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And "as far as the ad, this race is about Missouri, and that's what Claire's focused on," said spokeswoman Meira Bernstein. "Others should probably do the same."
The ad and the tweet also allow Hawley to go on the attack following steady criticism from Democrats over his investigation into Gov. Eric Greitens' and his staff's use of Confide, an application that deletes text messages after they are read.
USA Today reporter Deirdre Shesgreen contributed reporting for this article.
220kph sustained winds. 270kph gusts. It will cross Mindanao tomorrow (Tuesday) and give the Metro Manila area grief starting late Wednesday and all day Thursday. Batten down the hatches!!!
We are fine. Only overcast skies - no rain or wind. But south of Cebu is a different story - hundreds dead, thousands homeless.
Hi! I’m Regan Boone, and welcome to Highway Highlands Farm!
Over the years, friends and family have enjoyed these homemade delicacies and been lavish with their praise. When they encouraged me to expand my efforts, Highway Highlands Farm was created and I’ve become a purveyor of gourmet jams, jellies and preserves.
At Highway Highlands Farm, only the finest fruits and natural ingredients are even considered. I say, if the fruit isn’t appealing to the eye, why put it in jars? My passion has become my obsession, and at any given farmer’s market, you may find as many as 42 varieties of my offerings available!
In my kitchen, a true, registered California Cottage Kitchen, you’ll find me constantly experimenting with new flavor combinations. Today, my dear friend (photographer and webmaster) Dave, brought me one of his son’s seasoning blends, Matt’s Dry Rub, in the Coffee Thyme variety. One whiff and I said, “Bacon Date Jalapeno Jelly with Matt’s Coffee Thyme as the accent flavor!” Inspired! Over the moon!
If I’m not cooking up these delicacies, I’m either out doing some offroad exploring or I’m at a farmer’s market waiting for you to stop by and say Hi! Check my schedule for the locations and dates where Highway Highlands Farm will be offering all these delicious jams and jellies. If you can’t wait, (we really are alike!), scroll down for a look at everything I offer and make your choices!
The Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ICOC) has been providing arbitration services for its members through its Arbitration Bureau since 1979. Upon replacement of 1927 Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) with a new Code of Civil Procedure (2011 CCP), which entered into force on 1 October 2011, the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce revised its Arbitration Rules in accordance with such New Code of Procedure in 2012. Such revision fell short of meeting the requirements of a modern arbitration system which brought the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce to set up its arbitration centre (ITOTAM).
The Istanbul Chamber of Commerce has played a key role in promoting arbitration over the years. In order to provide arbitration services parallel to international practice and aligned with modern arbitration rules, ICOC as of 2014 completed its work on setting up its autonomous arbitration centre and on drafting the new rules.
The ITOTAM Arbitration and Mediation Rules was approved by the Assembly of ICOC on 16 October 2014 and with some minor additional amendments have entered into force on 9 April 2015. As of 14.04.2016 Emergency Arbitrator Rules (Annex III) and Arbitration Rules for Small Claims (Annex IV) have entered into force and ITOTAM Arbitration Rules have been revised accordingly. The current Rules are the ITOTAM Arbitration Rules (2016).
In drafting the Rules, the UNCITRAL 2010 Arbitration Rules and other modern arbitration rules such as ICC Arbitration Rules (2012), VIAC Rules of Arbitration, Swiss Rules of Arbitration have been taken into consideration. The Arbitration Court and the Arbitration Centre are the only bodies empowered to administer these Rules.
Parties wishing to have recourse to ITOTAM arbitration are encouraged to include an appropriate dispute resolution clause in their agreements. An example of recommended clauses can be found at the very beginning of our booklet.
Arbitration, as a widely preferred method of dispute resolution, is of great importance in contemporary commercial life. Our members or firms doing business with our members could ensure a great level of certainty as to the resolution of their potential disputes by inserting the model arbitration clause enclosed in our booklet in their contracts in order to solve their disputes in a rapid and efficient way.
The practice of chiropractic has stood the test of time, enduring ten times longer than modern medicine. Dr. Kelch uses a comprehensive form of chiropractic care designed to get the best results in the shortest amount of time. Clinical research shows an estimated 90% of the population is dealing with some level of abnormal alignment from poor posture, excess stress, trauma, toxicity, or malnutrition.
Regardless of the health condition you have or are concerned about, maintaining spine alignment is essential to maximizing healing and reducing chronic symptoms. Unfortunately, you can have a health condition caused from a compressed spinal nerve with absolutely no pain. For this reason, it is imperative to have an advanced chiropractic evaluation to see if your problem may be related to your spine alignment. Dr. Kelch offers chiropractic assessments for all ages.
