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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111622855569483387.post4183414926723913928..comments2019-04-30T23:38:21.855-07:00Comments on weelife: Birthday Party: Egyptian ThemeJackiehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111622855569483387.post-15801474823539848592014-09-16T07:49:28.389-07:002014-09-16T07:49:28.389-07:00Thanks, Andrew, for the nice words. And cool ideas...Thanks, Andrew, for the nice words. And cool ideas too! Makes me want to have another Egyptian-themed party!
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jackie.Jackie Boucherhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111622855569483387.post-88921728642839438272014-09-16T01:15:33.990-07:002014-09-16T01:15:33.990-07:00Wow, some awesome ideas here. You're invitatio...Wow, some awesome ideas here. You're invitation card is the best I've seen and making a Spinx is a really cool idea.

Two ideas in return.

* Slide show of the most awesome Egyptian things playing on the HDTV in the background. If it's a party for children I'd eventually sit them down and do a little presentation about the Sphinx, the wonders of the pyramids, tombs, the goddess Isis and the Egyptian Phoenix bird.

* Playing Michael Jackson's music video, Remember the Time. There's a great part in that where they are doing Egyptian inspired dancing. I'd have a few prizes to see who can do the best impersonation! LolAndrew Burgonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111622855569483387.post-15031648358631611252010-05-09T07:03:29.080-07:002010-05-09T07:03:29.080-07:00What a great theme! I have a friend who would LOVE...What a great theme! I have a friend who would LOVE this party - have to pass it along!

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Kim @ http://frostmeblog.blogspot.com
party inspirationKim @ Frost Me!https://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111622855569483387.post-43718881039599527862010-04-28T18:25:48.725-07:002010-04-28T18:25:48.725-07:00You guys are SO cute! Thank you. Mammagiramondo,...You guys are SO cute! Thank you.

Mammagiramondo, you're son is lucky to see Egypt for real! My husband and I toured there pre-baby. It would be cool to take Spud there now. But it's so far for us. We'll see. Can't wait to hear about your travels.

Mama Goose ... hmmmm ... I've always wanted to go to Maine. It's quite a bit closer than the Nile ...
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jackieJackiehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111622855569483387.post-32200332657685488752010-04-28T12:52:50.750-07:002010-04-28T12:52:50.750-07:00Jackie, that is so awesome! Seriously, can you com...Jackie, that is so awesome! Seriously, can you come to Maine to do O's 4th birthday next month? ; )Mama Goosehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111622855569483387.post-75153912249077834902010-04-27T01:28:21.645-07:002010-04-27T01:28:21.645-07:00Unbelievable. That's really great! You're ...Unbelievable. That's really great!
You're fantastic. I have no words.
Aj loves all about Egypt. We have visited the big Museum in Torino and we'll soon make the cruise on the Nile.
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I confess I have never had a very high regard for the stencil. The designs never really appealed to me and most of them were just boring. I direct your attention to a fabulous web site selling the most wonderful stencils! Drop on over to www.artistcellar.com and see what I mean. I purchased their Cathedral Series, four stencils that look like four different stained glass designs. It really was hard to decide as there are so many cool designs.
I was anxious to see how they might enhance my artwork, so I lined up 3 prints I had of three of my stitched paintings. The prints are 5" X 8" and the stencils are 6 inches square.
I placed a stencil on the print and the results are below. I love these! If you have an interest in adding another layer to your art pieces, I suggest the lowly stencil. It has really come of age! (and, these stencils are made in the USA)

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SM-G9098 is the flagship of Samsung hailed as the world leader, SM-G9098 classic clamshell design, front and back dual 3.67 inches touch screen with a resolution of 800×480, support TD-SCDMA + GSM dual sim dual standby, the machine also uses a fake back leather material. Equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor, clocked at 2.3GHz, the built-in 2GB RAM, front 2,000,000 + Rear 13 million pixel camera, support for memory expansion, the battery capacity is 1900mAh. On the system, SM-G9098 running Android 4.4 system.
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This is not a new problem and last year the Indian government was supposed to provide assistance after over 130,000 farmers had committed suicide.
GM seeds NOT performing as promised, poor harvests, droughts, deforestation and dams are creating serious problems. Add to that the bankers demanding the repayment of loans, I can see why so many farmers have no hope.


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Distance from Terrebonne, OR to Brogan, OR
Driving distance between Terrebonne, OR and Brogan, OR is 228.69 miles (or 368.04 kilometers). If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
Leaving from Terrebonne, OR you would reach Brogan, OR in about 4 hours 24 mins if you keep an average speed of miles per hour, assuming you don't make any breaks or get stuck in traffic.


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Once you're in to the swing of weaning, you'll start to experiment.
I've had a few books from Annabel Karmel and Ella's Kitchen (see previous post here), which really helped and gave me the confidence to experiment further.
My son is a little piglet and loves eating, so I'm trying to make more home cooked food for him.
You will need to have a decent blender, I invested in the Nuby Garden Fresh, which I use most days. You might also need to get some bigger spoons and bowls, and Boo got the BabyBjorn cutlery set for Christmas, which has been great to introduce him to self-feeding, albeit a slooowwww and painful process (not great when you have no patience!)
Here's one of my favourite recipes that doesn't take long, is packed with healthy ingredients, can be frozen and always goes down a treat.
Warming winter rice for baby
*Butternut Squash (half)
*Sweet Potato (half)
A carrot
Vegetable stock – no added salt
Long grain rice (or you can use baby pasta)
Handful of peas and sweetcorn (I use the frozen stuff)
A dollop of Crème Fraiche (optional)
*Most supermarkets have pre-cut packs of vegetables, Ocado have a Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato chunks (£1.30!) which saves time.
- Boil a pint of water and mix in the vegetable stock
- Cut the vegetable into chunks
- Place the butternut squash, sweet potato and carrot in the pan and boil for 15-20mins or until the veg turns mushy
- Cook rice with peas and sweetcorn in boiling water for 15 mins
- Once the veg is cooked, blend the veg with the crème fraiche and a few spoonfuls of the stock using your blender – keep adding more water until you reach the perfect consistency, this should be like a good soup as it will form the sauce
- Drain rice and mix in the sauce. The peas and sweetcorn will give it extra lumps for chewing, perfect for nine months plus.
- The sauce can be used with pasta, potato and a number of other dishes and can be frozen too.
There you go – in less than half an hour, a lovely fresh and healthy dish. YUM!
If you enjoyed this post, then read on about surviving the newborn days, here>>>


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U. I've already talked about Utada and Uverworld in 10kdays, so that leaves me only a few choices. UA is the best of the ones that are left BUT I haven't got a song from her that I can talk about. So instead of taking a day off, here's a song from the already spoken about Utada Hikaru.
Song 406- "Devil Inside" by Utada Hikaru
And don't forget to check out the other 10kdays journals! Glenn! Rachael! Andy! Heuristics Inc!, Troy!, Albatross! , Alex!, Lord of Oats!, and Susana!


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Imacs and Integrity
Imacs has worked with large and Small SME's for the last 12 years in Ireland, UK, Mainland Europe, Asia and the USA. Our unique strengths is to be able to source near our customers which means that time to project implementation is shorter.
We all have integrity and each person lives by what is important to them. At Imacs we try to get it right each time and invariably we do. We are a business and profit is a goal but in achieving this we know that we have to offer a service that is unique and of value to our customers.
We have been achieving all of these goals for the last 12 years. We have developed a strong sets of skills inside our organisation and when possible we have linked up with our customers and suppliers to fulfill the demands of each, and endevour to make them mutually inclusive. Each business decision that is taken based on the demands of our customers. Our customer is the driver.
We offer services which our large and small enterprises need. These companies are typically business to business enterprises where they have to account to their own internal factors. If we faul our customers then we are failing their customers also.
Services we offer include:
|1) Parts Fulfillment
|2) Motherboard and PCB Repair
|3) Tape Drive Repair
|4) On site IT contracts
|5) POS and Software evelopment
|6) IT Recycling
|7) Remarketing and Global IT Sales
|8) Advance IT Swaps
|9) Data Recovery
|10) It Legacy
We offer applications that businesses need where our systems put in place management tools to help with on line bookings, point of sale and stock control where reports can be run to determine financial and marketing criteria for current and future events.


