risk that they will fall off while you are swimming and you will lose them forever.
Trying to find your glasses when you drop them on the floor... difficult. Trying to find your glasses when you drop them in a pool... impossible. Even if you get your friends with perfect vision to help you get the glasses and know exactly where you dropped them, you might never see them again.
So, you've probably decided to never wear your glasses while you are showering or swimming. It's a pain cleaning them afterwards anyway and getting rid of all the residue the droplets of water leave behind when they dry. It's fine, except for the parts where you lose your friends at the swimming pool and can't find them anymore. Or you see a black blob in the shower and can't tell if it's a spider or not. (Do you stick your head really close to see? Do you really want your face that close to a spider?) Or when you try to shave a part of your body, but can't see it without your glasses to tell whether or not you got all the hair off of it.
These situations are the only time when you might consider wearing contacts instead of glasses. But even then, losing a contact in the water is much worse than losing a pair of glasses.
That moment when you and someone else go shopping and they all of a sudden see a rack of sunglasses, so they go to try them on. You might foolishly try on a pair of sunglasses over your glasses, but it doesn't look right and it never will. Because you can't wear cool sunglasses.
At best, maybe you can have one pair of prescription sunglasses that you buy at the eye doctor, but they just aren't the same. At worst, you have clip-on sunglasses that you put on over your glasses and look like a dork in. Either way, you don't get to wear the cool sunglasses your friends do.
There are people who have ten pairs of glasses, people who lose a pair and don't think it's a big deal, and people who don't have to wear glasses twenty-four hours a day. Those people buy their glasses at the drug store because they only have mild prescriptions and they only need them for reading.
But the rest of us who are blind without our glasses all the time, those who can't see far away or sometimes need bifocals... our glasses cost hundreds of dollars a pair. We've found deals, yes, for really cheap frames. Sometimes our frames are as cheap as one dollar a pair, but it doesn't help much. The problem was never the frames, it was the lenses, which always cost a couple hundred dollars apiece.
Why you do this? You don't know. But it's fun to take off your glasses and randomly point out to someone all the things you can't see. Like the pattern on their blouse or their facial features or a giant sign on the other side of the room.
You had to squint to read that sign far away. The letters were pretty small and the sign is very far... no one, even with perfect vision, could read that sign, right? You don't know because it's been a very long time since you've had perfect vision, assuming that you ever did.
Are your eyes getting worse? You aren't sure. Maybe it's time to go to the eye doctor or maybe you just need to clean your glasses and see if that doesn't resolve the issue.
It's unusually cold outside, or the drink you are sipping is hot. Before you know it, your glasses have fogged up. You laugh. You point it out to other people. You try to make it happen again once the fog goes away. It's very funny to you.
You get your hair cut. You take your glasses off to get your hair cut and can't see a thing the entire time they are cutting your hair. You have to trust that they aren't messing everything up.
Then, before you put your glasses on, they are suddenly finished cutting your hair. They hold up a mirror to the back of your head and expect you to be able to see your hair. But you can't because your glasses aren't on.
Or, when you get your eyes checked and you have to find a new pair of frames. You try some on and the salesperson holds up a mirror for you to see them on yourself. You squint and hope they look good on you because you can't really see yourself and have no idea how you look.
You'd think of all people, they would understand, but they still don't.
Everyone is surprised that you can't see yourself in the mirror, like you are just wearing your glasses as some kind of gag or something. They forget that glasses are something that you actually need and not just an accessory choice you are making.
Hold your head still and look as far as you can left or as far as you can upward. Just look with your eyes.
You're used to it, but the fact is, your entire visible world is stuck inside a frame. Always. And if you look too far in any direction without moving your head, the whole world is blurry once again.
You're so used to it that you don't notice it most of the time, but it's still there.
Or hearing that it's the side effect of a medication. May cause blurry vision? Hah! You already have blurry vision. They are too late!
Let's face it. Most of us were reluctant to get our first pair of glasses. We put it off for as long as we could. We were scared or nervous about them for whatever reason and let ourselves function blind for far too long.
Then you put them on for the first time and are suddenly shocked by all the details in the world you've been missing.
For instance, my mom grew up with bright red hair and I was shocked when I put on my first pair of good glasses to find out that she had freckles all over her face and arms. I thought I knew how my mother looked, but it turned out, with better vision, she looked much different than I thought she did. It fascinated me.
I'm sure you have stories along these lines, too. Please tell me in the comments below!
It's always nerve wracking when you get a new pair of glasses because you know things are going to look different. And sometimes you can't tell if it will be a normal kind of different or the kind that makes you feel dizzy and confused for a while until your eyes adjust to the new prescription. So you're excited by every new pair and what new things you will be able to see, but also reluctant to get a new pair.
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They exclaim loudly, "Wow! You're really blind!"
Yes. That's why you wear glasses. You knew this already.
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The concept of idolatry would appear to be an anachronism in our day and age, with no practical relevance in most countries. It recalls primitive societies of times long gone when paganism was rampant. For rational humans to worship artificial images fashioned by their own hands is so self-evidently absurd that one wonders how this could ever have happened.
In reality, however, it is not so simple. For one thing, even nowadays one can still find remnants of such practices. Secondly, idolatry is not limited to man-made images, but may alternatively involve natural bodies such as celestial constellations, stars and planets, even animals and vegetation, or even fellow-humans, who are believed to be endowed with divinity. People, even in ancient times, developed sophisticated rationale to justify these practices.
Maimonides presents an anthropological analysis of how idolatry evolved: initially there was no denial of the reality and supremacy of the One G0d and Supreme Being, Who created everything. Then people assumed that their submission to G0d obligates them to honor those natural forces (such as the sun, moon and stars) through which G0d benefits the world and which “minister” before Him. Gradually this deteriorated to perceiving these forces as powers authorized to act independently of G0d, and the world’s dependence on them would imply a rationale to worship them on their own – even while still recognizing the supremacy of G0d. The whole or partial worship of these forces eventually degenerated to a “substitute” worship of images that represent or symbolize them, and eventually led to these images themselves, on their own, becoming objects of worship.
Nowadays this appears to be a vestige of ignorance and naivety. Thus it seems strange that the eternal Torah should be so concerned about idolatry, to the point that it was found necessary to mandate so many cautions and prohibitions about its practices with all their corollaries, and about anything that savored of idolatry.
Avodah zarah is not restricted to religious service of anything apart from the G0dhead. It includes any assumptions of there being self-contained beings or forces that are not totally dependent on God and His Providence. This will be understood with the following example: when driving in a nail with a hammer, the immediate agent of activity seems to be the hammer. In truth, however, it is not the hammer itself but the hand that holds it and the energy used by the hand. So, too, everything in the universe is forever altogether subject to G0d and His will.
To put one’s faith into a belief that planetary constellations determine events and human fate (astrology), or that certain occurrences are indicative of predetermination, or to engage in any form of enchantment or sorcery (thinking that thereby one can manipulate future events), or consulting “spirits” (like séances), necromancy and other forms of divination – all these imply that there are other powers in existence which work on their own, independent of the continuous Divine Providence governing the totality of creation. Thus all of these are classified as avodah zarah.
1. Maimonides (Rambam), Mishneh Torah Hilchot Avodah Zarah ch. 1, quoted at length below in Chapter 1, topics 4-6.
3. Enosh was a grandson of Adam. The practice of avodah zarah started in his generation; see Targum Yonatan on Genesis 4:26;.
5. See Maimonides, ibid., Preamble (list of the precepts preceding ch. 1), and ibid., ch. 6 and 11.
6. This explains the numerous statements to be found in the Torah tradition drawing a moral equivalence between certain attitudes and idolatry. For example, pride and arrogance are regarded as tantamount to idolatry (Tractate Sotah 4b), as is losing one’s temper (Zohar I:27b; Maimonides, Mishneh Torah Hilchot De’ot 2:3), avoiding the giving of charity (Tractate Ketuvot 68a), dishonesty and deception (Tractate Sanhedrin 92a), and so forth. All these cases imply some form of self-worship, and even when acknowledging God, also assuming a sense of self-sufficient importance (which thus constitutes dualism).
At the very center of this world is homo sapiens, the human being Divinely endowed with intellect. This intellect allows us analytical thought and examination of ourselves and the world around us. Without Divinely-endowed criteria for truth and moral values, however, our critical thinking is abstract and theoretical at best, and obviously susceptible to error.
Thus God revealed to mankind knowledge of His inscrutable Will by means of His prophets and the Torah, to know what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil. The Divine revelation of the Torah at Mount Sinai, and the Divine designation of Moses as the foremost prophet for all time, set forth the ultimate test for the truth of future prophets, i.e., compatibility with the Torah and its eternal commandments. Even so, this legal and moral code is meaningful only when applying the other special gift endowed upon humans, namely freedom of choice to follow or reject proper conduct.
Open-minded and consistent reasoning readily leads to a realization that there must be a Supreme Cause for our most complex yet intricately precise world. Thus we arrive at the recognition and acknowledgment of God as Creator, Sovereign and Sustainer of the universe. This acknowledgment is not only an intellectual conclusion, but of itself has practical implications.
Noting that life, health and all human needs and blessings emanate unceasingly from the Creator, we must surely acknowledge this in thought, speech and action. We ought to express gratitude for the Divine benevolence on which we are continuously dependent, and make ourselves into worthy recipients thereof. This is the concept of worshiping God that applies equally to all, Jews and Gentiles alike.
The diametric opposite to this ideal of reverence for God is the crass and sinful conduct of deprecating God or His Sovereignty. This is referred to as blasphemy.
In common usage, the word “blasphemy” is generally defined as any form of uttered impiety, irreverence or sacrilege against God. These are acts of defiance seeking to impair the appropriate respect and reverence for God.
(a) Exodus 22:27 states, “You shall not curse God.” The Hebrew word used here is te’kalel, from the root-word kal. It means “to degrade,” to hold in light esteem and despise.
(b) Leviticus 24:10-17 relates the incident of one who violated the cited injunction of Exodus 22:27, and the Divine edict declaring this to be a capital sin. Furthermore, it states there, “ish ish (any man) who curses his G-d shall bear his sin.” Why the double expression of “ish ish” (literally: “a man, a man”)? To include all mankind, both Jews and Gentiles. Blasphemy thus is prohibited to Gentiles as a capital sin even as it is for Israelites.
This reiterates the earlier prohibition of the Noahide Code expressed in the all-inclusive verse of Genesis 2:16, “And HaShem [Y-H-V-H], G-d, commanded…”: the citation of the Tetragrammaton Name in this verse alludes to the prohibition of blasphemy to Gentiles.
A Gentile would be guilty of this offence when uttering a blasphemous statement that invokes any of the explicit Divine Names in the Torah’s Hebrew text (those which are forbidden to be erased when spelled out in full, as explained [in The Divine Code, Part III, Chapter One], and of course the Tetragrammaton itself), or any appellation clearly referring to God (e.g., the Supreme Being, the Almighty, the Creator, the One Above, etc.), or “attributive” names – i.e., terms distinctly referring to the Divine attributes and identified with G-d (such as the Merciful, the Compassionate, etc.), in whatever language it may be.
The very idea of there being a Divinely ordained “Noahide Code” presupposes an acknowledgement of (a) the existence of G-d; (b) the authority of God as Supreme Being; (c) the reality of Divine Revelation instructing mankind with regards to proper conduct (the bond or covenant between the Almighty and His creatures); and (d) the principle of Divine retribution, i.e., that man is accountable for obeying or disobeying these instructions, because a legal code devoid of consequences is ineffective.
1. Ibn Ezra and Ramban, ad loc.; Rashi on Deuteronomy 22:23.
2. Tractate Sanhedrin 56a; Rambam, Hilchot Melachim 9:1,3.
4. Tractate Sanhedrin 56b; Rambam, Hilchot Melachim 9:1.
6. Section 432 (in ed. Chavel, section 430). Indeed one may add here that a Gentile ought not only attain the fear of G-d but also the love of G-d. Maimonides writes that the Israelite’s commandment to love G-d (Deuteronomy 6:5) includes also an obligation “to call upon all mankind to His service and to have faith in Him. For if you love someone, you will praise and extol him and call upon people to love him as well…” There is, then, an implication that all mankind ought to love G-d.
7. Sifra on Lev. 19:18 and Bereishit Rabbah 24:7.
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Hanging onto the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy like cockle burs on a shaggy dog’s coat, globular clusters contain over hundreds of thousands of stars. Estimated to be up to ten billion years old, these spherical stellar seed pods are gravitationally bound together and tend to be more dense towards their cores. We’ve long known all the stars contained within a globular cluster to be about the same age and the individual members most likely formed at the same time as the parent galaxy – but what we weren’t expecting was change.
In 1953, astronomer Allan Sandage was performing photometry of the stars in the globular cluster M3 when he made an incredible discovery – blue stragglers. No, it’s not a down-his-luck musician waiting for a coin in his instrument case… but a main sequence star more luminous and more blue than stars at the main sequence turn-off point for the cluster. They shouldn’t belong where they are, but with masses two to three times that of the rest of the main sequence cluster stars, blue stragglers seem to be exceptions to the rule. Maybe they are a product of interaction… grappling together… pulling material from one another… and eventually merging.
Image of NGC 6397 taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, with evidence of a number of blue stragglers.
“Astronomers expect that the stars get too close to each other because of the complicated dance that stars perform in these dense clusters, where thousands of stars are packed into a relatively small space, and each star is moving through this cluster under the influence of the gravity of all the other stars. Somewhat like a traffic system with no stop lights, there are a lot of close encounters and collisions,” explains Sills.
By taking a closer look at globular clusters, the Hubble Space Telescope has given us evidence for two generations of star formation. The first is our accepted rule, but the second generation isn’t like anything else found in our Galaxy. Instead of being created from an earlier generation of expended stars, the second generation in globular clusters appears to have formed from material sloughed off by the first generation of stars. An enigma? You bet.
At the CASCA conference, Dr. Sills is presenting her work – a link between these two unusual forms of globular clusters. Blue stragglers and the second generation of stars would appear to have identical properties, including where they are concentrated in the cluster, and that both are.. well.. a little more “blue” than we would expect. She is investigating how the close encounters and collisions could affect the formation of this strange second generation and link the two phenomena we see in these complicated systems.
Original story soucre at Physorg.com.
Thats not M80 – M80 is a galaxy in UMa.
Dude, I think that you’re confusing M80 with either M81 or M82.
I wonder what would happen if a globular cluster encountered a giant molecular cloud. Would it absorb the cloud and allow some more star formation to occur?
How might/would a Blue Straggler be influenced by a black hole in the core of a GC?
Considering how stars in a GC move, it makes a lot of sense that close encounters could rip material from both stars involved and that new stars could form when enough of this material builds-up. GCs make exceptionally beautiful images, which can rival even those from the magnificent HST, when a DSLR is mounted on an amateur telescope.
Blue and balls… I’m sure there is a US language joke in there somewhere.
In how many globulars is there evidence for a black hole at the center? Is the mutual gravity of the visible stars enough to explain the dynamics? If not is some exotic matter required to explain them? The chance for encounters is enough to explain the second generation? Are ejected stars from the cluster, or stars with high doppler shifts seen?
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Discussion in 'Personal' started by littlemissraw, Jan 3, 2011.
Did you love it or did you buy it knowing it was just a stepping stone? We're currently renting (have been here 3 years) and with a low income are wondering whether to settle and buy a cheapish house (£80k ish) rather than stay off the property ladder for what may be many more years?
Experts, no matter how great, can never truly predict the housing market but many will recommend that you buy a home and not a house (unless you are purely going for investment which is a different kettle of fish).