**PRICE REDUCTION ** Locaton! Location! Location! This South Tampa Beauty 4 bedroom 2 bathroom Plant HS District home is nestled in the Sunset Park Neighborhood. GORGEOUS paved circular driveway which is surrounded by meticulous landscaping with an oversize tandem garage. Very cozy 20x20 family room which is the heart of the home surrounded by glass and overlooks the very well-manicured fenced in backyard which boast simple elegance, serenity and privacy for entertainment. Another separate Livingroom/Dining room offers a cozy like environment. Walking distance to Tampa Bay Little League, Mabry Elem, Coleman Middle, St Mary's Episcopal and community swimming pool. Convenient location with drive to Plant HS, Tampa International Airport, Westshore and International Malls, Downtown Tampa, Famous Riverwalk Curtis Hixson Waterfront Park, Bayshore Blvd 7-Mile Sidewalk & 30-40 mins to St Pete and Clearwater Beaches. This home has been immaculately maintained and is ready for its new owners. Schedule your showing today!
Ruidoso's favorite homegrown band, Gleewood, has been busy. After performing more than 200 shows in 2014 alone, the trio's 2015 tour is mapping seven states and more than 5,000 miles — running the circuit from Montana to Colorado to Nevada and beyond.
Jhett and Callie Schiavone, founders of Gleewood, are native New Mexicans and a cowgirl-meets-hippie love affair of music and harmony. Combined with drummer and brother-in-law Josh Landry, the trio has a tight, engaging sound that's been hooking fans all over the southwest since they set out on the road last year.
rock legends The Marshall Tucker Band, Thursday, June 18, at the Ruidoso Downs Race Track.
"We cannot wait to play for our hometown community again after being out on the road so much," said Jhett Schiavone. "And to be sharing a stage with The Marshall Tucker Band is really surreal. It was only a little over a year ago that Callie and I were living out of our Honda scrounging together shows. We've received so many blessings and support from our community around Ruidoso and are stoked to have the opportunity to open up for some of our heros in our hometown."
To sweeten the pot, all three musicians are Tucker fans.
"The music of the 60's and 70's really moved a nation," Schiavone said. "They connected with audiences and our generation of music seems to have a hard time doing that. We, are trying to reignite that atmosphere, that genre in all the places we play and go. And to be opening up for a one of our favorite bands of that era and share the stage with them is just plain awesome. We have so much respect for them and their music."
Gleewood will perform in Billy's Sports Bar following the concert. Then it's back on the road.
"We are really looking forward to the rest of the year's line up," Schiavone said. "We are always learning and growing out on the road. It is an insane amount of work, since we manage everything ourselves, from publicity and promotion, to booking and tour routing, but it is also exactly what we want to be doing. Our circuit is continuing to grow larger and we are really excited about how things are lining up."
Gleewood will kick off the concert Thursday at 7 p.m. For ticket information call Ruidoso Downs Race Track at 575-378-4431. For more information on Gleewood and for tour information visit gleewoodmusic.com or check them out on Facebook under gleewoodband.
You work a full-time job — almost every modern parent does. In fact, studies have found that two incomes are all but mandatory for raising a family in the high-cost world of the 21st century. Still, if you feel like you are missing out on crucial developments in your child’s life because you need to make a morning meeting or hit a project deadline, you might need to rearrange your priorities — and your schedule.
The truth is that your job is important, but so is spending time with your little ones during their formative years. Here are a few tips for squeezing more out of your time with them — and squeezing more time out of your day.
Commuting during rush hour. You might think you have to be at work exactly at 8 A.M., but most workers find their employers flexible in schedule as long as total hours worked remains the same. By shifting your drive later, you can wake up and spend the morning with your kids and avoid wasting time in traffic.
Buying coffee on-the-go. For the same reason, planning to stop for coffee on your way to work will waste you dozens of minutes every morning (and afternoon, if you always go out for joe). That time adds up; brewing coffee at home is faster, and it keeps you closer to your kids.
Doing chores. If you require an entire day on the weekends to clean your home, do laundry and keep the yard in shape, it probably isn’t worth it to continue doing those chores on your own. You should pick and choose a few chores to outsource, like lawn care, which can demand hours of attention every week.
Cutting activities from your own busy schedule isn’t enough; you also need to make sure your kids have time to spend with you. Too often, modern kids are enrolled in more than their share of extracurricular activities, on top of what can be especially grueling academic workloads. If your kids are flying around from school to piano lessons to soccer practice to theater training to volunteering and back, it’s time to decide which hobbies are worth keeping.
