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For the gallery’s first UK exhibition devoted to Mike Kelley, Hauser & Wirth London presents a single monumental installation from 1999: ‘Framed and Frame (Miniature Reproduction ‘Chinatown Wishing Well’ built by Mike Kelley after ‘Miniature Reproduction ‘Seven Star Cavern’ Built by Prof. H.K. Lu’)’. Kelley was fascinated by Middle America’s many diverse and alternative subcultures, and through his work he became both a participant in and commentator on their cultural conventions and constructions. Taking Los Angeles’ marginalised Chinese-American community as its inspiration, ‘Framed and Frame’ explores the conceptual space between real and imagined places. Two photographic diptychs – ‘Color and Form’ (1999) and ‘Pre and Post (diptych)’ (1999 – 2000) – which Kelley viewed as important accompaniments to the installation, are also on display ‘Framed and Frame’ recreates a local landmark in the Chinatown of downtown LA and consists of two separate sculptures divided by a wall. ‘Framed’ is a ‘wishing well’ in the form of a biomorphic, concrete, grotto-like landscape, covered with spots of spray-painted colour and cheap religious statuary and tossed coins on its ledges and niches. A secret crawlspace complete with a mattress, candles and condoms is revealed at the rear of the well. The adjacent ‘Frame’ is a 9 × 15 foot enclosure comprised of a cyclone fence, faux brick walls and barbed wire, decorated to resemble a Chinese gate. The original wishing well, referred to as the ‘Seven Star Cavern’, has an unclear history. Variously attributed, the wishing well has been modified over the years by locals and visitors. The courtyard and its greenery fell into neglect sometime after the 1960s but it remains a popular tourist attraction. For Kelley, the wishing well projects the narrative of the Chinese-American community in LA, a story of persecution and exclusion, but also of cultural resilience and exchange. The conflation of Christian and Buddhist votives and Chinese-American kitsch illustrates the unique cultural collision that has evolved in the district since the 19th century. Writing about ‘Framed and Frame’, Kelley makes reference to the official opening of ‘New Chinatown’ in 1938, for which Chinese dignitaries, American politicians and Chinese-American film stars attended the parade and dedication ceremonies. He said, ‘the Chinatown wishing well represents a time in recent past when cultural exoticism on the civic level could flourish unchallenged. It represents an era in Los Angeles when Anna May Wong – the Chinese American actress […] could plant a willow tree, donated in her honor by Paramount Studios, on the concrete lump and make it seem a proud moment.’ Laws relating to immigration, citizenship and property at this time were however still discriminatory toward the Chinese, who were socially and politically marginalised. The ‘Seven Star Cavern’ visualises this disjuncture – the well symbolises hope and a collaborative spirit, whilst the surrounding fence alludes to confinement and segregation. The wishing well also holds personal significance for Kelley due to the site’s proximity to Madame Wong’s and the Hong Kong Café – two venues at the centre of the LA punk scene in the late 1970s. The music scene brought a brief revival to Chinatown before the mid-1980s when the area became run down and crime-ridden. In ‘Framed and Frame’ Kelley’s replica of the original ‘Seven Star Cavern’ and surrounding Chinese gate are displayed side by side as two distinct elements. By removing the framing device of the gate, the artist raises questions related to the ‘frame’ as a mechanism for instilling objects with meaning. Kelley linked the gate to the ‘frame’ of a painting, which he said, ‘focuses the attention of the viewer on the discrete forms within the painting’. The wishing well, considered separately from its frame ‘would appear to the casual viewer,’ he suggested, ‘as little more than a heap of scrap cement’; stripped of its enclosure, the monument is exposed to numerous interpretive projections. As such, ‘Framed and Frame’ is very much an extension of Kelley’s interest in exploring the conventional devices and visual tropes used to give ‘amorphous’ forms meaning, such as in his early series The Garbage Drawings (1988) and the Lump Drawings (1991). ‘Pre and Post (diptych)’ also belongs to this line of experimentation. The secret crawlspace at the rear of the sculpture acts as a visual metaphor for Kelley’s interest in what he called ‘murky unspecific space’. Kelley found that the spray-paint dots haphazardly applied to the ‘Seven Star Cavern’ camouflaged the concrete form beneath, producing a confusing optical effect; the busily decorated surface added an additional layer of complexity. Kelley described this visual confusion as ‘orgasmic’, he said: ‘such space has an erotic appeal for me; it is the confused ‘nothing’ space of presexual consciousness’. In the diptych ‘Color and Form’, Kelley explores this discordant relationship between colour and form by digitally manipulating a photograph of a coral landscape shot in the Belle Isle Aquarium in Detroit MI. Organised in collaboration with the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. Hauser & Wirth (press release)
Its my Friday lay day blog and I am working on various projects today so I will cut this blog relatively short. Two things came up this week that I thought were interesting but only require a noting by way of blog entry. The first was a report about a mini-Job Guarantee type program in the New Mexico city of Albuquerque, which is demonstrating that public job creation programs can change peoples’ lives for the better when there is no hope and no other opportunities. The second story I read that was interesting was the Wolf Street Report (October 24, 2015) – Barcelona Threatens to Print Parallel Currency, Madrid Seethes – which discussed the plan by “Barcelona’s left-wing city council plans to roll out a cash-less local currency that has the potential to become the largest of its kind in the world”. The austerity-mavens in Madrid and their puppet masters in Brussels will be having conniptions at the prospect. Albuquerque’s mini Job Guarantee I was sent a report his week from the Albuquerque Journal (September 1, 2015) – New outreach set for panhandlers in Albuquerque – which described a program introduced by the local council and a welfare agency – St. Martin’s Hospitality Center. There is also a more recent report (October 14, 2015) – Albuquerque Spent $50K to Give Panhandlers Jobs and Resources — Here’s How That’s Working Out So Far. St Martin’s assists homeless and near-homeless people in Albuquerque in a number of ways including accommodation, dental and mental help, behavioural and mental health services, and employment and income support. The Program provides an innovative solution to the panhandling problem. Panhandling is a cute American term for begging and is usually associated with unemployment and homelessness. The Albuquerque program involved a $US50,000 grant from the local government to St. Martin’s to help provide homes, food, support and … JOBS to the beggars within the city. The City’s Pilot Outreach program – There’s a Better Way – sends out a “16-passenger van” twice a week to cruise around the city to “pick up panhandlers who want to work and earn cash for the day”. Here is the van: If they agree to work they hop in the van and there is lunch offered immediately. Anyone who accepts a job are paid $US9 per hour which is just above the minimum wage in New Mexico of $US8.75 (although a lower minimum wage can be paid if the employer is providing healthcare and/or childcare benefits and for tipped employees – see Albuquerque Minimum Wage Increase – 2015) The workers are “employed to pick up trash, pull weeds or complete other landscaping projects” on five-and-a-half hour shifts. The Mayor told the press (Source) that: We want to give the dignity of work for a day … The dignity of a day’s work for a day’s pay is a very good thing. It helps people stabilize, it helps them with their self-confidence, and it helps them get back on their feet. Around 10 of every 12 asked agree to work. After the workday is over, the van drops the participants off at St. Martin’s where they are offered food, shelter and support services if they desire them. The City is seeking funding to expand the program and make it a permanent feature of the city. The Mayor is a Republican. His colleagues in the US Congress might do well to abandon their ridiculous obsessions with fiscal austerity and the rest of the nonsense they go on about and allocate a large amount of federal funding to any city who wants to emulate the great work of Albuquerque. In case you are among the group who think this cohort never want to work anyway and take the ‘easier’ way out by begging you might like to read the results of a research program published in 2001 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal – Income and spending patterns among panhandlers.[Reference: Bose R, Hwang S.W. (2002) ‘Income and spending patterns among panhandlers’, Canadian Medical Association Journal, 167(5), 477-479]. The authors studied a cohort of beggars in Toronto – defined as “as individuals who were soliciting donations of money for personal use from passersby, without providing any goods or services in return”. The participants were paid for their time and were asked 90 questions about personal characteristics (demography), substance use, income, and a range of other questions. One interesting question was: Which would you prefer: a minimum-wage job ($6.85 per hour) or panhandling? … 70% … stated that they would prefer a minimum-wage job, typically citing a desire for a “steady income” or “getting off the street.” However, many felt they could not handle conventional jobs because of mental illness, physical disability or lack of skills. The overall conclusion of the study was that “the majority of panhandlers in Toronto are homeless and living in extreme poverty”. A mini-Job Guarantee – but it seems to enrich the participants and even one person given a job who wants to work is a step away from the mainstream approach which uses unemployment as a source of social and economic control. Barcelona’s new currency In 2009, the state of California proposed to introduce an IOU system to alleviate its crisis. I wrote about it in this blog – California IOUs are not currency … but they could be!. I also wrote to the then governor of California (Arnold Schwarznegger) about the plan – My letter to the Governor (arnie) The point was that if any state or city in a Federal system announced that it would accept IOU vouchers (their face value in the currency of the nation) as legitimate vehicles to liquidate one’s tax obligations to the State or city then the situation changes dramatically. To circulate the vouchers, all state or city employees could receive some (or all) of their pay in the IOUs (bits of paper or via electronic transfer into special voucher banks), which they could then use to pay their taxes. If all the citizens in the state or city could similarly extinguish their tax obligations using these vouchers then there would be a generalised demand for them, which means that State or city employees would be able to spend the IOUs in shops as they would the the nation’s currency. The state or city in question would have no financial constraint in the IOU vouchers. It would simply spend them (pay its workers) and collect the taxes later as people handed them back to satisfy their legal obligations. Imposing the tax obligation (in vouchers) creates a demand for them and allows them to circulate as a ‘currency’. Soon enough, the banking system would develop IOU Voucher Accounts and related products. In this way, the state or city could more easily maintain its level of services without imposing huge costs on the disadvantaged. The state or city could also expand public employment to attenuate the labour market impacts of the recession. There might be some reluctance to hold the vouchers. If the state or city had have decreed that any resident could extinguish their tax obligations using the warrants then they would become more broadly accepted as an alternative currency in that region. So the proposed Barcelona experiment is very interesting and will bear watching. Expect trouble from Brussels though (via Madrid). The article says: The idea is for local stores and residents to be able to exchange euros for the new currency at a one-to-one parity, and use it to purchase products and services at a discount or with other kinds of incentives. But it doesn’t end there: the new parallel currency may also be used to pay certain subsidies, taxes and local services such as public transport … Municipal workers could also receive part of their salary in the new money. So the makings of an alternative currency and in the context of Catalonia’s campaigns to break away from Spain a very interesting development. The report asks whether “Barcelona’s local city currency” could: … serve as a springboard to a region-wide parallel currency? After all, if Catalonia’s leaders are genuinely serious about breaking away from Madrid and creating a new nation-state (still a sizable ”IF”), they will need to dramatically reduce Catalonia’s financial dependence on the central government’s treasury, the Bank of Spain and by extension, the European Central Bank. The only way to do that is to launch its own currency. As Greece’s Syriza party learnt the hard way, it’s no good threatening to go your own way without first having a parallel currency in place. Syriza never threatened to go its “own way”, which was the problem and why they are now just puppets of the Troika. We learn that “opposition to the scheme in Madrid is fierce” with a senior Bank of Spain official claiming the scheme was “impossible” and “undesirable.” The Local Council claims it just wants a way to “increase local government spending” and “there’s no easier way of increasing government spending than printing your own money and then using it to pay salaries, benefits and public services!” We will watch it unfold. Music – from the Inna De Yard Allstars This is what I have been listening to this morning while I have been working. They combine acoustic guitars with hand drums, bass and various percussion kits and play and record in the backyard of Smith’s house in St Andrews, Jamaica. The French music label – Makasound – have released the recordings. The group in various compositions tour and give live concerts. This track – Daniel – is off the 2008 album by Earl “Chinna” Smith and Idrens. It was recorded in August 2004 in Chinna’s yard. Idrens is a Jamaican slang term for ‘brethren’ and in this context encompasses a host of other musicians who were in the yard playing on the recording including Jah Youth, Ken Bob, Emmanuel I and Kush McAnuff Then later in the afternoon from 15:00 to 17:00 we will be playing at Kindred Studio in Whitehall Street, Yarraville. A solid afternoon of reggae that means. Hope to see some of you there. The Saturday Quiz will be back again tomorrow. It will be of an appropriate order of difficulty (-: That is enough for today! (c) Copyright 2015 William Mitchell. All Rights Reserved.
This paper is relevant to the impact areas in the following areas: \|Crops:\|\|canola, Cotton, Maize, Soybean\| \|Tags:\|\|economic impact, global benefit\| Abstract or Summary A key part of any assessment of the global value of crop biotechnology in agriculture is an examination of its economic impact at the farm level. This paper follows earlier annual studies which examined economic impacts on yields, key costs of production, direct farm income and effects, and impacts on the production base of the four main crops of soybeans, corn, cotton and canola. The commercialization of genetically modified (GM) crops has continued to occur at a rapid rate, with important changes in both the overall level of adoption and impact occurring in 2012. This annual updated analysis shows that there have been very significant net economic benefits at the farm level amounting to $18.8 billion in 2012 and $116.6 billion for the 17-year period (in nominal terms). These economic gains have been divided roughly 50% each to farmers in developed and developing countries. GM technology have also made important contributions to increasing global production levels of the four main crops, having added 122 million tonnes and 230 million tonnes respectively, to the global production of soybeans and maize since the introduction of the technology in the mid-1990s. Economic impact of GM crops: The global income and production effects 1996–2012 (held on an external server, and so may require additional authentication details) CropLife International fully acknowledges the source and authors of the publication as detailed above.
When I talk to people about teaching dance, many people seem to be very worried about their body limitations. “I have this injury,” or “I think I weigh too much,” or “I’m not as young as I used to be,” or “I’ve never been coordinated.” And I usually respond along the theme that you have THIS body on THIS day and we can work with that. I “went for a run” last night. I put that in quotes only because my definition of going for a run may differ from other people’s definitions. But I want to avoid the negative self-talk that belittles my accomplishments. My own body limitations or habits or achievements are personal. My own fears and reluctance are also personal. And all this adds to my notion of THIS body on THIS day. So when I manage to go out the door to do something, that is still an accomplishment. I do no one any favors by talking down the accomplishment with remarks like, “Well, I ran too slow,” or “I wasn’t out that long,” or “It was just jogging, that doesn’t count as running.” It most CERTAINLY counts. Because it was THIS body on THIS day. And my ability last night was LAST night’s ability. So it’s completely healthy for me to claim that achievement as “running” because for me, on that day, that really WAS going for a run. And I love to explain that we are not in competition with one another AND I am not in competition with myself from a different day. There’s no need for me to feel bad for no longer being a 15-year-old training for the cross-country team. In fact, there are MANY ways I’m glad I’m no longer that 15-yr-old. Also, I cannot hold on to last night’s run when it’s time for me to go running again. I wouldn’t say, “I showered yesterday. I don’t need to shower today.” No, I shower every day. I wouldn’t say, “I used deoderant yesterday, I don’t need it today.” Likewise, I have THIS body on THIS day. So what do I plan to do with it today? Now, not every activity will be a daily activity. I plan to alternate when I focus on running versus other activities. My running muscles need to rest and recover in between increasing my stamina and ability. And I still track my walking mileage every day (with a fitbit) and I still want to see my overall walking, running, dancing, moving mileage total averages grow incrementally. But I can keep my sanity by focusing on THIS body on THIS day. Likewise, while I’m not going to compare my body today with my body years ago, I’m not in competition with anyone else. I have no knowledge of what other people have for their challenges or their advantages. So their circumstances are not mine. Some of my friends have different medical limitations, family dynamics, employment issues, commuting challenges, obligations, heck even INTERESTS. Many friends of mine have no interest in dancing. Cool. That’s fine. Others have no interest in running. Cool. That’s okay. Others have been running longer than me. Awesome. Good on ya. But for me, I have THIS body on THIS day. And that’s how I’m going to try to make decisions. Because honestly, I really like having THIS body on THIS day. That’ll work for me. I’ve gotten to know this body over the years, and we’re working well together.
From http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/crime/minimum-security.html, about Black's stay in has undergone something of a prisoner boom in recent years. According to a recent study by the Pew Centre in the U.S. U.S., about 2.3 million adults were held in U.S. prisons or jails at the start of 2008, which is more than any other country in the world, including with its much bigger population. China It is also a prison population that skews young: One in 30 men between the age of 20 and 34 is behind bars; for black males, the figure is one in nine." Edit 2012-12-25 from Poughkeepsie, NY Still wow. I was looking up immigration rates and such today. I love that Canada still brings in a quarter million immigrants a year, and that by 2031 half of all Canadians will have at least one parent born abroad.
July 9, 2020 — In the absence of federal leadership, the number of coronavirus cases has continued to climb in the United States, reaching a new single-day record number of infections on Wednesday with 60,000 cases recorded in 24 hours, according to infectious disease physician Dr. Krutika Kuppalli. In a Wednesday hearing, members of the House Financial Services Committee’s task force on artificial intelligence were joined by contact tracing experts to discuss the importance of exposure notification and contact tracing apps in fighting the ongoing pandemic. While some questioned the usefulness of tracking apps, many fought for their importance in allowing localities to safely reopen. Kuppali called for the U.S. to learn from the global community by developing a national plan led by science. She criticized the existing “patchwork system,” in which every municipality and state is making its own decisions. This approach makes it very difficult to combat the spread of the disease, she said. Kuppali outlined three common components of successful domestic plans, crucial in fighting the pandemic: the development of a comprehensive national plan led by science, the rapid scaling up of testing and the implementation of contact tracing apps. “Until we have a vaccine, maintaining cases will rely on surveillance, testing, contact tracing and isolation,” she said. “We are still having problems with isolation and contact tracing,” Kuppali added, expressing frustration with the lack of federal initiative and overall progress. “We have been having these problems for months.” According to the panelists, two-thirds of Americans say they would not trust a contact tracing app developed by major tech companies or the federal government. Current adoption rates of contact tracing apps in the United States are extremely low, which panelists attributed to the fact that downloading these apps is often presented as a tradeoff to civil liberties. Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., emphasized the importance of trust in getting Americans on-board with tracing apps, noting that it is extremely critical that citizens understand how data is being used. Two experts on the panel have already developed software which could assist in the reopening process while avoiding the sacrifice of individuals’ privacy. Ryan McClendon, CEO and founder of the CVKey project, which aims to help communities reopen responsibly during the COVID-19 pandemic without compromising privacy, argued for the importance of using Bluetooth signals in tracing apps instead of GPS location data. He maintained that the interface created by Apple and Google, which utilizes Bluetooth signals, could be extremely useful in countering the disease. CVKey centralizes information for users, in an attempt to lessen the confusion caused by everchanging public health policies. The app includes a symptom checker, clear guidelines on policies in the user’s area and a CVKey pass, which businesses can utilize to only allow low risk customers in. Ramesh Raskar, MIT professor and founder of PathCheck, also argued for the worth of the Bluetooth tracking software created by Apple and Google. PathCheck utilizes similar software, including a customizable mobile app and a production-ready exposure notification server based on the Google open source project. Raskar argued that contact tracing apps can play a big role by allowing the country to track the spread of the disease cheaply, quickly and at scale. He further contended that any app utilized should be built transparently and be open to scrutiny from the public. McClendon said that local institutions, such as employers, universities and schools, play an important role in maximizing app adoption and so workplaces should be utilizing contact tracing to protect their workforce. “We need 60 to 70 percent adoption for these apps to be useful,” said McClendon. “One of the best ways to do that is to work with local institutions — it is simply a marketing challenge.” “Workplaces could become hot spots and shut down again, which people don’t like,” McClendon continued. “Preventing the shut down by keeping the communities safe is a strong argument for adoption, if we can communicate that message.” Some panelists maintained doubt, saying that Americans are simply unlikely to adopt these apps. “I can just tell you for a fact, my most rural counties are not going to utilize these apps,” said Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, R-Ohio, adding that he doesn’t blame them. The experts contended that this is the greatest modern threat the country has seen and that how legislators choose to manage this disease will be their legacy. 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GST council sets exemption threshold for tax at Rs.20 lakh September, 26th 2016 The Goods & Services Tax (GST) Council has decided that businesses in the Northeastern and hill states with annual turnover below Rs.10 lakh would be out of the GST net, while the threshold for the exemption in the rest of India would be an annual turnover of Rs.20 lakh. “For GST, the exemption threshold is fixed at Rs.20 lakh,” Council Chairman and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said at a news conference at the conclusion of the panel’s first meeting here on Friday. “So those with a turnover of below Rs.20 lakh annually will be exempted from GST. With the north-east States, the exemption threshold is Rs.10 lakh,” Mr. Jaitley said. The Constitutional Amendment paving the way for the GST has a provision to accord special status to the Northeastern and hill states. “A higher threshold of Rs.20 lakh [as against earlier proposed limit of Rs.10 lakh] is also a good news,” Rajeev Dimri, Leader, Indirect Tax, BMR Associates, said in an e-mailed statement. “Many small scale traders and service providers would be saved from undertaking GST compliances and it also reduces a substantial burden for tax authorities to assess small time dealers.” Mr. Jaitley said the Council had also reached consensus on another contentious issue, that of administrative control over indirect tax assessees. The States would have sole jurisdiction over assessees (currently in the Value Added Tax [VAT] net at present) having a turnover of Rs.1.5 crore or less, while the administrative control of businesses with a turnover exceeding that limit would be jointly with the Central and State governments, Mr. Jaitley said. On Thursday, Abhishek Mishra, the Minister representing Uttar Pradesh, called for fixing the exemption threshold at Rs.10 lakh. He argued against a preliminary proposal for fixing it at Rs.25 lakh on the grounds that at that level the State could lose 7.1 per cent of its revenue. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, and members from Tamil Nadu and some other States supported the proposed threshold level of Rs.25 lakh. The Council also decided that the existing 11 lakh service tax assessees will continue to be under the jurisdiction of the Centre. Since the GST will allow the States to also tax services, over time the revenue officials in the States will be trained after which they will begin assessing assessees in the services sector. “Retention of administrative control over existing Service Tax assessees by Central authorities highlights an open mindset to facilitate smooth transition to GST,” Mr. Dimri said. The Council would reconvene on September 30 to finalise the categories of goods and services that would be exempt from the GST. After that, it would meet on October 17, 18 and 19 to fix the slabs and rates at which the GST would be paid by consumers, Mr. Jaitley said. The compensation that the Centre would pay to the States for losses of revenue because of the transition to the new regime would be routinely, quarterly or bi-monthly, Mr. Jaitley said. The Council agreed to settle for 2015-16 as the base year for calculating the compensation. On Thursday, Tamil Nadu called for ascertaining the quantum of compensation based on the average growth rate in the best three of the preceding six years. A formula would be set based on suggestions, Mr. Jaitley said.
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You’ve probably heard all about the immunity benefits of vitamin C, but today it’s time to move one letter down the alphabet. It turns out that vitamin D is also crucial when it comes to fighting off colds. An important part of Dr. Oz’s anti-aging checklist, vitamin D plays a number of roles in our bodies, including: - Promoting absorption of calcium and bone health - Boosting immune function - Reducing inflammation - Healthy neuro-muscular function - Protecting against some forms of cancer For such an amazing nutrient, vitamin D doesn’t always get the attention it deserves, perhaps because very few foods in nature contain vitamin D. The best sources are salmon, tuna and mackerel (especially the flesh) and fish liver oils. Beef liver, cheese and egg yolks also contain small amounts. If these foods don’t sound very appealing to you, there is good news: You don’t have to eat vitamin D to make sure you’re getting your daily dose! Vitamin D is actually produced in your body when ultraviolet rays from sunlight strike your skin. The UV rays trigger synthesis of vitamin D, which then gets converted in your liver into its active form. This means one of the best ways to get vitamin D is to spend about 10-15 minutes a day outside in the sun. Those with darker skin tones may want to spend about two to three times longer than that in the sun. Keep in mind that wearing sunscreen will make it harder for your skin to make enough vitamin D. In the summertime, an easy solution is skipping sunscreen on your legs for the first 15 minutes in the sun. Just make sure you apply in time to prevent any burns or damage. If this sounds complicated (or it’s cloudy!), there’s an even easier way to get your vitamin D: Many foods in the American diet are fortified with this essential nutrient. In fact, fortified foods provide the majority of vitamin D in our diets. Almost all of the US milk supply is fortified with 100 units per cup, and that’s about 25% to 50% of the recommended daily dose! This means milk packs a double punch for bone strength. Milk contains a good amount of calcium and the additional vitamin D to ensure that your body absorbs all that calcium. Many companies also fortify soy or almond milk with vitamin D. Compare nutrition labels at the supermarket. So exactly how much Vitamin D should you aim for each day? For all ages, the Institute of Medicine recommends getting between 600 and 800 IU per day. Dr. Oz recommends 1000 IU. So if preventing colon, prostate and breast cancers, building strong bones, aiding in weight loss, fighting off colds, and slowing aging sound like a good deal to you, look for it all in one simple package: vitamin D. Trackback from your site.
“Food is the new pop” was a recent headline of a Berlin city magazine, putting a finger on the current hipness surrounding cooking and eating in urban culture. Meanwhile food events of all kinds seem to be enjoying a similar popularity to art events. Food is booming, especially considering that it’s accessible to everybody yet also used to demonstrate social distinction. This week, Berlin Food Art Week takes place. Galleries and restaurants, artists and cafés will participate in an exhaustive program addressing the confluence and divergence of the visual and the culinary arts. As usual, what seems like a new supertrend already has a definite history – a history linked to questions regarding the relationship of art and food, aesthetic and sensual pleasure, exclusivity and the attempt at a convergence of art and life. Food and art: their confluence in and divergence from one another has brought out both proponents and critics on the scene. When, for example, Roger Buergel invited the Spanish top chef, Ferran Adrià, to participate in Documenta 12 in 2007 – either setting a trend or following an already existing one in doing so – the participation of a chef in one of the most important international art events was a hotly debated controversy. Adrià was in no way the first Documenta participant to “cater”to exhibition visitors. In 1997 the Singapore-born artist, Matthew Ngui, prepared fresh, made-to-order spring rolls for at least a few days as a part of You can order and eat delicious poh-piah. In 2002, an improvised but fully functional fast food stand formed part of the Bataille Monument by Thomas Hirschhorn. With Adrià’s participation, a boundary in the perception and definition of art and artistic activity had obviously been crossed, giving rise to intense debate. Given the 20th century notion of art as a continuous attempt to dissolve the boundaries between art and everyday reality, this debate comes as quite a surprise. Is it possible that art criticism lagged behind the actual development of the concept of art, ever-expanding into all spheres of life in its material and methodological repertoire? Or: what differentiates art from cooking, the chef from the artist? Thomas Hirschhorn, Bataille Monument (Imbiss),2002, Documenta 11, Kassel, 2002 Concerning the relationship betweenart, cooking and food, the 20th century was a century of mutual approximation. Of course, food has been in use as a motif in artistic representation since antiquity, and feasts throughout history have been perfect occasions for the opulent staging of dishes. Yet addressing the socio-politically relevant and not so seldom subversive power of cooking and food was reserved for artists of the 20th century. Disregarding the futuristic “revolution in the kitchen”with which Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and his collaborators had hoped to improve (fascist) society via the diet-based strengthening of virility, it was in the 1960s when food, its mode of preparation and consumption found its way into artistic practice. In direct reaction to the increasingly quixotic production of Abstract Expressionism and related abstract art movements, artists turned to their daily realm of experience, attempting to blend art and life, thereby systematically bypassing traditional modes of production in visual art. One of its protagonists is the Romanian-born artist, Daniel Spoerri, who grew up in Switzerland. On a sleepless night in a New York hotel in 1970 he invented the concept of Eat Art, thereby giving an artistic movement centering on art, cooking and food its name. Even without a corresponding label Spoerri had been engaging with food artistically since the beginning of the 1960s. With Lieu de Repos de la Famille Delbeck the first “trap picture”was created, for which he is most famous today. Spoerri, spontaneously taken by the leftovers from a meal – used plates and silverware, empty yogurt containers, a small frying pan and a pack of cigarettes next to a can-cum-ashtray, glued them on to a wooden board (actually a sample board for tombstones, the back of which was used as an improvised table), and hung it on the wall. And so the idea of a three-dimensional snapshot was born of an accident while sparing the wash-up. Daniel Spoerri © J. Paul Getty Trust If the trap pictures, of which over the years lots were created in various situations, are indebted to the objecthood of the traditional artwork and carry on the tradition of the still-life – its transitory symbolism as its artful optical illusion – this is how Spoerri integrated viewers into subsequent Eat Art actions, how he allowed them to actively participate in the process. In 1963 Spoerri started cooking at exhibitions, occasionally hiring art critics as servers. He initiated a diversified series of artist banquettes, partially with a socio-political bent, but they were ultimately reserved for the happy few of the art establishment, aiding and abetting today’s popular food event culture. So what did Spoerri cook? At the first banquettes in 1963 in the Paris Galerie J., among presenting his collection of cooking tools one evening he served a “prison meal”. Meaning that the guests ate the same dish a local inmate would. In 1965, at the City Gallery in Zurich, he prepared international specialties. Further, he is well-known for his “rich and poor banquettes”. in whicha roll of the dice determines who among the paying guests get an opulent or a frugal meal. Further, he organized “homonymous dinners”in which people with famous names, such as Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, ate food also named after famous people, for instance, Bismarck herring and Mozart balls. He developed the concept of the “menu travesty”, which flipped flavor expectations on their head, faking the reversal of the classical order of courses by first serving soup in a coffee cup and coffee last in a soup bowl. Spoerri didn’t only use art spaces for his food-art events; in 1968 he opened the Restaurant Spoerri in Düsseldorf, where standard fare was served. However, always interested in uncommon flavor experiences, he expanded the menu with a few exotic dishes, such as termite omelets, seal ragout with algae rice and the legendary elephant tusk steak. Whether these dishes were actually ordered or indeed actually available remains unsubstantiated: procuring elephant and tiger meat, even in times of canned turtle soup, would not have been uncomplicated. Of course, after dinner you could take home the leftovers as a trap picture for a royalty fee of 1,000 German Marks. Daniel Spoerri in his Restaurant © J. Paul Getty Trust The list of Spoerri’s Eat Art actions could go on and on and on. Yet what remains of a devoured table? For starters you have to keep in mind that in fixing a real, banal, hardly presentable situation the trap pictures transgressed a dominant aesthetic norm at the beginning of the 1960s. That here the tradition of still life painting, which promised the eye pleasure for centuries, was being played with by neither arranging the objects intentionally nor artfully creating a working method, did not improve the matter. In his method as with his inclination for the ugly and the used, Spoerri was not alone in his time: there were Fluxus and nouveau realisme, and from combine painting and Pop Art similar artistic aims followed. With banquettes and restaurant service in the art context, Spoerri, like Joseph Beuys and other contemporaries, worked to expand the concept of art toward the active participation of the viewer. With his edible art he resisted at the same time the completed artwork’s claim to eternity. Beyond this he put on display the socially binding power of the communal meal as well as its power to reveal social structures. It further gave occasion to the act of offering new or unfamiliar dishes in an effort to systematically broaden his guests’ flavo-aesthetic background. These artistic experiments took place at a time when traditional eating habits were changing significantly: family meals were happening in smaller circles and with less frequency; the food industry was transforming cooking methods while propagandizing quick meals consisting primarily of pre-cooked products. Resistance to the industrialization and commercialization of the diet, the insistence on food as an expression of social bonds and the pure joy of pleasure, as manifested in Spoerri’s work, have definitely left their mark on today’s diverse event-based gastronomy and Slow Food movement. There are also links to other artistic approaches here. For example, the cultural-historical food explorations of Peter Kubelka, who from 1978 to 2000 held the first (and only) chair for film and cooking as an art form at the Städelschule in Frankfurt. Or the fieldwork of his student, Arpad Dobriban, who systematically researches and documents foods and cooking methods threatened by oblivion and makes them tangible in cooking actions, always with an attention to expanding his guests’ perception of taste. One is tempted to wonder how far cooking and food can stretch the concept of art? Just where do the boundaries of real life lie; why is the context of art used for seemingly non-artistic actions? Is there a difference between Rikrit Tiravanija‘s preparation of a Thai curry for his exhibition audience and Ferran Adrià cooking for Documenta visitors? Who posits what art is? Does food have to be art? Does art have to be eaten? Rirkrit Tiravanija,“Do we dream under the same sky”, Art Basel 2015 © Cajsa Carlson With regards to the popularity and significance cooking and food are enjoying these days, questioning the link between art and food seems obvious, even if the answers have to remain largely open. Looking at art history demonstrates that more than a few artists have transgressed the boundaries of real life with the consequence of simultaneously ennobling everyday habits via their entry into the art context. The food scene profits from that today. In turn it keeps an interest in artistic engagement with eating alive. Art with food is just as in demand as food events, yet Eat Art doesn’t always have to taste good, while culinary art does. This is why aesthetic pleasure is more difficult to digest than culinary pleasure. Beyond nutritional value, art holds an epistemological surplus value for those who are interested in it. Ultimately, art wants to continue being a medium for better understanding the world that surrounds it. Text: Petra Gördüren
KIIT College of Education and KIIT world school organized a science camp where they display the models based on latest technology such as IOT, Embedded System, and Robotics etc. Students of KIIT world school prepare their projects under the mentorship of students from KIIT College of Education. The aim of science camp was to generate awareness among the students of KIIT World School along with college students, academia, general public etc. about the importance of Technology in the human development. Mr.Anand, Founder Electrocraft, Gurugram and Mr.Gaurav, R&D Engineer from Alphabyte, Gurugram was presented as a chief guest. While demonstrating on Robotics Application Mr. Anand from Electrocraft said it is important to develop the habit of reading, it enhances the creativity of oneself. Different and creative ideas are needed for solving the problem we are facing today. A simple idea can be the solution of difficult problem so everyone needs to observe and think beyond the regular thinking to develop something new. While speaking at the moment Dr. S.S. Aggarwal, Director General KIIT College of Education said “the day is celebrated as a symbol of quest for scientific inquiry, technological creativity and the translation of that quest in the integration of science, society and industry”. He cited examples of recent developments in science where apparently crazy ideas have led to simple solutions to difficult problems. Smart Water ATM, Laser Based Security System and Fire Alarm System got the first, second and third position in science camp.