Our first home was the student flat Mr L kept on after his friend left, but our first proper house was a tiny two-bedroom Barratt shoebox purchased on one salary (his) and furnished with relatives' cast-offs apart from the sofa (catalogue - this was pre-credit-card) and bed (present).
We were so proud. Sometimes I drive to it and just look at it for five minutes.
Aww those are both lovely to hear! How fabulous.
We haven't seen anything that I feel anything for, just the sense of "well its only £60k maybe it would be the sensible choice..." maybe we just need to wait until I secure some permanent employment...?
One of you needs permanent employment so that you can guarantee mortgage payments.
I wouldn't look for a particular house but an area that I was happy to live in, if that makes sense?
We rented for 8 years and then got the chance to buy as sitting tenants, !/2 the price of vacant possession! Been here ever since, 32 years this michelmas. I think that we will both leave in boxes, can't imagine living anywhere else.
Hes been with the same company for years so thats ok but I had the biggest income until I had to leave my job so we went from looking at houses of £130k to as cheap as possible at the moment. I'm starting my own business from next Monday so I know we won't be able to use this income (if all goes well) on a mortgage for a good number of years.
Should we just stick to renting or is any owned home worthwhile? I know the repayments would be far less, or at worst the same as our rent, on a mortagaged house.
I don't know littlemiss. I think I'd rent until the housing market was clearer and you have a deposit for the house you wanted. Then I'd take time finding something that actually met my basic requirements (number of bedrooms/ space etc).
If you have cash,then wait as the market is going down at the moment....ot at least bargin lower than the price.
i do remember the bedside cabinet was the old wooden orange boxes!
we have been here 33 years now!
The main problem we've had house hunting is parking! We have 2 cars and my OH has a work van. We'd originally ruled out most terraced houses due to this as we didn't want to move somewhereand end up annoying the neighbours but we've since been wondering ifits asessential as we thought?
I'm still living in my first proper home now!
However, it is on the market for offers in the region of £195k, I bought it for £160k seven years ago. It's only three bedrooms but very small.
I'm moving because I want to buy a bigger house with my girlfriend.
Just bought our first house - although some of the places I've rented have felt very like home - this one's got COLOUR on the walls and no magnolia in sight (I went on a magnolia obliterating frenzy the day we got the keys). It's cluttered, books everywhere, dog hair all over the kitchen and a lingerin whiff of eau de dog-fart - but I love it!
Just being able to paint the chimney breast on the wall a really deep luxurious red and not have to worry about trying to tie in some landlord's bulk paint colours with the scheme of your furniture is an absolutely amazing feeling.
I love the home we are currently going through the process of buying, which is why im finding it all so stressful! It is a 3 bed semi in a nice area (we already rent very close to us so we know the area well), with a big driveway and a nice garden and we got it for £115k (it was on at £130k!).
Its a good time to buy in terms of house prices, but getting a mortgage has been a nightmare, and both my OH and I work full time with no bad credit - just be warned that the mortgage companys are not throwing mortgages at people like they used to. The smallest things like my student loan, and the fact that I still have a £2k student overdraft on a current account yet to clear (we've cleared OHs and are now working on mine) have put mortgage lenders off.
Our first home was darn sarf - a small damp two bedroom conversion flat beside a main road with no garden or garage. All we could afford in Surrey on two young teachers' pay in the mid 80s. Then the M25 was completed and the flat's value doubled in 3 years, so we had no complaints when we sold it and fled northwards to our current place, which we've been in ever since.
The first flat that we lived in together was a fourth floor flat that we both loved. It had a balcony outside our bedroom, a small kitchen and bathroom, a pretty big living room and it was just right for us. It was a mismash of both of our possessions but it worked. We had awful neighbours though. The couple that lived below us had just got married and would start fighting at about 6 o'clock when she got home from work and wouldn't stop till about 3 in the morning! And it was screaming shouting. Funniest thing was that we had a couple of friends round till about 4am once and we were just talking - no music, nothing. The guy came up and complained that we were disturbing him!
We then moved into our current house which we have just sold (today actually!) which had a dining room! I have to say that I love the area this house is in and will miss it completely. I loved having lots of specialist shops in the one area and the real community spirit of the place.
We're moving into a much bigger house that we've tried to buy three or four times in the last 12 months and it finally looks like we're going to be able to do it! With the amoutn of furniture we've got it will probably look a bit bare until we fill it but I think that's going to be part of the romance behind it!
I have rented all my life (as hardly anyone bothers to buy here) and have loved all the places I have lived in (bar one) as I made them home (we can do anything we want in our rented accom here).
My very, very first place, all just for me (as opposed to a flat share) was a tiny 2 roomed flat, just a living room/bedroom, a kitchen and a tiddly widdly bathroom, and the whole place could have fitted into the living room I have now.
And I adore the place I am in now - it is a bit small (although bigger than what I started out with over 20 years ago - but a lot smaller than the house we had when I was married). I have a lovely open plan flat with a balcony right over the Rhine and lots of trees and peace and quiet, as there is no through traffic (at the front) and I am at the back and there is no traffic at all. Just boats going up and down the Rhine. | 2019-04-20T04:57:14 | https://community.tes.com/threads/your-first-home.456904/ |
Hi Friends! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I am just getting back from Richmond for work today, but I did get to spend a wonderful Saturday exploring the city with Dave and one of my friends from work.
I've written an Awkward and Awesome post before as part of our bi-weekly Beautiful Mess link up. I had a lot of fun writing it, and I thought it was an interesting way to update you guys on stuff that is going on with me (after all, this is a lifestyle blog...), so I think I might do them every so often. Thoughts?
- I'm breaking out a ton. I have been getting a lot of blackheads around my mouth lately, which I think might be from wearing more lipstick and lip gloss. I have been exfoliating and removing my makeup at night, but nothing seems to be cutting it. I am seriously thinking about investing in a Clarisonic.
- With all the rain around where I live lately, we have had a lot of tidal flooding. With lots of tidal flooding brings lots of fish stink. I'm ready for that to go away.
- Totally ripped my black tights right on the leg while getting ready for one of our shows the other day. I put some clear nail polish on it to stop the rip, but that made it worse. I was travelling too, so I was limited in wardrobe choices... womp.
- I scored an awesome pair of black suede ankle booties at a consignment store in Richmond this weekend. I can't wait to basically wear them every day.
- I purchased Helene's Quit Your Job to Blog E-Course, and while I'm not planning on quitting on my career, I am ready to get serious about my little space. I'm hoping that this will give me the little kick in the pants I need and help me take my space to the next level.
- I've teamed up with a group of my best blogging ladies to bring you a seriously awesome giveaway for a $250 giftcard to Ulta! You can enter using the Rafflecopter widget below, and please enter my name in the free entry as the referring site. | 2019-04-21T12:35:02 | http://www.always-al.com/2015/10/awkward-awesome-2.html |
Modelling, not the version by the man who successfully patented Blue Steel, provides proven steps to success.
Time is precious, so why not find a quicker route to achieving your goals?
By emulating the success of what has gone before, you can shortcut the longer road and accelerate the journey.
That is, model yourself on successful people. Copy their habits and daily rituals. Tap into their mindset, and change your thinking. Learn from their mistakes so that you can minimise your own.
The signposts to success leave clues.
You can save time and energy by studying the clues. No need to reinvent the wheel.
Two great modern day artists are also renowned for borrowing their inspiration. Pablo Picasso said that good artists copy, great artists steal. Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino said, "I steal from every movie ever made."
Study the past, find a mentor and learn from the best. If you want to accelerate the path to ridiculous success, try modelling. | 2019-04-21T20:03:27 | http://www.edwardcrossin.com/blog/2015/9/1/modelling-for-success-how-to-shortcut-your-way-to-ridiculous-success |
District Court of Appeal of Florida,Second District.
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P., f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P.; and Marie Black, Appellees.
Leslie M. Conklin, Clearwater, for Appellants. J. Randolph Liebler and Tricia J. Duthiers of Liebler Gonzalez & Portuondo, Miami, for Appellee Bank of America. No appearance for Appellee Marie Black.
St. Andrews at the Eagles, Inc., appeals a final judgment of foreclosure in favor of Bank of America.1 We reverse because the Bank failed to prove its standing.
On the copies of the mortgage and note attached to the complaint, the lender was identified as Countrywide Bank, FSB. Mortgage Electronic Registrations Systems, Inc., commonly referred to as MERS, was named as the nominee for the lender and its successors and assigns. There was neither an endorsement on, nor an allonge attached to, the note.
St. Andrews answered the complaint and pleaded an affirmative defense asserting that BAC lacked standing to foreclose. In response to St. Andrews’ request to produce, BAC filed an assignment of the mortgage from MERS to BAC. The assignment stated that it was signed November 5, 2009, which was almost a month after the foreclosure complaint was filed, “but effective as of” October 5, 2009, about a week before the complaint was filed. A stamp indicated that it was recorded in the Hillsborough County public records on December 16, 2009.
St. Andrews filed an answer to the amended complaint and again alleged lack of standing as an affirmative defense. At trial, the Bank presented the testimony of Philip Houghtby, who was employed by Bank of America as assistant vice president, mortgage resolution associates. He recounted that he reviewed the Bank’s records concerning this loan, which included records from Countrywide/BAC that were incorporated into the Bank’s records after the merger. Houghtby testified that the Bank was actually in possession of the note when the original complaint was filed, but he did not know and was unable to say when the note was endorsed.
As indicated, the note was payable to Countrywide Bank, which was not a party to the foreclosure action. To be a holder entitled to enforce under the facts of this case, Bank of America was required to show physical possession of the original note and an endorsement or allonge either in blank or in favor of the plaintiff. See Keifert v. Nationstar Mortg., LLC, 153 So.3d 351, 353 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014). The endorsement must have occurred before the filing of the complaint because it is axiomatic that standing must be shown as of the filing of the complaint. Focht v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 124 So.3d 308, 310 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013). Here, Bank of America failed to show when the endorsement was added.
Had the note with the blank endorsement been filed with the original complaint, that would have been sufficient to show standing. See Am. Home Mortg. Servicing, Inc. v. Bednarek, 132 So.3d 1222 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014) (concluding that there was sufficient evidence of standing when the note attached to the original complaint contained the blank endorsement and the plaintiff introduced the original at trial). But in this case, the original complaint included a count to reestablish a lost note, and the copy of the note attached to that complaint lacked the endorsement. Thus, a later filed copy of the note with the endorsement did not suffice to show standing at the time the complaint was filed. See May v. PHH Mortg. Corp., 150 So.3d 247 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014) (reversing final judgment of foreclosure after jury trial when plaintiff failed to show standing at beginning of case; original complaint included count to reestablish lost note and attached copy of note with no endorsement; later filing of original note with endorsements was not sufficient because bank failed to show when note was endorsed).
1. The Eagles Master Association was dropped from the case below by a clerk’s default, which is not challenged on appeal.
KHOUZAM and LUCAS, JJ., Concur. | 2019-04-22T23:56:23 | http://stopforeclosurefraud.com/2015/07/06/the-eagles-master-association-inc-v-bank-of-america-n-a-fl-2nd-dca-david-stern-assignment-fail-later-filing-of-original-note-with-endorsements-was-not-sufficient-because-bank-failed-to-show/ |
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Endangered Species Series Foam Printmaking with 6th Grade Art Students!
-What do you think the artist was trying to say in this work?
The cool thing about living in Rochester is that we actually have a set of Andy Warhol's Endangered Species Series here at the Mayo Clinic. They are free to view, however, they do not do field trips or tours. This was fun, since some of my kiddos said they had seen this artworks in real life.
After our discussion about Andy Warhol's work, I had students choose an animal to draw. I tiered the assignment so students of all abilities could feel a sense of accomplishment. The lower level students were allowed to trace an animal. The middle level students were allowed to draw from observation by looking at a picture of the animal. The higher level students were encouraged to draw the animal from memory or based on an idea. This allowed my gifted and talented students a little more freedom and independence, which I think they enjoyed. It also allowed my lower level students to feel like they could create an awesome work of art. I'm not a huge fan of tracing, but it has it's time and place in every art class.
Once they drew their animals, they had to show me their drawing in order to get their foam. They taped the paper to the foam and started tracing over their design. They went over their designs with a blunt pencil or mechanical pencil with no lead. Next, we started printing! After they printed 3 different prints, I had some students outline their lines with oil pastel to add an Andy Warhol look to their work. You can view the demo video I played for my students at the end of this post. View examples of my students work below.
My Draw/Paint I high school students did an awesome job on this project! Though I usually like students to have a more open-ended art assignment, this one seemed to work well for all students.
For this assignment, I introduced students to the work of Wayne Thiebaud (Tee-Bow). We discussed how he used colors in interesting ways and applied the paint thickly to the canvas like frosting. His work has a 3-dimensional quality that makes it addicting to look at! I then had students experiment with oil pastel and mixing colors of oil pastel using the 3 primary colors.
Finally, I had students choose a color copy of a Wayne Thiebaud work that they liked. The nice thing about Thiebaud's work is that it offers an enticing selection for students to choose from. My students had to draw the work based on the color copy with pencil first. Some students chose to draw using the grid method they had learned in the previous lesson.
Next, they used oil pastel to add color. I encouraged students to apply the oil pastel very thickly to recreate the 3-dimensional quality of Thiebaud's work. This project was a lot of fun, because it helped even below average students feel successful at art. This project took approximately 2 weeks (10 50-minute class times) for students to finish.
Halfway through the project I brought in cupcakes for all my students because they complained that Thiebaud's work made them hungry. What's better than making art and eating cupcakes!? | 2019-04-18T23:06:05 | http://www.artteacherdiaries.com/diary/category/pop-art |
On my bucket list of activities to do with the kids.
After I quit my job last year, I packed a bag, grabbed my camera and bought a one way ticket to London. 17 countries later, I compiled this time lapse of the many amazing places I came across. | 2019-04-26T05:04:26 | http://popwuping.com/travel/speeding_around_the_world_in_under_5_min/ |
My husband, Jamie, and I were six months into our marriage. We were ready for more commitment but knew we weren’t ready for kids quite yet. We lived in a town house that was run by Jamie’s then 6 yr old Jack Russell, Lilly. As active duty military members we are both quite active, but Lilly was a true Jack Russell in the since that she wanted to play 24/7 we had the time for her but not always the constant energy at 6 in the morning. The answer to all of our issues was a play mate for her and a puppy for us to raise and train together. We instantly knew that we wanted a “rescue dog” but we didn’t know exactly what breed mix was right for us. We waited and looked and had about given up when we took Lilly for her monthly trip to the pet store for a new toy. There happened to be an adoption event happening that day. We walked past each of the cages hoping to feel an attraction to one of the sad little faces. The only face that grabbed our attention was a little puppy who reminded me of a cow, she had back and white large markings like a dairy cow. We looked at her and held her for probably 20 mins but something just wasn’t right. Lilly wasn’t her biggest fan and there just wasn’t any connection. We went home with a new toy, but just one dog. The rest of the weekend I couldn’t stop thinking about the cute little “cow” puppy. After bugging my husband about her all weekend he took me to Abilene Animal services shelter Monday after work. Bless the cute little Cow puppy’s heart another family had adopted her at the event. The lady at the counter told me that they still had some of her littermates available and that time was running out for all of the family. When we went to their kennel one little girl with the sweetest eyes looked up at us. My husband likes a dog with a natural play about them and this puppy sure had it. We let her out of the kennel and she tripped over the little gutter in front but popped right back up and jumped on Jamie’s lap looking for a game. I look for a gentle kindness in a dog, an animal that really has soul. After the little girl was worn out from Jamie’s game she came over and sat on my lap and looked in my eyes as if saying she trusted me and fell asleep. I couldn’t put her down. She knew she was ours and we were all in love with each other. We still worried about Lilly’s reaction but the woman that helped us through the adoption process assured us that if she didn’t work out we could bring her back within so many days. That would not be a factor for us. We were shocked when we came home and the games instantly started when we walked in the door with our little Lady. Here we are a year and some change later. Lilly and Lady are best friends and now have a little “brother” Leonard (the L names just kind of stuck).We currently live on five acres and our dogs have goat and sheep friends which our blue-heeler mixed Lady loves to gently herd. We had our ups and downs with the training process, (which can be normal with pound puppies, especially those that didn’t have mothers from an early age) but through it all we found love. I loved my husband for getting up in the middle of those first few nights when she missed her kennel mates and for getting home before me to clean up the messes in the kennel that happened between lunch breaks and coming home. I loved him for making me go to the shelter to rescue such a sweet soul, I loved him for being him. I loved Lilly for teaching Lady how to be good dog and how to stay close when leashes weren’t necessary and for being patient with the little puppy. I loved our friends for their play time and letting us socialize with their dogs. And I loved Lady, she is sweet and caring and rambunctious in all the right ways. Whenever people talk about wanting to add a little bundle of furry love to their family, I always refer them to AAS or Rescue the Animals and share our tale with them, Lady: A love story. | 2019-04-22T02:47:16 | http://rescuetheanimals.org/success-stories/lady-a-love-story |
We’re collaborating on sustainable innovations for a world that’s better connected. Around the world, Facebook is working on collaborative projects that help us be a more sustainable company while supporting the communities we’re a part of.
