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On October 16, 2012 the Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments in our diocesan case involving a faction of former leaders who broke ties with The Episcopal Church but continue to hold themselves out as leaders of the Episcopal Diocese with access to its historic property. Immediately following those arguments, the Court heard arguments in the Masterson case involving a similar breakaway faction from Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, San Angelo.
Thomas S. Leatherbury, a partner of Vinson & Elkins, LLP, presented arguments on behalf of Bishop Ohl and the loyal Episcopalians who serve and are recognized by The Episcopal Church as the authorized leaders of the continuing Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth and its institutions, with a right to use and control its property. Mary Kostel, Special Counsel to the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, presented arguments in the diocesan case on behalf of the Church. In the Masterson case from the Diocese of Northwest Texas, attorney Jim Hund from Lubbock presented arguments to the Court on behalf of the diocese and the authorized Episcopal rector and lay leaders from Good Shepherd Episcopal Church and against the position of the former parish leaders who left the Church but continue to hold themselves out as leaders of the historic Episcopal parish and continue to use its property.
Bishop Wallis Ohl and Bishop Scott Mayer, Bishop of the Diocese of Northwest Texas, were both present in the courtroom.
The justices presented the attorneys on both sides with questions that reflected the justices' familiarity with the case law and facts of the two cases. After all the extensive briefing the case, the attorneys for the Episcopal parties welcomed the Court's questions, highlighting the central issues of First Amendment religious liberty in the related disputes that protect a hierarchical church's right to choose who can lead its institutions and use its property.
As multiple justices noted, at the heart of both cases is the question of who are the Episcopal clergy and lay leaders authorized to sit on the Church's boards that control property for the mission and ministry of The Episcopal Church. These are core ecclesiastical decisions that only the Church can make, and which civil courts are bound to respect and apply under every legally permissible doctrine.
The cases were officially "submitted" to the Court at the close of the arguments, initiating the justices' formal deliberation and resolution of both cases. The Court is under no deadline to issue an opinion. The Court generally will issue opinions in argued cases before the end of its term in August 2013.
The link to the video recordings of the argument in the diocesan case is here and to the Masterson case is here.
The link to information about the justices here.
Briefing in the case is located here.


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Formula 1: All the fastest stats of the 2017 season
By James Rowe
We all know Lewis Hamilton won the 2017 F1 Driver's Championship - but how many lap records were set with the fastest ever cars to be on a track?
Hamilton's 2017 was special, breaking records all over the place. Perhaps his proudest record was overhauling both Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher to claim F1's all-time pole position record, finishing at 72.
Hamilton also scored points in every single race, just the third time this has been done, and completed 1,195 laps, the most of any driver in the season. But he was denied completing every single lap in the season (1,196) after being lapped in Mexico!
He also went past leading 3,000 laps for his career, and took a pole at every circuit on the calendar.
A career year, indeed!
But what about the rest of the F1 pack?
The F1 speed demons of the world broke 11 lap records across the season, setting new times in Azerbaijan, Monaco, Austria, Great Britain, Belgium, Singapore, Malaysia, Russia, USA, Mexico, and Brazil.
Kimi Raikkonen set pole in Monaco, his first in nine years.
Here's a run-down of other important, fascinating, and surprising facts from this year, courtesy of Formula1.com:
Most wins: 9 - Lewis Hamilton; 5 - Sebastian Vettel; 3 - Valtteri Bottas; 2 - Max Verstappen; 1 - Daniel Ricciardo
Most poles: 11 - Lewis Hamilton; 4 - Sebastian Vettel, Valtteri Bottas; 1 - Kimi Raikkonen
Most podiums: 13 - Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Valtteri Bottas; 9 - Daniel Ricciardo.
Most fastest laps: 7 - Hamilton; 5 - Sebastian Vettel; 2 - Kimi Raikkonen, Valtteri Bottas; 1 - Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso. Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen
Laps led: 527 - Lewis Hamilton; 286 - Sebastian Vettel; 187 - Valtteri Bottas; 133 - Max Verstappen; 40 - Kimi Raikkonen; 23 - Daniel Ricciardo
Fewest laps completed: 819 - Max Verstappen; 830 - Fernando Alonso; 881 - Carlos Sainz; 904 - Daniel Ricciardo
Most places gained on Lap 1 (cumulative): 38 - Lance Stroll
Most overtakes in one race: 42 - Azerbaijan
Most overtakes by a driver in one race: 13 - Daniel Ricciardo, Great Britain
Most overtakes: 65 - Red Bull (43 - Ricciardo; 22 - Verstappen)
Most fastest pit stops: 8 - Williams
Highest top speed: 362.4 km/h - Sebastian Vettel, Mexico
Number of wins from pole: 11 from 20 (55%)
Biggest winning margin: 19.783s - Lewis Hamilton over Valtteri Bottas in Canada
Smallest winning margin: 0.617s - Valtteri Bottas over Sebastian Vettel in Russia
Most classified finishers: 18 - Italy, Malaysia, Abu Dhabi
Fewest classified finishers: 12 - Singapore
One last fact: Nico Hulkenberg probably took F1's most unwanted record, becoming the driver with the most Grand Prix starts without a podium finish to his name: 135 races in a row.