If you are looking for ways to conserve energy, and costs, while maximizing the appeal of your home, take a look at roof gardens. These are ideal for urban areas, making use of space often overlooked and most certainly unused. Growing your own food can take some creativity, particularly when you have a specific amount of space, as you find in cities and suburbs. There are many different ideas for using your growing space efficiently and strategies for adding to your actual growing space while your land footprint remains the same. Generally, the thought goes to adding use of vertical space, but one should look even higher, to a spot that has significant space for vegetation, and that a typical homeowner overlooks – the roof. Imagine the square footage for gardening that could be utilized potentially. Even apartment buildings are now using roofs as green space, for beauty as well as food production. A Green Roof? Consider this a living entity that covers the roof, either in part or whole. There are many ways to make a roof into a garden, many that you are conceptually aware of, such as use of containers, raised beds, or even simply adding a soil base to the roof which makes planting almost entirely like you would do in your garden in the yard. Green roofs have been slow to catch attention in the United States, tending to be oddities and tourist attractions rather than in widespread general use by everyday homeowners. There are more benefits other than the obvious of produce growth: - Protection for your roof – experience shows that roof lifespan is increased two to three times - Improved insulation qualities – reduce heating and cooling costs - Heavy rain runoff and flooding risk is less due to the green roof - Food source and natural living areas for native wildlife - Bee support to encourage and feed bees and other good bugs - Noise reduction through dampening effects, improves neighborhood ambiance - Air filtering effects of more plants results in better air quality - Adds beauty and character to urban areas, natural landscaping Now to the complications. Prefabricated green roofs are not inexpensive to install, and many pre-built options are far beyond the financial reach of the typical person. They can be very complex technologically, which adds to the cost, of course. The good news is that throughout history people have been using living roofs and they did it without all the manufactured components. The simple concept is that you need a building that is able to support the weight of only itself but also the sod and plant life. This can be done by the do-it-yourselfer with some knowledge and planning. So, while you will need to anticipate an economic investment to create your green roof, you will see pay back in costs of produce for consumption and your utility costs of your home. Over time, this will allow your roof to pay for itself in those benefits. Need more visuals? Take a look at these 30 green roof and rooftop garden design ideas from around the world [maxbutton id=”5″ url=”2″ text=”Open Gallery”]
23 Apr Fruit as Decor Fruit as Decor As the weather warms back up, a ton of fruit comes back into season. Sure, you can get strawberries all year round, but they just taste so much more amazing when they’re in season. Make the most of all of the gorgeous produce turning up at your nearest grocery store by letting it do double duty as decoration. As you’re browsing the produce section, you have to start with the fruit you and your family love to eat (no one wants to waste good food!). From there, think about the colors you want to bring into your space. Finally, consider how long your display will last. Berries will last in a display about as long as a leisurely Sunday brunch, so pick them up Saturday morning and enjoy them before you clear the table on Sunday. Apples, pears, and stone fruits like peaches and plums need to ripen at room temperature and will last that way for a few days. The same goes for tropical fruits like pineapple, mango, papaya, and bananas. Citrus can last even longer; oranges, lemons, and limes can hold up for as long as a week. Once you’ve chosen your fruit, you need somewhere to put it! You can’t go wrong with a simple fruit bowl, especially for fruits that need to be eaten within a few days. Place them on the kitchen counter or the coffee table, right where your family will see them and be tempted to enjoy a healthy snack. For fruits with a longer shelf-life, like lemons and limes, try a display in a tall, clear vase in your dining room or entryway. Creating a display just for a special event? Lay down a clean table runner and spread out an abundance of fresh fruits of all kinds for a centerpiece that’s part of the meal. Don’t let that fruit go to waste! It will be easy to enjoy fruit that makes a good grab and go snack like apples and bananas. But for citrus, it’s good to have a plan. Try these: - Flavor a pitcher of water with slices of lemon or orange - Warm spring day + beer + lime wedges = enough said - Add some zest (see what we did there?) to your cooking - Add slices of fruit to a cool bath for a refreshing pick-me-up on a hot day
You are here Seminar at "Conversazioni Linguistiche" Sara Tonelli will give a talk on the analysis of high-school final exams from a linguistic point of view, to study the evolution of neo-standard Italian and discuss how it has changed over time. The talk is part of the seminar series "Linguistic Conversations" held at the Department of Letters and Philosophy at the University of Trento. We present a project aimed at studying the evolution of students' writing skills in the last 15 years, analysing in particular the impact of neo-standard Italian. More than 2,500 essays have been transcribed and annotated by teachers according to 28 different linguistic traits. We present here the annotation process together with the first data analysis supported by NLP tools.
As the second anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting approaches, Emily Badger observes that public opinion has shifted strongly in favor of gun rights over gun control: For the first time since Pew began asking the question two decades ago, a majority of Americans now say that gun rights are more important than gun control — a striking shift in public opinion over both the last generation and just the last few years. As recently as December 2012, in the immediate aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., shooting, 51 percent of people surveyed by Pew said it was more important to control gun ownership than protect the rights of gun owners. That consensus has since disappeared, confirming the fears of many gun-control advocates that outrage after Newtown wouldn’t last long. What’s most striking in Pew’s new data is that views have shifted more in favor of gun rights since then among nearly every demographic group, including women, blacks, city-dwellers, parents, college graduates, millennials and independents. The two groups that haven’t budged? Hispanics and liberal Democrats. Aaron Blake adds: While the numbers are striking, this isn’t really all that new. Here’s Gallup’s version. In 2000, 62 percent wanted stricter gun control. Today, it’s 47 percent, and 52 percent either want gun laws kept as their are or scaled back. Those numbers are essentially the same as Pew’s. You’ll notice the blip on Gallup’s chart in 2013. That was in the immediate aftermath of Newtown. For a short time, people wanted more gun control. But it was just a blip, and the underlying currents of the gun issue didn’t change. As Mark Follman points out, school shootings haven’t stopped happening – they just don’t get as much press as Newtown did: In the two years since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, no school shooting has claimed as many lives, nor ones as young, as on that terrible day. But fatal gun attacks at schools and on college campuses remain a fixture of American life. They have occurred once every five weeks on average since Sandy Hook, including two attacks—one in Santa Monica and another near Seattle—in which four or more victims were killed. With an investigation drawing on data from dozens of news reports, Mother Jones has identified and analyzed 21 deadly school shootings in the past two years. … During the same period, there have been dozens of other gun incidents on school grounds that caused injuries, as well as seven additional cases where someone committed suicide with a firearm, but no one else died. Morrissey thinks Obama had a chance for a constructive compromise with the pro-gun camp but blew it by asking too much: Had the White House and its activist allies limited their push to expanded background checks, they probably would have succeeded. The NRA doesn’t oppose background checks as long as they are not so onerous as to deny people the right to possess firearms responsibly. However, the White House and Bloomberg exploited Newtown to push for a renewed assault-weapons ban and restrictions on handguns and magazines, only retreating to background checks after those efforts largely failed. By pushing for a broad gun-control regime, the White House lost any support from Republicans they might have otherwise had, and poisoned the well for any future efforts.
The two neighboring states of Wisconsin and Minnesota share a similar economic structure and size; and yet their fortunes have diverged over the past three years. One correlate of Wisconsin’s growth deficit is state and local government spending. First, let’s document Wisconsin’s lagging performance along three dimensions — gross state product, a high frequency indicator of economic activity from the Philadelphia Fed, and nonfarm payroll employment. Figure 1: Minnesota-Wisconsin log gross state product cumulative growth differential (3 quarter centered moving average), in Ch.09$ (blue), log coincident indicators (red), and log nonfarm payroll employment (teal), all 2011Q1=0. 2014Q3 observations based on two months. Source: BEA, Philadelphia Fed, FRED, and author’s calculations. Figure 1 highlights the fact that the growth gap peaked at between 1.6 ppts to 2.1 ppts in the middle of 2013. Interestingly, the gap has only barely diminished since then. One of the correlates of the Wisconsin lag relative to Minnesota is government spending. Figure 2 illustrates relative cumulative growth in real government spending. Since 2011Q1, Wisconsin’s cumulative real government growth has been 2 percentage points more negative than Minnesota’s. Figure 2: Log real government spending in Minnesota (3 quarter centered moving average) (blue), and in Wisconsin (red), both in bn. Ch.09$, 2011Q1=0. Source: BEA and author’s calculations. This data ends in 2013Q4, so it’s not clear what’s happened recently. We can glean some information regarding more recent trends from state and local government employment. Figure 3: Log state and local employment in Minnesota (blue), and in Wisconsin (red), 2011M01=0. Source: WI DWD, MN DEED, and author’s calculations. Two observations: (1) as the gap in cumulative government employment growth has closed, the gap in cumulative nonfarm payroll growth has fallen ever so slightly (so too has the private NFP); (2) Wisconsin fiscal policy has become less contractionary in the last year, as state-local employment has risen and the state has embarked on regressive tax cuts . On this last point, I would be tempted to say something about political business cycles, but I will demur. For now, I’ll merely note that lagging Wisconsin performance over the past three years was entirely predictable given standard theory while supply side factors highlighted by Governor Walker were unlikely to have a noticeable effect at that time horizon, if ever. Also entirely predictable, that the Governor’s August 2013 pledge to create 250,000 net new jobs by the end of his first term would not be met, undershooting by over 100,000 according to forecasts from the Walker administration’s own March 2014 Wisconsin Economic Outlook.
Andrew Marcus and John D. MItchell LAND Performance Project demonstrates an approach to mediation of the biological and technological in performance. Motion detection systems are infrastructural, serving dispersion of the body as psychic projection within its spatial container. The nature of interactivity is examined in its capacity to express issues of performed embodiment; the simultaneous reception and transmission of sensed data as a language of perpetual impermanence. Interactivity implies integration: The unification and interchangeability of the subject and field, the body and space, is the conceptual endpoint. The artists have designed and built a system which assimilates the individual within the ensemble and the ensemble or “community” within the environment. The performers build a psychological and physical space on the strength of their ability to listen; to themselves to each other and to the environment, which contains them. The environment is alive with a programmed intelligence, and has the ability to respond to the performers’ actions. In this work the performers do not impose themselves on each other or on the space they occupy; they are each an essential component of a unified field; container and contents seek to become indistinguishable. The body of the performer is integrated into an intelligent space via a new collective: body/mind, sensing apparatus and computational mind. The mind of the performer is both revealed and transformed by a space which is living and responsive but finally deterministic in its limitations. Ultimately, it is the limit of the body that is in question.
Tag Archives: media CFP Deadline: Feb. 28, Symposium on “Representation of Religions in the Media: Multidisciplinary Approaches,” UK [ February 13, 2013 to February 28, 2013. ] This symposium, to be held July 29-30, 2013 at Liverpool Hope University, UK, will explore how religion is portrayed in the media. Abstracts are invited by February 28 from researchers on religion and media from any academic discipline. For more details, please see this detailed call for papers. [ August 30, 2012; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Webinar: Auburn Media Training: Top Ten Tips to Speak Prophetically through the Press Join Auburn Media’s Founding Director Macky Alston for this workshop that will outline the top ten tips you need to remember to get your voice heard through the media. Voices of faith who are interested in using the upcoming news hook of the [...] June 7-8 Conference, Religion And Civil Society: The Changing Faces Of “Religion” And “Secularity”, Cambridge, USA [ June 7, 2012 8:00 am to June 8, 2012 11:00 pm. ] Religion And Civil Society: The Changing Faces Of “Religion” And “Secularity”, an international conference convened by the Culture and Society Institute of the University of Navarra will be held at Harvard University Law School June 7-8, 2012. Workshops in the following areas (with contacts) are, as follows: WORKSHOP I: Religious Freedom in Contemporary Juridical Context Chair: Francisca Pérez [...] Global Voices offers a section about religion. Global Voices is a community of more than 300 bloggers and translators around the world who work together to bring you reports from blogs and citizen media everywhere, with emphasis on voices that are not ordinarily heard in international mainstream media. Global Voices seeks to aggregate, curate, and amplify the [...] “Hearing the Other Side” is a documentary film featuring conversations with young Muslims on issues of religious identities, women's concerns and media, following Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh's assassination in the Netherlands. Reflections by the youth of Moroccan and Turkish origin make a much needed contribution to the debate on Islam in Europe, often merely [...] From this webpage, by Diversiton you can easily learn more about religion, the history, holy days and practices. The site seeks to take an inclusive approach by reflecting as many traditions, philosophies and beliefs as practical. It also includes an update on festivals and holidays. The site also has a handy glossary, which is a [...] The BBC, religion site contains much information of up to 80 different faiths. Here can be found the background information and history of these religions, but the site also holds links to religion in the news. Links to podcasts and videos from Religion and Ethics from BBC News, can also be located. It is a [...] The Evens Foundation is a public benefit foundation based in Antwerp, Belgium and with offices in Paris and Warsaw. The Evens Foundation initiates and supports sustainable projects, and awards biennial prizes, that contribute to the progress and strengthening of Europe based on cultural and social diversity. The Knight Chair in Media and Religion (University of Southern Carolina, Annenberg School for Communication) serves journalists, journalism educators and students seeking new models for covering issues of politics, science, sex and gender. The Knight Chair promotes knowledge about religion, spirituality, faith and ethics by offering resources, blog, exemplary articles, events and teaching resources related [...]
Euro Global Academy an English medium co-educational school was established by Euro Foundation, at the outskirts of Bhachau in June 2008, primarily to cater to the educational needs of the children of the native of Bhachau and for the employees children of Euro Ceramics and other companies situated in and nearby Bhachau. The name Euro Global academy is named after the thought and vision of our Directors and Founders to provide a Globalized Platform to the children of Semi Urban Bhachau. The school is managed by the Euro Foundation, which has been established by Euro Group of Companies with very noble objectives. Notable among them are : Rural development, Education for all, Human Resource Development, Protection of environment and Medical help to the needy and poor. The school is following the CBSE curriculum (Central Board of Secondary Education). It has, at present, classes from NURSERY to X and in future it will be a full fledged Higher Secondary School. The uniqueness of the school lies in the limited intake of pupils thereby keeping an excellent teacher – pupil ratio of 1:15 resulting in personalized attention and guidance to every pupil. Such an environment enables the utilization of the potential of every child to its full extent. The teaching and learning process is fine tuned nature related play way and self research method to bring about in the pupils refinement of manners, habits of obedience and order, neatness in person and dress and above all punctuality at all times. English Speaking Committee
(Smart Energy Council) The City of Newcastle has become the first local government in NSW to make the switch to 100 per cent renewable electricity after it awarded a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to energy retailer Flow Power. The city will meet all its operational needs from the CWP Renewables’ Sapphire Wind Farm west of Glen Innes in NSW. The Wind Farm is part of a 1,300MW wind, solar and battery portfolio the Newcastle-based firm is building across Australia. Ironically the city is famous for being the largest coal exporting harbour in the world. In 2017 it exported 159.9 million tonnes of coal. The Port of Newcastle was also the point of delivery for all the wind turbines for the wind farm, said CWP Renewables chief executive Jason Willoughby, “So it’s great to see that the green electricity now produced by the project is powering the City of Newcastle.” Newcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes calculates the power-purchase agreement will save local rate payers around $1.8 million over 10 years, and reiterated that from 1 January, the City will purchase enough renewable electricity to meet 100 per cent of its operational electricity requirements, powering sports grounds, libraries, parks and more. “Drawing all our energy needs from renewables is a significant achievement for the City and our mission to make our operations more sustainable and cost effective,” the Mayor said. The council already uses half a megawatt of solar energy generated on the roofs of 10 of its facilities, and will soon be generating 5MW from the local solar farm. “Any excess electricity that we sell back into the grid during the day will fetch a better price than the power we will be purchasing late at night for street lighting, so that’s why the Sapphire Wind Farm is a good fit for us.” Flow Power chief executive Matthew van der Linden, who has just signed a significant renewable energy deal with the City of Sydney, said organisations like the City of Newcastle were leading the transition to a new energy future. “We’re thrilled to see the uptake of renewable deals like these grow in the Hunter Region,” he said. ”We see this as a long-term partnership, which will not only support City of Newcastle but also have significant broader impacts for the local region.” The Hunter Valley has been described as a hotbed of renewable energy development, with a range of projects either in planning or underway, including a $117 million, 62MW solar farm approved at Lake Macquarie’s Vales Point Power Station late last year. Newcastle is Australia’s seventh largest city and one of 115 local governments representing over 13 million Australians that have signed onto the local climate action program, the Cities Power Partnership. The move by the city has been applauded by Climate Council Cities Power Partnership Director David Craven who said “Newcastle’s willingness to invest in big, effective projects and innovative solutions, such as its newly signed power purchase agreement, has seen it streak ahead in Australia’s local government renewables race.” Recently 11 more councils joined up to the Partnership that was launched just two years ago to celebrate and accelerate local climate action. “Thousands of Climate Council supporters contacted their local Mayor, and as a result, we now have hundreds working together to tackle climate change,” Climate Council chief executive Amanda McKenzie said. The CPP has grown into the largest local government climate alliance in Australia, driving tangible climate solutions from renewable energy, to energy efficiency, to waste programs and transport solutions. “This work is often under the radar, but town by town, city by city, this locally led initiative is shaping Australia … it’s a great result. We can’t rely on the Federal government to drive climate action, which means action from local and state governments is crucial.” Amanda McKenzie singled out Newcastle for ambitious climate action initiatives and construction of the biggest solar farm in the region. Other councils have launched or are already implementing, such as Hepburn Shire in Victoria which has committed its entire community to achieving net-zero emissions by 2030.
“(The Devil) always sends errors into the world in pairs – pairs of opposites. And he always encourages us to spend a lot of time thinking which is the worse.” I’ll get to the BYU controversy in a moment. First, a broader point. I’ll try to be brief. If there’s a devil, he probably doesn’t care what we’re angry about, so long as we’re angry. We should be wary. It is too easy to manipulate people with anger. As a specific example, there is good evidence that Donald Trump is a master at such manipulation. And if you haven’t noticed, anger is all the rage. It’s particularly easy to get people angry when you give them two The antidote to anger isn’t the absence of strong opinion, or some kind of extreme moderation–it’s civility. You can be passionate and be civil–and on issues that provoke strong emotion–like campus rape–passion and emotion are natural and important. You can be fierce and be civil. But civility means trying to understand others and work toward a solution. Civility is the group of unspoken rules that should go without saying. And yet I find myself saying them. I end my sentences with “feel free to disagree–just my opinion.” Did anyone think that it wasn’t my opinion? Did anyone need permission to disagree? I’ve written about civility in the past (and put together some rules of civility for my own benefit). If civility is an underpinning of democracy, then we would do well to reacquaint ourselves with it. We knew how to disagree with civility in the past, but have somehow forgotten–to our detriment. Which brings us to the current controversy over rape at BYU. (If you don’t know what’s going on, you can learn about it from the Salt Lake Tribune (Trib) or the Deseret News (DN)). (I can’t recommend national news coverage, because most of it is pretty terrible. In this case, I favor the local journalists over HuffPo.) If you weren’t worried about civility, here’s one reason to be: there are now “sides” of the BYU rape controversy. I don’t know how ole’ scratch has pulled it off, but props to him:. On the one side, we have the people who dislike rape, and on the other we have people who like BYU. And in this Venn diagram, there is somehow no overlap? Before I begin, let me say one last thought: there has been incivility on both sides. Here are my present thoughts on the issue. Feel free to disagree. But do so nicely. - It’s okay to like BYU. That doesn’t make someone pro-rape. - It’s okay to think that BYU got this one wrong. That doesn’t make them a traitor. - Most people are probably on the same side on most of this controversy. - The framing of this as a “debate” or “two sided” is pretty silly. Most people who love BYU hate rape. - There is a strong incentive for the media to get people to treat this like a sensational debate. I’d vote that we reject that. It’s a false dichotomy; there’s lots of common ground. - Some people will get defensive if they feel that BYU is getting attacked. - Others will get passionate when attacking rape. - Both are probably good things, when you think about it–or at least understandable. Don’t let it bother you. - “There is one person responsible for rape: the rapist.” Yup. - That logic should extend to BYU, too. - BYU is not “as bad as the rapists.” This should be obvious. - “It’s unwise to get plastered at parties” is different from “you deserved to be raped because you got drunk at a party.” - Most of the people who are criticizing BYU aren’t out to malign BYU. - A few are. - As mentioned, most of the reporting on this has been dreadful. Slate’s piece is pretty poor, for instance. If you want good reporting, then check the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News, who have local reporters who know what they’re talking about. - Universities should not be investigating crimes. They should run their schools. - Title IX plays a role in this. They are required to investigate rape cases, when they shouldn’t be. If they weren’t, then honor code officials wouldn’t have any access to Title IX reports, and this issue would evaporate. - Requiring universities to also wear the hat of law enforcement is going to lead to friction and acrimony. Any time the university and law enforcement come to different conclusions, all hell will break loose. - To reiterate from #10 above: Neither BYU nor its Honor Code (nor the Honor Code Office) is responsible for rape. That suggestion should be denounced. That does not mean that policies shouldn’t be evaluated. - BYU should evaluate its policies. (Update: it looks like they will.) - Going to a school with an honor code is a great way to reduce the risk of rape. - Keeping the honor code is a great way to reduce the risk of rape, men. - That is not the same thing as suggesting that women who follow the honor code will never be harmed, or that “if only you had followed the honor code, then maybe you wouldn’t have been raped.” That suggestion is offensive. - No honor code or public policy will prevent all rape. It should not be suggested that BYU’s will. - The statistics on this issue are thorny. Underreporting is a real problem. - There may be an upward bias - People should not be condemned for asking questions about rape statistics. We need better information, not less. - I love BYU’s honor code. I still think it’s inappropriate to ask someone who has been raped whether or not they were following it at the time of their rape. - I don’t think it is inappropriate to grant amnesty from the honor code for victims of rape. - I don’t think it is inappropriate to still refer someone to the honor code office - People have to live by it. (I’m referring to the rapist, here, not the victim.) - Believing #18 above is not heresy. - Believing #19 above doesn’t make me an agent of the patriarchy. - BYU isn’t practicing Sharia law. That’s a wild exaggeration. - If you’ve ever claimed that BYU is practicing Sharia, you should probably learn more about Sharia, or BYU, or both. - BYU is a pretty safe place. - #24 is factual. Don’t be a jerk and say that to a victim. - This hubbub wasn’t caused by a surge in the number of rapes on campus, or by an intentional effort on BYU’s part to cause problems. If someone doesn’t like BYU, then groovy. But they shouldn’t think that BYU is dangerous. - I’m cool with people not liking BYU. I also think that public scrutiny and criticism of private institutions are good things. - The right to criticize and scrutinize ends the day someone tries to enforce their criticism by government fiat. Don’t like BYU? Cool. Don’t go there. Don’t send your kids there. But reject the calls to use government as a weapon against an institution that you disagree with. - Remember that doubting a victim can be harmful. - In relation to #29: it’s okay to believe someone without questioning their story. (A chaplain friend told me that as part of his job, he might have to listen to, and help, both victim and accuser. It isn’t his job to decide what happened. His job is to support. I like that perspective.) - If someone doesn’t follow #30, they might not be evil. Remember Hanlon’s Razor. - There’s a difference between being a chaplain and an investigator. Investigators should find out what really happened, which requires a skeptical eye. That does not mean they are bad people. What do you think? What would you add? What would you change?
A French writer wrote in the early 90's a book named "Failure of Political Islam", this was certainly true back in the early 90's, where Islamism has stopped to function with politics in the Arab world, ever since the collapse of the Arab Caliphate, and the Ottoman Islamism taking over. Tho a lot of my friends would argue that Islamism have never ruled to fail in the Arab world, and that it has been interfering with Politics ever since new ideologies were adopted, but i still remain to disagree that it has been directly involved in political decision making, (excluding Saudi Arabia and perhaps Sudan). The Formation of an Islamic State, in my opinion, will never be achieved, the Arabs have failed to create one unified state, it will take Muslims around the world, centuries more to come, to achieve a unified state, which will not happen, because simply people are too nationalistic to allow a foreigner to rule them, just because he follows the same religion as they do. Obviously, today, with the Islamists taking power in Tunisia, forming the largest block in Egypt, and leading the way in Libya, Syria and Yemen, it is no question that they will be in power, perhaps they all differ in smaller things, such as constitutional, or government bases, take the recently elected majority party in the Parliament of Tunisia, Al-Nahda Party, with their announce of building a secular state, that treats everyone similarly, and another example are the Radical Islamists of Egypt, calling for the re-creation of the caliphate state, with the Quran being its constitution. in addition their are several Islamist political entities that are all different in ideology and how they view Islam, yet are all united under the labeling themselves as Islamists. such as the Ikhwan (Muslim Brotherhood), whom are the strongest political entity in Egypt, the Salafists (radical Islamists), yet they themselves are divided over several political parties, and finally the Sufis, who have no political experience, and were never targeted by the government.