Last year, in 2017, Facebook pledged its support for climate action by supporting the Paris Agreement through the We Are Still In initiative.
As part of our continued support for climate action, Facebook is committing to reducing our greenhouse emissions by 75% by 2020, over a 2017 baseline. This is a science-based target. Additionally, we are committing to eliminate our scope 2 emissions by 2020 as part of our additional commitment to powering our global operations with 100% renewable energy by that same timeframe.
From 2011-2017, Facebook data centers avoided 5.6 million MWh of electricity consumption from carbon-intense sources, equivalent to the annual electricity use of 450,000 U.S. homes: 3.4 million MWh (60%) is attributable to energy efficiency innovation and over 2.2 million MWh (40%) is attributable to renewable energy procurement.
Companies joining RE100 make a commitment to 100% renewable electricity across their operations , working to increase corporate demand for – and delivery of – renewable energy.
Click learn more for additional information, including the criteria joining. | 2019-04-23T12:00:16 | https://www.wearestillin.com/organization/facebook-0 |
Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's golf team wrapped up its fall season with a 12th-place team finish in the 2018 Music City Invitational hosted by Trevecca Nazarene University on Monday and Tuesday (Oct. 22-23) near Nashville, Tenn.
The Bulldogs shot a two-round 652 team total with a first-round 322 figure followed by a 330 score in the final round.
Ferris State returns to action on March 7-8 in the Bulldog Shootout at St. Cloud, Fla.
FSU freshman Mackenzie Dale placed tied for 15th in the field with a 155 score on rounds of 79 and 76 over the two days, respectively.
The Bulldogs' Mari Suokko came in tied for 40th at 161 as she shot a 80 followed by a 81 the final day.
Meanwhile, Gia Dela Cruz finished with a 170 score and placed tied for 71st overall. Her first-round score was a 86 before she notched a 84 in the final round.
FSU's Shayna Schneider came in 73rd with a 171 score on rounds of 82 and 89 while Margo Brown tied for 76th at 173 on rounds of 81 and 92 Monday and Tuesday, respectively.
A total of 20 teams took part in the event on the Old Hickory Country Club Course. | 2019-04-20T14:21:57 | http://www.ferrisstatebulldogs.com/sports/wgolf/2018-19/releases/20181024wws4pp |
This part of the Belonging, Learning and Growing website features professional learning opportunities and supports related to diverse students, equity, and antiracism education.
Manitoba Education and Advanced Learning and Manitoba Hydro are offering Education for Sustainable Development Grants to promote professional learning for sustainability in classrooms. The grants will provide up to $2000 to cover expenses, such as teacher release time, professional learning, and teaching/learning resources.
The Manitoba Teachers’ Society has made funds available as Equity and Social Justice Initiative Grants, to support teacher-initiated ESJ projects in 2010-2011. These projects may take the form of action research study groups or activities and events. | 2019-04-23T18:08:08 | https://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/diversity/educators/reaching_out.html |
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Gulfern Can’s photo shared by Mimozaiques on Facebook. Arranjos Florais, Jardin.
c) to mark my two year mosaic blogging anniversary by acknowledging other bloggers and social media users who have been an inspiration, font of knowledge and/or source of amazing photographs and information.
It wouldn’t be practical to name all the people who I regularly follow on various kinds of social media so this is not meant to be a comprehensive list. It’s more like a ‘selected highlights’ of some of the mosaic bloggers and social media users whose contributions have caught my eye over time and triggered a sense of gratitude, awe or both for their ideas, reflections and tips. There is, as you will see, a bias towards those who share my interest in Roman mosaics or who work with stone but I must stress that I also hugely enjoy the work of mosaicists working in other medium (see photo at top of the page). My list of mosaic bloggers and social media users isn’t necessarily the same thing as a list of fellow mosaicists whose work I admire (although it might be tempting at some point to write about them too) but it is just a way of calling attention to one part of the great mosaic community – the part that is willing to share whether it be their work, their photos, their trials and tribulations, their news, or just their sheer passion for this art (or is it craft?!) form.
Whenever I see the word ‘mosaics’ on social media, I leap to become a new ‘follower’ (although one turned out to be a page devoted to women’s bottoms!) but despite my diligent attempt to chivvy out every mosaicist in the entire blog/social media sphere I am well aware that there must be plenty more serious and dedicated mosaic makers, teachers, and researchers who remain unknown to me. So I am hoping that by writing this, a few more might come out of the wood work and join the online mosaic community.
I am going to start by going slightly off piste by mentioning the Comptemporary Mosaic Art website run by the energetically inimitable Pam Givens. The site is a perfect distillation of all the wonderful aspects of the online mosaic world which I have grown to rely on and seek inspiration from. It has everything: forums, groups, listings of mosaic events, individual artists’ pages, an on-line collection of 34,000 mosaic photos and even a mosaic agony aunt section where you can freely confess your worst mosaic nightmares in the certain knowledge that other mosaicists will come forward with advice and solutions to the thorniest of mosaic problems.
Gary Drostle’s photos of WIP on Instagram.
Chicago Mosaic School on Facebook. (also on Twitter, Youtube and Pinterest). Runs a series of ‘mosaics of the day’ featuring carefully selected mosaic artists from all over the world as well as sharing news and events.
Drostle Public Arts Ltd on Facebook. The London based artist is on Instagram too but I havent worked out how to use it yet and probably never well so I keep up to date via his Facebook page. Gary works on large scale mosaics for landscape and architecture and I love seeming them evolve.
Floor mosaic from Hadrian’s Villa. Photo by Carole Raddato (alias Following Hadrian) on Flickr.
Following Hadrian’s blog. (Also on Twitter and Pinterest and on Flickr as Carole Raddato) Written by Carole from Frankfurt, an amateur but deeply commited historian, who shares her fascinating journey following in the footsteps of the Roman emperor Hadrian. A prolific photographer who often comes across obscure and interesting mosaics.
Jacqueline Iskander’s blog on Tumblr.
Mosaic Art Now an online magazine about all sorts of contempoary mosaic matters (also on Facebook and Twitter). A really good place to find wonderfully unusual and well researched articles about mosaics. I recently came across a fascinating piece by Lillian Sizemore on Picasso’s missing mosaics.
Ostia Antica on Facebook (also on Twitter and Pinterest) is a non profit organisation which provides information about the ancient site of Ostia Antica and its surroundings and keeps up a constant flow of interesting photos, many of which are of mosaics.
Lion, Terme dei Sette Sapienti. Shared on Facebook by Ostia Antica.
Sonia King Mosaic Artist on Facebook (Also on Twitter and Youtube). Has an uncanny ability to know the mosaic news hours before everyone else, posts regularly about her work and frequently shares photos of her mosaic travels.
Mused Mosaik (also on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Vimeo) writes a visually stunning mosaic blog while studying mosaics full time in Spilimbergo, Italy. The blog shares ‘news, views and facts on mosaic art and craft’ illustrated by superb photos and video.
Roman Mosaic Workshops on Facebook (also on Twitter and Youtube and writes an online newsletter). Packed with information, photographs, tips and news about anything to do with the Roman mosaic world including ‘how to’ videos, workshop events and a steady stream of detailed analyses of individual mosaics to help you understand how the ancients worked.
Jeremy Scholten on Facebook is an insatiable sharer of photographs connected to the ancient world including, of course, mosaics.
Thank you for this post. It’s very interesting. I like to follow some blogs too, it keeps me inspired.
Would love to access the CMA site but it’s by invitation only. Any idea how to earn an invitation?
I would write to Pam Givens on the site and ask her if you can join. She’s the administrator and is very helpful.
It is great to find all the wonderful mosaic artist around the world. There are some very talented people out there. You are right about the inspiration others give freely and I appreciate the sharing of their knowledge and work. I am a amiture mosaic artist who still works at paid employment but 1 day I will give that away.
I have recently been writing blogs on my facebook page which my friends all read but can’t yet afford to promote the page. I pay for my website which I built myself. I need to update gallery, all these things take time out of mosaicing. Thanks for your article.
Thanks Jenny! I’ve just tracked you down on Facebook so now we can find each other easily. I find that the best way to promote my website is through my mosaics Facebook page (not my personal one) as of course the people who ‘like’ the page are people who are already interested in mosaics. Good luck with everything and happy mosaicking, Helen.
check out the Mosaikashop News blog! mosaikashop,com….over 10 years in the writing using wordpress…. | 2019-04-21T15:31:45 | https://helenmilesmosaics.org/mosaics-miscellaneous/mosaic-bloggers-and-social-media-users/ |
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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) recently announced the results of its enquiry into funds lost due to fraud and corruption during the 2014-16 Ebola crisis in West Africa. From a total budget for these activities of $100mil USD, approximately $5mil USD went astray. Transparency International’s Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Programme assesses the severity.
The Red Cross’ press release about its investigation into the Ebola response expressed ‘outrage’. Its donors will be giving it a hard time. The public will think ‘why donate money when it will just be stolen and not used for the purposes intended?’ And it is true that at times of extreme crisis, every penny that is available for emergency aid should be spent on the emergency response.
In reality, you will always find the criminal and the corrupt who will use any situation to line their own pockets, irrespective of the human cost. The World Bank estimates $7trillion USD is spent annually on healthcare; separate estimates indicate that as much as 6% of this is lost through fraud and corruption, and 10-25% of public procurement funds alone are lost to corruption. The IFRC’s losses may seem large, but they are dwarfed in comparison to the extent of corruption within the health sector globally. And this happens in all countries, from the relative security of the UK’s NHS to emergency situations around the world.
But that does not mean we have to put up with it. Fraud and corruption in the health sector and in emergency response may never be completely eliminated, but they can and should be minimised.
That’s why this report from the Red Cross is so important – a milestone in the aid community’s approach to tackling the corruption that too often hampers and undermines its operations and overall goals. Emergency situations occur often without notice, are highly complex and unpredictable, operate in a vacuum of normal structures and institutions which may themselves have been destroyed, and above all have human lives at stake. The best way to manage this complexity is to be prepared. And the best way to do that is to learn the lessons from last time.
The pattern of fraud and corruption in aid operations has been repeated time and again, from Haiti to Afghanistan. If it is to be minimised, others need to follow the lead of the Red Cross and take a long hard look about how, why and where money went astray. A key first step in any anti-corruption strategy is to admit that there is a problem, and then plan how to minimise it.
Such plans would hard-wire anti-corruption mechanisms into the emergency response. A good example is to integrate it into risks assessments. Before deployment, alongside the other risks that will be assessed like security, there should be a country or location-specific assessment of the corruption risks.
There are things to avoid as well. You don’t want to end up sending an army of accountants in the field, although some donors are themselves so terrified of bad publicity they seem to be pushing for this to happen. Instead, you can make sure you have simple but effective financial controls in place, and train your frontline staff on the importance of doing things in the right way and not cutting corners.
The damage done by corruption is not just the money it takes from the delivery of vital services: it enables criminals to get rich and accumulate power, and when an emergency is over it is the criminals who will be left in charge of the country. It is the poorest who suffer most.
A final word on the Red Cross: well done. That took courage. But it will help to raise awareness among the health and humanitarian communities and make sure that next time, more money goes where it should.
Hear a report on this on the BBC World Service at 38’50.
These programmes are committed to establishing impactful solutions and provide technical assistance to address and mitigate corruption in the health and humanitarian sectors.
Robert Barrington is the Executive Director of Transparency International UK. Robert joined the organisation in 2008 and was appointed as Executive Director in 2013. During his tenure the Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Programme was developed, launched and is now fully operational. | 2019-04-21T04:06:58 | http://ti-health.org/content/redcross/ |
The Vincent Hosang University of the West Indies Venture Competition (UWIVC) was introduced in November 2002 with the objective to encourage members of the University community to use their talents and skills to harness ideas and opportunities that can be grown into full-fledged operating businesses. Students from across all five faculties are encouraged to participate in an effort unleash their creative and innovative ideas. This is an essential part of developing valuable graduates and citizens.
Over the years, multiple teams have moved their business ideas to the next step of commercialization and it is also noteworthy that since its inception, several teams from the Venture Competition have gone on to represent UWI in the National Business Model Competition placing in the top four (4). Equally important is the impact that each year’s programme has had on the approximately 100 direct participants (facilitators, coaches, team members and mentors) and the wider community in building important bridges between the academic foundations and the practical demands of starting and operating a business.
Groups of students and budding entrepreneurs from various faculties at the University of the West Indies gathered at the Regional Headquarters, UWI Mona on Friday, January 25 to pitch their business ideas in the finals of the Vincent HoSang UWI Venture Competition.
The groups presented ideas spanning the areas of the environment, entertainment, travel and rural security with innovative concepts such as bio-degradable ‘plastic’ from Ja Bio Plastics; marine pharmacy products from e-Biome and a traffic prediction and transportation tracking platform from ReRoute.
At the end of the pitching sessions, the judges, Douglas Halsall, CEO, Advance Integrated Systems; Sherene Duncan Clarke, General Manager, Regus; Robin Levy, Group CEO, Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union League and Lisandra Rickards, CEO, Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship selected the top three businesses. They are: JA Bio Plastics, Pree Labs and Carib Voxx which will receive cash prizes to the tune of $300,000, $200,000 and $125,000 respectively from private sector sponsors.
They will also receive an all-expenses paid five-day trip to New York, during which they will be exposed to relevant business and cultural experiences. In addition, the delegation will meet the HoSang Family and tour the family’s Caribbean Food Delight factories. The winning team will also get the opportunity to learn from several successful Jamaican business people living overseas, as well as spend time in a business incubator and receive training from the Mona Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Centre.
Samantha Williams, Managing Partner at JA Bio Plastics, said her team was humbled to have been named the winners of the competition but they were also beyond joyful at their win. She shared that the team will be moving on to compete in the National Business Model Competition and expressed her enthusiasm about travelling later this year to meet the HoSang family.
Second place winners, Pree Labs’ invention ‘Watch Dawg’, is a rural security system designed to combat praedial larceny by electronically securing farm lands. Pree Labs also walked away with the Jamaica Stock Exchange’s award for the ‘Most Commercially Ready’ business idea, which will see the team receiving capacity building training from the JSE.
