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Leading doctors are calling for action over the "worrying" number of women in the UK dying in pregnancy and shortly after delivery.
A rise in the number of "high risk" pregnancies, including older and obese mothers, means women can suffer a complex mix of health problems, they said.
Nevertheless, most deaths are now caused by preventable or treatable medical conditions and doctors, including GPs, need to be on their guard, they added.
Writing in the British Medical Journal, Catherine Nelson-Piercy, professor of obstetric medicine at King's College London, and colleagues called for an increase in the number of obstetric physicians and better training for GPs.
While the overall number of deaths has decreased since the 1950s, there has been a rise in the number dying from conditions not directly caused by pregnancy - which represents a "worrying trend".
The leading cause of maternal death is heart disease while the second is neurological disease.
Most of these deaths are associated with substandard care and "in one third of cases this is classified as major substandard care, where different care might have prevented death of the mother", they added.
"These failings require urgent attention," they said.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Health said: "We are committed to ensuring that every woman gets safe and quality maternity services. Over the last decade we have seen a 46.6% increase in the number of doctors in obstetrics and gynaecology and a 64.4% increase in consultants.
"The obstetrician training curriculum is developed by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and approved by the General Medical Council. Doctors completing training are assessed against all elements in the curriculum so that they can deliver care to a high standard in both normal and complicated pregnancies."


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Hola guys, mornings are so damn cold, I feel so lazy every morning to come out of my blanket. Especially during the wedding season, when after late night parties you have to wake up early in the morning. Anyways let's get started with the fun part. The most fascinating thing about Indian Culture is the varied number of celebrations that happen all year long. We Indians look out for ways that calls for a party. Be it a birthday, welcoming a new born, wedding, festivals, or any puja. Partying and celebrating is the core of Indian Society.
What's the major and big thing that strikes in our minds before going to any function? I am sure for us ladies, it's WHAT TO WEAR MAN? I HAVE NOTHING IN MY WARDROBE or I CANT REPEAT THIS DRESS (HAHAHA sounds funny that every time we end up in confusion). You can't wear those long anarkali's every time so to beat that monotony, my rescue is crop top with long skirts. They are in trend from a long time and will stay for a while. Not only Indians but it's rather a hit among foreigners too. A crop top paired with a long flowy skirt gives a perfect elegant look. So make sure you have a few perfect ones in your wardrobe as they complement your festive looks.
For today's look book, I picked a crop top with a flared skirt designed by Siddharth Bansal. Crop top is in round neck style which never go out of style. Skirt is fully flared with Panel work. The whole design on outfit is printed. The crop top print is larger while it's in a lesser miniature form on the skirt. Also the division of panels is done with the design of leafs. The colours used are more in the pastel shades like Yellow Ochre, Pink, Green & a bit of Red. There is a Single tone in the outfit from Top to bottom for a unified & sophisticated look. This style is versatile as it gets, from bridal to casual wear. You will surely love flaunting this.
This is how I styled the Crop Top and Skirt by Siddharth Bansal with an ethnic touch:
To accessorize the look, a pair of earrings are enough to rock. By now, you must have realized my love for earrings if you are following me on Instagram. For this look, I worn 4 different types of earrings in Jhumka style all from OSR Jewellers to differentiate the look.
Green Pearl with Kundan & Golden Lining
Multiple Pearl with Kundan & Golden Lining
Pastel earrings with Pearl & Intricate Design on it
Statement Piece – White pearl with Golden highlight
Hope you guys liked the look, share your views in the comments below. I just love reading all of them ❣❣
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The Unseen Westeros VR Experience
Unseen Westeros awaits your exploration – in stunning virtual reality. The origins of the World of Ice and Fire have been visualised for the first time. Explore Widow's Watch on the windswept coast of the North, or the Basilisk Isles – close to the coast of Sothoryos. Go further afield to the Five Forts, or marvel at the towers of Valyria.
2. When you're ready to start, tap this link – if prompted choose to open the link with the YouTube app.
3. Tap the Cardboard Icon on the bottom right of your screen.
4. Put on your headset and look around to view the video in 360° virtual reality.
Unseen locations in VR
Strongsong. The Five Forts. The Basilisk Isles. Parts of Westeros until now seen only in the 'Song of Ice and Fire' fantasy novels. Now experience them in virtual reality – thanks to a new exhibition of work by artists from the Game of Thrones TV series and our VR experience. Feel the mountains and cities unfold around you.
Golden Tooth
Home to House Lefford, a key vassal sworn to the mighty House Lannister, Golden Tooth is aptly named given the precious metals and wealth of the Westerlands. While a modest castle, it holds great strategic value – controlling a crucial passage through the Hill Road. In fact, they say any hostile army must take the Tooth if they wish to threaten the Lannisters – who once utilised its gold to establish their power.
Artist: Manuel Grad
Strongsong is the seat of House Belmore in the Vale – a powerful family sworn to House Arryn. Situated beside rivers and lakes in the Mountains of the Moon, this castle is as robust and poetic as its name implies, and it provides a formidable stronghold north of The Eyrie. The Belmores are an ancient line that can trace their roots back to the First Men, and their home is well suited to their status.
Artist: René Aigner
Widow's Watch
The ancient fort of House Flint, sworn to the Starks of the North. Widow's Watch is found on the rocky coast south-east of Winterfell – where it gazes ever vigilantly over the Narrow Sea. Some say it was a Flint who became the Night's King: naming himself King-Beyond-the-Wall and taking the Nightfort as his seat. But despite these whispers, the house remains loyal to the North, and to the Starks.
Artist: Manuel Grad
Kingdom of the Ifequevron
In the Dothraki tongue, 'Ifequevron' means Wood Walkers. And it is said even the dreaded Khals fear the powers of the Ifequevron so much they never venture into northern Essos' vast forested region, where these people once lived. When the Wood Walkers vanished, they left behind a legacy of carved wooden monuments and sinister caves, which the Dothraki have dubbed Vaes Leisi – or the 'City of Ghosts'.
Artist: Chris Sanchez
The capital of the once-mighty Valyrian empire, this city of sky-piercing towers was home to fearsome dragonlords – including the forebears of House Targaryen – before the devastating cataclysm known as 'The Doom' left it desolate and devastated. Those who journey to the ruins today do so at great peril. Gerion Lannister once led an expedition to Old Valyria, following in the footsteps of his ancestor, King Tommen II. Much like Tommen however, Gerion was never seen again.
Artist: Max Riess
Five Forts
Far from Westeros, on the border of the Golden Empire of Yi Ti, there are Five Forts of untold age, with uncanny echoes of The North's own great Wall of ice. It is said they were once used by the Pearl Emperor to defend against demons commanded by the 'Lion of Night'. As The Wall now guards against Wildlings, so too do the Five Forts protect against raiders. But what horrors might also lurk beyond?
Artist: Martin Höhnle
Basilisk Isles
The Basilisk Isles lurk close to the coast of Sothoryos – the southernmost continent of the known world. Once home to monstrous reptiles, and still a haven for deadly creatures, the isles are most frequently settled by rogues and pirates. The Lysene pirate Saathos Saan once crowned himself 'King of the Basilisk Isles', and others have followed in his wake. But so treacherous is life here, that so-called 'plunder towns' are often short-lived.
Artist: Martin Höhnle
The history of Sothoryos, the southernmost continent of the known world, is as mysterious as the land is dangerous. Ruined cities suggest it once hosted civilisation, but those who venture inland rarely return to tell the tale, while legend speaks of gigantic apes, bats and spiders lurking in wait. All that is known for certain is it is a place of thick jungle and scorched deserts that stretch for thousands of miles – seemingly without end.
