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Why do we die?
Oscar winning director Shekhar Kapur seeks answers about why we die, from yogi and mystic Sadhguru, as they explore the mechanics of life and death, and the process of dying.
Shekhar Kapur: Health and longevity are two things everybody talks about, but the messages that are coming across are quite diverse. So I have a question: when living beyond a certain age, is there something inherent in us that actually could keep us healthy or do we always need outside help from doctors and hospitals? If there was something inherent in us, then maybe I would believe that nature has an intention to keep us alive.
Sadhguru: If nature didn't have an intention to keep you alive, you would be dead.
Shekhar Kapur: Yeah.
Sadhguru: Even now, you are alive not because of the medicine that you take or the hospital consultation and health check-ups that you have, but because nature still intends that you should live. It is because of the life process that you are living, not because of medicine. Medicine can play around a little bit. It cannot create life as such.
The thing is, this very body that you carry was created from within, isn't it? You provided raw material from outside, but the creation process happened from within. So, obviously, the source of creation or the manufacturer of the body is within. Trying to fix health from outside is a very effortful process. If you keep access to the innermost core, health will be a natural phenomenon. Thinking that it is something that you have to manage from outside is a very wrong perception.
Shekhar Kapur: And if I'm perfectly healthy, why do we die?
Sadhguru: You must live healthy and you must die healthy. "So even if you are healthy, why do we die?" Health has got nothing to do with death. Death will happen when your life energies lose their vibrance. To hold onto this body, a life has to be in a certain level of reverberance. As you age, as your karmic substance wears out, the intensity of the life process becomes feeble. If it becomes feeble below a certain level of intensity, it will slip out. This is called dying of old age. Someone who is medically healthy may lie down in sleep and exit peacefully.
If the life energies are still vibrant and they are capable of living, but for some reason you broke the body either because you crashed your car or broke your heart or drank too much alcohol, in some way you made the body inhospitable for life, then also life leaves. This is an unnatural death. This has its own consequences.
Another way, which is a very rare occurrence, is, your life energies became so intense that the physical cannot hold it anymore. If you leave out of intensity, an intensity beyond physical nature, then we say, you have attained. This is called mahasamadhi. If life energies become overly intense, you cannot keep the body. If life energies become feeble, you cannot keep the body. Only if it is in a certain band of intensity you can hold on to the body.
Shekhar Kapur: You're making a big distinction between the body and life, as if life is something else and that's something that everyone struggles with…
Sadhguru: You tell me. Did you accumulate this body?
Shekhar Kapur: Yes, I did, by eating.
Sadhguru: So, I'll ask you again the same question. Whatever you accumulate can be yours, cannot be you, isn't it?
Shekhar Kapur: Yes. Correct.
Sadhguru: So, I'm definitely making a distinction between what is you and what is your body because your body is just an accumulation.
The life energy or prana, carries a huge amount of information. This information is called various names but traditionally, we call this karma. Karma means "action." You can perform physical action, mental action, emotional action and energy action. You are performing all these four actions every moment of your life, awake and asleep. The residual impact of these actions is always being recorded, and a whole unconscious software develops. The life energy, the body, what you call as your mind, your chemistry, all of it is guided by a certain dimension of information. This past information of every single perception you have had, everything you have seen, heard, smelt, tasted and touched – everything that has gone into you – is recorded in your system. Most of this information that you carry within you is unconscious, and most of your software was created unconsciously. Whatever you can create unconsciously, you can also create consciously, but it would take a certain level of striving and application to do so.
Spiritual process essentially means we want to make all the things you created unconsciously, into a conscious process, because only if it happens consciously there is freedom. If it happens unconsciously, it is compulsiveness. The journey is from compulsiveness to consciousness, nothing else.
When a person dies, all the information – these are backup systems – that are on the chemical level, body level and mind level, are all dead. The only thing that leaves is the energy. This energy is concretized because of the information that it carries. If you take away all this information from the energy, it would just merge with the cosmos.
This is what we call as mukti. Mukti means we have found a way of shaving off all the information from this energy, which is your life right now. Then it will just merge. It has no form and shape anymore. The whole effort of the spiritual process is to get to that place, where you shed all the information and when you exit, you just merge – end game!
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Assume you just had a cup of tea , you felt nothing because it was as usuall! But some one else felt it was hot , taste,and was inhaling the herbal smell in it, and he even sat aside ,peacefully with his back rested on a bamboo chair and with a deep breath before he started to consume it. do you sense the difference in this short process of having a tea. :)
Your questions (indeed ours) remain unanswered. Those who got answers for themselves, don't explain it (because no one can understand it through anyone's explanations), and who tries to explain it haven't got the answers yet. Sadhguru throws more light on our path, guides us to seek answers ourselves, make room for more questions within, and bring everything to our awareness through one's own experience. This is exactly what drags us towards him even if we are left with more questions instead of answers. I think ready-made answers in the language that we currently are able to understand is not available.
first of all, Im not sure on what basis you've concluded that I am an athiest. Im not. But i don't believe in the god you believe either. I dont go to a temple and pray to a stone like you do. I don't go to any religious place or worship.
secondly, please show me evidence apart from from some silly writings on temples that your God exists and I'll definitely leave everything and will start my bhajans soon.
how much of a design is required for yourself to sip your own prepared coffee ......considering to sip it in the same quantity you sip every time, can you ...even think of achieving it......we don't have the capability of seeing if its same or not.... don't quantify or qualify life in terms of just appearance, there is lot more than that...
Natgarajgaru, namaskaram I lost my son on the 28 th of May. While caping on Mt.Rainier near Seattle He and 5 others were sleeping in 2 tents when the volcano shook the ground a bit, something that happens for 5 mins in 365 days, they wers thus pushed by the rolling stones and snow, a kind of avalanche, and were pushed a height of 3300 ft down the face of the mountain. The 2 guides were experts and in fact one of them had actually climbed this very one 50 times. My son too had climbed many higher mountains and this was the least worrying one.i am having kala bhairavi process done for him, but my queztion is hpw does one explain
such a death?
I did not say you were atheist, I said you have no valid argument to the statement that this article is outdated for this day and age. Simply put, it is much more common to hear this article's position expounded upon and espoused than not. It is quite current in our current day and age. This is true in that most believe both that there is a soul and in a heaven/hell scenario. Albeit the common view of heaven/hell or how to get to either may and does vary to the silly, they are still both the standard point of view. So I ask, how does one come to the conclusion that the idea of a soul or heaven or hell rate as outdated. In point of fact, you are more likely to meet someone who believes in an old man who lives in the clouds with a bag of change in one hand and a lightning bolt in the other (if you do well "ka-ching" if you do poorly "zap"), than to meet any other type of person. The general consensus is that one simply has a soul and an after life (or lives as the case may be). You could certainly not make a living betting against it. As for proof of a soul's existence the point is moot, either you believe or you do not. You will not create a soul will belief, nor will you remove your soul by not believing that you have one.