Kids who have gotten into the habit of juggling too many activities might be resistant at first to dropping any of their commitments. However, if you can promise that they will still be able to see their friends, they might enjoy the prospect of dropping some responsibilities and having more free time with you.
Physical health Rates of childhood obesity go down when kids regularly eat alongside their parents. This is because family meals are more often prepared at home from whole foods, so kids get in the habit of making healthier food choices.
Mental health. Rates of substance abuse and eating disorders go down among kids who are expected to show up for family meals.
Social aptitude. Family meals facilitate family discussions, which also help younger kids learn the importance of taking turns in conversation and considering others’ points of view. Additionally, meals give parents the chance to teach kids etiquette, like chewing with mouths closed and keeping elbows off the table.
If you work during dinner times, you can shift your family meals to the morning and spend time together during breakfast. Experts say you should have at least four meals per week together to see noticeable differences in your kids.
In truth, quality is as important as quantity when it comes to spending time with your kids. Watching television silently in the same room isn’t as valuable to their development as walking hand-in-hand through a museum or riding bikes together through the neighborhood. Even if you can’t carve out much more time to see your children, you can improve the time you do have, so you can make lasting memories with beneficial impacts on their development.
In our previous discussion, we introduced Mencius' theory of human nature.
you recall, are already planted in the human constitution.
the human heart can know right or wrong, because that's our nature.
But the beginnings of virtue can easily be compromised or corrupted.
as opposed to judgements based on Rightness.
We need houses let's say, and therefore we cut down trees to build them.
then when there are no more trees left, what do we do?
We go to the next village and take their trees.
Well, I am exaggerating, well perhaps not.
you can easily imagine how problems would multiply as societies developed.
the decline of moral sensibilities is sure to follow.
And before long, like the Ox Mountain, you remember that beautiful passage?
The heart will become barren, devoid of moral sentiments.
can it be recovered, protected and nourished back to health?
And this will be our main focus in this video segment.
have caused rank very highly on Mencius' agenda.
that morality is imposed on a person from external sources.
that its natural ethical endowment can grow.
If we eat right and exercise, we will grow strong.
rightness, what one might call the "moral self" will strengthen.
that is ascribed to human nature as an integral part of the human body itself.
can both be seen as a function of Qi.
You recall that the concept of Qi has a long history in Chinese thought.
It is one of the most important concepts in Chinese culture and philosophy.
Qigong for example, now has a following even outside Chinese communities.
Qi, is the vital breath of life.
The energy like substance, or essence, that constitutes the entire universe.
earth and also all living things, including human beings.
focus only on how this bares on the discussion of human nature.
soon however, the word came to mean also the air we breathe.
the assembly of Qi as one early Daoist text puts it.
Now think of it this way.
bodily fluids are all constituted by Qi in different configurations, so to speak.
But Qi is not only the building blocks of life.
cognitive processes are all also due to the circulation or flow of Qi.
the phrase "Duan Qi," interestingly, the cessation of Qi means death.
that indicates what human beings have been endowed with.
nature includes certain basic moral predispositions.
In concrete terms, these predispositions are functions of the heart or mind.
the heart can discern what is right and what is wrong.
But, fundamentally, these are movements of Qi.
The heart or mind is always in motion, animated by the flow of Qi.
the heart responds in specific ways, driven by the flow of Qi-energy.
which in turn moves the heart in certain ways.
with external influences, driving the heart or mind in different directions.
For example, we thought we saw snake, and we reacted in fear.
on this view are all functions of Qi.
responses should be understood in exactly the same way.
we feel compassion or commiseration.
ethical capacity and certain moral predispositions, according to Mencius.
rightness as we interact with the external environment.
And this is the same for all human beings, human nature is universal.
potentially corrupting influences every step along the way.
they may be cut down and the mountain may become barren.
this is the fundamental starting point in Mencius' reflection.
a heart that cannot be stirred.
remain set in the ethical course, lmperturbable, incorruptible.
in negotiating the complexities of everyday's social life.
The heart is easily aroused, there is no question about that.
the mind to move in a certain direction.

