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The research priorities in this group include:
Improvement of the Basic Principles
Genetic Principles of Disease
Latest research in this area show that almost all diseases are made due to the genetic problems or mutations or genetic disorders. Basic research on this area can play a highly fundamental role in the diagnosis and treatment of such disorders.
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
The most wonderful scientific findings are the ones related to the cellular and molecular treatments of disorders which is a great leap in science. In the new era, new means such cellular and molecular sciences are deeply needed for treatment, diagnosis, and prevention purposes.
The Role of Stem Cells in the Treatment of Diseases
In the cotemporary era, stem cells have made radical changes in the treatment of incurable and viral diseases. Research in this area can be a huge step in the advancement of of science in Iran and the world. In the modern world, the majority of treatment methods are considered a kind of cellular treatment. Even, in the majority of reference books these methods are frequently cited.
New Pharmacy
Pharmacy industry is one of the lucrative and efficient industries in every country. With the advancement of science, we are witness to huge developments in drugs and medicine such that their side effects are decreasing and their efficiency is increasing. The application of Nano-technology and Bio-technology have made huge strides in the production, type of consumption, and their effect strategy.
Medicinal plants
Our history in medicine is filled with accounts on medicinal plants. In the ancient books, which had been an important source for many countries, written by our classic scientists, the application of medicinal plants were popular for the treatment of various diseases. Nowadays, developed and industrialized countries such as China and Germany allocated a huge budget for research on these plants and their production. Research in this field can show Iranian scientists' potentials in the near future and pave the way for the production of these plants given the natural resources of the country.
This field is one of the most acknowledged field in the medical sciences. Recently, almost all developed countries have allocated huge budgets and funds for research in this area. Perhaps, carrying out further studies in this field can shed more light on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's, etc.
Priorities of the Country
Cardiovascular Diseases
The most popular reason of death in the country and the world are cardiovascular diseases. While, in the 21st century the majority of diseases such as infectious and bacterial ones are curable and controlled, human beings are bust grappling with cardiovascular diseases. Based on the data from different parts of the world, these diseases are becoming widespread in younger generations. Doing research in this area can significantly prevent the distribution of such diseases in the country.
This disease can be one of the most common causes of death in the country. Islamic Republic of Iran ranks the first in the number of traumatic patients in the Middle East. A considerable degree can be reduced if we do research in this area and find the roots and causes of this disease. The trouble incurred upon the have a very broad scope society running the gamut of physical and mental problems.
The second reason for death in the world and the third reason for death in our country. In 2013, 85 thousand cases of cancer were diagnosed in the country which resulted in the death of 3 thousand patients. We are witness to a considerable increase in the rate of cancer; therefore, careful and detailed planning should be made in this regard. Controlling cancer is based on several principles: timely treatment, prevention, research, the recognition of cancer, and care for the patients with cancer. The role of research in this area is undeniable which results in a more comprehensive picture of the disease.
Mental Disorders and Addiction
The majority of the people in the world are obsessed with these kinds of disorders. These disorders cause huge economic costs on the country along with huge damages made to the people who are in contact with such disorders.
Metabolic Diseases
These diseases such as diabetics, osteoporosis, gland disorders, and development disorders are among the most common problems. Using the modern technologies, one can take huge strides in the treatment of such diseases so that the side effects and problems created by them are reduced drastically.
New Diseases
As the world gets more modern, the diseases human beings are grappling with get more complicated. Long ago, no one knew what 'Multiple Sclerosis' was, but nowadays many people are suffering from this neurodegenerative disease. Doing research on new emerging diseases can help a lot in their treatment.
Many believe that the reason underlying the majority of diseases is nutrition. Scientists have been trying hard to find ways through which they can fight many of such diseases.
Ethics of Medicine
As science develops, the idea of the ethics in medicine gets more important. The results of current research are first applied in animals and then carried out in human being, this adds to the importance of this field as well. Expanding the borders of this field can result in the reduction of undeniable damages in medicine.


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Lunar Jim is an Animated Show aimed at young children, about the adventures of a spaceman named Jim. Produced in Canada, it is animated using Stop Motion animation. It can be seen on PBS channels.
The series takes place in the future, on an alien moon, where Jim and his friends explore the strange environment. Despite its trappings, Lunar Jim isn't true Science Fiction, as the show mixes both practical facts (such as everyone except the robots requiring spacesuits to breathe outside their base) with fanciful ideas like shooting stars being living star-shaped creatures ala Super Mario Bros.'s Starmen rather than meteors.
The main characters are: Jim, an explorer; Rover, his robot dog; Ripple, a dark-skinned female engineer; TED, a "Technical Equipment Device"- an humanoid robot, possibly inspired by C3PO; and Eco, a farmer. Later on, Skye, a young female cadet, and Yik Yak, a turtlelike alien, join the cast. Most of these are FlatCharacters without much to distinguish them; they're all nice, competent and have no flaws. The only exceptions are Ted, who is boastful and cowardly, and Yik Yak, who is childlike. Pixel, a computer, may or may not count as a character, as she only gives orders and information.
Despite being an Edutainment Show, Lunar Jim focuses more on entertainment that on teaching lessons, although it encourages problem-solving. Every episode features two stories, each dealing with a problem that is invariably resolved thanks to something introduced earlier in that story. There is no violence or villains.
Tropes used in the series:
- An Aesop- present, but not as blatantly as in other edutainment shows.
- Butt-Monkey: Ted, often.
- Cool Car and Cool Airship: several vehicles that can be used depending on the mission.
- Cool Garage: That allows you to choose your vehicle at the touch of a button!
- Elaborate Underground Base: Moonaluna, where Jim and the others live. Though it's actually above ground. Note that "luna" is Spanish for "moon."
- Lovable Coward- Ted. Or at least the other characters find him lovable.
- Magical Computer: Pixel.
- Merchandise-Driven: Well, not exactly, but there's certainly lots of Lunar Jim merchandise already.
- Once an Episode: Some problem or mystery to solve.
- Pride- Ted even takes credit for other people's achievements- even when he's right in front of them! Yet all they do is smile or laugh. Maybe he's defective.
- Rhymes on a Dime- Yik Yak.
- The Smurfette Principle- Until Skye joins.
- To the Batpole!: when Jim exits Moonaluna.
- Transformation Sequence: When Jim puts on his equipment before exiting the base.
- Where the Hell Is Springfield?- The Moon where the stories take place is "Blue Moon L22", not Earth's moon, though children might not realize that.
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Skye.


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Armed Assault is a first person tactical military shooter with large elements of realism and simulation. This game features a blend of large-scale military conflict spread over large areas alongside the more closed quarters battle. The player will find himself thrust in the midst of an engaging and expanding storyline, fighting against smart, aggressive enemies who will continually provide a challenge over a massive landscape.
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The Mariners will unveil a statue of Hall of Fame broadcaster Dave Niehaus outside Safeco Field on Friday before the game against the Texas Rangers.
Niehaus, who died Nov. 10, was the voice of the Mariners from their first game in 1977 through the final game of the 2010 season.
His wife, Marilyn, along with several other family members, will be joined by longtime booth partner Rick Rizzs, team President Chuck Armstrong, and former players Dan Wilson and Jay Buhner at the invitation-only unveiling.
Fans will be able to see the bronze statue depicting Niehaus behind his microphone when the Safeco gates open at 5:10 p.m. It will be located on the main concourse near Section 105 in right field.
The statue includes a spot where fans can sit next to Niehaus for a picture. The scorebook in front of the statue is from Game 5 of the 1995 American League Division Series, which the Mariners won on Edgar Martinez's double. It was perhaps Niehaus' most famous call.
The statue was designed by Chicago native Lou Cella.