Nobody can explain you about birth or death or mukthi.. If someone think he/she can understand by reading or listening others talking , it is utter foolishness. Lets assume I had one new sweet today that you are not heard or tasted earlier. No matter how long or how brilliantly I talk, it is impossible for you to have the same feeling that I had while eating. Only way to get the actual feel is to taste it by yourself. Likewise if you want to realize these concepts like birth, death , re-birth , Mukthi etc- you have to feel it. Until then we cant say it is there or not there. Both will be equally non sense because we didn't experience it. In many religions they devised a way to attain Mukthi . So you pick a way (or pick a religion) and try how it must be tried. After properly tried it in a specified manner, then you claim its there or not. Until then please don't waste time by arguing or trying to explain.
Namaskaram Amma!
My heart felt condolence for you,
Life is eternal it is immortal, it can never die or born, our body itself is built of billions and billions of life , which has a natural capability to dissolve and evolve, but overall we are the same body of cosmic, like what ever we feel like falling down falls into itself. it is all about the matter of perception that we would like to identify ourselfs
All that he has done with his courage will be followed upon by right spirits
(All is play)The act of play can also be demonstrated with full of joy within the person who helped the demonstration.And what ever happens, it is some thing to learn for who perceives.
drinking too much will affect your body , these amount of knowledge is now considered as common sense , eventually smoking as well, cheating!!!! yes! if you want to cheat someone , that's you who needs to develop an ugly idea in your mind , were you will suffer from it , because you being a ignorant to develop and nurture a knowledge self empowerment , instead you want to drag someone down and feel like you are in the high , which that person don't believe so...
Well everyone has their points of view and so do I. Everyone is free to express their opinions and yes, my opinion about this article is that its outdated. People once believed that a locomotive steam engine train had a life and was a monster and so was the moon. But they are not aren't they ? Moon is a mere body of mass revolving around the sun. In the same way, the concepts of soul, heaven, hell and reincarnation came into mainstream propaganda when very little was known about the functioning of the universe, the big bang and mere existence of the dimension of time and the theory of relativity. Since those ideas originated from the church and other religious scholars, there is a degree of blind faith and fear to think of anything against those theories and listen to what science proves.
But as long as you are happy with your theories good for now. Ultimately everyone needs a good nights sleep at night and so do you and me.
The Ambit of life energy has not got the scope to discuss with our physical form and capabilities, we should raise our consciousness much more to even think about it. consciousness connects life energies and karmic energies, you will get solutions when you really look for it.
Nobody can explain you about birth or death or mukthi.. If someone think he/she can understand by reading or listening others talking , it is utter foolishness. Lets assume I had one new sweet today that you are not heard or tasted earlier. No matter how long or how brilliantly I talk, it is impossible for you to have the same feeling that I had while eating. Only way to get the actual feel is to taste it by yourself. Likewise if you want to realize these concepts like birth, death , re-birth , Mukthi etc- you have to feel it. Until then we cant say it is there or not there. Both will be equally non sense because we didn't experience it. In many religions they devised a way to attain Mukthi . So you pick a way (or pick a religion) and try how it must be tried. After properly tried it in a specified manner, then you claim its there or not. Until then please don't waste time by arguing or trying to explain
Life makes a compromise by using the principle of death for the continuation of life . The spirit can be poised in the principle of life , not matter . Death is a process of Life and not denial of Life ....! These are the words of Sri Aurobindo more convincing than any other argument .
If you can date with this article to its core reality you will not feel outdated,Even i am not sure if there is a soul are not, but i can't prove myself to authenticate like you did --> "there is no soul, period." <--.i am glad that you used the word complex for the human body ,and i still know that cpu's in computers could be replaced too..even the e waste or recycled and reused , i think you might know this . when such a simple device has something relevant to reincarnations and rebirth, why would a complex device like human body could not be,so ... is the question which arises in my mind with your conversation!
Yes it did take form, but not all of sudden , it took it's own time to take form, Why not we see life with the game that of its own design , we only always compare with models of the game that we designed .
It is unfortunate that we always want a game to see in a form of some kind of cricket or football or something that only we know!
Dont you like a game with out referee/audience/rule-maker?
When at the final stages of shaving off the information, that last piece of it we let go,contains the actual reason why we even decided to disassociate ourselves from the whole.
In other words, god creates the playground and then plays stupid just so he can fit into it.
Us trying to remember that particular reason (each individual is unique because of it), why we doubted the unity in the first place is playing stupid and the reason why we are born in the first place,remembering that reason is the mukti, or final shaving off. . .
Too complex to think or imagine when this game has started. But only logical answer I can think of is, when the energy started becoming matter with the BIGBANG, all this game started. The formless energy started taking different forms. But why it started and what triggered it is beyond my knowledge and imagination.
Just a newbie here. This is clear, how we (the soul) moves on from one body to another gaining information and maturing every birth it takes. Its somewhat like moving from Class 1 to Class 10 and then graduation and then the final release. What I also know is that all the information that I have gathered through all births can be revealed to me if I concentrate (meditate). What I cannot connect to us why am I able to see the future (1-2 yrs) happenings in advance in my dreams. Sometimes, the incidents are seen in the dream exactly as they occur later, and sometimes they are kind of vague but passing the same message. How do we explain this?
Sorry but this article is way too outdated to be read in the current day and age. There is no soul, period. There is no heaven or hell. Human body is one complex computer that is shut down during the process of death and once the cpu is shut down permanently, there is no booting it back. No reincarnations and no rebirth. its the END. Spirituality is a mythical concept that has no relevance.
Dear Shaitan,
I believed the same way you believed for years. But, I have another thought process on how life works. See if this works.
Human body is very much like a computer. However unlike a computer our body is a self driven machine. We have a life energy that runs us till death similar to electricity for computer.
Death merely means that your vital organs stop working. The organs are no more capable of taking the life energy to function. Similar to a burnt motherboard on computer.
When life energy cannot be used by the body, it dissipates out of it. In spiritual world, they call it as soul. This life energy has a property to support another machine, which is another body.
What we call it as mukthi is just to make this life energy convert into non-life energy. So that, it doesn't support any more bodies.
Hema if you do not know about it...There is a process called kala bhairavi karma at the isha yoga centre.. Sadguru says it is to bring some pleasantness to the passed soul.. If you want to do something for your son i would recommend this...For people who passed away earlier it can be done even after many days or in fact he says even after years...What you need is some used clothes of him.... You can consult at IYC for further information... And why this process is according to him..The passed soul doesn't have any discretionary mind..So once a drop of pleasantness given it multiplies....