If exercise is medicine, why don’t doctors talk to their patients about it? Doctors are taught to talk to ask patients about sensitive topics. We practice asking our patients about their sex lives. We ask patients to share if they are feeling suicidal. We frequently talk about the colour and consistency of bowel movements. It’s time for us to also start talking to patients about changing their exercise habits. There is evidence that exercise has a role in therapy for over 20 chronic diseases, including depression, multiple sclerosis, and hypertension. And brief advice in primary care seems to be effective in increasing how much people exercise. Yet physicians rarely counsel their patients about exercise. In 2015, the Canadian Medical Association encouraged physicians to rectify this and prescribe exercise to patients. At the same time, the report recognized that medical students and residents reported insufficient competency in this area upon graduation. Time and competency are some of the top cited reasons why physicians do not counsel patients on exercise. Jane Thornton, an MD and advocate of exercise as medicine, pushed to resolve this through better training for medical students, and attendees at the 2016 annual CMA meeting subsequently passed a motion to support physical activity counselling training in medical school. This is a step in the right direction, but it still needs to be emphasized by schools as an important aspect of the physician-patient relationship. Exercise counselling and motivational interviewing need to be taught and prioritized in clinical environments, not just in lectures. This will provide students with expertise in how to broach this subject with patients, as well as reinforce the value that our policies and educators place on exercise advocacy. I am the last cohort of an older curriculum at our school that doesn’t include diet and exercise as discrete lectures. However, some of my fellow students, who are currently being taught about the importance of exercise, seem resistant to the idea. They expressed concern to me with the “wasted lecture time” on diet and exercise. They already knew exercise was beneficial, so why spend time on that? I have empathy for these students. They’re stressed by the many demands of medical school. And I feel that they’re reflecting the broader values within health care. Our system prioritizes diagnosis and treatment. Family doctors in Ontario cannot bill for physical activity counselling – and should be able to. We cover hospital bills and doctors’ appointments, but healthcare workers who specialize in diet and exercise – including kinesiologists, dietitians and personal trainers – are rarely covered by public health plans, except in specific circumstances or certain family health teams. Barriers to communication also exist. Physicians are biased against overweight patients, for example, as physicians are more pessimistic about patient’s capabilities to lose weight than patients are about themselves. In these cases, physicians who believed patients were able to facilitate better conversations. There is also a stigma that overweight or inactive physicians face. Evidence shows that doctors are less likely to advocate for exercise when they themselves are inactive. Additionally, physicians who are overweight or obese are less confident in addressing physical activity with patients. This is also reflected within medical students, and improving physical activity habits in medical students could theoretically increase rates of exercise counselling as physicians based on current trends. Finally, a systematic review confirmed that overweight physicians provided less generalized health advice than colleagues who were normal weight. Because of this, the CMA recommended exercise initiatives within doctors and students to increase our own activity levels. However, equally as important is actually learning how to counsel our patients in clinical settings and discussing our own personal reservations about broaching this subject. Learning to talk the talk may help us walk the walk, and vice-versa. We definitely need to learn how to prescribe exercise, but this will only be useful if we can overcome our internal barriers and health-care’s devaluation of preventative care. It’s time to get comfortable talking to patients about exercise. Arjun Sithamparapillai is a second year medical student at the University of Toronto who works as a personal trainer and has a passion for exercise advocacy and public health.
Vast Solar’s modular Concentrated Solar Power tower plant with sodium transfer fluid will be competitive with coal and gas plants at scale and the Australian developer could build its first commercial plant by 2022, Craig Wood, CEO of Vast Solar, told New Energy Update. Australia’s Vast Solar is making the leap from a 1.1 MW pilot CSP plant to a commercial 50 MW project. (Image: Vast Solar pilot plant in New South Wales.) Vast Solar recently announced plans to build a 50 MW CSP-PV plant in New South Wales, Australia, which includes 30 MW of CSP capacity and 10 hours of molten salt energy storage capacity. The A$240 million Reference Plant project represents the first large-scale deployment of Vast Solar’s innovative CSP plant design, which features multiple small towers and uses liquid sodium as heat transfer fluid (HTF). Vast Solar has already built a 1.1 MWe pilot plant in Jemalong, New South Wales consisting of five modules and including three hours of storage capacity. Operational for over a year and fully commissioned in June 2018, the A$24 million pilot plant has undergone extensive testing and Vast Solar predicts major cost savings on larger projects. The Vast Solar CSP design uses a distributed sodium loop throughout the solar array to achieve higher HTF temperatures and higher power cycle temperatures than conventional central tower designs, Wood told New Energy Update. Liquid sodium efficiencies, modular build savings and a distributed control system will lower the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of larger-scale plants to below US$50/MWh in locations with high direct normal irradiance (DNI) levels, Wood said. Large-scale plants will be «cheaper than coal and gas-fired plants and other renewable energy storage technologies» and could open up new opportunities in areas with lower solar irradiance levels, he said. Global CSP cost, auction price trends (Click image to enlarge) Vast Solar is currently seeking A$75 million of financing, including $50 million of equity investment for the 50 MW Reference Plant project and $25 million to fund the business for the next three years. Securing funding and construction efficiency will be the two main challenges for the project, Wood said. «We are aiming for financial close by the end of this calendar year and expect a two-year construction duration,» he said. As a first of a kind (FOAK) plant, the project is expected to gain concessional support from Australian Federal and State Governments, Wood said. The pilot plant in Jemalong received A$9.9 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). «Significant knowledge has been gained from this [pilot] project, especially with regards to constructing and testing a first-of-a-kind facility in a regional location, as well as proprietary knowledge around control systems and the use of sodium as a heat transfer fluid in a solar thermal plant,» an ARENA spokesperson told New Energy Update. Vast Solar has also applied to access the federal government’s new Underwriting New Generation Investments (UNGI) program for the Reference Plant, although the nature of this support is yet to be determined and this is not a prerequisite for the project. The developer has included PV in the project in order to increase daytime output capacity and match regional demand profiles. The PV capacity will also provide faster returns on investment due to shorter construction cycles. «We expect to consider installation of PV alongside CSP in most situations, but it is not mandatory,» Wood said. Australia quarterly power futures by region (Click image to enlarge) A smooth financing and construction process could see Vast Solar overtake SolarReserve to install Australia’s first large-scale CSP plant. U.S. CSP tower developer SolarReserve is currently developing the 150 MW Aurora CSP plant in South Australia and the project has slipped behind initial schedules. In 2017, the Government of South Australia awarded U.S. developer SolarReserve a 20-year power offtake agreement at a maximum price of A$78/MWh. Construction is yet to begin and SolarReserve may add PV to the project to improve economics, the company said last year. The Vast Solar CSP design distributes a sodium loop system throughout the solar array, separating liquid sodium energy collection from molten salt storage. While the liquid sodium loop raises the cost of piping, valves, pumps and heat exchangers, these are outweighed by the benefits, Wood said. Costs are offset by “reductions in cost, size and complexity in the solar array, tower, receiver and salt storage systems” as well as improved performance and reduced operational risk, he said. Compared to central tower designs, modular solar arrays deliver 17% more energy to the receiver for each square metre of mirror, Wood said. This saves capex costs and «17% less mirrors mean 17% less cleaning – a significant opex saving,» he said. Vast Solar’s towers are smaller than conventional designs and use a lightweight steel lattice structure. The towers are assembled on the ground, then tilted into position. The modular tower and array layout can be constructed in parallel, at the same time as power block or storage construction, reducing total construction time to between 18 and 24 months, Wood said. The lower height of the towers means they can be accessed via elevated work platforms, simplifying operations and maintenance (O&M) activities. Vast Solar’s modular design also maximizes off-site prefabrication, cutting on-site construction schedules and risks. The technology is designed to leverage auto industry techniques and robotic assembly lines, Wood said. «The heliostat drives, facets, towers, receivers, pipe and valve assemblies and sub-assemblies elsewhere on the plant have been carefully designed to maximize modularity and minimize site works,» he said. Vast solar is «currently finalizing discussions with key suppliers,» Wood said. Several of the major components will be manufactured outside Australia, in countries such as China, U.S. and Czech Republic, he said. The Vast Solar plant is operated through a distributed receiver system, which uses the HTF flow as the primary control mechanism, rather than solar flux. The system allows higher HTF and storage temperatures, increasing efficiency, while also raising energy capture during cloudy weather. «The mixing effect of distributed receivers significantly reduces temperature variation and ensures that plant-wide transients do not result in a single cold front arriving at the heat exchanger,» Wood said. In dusty or lower DNI environments, the compact solar arrays retain their efficiency better than larger dimension projects, making them competitive in tougher climates such as Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Wood said. “We simply add more modules to increase thermal output from the plant, negating the effect of increased attenuation or lesser solar resource,” he said. In lower DNI locations, large-scale plants could achieve an LCOE of US$60-$65/MWh,” Wood said. “Vast Solar’s technology will make CSP commercially viable in locations that challenge other CSP technologies,” he said. New Energy Update
Learn about OSHE I.B.E.W. Local 42 Occupational, Safety, Health and Education Trust Fund (O.S.H.E.) was established on June 13, 2001 for the exclusive benefit of the employees of contributing employers. The department's purpose is to provide an occupational safety program to instruct employees in safe working procedures and job-related occupational safety and health standards and to prevent job-related accidents and injuries. The O.S.H.E. Department also offers a work education and training program to educate, train and retain employees to assure proficiency in job performance, to upgrade the skills of workers, to assure competence in the operation and maintenance of equipment and to provide instruction and practical experience under supervision for employees; which training, education, instruction and work experience is not otherwise provided under another program for employees in the outside electrical industry. NECA'S PARTNERSHIP with IBEW Ensuring fair wages and benefits, as well as a unified skill set and training, for electrical workers serves the best interests of the industry and NECA customers. NECA's national office, chapters, and member contractors have long practiced constructive and responsible labor relations in concert with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), the world's oldest and largest union of electrical workers. Peaceful settlement of grievances and jurisdictional disputes are implemented at NECA's national and local levels through cooperative forums. VIDEO RE: NECA'S HISTORY To All Commercial Drivers, You must register your CDL through the FMCSA online portal. Accessing the Clearinghouse requires the creation of an account with login.gov, a shared service that offers secure online access to participating government systems, including the Clearinghouse. FMCSA Clearinghouse Driver Registration Basic Life Support, First Aid, Pole Top Rescue, and Bucket Rescue NO CLASSES SCHEDULED AT THIS TIME. CALL OSHE DEPARTMENT TO BE PUT ON A WAIT LIST. (860) 643-4048 ext 2 Tyndale allowance renews on August 1st of every year. Please Note: There are no roll over balances Qualifications to receive FR Allowance: - Member must be currently working in Local 42’s jurisdiction - Travelers must be working in Local 42’s jurisdiction for 12 months without any breaks. Tyndale's website: https://shop.tyndaleusa.com/secure/Login.aspx
Towards an emissions trading scheme for air pollutants in India Emissions trading schemes have great potential to lower pollution while minimizing compliance costs for firms in many areas now subject to traditional command-and-control regulation. This paper connects experience with emissions trading, from programs like the U.S. Acid Rain program, to lessons for implementation of a Trading Pilot Scheme in India. This experience suggests that four areas are especially important for successful implementation of an emissions trading scheme: setting the cap, allocating permits, monitoring and compliance. The introduction of emissions trading would position India as a clear leader in environmental regulation amongst emerging economies.
'Steyning is unique in this part of England by having its Christian origins associated with a saint whose story has been recorded against the back ground of the local landscape.' Cuthman - A Continuing Tradition (Pamphlet in the local church). The story of 'Cuthman' is one in which symbolism has been mistaken for historical truth, and as is usual with the Established Christian Church the symbolism has been distorted to suit their own ends, though the truth clearly shows through when the legend is looked into more deeply. Cuthman is a shepherd who tends his flocks, a piece obviously put in to connect him to Jesus Christ. However, as a boy tending his flocks and having to leave them he 'drew a line in the ground forbidding them to cross it; the sheep obeyed'. A magical act that connects Cuthman to someone who is connected to boundaries. He was also said to have sat on a stone which was later said to have miraculous powers - magical powers in other words. It is hotly debated as to whether the 'stone' in the local church is the same one as mentioned in the legends - it would seem obvious that it was this stone. When his father died he supported his mother who was an invalid, and he decided to push his mother eastwards in a barrow. On the journey the rope he used to pull the barrow snapped. Some reapers in a nearby field mocked him, but their work was ruined by a sudden storm. It would seem that our 'saint' - Cuthman - was a powerful wizard who could raise storms! Cuthman vowed that when the rope broke again he would stop wherever he was and build a church. It was at Steyning that the rope broke again, luckily his mother was uninjured! There Cuthman argued with a local woman - Fippa - who impounded his oxen which had strayed into her territory (we are not told where these 'oxen' suddenly appeared from - maybe another 'miracle'). When she refused to return them Cuthman took her sons and harnessed them to his plough. Fippa came to curse him, but Cuthman returned the curse so that she was 'taken up into the sky, and when she fell to ground the earth opened up to swallow her'. When Cuthman came to build his church he was said to have hung his gloves on a 'sunbeam'. As the work neared completion he struggled to fix the main beam, at which a 'stranger' appeared to help him finish the task. Cuthman asked who he was, to which the stranger replied - 'I am he in whose honour you are building this church'. In one version the implication is that this is Christ, in another Saint Andrew (whose name was later applied to the church). Now, unfortunately this story is actually believed by many people who cannot see that the whole thing involves a complex symbolism. There are so many inconsistencies such as the 'oxen' suddenly appearing and used to harness a 'plough' - by a shepherd? Cuthman is a powerful wizard in view of his being able to raise storms and to send back curses placed upon him. I have been through this before many times but I have decided to do so again, trying to add what I can to these mysteries, because I do not think that people have seen the importance of the White Stone of Ing to the creation of the English Nation. Here I am going to set forth the most important points which have been stated before but which do not seem to have been seen in their true importance. - Cuthman is a name that stems from Old English cudda (cudhdha) pronounced 'cuththa', which forms part of the phrase 'Kith and Kin', cudda actually referring to the 'kin-land' as well as to 'kin'. This means that 'Cuthman' was regarded as the 'Landsman' - the Divine Ancestor. - The Legend of Cuthman, as I have shown, is the Legend of Ing, where he goes eastwards over the waves. This can also refer to Bootes which moves around the Pole Star and 'drives' the Waen - Woden's Waen. - The 'barrow' that his 'mother' is in has a symbolism very like the seven stars of the Great Bear, and the 'oxen' are a very old concept linked to this constellation. So is the plough which is yet another name for the Great Bear. There is so much symbolism here that we can hardly dismiss it as false. - The idea that he hangs his gloves on a 'sunbeam' suggests that he represents a Sun-Hero or Sun-God, and we know that Ingvi-Frey, in Norse Mythology, has a Golden Boar, the Boar's Bristles being symbolic of the Sun's Rays. Here we have a direct link to Ingwe-Frey (Ing-Lord) and both Christ and Ingwe are the 'son' (Ing). The dedication of the church is also ambiguous since it could just as well be dedicated to Ingwe as to Jesus Christ. Indeed, the depiction of Cuthman carrying the 'main roof beam' shows his garters as an Ing-Rune. - The stone was discovered in 1938 and had been laid face-down as a step for the church, a move perhaps due to its heathen links, but one which saved the markings for us. Some 'scholars' believe that Cuthman should be linked to the work of Saint Wilfred at Selsey, others to a 'Celtic Mission' (that always crops up) in the Manhood Peninsular referred to by Bede in his 'Ecclesiastical History of the English People'. These legends do have similarities to those of 'Celtic Saints' which could be seen as deliberate distortions to destroy the links to the Divine Ancestor of the English - Ingwe. It would seem that 'Irish Christians' did live around this area and were responsible for bringing this alien faith to the English Folk. Cuthman is said to have links to Chidham ('Bag-Ham') and to Bosham, from where he went 'eastwards' to Steyning. It is also considered that the church was built upon a heathen site which was built around the Stone of Ing - this was thus the site dedicated to the Divine Ancestor of the English Folk. How much more important can the Stone and the Holy Site have to the English? And yet this has been almost totally ignored in the 'English Community'. The Normans took Cuthman's name from various sites around this area, and were no doubt responsible for altering the legends to erase all knowledge of the Divine Kinman of the English. The day dedicated to St. Cuthman is February 8th which was again a date dropped through the Norman destruction of the Saxon Legend. The church came to be dedicated to 'Saint Andrew' and Cuthman forgotten until about 1865 when a revival can be traced back to M.A Lower's Worthies of Sussex. Lower was a founding member of the Sussex Arcaeological Society. Whilst the argument goes on over the 'Patron Saint of England', St George or St Edmund, the real 'Patron' - Cuthman or Ingwe - has been rejected, and this is the Divine Ancestor of the English. No wonder the English Awakening fizzled out and came to little! Then there is the fact that the finding of this Holy Stone was prophesied long ago in the book of Revelations - enough to tell us how important this was to the English Struggle. The theme of this prophecy is that the 'white stone' would contain a 'new name' known only to he who discovered the mysteries of the 'white stone'. A 'pillar' would be made in the 'Temple of God' - i.e. the Stone in the Steyning Church. On the one who discovers the mysteries will be plaved this 'new name' (Ing) which is the 'new name' of 'my God' (note the term 'my God' which does not fit with any Christian ideas). Thus, it is written clearly that the 'New Name of God' is Ing. This is the Age of Ing. Indeed, this was made clear by the planetary formation of August 11th 1999 when the 'Sign of the Son of Man' appeared in the skies - the Ing-Rune or Cross of Fro-Ing. Again, there is the strange statement - 'And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works until the end....I will give him the Morning Star...' Steyning means 'Stone-Ing' and the White Stone has on it the runes which state 'Gift of Ing - Fire' (Gyfu-Ken-Ing). Since Ingwe is associated with 'Fire' this proves how important this Runic Stone really is. It is also associated with the Inga-Fire and the Serpent-Fire - but that is another story. In fact, if we look at the passages in Revelations we find reference to the author of the words as being 'he that holdest the seven stars in his right hand' and to the 'Son of Man' 'having on his head a Golden Crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle' both of which suggest the Constellation of Bootes - i.e. Ingwe. The 'revelations' written down are thus attributed to Ingwe! Indeed, the passage in Matthew 24 about the 'Sign of the Son of Man' and the idea that the 'Coming of the Son of Man' would be 'as the days of Noah were' suggest that this heralds a massive catastrophe such as a flood (real or symbolic). From this point (August 1999) the 'Elect' ('Elect of Woden') would be gathered 'from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other'. This act would be heralded by the sounding of a 'great trumpet' - the Horn of Hama sounding from the Deep. There is a very strange poem called 'With this Mysterious Earth...' based upon this church and on Cuthman. In it we find the following... 'Will that be true of the wisdom of people who knew the Earth, and sensing the power of the ley-line close to where it starts sets on it the altar of this church on its journey to distant Chartres...' This piece of Heathen Lore seems to have slipped through the net, getting into a book about the Church. Clearly someone sees this church as being the start of a 'ley-line' running to Chartres Cathedral in France, famous for its 'Occult Lore' and esoteric significance. The poem goes further - 'And it is not every journey that follows the straight line track; the labyrinth turns us about to see what once was at our back. Stretch across the thin division that appears as time and space...' The labyrinth thus allows insight into the distant past, overcoming the barriers of time and space. 'For perhaps we're closer than we knew, in mind as well as space'. The other symbol is the 'Tree' which is 'shaped and sculpted by evolutionary law - and more?' and quotes Hopkins as recognising the 'essence' or 'inscape' - the core of every living thing, and of Wordsworth who sensed the 'presence' of living things. The poem ends so - 'Straight line, tree and labyrinth, new dimensions beyond, within, granted blessings from good Saint Cuthman let our pilgrim's journey begin.' This is a strange, mystical poem which holds some more secrets based around the figure of Cuthman. Even with the well-known destruction through the Norman usurpers and their attempts to erase all knowledge of this Divine Ancestor of the English, his legend endured and was 'resurrected', as was his Holy White Stone which tells us of the Legend of Ing. There are hidden meanings in the above symbols - - The Tree - the hidden 'essence' or 'inscape' of the Legend of Cuthman, i.e. the Legend of Ingwe hidden in the text. - The altar of the church was laid out on a 'ley-line' connecting this to Chartres Cathedral in France - this needs further investigation to find the significance. - The Labyrinth - this takes us back to the past, and the hint here is that whoever wrote this knew of the mysteries concerning 'Cuthman' and wrote the poem in order to awaken the minds of those who were destined to find the secrets. The area of Bramber which is next to Steyning was a stronghold of the Knights Templar which may not be a coincidence. It would seem obvious that the area held great importance to the Saxons, so much importance that the Normans tried to destroy all knowledge of the figure of 'Cuthman', no doubt with the knowledge that he was the Divine Ancestor of the English. Here lies the problem with the English Awakening and the reason why the 'English Community' has not taken up these ideas and has not accepted that Ingwe is the 'patron' of the English, because both 'Saint George' and 'Saint Edmund' are Christian Saints and these people have held strongly to the values of an alien faith and more, a faith based in the dying era rather than the new religion of Folkish Wodenism needed to take us into the Age of Ing. This was not just a biblical prophecy for Nostradamus predicted the Black Sun of 1999 and the symbol of the 'King of Terror' (Solar Eclipse) which would revive the 'King of the English' (Ing) at the turn of the millennium. All of which came true, and was also heralded by the Lord of the Rings film trilogy which was based upon English Mythology. The Constellation of Bootes is the Constellation of Ing, and the Great Bear is the Chariot of Ing; Ing is The Awakener and the force which drives the Seven Stars around the Pole Star. Within this constellation is the bright star Arcturus who is 'King Arthur', not in his 'Celtic' guise but in his Hyperborean Mythos of Arctur - the Once and Future King. King Arctur is the White Krist who appears riding a White Horse and carrying a Flaming Sword, leading the Armies of Light against the Servants of Darkness. The importance of not rejecting the 'Christian' aspect is that if we take the path of throwing this out we are in no position to show that the whole thing is a distortion, but that there lie snippets of truth of importance within these texts. In some way Bootes has a connection to Wid-Ar which is as yet not clear, but the Son of Man (Ing) and Wid-Ar are both similar archetypes. The only part within the rune-poems that actually refers to 'Krist' is the Norwegian Rune-Poem under the Hagal-Rune, and I see a link between this rune and HelgiH, partly due to the rune-sound 'Heil' or 'Hael' (Haegl) and partly because of the nature of the rune as being a 'Hallowed Rune' ('Helgi' can mean 'The Hallowed One'). HelgiH must contain the balance of opposites as the Hagal-Rune does (especially in its Norse version). The rune also implies 'wholeness' and the 'heildom' but also implies 'hail' - destruction - which are both roles of HelgiH. HelgiH is the 'preserver' (Vishnu) and the 'destroyer' (Shiva) - Kalki Avatar. The 'main roof beam' which Cuthman struggled to get into position represents the Central Pillar or Central Tree of the 'house'. This is the Sacred Centre to which Cuthman is connected. We thus find Ingwe connected to the Sacred Centre which is represented by the Pole Star, or rather beyond the Pole Star. Since Cuthman 'pushes' his 'mother' (The Plough) around the Pole Star he is the 'Driver of the Waen' (Woden's Waen or Ing's Waen). We still do not know where the White Stone of Ing originated, since it is a stone which cannot be found in this particular area of England. Indeed, it may not even originate here in England. So carefully was this secret held that the figure of Cuthman was inverted into a 'Christian Saint' who brought Christianity to the area - rather than a Heathen Ancestor. This was a deliberate ploy, maybe to convert the English, but in doing so the secret was hidden in a way that it could be found at a future time - and this was achieved through the Holy White Stone of Ing and its runic inscription. February 8th is very near to the date we use for Wali's Day - February 14th. Wali is another 'Avenging God' who was born to avenge the death of Baldaeg by Blind Hod. Wali slays Hod in revenge. The Christians turned this into 'Saint Valentine's Day' and made it a 'Day of Love' omitting the theme of just vengeance by the Gods for the death of the Sun-God. Symbolically, Ingwe thus returns prior to the New Dawn, at the end period of the Dark Winter. As Wali the Archer-God his Fiery Arrows start to warm the Earth ready for Spring and the New Dawn. In mythological terms Wali 'slays' the Darkness of Winter, heralding the coming of Wid-Ar who is the Last Avatar who will finally defeat the Forces of Darkness and Matter. Thus February 8th is the period associated with the coming of 'The Avenger' as Wali, Son of Woden, and April 23rd with the 'Dragon-Slayer' when the Forces of Darkness are finally defeated. The 'New Dawn' would coincide with the Summer Evennight of March 21st - this period is usually associated with Hama. We can see here the overlapping archetypes of this period of the year. It was unfortunate that some of Jung's followers promoted the idea that his archetypes were facets of the human mind and nothing more. In reality the archetypes are the Gods and thus work within the mind but exists outside and separate to the human mind. The White Stone of Ing represents the Archetype of Ing and thus a separate reality and power of its own, and it represents the Soul of the English Folk - as their Divine Ancestor. Much is also made of the 'Stone of Scone' or 'Stone of Destiny' to the Scots, but here we have our own Stone of Origin and Destiny and not so far away in Surrey (Kingston) we have the Stone of Kings used for the coronation of the English Kings, another stone almost forgotten by the English. These are powerful magical talismans in these dark times, powerful enough to awaken our Folk when they are accepted for the importance they have to our struggle.
by IPT News There are times when an unfortunate name can come back to haunt someone even when he or she had nothing to do with the original moniker. Think of Rick Perry's ranch, or a Florida mosque named for a terrorist icon. The Islamic Community of Tampa, also known as the al-Qassam mosque, hosts an ironic event Friday evening with the local Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) chapter. The open house aims to advance "understanding Islam." Speakers will discuss Muslim beliefs and try to clear up "misconceptions about Islam, and Islam's condemnation of terrorism," a promotional release said. That's a difficult sell when the mosque exalts Izzedin al-Qassam, who remains an inspirational figure to Palestinian terrorists. Hamas named its terrorist operations branch for al-Qassam. Most rockets fired from Gaza toward Israeli homes and schools are called Qassam rockets. "The [Palestinian] Islamic Jihad's supporters have elevated him almost to a saintly status," wrote Palestinian academic Ziad Abu Amr in his book Islamic Fundamentalism in the West Bank and Gaza. It was al-Qassam who merged religion and violence, advocating "God's book in one hand, and the rifle in the other." Echoing Al-Qassam, both Hamas and Islamic Jihad have charters rejecting any peaceful resolution to the conflict with Israel. Islamic Jihad calls for "The creation of a state of terror, instability and panic in the souls of Zionists and especially the groups of settlers, and force them to leave their houses." Hamas dismisses peace talks as a game beneath Palestinian dignity. "There is no solution to the Palestinian problem except by Jihad. The initiatives, proposals and International Conferences are but a waste of time, an exercise in futility. The Palestinian people are too noble to have their future, their right and their destiny submitted to a vain game." It is fairly rare for a mosque to be named for an individual. A plaque outside the mosque hails al-Qassam as the one who "declared Jihad against the British and Zionist invasion of Palestine. He was martyred on November 19, 1935 in Yabrod, Palestine. Al-Qassam has become a symbol of heroism, resistance, occupation, and invasion of steadfast Palestine." The mosque's name changed in 1989 when it was run by Sami Al-Arian, a University of South Florida computer scientist who secretly served on the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's shura council, or governing board. Al-Arian sheltered other board members, including Secretary General Ramadan Shallah. Shallah took over the Islamic Jihad in 1995, just six months after leaving Tampa. A year earlier, when evidence shows Al-Arian was fighting to keep the Islamic Jihad alive in the face of a financial crisis, Al-Arian wrote to immigration officials on Al-Qassam Mosque letterhead seeking a work visa for Shallah to be the mosque's imam. In interviews for Investigative Project on Terrorism Executive Director Steven Emerson's "Jihad in America" documentary and a subsequent newspaper investigation, Al-Arian denied the mosque's name indicated any bond with the Jihad or other terrorists. Al-Qassam "became a symbol in Palestine of the first to resist and fight for freedom," he said in 1995. "He was strengthened by religion and devotion to God." Federal agents arrested Al-Arian nine years ago and he has not been back to the mosque since. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide services to the Islamic Jihad and records make clear his prominent role in the organization. In all those years, however, mosque leaders have not thought to rid their house of worship of Al-Qassam's name. But they plan to welcome the public Friday evening to persuade the public they stand for the opposite of al-Qassam's message of "God's book in one hand, and the rifle in the other." It would be like hosting a forum on the South's historic embrace of integration at the Church of the Martyr Bull Connor. Both the mosque and CAIR seem oblivious. "Ignorance leads to misunderstanding, which in turn leads to fear, hatred, discrimination, and even violence," said CAIR-Tampa executive director Hassan Shibly in the release. "By reaching out and getting to know each other, we can love each other as a community and recognize that our differences need not divide us." But violence was at the heart of al-Qassam's message. Jihad, he said, was the only path to freedom. According to a booklet issued by the Islamic Association for Palestine, an arm in a Hamas-support network, al-Qassam instructed followers that "Jihad is a religious obligation till the Judgement (sic) Day. We all need to do Jihad in the name of God to free our countries from the colonialist to become Islamic States that apply God's laws. "Arm yourself no matter what are the circumstances. Sell everything you have and buy weapons to fight the occupation." The mosque maintains a significant link to the Al-Arian era through its president, Noor Salhab. In the early 1990s, Salhab leased his home to Al-Arian as office space for a think-tank called the World and Islam Studies Enterprise, where Shallah was a director. Years later, another tenant drew scrutiny from federal law enforcement. Ahmed Mohamed was arrested by police in South Carolina with a trunk load of explosive material and a laptop containing jihadi videos. Mohamed posted one such video to Youtube, showing would-be jihadists how to make remote-controlled bombs "to be used against those who fight for the United States" since he considered them and their allies fighting in Arab countries to be "invaders." Federal agents searched the house in 2007, looking for bomb-making ingredients including PVC pipes, chemicals, hacksaws and soldering irons. Mohamed is serving 15 years after pleading guilty to providing material support to terrorists. Salhab is not responsible for his tenants' behavior. And leasing a house to two separate people implicated in terror-support cases could happen to anyone, right? But if the mosque and its partners in CAIR truly are interested in correcting misconceptions about their faith, they might start by removing the name as a show of sincerity.IPT News Copyright - Original materials copyright (c) by the authors.