Renault will be hoping to give him a car, an engine, and a strategy to fix that sometime in 2018!
With the season now less than 90 days away, bookmakers Neds have the 2018 F1 season market open, and expect Lewis Hamilton ($2.25) to have another stellar year, with our Aussie man Danny Ric rated a $7.00 chance.
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A little late to this blog post but finally made it! Loved all your picks! I'll be referring back to this blog post when I need a new coffee spot to hit up on my Saturday afternoons. 🙂
Go for the coffee, stay for the aesthetic. No, seriously, whenever I'm able to actually go and sit in a coffee shop vs. hitting a Starbucks drive through, I'm really happy when the space itself is as good as the jo (well chai in my case). There used to only be a handful of independent coffee shops in Memphis, but that's changed over the last few years. I'm not a coffee connoisseur at ALL, but I DO know what looks pretty cute in a pic, lol, so I wanted to share a quick list of coffee shops in Memphis that will also give you dope instagrammable backdrops as well.
Vice & Virtue Coffee
So Vice & Virtue Coffee is technically located in the new Arrive Hotel, however, you're able to chill in the lobby area and it is absolutely gorgeous (huge street facing windows, plush velvet couches and chairs in gem tones) so I'm including it on my list. It's where I took the photos for this post and I recently did a shoot there with someone and it was perfect for one of her looks.
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City + State
Glass windows, wooden tables, minimalist decor. If you're going for a minimalist, low key vibe and you want something a little more serious in the backdrop, this is the spot. You've probably seen photos with "Well Hello!" in the backdrop and they where taken here as well. They also have a pop-up spot in Saddle Creek that has a cute grass wall with a neon sign that could serve as a cute pic location but their main spot on Broad Avenue is my fave.
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Tamp & Tap
Very moody and kind of dark, Tamp & Tap looks different from any other coffee shop I've gone to. I love how the light filters in and cuts across the room but it still maintains its warm vibe.
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Otherlands Coffee
Earthy and moody with a lot of color and plants and natural light. If you need to study (but want to also take a few dope pics in between) this is a good spot for it.
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Bluff City Coffee
I adore the brick wall interior of this space, and I've spent many afternoons in the past working on my laptop and people watching-I even met Anne Hathaway here when she was visiting St. Jude years ago and popped in to get some coffee (she was so nice and down to earth). They have 2 locations but downtown is my fave.
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Low Fi Coffee
They're located in Stock + Belle, but you can't miss them with their huge front window, bright white brick wall and hot pink branding accents. The light that flows in here is gorgeous (another fave spot for headshot shoots) but be forewarned- they are for the REAL coffee drinkers so don't go in thinking you're going to order some froo-froo coffee drink lol.
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17 Berkshire
So technically not a coffee shop, however they serve delicious lattes (salted caramel is my fave) and the interior is bright and white with a dash of marble and pretty flowers. My girly girls that want a spot that's chic w/a side of macarons, this place is for you.
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Comeback Coffee
A newer coffee shop in the city, it has a modern, slightly hipster (but in a good way!) vibe to to it. Soft natural light, comfy seating, and a back outdoor area that's pretty cool as well.
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Java Cabana Coffeehouse
This will forever be my favorite coffee shop in the city (Rainy Sundays here was my fave). When you think about a quirky, comfy coffee shop with that cool, vintage feel, this place is what comes to mind. The owner sadly passed away a few months ago, but as far as I know it's still open.
There are many, many other coffee shops in the city that I'm sure I've missed, but these are just some of my faves; as with most things, they're usually better in person. Check out their tagged IG accounts to learn more about their actual coffee (duh), and if you decide to visit one because you want to snap it up, please also patronize while you're there-they're all independent, small businesses and need the support.


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text: Morecambe TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBring me sunshine Beloved comedian Eric Morecambe is still making 'em laugh 25 years after his death, so producer Guy Masterson decided it was about time to celebrate his life. As compliments go, it was a double-edged one: in 1997, actor Guy Masterson turned to the man playing his son in a Fringe production and told him he looked exactly like Eric Morecambe. Bob Golding was only 24 at the time, but while the beloved late comedian may not have been a pin-up that every young man would want to be compared to, he was delighted. As the years passed, his resemblance increased and now the pair are back at the Fringe, with the premiere of a new play about Morecambe's life, starring Golding and directed by Masterson. It coincides with the 25th anniversary of the comic's death but his work, along with stage partner Ernie Wise, is if anything more popular than ever. Their old shows are repeated every Christmas and subsequent double acts like Reeves and Mortimer and Ant and Dec frequently acknowledge their influence. "They're iconic," agrees Fringe veteran Guy Masterson. "I grew up watching them, like so many people." But even with the physical resemblance, playing such a recognisable figure is certainly a challenge for Bob Golding, a musicals performer who's also the voice of many children's programmes, including The Tweenies. "When we began, I didn't really think about it but since then people keep asking me if this is the most intimidating role ever and I've started to worry a bit – he's a national treasure, what am I doing?" he laughs. "But I've got to take it with both hands. I'm not a comedian, I don't have his talent, but what I can do as an actor is maybe tell the story of the man who did have the talent." The one-actor 'bio-play' telling the story of a famous life in an hour or so is a perennial Fringe fixture, but often hard to get right. "The play has to stand up on its own two feet," says Masterton, whose long list of theatrical credits includes biographical shows about Jonathan Swift and Richard Burton. "It serves the purpose of a biography but the audience also want to get a sense of what it was like to be in the presence of that person. We all adore Eric and hope to make the audience smile and go away feeling that they've sort of met him." And in keeping with Eric and Ernie's theme tune, the Morecambe they'll meet in this play is deliberately a sunny portrait, rather than one of the darker 'tears of a clown' portrayals made recently of some other 70s favourites. Writer Tim Whitnall concentrates more on the public persona of the man, born Eric Bartholomew, who loved to perform – and there's a special 'representation' of his pal Ernie, too. "I think Eric would be touched, flattered even, at least I hope so," says Bob Golding. "We're just trying to say that he was a lovely man and probably one of the funniest comedians this country has ever produced." Morecambe, Assembly @ Assembly Hall, 6 – 31 August, 4.10pm, £8 (previews) – £15 TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.