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Well said! But what you said will have no takers, but people like Sadhguru ( no disrespect) will, because of the long winding explanations that keep the audience enthralled. Essentially there are two people. People like us who can acknowledge the truth and be happy for it and the second, who will try to find meaning in life and beyond because they are romantics.
Life is the growth of consciousness from within; the inner planes; life is a continuous process, this process does not end, it only focuses elsewhere; it does not end with what we call death; death is only the absence of life, which continues elsewhere. We attribute permanent loss and separation and feel great sorrow when we lose our loved ones as we believe that their passing from this world is in fact death. Life can never result in death as life is the continuing eternal growth of consciousness. If one discards the personal view and sees the eternal processional of souls to and from this plane, then it is clear that this is but a journey through which we pass. There is only one death; the fixity of consciousness is that death where the potency of the soul stagnates and cannot grow as per the divine law. There is no End Game, for spiritual growth is eternal.
What rational method of scientific deduction have you employed to come to your conclusion? I'm not aware of our current day and age having any proof either supporting or denouncing the presence of a soul. Atheism, Deism and Theism are ancient arguments not recent realizations. To say that the ancient opinion that spirituality is myth is current while spirituality is outdated is mere rhetoric. There are still more believers than non-believers and there always have been. I defy you to show any history or evidence to the contrary.
Sadhguru has mentioned that when the life energies are still vibrant and yet there is some unnatural death there can be consequences .Can anybody explain what might be the consequences ? My son who was a young healthy boy of 23 years recently committed suicide.. I want his soul to rest in peace.
The dimension that you haven't have experience doesn't exist for you is alright. But the issue is you believed that there isn't anything more than physical in life without trying to find iota of it. Had you had one moment of inner experience the theory that you are propounding would have dissolved in a moment. Nobody can give you evidence of that which doesn't come under the realm of intellect. It is a experiential dimension it only exists for the person who has penetrated little bit deeper in the self awareness and become conscious of it. Right now only thoughts, emotions and physical body is in your experience and you are passing the judgement about the deeper dimension of life. Don't waste your life with silly intellectual conclusions and misleading others. Its better to be truthful that you don't know than to claim that which you can't even comprehend
Before exploring i would just reduce bad or good karma as just karma, Any action that you perform is your karma, so any action that you perform affects your surroundings, may be in a good or bad way, so the only thing that we need to do is raise the conscious to the level , so that we reap good from our karma in future.


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CREST, the Centre for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies, is a €3.5m EU funded cross-border project aiming to help companies in the region to develop or adopt new renewable energy and sustainable technologies through the provision of targeted support and facilities.
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Wouldn't it be great if you could identify sales prospects just as they're starting to think about buying what you sell or -- even better -- before they realize they have a need? That way you can build a relationship, educate them and position your business as an expert in the field, all before they start exploring their options and talking to your competition.
That's exactly what Gary Nealon, president of RTA Cabinet Store, figured out how to do using Facebook. His new marketing strategy grew out of frustration with his rising online ad costs, which were increasing because searches for keywords like "buy kitchen cabinets" or "inexpensive kitchen cabinets" were becoming more competitive. The more interest in specific keywords, the higher the cost. RTA was getting priced out of its market.
Creating A Customer Avatar
Nealon began to explore how his cabinet business could reach or get in front of those same customers before they actually started thinking about buying the kitchen. "We did the deep dive into the profile or avatar of our customer," he explains. Nealon learned that RTA Cabinet Store had five very different customers and five different reasons they were buying. Those five customer segments include homeowner, contractor/builder, property investor and flipper, real estate agent and property manager. Then within each of those segments, Nealon says, "We can silo that down based off of what their income level is, what their motivations are for buying and all those kinds of things." The result has had a significant impact on the company's conversion rate.
As part of that deep dive, Nealon's team also explored the hobbies and interests of those segments and created new Facebook pages focused on those hobbies. That included cooking, gardening, barbequing, and golf. These were all "things that were the traditional hobbies of the people that were buying from us, but that [would allow us] to talk to them on a different level, without it being sort of a sales-y front," he says.
The cooking-focused page, titled We Love Cooking and Baking, now has more than 158,000 followers.
On the cooking page, and on its other hobby pages, Nealon's team posts three or four posts per day – sometimes as many as six. "We use a lot of memes, videos, things we find online," says Nealon, mixing in original content with existing content to initiate "light and fun" conversations with followers.
The company spends $500-1,000 to get a new page up-and-running with sponsored posts, to get momentum. Once established, RTA Cabinet Store spends $5-10 per day per page on Facebook ads, to drive new prospects to the pages.
The cabinet company had tried a branded Facebook page but prospects viewed it as a promotional vehicle. Consequently, they "had really low engagement" because visitors expected they would be sold to at some point, whether they wanted to be or not. They shied away.
In contrast, the Facebook pages that were focused on hobbies "got really high engagement," says Nealon. The followers on those pages quickly grew to 100,000, then 200,000. "Then we had this captive audience of people that we knew were our target market," he explains. "We just had to figure out a way to get them into our buying cycle."
Moving Prospects Off Facebook And Onto An Email List
Nealon's first step was to prepare a free digital download related to the hobby. For the cooking page, for example, he compiled a list of the top 10-15 recipes shared throughout the month and offered a link that took the consumer to the RTA Cabinet Store page to download the recipe book, in exchange for their email address.
RTA also sponsors giveaways on the pages to entice followers to identify themselves. To explain why a page devoted to, say, golf might have a kitchen giveaway, there is an explanatory message up top such as, "This cabinet company sponsored our page and they're doing a free kitchen giveaway," says Nealon.
Armed with the prospect's email address, RTA can then "put them through a really long, drawn-out soft-sell on why they should remodel their kitchen, so that it's easier to cook, etc.," says Nealon. That soft-sell campaign is an autoresponder series that consists of 15 different emails sent out over 60-90 days. It's "just to start dripping in the idea of getting a new kitchen."
As part of that series, the company might include some surveys, to help further segment prospects into different buckets to quickly learn what style of kitchen cabinets they like and how quickly they might be interested in buying a new kitchen. The goal is to get them onto the RTA Cabinet Store website.
The website is the hub, where downloadable materials are stored, and the Facebook pages dedicated to various hobbies the company's prospects are interested in are the spokes that feed into the hub.
Quickly Growing RTA Cabinet Store's Fan Base
Nealon's ultimate goal is to move Facebook fans, or followers, onto its proprietary email list and then into an autoresponder series designed to sell them on investing in new kitchen cabinets. But the first step is amassing fans, or followers. Nealon discovered a way to expedite the growth of his pages early on when the number of followers was below 100,000.
He discovered that on pages with fewer than 100,000 followers, the administrator has the ability to manually invite visitors to become followers - that is, visitors who may have liked a particular post, but haven't yet become followers of the page – can be contacted and, with a simple click, invited to like the page.