by Dr. Mordechai Kedar Tribal culture, the basis of Middle Eastern sociology, sees the "Other" as someone who belongs to another family, tribe or ethnic group. That makes him an enemy, either to keep one's distance from - in the best case - or to fight against in the worst This is the source of the Middle Eastern tendency to engage in violence in order to solve disagreements. Islam could have created an alternative to tribal culture, but instead, added another barrier to relations with the rest of the world. Has insular Saudi Arabia opened up to the Vatican - and Israel? Islam came to the world in order to create an alternative to tribal culture and to give believers a basis for connecting groups of converts and turning them into one, united nation. However, in order to emphasize its uniqueness, Islam treats the "Other" as a heretic and an idol worshiper, someone who is the object of Allah's wrath (read Jews) or someone who has strayed from the right path (read Christians). Accordingly, Islam not only failed to solve the problem of tribal hatred towards the "Other", it exacerbated and deepened it by means of religion-based hatred for non-Muslims. Today, concerted Saudi efforts to survive Persian hatred are forcing the country to develop relations with Americans and Israelis, leading Saudi spokespersons to make valiant attempts to prepare the people and to justify relations with those who are the "Other" both tribally and religiously. This is anathema to those who have not yet overcome the way of thinking that posits hostility for the "Other" – and this explains the socio-religious context of an article recently posted by a Saudi writer The entire article can be read below, with my comments in parentheses. Are we able to accept the "Other?" The discussion last wek regarding Pope Francis' visit to the United Arab Emirates revealed a great deal about the way some Muslims view the "Other" and the "different." The way we view the "Other" is characterized by many contradictions and is often disconnected from reality. In many instances, in the worst case, some of us skew the facts and lie or believe one is allowed to lie to strengthen his point of view and reject others. It is important to point out that this refers only to some of us, because the silent majority does not necessarily agree with those who filled the traditional social media with protests and and outcries against this visit, opening all kinds of old and new issues, using language that makes one feel that Islam is in imminent danger and that there is no choice but to declare Jihad to protect it. There is a list of facts that must be stressed as a preface for any discussion of the current situation. The first essential fact is that Islam as a faith is very strong and not influenced by contact and dialogue with any other religious group, although "some of us" feel that if a Muslim sees a cross he will immediately convert to Christianity and is even more likely to do so if he visits a church or talks to an observant Christian. The truth is that in the few unusual cases In which a Muslim has abandoned Islam and joined another religion, a close examination will reveal that that person suffers a clear defect in his thought processes, because anyone who knows the simplicity of Islam's portrayal of the connection between man and his Creator, finds it hard to be persuaded by the complexity of other religions, especially those ruled by clergy in so-called religious mantles. The second fact is that the Muslims are in a weak cultural state at present. They are still dependent on that Western Christian and Jewish "Other," as well as the Buddhist and Shiinto "Others"in the East, for their essential needs. This starts with the clothes on their backs and goes on to the medications with which they are treated, the mobile phones from which they send their tweets, and this means they will continue needing and purchasing knowledge from that "Other" for long decades, from.those whom they don't respect and with whom they avoid any dialogue. The third fact is the most important for us here. It is that Islam really is a religion of tolerance., dialogue, and live-and-let-live. If only that group of Muslims would read the life of our revered prophet with a clean conscience, peace and prayers be upon him, they would realize that by recognizing the "Other" and respecting the basic principles of life together with him, they would gain the admiration of the heart (of others) and would succeed in spreading the message of Islam. The fourth fact that must be stressed is that dialogue with the "Other" does not necessarily result in persuading one another, and that even if the dialogue does take place on that basis, Islam has enough powerful logic and rationality to swing the pendulum its way, on condition that the person taking part in the dialogue is well versed in Islamic tenets.Except that real dialogue is based on the strength of the logic and rationality that preserve life together with all mankind, that puts an end to the suspicions and anger through which the world views Muslims because of the negative behavior of some of them. Therefore, the intelligent move, the minimum a believer must do, is to open channels of communication with the Catholic church which has 1.2 billion members around the world, and with the religions that have the most influence – most especially the Vatican – because the Pope, as head of the Catholic Church, has more than 1.2 billion following him all over the world. He has spiritual authority over them despite the spread of atheism and secularism.. The Saudi monarchy began to believe that dialiogue with the Vatican is important.in 1972 when the late king Faisal agreed to allow the Vatican to take part, at the urging of several European intellectuals, in a discussion with his learned religious scholars about Sharia law and human rights. That year a seminar took place in Riyadh in the month of March with the participation of a group of Islamic scholars, including Mahmad Alkracan and several others. The seminar ended with a declaration by the head of the European delegation MacBride, who said "From here, and from this Islamic state, we must announce the existence of human rights, not from other states, because the Islamic scholars must announce these facts to the entire world whose ignorance led ithe enemies of Islam and the Muslims to malign Islam, Muslims and Muslim rule." In 1974, King Faisal received the messenger sent by Pope Paul VI who brought a letter from the Pope that included an invitation for Saudi researchers to visit the Vatican. This visit did indeed take place, and Sheikh Mahmed Alkracan, then Minister of Justice, was at its head and met the Pope as well as the World Council of Churches. It goes without saying that King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz was the initiator of interfaith dialogue, and the first Saudi king to visit the Vatican and meet Pope Benedict XVI. This and the conference he headed in Madrid brought about the establishment of an international organization for dialogue based in Vienna. Last year, King Salman welcomed the president of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, who visited the kingdom by special invitation, and a high level Saudi delegation visited the Vatican in 2017 and presented a letter of appreciation from the kingdom to the Pope for his opinions calling for peace and coexistence and rejecting the connection between religion and terror. Oddly, we keep repeating the words "Islamic tolerance" but we are apt to fall at the first attempt to act on this tolerance. An imam even publicized a legal decision on live TV and his words are being recycled all over, because he announced that anyone calling for dialogue with either Christians or Jews is one of the "wicked of the earth" and continued by saying that the Jewish and Christian religions are counterfeit religions that are close to idolatry. One must not go near them because that is seen as recognition of what they encompass, while reality is far away from that. And that is the article written by Saltan Albazai, posted on the London-based Al Hayat newspaper website. He comments on the history of Saudi relations with the Christian world as proof that Saudi rulers tried to advance the idea of dialogue with the "Other", but he forgets or ignores the fact that it is Wahabee Islam, to which Saudi Arabia belongs, that develops the idea of keeping a large distance from all contact with the Christian "Other" in order to prevent defiling the sons and daughters of Islam. Between the lines of Albazai's writing on the "Other," one can discover allusions to the ties Saudi Arabia has with Israel, ties he sees as a positive development. The Saudis are so afraid of the Iranians that the threat facing them serves to connect them to Israel, a country which is a partner to that fear and has its own reasons to be anxioius about Iran. Written in Hebrew for Arutz Sheva, translated by Rochel Sylvetsky, Op-ed and Judaism Editor. Dr. Mordechai Kedar is a senior lecturer in the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University. He served in IDF Military Intelligence for 25 years, specializing in Arab political discourse, Arab mass media, Islamic groups and the Syrian domestic arena. Thoroughly familiar with Arab media in real time, he is frequently interviewed on the various news programs in Israel. Follow Middle East and Terrorism on Twitter
Business Schools & Programs Getting an MBA represents an extremely large investment of money, as well as time and effort. The tuition for a two-year program may be $185,000 (Stanford Graduate School of Business) or more, and the income forgone may be $100,000 or more for the two years. Books, computer hardware and software costs, travel to and from the program, and other assorted expenses may add thousands more. The cost of a two-year pro¬gram is thus likely to be upwards of $300,000 or more. A one-year program may cost 50 to 65 percent as much as this, given the often higher annual tuition at such programs. But as often is the case, these estimated numbers by the business schools tend to be conservative. They rarely include the inevitable 3% to 5% increase in tuition during a student’s second year. And they tend to underestimate the “personal costs” of attending an elite MBA program, from expensive dinners out with friends to traveling to ski resorts over long weekends with new student friends. Is an MBA worth this large sum? Although not everyone will be financially better off from getting an MBA, those attending the top MBA programs are highly likely to be. In fact, almost no one who attends a top program ends up regretting the experience. An interesting contrast is provided by American law schools, of whose graduates a majority are sorry they ever went. The payoff is partly a matter of increased earnings. It is also a matter of increased career options, increased confidence that one can do a given job extremely well, increased status and increased security as no matter what happens there are jobs available for people from top schools. In addition, most people feel they lived life more intensely at business school, met the most interesting people they ever have known, and formed their closest friendships there. It is therefore probably a mistake to view the decision to get an MBA on a purely financial basis, despite the sums involved.
Bang Da Kuan for the big money October 22, 1997 By Bay Fang The talk on the streets has changed. As rapidly as billboards pop up along the highways of the city, Beijing’s modern, consumer-driven society is developing a wealth of vocabulary for its new cultural needs. At the center, there is the semantic harem clustered around the wealthy who are called, simply, "Big Money" -- Da Kuan. As with all Chinese appellations, one may apply the standard honorific variations based on familial relations: Kuan Jie (Money Older Sister) or, for the real patriarchs of cash, Kuan Ye (Money Paternal Grandfather). Where there are Da Kuan, there are those who will, with unfortunate romanization, bang Da Kuan for money. Counter to expectation, this simply means "to accompany" a rich person in hopes of receiving some personal benefit. Usage tarnishes the word’s reputation, however, for the derivation bang jiar means sexual partner, and to diao bang is the poor man’s verb – to seek a lover. Today’s streettalk has been derived from as far away in cultural distance as its own feudalistic ancestry. Da Wanr, meaning Big Wrist, was a mafia term in pre-Liberation days for the gang leader or strong hand. If someone’s wanr was hei (black) or liang (bright), that meant he was especially cold-blooded. Today, it is a term of admiration for those who wield a more contemporary form of power – moviestars and celebrities. What does all this mean for the party’s struggle for spiritual civilization? Frustration, apparently. The country’s cultural leaders are discovering that it may be easier to mobilize the masses to revolution than to make them give up their favorite swears. At soccer games the taunt hollered at the other team’s players is sha bi, sha being the innocuous word for stupid and bi being the slightly less innocuous word for a woman’s private parts. The latter word is quite verbally promiscuous, in fact – the same soccer fans praising a good play happily utilize the slang for "great/cool," niu bi – another reference to said private parts, this time of a cow. After last year’s season of vulgarity, editorials tinged with desperation appeared in the Beijing Youth Daily, deploring the ubiquitous use of that versatile term and exhorting people to substitute it with the more civilized equivalent of "Go team, go!" So far the suggestion does not seem to have been taken up by fans. The government can blame outside influences for other adulterations of the language. The word ku, a transliteration of the English cool, was absorbed into mainland slang by way of Taiwan. Of course ku by itself is now long passe, and has been graphically modified with – you guessed it – bi. Components of other Western words have managed to join with Chinese to form trendy new phrases such as beng di (to hop around at a disco) and pao ba (to soak in a bar). In fact, newer Chinese dictionaries now have sections at the back for foreign words such as CD and Internet. The Chinese language police are on full-time patrol. A national standardization committee reviews foreign words to determine whether or not they can be incorporated into the vocabulary, and generally acts as guardian to ensure that nothing compromises the virtue of the Chinese language. From the sound of things, perhaps they should face the reality that the purity of their charge has already been violated – what can you expect from someone who has been sneaking out every night to bang Da Kuan?
The 2019 Journey for Health Tour was a 45-day, 3,200-mile trek across America to deliver an inspirational message to motivate individuals, businesses and communities to improve health. It was done from the seat of a bicycle starting August 22 in California and concluding on October 7 in New York. It is difficult to state with complete accuracy the total miles ridden by each of the riders in the 2019 Journey for Health Tour, but based upon the average of the odometers and devises used, the total average mileage was 3,157 miles. The team rode for a total of 35 days (10 days being dedicated to events) and in so averaged 90.2 miles per day on the saddle. The tour speed was an average 16mph which translates to each rider being on their bicycle pedaling for nearly 6 hours. The team on average stopped every 20-25 miles to replenish supplies (hydration, nutrition) which included brief rest and relief breaks which added an average 2.75 hours to the day, totaling (both ride and rest) an “on the road” average of 8.5 to 9 hours. Of course there is the preparation for each days ride (and after the ride), which includes bicycle maintenance and repair, route/mapping preparation and review, personal health maintenance as well as team meetings to talk about and plan for events and or obstacles (such as mountains) that might lie just ahead. There is also eating and sleeping to be accounted for, but those two items (although vital to individual health) are more of a luxury over the course of a tour such as this one. As for feet climbed (a common measurement in cycling), each rider climbed an estimated 137,000 feet over the 35 days which is 4.72 times the total height of Mt. Everest (the world’s highest peak at 29,029 feet). As for the overall time spent focused on the mission, simple math might suggest that the opportunity to impact health was confined to 1,080 hours. As it relates to health related events and venues, which was at the core of the mission of the tour (The mission of the Journey for Health Tour 2019 is to actively advance a shared vision of improving the lives of people and the health of our communities. We’ll do it by inspiring a local, innovative, integrated approach to health that creates awareness and drives action among a diverse collection of individuals, business leaders and community stakeholders, thereby improving health, economic and social conditions. And we will do so from the seat of a bicycle), below are examples of the team participation in key events: – Leading Boys & Girls Clubs custom designed programs in select cities including special events such as the Triple Play Leadership Conference (US Olympic Training Center – Colorado Springs, CO) – Participating in tour partner (Wellpoint) employee/associate ride events, special celebratory events including the 75th anniversary celebration Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Colorado and associate education and engagement opportunities at company facilities – Delivering key and targeted health messages at employer / employee health promotion events and locations (e.g.; Treasure Island, Tour DaVita, Benefit Forum & Expo) – Facilitating community health symposiums (e.g.; Vail, CO; Mt. Union, PA) – Guiding business leadership forums (e.g.; Las Vegas, NV; Denver CO, Columbus, OH) – Attending special events to promote health including working alongside and with the USABA (United States Association of Blind Athletes) – Addressing students / youth in schools and learning environments (e.g.; The Mastery School, Philadelphia PA) – Participating in media events including newspaper, television and radio programs – Addressing public in community events to promote health and expand dialog (e.g.; Indianapolis, IN, New York City, NY) The message and mission of the tour was delivered and lived out in the planned events and venues as well as in each and every city, town or village that the team was fortunate enough to have passed through. Following the unofficial tour motto of; delivering an educational, inspirational message of the value of improved health, one person, one mile one pedal at a time, there are countless stories that are yet to be shared of the encounters along the road. The message of the importance of health as it relates to many elements of life was delivered in gas stations, convenience stores, hotel lobbies and restaurants. The mission was lived out in laundromats, rest stops along the roadsides themselves and even at busy intersections when one of the riders would more often than not use the opportunity that the red light provides to share a quick message and one of the health awareness wristbands with a person in a car or standing on the sidewalk. The motive was simple and sincere; do your very best to deliver a message of health (education) and hope (inspiration) to all who you possible can reach. 7 days a week, for 45 straight days, a total of 960 hours (assuming 6 hours of sleep per night) of opportunity as we see it, to help impact the world for health in a positive and powerful way. We did our very best and now, the 2019 Journey for health tour is officially complete. As you can see, the tour itself was an event, an experience, episode or occurrence. It had a beginning (August 22nd) and now has an end (October 7th). The journey however is more of a passage or process from one stage or place to another, without restrictions such as time. A health journey is different for each individual given that we each have unique and very personal life experiences, conditions and even genetics. It is difficult, or perhaps impossible to place the classic restrictions such as time on a human, as there are far too many elements (knows and unknowns) that have a direct (or sometimes indirect) impact on the outcome or goal. In so, we each have the opportunity to take a journey for health in our lives and to do so at a pace or space that might best reflect our situations and conditions. The mission of the tour is simple; to educate and inspire. The journey we each are on, or will begin is much more broad, comprehensive and important. In our work over the 45 days on the road our hope was (and remains) to help stimulate change. A change in the dialog of what health is (or isn’t). A change in the many ways in which people, communities and businesses can see and experience the benefit and value of improved health. And a change of the way in which we discover the potential that lies in us each individually and in our collective being when we are healthy. – Mind, body, spirit – Economics, safety, education – Individuals, companies, communities – Longevity, sustainability, transferability Whatever your reason or desire as it relates to a journey for health, we wish to encourage you to take the first and most important step forward. If you are already travelling well along the road of health, we invite you to join our team by encouraging people in your life to being their own personal journey for health. For it is the journey that we can take together that ultimately can lead to the positive change we seek. Please feel free to use this website, its entire content to your advantage as well as the advantage of those that you seek to educate and inspire. It was created to be a support along the journey, not as a tool to be used during the tour alone. Our personal hope is that this tour will in itself become part of a bigger, broader journey for health and in so, we encourage you to stay connected and stay tuned as together we seek creative, innovative and inspirational ways in which to improve health. Thank YOU for following along and we look forward to seeing you again soon along life’s journey for health.
I could not find anything on this website nor with a (quick I admit) search on Google. Does Japanese have any "yes phrase" (or more technically rhetorical affirmation) used to answer questions whose answer is supposed to be an obvious "yes"? Such as: Does a bear sh*t in the woods? Is the pope catholic? In fact, these expressions are so common in English that you can often find them twisted in comical ways: Is the Space Pope reptilian? (Futurama) Is the atomic weight of Cobalt 58.9? (Ghostbusters II) Given that sarcasm is generally is not a typical trait of Japanese people, maybe something like this doesn't exist. Or does it? Anything similar?
By Walter Lunt In the summer of 1956, eight-year-old Tom Millett lived on a small farm with his parents, three brothers and a sister on Highland Cliff Road in Windham. “It was a different time,” he remembers, “we had garden chores in the morning, but after that, the day was ours. Our parents didn’t worry if we disappeared for the rest of the day.” \|Artwork by Jerry Black of Arrowhead Art\| For the most part, the boys could be trusted to stay in the neighborhood and to stay out of trouble. They would ride bicycles, fish, build forts in the woods, play basketball in the barn or baseball in a nearby field where chicken wire fencing served as a suitable backstop. Those were the lazy, hazy days of summer sun and fun for kids in the 50s. There were no play dates or organized sports. Decisions regarding what to do and where to go originated from imaginative and inventive young minds. Ideas ranged from the familiar and usual to the foolish and amusing. One hot afternoon found Tom, his older brother Lineous and friend Dennis (from ‘up the road’) exploring Colley Wright Brook on the east side of River Road across from the Men’s Reformatory (now Windham Correctional Center). In the 1950s it was known as Reformatory Field, a cow pasture fenced and maintained by supervised inmates at the minimum-security prison. Dennis came up with an idea: why not dam the brook and make a swimming hole? The boys chose a site on the brook that happened to be one of their favorite fishing spots: the ‘sucker hole,’ a narrow spot in the stream that had created a small impoundment. Working through the afternoon, they bridged the banks with rocks and sticks all the way from the muddy bottom up to near chin high. Near the top, they inserted several four-inch sections of PVC pipe that would drain off the overflow and prevent run-off from wiping away the top of the dam. Finished, the boys went home to wait for their new swim hole to fill up. The following day dawned hazy and hot. After chores, the Millett brothers met Dennis at the sucker hole, which had swelled to an area of 10 by 15 feet, and chest high deep. Because it was hidden from traffic on River Road by a road-side berm and by bushes that lined the brook, and preferring to keep their clothes dry, the boys stripped naked and jumped in. For the rest of that summer and the next, the sucker hole would be their private skinny-dipping pond, deep enough for shallow diving. It had cool, crystal clear water until busy feet stirred up the muddy bottom. And, if at this point dear reader, you’re wondering about blood suckers, the answer is yes, they were present. “We’d swim, get out, pick them off, and jump in again. Didn’t bother us,” said Tom. The private sucker hole, tucked away in a swale behind berms and bushes was the cool and fun respite for the trio of boys for two long, hot summers. Only once was their secret, shall we say, exposed. One afternoon, as the boys frolicked and freewheeled in the sucker hole, a man appeared carrying, according to Tom, “…what appeared to be surveying equipment.” He carried on small talk with the three boys, then sat down to eat his lunch. “He told us we should get out of the water because his helper would be joining him.” The trio dismissed the warning, not really caring whether another guy joined the group or not. A few minutes later, the man’s helper appeared and was told that the swimmers were skinny dipping. The helper, a young woman, smiled broadly and sat to eat her lunch, too. The boys ceased their water sports and stared at the visitors who were munching their mid-day meal and staring back. The swimmer’s inactivity caused the water to clear up. “So,” said Tom, “we had to kick up mud to cloud the swim hole.” Eventually, the surveyors (or whoever they were) finished eating, picked up their gear and moved on, smiling and waving. Tom says he laughs when he thinks back on the incident. And to this day still likes to tell the story. <
LOST IN THE TRAVEL SECTION By Jim “Gymbeaux” Brown, May 25, 2012 We are born (point A) and then we die (point B); a pretty stark reality when you think of it. In between however, there is a lot of traveling to be done. The questions that need to be addressed are: - Have you ever been lost, without direction? - Are you lost now and without direction? - Could you possibly be lost in the future and without direction? - Do you care that you might be lost and have no idea where you are going let alone where you might have been? - Are you lost in the travel section of life? LARRY WINGET’S ADVICE TO GRADS As seen on Fox & Friends (and of course annotated by yours truly, that would be me) Congratulations on earning your degree (REAL ESTATE LICENSE). But the truth is that the degree (LICENSE) alone isn't going to be enough to assure your success in the real world (REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY). (Gymbeaux Note: Obviously I added the part about real estate.) In the real world employers don't care much about your degree, your happiness, your income or really much of anything that has to do with you. They care about what you can do for them. And from this point on, that's how you have to think. Businesses exist to be profitable. It is your job to help make them profitable. If you know how to do that, how to be worth more than you cost, then you have value in the workplace. If you don't know how to be worth more than you cost, then employers will pass you over and find someone else. (Gymbeaux Note: Is is not enough just to show up for work, you need to know where you want to go, how you are going to get there and the core values you believe in that will serve you on your journey.) Look at what it really takes to be successful in the real world. You have to take responsibility. Your life, your results, success, happiness, health and your prosperity are up to you. When it turns out well, you get the credit and when it doesn't work out the way you wanted it to, you get the blame (Gymbeaux Note: You may also get fired, laid off, or downsized). It isn't up to anyone else to make sure you are successful, it's always up to you, so be responsible. (Gymbeaux Note: If it is to be; it is up to me! William H. Johnson) Others. Respect your employer enough to be on time and give them your personal best every day because that is what they are paying for. Respect your boss, even when you think he is an idiot because he is still your boss and deserves your respect. Respect your coworkers so they will respect you and your customers because they pay you. (Gymbeaux Note: Implied in this statement is the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have done unto you. Before you get mad, angry or want to retaliate against someone, ask, how would I want to be treated if the roles were reversed? In most cases you WOULD act or react differently if it were happing TO you instead of BY you!) Clear priorities. Your time, your energy and your money will always go to what is important to you. (Gymbeaux Note: Can you say GOALS!) If looking cute is important to you then you will spend all of your money at the mall. If being financially secure is important to you then you will make sure that you save, invest and live on less than you earn. (Gymbeaux Note: And the most critical of all – you create a plan and then work your plan and always be aware that the plan will occasionally need adjusting or tweaking to meet current circumstances.) It's about work and excellence. Regardless of what others may tell you, it's not about your passion -- I know people who are passionately incompetent. It's not loving what you do or being happy every day. You aren't paid to be happy on the job; you are paid to do your job. Success always comes down to hard (smart) work and excellence. And it takes both. Hard (smart) work alone won't cut it. I know people who work really hard yet aren't any good at what they do so it doesn't matter. And I know people who are excellent at what they do but they don't work hard (or passionately) enough at it to make any difference. So work hard (smart) and be excellent at what you do. And remember, if any one can do it then anyone can do it! What was NOT said in this presentation (except for my note) was the need to personally have core values and strong beliefs. If the current political scene reinforces one fact it is that most politicians have no core beliefs or values; they say what appears to be the most expedient at the moment and change what they say frequently usually to secure votes or to appear to “go along with the crowd.” NEVER COMPROMISE YOUR CORE VALUES OR BELIEFS! For this to happen you must first KNOW what your Core Values and Beliefs are; do you know? Do you know what the Core Values and Beliefs are for the company you work for? But wait you say, I am an Independent Contractor; I work for myself – EXACTLY! When you work for yourself you may, as Larry Winget states above, be working for an idiot! One thing I am certain of is that when you affiliate with Keller Williams Realty as a lot of readers of this Nugget have, the Core Values and Beliefs needed to be successful have already been identified and promulgated by Keller Williams Realty. All you have to do is live by them, promote them and teach your customers and spheres of influence why they are important to you. They are known as the WI4C2TS! Do you know them? · Win-win; or no deal (someone does NOT HAVE to lose for others to win) · Integrity; do the right thing (ESPECIALLY when no one is watching) · Commitment; in all things (do and give your BEST, ALWAYS!) · Communication; seek first to understand (and THEN be understood) · Creativity; ideas before results (there is no such thing as a bad idea) · Customers; always come first (but first you must recognize exactly who the customers are; they include teammates, cooperative agents, vendors, buyers and sellers. Would you think a little differently if you thought of your customers as WEALTH BUILDERS?) · Teamwork; together everyone achieves more (all boats rise with the tide) · Trust; begins with honesty (takes a lifetime to develop, and only a second to destroy) · Success; results through people (no one ever achieved anything alone) Zig Ziglar said, “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there!” Knowing where you are going not only includes a destination but also the route you will take and how you will act and/or react along the way. · The Speed of Trust by Stephen M. R. Covey; www.SpeedofTrust.com · Master Your Traits by Bob Burg; www.BobBurg.com · The Little Gold Book of YES@Attitude by Jeffrey Gitomer; www.JeffreyGitomer.com · The Little Green Book of Getting Your Way by Jeffrey Gitomer; www.JeffreyGitomer.com WHERE ARE YOU GOING? High in the Sierra Mountains lives an old man Who from his hermitage looks down in pity Upon other men of higher mental aspiration. One day he rescued a little group of Swiss mountaineers Lost in the mountains’ vastness When told were they were they exclaimed in disbelief, “But how did we get here?” To which the old hermit replied, “If that question ain’t got no answer attached to it, I ain’t got none that fits. If you is goin’ anywhere in particular Up here, yu’d better figger fust how to get thar. Cuz by jest goin’ afore ya know where yere agoin’ Ya can get to a powerful lotta places ya might not wanta be.”
If George Washington Were Alive Today! By Jim "Gymbeaux" Brown, November 25, 2015 Most folks are unaware that George Washington had written Rules of Civility that he lived by. If you would like to see a list of those 110 rules, you can download them at: http://www.foundationsmag.com/civility.html If George Washington were alive today, I am sure he would modify one or two of those rules but he would be adding far more than he would be modifying. Listed below is my list of what I think George Washington would have added to his list if he were alive today: When you see someone trying to exit a parking lot, slow down instead of speeding up to permit them to safely exit When it is time to eat, wait until everyone is seated at the table before you begin to "dig in" Use your electronic devices whenever you are alone; never when you are in the company of others - NEVER! If untrained, train yourself to become an effective LISTENER and know when to stop talking Never use your electronic devices while driving a car - NEVER - not even hands free devices. You are not the good driver you think are if you are engaged in conversation or/or using a device Open doors for others Make eye contact with people serving you and answer their questions while making the eye contact Stop smoking; it's just a nasty and very unhealthy habit. If you do smoke, NEVER throw your butts on the ground When the sign says right or left lane closed ahead and people are merging into one line, NEVER race down the right or left open lane to beat the "other guy" to the merge point - NEVER! When commerce is heavy and you are required to stand in line to be served, don't take your frustrations out on the server when it is your turn to be served Employees if you do nothing else, make eye contact with your customers Say thank you every chance you get and then some Smile at strangers and give them a pleasant greeting every opportunity Your mother was right; return to old fashioned mother insisted values and principles Research your candidates and amendments BEFORE you go into the voting place to vote If you know NOT of what or whom you are voting for; DO NOT VOTE! If you do not vote, do not complain Post nothing on Facebook or other social media that you would NOT want a future employer to see Post nothing on Facebook or other social media that you would NOT want your mother to see Throw nothing onto the ground except for things to make plants grow; throw your trash into the garbage cans If you break it let the owner know, NEVER leave it to be found and the owner wondering who broke it If you see something on the floor in a store, pick it up If you decide NOT to buy something in a store, put it back from where it came, not to where it is convenient to just leave it Write thank you notes to people who have done you nicely Write thinking of you notes to people you suddenly think of Write your history as it is happening for future family generations to read Learn to recognize and never be afraid to say you don't know something When you take something out, put it back Never drink directly from the milk or juice container (you know you have) Remember your parents probably know more than you think you know; seek their advice Friends are hard to come by and harder to keep; treasure the friends you actually have Don't spend time with people who pull you down only those who prop you up From Jeffrey Gitomer, "you know you are on the right track when 3 of your closest friends and/or family suggest you are nuts for trying something new" Remember that if it is important to you it is also important to someone else Treat others as if their physical pains are greater than yours; half the time you would be right "Always share the munchies" - Gerry Vaillancourt WRNO Radio Did I get them all?
