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Mindfulness Therapy May Ease Stress for Those with Weight Problems
A new Penn State study finds that for some population groups, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) appears to be a better method to relieve stress than traditional health education.
Researchers performed a clinical trial on eighty-six women age ≥ 18 years, with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2. Women were randomized to eight weeks of MBSR, or health education, and followed for 16 weeks.
Investigators discovered the MBSR group displayed increased mindfulness and decreased stress compared with health education. In addition, fasting blood sugar levels decreased within the MBSR group, but not within the health education group.
"Our study suggests that MBSR lowers perceived stress and blood sugar in women with overweight or obesity. This research has wider implications regarding the potential role of MBSR in the prevention and treatment of diabetes in patients with obesity," said Dr. Nazia Raja-Khan, lead author. The study appears in the journal Obesity.
As a background to the study, investigators explain that more than two-thirds of US adults are overweight or obesity, which increases their risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Stress could exacerbate obesity and its cardiometabolic conditions by impeding the adoption of healthy behaviors, and altering body chemistry. Researchers observed, however, that there is a lack of effective interventions targeting stress in obesity.
As such, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), the most researched mindfulness-based intervention, may be beneficial for reducing stress and cardiometabolic risk among overweight or obese individuals.
Potential mechanisms by which MBSR could improve cardiometabolic outcomes include physiological changes in cortisol and catecholamines, psychological changes in depressive and anxiety symptoms, self-regulation, resilience, and coping, and behavioral changes in diet and physical activity.
Mindfulness-based interventions, including MBSR, have been shown to decrease stress in various patient populations. Mindfulness-based eating awareness training, developed for binge eating disorder, reduces binge eating episodes, improves self-control, and may promote weight loss.
Mindfulness-based interventions have also been preliminarily shown to improve glucose and blood pressure in patients with diabetes.
In the study, participants randomized to MBSR received the standard MBSR program consisting of instructor-led weekly 2.5-hour sessions for eight weeks and a six hour retreat session. One adaptation to standard MBSR was that participants were asked to do only 25 to 30 minutes of daily home practice instead of the standard 45 minutes.
There were no other changes to the standard MBSR curriculum, including no changes to the type or content of meditation practice. The instructor who led the MBSR intervention was well qualified, having completed professional MBSR training and with nine years of experience training others in mindfulness.
During the study, the MBSR instructor received regular guidance from a supervisor highly experienced in teaching MBSR. The MBSR intervention lasted eight weeks. Between eight and 16 weeks, participants were encouraged to continue with the daily home practice, but there was no contact from intervention staff.
All participants in the MBSR and health education groups were given the same written guidelines on diet and exercise, which consisted of the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' "General, Healthful Nutrition" handout and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Physical Activity and Health" webpage.
These guidelines were the only information that was the same across both groups. The MBSR group did not receive any additional health education other than these guidelines.
The health education group was taught by a registered dietitian who delivered additional diet and exercise information. To control for instructor attention and group support, the health education group also received instructor-led, weekly, 2.5-hour sessions for eight weeks and a six hour retreat.
During sessions, the health education group received lectures and participated in learning activities about diet, exercise, general stress management, and the diagnosis, symptoms, complications, and treatments for obesity.
Participants practiced exercising with cans, resistance bands, balls, and chairs and created their own exercise plan. They reviewed their own food logs and identified foods high in sodium and fat and low in fiber, as well as foods that were good protein choices.
They created meal plans for themselves. During the stress management session, they wrote down what caused them to be stressed and what they did when they were stressed (e.g., ate more, cried). This was followed by a discussion on how to relieve stress.
General stress management was included in the health education group to minimize the bias of subject expectations. The health education group did not receive any mindfulness. The MBSR group received a more extensive discussion on stress and practiced using mindfulness to respond to stress, which is a key component of the MBSR curriculum.
Because weight loss is not a part of the MBSR curriculum, all subjects were informed at enrollment that the primary focus of the study was stress reduction, not weight reduction. They were informed that the study was being done to determine the effects of stress reduction on glucose, blood pressure, and overall health.
To limit subject expectation bias, subjects were not told that one program was hypothesized to be more effective than the other. They were told that the study was being done to test two different stress reduction programs, one of which is combined with health education.
Future studies are needed to determine whether a sustained increase in mindfulness with a longer mindfulness-based intervention would result in even greater and more long-term benefits.