To do that, Nealon identifies posts that are doing well in terms of audience engagement. Then he clicks on the link that shows who liked or shared the post and then invites them to follow the page. "If you look at a post on Facebook, you'll have the like button, the comment button, and then right below that, it'll show you the thumbs up or heart or whatever. But what most people don't realize is directly to the right of that - that's a clickable link," he says. "So it'll bring up a list of everybody that liked that post or shared that post or whatever."
Every day, Nealon has someone on his team go through the top posts and manually invite people who liked the post to like the page. "So instead of having to run ads to get people to like your page, you're just inviting people that already liked the post," he says.
This tactic "increases the growth rate of the page pretty substantially," says Nealon, who considers this free traffic.
Reducing Customer Acquisition Costs
One of the unexpected benefits of building hobby-focused Facebook pages was that when RTA ran a sale on cabinets, the company could market to prospects on its pages using retargeting ads, rather than cold traffic ads. That had a positive impact on advertising expenses, driving down the per-customer cost from $120 to $12-20, or nearly one-tenth of the original cost.
Perhaps more important, RTA Cabinet Store could build "an insulated audience" that its competition couldn't touch, because they were using main key words and RTA was not.
Another bonus was that once the pages grew to hundreds of thousands of followers, Nealon's company could monetize them and generate additional income through on-page advertising.
Today, the company has 1.4 million followers on its various hobby pages on Facebook. Nealon estimates that the pages drive 10-15% of RTA Cabinet Store's sales, which average $3,000 per customer.


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Blazing India: Odisha's work not yet over
The state has certainly been able to reduce heatwave deaths by putting very strong prevention measures. However, its efforts to build long-term …
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ताकतवर हवाओं के कारण जहां पेड़ जड़ से उखड़ रहे हैं, वहीं राहत बचाव कार्यों की टीमें जानमाल के नुकसान की निगरानी कर रही ...
Slowing down winds make cyclones like Fani more severe, unpredictable
Here are the least understood aspects of climate science and how wind plays a crucial role in their behaviour
Phailin affects tourism in Odisha
Many villages near tourist sites in the state are dependent on tourism
Battered Odisha sounds Lehar alert
People in coastal areas who faced the fury of Phailin start stocking up provisions
How to fight heat wave, the Odisha way
Other states could take a cue from Odisha government on reducing the number of heat stroke deaths
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As Fani looms large, we should remember what a cyclone costs Odisha
Odisha, which is bracing up for the extremely severe cyclone that's predicted to make landfall on May 3, faces two natural disasters every year
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People in the state struggle to find their feet as the Bay of Bengal washes away one after the other village in Satabhaya
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It's easy to remember to replace things around your home like lightbulbs that go out or an empty toilet paper roll. But there are plenty of other things around your home that need regular replacing but don't show such obvious signs. And replacing these things can be important for avoiding germs and keeping your home clean and safe. To find out what they are, check out these 10 household items you're forgetting to replace (and how often you need to replace them).
Household Items You NEED to Replace Now!
1. Makeup
This is something I often forget to replace. I don't wear makeup every day so mine tends to last a long time. Much longer than I should keep it without replacing it.
Eye makeup like mascara and eyeliners should be replaced about every 3 months. Regularly replacing these items will help prevent eye infections.
Both powdered makeup and liquid, including foundations, blush, and eyeshadow needs to be replaced after about a year.
Makeup brushes don't need to be replaced, but they do need to be cleaned regularly.
2. Kitchen Sponges
Kitchen sponges need to be replaced every 2 to 4 weeks. More often if you wash all your dishes by hand. Wet sponges are bacteria traps.
Even with regular sanitizing in the dishwasher or microwave, you still need to replace them at least once a month.
3. Smoke Detector Batteries
Check your smoke detector batteries every 4 to 6 weeks to make sure they are still good. A smoke alarm isn't going to help you in the event of a fire if the batteries are dead.
Smoke alarms themselves have expirations dates too, often lasting about a decade. And you should check yours to see if the entire unit needs replacing.
4. Air Filters
Air filters in your home should be replaced every 1 to 3 months depending on how much dust you get.
If you have a reusable air filter, then cleaning it on approximately a 1 to 3-month basis is necessary to keep it functioning.
Some air filters have recommendations for how often to place them on the packaging from the manufacturer, so that is another great way to know when you need to set a reminder to replace them.
5. Pillows
If you've been sleeping on the same pillow every night for more than 2 years, it's time to get a replacement!
Pillows take in allergens over time and become unsafe to sleep on. You may even find you sleep better once you get a new pillow. So it's a good idea to set a reminder to replace your pillow every 2 years.
6. Fire Extinguisher
Because a fire extinguisher is something you rarely (or hopefully never) need, it's easy to forget they need replacing. But it does you absolutely no good that one time you need a fire extinguisher if it is no longer functional.
A fire extinguisher needs to be replaced after 10 to 15 years or anytime the needle of the pressure gauge drops out of the green area.
7. Spices
You need to replace the ground spices in your spice rack every 2 years. Whole spices can last up to 4 years. Dried leaf type spices have a 1 to 2 year shelf life.
And if your spices have an expiration date on the bottle, that should be your guideline for replacing them.
8. Toilet Brush
Your toilet brush regularly cleans one of the ickiest areas of your home. It needs to be replaced often. Think about having those germs just hanging out around your house forever. Not a great idea.
Replace your toilet brushes every 3 months to be on the safe side.
9. Loofahs
My family calls these bath puffballs, I've also seen them called bath poufs. Whatever you call the spongy thing you use to wash your body, it should be replaced every month.
Also, try to rinse them thoroughly and let them air dry completely between uses.
10. Toothbrushes
To make sure you're getting your teeth properly cleaned and not introducing bacteria to your mouth, replace your toothbrush or electric toothbrush head every 3 months.
Toothbrushes can hold on to bacteria over time. And they start to wear out and become less effective with use. Regularly replacing your toothbrush is the best way to keep your teeth and mouth clean.
Set Reminders to Replace Household Items!
When something needs to be replaced only every few months or years it gets difficult to keep track of how long you've had it.
The best way I've found to regularly replace household items is to set reminders. You can do this on your cell phone. Or on a paper calendar if you use one.
Or just make a plan to date everything and regularly check the dates. Find a system that works for you and keep your home cleaner and safer for your family.


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The Skinny on Skinning
This is possible if the programs' graphic resources are bit-mapped graphics files. They're usually collected together in a folder called Resources, Skins, Default, or something similar; when you load the program, it loads the various resources, locating them by file name. So you can pretty much change the graphics however you want, as long as you keep the same pixel size and don't change the file name.