Figure 5. Prototype circuitry mounted in a waterproof Tupperware bowl and held together with tape. The great thing about prototypes is that they don't have to be pretty to get the job done! prototype using a BASIC Stamp Board-of-Education with the GPS receiver and AC4490 connected to it with wire harnesses. We'd be using this version for some real-world testing, so it had to be waterproof. I crammed it into a Tupperware bowl and held it all together with some Gorilla Tape and hot glue (Figure 5). Instead of using a pushbutton switch that would require me to physically activate it within the waterproof enclosure, I used a reed switch mounted inside the lid and enabled the system with a magnet. In the small cove outside our warehouse in San Francisco, I swam out approximately 20 meters with the bowl and circuitry strapped to my arm. After verifying that Zoz could receive my GPS coordinates, I increased my distance from shore little by little until I was almost at the other end of the water. Our tests were enough to prove that the concept worked and I proceeded to design the custom circuit board for our "production" model. Since there are very few components in the circuit, designing and routing the PCB was relatively painless. The final board was two layers and measured 2. 9 inches long by 2.1 inches wide (Figure 6). Figure 7 shows the final assembled unit. The AC4490 module connects to my board via a double-row header on the back side. The front side of the board contains all the other components. While I could have spent time dramatically shrinking the design by replacing the larger off-the-shelf modules with discrete GPS and RF functionality and going with a smaller microcontroller and battery, it wasn't necessary. This design worked just fine for our purposes. The 9V battery (not shown) sits to the side of the board. As the finishing touch, Zoz used Rhino 3D to design a two-piece, arm-mountable enclosure (Figure 8) complete with red "distress" button (which made physical contact with the pushbutton switch on the PCB) and Prototype This logo. The circuitry and battery sit snugly inside. The enclosure was printed out on a Z-Corp Z450 multicolor 3D printer — a rapid prototyping tool that builds solid models out of layers of powered plaster glued together one after another. To make the enclosure waterproof, the two halves were infiltrated with epoxy and sealed together Figure 6A-B. PCB layout: Top layer with silkscreen (left); bottom layer (right). December 2010 51
New-York Historical Society Remembers Muhammad Ali with Special Installation Ali: A Tribute On View for a Limited Time: June 10 ̶ August 14, 2016 NEW YORK, NY, June 9, 2016―The New-York Historical Society commemorates the passing of Muhammad Ali with a special installation to celebrate his life and achievements. On view beginning June 10, Ali: A Tribute will feature his robe and gloves, signed by Ali, recently donated to New-York Historical as part of the Time Inc. Archive, as well as the photograph The Greatest, taken in 1967 by George Kalinsky. Three-time heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) was one of the greatest athletes of our time—a superlative that the brash dynamo would himself proclaim. Born Cassius Clay in Louisville, Kentucky, the boxer surprised everyone when he defied seven-to-one odds to beat reigning champion Sonny Liston in 1964. Ali captivated the world with his loud mouth, unorthodox boxing style, and political and religious convictions. He retook the heavyweight championship from George Foreman in 1974 at the “Rumble in the Jungle” in Zaire, outlasting the power puncher on the ropes. Ali won the championship for the third time in 1978 against Leon Spinks and finally retired in 1981. Later this year, the New-York Historical Society will present Muhammad Ali, LeRoy Neiman, and the Art of Boxing. The exhibition, slated to open December 16, will look at Ali's career and life as a boxer and public figure through vivid watercolors and on-the-spot sketches created by his friend, the artist LeRoy Neiman. WHAT: Ali: A Tribute, special installation honoring the memory of Muhammad Ali WHEN: On view June 10 – August 14, 2016 WHERE: New-York Historical Society - 170 Central Park West (at 77th Street), New York City About the New-York Historical Society The New-York Historical Society, one of America’s pre-eminent cultural institutions, is dedicated to fostering research, presenting history and art exhibitions, and public programs that reveal the dynamism of history and its influence on the world of today. Founded in 1804, New-York Historical is the oldest museum in New York City. New-York Historical has a mission to explore the richly layered political, cultural, and social history of New York City and State and the nation, and to serve as a national forum for the discussion of issues surrounding the making and meaning of history. For more information, visit: www.nyhistory.org. MUSEUM AND STORE HOURS: Tuesday-Thursday: 10 am – 6 pm Friday: 10 am – 8 pm Saturday: 10 am – 6 pm Sunday: 11 am – 5 pm Teachers and Seniors: $15 Children (5-13): $6 Children (4 and under): free *Pay-as-you-wish Fridays from 6 pm – 8 pm. Photo credit: George Kalinsky, The Greatest, 1967. New-York Historical Society, gift of George Kalinsky.
Languages and Cultures How is the Arabic spoken in Tanzania, East Africa, related to the Arabic spoken in the Sudan and to the Arabic spoken in the Gulf? Also how is the Arabic that is spoken in the Sudan related to Egyptian Arabic? Along the coast of Kenya and Tanzania live a population of several thousand Arabs, who can be considered indigenous to the area, having lived there for many centuries. Over the centuries, most have come to speak Swahili as a mother tongue, though some communities have maintained contact with Arab communities in the Arabian Peninsula. It seems that Arabic is for them primarily a historical and religious language, rather than a language of the community. In fact Swahili is now the mother tongue of the Zanzibari Arab community in Oman. Omani and Yemeni The Arabic base in Tanzania and Kenya is Omani, but in recent decades, Yemenis have been prominent in Kenya, in business and Islamic leadership, but local Arabs speak Swahili. I am not sure in Tanzania. The Arabs of both countries have Swahili as the native language. Even Omani Arabs in Zanzibar had Swahili as mother tongue. So much so, that now in Oman, Swahili is a language of Omanis, due to the great flight of Omani Arabs from Zanzibar in the 1963 revolt. I reviewed this question in the mid-1990s with an Arabic language specialist. There was some uncertainty, and I was not in a position at that time to do a field survey. I had information from some colleagues who worked with Arabs on the Kenya coast, and other secondary indicators. The Arabic specialist determined that Omani is the form of Arabic that should be listed for East Africa. I note, however, that in light of current research, the Ethnologue notes that most, if not all, have Swahili mother tongue. Omani and Yemeni (Southern) Arabic languages are considerably different from Egyptian Arabic. I am not a speaker of any Arabic language, but am somewhat familiar with it from comparative studies, testimonies of various sources and Islamic studies. Comparative linguists and others familiar with the Arabic languages report there are considerable differences, largely in pronunciation and word-forms. Each regional form of Arabic has distinct characteristics. Linguistics classification lists over 30 separate varieties of Arabic that are classified as separate languages. Egyptian and Sudanese Egyptian Arabic is the mostly widely-understood form of Arabic, due to the great volume of media in movies, TV and broadcasting. But pronunciation and word forms of the language are different. Sudanese is more like Yemeni, I think, but could have retained more Hijazi characteristics. There was extensive Yemeni influence in the 1800s, through migration and Sufi missionary movements through the Horn and across Sudan, mixing with the Juhayna and other streams of Arabs. I think Sudanese Arabic is more distant from Omani, I understand. But Sudanese would not be mutually intelligible with Omani. Different speakers give different testimonies about the level of intelligibility between the various languages. And it depends on the level of education and breadth of exposure of various native speakers. I can't say for foreign learners of one form. I am not sure of the relation of Omani to Gulf dialects. I should think Arabic would not be particularly helpful in local communication with the Arabs in Tanzania, other than as an identifying point. In that regard, Classical would probably do as well. It would be good to learn greeting forms and Swahili-Omani forms of speech for interpersonal communication. I expect you will need coastal Swahili (Kisanifu) for communicating with the Arabs in Tanzania. I am not sure what the status is for Arab communities around the Great Lakes. I don't know how connected Arabs in communities like Ujiji on Lake Tanganyika are with overseas Arabs. When I was in the Lakes region many years ago, it seemed their mother tongue was Swahili. The Foreign Service Institute (US State Department) has what seem to be good programs for various Arabic languages. I have seen some of these, and know people who have used some. One of my friends used this approach in learning Sudanese Arabic. He had assistance in Egypt, but I am not sure of the full approach he took. I have been involved in developing programs in various languages in community with various resources in many countries. I am not an advocate of language learning outside the community where the target language is spoken. There are many negative effects on learning outside the language and culture context. But I know likewise that, at least for some learners, some formal resources can be of help. In general, the best orientation and pre-field preparation a person can do is worldview investigation, with good secondary sources that help develop a picture of the worldview to which the language is related, and which is the foundation of the decision-making approach of the people. Language Profile: East African Arabic Topic first addressed in reply to an email query 23 September 2005 This article finalized and posted on Thoughts and Resources 24 January 2009 Orville Boyd Jenkins, EdD, PhD Copyright © 2009 Orville Boyd Jenkins Permission granted for free download and transmission for personal or educational use. Other rights reserved.
One of the most difficult things out there to recycle or re-purpose is rubber tires. For Korean artist Yong Ho Ji it was part of the inspiration behind a series of sculptures he has created. When the rubber meets the road for him it means producing a large number of sculptures primarily of animals and some animal hybrid monsters. This view is way more amazing that those giant piles of discarded tires out When Yong first started working with the old tires as a medium he hadn't really thought of it as being a way to help the environment. The more he worked with the rubber the more he started to think of the rubber and how they began as trees. Then he started thinking of the circle of life and how we interfere with it. It is our interference with the natural world that has made Yong more in tune with the environment and all of nature. He feels that he is helping just a bit in his own way by re-purposing the tires and giving them a second life. He refers to the tires as his "buddies." Indeed they probably are since he must work so closely with them to coax them into shapes for which they were not originally intended. Still, they seem to cooperate. Like all great artists Yong puts his spirit into his work and then casts it into the world. Much like parents do with their children. He is also still trying to come to grips with his identity as an artist. One person, after viewing his work, commented that he is an artist who very much represents our period in history. Indeed the tools of his art look more like he is doing construction rather than painting or the sculpting of the past. As he explores this medium and lets the creativity flow he just tries to also focus on being a good and decent man. The animals of Yong's creations are dark and fearsome creatures with a decidedly Asian flair. After a host of museum and gallery showings around the world his work has found a permanent home at the International Contemporary Art Foundation in Seoul, South Korea. Images via Yong Ho Ji
Delving into the history of German literature, this documentary deals with German prominent writer and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, focusing on the influence Persian poet Hafez had on his works. TIME CODE: 00:00_05:00 SOUNDBITE [German] Little German Girl: “Goethe was 65 years old when he first came to know Hafiz. Maybe he wished to travel to Shiraz and pay a visit to Hafiz’ tomb. But back then it wasn’t so easy. Today and on behalf of Goethe I am going to Shiraz. The Leaf of the Eastern Tree” SOUNDBITE [Persian] Dr. Mahmoud Falaki, lecturer at Hamburg University Author of “Goethe and Hafiz”: “In 1814, Goethe receives a complete translation of Hafiz for the first time by Cotta, his publisher. It was translated by an Austrian orientalist called Joseph von Hammer Purgstall. By this work, he is overwhelmed by Hafiz. Considering the circumstances of that time when the Napoleonic wars were defeated Europe was faced with a major socio-political crisis and the whole Europe is dominated by a sense of depression and despair. People long for something new. A new idea that could save Europe from despair. On the other hand, it is the Enlightenment era. The Enlightenment era has provided an open space. It has created the need for knowledge of other cultures. For the first time, the oriental cultures draw their attention and they want to know them. Many scholars, poets and philosophers such as Schlegel believe that and it is as a result of the Romantic era and Romantic poetry. They believe that Romanticism should be discovered in the East. That the roots are lying there. They believe because Christianity emerged from the East then they have roots in the East. This urged them to know their roots. Goethe also was a part of this whole new atmosphere. It was a characteristic of Goethe to welcome new things. He believed, in order to create one needs to know a new culture. Meanwhile, Goethe had his own personal crisis. Unexpectedly, the public had lost interest in his recent publications. He cannot find acceptance among the younger generation. He even has been harshly criticized. From this point, he was somehow isolated, somehow desperate and devastated. He felt like a stranger in his own homeland. That is why he concludes that he should travel. He flees from Weimar. It is when he becomes acquainted with Hafiz and his book. It seems like the new world he was searching for, he finds it all in Hafiz. Something else is going on with Goethe which is very dramatic. That is falling in love. He meets a lady named Mariana von Willemer. A triangle is shaped, with Goethe on the peak and Hafiz and Mariana on the sides. Goethe couldn’t write for long. But due to knowing Hafiz and this new love, and in this new air, he flourishes. He writes 50 pieces of poetry during that short time. He desires to publish a Divan like Hafiz’. I started my education in architecture. Simultaneously, I studied sculpture. Also, as a singer I experienced music.” TIME CODE: 05:00_10:00 SOUNDBITE [German] Fabian Rabsch, Designer of Goethe and Hafiz Monument: “Right now, I am a sculptor and house designer. Goethe and Hafiz Monument I expected friendship from my friend. How mistaken was my notion of these trends. When will the tree of friendship bear fruit? I have planted seeds of many strains and blends. Dervishes keep away from discourses and discussions. Else my arguments, my talk, only offends. Else I detected aggression in your piercing eyes. Forgive me and let me make peaceful amends. Many wrongs were done, yet no-one complained. My silence, deference, respect extends. In 1999, while I was only a student Professor Ernst Tivis came along. He was invited to participate in the Goethe and Hafiz Monument Designing Contest. He asked me if I wanted to join in the contest. I joined him and we had two months to prepare. We put two major works in the agenda. First, we needed to approach Goethe through his West-Eastern Divan. We had studied it as our school assignments. Second, we needed to know Hafiz. The theme of the work needed to include Goethe and Hafiz together. And the context was Goethe’s society and it was named after it. The monument was supposed to be designed for Weimar, not for Shiraz. It belonged to German culture, European culture. We could not take only Hafiz as the model for the task. We considered them both. Now, the question was how to make it concrete. We strived to show these two figures are unanimous. Then it was, how to put this concept into forms and shapes. Finally, we decided to pick a piece of rock then slice it in half in the way that the two parts would take the shape of the two chairs. And when they stick back together, it is a rock again. It wasn’t intended to use granite as the material. We first took a stone with a smooth surface. Meanwhile, as we progressed and won the contest, as a part of it, I insisted on my idea. And we concluded that we should use granite. Granite is a typical Iranian material. And it would be pleasant if we perform this concept in a way that it could relate to Iran’s geology. We spent so much time on designing the ornaments. We studied many of them. They are vastly applied in mosques’ decorations. We determined the basic pattern and in typical European style, we reduced in to more basic shapes. So, we achieved a typology for the stone carpet. As a result, we have two stone thrones across from one another installed on a stone carpet with designed ornaments.” TIME CODE: 10:00_15:00 SOUNDBITE [German] Girl, Tourist: “If the Holy Ghost once more should lend his aid to us we’d see Others perform what Jesus did. I asked him next, and beauties’ curls what is their meaning, whence do they come.Hafiz! The sage replied, "It's your love lorn heart that asks these questions constantly. The monument of Goethe and Hafiz is here in Weimar. I imagine hearing them talking about poetry.” SOUNDBITE [German] Fabian Rabsch, Designer of Goethe and Hafiz Monument: “This monument is about a dialogue, a chat going on between two literary figures. They are two cultural positions for the dialogue. They are the positions through which this can happen. They have the characteristics needed for this to happen. As for me, these two figures are two major symbols of how close two cultures could relate to each other and how rich would be the achievements of it. The whole Romantic era is inconceivable without Hafiz, even if many could not see it that way.” SOUNDBITE [Persian] Dr. Mahmoud Falaki, lecturer at Hamburg University Author of “Goethe and Hafiz”: “Regardless of the literal, lingual or pictorial impact of Hafiz on Goethe it is the personality of Hafiz that he finds interesting. Hafiz is a free-minded man; he’s not strict or prejudiced. It is important to Goethe for he lives during the Enlightenment era which is moving towards liberation. He finds such a character in Hafiz and this intensifies his interest even more.” SOUNDBITE [German] Fabian Rabsch, Designer of Goethe and Hafiz Monument: “Right after the monument was inaugurated in 2000, we came up with the idea of a similar monument for Shiraz. But after facing some political issues, the whole idea was shut down. Last year, in 2016, I was selected as a German delegation member to be sent to Iran. We visited many cities including Hamedan and Shiraz. We consulted with the mayor about the project. We hope as the tendency and the positive approaches grows in Iran, we could resume the project.” SOUNDBITE [German] Local Resident: “This monument is inspired by Goethe saying that the West and the East are related and close. I think that nowadays we have quite received this message. The world in which now we live and reside is no more detached. In this world people belong to each other. We learnt it from old days.” SOUNDBITE [German] Local Resident: “We traveled to Weimar to visit it and take picture with it. We will take our pictures with us to Iran. Then we could show Iranians what we have built in our homeland and maybe we’d be offered a cup of tea. I read Goethe's Gingko Biloba as an adult. Thispoem is about coming to know Hafiz. We know these names. We know these names. We hadn’t visited here but we intend to travel thousands of kilometers to Iran.It is not right to remain ignorant of what is just around the corner. - Do you plan to go to Shiraz? - You will have your birthday there. When is it? - May, 18th. - Then you’d be in Shiraz. - Do you know Goethe? - Yes, not personally. - Have you read Goethe? - Would you join this family trip? - Do you like to go? - Yes. It is my birthday as we go there. - You’d get a book of poems by Hafiz as a present. - Do you want a book of poems as a present? - So you have to learn it. - I am learning the alphabets. - She is learning the alphabets.” SOUNDBITE [Persian] Dr. Mahmoud Falaki, lecturer at Hamburg University Author of “Goethe and Hafiz”: “This appeal to the East and the communication with the East is imaginary since Goethe was never in the East. But unlike nowadays with all these East-West confrontations, both violent and diplomatic, back then there was nothing. West never assumed the East as a threat and that made the East and everything to it somehow fascinating to them and that made the East and everything to it somehow fascinating to them. You can find in the travelogues. In the travelogues dating back to the Middle Ages one can find insignificant observations and adventures. The culture, rituals and relations in the East remain insignificant. It is in the 16th and 17th centuries with the beginning of the Enlightenment era that the curiosity about other nations and cultures heightens. The travelogues are now different. They write about rituals, cultures, relations, languages and histories.” SOUNDBITE [French] Tourist in Iran: “In the hope of reunion, my very life I give up. As a paradise bird, this worldly trap I would hop. I swear to you, being your worthy servant. Mastery of both worlds I would drop. May the cloud of guidance unload its rain. Before I am back to the dust, into the air I shall rise. Besides my tomb bring minstrels and wine. And I shall rise dancing to the scent of the cup. Rise and manifest yourself my beloved. To my life and universe, with ovation I put a stop. On my deathbed give me a glimpse of your face So like Hafiz, I too will reach the top.” TIME CODE: 20:00_25:18 SOUNDBITE [Persian] Woman: “Respecting Goethe and you as our dear guest, I would like to give you a book of poems by Hafiz translated into 4 languages. One chapter is in German. In the introduction, I have praised Goethe.I am presenting it to you on your birthday.” SOUNDBITE [German] Tourists to Iran: “I like it and I would like to thank you for the book.I want to read a poem by Goethe to you. The Gingko, that Eastern tree In my garden plot now grows. In its leaf there seems to be The secret that the wise man knows. In that leaf one and lonely In itself in two divided It is two that is seen as one only? To such questions I reply. Do not my love poem say to you I am one yet two? The Gingko leaves are a beautiful metaphor. They symbolize the East and the West. That they are not separate In my opinion, it is the most beautiful metaphor considering the fact that this poem is in West-Eastern Divan. Are they one or two? Maybe they are united in general. The languages have same roots. Both Farsi and German are Indo-European languages. Maybe they share one spirit. One breaking into two. I think so. Goethe says the East and the West are the same. That we are all brothers and sister, friends and relatives. The Leaf of the Eastern Tree.”
Every body I inhabit is a dissenting body. Anxiety, anger, and disorientation emanate from my autistic sensory body. I can’t stop listening to other people’s noise through the walls, and each heavy footfall above me bruises my eardrums. A puff of my husband’s breath on my face is enough to wake me from a sound sleep. I adjust the blinds, the lights, the brightness of my screen in constant rotation. I seek refuge under the comforting weight of white noise and thick blankets, even when my heart longs for other people and open air. My physical body protests in a language of chronic pain and sleeplessness. These disruptions occur arbitrarily; actions which give me joy now may trigger furious flares an hour, a day, a week later. And if physical penalties for disobeying my body’s limitations weren’t enough, it also inflicts its dissent on my psychological self by failing to administer the correct neurological chemicals to avoid the fogged-in abyss of depression. Sadness begets sleeplessness begets pain begets sadness, and so forth. I often find my body unacceptable, and so does society. Every narrow seat, every cutting waistband, every judgmental voice tells me I don’t fit expectations. I brush, I tweeze, I shave, I wax, I drape, I shift, I cut, I hide. My shape is segregated into shrinking fabrics and diminishing retail spaces. It is targeted with advertisements and poisons. On the days when my body prevents me from doing meaningful work or feeling lovable, I am crushed under relentless waves of warfare. And even if my body could fit into the definitions of worth, its very identity—as a woman, as a bisexual, as a disabled person—is constantly erased for others’ convenience. The conditions of my existence are subject to legitimized dismissal by the medical establishment, the justice system, the corporate structure that wants to suppress and exterminate that which cannot turn a profit. Reproductive control and healthcare are privileges I can check out with my skin color, only to be recalled by my economic status. If I wear my gender too openly, I’m asking for sexual assault. If I conceal my gender too well, I risk violent words and acts by those threatened by challenges to an artificial binary. So because all my bodies are cause for dissent, I use my body as an instrument of dissent. I’m learning to seek pleasure, and to wear my rolls and creases, flagrantly and without apology. I’m walking into the halls of power to demand care for my body and others like it, through access to healthcare, economic security, an end to rape culture, and equal rights for LGBT and disabled people. I’m raising my voice in rhetorical flourishes and strident shouts to demand an end to systems of racist, sexist, and classist oppression, fueled by corporate and military powers seeking to buy or win what I am entitled to as a citizen and human being. As long as I have a dissenting body to my name, I will use it to obstruct that which oppresses it.
The number system which the world uses today originated in India in the first centuries CE. The numbers are usually referred to as “Arabic” since the Europeans obtained them from the Arabs, but in the Middle East they are known as “Indian” since the Arabs obtained them from India. Mathematics emerged as a separate field of study already in Vedic times but it was in the Gupta period that the greatest advances were made. Indians learned from Greek mathematicians but they made seminal contributions of their own. They were the first to make use of decimals and the number zero. They used negative numbers too and they beat Pythagoras to his famous theorem. Indian mathematicians calculated the value of π, pi, with a very high decree of precision, and determined the circumference of the earth and the timing of lunar and solar eclipses. In the 15th century CE, Kerala, in the very south, was home to a school of mathematics which developed trigonometric functions. In India, mathematical knowledge always developed in conjunction with its practical application. Already the Harappa civilization, some 2,500 years BCE, used geometry in order to calculate the size of fields. In Vedic culture maths was used to determine the size of altars and for deciding when to engage in various religious rituals. Likewise, notion of zero and infinity both have their origin in religious speculations. The world as we know it contains no nothing; everything we see around us is something. Yet in Buddhist philosophy, nothingness is a key concept and the goal of mediation is to empty one’s mind. Nothingness, to a Buddhist, is real. Meanwhile, the Jains were fascinated by very large numbers. They told stories of gods who appeared millions of times with millions of years apart. The better you can understand the infinite, they argued, the better you can understand the divine. The history of mathematics is a great example of a civilizational exchange. The Indians learned math from the Greeks, taught the Arab world, which in turn taught the Europeans. At each stage, the knowledge was transformed and improved on. To this day only some ten percent of all the manuscripts on Sanskrit science have been published and much remains to be properly studied. There may be many surprising discoveries to be made. Incarnations, “Ramanujan: The Elbow of Genius” Incarnations, “Aryabhata: The Boat of Intellect” In Our Time, “Indian mathematics”
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Every so often - in the compnay of very senior managers from large organisations - you get the feeling that the term "entrepreneurship" or "entrepreneur" is a demon in their management jargon. This is a term that causes hostility and conversations that drift no where in particular. The term entrepreneur is regarded with some suspicion by managers. But in reality as Prof Watson (Nottingham University) said - to make the distinction between entrepreneurship and management is to make a fatal distinction. Entrepreneurs without management practices are as much a nightmare as are managers without an entrpreneurial spark within them. Afterall how can you create new opportunities for organic growth, make mergers and acquisiions happen, develop new products and services without seeking to be innovative (i.e entrepreneurial). Equally how can entrepreneurs - who might have great ideas and identify opporutnities make any of their dreams come alive without the disciplines of management? So - the two skill sets need to sit alongside each other. And yesterday (12th December) I saw no better example than having run into Suresh Seetharaman of Virgin Comics. He and his colleagues have pulled together a remarkable team of creative people to develop new comics and animations by combining Indian and other legendary stories and bringing them to 21st century. When you look underneath the excitment of what they are creating - you can see that they have clearly closed the gap between "entrepreneurship and management" - they see no difference and thank goodness for such teams. I wish them well!
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In 1998-89 the Women in Conflict Zones Network (WICZNET) and the SSA organized a comparative project between Sri Lanka and former Yugoslavia. In December 1998 the first conference was held in Hendala, Sri Lanka and the second in Budapest, Hungary in October 1999. The Sri Lanka Conference had 40 international participants and 70 local participants. The funding was from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Ford Foundation and others. The papers presented at the Sri Lanka Conference entitled “Feminists Under Fire – Exchanges across War Zones”, was edited by Wenona Giles, Malathi de Alwis, Edith Klein and Neluka Silva and was published in 2003 by Between the Lines, Toronto, Canada. The book was translated by the SSA into Sinhala and Tamil.
The Great Fifty Days of Eastertide form a single festival period in which the tone of joy created at the Easter Vigil is sustained through the following seven weeks, and the Church celebrates the gloriously risen Christ: Triumphant in his glory now, his sceptre ruleth all, earth, heaven and hell before him bow, and at his footstool fall. (Fulbert of Chartres) Early Christians gave the name Pentecost to this whole fifty-day span of rejoicing, which Tertullian calls ‘this most joyful period’ (laetissimum spatium). It is sometimes also called ‘Great Sunday’. In those places where the custom of lighting the Easter Candle at the beginning of Easter is followed, the lit Candle stands prominently in church for all the Eastertide services. The Alleluia appears frequently in liturgical speech and song; Morning Prayer begins with the traditional collection of Pauline texts known as the Easter Anthems, and white or gold vestments and decorations emphasize the joy and brightness of the season. On the fortieth day there has from the late fourth century been a particular celebration of Christ’s ascension. He commissions his disciples to continue his work, he promises the gift of the Holy Spirit, and then he is no longer among them in the flesh. The ascension is therefore closely connected with the themeof mission. The arrival of the promised gift of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost completes and crowns the Easter Festival.
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Verb(1) cause inflammation in(2) catch fire(3) cause to start burning(4) arouse or excite feelings and passions(5) become inflamed; get sore (1) If staff act in a trained, controlled manner they are less likely to inflame the situation.(2) Usually, outside comments just serve to inflame the situation.(3) I don't know why the police had to do this but it will only inflame local people around here.(4) But what good is that if the struggles over parades are prefigured to continue endlessly, and to twist and inflame ordinary people endlessly.(5) I think the president doesn't want to further inflame the situation.(6) Any retaliatory attack would only inflame the current situation,├ö├ç├û he warned.(7) However, their every utterance is designed to inflame fears and tensions and give succour to the fascists.(8) You don't want to inflame the situation while the crew is there.(9) I don't doubt that such experiences can inflame devotion, like any pious dream.(10) the torches inflame the night to the eastward(11) How dare I stir up trouble and inflame feelings by repeating such a conversation?(12) It will either inform you or inflame you, and either one can be a good thing.(13) But you have to ask which article will do more to inflame the scornful anger of the middle classes.(14) Of course, it's not reporters' job to intentionally inflame bad situations.(15) Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!(16) Some of the men outside the mosque said that the raid would inflame the situation├ö├ç├û. 1. enrage :: 2. incite :: 3. aggravate :: 4. kindle :: 5. wake :: 6. conflagrate :: 1. delight :: 2. gratify :: 3. please :: Different Formsinflame, inflamed, inflames, inflaming English to Tajik Dictionary: inflame Meaning and definitions of inflame, translation in Tajik language for inflame with similar and opposite words. Also find spoken pronunciation of inflame in Tajik and in English language. Tags for the entry "inflame" What inflame means in Tajik, inflame meaning in Tajik, inflame definition, examples and pronunciation of inflame in Tajik language.
- зарар расонданзарарноказиятудард мекунад Noun(1) any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.(2) psychological suffering(3) feelings of mental or physical pain(4) a damage or loss(5) the act of damaging something or someone Verb(1) be the source of pain(2) give trouble or pain to(3) cause emotional anguish or make miserable(4) cause damage or affect negatively(5) hurt the feelings of(6) feel physical pain(7) feel pain or be in pain Adjective(1) suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle(2) damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value (1) Her arm hurt, her stomach hurt , her face ached on both sides, and she tasted the salty sweetness of blood in her mouth.(2) I got in the shower, the hot water seemed to away a tiny bit of my stress and hurt , though not much.(3) It was one of those spectacular injuries that doesn't hurt much but involves impressive blood loss that actually drips on to the ground.(4) On top of that, they're going to get a lot of guys back defensively who have been hurt by nagging injuries.(5) Raising tax rates would hurt the expansion and weaken the incentives that drive long-term growth.(6) He jumped about a foot into the air, startled that a girl he had hurt so badly in the past could still have any feelings for him.(7) At least in there she knew she could never hurt as badly as she had last night.(8) His head felt like it was on fire, and his whole body hurt with a dull ache.(9) The pain did not hurt him, rather it woke him up from a trancelike state of hopelessness.(10) does acupuncture hurt?(11) As one correspondent puts it, the message that hurt does not mean harm needs reinforcing.(12) her eyes reflected her unhappiness and hurt(13) While there was undoubtedly physical hurt , it is the psychological damage that rankles most.(14) Raising rates now would hurt economic growth in the US and stifle the green shoots of recovery in Europe.(15) The driver was badly hurt , but his injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.(16) I was scared at the start but after a while you get used to the pain - you hurt your shins all the time. (1) get hurt :: даст зарар 2. pained :: 3. wounded :: 5. distress :: 6. suffering :: 7. trauma :: 8. detriment :: 9. damage :: 10. be painful :: 11. injure :: 12. distress :: 13. harm :: 14. ache :: 15. pain :: 16. suffer :: 17. wound :: 1. doctor :: 2. fix :: 3. mend :: 4. patch :: 5. rebuild :: 6. recondition :: 7. reconstruct :: 8. renovate :: 9. repair :: 10. revamp :: Different Formshurt, hurtful, hurting, hurts Word Example from TV Shows The best way to learn proper English is to read news report, and watch news on TV. Watching TV shows is a great way to learn casual English, slang words, understand culture reference and humor. If you have already watched these shows then you may recall the words used in the following dialogs. Look, I'm sorry I HURT your feelings... The Big Bang Theory Season 8, Episode 21 Well, you really HURT The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 7 I'll never HURT you, little brother. Don't you know that? Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 7 You don't want her HURT? Game of Thrones Season 1, Episode 9 Does it HURT? Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 3 English to Tajik Dictionary: hurt Meaning and definitions of hurt, translation in Tajik language for hurt with similar and opposite words. Also find spoken pronunciation of hurt in Tajik and in English language. Tags for the entry "hurt" What hurt means in Tajik, hurt meaning in Tajik, hurt definition, examples and pronunciation of hurt in Tajik language.