Artist: Pablo Dominguez
Summer Isles
Positioned south of Westeros, the Summer Isles are humid lands of rainforests and beaches, of precious stones and exotic birds – with the thriving Tall Trees Town a centre of culture, trade and history. The people worship gods and goddesses of love, beauty and fertility, but they are also prepared to defend themselves. The Summer Isles produce some of the greatest archers in the known world.
Artist: Manuel Grad
How the artists brought "Unseen Westeros" to life
In these short videos, you'll learn how the artists turned their ideas into cities and landscapes for the "Unseen Westeros" exhibition.
The city of Lorath is located on a flat, rocky island. In ancient times, it was inhabited by the mysterious mazemakers, who disappeared a long time before historiography even began and left nothing behind but their mazes. The mazemakers constructed extensive buildings of remarkable complexity. Scattered across the entire island, they take up more than three-fourths of the island's surface area, which includes four underground stories. Even today, experts wonder what the mazes were made for.
Sven Sauer, who initiated the "Unseen Westeros" exhibition, lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Working as a digital artist for international movie productions, Sven has a project portfolio that includes Atomic Blonde, Oblivion and Melancholia. Also, he has been working for the "Game of Thrones" series since season 2. In his role, he developed Dragonstone and Harrenhal. His projects have earned him the Academy Award for Visual Effects.
Berlin-based Kirill Barybin has been working as a concept designer for international computer game productions for three years now. In collaboration with Berlin-based design studio KARAKTER, he has been involved with the production of a number of video games, including Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, Middle Earth: Shadow of War, and Game of Thrones: Seven Kingdoms.
For many thousand years, the Valyrians used to be the most powerful people in the known world. Its capital, home of the dragons, was a magnificent city until one day it was wiped out completely within only a few hours. The hills erupted, and the land was covered in ashes, smoke, and fire. Until today, no one has figured out what caused the disaster that instantly destroyed what used to be the world's proudest city.
Max Riess is a Germany-based visual effects artist. He's been working in the VFX industry for over a decade now. The projects he was a part of include Melancholia, Super 8, The Physician, and Martin Scorcese's Oscar-winning movie Hugo. As for "Game of Thrones", he's been contributing to the series since season 5. In 2016, his work for Dragon's Lair was nominated for the Visual Effects Society Award (VES). He co-developed and took part in the relaunch of Dragonstone in season 7.
Sven Sauer: see above.
The city of Chroyane used to be called the "Festival City" of the Rhoynar. Rumour has it that its streets were made of water and its homes were made of gold. Chroyane was once the most affluent and most beautiful city on the Rhoyne river until it was destroyed in the war with Valyria. Since then, the ruins, which are covered in foul fog, have been cursed and are now inhabited by a people called the Stone Men.
Falk Boje was born in Germany. After working in Europe for several years, he moved to Vancouver, Canada, four years ago. A lead generalist, he specializes in the creation of photorealistic landscapes and environments for international movie productions. For "Game of Thrones", he primarily worked on Fist of the First Men and Beyond the Wall in season 2, which earned him the Visual Effects Society Award (VES) in 2011. For season 3, he was a member of the team that brought the desert city of Yunkai to life.
Bleeding Sea
Bleeding Sea is located east of the Bone Mountains. An inland sea, it was named for its blood-red waters that are caused by a plant that grows in it.
Benjamin Nowak is based in Vancouver, Canada, and has been working as a digital artist for international movie productions for five years now, including Oblivion, Ready Player One and Avengers: Infinity War. His work for Spike Jonze's Kenzo World earned him a nomination for the Visual Effects Society Award (VES). He co-developed Yunkai for season 3 of "Game of Thrones".
The city of Tyrosh was founded as a military outpost for the Valyrian Freehold. The Tyroshi are notorious for their greed. Slavery still exists in the city. The inhabitants of Tyrosh love bright colours and even colour their hair and beards brightly.
Claudio Pilia is based in Stuttgart, Germany, and has been working as a digital artist for two years now. His portfolio includes international projects for Justice League and The Walking Dead. He has been part of "Game of Thrones" productions since season 7, including the development of Dragonstone and Dragonpit.
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Using photos, blending modes, and colour adjustment tools, Philipp creates a fantastic "Game of Thrones"-style collage.
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Marble Wallet
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Matboard consists of three layers, and its core contains a small number of cotton fibers. Both the inner and the front parts correspond to all the necessary conservative criteria and standards (according to synthetic tests for artificial "aging" for 100 years). Matboard is treated with calcium carbonate, so as to acquire alkaline characteristics. The acidity of the matboard has a pH of 8.2, and over time this value remains practically unchanged, which will perfectly preserve any work of art.
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Many escorts assume that the most they need to get going in the escort industry is a pretty face, decent figure and the confidence to meet up with clients behind closed doors. But, the business end of a prosperous business is just that: a business. In order to maintain a successful entity, you must treat your career like a business and implement professional record-keeping habits, budgeting, marketing, time-management skills, communication efforts and other traits typical of a thriving executive.
However, you don't have to do it all on your own. With all the technology available today, there are many software apps that can help you to maintain all of this without tearing your hair out. Most escorts don't start out as great business people, but they become ones with the assistance of technology. Here are some essential tools to add to your business box of tricks:
- Accounting apps are necessary. However, many kinds of bookkeeping software can be very expensive, especially when you start out. Many varieties are geared to transition from a small to a large business. Most escorts don't really need anything quite so comprehensive. In all respects, you should consider yourself a freelancer and seek out accounting apps that cater to independent contractors. Some good options to consider include:
- Zoho Books: Zoho Books offers escorts the opportunity to manage their finances in real time. You can reconcile your bank account, keep careful track of your transactions, produce detailed reports and collaborate with your accountant with uploaded files. The app has a free 14-day trial period and users incur costs afterward.
- Xero: This award-winning, highly-praised accounting software is cloud-based and only costs $9 per month. Its intuitive interface allows escorts to easily use the system, with jargon-free instructions and labels. "Money coming in" and "Money going out" are clear representations that even the least experienced newbie can conceptualize. Sophisticated budgeting reports and statistics about your money are easy to acquire and produce. Take a look at how Xero fares against competition.
- Free Agent: Over 35,000 freelancers and small business owners trust Free Agent with their financial information. A 30-day free trial allows you to experiment with its cloud-based options that allow freelancers to manage multiple projects and clients. The software is designed for individuals to manage clients, time and expenses. So, its options are perfect for an escort business.
- Wave: This totally free app provides the opportunity to manage your day-to-day transactions and caters specifically to freelancers. You can easily create reports, add accounts, link your bank account information and combine your personal budget with your business accounting details. With a great support system, it's an option that easily interfaces with the escort career.
- Expensify: While this app won't cure all of your financial record woes, it will help you track those pesky expenses. It's hard to file away the costs for everything that involve your business, but this software can make it easier. By snapping a quick photo of your receipts, etc., you can upload them and match them with credit card or bank statements. It helps complete the paper trail that is sometimes really hard to track down, especially after the fact.