Source: Penn State/Wiley
Nauert PhD, R. (2018). Mindfulness Therapy May Ease Stress for Those with Weight Problems. Psych Central. Retrieved on October 28, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/news/2017/07/10/mindfulness-therapy-may-ease-stress-for-those-with-weight-problems/123029.html
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Resilience: Remembering PulseUCF Art Gallery
The UCF Art Gallery presents an exhibition of photographs, quilts, paintings, stories and more to honor the victims and LGBTQ+ community on the one-year anniversary of the Pulse shootings. Opening Reception: Thursday, June 8, 2017, 4-6pm The exhibit is made possible by the Citizen Curator Project and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Admission is free Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. …Events at UCF View Event
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Blood drives are one of the many ways our Knight family demonstrates its giving spirit. Come join us on the Big Red Bus! Knights Bleed Black & Gold! Visit http://BloodDrives-UCF.org for information for students, faculty, and staff regarding drives, events, volunteering, blood donor facts, advocacy, and UCF training and educational opportunities.Students, faculty, and staff interested in working with the Knights …Events at UCF View Event
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Have you considered how you want to be perceived by students in the classroom? How will you know if you have reached your objectives in that area? Instructors should not be replicas of one model, and in this workshop, we will identify individual strengths in order to develop our own unique instructor personas. Students must register for all workshops through …Events at UCF View Event
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Learn to evaluate the worth of the whole package, and know what's important to you. RSVP via our new system Handshake, that is replacing KnightLink for all workshops this summer! Students must RSVP for all employer-led workshops, Lunch and Learns, and information sessions and arrive promptly by the start of the session. However, walk-ins will be accepted only if space …Events at UCF View Event
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Overcome fears and anxiety related to networking by using outcome based thinking. Learn what to do before, during and after a networking event. Students must register for all workshops through their myUCF Student Center under Graduate Students then Pathways to Success.Events at UCF View Event
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This event will provide detailed information about the UCF Executive MBA program including curriculum, learning outcomes, schedule and program format, international residency and cohort feature. EMBA alumni will also be at the event to speak about their unique experience with the program. Register at www.ucfembajun1.eventbrite.com.Events at UCF View Event

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Scrambling to respond to the success of Google DeepMind's world-beating Go program AlphaGo, South Korea announced on 17 March that it would invest $863 million (1 trillion won) in artificial-intelligence (AI) research over the next five years. The commitment includes an already-budgeted 138.8 billion won for 2016; if the rest is spread evenly over the following four years, it represents a 55% increase in annual funding for AI. The windfall includes money for the founding of a high-profile, public–private research centre with participation from several Korean conglomerates, including Samsung, LG Electronics and Hyundai Motor, as well as the technology firm Naver, based near Seoul.
"Thanks to the 'AlphaGo shock', we have learned the importance of AI before it is too late"
The timing of the announcement indicates the impact in South Korea of AlphaGo, which two days earlier wrapped up a 4–1 victory over grandmaster Lee Sedol in an exhibition match in Seoul. The feat was hailed as a milestone for AI research. But it also shocked the Korean public, stoking widespread concern over the capabilities of AI, as well as a spate of newspaper headlines worrying that South Korea was falling behind in a crucial growth industry.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye has also announced the formation of a council that will provide recommendations to overhaul the nation's research and development process to enhance productivity. In her 17 March speech, she emphasized that "artificial intelligence can be a blessing for human society" and called it "the fourth industrial revolution". She added, "Above all, Korean society is ironically lucky, that thanks to the 'AlphaGo shock', we have learned the importance of AI before it is too late."
Quick reaction
Korean scientists told Nature that the AI research institute was already in the planning stages, and was originally intended to open in 2017. The science ministry, however, says it was on track to open by this June. However, AlphaGo's success has prompted the government to accelerate plans for the institute. Science ministry official Kim Yong-soo said that they hope it will open as soon as possible, but that the exact date depends on the companies involved. The institute is likely to be located in Pangyo, a technology city just south of Seoul.
Korean AI researchers who spoke to Nature expressed concern that the new initiative is short-sighted, and a knee-jerk reaction. "It will help, but more consistent support is required," said Kwon Hyuk-chul, an AI researcher at Pusan National University in Busan.
"I'm very sorry to hear that the government is interested in investing a lot of money in mostly industry, not universities," said one machine-learning professor at a leading Korean university, who requested anonymity in order to talk openly about the policy. "Industry will probably get some useful applications for making some product, but they are basically not interested in the research itself."
South Korea already funds two high-profile AI projects: Exobrain, which is intended to compete with IBM's Watson computer, and Deep View, a computer vision project. The combined 80 billion won had already been allocated to these projects over the next five years is included in the 1 trillion won figure, science ministry official Lee Jae-beom told Nature.
Ready, steady, Go
The international Go community has probably not seen the last Go showdown between a human and a machine. Two days before the AlphaGo match began, deep-learning start-up firm NovuMind challenged the Chinese professional Go player Ke Jie to a computer match. Based in California's Silicon Valley, NovuMind was founded in 2015 by Ren Wu, a former deep-learning researcher at Baidu, the Chinese web-services giant.
The terms of the match have yet to be formalized, says Wu, but he is confident that they will be signed soon. The 18-year-old Ke Jie defeated Lee Sedol in an international tournament held in China in January, and is currently the world's top-ranked player at GoRatings.org — just ahead of AlphaGo.
The developers of two other Go-playing programs, called Zen and CrazyStone, are also working on enhanced deep-learning versions.
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On the one hand, your parents tell you to go to school, do homework, go to sleep on a clock, go to church, take care of your siblings, clean the house, blah blah blah. On the other hand, they tell you that you need to grow up, take responsibility, stop acting like a child. They tell you that you won't be able to survive on your own.