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Education on Child Abuse
What is Child Abuse?
What is Child Abuse?
Child abuse in its simplest terms is the mistreatment of a child, generally by a parent or guardian. However, this term can then branch out into four more specific forms of abuse: physical abuse, psychological abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect. The first of these, physical abuse, refers to the deliberate use of physical force against a child. Physical abuse can occur in several forms, including but not limited to hitting, punching, strangling, forced ingestion, and burning.
The second type is sexual abuse. Sexual abuse pertains to forcing or using a child as a means of sexual gratification. Sexual activities and using a child for pornography are examples of sexual abuse.
The third form is psychological abuse, which involves purposely targeting the emotions of a child in a negative way. Psychological abuse could take place through ignoring, humiliation, or induction of fear.
Finally, there is child neglect. Like psychological abuse, neglect also targets the child's emotions and feelings. It involves leaving the child in a state where their most basic needs of survival are not fulfilled. These basic needs include shelter, food, and health services.
History of Child Protection
While child abuse existed long before, the first organization created to prevent it was founded in the 19th century. One reason for such a late emergence of societal activism against child abuse was due to the fact that social work (which the job of child protection falls under) had not yet become established as a profession. However, that is not to say that in the years preceding the late 19th century, there were no preventive measures taken. For instance, prosecution was often used to punish perpetrators of child abuse-related crimes.
The organization that came to be in 1875 was the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC). Under the guidance of president John D. Wright and vice-presidents Elbridge Gerry and Henry Bergh, the NYSPCC sought to protect abused and neglected children, as well as advocate for more legislature regarding child protection. It is important to note that there was a lack of government action in preventing child abuse at this point in time.
Initiative from the federal government finally emerged in 1912 with the creation of the federal Children's Bureau, an agency dedicated to focusing on the well-being of mothers and their children. A couple of decades later, due to pressures from the Great Depression, Congress passed Social Security Act of 1935 to improve the general welfare of the people, including that of children. However, after 1935, the government remained relatively idle in child protection work. It was not until the 1970s, with the passing of CAPTA, that the government was yet to take initiative again.
A major catalyst in bringing child abuse into the light was medical research on the topic during the 1960s. Doctors began to examine injuries in children that seemed to originate from abuse, and eventually a paper called "The Battered-Child Syndrome" by Henry Kempe et al. was published. Kempe's paper quickly sparked national interest; major news publications began reporting more about child abuse, referencing Kempe's paper. Thanks to this team of medical doctors, the issue of child abuse became more prevalent in society, and the role of doctors in treating such cases amplified.
About a decade later, in 1974, Congress took an important step in passing the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA). The Act's aim was to identify, prevent, and treat cases of child abuse and neglect nationwide. CAPTA encouraged the giving of grants to the States and NGOs to fund their child protection projects. The Act also authorized funding child abuse-related research. To this day, CAPTA still remains one of the most important parts of child protection legislation.
Child Protection in Present-Day America
With the improvements in technology and the faster means of sharing news and information that come with such advancements, child protection has come a long way. There are now many non-governmental organizations that strive to end child abuse. Important international bodies and organizations such as the United Nations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch in particular play a very important role in improving child protection services on a larger scale. The issue of child abuse has also been brought into pop culture more than ever before. For example, in this century compared to the ones before it, there have been more books published – both fiction and non-fiction – addressing the issue. Media coverage of child abuse is not limited to literature however; both documentaries and movies have been created addressing the topic, among them the movies Mysterious Skin (2004) and Sybil (2007). In addition, celebrities such as Oprah and Christina Aguilera who have been victims of child abuse have taken the time to talk about it to the public and advocate for child protection. This recent eminence of child abuse in pop culture has helped to raise awareness and educate people more about the subject.
However, improvements in child protection services and overall awareness unfortunately do not correlate with lower rates of child abuse. National Children's Alliance, an organization which owns multiple centers seeking to uncover and heal cases of child abuse, documented that it served 311,688 children during 2015. Of the cases that year, a shocking 109,000 of the children were between the ages of 0 and 6. Even worse was that among children between the ages of 7 and 12, there were 118,223 cases. The fact that added together these two age groups made up more than half of the total cases of that year implies a higher susceptibility towards child abuse at a younger age.
Sexual abuse was also the most prevalent type of abuse, with approximately 59,000 cases of it being reported. Physical abuse and neglect cases were tied for second most recurring, with 22,280 cases of physical abuse and 21,020 cases of neglect. Added together however, both were still less than sexual abuse.
Another noteworthy fact was that from the approximately 247,000 alleged offenders identified in the cases, 82,881 were parents of the victim, and 51,231 were another relative. While parents and relatives alone made up the highest percentage of offenders, they were not alone, with other offenders including stepparents, a parent's boyfriend or girlfriend, or another known person.
Among all these statistics however, there are many cases of child abuse that go unreported. According to a study done by TIME magazine in 2008, 1 in 10 of all child abuse cases in high-income nations go unreported. Looking back at the astonishing number of children twelve and under who face child abuse, it is important to realize that at this pre-pubescent period, children often have not yet developed the confidence or social skills to speak up about abuse. Furthermore, child abuse causes extreme emotional damage to the victim. Even if the child would be capable of speaking up, they would sometimes choose not to due to the emotional trauma. This entails that child protection services have yet to improve, particularly in detecting cases where the victim does not have the power to reach out. As members of a nation where fundamental human rights are advocated for, we have the responsibility of being on the lookout for signs of child abuse, and of reporting them when they are detected.
Child Abuse PSA
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The first art gallery of its kind in Oman, Gallery Sarah is part of the Bait Al Zubair and offers an array of paintings and photographs by up and coming and already established local and international artists.
Opened in October of 2013, Gallery Sarah is an important and meaningful addition to the Bait Al Zubair Complex. Gallery Sarah is one of Oman's leading houses of contemporary art and is unique in that it has a website, www.gallerysarah.com, which allows local artists to sell their works in the international market. The Gallery is a comfortable and inviting meeting place that has become popular with artists and those involved in Muscat's blossoming cultural scene.