In a letter, read by Tony HoSang on behalf of Sabrina HoSang-Jordan, representing the HoSang family, expressed regret at not being able to attend the finals and commended all teams on their efforts throughout the competition. She congratulated the winning team, who will be hosted by the HoSang family in New York over the coming summer.
In her greetings on behalf of the sponsors, Kim Mair, CEO, JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation - a major sponsor of the Vincent HoSang UWI Venture Competition for the past four years - noted that each year she is impressed by the level of innovation behind the business ideas.
“Every year I am inspired by the entries I see coming from the University of the West Indies because the ideas are absolutely fantastic. I don’t know how you guys come up with them!” she said. Mrs. Mair expressed anticipation in seeing the implementation of the ideas to operational businesses.
Commenting on the competition, Dr. David McBean, Executive Director, MSBM expressed the institution’s pride at the professional level of the competition and commended the students on their insight.
“I want to commend the young people who came out today and represented the university in such a remarkable way. You really did us proud. We at MSBM know that it is through entrepreneurship that Jamaica’s economy will really grow. So far, through this competition, we have had approximately ten companies that have been commercialized and we look forward to many more to come,” Dr. McBean said.
In addition to the Vincent HoSang Foundation and the JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation, sponsors of the venture competition include the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority, Development Bank of Jamaica, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Regus, Jamaica Observer, JN Small Business Loans, Mona Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Centre and Jamaica Venture Capital.
University of the West Indies does it again, taking home not only First Place of the National Business Model Competition (NBMC), but Third Place as well.
Our very own newly minted VHEP Alumni have participated and made placements in the National competition. Five student teams from our programme went on to represent the University of the West Indies March 21-22, 2019 at the NBMC. The teams were, JA Bio Plastics, Preelabs , Carib Voxx , Align and ReRoute.
JA Bio Plastics and Pree Labs progressed to the Finals where they competed against four other student teams from University of Technology and Northern Caribbean University, where we walked away reigning champions and Third Place winners for the 2019 staging.
Congratulations again to all our students who participated and made us proud! | 2019-04-21T00:24:42 | https://www.mona.uwi.edu/msbm/uwi-venture-competition-about |
Wes Holly remains the heartbeat of Milligan College’s softball program.
As he nears the end of his 30th season as the Lady Buffs’ head coach, it’s obvious the rhythm has been right.
The only head coach Milligan fast-pitch softball has ever known, Holly harbors an 876-534 career record with the Appalachian Athletic Conference tournament in direct sight.
Each of those 1,410 fast-pitch games have been with the Lady Buffs, and the 70-year-old Holly ranks second among active NAIA coaches for all-time wins.
Having led Milligan to eight league championships (Tennessee-Virginia Athletic Conference, AAC) and three national tournaments, he’s a seven-time conference and two-time district coach of the year. Moreover, he received the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Region 3 coach-of-the-year award in 1992.
Holly spent four years as a Tusculum College assistant coach before accepting the Milligan job. His daughter, Kim, was a two-time all-district pitcher for the Lady Pioneers and part of two NAIA national tournament teams during Wes’ time at Tusculum — and both are Carter County Sports Hall of Famers.
A former Unaka High athlete who played ASA men’s fast-pitch softball for more than two decades, Holly is currently assisted by his son Wes Holly Jr. — a former NCAA Division I and II head coach.
Holly Sr., whose 2018 squad stands at 22-18 (15-9 finish in AAC), spoke further about his long-running tour of collegiate duty.
Q: Thirty years as a head coach in one place isn’t exactly commonplace. What has made the situation at Milligan such a comfortable fit for you?
A: After I left Tusculum — my daughter graduated in ’87 — Coach (Duard) Walker hollered at me and said Milligan was getting ready to start fast-pitch (in 1989). He asked me (to coach) and he’s a good friend of mine. He actually played baseball against my dad when they were growing up. And I said, ‘Well, Coach, I’ll start your program,’ so I was planning on staying only a year or two. Now, I’m completing my 30th year.
Milligan’s a great school. They have a great mission and we’re academically strong. I played fast-pitch for 23 years — major open — so I love the game, have a passion for it. I guess it’s because God has blessed me and that’s my purpose in life.
Me and Jim Ensor started Little League and coached all the way through Little League, Babe Ruth. Then I went into high school and helped my daughter at Unaka — went to Tusculum and started a program. I love the sport, I have a passion for it and, more importantly, I enjoy helping young people.
Q: Including your time at Tusculum, you’re completing your 34th year of coaching on the collegiate level. Did you ever think the sport would take you this far and how much do you still enjoy what you’re doing?
A: I never really figured that the sport would take me this far. When I first came to Milligan, I really didn’t have any intention of staying here 30 years. But, as I say, Milligan is a great school. I hope that we have represented them well. Once we got started playing and got the program developed, we’ve reached some success. As I say, I still have a passion for the game. I love to try to help young girls and try to teach them and improve their skills and everything. I guess this is where the Lord is wanting me to stay until I retire.
Q: You orchestrated the transition from slow-pitch softball to the fast-pitch game at Milligan. How did that play out?
A: Just imagine this, coming to Milligan and taking a slow-pitch program and converting to fast-pitch after just coming off a national team (at Tusculum). It was a tremendous transition. My first year — I’ll never forget it — we won eight ballgames. And I thought, ‘Lord, what have you got me into?’ So the next couple of years we were able to recruit and we got Tonya (Bailey) out of Daniel Boone. In her sophomore year (1992), we went 43-9 and went to the national tournament in Pensacola, Florida.
I talked to Coach Walker, I said if we’re going to play and be competitive in this program, we need to play good teams — that’s the only way you can get better. So I started taking them down to Georgia and Florida for spring break, and we would play all the top teams: Kennesaw, University of West Florida — all those teams so (the players) see where they need to be. And it actually paid off for us. They wanted to compete at that level, so we got successful, honestly, very quickly. We have tried to maintain that level of play ever since we’ve been here.
Q: Is there anything in coaching that’s been elusive to this point that you’d still like to achieve?
A: Well, we’ve had much success and I’m very proud of the program year in and year out. We’ve made it to the national tournament three times, but we haven’t won it. That’s ultimately our goal every year when we start — to get to the national tournament and win it. That’s a pretty good task, so that’s something we’re still chasing that we haven’t achieved yet.
Q: Wes Jr. was an assistant coach under you before moving on to become a head coach. How good has it been having him back at Milligan?
A: It has been very gratifying to bring him back. This is his third year back with me. He grew up on the ballfield with me and actually played on our men’s fast-pitch team with me when he was 16. So he’s had the experience at D-II (Tusculum) and D-I (Kennesaw). With the knowledge he has to come back and help, it’s a great help in the fact that I can trust my assistant coach. He’s very fundamentally sound and can basically do what I can do. So if I need to work with my infield and hitting, I can turn him loose with pitching — and vice versa. He’s well skilled in the game, so that’s very helpful to where you have somebody you can depend on to get done what you need to do when you’re working.
Q: Have you given any thought to how much longer you’d like to keep this up?
A: Everybody asks me that and they’ve been asking me that for the last five, six years. I actually talked to Mark Fox (the school’s vice president for athletics and student development) about it. I said, ‘Hey, I’ll retire anytime you want me to.’ And he said, ‘You stay as long as you want to.’ And I said, ‘Well, I still enjoy it, love it. I can still throw my (batting practice) and I do the whole nine yards.’ So I said when I get to the point that I can’t throw BP or hit infield, then I’ll know it’s time to go. But I said the Lord’s blessed me and I have good health. As long as I have good health, I’m really in no hurry to retire because what would I retire to? So I still enjoy this. I have to say the girls keep me young. I’m 70 but sometimes they tell me I act like I’m 40, so I appreciate that fact. They keep me young. | 2019-04-20T20:24:18 | http://jcweb.libercus.net/Column/2018/04/22/Holly-hits-30-year-mark-as-Milligan-s-softball-coach-still-going-strong.html |
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Oregon Attorney General John Kroger announced today that he will quit his job this early this summer before the end of his term. Last year, citing a health concern, AG Kroger announced that he would not run again this year. Kroger said today he now intends to head Reed College instead.
Friday, a Marion Court Circuit Judge Thomas Hart ruled that the Oregon Justice Department deliberately withheld pertinent documents violation of Oregon’s Public Records Act. Apparently, Mr. Kroger found another job over the weekend.
Richard Rizk endorses Judge Ellen Rosenbaum for Attorney General. Richard can be reached at rich@rizklaw.com or at 503.245.5677. | 2019-04-21T10:54:49 | https://www.rizklaw.com/blog/oregon-attorney-general-quits/ |
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Duloxetine : a review of its use in the management of major depressive disorder in older adults.
Association of candidate gene polymorphisms with diastolic blood pressure change in patients treated with duloxetine.
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Duloxetine (Cymbalta(®)) is a selective serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor indicated for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). This article reviews the therapeutic efficacy and tolerability of duloxetine in older adults with MDD and summarizes its pharmacological properties. Treatment with duloxetine significantly improved several measures of cognition, depression, anxiety, pain and health-related quality-of-life (HR-QOL) in older adults with MDD in two 8-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. However, no significant improvements in measures of depression were observed at week 12 (primary endpoint) of a 24-week, double-blind trial, although symptoms of depression did improve significantly at earlier timepoints. Benefit of treatment was also observed during continued therapy in the 24-week study (i.e. after the 12-week primary endpoint) and in an open-label, 52-week study, with improvements being observed in some measures of depression, pain and HR-QOL. Duloxetine was generally well tolerated in these studies, with nausea, dizziness and adverse events reflecting noradrenergic activity (e.g. dry mouth, constipation) being the most common treatment-emergent adverse events during treatment for up to 52 weeks. Duloxetine therapy had little effect on cardiovascular parameters and bodyweight. Although further well designed and long-term studies in this patient population are required to confirm the efficacy of duloxetine and to compare it with that of other antidepressants, current evidence suggests that treatment with duloxetine may be beneficial in older adults with MDD. | 2019-04-21T06:48:50 | http://translate.qlifepro.com/pubmed_abstract/23239363/ |
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Welcome to my little corner of the internet. My name is Catherine and I live in Reading with my fiance and our two fur babies. We're currently planning our whimsical, rustic wedding and waiting to move into our first house.
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There has been a lot of talk about the demise of medium format digital. In my view it's more revarding to discuss the future of MFD.
For my part, the new Alpa FPS is inspiring and so is the Hartblei HCam. Those cameras focus on the essential. In my view both cameras require working live view.
On another thread, Stefan Steib suggested that MF vendors should sit down at round table and develop a CMOS sensor.
In my view, the future may lay with mirrorless cameras in both small and medium format. Live view at actual pixels is the optimal manual focusing method, for sure. In the studio, the cameras are often used tethered.
In my view a compact modular camera, with good live view and an optional electronic viewfinder is probably the way to go.
Thank you Erik. Along with discussions over the use of current medium format digital technology, this topic has value and is a reasonable use of one's time for anyone interested in medium format digital. Good start!
I will say that I believe the attempt to scale CMOS or a CMOS-similar technology has been underway. Obviously it is not as easy as we would hope - otherwise they'd have something by now. I'm curious whether any such sensors will begin their life as full frame 645 or start smaller in order to get the technology into the marketplace and scale up from there. That has been the trend with new sensor technology.
Really usable live view needs to be on the top of the list.
Much broader range of tilt shift lenses.
Better corner to corner focusing support, both manual and auto. Even more important than speed.
With a technical camera every lens is a T&S lens, as long the camera offers tilts and shifts. The Hartblei can take any T&S lens for DSLRs, so they are in a pretty good shape.
Live view, with actual pixels, offers perfect focus corner to corner.
I'm not sure MF needs corner to corner AF, it seems users are doing fine with what they have.
I don't think MF needs to compete head on with DSLRs. I guess that DSLRs are quite optimal for the job they are intended for.
On the other hand, I really feel that a swinging mirror is also a part of old technology, weather on a Hasselblad or a Nikon. I use MLU whenever I use DSLRs on tripod.
By much broader range of tilt shift lenses I mean more options, not just tech cameras and a couple for reflex cameras.
I also mean independent tilt in both vertical and horizontal as well as independent shift.
The Fuji gx680 this from 50mm to 500mm with very close focus on all lenses and in a reflex body.
Regarding better corner to corner focusing it does not come automatically with live view.
Current MF live view has no AF support.
Live view refresh rates need to be very fast to support live view focusing.
Whenever we speak, we move in the direction of DB + technical camera. I'm not surprised. Maybe we should ask ourselves what to do with MF cameras. I think it's still the weakest link. Why has not anyone made a takeover ROLEI / Sinar / Leaf or Contax?
But I've been championing CMOS for ages because of how far it's come.
I love shooting medium format but when I compare it to my 1DX if I had to choose only one, in general it would always be the Canon.
Although the reason, if I had to give just one is because of the ISO performance. Clean 3200 is all I need.
It's not really the price because a used H3DII 39 can be had for under £5000 now and the lenses are superb.
I'll be completely honest though, build me a full sized CMOS sensor of which I'm not locked to a body (Hi Hasselblad) and I'm there.
Because, I have the H1 and H3DII, one for film, one for digital. If any of the bodies fail I can't swap the backs around. So I'm 2000 miles from home without redundancy. Smart move Hasselblad who the hell thought that one up? Thanks for releasing the H4X btw, I'd still rather have a Hassy back on it though.
I am curious on the CMOS vs CCD issue. Is it just not possible to get a good live view from a CCD? Does only CMOS allow this? The are CCD's in the 60mp and 80mp sensors not single chips, but instead they are 8 separate chips, matted into one chip. You can see this when you view the sensor in bright light. You can also sometimes actually see the hard physical lines in your image when the back has not been tuned well. The size of the separate CCD's on the IQ160 Chip appear to be about the size of a APC-C sensor. As I recall on the older Kodak chips in the P45+ you did not see the 8 separate segments, instead it was just one large chip. I have always assumed you have to create the chip first, then build a camera around the chip. I am surprised that it has taken this long to get a composite style chip similar to the Dalsa CCD chips out of CMOS. I assume it must be lack of market demand?
The Tech camera solution is more a requirement due to optical shortfalling by the MF wide angles. I have only used the Mamiya/Phase line up, so cannot speak to Hassi or Contax. The 35mm and 28mm both were just too soft in the corners for my work. The ability to add tilt to a medium format wide angle lens is also a key component. You can create a very impressive hyperfocal distance. All you have to do is shoot with a wide on a tech camera and see the differences in clarity/color/contrast and overall focus, you will not want to go back. On a side note, this same issue has now appeared with the D800 and wide angle lenses, and I am sure will also appear with Canon when they bring a higher resolution solution to the market.
The Tech camera route, leads to a need for a better Live view, so hopefully Phase will follow up in 2013 with a new back with Live view. I have to commend Phase for having put into place an excellent software solution in Capture One that can accommodate the LCC process so well.
What surprises me is they haven't developed a form of piggy back system.
When I shoot film I always use the 5D3 as my exposure meter for the histogram and relate it to the film exposure.
If it's such an issue why can't they create a bolt on accessory or even an iphone app that simulates exposure, tilt, shift with built in focus peaking (simulated) based on feedback from the camera (that sits in the hotshoe).
I use the Hasselblad wherever possible because of its clarity, colour rendition and sharpness. I like the big bright optical viewfinder, the delay on the mirror flip (which makes a perceptible difference in critical sharpness even with a very short delay), the fact that the camera compensates for focus shift at different apertures, and the leaf shutters which further reduce vibration and allow me to work with short shutter speeds with studio flash.The lack of optical low pass filter is a mixed blessing- increases perceived sharpness and micro-contrast, but is the devil's own job to shoot a model wearing stockings and suspenders.
Nothing stops the 35mm dSLR crowd from matching the salient points here to achieve similar levels of sharpness and perceived image quality.
