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In this part of the verse, Allah refers to other Holy Books sent down before the Qur'an. Allah is saying that the Psalms (Zabur) He sent down to the Prophet Dawud (as), and the Torah He sent down before that to the Prophet Musa (as), contain references to the End Times and Hazrat Mahdi (as), just as the Qur'an does.
Indeed, looked at together with the Qur'an, the other Holy Books (the Torah, the Psalms and the Injil) contain clear references to the End Times and Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Allah gives the good news in these Books that genuine believers who are sincerely devoted to Him, who have fortitude, who have submitted to their Lord and fully obey all His commands will definitely rule the world. Many passages from the Torah contain explicit references to the End Times and to Hazrat Mahdi (as).
For example, the Torah reveals how dominion will be given to those who fear Allah:
• . . . if you keep the commands of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. . . The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity--in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground--in the land he swore to your forefathers to give you. The Lord will open the good treasure in the heavens, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them. (Deuteronomy 28:9-14)
• Who, then, is the man that fears the Lord? He will instruct him in the way chosen for him. He will spend his days in prosperity... (Psalm, 25:12-14)
It is also revealed in the Torah that those who place their trust in Allah, the meek and those who delight in faith in Allah will inherit the Earth and Allah's blessings:
• Trust in the Lord and do good. . . . Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him. . . those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land. . . the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace. (Psalm 37:3-5, 9, 11)
• . . . the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace. . . for the power of the wicked will be broken, the Lord upholds the righteous. The days of the blameless are known to the Lord and their inheritance will endure forever. . . . (Psalm 37:11, 17-18)
• All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him, for dominion belongs to the Lord. (Psalm 22:27-28)
However, apart from the dominion in the days of the Prophet Sulayman (as) and the Prophet Dhu'lQarnayn (as), there has as yet been no such time in which, as revealed in the Qur'an and the Torah, Islam has ruled the world, in which believers have worshiped in freedom and security, and in which Muslims have enjoyed great abundance and well-being. In the time of our Prophet (saas), the moral values of Islam enjoyed sovereignty and progress only in a specific region. Looking at the hadeeths that have come down from our Prophet (saas), such dominion will take place in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as), his time will be one of plenty and abundance, believers will be allied together and there will be a dominion that entirely eliminates the effects of intellectual systems that deny Allah. For details, see http://www.harunyahya.com/goldenage01.php
THE EARTH WILL BRING FORTH ITS TREASURES (in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as).1
THE HIDDEN TREASURES AND METALS of the earth will emerge [in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as)]. People will truly see these treasures above the ground.2
MERCY WILL RAIN DOWN FROM THE SKY [in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as)]. THE TREE WILL BE FULL OF FLOWERS, AND THE EARTH WILL DISPLAY ITS GREENERY.3
STREETS WILL GROW (will be very broad and wise) during the government (the spiritual leadership) of the imam Mahdi (as).4
RIVERS GORGED WITH WATER WILL FLOW EVERYWHERE [in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as)] AND THE WATER WILL BE ABLE TO BE USED BY ALL.5
In that age [in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as)], THERE WILL BE A RISE IN THE NUMBERS OF LIVESTOCK and people will make the greatest use of them.6
Through the presence of the imam az-zaman [Hazrat Mahdi (as)], GOODNESS AND BLESSINGS WILL INCREASE MANY TIMES OVER.7
In that age [the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as)], AGRICULTURE AND FARMING WILL GIVE THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRODUCE. SEVEN HUNDRED SEEDS WILL BE PRODUCED FROM EVERY ONE SEED.8
In addition, our Prophet (saas) also reveals that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will distribute goods freely and unreservedly because of the abundance in this age:
"...It is narrated from Jabir ibn Abdullah that Rasulullah (saas) said: A caliph will come at the end of my Ummah, and will give goods away without counting, by the handful." 9
It is narrated from Abu Said al-Hudri that Rasulullah (saas) said: "The Mahdi is in my Ummah. A man will come to him and say, 'O Mahdi! Give unto me!' And the Mahdi will fill his garment with all he can carry.' 10
1 Mikyaal al-Makaarim, Vol. 1, p. 46
2 Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 52, p. 337; E'qd al-Dorar, p. 149; Mo'jam Ahaadees al-Imam Mahdi (a.s), Vol. 1 p. 230, from Sahih Muslim.
3 E'qd al-Dorar, p. 43-44; Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 52, p, 316, from Khesaal; Mikyaal al-Makaarim, Vol. 1, p. 101, 247.
4 Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 52, p. 333; Mikyaal al-Makaarim, Vol. 1, p. 294, from Sheikh Tusi.
5 E'qd al-Dorar, p. 149; Muntakhab al-Asar, p. 157.
6 Tarikh maa Ba'd al-Zuhoor, p. 772.
7 Muntakhab al-Asar, p. 157.
8 Surat al-Baqara, 261 (2/261- The metaphor of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah is that of a grain which produces seven ears; in every ear there are a hundred grains. Allah gives such multiplied increase to whoever He wills. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing. E'qd al-Dorar p. 159; Al-Malaahem wa al-Fetan, Ch. 204, p. 97.
9 Sahih Muslim 11/351
10 Sunan Tirmidhi, 4/93


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The SBA Administration (SBAA)
The Administration is the civil government of the Sovereign Base Areas. The Headquarters of the SBAA is at Episkopi. Its range of interest is that of any civil government but, many of its functions, particularly in respect of the Cypriot inhabitants of the SBAs, are carried out by Republican officials on behalf of the Administration under delegated powers. The SBAA itself carries out those functions directly related to the exercise of sovereignty and the fulfillment of the UK's commitments under the 1960 Declaration on the Administration of the Areas including – the enactment of legislation, maintenance of law and order and the control of immigration and development.
SBA AGLA Key Documents
- The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Order in Council 1960 (SI No 1960/1369) is the constitution of the Sovereign Base Areas. It provides inter alia for the appointment of an Administrator is the basis for the Administrator's legislative powers. It also provides for the continuing application of pre-1960 laws.


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Consensus Report
Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods: Approaches to Assessing Unintended Health Effects (2004)Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
Genetic engineering is one of the newer technologies available to produce desirable traits in plants and animals used for food, but it poses no unique health risks that cannot also arise from conventional breeding and other genetic alteration methods. Any of those methods could result in unintended changes in the composition of the food. The report concludes that all altered foods should be assessed on a case-by-case basis before they are sold to the public to determine whether unintended changes in the composition of the food could adversely affect human health. Surveillance after a food is on the market might also be needed in some cases.
Key Messages
- All new crop varieties, animal breeds, and microbial strains carry modified DNA that differs from parental strains. Methods to genetically modify plants, animals, and microbes are mechanistically diverse and include both natural and human-mediated activities.
- Although current analytical methods can provide a detailed assessment of food composition, limitations exist in identifying specific differences in composition and interpreting their biological significance.
- Analytical profiling techniques are appropriate for establishing compositional differences among genotypes, but they must also take into account modification of the profile obtained due to genotype-by-environmental interactions (the influence of the environment on expression of a particular genotype).
- Current voluntary and mandated safety assessment approaches focus primarily on intended and predictable effects of novel components of GE foods. Introduction of novel components into food through genetic engineering can pose unique problems in the selection of suitable comparators for the analytical procedures that are crucial to the identification of unintended compositional changes.
- Currently available bioinformatics and predictive tools are inadequate for correlating compositional analyses with biological effects.
- During the past decade, analytical methodologies for separating and quantifying messenger ribonucleic acids, proteins, and metabolites have improved markedly. Applying these methodologies to the targeted analysis of known nutrients and toxicants will improve the knowledge base for these food constituents.
- Health outcomes could be associated with the presence or absence of specific substances added or deleted using genetic modification techniques, including genetic engineering, and with unintended compositional changes.
- Predictive tools to identify the expected behavior of complex and compound structures are limited and require a priori knowledge of their chemical structure, their biological relevance, and their potential interactive targets.
- The knowledge base required to interpret results of profiling methods, however, is insufficiently developed to predict or directly assess potential health effects associated with unintended compositional changes of GM food, as is the necessary associative information (e.g., proteomics, metabolomics, and signaling networks).
- The process of identifying unintended compositional changes in food is best served by combining premarket testing with postmarket surveillance, when compositional changes indicate that it is warranted, in a feedback loop that follows a new GM food or food product long term, from development through utilization.
- There is a need, in the committee's judgment, for a broad research and technology development agenda to improve methods for predicting, identifying, and assessing unintended health effects from the genetic modification of food.
- To date, no adverse health effects attributed to genetic engineering have been documented in the human population.