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Social learning theory (also known as Social Cognitive Theory) is the idea that people learn by watching what others do and that human thought processes are central to understanding personality. Social learning theory stemmed out of work by N.E. Miller and J. Dollard in 1941. Their proposition posits that if humans were motivated to learn a particular behavior that particular behavior would be learned through clear observations. By imitating these observed actions the individual observer would solidify that learned action and would be rewarded with positive reinforcement (Miller & Dollard, 1941). The proposition of social learning was expanded upon and theorized by Albert Bandura from 1962 to the present.
In the book "Educational Psychology: Developing Learners" (2003) author Jeanne Ellis Ormrod lists the main principles of social learning theory:
Social learning theory revolves around the process of knowledge acquisition or learning directly correlated to the observation of models. The models can be those of an interpersonal imitation or media sources. Effective modeling teaches general rules and strategies for dealing with different situations (Bandura, 1988).
As a result of the observations the individual observer can be affected in two separate ways. The inhibitory effect, a positive punishment action, occurs when an observer sees the action of another involved in a social situation being punished for that action. A disinhibitory effect, a positive reinforcement action, is when an individual is praised for an action and the observer learns from and imitates that action (Miller, 2005). Vicarious reinforcement explains that the observer does not expect actual rewards or punishments but anticipates similar outcomes to his/her imitated behaviors and allows for these effects to work. This portion of social learning theory relies heavily on outcome expectancies.
In education, teachers as well as other learners, can model the desired behavior/concepts. Teachers and learners should be dedicated to building of high self-efficacy levels in the other learners by recognizing their contributions.
Further development in social learning theory posits that learning will most likely occur if there is a close identification between the observer and the model and if the observer also has a good deal of self-efficacy. Self-efficacy beliefs function as an important set of proximal determinants of human motivation, affect, and action [which] operate on action through motivational, cognitive, and affective intervening processes (Bandura, 1989). Identification allows the observer to feel a one-to-one connection with the individual being imitated and will be more likely to achieve those imitations if the observer feels that they have the ability to follow through with the imitated action (Bandura, 1988).
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Thursday, November 02, 2006
Jünger, On Danger
Among the signs of the epoch we have now entered belongs the increased intrusion of danger into daily life. There is no accident concealing itself behind this fact but a comprehensive change of the inner and outer world.
We see this clearly when we remember what an important role was assigned to the concept of security in the bourgeois epoch just past. The bourgeois person is perhaps best characterized as one who places security among the highest values and conducts his life accordingly. His arrangements and systems are dedicated to securing his space against the danger that at times, when scarcely a cloud appears to darken the sky, has faded into the distance. However, it is always there: it seeks with elemental constancy to break through the dams with which order has surrounded itself.
The peculiarity of the bourgeois' relation to danger lies in his perception of it as an irresolvable contradiction to order, that is, as senseless. In this he marks himself off from other figures, for example, the warrior, the artist, and the criminal, who are given a lofty or base relation to the elemental. Thus battle, in the eyes of the warrior, is a process that completes itself in a higher order; the tragic conflict, for the writer, is a condition in which the deeper sense of life is to be comprehended very clearly; and a burning city or one beset be insurrection is a field of intensified activity for the criminal. In turn bourgeois values possess just as little validity for the believing person, for the gods appear in the elements, as in the burning bush unconsumed by the flames. Through misfortune and danger, fate draws the mortal into the superior sphere of a higher order.
The supreme power through which the bourgeois sees security guarantied is reason. The closer he finds himself to the center of reason, the more the dark shadows in which danger conceals itself disperse, and the ideal condition which it is the task of progress to achieve consists of the world domination of reason through which the wellsprings of the dangerous are not merely to be minimized but ultimately to be dried up altogether. The dangerous reveals itself in the light of reason to be senseless and relinquishes its claim on reality. In this world all depends on the perception of the dangerous as the senseless; then in the same moment it is overcome, it appears in the mirror of reason as an error.
This can be demonstrated everywhere and in detail within the intellectual and actual arrangements of the bourgeois world. It reveals itself at large in the endeavor to see the state, which rests on hierarchy, as society, with equality as its fundamental principle and which is founded through an act of reason. It reveals itself in the comprehensive establishment of an insurance system, through which not only the risk of foreign and domestic politics but also that of private life is to be uniformly distributed and thus subordinated to reason. It reveals itself further in the many and very entangled efforts to understand the life of the soul as a series of causes and effects and thus to remove it from an unpredictable in to a predictable condition, therefore to include it within the sphere in which consciousness holds sway.
In this sense the securing of life against fate, that great mother of danger, appears as the truly bourgeois problem, which is then made subject to the most diverse economic or humanitarian solutions. All formulations of questions at present, whether aesthetic, scientific, or political in nature, move in the direction of the claim that conflict is avoidable. Should conflict nevertheless arise, as cannot, for example, be overlooked in regard to the permanent fact of war or criminality, then all depends upon proving it to be an error whose repetition is to be avoided through education or enlightenment. These errors appear for the sole reason that the factors of the great equation – the result of which has the population of the globe becoming a unified, fundamentally good as well as fundamentally rational, and therefore also a fundamentally secure humanity – have not yet achieved general recognition. Faith in the persuasive force of these views is one of the reasons that enlightenment tends to overestimate the powers given to it.
One of the best objections that has been raised against this variation is that under such circumstances life would be intolerably boring. This objection has never been of a purely theoretical nature but was applied practically by those young persons who, in the foggy dark of night, left their parental home to pursue danger in America, on the sea, or in the French Foreign Legion. It is a sign of the domination of bourgeois values that danger slips into the distance, "far away in Turkey," in those lands where pepper grows, or wherever the bourgeois likes to deplore everyone not conforming to his standards. For these values to disappear entirely, however, will never be possible, not just because they are always present but above all because the human heart is in need not only of security but of danger too. Yet this desire us capable of revealing itself in bourgeois society only as protest, and it indeed does appear, in the form of romantic protest. The bourgeois has nearly succeeded in persuading the adventurous heart that the dangerous is not present at all. Thus do figures become possible who scarcely dare to speak their own superior language, whether that of the poet, who compares himself to the albatross, whose powerful wings are nothing more than the object of a tedious curiosity in a foreign and windless environment, or that of the born warrior, who appear to be a ne'er-do-well because the life of a shopkeeper fills him with disgust. Countless examples could show how in an era of great security any profitable life will depart for the distances symbolized by strange lands, intoxication, or death.
In this sense the world war appears as the great, red balance line under the bourgeois era, the spirit of which explained – that is, believed itself capable of invalidating – the jubilation of the volunteer who welcomed the war by attributing to him either a patriotic error or s suspect lust for adventure. Fundamentally, however, this jubilation was a revolutionary protest against the values of the bourgeois world; it was a recognition of fate as the expression of the supreme power. In this jubilation a revaluation of all values, which had been prophesied by exalted spirits, was completed: after an era that sought to subordinate fate to reason, another followed which saw reason as the servant of fate. From that moment on, danger was no longer the goal of a romantic opposition; it was rather reality, and the task of the bourgeois was one again to withdraw from this reality and escape into the utopia of security. From this moment on, the words peace and order became a slogan to which a weaker morale resorted.
This was a war that not only nations but two epochs conducted against each other. As a consequence, both victors and vanquished exists here in Germany. Victors are those who, like salamanders, have gone through the school of danger. Only these will hold their own in a time when danger, not security, will determine the order of life.
Precisely for this reason, however, the tasks that order must accomplish have become much more comprehensive than before; these tasks have to be preformed where danger is not the exception, but is constantly present. As an example, the police force might be mentioned. It has transformed itself from a group of civil servants into a formation that already greatly resembles a military unit. Likewise the various large parties acknowledge the need to adopt means of power that express the fact that the battle of opinions will not be decided solely through votes and programs but also by the stalwarts committed to march in support of those programs. Such facts are in no way to be isolated and regarded as a temporary or transient change in the political landscape. Nor can the inclination to danger be overlooked in intellectual endeavors, and it is unmistakable that new forms of the volcanic spirit are at work. Phenomena like modern atomic theory, glacial cosmogony, the introduction of the concept of mutation into zoology all point clearly completely apart from their truth content, to how strongly the spirit is beginning to partake of explosive events. The history of inventions also raises ever more clearly the question of whether a space of absolute comfort or s space of absolute danger is the final aim concealed in technology. Completely apart from the circumstance that scarcely a machine, scarcely a science has ever existed which did not fulfill, directly or indirectly, dangerous functions in war, inventions like the automobile engine have already resulted in greater losses than any war, however bloody.
What especially characterizes the era in which we find ourselves, into which we enter more deeply with every passing day, is the close relationship that exists between danger and order. It may be expressed in this way: danger appears merely as the other side of our order. This whole is more or less equivalent to our image of the atom, which is utterly mobile and utterly constant. The secret concealed within is a new and different return to nature; it is the fact that we are simultaneously civilized and barbaric, that we have approached the elemental without having sacrificed the acuity of our consciousness. Thus does the path through which danger has penetrated our life present itself as twofold. It has intruded upon us first of all out of an arena in which nature is still more vital. Things, "the likes of which were only possible in South America," are now familiar to us. The distinction is that danger, from a romantic dimension, has in this way become real. Secondly, however, we are sending danger back over the globe in a new form.
This new form of danger appears in he closest connection having been made between elemental events and consciousness. The elemental is eternal: as people have always found themselves in passionate struggle with things, animals, or other people, as is the case today. The particular characteristic of our era, however, is precisely that all this transpires in the presence of the most acute consciousness. This finds expression above all in the circumstance that in all of these conflicts the most powerful servant of consciousness, the machine, is always present. Thus does humanity's eternal struggle with the elemental nature of the sea present itself in the temporal form of a supremely complicated mechanical contrivance. Thus does the battle appear as a process during which the armored engine moves fighting men through the sea, over land, or into the air. Thus does the daily accident itself, with which our newspapers are filled, appear nearly exclusively as a catastrophe of a technological type.
Beyond all this the wonder of our world, at once sober and dangerous, is the registration of the moment in which the danger transpires – a registration that is moreover accomplished whenever it does not capture human consciousness immediately, by means of machines. One needs no prophetic talent to predict that soon any given event will be there to see or to hear in any given place. Already today there is hardly an event of human significance toward which the artificial eye of civilization, the photographic lens, is not directed. The result is often pictures of demoniacal precision through which humanity's new relation to danger becomes visible in an exceptional fashion. One has to recognize that it is a question here much less of the peculiarity of new tools than of a new style that makes use of technological tools. The change becomes illuminating in the investigation of the change in tools that have long been at our disposal, such as language. Although our time produces little in the way of literature in the old sense, much of significance is accomplished through the objective reports of experience. Our time is prompted by human need – which explains, among other things, the success of war literature. We already posses a new style of language, one which gradually becomes visible from underneath the language of the bourgeois epoch. The same, however, is true of our style altogether; it is reminiscent of the fact that the automobile was for a long time constructed in the form of a horse-drawn coach, or that a wholly different society has already long since established itself beneath the surface of bourgeois society. As during the inflation, we continue for a time to spend the usual coins, without sensing that the rate of exchange is no longer the same.
In this sense, it may be said that we have already plunged deeply into new, more dangerous realms, without our being conscious of them.
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Hejsan, tidskriften Material hade under 1990-talets senare ände en Jünger-dossier, alltså ett fett temanummer om den tidige herr J, i vilken utdrag ur der Arbeiter och Om smärtan publicerdes. Men detta kände du nog redan till.
- 04 January, 2007 21:29
snokknippet, you bastard. yours is my favorite blog. i discovered it one afternoon at work when trying to remember the precise wording of a schmitt quotation. you do a valuable service with your transcribing.
i am curious what you think of adorno. beyond the simplistic identification of him as a marxist, adorno's hatred of liberalism has many parallels with schmitt's.
- 13 February, 2007 23:42
- skinheadzmustdie said...
Hey, fool. Adorno was a JEW. Get it right. You neofucks are fucking jew-lovers, as evidenced by Spooknipper's love for Jünger, Lukacs collaborator in ARPLAN, and Hoffman's acid buddy.
You're all traitors.
- 25 February, 2007 15:53
adorno was a jew?
hey, no shit, YOU FUCKING TARD. when the dark hour arrives, i'll use your fucking scalp as a mezuzah.
think about that on your lunchbreak at the des moines walmart, YOU FUCKING TARD.
- 26 February, 2007 23:42
- Spöknippet said...
It seems that the simple pages of Spöknippet has had the doubtful pleasure of being graced by the presence of a true nutzi, how incredibly amusing.
Mittelwerk: No need to lower yourself to that kind of language.
Without being able to claim any greater knowledge about Adorno's works it is certain, as you point out, that Adorno's critique of liberalism and, perhaps even more so, enlightenment has many merits. Of course he has less to offer in terms of solutions but that does not diminish the value of the critique.
In the background to the Frankfurt school we have not only Heidegger (perhaps most notably in some of Habermas' works) but also Lukács. Lukács who, in the 1920s, was a member of Arbeitskreis für Planwirtschaft (ARPLAN) together with people like Jünger, Niekisch and Hielscher. (Yes, skinheadzmustdie managed to get something right.)
Lukács' interest in Schmitt is well known. As is Walter Benjamin's (who admittedly was close to, rather than a part of, the Frankfurt school).
Similarities between the German non-Stalinist left of the 1920-40s and conservative revolutionaries are in many cases most likely not coincidences. It would probably be wrong to assume that inspiration travelled only from "right" to "left". It is a highly interesting topic to say the least, but at the present time not really within the scope of Spöknippets competence.
- 27 February, 2007 00:48