However, I don't believe the dSLRs are there yet. My technique has probably got a bit sloppy but I'm spoilt by not having to worry too much about camera shake. When I have to fall back to the Canon and shoot at 1/160th of a second, with OLPF, and lenses which don't match the quality of the Hasselblad ones, I certainly notice the difference big-time at 100% zoom (let alone the lack of megapixels).
I don't shoot tethered and I dislike live view as a method of shooting. If I was a fan, I'd probably be trialling using my RED Scarlet for stills as well as video.
Until electronic viewfinders have resolution similar to the Mk I eyeball plus a Hassy lens and viewfinder, I want to stick to fast, unencumbered shooting with direct zero-lag vision of what's going on to pick the moment to press the shutter release.
The key improvement that would sell me on an MF upgrade is light sensitivity. The main reason I fall back to the Canon is available light shooting. Even though the H3Dii-31 has microlenses I find it hugely light-hungry, shooting ETTR I rate it somewhere around ISO 64. Indirect lighting indoors? Forget it.
There's always room to improve autofocus. I don't need more points- I have the Canon set to only use the centre one to focus and recompose anyway. But faster performance, especially in low light, would be welcome, and every little bit of accuracy helps - Hassy's TrueFocus sounds worthwhile. As various web reviewers are discovering, there's more to getting an accurately-focussed sharp 30+ megapixel image than slapping a finer grained sensor in a Nikon body- you need to pay attention to all these little physical niggles like focus shift, shift on recompose, etc.
A base ISO 400-800 sensor at 645 size with 40-ish megapixels and all the precision of MF? Sold.
The 7D has a double disadvantage of sensor size. A larger sensor is mostly beneficial. Regarding OLP filtering Canon could remove it if they didn't regard it necessary.
A CMOS sensor would probably offer a significant improvement in ISO capability, as they seem to have much lower noise levels compared to CCD.
Live view is a feature mostly beneficial to users of MF on technical cameras or users who need exact focusing.
A small pixel sensor would be helpful with Moiré, and so would stopping down to smallish apertures.
It is not possible to get the video feed needed for live view from the Full Frame(*) type of CCDs that is used in MF. That is why interline type of CCD was developed, as used in video cameras and many smaller format still cameras until CMOS started taking over. For video/live view, it makes no sense moving to interline CCD, even though MF suppliers like Kodak/Truesense offer interline CCDs, because they have worse noise and dynamic range than either full frame CCD or modern active pixel CMOS sensors.
Another video option is frame transfer CCDs, also used in some video cameras, but that technology only works well for quite small sensors: it requires a separate storage frame on the silicon next to the sensor and as big as the sensor itself.
The CCDs you mention are indeed single chips, though in fabrication on the silicon wafer, each sensor is etched part at a time. From what I have read, the segmentation you see on those big 60MP and 80MP sensors is not on the sensor's silicon chip itself, but in the coatings atop it, like color filter arrays and microlenses, which have to put on in several pieces on such large sensors.
(*) "Full Frame" has referred to a type of CCD design since long before it came to mean "36x24mm or 645 format, but nothing smaller or in-between."
I even tried to move the title of that other thread to your title here, to get away from the futility of asking for a yes or no answer and move towards discussing a range of possibilities and hopes.
Two recap some ideas that got buried in that thread, it now looks to me that for formats larger than 36x24mm, a move to more modern sensor technologies like active pixel CMOS with on-chip, column-parallel ADC is both necessary in the long term, and becoming feasable due to the rise of sensor designers like CMOSIS, which seems willing and able tom design a large, high quality, relatively low-volume CMOS sensor, as indicated by its design work with Leica for the new Leica M.
I would bet on a small sensor design house like CMOSIS or Aptina (the latter worked with Nikon on designing the Nikon One sensors) rather than Sony, because Sony seems less interested in small volume custom designs.
Design is the main issue: actual fabrication can then be outsourced to one of several competent foundries. None of Nikon, CMOSIS, or Aptina have ever manufactured the sensors that they have designed over the years.
much of the clarity/resolution they project.
You also say that 35mm DSLRs are not there yet, but choose to use a crop sensor Canon with a 1.6 crop factor.
You say that even with the canon you use a center focus point and recompose... well that's relatively OK if you don't shoot wide open. No very shallow depth of field on your website.
would be a strong improvement.
Full frame sensors are the way to go for MFD in the future IMO. MF crop sensors just overlap with current top of the line 35mm dslr.
Regarding mirror up functionality. Both the Hasselblads and the D800 have mirror up with or without delay.
A really nice compact folding MFD camera like the Fuji GF680 would be a very nice camera for the luxury market.
and a more compact battery.
I can see a better future to the prestige of MF brands through that then the crazy Lunar BS.
CCD is essentially based on popping charge between adjacent cells. So you sort of pop each cell to the next one, taking several thousands of pops to get the charge to the readout circuitry. That takes time and generates heat. CMOS is more straightforward, you are reading charge in place.
The reason that large sensors are stitched is that the devices exposing the masks on silicon substrate are limited to small apertures. So most sensors larger than APS-H are stitched. This stitching is not done physically but when exposing the sensor chips.
Regarding live view, there are dual reasons for it being important. One is that getting rid of the mirror is good for flexibility. For instance you can use fairly symmetrical wide angle designs with mirrorless but inverted telephoto is needed for wide angles on SLR.
The other factor is that LV removes variations in ground glass screen and sensor registration as the actual signal from the sensor is used for focusing. For instance, the Alpa cameras can be shimmed within 0.01 mm, but thermal expansion from say -20 to +20 degrees may expand the body more than that!
Live view is simply "what you see is what you get", and it comes no better than that.
Good to know that the D800 implements a mirror flip-delay system. As I said, for my purposes I don't see any particular reason why 35mm full frame shouldn't deliver the kind of results I'm currently getting from the Hassy, so maybe they're one step closer than I realised, but I believe there are still issues with focus shift etc.. And if I do update the Hasselblad, at least I have lenses capable of supporting the higher spec readout at the back end without investing in a sack full of expensive new glass.
I don't have neither the 5DIII nor the D800, so I cannot comment on that. It is my understanding that maximal enlargement on the D800 is larger than actual pixels.
Live view is just a tool and we need to learn how to use it. I am a Sony user and still learning how to use live view, but I love it! | 2019-04-19T22:23:01 | https://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=73210.msg581553 |
Enterprises have been slow to move big data processing to the cloud, but not for lack of trying.
Most companies now use the public cloud in some form, often for SaaS applications. But enterprises have been slow to migrate big data and data warehousing to the cloud, despite cost, scalability and elasticity benefits. According to a 2014 Gartner survey, less than half of organizations with big data programs reported using the cloud in any form.
This raises the question – why aren’t more companies using the cloud for data processing, especially since concerns over security are easing and more services are available than ever before?
There’s a simple answer: It’s challenging – especially for enterprises.
Much of it depends on how your infrastructure grew up. Many digital natives, with their businesses entirely online, built cloud-based systems from the get-go.
But for established enterprises with significant investments in on-premise data centers, using the cloud requires that they learn, maintain, and integrate two environments – technically, culturally, and operationally.
At Cazena, we hear stories like this all the time.
IT leaders report they’re often surprised where the biggest cloud challenges have cropped up. The good news is that none of these issues are insurmountable, especially if you plan for them and choose the right services for your requirements.
Here are six challenges of big data in the cloud and how to overcome them.
Like men and women, cloud services and on-premises data centers are vastly different worlds – a fact often underestimated by enterprises.
Cloud services are set up, configured, and priced differently than standard servers in a data center. To start, budgeting and managing costs changes completely under the rental paradigm of the cloud versus the traditional model. Choosing and optimizing cloud infrastructure for big data workloads requires new skills that must be learned or acquired.
While it may be easy for a developer to spin up a quick experiment, it is notoriously challenging to integrate cloud services with existing systems. And that’s just setting up basic services – never mind architecture, deployment, integration, and managing the cloud.
“Lack of resources/ expertise” is now the number one challenge in cloud, edging out security in the 2016 RightScale: State of the Cloud Survey.
Experts cite major shortages in cloud architecture, developer skills, and cloud DevOps.
Related is the well-documented big data skills shortage. Big data and cloud expertise is difficult – and expensive – to find.
Many enterprises report that they have piloted the cloud for big data. But as with the weary CIO above and his “space station,” companies say they find it hard to make the cloud an integrated part of production data processes.
In addition to the complex data and system integration work, adding a new cloud environment also brings change management and operational hurdles. Enterprises report it’s more difficult for them to determine and uphold service-level agreements (SLAs) for cloud services.
How can two-second response times for business intelligent queries be delivered most cost-effectively, versus overnight batch processes? Overall, it’s a major challenge to support the cloud as they do other services.
Large enterprises that have successfully developed their own cloud analytics capabilities typically invest several years and millions of dollars in the effort.
Historically, security and privacy topped surveys of cloud challenges, but experts now say cloud providers are more secure than ever before.
Problems often result from inconsistent, ad hoc use of the cloud, or poorly-defined cloud policies, leading to human mistakes. Gartner predicts that through 2020, 95 percent of cloud security failures will be the customer’s fault. The same report goes on to point out that companies should not be scared off by this statistic.
On the contrary, enterprises simply need to formally address cloud security, leaving no room for interpretation. Companies must also learn to correctly use the security features offered by cloud providers, and choose vendors that can work with their existing management systems and policies.
The emphasis is also misplaced in the well-covered issue of moving data into the cloud. Many discussions focus on how giant petabyte-sized datasets move from data centers into the cloud.
In fact, significant volumes of data like this are usually moved in physical media like Amazon Snowball or by FedEx or other ground transportation. But these are often one-time, massive transfers, not ongoing updates.
The real challenge is making data movement to and from the cloud a seamless part of the enterprise data flow. Discussions about data movement to the cloud must focus on streaming, micro-batching updates, and data pipelines. For the cloud to make an impact on production processes, enterprises must consider ongoing, two-way data movement.
Many companies want to use the cloud to collect and pre-process data, then move subsets to on-premises data warehouses. It’s not just about moving data from data centers into the cloud.
Emerging tech markets often produce wildly varying labels, capabilities, and pricing models. This is especially true for data processing in the cloud, where buyers must dig deep to understand the differences between numerous point solutions for specific technologies and broader managed service offerings.
Some services are pay-as-you-go; some are flat-rate. They include different levels of monitoring, management, and SLAs. And cloud vendors vary in their levels of operational support.
The big challenge is finding cloud providers that can fit comfortably with your existing processes.
None of these challenges warrant staying out of the cloud. With its processing power, scale and economics, cloud is the the future of big data analytics. As savvy digital natives have proven, using the cloud for analytics enables a major competitive edge.
Perhaps your biggest resource is the plethora of value-added services available today.
The cloud is no longer a DIY environment for developers. While enterprises have been slow to move to the cloud, vendors have been busy developing new services to ease the transition.
Now, it’s key to pick cloud projects carefully, choosing well-scoped endeavors that augment your overall capabilities. Find the right balance of the cloud services you source versus strategic skills you develop in-house.
Never assume any consistency across services. Evaluate each carefully with a similar requirements matrix, and use industry expertise to make sure you cover all your options.
With each service, examine and test integration capabilities upfront to determine how the solution will fit into your existing architecture.
Understand exactly what you’re getting from your cloud provider for security, and delineate roles and responsibilities for cloud management.
New services and solutions are rapidly filling the gaps between cloud and enterprise. Managed services supplement enterprise resources, while “big data as a service” offerings abstract and automate underlying cloud complexity.
These services provide alternatives to building a custom cloud data platform from scratch, allowing you to focus your resources on data strategy and data science to interpret and use data. Focus on developing the in-house skills that give you a sustainable edge.
Armed with these principles, you can successfully move big data processing to the cloud. | 2019-04-26T03:42:37 | https://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/04/12/6-challenges-cloud-overcome/ |
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Well beyond just comfort and joy, The Folger’s production of The Second Shepherds’ Play, a medieval English mystery about the ultimate power of faith to redeem and liberate, is the right play at the right time for DC area audiences. This is the second appearance of The Second Shepherds’ Play at the Folger; it first appeared to critical acclaim in 2007.
Matthew R. Wilson (left), Megan Graves, and Louis E. Davis sing along to a medieval English tune played by musicians Robert Eisenstein, Daniel Meyers, and Brian Kay. Photo by Brittany Diliberto.
Let us celebrate the light that can pierce the darkness and find in the warm heart of this midwinter’s drama.
As an added blessing for the production, about two-dozen songs from the 14th, 15th, and early 16th centuries are performed splendidly by three members of the Folger Consort.
The Second Shepherds’ Play does rich justice to Robert Eisenstein’s program note that “old does not mean inferior or less sophisticated.” Eisenstein is the music director for The Second Shepherds’ Play as well as Co-Artistic Director of the Folger Consort. During the play, Eisenstein performs on violin and other string instruments, while musicians Brian Kay and Daniel Meyers play medieval instruments including the lute, a small harp, percussion, and even an early saxophone.
The second part has at its focus the comic absurdity of sheep thievery. Out of nowhere comes Mak to join the three shepherds. Ryan Sellers plays Mak as a convincing, cagey trickster out to make mischief and take off with a sheep to feed his starving family. (The sheep is played by a movable fake sheep often manipulated about the stage by a baa-ing Malinda Kathleen Reese).
To find the missing sheep, the three shepherds interact with delightful diminutive puppets, designed by Aaron Cromie, in several hilarious stage chases. The chases lead to Mak’s wife Gill. Gill is the comic heart of the Folger production with Tonya Beckman as a cunning, ferocious jester full of facial language that needs no spoken words to interpret them. ‘The word’cunning’ is an understatement for Beckman’s Gil.
Emily Noël appears as an Angel. Photo by Brittany Diliberto.
Then comes the third and the most spiritually revelatory experience for me of this production. There is a totally breathtaking theatrical moment as an Angel appears (the elegant, splendid soprano Emily Noel) to speak and sing a prophecy. This was a similar moment like the emotional experience I had when I witnessed the Angel appear in a production of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America.
The set by Tony Cisek is a minimal whisper of easily movable set pieces and props like a spinning wheel to present a sense of a time long ago. When the Angel mysteriously appears on-high, Andrew Cissna’s lighting design is a marvel of deception. The cast and musician costumes are “rough” homespun garments with little adornment, as devised by Adalia Tonneyck.
There is just so much earthy joyfulness and spiritual wonder packed into the fine production of The Second Shepherds’ Play. The cast and the musicians are right there ”in the moment” throughout the production.
The Second Shepherds’ Play is a tiny wrapped Christmas package that explodes into an unexpected large size when it’s opened. It is a prize and a treasure. It will bring smiles and knowing nods to those open to it. We need The Second Shepherds’ Play now more than ever.
Running Time: 90 minutes, plus a 15-minute intermission. | 2019-04-22T17:12:35 | https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2016/12/05/review-second-shepherds-play-folger-theatre/ |
A recent MIT study showed that 70% of people have names. The speakers of Sheli are no different. This page will introduce you to the naming practices of Sheli. It may resemble something akin to fun. If so, consult your physician.
What indeed? As it turns out, three separate words. Sheli given names are composed of three words, themselves each taken from a limited set of words. Thus, every name has a particular form. To follow will be a list of each group of words. The groups will be given in linear order. Thus, in a given name, the group 1 word comes first, followed by the group 2 word, followed by the group 3 word. These three are combined to form the name, and are pronounced as a single word. Here come the groups!
Group 1: pul3, "white, bright"
I chose this name on purpose because it's pretty lame (or neat, depending on how much you like labials and liquids). Anyway, that's basically how the naming system works.