- Health insurance is an essential element of your business. Most people may consider their health insurance to be just a personal necessity; you need it because doctor's appointments should be a routine part of your career. (Depending on your situation, it may be a tax deductible expense, too.) Every three or four months, you ought to visit your physician for a check up to make sure that you haven't contracted any STDs. In addition to your routine visits, you may incur an additional visit or two due to questions/rashes/etc. that come up after risky encounters. Without health insurance, your visits can get really expensive. Then, factor in the costs you might incur if you develop an infection and require treatment. In addition to risks associated with your gynecological health, you put yourself at risk for assault or personal injury with clients every day. Having health insurance helps you offset costs you might face if you need treatment for an "accident" or other confrontation with a client. According to Healthcare.gov, many policies are available to self-employed individuals on the . Many may even qualify for lower premium or out-of-pocket costs. Open enrollment for 2014 has already ended (March 31), but the enrollment period for 2015 starts on November 15, 2014. In addition to the Marketplace, escorts may be able to obtain private policies through other health insurance companies at any time throughout the year.
- Scheduling apps are important to escorts who need help keeping track of when and where they will be seeing clients. This is especially important as your business grows and expands. Between your personal life and career, your schedule may keep you hopping. You need some assistance in keeping everything straight. Consider these options:
- Freckle: Forbes Magazine says, "If you find you're spending more time managing your business than actually getting work done, check out Freckle." This time-management app helps you analyze how much time you spend preparing to work as a way to help you become more expeditious. It produces reports that give you an overview about which days you are working, how much you're working and what it is that you're spending time on. From your reports, you can determine if the bulk of your time is actually being used with clients or on day-to-day details that are sucking up your time.
- Doodle: With its simple interface, Doodle allows escorts to look through their available times to easily schedule clients in suitable time blocks. They can sync calendars and email, providing reminders and avoiding double-booking incidents. Additionally, it provides an online scheduling option that escorts can implement for client use. That's pretty cool and takes the time out of doing it manually when you've got clients who are satisfied with the online process.
- Basecamp: Basecamp is a great project management tool, but it's an even better scheduling tool for freelancers. It allows you to compile notes, photos, documents and other essentials about your business all in one place, linking them appropriately to one another. When you schedule a client, you can easily connect him to your background check you did on him months ago when he first booked you and any notes you may have made about him. Prior to your encounter with him, you can access all of this information so you're fully prepped for spending time with him.
- Google calendar: Perhaps, the mostly widely used general calendar system online currently, Google calendar offers a lot of functions for a good fee: FREE! It's web-based system allows you constant access to your schedule anywhere you have Wi-Fi and it automatically syncs with your email or phone. It's a great all-around option to use for schedule encounters and the rest of your life.
- Computer protection is a necessity that you will need in order to keep your laptop or desktop virus- and malware-free. As you exchange emails with unknown individuals, it's possible to come across a virus pretty easily — either intentionally or unintentionally on the part of the sender. To guard your system and all of the information you've got stored on it, you should invest in a quality virus and spyware protection software. Kaspersky is a highly recommended software that gives real-time reports and manages background scanning of your system. AVG Anti-Virus offers a free version that performs similarly. (AVG boasts 187 million active users.)
- Skype is an essential tool if you want to interface with your clients online through a visual interaction. It's free to set up a user profile and can allow you the anonymity that FaceTime on your iPhone won't. You don't have to give away any personal information in order to connect with a client screen-to-screen. Some clients may request a virtual meet prior to scheduling an encounter (something you could request payment for), while others may desire a virtual exchange as part of their encounter. Regardless, it's a great tool to have at your disposal as a way to prep for a visit or to actually have a long-distance booking.
- Keep your paperwork organized. Living in a virtual world makes it even more convenient to get rid of that physical filing cabinet and opt for a cloud version. OfficeDrop provides an opportunity to scan in your receipts, contracts, invoices and other documents you must keep and turn them into searchable .pdf files you can access later. This lessens the burden on you to keep mountains of paperwork and eventually sift through and dispose of it when you no longer need it. The documents are stored virtually in cloud-based files, lessening your worry that someone might hack your computer and find sensitive materials revealing more about your real career. Scan in all receipts related to your expenses, utility bills if you use your home or another property for incalls, mortgage contracts and other business documents.
- Your contacts should be organized and informative. Utilize Rapportize to create extensive files on your clients so you can easily "remember" intimate details about them. It's a free add-on that lets you link your Gmail account to info like profile images, job titles, career company, LinkedIn information and activity in certain apps. When you meet up with clients, they like an escort to recall them, coming up with anecdotal details about their previous encounters or something else about them. When you link their contact information with Rapportize, it's easy to provide such intimacy to clients, via a little bit of prep work. The app is available in Firefox, Safari, Mailplane and Chrome.
- Email marketing services are useful if you connect with your client list on a regular basis through email. Most of your clients have an anonymous email address they use for their communications with escorts. When you email them using this address, you won't be causing them any difficulties with privacy issues. A regular newsletter is a great way to keep in touch with current clients and build a rapport with prospective ones. However, it helps to utilize an email marketing manager. Here are some excellent options:
- MailChimp: Accessible from your desktop or mobile device, MailChimp provides analytical looks at your contact list and displays lots of personalization through design options and sending opportunities. With the use of this app, you can easily find out who on your contact list is interested in your newsletters by seeing whether they opened and read your email. It's a great tool to help gauge the effectiveness of your email subject lines and topics. The service is free as long as you don't exceed 2,000 subscribers and 12,000 emails per month. Integration options with other apps exists, too.
- Constant Contact: With several layouts for newsletters and options for varying industries, escorts can utilize the marketing service for announcements, general communications or promotions. Great analytics about the effectiveness of your emails can also help you build your marketing skills so your emails get more attention.
- Perform background checks with some help from a specialized app. BeenVerified is an excellent tool to help you quickly come up with information about prospective clients using public record, criminal history and property record searches. It also confirms contact information, relatives and neighbors. The first use each month is free and charges apply for additional inquiries. Most escorts utilize several tools to verify clients as they book encounters, such as basic web searches, public record sites, phone number sites, county and city records and corporate websites to verify employment. But, they don't have access to a full arsenal of sites when they're on the go. BeenVerified is extremely useful if you're checking up on a surprise client who wants to book quickly.
- Every escort should have two specific devices if she wants to succeed. Even though you may do a lot of your communication with your smartphone, it's not enough. Thriving escorts need both a smartphone and a computer (either desktop or laptop) in order to fully function in their careers. Your phone will allow you to communicate on the go, but your desktop is where you can upload files, keep your financial information and store pictures and communications from clients. While you may be an expert texter, it's much easier to create emails and longer messages when you're typing from an actual keyboard to a computer. If you're designing ads or editing pictures, a computer is necessary to access the finer nuances necessary to make your images look professional. And, if one of your devices goes down, you still have a means to communicate with clients and prospects. Other devices that come in handy include an MP3 player or iPod (unless you use your phone), a high-quality digital camera for fabulous photos and a Bluetooth hands-free device for your phone. And, because so many devices lose charge easily, a back-up battery pack that is accessible through a USB port can be priceless when you need it!
While there are probably some other devices that you may need in order to successfully run your business as your career expands, these basics should help you cover most bases that need attention. While your clients think the lingerie, condoms and lube are the essential elements to success, you know the true keys for prosperity lie in the business end of things.


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Spinal Decompression Therapy
Spinal health is at the center of everything to do with chiropractic care and emerging techniques such as spinal decompression therapy is yet another safe, non-surgical treatment option we're happy to offer you.
Basically, your spine is made up of 24 individual vertebrae and between each one is a jelly like disc which can be damaged over time due to wear and tear or injury, causing pain in a variety of places but most commonly the lower back.