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* Italian officials agree budget outline
* But raise questions on commitment to fiscal discipline
* Italian 2-yr bond yields end around 0.99 pct
* German industrial orders plunge, capping rise in yields
* Euro zone periphery govt bond yields tmsnrt.rs/2ii2Bqr (Updates pricing, reflects market move)
By Abhinav Ramnarayan
LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Italian two-year borrowing costs dropped below one percent on Monday as investors hunted for yield, though some of the bullishness was tempered by government officials' comments that renewed fears about their commitment to fiscal discipline.
Last week's announcement by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on a 2019 budget framework brought bond investors flocking back to Italy, the only short-dated euro zone securities offering relatively high yields.
Conte said on Friday the government had fixed the 2019 framework, soothing nerves over tensions within the Italian government and over the future of pro-European Economy Minister Giovanni Tria.
That fuelled a fall in yields across the curve, with two-year yields ending Monday around 0.99 percent, having ballooned out to as much as 1.36 percent before Friday's budget meeting. Yields fell as low as 0.93 percent at one point .
Moves in longer five- and 10-year maturities were more muted, however, with yields ending roughly unchanged and reversing some of their earlier declines.
Some of the earlier optimism was tempered by Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio, who said fiscal rules would be applied only if they did not hamper the government's reform agenda.
Di Maio's comments threw into doubt the ruling coalition's commitment to the European Union's 3 percent public deficit limit.
BBVA rates strategist Jaime Costero Denche described the headlines as not "helpful".
"Especially the comments that fiscal discipline is not the priority of the programme," he said. "I feel (the rally) is short term relief, because the market continues to be exposed to fiscal risks. We cannot claim victory."
Many investors have little choice but to buy Italian two-year debt despite risks, ING rates strategist Martin van Vliet said, noting that some of his clients such as pension funds were under pressure to outperform government bond indices.
"After May, the Italian two-year has become very attractive in terms of yield and many real money accounts who would find it difficult to explain to clients that they are buying longer-dated Italian debt are buying this instead," van Vliet said.
On May 29, Italian two-year debt had its biggest daily jump in over 25 years on worries the country might quit the euro zone and default on its debt.
In contrast to Italian two-year yields at 0.99 percent, Spanish two-year debt yields minus 0.30 percent and the German equivalent is at minus 0.60 percent. .
Italian shares closed flat on the day, but shares in the country's third-largest lender Banco BPM fell 7.6 percent after it said earnings missed forecasts due to higher than expected loan loss provisions.
The closely-watched 10-year spread over Germany was at 252 basis points (bps) at the market close, roughly in the middle of the wide 210-285 bps trading range since the end of May.
Euro zone bond yields overall dropped sharply towards the end of last week, not only on Italian politics, but also due to global trade tensions and the effect they may have on the euro zone economy.
Latest data showed German industrial orders fell more than expected in June, posting the steepest monthly drop in nearly a year and a half. That suggests factories in Europe's largest economy could shift into a lower gear in the coming months.
German 10-year yields dipped to a near one-week low of 0.39 percent, 10 bps below last week's high.
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According to Summers, the proposal would hospitals in the state trauma care network reimbursed at a higher rate than bodies. Not part of the network – The Times – Union reported that Medicaid and Peach Care reimbursement rates 'for years 'have been below the actual cost of providing services. Under the proposal the state would provide trauma care hospitals and doctors with an additional $ 33,000 and the total funding would increase $ 87,000 after federal matching funds are included.. The ANF, which almost 160,000 members, is the professional and industrial voice of nurses and midwives in Australia.totaludget Medicaid Medicaid, Peach Care refundsCarie Summers, CFO of the Georgia Department of Community Health, last week discussed a budget proposal by the department as reimbursements for doctors and hospitals increase treatment Medicaid and Peach Care recipients, would the Florida Times – Union reported.
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Sunday, 18 October 2009
Diving Gannet
I watched it for about an hour and it was mostly too far away. I almost missed this shot as I was looking the other way as the gannet came closer. I turned just in time to see it do that little stall they do before drawing in their wings and plummeting like a Stuka. I fired off just three shots and this is the best of the bunch.
Not the best light, but I'm not unhappy with the shot. Now I need to find a friendly fishing boat and see if I can find them in larger numbers....
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Port on Parade
PLA staff pose in front of the float
Port authority staff have been on parade to support the 681st Lord Mayor of London and kick start the celebrations of their centenary next year.
The Port of London Authority, which celebrates its first hundred years in 2009, was among 6,000 military and civilian marchers in Saturday's historic procession. They were all escorting new Lord Mayor Ian Luder to mark his appointment to the ancient post.
Waving to the spectators who line the route
The PLA's float, one of 200 vehicles which took part, featured the authority's low emission patrol boat Easthaven. Staff who walked beside it wore a range of uniforms and outfits, representing the diverse tasks and duties they perform on the Thames.
Marine Engineer Alan Cartwright, who led the port authority team, said: "The Lord Mayor is also Admiral of the Port of London, so it was only right that we support him on such an important day.
"We celebrate our centenary next year, so this was an ideal opportunity to start our own commemorative celebrations."
The Lord Mayor's Show wound through a three-mile circuit of the City, pausing at St Paul's where Mr Luder was blessed, and then at the Royal Courts of Justice where he swore allegiance to the Queen.
More information from: Port of London Authority, Tel: 01474 562366.
Notes to Editors:
- The Port of London Authority (PLA) is responsible for navigational safety and related matters on 150km (95 miles) of the tidal Thames from the sea to Teddington
- London is one of the top three ports in the UK and handles over 50 million tonnes of cargo each year.
- The Port comprises over 70 independently owned and operated terminals and port facilities at different locations on the Thames. These handle a wide range of cargoes.
- London also has a busy passenger boat trade for tourists and commuters and is a popular destination for international passenger cruise ships.
- The tidal Thames is also used widely by those with small recreational craft of many types.