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The Flavor of Peace
--By: Candace Chellew-Hodge
The peace we seek today will never last because there is no flavor to
it. We have lost our saltiness where peace is concerned. Jesus said that
unless we have salt in ourselves we will never be at peace with one another.
Without that flavor, any peace we may achieve in this world will be fleeting.
Let it Begin with Me
--By: John H. Campbell
I feel that fostering a climate of peace does not require attending protests
of war, of writing a thousand letters to the government, nor anything
else drastic or on a grand scale. No, I would like to propose that it
starts with the individual; in developing a sense of inner peace, of oneness
with God, in peaceful dealings with one another, and clearing out conflict
which creates the opposite of peace.
Asleep in the Perils of Life
--By: Steve Pearson
are so at peace with God's love for us that we can sleep through the most
dangerous of situations. It is more than mere resignation, the attitude
that we might as well sleep because there is nothing we can do about the
situation. No, the proper attitude rests easy in the promises of God,
that even though we walk through fire, we shall not get burned.
Shalom, Do Not Be Afraid
--By: Tom Yeshua
When Jesus gives us "peace," what he means is "shalom." Shalom is not
simply Hebrew for "peace," it is a wish, a hope, for wholeness, completeness.
To wish someone shalom is to hope that nothing is ever lacking in their
life, that all they need to be human will be theirs. Shalom can only truly
be found in Jesus, in him in whom there is nothing lacking.
A Table Spread
--By: Rev. Vera Bourne
Our hunger for an infilling of the Spirit goes unsatisfied for
we are too fragmented by the barriers erected by those who would separate
us from God's love. And it is in this vacuum left by the collapse of community
that our fears and uncertainties breed and grow to enormous proportions.
In our pain and confusion we seek answers and assistance for life's journey
from a variety of inappropriate sources, to no avail.
Protesting Oppression Within and Without
--By: Darrell Grizzle
We need
to see the interconnectedness of all the varied activist groups who work
on issues of peace, gay rights, racism, environmentalism, and human rights.
Although we may have different "causes," we should all work together since
we're all working for the same goal: an end to oppression and "the domination
system" in all its many forms.
Peace Through Pride
--By: Rev. Tessie Mandeville
I believe gay and lesbian pride has a lot to do with peace and the
truth of the matter is that this theme of peace was chosen while the United
States waged war against Iraq for the second time in twelve years. I'm
sure at that time everyone felt the theme was appropriate and now it seems
that since the war was waged and quickly won, we now need to move on to
other things besides peace. After all, aren't we all experiencing peace
since the war has ended?
Peace: Dreaming an Impossible Dream?
--By: Raymont Anderson
The reason
we are not at peace with our neighbors - first and foremost - is we
lack peace within ourselves. We focus more on the dissimilar than the
similar. We focus more on what's wrong with others as a way to keep
us on top.
Why I Lit a Peace Candle
--By: Miles Christian Daniels
While standing silently at that vigil, I also thought about how my life
has changed in these brief years since America's first war in Iraq. How
only a few years ago, I would have been on the other side of the street
waiving our flag, holding high my sign proclaiming Saddam Hussein as a
devil, and shouting at those who were not being patriotic.
About Peace
--By: Maria Söderström
I really wish that I could always have peace in my heart,
in my soul, no matter what is happening. But it is not the case, not for
me. I have suffered with depression for many years now. I have asked God
many times: "Take it away." But it is there still.
Deep and Hard
--By: Ko Imani
Study after recent study tells us that millions of people all around the
world hate our country for any one of a number of reasons, and I myself
have joined millions of people in the streets protesting the direction
our nation is taking. At the same time, in the end, despite my own anger
and trepidation about our nation's current leadership and their choices,
I'm forced to admit that I still consider myself a patriot because I believe
that our country's values still present the U.S.A. with the chance for
The Dawn of a New Beginning
--By: Courtney Maki
word had come from the Vatican that the end of the world was to happen
tonight at midnight. Priests and pastors alike had confirmed what the
Vatican was reporting. It appeared that pandemonium had hit the streets
of New York. I flipped to a local station here in Wisconsin, and saw a
similar scene. People were running through downtown, carrying rosary beads,
and wearing the cross around their neck. I recognized one of the newscasters
and listened intently. Prepare for the coming of judgment day, the day
of the Lord is near.
Why Hate Hurts
--By: Rembert Truluck
What can you do to make a difference in this hostile, hate-based world?
You can begin by accepting and loving yourself!
Bishop-elect Robinson shares his spiritual journey and vision
for the church
--Episcopal News Service Exclusive By: Jan Nunley
I want to say that I really do care about what they [bishops of the Anglican
Communion] think and feel. It's been a big part of my prayer life about
whether I should do this. There are those who would say that I'm doing
this to the church or that New Hampshire is doing this to the church.
It's not my goal to do anything to hurt this church, either locally or
I want to say that I really do care about what they [bishops of the Anglican
Communion] think and feel. It's been a big part of my prayer life about
whether I should do this. There are those who would say that I'm doing
this to the church or that New Hampshire is doing this to the church.
It's not my goal to do anything to hurt this church, either locally or
Mixed reaction to New Hampshire bishop election
-- By: Jan Nunley and James E. Solheim
Reaction to the June 7 election of the Rev. V. Gene Robinson,
an openly gay priest who is living in a committed relationship, as the
ninth bishop of New Hampshire has ranged from joy to outrage. Yet all
parties have one thing in common--concern for how the election is handled
at this summer's General Convention in Minneapolis.
Soulforce Responsed
to the report from the Southern Baptist Convention's Task Force on Ministry
to Homosexuals
-- By: Soulforce Press Release
To the Southern Baptists leaders, evangelism means conversion to their
way of thinking, believing, and being. In this case, they are calling
for homosexuals to become heterosexuals, much in the same way they were
calling for Jews to become Christian.
The Fighting Methodists and the Political Right
-- By: Andrew Weaver and Stephen Swecker
A new book spells out the fierce conflict shaping up in the nation's
second largest denomination (The United Methodist Church) between the
political left and right. A battle cry to church moderates and
liberals to take up the fight or lose their church and maybe their
Letters To The Editor
Quality TG-Fiction Web Site Launches
-- By: Caroline Mason
Own Stories, an online, literary magazine featuring short stories,
and essays on transsexual themes has been launched, according to Terry
M., editor-in-chief of the new e-zine.
Own Stories, an online, literary magazine featuring short stories,
and essays on transsexual themes has been launched, according to Terry
M., editor-in-chief of the new e-zine.
Ah! The Power of Prayer:
Part Two -- "Will It Go Round in Circles?"
--By: Rev. Brad Wishon
Prayer is not something that happens when we are only on our knees. There
have been moments of prayer where I have been sitting with someone in
a restaurant talking and it was a greater moment of prayer, than anytime
I have ever been in a church. Prayer is occurring each time we make deep
connection with who we are, with God, with other people. Every time that
we look beyond the facades and pretences and see who people really are,
there is prayer. Every time we know ourselves more honestly, there is
Serving From a Prison Cell
--By: Gary Simpson
God does not hurt people or injure people so they can do wonderful things
to serve Him and to touch humanity. That is not the kind of God we serve
and love. But the Lord steps into the circumstances of our lives and into
the very rough places, places that seem very much like prison cells to
us and gives us the strength, the power and the courage to serve. Then
He reaches out through us, to touch lives, to change the world, to make
the world a better place in which to live.
Fiery Darts
--By: Caroline Mason
Sometimes we wonder why the flames of trial assail us. Well, the great
shield-maker is simply giving us a defense against the fires of destruction
by letting us pass through his fire of purification. When you hold up
that shield, there is no missile of Satan that can harm your soul.
I am Not a Zombie
--By: Stacy Reynolds
If I accepted Jesus Christ as my savior and then did not try to
live a life without sin then I have turned myself into a zombie. I am
walking around with some stinky grave clothes, not really aware of what
I am doing or where I am going.
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The director of One Colorado, the group that was a driving force behind the passage of a civil-unions law this year, is leaving next month.
Brad Clark has led One Colorado, the state's largest gay-rights organization, since it formed in 2010.
"We simply wouldn't be where we are today without him," One Colorado board chairman Bobby Clark said in a news release, announcing the resignation. "Under his extraordinary leadership, One Colorado has achieved phenomenal success in a very short period of time."
One Colorado organized rallies to support the passage of a civil unions. The measure was killed in committee in 2011; died a dramatic death on the House floor in 2012 after a stunning game of political chicken, and passed the legislature this year and was signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper.
Brad Clark, who is not related to the board chairman, will announce his new job in a few weeks. He told board members Monday he was leaving.
"It was really tough. It so emotional," the 32-year-old said. "And I'm from Iowa and it's hard for me to express my emotions."
One Colorado has not named a successor yet.