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WHAT: Sparta Systems, Inc., the maker of TrackWise® quality management software and the market leader in enterprise quality and compliance management solutions, today announced that it will present at the upcoming RAPS Annual Conference in a session titled "e-Regulatory Issues for Devices" on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The presentation will focus on best practices for compliance with current regulations and tactics for organizations to prepare for forthcoming regulatory deadlines.
For organizations in the life sciences industry, new regulatory requirements call for adverse events and customer data to be reported to the FDA via electronic submission. In order to prepare for this complex transition, companies should begin to address compliance with the new requirements sooner rather than later. In this presentation, Sparta Systems will demonstrate how a real-world drug manufacturer successfully implemented an electronic submission system to provide clinical tracking data to the FDA's ClinicalTrials.gov while maintaining current workflows and business processes.
WHO: Joe Goodman is the director of solutions consulting for Sparta Systems and has been involved with the design and deployment of the company's e-reporting suite at several customer sites. Goodman is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and an accomplished project facilitator. Prior to joining Sparta Systems, Goodman spent seven years as a Six Sigma Black Belt at Merrill Lynch.
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 25, 2010, 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
WHERE: San Jose McEnery Convention Center 150 West San Carlos St., Meeting Room B (1 & 2) San Jose, CA 95110
CONTACT: For information on TrackWise products or services, visit www.spartasystems.com.
Founded in 1994, Sparta Systems is the world's premier provider of cloud and
on-premise quality management software. We offer the solutions, analytics, and expertise that speed up
quality and compliance. Our solutions help to lower risk, increase efficiency, and keep consumers safe
while allowing manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors to collaborate in a seamless and integrated
environment. Sparta is privately owned and headquartered in Hamilton N.J, with offices across Europe and
Asia. We support close to 1 million users across 700+ implementations, in more than 30 countries.
Companies in life sciences, consumer products, discrete manufacturing and more, rely on Sparta.
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Stone inscriptions in Kuthodaw Pagoda in Mandalay will be the subject of a restoration project jointly run bu the Myanmar Ministry of Culture and the University of Sydney.
Mandalay restores stone plaques
TTR Weekly, 23 November 2015
Myanmar Ministry of Culture's Archaeology and National Museum is collaborating with Sydney University's Buddhist Studies Programme in Australia to restore stone inscriptions at Kuthodaw Pagoda in Mandalay.
Global New Light of Myanmar reported the collaboration started since the beginning of the year.
According to Archaeology and National Museum's Mandalay branch, technicians and experts are undertaking preservation works of stone plaques and pagodas, taking photo records, translating stone inscriptions from Pali-Myanmar to English and publishing academic articles about the stones and inscriptions.
Translation and publishing are being carried out by Sydney University.
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Every Saturday, 7:00 p.m. for English-speaking teens from grade 8 to grade 12.
Vision: HYPE is a place where Christian foundations are laid. It is a place where one can grow in their relationship to God and in their relationships to others.
Theme Verse: Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. (1 Timothy 4:12)


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Amidst all the frenzy of our recent summer activity, mostly work related, I neglected to observe a most auspicious date. On August 11, 10,000 Birds turned 4 years old!
That's right, this blog has been kicking around for four fabulous years, which in blog years seems like four decades. And, if I may be so bold, the site is getting better every month. In the last year alone, we served up over 110,000 visits, roughly a quarter of a million page views, hundreds of subscribers, and hundreds, possibly thousands of links. I've also seen 39 life birds if you're more interested in statistics like those.
10,000 Birds has changed significantly over the last year. The look and functionality of the blog evolved with the long-awaited move to WordPress. Even more momentous was the transition to a group blog; being able to share a milestone like this with Charlie and Corey makes it that much more profound. But ultimately, it all comes down to our readers. Those amazing comments, e-mails, field encounters… I'm sure I speak for my colleagues when I say we wouldn't do this without you!
On August 11, 2003, I wrote the following:
Welcome to the very first posting of the 10,000 Birds blog. As thrilled as you undoubtedly are, I am even more so. This is my first web log and my first attempt to speak directly to the world regarding our great love of bird-watching. You will be kind, won't you?
While we (The Core Team) have an enormous interest in birding, we have meager experience. We have a boatload to learn about bird calls, habitat, behavior, etc. We also have yet to meet members of the larger BIRDING COMMUNITY, of which perhaps you, the reader, are a part. This site promises to be a venue through which we can share all of the lessons and observations that accompany what promises to be a life-long learning process. We hope that those of you with experience will be generous with your insights. We also hope that those of you who are also new to birding, or perhaps just flitting around the edges, will learn along with us and share our enthusiasm.
Have 10,000 Birds remained true to that founding intention? And what's next? What would you like to see more of in the next year?
Good times!
Congrats! Here's to another 4-year term! I celebrated by going to our friend's kid's 2nd b-day party last Sat. I did see a nice Coop fly right over their yard, so that must mean something.
What I want to see in the next year?
Charlie reporting from his first trip to Hawaii where his employer will be flying to regularly starting next months and where he always gets 3 full days off between flights.
Mike writing up his trip report of 4 weeks in Peru where he managed to see 950 species.
Corey's report of his "Berlin to Beijing" trip that took him 3 months but where he managed to finally find the breeding grounds of the last Slender-billed Curlews somewhere in southern Russia.
Think you'll manage?
I sure hope so.
Congrats on 4 years! I just linked to you. Here's to 4 more!
Four more years!
Happy belated! Keep up the awesome work!
Wow. Four years, in blog years that's like, really old. Luckily none of the posts are really old, and 10000 Birds just keeps getting better and better.
I'd like to see a joint report on a trip to the High Arctic by all three of you. Think you can swing it?
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For months, literally, I've treated our dining area as nothing more than a hallway.
On one side, a glass topped table… On the other, a brown paper bag console table.
That's it.
No art. In fact, the only ornamentation was the fruit bowl I put together. The console has exactly three candles and a mirror.
I've managed to get the rest of the room almost in shape. I even managed to get new curtains from the local Salvation Army (for $9.99!). The room does need artwork and some tweaking, but that will come in time.
Back to the dining area….
The glass-topped table and modern chairs just aren't working in sync with the rest of the room. They're just too modern and cold, while the rest of the room is comfy and traditional(ish). It left me uninspired… to say the least.
I had a breakthrough today! My local Salvation Army had a solid wood, round, pedestal table! One that needs work – but you can't expect perfection for $24.99! Right now, it's in two pieces in my living room, waiting for me to decide what to do with it!
And there is the dilema.
I'm thinking a white base, dark stained top and a compass rose overlay.
The Ogre? Well, he's not on board with the white base, although he is very approving of the compass rose. I suggested black…. he doesn't think that will work, either.
This decision could be a while in making.
I'll keep you posted as to who wins!
I'd really love to see your comments on the projects I do and the ideas I have. I learn more from critiques than praise, but, honestly, I adore praise (and who doesn't?).
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With great knowledge comes the ability to simplify. Sharing different food cultures means this deceptive simplification creates new and exciting dishes. The cooking at Osteria Lucio brings together new marriages of butchery, vegetables and fruits, all of which have made a long journey from planting to the kitchen. This is slow-grown food from the Italian and Irish terroir, slow-grown so you can taste the layers of flavours. New food friendships have been made with jewel coloured Italian vegetables and Irish grown greens, all from our regular suppliers. (BTW Be careful what you say about vegetables, the suppliers could be sitting at the next table, they often join us for a drink).
If you thought you knew all about pizza dough, we've news for you: this is the first time our lunch-friendly risen dough pizza bases have been made in Ireland. The recipe combines simple ingredients in a technique that takes considerable patience. The process creates a pizza base which is gentler on the digestion and tastes so good we'll be serving it naked too.


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Look! Pretty Ribbon-Hung Art
Hanging art from picture rails with ribbon has been suggested by many an Apartment Therapy reader, and after seeing the way the art is hung at The Hour in Alexandria, we would suggest it too. In fact, we want to install picture rails for the sole purpose!