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New headteacher starts at Greneway, Meridian and Roysia schools
PUBLISHED: 10:04 07 September 2018 | UPDATED: 10:04 07 September 2018
The new headteacher of Greneway, Roysia and Meridian has said he's pleased to finally be in a position to progress with the through school project, having taken the reins this week.
Gordon Farquhar – formerly the head of Joyce Frankland Academy in Newport near Saffron Walden – is now at the helm of the three schools governed by the Royston Schools Academy Trust after being appointed in February.
RSAT – which first revealed a proposal for a through school for students in Year 5 to 13 in Garden Walk back in September – submitted plans to the Department of Education last winter, but the decision was delayed so they called off the merger until September 2019.
In a letter to parents, he said: "I am delighted to welcome you all back after what, I hope, has been an enjoyable summer break and for those of you, like me who are new to the schools – welcome to the community!
"It's great to finally be in a position where we are able to move forward with the through school project in Royston, I am looking forward to working alongside you all to ensure Royston's most valuable resource, its children, get the best opportunities ans education possible.
"I want to take the opportunity to set out what we are aiming to achieve across Royston Schools Academy Trust, share our aspirations and expectations and my visiion of how I hope we can all work together to achieve them.
"All of us have an important role to play and through collaboration, I firmly believe we will achieve great things.
"Over the last three days, staff from all our sites have been collectively planning how we can achive the same shared values, culture and expectations in all of our schools, and give each student in our care every opportunity to exceed their potential.
"Working with a staff team with such a range of professional experience, expertise and commitment to our young people was truly inspiring – I am looking forward to watching that passion and aspiration in the classroom. It was also fulfilling to finally hold the parents' forum for those parents with children based at the Meridian site to hear your comments and questions, which will be added to those raised by parents from both Roysia and Greneway earlier in the year.
"Clearly we have some exciting challenges ahead of us and we must never lose sight at the core of this, throughout our school, there are young people who deserve every opportunity to become they adults they aspire to be."
Mr Farquhar then outlined uniform, equipment, homework and in-class attitude expectations.
He concluded by saying that he is to set up some working groups for parents to contribute their thoughts and opinions as we develop key policies across RSAT. If you would like to be involved register your interest at email@example.com.
"Please take this opportunity to help me and my team shape our school into one where we all have played our part," he added.
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Three-flowered Melic Grass (Melica nitens)
Life history
Species overview
Three-flowered Melic Grass (Melica nitens), a Wisconsin Special Concern plant, is found usually on steep slopes or rocky embankments in or near southern floodplain forests and southern mesic forests, as well as in dry prairies. It has also been found naturalized on railroad embankments. Blooming occurs early June through late July; fruiting occurs early July through late August. The optimal identification period for this species is late June through early August.
Synonyms: None
- Distinguishing characteristics: Distinguished from M. smithii by habitat (southern forests vs. moist northern hardwood forests) and lemmas obtuse and awnless vs. actue and awned. Similar to M. mutica, which is found as close as Illinois, but which has shorter culms (0.5 to 1 m) and a panicle with few branches.
- Flower characteristics: Panicle compound with several spreading branches; spikelets usually 3-flowered, longer and narrower than glumes.
- Fruit characteristics: Glumes distintly unequal in length; first glume shorter than spikelet, less than twice as long as wide; lemmas obtuse, awnless; rudimentary lemmas mostly minute.
- Leaf characteristics: Sheaths glabrous or scabrous; blades 7 to 15 mm wide.
- Blooming phenology: early June through late July
- Fruiting phenology: early July through late August
- Optimum time to identify: The optimal identification period for this species is late June through early August
- Growth form: Graminoid
- Vegetative reproduction:
- Life cycle: Perennial
- Comments: Associated Species: Acer saccharum, Tilia americana, Betula alleghaniensis, Tsuga canadensis.