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Intervention to promote Hand washing Behavior in Adharbhoot Lower Secondary School, Narayansthan, Baglung
SWAN organized a hand washing event in Adharbhoot LSS of Narayansthan VDC, Baglung on 12th January, 2016. Hand washing day is globally celebrated on 15th October every year. It is observed as an advocacy day with an objective to increase awareness and understanding about the importance of hand washing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. SWAN also had a similar objective to raise awareness among the kids of this school.
"As an education officer of SWAN, during my visits, I always took notice of school kids with dirty hands. I thus felt the need to tell the school, parents and children about the importance of hand washing. Hence, I planned a hand washing event in the school. The ulterior motive was to promote hand washing with soap as a habit in kids," Says Kalpana Karki Basnet, Education Officer of SWAN. She adds, "Finally, we are able to create realization among the targeted group."
Adharbhoot Lower Secondary School is one of the schools in Narayansthan VDC of Baglung where 95 % of the students belong to the so-called untouchable community. Most of them have a poor family background. Gita Sharma, Playgroup Facilitator says, "Parents themselves are unaware about basic hygiene and sanitation so we can't really expect them to teach or maintain their children's hygiene. However, I know events such as these inspire school children and they will take the messages to their home and into their communities. I have also seen that children enjoy washing their hands with soap."
During the event, Education officer of SWAN, Mrs. Kalpana Basnet herself took an initiative to demonstrate how one should wash their hands with soap. She helped the playgroup kids do the same. Mrs. Basnet said, "Children felt loved when they were helped to wash their hands. If the school creates an atmosphere to wash their hands during school time, they will definitely inculcate this as a habit." She requested the school to keep the wash kits provided by SWAN for a week and make them practice the same. SWAN provided wash kits that included; soap, towels, brush, paste, nail cutter etc to 27 kids from playgroup to grade one.
Ashim Nepali, one of the kids from the playgroup section of Adharbhoot LSS was very happy to receive wash kits from SWAN. He said, "I will regularly wash my hands with soap." Mrs. Anita Nepali, mother of Ashim said "We seldom practiced hand washing with soap. Today onwards, I will change my habit because I want my son to be free of diseases."
Research says each year, Diarrheal diseases and Pneumonia together kill almost 4 million children under the age of five in developing countries. Hand washing with soap may seem like a simple behavior, but it is rarely practiced. This is both due to lack of resources as well as it not being a habit. SWAN aims to introduce simple behavioral changes such as Hand washing with soap before eating and after using the toilet as the key message to prevent diarrheal and respiratory disease in children to a larger scale.
Chairperson of ECD School, Mr. Bishnu Prasad Regmi said that hand washing event conducted by SWAN will definitely bring some change in the children, as well as their families and their communities.
A group of girls from the school also performed a beautiful song and dance with a message of hand washing and made the event more interesting. The first-ever Hand washing event, supported by SWAN in this school was a great success. All the participants; teachers, parents and students seemed happy. Playgroup facilitators Mrs. Gita Sharma with a smile on her face said, "I will hereafter regularly ask kids if they have washed their hands."
By Prekshya Lamichhane, Communication/Documentation Officer, Social Welfare Association of Nepal (SWAN)
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Real Education? Partially published in The New Paper, Pg 17 on Monday 01.01.2007
Education is the long term solution to most of our problems.
However, we must not confuse academic qualifications with education! Simply put, having a qualification or degree or certificate, is not the same thing as being educated.
An educated person is one who can differentiate right from wrong most of the time.
He or she will have the guts to stand up for justice and equality.
Educated people know that their responsibility is to protect the weak from the oppression of the uneducated strong.
They will help the needy in appropriate ways, by teaching the poor how to fish, as well as giving them the fish when necessary.
Educated citizens admit their mistakes, and more importantly, dare to acknowledge their errors. They know they will bounce back from failure to success with such feedback.
Being educated means that there will be impartiality and thus there will be narrowing of the double standards that we now observe in modern society.
Education is a never-ending process where everyone values lifelong learning. Otherwise how else can an enlightened person be tolerant, open-minded, and patient while at some times being aware that there are no solutions to some problems.
Being socially responsible is a hallmark of education. Educated industrialists will not pollute the environment, even though that translates into lesser net profit or maybe losses. Only uneducated businesspeople would, for instance, sell fake milk powder, which causes deaths in babies and infants. There is a great difference, therefore, between a socially-responsible entrepreneur and a business person!
A Chinese politician once said, "White cat, black cat or flower cat, as long as it can catch the rats, it's a good cat!" So does it matter to the company or establishment who contributes the solutions, so as long as these solutions can help? Must one always have a degree, or a professional qualification, before one's proposals, thoughts and solutions are taken by society to be valid or authoritative?
There is this joke that PhD stands for Permanent head Damage. So what, if the sixty-year old security guard or that sixty-two-year old tea lady can tell you what to do?
Is it very shameful to accept feasible solutions from senior workers who are unqualified and is it necessary that those without qualification are incompetent ?
What has happened to the maxim Substance over form ? Why must the trend be image over substance ? We must change our mindset if we want to survive ! The time is now or never.
Real gold is not afraid of fire. In order to make this radical definition of education widely accepted, real educators must be prepared for a very hard struggle to overturn the years of conditioning and misconception.
And the story of the three blind men and the elephant should remind us that you are right but at the same time I am not wrong as the truth has many appearances.
Will there be queue-jumpers or drunken drivers when Singaporeans are truly educated?
When will there be educated Singaporeans who can have meals with his or her maid at the same table, eating the same food, at the same time?
Will there be educated global citizens who treat every human equally regardless of color, religion, class or sex?
It is very difficult, but with passion everyone can be truly educated!
Food for thought - Is the over-emphasis on paper qualification dangerous?
Challenge - Who will join me to solve most of our problems by advocating real education?
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Gil Hodges Mets (46-34) sent Jerry Koosman to the mound, as they hosted Leo Durocher's Cubs (53-32) with Ferguson Jenkins pitching for Chicago. The Cubs had a 4/12 game lead over the Mets, the game began in front of 55,096 excited Mets fans at Shea Stadium.
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In the 7th Jenkins led off with a walk & was brought in by a Glen Beckert single making it 2-1 Cubs. Former Met Jim Hickman added a HR in the 8th inning as well.
Jenkins shut the Mets down in the 7th & 8th inning. He was working on a one hitter, the only hit being Kranepool's HR. He took the mound in the bottom of the 9th with a 3-1 lead.
The bottom of the 9th with Ken Boswell leading off, he roped a shot to center field that Cubs outfielder Don Young first broke back on & then rushed in but it was too late as Boswell scampered into second base with a double. "Anyone who has ever played center field in Shea Stadium in a day game knows the sun is very difficult," Cubs catcher Randy Hundley said years later.
After Tommie Agee flew out, Donn Clendenon pinch hit for Bobby Pfeil and he hit a shot to left center field that outfielder Don Young could not get to. The ball popped out as he ran into the Shea outfield wall.
Clendenon was credited with a double but Boswell had to hold up at third.
Cleon Jones one of the top hitters in the league that season, then doubled down the left field line scoring both runners tying the game. The Shea crowd went wild. Jenkins remained in the game & Art Shamsky was intentionally walked. Wayne Garrett then grounded out to second, advancing the runners with two outs.
Ed Kranepool came up and delivered a single to shallow left center field, Cleon Jones raced home with the game winning run.
The Mets had a thrilling 4-3 afternoon win, delighting the big Shea crowd who were going nuts.
Quotes: Mets Broadcaster Lindsey Nelson- "It's absolute bedlam here at Shea Stadium"!
After the game, the Cubs Ron Santo lectured his team mate Don Young about his two outfield plays that were miscued although no errors were charged to him.
Santo then criticized the rookie Young to the press "He was thinking about himself. He had a bad day at the plate so he's got his head down. He's worrying about his batting average, not the team." The next day Santo apologized.