The Hour, which sells modern and vintage cocktail ware, also displays trays and art from bow-tied and brightly colored ribbons &mdash and we now desperately want to mimic this in our apartment. The white ribbon against a pink wall with black molding is especially eye-catching.
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I had been looking for the perfect strength-conditioning workout for a long time.
To be honest, I'm a bit scared to use barbell free weights because the idea of lifting a massive weight over my head and body seems a bit dangerous. I enjoy using the strength training machines at the gym, but I also want something I can use at home. Buying a machine for home is out of the question because they are so big and I'm planning on moving soon. Body weight exercises are a good option, but I'm not a heavy guy, so the upper limit of weight I can lift with bodyweight exercises is limited.
What I was looking for was a set of weights that are compact, versatile, and safe. I was looking for something I could do every day in my office for a few minutes to increase my strength. As you already know, kettlebells were what I was looking for.
Disclaimer: In this article, I discuss my own opinions and observations on health topics. I am not a doctor. The information here is only observations and opinions, not medical advice. Please consult your doctor before making any changes that might affect your health.
Kettlebells are cannonballs with handles. They can be ligament-tearingly heavy—some are over 100 pounds—so you do need proper instruction on how to use them correctly.
Proper instruction for kettlebells is easy to get, though. Just download and read Kettlebell Simple & Sinister by Pavel Tsatsouline for clear step-by-step directions on how to get started.
In the book, Pavel recommends using three kettlebell weights. The three weights you use depends on your gender and level of fitness, but for average men (which I consider myself to be) the weights are 16kg, 24kg, and 32kg (35lbs, 53lbs, and 71lbs). I bought a bundle of all three of these weights at kettlebellsusa.com.
Kettlebells are not cheap, but they will not only last for your lifetime but probably also the lifetimes of all of your descendants. However, if you just don't have that kind of money to spend, there are other ways to start kettlebells.
Starting Kettlebells for $10: Go to your local hardware store and build a kettlebell yourself. Then watch kettlebell basics online for free.
Starting Kettlebells for $100: Or you don't have to spend all the money at once. Buy and read Kettlebell Simple & Sinister and buy the lightest kettlebell weight he recommends (16kg in my case). Then once you're ready to move up in weight, buy the next weight. I've been practicing kettlebells for a couple of weeks now, but I haven't touched the two heavier weights yet. Those are for after I master the 16kg, which will take a few more weeks.
Starting Kettlebells for $300 (Pavel-approved method): Buy and read Kettlebell Simple & Sinister. Buy the three weights Pavel recommends in his book (in my case, 16kg, 24kg, and 32kg). "Don't be a sissy" and get moving.


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Junior Writing Portfolio: Assessment
All portfolios will be evaluated by a committee composed of professors from across the disciplines using the Junior Writing Portfolio Scoring Rubric. This rubric will assess the following aspects of student writing:
- Clarity/Style
- Organization/Fluidity
- Explanation/Evidence
- Critical Thinking
- Research Techniques
- Mechanics/Usage
Each category of student writing will be scored on a scale from 1-5 (with 5 being the highest). The entire portfolio will then be given one of the following grades:
- PASS WITH DISTINCTION – Students whose portfolios receive this rating will have this distinction reflected in their academic transcripts)
- FAIL – Students who do not pass the Junior Writing Portfolio will be required to take an additional writing course, JWP 301 (Junior Writing Portfolio Workshop), in order to pass the JWP requirement.
Students who receive a Pass or a Pass with Distinction will receive a grade of CR (credit) on their transcripts for JWP 301P. Those who receive a Pass with Distinction will also have a note added to their transcript indicating that they pass "with distinction."
Students who receive a Fail for the JWP will have the grade NC (no credit) recorded on their transcript for JWP 301P and will have to take JWP 301 (the intensive writing workshop class) in order to complete the requirement.
For a printable copy of the complete rubric, click here. You will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader.


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Cause Chicken is Bae
Amritsar is a city that resonates love and by love, we mean love in all aspects- love for dance, for music, for beauty and above all the love for chicken. Punjabis have always honoured with the title of 'foodies' and in every way, they have justified it. Their undying love for food has proved to be a blessing for us, the common folks and in turn, we have been blessed with the food city – Amritsar. The Amritsaris' love for chicken in unmatchable; they have come up with such delicacies that even the sight of them can make you hungry. You can find some amazing chicken rolls at some of the best chicken corners in Amritsar and not just that some of the best non-veg restaurants in Amritsar serve unique delicacies of chicken.
Obviously, there is no one way of eating chicken and the folks from Amritsar prove that theory right. Here, we give you a list of five items that would only enhance your love for the much-loved chicken:
The yummilicious Butter Chicken
If you have not tried this delicacy in Punjab, the food lover in you is not going to forgive you ever. Butter Chicken is the first step towards being a true foodie. Amritsar is loaded with places that have the potential to serve you the best Butter Chicken of your life. When the marinated chicken is roasted and mixed with cream and spices, what you get is a recipe that blows your mind away. If you want to try the best chicken in Amritsar head straight to Bemisaal. And, after that one plate, you are a regular diner.
The authentic Punjabi Chicken Curry
The name itself is enough to make your stomach growl with hunger. All the restaurants in Amritsar serve this curry and obviously claim to be the best. But, if you want to find the best restaurants in Amritsar to satiate your desire for chicken curry, Bemisaal does it the best. It is one of the famous restaurants in Amritsar that serve you the best plate of chicken curry with some amazing dining experience.
The mouthwatering Chicken Biryani
We know nobody can beat the Hyderabadi Dum Biryani. It is absolutely finger-licking good. But if the Hyderabadis take pride in their Mutton Biryani, the Punjabis master the art of Chicken Biryani. The combination of chicken with the flavours of the spices in Biryani is enough to bring joy in the world full of sorrow. And, if you ask a famous restaurant in Amritsar to try Biryani, we are going to lead your way ourselves to Bemisaal. We are called the Biryani Experts in Amritsar for some reason.
The mandatory Chicken Lollipop
Ask any Punjabi and he would tell you the relevance of Chicken Lollipop. Though Punjabis don't believe only in starters, they just welcome food in any form and love it. Chicken Lollipop is the best amalgamation of desi fusion. The roasted chicken wrapped in aromatic spices. When the flavours of this amazing delicacy reach your nostrils, it only increases your craving to grab those tiny pieces of heaven. To enjoy the best chicken lollipop, there is a whole list of best non-veg restaurants in Amritsar. Try some of the famous restaurants in Amritsar to get a piece of heaven right in your mouth.
The customary Tandoori Chicken
Can you even think of returning from Amritsar without trying the famous Tandoori Chicken? We are sure you would have tried Tandoori Chicken on every street of your city but what we are talking here is entirely a different experience. To experience true Punjab, it is mandatory lick your fingers while nibbling on the irresistible Tandoori Chicken. You can have a nice plate of Tandoori Chicken at any chicken corner in Amritsar. There are loads of famous food places in Amritsar but Tandoori Chicken is a staple and you have the liberty to try it wherever you want. But, if you don't want to take a risk, try Tandoori Chicken at Bemisaal.
Bemisaal is one of the best non-veg restaurants in Amritsar, and you are sure to have some amazing food experience.
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- clean each room once a week
- praise God in song through learning hymns
- clean windows
- make cusions
- create web pages (learn html)
- recognise the capital cities and key political leaders of each country in the world
- bottle food
- and much more!
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- biblical communication
- South African history
- environmental issues, especially individual and household consuption rates
- and much more!
I don't expect to achieve every one of my goals, but I am aware that having them written down and clear makes it much more likely that they will happen. Amongst all these goals, it is necessary to prioritise. I've decided that my most important goal is to learn to praise God in song as I go about my daily tasks. The Bible is full of examples of people who prioritised praise, and of exhortations to praise God. Yet I do not even know many songs of praise, let alone make a habit of singing them. Western Christians can learn much from African Christians in this regard. Many Christians in Africa commonly sing joyously as they go about their work. I want to ensure that I create an atmosphere of praise in our home. Learning to sing myself is also an important step toward teaching any children God gives us to praise Him.