So why would you want to do this, anyway? Part of it is the "hot-rodding" mentality and the desire to put our own stamp on things, but there are other reasons as well, such as increased legibility or functionality. For example, Figure 1 shows the original skin for Cakewalk's Session Drummer 2. The contrast is relatively low, and while it has a suitably muted look, I have too many instruments with a muted look and wanted something brighter.
Figure 2 shows the same screen after re-skinning. Not only is the overall look brighter and colorized, but there are some other details as well. Note that each pad now includes the MIDI numbers to which it responds — now I don't have to look this up in the online help each time I want to know this information. Furthermore, each drum pad actually has three different graphics: No drum loaded, no MIDI note being received, and MIDI note being received. I added the note numbers only on the "no MIDI note being received graphic" as it seemed that would be the only time I'd really care about the note numbers. If there was no drum loaded, it didn't matter; and if it was receiving MIDI notes, I must have figured it out already!
Also, check out the red MIDI note: This is the icon you drag to bring MIDI files into a track. As that's a pretty important function to me, I wanted it to stand out more.
These are fairly conservative modifications, of course. There are other, more involved skins for various products that seem more like a labor of love; redoing skins is not easy if the set of graphics is complex. For example, there have been several skins done for E-mu's PatchMix DSP. Many people feel the original look is hard to read (Figure 3), and have come up with new versions. You can find a bunch of skins to try out at www.productionforums.com/index.php?f, an unofficial E-mu forum on modifications and skinning.
However, my favorite is the skin that's downloadable from www.fierytrance.ru/skins7.htm. Check out Figure 4: To my eyes at least, this is a much "cleaner" and more readable skin, and it's now my default skin for PatchMix DSP.
Another program that allows some degree of re-skinning is Reason, as you can make your own Combinator panels. The only requirement is that the graphic be 754 x 138 pixels. Once you have your background, just choose "Select Backdrop" from the Combinator's Edit menu, navigate to a suitable graphic, and it will load. Figure 5 shows a custom Combinator backdrop on the top, and the default one on the bottom.
Again, although the issue of looks comes into play, so does functionality. If you have multiple Combinators in a Reason rack, giving them distinctive looks makes them much easier to parse.
Once you've located the folder with graphic resources that you want to modify, begin by copying the entire folder. Suppose it's called "Resources." Change the name of the copy to "Resources_original;" now you have a backup folder in case your experiments don't pan out, so you can work on the files in the "Resources" folder as much as you want. If you ever want to revert to the original files, just change "Resources_original" back to "Resources," and rename "Resources" to something like "Resources_modified."
Just about any decent graphics program can do simple tweaks like altering the brightness and contrast, changing saturation (increasing saturation makes colors "pop" more), and adding colorization (e.g., change a blue tint to a red one). And sometimes you might want to go in the other direction, converting something overly colorful to a sedate gray scale. You can even redo labels so that they're a different typeface or point size to increase readability, add your logo to the graphic, or go nuts with a pseudo-grafitti kind of vibe. It's your call.
Do realize, however, that all your work may be for naught when a new version comes out. If a screen gets moved around, or parameter fields get changed around, you'll probably have to redo at least some of the graphics.
But we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. If you're ready to get started, in addition to the software mentioned so far Cakewalk's Rapture, Dimension Pro, and Pentagon are all easy to re-skin. So get out that paint program, and get creative!


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I've spent thousands of hours giving workshops on using technology to teach. Exhausting but always practical and focused on allowing technology to be helpful and in the background as teachers teach and help students achieve their set language based objectives. It's not about the tech or twinkle but about the learning.
During the workshops, as usual, I go with "the group" and get off topic and take sidebars / untrodden paths. That's my style. But I always hit (for the most part) the core ideas and examples that I share through my blogs, community and work on EnglishCentral.
I always urge teachers to "muck about" and that it really isn't as hard as we think. Yes, it takes time but it pays off big time. It is more about the paradigm shift that needs to occur in each of us - as the above video highlights so well.
So here are my core, top 5 tips for teachers using technology in their teaching.
#1 Use technology only if it meets the lesson's language objective and enhances learning.
This may seem self evident but too often I think, teachers do bring in technology just for the buzz and thrill. They don't ask hard enough questions like, "is it the best way to help students acquire "x" language point?" "how long will it take?" "What's the cost/benefit compared to something else? ".
Fun, fizz is great but it really isn't the point of education. Engagement in interesting content is (for language learning). Stay focused on the language objectives and make sure any technology you use - really, truly helps that objective be reached.
The best way to use technology to meet the language learning needs of students is through a blended approach where tech is used by students individually and for self-directed study that extends the in class curriculum and gives them more practice time. Technology is best used in a small group or one to one - not whole class.
#2 Reliability. Make sure it works. Dry run it.
The internet is now much better and more reliable than it used to be. But still if you can, use tech offline where possible. It's easy nowadays to download the video for offline use and on my resources community EFL Classroom 2.0, I even provide teachers with direct download ability. Download swf files by right clicking and "save as". Save videos by using http://keepvid.com or audio by using http://vidtomp3.com . At a minimum, play a video all the way through before the lesson, that way it will be in your computer's cache and stream better.
Secondly, use video streaming services like EnglishCentral where the whole video caches first and then is fully available for use - you can jump through it instantly.
#3 Don't get lost in the forest. Find what works for you and stick with it!
Every day, hundreds of new applications, tools come online. I once tried to keep up and try everything. Nothing worse for a teacher! Just find a few tools or sites that you find suitable to your own teaching style and also your student's needs. Master them as much as you can and then use. Use a lot, your students will get used to them and benefit through that. Don't get lost in the forest of logos!
#4 Give students control. Get them using technology and make it interactive.
More about blended learning and students working directly with their own devices.
Technology works because it isn't static like a page of a book. It is dynamic and a teacher should treat it so. Students should be encouraged to use the classroom computer responsibly. Trust me, they can click and advance things just as well as you! If possible, use your school's library computers or computer lab. Get students using sites as homework or making games. Take a more "product" based approach with students - get them creating. Be it videos, games or all else. This truly is the best approach.
#5 Make friends with the "tech" guy at school or a competent colleague.
Your best friend at school should be the person in charge of the computers. Buy them a gift and get them working on your computer and making it purr. No technology guru around? Make friends with colleagues who have good technology skills and share something you do well in return. Teachers helping teachers.
So get out there and start preparing for Web 3.o - the future is already here and it is in the form of our students!