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I am also afflilated with the MPI for Biological Cybernetics as a research scientist.
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KPC , Software to implement Nonlinear directed acyclic structure learning with weakly additive noise models (by Robert Tillman)
Consistent Nonparametric Tests of Independence , JMLR 2010
Hilbert Space Embeddings and Metrics on Probability Measures , JMLR 2010
Discussion of: Brownian distance covariance , Ann. App. Stat. 2009
Nonparametric Tree Graphical Models , AISTATS 2010
Arthur Gretton is a project scientist with the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University since February 2009, and is affiliated as a research scientist with the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, where he has worked since September 2002. He received degrees in physics and systems engineering from the Australian National University in 1996 and 1998, respectively; and studied machine learning from 1999 to 2003 with the Signal Processing and Communications Laboratory and Microsoft Research at the University of Cambridge, where he completed his PhD. His research interests include machine learning, kernel methods, statistical learning theory, nonparametric hypothesis testing, blind source separation, Gaussian processes, and non-parametric techniques for neural data analysis. He has been an associate editor at IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence since March 2009, and a member of the NIPS Program Committee in 2008 and 2009.


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Buxton's landmark Palace Hotel is under new ownership after being acquired by privately-owned UK chain Britannia Hotels Ltd.
The Grade II listed, four-star hotel, on Station Road, was put up for sale by The Hotel Collection in November, with a price tag of £7 million. Details of the sale are yet to be disclosed.
At the time, the company said all 97 staff members' existing terms and conditions would transfer with the hotel to the new owner, however this is yet to be confirmed by the new owners.
A post on The Hotel Collection's website reads: "The Palace Hotel in Buxton is no longer part of The Hotel Collection and is now owned by Britannia Hotels Ltd."
The 122-bedroom hotel is now listed on the Britannia Hotels website under a page headed 'Our Latest Acquisitions', which says: "The new Britannia Hotels offer stylish accommodation and affordable prices; introducing The Basingstoke Country Hotel and The Palace Hotel Buxton.
"Ideally located across both the north and south of England, our new woodland hotels are surrounded by tranquil gardens and beautiful scenery, providing an excellent base for guests wishing to explore."
Founded in 1976, Cheshire-based Britannia Hotels Ltd manages a portfolio of nearly 50 hotels across the UK. Among its more high-profile hotels are the Adelphi in Liverpool and The Britannia in Manchester.
The company also owns the Pontin's holiday camp chain.
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In the name of the Mother and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
In the name of the Father, and of the Daughter, and of the Holy Spirit.
In the name of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
[creator, preserver, dissolver/restorer]
In the name of Isis, Osiris, and Horus.
In the name of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.
In the name of Juno, Artemis, and Hecate.
Religions are full of trinities. Our speech is full of trinities. Ever notice it? I do because I'm a writer and notice the tendency to group in threes. Reading, writing, and 'rithmetic. "I came, I saw, I conquered." Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
Ours is a three-dimensional universe with height, width, and depth in space; past, present and future in time; and three states of matter—solid, liquid, and gas. Scientists now think there are universes with different sets of dimensions that we can't fathom because our minds are shaped and limited by certain constraints of our minds (thus Immanuel Kant). Because threeness structures our universe, the Trinity appropriately symbolizes spiritual reality here. And that brings me to my usual annoyance with the liturgy on Trinity Sunday, last Sunday.
The imposed Mass language, ordered by the Vatican, ensures that genuine enlightenment will not happen during Catholic services. We are to remain locked in the limitations of familiar formulas.
Gregory of Nyssa, considered the most brilliant in the trinity of Cappadocian theologians establishing Trinitarian theology, clearly stated there is no gender in divinity. Any reflection on the Trinity should START with the inadequacy of the formula "Father/Son." It is not enough to admit that God is not three guys in the sky if this formula remains unchanging. It yields two mistaken impressions—that God is distinct individuals and that God is male.
Christian leaders have the responsibility to help correct popular misconceptions, and the only way to disrupt the idolatry—the worship of three distinct idols—is to mix the metaphors, most effectively, to mix female with male symbols.
There is no disagreement about the primary meaning of the trinitarian symbol—unity in diversity/diversity in unity or relationships. The Trinity tells us to get along despite differences, to love no matter what (Jesus' message too). It's all we need to know about the Divine and all we need for leading a good life.
Decades ago while studying Christian theology, I read an article that has stayed with me and gained force with the passage of time because its truth has become ever more strikingly evident. The idea is this: Relationships form the heart of spirituality and give the greatest satisfaction in life. If we have healthy relationships, we don't need to worry about getting along with God. Scores of stories tell of dying people mending broken relationships and strengthening good ones. Close to passing over to the Other Side, they know what's important.
So much of the top-down thrust in Catholic messages today focus on the opposite; they portray God as a being distinct from us, over us, demanding homage. Worse, they tell us to obey a few religious overlords ("the magisterium") with "keys to the kingdom," a pernicious idea to plant in pious minds. Huge numbers of Catholics leave the Church—one in three Americans raised Catholic—because they don't buy it.
Mass language subverts the essential message of Trinity by glorifying certain idols, when getting along with each other is the challenge we should concentrate on. Our religion reveres the spiritual master Jesus, a man, but to represent the meaning of the Trinity, "Mother/daughter" would be as correct as "Father/Son." I challenge any theologian to argue against this. The Father/Son formula is sexism in God-talk, more abusive than sexism in people-talk.