To help me towards this goal, I've taken a few steps.
1. I wrote out a list 29 of hymns I'd like to learn. This is not a magic number, it just happened to be what filled 1 1/2 pages of my diary. At that point, I decided that this was a large enough goal for now!
2. I purchased a display book, and have begun to get the words of songs from cyberhymnal to print out and put into it.
3. I sing as I prepare meals, wash up, etc., and quickly learn the words.
Some of the hymns I've chosen are . . .
- Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
- Blessed Assurance
- I heard the Voice of Jesus
- A Mighty Fortress
- I Need Thee Every Hour
- Tell Out, My Soul
- Great is Thy Faithfulness
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The four resolutions to be presented for voting at the IAU General Assembly are now in final form. The vote takes place during the second General Assembly session on Thursday, 13 August, between 16:00 and 18:00 HAST.
Resolution B1 addresses the 10-year IAU Strategic Plan for astronomy in the developing world. This strategic plan extends from 2010 to 2020, and this resolution looks to confirm the continuing pursuit of these goals, as well to plan for what comes next, in the form of an extended strategic plan, addressing the future of the Office of Astronomy for Development and its activities beyond 2021.
Resolution B2 is on the recommended zero points for the absolute and apparent bolometric magnitude scales. This is a problem in astronomical literature, with pervasive variance in the zero points for bolometric magnitudes and bolometric corrections. This resolution seeks to adopt a standardised absolute and apparent bolometric magnitude scale that acts independently of the Sun.
Resolution B3 is on recommended nominal conversion constants for selected solar and planetary properties. It recommends the adoption of nominal values for the solar radius, total solar irradiance, solar luminosity, solar effective temperature, heliocentric gravitational constant, and solar mass. These nominal values would function as conversion factors only, allowing a uniform conversion to SI units. The resolution recommends the same be done for the equatorial and polar radii of the Earth and Jupiter, as well as for the geocentric and jovicentric gravitational constants.
Resolution B4 addresses the protection of radio astronomy observations in the frequency range 76–81 GHz from interference caused by car radars, which have various applications, like determining distances and relative speeds of objects in front of, beside, or behind a car. It seeks to request that the World Radio Communication Conference 2015 takes all possible steps to protect radio astronomy observations in this frequency band that suffer as a result of car radars. Separating the observatories geographically from the radiation would seem the the most effective method of protection, but in a world of ever-expanding technology that requires different wavelengths to operate, this is a pressing concern for astronomy. More information is available in the briefing paper.
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Daire didn't like her life. Her parents had moved from london, uk to texas 3 years ago, she hated it. In England she had been popular, happy and everybody loved her. they had moved her for her brother and his stupid football scholarship. She hadn't heard a peep from her old friends in England and no-body talked to her here. To them she was just the creepy gothic British kid. Her two other older brothers hadn't taken the move so well at first but they seemed to love it there. She was the only one who hated it.
I woke up to the sound of my dads car starting, I had the house to myself for the day; so I was going to make the best of it. I plugged in my iPod and started dancing down the hallway to Amy Studt's misfit and into the kitchen in my very minimal electric blue bra and pantie set. I poured some orange juice and turned round to see my oldest brother and his two friends sitting at the kitchen table staring at me. literally spat out all my orange juice and flat out sprinted it to my room. I threw on my pyjamas and walked back into the kitchen, fuming. I looked at my now smirking brother and his 2 laughing friends.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing here?" I growled, pinning him with my gray eyed stare.
"Practice is cancelled for the day, so were hanging out here. But we didn't think we would get such a nice floor show!" He snickered.
I shot him the finger and called over my shoulder "Fucking idiot," as i walked down the hall.
Getting dressed was an alright experience. i put on my black leather hot pants, nirvana t-shirt and black converse. i carefully applied my make-up, picked up my purse and stalked back into the kitchen. Went shopping then spent the next 2 days in my room.
I went downstairs 2 days later to find the house completely empty this time. i lazed around all day reading. Until the door bell rang.i jumped up and opened it to find my Brothers friend Brant standing at the door. His chesnut hair hanging round his face. And i was vaguely aware he was staring at my short tartan skirt and black knee socks.
"Did you come to see jay?" I asked already knowing the answer.
"No," Which surprised me "I came to see you," he whispered
I laughed and when i saw his wounded expression i stopped "You're serious,"
He nodded "May i come in?"
I closed my eyes and silently stepped out of the way, to let him in. he exhaled and closed the door as i led the way into the living room. He sat down indicating that i should sit next to him. He clasped both my hands in one of his and tipped my chin up with his other.
He closed his eyes "I like you Daire, i really really like you," He re-opened his eyes "And i want you, i've wanted you since i first saw you,"
"I like you too," i quietly admitted and looked down
"Hey don't look ashamed, look at me," He ordered, i could tell from the tone of voice he was used to ordering people about.
His lips met mine, innocently at first then more passionately and he made a low primitive sound in the back of his throat. i gasped when his hand slid up my skirt and that gave him access to explore my mouth with his tongue. Abruptly he picked me up and cradled me to his chest, taking the steps 2 at a time he stopped at the landing and looked around. Finally deciding that the black door was mine. He kicked it open and threw me onto the bed. He smiled down at me a question in his eyes, i nodded and he grinned. he carefully un-dressed me then himself. Then he led himself on top of me, supporting his weight with his hands. Then he bent his head and started suckeling my nipple teasing the other with his thumb and fore-finger. I stroked his ever growing erection and moan. He stopped playing with my nipples and looked down at me, grinned and then slowly sunk into me. He kept a slow rythem until i came loudly. And so did he.
Two days later and after more mind-blowing sex he asked me to come to his apartment.
"Daire, i want to try something with you, now you have to be totally honest with me and talk to me at all times," He said
I nodded, not sure where he was going with this. "I'm a dominant and i would like you to be my submissive," He said and my eyes shot up to his "We can stop at any time, but i promise you will enjoy it too,"
i bit my lip but nodded. And i was rewarded with his breath-taking grin. He pulled me to my feet and into his room. It was white with black furniture and a huge chestnut bed. "When you're with me you will do exactly what i say when i say it, no hesitation, understood?"
I nodded, after getting me naked he brought out a two pairs of handcuffs, a blindfold and a gag. i stared at him, but nodded when he asked if i would let him do it. "Turn around," he whispered. i complied and he grabbed my wrist and attached a hand cuff to it, then put the other on the other wrist. So my hands were clamped firmly behind my back, i tried to move my wrist i found that the cuff bit painfully into my wrist, they were a bit to tight. He then bent down and fastened my ankles togther. Again they were tight. Getting up his kissed the nape of my neck, whilst his hands roamed my body. "I think you've seen enough," He whispered, and tied the blindfold on." Get down on your knees and open your mouth," He ordered. i did as he asked. and felt him enter my mouth. i sucked and i could hear his sharp intake of breath and then i felt the warm salty liquid ouze down my throat. He quickly came out of me and flung me on the bed. Crawling up the bed and then straddling me, he placed the gag in my mouth and tied it again, a bit too tight. Then without any warning at all he entered me and started pounding a punishing rythem. He ripped the the gag and blindfold of and started kissing me.
"You're mine," He growled "Always mine.Never forget that,"
"Yes, your's," I panted "Always,"


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In a cinema exclusive, André Rieu will be taking audiences on a tour of his hometown Maastricht, in a 90-minute, never before seen Christmas concert.
Packed with all of your Christmas favorites, including "Hallelujah," "Jingle Bells," "White Christmas," and many more performed by André and his famous Johann Strauss Orchestra, he will also be participating in a special Q&A session with CinemaLive host Charlotte Hawkins.