And "as far as the ad, this race is about Missouri, and that's what Claire's focused on," said spokeswoman Meira Bernstein. "Others should probably do the same."

The ad and the tweet also allow Hawley to go on the attack following steady criticism from Democrats over his investigation into Gov. Eric Greitens' and his staff's use of Confide, an application that deletes text messages after they are read.

USA Today reporter Deirdre Shesgreen contributed reporting for this article.

220kph sustained winds. 270kph gusts. It will cross Mindanao tomorrow (Tuesday) and give the Metro Manila area grief starting late Wednesday and all day Thursday. Batten down the hatches!!!

We are fine. Only overcast skies - no rain or wind. But south of Cebu is a different story - hundreds dead, thousands homeless.

Hi! I’m Regan Boone, and welcome to Highway Highlands Farm!

Over the years, friends and family have enjoyed these homemade delicacies and been lavish with their praise. When they encouraged me to expand my efforts, Highway Highlands Farm was created and I’ve become a purveyor of gourmet jams, jellies and preserves.

At Highway Highlands Farm, only the finest fruits and natural ingredients are even considered. I say, if the fruit isn’t appealing to the eye, why put it in jars? My passion has become my obsession, and at any given farmer’s market, you may find as many as 42 varieties of my offerings available!

In my kitchen, a true, registered California Cottage Kitchen, you’ll find me constantly experimenting with new flavor combinations. Today, my dear friend (photographer and webmaster) Dave, brought me one of his son’s seasoning blends, Matt’s Dry Rub, in the Coffee Thyme variety. One whiff and I said, “Bacon Date Jalapeno Jelly with Matt’s Coffee Thyme as the accent flavor!” Inspired! Over the moon!

If I’m not cooking up these delicacies, I’m either out doing some offroad exploring or I’m at a farmer’s market waiting for you to stop by and say Hi! Check my schedule for the locations and dates where Highway Highlands Farm will be offering all these delicious jams and jellies. If you can’t wait, (we really are alike!), scroll down for a look at everything I offer and make your choices!

The Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ICOC) has been providing arbitration services for its members through its Arbitration Bureau since 1979. Upon replacement of 1927 Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) with a new Code of Civil Procedure (2011 CCP), which entered into force on 1 October 2011, the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce revised its Arbitration Rules in accordance with such New Code of Procedure in 2012. Such revision fell short of meeting the requirements of a modern arbitration system which brought the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce to set up its arbitration centre (ITOTAM).

The Istanbul Chamber of Commerce has played a key role in promoting arbitration over the years. In order to provide arbitration services parallel to international practice and aligned with modern arbitration rules, ICOC as of 2014 completed its work on setting up its autonomous arbitration centre and on drafting the new rules.

The ITOTAM Arbitration and Mediation Rules was approved by the Assembly of ICOC on 16 October 2014 and with some minor additional amendments have entered into force on 9 April 2015. As of 14.04.2016 Emergency Arbitrator Rules (Annex III) and Arbitration Rules for Small Claims (Annex IV) have entered into force and ITOTAM Arbitration Rules have been revised accordingly. The current Rules are the ITOTAM Arbitration Rules (2016).

In drafting the Rules, the UNCITRAL 2010 Arbitration Rules and other modern arbitration rules such as ICC Arbitration Rules (2012), VIAC Rules of Arbitration, Swiss Rules of Arbitration have been taken into consideration. The Arbitration Court and the Arbitration Centre are the only bodies empowered to administer these Rules.

Parties wishing to have recourse to ITOTAM arbitration are encouraged to include an appropriate dispute resolution clause in their agreements. An example of recommended clauses can be found at the very beginning of our booklet.

Arbitration, as a widely preferred method of dispute resolution, is of great importance in contemporary commercial life. Our members or firms doing business with our members could ensure a great level of certainty as to the resolution of their potential disputes by inserting the model arbitration clause enclosed in our booklet in their contracts in order to solve their disputes in a rapid and efficient way.

The practice of chiropractic has stood the test of time, enduring ten times longer than modern medicine. Dr. Kelch uses a comprehensive form of chiropractic care designed to get the best results in the shortest amount of time. Clinical research shows an estimated 90% of the population is dealing with some level of abnormal alignment from poor posture, excess stress, trauma, toxicity, or malnutrition.