At school, teachers tell you everyone can be successful while making you feel stupid at the same. They tell you to do your homework, but often don't put in grades for the work you've completed. They say they hate being around kids even though they chose teaching as a career.
As juniors and seniors in high school, we are expected to act like adults, but we get treated like children. Until June 13, seniors are told they are children who cannot make their own decisions. After June 13, they are suddenly expected to turn into adults.
Sometimes everything feels rigged against us, but we can change that. It's up to us to make the change.
Students in Parkland, Florida witnessed a mass murder in their school. They are survivors, and they are trying be proactive to change society by standing up for gun control. Some so-called adults are being disgusting in their response to the Parkland students. These people are belittling these brave young adults and treating them like children without valid voices or opinions.
Adults may disregard the opinions of teens, but that doesn't mean our opinions don't matter. The student survivors of Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida are proof that teenagers are capable of so much.
We at Curie haven't survived a mass shooting, but we are survivors, too. We have survived the violent deaths of our classmates and friends. We have survived a school system that some politicians are trying to destroy. We have survived the deportations of friends and family members. We have survived poverty and economic struggle. We have survived discrimination and police harassment. Some of us travel for hours just to get to school on public transportation. Some of us live our lives with daily fear of deportation. Many of us are afraid to walk home alone in the dark.
Just like the students in Parkland, we are survivors. Just like them, we have voices that need to be heard.


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Scout's Moving TipsContact Kayla about this post
Moving from one home to the next is one of life's unavoidable stressors, and it can be hard on both your body and your mind. Once, while moving, I was involved in a minor car accident. Another time, I'd loaded up my 1960 Cadillac Coupe de Ville, only to have the car not start. Gah!
I've found that the best thing you can do for yourself and for those around you is to stay as organized as possible. Simple, right? Here are some tips to help keep you sane and on track:
Make a List:
I like lists. I might make too many of them, but I'm also pretty organized (proof that they work!). I'd suggest creating a basic list of important dates and decisions on your relocation timeline, presented here in handy list form:
* Move-in date of new place/old place
* Which large items do I need to sell/give away/donate before I move?
* What items should I keep out (ie: toilet paper, shower curtain, towels, etc)?
* Utilities stop/start dates
* Boxes and packing tape
* Redirecting mail – and put aside an hour to update your address on all your online accounts (there're more than you think!)
It's pretty satisfying checking off items on your list as you go. And make sure to update your calendar with reminders for important dates.
Organize Your Stuff:
As the moving date looms, it's tempting to just throw everything in a box in the hope that it will sort itself out on the other end. Save yourself a lot of unnecessary angst by boxing things that belong together, and labeling them so you know exactly where they go once they arrive at your new home – that way, you aren't digging around for your straightening iron in a box of pots and pans. You can easily access great preprinted labels online.
Use the Right Moving Supplies:
Stuffing all of your clothes into the backset of your car or a giant garbage bag might work, but it's so much easier (and safer) to use sturdy boxes, bubble wrap, garment-moving boxes, tape, markers, plastic storage bins, etc. You can easily source free moving supplies on social media sites, such as Facebook, NextDoor, or your local Buy Nothing group. Tip: Get started early! You can pack inessential things such as books and seasonal clothes well ahead of time to keep your stress levels low.
Ask for Help:
Asking for help when moving is perfectly acceptable, but make it as easy as you can for yourself and obliging friends. Have a solid plan in place, and ensure everything is packed and ready to move. If a friend helps you, remember: food + drink = moving day currency. And the next time someone asks for help moving, pass along that good karma by jumping in and lending a hand. And, if you can afford it? Just hire someone to move your stuff for you. That's 60% of the stress off your plate, right there.
Prepare Your Budget:
Between the moving truck, gas, and other supplies – plus your new security deposit, pet deposits, and first month's rent – you're likely talking a few thousand dollars in a short amount of time. Make sure you have the necessary funds available to you, as well as a little padding for unforeseen expenses.
Set Up Utilities:
Before moving day, remember to turn off your electricity, gas, and cable/Internet service at your current address for the day you move out (or the day you clean the apartment – a vacuum cleaner doesn't run on good intentions). And sign up and turn them on at your new address for the day you move in. Advance planning is key, especially for cable installation, which often has a long waiting list at the beginning of prime moving months.
Take Measurements:
It's really, really important to make sure your furniture will fit through your new doorway, and it's surprising how many people overlook this step. It would be such a shame to have to part with your favorite piece of heirloom furniture because it got jammed in a stairwell.
Clean, Clean, Clean:
Find out what it takes to get the deposit back on your old place. This might mean sweeping, vacuuming, scrubbing, and possibly spackling or painting. Tip: Photograph your old place after cleaning, and your new home before you move in. Documenting the state of the property could protect you from losing your deposit due to damages you shouldn't be responsible for!
Remember Your Pets!
Moving takes a toll on your furry friends, too. Make sure they can't sneak out while you're loading the van – especially cats, who notoriously hate disruption to their routine. If your pets have a microchip, get your new address updated at your veterinary clinic ahead of time, just to be safe. And be sure to schedule walks and pick up treats!