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A professional Association for Golf Course Superintendents and all levels of Maintenance Staff including Directors of Golf, Directors of Agronomy, Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, Turfgrass Students and Companies that Sell Products and Services to Golf Courses.
The Hi-Lo Desert GCSA is an Affiliated Chapter of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.
This Chapter was formulated for the members of the Golf Course Industry Profession and the members of this organization participate in the following:


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Emmy Nominations
Archie Panjabi comments on her Emmy Nomination, "I feel honored to be recognized amongst an exceptional pool of talent and to be nominated again for playing a character that I truly love. I am grateful to our brilliant creators, writers, directors, crew and cast who work together to make The Good Wife such a meaningful show." The Primetime Emmys will be handed out Sunday, Sept. 23.


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Author Notes: This recipe is dedicated to my grandmother, Dvora, who loves all cheesecakes great and small. If you were to take her to a café with cheesecake on the menu, she would probably order it. She deserves it. Having turned 88 in January, this remarkable woman lived through the Great Depression and a World War, when even something as basic to us as cream was beyond luxury. I imagine her first cheesecake, later in life, was nothing short of an epiphany.
With so much lore and sagas and memories rooted in this one particular dessert, it is no wonder that this recipe is the one I would like to be remembered for. It is very special. I never wrote it down. When holidays or birthdays or special requests came up, this cake just magically appeared for my friends and family. I liked it that way for a long time.
Now that I've started my own blog, my view has changed. The elementary act of sharing (especially recipes) opens up all kinds of opportunities for new people to carry your treasures forward and incorporate them into new histories. Maybe someday one of my children will take this recipe and give it his or her own special twist. Maybe they will serve it to me when I'm too old and tired to bake one. Better yet - maybe they will remember stories of my grandmother, who loves cheesecakes beyond any other sweet. —SharonP
Makes: 1 9-inch cheesecake
For the cheesecake
graham crackers, crushed into crumbs
tablespoon granulated sugar
tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
packets cream cheese (8 oz each), room temperature
cup granulated sugar
large eggs, room temperature
teaspoon vanilla extract
cup heavy cream (keep it out of the fridge for about 30 min before using)
Hot water for the water bath
For the raspberry sauce
small package fresh raspberries (about 6 oz)
cup water
cup granulated sugar
For the cheesecake
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Wrap the outside of a 9 inch springform pan with aluminum foil.
- To make the crust, place the graham crackers in a ziplock bag and crush the crackers using the back of a heavy spoon or flat meat tenderizer. Place the crumbs into a bowl and toss with the Tbs of granulated sugar. Add the melted butter, using a fork to incorporate the butter throughout the crumbs. Place the mixture into the springform pan and press it into the bottom, evening out and flattening the crust. Set aside.
- To make the cheesecake filling, place the 4 cream cheese packages into the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until smooth. It's important to have the cheese at room temperature, otherwise it won't beat properly. Add the granulated sugar and beat to incorporate. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well before adding another. Add the vanilla extract and place the mixer on medium-low speed. With the mixer running, slowly add the heavy cream in a stream. Once added, raise the speed to medium high and beat until the entire mixture is smooth. You may need to scrape the bowl with a spatula and beat the mixture some more if there are any lumps at the bottom.
- Pour the filling into the prepared crust. Set the springform pan into the center of a larger square or rectangular pan that is at least 1-1 ½ inches deep. Boil some water in a kettle or put hot tap water in a pitcher and pour the water into the rectangular pan so that the water is at least ½ inch to 1 inch deep (be careful not to get water into the springform pan with the cheesecake). This forms the water bath that will help prevent the cheesecake from cracking.
- Carefully place the pans together into the oven and bake for about 55-60 minutes. When done, the middle of the cheesecake should still jiggle when moved, but the edges should be slightly more firm and the top a very light golden color. Be careful not to overcook the cheesecake or the texture will be heavy instead of creamy.
- Remove the pans from the oven. Take the springform pan out of the water bath and remove the aluminum foil wrapping. Place on a wire rack to cool completely. Once the cheesecake has cooled, you can remove the outer ring of the pan (you may want to run a knife along the edge first). Place the cheesecake on a plate or stand and cover with cellophane. Refrigerate the cheesecake overnight.
- To serve the cheesecake, allow it to stand at room temperature for about 45 minutes before cutting.
For the raspberry sauce
- Combine the water and sugar in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer, just to melt the sugar. Set aside to cool. Place the cooled sugar water and the raspberries in a blender and puree until smooth. Drizzle some sauce over each slice of cheesecake.
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Palty as you ladies may know make hair dye primarily, but also some other products like fragrances and cosmetics too. I generally dye my hair lighter because I think it gives me a bit of a lift and makes me look brighter. Here is a eyebrow mascara I bought from eBay.
Eyebrow Mascara Milk Tea Brown.
This product is Waterproof, quick drying, long lasting and should eliminate the need to lighten the brow using dye. It's popular with Asian gals because quite often they have dark eyebrows with lightened hair so it's an easy way to get them matching!
Here is the tube – it's quite a handy sized but also quite plastic and cheap:
It's quite a handy tube, shorter than a mascara:
This is the brush – it's quite a small short brush, and very hard so quite good to run through the brows:
The eyebrow mascara in Milk Tea Brown is a medium toned golden yellow brown.
Before – ignore the strays!
Ideally this eyebrow mascara is used after a pencil.
The way to apply it is against the direction of the hair, then brushing it back down in the right direction to get the maximum coverage.
I tired this and quite frankly, hated it. Heavy Rotation is better.
After – from a distance…and I mean a good few meters it looks better. But close up it is horrible and flaky:
To be honest I do think this is quite a good way to lighten up but it doesn't always look natural. Obviously you should go to a professional to lighten your brows blah blah blah – personally, I have done it myself many times using hair bleach for about 10 minutes. Don't do this at home…but that is just how I did it and it worked.
I bought this from eBay for about £8.


text: ELON, N.C. – Elon University Director of Athletics Dave Blank announced today that Jason Swepson has been dismissed as head football coach. A national search for Swepson's successor will begin immediately. "I want to thank Coach Swepson for his hard work and dedication to our football program during his time at Elon," Blank said. "At this time, however, I believe that a change in leadership is necessary to move our program forward and provide the best opportunity for Elon student-athletes to succeed." Swepson was named head coach in 2011 and oversaw a program with a 10-24 overall win-loss record over the past three years, and a 5-19 record in the Southern Conference.