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This is holy ground. This blood-stained, dusty, rock-hard earth. This killing-hill where Romans crucified dozens, maybe hundreds, of Jewish law-breakers. This skull-mound, outside Jerusalem city walls, infamous forever because of One prisoner executed here. We reach this place, Mark writes, “When [the Jewish soldiers] were finally tired of mocking [Jesus], they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified (15:20). Mark continues with a report that reads like choppy headline news with few details. A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross (15:21). Jesus would have been boxed in by four Roman soldiers with a servant carrying a placard: THE KING OF THE JEWS. At some point en route, it became obvious Jesus was too weakened to carry his cross. Simon was a Jew from North Africa present for Passover. If Simon’s Rufus is the Rufus Paul mentions in Romans 16:13, this family became believers. Did being forced to carry Christ’s cross eventually lead Simon, and then his sons, to faith? They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get. It was the third hour when they crucified him. The written notice of the charge against him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS. They crucified two robbers with him, one on his right and one on his left (15:22-27). “They” were Jerusalem women who offered crucified Jews a drug to dull the pain. The Greek tense suggests they tried several times to give Jesus a drink. Jesus refused it. Mark doesn’t explain why. Such awful agony Mark glosses over when he writes, “And they crucified him”! The Jewish historian Josephus calls it “the most wretched of all ways of dying.” Not the nails, but his body sagging as he hung, made breathing an unrelenting struggle. (For a further description of Christ’s crucifixion, see http://www.alfredplacechurch.org.uk/index.php/sermons/mark/mark-15/1524-25-the-crucifixion-of-christ/.) Eventually death would come from suffocation. But not yet; according to Mark it’s 9 a.m. Humiliation accompanied suffering. Before they drove the spikes, soldiers stripped the prisoner. Then, after hanging Jesus up, they gambled for his clothes beneath his cross. A perk for the soldiers’ assigned despicable work. Over Jesus’ head they posted the placard with his crime. Common thieves flanked him on both sides. We might claim the charge false. But in fact he was “the King of the Jews”, even King of the Romans. He was, and remains today, a deadly threat to every authority that refuses to bow. Yet, that day, he was merely a message from Pilate declaring what Rome did with “would be” kings. Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, come down from the cross and save yourself!” In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! Let this Christ, this King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him (15:28-32). Humiliation continued. Passover pilgrims, packing the nearby road, threw Jesus’ supposed words in his face. Chief priests and law-teachers jeered. “Messiah, Israel’s King, jump off the cross so we can see and believe in you!” Even the dying thieves sneered between suffocating breaths. At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”– which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.” One man ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said. With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!” (15:33-39). From noon until three eerie darkness shrouded the city. An angry storm erupting. Creation itself revolting. As if God the Father turned away the light of his face from his Son. Suddenly a heartrending, mournful voice cried out: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Literally hell for the King of heaven. Some misunderstood, thinking he was calling Elijah. They looked for a miracle from the long-gone prophet. None came. Instead, in the anguish of suffocating death and with a loud cry, “Jesus breathed his last.” The temple curtain tore open top to bottom. At the cross a silent moment. Mourners looked closely. No, Jesus wasn’t breathing. Finally, the Roman centurion, closest witness, pondering the fearful awe of the moment and how Jesus had died, declared, “Surely this man was the Son of God!” Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there. It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached, Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died. When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph. So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid (15:40-47), Mark reveals here what he hasn’t throughout his writing: several women at the cross “had followed [Jesus] and cared for his needs.” Many other women also were there. Unheralded they have played a vital role in Jesus’ ministry. They will again. But now, according to Jewish law, Jesus had to be buried before sundown. Joseph of Arimathea, of whom we know nothing except that he belonged to the Jewish Sanhedrin and obviously honored Jesus, approached Pilate for Jesus’ body. After ascertaining Jesus was indeed dead, Pilate permitted it. Joseph painstakingly lowered the body, carefully wrapped it in newly-bought linen, and gently laid it in a tomb, which he sealed shut with a large stone. Both Marys looked on. * * * * * Unless Mark totally made up this narrative, there can be no doubt Jesus died. The question is: why? Certainly he had the power to blow away his enemies the way he’d driven out demons! And why didn’t Mark explain? I think Mark didn’t tell us why Jesus died because he wanted us to stand at the cross confused and shaken and ask what the disciples must have: Why? Why did Jesus who claimed to be Messiah, who announced God’s kingdom at hand, who opened blind eyes, stilled a storm, and raised a dead girl . . . WHY DID HE DIE LIKE THAT? Easy to spout out learned answers. Better to ponder them with our mind focused on Mark’s narrative. If it stuns a bit, so much the better . . .
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A-aea crouched close to the cave mouth, watching Ga-nor with wondering eyes. Ga-nor's occupation interested her, as well as Ga-nor himself. As for Ga-nor, he was too occupied with his work to notice her. A torch stuck in a niche in the cave wall dimly illuminated the roomy cavern, and by its light Ga-nor was laboriously tracing figures on the wall. With a piece of flint he scratched the outline and then with a twig dipped in ocher paint completed the figure. The result was crude, but grave evidence of real artistic genius, struggling for expression. It was a mammoth that he sought to depict, and little A-aea's eyes widened with wonder and admiration. Wonderful! What though the beast lacked a leg and had no tail? It was tribesmen, just struggling out of utter barbarism, who were the critics, and to them Ga-nor was a past master. However, it was not to watch the reproduction of a mammoth that A-aea hid among the scanty bushes by Ga-nor's cave. The admiration for the painting paled beside the look of positive adoration with which she favored the artist. Indeed, Ga-nor was not unpleasing to the eye. Tall he was, towering well over six feet, leanly built, with mighty shoulders and narrow hips, the build of a fighting man. Both his hands and his feet were long and slim; and his features, thrown into bold profile by the flickering torch-light, were intelligent, with a high, broad forehead, topped by a mane of sandy hair. A-aea herself was very easy to look upon. Her hair, as well as her eyes, was black and fell about her slim shoulders in a rippling wave. No ocher tattooing tinted her cheek, for she was still unmated. Both the girl and the youth were perfect specimens of the great Cro-Magnon race which came from no man knows where and announced and enforced their supremacy over beast and beast-man. A-aea glanced about nervously. All ideas to the contrary, customs and taboos are much more narrow and vigorously enforced among savage peoples. The more primitive a race, the more intolerant their customs. Vice and licentiousness may be the rule, but the appearance of vice is shunned and condemned. So if A-aea had been discovered, hiding near the cave of an unattached young man, denunciation as a shameless woman would have been her lot, and doubtless a public whipping. To be proper, A-aea should have played the modest, demure maiden, perhaps skillfully arousing the young artist's interest without seeming to do so. Then, if the youth was pleased, would have followed public wooing by means of crude love-songs and music from reed pipes. Then barter with her parents and then--marriage. Or no wooing at all, if the lover was wealthy. But little A-aea was herself a mark of progress. Covert glances had failed to attract the attention of the young man who seemed engrossed with his artistry, so she had taken to the unconventional way of spying upon him, in hopes of finding some way to win him. Ga-nor turned from his completed work, stretched and glanced toward the cave mouth. Like a frightened rabbit, little A-aea ducked and darted away. When Ga-nor emerged from the cave, he was puzzled by the sight of a small, slender footprint in the soft loam outside the cave. A-aea walked primly toward her own cave, which was, with most of the others, at some distance from Ga-nor's cave. As she did so, she noticed a group of warriors talking excitedly in front of the chief's cave. A mere girl might not intrude upon the councils of men, but such was A-aea's curiosity, that she dared a scolding by slipping nearer. She heard the words "footprint" and "gur-na" (man-ape). The footprints of a gur-na had been found in the forest, not far from the caves. "Gur-na" was a word of hatred and horror to the people of the caves, for creatures whom the tribesmen called "gur-na," or man-apes, were the hairy monsters of another age, the brutish men of the Neandertal. More feared than mammoth or tiger, they had ruled the forests until the Cro-Magnon men had come and waged savage warfare against them. Of mighty power and little mind, savage, bestial and cannibalistic, they inspired the tribesmen with loathing and horror--a horror transmitted through the ages in tales of ogres and goblins, of werewolves and beast-men. They were fewer and more cunning, now. No longer they rushed roaring to battle, but cunning and frightful, they slunk about the forests, the terror of all beasts, brooding in their brutish minds with hatred for the men who had driven them from the best hunting grounds. And ever the Cro-Magnon men trailed them down and slaughtered them, until sullenly they had withdrawn far into the deep forests. But the fear of them remained with the tribesmen, and no woman went into the jungle alone. Sometimes children went, and sometimes they returned not; and searchers found but signs of a ghastly feast, with tracks that were not the tracks of beasts, nor yet the tracks of men. And so a hunting party would go forth and hunt the monster down. Sometimes it gave battle and was slain, and sometimes it fled before them and escaped into the depths of the forest, where they dared not follow. Once a hunting party, reckless with the chase, had pursued a fleeing gur-na into the deep forest and there, in a deep ravine, where overhanging limbs shut out the sunlight, numbers of the Neandertalers had come upon them. So no more entered the forests. A-aea turned away, with a glance at the forest. Somewhere in its depths lurked the beast-man, piggish eyes glinting crafty hate, malevolent, frightful. Someone stepped across her path. It was Ka-nanu, the son of a councilor of the chief. She drew away with a shrug of her shoulders. She did not like Ka-nanu and she was afraid of him. He wooed her with a mocking air, as if he did it merely for amusement and would take her whenever he wished, anyway. He seized her by the wrist. "Turn not away, fair maiden," said he. "It is your slave, Ka-nanu." "Let me go," she answered. "I must go to the spring for water." "Then I will go with you, moon of delight, so that no beast may harm you." And accompany her he did, in spite of her protests. "There is a gur-na abroad," he told her sternly. "It is lawful for a man to accompany even an unmated maiden, for protection. And I am Ka-nanu," he added, in a different tone; "do not resist me too far, or I will teach you obedience." A-aea knew somewhat of the man's ruthless nature. Many of the tribal girls looked with favor on Ka-nanu, for he was bigger and taller even than Ga-nor, and more handsome in a reckless, cruel way. But A-aea loved Ga-nor and she was afraid of Ka-nanu. Her very fear of him kept her from resisting his approaches too much. Ga-nor was known to be gentle with women, if careless of them, while Ka-nanu, thereby showing himself to be another mark of progress, was proud or his success with women and used his power over them in no gentle fashion. A-aea found Ka-nanu was to be feared more than a beast, for at the spring just out of sight of the caves, he seized her in his arms. "A-aea," he whispered, "my little antelope, I have you at last. You shall not escape me." In vain she struggled and pleaded with him. Lifting her in his mighty arms he strode away into the forest. Frantically she strove to escape, to dissuade him. "I am not powerful enough to resist you," she said, "but I will accuse you before the tribe." "You will never accuse me, little antelope," he said, and she read another, even more sinister intention in his cruel countenance. On and on into the forest he carried her, and in the midst of a glade he paused, his hunter's instinct alert. From the trees in front of them dropped a hideous monster, a hairy, misshapen, frightful thing. A-aea's scream re-echoed through the forest, as the thing approached. Ka-nanu, white-lipped and horrified, dropped A-aea to the ground and told her to run. Then, drawing knife and ax, he advanced. The Neandertal man plunged forward on short, gnarled legs. He was covered with hair and his features were more hideous than an ape's because of the grotesque quality of the man in them. Flat, flaring nostrils, retreating chin, fangs, no forehead whatever, great, immensely long arms dangling from sloping, incredible shoulders, the monster seemed like the devil himself to the terrified girl. His apelike head came scarcely to Ka-nanu's shoulders, yet he must have outweighed the warrior by nearly a hundred pounds. On he came like a charging buffalo, and Ka-nanu met him squarely and boldly. With flint ax and obsidian dagger he thrust and smote, but the ax was brushed aside like a toy and the arm that held the knife snapped like a stick in the misshapen hand of the Neandertaler. The girl saw the councilor's son wrenched from the ground and swung into the air, saw him hurled clear across the glade, saw the monster leap after him and rend him limb from limb. Then the Neandertaler turned his attention to her. A new expression came into his hideous eyes as he lumbered toward her, his great hairy hands horridly smeared with blood, reaching toward her. Unable to flee, she lay dizzy with horror and fear. And the monster dragged her to him, leering into her eyes. He swung her over his shoulder and waddled away through the trees; and the girl, half-fainting, knew that he was taking her to his lair, where no man would dare come to rescue her. Ga-nor came down to the spring to drink. Idly he noticed the faint footprints of a couple who had come before him. Idly he noticed that they had not returned. Each footprint had its individual characteristic. That of the man he knew to be Ka-nanu. The other track was the same as that in front of his cave. He wondered, idly as Ga-nor was wont to do all things except the painting of pictures. Then, at the spring, he noticed that the footprints of the girl ceased, but that the man's turned toward the jungle and were more deeply imprinted than before. Therefore Ka-nanu was carrying the girl. Ga-nor was no fool. He knew that a man carries a girl into the forest for no good purpose. If she had been willing to go, she would not have been carried. Now Ga-nor (another mark of progress) was inclined to meddle in things not pertaining to him. Perhaps another man would have shrugged his shoulders and gone his way, reflecting that it would not be well to interfere with a son of a councilor. But Ga-nor had few interests, and once his interest was roused he was inclined to see a thing through. Moreover, though not renowned as a fighter, he feared no man. Therefore, he loosened ax and dagger in his belt, shifted his grip on his spear, and took up the trail. On and on, deeper and deeper into the forest, the Neandertaler carried little A-aea. The forest was silent and evil, no birds, no insects broke the stillness. Through the overhanging trees no sunlight filtered. On padded feet that made no noise the Neandertaler hurried on. Beasts slunk out of his path. Once a great python came slithering through the jungle and the Neandertaler took to the trees with surprising speed for one of his gigantic bulk. He was not at home in the trees, however, not even as much as A-aea would have been. Once or twice the girl glimpsed another such monster as her captor. Evidently they had gone far beyond the vaguely defined boundaries of her race. The other Neandertal men avoided them. It was evident that they lived as do beasts, uniting only against some common enemy and not often then. Therein had lain the reason for the success of the Cro-Magnons' warfare against them. Into a ravine he carried the girl, and into a cave, small and vaguely illumined by the light from without. He threw her roughly to the floor of the cave, where she lay, too terrified to rise. The monster watched her, like some demon of the forest. He did not even jabber at her, as an ape would have done. The Neandertalers had no form of speech whatever. He offered her meat of some kind--uncooked, of course. Her mind reeling with horror, she saw that it was the arm of a Cro-Magnon child. When he saw she would not eat, he devoured it himself, tearing the flesh with great fangs. He took her between his great hands, bruising her soft flesh. He ran rough fingers through her hair, and when he saw that he hurt her he seemed filled with a fiendish glee. He tore out handfuls of her hair, seeming to enjoy devilishly the torturing of his fair captive. A-aea set her teeth and would not scream as she had done at first, and presently he desisted. The leopard-skin garment she wore seemed to enrage him. The leopard was his hereditary foe. He plucked it from her and tore it to pieces. And meanwhile Ga-nor was hurrying through the forest. He was racing now, and his face was a devil's mask, for he had come upon the bloody glade and found the monster's tracks, leading away from it. And in the cave in the ravine the Neandertaler reached for A-aea. She sprang back and he plunged toward her. He had her in a corner but she slipped under his arm and sprang away. He was still between her and the outside of the cave. Unless she could get past him, he would corner her and seize her. So she pretended to spring to one side. The Neandertaler lumbered in that direction, and quick as a cat she sprang the other way and darted past him, out into the ravine. With a bellow he charged after her. A stone rolled beneath her foot, flinging her headlong; before she could rise, his hand seized her shoulder. As he dragged her into the cave, she screamed, wildly, frenziedly, with no hope of rescue, just the scream of a woman in the grasp of a beast. Ga-nor heard that scream as he bounded down into the ravine. He approached the cave swiftly but cautiously. As he looked in, he saw red rage. In the vague light of the cave, the great Neandertaler stood, his piggish eyes on his foe, hideous, hairy, blood-smeared, while at his feet, her soft white body contrasting with the shaggy monster, her long hair gripped in his blood-stained hand, lay A-aea. The Neandertaler bellowed, dropped his captive and charged. And Ga-nor met him, not matching brute strength with his lesser might, but leaping back and out of the cave. His spear leaped and the monster bellowed as it tore through his arm. Leaping back again, the warrior jerked his spear and crouched. Again the Neandertaler rushed, and again the warrior leaped away and thrust, this time for the great hairy chest. And so they battled, speed and intelligence against brute strength and savagery. Once the great, lashing arm of the monster caught Ga-nor upon the shoulder and hurled him a dozen feet away, rendering that arm nearly useless for a time. The Neandertaler bounded after him, but Ga-nor flung himself to one side and leaped to his feet. Again and again his spear drew blood, but apparently it seemed only to enrage the monster. Then before the warrior knew it, the wall of the ravine was at his back and he heard A-aea shriek as the monster rushed in. The spear was torn from his hand and he was in the grasp of his foe. The great arms encircled his neck and shoulders, the great fangs sought his throat. He thrust his elbow under the retreating chin of his antagonist, and with his free hand struck the hideous face again and again; blows that would have felled an ordinary man but which the Neandertal beast did not even notice. Ga-nor felt consciousness going from him. The terrific arms were crushing him, threatening to break his neck. Over the shoulder of his foe he saw the girl approaching with a great stone, and he tried to motion her back. With a great effort he reached down over the monster's arm and found his ax. But so close were they clinched together that he could not draw it. The Neandertal man set himself to break his foe to pieces as one breaks a stick. But Ga-nor's elbow was thrust under his chin, and the more the Neandertal man tugged, the deeper drove the elbow into this hairy throat. Presently he realized that fact and flung Ga-nor away from him. As he did so, the warrior drew his ax, and striking with the fury of desperation, clove the monster's head. For a minute Ga-nor stood reeling above his foe, then he felt a soft form within his arms and saw a pretty face, close to his. "Ga-nor!" A-aea whispered, and Ga-nor gathered the girl in his arms. "What I have fought for I will keep," said he. And so it was that the girl who went forth into the forest in the arms of an abductor came back in the arms of a lover and a mate.
Osteopathy is a form of manual healthcare which recognises the important link between the structure of the body and the way it functions. Osteopaths focus on how the skeleton, joints, muscles, nerves, circulation and connective tissue function together to improve your health and well-being. Osteopaths use a system of skilled evaluation, diagnosis and hands-on techniques to treat a wide range of medical conditions. Such techniques include stretching, massage and mobilisation of specific joints to relieve muscle tension, increase joint mobility and to enhance the blood and nerve supply to tissues. Osteopaths will often give advice about posture, exercises and nutrition to further help the management of conditions. Osteopaths are healthcare practitioners who are trained to recognise conditions that require medical referral. They are also trained to perform standard medical examinations of the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory and nervous systems. Osteopaths undergo comprehensive training in anatomy, physiology, pathology, biomechanics and general medical diagnosis.
Background and Context: Cancer has become a vital concern in society; the mortality rate due to cancer is astonishing in India,which mounts the need of raising the alarm.More than 80% of cases are presenting in stage 3 and 4 with a survival of only 20%.To make people present early to hospital generating awareness is the only way out to that can bring revolutionary change. Promoting cancer prevention by educating youth regarding various clinical features of different types of cancers and by motivating them to spread this message to large number of people. Screening of movie on breast cancer followed by lectures and heath check up by experts will take place to teach people regarding different cancers,prevention and early detection. Special focus is to make youth aware of their responsibilities and join this campaign to teach others. Pink Chain Campaign, a cancer awareness drive has been educating youth and officials to bring the change.The campaign, which started from a small school students’ education about cancer, marked its footprints from Gandhi Ashram, Maharashtra to Jaipur for sensitizing youth followed by awareness drive in six states of India.From 5 Aug to 4 Sep, 2013 the campaign worked for the students of the University of Delhi.The campaign was attended by many prominent personalities from different areas like politics, arts,sports, film and theatre. Outcomes/What was learned: The campaign at the University of Delhi educated 20,000 students of 27 colleges.Approximately there is more than 50% change in level of knowledge and attitude and 30-40% increase in change of safe practices and 20-30% decrease in addiction habits.Considering this as a reference we will be able to improve knowledge and attitude for cancer in 5 million people, 3-4 million people will start adopting screening modalities and approx 1 million people will change their addiction habits.
Welding requirements support the entire welding market. They impact the market and welding business operations on a large scale from welding devices to welding management software application, services, and paperwork. The value of requirements in the welding market is continuously increasing as policies on security and quality are tightened up. Compliance with requirements informs clients that the quality of product or services is at the needed level. Conversation around welding treatment certification basic ISO 15614-1 upgrade Publishing a brand-new variation of a much-applied basic typically highlights many concerns; precisely what is suggested by the revised requirement? Analyses differ in between nations, and prior to the analyses end up being developed, there are variations of how the requirement is used. There’s a danger that various analyses will survive on. It is for that reason essential that there are agents from numerous nations in the worldwide standardization work. In June 2017, an upgraded variation of the requirement for welding treatment certification tests, ISO 15614-1, was launched. The welding treatment certification requirement is among the most crucial and a lot of utilized requirements used to welding market worldwide. I sum up listed below the most considerable modifications in the basic modification. Some information is still being talked about, such as the part worrying the waveform managed welding. Essential modifications in the welding treatment certification basic ISO 15614-1 upgrade: The brand-new basic presents a two-level system for welding treatment tests. In Level 2, the degree of screening is higher, and the credentials varieties are more limiting than in Level 1, which needs just a restricted quantity of screening. Place of test pieces has changed. The area of the test bars for butt welds in plate applications has actually altered, leading to a modification in the welding instructions. Likewise, the welding instructions for butt joints in pipelines has actually altered. No modifications have actually accompanied regard to fillet joints. The brand-new requirement has actually not brought significant modifications to the approval limitations. With regard to devastating product screening, the brand-new ISO requirements have actually been upgraded. As previously, the basic enables the welding of a brand-new test specimen if a specimen stops working to fulfill the requirements for the non-destructive screening. The brand-new basic deals the option of carrying out an analysis in order to identify the origin. The requirement allows carrying out brand-new damaging product tests if such tests have actually been stopped working in the course of screening. The exact same uses to the welding of a brand-new sample piece from which brand-new test bars can be drawn out. A macro test can be duplicated if all the other harmful tests have actually been passed. Modifications in credentials varieties in MIG/MAG welding. For process-specific certification varieties, the most substantial modifications belong to gas-shielded arc welding of metal. The credentials variety for protecting gas in MAG welding has actually been limited. With regard to CO2 material, the brand-new requirement allows a variance of ± 20%relative to the structure utilized in the welding treatment certification test. Modifications in waveform regulated welding. According to the brand-new requirement, when a source of power with waveform control is utilized, the source of power producer and waveform control mode will be taped on the WPQR consisting of all other relevant details. Modification from one producer to another maker of the source of power or a modification in the waveform control mode needs brand-new credentials. The majority of the source of power produced in the 1990s or later on are waveform managed. Welding with the contemporary devices is for that reason waveform regulated welding by default, making the welding device an essential variable. When a waveform managed welding procedure is not utilized in the welding treatment certification test, the welding device is not a critical variable. According to the revised requirement, the maker and determining details of the welding maker need to be kept in mind in the WPQR.
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The University of Padua was established in 1222, thanks to a group of students and teachers that decided to come to Padua from Bologna. They set up a free body of scholars, who were placed in groups according to their place of origin and in turn approved statutes, elected the rector, or chancellor and chose their teachers, who were paid with money collected by the students. Defending freedom of thought in study and teaching became a distinctive feature which today lives on in the University motto: Universa Universis Patavina Libertas. The introduction of experimental and observational methods combined together with the teaching of theory marked the dawn of a golden age. In the 16th and 17th centuries, Padua became a workshop of ideas and the home to figures who changed the cultural and scientific history of humanity. They include Andrea Vesalio, who founded modern anatomy, as well as the astronomer Copernicus, and Galileo, who observed the skies here. Padua also vaunts the world’s first university botanical garden and a permanent anatomical theatre, which was built by Girolamo Fabrici d’Acquapendente. William Harvey, who became famous for describing the circulation of the blood, studied in Padua, and in 1678 Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman in the world to be awarded a university degree. The fall of the Serenissima Republic of Venice in 1797 marked the beginning of a dark age. Padua fell and was ruled first by the French and then by the Austrians. Later between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the University expanded to include the faculties of Engineering, Pharmacy, and Political Sciences together with its traditional faculties of Law, Medicine, Arts and Philosophy, and Sciences.
Record warm temperatures have depleted Alaska’s snowpack and melted river ice. And residents of the YK Delta have noticed more open water in recent weeks. It’s not technically breakup, but in many places, it sure looks and feels like it. George Bright Senior is a VPSO in Goodnews Bay. He woke up Monday morning and saw open water. “I mean it’s like springtime, said Bright. “Open water.” He says Goodnews Bay and all three rivers that combine and empty into Goodnews Bay are open. “The news has spread, so we might have some people going out seal hunting, going upriver and seining for trout, stuff like that,” said Bright. James Charles lives in Tuntutuliak. He says there’s open water in front of Tuntutuliak slough from Helemik point on down to the mouth of the river. “See it usually freezes by this time and has been frozen by December or January. But this time it’s open all the way,” said Charles. He says people are not traveling by snowmachine on the river, but are going on a tundra trail instead. He says high tides are leading to extensive overflow in some low areas. Scott Lindsey is a hydrologist for the Alaska Pacific River Forecast Center. He says the warm temperatures and rain are certainly unusual, but the Kuskokwim as a whole is not immediately at risk of breaking up. “In order to really get breakup going, we’d have to have either a big rainfall even like we had several years ago, or temperatures where you had above freezing at higher elevations. There’s still lot of snow up in the mountains. In order to start breakup to really push down the river, you’d have to have a push of snowmelt coming from the mountains, and I don’t anticipate that’s going happen now,” said Lindsey. Bethel can expect above normal temperatures through out the week, with highs above freezing through Friday.
Alongside the dancer Ariadna Saltó we made #FEM inspired in various ideas we had in mind for a long time referring to women stereotypes and feminists topics. As women we’ve been told to dress well (to be liked and accepted by others), to behave good (which means to smile all the time, sit/stand properly and agree to everything), to worry more about beauty and how to cover wrinkles and fats instead of learning to love our bodies and ourselves…to act «like women». But, luckily, FEMINISM is growing and spreading, and we, women, are starting to feel tired trying to impress everyone with our look, tired of being judged about our appearance instead of our intelligence and professionalism, tired of feeling weak and starting to be more determined in what we truly want and making it happen. #FEM shows an image of a strong woman fighting for her rights and goals, determined, acting as she feels, liberating herself from the stereotype and being just HER. In this project we can find different topics and how they evolve as the video goes on. It shows the big pressure patriarchy puts to genres (stereotypically talking about most traditional male and female genres) and the process these follow to get liberation and acceptance. Firstly, how resistance to change affects to society, as this feels comfortable in its own traditions and old manners. How if you do want the change, you end up feeling ashamed of yourself because of society’s pressure, then «failure» comes to your mind when you don’t success from trying repeatedly, and finally, the power and satisfaction you get from liberation and destruction of the «old».
" 20 people are participating here. We give socialization over request of them" Residents living in RT 09/06, Jalan Rawa Bambu No. 11, Pasar Minggu Urban Village, Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta are given socialization about the dangers of fire due to leaking gas. "20 people are participating here. We give socialization over request of them," expressed Andrian Novandi, Group B Peleton Commander of Pasar Minggu Sector IX, South Jakarta Fire and Rescue Sub-dept., Monday (9/10). In the socialization, his side taught how to extinguish fires in a modern way, using portable fire extinguisher (APAR) or manually using sacks wet, and wet towels. "We do this to make them understand well how to extinguish the fire. So they can handle fire early before spreading to other homes," he said.
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One 4th grade student’s quick thinking and calm reaction resulted in her father receiving the emergency care he needed. Mireyda Samper, a student in 4A, immediately knew that her father was having a seizure this week. “I recognized that it was a seizure because I saw my dad have one before,” she stated when recalling what happened. She quickly grabbed her dad’s cell phone to dial 911, and placed his finger on the touch-recognition screen to unlock the phone. Once the emergency operator answered, Mireyda described what was happening and followed the instructions she was given so that the paramedics could get into her home and help. While the firefighters were taking care of her dad, Mireyda then took care of her baby brother, all the while helping the emergency crew contact her grandparents. She is a hero to her family and an example to all of us of the importance of keeping calm and thinking clearly. Way to go Mireyda!
… Do not let me be disgraced, or let my enemies rejoice in my defeat. Psalm 25:1-2 NLT Like all idioms, the phrase “to give one’s life to” carries a meaning far deeper than the phrase initially suggests. We often use it when reflecting upon someone’s career: “She gave her life to cancer research.” It is perhaps easier to see the coherence of a life by gazing into the rear-view mirror, than looking straight ahead. When I first gave my life to Jesus, I was both excited and serious. Perhaps I wanted some emotional validation for my prayer of commitment, a sign of God’s presence experienced through my senses. Worship gatherings and powerful communicators encourage us all to respond to a variety of things, and I felt many powerful emotions. Over time, I realised such emotions were short-lived. I could not rely upon them to carry me through difficulties. They were also poor guides to the will and way of God, since they generally insisted on satisfying my own internal angst, rather than laying a resilient foundation for a consistent life of obedience and service. Despite many doubts, I always kept that first promise of love and obedience. Much of my wavering arose from fear of what others might say in light of my commitment. I was also very aware of my own personal weaknesses. In time, both became a source of strength. While a handful of people either mocked or rejected me once I owned my faith, the majority took it at face value. It took time to become non-judgemental of myself, however. I have given my life to God and maintained that commitment. I have no means of measuring how effective my life has been, or will prove to be. God seems less interested in measurable outcomes than we are. It’s more a question of maintaining and deepening our life and love relationship with the Lord of all creation. Why not give your life to God afresh today? Don’t become distracted by external measures of your commitment. It is sufficient simply to say yes to God and then learn to love both God and neighbour. What do you rely on to carry you through difficult times? If trouble comes today, Lord, may I look to you to help me.