Take Care of Yourself:
Stay hydrated, keep snacks around, and order delivery instead of worrying about preparing meals. Set up your new Postmates/Instacart/Caviar account before your move. Moving day can be exhausting, and you need to be full of energy to get everything done.
Hopefully this helps with your next big move – did we miss anything? Let us know!


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Varsity Wrestling · Howland Duo Heads to States in Wrestling
Howland's upperweight duo of Brandon Matlock and Chris Julian set a goal last year while sitting inside the Schottenstein Center. It was to have both of them competing in the state tournament as seniors. They reached that goal Saturday at the district tournament. Matlock, who placed fourth at the state tournament last year, took second


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Apple expects to have its iPad mini with cellular on sale in China by the end of January, CEO Tim Cook has revealed during his trip to the country this week. The launch news – which follows the release of the WiFi-only iPad mini in China back in early December – was confirmed by Cook in an interview with Tencent, though its LTE connectivity may not be of particular use.
That's down to incompatibility between the iPad mini cellular's 4G modem and the LTE networks in operation in China, an issue that has affected usability elsewhere in the world since the 7.9-inch tablet's release. Still, the 3G will be supported, making for easier connectivity on the move.
The cellular version is already up for preorder in China, in both black and silver, with pricing beginning at 3,488 Chinese yuan ($560) for the 16GB version. Apple's online store gives no indication of specific release date, only saying that there's currently no supply.
Demand for the iPad mini in China had been expected to be high, and according to Cook that strong interest is indeed panning out. The CEO has previously suggested that China is the next big growth market for Apple – not an unusual opinion in the consumer electronics industry today – and is visiting the country to meet with suppliers, regulators, and others to discuss Apple's further expansion.
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Happy Birthday Thom Yorke
Posted on October 6, 2011 by Josh and has 23 comments.
It's Thom Yorke's 43rd birthday today. In honor of his birthday, I posted some clips of him from over the years. Happy Birthday Thom!Read more
Thom Yorke and Ed O'Brien on The King Of Limbs
Posted on October 6, 2011 by Josh and has 38 comments.
Earlier today Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Ed O'Brien appeared on NPR's All Things Considered to speak about The King Of Limbs. This was the first interview that the band has given on the album:Read more
Chieftan Mews Tweets
Posted on October 6, 2011 by Josh and has 3 comments.
Earlier Chieftan Mews sent out a message(s) on Twitter. (He's been asking a question every week since August 4th): "#1/10: Was/Is this all a w.a.s.t.e. of your/our time? Stay detuned.. .. .. .. .. .␄" (Could something new be released on the W.A.S.T.E. store soon?) And he tweeted. "Like you, once again, I am a […]Read more


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The effectiveness of a car wash's chemistry determines the performance of the wash equipment and the quality of the end wash provided to customers. Understanding this chemistry, the function of the products in use, and the various factors that influence this function is key for proper car wash performance—as is partnership and service from a reputable chemical vendor.
However, despite the central importance chemistry plays, wash operators and managers frequently neglect cultivating the expertise necessary for close inspection and fine-tuning of the chemical action at their own wash, instead passing the responsibility of chemical management and service to outside vendors or salespeople. With wash quality as a critical hedge against any local competition, it is up to each car wash operator and their team—and only them and their team—to protect and guarantee that quality.
In-House Chemical Management Benefits
Any quality chemical vendor and their representatives should be able to not only evaluate the overall cleaning and drying performance of a wash and perform routine chemical services, but train the wash's staff to do the very same, giving local car wash teams the ability to closely monitor their own wash performance, respond to changes, and jointly manage chemical services in the future.
In particular, this training should cover:
- When and why a product should be adjusted
- What compromises the product line makes (there will be several)
- At what dilution each product starts and stops performing
- How the various services may interact
- What proper chemical performance looks like vs. subpar performance
- All safety procedures are necessary for chemical management tasks
- What stock levels must be maintained to guarantee that services are never unavailable
.Carwash chemical management isn't magic. The backroom knowledge and procedures involved typically require less than a day of training for staff members to learn, and keeping chemical management in-house can often save local washes over $5,000 annually when compared to the exact same services provided by a chemical vendor or salesperson. Savings may be even greater given that direct freight from a vendor is more efficient and costs significantly less than distributor warehousing fees.
The Right Approach to Chemical Adjustments
"Manage wash quality by micro, and manage costs by macro."
Small adjustments to car wash chemistry and detergent application are important and should be made by staff on a regular basis. However, these small, regular adjustments must come from the mindset that the quality of the wash provided to customers is paramount—even over costs. Operators should never attempt to minimize chemical overhead by metering application levels over short-term intervals, as variations in small sample sizes (a higher than average number of long vehicles, for instance) can distort results, leading to subpar performance and customer dissatisfaction once settings have been changed.
Instead, wash operators—with assistance from their chemical providers—must take a long-view and simultaneously monitor both car-to-car wash quality and the monthly cost and chemical usage (per car). This longer-term, high-sample-size approach allows trends to even out and costs to stabilize, so that operators can make better and more informed strategic chemical choices without sacrificing wash quality.