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Nagpur University Time Table 2019 MA 3rd Sem Examination: Nagpur University RTMNU Time Table MA 3rd Sem Summer 2019, Nagpur University MA 3rd Sem Exam Time Table 2019 :- Nagpur University conducted its examination for various courses of Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) like BE, BA, BCom, BSc, Engineering, MA, Mcom, MSc, MBA, MCA, BBA, LLB, Low and Other. Nagpur University Conducting its exams regularly for both sessions in a year this time university published its Summer time table. Students who want to appear for the examination of Nagpur University need to follow below given time table.Other important details like Results, Score card, Cut off marks, Syllabus, Question Papers, Admissions and Educational News are also mentioned in this blog and university main website (www.nagpuruniversity.org) regularly.
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Shocking, vile, outrageous, repellent, bizarre, or just plain "gross" — take your pick of any number of adjectives for this thing. The scientific name may be translated as "disgusting" and "red."
Of course, it is not a plant at all, but a fungus. This week's mystery may not be a plant, but it is still mysterious. (At one time, all organisms on earth were presumed to be either plant or animal, but considerable scientific research has modified this scheme to include other groups. Although they are not true plants, the study of fungi remains a component of botany.)
Our fungus is one of the fascinating members of the "stinkhorn" group, which are related to familiar mushrooms and puffballs. All of the stinkhorns are characterized by producing a strong odor at the time their spores are shed, and this one is no exception.
This strange and harmless little monster is actually widely distributed around the world, including the Southeast, commonly showing up in forests and in gardens on rotting vegetation, including mulch. When the conditions are right, they emerge rapidly from an egg-like structure at or just below the surface of the ground. A soft, hollow, columnar stalk will appear, and at the top, 3-4 inches above the ground, the reproductive portion will split open into 5-10 elongated arms, each of which will branch. The arms and "tentacles" are generally bright red or orange, and they give this organism the look of a starfish, or to my way of thinking, a sea-anemone. The center of the red surface often shows an opening, and eventually a dark, oozing, slimy, messy, mass will appear. This slime, which is where the spores are produced, can be really smelly. The fetid vapors, along with the lurid color, make the whole thing very interesting to flies. Sure enough, visiting flies will wade through and eat the delicious goo, inadvertently picking up spores. The flies will spread these spores to new areas, thus dispersing the fungus.
How wonderful if you have one or more appear in your yard. Don't worry; they aren't poisonous, although it's hard to imagine anyone wanting to eat one of these things. They actually possess a strange, unearthly beauty. True, they might smell sort of funny, but they only last a day or so before disappearing completely. You'll be the envy of the block when you invite your neighbors to the backyard for show-and-tell.
John Nelson is the curator of the A. C. Moore Herbarium at the University of South Carolina, in the Department of Biological Sciences. As a public service, the Herbarium offers free plant identifications. For more information on this service, visit www.herbarium.org or call 803-777-8196.


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The Lancaster High School wrestling team will host Bruins' wrestling senior night as LHS faces Region III-AAAA rival Gaffney tonight.
The Bruins, 9-5, are coming off a split at home on Tuesday night.
The No. 2 Lancaster Bruins opened region play with a tough 79-68 win over Spartanburg in the Vikings' gym on Tuesday.
The Buford High wrestling team registered a pair of home wins in prep wrestling action on Monday night.
The Jackets built a big lead on Region IV-AA foe Central High and held on for the 42-38 win.
CHESTER – The Indian Land Warriors have played a challenging preseason basketball schedule to prepare for competitive play in Region IV-AA.
It's been tough, but in their final game before embarking on region play this week, Indian Land's boys came up big in a road game with Class AAA Chester High School.
Seven Andrew Jackson High School football standouts have been named to the All-Region IV-AA team.
BUFORD – The Buford girls prevailed in a thriller to push their hoops mark to 9-1 with a last-second win over Chesterfield on Friday night at BHS.
The Lady Jackets' 43-42 win gave Buford a split after the Jackets fell to the Rams in the nightcap.
The Lady Jackets, with their fourth straight win, used key defense and clutch free throws to take the one-point win.
Hannah Knight hit three of four free throws in a seven-second span to give the Lady Jackets a 43-39 lead with 12.6 seconds to play.
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KERSHAW – Andrew Jackson capped non-region play, posting a home sweep of Class A foe McBee High School on Friday night.
The AJ girls, with a strong second-half effort, rolled to 52-37 win over the Lady Panthers.
The Vols completed the sweep with a 63-37 victory over the Panthers in the nightcap.
AJ, boosted by the play of sophomore guard Dustin Eddins who netted a game-high 23 points, forged a 35-19 halftime lead on the way to the 26-point win.
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CHESTER – Second-ranked Lancaster used a record-shattering effort by junior star Sindarius Thornwell to complete a road sweep of Class AAA foe Chester on Friday night.
Thornwell, regarded as the top junior player in the state, scored a school-record 47 points to pace the 14-1 Bruins to a 90-49 win over the Cyclones.
The LHS girls opened the varsity twin bill with a 56-45 win over the Lady Cyclones.
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INDIAN LAND – Fall's finest took the spotlight at the annual Indian Land High School fall sports awards night Thursday evening in the school gym.
A host of fall sports standouts were honored for their play during the season.
The Indian Land High School football awards were led by record-setting senior quarterback Rondreas Truesdale, the state's top rusher (2,120 yards)who earned the team MVP.
The Indian Land Warriors' wrestling team opened the second half of its season with a sweep of Charlotte, N.C., area foes Myers Park and Providence on Tuesday night.
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Hello again friends, I'm back.
As I mentioned in my last blog post in October, 2010, I've been very busy with two new projects recently. I'll tell you about them in a bit.
As my regular readers know I usually prefer to trade bearish. Well, I picked a good 5 months to start my new businesses and not trade as the market has been going straight up since December, until now.
I like to use exponential moving average cross overs on daily and weekly charts of the S&P futures in order to guess (predict?) general market direction. As you can see below the 5 day moving average has been above the 20 day moving average since December. (Click any picture to make larger)
Interestingly, you can also see above, in the November – December pull back the 5 day MA never went far below the 20 day. The recent pull back is much more severe with the 5 day well below the 20.
Monday I decided to get a little short delta and long Vega. Good timing considering Tuesday's big decline. I put on an OEX May back ratio spread: short 10 May 580 puts, long 20 May 540 puts for a net credit of $3.35 per one by two spread. The P&L looks like this as of today:
I'm already out of most of this. From 20:10 to 6:3 left. I sold portions for credits of $2.80 and $1.80. My remaining 6:3 is bid at $0.25 and I have an order to get out of the rest at $0.05. Net profit so far is $1,585. Not bad for two days.
Going forward if the market decline continues will be looking for more OEX spread and some individual equities. I'll keep you posted.
The first business is up and running with new clients already. in April 2010 I decided I wanted my podiatry practice to be at the top of the Google Maps Search. Along with a web developer friend of mine we worked and worked and got me there.
I started seeing new patients right away. A year later, I'm up to about ten new patients a week from it. It worked so well, we decided to start a business to help get other businesses to the top of the local search engine results pages. Check out our site: www.bestmarketingnyc.com and try it for yourself. We are currently accepting new clients. We offer two months for free with a commitment to pay for just the third month and then it is month to month. If not happy, quit the service at any time. Feel free to ask any questions and contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com
The second new business is a topical medical for nail fungus. Being a podiatrist, I've tried every topical medication for nail fungus on the market with my patients. None worked that great so I set out to make my own. I took all the active and inactive ingredients that I thought worked best from other products and formulated my own medicine. I've tried it on dozens of patients, and while it doesn't work for everyone, it worked on many more patients than anything else I've tried. I've also used it for non-fungal nail problems and it works there too. The medicine is made and I'm just waiting on my web site to be finished and the labels and packaging to be finished at the printer. Any day now… I'll post the website here when it's done!
Thanks for reading and I look forward to getting back to trading and sharing all my trades with you.
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The Royal Navy operates in a fast changing and uncertain world in which an ability to adapt rapidly is central to ensuring we remain both capable and resilient. We must ensure that we are a modern and relevant force capable of sustained deployments and with the ability to respond rapidly and effectively to crises whenever and wherever required. Working increasingly closely alongside the Army and the RAF, we may be called upon to operate as part of a coalition or to lead other nations in a coalition and we must also maintain the ability to counter any likely threat both at home and abroad. So what does this mean for the Royal Navy? The Royal Navy's future expeditionary force structure will be based upon striking power from aircraft carriers, amphibious capability and a nuclear submarine force.
The Navy's central role in the United Kingdom's foreign and security policy means that the size and shape of the fleet must continually evolve to meet new challenges. The Royal Navy must also operate as cost-effectively as possible and this philosophy is reflected in the design of the next generation of ships which will have smaller crews but will exploit innovative technological solutions, including greater computer automation, to ensure they are highly capable and versatile vessels. Our people are key to our future success and the Royal Navy remains committed to being a top class employer with top class people.
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The speaker of Nigeria's senate has described Moamer Kadhafi as a "mad man" after the Libyan leader suggested splitting the country between the Christian and Muslim communities to end sectarian violence. According to AFP, David Mark stated that Kadhafi's remarks were hardly worth dignifying with a response.
"With all due respect, why do you want to give a mad man that level of publicity?" Mark was quoted as saying in several local dailies on Thursday. "A mad man who said the same thing about England ... and he said the same thing about every other country and then you want to give him any prominence at all," said Mark. "Truly, in my candid opinion, I don't think he deserves our attention."
Kadhafi proposed earlier this week that Nigeria should follow the partition model of Pakistan, which was born in 1947 after the Muslim minority of predominantly Hindu India founded their own homeland.
Several hundreds of people were killed in the past two weeks in sectarian violence in Nigeria's central Plateau State.