This page will serve as a networking tool to connect researchers, organizations and Indigenous communities who are interested in partnering to advance the climate change and health adaptation agenda. This space exists to foster new collaborations and to facilitate the establishment of new research teams that can help address existing or new research challenges. This page will be updated as new profile information becomes available. If you would like to share your organization, researcher or community profile please click on the appropriate button below. Organization and/or Researcher Profiles Browse this section to identify organizations and/or researchers and/or consultants who are experts in climate change and who are interested in developing networks and collaborating with Indigenous communities across Canada. If you would like to make a connection please use their information to contact them directly. Dr. Lindsay Galway Years of Experience working with Indigenous Communities: 5 Language(s) Working Level: English (high), French (medium), Spanish (medium) Specialization: Climate Change & Health, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change Communication & Engagement Desired Areas of Collaboration: Happy to collaborate with any and all. I would love to support First Nation communities in Northern Ontario in developing and implementing projects in relation to climate change and health that meet community identified needs. Bimose Tribal Council Inc Years of Experience working with Indigenous Communities: 25 Language(s) Working Level: English (high) Specialization: Resource planning and advancement of traditional knowledge within or to western science Desired Areas of Collaboration: wild rice protection, land based agricultural planning - berry farms, environmental scans of First Nation territory Browse this section to identify communities conducting research or are interested in exploring new research opportunities related to climate change and health adaptation. If you would like to make a connection please use their information to contact them directly.
Mobile apps and mobile technology is no longer a trend or fad in today’s travel industry; rather, mobile is a mind-set, or a concrete manner in which customers engage with the travel industry. This is particularly true for corporate travelers who not only are constantly connected to the world via mobile devices, but also demand the highest levels of precision, accuracy, and responsiveness from travel companies as so much of their day-to-day interactions are based on the efficiency of getting from one place to another on time and in good order. The numbers surrounding the emergence and staying-power of mobile capabilities don’t lie. A recent survey found that more than 60 percent of business travelers indicated a robust, efficient mobile platform was a key driver in a successful travel program. In addition, travelers have come to expect constant connectivity from the travel industry, with nearly 90 percent of respondents indicating they expect Wi-Fi access at hotels, airports, and other common areas within the travel industry. But it’s not just today’s customers pushing for a higher degree of connectivity and mobile capability. The same survey revealed traveler managers believe mobile technology will have the greatest impact on the corporate travel industry during the next 12 months. With both sides of the travel industry in agreement on the importance of mobile travel apps in continuing to revolutionize and streamline the travel landscape, it’s clear mobile app technology is no longer a minor disruption, but rather a driving force in reshaping how the travel industry functions on a day-to-day basis. With this mind, let’s examine a handful of ways mobile apps impact the corporate travel sphere and enhance the overall travel experience for today’s business traveler. Customer services and communication The average business traveler checks his smartphone roughly 34 times per day. This means a host of new opportunities for travel companies to leverage direct communication with business travelers whether through mobile messaging apps, alerts to special rates or offers, opportunities for feedback about certain products and services, and more. Not only does a personalized level of communication help build brand loyalty between customers and travel companies, it also encourages communication and feedback at every touch point of the travel booking process - from research to reviews. Mobile apps also provide today’s busy corporate traveler with enhanced levels of customer service. Cancellations or delays are inevitable. These disruptions are a part of the travel industry. However, with mobile apps, corporate travelers are able to adjust bookings and modify accommodations in real-time to avoid costly work stoppages or breakdowns in productivity. This is a value-added proposition for corporate travelers, but also for travel companies in leveraging an enhanced customer service platform where customers feel valued as part of the overall travel experience. These apps also provide travel companies the agility necessary to respond to changes or modifications in itineraries or supply. Let’s face it: today’s global travel industry can be a complex arena to navigate, especially for business travelers who may have multiple bookings as part of a single itinerary or business trip. Because so much of modern corporate travel operates on a 24/7 basis, business travelers need and expect mobile travel apps to enhance convenience and cut the complexity of the travel landscape. For example, apps that allow customers to use express check-in or check-out procedures provide travels an important value proposition in reaching their destination in a quicker, more streamlined fashion. Other elements of convenience such as digital receipts or document storing, online itinerary management, reminder or alert messages of potential disruptions in accommodations or bookings provide customers a level of convenience and peace of mind when researching, booking, and reviewing travel bookings. Connectivity and integration With the average business traveler so dependent upon their smartphone or other mobile device for business purposes, it stands to reason personal or leisure use of this technology also plays a large part in how often corporate travelers check and interact with their mobile device. Whether it’s checking in on social media, news websites, or even gaming platforms, the integration of the mobile device and app into a traveler’s daily life is a huge opportunity for travel companies to become a part of a customer’s daily online interaction. For example, imagine a travel app that provided a business traveler with information about the weather, current events, and interesting cultural opportunities at a given destination. This could mean a corporate traveler would engage with this app far beyond simply researching and booking a flight or hotel accommodation, which would allow travel companies to integrate more seamlessly into the after-hours life a today’s corporate travel customer.
Yglesias is right about how Richard Arenberg's Politico article defending the filibuster is thoroughly confused. The minority rights worth protecting are the rights of minorities among the people. Nobody should care about defending the rights of a minority of Senators to determine policy. Assuming that democracy is operating properly in their elections, there's a very good reason why those Senators are in the minority -- most people opposed their ideas. As happened in the Civil Rights era, a minority of Senators may keep filibustering legislation that would support equal rights for a minority of the people. Then we should support the minority among the people (who likely have backing from a majority of people, which is why they have majority backing in the Senate (setting aside issues about Senate overrepresentation of unpopulated states, which Arenberg isn't interested in fixing)) and against the Senators. Here I think Arenberg is even more wrong than Yglesias suggests. One great thing about America that should give us optimism is our history of overturning race, class, gender, and sexual orientation-related prejudices. It's not just true of America, but of societies around the world over the last few centuries. Things were worse long ago than they are now, and I'm willing to extrapolate towards their getting even better. If you think this is what's going to happen, you want it to be easier to change the status quo. If you think things are going to get worse for minority rights, so we'd better defend the status quo against change, you might support the filibuster. But I think the last few centuries of history support more optimistic bets.
Banana Healthy Food Guide America's Favorite Fruit Americans eat more bananas than any other fresh fruit. Here's why we go bananas over them. - They're nutritious. One of the best fruit sources of potassium (a nutrient associated with healthy blood pressure), bananas also boast good doses of vitamin C, cell-building B6 and fiber. - They come in their own portion-controlled, portable, biodegradable packaging. - They're a good neighbor. Bananas give off so much ethylene gas while they're ripening, they can turn green tomatoes red or ripen a hard avocado if you put them in a paper bag together for a few days. - They rarely go to waste. Refrigerate once ripe and the skin will darken, but the fruit inside will be fine. Use really ripe bananas for baking or smoothies. Or peel and freeze them whole to use later. The Health Benefits of Bananas At 105 calories, a medium (7 1/2-inch) banana is a nutrient powerhouse, providing vitamin B6 (22% Daily Value), vitamin C (15% DV), potassium (12% DV), magnesium (8% DV), folate (6% DV) and 3 grams fiber. It also has virtually no fat, sodium or cholesterol. Shopping & Storage Tips for Bananas Shopping Tip: Unlike most other fruits, bananas are able to be picked while still very green. They are best for eating when their skin ripens to yellow and starches convert rapidly to sugars. Storage Tip: Ripe bananas can be refrigerated, although this blackens the skins. A yellowing banana emits generous amounts of ethylene gas, which can help hasten the ripening of tomatoes, avocados, green bananas and other fruits when enclosed together in a paper or plastic bag. Shopping for Banana Varieties Baby Banana: (pictured far left) Now appearing in many supermarkets, this variety is also known as the ladyfinger banana, bananito or murapo. The sweetest of the commercial bananas, it tastes of cinnamon, guava and pineapple. When to eat: Its thick skin turns yellow with black spots when ripe. This banana is sweeter than the Cavendish and has deep yellow-colored flesh with a banana custard flavor. One has 80 calories. Cavendish: (pictured second from left) Your regular ol' run-of-the-mill (yet delicious) banana. The most common variety in North American supermarkets is cultivated by the majority of large-scale banana growers for worldwide distribution. When to eat: Allow to ripen at room temperature and consume after its skin fully changes from green to yellow. A medium one has 100 calories. Burro: (pictured in the middle) Stockier than other varieties, with square edges, the Burro has a mild flavor similar to the Cavendish. It is ripe when the skin is yellow with black spots. Red Banana: (pictured second from right) This smallish mahogany-colored fruit, also called Indio, Cuban Red, Jamaican Red, Macaboo and Morado, hails from Ecuador and Central America. Its creamy white to pink flesh has a slight raspberry flavor and floral aroma. Higher in vitamin C than yellow varieties, it is also rich in carotene: the redder the color, the more carotene it contains. When to eat: The reddish skin becomes more purple or dark red when it's ripe. It will still be somewhat firm, yet yield slightly to gentle pressure. Manzano: (pictured far right) Also known as the "apple banana," the stubby Manzano is sweet with hints of tart apple and strawberry flavor. When to eat: Its thick skin will be heavily mottled with black, but color isn't always the best indicator: it should yield to gentle pressure before eating (when unripe, Manzanos can be very tannic). Savory, smoky and slightly sweet, these are great with roast pork loin, a hearty bowl of black bean soup or barbecued chicken legs and coleslaw. Dotted with creme fraiche, they make an exotic appetizer. Here we layer delicate banana-buttermilk cake with a fluffy Bavarian-style cream that's made low-fat by combining nonfat milk with a reasonable amount of whipping cream. The rich taste makes it hard to believe that this cake has only 300 calories and 3 grams of saturated fat per slic Put away any preconceived notions of Grandma's fruit salad. This unusual combination of tropical fruit in a savory shallot vinaigrette will have you dreaming of the tropics. This banana quick bread is full of chocolate chips and toasted heart-healthy walnuts so you get a taste of nuts and chocolate in each bite. This version reduces the fat substantially and uses nonfat buttermilk to make the results extremely moist and tender. The bananas have to get in and out of the pan in 1 1/2 minutes, no longer, so they stay firm in the center. If you are cooking for 4, you can easily double the recipe; it is important not to crowd the skillet, so get everything ready to go and make it in 2 batches. Kids will love dipping bananas in melted chocolate and rolling them in coconut to make this tasty frozen treat. Stir chopped gingersnaps, sliced bananas and toasted pecans into softened vanilla frozen yogurt for a quick, crowd-pleasing dessert. The first ketchup was a pickled fish condiment popular in the 17th century in China, discovered by visiting Brits. Creative Americans added tomatoes during Colonial times. Try this savory spicy sauce on a burger, with pork or fish, or even as a dipping sauce for chicken fingers. Cocoa- and coconut-crusted bananas are a treat for the whole family.
Rights group Amnesty international (AI) are calling for justice over the death of a 20-year-old lady killed for refusing to marry a man her family had selected for her. âThe inhumane consequence of this forced marriage that resulted in her death only highlights the need for an urgent end to this practiceâ says, Amnesty International. According to a 2017 UNICEF study, 52% of South Sudanese girls are married by the time they are 18. Source : Africanews Follow our Instagram
There are many ways for you to land a job, but the most important thing is to get through that interview before you are hired. There are many tips that you can learn, to help you prepare for this interview. You will need to see what areas you are lacking in and how you can improve on them. Once you are able to do this, any interviews will be a walk in the park. First tip is to overdress, it’s better for you to be more formal for an interview. This gives the impression that you are serious about trying to get this job. Keep practicing answering possible answers that you might face. The better you are prepared to answer them, will show that you are confident in this kinds of situation. This will also leave your interviewer thinking that you are well-organized and will be an asset to the company. There is a way to practice, when you are in a public place if you are not the shy type. One simple way is to try talking to a stranger. And one thing to remember you won't get interview invite, if you don't hane great resume. If you are not sure in your writing skills you can write to resume cover letter service online. Let the conversation flow and see what questions come up. Once you are able to handle that scenario, you will be able to handle most interviews. When you are being interviewed, you will have to pay attention to the person who is interviewing you. Look out for signs that the interviewer is giving you on a subconscious level. There are things that a person will try to hide, but there is no way to hide their body language. For example, if the interviewer is interested in talking more to you. He will lean slightly forward and pay more attention to what you are saying. On the other hand, if the person is trying to distance and cut the interview short. It most probably means, he doesn’t think you are right for the job. Facing an interview is something that everyone must go through. There is no way of getting around this part of the process of getting a job. Since that is the case, it would be better to be able to get through the interview in the best possible way. There are many tips and tricks that will prove to be effective and help you get the job. The tips that I’m about to share with you might be well-known, but they are tried and tested methods to help you get through the interview. Show up early for the interview and never be late. If you ever turn up late for an interview you might as well not show up. Doing something as serious as this, will most likely kill all your chances of getting that job, no one is looking to hire someone that can’t show up on time. Always be early instead, even if it means waking up earlier. This is just a small inconvenience that you will need to endure for the starting period. Once you are comfortable with the route, you can judge the time better for you to leave the house next time. If you are able to read up on the company a few days before trying to apply, anyone that is interviewing you will be impressed by how much you know about the company before you start. Be careful on the number of things that you say since there is a very fine line between knowing enough and being a “Know it all”. There are cases where companies, will ask you some questions that you are supposed to know before starting work. Just to increase your chances try to remember all the little things that you can see. You can always do a search on the internet to find out more about the company.
1. [syn: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic] perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LC_TIME = "tr_TR.UTF-8", LC_MONETARY = "tr_TR.UTF-8", LC_ADDRESS = "tr_TR.UTF-8", LC_TELEPHONE = "tr_TR.UTF-8", LC_NAME = "tr_TR.UTF-8", LC_MEASUREMENT = "tr_TR.UTF-8", LC_IDENTIFICATION = "tr_TR.UTF-8", LC_NUMERIC = "tr_TR.UTF-8", LC_PAPER = "tr_TR.UTF-8", LANG = "C" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C"). 4 definitions retrieved: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48: Body \Bod"y\, n.; pl. Bodies. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. Bodice.] 1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person. Absent in body, but present in spirit. --1 Cor. v. 3 For of the soul the body form doth take. For soul is form, and doth the body make. --Spenser. 2. The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc. Who set the body and the limbs Of this great sport together? --Shak. The van of the king's army was led by the general; . . . in the body was the king and the prince. Rivers that run up into the body of Italy. 3. The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow. Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. --Col. ii. 17. 4. A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, A dry, shrewd kind of a body. --W. Irving. 5. A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body. A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter. 6. A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity. 7. Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an a["e]riform body. "A body of cold air." --Huxley. By collision of two bodies, grind The air attrite to fire. --Milton. 8. Amount; quantity; extent. 9. That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs. 10. The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body. 11. (Print.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body. 12. (Geom.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure. 13. Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body. Note: Colors bear a body when they are capable of being ground so fine, and of being mixed so entirely with oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same 14. (A["e]ronautics) The central, longitudinal framework of a flying machine, to which are attached the planes or a["e]rocurves, passenger accommodations, controlling and propelling apparatus, fuel tanks, etc. Also called [Webster 1913 Suppl.] After body (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat. Body cavity (Anat.), the space between the walls of the body and the inclosed viscera; the c[ae]lum; -- in mammals, divided by the diaphragm into thoracic and Body of a church, the nave. Body cloth; pl. Body cloths, a cloth or blanket for covering horses. Body clothes. (pl.) 1. Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing. 2. Body cloths for horses. [Obs.] --Addison. Body coat, a gentleman's dress coat. Body color (Paint.), a pigment that has consistency, thickness, or body, in distinction from a tint or wash. Body of a law (Law), the main and operative part. Body louse (Zool.), a species of louse (Pediculus vestimenti), which sometimes infests the human body and clothes. See Grayback. Body plan (Shipbuilding), an end elevation, showing the conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her Body politic, the collective body of a nation or state as politically organized, or as exercising political functions; also, a corporation. --Wharton. As to the persons who compose the body politic or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of "people", or "nation". --Bouvier. Body servant, a valet. The bodies seven (Alchemy), the metals corresponding to the Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call), Mars yren (=iron), Mercurie quicksilver we clepe, Saturnus lead, and Jupiter is tin, and Venus coper. Body snatcher, one who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave, vault, etc.; a Body snatching (Law), the unauthorized removal of a dead body from the grave; usually for the purpose of WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006): n 1: a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" [syn: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic] Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0: 79 Moby Thesaurus words for "body politic": Everyman, John Doe, Public, ally, archduchy, archdukedom, buffer state, captive nation, chieftaincy, chieftainry, citizenry, city-state, colony, common man, commonweal, commonwealth, community, community at large, country, county, domain, dominion, duchy, dukedom, earldom, empery, empire, estate, everybody, everyman, everyone, everywoman, folk, folks, free city, general public, gentry, grand duchy, kingdom, land, mandant, mandate, mandated territory, mandatee, mandatory, men, nation, nationality, people, people in general, persons, polis, polity, populace, population, possession, power, principality, principate, protectorate, province, public, puppet government, puppet regime, realm, republic, satellite, seneschalty, settlement, society, sovereign nation, state, sultanate, superpower, territory, toparchia, toparchy, world, you and me Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856): BODY POLITIC, government, corporations. When applied to the government this phrase signifies the state. 2. As to the persons who compose the body politic, they take collectively the name, of people, or nation; and individually they are citizens, when considered in relation to their political rights, and subjects as being submitted to the laws of the state. 3. When it refers to corporations, the term body politic means that the members of such corporations shall be considered as an artificial person.
IFS 50/240 - Fire Insulated Shutter In a fire situation, a deployed fire shutter can turn red-hot when subjected to the full force of the flames and intense heat can radiate from the shutter curtain. This radiated heat is capable of igniting combustible materials that may be stored on the other side, hence allowing the fire to spread. The solution to this is the use of Fire Insulated Shutters. Most fire codes require fire shutters in compartment walls to be insulated. In premises where highly combustible materials are stored, the fire shutters should also be insulated. The objective is to effectively prevent the spread of fire through heat radiation. The performance criteria for such shutters set internationally are extremely stringent. To qualify as a Fire Insulated Shutter, the shutter had to undergo a fire test to determine its fire insulation capability. Failure is deemed to have occurred once the surface temperature of the unexposed side of the test specimen exceeds a mean temperature rise of 140°C. This is measured by the 5 main thermocouples, one placed at the center of the curtain and the remaining four at the centers of each quadrant of the curtain. Three additional thermocouples are placed at the right, center and left of the top of the curtain. Individually, none of these 8 thermocouples is allowed to record a temperature rise exceeding 180°C. The prescribed furnace temperature for the test is approximately 800°C after 30 minutes, rising to 1140°C at 240 minutes. It basically requires the shutter to be so well insulated that the heat emitted from the other side has little or no possibility of igniting anything. The standards require a Fire Insulated Shutter to have a minimum of 30 minutes of fire insulation capability. Our IFS 50/240 achieved 51 minutes. \|Tested to\|\|SS 489:2001 and BS 476 Pt 22\| \|Listed with\|\|TUV-SUD-PSB Singapore\| \|Maximum Size\|\|W 12.0m x Ht 7.0m\| \|Tested Rating\|\|Up to 4 hrs Fire Integrity; Fire Insulation Value: 51 minutes\| \|Radiation Flux\|\|0.8 kW/m2 at 120mins, and 2.24 kW/m2 at 240 mins. (This value was recorded by a Radiometer placed on the center line of the curtain 3.0 m away from the specimen during the fire test) Note: This design is the subject of our Singapore Patent Application No. 200905226-7 The barrel assembly consists of an extremely rigid steel tube sheathed over a pair of drive shaft assemblies fitted to heavy duty bearing sets and supported at both ends by steel head plates. The drive shaft is a solid polished-steel round bar incorporating key ways to accept the drive sprocket. Corresponding to the size of the shutter, the head plates are either 6mm or 8mm thick with shafts of either 38mm or 50mm diameter. The entire drum assembly is enclosed by a housing consisting of 2 layers of 1.0mm thk galvanized steel sheets with a blanket of Ceramic Fibre insulation infill. The door curtain consists of 2 layers of double-walled cavity interlocking slats overall size 80mm x 20mm thick, thus forming an air gap. Located within this air gap is an additional insulation barrier of silica fabric which is rolled up into a deployable package. This barrier will be deployed by a separate fusible link in the event of a fire. The cavity of the slat is filled with insulation material consisting of a combination of Ceramic Fibre and Gypsum. Custom-shaped steel end-clips are secured to each end of every slat to prevent lateral movements A notional bottom rail is formed by bottom-most slat linking the two walls of curtain when the shutter is in the fully closed position. The door guides are a pair of box module of overall dimensions 250mm wide x 265mm deep. Each module contains a mechanically retractable guide channel that will automatically latch between the two walls of curtains when the door reaches its fully closed position. In the opening sequence, the guide channels will automatically retract to allow the curtains to travel upwards to roll up. The retractable guide channels are secured to a pair of 100 x 50 x 5mm thick 'C' channel post via purpose-made linkages. The box module is finished with an external 1.0mm thick galvanized steel sheet cladding, with the voids packed with Ceramic Fibre blanket for fire insulation. The drive unit consists of a suitably-sized linear drive motor operator mounted parallel to and behind the door roll. It has an integrated gearbox and a chain-operated sheave wheel for manual operation in case of power failure. The control box is lockable, housing a set of push buttons for Up', 'Down' and 'Stop' operations. The door operation shall automatically stop at the desired upper and lower limits via adjustable limit switches. For safety reasons, the 'DOWN' button shall require the operator to push and hold when closing the shutter. This is to ensure the closing operation is being supervised. Upon sighting an obstruction, the operator will automatically release the push button by reflex. This will instantly stop the downward travel of the shutter and prevent accidents. Power supply shall be either Single Phase 230V x 15amp or 3 Phase 415V x 20amp, depending on the size of the shutter.
Fossil insect traces reveal ancient climate, entrapment, and fossilization at La Brea Tar Pits Scientists use live insect colonies and forensic entomology to determine LOS ANGELES — The La Brea Tar Pits have stirred the imaginations of scientists and the public alike for over a century. But the amount of time it took for ancient animals to become buried in asphalt after enduring their gruesome deaths has remained a mystery. Recent forensic investigations, led by Anna R. Holden of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) and colleagues, reveal new insights into fossilization and the prevailing climate at the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits toward the end of the last Ice Age. The paper, entitled “Paleoecological and taphonomic implications of insect-damaged Pleistocene vertebrate remains from Rancho La Brea, southern California,” will be published in the journal PLoS One on July 3, 2013. The first step was to identify the insect traces. Holden and colleagues determined that different larval beetles were responsible for the exceptionally preserved traces on the bones of ancient mammals. By identifying those traces and researching the biology of the trace-maker, the team was able to pinpoint the climatic conditions and the minimum number of days it took for some of the carcasses to become submerged in the entrapping asphalt. Even after 10,000-60,000 years, the traces provide clear evidence that submergence took at least 17-20 weeks and occurred during warm to hot weather. Holden conducted the study with paleontologist Dr. John M. Harris, Chief Curator of the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, and Robert M. Timm, from Kansas University, who manages a dermestid beetle colony for research specimen preparation. They fed bones to insect colonies and used forensic entomology to decipher fossil insect traces. Because the insects that made the fossil traces still live today, the team was able to link the climate restrictions of these culprits to late Ice Age environmental conditions. “These are rare and precious fossils because they provide a virtual snapshot of a natural drama that unfolded thousands of years ago in Los Angeles,” Holden said.
We are almost to the end of February. Hard to believe! There has been a lot to do this short month! We have had two days off, been focusing on African-American History Month, and of course, there was Valentine’s Day. Last week Thursday, we celebrated Valentine’s Day at school and the students were so thrilled to be able to share with each other and the adults in the school. How have you shown your appreciation and love, to the special people in your life this month? Did you give gifts, cards, words of appreciation? In our classroom last week, we exchanged a variety of Valentine items. Have you ever thought about all the meanings of the word “love”? There are at least eight types of love; from love that focuses totally on ourselves to love that focuses totally on others. We know the greatest love is that of the Father who sent His Son to be our redeemer. This selfless love is known as agape love. We come close to this as parents, spouses, and teachers in Christian schools. Have you ever thought of how appreciation and love go together? It is easy during the day, or month that focuses on love to make the effort to show love and appreciation to others. But how often do we do this the rest of the year? The Bible tells us where our treasure is, there is our heart. What do you appreciate? What do you value? (Matthew 6:21) When we place value on something or someone we are willing to sacrifice for what we value. The parents here at Grace value what we are able to provide for the children they have placed in our care; the Christ-centered education, the caring staff, the safe environment, the quality education, and the extras we offer. The teachers value what we are able to provide, as they give of their time, their talents, and their treasures to offer more to the children. Both school and church families make sacrifices for the children to attend Grace. Our school families make the commitment and sacrifice to give up some things in their lives to be able to pay tuition, so the children are able to attend Grace and receive a Christ-centered education. There are sacrifices and commitments with both our school & church families. At the beginning of time, there was also a commitment and later a sacrifice made so that we too would not be without. When Adam and Eve fell into sin, our LORD made the commitment, a promise, to send His Son at a later time to make a purchase – He would buy us back using Jesus as the ultimate sacrifice. The LORD values us so much that He was not willing to be separated from us. He had created everything with a plan for us to be in Heaven one day with Him. When the evil one thought he had ruined the LORD’s plan – our Father revealed how He much value he places on us by offering up His Son as the ultimate Sacrifice – John 3:16. This was not a last-minute plan, but one the LORD knew from before time began – 1 Peter 1:20, He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. The LORD has shown us time and again He values us – What do you value? What do you appreciate? How have you shown it lately? Vicki Helmling is a teacher at Grace English Lutheran School
Avoid overcooling. Don’t use or buy more cooling equipment capacity than you actually need. If you decide on central air conditioning, select the most energy-efficient unit that will cool the size space you have. Bigger is not better. A larger unit than you need will cost more to run and may not remove enough humidity from the air, the feature that some consumers like most about air conditioners. Keep your cooling system well tuned. Have it professionally maintained, and ask how the energy efficiency of the system may be increased. Remember to replace the air filter regularly. Install a whole-house ventilating fan. This can be put in your attic or in an upstairs window to cool the house, even if you have central air conditioning. According to Consumer Reports, a big fan working under the right conditions can cool and ventilate an entire house for about the energy cost of running an air conditioner in one room.
Council on Foreign Relations Fellow Matthew Fuhrmann and University of Virginia Professor Todd S. Sechser have a piece in The Christian Science Monitor in which they call for a reality check on the threat posed by a nuclear-armed Iran. The crux of their argument is that advocates of the “military option” embrace two false claims: one, that a nuclear armed Iran would blackmail its neighbors, and two, that other countries would be forced to accommodate Iranian demands. While neoconservatives and Iran hawks usually frame a nuclear-armed Iran as a unique and isolated situation, Fuhrmann and Sechser decide to look to the behavior of nuclear-armed countries to predict how Iran might act if it acquired the bomb. A close look at the history of the nuclear age shows that countries with nuclear weapons are neither more likely to make coercive threats nor more likely to succeed in blackmailing their adversaries. Nuclear powers such as the United States and the Soviet Union certainly made numerous threats after they acquired nuclear weapons. But so did Libya, Serbia, Turkey, Iraq, Venezuela, and dozens of other countries that did not possess the bomb. Nuclear weapons are not a prerequisite for engaging in military blackmail. Further, there is scant evidence that possessing the bomb makes coercive threats more successful when they are made. Nuclear weapons did not help the United States compel North Korea to release the USS Pueblo and its crew in 1968. Israeli coercive threats backed by the implicit threat of nuclear war failed against Syria prior to the 1982 Lebanon War, just as British threats against Argentina in 1982 were unable to compel the return of the Falkland Islands, despite Britain’s possession of nuclear weapons. This is exactly the type of thinking that is noticeably missing from most discussions about Iran. Even Richard Haass, a self-proclaimed card-carrying realist and President of the Council on Foreign Relations, has joined the hysteria surrounding the idea of a nuclear Iran and, as I wrote nearly a year ago, publicly burned his realist card when he told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria: What is an Iranian threat? Well, the idea of a Middle East in which not simply Iran, but other countries would then likely follow suit and have nuclear weapons. The idea that that would dramatically increase the likelihood that nuclear weapons would not only be introduced in the physical sense, but used, goes up tremendously with all that means for that part of the world, access to oil and the rest. While Haass, along with his fellow Iran-hawks, are free to hypothesize about how a nuclear Iran might behave, the history of nuclear proliferation would suggest very much the opposite. Historically, the only time nuclear weapons were used was when just one country possessed them. But Iran hawks have typically rejected the realist notion that mutually-assured destruction would help deter a nuclear Iran. Fuhrman and Sechser write: Many hardliners say Iran’s ideological fervor makes it unique. US officials voiced similar concerns about Mao’s China in the early 1960s. But nuclear weapons did not embolden China. Iran today is certainly different from China in the 1960s, but policymakers would do well to remember that apocalyptic fears about nuclear proliferation are not new. We should be careful to avoid the twin mistakes of inflating the Iranian threat and downplaying the dangers of military strikes. The United States and its allies should be resolved to curtail Iran’s nuclear program by supporting harsher economic sanctions, but they should not panic and take risky military gambles. Hysteria about nuclear weapons and blackmail is wrong – and potentially dangerous. It’s a relief to see that political realism and the ability to put the possibility of a nuclear-armed Iran in a historical context still exists. It’s reassuring to know that this view has not been completely overlooked in favor of hysteria over a supposedly irrational, suicidal, blackmailing, nuclear-armed Iran. Indeed, it’s even more refreshing to hear this viewpoint voiced by Fuhrman, a Fellow at the same institution as Richard Haass. - Enough Is Not Enough – Call for Urgent Change in Mexican Economic Policy - Stronger Together: Education in Emergencies & Protracted Crises - If Trump Delivers His Last Hurrah to an Empty United Nations, Will it Still Make a Sound? - No More Lost Generations: Global Fund Provides Education for Children in Crisis - Getting India’s Construction Workers Their Entitlements - COVID-19 Sharpens Caste Discrimination in Nepal - The Beirut Blast: An Accident in Name Only - Young South Africans are Shut Out From Work: They Need a Chance to Get Digital Skills - Keeping Education within the Grasp of Refugee Children - Dr. David Obura: The New Natural
- Volume 30 Issue 5 When Sensor and Actuator Networks Cover the World - Stankovic, John A. (Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia) - Received : 2008.05.22 - Published : 2008.10.31 The technologies for wireless communication, sensing, and computation are each progressing at faster and faster rates. Notably, they are also being combined for an amazingly large multiplicative effect. It can be envisioned that the world will eventually be covered by networks of networks of smart sensors and actuators. This fact will give rise to revolutionary applications. However, to make this vision a reality, many research challenges must be overcome. This paper describes a representative set of new applications and identifies several key research challenges.