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Issue Date: October 3, 2016
CROs buy European drug company sites
Keywords: pharmaceutical chemicals, acquisition, contract manufacturing, contract research
Contract research organizations continue to expand their businesses by buying up big pharma's unwanted research and manufacturing sites. France's Oncodesign will acquire GlaxoSmithKline's François Hyafil Research Centre in Villebon-sur-Yvette, France. GSK will provide 57 employees and about $40 million over four years to support transfer of the site. China's Pharmaron, meanwhile, will buy a site in Hoddesdon, England, from an arm of Merck & Co. The site includes a research and process development facility for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and drug formulation. Merck will remain on the Hoddesdon site through a lease on the main office buildings. Earlier this year, U.S.-based Avara Pharmaceutical Services purchased AstraZeneca's API plant in Avonmouth, England; a UCB API plant in Shannon, Ireland; and an Astellas Pharma formulation and packaging plant in Oklahoma.
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text: HomeNewsKSHMR Teases More New Music In Facebook Video! Rajrishi Murthi April 13, 2017 News Photo Credit: Rukes KSHMR is back at it again! The renowned producer/DJ who has quickly become a fan favourite has been off to a great start in 2017, and isn't looking to stop any time soon. Having already previewed a ton of new music on the latest installment of his long running Welcome To KSHMR mix series, the LA-based producer isn't done just yet. A brand new video which was posted to his social media channels yesterday, fans were treated to a teaser which hints at one of KSHMR's many forthcoming tracks that are slated to be released soon. Boasting of signature Asian influences, a flute-led melody catches listeners' attention. Accompanied by mysterious visuals, no release details have surfaced till now. Watch the clip below and stay tuned for the latest updates! Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.


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When someone says "beast mode", Marshawn Lynch is probably the first person that comes to mind. And rightfully so. The guy was a beast on the football field.
But here at Joovv, there's someone else that we think is deserving of "beast mode" classification. And his name is Ben Greenfield. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Beyond Training and is one of the world's most influential individuals in health and fitness. He's done just about everything. From Spartan death races in negative 38 degree weather to Ironman triathlons, Ben has proven that he is an absolute beast!
Although he's a busy guy, Ben was gracious enough to participate in a Joovv AMA. So without further ado, here are Ben's answers to your questions:
What is the one fitness activity that you hate doing the most, but yields the best results?
Many people might think it's the cold shower (or the cold soak) or the long sauna sessions because so many people seem to want to shoot themselves in the head before doing these types of activities. But honestly, the one fitness activity that I hate doing the most, but yields the best results is silent meditation. The physiological benefits, the biological benefits, the mental and spiritual benefits all directly impact fitness. But it's so freaking hard for a hard-charging guy like me to go find a quiet place in the forest and to simply sit. To feel the air against my skin, to smell the air, to see the tiny intricate details of nature, and to hear the sounds around me. That is freaking hard. And although hate is a strong word, it's certainly very difficult for me to do. But you know what? I do it.
What is your favorite hack to maximize your sleep?
I use a cold air diffuser and I add several drops of essential oil of lavender, essential oil of rose, and essential oil of bergamot into it. I then diffuse the air next to me as I sleep. It's been shown to reduce salivary cortisol, increase activation of the parasympathetic nervous system, and initiates the production of Alpha brain waves.
Who can win in an arm-wrestling contest, you or Zach?
Me, hands down. Zack is big and he is strong. But I am stubborn and my lactic acid tolerance is through the roof. I know if I can hang on for the first minute, he is going down. :)
If I opened up your fridge right now, what would I see?
You'd see a lot! But there are two staples that I swear by. Number one is bone broth. I drink one to two cups of bone broth every day. It is chock-full of minerals, amino acids I don't get enough of (from things like steak or chicken), and plenty of other gut- and body-nourishing compounds.
The second staple is a chia seed slurry. I take one part chia seeds to ten parts water and I soak it in the refrigerator overnight. I then mix that with anything I want – lemon juice, dark chocolate, stevia, sea salt, you name it. So, bone broth, a chia seed slurry, and then just crap loads and crap loads of fresh vegetables.
Have you used red light therapy? Did it work?
Yes. I built an infrared sauna in my basement. You can read about it at bengreenfieldfitness.com/hackedsauna. It works amazingly well for everything from detoxification of metals to faster healing of injuries, to the adjustment of circadian rhythm (if I use blue light in conjunction with infrared light). I use near infrared lamps in that same sauna as well as in my office. Also, I use in-ear phototherapy, which is not technically red light therapy, but works similar in terms of optimizing circadian rhythm. And finally, I use the Vie light 810 device for nasal infrared therapy, which assists with sleep and shutting down any inflammation in the brain.
I used to be an avid fitness geek in my early 20's, but have gotten way out of shape over the past 10 years. What tests (blood, urine, etc.) should I consider having done since I'm sort of starting from scratch?
There are many, many tests you could consider. But, there are four that I recommend everyone do. First, a complete blood panel. Not the incomplete, crappy blood panel the average doctor might order. But a really good comprehensive blood panel. For example, check out the longevity panel at Greenfield Fitness Systems.
Second, a 3-day stool panel. Your gut changes from day to day, so any stool panel must last at least 3 days. It will tell you about parasites, yeast, fungus, bacterial imbalances and much more. Things going on inside your gut that a blood test won't tell you.
Third, a urinary hormone test, which is a new test. I used to recommend a salivary test, called an Adrenal Stress Index. Now, I recommend a much more comprehensive test for things like cortisol, adrenal fatigue, DHEA, testosterone, ets. This is called a Dutch test. And yes, it's a urine test. You can also see an example of that at Greenfield Fitness Systems.
And then finally, once in your lifetime, you should have your DNA tested from a website such as 23andMe. And you should export that data to a website like Promethease. That way, you can really dive into not only the history of your ancestors, but also the specific genetic markers you have. And eventually, you can tweak your diet and fitness program accordingly.
I know you're a big proponent of high-fat diets. But I'm getting bored with mine. What's your favorite healthy, high-fat meal?
You may not consider this a meal, but I do. I take an entire avocado and I put it in a blender along with two scoops of alkali-free dark chocolate, two teaspoons of cinnamon, a giant pinch of sea salt, a touch of vanilla extract or vanilla powder, and 1 scoop of hemp, pea or rice protein (since those agree with me better than whey). Finally, I add full-fat coconut milk. Then I blend it all up. Once that's blended, I top it with a handful of spirulina or chlorella bits, unsweetened coconut flakes, and cacao nibs. You will be in heaven.
What person of influence are you closely following right now?
That is a good question. I've never really had a person of influence that I follow and I've never really had someone who I would consider to be a mentor. I've always been a lone wolf. Perhaps it was because I was homeschooled K-12. I don't closely follow anybody. I know that may sound like a cop-out answer, but I have to be truthful. It's just not something that I've ever really done.
What is the one book that you've recommended the most?
Beside for my own (ha ha!), Beyond Training, the Bible is the book I recommend the most. Other than that, I would say Poor Charlie's Almanac, by Charlie Munger. It's full of important financial and life advice. Seeking Wisdom, which also features Charlie Munger, is a close second.
What 3 supplements can you not afford to live without?