With zero reports of side effects, this therapy is successful in treating the following:
- Herniated Disc
- Slipped Disc
- Bulging Disc
- Sciatica
- Facet Syndrome
- Stenosis
- Degenerative Joint Disease
Spinal Decompression Therapy not only provides disc relief, but the treatment is also working to restore muscle strength and stabilize muscles that support the spine.


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Digits: Grand Theft Auto V Global Debut
In this week's Digits, Grand Theft Auto V revs into high-gear retail world-wide, Microsoft says it will keep pace with Xbox One demand before the November debut and how to keep your smartphone apps from turning into zombies.
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Book Review: The Truth About Man, by Paul Washer
At the beginning of his classic Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin heads his very first paragraph thus: "Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of Godâ€. This observation is strikingly true, and if one would take the time to discuss the gospel in depth with the definite majority of American citizens living today, he would doubtless find that the one great obstacle preventing them from prizing and embracing the gospel of God's grace is a faulty view of self. The gospel is not for people who are basically pretty good, but just need to believe in themselves, build up their self-esteem, and pick themselves up by their bootstraps. If there is one problem that consistently hinders my attempts at gospel-witnessing, it is that. Oh, for a tool that would give the true picture of man in his sin and helplessness, and so pave the way for a true picture of God in his holy justice and limitless grace! Paul David Washer's biblical study, The Truth About Man, is just that tool, and I enthusiastically recommend it.
The Truth About Man, many of you may already know, is a sequel to another excellent biblical study, The One True God; the two of them are laid out in much the same way, not so much as doctrinal treatises but as guides driving the students to encounter and interact with God's own testimony from the scriptures. But more than this, the two of them are complementary, each causing the truth of the other to shine forth with a more brilliant and stunning clarity. Without the biblical knowledge of the immense holiness and majesty of God, we cannot know the loathsome horror of our reprehensible rebellion; and without the knowledge of our immense sinfulness, we cannot appreciate the depths of God's grace and the perfection of his justice in his response to sin, whether shown in Christ our substitute or upon Christ-less sinners in hell.
That is not to say, however, that The Truth About Man may only be used effectively with Washer's other study. Anyone may benefit from The Truth About Man, from the seasoned and well-rooted Christian who wants to be overwhelmed once again by the staggering greatness of God's grace to the average American who knows nothing of the content of the gospel, and needs to be made a sinner before he can be forgiven. This isn't a book to be handed out on the street corner to anyone who passes along – it demands too much from the reader, its profitableness will be lost upon someone not willing to study, to think, to wrestle with the hard truths of the bible. It is designed that way intentionally, which in my estimation is a good thing. But for anyone who is genuinely willing to search for the truth, even if it means hard work and humility, the reward will be great. And that includes believers who long for a better glimpse of the gospel, as well as unbelievers who are willing to consider at length just what Christianity proclaims.
What scope of material exactly is covered in the book? Well, it is basically about man in his state of sinfulness – the "non posse non peccare†("not able not to sinâ€) of Augustine. Beginning with God's creation of man and his blessed estate in the Garden, it moves quickly to the devastating first sin, and the vast and universal consequences of that first sin for all humankind. The rest of the study lays out fallen man's estate very biblically and accurately, ending with his final, certain destiny in hell. The topic of man in his redeemed or glorified state is beyond the scope of the book.
Washer does not leave the student without hope, however. After page upon page of scripture passages laying out our misery and guilt, our bondage to sin and Satan, and our terrifying plight before the holy God whom we have spurned and despised, he concludes by pointing the reader broken down by his sin and God's Law to "Man's Only Hope†– a redemptive-historical overview of the gospel that is overwhelming in its lavish grace and jubilant unexpectedness precisely because the calamity from which it saves has been so clearly laid out. If I ever doubted how appropriate it is to magnify the grace of the gospel by spending much time describing the "bad news†– the black backdrop against which the jewel of God's free mercy shines the more splendidly – then this study would certainly have me convinced.
As with The One True God, I appreciated Washer's emphasis on the insufficiency of mere intellectual knowledge. Intellectual truth is important, certainly, a point upon which Washer would agree emphatically enough that he has done a phenomenal job explaining hard passages and difficult concepts with a simplicity and ease that refuses to gloss over their obscurest depths. But by itself, it is not enough. As Washer commences, he declares that "The great goal of this study is for the student to have an encounter with God through his Word†(emphasis added); and before he gets into the study, he reminds the student that "The study of doctrine is both an intellectual and devotional discipline. It is a passionate search for God that should always lead the student to greater personal transformation, obedience, and heartfelt worship. Therefore, the student should be on guard against the great error of seeking only impersonal knowledge and not the person of God. Neither mindless devotion nor mere intellectual pursuit is profitable, for in either case God is lost†(emphasis original). For anyone willing to take this admonition seriously, I can say with confidence that this study will be of immense profit.
The Truth About Man, by Paul Washer Available at Monergism Books


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bread and roses - the song of Mary
As you may be aware, there is a tradition in more Catholic Christian circles of using rose pink as a colour for this Sunday. For the third Sunday of Advent has often been known as "Gaudete' – or 'Rejoice' – Sunday, and rose pink, became linked to it, as rose pink is also associated with Mary the Mother of Jesus. So, being a bit into colours at the moment, especially pink ones, I thought I'd do a little investigation into the subject. The first thing I came across was the Readers Digest guide to rose colour meanings It begins very interestingly. The red rose is said to symbolise love, and, I quote, is 'Perfect for: freaking out your first date; covering beer stains; wooing a hunky bishop.' So, something to bear in mind there? In contrast, according to Readers Digest, the pink rose is said to express grace and elegance, as well as sweetness and sympathy: and thus: 'Perfect for: sick secretaries, (and) the platinum blonde in your life.' Again, is there something useful for us to remember there? Well, maybe just a teens-weensy bit of gender stereotyping in that, don't you think?! It is a little like many approaches to Mary, the Mother of Jesus …
4 x W
Four words to sum up the heart of the Advent season we enter today. Wait, wake, want and work. Wait, wake, want and work. I hope you're listening because there will be a quick quiz later! Chocolates to those who can still remember those four over morning tea...
a time to wait
'No room, no time, no way'
As the calendar flips over and we come to Advent, life can often seem this way. It can seem as though we simply have no room in our over crowded world for the ideas so central to Advent - silence, stillness, waiting. It can seem as though the time to attend to the things of God, is eroded by demands of hospitality, celebration and preparation. It can seem as though there is no way to change this, or to change the relentless patterns of our lives and world.