State status
Status and Natural Heritage Inventory documented occurrences in Wisconsin
The table below provides information about the protected status - state and federal - and the rank (S and G Ranks) for Three-flowered Melic Grass (Melica nitens). See the Working List Key for more information about abbreviations. Counties shaded blue have documented occurrences for this species in the Wisconsin Natural Heritage Inventory database. The map is provided as a general reference of where this species has been found to date and is not meant as a range map.
|Summary Information
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|Federal Status in Wisconsin
|State Rank
|Global Rank
|Tracked by NHI
Habitats and landscapes
The Natural Heritage Inventory has developed scores indicating the degree to which each of Wisconsin's rare plant species is associated with a particular natural community or ecological landscape. This information is similar to that found in the Wildlife Action Plan for animals. As this is a work in progress, we welcome your suggestions and feedback.
General habitat information
- Habitat description: Found usually on steep slopes or rocky embankments in or near southern floodplain forests and southern mesic forests, as well as in dry prairies. It has also been found naturalized on railroad embankments.
- Soils: Dry or rocky soils.
Natural communities
This table lists the natural communities that are associated with Three-flowered Melic Grass. Scores for natural community associations are: "significant" association (score=3), "moderate association" (score=2) or the species can be present but is only weakly associated with the community (score=1).
|Natural communities
|Floodplain Forest
|Southern Mesic Forest
|Dry Prairie
Ecological landscapes
This table lists the ecological landscape association scores for Three-flowered Melic Grass. The scores (3=High, 2=Moderate, 1=Low, 0=None) also correspond to the map.
|Ecological landscape
|Southeast Glacial Plains
|Southwest Savanna
|Western Coulee and Ridges
Species guidance
The Endangered Resources Program has developed avoidance measures and management guidelines for plants on the Natural Heritage Working List. These are a work in progress, and we welcome your suggestions and feedback. Sources used in developing this information can be found here.
Avoidance measures
These are specific actions designed to avoid "take" (mortality) of this species.
- Avoid broadcast spraying of herbicides; use care with spot spraying.
- Avoid known individual plant locations and conduct operations elsewhere when they are least likely to cause damage. Ideally, this would involve frozen, snow-covered ground. However, in areas of the state where frozen conditions are unreliable, very dry soils late in the growing season might be the best available alternative. Consult with a biologist, if needed.
- Avoid locating landings, staging areas, or access routes in open sandy areas dominated by native grasses.
Management guidance
Management guidelines are additional considerations that may help maintain or enhance habitat for this species
- Maintain and restore open habitat through selective clearing and brushing.
- Prescribed burns and/or brushing may be beneficial (dependent on local site conditions).
- Survey for and control invasive plants prior to conducting timber operations, as these can be spread by vehicles and often respond vigorously to increased light; see forestry BMPs for invasive species.
Other resources
Links to additional Three-flowered Melic Grass information
Other links related to vascular plants (all exit the DNR website)
- Wisconsin Flora
- NatureServe Explorer
- Atlas of Wisconsin Prairie and Savanna Flora - Wisconsin State Herbarium
- USDA - NRCS Plants Database
- USGS Midwestern Wetland Flora - field office guide to plant species
- eFloras
- Cofrin Center for Biodiversity Herbarium
- Intermountain Herbarium Grasses of North America
- Orchids of Wisconsin
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Support for Wisconsin's rare plant information has been provided by the Division of Forestry, the Endangered Resources Fund and the Wisconsin Rare Plant Preservation Fund. To donate, visit the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin [exit DNR].


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Pulled from Tree to Shining Tree
As I was walking our two dogs recently, I found myself in the usual and disconcerting pattern of being yanked from tree to shining tree. Calling cards left by other dogs were splashed on every aromatic tree trunk. Their lurching was making their collars dig into their necks and my hands and shoulders were getting strained. I needed to redirect their attention back to me and us, as a safely moving group.
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Wednesday, 22 April, 2020
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) will invest more than £90 million to make streets safer, improve community sentences and support victims of rape and domestic abuse after the Chancellor announced new funding in the Budget.
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A further £15 million will help improve the support available for rape victims - such as the recruitment of more Independent Sexual Violence Advisers who help guide victims through the justice system. £5 million will help fund a pilot of new integrated domestic abuse courts which consider family and criminal matters in parallel - providing more consistent support for victims.
This new investment builds on the progress made at last year's Spending Round, where the government prioritised cutting crime by providing funding to hire 20,000 new police officers, begin the delivery of 10,000 new prison places and to reform the probation system.
Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Robert Buckland QC MP said: "This extra funding will be vital in delivering our promise to better protect the public and restore faith in the justice system.
"From using new tagging technology to monitor offenders' movements and alcohol intake to boosting support for victims - this government is driving improvements at every stage of the justice system."
Some of the funding for community sentences will also go towards supporting the government's commitment to breaking the cycle of female offending by diverting women from prison into specialised support services.
In addition, £3 million will go towards launching a Royal Commission into the Criminal Justice System to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the criminal justice process.
The total funding for MOJ in the 2020 Budget totals £247.5 million, which includes £156 million for maintenance work in the prison estate and was announced last year.