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Our entry into the NIST MT eval this year has a recapitalization component, currently being done by a large language model (500mb, gzipped) together with SRILM's "disambig" tool. I was recently conscripted to try to improve this. After about a week's worth of work, using a bunch of tools and rules and a bunch of other stuff (though not 100% tuned), I've eeked out a 0.25 increase in BLEU scores on the 2003 and 2004 test data for three of our MT systems (phrase-based, syntax-based and Hiero). This could easily be upped to maybe 0.5 with a few more hours of work (there are tokenization differences between my training and test data).
The story that it's hard to beat an n-gram language model is fairly ubiquitous. In fact, my most useful features for classification are based on the n-best outputs of disambig using the large LM. There are older results that suggest that once you have enough data, using stupid techniques is sufficient. This seems to be more true for NLP than for many other areas I know about, though perhaps this is because there exist NLP problems for which it is even possible to get a "sufficient" amount of data.
While this story is true for English, I'm not sure that it would hold for other languages. My guess is that n-gram models work significantly worse in languages with more free word order and (though this usually comes as a package deal) stronger morpology. As a counter-argument, though, some of my friends who have contact with people who do commercial speech recognition in languages other than English do actually use vanilla n-gram models in those other languages. I don't know whether this is for lack of an alternative or just because they remain so good even outside of English.
I don't know the secret sauce to beating an n-gram. They appear to work so well because language (where, by "language" I mean "English") is really not that ambiguous, in a Shannon-experiment sense. Moreover, raw English words seem to really be just about right when it comes to information content. Sure, we can get some mileage by looking at suffixes or bigrams, but, comparing to, say, German (where one word can correspond to 2-3 English words), English really seems to strike the right balance of amount of information in a word to sparsity (where "right" = "right for NLP"). I'm sure other languages fall fairly close by and I recall seeing a study comparing Shannon-style tests in multiple languages (anyone know a pointer?), but, if pressed, this is my guess as to why n-grams work so well. To beat them, it seems we are almost forced to look at problems with less data, or problems which are significantly noisier.
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Beating an N-Gram
Our entry into the NIST MT eval this year has a recapitalization component, currently being done by a large language model (500mb, gzipped) together with SRILM's "disambig" tool. I was recently conscripted to try to improve this. After about a week's worth of work, using a bunch of tools and rules and a bunch of other stuff (though not 100% tuned), I've eeked out a 0.25 increase in BLEU scores on the 2003 and 2004 test data for three of our MT systems (phrase-based, syntax-based and Hiero). This could easily be upped to maybe 0.5 with a few more hours of work (there are tokenization differences between my training and test data).
Posted by hal at 6/27/2006 04:27:00 PM
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- hal said...
I should mention that by "n-gram model" I mean very well tuned n-gram model with interpolated Kneser-Ney smoothing. Obviously a lot of work has gone into getting smoothing to work out well, and it is possible that this is where the majority of the power is coming from, though, when not scrambling for tiny improvements, I tend to doubt it.
- 27 June, 2006 16:46
- Bob Carpenter said...
If you look closely at the literature, you'll find a lot of the "improvements" on n-gram models are improvements over lousy baseline models (low order, bad smoothing, small amounts of data, etc.)
We just built a very large character n-gram model for spelling checking. It was trained on 50GB of domain-specific data. Works great as the source in a noisy-channel spelling corrector. Results from MSN (Brill, Moore, Cucerzan, etc.) show roughly the same thing.
Case restoration as done by IBM's TrueCasing system is just another noisy channel model spelling corrector.
As to free word order languages, most of them are not free *word* order, but free *phrase* order. Much of the power of n-grams comes from the phrasal level. They break down in English when you get long separations of related terms by apositives. As in "The President, who blah blah blah, declared ..."
where you don't have a chance of predicting "signed" on the basis of "President" with an n-gram. In fact, you wind up predicting it based on something it's less related to. Attempts to use parsing to sort these issues out have had mixed success at best. Parsers just don't provide very good language models. Probably because most decisions, even of a parser, are local, even in languages with more flexible phrase order.
As to the "English is just right", I think that's a perspective derived from a field where most of the work's in English. Sentence detection, for instance, is a pain because of our overloading of the period -- not a problem in Chinese.
As to scaling, check out my paper from last year's ACL workshop:
Scaling High-Order Character Language Models to Gigabytes. I basically showed that as the data gets up into the 1GB range for 8-grams, the smoothing you use is irrelevant -- Dirichlet, Kneser-Ney and what we went with, Witten-Bell, were all within three decimal places after that much data. Pretty much inline with the Brill and Banko conclusions that more data's better. N-grams are great because you can just keep piling in more data usefully.
Character LMs are tough to beat for classification. Both Bill Teahan and Ian Witten's work on compression-based models and Fuchun Peng's recent Waterloo thesis have shown this in a wide variety of settings. I just rebuilt Pang and Lee's sentiment analysis and character n-grams did as well as their SVM-based classifiers.
Chinese character LMs work very well, too. We used them to do word segmentation for the latest SIGHAN (Teahan did this first in his CL paper of about 2000). And using words rather than tokens worked very well for Chinese named entity recognition. Scores were about the same as for English (86% balanced F measure on person/location/organization).
- 29 June, 2006 15:39
- hal said...
Wow, Bob said a lot :).
I have to admit something of a personal bias: it irks me that vanilla relative frequency works so darn well on so many things, and I'm really curious why this is. This is maybe a separate issue, though.
I think the "no data like more data" is fairly well accepted, though I would generally add "from the right domain" at the end. The free word versus free phrase order is an important distiction, and one I hadn't previously really thought about.
I find it utterly fascinating that character LMs work so well. Word ngrams I can buy because words are sort of whole semantic units. But I wonder if a high-ish order character ngram is essentially just mimicking a word ngram, but with a little smoothing over prefixes and suffixes? I.e., if you stem, or just chop words off at four characters, is there a significant difference between the character-based ngram and the word ngram? It seems that the character-based ngram has to be wasting probability mass on things that just don't occur. Probably more so than a word ngram would. But maybe this is okay, for the purposes of classification.
In some sense, it is nice that character based models can go somewhere. This reminds me of attempts to do computer vision by looking only at pixels (ala Yann LeCun).
Are there any similar results for freer word order languages than E and C? For instance, Russian or Hebrew or Arabic?
- 29 June, 2006 16:18
- Bob Carpenter said...
Character n-grams are not just short word n-grams. Let me explain why.
First, there's not only the prefix/suffix issue Hal brought up, but also the cross-word issue. A character 8-gram will be a long n-gram for short words "out of a"
is only 8 characters.
Second, the usual application of token n-grams includes (a) case normalization, (b) punctuation removal, and (c) whitespace removal. That's why these had to be reinserted for IBM's "Entropy of English" paper (early 90s CL). I asked Joshua Goodman about his and Stanley Chen's papers, and they never modeled the generation of text.
Doing the same thing before running a character language model *increases* cross-entropy on both NY Times gigaword article bodies and MEDLINE citation abstracts.
Most token LMs are defective in that they assume a fixed vocabulary size. In practice, this means they don't sum to 1.0 over arbitrary sequences of tokens (or sequences of tokens of the same length). In short, they're *cheating* if you view them as arbitrary text analyzers, and thus they can't be used for tasks such as compression. We back our token models off to character models rather than a constant (as in Kneser-Ney, Dirichlet, Witten-Bell, etc. applied to tokens).
Google's found the one new token per document rule holds into the billions of documents, so there doesn't seem to be a natural upper bound. This problem's even worse (in theory) in highly inflected languages like Turkish or Basque. And it's problematic for Chinese, where the best systems at word segmentation are only 97% accurate or so.
Character n-grams under all the usual smoothing schemes converge to the ML estimate with enough data. So the more data they see, the less they "waste" on unseen events. And because they typically smoothe over n-gram levels, their estimates of unseen tokens are much better (partly the prefix/suffix issue).