Yet this is to misunderstand the nature of waiting. I don't know about you, but waiting is not something that comes easily. It can seem easier to rush onwards, seeking the next activity or the next opportunity. The slow natural processes of change and transformation can be a challenge to those of us raised to the high tempo of modern life. Our consumer culture reflects this, taking as its subtext 'why wait'? Why indeed?...
hope and the school of hard knocks
Just before Christmas last year, I was visiting Brisbane's South Bank cultural precinct and stumbled into the end of year concert of the School of Hard Knocks. It was a wonderful occasion. Full of joy and humour, resounding song and moving poetry, it shared the lives and love of many of Brisbane's homeless and disadvantaged people. This year's concert is again at the State Library, at 2 pm on 16 December. Check it out if you are down that way. It will lift your spirits and encourage you. For in some ways it could be said to be an embodiment of the hope of the season of Advent which we begin today. In the face of the pain and struggle of our lives and world, all of us are encouraged by the promise of God's coming salvation to start again. The invitation is there, in the closing words of our reading from Isaiah: 'come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!'…
wombs, reversals and theotiki
Do you have a womb? - literally, or spiritually? Most females are literally born with a womb, but not all. It is just one of those aspects of life which point to gender and sexuality being slightly more complex than some might think. This can be quite distressing, as we know in the lives of others who are not able to bear children literally. Yet it can be the source of amazing grace. One of my own close female blood relatives for instance was born without a womb. She has been, and very much still is, a wonderful woman in so many respects. Yet, literally speaking, she has never had the biological capacity to bear children. By the grace of God however, she does have two children, both of them fully genetically those of herself and her husband. That was a kind of miracle, assisted by the miracle of modern science. So, perhaps, when we reflect on the doctrine of the virgin birth at this time, such diversity in our lives and families may give us pause to wonder about the marvellous complexity of human gender, sexuality, and creativity. For what the Catholic Church calls the Joyful Mysteries of Mary are much more than ancient accounts of the participation of one remarkable woman in the creativity of God. They are also profound and immensely fertile symbols for us: grace-filled invitations to bring Christ to birth in our own bodies and lives. Not least this is the case with today's Gospel story of the Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth. Indeed, this is a story of two wombs, one of them, which was formerly barren, actually jumping with joy. It is also a story which encourages us to discover our own womb-like capacities, and to participate, in our different ways, in the bearing of God's new life. So let me offer three pointers on the way…
Rejoice! For this is the Sunday for joy! By tradition this Sunday, the third Sunday of Advent is called Gaudete Sunday, from the Latin word for the first word of our second reading today, Rejoice! Just as Refreshment Sunday comes half way through Lent, and is a day for feasting and letting go of the Lenten disciplines for a day, as we rejoice in being half way to Easter, so Gaudete Sunday comes half way through Advent, and tells us that we are half way to Christmas. The note of warning is still present as we heard from John the Baptist in our Gospel reading, but the other readings begin to sound a note of celebration. On this day by tradition the pink candle of our Advent wreath can be lit, and rose coloured vestments worn in those wealthy churches that own them - it is an expensive matter to have vestments that you only use once or twice a year!
So why is any of this important?...
How do you picture peace? I wonder if your vision is quite the same as that of the prophet Isaiah in the John the Baptist story in our Gospel reading today? Isaiah says this: "Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth;6and all flesh shall see the salvation of God." Well, that definitely doesn't work for me if it were taken at all literally. For I was born in the North Pennine hill country of England, which owes so much of its life, history, wildness and picturesque beauty to the variety of its landscape, its hills and valleys. I certainly know that the folk of the Durham Dales would do all they possibly could to avoid every valley being filled, every hill being made low, and the winding paths and rough ways being made smooth. I suspect too that few people in Toowoomba would take kindly to such an environmental transformation of our own Range, valleys, hills and landscape. No. On this second Sunday in Advent, as we centre on the theme of peace, we need to look deeper if we are to find fuller meaning in today's Gospel reading. Perhaps we are helped by re-casting Isaiah's words a little. To that end, I offer some words of the great El Salvadorean archbishop and martyr Oscar Romero: words which I believe catch up the spirit of the Advent prophets, that "Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty." Let me return to that, and to John the Baptist in our Gospel, again, in a moment…
seeing hope among us
The traditional patterns of the Christian season of Advent are difficult to maintain in our contemporary Australian culture. Yet its themes of hope, peace, joy and love are as essential as they have ever been. They bring us back to the heart of biblical faith and its meaning for us all. In a real sense they are the true gifts of what we receive at Christmas. This is certainly true of today's gift – that of hope – so vital for our times. For when we look at our world it can be easy to feel despair. There are also plenty of people ready to play on our fears and anxieties: cynics and doomsayers who suggest that the conflicts we see are only going to get worse and that there is little cause for hope. Yet there is nothing new in this. Our gospel reading today was written in just such a time of fear and anxiety and it invites us above all to wake up and to pay attention to the things of God, when we find ourselves in times that promote fear…
by Jon Inkpin, for Advent 3, Year B
What does light mean to you? Let us reflect upon it. For light is at the symbolic heart of Advent and Christmas, as it is of our Gospel reading this morning. Indeed the Gospel writer John says of John the Baptiser, 'he came as a witness to the light.' So what is this light and what difference does it make to our lives?
Our Gospel reading today is not entirely helpful. For a number of reasons, our lectionary compilers missed out 11 verses between the first few verses (verses 6-8) and the following ones (19-28). Which is a bit of a shame. For verses 9-10 especially, are, for me, key to understanding both the light of John's Gospel and John the Baptist's role. For verses 9-10 say this: 'The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world, He was in the world, and the world came into being through him: yet the world did not know him.' In other words, John's Gospel is saying that what we know as the light of Christ is that which lights up everyone, but we, as human beings, fail, so often, to grasp this. As a result we become separated, or feel ourselves separated, from true reality. This is the root of the brokenness and divisions of our world, of our personal relationships, and of our own personalities. If we are not connected, or do not know ourselves as connected, to eternal light, then how can we shine to our fullest.
This is at the heart of the ministry of healing in which we share in our eucharist today. As we pray, we do so to be reconnected and renewed in the light of Christ. For, in the light of Christ, all things are interconnected and re-illuminated. The ministry of healing, you see, is not a special separate act. It is an affirmation and demonstration of our deepest reality: that we all come into being through the light of Christ and that we all shine best when we allow that light to flow through us and between us...
give thanks - give life - magnificat
by Jon Inkpin for Advent Sunday 2014
Keep awake – keep alert – again and again we hear this message repeated in the Gospels, especially around this Advent season. Keep awake: like an alarm clock, this message challenges us to rise from our slumbers and get living. It calls on us to open our eyes, open our ears, and open our hearts, to the love of God coming afresh in, and among and beyond us. What a vital message this is for a Christian new year, as well as a preparation for Christmas. Are we awake? Are we alert? Are we expecting God to live and grow and come to birth in and among us?
In many ways, the best response to the Advent challenge is that which we see in Mary, the mother of Jesus. That is why we have taken Mary's song, the Magnificat, as our Advent theme this year. 'Give Thanks – Give Life': that is the refrain. For giving thanks and giving life are two major elements of Mary's song, the Magnificat, which we also can share in. Just as Mary gives thanks for the Holy Spirit whom she sees and hears God in and around her, so we too can open our eyes and ears to that same Spirit among us. Just as Mary opened her heart, and her very being, to the love and power of God, so we too can open our hearts, and our very selves, to the love of God in Christ Jesus. Giving thanks and giving life: these things can be symbolised or embodied in ordinary Christmas presents. Yet they are most fully embodied in the giving of of our whole human lives…
sermons and reflections from Penny Jones & Josephine Inkpin, an Anglican married clergy couple in Brisbane
August 2020


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I hate choosing favourites in this city, but local alt country/roots musician Dave McCann is definitely one of my favourites, so I made a point of catching his show of upbeat alterntive country and folk music at Casino Lethbridge, Friday, June 29. He was at the Casino on Saturday as well.
He and his solid band including bassist Shawn Worden , Lead guitarist David Bauer and drummer Steve Hazlett.
He began his set with a couple of old favourites including "Road to Cain," and Broken Bugs," but his mostly original set mostly focussed on new songs and songs from his most recent CD "Westbound 'Til Light."
They ended their set with a solid cover of Lucinda Williams' "Everything But the Truth."
Their next set included a lot more new music, beginning with "Can't Cheat the Mountain" and ending with "Mexican Sparrow," from the new CD.
As usual, his voice had a smooth Todd Sniderish rumble to it.