Regional and Seasonal Challenges
In addition to small changes made for wash quality or strategic adjustments made to manage costs, it will be necessary to adapt various chemical applications in order to meet the different and changing challenges posed by various climates and regions. These challenges can be diverse, with bugs, mud, sand, road salt, water hardness, or even high-demand conditions all requiring changes to the dilution of a wash's product, how much product is applied, or even what product lines are used for various services—and there are no true one-size-fits-all solutions.
Remember, all local car washes in an area will struggle with the exact same conditions, so consider how you can solve those challenges and by doing so set your wash apart from the competition. This very opportunity is why so many top operators spend significant time at the exit of their wash, monitoring wash quality and taking the time to carefully optimize wash production on a regular basis.
Choosing Chemical Vendors and Products
With chemistry as the cornerstone of your wash's quality/value proposition, trusting a chemical salesperson exclusively to make all decisions regarding your wash's chemistry is rarely the best option. Instead, select a provider willing to work with you as a partner, prioritizing your success, training your staff, and providing support for the long haul.
Start by asking potential providers if you can visit another paying customer's tunnel to see their products in action, or invite the vendor to set up a free test of one thousand vehicles. If your provider has no regional customers who are using their products with great results, or if they are not willing to let a prospect run a trial before being trusted with that wash's future, then that provider should be treated as suspect. The same is true of a vendor who refuses to train local staff for in-house chemical management, as it means the provider either:
- Isn't invested in their client's success
- Doesn't understand their product well enough to train others, and cannot be relied upon
- Is worried that once clients become familiar with the products they will no longer feel that the chemical line provides good value or performance.
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Before visiting Pakistan, Robert Gates warned from New Delhi that, should 2007 Mumbai like incident occur again, India would attack Pakistan, meaning thereby that the past Mumbai killings have been solely attributed to Pakistan and if such an incident occurred again, responsibility would be that of Pakistan, and in retaliation, India would be perfectly justified to attack Pakistan. In this situation USA would not be in a position to restrain India. Rather it may support this venture.
The message is fraught with ominous consequences and therefore demands a clear assessment of our ability to respond, if such a threat develops. This assessment therefore, is based on existing ground realities, which determine the military power balance between Pakistan and India. No doubt, the Indian armed forces are numerically superior to Pakistan, but they suffer from some inherent weaknesses and, it will take them a long time to overcome these.
Indian armed forces are in the midst of a transition, – replacement of the obsolete Russian weapons system with high-tech American-Israeli-European weapons. India started this changeover in 2005 after signing the Strategic Partnership Agreement with USA and hopes to complete it by the year 2015. Already it has spent about a hundred billion dollars on the new acquisitions. Their entire military system at present therefore, is weak, because they have the old and absolute weapons and about thirty percent of the recently acquired new systems. They suffer from a predicament, similar to what we suffered in early seventies, because, USA bad abandoned Pakistan in 1965 and we had not been able to induct new weapons and equipment from other sources. India exploited this weakness and dismembered Pakistan. Thus, India suffering from such weaknesses, now, is not in a position to wage a full f1edged war against Pakistan.
India faces another serious problem, in that, despite their best efforts of the last forty years, they have failed to manufacture their own tanks, guns, cruise missiles, fighter aircrafts, battleships and submarines. This in essence, constitutes a major weakness of the Indian armed forces, because, the present day war cannot be won with weapons borrowed or purchased from others. And, contrary to the weaknesses of India and cognising the implications of self-reliance, Pakistan has achieved up to ninety percent of indigenisation of weapons and equipment. We have our own tanks, guns, cruise missiles, fighter aircrafts, battleships and submarines as well as we have a stock-pile of war reserves, of over forty days, as compared to just eleven days of war reserves in 1965 and seven days in 1971. Whereas India's war reserves as of today are limited to 15 days only. Thus, Pakistan in this respect also enjoys a clear edge over India.
The third dimensional capability of Pakistan is, in the way of higher military education and superior military and operational strategy, which is the hallmark of our military leadership, and was demonstrated some twenty years back in 1989, during Ex-Zarb-e-Momin. The Offensive Defence concept was practised and over the period, has been actualised as the fundamental doctrine of war. Offensive Defence means that our forces having fixed the enemy, will carry the war into their territory. Compare it with the Cold Start doctrine of India, of fighting a war on two fronts, which is more of a fiction than a realistic military doctrine.
Mr Robert Gates, as well as the Indian military planners, while taking into cognisance the existing military balance between Pakistan and India, must also consider the new phenomenon of the Asymmetric War, which, during the last thirty years, has established the supremacy of Men and Missiles, over the most modern and technologically superior armed forces of the world, in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Kashmir. The Asymmetric War, in essence is the name of the Islamic Resistance, with its hardcore resting along the Durand Line. It is our strength. Thus, conventional as well as irregular armed forces, together provide the emerging shape of the Fourth Generation of modern warfare, as Joseph S Nye, the former Assistant Secretary of Defence USA and a professor of Harvard University, defines: "The hybrid wars, conventional and irregular forces combatants and civilians become thoroughly intertwined" to win wars and help establish the new order. In case, war is forced on Pakistan, it would be a long and decisive war, where new geo-political realities would emerge, establishing new frontiers of peace in the region.