Regardless of the health condition you have or are concerned about, maintaining spine alignment is essential to maximizing healing and reducing chronic symptoms. Unfortunately, you can have a health condition caused from a compressed spinal nerve with absolutely no pain. For this reason, it is imperative to have an advanced chiropractic evaluation to see if your problem may be related to your spine alignment. Dr. Kelch offers chiropractic assessments for all ages.

****PRICE REDUCTION **** Locaton! Location! Location! This South Tampa Beauty 4 bedroom 2 bathroom Plant HS District home is nestled in the Sunset Park Neighborhood. GORGEOUS paved circular driveway which is surrounded by meticulous landscaping with an oversize tandem garage. Very cozy 20x20 family room which is the heart of the home surrounded by glass and overlooks the very well-manicured fenced in backyard which boast simple elegance, serenity and privacy for entertainment. Another separate Livingroom/Dining room offers a cozy like environment. Walking distance to Tampa Bay Little League, Mabry Elem, Coleman Middle, St Mary's Episcopal and community swimming pool. Convenient location with drive to Plant HS, Tampa International Airport, Westshore and International Malls, Downtown Tampa, Famous Riverwalk Curtis Hixson Waterfront Park, Bayshore Blvd 7-Mile Sidewalk & 30-40 mins to St Pete and Clearwater Beaches. This home has been immaculately maintained and is ready for its new owners. Schedule your showing today!

Ruidoso's favorite homegrown band, Gleewood, has been busy. After performing more than 200 shows in 2014 alone, the trio's 2015 tour is mapping seven states and more than 5,000 miles — running the circuit from Montana to Colorado to Nevada and beyond.

Jhett and Callie Schiavone, founders of Gleewood, are native New Mexicans and a cowgirl-meets-hippie love affair of music and harmony. Combined with drummer and brother-in-law Josh Landry, the trio has a tight, engaging sound that's been hooking fans all over the southwest since they set out on the road last year.

rock legends The Marshall Tucker Band, Thursday, June 18, at the Ruidoso Downs Race Track.

"We cannot wait to play for our hometown community again after being out on the road so much," said Jhett Schiavone. "And to be sharing a stage with The Marshall Tucker Band is really surreal. It was only a little over a year ago that Callie and I were living out of our Honda scrounging together shows. We've received so many blessings and support from our community around Ruidoso and are stoked to have the opportunity to open up for some of our heros in our hometown."

To sweeten the pot, all three musicians are Tucker fans.

"The music of the 60's and 70's really moved a nation," Schiavone said. "They connected with audiences and our generation of music seems to have a hard time doing that. We, are trying to reignite that atmosphere, that genre in all the places we play and go. And to be opening up for a one of our favorite bands of that era and share the stage with them is just plain awesome. We have so much respect for them and their music."

Gleewood will perform in Billy's Sports Bar following the concert. Then it's back on the road.

"We are really looking forward to the rest of the year's line up," Schiavone said. "We are always learning and growing out on the road. It is an insane amount of work, since we manage everything ourselves, from publicity and promotion, to booking and tour routing, but it is also exactly what we want to be doing. Our circuit is continuing to grow larger and we are really excited about how things are lining up."

Gleewood will kick off the concert Thursday at 7 p.m. For ticket information call Ruidoso Downs Race Track at 575-378-4431. For more information on Gleewood and for tour information visit gleewoodmusic.com or check them out on Facebook under gleewoodband.

You work a full-time job — almost every modern parent does. In fact, studies have found that two incomes are all but mandatory for raising a family in the high-cost world of the 21st century. Still, if you feel like you are missing out on crucial developments in your child’s life because you need to make a morning meeting or hit a project deadline, you might need to rearrange your priorities — and your schedule.

The truth is that your job is important, but so is spending time with your little ones during their formative years. Here are a few tips for squeezing more out of your time with them — and squeezing more time out of your day.

Commuting during rush hour. You might think you have to be at work exactly at 8 A.M., but most workers find their employers flexible in schedule as long as total hours worked remains the same. By shifting your drive later, you can wake up and spend the morning with your kids and avoid wasting time in traffic.

Buying coffee on-the-go. For the same reason, planning to stop for coffee on your way to work will waste you dozens of minutes every morning (and afternoon, if you always go out for joe). That time adds up; brewing coffee at home is faster, and it keeps you closer to your kids.

Doing chores. If you require an entire day on the weekends to clean your home, do laundry and keep the yard in shape, it probably isn’t worth it to continue doing those chores on your own. You should pick and choose a few chores to outsource, like lawn care, which can demand hours of attention every week.