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Food bloggers wanted
Circle of Food knows you're out there. We're looking for a few food bloggers who are passionate about food.
Are you a chocolate lover?
Are you a whiz at fast and easy meals for your family?
Are you a vegetarian or vegan who wants to share your knowledge with others or are you just beginning and want to show us the way?
Do you have an organic garden?
Are you on Weight Watchers?
Are you suddenly single and learning to cook for one?
These are just some of the topics that we're looking for but really the possibilities are endless as long as they relate to food and have a healthy slant of some persuasion or in moderation.
Of course, almost anyone can start a food blog — but, will they keep it up? There's got to be a landmine full of abandoned food blogs out there now.
Here, you can test the waters without much commitment. Post once a week or once every two weeks. By blogging at Circle of Food, you can get your name out there and put us on your resume. You can even promote your product or brand in moderation as long as your posts are newsy and informative.
We do not accept bloggers who want to post about diet supplements or MLM products.
Please contact Karyn Zoldan with your topic suggestion and write a paragraph or two about your topic and what your commitment would be. I'm also happy to answer any questions you have.
Thank you


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We want our residents to feel pride in their surroundings, whether it's by keeping the borough clean and safe, joining in with clean up activities or feeling confident that alongside partners, Calderdale Council will not tolerate littering, flytipping, dog fouling or speeding. Our message is simple – Don't Muck About!
We have now done several focused days of action with partners including West Yorkshire Police and West Yorkshire Fire Service, Together Housing and the Canal & River Trust.
It's now Sowerby Bridges turn to get some attention and on 21-24 February 2018, we will be out tackling issues such as problem parking, littering, food hygiene standards, flytipping and our teams will be out cleaning and clearing away vegetation.
During the week we will be:
- tackling speed awareness
- checking on bars and doing food hygiene inspections
- litter picking and bin emptying · removing graffiti, jet washing and de-odourising
- issuing spot fines for littering and dog fouling
- giving advice on recycling and pest control to residents and businesses
- checking on air pollution and much more.
Follow what we're up to and find out how you can get involved on twitter #dontmuckabout


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Despite his imprisonment, Jeffs continues to rule over his followers. Gary Tuchman reports on his frightening influence.
Ismael Estrada
AC360° Producer
It was a cold, crisp Texas morning when Gary Tuchman, photojournalist Mike Love and I showed up to the Tom Green County Courthouse today just after dawn. We wanted to make sure we got there early in hopes of getting Warren Jeffs to talk with us as he was scheduled to arrive in court.
The self proclaimed prophet and polygamist sect leader was transferred here last week after being extradited from Utah.
The leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) was indicted on bigamy and sexual assault charges stemming from an alleged spiritual marriage to a 12-year-old girl.
Prosecutors filed the charges 2 years ago after authorities raided the sect's Yearning for Zion Ranch in Eldorado, Texas and removed more than 400 children on suspicion that they were exposed to sexual abuse.
Most of the children were returned to the ranch with their families, but many of the men living on the ranch were charged with sexual abuse.
About 45 minutes after we arrived, an SUV pulled up to the courthouse and Warren Jeffs was taken out of the backseat. He was wearing glasses, orange jail pants and a grey sweatshirt.
Sheriff's deputies escorted Jeffs who was handcuffed and had has ankles shackled. Gary asked him if he still felt that he was the prophet as he was entering the building. Jeffs' ignored the questions, but at the Yearning for Zion ranch, we heard from one FLDS member who says Jeffs is certainly the prophet.
Editor's Note: Today a former member of a polygamist group has taken the stand in the sexual assault trial of the first group member tried since Texas authorities raided the group's ranch last year.
The former member testified that jailed leader Warren Jeffs kept detailed notes on his interactions with church members because he believed God would hold him accountable. Jeffs' notes could become part of the prosecution's case against 38-year-old Raymond Jessop. He is charged with sexual assault of a child, stemming from his alleged marriage to an underage girl. We have been following this case ever since authorities arrested Jessop. Below, read a blog from one of our producers about meeting Carolyn Jessop - Raymond Jessop's fourth wife. She recounts her experiences in a book about her life on the FLDS ranch. Watch David Mattingly's report on the Jessop trial tonight on AC360° at 10 p.m. ET.
Ismael Estrada
AC360° Producer
It was the moment Carolyn Jessop had been waiting for. The mother of eight and the fourth wife of a powerful FLDS man wanted out of the only life she knew. It was a rare moment. All of Jessop's eight children were home and her husband was not. She only had a few hours to gather her kids and leave the polygamist life where she was born and raised. She says she was desperately seeking a new life on the outside. She wanted to escape.
Carolyn Jessop broke free from a life of arranged marriage, polygamy and a male dominated and controlled society. She says she wanted more for her and her children. Jessop began a new life with her children outside the FLDS. Her kids attended public school and no longer practiced the religion with which they were raised.
Jenny Hoff
Just over a year after the government raid on the FLDS ranch in West Texas, lawmakers in Austin look at what went wrong. Members from the FLDS sect and representatives with CPS are among the invited testimony on the state's actions.
"Are there things we would have done differently today? Of course," said CPS commissioner Anne Heilingenstein. "I wish we would have had the information we have today." Heilingenstein told the Human Services committee that CPS faced a dilemma on the YFZ ranch that they had never faced before. "If we could have only removed the children facing the worst abuse, we would have," she said. "But, we were facing organized deception."
However, Heilingenstein said if the situation were to happen again, she would still have the agency remove all the children. The only difference she would make is prohibit any mothers from accompanying the children into state custody. However, she said after parenting classes and counseling sessions with the families, she believes the children are now safe with their parents. "The FLDS have acknowledged our concerns and the children are now safe in their homes." Heilingenstein said CPS has instructed the children on what is abuse and the FLDS children know they can call for help.
Editor's Note: Watch Gary Tuchman's exclusive interview with the family tonight on AC360° at 10 p.m. ET.
Ismael Estrada
AC360° Producer
It was the moment Carolyn Jessop had been waiting for. The mother of 8 and 4th wife of a powerful FLDS man wanted out of the only life she knew. It was a rare moment. All of Jessop's 8 children were home and her husband was not. She only had a few hours to gather her kids and leave the polygamist life where she was born and raised. She says she was desperately seeking a new life on the outside. She wanted to escape.
Carolyn Jessop broke free from a life of arranged marriage, polygamy and a male dominated and controlled society. She says she wanted more for her and her children. Jessop began a new life with her children outside the FLDS. Her kids attended public school and no longer practiced the religion with which they were raised.
Gary Tuchman
AC360° Correspondent
Warren Jeff's fundamentalist polygamist sect has never been so vulnerable.
A grand jury in Texas has indicted three FLDS members on charges related to accusations of sexual abuse of children through marriage of underage girls to older men.
This follows the indictment of five others last month, including Warren Jeffs himself on new charges, Jeffs is already in prison after being convicted as an accomplice to rape for arranging an underage marriage.
There is no reason to doubt that more members of this church are being investigated.
One might think all this is giving some members second thoughts. But in this church, where the hierarchy is as rigid and strict as old Stalinist regimes, no member in good standing would ever tell an outsider that.
On the contrary, one member I called tells me this "strengthens his faith." It's an attack against their religion, he says.
Justice may be getting served. But it's also increasing a martyr complex among members of this church. And you have to wonder what effect that might have on the men, women and children of this church.
Chuck Johnston
CNN National Desk
Two weekends ago, I saw the pictorial in the Sunday New York Times Magazine on the FLDS families living in San Antonio that were profiled, and thought to myself, what comes next in the investigation stemming from the April raid on the polygamy ranch in Eldorado?