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Conservative Arkansas has devoted two general membership meetings to discussions of apparent expense reimbursement abuse by most members of the Arkansas House of Representatives and the Arkansas State Senate. Many legislators are unlawfully deriving significant extra income from expenses that are neither itemized nor justified.
Our organization requested all state legislators sign a pledge . . . → Read More: Expense Reimbursement Issue Update


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Sous Les Etoiles Gallery is a contemporary exhibition space specializing in fine art photography and photo-based art. Located in SoHo, NY's historic photo building at 100 Crosby Street, the gallery represents a wide range of emerging and established photographers whose practices include landscape and architectural installation, abstract and concrete photography, experimental mixed media works, and social documentary. In addition to the gallery's roster of award-winning and internationally-recognized contemporary photographers, Sous Les Etoiles Gallery also represents the estate of the late Cuban photographer Alberto Korda.
In addition to its annual program of photography exhibitions, the gallery regularly hosts artist's talks and lectures, publishes portfolio collections, photo books and exhibition catalogues, and participates in several top US art fairs, including Paris Photo LA, Art Miami, Art on Paper, and EXPO CHICAGO.
Press coverage of the gallery's exhibitions includes the New Yorker, L'Oeil de la Photographie, photograph magazine, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Photo Review, and TIME Lightbox, among others.
Founder and Director Corinne Tapia has over a twenty-year history as a photography curator, consultant and collector; actively collaborates in portfolio reviews on a global scale, including FotoFest (Houston), ICP (New York), Les Rencontres d'Arles (France) and FotoFilmic (Canada); and is dedicated to partnering with public and private institutions to further advance the exposure and careers of the photographers she represents.
Sous Les Etoiles Gallery is a member of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD).
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MailShooter - Create email campaigns to market your properties
Muchimmo provides widely used commercial property software solutions built for commercial agencies.
Muchimmo's MailShooter is a powerful and all inclusive email marketing tool that lets you send your properties to your contacts with emails in your company's branding.
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Ann Arbor, city, seat (1826) of Washtenaw county, southeastern Michigan, U.S. It is located on the Huron River, about 35 miles (55 km) west of Detroit. John Allen and Elisha W. Rumsey founded the community in 1824, which they named for their wives (both called Ann) and the local natural groves, or arbors. The settlement developed as an agricultural trading centre after the arrival in 1839 of the Michigan Central Railroad, which connected it with Detroit. The University of Michigan (moved there in 1837 from Detroit, where it was founded in 1817) has played a major role in Ann Arbor's growth. Events of student interest dominate the life of the city, while a complex of hospitals and the university's medical school have made Ann Arbor a leading medical centre. Private industrial research and development joined by the university's various institutes of science and technology have raised Ann Arbor to rank as a major Midwest centre for aeronautical, space, nuclear, chemical, and metallurgical research. Diversified manufactures include metal bearings, scientific instruments, computer equipment, and precision machinery. Washtenaw Community College (1965) and Concordia (Lutheran) College (1963) are also in the city, as is the Gerald R. Ford Library (which is paired with the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids as part of the federal presidential library system). Several state recreation areas are located west and northwest of the city. Sociologist Charles Horton Cooley and physician and Nobel laureate Thomas H. Weller were Ann Arbor natives. Inc. village, 1833; city, 1851. Pop. (2000) 114,024; Ann Arbor Metro Area, 322,895; (2010) 113,934; Ann Arbor Metro Area, 344,791.
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Michigan, constituent state of the United States of America. Although by the size of its land Michigan ranks only 22nd of the 50 states, the inclusion of the Great Lakes waters over which it has jurisdiction increases its area considerably, placing it 11th in terms of total area. The capital…
Detroit, city, seat of Wayne county, southeastern Michigan, U.S. It is located on the Detroit River (connecting Lakes Erie and St. Clair) opposite Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1701 by a French trader, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who built a fort on the river and named it…
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University of Michigan, state university of Michigan, located in Ann Arbor. It originated as a preparatory school in Detroit in 1817 and moved to its present site in 1837. It began to offer postsecondary instruction in 1841 and developed into one of the leading research universities of the world. Branch…
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, city, seat (1836) of Kent county, western Michigan, U.S. It is situated along the Grand River, 25 miles (40 km) east of Lake Michigan and about 30 miles (50 km) southeast of Muskegon. It was founded in 1826 by Frenchman Louis Campau as a trading post where several…
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Red Bull has reiterated its recent Formula One quit threat and says it will only stay in the sport next year if it is guaranteed engine performance parity in a deal with Ferrari.
During the Singapore Grand Prix weekend Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko said the company has already decided to pull out of F1 if it cannot secure a competitive engine for next season. It comes after breakdown of the team's relationship with Renault this season, which appears set to end in a premature divorce.
After Mercedes decided not to supply Red Bull with engines talks with Ferrari about a customer deal for 2016 are continuing, while rumours have surfaced recently about a future tie-up with Volkswagen. In a publication in Red Bull media platform Speedweek entitled "Formula One withdrawal taking shape" the company appears to lay down the conditions for staying in the sport.
The story reads: "For those among us who have listened closely to what Red Bull chief Dietrich Mateschitz and his motor sports consultant Dr. Helmut Marko said recently and who interpret it correctly and put together one and one, a clear scenario emerges: Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso will pull out of Formula One after the 2015 season."
It goes on to lay down the conditions Red Bull would expect from a potential tie-up with Ferrari, which currently supplies Sauber and Manor and has a technical partnership with 2016 debutants Haas. Ferrari is the only team other than Mercedes to win a race this year, with victories in Malaysia, Hungary and Singapore.
"Red Bull doesn't want to have customer engines that have 30 to 40 [b]hp less and can be manipulated by the constructor in case of the customer team endangering the works team ... Red Bull would like to continue in F1 only if Ferrari is willing to provide true works engines that are on the same level as the engines of [Sebastian] Vettel and [Kimi] Raikkonen."
It then quotes Mateschitz as saying: "As a customer team you will only get an engine that is good enough to take away points from their immediate rivals. But this engine will never be good enough to beat the works team. With such a customer engine we will never be world champion again. And if that's the case we lose interest."
The article also states Red Bull's contract with Renault for 2016 has already been terminated, news which is widely expected but has not yet been confirmed by either party.


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Choosing the right Cloud provider/s for your organisation can be complex, as one size DOES NOT fit all.
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With the MST facility, physicists study hot plasmas that are relevant to fusion energy research, with links to plasma astrophysics. They work toward three coupled goals: to advance the magnetic configuration known as the reversed field pinch as a potential fusion energy source, to investigate specific fusion energy science issues that are of general application to fusion energy research, and to explore plasma phenomena that have physics connections to plasma processes in the cosmos. This rather broad mission is feasible since all three aims are linked through common physics problems. The mission is also reflected in the funding support for MST, which is provided by the Department of Energy (Office of Fusion Energy Sciences) and the National Science Foundation through the Center for Magnetic Self-Organization in Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas.