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UVA wants towers on Alderman
Those HoJo motel-looking dormitories for First Year students on Alderman Road will be replaced by towers climbing six stories into the sky, if UVA architect David Neuman has his way.
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For years the city has wanted more students housed on grounds. Will this accomplish that or is UVA expanding its student population?
Couple of things ...
"Towers" is a bit pejorative, no? Especially if they are being built into a hillside.
In response to Observer's question, U.Va.'s student population was projected to grow by 1,100 students over 10 years as of 2006. All first-year students will continue to be housed on Grounds, so this project will accommodate them.
After their first year, they can choose to live on or off Grounds. I know of no plans to increase upper-class student housing, but I think that spaces are currently going begging -- many students prefer to live off-Grounds as part of their growing independence. Perhaps the recession will change that?
If Charlottesville hired capable people to begin with, people with professional experience and reputations in their field, we wouldn't need to spend hundreds of thou$ands paying strangers to make (almost always bad) suggestions to solve our problems.
Instead, at the slightest opportunity we reach for outside "consultants" and pay them enormous fees for research that is 75% obvious to the eye and 25% discoverable to any observer hired to take notes for the purpose.
Their reports are costly crap written in the arcane argot all consultants use to appear "professional." If they used plain English it would be obvious to all this is window dressing for what is usually just a scam.
The solutions are predictable because everyone knew them all along, or they are outrageous, showing zero understanding of the community. ["Get rid of that statue in the harbor, the lady with the torch; she's a hazard to navigation."]
But year after year Charlottesville squanders all this money because no one on the city payroll will take responsibility for suggesting solutions. The HOOK should assign someone to research city council minutes and budgets and total up what we spent on consultants since 1970 when this waste took off.
Along the way, find out what the consultants contributed (A) that we didn't already know, and (B) that we found useful. A cost-benefits analysis should be obvious to the trained and untrained eye, and a real eye-opener.
"Out side the lines" driving is what gets people killed when cars cross highway dividing lines. Please limit that thinking to coloring books. Lines on highways and in parking lots are there because of forgotten history ... of people who parked any way they pleased and thus not making orderly use of available spaces. If you want to park only one size of vehicle... versus trucks, vans, buses, limos, etc... the one size does fit all. Boris' limited thinking will lead to discrimination of vehicle types. His discrminatory behavior is dangerous - an example of less than intelligent thinking. Do you suppose he wants everyone to wear the same size shoes and to size parking spaces only for bicycles or motorcycles?
The reason consultants are so valuable, is because they shift the blame. Every decision upsets someone. Officials have learned to survive. If a national expert says the bypass must go through your house, you don't ask for the city engineer's head on a platter. If a national expert says the mayor needs a raise, you don't accuse the mayor of greedy tax grabbing. And so on...
Lines are like pig lipstick, but I guess you think they make a big difference. For people like you, we continue to repaint the pig a couple of times a year when the stuff rubs off.
In fact, a maximum size, maximum engine capacity and speed, and minimum occupancy of vehicle types would be huge revolutionary steps in safety and capacity on our roads and in our parking areas.
As long as our nation refuses to regulate cars and drivers in any significant way, we will continue to spend trillions on roads, and slaughter 50,000+ people on highways each year, and waste our police time on traffic, and parking will continue to be a problem.
How much room does a car need?
If we observed the course of history, the answer is obvious - cars need all the room. Everything in a community must move aside to make room for cars. All life must revolve around cars. All happiness derives from cars.
What's your ride?
it is precisely because vehicles come in all those different sizes (you mention: trucks, vans, buses, limos, ...bicycles or motorcycles) that painting spaces any one size makes no sense (or even a variety of non-sensical sizes, as Charlottesville does).
By the way, I didn't park "dangerously", squeezing into a non-existent space. The story is slightly inaccurate. I parked at the end of a 35 ft. length of open curb, late at night, apparently several feet "over the line." Had I not parked that way, the little Tercel would not have been able to park behind me the next morning. He's the one that squeezed into the space I made for him. I didn't squeeze into any space at all.
But how can _making_ space be "dangerous"??? I was only parking in a conscientious, considerate manner - not parking in the middle of what looked to be plenty of space for two cars.


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Looking at some of the pics that have come out of the recent comp in Sylt I am seeing photos of a lot of the top guys using really long trim straps. There is a good vid of Adam Koch (i think it was an ad for some fins or something) and he is riding along trimming the kite with 1 hand on the bar and 1 hand on the trim strap and playing both of them almost constantly......anyone know whats up with that??
At first i thought it would be so that he can keep his body further outboard but then i noticed he is ridding most of the time with the bar all the way out anyway. My second thought was that it might be so he can do bigger adjustments quicker but if you look carefully he is running it through pulleys so it would give smaller and slower adjustments than moving the bar would do.
So what am i missing????