Led1 Kû5 Lom3, "Loud Daytime Moon"
Ön6 Fiž1 Bû5, "Endless Northern Moth"
Šán6 Taš1 Jub3, "Secret Autumn Dust"
Xas1 Van2 Čhèn1, "Quick Nighttime Land"
Án6 Vay6 Phun1, "Red Summer Snow"
Now, true, we can take a look at these names in the safety and comfort of our homes and/or offices and have a hearty chuckle, but, folks, I'm not kidding when I say, in all honesty, beware the Endless Northern Moth.
Another problem is the possibility of duplicate names. True, with 8,140 possibilities it's unlikely that you'll run into your doppelgänger, but, come on, what parent is going to name their child First Western Dust when they could name them Silver Morning Mist? There's just no contest. As a result, there may be quite a few Silver Morning Mists out there. Probably a lot of White Winter Snows, as well. And Loud Summer Pandas? Don't even get me started!
Finally, these three word names are single names. That is, you don't call someone by one of them: You call them by all three. For their given name (family names are different). Saying Kip1 Xem3 Ğeš1 (Short Eastern Stone) over and over again (note the codas and the tones, which don't change) can get quite tiresome.
So those are three problems with the naming system. Note that when I say "problems", I mean "made-up problems", in that I'm making up the fact that these are problems. They don't need to be problems, of course. I simply desire them to be so. Thus, I have willed these problems into existence—much like everything else on this site. Read on to see what I did with them.
Now, then, here's the list of nickname strategies used in Sheli. Some are more common than others; some have specific meanings attached to them. All of them can be used for any name, though, unless otherwise specified.
Basic Nickname Strategy I: For this strategy, you take the first (C)V sequence of the first two words and the entire last word and combine them into a single word. So, Án6 Vay6 Lom3, "Red Summer Moon", would become Á6va2lom3. This is just a basic nickname and has no special meaning associated with it.
Basic Nickname Strategy II: This is the same as the above strategy, only the final consonant is deleted. So, Án6 Vay6 Lom3, "Red Summer Moon", would instead become Á6va2lo3.
Basic Nickname Strategy III: The initial consonant is taken from each word and followed with the vowel a. The tones are changed to 1-2-3. So, Dow6 Med3 Čhas2, "First Spring Rain", would become Da1ma2čha3 (or Da1ma2ša3). This strategy cannot be used when one of the following conditions holds: (a) One name begins with a vowel; (b) all consonants share the same place of articulation (so no *Pa1pha2pha3); or (c) one of the names begins with a complex onset (i.e., Cw or Cy).
Diminutive I: For this strategy, you take the first (C)V sequence of the first word, and then the onsets of the next to. To the onsets of the next two, you add the vowel i. The tones are changed to 2-1-2. So, Dow6 Phel1 Jed1, "First Morning Star", would become Do2phi1ji2 (or Do2fi1ji2). This name is a kind of diminutive, along the lines of "Davey" for "Dave". It can't be used with words that have a complex onset, or words that have a glide for an onset.
Diminutive II: This is another type of diminutive. For this type, you keep the (C)V of the first word, and then add e after the onsets of the other two words, and the tones are 2-1-2. So, Ef3 Gul3 Mag1, "Long Western River", would become E2ge1me2.
Diminutive III: This is another type of diminutive. For this type, the vowels are o-e-o, and the tones are 2-1-2. So, Žis2 Thaš1 Dàm3, "Gold Autumn Tree", would become Žo2the1do2 (or Žo2se1do2). This diminutive can't be used when the first word begins with a vowel.
Masculine I: Sheli names are unisex, so this type of nickname is used to make a name masculine. For this type, you keep the (C)V of the first word, and then add a after the onset of the second word, and ó after the onset of the third word. The tones are 3-4-6. So, Ön6 Xem3 Váy5, "Endless Eastern Sky", would become Ö3xa4vó6.
Masculine II: This is another type of specifically masculine nickname. For this type, you add u after the initial C of the first word, then add o after the onset of the second word, and á after the onset of the third word. The tones are 3-4-6. So, Čhin2 Tul3 Lom3, "Silver Winter Moon", would become Čhu3to4lá6. This type of nickname can't be used when the first word begins with a vowel.
Feminine I: Sheli names are unisex, so this type of nickname is used to make a name feminine. For this type, you keep the (C)V of the first word, but the vowel is lengthened. Then you add i after the onset of the second word, and a after the onset of the third word. The tones are 5-3-2. So, Bot1 Med3 Phil3, "Good Spring Flower", would become Bó5mi3pha2 (or Bó5mi3fa2).
Feminine II: This is another type of specifically feminine nickname. For this type, you add ú after the initial C of the first word, then add i after the onset of the second word, and a after the onset of the third word. The tones are 5-3-2. So, Žun2 Fiž1 Bam1, "Large Northern Tower", would become Žú5fi3ba2. This type of nickname can't be used when the first word begins with a vowel.
These, then, are the officially licensed and sanctioned nicknames of Sheli. They're quite common, and extremely contagious. Handle with care.
Yay for random name generators! Now, if I were a smart businessman, this clicky little button would be followed by a whole slew of products featuring your new name: mugs, mouse pads, t-shirts, tire irons, personalized checks, stationary, those new trendy wrist band thingies (yes, I have one), eyeglasses repair kits, etc. But, irregretably, I am not a smart businessman (if you're treating "business" as an adjective, either scope works). Instead, I'll entreat you to go ahead and go back and come up with some nicknames. It's free and life-affirming. | 2019-04-21T02:48:57 | http://dedalvs.com/sheli/names.html |
Jessica Campbell, House of All Sorts, 2018. Acrylic rug on panel; 36 × 48 in. Photo: James Prinz, courtesy of Western Exhibitions.
Jessica Campbell, Nirvana, 2018. Acrylic rug on panel; 36 × 48 in. Photo: James Prinz, courtesy of Western Exhibitions.
Jessica Campbell, Clearing, 2018. Acrylic rug on panel; 36 × 48 in. Photo: James Prinz, courtesy of Western Exhibitions.
Jessica Campbell, Blue Sky, 2018. Acrylic rug on panel; 36 × 48 in. Photo: James Prinz, courtesy of Western Exhibitions. | 2019-04-19T19:00:03 | https://dinca.org/chicago-works-jessica-campbell-dec-18-2018-jul-7-2019-at-mca-chicago/ |
And splendors flood the silent east.
Bear witness to the Light supreme.
To strew upon the sunset-pyre!
What service lies upon the ray!
Familiar, in the cool of day.
And birds are happy there, I know.
They hang this hour a fellow-man. | 2019-04-22T18:48:34 | http://george-sterling.org/poems/Dawn+from+a+Western+Mountain |
There are a set of architect’s drawings showing the location and existing levels on the site. There are detailed plans of the whole site and immediate area from above, a section through the site and elevations from each side. There is a diagram showing how noise will be reduced on the site and all the options for the custom floor plans for the houses.
There are a set of architect’s drawings of Bramble Row, taken from different angles. There are also a series of photographs of the wider area taken from different positions. These are arranged in pairs, with the original photograph placed next to a copy with an architect’s drawing of Bramble Row placed into it.
Here is a section of one of the maps. They are very detailed drawings of the existing Bramble Row site showing surfaces, boundaries, existing buildings, features, contours and heights. Note that these have not been included separately in the planning application, but are used by the architect in drawing up plans and referenced in the flood risk assessment. | 2019-04-21T15:00:03 | http://www.ourgreenhomes.co.uk/planning-file/architects-plans/ |
3g in grozavesti station is back online. zoom tv also.
definitely up to something. muse. brasov or bust. weekend. sleep.
just recovered my ipod. stuffed it with rocknrolla soundtrack. thinking at a2 project and at a weekend at mountains.
i wonder if the subway stairs are broken again..
victoriei 1 has 3g for orange. victoriei 2 only edge.
sometimes i’m so lazy =).. don’t have the will to do anything.. ah, ol’ asub is meeting today @5.00pm.. | 2019-04-22T06:16:09 | https://ublo.ro/tag/subway/ |
If you’re attempting to use agile and lean on the application point, you’ve heard of a number of ways, all approximately scaling approaches. yet, if you happen to replica what one crew does for numerous groups, you get bloat, now not supply. rather than scaling the method, scale everyone's collaboration.
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Inter-Related Product Program In this case, you have a platform of common services with what feel to the customer as separate products. The GUIs may have their own look and feel, but the GUI is not common across your program’s product. As an example, a smartphone is an integrated system product. Each app on the phone has its own GUI where you set the preferences and use the app. Each app uses services from the phone’s operating system. Sometimes, inter-related products integrate other products into the one product.
3. Make sure the core team consists of everyone you need to release the product. ” 4. Start Your Program Right If you want your program to succeed, start in a way that promotes success. Use a program charter to define the vision and what done means for the entire program. In addition, create the first agile roadmap to show everyone the big picture, the product direction. 1 A Program Charter Sets the Strategy Starting a program is a lot like starting a project. You need to know where you’re going.
Those plans are deliverables to the core team. Your first job might be to create a kanban where the deliverables are the project plans for the core team. Everyone who is a delegate to 44 Start Your Program Right the core team owes the core team a plan for their work. Otherwise, why do they need to be on the core team? I find this is a great way to get people off the program team who “just” want to visit. It’s okay if they want to visit. They can watch, and not talk. They don’t get to problem-solve or participate. | 2019-04-25T18:55:05 | http://theveggiestan.com/epub/agile-and-lean-program-management-scaling-collaboration-across-the-organization |
CAPRI is a success story of an economic model developed by European Commission research funds. Operational since almost a decade, it supports decision making related to the Common Agricultural Policy based on sound scientific quantitative analysis. CAPRI is only viable due to its Pan-European network of researchers which based on an open source approach tender together for projects, develop and maintain the model, apply it for policy impact assessment, write scientific publications and consult clients based on its results.
Open source approach with an active network of developers and users, main client is the EU Commission. | 2019-04-21T14:18:13 | https://www.capri-model.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start |
I've applied this almost daily because it makes my skin look glowy, whilst also giving me a little bit of coverage. So I still look natural, but with a dab of tint. It also has a very pleasing scent, which makes me feel a thousand times better. Don't you ever notice how you instantly feel better and more confident when you look good?!
I honestly think a blush makes you look so pretty and feel lovely, so this has been my go-to one. I've loved this Oriflame shade for a long time and I find myself coming back to it from time to time.
How can you not apply mascara when you want a bit of makeup on your face? I feel like this is a must for my no-makeup makeup. It makes my eyes look bigger and more awake, and gives a flirty look also.
Finally, I am really happy with two of the purchases I made today. I got myself a new pair of earrings, which I believe to be very adorable. And gold is a nice colour to go with the jeans I got and a white tank top in the summer. Perfect combination, if you ask me! Obviously, I also got those mint blue jeans (from a store called Stradivarius) and I've been looking for a pair like this for a while now. They were also on a pretty good sale, so I hesitated no more! I can't wait for spring to be here, so I can sport this outfit. I'm still on the hunt for a pair of peach/salmony coloured jeans, hopefully gonna find some soon. If you have any suggestions of where I could get some, let me know in the comments! | 2019-04-24T08:24:54 | http://www.cappuccinoandfashion.com/2014/01/no-makeup-makeup-fashion-saturday-im.html |
There has been some improvement but your system still keeps freezing, not transmitting your words and not recording mine. The little bars that wiggle and show the microphone is live freeze, i.e. stop wiggling, on almost every attempt. My playback does once again contain many more words than you are recording. Why?
I have been trying to work through 11.1 at the Doctor’s and 11.2 Making a Complaint. If you were a person and not a robot you would understand the humour in that last one.
Is it because you are a robot that you never answer my questions? You just let some time go by then tell me it’s all fixed when it isn’t. This is not online help - it’s a farce.
Moderators note: Hi Linda, sorry to hear about your travails with Rocket French. We are endeavouring to set up a Skype call with you so that we can walk through the issues. | 2019-04-20T14:49:59 | https://www.rocketlanguages.com/reviews/41126-linda-francis-kingston-upon-thames-united-kingdom |
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That’s the average cost of a human life in today’s slave market. TODAY’s slave market. People tend to think that since slavery is illegal in every country in the world, that illegality must have made it go away. In fact, there are 27 million slaves RIGHT NOW, and on average, every 36 minutes, a slave is trafficked into the United States.
I’m at a loss as to how to reconcile my life with a world where slavery still exists. My world view didn’t include this except in past tense–as a history lesson. And I’m not OK with it.
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Thanks for a great posting. I understand how coming to grips with the size of modern slavery can leave you feeling overwhelmed and it like the way you view the world is under attack. But there’s an interesting paradox about the 27 million slaves in the world – yes, it is a huge number, the largest ever in human history, but it is also the smallest fraction of the human population to ever be in slavery. Likewise, the amount of money slaves pump into the world economy is big, around $50 billion a year, but it is also the smallest fraction of the global economy to ever be represented by slave labor.
The truth is that slavery has been pushed to the edge of its own extinction and working together we can tip it over the brink. There’s a law against slavery in every country, and more and more people are united in wanting to end it. Thank you for sharing our website. I hope you’ll have a look at our book on how we can bring slavery to an end in 25 years. It’s called: Ending Slavery: How We Free Today’s Slaves.
There are also some very easy ways that you can help to end slavery. First, keep doing exactly what you’re doing: spread the word! Tell your family, friends and coworkers that slavery still exists today and more importantly, that we can end it. To get people in your local community as excited about ending modern slavery as you are, think about holding an event to raise awareness. Organize a concert, a film showing, a fundraiser or anything you can think of to get the word out!
Secondly, be conscious of the presence of slavery in your daily life. The next time you visit the grocery store, the department store, the electronics store, think about why these prices are so low. Could slave labor have contributed to the production of these goods? Sites such as free2work.org list products that are guaranteed to be free of slave labor, and give big-name companies report cards on how they are doing in scrubbing slave labor out of their supply chain.
Thank you for your support and enthusiasm in the fight against slavery. With your help, and the help of millions like you, we can end slavery. Forever. | 2019-04-19T21:04:15 | https://changebydoing.com/2010/06/15/free-the-slaves/ |
Debt is an ugly word that is up there on par with other four letter words if you find yourself in it. There’s nothing fun or enjoyable when you find yourself in a situation where you don’t have enough money coming in each month to meet all of your expenses. When you find yourself in this situation, it can feel like a huge and daunting challenge when you try to resolve these issues on your own. While trying to navigate the system on your own can be overwhelming, especially with all the other stresses you have, it doesn’t necessarily have to be that way. Getting relief from your debt does not have to be a difficult process if you have the right help. The right debt lawyer can put you on the fast track to debt resolution.
Why do I need a debt relief lawyer?
A debt lawyer is an essential element in the debt relief process. You could go about trying to resolve all of your debt problems on your own, but chances are you would not have access to all of the avenues that an experienced debt lawyer does. If you are in debt and having trouble getting caught up, you might need a debt lawyer. If creditors are harassing you and calling at all hours trying to collect payments, they might be in violation of your consumer rights. Some outstanding debt can be settled, some can be forgiven, and some can even be restructured to make repayment easier. An experienced lawyer can help you find the best path for debt resolution.
What does a debt relief lawyer do?
Because they are very experienced in all aspects of consumer law, a debt lawyer not only acts as a liaison between you and creditors, they will advocate on your behalf. In other words, a debt lawyer will represent you in cases of judgments or liens and will also research any violations that creditors may have committed in the debt collection process.
Debt lawyers handle every aspect of consumer law, and will guide you in the decision making process and presenting various debt relief options. They can help with consumer debt settlements, mortgage loan modifications and even bankruptcy if that is the only available alternative.
How do I find the right debt lawyer for me?