- 10 July, 2006 16:15
- hal said...
Wouldn't also the fact that character ngrams have a tiny vocabulary (say, around 100) contribute significantly to the fact that the different smoothing techniques don't make that much of a difference?
- 13 July, 2006 23:34
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PlayGround Partners With Roger Grunwald on THE OBLIGATION Premiere
Coming to Potrero Stage this October is Roger Grunwald's provocative new solo show, THE OBLIGATION, a co-production of The Mitzvah Project and PlayGround. In Roger Grunwald's THE OBLIGATION a Jewish-American comedian, a survivor, a half-Jewish German soldier and an SS General explore the dark history of their and our world. Through drama and humor, Grunwald explores little-known aspects of The Holocaust and the post-war survivor experience and asks: Who decides what culture, race and ethnicity mean? What is identity? Why do we demonize "the other"? THE OBLIGATION is a dramatic reminder of the importance of heeding the lessons of The Holocaust and of the dangers facing society when we acquiesce in the face of prejudice and hatred in our world.
THE OBLIGATION runs October 12-November 5, Thursday-Saturday at 8pm, and Sunday at 2pm. General admission tickets are $30 ($25, previews; $40, opening night, 10/14) and discounts are available for students and groups of 10 or more. Following select performances during the run, Grunwald and representatives from the community will host talk-backs to dialogue with the audience about the play and its meaning in today's world. To purchase tickets online and for more information, visit http://potrerostage.org/theobligation.
Directed by Nancy Carlin, THE OBLIGATION is a provocative and immersive theatrical experience, conceived and designed to challenge the audience. "One of the characters I'll be portraying," says Grunwald, "is a high ranking SS officer directly responsible for more than a million Jewish deaths but largely forgotten to history." This unrepentant Nazi reminds us how quickly and alarmingly our world is erasing and, in some cases, sanctioning the dark history that produced him.
The play's central story revolves around the life of Schmuel Berkowicz, a Polish Jew from Bialystok. It's a story of innocence and boyhood crushes, survival and liberation. In addition to Schmuel and the SS officer, the play's two other main characters are Christoph Rosenberg, a German half-Jew who was a First Lieutenant in Hitler's army and The Chorus, a Groucho Marx-esque American-Jewish comedian-cum-social critic who leavens the drama by probing the boundary between the absurd and the horrific.
"I wrote the play to make a connection between the prejudice and hatred that the Schmuel character experiences and what is happening now in our politically fractured world. For me, there are few issues of greater concern," says Grunwald. THE OBLIGATION includes the text and characters from the short play, "The Mitzvah," co-authored by Roger Grunwald and Annie McGreevey. The original production of "The Mitzvah" was directed by Ms. McGreevey.
Roger Grunwald* (Actor/Playwright), is a veteran theatre, film, TV and voice actor. He has appeared in over 75 stage productions in the United States and Europe and is a co-founder of New York's Castillo Theatre (www.castillo.org). In collaboration with Annie McGreevey, Roger co-authored and has toured internationally "The Mitzvah" (www.themitzvah.org) a short, Holocaust-themed one-person play. The Mitzvah is now the nucleus of THE OBLIGATION. He co-starred in the premiere episode of the HBO primetime series, VINYL, under the direction of Martin Scorsese and was one of two leads in the short film, "One Good Pitch" that premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. More recently, Roger portrayed Otto Frank in a special series of performances of the play "Anne & Emmett" at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. * Member, Actors' Equity Association.
Roger, the son of two German Jews – an Auschwitz survivor and a refugee – was born and raised in San Francisco. He attended Town School for Boys (grammar-middle school), Lick Wilmerding High School and received his B.A. from Cal Berkeley. He trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and then resided in New York. In the early 1980s Roger and his partner, Bonny Gildin were two of the early builders of the the All Stars Project (www.allstars.org) youth program in New York. It's now in six cities around the country. He and Ms. Gildin, who is the Executive Director of the All Stars Project Bay Area, currently reside in San Francisco.
Nancy Carlin (Director) is a director, actor, writer, dialect coach, and acting teacher. A former company member of the American Conservatory Theater and associate artist with California Shakespeare Theater, Nancy is a member of PlayGround. She has performed and directed extensively in regional theaters, including A.C.T., Berkeley Repertory Theater, Aurora Theater Company, Shotgun Players, African-American Shakespeare Company, A Traveling Jewish Theater, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Carlin is the co-author of a new musical, Max Understood. A theater arts lecturer with UC Santa Cruz and San Jose State, she holds a BA in comparative literature from Brown University and an MFA in acting from A.C.T. Ms. Carlin is a member of SDC, AEA, SAG-AFTRA, and the Dramatists Guild.
PlayGround, the Bay Area's leading playwright incubator, provides unique development opportunities for the Bay Area's best new playwrights, including the monthly Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series, annual PlayGround Festival of New Works, full-length play commissions and support for the production of new plays by local playwrights through the New Play Production Fund. To date, PlayGround has supported over 200 local playwrights in the development and staging of more than 850 original short plays and 71 new full-length plays, with 8 more commissions currently in development. PlayGround recently completed major renovations on its new San Francisco home theatre and reopened the black box performance space as Potrero Stage: PlayGround Center for New Plays in February with The Potrero Nuevo Project. The theatre serves as home for some of the Bay Area's leading new play developers and producers, including PlayGround, Crowded Fire, Golden Thread, Playwrights Foundation, and Virago Theatre Company, among others. For more information, visit http://playground-sf.org.


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Favorite Things Friday: The ATM Reader Version
On Fridays, we love talking about some of the things we've been talking about in the ATM offices during the rest of the week—events, products, foods, local newsy stuff, experiences we're looking forward to. Basically, it's a weekly recap on the stuff we love about ABQ.
But today's blog entry is a collaborative effort. We posted a callout on Facebook and Twitter, asking you to send us some of your favorite things and immediately—seriously, two minutes later—got a slew of really fun responses. Not to sound like the cheesiest person in the entire world, but being the recipient of your enthusiasm and optimism about Duke City-area things really added a lot of energy to what had started out as a very gray and sleepy day.
So here are some of your favorite things—and ours, too!
ATM staffers Page, Erin, and Phil are headed to Angel Fire this weekend for the Powderkeg Festival—"Awesome skiing! They got nine inches of snow in the last 48 hours," says Page.
"I put Comfort Foods' Green Chile Seasoning in and on just about everything I cook. It's delicious." —Jessica, ATM DateBook Editor
"One of my favorite things is Hotel Andaluz's restaurant Lucia's GRILLED OYSTERS!" —Ana Liu, via email
"Agora Crisis Center for volunteer opportunities and compassionate support!" —Molly Brack, via email
"1. The film industry; 2. Thai temple on Zuni; 3. Tahitian dancing with Mana Tahiti; 4. The NM Marathon; 5. Wesst; 6. Festival of Asian Cultures; 7. The Folk Festival; 8. West African dancing at Maple Street; 9. Talin; 10. The Doggie Dash and Dawdle. I could go on and on… I really love this place." —Lava Buckley, via email
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The Mystical Science of Kriya Yoga
In Plato's Meno, Socrates says "Spirit is immortal and often reincarnates on the earth. Having seen everything that is here, there is nothing it has not learned. There is no wonder it can remember virtue because it knew of it before this incarnation – All learning is but remembering."
These three sets of twelve lessons, written by Goswami Kriyananda, reveal the mystical tradition of Kriya Yoga as the art and science of remembering. They will assist you in awakening the memory of your true nature, which the yogis call sat-chit-ananda – the remembrance of infinite consciousness, unconditioned existence, and unending bliss.