When we buy the products “made in our country”, we support our economy because we enable local businesses to persist and local jobs to exist. Therefore we fight against unemployment. When unemployment is lower, less people need welfare. As Ronald Reagan has said: “We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added”. May we buy the products “made in our country”, especially if their quality is better and even if they are a bit more expensive, because each time we do so, we support local employment. If we don’t support local employment, people risk to lose their job and economic independence, more people would need welfare and the government would raise taxes for social peace. So, in the end, it is far less expensive to buy the products “made in our country” and keep local employment, than to pay expensive taxes to compensate for local unemployment.
Developing an enterprise architecture has emerged as the next big idea in government's continuing efforts to unify disconnected information silos and deliver services more efficiently. In essence, enterprise architecture is about integration -- integration or sharing of data, integration of processes and applications, and where appropriate, integration of business functions. Most, if not all, state governments understand that an enterprise architecture is the sensible approach for priority evaluation and new technology deployment. But an examination of three states that placed highly in the Center for Digital Government's Digital States Survey shows that successful state strategies to develop an enterprise architecture vary greatly. South Dakota's Push for Unity South Dakota's Virtual Enterprise U-Government initiative has been ongoing for several years and demonstrated significant results. Taking an enterprise architecture approach helps information sharing across state government while reducing future development costs. The state also seeks to link new systems with older legacy systems to extend the useful life of past assets and investments. U-Government, meaning unifying government, began when Otto Doll interviewed for the state CIO job in 1996 (a job he has held since). Then-Gov. William Janklow complained that he asked five agencies a question and received seven different answers. Each agency or department said its answer was right because its data was better. In other words, there was virtually no data integration across agencies -- or even across many programs. "I kept that thought, and it took me four years to finally say, 'OK boss, this is how we solve it,'" Doll said, noting that was the U-Government initiative's birth. "After Y2K, we got to thinking about how we could unify three important components of state government -- people, data, process. We decided one of the first major pieces that had to be implemented in our technology stack was application integration. Ultimately we bought into the SeeBeyond product suite." SeeBeyond developed its unified platform around a standards-based architecture for system, application and data integration. Prior to adopting the solution, the state built custom "point-to-point" interfaces. As demands for electronic information exchange increased, however, this solution became unworkable. Doll cites data on drivers' licenses and deadbeat parents as an example of the most widely used information across agencies. State law now requires, for instance, checking deadbeat parent information before issuing such things as a fishing licenses. "In the old days, we would build an interface from any application to the needed data -- say drivers' licenses -- whether it stayed within an agency and just crossed program areas, or if it needed to cross agencies," Doll explained. "But heaven help you if you ever change anything relative to that driver's license. You change the data structure, and lo and behold, you have to go out and change 15 interfaces." Using a platform like SeeBeyond was relatively easy because the state's IT operations were already centralized under the CIO. "That level of centralization naturally generates things like enterprise architectures and the ability to take a single architecture, integrating it across the enterprise via one IT organization to maximize technology benefits," Doll said. "Think of it from the standpoint of the developer or analyst. For the first time, developers who normally were very much aligned to an agency, or even potentially a program within an agency, now more readily see any data and application within the enterprise," Doll added. "It is easier for them to think about any solution from an enterprise level, versus a more stovepiped view." Doll admits that even as centralized and small as South Dakota is, the state will never be able to restrict every agency to one database manager, one computing platform or any one solution.
Study shows new fathers may need help with depression Becoming a father may raise a young man's risk of depression, according to a new U.S. study that suggests helping men at this stage could improve the wellbeing of entire families. "We know a lot about mothers and maternal depression and the effect that it has on children and we're just now starting to learn about paternal depression," lead author Dr. Craig Garfield said. Are you a newspaper subscriber but you don't have a Digital Access account yet? Activate your account. You will need your subscription account number and phone number. Not sure if you have an account? Email us or call (701) 780-1100 and we can help you.
Fascination for hybrid vehicles has been witnessing a slight decline in the US for the past year, Pike Research has found. The survey was based on the consumers’ interest level and concerns about the practicality of making such as purchase. The number of people who opt for electric cars was reported as down during the last year. Those who are interested in purchasing such cars had drop from 40% to 36%. Though that is not much of a difference, one might have thought that it may go in the opposite direction. The survey collected information from around 1,001 US residents and the questions were same as that were asked during 2011 and 2010. The practical difficulties in real life, such as consumer demand, preferences, and price sensitivity for plug-in vehicles and electric vehicle charging equipment were possible deal breakers. One of the other major concerns was insufficient range. The survey also reveals that one-third of respondents doubt that plug-in vehicles are much cheaper to own than gasoline vehicles. More than one-third of the people stated that EV batteries are dangerous, and 40 percent believe that plug-ins often lock drivers when battery power is tired. The age, gender, income or education level does not make much difference in their interest in EVs. The passion of consumers for these new technologies is considerably missing.
Investing in South Africa’s incredible renewable energy sources, like the sun and wind, won’t only give South Africa huge energy rewards, but will also create 150,000 new jobs by 2030! © Greenpeace / Nicolas Fojtu The job creation potential of renewables is so potent, that even if climate change and energy security weren’t an issue for the country, investing in renewables would still make sense. The benefits for the job market Exciting figures from the International Renewable Energy Association show that if South Africa switched from fossil fuels to clean and safe renewable energy, we could create 150,000 new jobs by 2030! The jobs that will be created in this new energy sector include those in construction, manufacturing, operations and maintenance, among others. The benefits for the whole country We’re united with the rest of the world in facing the challenges of climate change, but on top of that South Africa is also faced with the challenges of poverty and high unemployment rates. Investing in renewables is about investing in people. Switching from dirty fossil fuels to renewables would go a long way in combatting these persistent social and economic problems. It would be a win for energy security, a win for the climate and a great win for the economy. Few other industries offer as many opportunities as the emerging energy industry does in South Africa. How can you get involved? South Africa has some of the best renewable energy sources in the world, but sadly they have been overlooked in the past. The sun and the wind are practically begging to be used more. Join our campaign to call on the government to use the sun and wind more. Sign the petition and let’s make sure the government realises the true potential of renewable energy.
WASTE ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS (WEEE) Along with all other EU countries, the UK has signed up to reduce the amount of waste created from unwanted electrical equipment. The legislation aims to protect our environment from the potentially harmful effects of waste by minimising, reusing and recycling electrical waste. Separate collection of electrical products allows them to be recycled and avoids hazardous materials from going into landfill. When your electrical product reaches the end of it’s useful life, please help to look after our environment by arranging for it’s recycling. - A supplier of replacement product may offer in store take-back when you purchase a replacement, or - Your local civic amenity site will accept the old product without charge and arrange for its safe disposal. For information on your nearest site and for further advice on recycling, visit www.recycle-more.co.uk or contact a local retailer supplying electrical equipment. Gro Group International Ltd is a member of a distributor take back scheme. Most household electrical products should be returned for recycling. Later product and its packaging will carry this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol to identify that it should be recycled at the end of its life.
Apples and Pears Completed the winter pruning of my top fruit trees this afternoon. I learnt about summer and winter pruning from the late (and much lamented) Geoff Hamilton years ago on Gardeners’ World. Summer pruning encourages fruiting; winter pruning encourages growth. The two apple trees were already here and established when I arrived in 1984. I’ve no idea what varieties they are but they still produce a good crop, although the smaller has become biennial (one year good, one year poor). Pruning consists of removing dead or diseased wood, crossing shoots and growths congesting the middle of the tree – this opens up the air flow and reduces the risk of disease. I also reduced the spread of both trees a little this year to make working around them a little easier. The pears were planted in my first autumn here as they take several years to settle down and start cropping. In fact, they took 19 years which was a longer wait than I had anticiapted! The varieties are Conference and Williams’ Bon Cretien which both flower mid-season so will cross pollinate. They are trained as espaliers against a south-facing fence and underplanted with iris sibirica cultivars. Pruning these is just a matter of keeping the trained shape, removing new shoots growing backwards, too long or trying to grow up from the top of the main trunk. Now all I have to do is wait eight to nine months for this year’s crop. - 4 Jan, 2008 - 1 like Previous post: Happy New Year Next post: It's that time of year when.... Recent posts by AndrewR Members who like this blog Gardening with friends since 1 Mar, 2008
Play along and learn authentic, real-world voicings. Jamey Aebersold Volume 54 Maiden Voyage presents a tutorial pack of written and recorded guitar accompaniment. The long-awaited book includes easy-to-read music, chord symbols, and guitar frames above each example for the non-reading guitarist. Also included is a CD of Mike Diliddo, the author, playing the voicings with the Maiden Voyage play-along. Special CD stereo separation allows you to eliminate the guitarist and sit in with just the bass and drums. These guitar voicings are real world authentic chord voicings, not simplified sterile examples. It's a great opportunity to not only learn great jazz voicings, but to see how these voicings can be used to navigate blues, rhythm, and great standards. Band directors will love this teaching tool because now all members of the rhythm section can practice their comping with this world famous play-along.
GITC Artist/Advocate – Makana “Art and life are one. My inspiration stems from art’s potential to ignite curiosity, the seed of transcendence. I am a native of Hawai’i and a citizen of the Earth; my music is guided by a burning desire to merge the cultural heritage of my kupuna (elders) with global themes, weaving the roots of Hawaii’s vast musical palette into a universal sound that includes influences from rock, bluegrass, African, Latin, Celtic, modern and folk music traditions.” Early on, Makana was recognized as a child prodigy and he studied with Hawai’i slack key legends Raymond Kane and Sonny Chillingworth. He began performing professionally at Honolulu’s Duke’s Canoe Club at age 15 and has since produced his own shows in many of Hawaii’s other significant venues. On August 27, 2009, Makana with his band and dancers concluded a successful two-month engagement, reopening the renovated Royal Hawaiian Hotel’s Monarch Room and inaugurating the hotel’s new “Curators of Hawaiian Music” series. The legendary venue had been dark for 14 years and the headline of the August 14, 2009, Honolulu Advertiser review by veteran Hawai’i Entertainment Reporter, Wayne Harada read, “Makana proves he’s a master of the showroom.” The legendary ukulele player, Bill Tapia was in the audience one evening. The 102-year old “Uncle” Bill had opened the historic Monarch Room in 1927. Bill Tapia has often appeared on stage with Makana. In November of 2003, Tapia and the 96-year old steel guitar legend, Tau Moe were featured in one of the four successful shows the young artist has produced at Honolulu?s restored Hawai’i Theater. During his long career, Moe had toured Europe and the US with Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones and The Platters. Makana notes, “Nobody plays like these old-timers. It’s an honor for me to share the stage with them and introduce my audience to them.” Sadly, this was to be Tau Moe’s last public performance. A prolific songwriter, Makana’s audiences run the gamut of age and ethnicity and he enjoys a particularly strong local following. In 2000 his first album “Makana” was voted “Best CD” by the readers of the Honolulu Weekly; he also earned the “Best World Music Album” and “Adult Contemporary Album of the Year” at the Hawai’i Music Awards. He has contributed songs to two Grammy-nominated albums, “Hawaiian Slack Key Kings Volumes I & II”. Makana has toured the world numerous times with regular appearances on the Mainland United States. In 2004 he opened a 27-city tour for Billboard Top Pop Artist Jason Mraz. Makana’s April 2009, New York City solo concert earned a strong New York Times review: “Makana provided a textbook illustration of slack-key style” … “dazzling.”
Quite a lot of rumors about Sony's and Microsoft's next-gen consoles have hit the web this week. IGN claims this new console, codenamed "Orbis", will feature AMD's A8-3850 APU and the Radeon HD 7670 graphics card. However, the source of the rumor stated that while current plans for the device make use of the chips mentioned, it's possible that changes could be made prior to the system's launch. By current standards, the HD 6670 is an entry-level processor with a price of about $74.99. Benchmark tests place framerate performance for taxing titles games like Metro 2033 and Crysis 2 set to high settings at a resolution of 1920x1080 (1080p) with average framerates of just over 30 frames-per-second. The chip also supports HDMI1.4a output, which is necessary for the system's rumored 4k output. Naturally, a comparably lightweight operating system and console-optimized games will likely improve performance, but the PS4's real edge could come from the secondary GPU provided by the APU. Onboard the A8-3850 is an HD 6550D, which makes the APU capable of running games at baseline specs and lower resolutions without the help of a discrete GPU. When the APU is paired with the HD 7670, however, Sony will be able to utilize an asymmetrical CrossFire configuration to share the load of realtime graphics processing. VG247 on the other hand has some details about the launch date. It's said to be 2013 and Sony is reportedly gunning to be ready with the PS4 before Microsoft launches the Xbox 720. Following continued reports last week that PlayStation 4 is to be based on AMD hardware and is being planned for a 2013 release, a VG247 source has said Sony is aiming to get the machine to market ahead of Microsoft
Report: India to launch Israeli spy satellite in upcoming days According to Aviation Week, India will launch military imaging radar satellite from Bay of Bengal. India plans to launch an Israeli spy satellite over the coming days, the American magazine Aviation Week reported on Tuesday. Israel's first Polaris/TecSat military imaging radar satellite will be launched from India's launch site on an island in the Bay of Bengal. The satellite will have night vision capabilities and will be able to see at a resolution of one meter. The satellite, according to the magazine report will join the Ofek-7 satellite in space, which was launched from Israel in June, following the failure to launch Ofek-6. Israel and India have established strong military and strategic ties, with the satellite marking the upgrade of this cooperation into space. This joint military effort is expected to greatly improve Israel's reconnaissance abilities. Like us on Facebook and get articles directly in your news feed
If Russia shows interest in the conflict From now on, anything the United States can do, Russia can do, and maybe with even greater force and brutality. The spark was in Georgia, which made an unwise decision that set off a chain reaction. The response by America and other NATO members was diplomatic but employed the language of war. Russia, Britain said, may take over Ukraine, Moldova and the Crimean peninsula; France proposed imposing sanctions; and nine NATO warships began exercises in the Black Sea, off Georgia's shores. Russia not only ignored the West's demands and warnings, it added threats of its own and warned of a conflagration in the Black Sea. On Wednesday, Russia poked Washington in the eye one more time and caused a stir in Israel. The charge d'affaires at the Russian embassy in Damascus announced that Moscow would beef up its naval forces in the Mediterranean and that warships would visit the Syrian port of Tartus more frequently. According to Russia's rationale, if the United States could dispatch the destroyer Cole off Lebanon's shores in March, Russia can send its warships to Syria's port. Because from now on, anything the United States can do, Russia can do, and maybe with even greater force and brutality. "Suddenly" it turns out that during a period of calm, when Russia was considered harmless, it accumulated enormous assets that today allow it to leverage its strategy. Europe, for example, which is now threatening Russia with sanctions, imports from Russia 30 percent of its oil and more than 40 percent of its natural gas, which keeps it warm during the winter. Russia is deeply invested in Iran, well beyond the construction of the Bushehr nuclear reactor - it holds long-term contracts in Iraq; Russia and China have extensively expanded trade relations, which reached $48 billion in 2007; and during his visit to Moscow last year, China's president said he expected trade between the two countries to reach $60 billion to $80 billion by 2010. With trade options like these, and many more investments in the Middle East, from Turkey to Algeria, Europe's dependence and an America stuck in the quicksand not in one place but two (Iraq and Afghanistan) - the Vladimir Putin-Dmitry Medvedev duo can walk around the neighborhood with brass knuckles and steely blue eyes, speaking in low voices. Especially after the ruckus they caused in Georgia. But this is not that same old Cold War. This is not about two ideologies fighting over space, but four superpowers - the United States, Europe, China and Russia - that are busy evaluating their economic forecasts for the coming decade and neutralizing mutual threats. It is not Abkhazia's national ambitions that interest Russia, just as Kosovo's ambitions are not the center of U.S. concerns. What is really important is where the next oil pipeline will pass, whether Iran will replace Russia as Europe's main energy supplier, whether Russia or the United States will lead in extracting petroleum in Iraq, and who will supply oil to China. If this were a matter of ideology, we would see Russia, a member of the international Quartet, working overtime to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or at least encouraging dialogue between Israel and Damascus. If it were a matter of checking America's diplomatic strength in the region, Bashar Assad would have returned from his recent visit to Moscow with a pile of missiles, and not a cool promise for only defensive weapons, and only if he pays in cash. It may be possible to stop panicking from the Syrian-Russian ties, but it is best not to fall into diplomatic hibernation. Regional conflicts have always given powers reason to intervene, and Russia may renew its ambitions in this direction. Will Israel have the right response if Russia decides that the time has come to intervene in our little conflict? To become an active member of the Quartet? To recognize Palestinian independence as it recognized Abkhazia? Because if Russia becomes interested in the conflict, this may cause the United States to move, and this would be cause for panic. Like us on Facebook and get articles directly in your news feed
Previously I have posted that how can we install Backtrack 5 in a computer using a USB disk but today I’ll post a method using which you will be able to dual boot between the windows seven as well as back track five. Its for those who want to work with windows as well as Linux and want to test there hacking skills at backtrack 5. I have already posted that how can we make a dual boot of Ubuntu and Windows as well. Its worth reading too. Lets start the tutorial, it quite much easy and will require similar previous technique as we have used while making setup of backtrack 5 in USB disk. Creating A dual boot for Windows and Linux (Backtrack 5):- The theme is this that you have already installed windows Seven, Vista or else Xp and you want to create a dual boot of Backtrack and Windows (Dual Boot Means:- It will prompt you in startup that whether you want to use Windows or else Linux). For this you will just choose a different option during backtrack 5 installation or else in any other Linux too. So, what is this option lets learn below step vise..! Make a USB for installing backtrack five and start the setup as I have told you in below post:- After that in the step below just choose this option as it will detect any Windows which is already installed in system “Install them side by side, choosing between them each startup” and click forward. After this click check the all settings and then hit Install. As I have told you in previous article that It will take some time at 99% so don’t worry and after a restart you will be given this screen. Just choose the first option:- As mentioned in previous post do not forget the default username root and password toor, and do not forget to change them. And enjoy using any windows and Linux together as at every boot you can choose which OS to be used. Tags: Linux, Windows Hacking
Apple Files Patent for Wireless Charging Another patent war may erupt in the near future as Apple filed a patent application for wireless charging, a technology that has been around for some time. However, the Cupertino-based company claims that its technology is new and better. The patent application, numbered 20120303980, describes Apple's magnetic resonance charging technology as being able to charge a device over the air at a distance of up to a metre unlike most wireless charging solutions today where physical contact is required between the device and charging dock/mat. Apple is not the only company that is developing wireless charging technology from a distance. Although it filed the application in November 2010, another tech startup WiPower applied a similar one in 2008 which was subsequently acquired by Qualcomm. The patent then became part of the Alliance for Wireless Power after Qualcomm and Samsung announced the formation of the organization. Wireless charging is shaping up to be an emerging trend as Nokia and Google have launched devices that support this technology recently. The Nokia Lumia 920, Lumia 820 and LG Nexus 4 use the Qi wireless charging standard developed by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC). Other companies such as Intel, LG and Toshiba also have invested in wireless charging technologies for their mobile offerings.
A common form of abuse: Strangulation If someone puts pressure on your neck and tries to cut off your airway, making it hard for you to breathe, is that person choking you or are you being strangled? Is there really a difference between the two - to choke or to strangle? Yes, according to Susan Keehn, advocate at Someplace Safe in Alexandria. And yes, according to the dictionary.
Queen Kaahumanu (b. 1772, d. 1832) She was Kamehameha the Great's favorite wife. A bold and intelligent woman, she served as kuhina-nui (premier sharing of kingly power) for Kamehameha II and as regent for Kamehameha III. She played a leading role in the overthrow of the ancient kapu system. In league with the King's mother, Keopuolani, she convinced Kamehameha II to sit down and eat with the women in violation of one of ancient Hawaii's most serious prohibitions. In old Hawaii, women were second-class citizens, more severely handicapped by endless kapus than the men of any class. With the overthrow of the kapu system, she was free to exercise her political authority. Kamehameha II (b. 1797, d. 1824) A great contrast from his father, Liholiho (Kamehameha II) was 22 years old when he became King. Kaahumanu confronted the King and said that it had been his father's wish for her to share rulership of the land. Had anyone attempted such audacity in front of Kamehameha I, the culprit might well have been slain on the spot. Liholiho offered no objection and split his power in half with Kaahumanu. Early in his reign, Kaahumanu and his mother, Keopuolani, talked him into sitting down to eat with a group of noble women in view of onlooking commoners. The signal had unmistakenly been given that the ancient religion of Hawaii was dying. Shortly thereafter, Liholiho ordered god images burned and heiaus demolished throughout the islands. In 1823, Kamehameha II, Queen Kamamalu and a few chiefs and women sailed to England. They toured London and joined in entertainments arranged in their honor by the British aristocracy. While there, the King and Queen contracted measles, which Hawaiians had little immunity and died. Kamehameha III (b. 1814, d. 1854) Kauikeaouli, the last son of Kamehameha the Great to rule, ascended the throne while he was ten years old, upon the death of his older brother. Kaahumanu governed as regent during Kauikeaouli's boyhood with the assistance of a council of chiefly advisors. He was King at a most difficult period in Hawaii's history. The influx of large numbers of foreign residents brought new problems concerning trade, credit, land titles and a plague of complications unknown to the simple Hawaii of just a few generations earlier. His reign of twenty-nine years was the longest of any Hawaiian monarch. During his young manhood, personal troubles worthy of a Greek tragedy embittered his life. Prince Kauikeaouli and his sister, Princess Nahienaena, were very much in love. Such unions were acceptable among the nobles of ancient Hawaii, just as they were among Egyptian pharaohs. Close relatives often married to keep the chiefly bloodlines pure and to assure children with powerful "mana." This word describes a Polynesian concept in which certain persons possess supernatural power and authority derived from ancestors who held mana. Tortured by love of her brother and guilt from new-found Christian beliefs that had made inroads into traditional Hawaiian ways, Princess Nahienaena drifted into despondency and died at the age of twenty-one. Long after Prince Kauikeaouli became King Kamehameha III, he regularly visited her grave in Lahaina, Maui. Kamehameha IV (b. 1834, d. 1863) He was the first grandson of Kamehameha the Great to become King of Hawaii. During Kamehameha IV's reign and that of his successor, there was a growing agitation on the part of the sugar planters for annexation to the United States to secure a dependable market for their product. Many foreign residents did not wish to become citizens of Hawaii but wanted to be able to vote in elections. They wanted political power to safeguard their interests and would have preferred that common Hawaiians remain vote less. Kamehameha V (b. 1830, d. 1872) Brother to Kamehameha IV, Lot Kamehameha was the final direct descendant of Kamehameha the Great to sit on Hawaii's throne and the last Hawaiian monarch to reign in the old style. After him, Hawaii's rulers were elected by the Hawaiian Legislature. Problems with the United States continued as they had during his brother's reign. Agitation by certain elements in favor of annexation by the U.S. threatened Hawaii's independence. Lot tried to defuse relations by promoting a treaty of reciprocity that would allow Hawaiian sugar to enter the American market duty-free. The Civil War had cut the Union off from Southern sugar and so there was a great demand from the North for sugar. Racial troubles increased in Lot's era due to well-founded suspicions that the Whites were trying to take over the Kingdom. In 1866, a fist fight broke out in the Legislature between White and Hawaiian members. Such an incident was probably long overdue for it was a most peculiar legislature wherein white legislators refused to speak Hawaiian, the kingdom's official language, and native Hawaiian members refused to use English. Lot never married and had no child, and died without naming a successor. Lunalilo (b. 1835, d. 1874) William Lunalilo was confirmed as King of Hawaii by the Hawaiian Legislature after an informal popular vote. Lunalilo was more liberal than his predecessor and made serious efforts to democratize the constitution. Once again, the question of the treaty of reciprocity with the U.S. rose. The Hawaiian sugar industry needed a natural market like the United States to absorb its increasing production. King Lunalilo allowed himself to endorse the cession of Pearl Harbor, though he felt it was an unwise accommodation to the powerful American giant. Once the news reached the Hawaiian public, they were outraged. Widespread disapproval of the idea forced its eventual abandonment. He died without naming a successor. Kalakaua (b. 1836, d. 1891) King David Kalakaua was elected by the Hawaiian Legislature of 1874 amid scenes of violence and indignity. His rival for the throne was the dowager Queen Emma. King Kalakaua was concerned with the well-being of his native Hawaiian people. He maintained a policy of filling administrative posts with Hawaiians wherever possible, a practice that did little to calm the fears of American businessmen who had supported him against Queen Emma. While favoring his people, Kalakaua repeatedly and sincerely insisted that there was room in Hawaii for all kinds of people. King Kalakaua became known in Hawaiian history as the "Merry Monarch." He loved parties, balls and entertainment. He enjoyed talking to such noted visitors as Robert Louis Stevenson. He included mass dances of the ancient sacred hulas in his parties. Toward the end of his reign, his cabinet was overthrown, a new constitution deprived him of almost all his power, and an ill-fated insurrection took place favoring the abdication of Kalakaua and his replacement by Princess Lili'uokalani. Lili'uokalani (b. 1838, d. 1917) She was already leading the nation as regent when King Kalakaua died in San Francisco. At the time that she became Queen, the political and economic climate was extremely complicated. Rivalry was intense between white businessmen who dominated the economy and native politicians who still retained the power to get things accomplished. The annexationists were badly outnumbered, and certainty the majority of the Hawaiian people, as well as many white residents, were against annexation. But the economic power structure was not intimidated by mere lack of popular support. On the whole, these businessmen were those who considered Hawaiians incapable of self-government. And, as businessmen, the annexationists believed that the monarchy was too inept to safeguard the interests of property and profits. Lili'uokalani announced her intention to promulgate a new constitution which would restore the power of the monarchy. A Committee of Safety was formed by prominent annexationists. They took it upon themselves to create a provisional government and a militia. The Queen could have declared martial law and arrested the conspirators, but she felt that this would begin armed conflict which would result in loss of innocent lives. The Committee of Safety then made its move and armed companies of militia took over government buildings and offices. The evening before, marines and sailors from the U.S.S. Boston were landed to keep order in Honolulu and their commander, Captain G.C. Wiltse, openly supported the Provisionals. The Queen was powerless. Finally on January 17, 1893, the Queen faced the inevitable and surrendered under protest. On January 31, Minister Stevens, at the request of the Provisional Government's advisory council, raised the U.S. flag over Honolulu. Annexation was thought to be a mere formality. President Cleveland's administration concluded that the monarchy had been overthrown by force with the complicity of the U.S. minister. In 1895, Hawaiians loyal to the Queen staged a revolt in an attempt to restore Lili'uokalani to the throne. The revolt was soon crushed and the Queen was arrested and placed under detention in an apartment of her own I'olani Palace. She was also forced to relinquish any claim to the throne as a condition to obtain amnesty for the Hawaiian rebels. President McKinley signed the resolution of annexation on July 7, 1898. It may have been a happy day for businessmen and new ruling classes of Hawaii, but for many others it was a day of sadness. Large numbers of royalists and common Hawaiians gathered quietly at the home of deposed Queen Lili'uokalani and Crown Princess Kaiulani to silently console them and pay homage to the last monarch of the forever-lost kingdom. Victoria Kawekiu Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapala Kaiulani was born to Princess Miriam Likelike and Archibald Cleghorn, a prominent Honolulu businessman born in Edinburgh Scotland. She was to be the next heir to the thrown following Queen Lili'uokalani. Her exotic beauty was admired by many including Robert Louis Stevenson and she was pursued by eligible bachelors from the nobility and upper stratas of European society. She became the first member of the Hawaiian royalty to receive the kind of training traditionally given to the children of European monarchs in preparation for ascending the throne. She sailed to England, traveled widely, was taught many languages, literature, social graces and other subjects. Hawaiians referred to Kaiulani as "Our Last Hope" as annexation seemed imminent. After annexation, her vitality disappeared, she sought to get away from Honolulu with its atmosphere of swaggering American soldiers and the arrogance of the new government. With a defiance that had become part of her character since the downfall of the Monarchy, Kaiulani went horse riding too often in the chilly wind and rain. Doctors diagnosed her condition as rheumatism of the heart and she died March 6, 1899, surrounded by her heartbroken father, friends and relatives.
A total revision of the stages of grief, Christina Rasmussen's new book takes a radical approach to bereavement by using neuroscience to honour your past and consider your future positively. After studying to become a therapist and crisis intervention counsellor - even doing her master's thesis on the stages of bereavement - Christina Rasmussen thought she knew what grieving was. But it wasn't until losing her husband to cancer in her early 30s that she truly understood the depths of sorrow and pain that come with it. Using the knowledge she gained while wading through her own grieving process and researching hundreds of neuroscience books, Rasmussen began to look at these experiences in a new way. She realized that grieving plunges you into a gap between worlds - the world before trauma and the world after trauma. She also realized how easy it is to become lost in this gap. In Second Firsts, Rasmussen walks readers through a proven process that helps them break the spiral of pain and create a safe space for their post-grief life to enter. Her method, which she has used successfully online and offline with thousands of clients, is based on the science of neuroplasticity and focuses on consciously releasing pain in ways that both honour suffering and rewire the brain to experience the world in a new way. With understanding and empathy, Rasmussen uses practical exercises and stories drawn from her own life and the lives of her clients to guide readers through five stages of opening up to life. With this knowledge, readers can come out of grief as a new person and start to experience life again - essentially for the first time.

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