Cutting activities from your own busy schedule isn’t enough; you also need to make sure your kids have time to spend with you. Too often, modern kids are enrolled in more than their share of extracurricular activities, on top of what can be especially grueling academic workloads. If your kids are flying around from school to piano lessons to soccer practice to theater training to volunteering and back, it’s time to decide which hobbies are worth keeping.

Kids who have gotten into the habit of juggling too many activities might be resistant at first to dropping any of their commitments. However, if you can promise that they will still be able to see their friends, they might enjoy the prospect of dropping some responsibilities and having more free time with you.

Physical health Rates of childhood obesity go down when kids regularly eat alongside their parents. This is because family meals are more often prepared at home from whole foods, so kids get in the habit of making healthier food choices.

Mental health. Rates of substance abuse and eating disorders go down among kids who are expected to show up for family meals.

Social aptitude. Family meals facilitate family discussions, which also help younger kids learn the importance of taking turns in conversation and considering others’ points of view. Additionally, meals give parents the chance to teach kids etiquette, like chewing with mouths closed and keeping elbows off the table.

If you work during dinner times, you can shift your family meals to the morning and spend time together during breakfast. Experts say you should have at least four meals per week together to see noticeable differences in your kids.

In truth, quality is as important as quantity when it comes to spending time with your kids. Watching television silently in the same room isn’t as valuable to their development as walking hand-in-hand through a museum or riding bikes together through the neighborhood. Even if you can’t carve out much more time to see your children, you can improve the time you do have, so you can make lasting memories with beneficial impacts on their development.

In our previous discussion, we introduced Mencius' theory of human nature.

you recall, are already planted in the human constitution.

the human heart can know right or wrong, because that's our nature.

But the beginnings of virtue can easily be compromised or corrupted.

as opposed to judgements based on Rightness.

We need houses let's say, and therefore we cut down trees to build them.

then when there are no more trees left, what do we do?

We go to the next village and take their trees.

Well, I am exaggerating, well perhaps not.

you can easily imagine how problems would multiply as societies developed.

the decline of moral sensibilities is sure to follow.

And before long, like the Ox Mountain, you remember that beautiful passage?

The heart will become barren, devoid of moral sentiments.

can it be recovered, protected and nourished back to health?

And this will be our main focus in this video segment.

have caused rank very highly on Mencius' agenda.

that morality is imposed on a person from external sources.

that its natural ethical endowment can grow.

If we eat right and exercise, we will grow strong.

rightness, what one might call the "moral self" will strengthen.

that is ascribed to human nature as an integral part of the human body itself.

can both be seen as a function of Qi.

You recall that the concept of Qi has a long history in Chinese thought.

It is one of the most important concepts in Chinese culture and philosophy.

Qigong for example, now has a following even outside Chinese communities.

Qi, is the vital breath of life.

The energy like substance, or essence, that constitutes the entire universe.

earth and also all living things, including human beings.

focus only on how this bares on the discussion of human nature.

soon however, the word came to mean also the air we breathe.

the assembly of Qi as one early Daoist text puts it.

Now think of it this way.

bodily fluids are all constituted by Qi in different configurations, so to speak.

But Qi is not only the building blocks of life.

cognitive processes are all also due to the circulation or flow of Qi.

the phrase "Duan Qi," interestingly, the cessation of Qi means death.

that indicates what human beings have been endowed with.

nature includes certain basic moral predispositions.

In concrete terms, these predispositions are functions of the heart or mind.

the heart can discern what is right and what is wrong.

But, fundamentally, these are movements of Qi.

The heart or mind is always in motion, animated by the flow of Qi.

the heart responds in specific ways, driven by the flow of Qi-energy.

which in turn moves the heart in certain ways.

with external influences, driving the heart or mind in different directions.

For example, we thought we saw snake, and we reacted in fear.

on this view are all functions of Qi.

responses should be understood in exactly the same way.

we feel compassion or commiseration.

ethical capacity and certain moral predispositions, according to Mencius.

rightness as we interact with the external environment.

And this is the same for all human beings, human nature is universal.

potentially corrupting influences every step along the way.

they may be cut down and the mountain may become barren.

this is the fundamental starting point in Mencius' reflection.

a heart that cannot be stirred.

remain set in the ethical course, lmperturbable, incorruptible.

in negotiating the complexities of everyday's social life.

The heart is easily aroused, there is no question about that.

the mind to move in a certain direction.