Finding a good lawyer is not a one step process. Because consumer debt is higher than ever, many unethical companies have saturated the debt relief marketplace. There are also hundreds of scam operations out there claiming to be able to represent you in your debt situation, when in reality they only offer settlement and repayment services. The right lawyer will be one who is experienced in debt relief practices, has a comprehensive understanding of all the latest consumer debt laws and how they apply to you and the state you live in, and someone who can offer you several options to solve your problem.
• Research their credentials – If they have an online presence, do your homework and check any credentials, accreditation and degrees they claim to have. Make sure that they are who they say they are.
• Physical address – This is a big one because often, lawyers claim to have a local office but do not. It is important to work with a lawyer that is in your area so that you can meet in person and review all of your information. A lawyer with a local office will also be easier for you to get a hold of when you need to.
• References – If you can access online references from a debt lawyer, by all means do so. But keep in mind that web testimonials are often made up and are only positive. Do not rely on the references on the website only, do further research all over the web.
• Complaint bureaus – The Better Business Bureau and Chamber of Commerce in your town will be able to offer you information about any lawyer you are considering. Verify that they are established and have a good rating. You can examine any past complaints or past concerns by contacting these organizations and others like them.
• Proof of success – Once you have narrowed your choices down, ask the attorneys to show you proof of their success. If they have helped other clients achieve debt relief, ask if their clients would be willing to contact you. Ask for information on their firm or practice showing how many clients they have helped in the past and how they have helped them.
• Free consultation – Before you settle on a debt lawyer, interview several. Most attorneys will offer a free consultation. Take advantage of this opportunity to sit down and ask questions before you hire an attorney. You should find out how much their fee is, how they operate and how long the whole debt relief process will take.
Wine As An Investment – How Does This Work And What Should The Winemakers Focus On? | 2019-04-22T12:15:28 | https://www.financialhack.com/the-first-step-to-debt-relief-finding-the-right-debt-lawyer/ |
During the shooting of Yash Chopra's as yet untitled directorial film, these pictures of Shah Rukh Khan surfaced, where he is smartly dressed in army fatigue. Chopra started shooting for the film's next schedule in Ladakh last week. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma.
The film also brings together the award winning pair of AR Rahman and Gulzar. The film is scheduled for a Diwali, November 13, 2012 release. Khan apparently plays an army officer named Samar in the film. The teaser was unveiled with Ek Tha Tiger.
Last week we brought to you the first look of Yash Chopra’s film starring Shahrukh Khan and Katrina Kaif. We have a few more glimpses from one of the most-anticipated romantic tales, which reunites the filmmaker who makes the best romantic tales with the actor who does the best job of a lover. We bet all eyes are eagerly awaiting this one to see if Yash Chopra and SRK’s combination can still create the same magic they did in Veer-Zaara. Also, while SRK and Katrina definitely make a pretty picture together, we don’t see any crackling chemistry between the two gorgeous actors. Besides, don’t they remind us of characters from their respective past films? SRK looks like an older version of Raj from his first big blockbuster Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, and Kat bears close resemblance to her avatar fromMere Brother Ki Dulhan, especially in the short dress and guitar in hand. What do you think?
Meanwhile, the third important angle of this love triangle, Anushka Sharma is still hidden from public eye. Or maybe, she is still to join the cast and crew in London? ‘Coz the last we spotted her was when she was trying very hard to hide from shutterbugs during her outing with her Band Baaja Baaraatco-star Ranveer Singh to a neighbourhood cinema in Mumbai. | 2019-04-20T14:13:48 | http://www.firstshowreview.com/2012/09/shahrukh-khans-jab-tak-hai-jaan.html |
More formally known as the Laboratory of Visual Arts (LaVA), the Pepper House library is the brainchild of Bose Krishnamachari, president of KBF.
A permanent and an integral fixture of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Pepper House has a little bit of everything for everyone. A meeting point for artists and masses alike, it operates with the sole purpose of starting and engaging in conversations about art, culture and everything in between.
A few steps away from Aspinwall House, Kochi-Muziris Biennale(KMB)’s main venue, Pepper House on Kalvathi Road is one of the most interesting spaces in the country that lends itself to arts in various ways. Once you enter the lanky corridor of the complex, on your right, there is a design shop where the tryst of Pepper House with art and design begins. The shop features a curated collection of interesting, homegrown lifestyle brands in India and of independent zines and unique stationery by visual artists.
On your left exists a library filled with fascinating titles encompassing various art forms including Fine Art, Photography, Films, and more (we have stumbled upon some truly rare gems here). More formally known as the Laboratory of Visual Arts (LaVA), the Pepper House library is the brainchild of Bose Krishnamachari, president of KBF (Kochi Biennale Foundation). “Bose offered to have the LaVA as a ‘permanent installation’ at Pepper House. It is open to public and is a great resource for anyone interested in visual arts,” says Isaac Alexander, co-founder of Pepper House.
The library also metamorphoses itself into a workshop space sometime: most recently, they conducted a perfume-making workshop here. It continues to grow and evolve with every new installment of the festival that helped launch it. For KMB 2019, for example, the library is hosting one of the Infra Projects called ‘Sister Library’ by artist and activist Aqui Thami. Separated by a carpeted area, Sister Library, a travelling library of one hundred books from Thami’s own collection that focuses solely on women’s writing, found an apt place inside LaVA.
The alley further leads to a small cafe on the left, overlooking a tranquil green courtyard that has lend itself to some spectacular installations over the years as part of KMB. The entire complex actually comprises of two historic dockside warehouses, one facing the street and other the water. “The building was originally built by the Portuguese around the mid-16th century. The Portuguese dominated the spice trade (mainly pepper) from Kerala in the 16th and 17th century before the Dutch came in. This building had warehouses on the ground floor, offices on the upper floor, and the dockside area for loading the ships. The central courtyard probably served as a space for drying the spices,” reveals Alexander.
Cut to the present, one corner of the ground floor and the first floor of this colossal complex houses rooms where art exhibits are held. “The idea of a Biennale in Kochi was a grand one, but there was a lack of available spaces. I was convinced that such an event would be ideal for Fort Kochi and its regeneration as an art destination,” says Alexander. A fateful meeting in 2011 led to Alexander working, alongside founders of KBF, towards restoring the vintage family property as an exhibition space for its very first edition.
During KMB, each room usually features works by one artist. This year, for example, a huge vertical stretch of a room on the first floor proudly displays artist Lubna Chowdhary’s highly ambitious ‘Metropolis’, which started in 1991 and consists of over 1000 handmade clay sculptures. The room, like the others on the first floor, is filled with bountiful natural light and views of the water that adds interesting layers to Chowdhary’ glass encased work.
The space also hosts KBF’s one-of-a-kind initiative, the Pepper House Art Residency programme. “The Pepper House Art Residency program is an important program that runs through the year. The curatorial process for the residency is undertaken by a panel at the Biennale Foundation, our partner for this program along with HCL foundation and the Goethe Institute,” mentions Alexander.
Pepper House has had the task of delivering an experience embedded in the arts ever since its inception, and in its short yet busy history, the cultural hub has executed this quite well. Apart from its permanent fixtures, the space has also been hosting various workshops and events such as non-fiction comics workshop, artist talks, summer camp for children, first edition of Maker’s Collective (where a few independent creators from craft, design and sustainability got together), among other things.
And it seems like things are only going to get more interesting in the future. “There are many interesting projects in discussion. One that I am particularly excited about is the Design Biennale meant to debut in 2021. A design residency is also on the cards,” Alexander tells us.
A visit to the Pepper House easily gobbles up an entire day. It’s easy to get lost in and utterly charmed by the varied experiences that the space offers – from reading to shopping to eating to experiencing art in its so many forms to enjoying the abundant serenity. And we are most definitely not complaining.
Kochi-Muziris Biennale is on view until 29 March, 2019.
CQ’s shortlist of things to see at the Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa from 15–22 December 2018. | 2019-04-18T13:08:19 | https://www.asianpaints.com/colourquotient/showcase/kochis-pepper-house--from-dockside-warehouses-to-countrys-cutting-edge-arts-centre/ |
We love this little bowl with the siirtolapuutarha design in monochrome with a small red feature on the girls cheek. A really lovely variation on the bright colours of this original pattern created by Finnish designer Maija Louekari.
The perfect sized bowl for dips, desserts and other tasty treats.
This collection is freezer, microwave and dishwasher safe. | 2019-04-26T16:27:10 | https://pappasven.com.au/collections/marimekko-oiva-tableware/products/siirtolapuutarha-bowl |
My name is Vivianne Cruise and I am a professional photographer and amateur writer. I mostly write for pleasure and I rather enjoy myself when doing so (pun intended). I hope so very much that you enjoy my stories. I encourage you all to provide feedback - constructive criticism is greatly appreciated and welcomed with open legs - er, I mean arms..
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Discussion in 'Auction Archives' started by Sweetie_Pea, Dec 7, 2015.
The Meteor Bow has an Unbreaking V attribute to it.
Auction ends 48 hours after last valid bid!
Pick up is at 1962 on smp!
Sorry, think I won, cause you bid beyond 48hours after my bid.
Lets wait for OP to response.
Yep, it looks like you have won! Congratulations, you won the Meteor Bow for 10k!
Pick up is a 1962 on smp!
iFlyinFish and Sn00bDog like this. | 2019-04-19T22:25:21 | https://empireminecraft.com/threads/auction-meteor-bow.59891/ |
This pub is currently closed. Closed and boarded up 16 September 2018 - redevelopment planned.
Spacious 200 year old pub which, despite having been completely modernised, retains some old fittings. Mirrors and other memorabilia relate to the old packet boat service to Paddington. A good mix of passing trade, locals and workers from the Grand Union canal. Live music at the weekends. | 2019-04-24T03:55:27 | https://whatpub.com/pubs/MDX/12116/paddington-packet-boat-cowley-peachey |
How much you get paid for your overseas ESL teaching position will depend on the economy of the particular country. Countries with poorer economies will have lower salaries, but also a lower cost of living. Countries with better economies will have higher salaries, but often also a higher cost of living. Regardless of where you decide to teach English, paid positions will always allow you to live comfortably within that country's economy.
Which countries can I teach ESL in? | 2019-04-22T17:57:54 | http://unitedtesol.com/english/docs/0/23/218.asp |
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I have spent a lot of time laughing about these cross stitch patterns. I never dreamed there was such a vast assortment of awesomeness in the art of cross stitch. I think you will enjoy this post full of absolute geekery as much as I have. | 2019-04-19T17:17:55 | http://diyforlife.com/35-diy-cross-stitch-patterns-geek-heart/ |
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別の理由があるね？どう？図星でしょう？Parts: 別 (べつ), 理由 (りゆう), 有る (ある), 如何 (どう), 図星 (ずぼし), でしょう (でしょ) There's another reason, isn't there? Well, how did I do? I bet I hit the mark. | 2019-04-18T17:14:05 | http://takoboto.jp/?w=1654230 |
The idea of the man, or woman, eyeing you from across the bar is always full of passion and romance and a long life together. The idea of the home you may one day own is always uncluttered and spacious. And the idea of that story rattling around in your brain is always poetic and engaging and insightful. But the reality, though it may come close, is never what you pictured in your mind.
"It’s never as good as it was in your head. When things move from the world of dreams to the world of reality, they stop being impossible and perfect.
But then, you never get to see the thing you made through other['s] eyes. And other people don’t know the perfect thing you imagined before you began. So it doesn’t matter. And you keep on making art."
This can be the problem with writing, and may be why so many people believe they can be writers and are willing to offer published authors their ideas, because they believe the idea is the hard part. And sometimes … that is true. But, if we’re being honest here, it is the crafting of that idea into something that resonates and engages and speaks to an audience that involves the real heavy lifting. Which is why it is so difficult to become a published writer, let alone make a living at it (I’ve seen it stated, in a number of places, that 90% of working authors – regularly published authors – need a second job in order to make ends meet). Too many people are unwilling to do the work.
This gulf between the “idea” and “reality” of a story was made painfully clear to me this past week. In working on the first draft of a science fiction short, I had reached a point where the protagonist was to experience a series of nightmares – horrors that would drive him mad on an alien planet. It fit in with the overall theme and plot of the story and would propel him toward the climax. I was looking forward to writing this scene.
Then I sat down at the computer. And the writing was laborious. I kept reworking sentences, sat and stared at the screen for minutes on end, and was generally unhappy with where I was going. I finally got the first nightmare down, wherein all of his comrades have been decapitated in their sleep, and moved into the second dream. At which point, I realized it was not working. I saved the document and quit the program. Then I got up and moved around a bit, did some other things, and let my brain shift away from this story.
Except. My subconscious was still working on that scene. And, soon enough, it hit me.
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My Aspergers Child: Is there a link between school shootings and developmental disorders?
Is there a link between school shootings and developmental disorders?
We have to careful about jumping to the conclusion that school shootings by people with Asperger’s or High-Functioning Autism are caused by their disorder. Violence is seldom an isolated problem and is particularly complex in teens and young adults with a developmental disorder. It is important to understand that violent behavior is not always associated with just one condition and can have highly varied sources.
An array of theoretic models has been proposed to understand violent behavior in people with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). There are promising (a) biologic models that suggest the behavior arises from alterations in dopaminergic reward mechanisms, and (b) cognitive models, suggesting that such acts are an outcome of conditioned learning.
Physical violence is often a response to a variety of circumstances and occurs in the context of diverse emotions. It has become fashionable to consider violence as clear-cut evidence of bipolar disorder, particularly when ASD individuals are distractible, restless, and have chronically decreased need for sleep. It is increasingly important to consider, however, whether features of bipolar illness appear together and depart from chronic baseline functioning.
It is also relevant if they are associated with pharmacologic (e.g., serotonin reuptake inhibitor) side effects. In addition, it is useful to know the circumstances preceding and following violent outbursts before selecting a medication. For example, when violence is a response to anxiety or frustration, the most helpful interventions target those symptoms and the circumstances that produce them rather than exclusively focusing on violent behavior.
Unfortunately, the request for treatment typically follows a crisis. But the press for a rapid, effective end to the behaviors may not permit the gathering of much data or discussion. Nevertheless, it is NOT appropriate to “always” begin with one medication or another. Moving to a more “surefire” medication too quickly may mean that the person on the autism spectrum takes on cardiovascular, endocrinologic, and cognitive risks that might be otherwise avoided.
There are reports in support of using serotonin reuptake inhibitors, alpha-adrenergic agonists, beta-blocking agents, “mood stabilizers” (or anticonvulsants), and neuroleptics for violent behavior. When a psychiatrist or other professional has the luxury of time, the support of family, and collaboration with staff where the individual is working or attending school, then an agent that is safer (but perhaps takes a longer time to work or is a little less likely to help) can be tried.
It does seem that those agents with a greater likelihood of success pose greater risks. The most evidence supports use of dopamine blocking agents (neuroleptics) for violence, but the side effects and long-term risks from these agents are greater than from most others agents.
• Anonymous said… Generalising is not helpful in any circumstances. It is however frustrating.
• Anonymous said… I can understand the difficulties of raising a child who has Aspergers. My son 15, is at times difficult to manage. I have asked him if he would like to home school, but said no. He has only one peer he associates with. He doesn't care to converse with others if they are not interested or can talk on his intellectual level. He is a respectful, God loving child...it does take tough love at times, constant life coaching, Lots of Prayers. It's what we can only do. God Bless you.
• Anonymous said… I don't think just because someone has a certain disorder makes them automatically prone to violence or school shootings. I don't like how the media just lumps each shooting on "well, he had a mental disorder" and try to place blame. But I do believe if all of these young men would have had better access to professional help and less access to firearms, we may have seen less of these types of shootings. We may never know if certain ones had a disorder they were struggling with but they certainly needed help in dealing with their thought processes & emotions if anything.