Legislation has been introduced to allow the introduction of alcohol monitoring sobriety tags and will come into force later this year.
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A successful two-year pilot across London (MOPAC) showed over 90% compliance rate with the tags - with offenders themselves saying they had a positive impact on their lives, wellbeing and offending behaviour.
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- £156 million for maintenance work in the prison estate (previously announced in 2019)
- £68.5 million to strengthen community sentences including by rolling out alcohol monitoring tags
- £15 million to improve support available for victims of rape and their experience of the criminal justice system
- £5 million to pilot integrated domestic abuse courts in England and Wales. These courts will provide better and more consistent support for victims in their experience of the justice system.
- £3 million to launch a Royal Commission into the Criminal Justice System to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the criminal justice process.
- The Ministry of Justice also received a large increase to their 20/21 budget at the Spending Round. The 4.9% real terms increase included:
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- £100 million to increase security in prisons through the introduction of airport style security scanners
- Additional funding to support the ongoing reform of the probation system which will help reduce reoffending


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Up-Date to Steve's surgery and thank you for praying
Dear all,
That seems so impersonal but it is impersonal. It is for the reason of my health that I'm writing .
We are doing as well as can be expected with both of us just having had cataract surgery. Thank you for praying on my behalf as you can tell I have my new GLASSES so I can see once again! It was EXTREMELY difficult to watch email come in and not be able to respond. I'm so thankful for the help of my wife and sister-in-law (who lives just around the corner from us) for their patience with me. In case you haven't heard but the hospital in Mango won't be opening now until the 2nd of March. Due to some un-forseen circumstances the hosptial won't be opening till the 2nd. However, please continue to pray on their behalff.
So, I thank you all for praying for me! Now, I ask you to mark your calendar for the 21st. and Jo's back surgery. They will be fusing together T10 - the top of her sacrum and putting in a rod on either side of the vertebral bodies. Here is what her doctor had to say about the surgery for the medically inclined. "The plan would be to do a T10 to S1 fusion with Iliac bolt placement, correction of the scoliosis, multiple level facetectomies, osteotomies and interbody fusion at L5 - S1." All this without a brace! All though she will be on her tommy for 4 or 5 days!


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Meditation – Life as a positive mindfulness game
Dear Integral meditators,
What if meditation was not something so much that you sit down and 'do'each day as a way of paying attention to your world? The article below looks at this idea in a practical way.
In the spirit of the journey,
Meditation – Life as a positive mindfulness game
Meditation is a word whose meaning depends upon the context within which it is presented. Different schools of meditation have quite different ideas about what meditation is exactly. For myself, I like to use multiple definitions as it broadens my ability to apply meditation practically to my daily life, making it more effective. Here is the one of the central definitions that I use:
"Meditation means to focus our attention on an object that, when we contemplate it, causes our mind to become positive, calm and/or happy."
This is the definition that I learned when I first joined the Tibetan Buddhist group that I was connected to for some years and that, as a Buddhist monk, I would teach to people. It is quite specific, telling us that meditation is a form of attention training that functions to generate and hold positive states of mind. It is also quite general, leaving scope for the meditator to choose the objects that he or she wishes to focus on. During my training in Tibetan Buddhism, the foundation of the daily meditation practice that we had were twenty one specific positive or specific mind states that we would train to be mindful of.
What I want to explain now is a mindfulness game that we can do as a form of meditation. In this exercise the positive object of meditation is not so much one particular object, feeling or affirmation. Rather it is a process of paying attention that functions to make our mind calmer and more appreciative. One of the benefits of this exercise is that it gradually trains our mind to orientate itself around positive thoughts and feelings, making them the 'front and center' of our moment to moment experience.
STEP 1: Sit down and either think of or write down three things in your life that you feel positive and happy about. There are infinite possibilities. Here are three that I am going to pull out of my mental hat right now:
- I enjoyed my Qi Gong class this morning: I was encouraged by the progress that people seemed to be making.
- Enjoying learning about how to create a website
- Daughter was happy going to school this morning, no tears!
So, there we are – three simple things.
STEP 2: Set aside a certain time, say five to ten minutes. During this time you can choose to sit in meditation, or you might choose to go for a walk, have a bath or any activity where you can maintain a relative state of relaxation and focus.
Once you have settled yourself and the allotted time has begun, your job is simply to keep your mind oriented around the three topics, and the positive feelings, thoughts and images that are generated in your mind in association with them. Your mind may wonder onto any object that is positively related to the above, but it MAY NOT move on to an object of contemplation that is either unrelated to your three topics, or that is a negative contemplation of them.
So, for an example of what I MAY contemplate about my three topics above are:
- A sense of the positive flow of qi/light and energy within my body (relating to point one).
- The harmonious sense I get from one of the artworks that I have placed on the website I have created
- An appreciation of my relationship to my daughter.
Examples of what I may NOT contemplate or get distracted by:
- Dwelling on something I disliked about one of the Qi Gong class members
- Getting involved in a 'to do' list for my website
- Worrying about my daughter on any level
So, you get the idea. If you are keeping to an aspect of the three topics that is making your mind positive, happy, peaceful, appreciative etc, then you are on the right track. Any negative or worrisome thoughts are not to be followed, as are any thoughts that are simply distractions!