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The European Property Awards Summit will be taking place on the 21st and 22nd of September 2015 at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane. Every year the event recognises Europe's leading property developers, architects, agents and interior designers, and is attended by senior property delegates, trade executives and consumers from across Europe.
At the summit, there will be a series of presentations, seminars and roundtables involving keynote industry figureheads, including Jack Pringle, Managing Director and Principal of Pringle Brandon Perkins+Will, who will be speaking about the regional differences in high-end European commercial office design.
Jack's presentation will specifically look into the distinct styles in commercial design practices across different parts of Europe, including working cultures and the difference between cellular, open plan, collaborative or agile working, hierarchical or flat structures, tenant fit out of long lease offices versus landlords fit out on short leases, and owner occupied offices. The talk is free to attend and will take place on 21st September, between 14:20 – 14:30.
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How cool is that? Turn leaves into roses!! I am going to do this one for sure.
Find It and Pin It Challenge Day # 4
You can make a dirty iron look like new again with that powerful cleaning duo, vinegar and baking soda.
Thrifty and Chic blogger Alicia had a seriously encrusted, ruined-looking iron. She accomplished the amazing transformation you see above by "ironing" (with the iron turned off) a paper towel soaked in vinegar and with a little bit of baking soda. Finally, with the steam setting on, the holes in the iron get cleaned out too
Find It and Pin It Challenge Day # 3
Find It and Pin It Challenge
Did you know you can throw a ball of Aluminum Foil into the Dryer to use as a Dryer Sheet? I didn't!
DAY ONE natural room sense I am going to make this for me, then give as gifts this year. What do you think?
How many times did I wish I knew I could use tape to hang things on a wall. I use the old "eye ball it" method, but with this trick I can do it right the first time! Find it and Pin it challenge, are you in or out? I love this idea.
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This is an X11 based GUI for the libxine video player library. It provides xine, a skin based media player that can play all the audio/video formats that libxine supports. Currently, this includes MPEG1/2, some AVI and Quicktime files, some network streaming methods and disc based media (VCD, SVCD, DVD). A more complete list can be found on http://xinehq.de/index.php/features/.
Most DVDs on the market today are play-protected by the Content Scrambling System (CSS). Xine does not provide any code to descramble those DVDs, because of legal uncertainties. Have a look at /usr/share/doc/xine-ui/README.Debian for more information!
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NaturalStandard has changed names and is now called NATURAL MEDICINES. The NATURAL MEDICINES web interface also has a new look but includes the same authoritative, evidence-based information on foods, dietary supplements, herbs, natural medicines and integrative therapies. Monograph sections include interactions, adverse effects, allergies, efficacy, pregnancy/lactation data and mechanism of action. English, French & Spanish Patient Handouts are available.
Patients spend over $58 billion dollars annually on natural products and alternative modalities (e.g., chiropractic, acupuncture, yoga). Over 50% of patients take supplements. Over 37% of hospitals now offer alternative medicine services. ~ Natural Medicine's Integrative Medicine Newsletter, February 12, 2015
More statistics on the Use of Complementary Health Approaches in the U.S. at the National Center for Complementary & Integrative Health website.
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Q-Tease Hook Up With The Used And Their Fans At Northern Lights In Clifton Park
The Used were in town this past weekend performing at Northern Lights. Amanda and Jennifer stopped by to check out the show and mingle with the people.
Northern Lights was once again rocked. The Utah based rock group is back out in front of the crowds in support of their new album 'Vulnerable'. It is their fifth studio album, and has come out to mostly positive reviews. Who cares about critics though. The fans love it.
The Used's tour circles the U.S in 29 days ending in Burgettstown, PA then its off to Canada. Want to know more about The Used? Check out this great article that Jen wrote as or resident Used expert. Make sure you pack a lunch and clear your schedule first. You wouldn't want to be caught playing hooky or hungry.


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| This is the youth Quartermaster position for Boy Scout Troops.
There is also a Sea Scout Quartermaster Award
|Serving as Quartermaster can apply towards Positions of Responsibility requirements for Star, Life, and Eagle.
The Quartermaster keeps track of troop equipment and sees that it is in good working order. He keeps records on patrol and troop equipment, makes sure equipment is in good working condition, and issues equipment and makes sure it is returned in good condition.
- Keeps records on patrol and troop equipment.
- Makes sure equipment is in good working condition.
- Issues equipment and makes sure it is returned in good condition.
- Makes suggestions for new or replacement items.
- Works with the troop committee member responsible for equipment.
- Set a good example.
- Enthusiastically and correctly wears the Scout uniform (all four parts).
- Lives by the Scout Oath and Law.
- Shows Scout spirit
The Quartermaster is the equipment manager youth leader in its unit. Other equipment manager youth leaders are:
- Quartermaster ─ Scouts BSA
- Crew Quartermaster ─ Venturing
- Storekeeper ─ Sea Scouting
See also
|Scouts BSA portal
Troop Positions of Responsibility
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The response was immediate. Anna Wintour, a key supporter, soon mobilised her influence to bring attention to the young designer. In 2008, Wang received the top award from the Vogue/CFDA Fashion Fund, a sum of $200,000. In 2009, he was announced as the winner of the Swarovski Womenswear Designer of the Year, and as the winner of the Swiss Textiles Award. Alexander Wang now produces both men's and women's collections, diffusion line T by Alexander Wang for men and women, footwear, and accessories. In 2011, Wang's entry into menswear was noted by GQ, who named him Best Menswear Designer. In the same year, he won the CFDA Award for Best Accessory Designer. Wang's aesthetic remains true throughout his various lines, and has inspired an entire generation of women to dress in his "off duty model" looks. Wang's first Balenciaga runway show for Autumn/Winter 2013 was positively received, despite having faced scepticism about his ability to fill Nicolas Ghesquière's big shoes. Wang's meteoric ascent through fashion's rank and file hails him not only as the poster boy of fashion's new establishment, but as one of fashion's greatest sensations so far this century.


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Sometimes the best app interface is not really having an interface at all.
There's a new crop of "invisible apps" that are trying to look beyond the traditional app framework. These apps don't live on your home screen, and you don't use them by tapping on an app icon. Instead, they pop up in places like your messaging apps to assist you like an invisible helper, and allow your phone's keyboard to be able to send more than just letters and emojis.
From personal assistant to fake girlfriends, here are 7 apps that appear only when you need them.
Magic is like having your own personal assistant in a text-messaging thread. All you have to do is text a magic operator and they'll order whatever you need from the right service (as long as it's legal). It makes money by charging a slight markup to you on the item.
Price: Free ( Text Message)
Digit is an app that automates the act of putting away a bit of money in your savings account. Once you connect your bank account, digit studies your spending habits and then puts away a few dollars here and there for you when you can afford it. This is all stored in a federally-insured account, and you can move money out of it any time you want with just a text. Digit also texts you with updates.
Price: Free ( Text Message)
Slash is the best iPhone keyboard out today, and its killer feature is taking the pain out of jumping between your apps. Slash's innovation comes in the form of a blue forward slash that sits at the bottom of your keyboard (within whatever app you happen to be in). That slash is a magic button that can instantly give you access to a slew of app-based search engines baked into the keyboard itself, making it easy to share things you find on YouTube, Giphy, and Spotify.
Price: Free ( iOS)
Lu ka is like a restaurant concierge who sits in your texting stream. You just chat with Luka and it will give you recommendations on places you might like to eat using powerful AI. You can ask it questions like what's popular at the restaurant, or view a little listing that also sits in your messages app. Right now it's only available in San Francisco and New York.
Price: Free ( Text Message, iOS)
Invisible Girlfriend is a hilarious secret app that makes you a fake girlfriend who appears "real" in your digital life. You can have text conversations, share photos, and just generally make it seem to a casual observer of your digital footprint that you are, in fact, totally in a relationship.
Price: Free ( Web)
Giffage is a custom keyboard that makes finding the right GIF for any situation easy. There are a few keyboards out there focused on letting you text GIFs, but Giffage has the smoothest interface. It lets you tap into GIFs that are trending, comb through categories, and even your own saved GIFs.
Price: Free ( iOS)
Operator wants you to be able to order anything by text message, even things that aren't already on the internet. It's similar to Magic in that an "operator" who you reach via text message helps you find what you want. But Operator's early focus is on things that might require an actual decision that you don't have the time to make. It wants to be part personal assistant, part "expert."