Nuclear weapons are not the weapons of war because these have never been used as such. United States used it against the Japanese in 1945, which already had lost the war, nor had the capability to retaliate. American purpose was primarily diplomatic, i.e. to declare to the world that, America was entering the centre stage of world politics, to establish its global primacy and pre-eminence. There are other instances also, where nuclear powers, possessing hundreds and thousands of atomic weapons could not use them, to save themselves from very difficult and embarrassing situations. The Americans lost the war in Vietnam; the Soviets lost their empire in Afghanistan; the Israelis could not cover the shame of defeat at the hands of Hezbollah in 2005; the Americans having suffered defeat in Iraq, now are facing a worse defeat in Afghanistan, yet they find no recourse to use their nuclear capability. Their NATO partners are equally embarrassed, yet they cannot think of using their nuclear weapons to cover the shame of impending defeat. Similarly, India and Pakistan can fight only conventional wars and win or loose, but they dare not use nuclear weapons against each other, because it would destroy everything, leaving nothing but ashes, one could hope to capture and rebuild. And therefore, our people must not carry the wrong notion that Pakistan is powerful because it has nuclear capability. On the contrary, it is the conventional military capability, which provides security and lends resilience to the nation, as of now, and provides space to the po1itical government, to establish good governance.
Nuclear weapons are also great equalizer, between nuclear capable adversaries. "Between India and Pakistan, perfect deterrence exists" – declared George Fernandis, the former Defence Minister of India, after Pakistan demonstrated its capability in May 1998. And that precisely is the function of the weapons of mass destruction. Pakistan's policy of Minimum Credible Nuclear Deterrence, supported by the Policy of Restraint, together serves the purpose of a stable nuclear deterrence. Nuclear capability also doesn't compensate for the conventional military capability, and working on this principle the conventional military capability of Pakistan has been so developed as to make it a real symbol of national power, to defeat all aggression from within and outside.
Such are the ground realities, which determine the capabilities of our armed forces which cannot be wiped off by contrived constructs of our adversaries, nor Pakistan can be scared of going to the brink, if a war was forced on it. J F Dulles has rightly said: "If you are scared to go to the brink you are lost." Gen. Mirza Aslam Beg (Retd)


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Do you like to explore new places, wander down old roads and paths, or peek into dilapidated buildings? I have always been that type of person. Exploring new or very old trails in hopes that I might discover clues from the past is very exciting to me.
Several years ago, my friend and fellow Cleveland Metroparks cohort Carl Casavecchia, told me about a historic road that ran along Tinker's Creek. In fact, the road was part of the Escape on the Underground Railroad program that was held near Hemlock Creek Picnic Area for 14 years by Garfield Park Nature Center staff and volunteers. It was while I was assisting in that program that I first became acquainted with this 189-year-old pathway, named Button Road. Button Road circa 1920s - Taken from book, Bedford Vignettes - Dick Squire (Bedford Historical Society) You see, Button Road was established in 1825 as a connector from Dunham Road in the lowland of Tinker's Creek Valley to the town of Bedford which rose to higher elevation and ended at Main Street (West Grace and Broadway Ave.). This three-mile road from downtown Bedford to Dunham Road was a challenging, narrow dirt pathway that became muddy in the spring, icy in the winter and featured a 200-foot sloped section down into the valley.
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Button Road? What a curious name. I wish I had an intriguing story to tell you, but it was simply named after Otis Button, the man who was one of the original land owners of 140 acres along the road. It is told that he raised wheat, corn and cattle on the hilltop before one gets into Bedford proper.
It is also told that because of the challenging ascent as one approached the town of Bedford, a nearby farmer would take advantage of the predicament and charged a fee to hook his horses or mules to their wagon to bring them safely up the hill. I guess every era has the spirit of entrepreneurship. Heading up Button Road hill (Bedford Reservation) - 2014 View heading down Button Road (Bedford Reservation) - 2014
For 90 years, this narrow roadway supported wagon traffic and possibly a few horseless carriages. By 1915 the county engineers ceased to put funds towards its upkeep and by 1923, Button Road was no longer a through road. In the early twenties, Cleveland Metropolitan Park System began purchasing land in the valley of Tinker's Creek and the surrounding areas in order to protect this beautiful resource.
Sketch taken from book - Village of Walton Hills :Tracing our Heritage - Jean and Robert Kainsinger When Button Road became part of Bedford Reservation, it became a bridle path for rangers patrolling on horseback, and for riders from the stables called Circle Emerald at the top of the slope. Portions of the road became a service road and eventually an access road to Hemlock Creek Picnic Area and ball fields.
Today hikers still traverse this old road for relaxation, birding and exploration. However, the steep slope has eroded heavily through the years, so precautions must be taken. Old Button Road will still take you to the top of the hill leading to Bedford past Otis Button's farmland.
Although it is a road less traveled for good reasons today, the stories of its uses are interesting. Who would have thought that an access road was so important to the early settlers of Bedford? Go take a hike and discover for yourself this old, historic road.