And today we learned that the Texas Department of Child Protective Services is seeking foster care for eight children who returned to living with their families on the ranch back in June.
CPS is asking a judge to put the children into foster care because they say "their mothers have refused to limit the children's contact with men involved in underage marriages."
CPS is asking the mothers of all girls aged 10-17 to sign safety plans to protect their children from sexual abuse.
Mothers of the eight children who CPS is seeking foster care for have refused to sign the safety plan.
According to CPS, among other things, the safety plan requires that mothers keep children away from a man who "married underage girls or agreed to an arranged marriage on an underage daughter."
CPS is asking hearings to be set for removal of the eight children.
No word yet on whether the court will grant the hearings.
Laura Palmer
AC360° Writer
Co-author, with Carolyn Jessop, 'ESCAPE'
Carolyn Jessop, bestselling author of ESCAPE, her memoir about life in the polygamist world of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, had just heard the names of the five men under arrest in Texas.
She knows the men who surrendered on Monday. Four face up to 99 years in prison on charges of sexually assaulting a child. Two of them were her stepsons, Ray Jessop, and Leroy Jessop. "It's heart-wrenching, but justice needs to be served if they have truly injured young girls as charged," she told me.
The fifth man, Dr. Lloyd Hammon Barlow, is charged with failure to report three counts of child abuse. He is a physician, with a Texas medical license in family practice, and a member of the FLDS.
Chuck Johnston
Assignment Editor, CNN National Desk
The gates outside the Yearning For Zion ranch in Eldorado, Texas, are usually locked. But they were open late Tuesday, as families returned to the sprawling ranch with children being returned from foster homes around the state.
"We just traveled day and night. Texas is a beautiful state, I had no idea I would see that much of it," Zavenda Young said, holding her youngest daughter while her husband Edson Jessop embraced their sons.
"We are sure grateful to be home," she added. "We've traveled 11,000 miles covering visits to the children, visits with attorneys, and all."
Young told reporters the family had been temporarily living in the Houston area as they shuttled in between their four children and their caseworkers.
"The people that have been taking care of the children were doing such a wonderful job. They literally cried when we took them away," Young said of the foster parents who cared for the children after they were removed from the ranch by state officials in April, citing evidence of underage marriages and statutory rape.
Young said the children had been hit hard by the removal to foster homes around the state. "They are dazed," she said. "They are not the same. We hope they pull out of it."
Some reporters asked returning children how it felt to be back with their parents on the ranch. Clearly still shaken by the experience, children clung to their parents and shied away from the cameras.
Jessop said the raid had created misconceptions of the FLDS members of the polygamist ranch:
"We feel that everybody has been fed a whole bunch of garbage about us. I think when most people come to know us they come to learn that we are different than they suppose, but it's really hard to change the spots on a leopard-we are what we are. I am the same kind of man that my father and grandfather was. I don't know why the world wants to change me."


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This is really a lovely game. I'm not particularly into card games or dungeons, but I absolutely love the simplicity. And the design is really nice.
If you're planning on doing any further updates, here's my wish list:
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- Win/lose sequence of some kind. Particularly, I sometimes don't even realize I've lost when I die on the final card in a room and the deck reshuffles.


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Digital Connections: a France-Canada platform
The French Consulate in Vancouver in partnership with the Centre for Digital Media is organizing an invitation-only symposium and networking opportunity on October 27, 2012, for digital industry stakeholders from Canada and France.
Held in conjunction with a visit by eight French senior-level business and academic delegates, the symposium offers a rare opportunity for participants to exchange expertise, experience and best practices. The objective of the symposium is to develop mutual knowledge between French and BC digital senior industry leaders, creative people and policy-makers.
With a focus on interactive media, transmedia and mobile application development, Digital Connections will explore effective strategies for innovation, investment, research and creativity in the digital sector. Activities will include four panel discussions lead by Canadian and French business and academic leaders focusing on success stories and lessons learned. The symposium will also provide a major milestone to build long term connections between French and Western Canada partners, creating a framework for collaboration and architecture for growth.
French speakers include : Patrick Coquet, CEO of the Paris Cap Digital cluster ; Julien Villedieu, Head of the National Videogames Trade Association - SNJV ; Vincent Dondaine co-founder of BulkyPix, a leading international digital entertainment provider ; Stéphane Natkin, Director of the French Graduate School on Games and Interactive Media - ENJMIN ; Sébastien Doumic co-founder of OUAT entertainment, a creator and publisher of "casual" social games ; Valérie Bourgoin, head of the video game and digital creation department at the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, and others…
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Kevin Durant came back from a sprained ankle to bag a dramatic win vs. the Suns.
He put in 44 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists to get the overtime win. And Durant held the team together after Paul Westbrook was ejected in the 2nd quarter, and that's after he scored 20 points in 17 minutes. But the ejection of one of their best players didn't leave much to worry over. Durant and company tightened the offensive pressure.
Anthony Morrow sealed the win with a 4-point play on an assist from Durant, which was his only made field goal of the game, and the necessary basket the Thunder needed for the win.
Kevin Durant deserves another MVP for this win vs the Suns.
The Suns haven't won a game in Oklahoma City since December 2010. The Suns missed a 3-pointer in the final 2.9 seconds to have this offensively intense game slip out of reach, and continue their bad luck in this arena.


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Editorial. Presents information on the 12th World AIDS Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland in 1998, which focused on the growth in HIV/AIDS epidemic. Reference to results on the transmission of multi-drug-resistant strains of HIV; Responses to concerns of viral resistance and drug...
- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). // British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Edition);3/28/1987, Vol. 294 Issue 6575, p6
Focuses on the problems effected by acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Campaign for HIV prevention; Formation of a working party for the campaign; Practical and ethical issues on AIDS.
- What AIDS epidemic? // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;7/03/95, Vol. 22 Issue 29, p21
Reports on the doubts of the American `Spin' magazine on the official estimates of the number of Americans infected with HIV or suffering from AIDS. Accusations of covering up estimates for fear of losing federal funding for AIDS research; Figures arrived at through surveys; `Spin' projections...
- The Minority View. Helquist, Michael // Advocate;2/3/87, Issue 465, p23
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- Chapter #1: What Are HIV and AIDS? Gedatus, Gustav Mark // HIV & AIDS (0-7368-0281-9);2000, p4
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- Much about HIV. Smith, Jane // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);6/2/2007, Vol. 334 Issue 7604, p1121
This article previews the contents of the journal which is focused on various issues to do with HIV/AIDS.
- Research & Markets: HIV/AIDS - Pipeline Review, Q1 2011 - A Snapshot of the Global Therapeutic Scenario. // Biomedical Market Newsletter;5/9/2011, p601
The article offers information on a report titled "HIV / AIDS - Pipeline Review, Q1 2011" which provides information on the therapeutic development for Human Immunodeficiency Viruses (HIV) / Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
- Risk network structure in the early epidemic phase of HIV transmission in Colorado Springs. J J Potterat // Sexually Transmitted Infections;Apr2002, Vol. 78 Issue 0, pi159
This study describes the risk network structure of persons with HIV infection during its early epidemic phase in Colorado Springs, USA, using analysis of community-wide HIV/AIDS contact tracing records (sexual and injecting drug partners) from 1985 to 1999. Paired partner information from other...