This is a simple meditation or mindfulness form is very good for the overall long term health of our consciousness. It leaves plenty of room for us to make the practice 'our own' and be creative. It enables us to experience first-hand how to train in the meditative activity of learning to generate and hold positive and peaceful states of mind for extended periods.
© Toby Ouvry 2017, you are welcome to use or share this article, but please cite Toby as the source and include reference to his website www.tobyouvry.com
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Jack the Cat passes away, after making headlines when lost at JFK airport and appeared laterBy Angel Cuala on Nov 7, 2011 in Animals, United States •
Jack the Cat, which gained fame after it went missing at the JFK airport more than two months ago but mysteriously appeared later, passed away on Sunday, November 6, 2011.
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As noted on its official Facebook fan page, Jack the Cat died on Sunday night after receiving extensive wounds on the back of his body that were unable to heal due to malnutrition while he was lost.
Jack the Cat is owned by Karen Pascoe, who was flying out of the JFK airport last August 25. Apparently, he escaped from his cat kennel and got lost. A Facebook page was created to help find him.
Karen, along with her two cats Jack and Bary, were supposed to fly via American Airlines Flight 177 that day, but an airline employee told her that Jack went missing. Karen flew using another flight hoping that her cat will be found but to no avail.
The 7-year old male cat was said to have mysteriously appeared on October 25 at the baggage terminal of the airport. He lost his life at the Blue Pearl veterinary hospital in Forest Hills, Queens, with his health deteriorating and in critical condition.
"It is with tears that I must tell you that Jack has gone over the rainbow bridge. Jack had been through so much but was bathed in love." Mary Beth Melchior, sister of Jack's owner, wrote on the Facebook page, which has now nearly 24,000 fans.
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Pushing 'restart' is often the go-to method for fixing a slow computer. From frozen screens to crashing programs, a quick reboot will most likely get things back on track. Restarting can close all programs – including those that may be running unnoticed in the background.
If your computer is still sluggish, you may have an undetected virus. Viruses can eat up huge amounts of memory. When memory is limited, your computer starts to slow down. Other symptoms of a virus can include file damage or deletion, peculiar dialog boxes and programs opening on their own. Use your antivirus software to run a scan to determine what exactly the issue is.
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The Decision
I've made the decision. I begin my 200hr YTT in September.
I've wanted to immerse myself in yoga since I first took to the mat when I was eighteen. I wasn't ready then though. There was too much inner conflict and identity confusion to go there. I had digging to do, people to meet, places to go and obstacles to overcome before I was able to fully connect with the discipline; before I could commit to connecting with the discipline.
Here I am, nearly five years later. Feeling ready. I have no doubt that I still have more digging to do, people to meet, places to go and obstacles to overcome, but I feel prepared to integrate a deeper practice into that journey.
I think the determinant factor in me being ready is knowing that my journey is never ending. Life is learning; infinite learning. About yourself, about others, about nature and about the transcendental. Life is about transformation. Transformation that leads to enlightenment. And transformation happens as it should. It always happens as it should.
I'm nervous - about taking my YTT. But I'm nervous about superficial, tangible aspects of the experience. The time, the associated costs, future work pressure, those kinds of things. I am not worried about the learning, about the process, about the practicing, about the adventure. Realizing this sealed the deal. I am only nervous about the deadlines, the things with beginnings and ends. I am not nervous about the transformation I may be granted by taking this program. In fact, I feel excited for it. There is no ending to this endeavour. It is a continual, winding path of self discovery. Feeling content with embarking down a new avenue of this process, is assuring and inspiring.
I will take my YTT with the intention of digging deeper, meeting more people, going more places, and overcoming old, existing and future obstacles. Now and forever. I'm ready because I recognize I'm as ready as I can be.
I had the great pleasure of getting out on my paddle board this weekend for what was my first SUP yoga session of the season. Pure bliss.
There is something about having the whole lake as your immediate space, paddling atop glass water, hearing the water ripple underneath your board and feeling the warm sun beat down upon your face that is mesmerizing and completely energizing. Paddle yoga allows me to feel inner peace. It's calming and rooting for me.
When I first moved to Alberta from Ontario, I sold my paddle board. We were moving to a remote, northern area of the province and lakes were not present, let alone plentiful. Growing up on Georgian Bay, paddling and swimming on the daily, I never felt at home there. When we relocated to the eastern side of Alberta, to Lakeland County, I bought a beautiful Surftech Roxy 10'6 SUP and I can honestly say I'm getting my groove back. That paddle board has reignited a zest for summer life in me.
As I paddled the perimeter of Owl River inlet in Lac La Biche, the wind halted and the conditions were near perfect for SUP yoga. I carried out a yin practice and my heart sang. I've missed you dear friend.
As I took up wheel pose on my board I became cognizant of how shaky and unstable I was. Deep breathing granted me the opportunity to centre myself and really ground into my board. It wasn't a pretty upward bow, but an upward bow nonetheless.