The supplements with the most research and are the safest to use are as follows:
- Fish oil, 2-4 g per day.
- Creatine, 5 g per day.
- A full spectrum multivitamin. I use the EXOS multi-vitamin, 3 in the morning and 3 in the evening.
If I had to spend my money on any supplementation protocol, it would be those three.
I want to level-up my all-around game. Can you recommend 2-3 things I should do right now?
First, take a cold shower in the morning and a cold shower in the evening. Two to five minutes. Closer to five minutes is better. Second, practice intermittent fasting every day. That means that every single day, you have an 8 to 12 hour compressed feeding window. Don't snack, no cheating! And last (it's tough because there are so many choices), but I would say, journal every morning. More specifically, journal what you are grateful for as well as ways that you can help, pray for, or serve that day. In other words, journal unselfishly and focus on love and gratitude.
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Divided opinion: English Baccalaureate
Schools in England are now being measured according to how many pupils achieve grades A*-C in five core subjects - maths, English, two science qualifications, a foreign language and either history or geography.
This is in addition to the long-standing benchmark of the proportion of pupils gaining grades A*-C passes in maths and English GCSE and three other unspecified subjects, which could be vocational or GCSE courses.
The new measure, which is being published for pupils who took exams before it was announced, has divided opinion.
Liz Clarke, acting head, Shenfield High School, Essex: New system is a 'backward step'
Ms Clarke is concerned the government is putting pressure on schools to focus on more traditional academic subjects and says ranking schools on these subjects is "not the only route".
"A narrow academic course is not the right thing for all of our students. This is just narrowing down too much - for example, history and geography being the only humanities, where's RE?"
Ms Clarke says the new method for ranking schools creates a moral dilemma for school management.
"How can I, as the head teacher, and my colleagues try to promote the curriculum which would mean that the school does better in league tables if we believe that is at the cost of individual students?
"We've got a duty to provide what's best for individual students and not be directed and guided by the steer government tries to put on it."
Ms Clarke says the government was wrong to change the ranking system after the exams to which it relates.
"I'm angry because it's retrospective, quite apart from the fact that there needs to be much more discussion about whether it's an appropriate course for the majority of students."
Carolyn Roberts, head teacher, Durham Johnston School, Durham: New system benefits state pupils
Mrs Roberts finds herself agreeing with Education Secretary Michael Gove's new method for measuring school performance. She believes league tables have encouraged schools to discourage pupils from taking "harder" GCSEs.
"League tables have offered a perverse incentive to schools - schools have been tempted to provide courses that will confer league table success on the school," says Mrs Roberts.
Mrs Roberts says some pupils who join her comprehensive school in the sixth form "already have doors closed to them because of the GCSEs they have studied".
She feels strongly that state school pupils should receive the same access to traditional subjects as private school pupils who "always study a language and history and geography".
"If students in state schools are not offered those opportunities, then their competitiveness is reduced."
Mrs Roberts says opportunities should always be offered to a child, even if they are not going to get an A*.
"A pupil might enjoy geography and history but only be on target for an E - and schools should be prepared to go with that.
"Mine is a social justice position in which I find myself - slightly oddly - agreeing with Michael Gove."
But Mrs Roberts stresses the new approach should not be used as a stick with which to beat schools: "We need to get it right as a measure."
Libby Steele, head of education, Royal Society: Good news for science
Mrs Steele says the government's additional benchmark is a boost for science.
"The introduction of an 'English Baccalaureate' target is a logical step to ensure that young people receive a rounded education and are in a position to make better qualified decisions about their progression through the education system.
"With science identified as playing such a pivotal role in the UK's future economic prosperity, and the competition for university places and jobs escalating, the Royal Society hopes that pupils will recognise the value of choosing to study sciences to GCSE level and beyond."
Rev Jan Ainsworth, chief education officer Church of England: Concern over the omission of RE
Rev Ainsworth says the church is concerned that Religious Education is not included in the core five academic subjects under the new rankings method.
"Not only does RE have a very distinctive history in English education but it is very popular in schools.
"Many testify to RE being the only space on the curriculum where they can explore their own beliefs and values and engage with people of faith in that exploration," says Rev Ainsworth.
"This is underlined by new research among young people from the Religious Education Council of England and Wales, which shows that RE is a valued subject that leaves a lasting impression on those who study it.
She says the Church of England is talking to the government about the omission.
Teresa Tinsley, Cilt, the National Centre for Languages: Raises the profile of languages
Ms Tinsley believes the new benchmark will encourage more pupils to keep up with language study.
"We welcome the Baccalaureate as a way of increasing the numbers of pupils studying languages and raising the profile of languages in schools."
But she warns that some languages departments in schools will need reinvestment after languages were made optional in September 2004 for children at the age of 14.
"We are worried that there will be some challenges for schools, where language departments have been reduced over the years, in rebuilding their departments."
Ms Tinsley is also urging schools to teach languages for their own sake, not just a a means of meeting the English Baccalaureate.
"It's important we go for hearts and minds on languages - see them as a valuable subject - rather than just a means to meet targets."
Sally Russell, co-founder Netmums: More information, but more confusion for parents
Mrs Russell says, while Mr Gove's new measure gives parents more information, there is a risk that parents will be confused.
"More information being available is always good. But I think having a new measure will lead to a lot of confusion amongst parents. Does it mean that a good school is now not so good?"
Mrs Russell says the new benchmark of pupils achieving good grades in five academic subjects opens up a debate of what subjects should be taught.
"Are these core subjects right for all children?"
Kevin Stannard, Girls' Day School Trust: Mixed view
Mr Stannard says the emphasis ministers are putting on academic rigour is important.
He says: "We greatly welcome government recognition of the importance of a broad and balanced senior school education, measured through rigorous exams in academically challenging subjects and including humanities and languages as well as in other core curriculum areas."
But Mr Stannard believes the term baccalaureate is confusing, as it is associated with sixth-form study. He also expressed concern at the speed with which the new measure was brought it.
"Decisions on which subjects to include will influence curriculum choices in future, but they have no effect on the cohort measured last year. Policy-makers need to be aware that changing exams and schools' performance measures can have undue, unintended and unfortunate implications for teaching and learning."
The trust is also concerned that ancient history is on the list of acceptable humanities subjects, but classical civilisation or religious studies are not.
Rick Muir, associate director Institute for Public Policy Research: New system disadvantages poorer pupils
The Institute for Public Policy Research fears the new system for ranking schools will divert resources away from the poorest pupils.
Mr Muir says, by focusing on five core subjects - dubbed the English Baccalaureate - the government puts the emphasis on higher-achieving pupils.
"The problem is that very few students from disadvantaged backgrounds actually take those subjects, they won't be motivated to take them.
"Ministers are now incentivising schools to focus their efforts on middle-class children who do well in these subjects."