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CARSON, Calif. – Call it the battle of the champions.
The LA Galaxy announced on Wednesday that they will take on reigning Liga MX champions Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles on Feb. 19 at The Home Depot Center. The match will be the second ever between the two clubs as then-Liga Ascenso (Mexican Second Division) Xolos drew LA 2-2 in the San Diego Clasico before winning on penalties.
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Tijuana are currently near the top of the Liga MX standings for the Clausura, level on points with first place Tigres UANL but trailing on goal differential.
"It'll be a good game for our players and it gives our fans the opportunity to see us play as well so it's a win, win situation for everyone," said Galaxy head coach and general manager Bruce Arena. "It's a new season and we've got to get ourselves acclimated to being back at home and Tijuana will bring in players of quality so it'll be a good contest for us and hopefully it pushes us along to opening day."
Who suits up for Tijuana remains to be seen as the Xolos will take on Colombian side Millonarios in their first-ever Copa Libertadores match that evening. However no matter who lines up for Tijuana, the match will be an important indicator for LA as they wind down their preseason slate.
"We'll get a chance to see where we're at with preseason and it's always a good test to play against a good team and get an idea of how players are doing and see the progress that we've made in the first couple of weeks," said center back Tommy Meyer. "It's always special and it's usually pretty high intensity [against Mexican opponents] and people enjoy playing in games like that. It definitely brings a little more atmosphere and what the season is going to be like."
As the Galaxy inch closer to their season opener against the Chicago Fire on March 3 and the all-important CONCACAF Champions League fixtures against Herediano a less than a week later, the match against Tijuana offers an important challenge.
"It'll be a good test for us," said defender Todd Dunivant. "It's always good to get a high level game outside of MLS against guys who are in the middle of their season and obviously the top of the Mexican division so it'll be a good step for us and it's another game in front of fans where it actually matters."
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Behold the Burrito Bond: London high street fast food outlet Chilango , is offering an 8% coupon on a four-year corporate bond that gives some buyers a free burrito* every week for the lifetime of the debt
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Behold the Burrito Bond
An advertisment for Chilango's Burrito Bonds sits outside a branch of Chilango on Fleet Street, Central London, on June 12, 2014.
Bond bubble? What bond bubble? These bonds give out free burritos!
London high street fast food outlet Chilango, favored by City types with elastic waistbands, is offering an 8% coupon on a four-year corporate bond that gives some buyers a free burrito* every week for the lifetime of the debt. All you have to do is cough up £10,000 pounds ($16,800) and trust that it is as good at servicing its debt as it is at serving bankers their lunch.
(*Chicken burritos cost £5.99. The WSJ's preferred pork option costs £6.99. So that's an extra £363-worth of free pork burritos a year.)
The company, founded by former Skype employees Eric Partaker and Dan Houghton, operates seven Mexican food outlets across the City of London–including one oppositeGoldman Sachs GS +0.32%' London headquarters–but wants to raise £1 million to expand, "in order to make amazing Mexican food more accessible for people around the capital", the founders write on their website.
And that's how the Burrito Bond was born.
Burrito fans from across the U.K. have two months to invest money in the seven-year-old company. (Further details are here.) The minimum investment is £500, but for £10,000 the investor gets free lunch once a week. Coupons will be paid semi-annually and the principal amount will be reimbursed after four years. As a small token of appreciation, every investor gets a voucher for two free burritos upon subscribing. The first 100 also get invited to a Burrito launch party. There will be no secondary market trading.
One day after books on the bond opened, investments had already been received from executives in the food and drinks business, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of café-chain Carluccio's, the former CEO of Domino's Pizza UK and the former CEO of Krispy Kreme U.K., according to the prospectus website.
By Thursday, two days after the bond opened, the company had hit 32% of its target, the website says.
The company has said that while initial aim is to raise £1 million, it has the capacity to service up to £3 million of bonds if the deal is oversubscribed.
"Each new restaurant costs around £500,000 to launch so raising £3 million would enable us to accelerate the opening of 6 new Chilango restaurants around London," Mr. Partaker and Mr. Houghton write in the 33-page offering prospectus.
Payments are being accepted online via crowd sourcing site CrowdCube–a Financial Conduct Authority authorized website.
Asked why the company didn't just choose to take out a bank loan like dozens of its peers, the owners said that they "like the idea of letting our guests and fans help shape our future and participate in our success".
"The Burrito Bond allows us to do just that," they add.
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Japanese philosophy, intellectual discourse developed by Japanese thinkers, scholars, and political and religious leaders who creatively combined indigenous philosophical and religious traditions with key concepts adopted and assimilated from nonnative traditions—first from greater East Asia and then from western Europe and the United States—beginning about the 7th century ce.
Like their Western counterparts, Japanese philosophers have pursued answers to questions about knowledge (epistemology), moral action (ethics), the relationship between art and beauty (aesthetics), and the nature of reality (metaphysics). The distinction between them lies in their different assumptions about how to approach answers to such questions. Western philosophers posit a pair of opposites—mind and matter, self and other, artist and medium, reality and appearance—and seek to bridge the distance between them. Japanese philosophers, by contrast, strive to understand the ways in which such apparent opposites overlap. The result is that Japanese philosophy does not address independent substances or entities; rather, it foregrounds interdependent processes and complexes that include apparent opposites.
The evolution of Japanese philosophy may be traced through five periods: ancient, classical, medieval, early modern, and modern.
The ancient period
The ancient period, spanning the 7th through 9th centuries ce, was an age of Sinicization and state organization. Two major intellectual systems—Confucianism and Buddhism—were imported from Korea and China. Whereas Confucianism addressed the "social self," influencing government structure and patterns of formal behaviour, Buddhism provided psychological insight into the workings of the inner self. Through introspection and the disciplined practice of self-cultivation, Buddhist adherents sought to develop both charismatic power for wonderwork and creative resources for artistic expression. Confucianism and Buddhism coexisted with indigenous myths that emphasized both the divine origin of the imperial line and a native animism that stressed the mutual responsiveness between people and nature. Some of these indigenous ideas and values became important to the tradition later called Shintō.
The early philosophizing of the ancient period was aimed primarily at assimilating and classifying ideas and practices imported from the Asian mainland. As reflected in the Seventeen Article Constitution (604), a code of moral precepts for the ruling class enacted by the crown prince and regent Shōtoku Taishi, the goal of philosophy as well as government was harmony, rather than competition or separation, between the traditions. Buddhism more thoroughly penetrated the culture in the 7th and 8th centuries, and several of its key themes had an enduring impact on the Japanese worldview. Such Buddhist notions as dependent co-origination, emptiness, impermanence, and the insubstantiality of the self inspired a vision of the universe as an ever-emerging, dynamic process and an understanding of the self as interdependent with the social and natural worlds rather than independent of them. Philosophers influenced by Buddhist concepts also posited the limitations of words or concepts to represent reality perfectly and emphasized the role of mind in constructing reality.
The classical period
The classical period began about the early 9th century, during the Heian period (794–1185), and ended in the late 12th century. This was an era of systemization and Japanization of philosophy. Through the writings and efforts of such thinkers as Kūkai (774–835) and Saichō (767–822), the Shingon and Tendai Buddhist schools constructed sophisticated systems of doctrine and practice. The dominant philosophical esotericism promoted by these Buddhist thinkers contributed at least two ideas that would have a lasting impact on Japanese thought. The first was the belief that every phenomenon was an expression of the activity of the cosmos, which itself was identified with a buddha (enlightened one) known as Dainichi Nyorai. The whole cosmos is, therefore, fully expressed in every phenomenon. Second, classical Japanese Buddhism maintained that enlightenment, the insight into how things really are, could not be attained merely conceptually but was an act of the full complex of mind, body, and spirit as transformed through ritual practice. Insight in this tradition was thus an incarnate activity as well as an intellectual function.
A distinctive aesthetic emerged in conjunction with these metaphysical and epistemological perspectives. No longer wishing merely to mirror the glory of the Chinese court, Japanese aristocrats developed their own aesthetic themes. Such themes as elegance (miyabi) and the charming (okashi) reflected a distinctively Japanese sense of courtly refinement. Others drew directly on Buddhist sensitivities to impermanence (mujō) and ontological depth or mystery (yōgen). Further, values such as poignancy (mono no aware) and sensitivity (ushin) were blended with ancient animistic sympathies with natural phenomena.
The medieval period
The medieval phase of Japanese philosophy extended from the late 12th century through the 16th century, an era of social and political upheaval. With the dissolution of the aristocracy's power and the rise of the samurai class to political and military dominance, the court life so central to the classical period lost its allure. Facing recurrent warfare and an unusual series of natural disasters, many Japanese lost interest in the cosmic visions of Shingon and Tendai. They hoped instead for a religious philosophy directed toward leading a peaceful everyday life in what had become an increasingly turbulent world. Buddhist splinter groups (e.g., Pure Land, Zen, and Nichiren) took root outside established institutions.
During the Kamakura period (1185–1333)—when feudalism, the shogunate (military dictatorship), and the samurai warrior class were established in Japan—new Buddhist schools coalesced around a series of thinkers that included Hōnen (1133–1212), Shinran (1173–1263), Dōgen (1200–53), and Nichiren (1222–82). Hōnen and Shinran, the founders of the two main Pure Land forms of Japanese Buddhism, analyzed human weakness and the need for trusting in the redemptive power of Amida Buddha, the buddha of light who promised rebirth in the Pure Land to the faithful. Dōgen used Zen meditation as a means of analyzing philosophical problems related to consciousness and the self. Nichiren extolled the power of devotion to the Lotus Sutra and its ideal of the bodhisattva, or "buddha-to-be." In support of that practice he elaborated a philosophy of history and a critique of other Buddhist schools.
Despite their differences, the Kamakura philosophers shared a concern for simplifying Buddhist practice and making it accessible to laypersons of all classes. Even today most Japanese Buddhists practice forms of religious life developed in the Kamakura period. The philosophies of those thinkers also continue to influence many Japanese cultural assumptions. Zen brought a focus on discipline not as a means to enlightenment but as an end in itself, whereas Pure Land critiques of spiritual self-reliance reinforced a mistrust of the conception of the self as an isolated ego. Japanese aesthetic theories continued to develop in the medieval period and increasingly reflected Buddhist themes of detachment, strict praxis, and celebration of the everyday. During medieval times, Shintō thought and practice were substantially absorbed into the Buddhist religious hegemony. There was little critical development of Confucian philosophy during this period.
The early modern period
The early modern period of Japanese philosophy corresponds roughly to the Edo, or Tokugawa, shogunate (1603–1868), whose highly efficient rule enforced relative peace and stability. Confucian ideas, which had been utilized in the ancient period to centralize and unify the state, again became a focus of study and application. With political stability and urbanization, the power of the merchant class increased, literacy rose, and secular academies sprang up in the major cities to tutor merchants in the Chinese classics. During peacetime, some samurai took up scholarly pursuits and used the newly developed Bushidō ("Code of the Warrior") to express ideals of loyalty, stoic self-control, and personal virtue. These ideals were consistent, respectively, with Confucian propriety, Buddhist self-discipline, and Shintō purity of heart.
Tokugawa Confucian thinkers can be divided, according to their source of inspiration, into two groups. The first group built upon the neo-Confucian philosophies of Chinese thinkers from the Song and Ming dynasties, respectively exemplified by Zhu Xi (Japanese: Shushi; 1130–1200) and Wang Yangming (Ōyōmei; 1472–1529). This group included Japanese philosophers such as Hayashi Razan (1583–1657) and Nakae Tōju (1608–48), who promoted the works of Zhu and Wang, respectively. Other thinkers in this group believed that the dominant forms of neo-Confucianism in Japan were too abstract in their emphasis on metaphysical "principle" (ri) as the structuring force of the universe. Kaibara Ekken (1630–1714), for example, tried to make neo-Confucianism more practical by developing a naturalistic philosophy that emphasized vital force (ki) rather than principle and by devising concrete guidelines for everyday life.
The other major group of Confucians founded a tradition that is often referred to as the school of "ancient learning" (kogaku). Such thinkers as Itō Jinsai (1627–1705) and Ōgyū Sorai (1666–1728) believed that the theories of metaphysical principle and vital force deviated too far from the thought of Confucius, who was primarily concerned with the education of humane scholars and officials who would promote good government. Thus, the kogaku scholars wished to return to the "original Confucianism" of the Chinese classics, which avoided metaphysical speculation and emphasized the basic virtues and relationships fundamental to social harmony.
In opposition to Confucianism and Bushidō, there arose a philosophical school called kokugaku, the "study of our national heritage." It was led by such thinkers as Motoori Norinaga (1730–1801), who urged a return to the "ancient ways," the restoration of Shintō, renewed reverence for the emperor, and a Heian-period aesthetic exemplified by mono no aware, a "sensitivity to" or "sympathy for" the things that constitute the world. Despite their many differences, most early modern Japanese philosophers were alike in turning away from the classical period's interest in the cosmic order and from the medieval period's interest in personal spirituality. Instead, they focused primarily on the social and political dimensions of human life.
Modern and contemporary Japanese philosophy
The modern period of Japanese philosophy began with the Meiji Restoration in 1868 and the subsequent opening of Japan to Western influences, including Western philosophy. In fact, a new word, tetsugaku—from the words for wisdom (tetsu) and learning (gaku)—was coined to translate the Western term philosophy. Although tetsugaku was initially restricted to scholarly reflection on Western philosophy to the exclusion of Japanese philosophy, it soon encompassed a broader range of studies. An Inquiry into the Good (1911), by Nishida Kitarō (1870–1945), was the first major work to construct a new philosophical system in the Western style. As his thought evolved in later works, Nishida focused on the experiential and logical grounds of judgment and action, which he called "Nothingness" (mu). Nishida's philosophy drew upon both Western and East Asian (especially Zen) ideas. For example, his concern with "pure experience" came from the Western thought of the American pragmatist philosopher William James, while the term Nothingness came from Buddhism.
Nishida's new style of philosophizing was the inspiration for the Kyōto school, 20th-century Japan's most influential philosophical movement. The Kyōto school set the stage for a distinctly Japanese philosophical discourse by exploring affinities and differences between Western philosophical traditions and the East Asian philosophies and religions that had been foundational to Japanese life since the classical period. For example, the metaphysical speculations of Nishitani Keiji (1900–90) further explored the nature of Nothingness, integrating insights from both Zen Buddhism (following Nishida) and the German philosopher Martin Heidegger, under whom Nishitani studied. Other Japanese philosophers, both within and outside the Kyōto school, began to draw more explicitly on Japanese cultural traditions as a resource for developing their own philosophies. An influential example of this trend is the work of Watsuji Tetsurō (1889–1960), who criticized both Western individualism and Confucian collectivism, positing instead an ethical notion of "betweenness." According to Watsuji, each person stands in dialectical tension between the ideal of individual freedom and socially imposed norms. The wellspring of ethics, then, is the recognition that personhood is articulated amid this continuous opposition between self and society rather than through an unbalanced focus on one or the other.
The end of World War II brought greater freedom of thought and expression to Japanese society, liberating Japanese philosophers from the context of wartime ideologies (which some had endorsed, others had opposed, and others had tried to ignore). The postwar period also stimulated philosophical reflection upon the role that philosophy had played in the rise of ultranationalism and militarism. The later work of Tanabe Hajime (1885–1962), the most prominent member after Nishida of the Kyōto school, provides a prime example of the fruits of such reflection. In the 1930s Tanabe argued that most traditional philosophical schemes that attempted to explain the relation between the universal (or "genus") and the particular (or "individual") had excluded the role of the specific (or "species"). In defining human existence, for example, they had emphasized a person's universal human nature and atomistic individuality but had virtually ignored the crucial dimension of identity that specifies a person as an ethnic, national, and cultural being. Tanabe's arguments for "the logic of the specific" were subsequently invoked to support Japanese nationalism because they seemed to prioritize the interests of the Japanese nation over those of the individual and humankind at large. By the end of the war, Tanabe had rejected this use of his ideas and had developed the theory of "metanoia" (zange)—repentance or change of heart. Because no intellectual system can ever be universal or absolute, he argued, every responsible philosophy contains a metanoetic dynamic that serves to undermine any tendency to treat it as such.
Academic philosophy continues to thrive in Japan. While some philosophers have stayed within the parameters demarcated by Western philosophy, others have developed philosophies out of traditional Asian ideas. The latter group includes modern Buddhist philosophers such as Tamaki Kōshirō (1915–99) and Nakamura Hajime (1911–99). Still others continue to engage other traditions—Western and Asian—in hopes of developing philosophical insights suitable to a global, and not merely monocultural, perspective. These philosophers include Yuasa Yasuo (1925–2005) and Ueda Shizuteru (born 1926), a thinker who upholds the Kyōto school tradition.
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The Gurs camp was one of the first and largest camps established in prewar France. It was located at the foot of the Pyrenees in southwestern France, just to the south of the village of Gurs. The camp, about 50 miles from the Spanish border, was situated in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains northwest of Oloron-Sainte-Marie.
The French government established the Gurs camp in April 1939, before war with Germany and well before the occupation of France in June 1940. Originally, Gurs served as a detention camp for political refugees and members of the International Brigade fleeing Spain after the Spanish Civil War.
In early 1940, the French government also interned about 4,000 German Jewish refugees as "enemy aliens," along with French leftist political leaders who opposed the war with Germany. After the French armistice with Germany in June 1940, Gurs fell under the authority of the new collaborationist French government, the Vichy regime.
Conditions in the Gurs camp were very primitive. It was overcrowded and there was a constant shortage of water, food, and clothing. During 1940–41, some 800 detainees died of contagious diseases, including typhoid fever and dysentery.
In October 1940, German authorities deported about 7,500 Jews from southwestern Germany across the border into the unoccupied zone of France. Vichy officials then interned most of them in Gurs. Of this group, 1,710 were eventually released, 755 escaped, 1,940 were able to emigrate, and 2,820 men were conscripted into French labor battalions.
Between August 6, 1942 and March 3, 1943, Vichy officials turned over 3,907 Jewish prisoners from Gurs to the Germans; the Germans sent the majority of them to the Drancy transit camp outside Paris in northern France. From Drancy, they were deported in six convoys to the killing centers in German-occupied Poland, primarily Auschwitz.
Vichy authorities closed the Gurs camp in November 1943. Almost 22,000 prisoners had passed through Gurs, of whom over 18,000 were Jewish. More than 1,100 internees died in the camp. In 1944, Gurs was reopened briefly to intern political prisoners and resistance fighters arrested by Vichy police. After the Allied liberation of France in August 1944, French officials used Gurs to house German prisoners of war and French collaborators. At the end of 1945, officials of the postwar French republic closed the Gurs camp for the last time.
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- How was Gurs similar to or different from camps on German soil?
- Why did Vichy officials turn over Jews in the camp to the SS?