So incredibly grateful for a summer of SUP yoga practice. Maybe, just maybe, by August, my SUP bridge will be a little more concrete.
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On April 18, 2017, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Kokesh v. SEC to resolve a circuit split on the issue of whether the five-year statute of limitations in 28 U.S.C. § 2462—which governs any "action, suit or proceeding for the enforcement of any civil fine, penalty, or forfeiture"—applies to SEC enforcement actions for disgorgement. As discussed in a prior alert, the question turns on whether disgorgement, which requires a defendant to give up ill-gotten gains, constitutes a "forfeiture" or "penalty" under § 2462. If, as the Tenth Circuit held, § 2462 does not apply, then there is no time limit on when the SEC can bring disgorgement actions. At oral argument, the Court appeared skeptical of that interpretation and seems poised to side with the Eleventh Circuit, which held that § 2462's five-year limit does apply to disgorgement actions. Perhaps more surprising, however, was the Court's discomfort at oral argument with the SEC's lack of express statutory authority to seek disgorgement at all. Justice Gorsuch noted that, "because there's no statute governing" disgorgement, "[w]e're just making it up." Although the question of the SEC's authority to seek disgorgement is not squarely presented in Kokesh, that multiple Justices expressed frustration on this point suggests that the Court may be open to considering the issue in a future case.


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On June 19, China's Commission for State Reform and Development issued a notice that beginning on June 20, the cost of domestic refined oil and electricity would be raised.
Liquefied gas and natural gas prices will be left alone for the time being along with the price of electricity in three provinces (Sichuan, Sha'anxi and Gansu) that recently suffered earthquake disasters.
Gasoline and diesel prices are to be increased by 1,000 yuan ($145.00) per ton and aircraft fuel by 1,500 yuan ($217.40) per ton. Starting on July 1, the average cost of electricity will be increased by 0.025 yuan ($0.004) per kilowatt-hour.
China's rate of inflation has increased very fast in the past year. At one point last November, it even reached 6.9 percent which was the highest rate in 11 years. The Chinese regime worries that the increases in the cost of oil and electricity will further increase inflation resulting in social unrest. This past January, China's State Department made an announcement requesting that in the near future, the cost of refined oil, natural gas, electricity and water not be allowed to increase.
China's Commission for State Reform and Development said that half of China's crude oil is imported and the increasing rate of crude oil in the international market has made many oil refineries halt or partially suspend production. Recently, in some places people have to wait in long lines to fill up gas. Some gas stations have run out of gas or forced to sell limited amounts. The Central government in Beijing couldn't withstand the pressure anymore, so they had to increase the cost of the refined oil.
These increases in the cost of oil and electricity are expected to increase the rate of China's inflation. China's aviation, automotive and manufacturing industries are also expected to be affected.


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Arun Bhatnagar, Prasar Bharati chairman quits
"I wanted to leave Prasar Bharati for quite some time because of the thoroughly unsatisfactory working of the top management," said Bhatnagar after confirming the resignation news. Bhatnagar, who was appointed as chairman a year ago for a period of three years, has sent his resignation to the PM.
The split in the 10-member board began about three months ago over minutes of a meeting held in Jan 2009 with Lalli taking exception to the draft minutes circulated by Bhatnagar which he termed as 'inaccurate, slanted and having extraneous material.'
Some members of a dividend board levelled allegations against the CEO and in a meeting on May 18, 2009. According to the meeting, there were serious allegations of rampant financial irregularities and break down in the functioning of the financial system. Members informed that there were an urgent need to review the scheme of delegation of powers.
The board members were hoping that I&B ministry would intervene to solve the issues between the warring members. But so far there has been no direction given by the ministry. A PIL is filed in Delhi High Court over the issue and the hearing is in process.
In an affidavit before the HC, Bhatnagar sought an independent, comprehensive and time-bound inquiry into the state of affairs in the public broadcaster. Bhatnagar had first tendered his resignation in March but the government had not taken a decision on it. Now, he has sent the resignation to the PM, saying that he was 'compelled to quit well before the expiry of his term on April 30, 2011'.
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A historic disused rail bridge in the Brisbane Valley is undergoing a $4.5 Million refurbishment, making it a major tourist attraction for the region.
Member for Ipswich West Jim Madden, a former Somerset Councillor, said he had been fighting for many years for the restoration of the iconic and heritage-listed bridge.
He said it was a key link on the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail.
"Trail, which runs along the former Brisbane Valley Rail Line, is now an increasingly popular recreational venue for bike riders, hikers and horse riders." Mr. Madden said.
"Bridge, which was built in 1886, is in a poor state and requires urgent refurbishment."
"When restored, it will provide an important link on the trail and bring us closer to developing a world class tourism asset."
"RoadTek, a branch of Transport and Main Roads, carried out stabilisation works last year." Mr. Madden said.
"Second phase of rehabilitation work will include replacing all timber components, and abrasive blasting and repainting of the steel truss."
"Some of these works are already underway with further plans to install a new pedestrian walkway on the bridge."