There are as many paths to enlightenment as there are individual souls. Recognizing that spiritual unfoldment manifests through four intentional actions, the ancient sages designed four primary paths to cultivate your spiritual memory, and thus the realization of greater health, happiness, and spiritual fulfillment. These four primary paths are:
- Karma Yoga — The path of unselfish service
- Jnana Yoga — The path of esoteric knowledge
- Prema Yoga — The path of love and devotion toward all life
- Raja Yoga — The path of inner practice and mystical techniques
Each PDF lesson in this series is divided into four sections, and each section highlights one of the four paths. In this way, you will learn how a single concept can be expressed in your life as a conscious act of service (karma yoga), as philosophy and cosmology (jnana yoga), as devotional or artistic expression (prema yoga), and as a mystical methodology (raja yoga).
Action (karma) produces knowledge (jnana). Knowledge produces love (prema). Love seeks its expression, and so the royal path of inner practice is born (raja). These four paths function best when they work in conjunction with one another. Kriya embraces the study and practice of all four paths, emphasizing those approaches that most resonate with each individual's needs.
The primary purpose of these lessons is to help you establish a firmer foundation for spiritual evolution. Each lesson contains approximately 20 pages that systematically explore the fundamental principles and practices of the mystical science of Kriya Yoga. The lessons include a focus for each month, recommendations for additional study, and a series of spiritual practices. The practices include postures, breath work, meditation techniques, and kriya ritual. Each lesson also includes an affirmation, prayer, and mantra for the month. In addition, you receive detailed instructions for each technique and a Sanskrit glossary that provides a quick and easy reference for the terms used in each lesson.


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I wouldn't be surprised if she got sued.
She has no proof with her allegations expect text messages supposedly from rappers.
Anyone can change a name on their contact list to say 'Lil Wayne'.
But besides the messages, that still isn't enough proof.
Where's the fuckin' 'Young Money Gangbangs KatStack's Sextape'?
Superhead would be ashamed of her..


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Comparable worth = Yikes.
Like many people, I find Barack Obama's personal story quite compelling. His public posture and candor are refreshing. Were I a voter who didn't care about issues, I'd probably vote for him.
However, I do care about issues, and Obama is essentially a socialist on economics. To wit, Obama has basically endorsed "comparable worth."
Mickey Kaus takes that down:
Obama has apparently just endorsed one of the worst ideas of Carter era liberalism, "comparable worth," which would have lawyers and judges deciding what every job is "worth" according to some bureaucratic, non-market criteria that would inevitably punish "unskilled" manual work--i.e, the very workers who are screwed the most by globalization. Are truckdrivers really paid too much?
Meanwhile, Michael Barone piles on.
In case you don't know what comparable worth is, it's an idea concocted by feminists in the 1970s or early 1980s. They said that jobs typically held by women pay less than jobs typically held by men. To eliminate this inequity, somebody–the courts, maybe, or some administrative agency, presumably with appeals to the courts–should decide what those jobs were really worth, based on some sort of convoluted criteria. So that it could be possible to prove that secretaries were of comparable worth to truck drivers and should be paid the same wages.
Earth to Obama: There's something out there called the labor market. Employers are setting wages to get the kind of workers they need. Employees volunteer to work at those wages–or seek better-paying work elsewhere. Listening to Fox News on satellite radio, I hear commercials run by truck companies seeking drivers and bragging about how much they pay. That's the labor market at work. The companies have jobs to fill, and they're offering more money to attract workers, presumably many of them working for other truck companies. I suppose many truck drivers have satellite radio (which proves they're paid well above the minimum wage) and that the companies think running ads on satellite radio homes in on the kind of workers they're seeking.
Comparable worth would subject the private-sector economy to the equivalent of the federal civil service system. Bureaucrats would have to classify every job, with their classifications subject to administrative and judicial review.
The best thing you can say about Obama's policy is that he has Austan Goolsbee advising him right now. Faint praise.
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Cleaning at home is a lot easier when you have everything you need. Sure, it takes time to clean each room, especially the bathroom and the kitchen, but when you have all of the supplies you need, you will be able to work much easier and faster, allowing you to get back to what you really want to do.
Below are some of the essential cleaning supplies that every household should have:
- Microfiber cloth – Many homeowners use old rags to dust cabinets and furniture. Although they may come in handy for other uses, when it comes to dusting, a microfiber cloth is a much better option. Microfiber cloths gather more dust and dirt than ordinary rags that tend to just push it around. So, cleaning is done in no time and you don't have to dust as frequently.
- All-purpose anti-bacterial spray cleaner – Yes, you need an anti-bacterial cleaner to thoroughly kill germs and bacteria and, yes, it should be an all-purpose cleaner. There are many specialized cleaning solutions out there, but an all-purpose cleaner will benefit you more. It takes up less space than a collection of multiple bottles, and it will save you money because you only need to buy one cleaner.
- Rubber gloves – Safety should always be a top priority, and using rubber gloves will help protect your hands from the harmful ingredients that are found in cleaning solutions. When using heavy duty cleaners, you may even want to use a disposable mask to avoid breathing in the fumes.
- Garbage bags – Whether you're cleaning out a particular area of your home or simply using them for your trash cans, garbage bags are much more sanitary than throwing trash directly into the bin.
- Vacuum cleaner – When it comes to cleaning carpet and furniture, vacuum cleaners are the way to go in order to ensure you are truly getting everything clean. Invest in a high-quality vacuum cleaner that will last for several years.
- Baking soda – This may seem like an unlikely cleaning supply considering baking soda is used in food preparation, but this natural ingredient is also a life-saver when it comes to removing stains, odors, and tough grime.
- Toilet bowl cleaner – Your toilet bowl is one area that does require more than a basic all-purpose cleaning solution. Use toilet bowl cleaner regularly in order to protect your family from germs.
- Mops and brooms – A good mop and a strong broom are absolutely essential maintaining a clean, dirt-free floor.
- Sponges, brushes, and scrubbers – These items help to get rid of tough stains, especially in the kitchen and bathrooms.
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That is the question. There have been many times when I'm in the middle of a multiple piece project.... like towels... where I need to cut some off. I tend to wind very long warps because I hate tying up on my Glimakra Standard. I have the Baby Wolf for shorter warps and she's SO much easier to set up, but she doesn't weave quite like the her Swedish sister. Give and take. Pros and cons.
Anyway. When you put very long warps on, you get a spongy and sometimes too large cloth roll on the front beam as you weave. I add warping sticks once in a while as go to add firmness to the cloth roll and that gets me a little farther. There are times though when it just has to be done. I have a custom order for six towels. I really messed up my back when I dressed the loom with this project and couldn't do anything for about three weeks. It really put me behind. Some of the towels are for Mother's Day, so I cut them off this morning. They are washing now so that I can hem, iron and get them in the mail giving my friend time to send them out.
I weave an inch or two in plain weave, depending on how brave I'm feeling and the thread I'm using. If I'm using a slippery thread, I'd weave 2", if it's, say 8/2 unmercerized cotton or thicker, I'd just do an inch. Then I insert a firm dowel and then weave another inch or two of plain weave. If you click on the photos, you can see them larger. You can see here that I also wove some twill. That's because the towels are in twill and nothing will spread out a twill project faster than plain weave. I wove the twill to draw it back in. Note the two stings on each side holding the dowel to the beater and to the front beam. These are my 3rd, 4th and 5th hands just to hold thing stable when I start cutting.
I will tie that rod to the cloth rod and continue to weave. It's nice because there's no knots, you don't have to tension things out again and it wastes very little thread.
Another thing I'll share with you are my homemade temples. The traditional kind and I do not get along. I always end up getting poked and bleeding or tearing up my selvedges. These tarp clips work great. I was all thumbs when I first started to use them, but once I got used to them I can move them up the selvages in no time flat. Much faster than the traditional ones and they do the job. I used scrap handwoven (yes, there is such a thing) and made little pouches that I filled with 2 oz of buckshot. I used texsolv to tie it all together and command strip hooks to hold them to the sides of my looms. I did the exact same with my Baby Wolf.