Button Road running alongside Tinker's Creek - (Bedford Reservation) 2014 Button Road and bridal trail converge (Bedford Reservation) - 2014


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Fine points to look into when applying for student loansCheck repayment options, charges, interest rates, expenses covered before you take an education loan
Pooja Gawde
18 Oct 2007
Along with growing awareness about the importance of education to succeed in the knowledge economy, the cost of quality education too is growing fast. Parents too are willing to bear that extra cost to fund their child's higher education. education loan is the most cost effective means to fund your education if you are unable to get a full scholarship or do not have a generous aunt or uncle willing to sponsor your education.
Though most banks do provide educational loans, it is the public sector banks that are in the forefront in providing education loans.
In recent years, a large number of students, especially those pursuing professional courses in India or abroad, are availing of education loans.
According to latest data from the Reserve Bank of India, education loans disbursed by Indian banks rose 51% to Rs 15,000 crore for the financial year ending March 2007 from Rs 9,962 crore at the end of March 2006.
Following are a few points you need to check while applying for an education loan.
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Like for all other loans, you have to pay interest on education loan too. But unlike other loans, education loan provides the option of a moratorium period or a repayment holiday, which means, the borrower can suspend repayment of the loan till the education course for which the loan was taken is completed.
An education loan typically has three repayment options:
education loan with repayment moratorium. Many banks stipulate repayment within 1 year after completing the course or 6 months after getting a job, which ever is earlier.
Interest alone is paid during the period of course. After the course completion, you start paying the actual EMI (principle and interest)
You start repaying the loan through EMI immediately after loan disbursement, in which case you could get the loan at an interest rate lower by about 1 per cent.
The repayment conditions vary from bank to bank. So, talk with as many banks as possible to get the repayment option that suits your requirements.
Interest Rates
Interest rate on education loan is usually lower than a personal loan but slightly higher than a home loan.
Some banks offer a fixed rate of interest while others offer floating rate of interest on education loan. If the difference between fixed and floating rate is only about 1%, it is advisable to opt for fixed rate as education loans have shorter repayment tenures of 5-7 years. Many banks do not offer genuine fixed interest rate where the interest rate remains fixed for the full tenure of the loan. They, typically offer a fixed rate loan with a reset clause. This means the bank will have the right to revise interest rate after 2 or 3 years or whenever the bank feels it necessary to increase interest rate. So make sure that you take a genuine fixed rate loan. If it is a fixed rate with reset clause, a floating rate may be a better option.
Finally, the choice between a fixed and floating rate is dependent on the risk appetite of a loan taker. If you are totally risk averse and do not want to face the prospect of your EMI or repayment tenure shooting up in the event of an upward movement of interest rate, then you should definitely go for a genuine fixed rate education loan. However, if you strongly feel interest rate will go down during the loan tenure and is willing to take a risk on that count, you can perhaps opt for a floating rate loan.
Many banks, especially public sector ones, have special schemes for girl students. Some banks offer 1% lower interest rate for girl students. So check with your bank about al special schemes.
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Many banks do not charge a processing fee for education loan. So if your bank asks for a processing fee, you might be able to persuade the bank to waive it.
Prepayment Fee
Again, in almost all cases, banks allow foreclosure or pre-payment of the education loan without charging a penalty if the borrower makes the payment from his own sources. Banks charge a pre-payment penalty (usually up to 2 per cent of the loan amount) if the loan is transferred to another bank.
Expenses covered by education loan
The definition of expenses, which education loan covers differ from bank to bank. The amount of education loan sanctioned is in relation to the expenses that you will incur wile pursuing the course. The most common expenses covered include:
* Fees payable to college/school/hostel
* Examination/Library/Laboratory fees
* Purchase of Books/Uniforms
* Caution Deposit/Building Fund/Refundable Deposit
* Travel Expenses/Passage money for studies abroad
Besides the above mentioned, there may be other costs incurred for the completion of the course. Like the cost of instruments, lap-top and other aids necessary for completion of the course. Some banks like SBI also offer loans up to Rs 50,000 for two-wheelers as part of education loan. Banks provide about 80% to 90% of the cost of education as education loan. But the important factor to check here is the education expenses that are recognized by your lender.
If part of your education (course fee, for example) is funded through a scholarship, you could still get a loan to cover the balance expenditure. In such cases, most banks include the scholarship amount as part of the total cost of education. This way you could end up financing the entire cost of your education through loans and scholarships.
Lastly, it is always advisable to check with as many banks as possible before finalizing your lender to get the best deal.


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Eye For Film >> Movies >> Blackmail (1929) Film Review
Reviewed by: Leanne McGrath
The Master of Suspense's first talking picture is the template for many of his later masterpieces.
Blackmail has all the hallmarks of classic Hitchcock - tension, intrigue, murder, romance and, of course, the kind of exquisite direction most directors can only dream of.
The film follows Alice White (Anny Ondra) who sneaks away from her fiance, Detective Frank Webber (John Longden) to meet another man - suave artist Mr Crewe (Cyril Ritchard).