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Okla. teen faces accessory charge in baseball player shooting
DUNCAN, Okla. - A 16-year-old boy accused in the shooting death of a baseball player from Australia will no longer face a first-degree murder charge and is testifying against two teenage co-defendants.
The Stephens County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday filed a motion to dismiss the murder charge against James Francis Edwards Jr. Prosecutors filed a new charge of accessory after the fact in juvenile court against Edwards in the shooting death of Chris Lane, 22.
Edwards testified against 18-year-old Michael Dewayne Jones and 17-year-old Chancey Luna during their preliminary hearings and is expected to testify against them at trial in August. Both are charged with first-degree murder. Prosecutors had earlier said they would dismiss the first-degree murder charge against Edwards in exchange for his continued testimony.
Evidence gathered since the killing "tends to further implicate Chancey Luna and Michael Jones and further casts doubt on the role of Edwards in the murder of Christopher Lane," according to the motion.
The motion stated that "it is in the best interests of justice that this matter be dismissed and that the State be allowed to proceed against Edwards in the juvenile division of the Stephens County District Court."
Because the charge is in juvenile court, records in the case are sealed. There is also a gag order.
Lane was shot while jogging along a tree-lined road in Duncan while visiting his girlfriend's parents in August. Investigators said he was randomly targeted by "bored" teenagers. He had been preparing to enter his senior baseball season at East Central University in Ada, Okla.
A fourth suspect, 22-year-old Oddesse Barnes, was charged in April with allegedly aiding Luna and Jones by hiding the murder weapon.
Edwards' mother, Brenda Edwards, said following the closed-door court hearing on Tuesday that her heart goes out to all the families involved.
"I never got a chance to acknowledge the Christopher Lane family and I just wanted to make that acknowledgement," said Brenda Edwards, who had been in prison for drug charges and was released in April, according to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections website.