He also says ministers are putting contradictory pressures on schools by introducing two different targets.
"Michael Gove is pushing schools in two different directions: on the one hand he is measuring success according to how many of their pupils get the English Bacc, and one the other hand he has set a floor target that 35% of all pupils in a school should get 5 A*-C GCSEs including English and maths."
Deborah Annetts, chief executive Incorporated Society of Musicians: Concern over the omission of music
Ms Annetts says many subjects, including music, will be overlooked as schools focus on a limited number of subjects for league table purposes.
"Not only are there challenges for music education in terms of funding and structure, but also music's place in the curriculum is under threat," she warns.
"The government must stop, look and listen before it takes a seriously wrong step, jeopardising music education for generations to come."


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Working Wednesday. It's all about that work, work, work SOHH why not get things going with Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa finding common ground? Speaking of duos, did LeBron James just bless Odell Beckham Jr. with the greatness in foot apparel? On a random af note – did Lil Mama really confirm she's been Bow Wow this whole time? All this coming up in SOHH Whatcha Think.
1. Bash Time
Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa look like they've been on great times as of late and if there's one thing that always brings them back together it's their mini-me – Bash. It's already been five years and they made sure to go all-out with his b-day shout-outs. Their IG pages have the celebrations:
Is he a top celebrity baby? Can you believe it's been five years already? Think he'll get into the music biz or modeling? #SOHHWhatchaThink?
2. Secure The Bag
Is LeBron James out here really hooking up his peeps with blessings on blessings on blessings? While it may be Yeezy season, King James is making sure New York Giants stud Odell Beckham Jr. is Nike'd up. OBJ's Instagram Story has the hook-up:
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— SOHH (@sohh) February 21, 2018
Are you messing with LeBron's kicks? Are you a fan of the Soldier series? Think King James has some fresh kicks on deck for his NBA playoffs run? #SOHHWhatchaThink?
3. Bow Mama
Wait – all this time, has Bow Wow really been Lil Mama? Or maybe Lil Mama's been Bow Wow? It looks like Mama finally caved into the never-ending jokes and joined in. Her Instagram page has the funniness:
💀 📸 @LilMama Really tho???? 😂 🛑 pic.twitter.com/MQYDJwK20Q
— SOHH (@sohh) February 21, 2018
Are you in tears? Should Bow Wow respond? How has this not made breaking news? #SOHHWhatchaThink?
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Who would have thought that sending a photoshopped picture imposing the face of an old flame on another person's body could land you in jail! Rustan Ang certainly did not think so. For that mistake, he now has to spend some downtime sharing bunks with hard-core criminals, while contemplating the stupidity of his actions.
Rustan and Irish used to date, until Irish discovered Rustan's other pregnant girlfriend. And just like what any sane girl would do in such a situation, she broke up with him. Despite the none-too-subtle split, Rustan continued to pester Irish with numerous text messages pleading her to take him back. Irish tried to ignore Rustan's endless barrage of SMS … but one particular message was a bit harder to ignore.
One early morning, Irish received through multimedia message service (MMS) a picture of a naked woman with spread legs and Irish's face superimposed on the figure. The sender's cellphone number was identified to belong to Rustan.
Not content, Rustan persisted in texting Irish threatening to unleash scandalous photoshopped-pictures of Irish in the internet. Distraught, Irish sought the assistance of the Vice Mayor who ordered the arrest of Rustan. For the single act of sending a nude picture photoshopped to look like Irish, Rustan was charged and convicted with violation of Section 5(h) of R.A. 9262.
Incidentally, this case illustrates the point that Rules of Electronic Evidence is not applicable to criminal proceedings. Rustan questioned the admissibility of the photograph. Considering that the picture was sent through text, it constitutes an electronic document. Thus, Rustan claimed that the photograph should have been authenticated by means of an electronic signature, as provided under Section 1, Rule 5 of the Rules on Electronic Evidence. The Court however, clarified that the Rules on Electronic Evidence apply only to civil actions, quasi-judicial proceedings and administrative proceedings … and not to criminal actions.
So boys and girls, the next time you think about poking fun at someone and photoshopping their bodies to resemble that of a porn star, think about Rustan Ang and the possibility of being bunk buddies with him in Bilibid Prison.
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I love holidays – I mean, I wouldn't have a travel blog if I didn't! Much as I don't scrimp on my holidays – I don't spend money that I don't need to spend, and here I'm going to share my top tips with you on getting your holiday for a great price!
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Where are you going?
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MetropiaDVD - 2010
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Recalls the Orson Well's version of The Castle by Kafka.
Both really aren't [linear] stories as much as reiterations of hopelessness. [It takes fantasy, animated or not, to do social realism effectively!]
So don't look for a plot here, because it will underwhelm. The plot is the style, the scenery.
Is a bleak wasteland pretty, or fun? No. Does it have its own beauty, its own legitimacy? Yes.
The animation style here has moments of poignancy but it is overall depressing.I'd sooner have the existential plight triumph over conventional plot than the reverse. Compare Metropia to Dark City. In the latter the coercion of the social is masked by entertainment.
So, while i respect the directors decision to keep it bleak, I think it would have been more successful as a shorter animation, of five to ten minutes.
"Metropia" certainly wasn't no "Metropolis", nor was it worthy of being compared to "1984", either._____ Metaphorically speaking, I found "Metropia" to be the sort of movie that began at a severe disadvantage with it already having one foot firmly planted in the grave. And, then, from that point it basically buried itself so deeply in its own bleak blandness that it inevitably rendered itself completely and forgettably dead._____ Not only was "Metropia's" style of CG animation very difficult to get used to (it was saturated with exceedingly grubby and ugly imagery), but, its story never succeeded in getting anywhere near to being in the least bit interesting, nor thought-provoking._____ But, hey, if you, yourself, greatly enjoy animated, Sci-Fi stories where the characters all seem to come across as being a collective bunch of non-descript schlumps (and, even the sex scenes are schlumpy and not worth paying much attention to), then, yes, perhaps "Metropia" may be the right movie for you._____ And, after seeing "Metropia", if you come to the conclusion that its story has a decidedly "been there/seen that'" familiarity to it, then, you are so right. It does.
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I picked up The Gentlewoman magazine yesterday whilst I was browsing in WHSmith to escape the pouring rain of London town. The cover featured Inez Van Lamsweerde, fashion photographer and one half of the Dutch duo Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin. Since speed reading the article I have been looking back through past issues of Paris Vogue, where their work features heavily and this editorial captured me. I love the sculptural shapes of the models, the beach backdrop almost rendered useless as if it is artificial, and the eye popping colour. Well, these things and the fact they're just darn pretty images to look at.
I will be trotting off to Smiths later to actually buy the mag and have a proper read of the interview.
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