He persuades her to come in to his apartment to see his art studio but once there attempts to rape her. She knifes him to death and flees in a daze.
Frank is called upon to investigate the murder and finds one of Alice's gloves at the scene. He hides the evidence to save his love - but he is not the only one who knows of her crime. Dubious ex-con Tracy (Donald Calthrop) saw and heard everything... and wants them to make it worth his while to stay quiet.
Blackmail was originally made with just a recorded score as a silent film and the style reflects this. The movie is extremely melodramatic with excessive mise-en-scene in regards to the actors' facial expressions and make-up.
The lack of sound meant they had to exaggerate image to give meaning. With incredible foresight, Hitchcock predicted the studio may decide Blackmail was to become a talkie and shot it in such a way that it was easy to reshoot some scenes with sound. But there were problems to overcome. His leading lady, Anny Ondra, had her voice recorded by another actress because Alice is a cockney and Anny had a strong Polish accent. But in the days before dubbing, this meant Brit actress Joan Barry had to speak into a microphone next to the camera while Hitch was shooting - and the lip-synching is pretty ropey at times.
Hitchcock was clearly interested in the shift towards sound pictures - which had its critics and supporters - and Blackmail explores the use of the new technology and how it can add meaning to movies.
After she has committed her crime, Alice freezes everytime she hears bird song or whistling because the artist whistled. At the breakfast table, a family friend is discussing the murder and repeats the word knife. Hitch cleverly drowns out all other sound so this is all Alice, and the viewer hear. It pierces the silence as it literally stabbed the artist.
But on the other hand, sound is never more important than image. Hitch is famous for letting viewers use their imagination - what we see will always be more terrifying than anything he can show us.
Blackmail's superb murder scene is no different. You only see a scuffle behind a curtain and her hand grabbing the knife. Another triumph of image over sound is when the artist's landlady Mrs Humphries (Hannah Jones) tries to describe a man - Tracy- who was hanging around outside the building. She can't find the words - but recognises a picture of him.
Blackmail may not have the polish of later classics such as Psycho, Rear Window or Vertigo due to the early, poor, sound technology but it is an interesting look at Hitch's beginnings and shows that even in the early days he had an incredible talent for suspense, storytelling and spine-tingling drama.Reviewed on: 26 Feb 2007


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Blessed Jacinto Blanch Ferrer
The son of José Blanch Bosch, a secretary, and Maria Ferrer Raurell, Jacinto was baptized on the day of his birth in his parish church of Santa Maria. His was a large and pious family; all his siblings would enter religious life, five of them as Claretian Missionaries. He made his First Communion at age 12, and entered the Claretian Missionaries' novitiate on 21 July 1884 in Vic, Spain at age 16. He studied in Vic, then Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and made his profession on 18 September 1885. Ordained a priest in the diocese of Zaragoza, Spain on 12 March 1892. As a seminarian, Jacinto had not been noted for scholarship, but was an immensely practical young man. He was assigned to teach Latin, and soon developed the speaking skills to preach in a series of Spanish cities for several years.
In the early 20th century, anti–Catholic violence broke out in Spain. Father Jacinto convinced some local nuns to wear street clothes instead of their habits in order to work in the community without persecution. He conducted a covert ministry in private homes for those who feared making their faith public, and he mixed with anti–Catholic mobs to talk them down from burning churches. His church and community house in Barcelona were burned in 1909. Jacinto was made superior of the community, and oversaw its reconstruction from 1911 through 1913. Superior of the Claretian community in Sallent, Spain in 1920 where he oversaw re-construction of their entire infrastructure.
In addition to a strong devotion to the Eucharist, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Rosary, Father Jacinto was a student and devotee of Father Anthony Mary Claret, the founder of the Claretian Missionaries. He served as Vice-Postulator the Cause for Canonization of Saint Anthony Mary Claret and Father Francesc Crusats Franch from 1916 to 1936, and he published a bibliographic study of Father Claret.
When the Spanish Civil War began in earnest, Father Jacinto moved to the house of Don Eugenio Bofill from which he continued to conduct his covert ministry, celebrating Mass in private homes, receiving other Claretians for instruction, hearing Confessions, teaching catechism, and leading groups to pray the Rosary. On 17 August 1936, fearing his work and visitors would draw attention to the Bofill family, he moved out; he was seized by the militia on 19 August. We have no record of his last two days, but he was executed on 21 August for the crime of being a priest. Martyr.
- shot on 21 August 1936 in Pedrales, Barcelona, Spain
- interred in a niche in the Bofill family mausoleum in the All Saints cemetery
- his bones were later thrown into a common grave, making identification or recovery of relics impossible
- 21 December 2016 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)
- 21 October 2017 by Pope Francis
- beatification recognition celebrated in the Basilica of Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
- "Blessed Jacinto Blanch Ferrer". CatholicSaints.Info. 26 March 2020. Web. 30 October 2020. <>


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If you are like most of our clients experiencing an unplanned pregnancy, you may feel like you don't have options. But you do have options, and it's always best to gather as much information as you can before making your final decision.
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