• Anonymous said… my heart aches for you. You are doing your absolute best each and every day. I can hear it. Your actions will make a difference. They will.
• Anonymous said… My son, who was diagnosed at age 5 with Asperger's...is almost 17. As a younger child he was not aggressive but as soon as his hormones kicked in we saw a different side to him. He has had a very hard time in our public school system and now is being home schooled. I fought very hard for him in the system but he still could not conform to what they wanted him to do. With all of this said....Over the years he has felt very rejected by his peers. He has longed to connect with them but despite all of his attempts..and there were many...it has never happened. Recently he made a public post about his school's Homecoming Dance stating he wanted to go so bad but knew he couldn't get in since he didn't go there anymore. He proceeded to be inappropriate with his wording and after it was all over we found him being investigated as a threat. It was one of the worst experiences of our lives. I know that he would truly never hurt anyone however in the world we live in things like this cannot be overlooked. I do worry that the more isolated he is from his peers the more anger he will develop. Parenting an almost 17 year old Asperger's young man is the hardest thing I've ever done.
• Anonymous said… Yeah let's put a stigma on them!
• Anonymous said… Yes some aspies have anger problems however it is up to the parents to get help for their child. My son is 7 and is an aspie. He is not nor has ever been aggressive to anyone in his life. My son having autism does not make him a mental case. If these boys did have HFA they clearly had not be supervised like they should have been or this would have not happened. It is bad enough my son has to struggle everyday to just fit in and now you are trying to say we need to watch him for violence. I think these boys parents should be responsible for there children. They got the guns from somewhere.
• Anonymous said… You dont have to have asperges to be angry I see much anger and more in the so called unafected people. Blaming is not on my grandson has asperges and yes he has outbursts like any other person on earth .The out bursts come from frustration he is 8yrs old we find asperges experts a great help .
• Anonymous said… Bullying and harassing children with Aspergers is a very serious offence. Focus and keep an eye on the Bullies. Not the Aspies. They need to be protected. Bullies and Harassers needs more psychological attention . Bullies should be monitored and supervised in a daily basis and scrutinize their criminal behaviour.
• Anonymous said… Every time there is a new shooting there I wait to see what condition it will be blamed on. Recently it has been ASD, previously it was ADHD and whatever else journalists and the public can come up with to pretend that the real issue doesn't lie in access to massive amounts of deadly weapons. If you want something/someone to blame, try the gun culture and not our ASD children who don't seem to be mass killers in such places that have stricter gun control laws. Yes, some ASD kids can become angry and aggressive but then again so can many neurotypical kids/people. This obsession to blame those with special needs is a deflection from the real concerns.
• Anonymous said… I don't think Aspies has nothing to do with this issue when Firearms and other dangerous incidents are involve in recent school shootings.
• Anonymous said… I think as a parent you do what you need to do for your child. Anger management etc can be useful.......................I do worry though that America will do anything to shift the blame. Your country allows this through allowing anyone to get their hands on a gun. I think we could do a lot by nurturing ALL children rather than arming them. As a mum to a teenager who has Aspergers, yes he gets angry (wouldn't you), yes, the world baffles him (wouldn't it you? ) Do I think he would ever intentionally harm anyone ? Absolutely not.
• Anonymous said… Id blame medication more than autism.
• Anonymous said… I'm fairly certain other countries have similar rates of ASD occurring, but not similar rates of mass\school shootings. Seems to be about something else to me!
• Anonymous said… Like it's not a challenge as is for our kids to be accepted now blame the spectrum really come on !!! Stop finding an excuse for someone and realize that the spectrum isn't at fault for these gunman , hell a hunter is killing animals does he have Aspergers ???!!!! See the stupidity in blame game ?!! What's worse is the media even playing into it , hence kids repeating parents or parents letting kids watch news then turn around and go into school and pick on a child bc of Aspergers and then those children knowing that they have Aspergers coming home second guessing themselves or not wanting to go to school bc they don't want to be called a monster or a murder when they get older !! Our kids have enough issues seriously enough is enough a killer is gonna kill wether on spectrum or off period !
• Anonymous said… So, are we going to bring on the assumption that because a school shooter "had" Aspergers, that all Aspies will be more prone to violent acts? I don't think so. I think these school shooters get the "autism" label so the media can pat them on the head and try to garner sympathy for them. These school shooters didn't have autism; they had pure evil in their blood.
• Anonymous said… Thank-you for your kind and encouraging wordsJoanne Gibson and Isa! I know we are trying and doing our best to raise our children on the spectrum. | 2019-04-25T06:34:49 | http://www.myaspergerschild.com/2015/10/is-there-link-between-school-shootings.html |
Joseph and Mary’s engagement took a reality television show turn: “‘Betrothed and pregnant! She says the baby is God’s!’ Next time on Tyra!” His soon-to-be wife being found with child would have, no doubt, caused great heartache and anxiety for Joseph. Theirs wasn’t a culture that overlooked pregnancy out of wedlock. In their day, people were stoned to death for it.
Matthew goes on to tell us that Joseph considered how he might end his relationship with Mary without causing her public shame. He uses the word but to show us that God intervened: (Joseph) had in mind to divorce her quietly. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
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Chorus/fantasia–recit (bass)–aria (tenor)–recit (bass)–duet (sop/alto)–recit (bass)–chorale.
This cantata is believed to have been composed around 1732 and follows the format of the chorale fantasias of the second cycle. Indeed, when one notices that it was meant for the sixth Sunday after Trinity, the obvious inference is that Bach, almost a decade after the initial completion of that cycle, was still ‘filling in the gaps’. He composed no cantata for this day in 1724 because he was fulfilling an engagement in Cöthen with his wife at the time (Boyd p 162).
It seems incredible that Bach was still attempting to complete a full annual cycle of chorale fantasias so many years later and, if that was his intention, he clearly did not see it as a priority. A further point of contextual interest is that he used the same chorale as a basis for this and C 117 (chapter 52) composed several years earlier. That too was a cantata commencing with a chorale fantasia but with the important difference that the four-part setting appeared in the middle of the work. It ended, most unusually, with a reprise of the opening fantasia, set to different words.
The overall structure of C 9 reflects Bach’s preoccupation with matters of symmetry, a recitative separating each of the main movements (fantasia, two arias and chorale). The theme of the work is a common one, that of salvation which, we are told, can be achieved; but through God′s laws alone—-His laws have been established and must be obeyed if we are not already yet so immersed in sin as to have disregarded them.
The orchestra has a particularly ′chamber music′ feel about it. Flute and oboe join strings and continuo for the outer movements and both instruments are employed, along with a solo violin, as obbligati in the arias.
It is not unusual in itself for there to be three recitatives particularly, as in this case, when they are placed so as to balance the macro-structure of the overall work. But it is most uncommon for all three recitatives to be declaimed by the one voice. Consequently, we will begin our perusal of the work with an examination of these movements which do appear to have a number of features in common.
All three speak of God′s Laws; their bestowal, their fulfillment (or lack of it) and our attitudes towards them. All have an aura of pontification and sermonizing about them as sung by the bass, traditionally the voice of God and/or authority.
Even a cursory glance at the text leads us to expect a little hectoring or lecturing. The voice of God, Christ, the pastor or possibly even the echoes of our own parents and teachers can all resound in the declamations of the bass voice. And from this standpoint we will not be disappointed with the first recitative—-God gave us the laws, we transgressed them and the Soul was thus compromised—-we had not the strength to resist.
We are given our lecture and we must accept it. The following tenor aria will graphically portray the depths to which we could sink if we were to ignore the warnings. And this observation in itself helps us to understand a little more of Bach′s planning of his cantatas; the arias frequently reflect or expound upon the recitatives they follow, adding, on occasion, some particularly graphic examples.
The second recitative offers us hope, a clear case of the stick first and the carrot to follow! We are now preached to about Christ’s sacrifice, offered in order that we might be saved. The simple recitative melts, on the final line, into a moment of tender arioso as, with true faith, we embrace the arms of Jesus.
Bach stresses the importance, and possibly also the relief of Christians, simply and effectively by the move into an enlightening major key, a tender vocal phrase and the eventual semi-quaver continuo line. All embrace the singer, empathizing with the sentiment and preparing us for the following, flowing aria.
The third recitative is again simple and direct, the text reinforcing the positive message of faith and redemption in God’s own time. True, we are reminded that we have a conscience, and it is only right that it is troubled by our sinful past. But essentially we can rise above our transgressions and rely on God’s grace and benefice.
A further point of interest is that the second two recitatives begin in the minor and end in the major. Very possibly this symbolizes the progression from ignorance and sin to the joy of true faith, as decreed by God’s laws, the only pathway (or journey) to genuine fulfilment.
The three recitatives were clearly planned as a cognate group and encapsulate the fundamental Lutheran creed. The two intervening arias and final chorale reflect upon, and extend their statements.
Returning to the opening fantasia, its instrumentation is relatively unusual, one each of flute and oboe d’amore, strings and continuo. One cannot help but conjecture if, right from the early stages of planning, Bach already had this combination in mind for the exquisite duet where they appear to be the perfect grouping. The distinctive, salon-like character of the fantasia is partially determined by this decision.
The lightness of the ensemble ensures that the two wind instruments are clearly audible, and throughout the fantasia they each have a predominant solo role with the minimum of doubling duties. The opening ritornello features them both but with less imitative writing than we might have expected.
Flute and oboe, opening bars.
The upper strings, for once, have a subordinate role, largely articulating the chords on the two weaker beats of the bar. They are thus unobtrusive and undemanding but they still make an occasional civilized contribution to the musical discussion without drawing undue attention to themselves. All these features combine in a particularly subtle piece of orchestration from a composer clearly at the height of his powers.
The sopranos declaim the chorale melody and the textual theme is simple and direct—-our good works help us not at all, for Jesus recognizes only our faith. The two wind instruments dominate from the beginning through to the complete reprise of the ritornello at the end, with barely a breathing space between!
As is so often the case in these fantasias, the writing for the three lower voices is complex and illuminative of the text. For the first four phrases there is little variety; they enter imitatively, always in the order A, T, B. Each voice takes a quaver idea borrowed from the flute in bar 3, soon to melt into flowing semi-quavers also accessed from the ritornello material.
But the remaining three phrases are set differently, not only from the first four but also from each other. In the fifth (from bar 85) the tenor and alto parts move in parallel, supported by the basses, underlining the important message that true Faith looks to Jesus. There are no complex contrapuntal devices and no semi-quaver lines to complicate the texture; the composer takes pains to ensure that the words are articulated as clearly as possible.
Which, indeed, is also the purpose of the setting of the sixth phrase (from bar 99)—-[Christ] who has done enough for us all. The basses imitate the altos, but turning their simple quaver idea upside down, following which all three voices support the sopranos with a series of staccato, largely homophonic chords. The musical symbolism is clear: everyone is involved in this process but all should speak clearly with one voice.
The final line of text (from bar 114) gets fully to the nub of the matter by reminding us that Christ was the intermediary between God′s law and our sin. The voices enter imitatively, returning to the A, T, B order of the initial phrases, now melting smoothly into an encompassing cocoon of loving support around the sopranos. Note the emphasis given through the repetitions of the word Mittler—-mediator, intermediary.
Every nuance of this text is reflected within the details of the music, and yet it flows as naturally as an unimpeded spring, courtly, civilized and refined throughout.
The tenor aria is a miniature masterpiece. Not only is it most compelling musically but it also pours forth images strongly reinforcing the fundamental theme—-we were sucked into this chasm of sin, threatened with death and nowhere is there to be found a helping hand. In a sense this is the ultimate nightmare, the uncontrolled descent into hell, torture, purgatory, madness. Whatever terrors may await us, this is the consequence for those who disregard God′s Laws.
The opening violins clearly suggest the falling into the chasm of death. Their theme, somewhat reminiscent of the last movement of the Am violin concerto, descends spasmodically, over nearly two octaves. But then the direction changes and it begins to work its way back.
Not once, but three times it reaches upwards, a symbol surely of man’s resilience, eternal struggle and attempts to triumph over sin, sorrow and tribulation. But then the direction once more starts to sink down to the cadence and the first vocal entry.
The text tells us that we are too deeply enmeshed in the chasms of sin; yet man has spirit and tries to resist but he cannot succeed through his efforts alone. That is the point of this cantata—-the essential helping hand will only be extended once God′s laws are obeyed.
The anguished and angular vocal lines convey a mixture of the sense of struggle, pain and isolation inevitably emanating from abandonment in the chasms of sin. Chromatic harmony, awkward upward leaps and complex contrapuntal interplay between the three lines (tenor, violins and continuo), all paint a picture of effort and striving but, nevertheless, of ultimate potential failure. The symbolism is entrenched within the musical contours and the consequent power of the expression is unmistakable. This music is operatic and dramatic; precisely what Bach had been warned would not be acceptable at Leipzig when he took up his post as Cantor!
It seems that the conventional operatic da capo aria was not the most appropriate vehicle for this expression of angst. Bach turns to the flexibility of the Italianate ritornello for the structural skeleton of this intense aria; a veritable concerto for voice and strings.
Nestling charmingly between the second and third bass recitative is the duet for soprano and alto. It is difficult to imagine a greater contrast between it and the tenor aria. The two woodwind instruments return and with them the polite, gracious, almost chivalrous disposition of the fantasia. And this surely reveals Bach′s essential approach to the text. Good deeds are not enough, we have been told that already. True faith, to be found within the heart itself, is all that is required; nothing else is sufficient to warrant God′s attention.
And it is the simplicity and purity of this faith within the human heart that Bach now expresses. It was certainly implied within the stately quasi-minuet of the opening fantasia but here it is musically quite explicit. And, as if to compensate for the lack of imitative writing in the fantasia, Bach now really immerses himself in the technique.
The long ritornello is in two parts, beginning with oboe following flute in cannon.
A dozen bars later their roles are reversed, oboe now leading flute, also in strict canon. The voices enter similarly, alto leading soprano and after only eight bars they are joined by the woodwinds creating a luxuriant texture of five individual parts, yet retaining absolute clarity throughout.
The movement continues in this way, and is best viewed as a construction built around the two complementary pairs—-alto and soprano on the one hand, oboe and flute on the other, supported by a relatively simple continuo line, which does little more than provide essential harmonic support. All entries are canonic and Bach presents us either with the woodwind pair or the vocal duet or a translucent combination of both. This entwining of voices and instruments is almost certainly symbolic of the close relationship between God and Man that proper adherence to faith ensures.
However, the middle section (from bar 100) is different. It is, perhaps, slightly refreshing to find a bona fide middle section because at this stage of his career Bach is quite likely to dispense with the formalities of the conventional da capo structure. But here he retains it in all its glory and takes pains to differentiate it from the A sections that surround it.
This is done partly through the expected employment of related minor keys but also through the instrumental layout. Here the woodwinds cease to operate separately but double the voices: oboe/alto and flute/soprano. Apart from a few minor accommodations for word setting, this continues until the welcome reprise of the first section.
The closing chorale is reassuring—-even though it might appear that God is unwilling, be not afraid—-He is most with you when He does not reveal Himself. There are two excellent details of word painting, one more subtle than the other. At the end of the first line—-although he may appear unwilling—-Bach wrenches the music from the home key of E to the unrelated one of D. It seems almost as if the hymn tune appears temporarily ′unwilling′ to continue as it had begun. And in the final bar, on the very last word—-grauen—-to shudder, Bach evinces a tremor from the harmony that none could miss.
Close attention to the tiniest detail is apparent until the very last bar. | 2019-04-22T04:32:35 | http://www.jsbachcantatas.com/documents/chapter-58-bwv-9/ |
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