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Iza Olak is the type of girl who walks down the street and you know she models. She poses the hell out of high fashion looks in a barn. Lighiting in the spread is diffused all around, making virtually no shadows. The shoot is proof that no matter what scenery is used in a photo shoot, magic can be created with great photography and a great model.


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La Liga is the men's top professional football division of the Spanish football league. It is the highest league in Spanish football which is why every Spanish club wants to remain in the league and to avoid the relegation zone by the end of the season. But every season three clubs that remain in the bottom of the table get relegated to the Segunda División. A total of 20 clubs compete every season in the La Liga.
The 2018/19 season of La Liga will be the 88th season since its establishment. The season will begin in August 2018 and will end in May 2019. This will be the first time that VAR will be used. In this upcoming season, Malaga, Las Palmas, and Deportivo La Coruña will not be able to participate and they have been relegated to the Segunda División last season. They finished in the bottom three and will be replaced in the 2018/19 season by three clubs that have been promoted from the Real Valladolid. Huesca, Rayo Vallecano, and Real Valladolid are the three clubs that have been promoted and will play in Spain's top league in the 2018/19 season.
But, here are the three clubs are expected to get relegated by the end of the season:
Huesca: Huesca has been promoted to the La Liga for the first time ever in their history. The season of 2018/19 will be their first season in Spain's top flight but it is expected that their run in La Liga will end after one season. Huesca finished 2nd last season in the Segunda Division with only one point behind Rayo Vallecano but it was enough to earn them a direct promotion. Only time can tell if they can handle the pressure of La Liga against the top-sides of Spain.
Real Valladolid: Real Valladolid has played in the La Liga before unlike Huesca. They were relegated in the 2013/14 from the top flight. They finished only 5th last season in the Segunda División but that was enough to earn them a play-off spot. They capitalized the opportunity as they won the final against Numancia (4-1 on aggregate). But it is highly expected that their stay at the top flight will be very short and they will be relegated again.
Rayo Vallecano: At the end of the 2015/2016, Rayo Vallecano was relegated to the Segunda División from the La Liga after they finished 18th on the table. That ended their five-year streak in La Liga which is their longest ever stay in the top flight. But after a fantastic last season, they won the Segunda Division which earned them a direct promotion to La Liga again. With a little bit of consistency, they could survive the relegation next season but it is highly expected that they will fail to do so.
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Southern gardeners love crape myrtles, but unfortunately most don't know how to properly care for them.
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension agents regularly answer questions regarding proper care and maintenance of the popular flowering tree. The keys to success with crape myrtles include adequate sunlight, proper soil pH, good drainage, proper pruning, adequate fertilization, proper mulching and insect control.
They love the sun
Crape myrtles need full sun -- eight hours or more of direct sun daily -- in order to thrive and bloom Crape myrtles will not be their best will less than eight hours of direct sun light. Gardeners should check the sun patterns in their yards before planting crape myrtles.
Crape myrtles thrive in slightly acidic soils with a pH of about 6 to 6.5. If the pH level is off, the plant will not use fertilizer properly and the gardener will be left with substandard crape myrtles. You should take a soil sample to your local Extension office for testing if you don't know your soil's pH.
Prune in late winter, fertilize in early spring
Late winter is the time to prune crape myrtles but gardeners don't need to prune all of their crape myrtles every year. Some trees may not need to be pruned.
Gardeners should prune the trees so that they maintain a natural shape and to thin out branches and allow light into the canopy. You should not cut off the top of your crape myrtle trees. This pruning method is so drastic it is often referred to as "crape murder."
To maximize spring growth and summer bloom, gardeners should fertilize their crape myrtles in early spring just prior to new growth.
Fertilizers like 8-8-8, 10-10-10, 12-4-8 or 16-4-8 will work fine and are ideal for crape myrtles but you shouldn't go over board.
Over fertilizing the trees will cause causes excess growth and reduce the number of blooms on each tree. You soil test results will include a recommendation for the proper fertilizer. You can apply the tree's fertilizer directly over its mulch.
Mulch to fight weeds, trap moisture
Gardeners should mulch their crape myrtles after planting to conserve moisture, reduce weeds and insulate roots against extreme temperatures. There should be a layer of about 3 to 5 inches surrounding the tree. Gardeners should plan to mulch an area larger than the planting hole.
Insect damage is a frequent problem on crape myrtles, and aphids cause much of that damage.
Left unchecked, aphids will release bodily fluids onto the foliage, and the resulting honeydew can lead to sooty mold, a black discoloration that can occur in the summer and fall.
Sooty mold usually causes little damage, but it can reduce the plant's vigor. You can plant crape myrtle cultivars that are resistant to aphids or treat other cultivars with insecticides to reduce sooty mold. As always, follow label directions on all pesticides.
By following the practices outlined here, your crape myrtles should perform their best this growing season and in years to come.


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Have you heard about the OUT-OF-THIS-UNIVERSE Giveaway Beth Revis is having!!?? You have not???Well, she, along with her fabulous publisher, RAZORBILL, are celebrating ACROSS THE UNIVERSE's release on January 11th!!
Okay. So you haven't heard. Well, here are the deets:
All you have to do is take a picture of yourself with the book!!
Don't have a copy, yet? Not a problem. There's still time to buy one HERE and HERE and HERE.
BUT WAIT!! There's more...lots more. I'll let Beth tell it as only she can. (The following was taken from her blog...thx, Beth. You RAWK!)
Entering to win the prizes is super easy. All you have to do is take a picture of yourself with your copy of ACROSS THE UNIVERSE. That's it. Just snap a picture and send it in, and you're entered!
First, here's what Razorbill is providing for you--custom made, totally sweet, amazingly cool WATER BOTTLES! And trust me--when you read ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, you are going to know how very very appropriate this prize is!
There are also THREE awesome prize packs that you can win!
The grand prize is:
To win the best picture prize pack: all you have to do is have the coolest picture of yourself. This is going to be totally arbitrary, and totally up to me--whatever picture I pick as being the most awesome gets this prize. You can do anything--you can pose in a cute way, you take the book somewhere cool and pose with it in the awesome location, you can do something neat and have the book with you while you do it--it is 100% up to you, and which ever of you take the most awesomest cool picture, gets the prize! I am seriously excited to see what you can do with this!!!
But that's not all!!!!!!!!!!!
I also really want the whole wide world to know about ACROSS THE UNIVERSE and I want to reward the people who have helped me spread the word about the book. So...at the bottom of the entry form, there's a space to fill out who told you about the contest. I am going to take the top ten people who refer the most people to the contest, and I'm going to draw a name from those ten and give the winner this:
- All entries must fill out the form below to be considered for the prize (it's how we know who entered and how to contact winners).
- To win a water bottle, you must upload your picture to the Facebook Page (emailing, tweeting, or blogging doesn't count for that prize).
- If you upload a picture to the Facebook Page, that entry counts for the other prize packs, too--you only need to take and upload a picture once; you don't have to upload anywhere else.
- If you don't upload your picture on Facebook, either email a copy firstname.lastname@example.com or include the hyperlink in the entry form.
- The prize packs with Beth are international; the water bottles are US only.
- The picture must be taken with a final copy of the book--ARCs don't count. You can display either dust jacket you want (the kissing cover or the blue print cover) as long as it's a picture with the actual physical book.
- Taking a picture in a bookstore doesn't count--ACROSS THE UNIVERSE wants to go home (or on an adventure) with you!
- eBooks count! Just make sure to show the book on the screen of your eReader in the picture.
- The winner of the best picture is up to me. No whining.
- Deadline for pictures: January 25th. (As in: pictures need to be received by January 25th; winners will be announced later that day.)
- One entry per person--but one person could win multiple prizes (i.e. you could win a water bottle from the Facebook contest and still win a prize from me, or you could be randomly selected for one prize and still win the best picture or the referral prize).
I did!