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March 15, 2006
Strong pitching, solid defense, and timely hitting led to the Bisons eighth win of the season on Wednesday, March 15, a 4-3 victory against the Skyhawks. The win was the Bisons second in a row and evened the team's record at 8-8.
Robby Smithson got the start for the Bisons, his second of the year. In Smithson's last start against Samford, he pitched 6.1 innings, giving up one run on four hits in the Bisons' 7-1 win.
The Skyhawks struck first in the top of the first on an RBI double by Zach Dean and an RBI fielder's choice by Kevin Holt.
Tennessee-Martin added another run in the fifth on an RBI single by Chad Green.
But one big inning was all the Bisons would need. Lipscomb used a four run sixth to take the lead and the win.
With one out, Zac Miller hit a home run to right to put the Bisons on the board. One out later, Justin Sanders singled to left. Whit Reed followed with a single to right. Allen Bolden hit Lipscomb's third consecutive single to load the bases with two outs. Brewer responded with a bases clearing double to give the Bisons a 4-3 lead.
Smithson pitched 6.2 innings giving up three runs, two earned, on seven hits. He struck out four. The win improved his record to a team best 3-0.
"Robby definitely kept us in the game today," Smithson's catcher, Caleb Joseph said. "He hit his spots and his slider was definitely on. It was his out pitch and he got a couple of guys to strike out in critical situations with it.
"The main thing was that he was able to get out of a big jam with runners on second and third in the sixth and really kept us in the game. Robby gave us a chance and let his relievers finish it out for him."
Charles Williams closed out the game for the Bisons to earn his second save of the year.
"It was a great mid-week game to win going into the series with Belmont this weekend," Joseph said. "Everyone knows about the big rivalry with Belmont and this win will serve as a good confidence builder for us."
The Bisons take the field again on March 17, when they take on the Belmont Bruins at 3 p.m.


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Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (DDT)
This organochlorine insecticide can be considered as the pesticide of the greatest historical significance, due to its effect on the environment, agriculture, and human health. First synthesized by a German graduate student in 1873, it was rediscovered by Dr. Paul Mueller, a Swiss entomologist, in 1939 while searching for a long-lasting insecticide for the clothes moth. DDT subsequently proved to be extremely effective against flies and mosquitoes, ultimately leading to the award of the Nobel Prize in medicine for Dr. Mueller in 1948. Effective January 1, 1973 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially canceled all uses of DDT, but not before more than 1 billion kilograms of DDT had been introduced into the United States. Like Endosulfan, DDT disrupts the delicate balance of sodium and potassium within neurons. The pesticide is effective against a wide spectrum of insects in the agricultural arena and also mosquitoes that transmit malaria and yellow fever as well as body lice that carry typhus. When recrystallized from the melt, DDT will slowly crystallize, forming beautiful spherulites. The time-lapse movie was made using a modified version of the Intel Play QX3 microscope equipped for polarized light illumination with a full-wave (first order) retardation plate.
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