- Queensland man charged with non-disclosure of HIV status prior to sex. // HIV Australia;2012, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p5
The article reports that a 20-year-old HIV-positive man in Queensland has been charged with non-disclosure of HIV status prior to having unprotected sex with two men in separate incidents.
- Community-Based Evaluation of PMTCT Uptake in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Kohler, Pamela K.; Okanda, John; Kinuthia, John; Mills, Lisa A.; Olilo, George; Odhiambo, Frank; Laserson, Kayla F.; Zierler, Brenda; Voss, Joachim; John-Stewart, Grace // PLoS ONE;Oct2014, Vol. 9 Issue 10, p1
Introduction: Facility-based assessments of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programs may overestimate population coverage. There are few community-based studies that evaluate PMTCT coverage and uptake. Methods: During 2011, a cross-sectional community survey among women...


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The last time we visited TODI my ear didn't equalize well, with a nasty ear infection as a result. For a few weeks my hearing and balance was disturbed, which was a real nuisance. Luckily, my ear wasn't damaged and everything healed perfectly!
With everything functioning as it should, Mark took a day off from work and we went to TODI on a weekday (wednesday's my day off, yay!) to say hi to the fishes.
After waddling through traffic we plunged in and almost immediately our little puffy friends wiggled up to me! I don't know if it was my new devil-horned cap or if they just like me, but all puffers followed me around all 76 minutes of our dive. I like you too, buddies! 🙂
A lot of fish were guarding the eggs, so I didn't disturb them for too long. I shoo'd a little brat who thought it was funny to scrape off the eggs from a rock with his fins. So I scored a little karma on the way, too.
Anyway, enjoy the photos from this dive and feel free to leave a comment!


text: BORUT PAHOR, President of Slovenia, recalled that fewer than 20 years ago, the world had witnessed events that had shocked the human conscience, from the genocide in Rwanda to the massacres in Srebrenica and Darfur. "We should have learned lasting lessons from these horrific events," he said, reminding the Assembly that, with the establishment of the United Nations, the international community had taken collective responsibility to protect human beings from mass atrocities and gross violations of human rights. "And yet we failed again," he continued, pointing to the crisis in Syria, where innocent civilians had endured brutal violence for more than two years and more recently the unconscionable use of chemical weapons. That was not only a war crime, but a direct assault against "our common humanity", he asked. "Has peaceful diplomacy failed again, and will the only way to stop the violence now be military intervention?" Sovereignty did not give States "a licence to kill their own citizens", he emphasized. The international community had a responsibility to react when States hid their atrocities behind such a veil. When faced with mass atrocities, indifference was not and would never become an option. The Agreement on the Framework for the Elimination of Syrian Chemical Weapons between the United States and the Russian Federation must be implemented without delay, he continued. Syria must comply immediately and fully, or face the consequences, and the Security Council must take all appropriate measures to address the situation through a political solution, he stressed, expressing support for the proposed Geneva II conference. He went on to say that decisive progress on reform of the Security Council was required to improve the organ's efficiency, transparency and accountability. As part of the reform effort, the Council's five permanent members must consider refraining from the use of veto power in situations of genocide, crimes against humanity and serious violations of international humanitarian law. The Council must also refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court to ensure accountability and an end to impunity. He warned that the consequences of inaction far outweighed the risks of timely prevention and response, both in terms of money and, more importantly, human suffering and lives, a lesson his region had learned from the conflict in the Western Balkans. Slovenia and Croatia had, therefore, launched the Brdo Process as a forum for high-level dialogue to strengthen relations and promote reconciliation in the region. The last century was a dark chapter in European and human history and "we cannot let that repeat itself" in the twenty-first century, he said, underlining the unique opportunity that today's leaders had to influence the future for years to come.


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There is something intensely intriguing about the world's richest people – and as the third youngest billionaire in the world and Norway's richest man, 24-year-old Gustav Magnar Witzøe certainly makes for an interesting case study.
Gustav Magnar owns almost half of Norwegian fish farming company Salmar, a stake that was gifted to him by his father when he was just 19. He's now worth a staggering $US1.9 billion (£1.4 billion),according to Forbes.
Fortunately for anyone curious about he spends his wealth, he documents his extravagant lifestyle on Instagram.
Keep scrolling to see how the third youngest billionaire in the world splits his time between his glamorous family, exotic holidays, getting tattoos, buying expensive clothes, and investing in local tech startups.
Meet 24-year-old Gustav Magnar Witzøe, who is worth an estimated $US1.9 billion (£1.4 billion), making him the third youngest billionaire in the world.
Gustav Magnar's extreme wealth comes from his stake in Norwegian fish farming company Salmar. He owns almost half of the firm, which is one of the world's largest salmon producers.
Salmar is headquartered on the island of Frøya in the region of Central-Norway, where they also have a processing factory.
Gustav Magnar's father, Gustav Witzøe — who founded the company in 1991 — gifted Gustav Magnar's stake to him in 2013, when he was just 19.
Gustav Witzøe, who still runs the company, said that the family had "long discussions" over the decision to put a 19 year old in charge of the company's shares. "There are pluses and minuses," he reportedly said. "It can affect you in many ways, good and bad. It could affect relationships with friends."
While his father runs Salmar, Gustav Magnar wants to "make his own mark" by making investments into local tech startups. In 2017 he invested in Norwegian Snapchat-challenger Gobiand and Airbnb host service Keybutler.
Sources: Forbes & Business Insider Nordic
Still, it looks as if he still makes it into the Salmar boardroom meetings.
Outside of the worlds of salmon and tech, Gustav Magnar has plenty of tattoos and is apparently really into his fashion. He is a regular on the front row of Norwegian fashion shows.
He's a fan of a sharp suit…
…And appears to have more than a few expensive watches.
Here he is with his mother, Oddny Witzøe. They're a glamorous family.
He appears to fit some travel in alongside making investments and attending meetings. Here he is with a friend in Dubai in January.
Later that month he appeared to be enjoying a spot of skiing. Gustav Magnar apparently likes sport, and is also a keen golfer.
He posted this snap of a paradise-like destination just a month later, in February.
When he's not travelling, you might catch him driving around in a Porsche…
…Or hanging out with his pooch — his is a "blue staffy."
And if his life doesn't seem flashy enough, you'll often catch him chomping on a cigar on Instagram.
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This is an amazingly easy recipe. Like with most recipes, I played with it for a while, until I really got a taste and quality that I would feel comfortable posting. I do not look to share recipes that aren't things I would make again. Which, on the other hand, makes it hard to experiment, because my sons are always asking me to make the Minestrone Soup or Sesame Chicken again and again.
I hope you are enjoying my adventures with my Instant Pot. If you haven't already followed along, here is my Facebook and my Pinterest Accounts, hope to hear from you!
Instant Pot-Chicken Corn Chowder
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 onion, peeled and diced
- 1 red pepper, peeled and diced
- 1 green pepper, peeled and diced
- 4 cups of chicken broth (use vegetarian if you want this to be a vegan recipe)
- 3 potatoes, cubed
- 4 cups of frozen corn
- 3 tablespoons of butter
- 3 tablespoons of flour
- 1 cup of milk
- Turn the Instant Pot setting to saute, add the oil, onion and peppers, saute until the vegetables are softened, about 4 minutes.
- Then add in the broth, potatoes and corn, and mix well.
- Add your IP lid and set the time for 6 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in your microwave melt your butter and then mix the flour and milk into it (to make a rue)
- When the IP is done, let it naturally release. Then when the pressure comes down, mix in the rue to the soup.
- I made some bacon and sprinkled it on top.
- Enjoy!
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