"This will increase the safety of rail trail users and deliver an important all-weather crossing across Lockyer Creek once refurbishment works are complete." Mr. Madden said.
Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey said he hoped the final trail would rival the Otago Rail Trail in New Zealand and the Great Victorian Rail Trail in Victoria.
"When completed the Lockyer Creek Rail Bridge will be a major drawcard for locals and visitors to the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail." Minister Bailey said.
Project is due for completion by November, weather permitting.
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Ara Mina's summer will officially start this coming weekend.
Unlike most stars that opted to travel during the Holy Week, the actress just stayed at home, where all she did was "nagluto ako nang nagluto."
But come Sunday, she is going out of town with her family.
At the opening of Goodah's Eastwood City Walk 2 branch earlier, April 11, she told the press, "In-invite [ko] yung mga kapatid ko.
"Ano kami, summer [outing] lang kami, out of town. Yung parang spend together kasi may kanya-kanya na silang pamilya, e."
Her sister Cristine Reyes, however, will not be joining the trip.
"Di siya nakikipag-connect, yun lang," she simply said.
Making an effort to evade the issue, she added, "Siyempre busy, I understand.
"Hindi, kasi may ASAP siya, busy sa taping niya, so hindi na ako nagtatangkang mag-invite."
While she was talking, the reporters sensed she was trying to insinuate something.
Startalk's Gorgy Rulla asked, "Kumusta ba kayong dalawa?"
Her brief reply: "Hindi kami nagkikita ni Cristine."
When asked to elaborate, Ara said meaningfully, "Well ako naman, naiintindihan ko kung wala siyang time sa family kasi ano, e, napagdaanan ko rin iyan.
"Oo, strike while the iron is hot.
"Not all the time you're there, di ba."
Smiling, Ara also pointed out, "understanding nga ako, e," as far as the job of her younger sister is concerned.
But is she on good terms with Cristine?
"Uhm, wala naman akong tampo."
Why is she sounding "bitter-bitteran"?
Her brief answer: "Ewan ko…"
At the height of Ara's career, she was the family's breadwinner. Isn't she missing the old times?
Ara threw in, "Okay lang… Uy, 'wag n'yong sabihin yun, ha, hindi siya naging dependent sa akin."
One reporter quipped, "Di ba pag may away siya, ipinagtatanggol mo pa siya?"
"Wow, buti alam mo," Ara said.
This time, she gave away a little about their relationship.
"You better ask her na lang. Wala… I hope she's happy right now wherever you are.
"Yes, I'm happy with her.
"Sana lang huwag…kahit na sikat siya ngayon, sana lang huwag niyang ilagay sa ulo niya…yun ang ma-a-advise ko."
When prodded to reveal why she feels uncomfortable talking about Cristine, she remained tight-lipped.
"Hmmm, kain na tayo. Kain na tayo, no comment na.
"I'm tired of talking about her own life na. I have my own life, too.
"Baka sabihin ng iba diyan, nagpapa-isyu pa ako, di ba…
"Ako'ng hinahabol ng isyu before. Ngayon, pinipili kong manahimik.
"Actually, buong Holy Week tini-text niya ako pero ask her na lang, kung anong tine-text niya sa akin."
This time, we became blunt in asking, "May away ba kayo?"
Her response: "Hindi… Kumbaga ayoko nang mag-elaborate na sabihing ano, di ba… You know naman ako honest ako, e.
"Ayoko naman ding isipin ahhh…we're not really on good terms right now.
"Baka nag-a-unload. Nagre-reflect. Hindi ko alam.
"Alam mo naman ako ate, siyempre [siya], bata…O, pero wala yun."
She said it's been a while since they last talked to each other.
"Hindi kami nag-uusap, text lang," underscoring that she only replied "once."
She further admitted, "Walang dapat pag-usapan, e.
"May bago ba sa kanya? Alam mo naman yun, e, di ba? May nabago ba sa kanya?
"Kayo? Anong napansin n'yo?
"Pumunta ako rito para kumain, ha.
"Ah, ano na lang. Malalaman na lang nila kung ano."
Still beating around the bush, she just said, "Konting ano lang. Ako nga yung nagugulat, di ba?
"May isyu ba o may ano? Hindi ko alam.
"Basta ano lang siya… baka sad lang siya o nagwo-work lang siya, I don't know.
"Ako, okay ako sa kanya. Ewan ko lang sa kanya. Basta okay ako sa kanya."
When asked to give a message for Cristine, Ara—who's now a Christian, said, "Na sana lalo pa siyang i-bless ni Lord.
"At the end naman, siguro you realize naman pagkakamali mo sa bandang huli.
"A, huwag na nating antayin yung ganung bagay.
"Sana… I hope sobrang happy siya.
"Kung she's not happy, lapit lang siya kay Lord baka nagkukulang siya."


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Image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) is a new radiotherapy technology that combines the rapid dose fall off associated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and daily tumor imaging allowing for high precision tumor dose delivery and effective sparing of surrounding normal organs. The new radiation technology requires close collaboration between radiologists, nuclear medicine specialists, and radiation oncologists to avoid marginal miss. Modern diagnostic imaging such as positron emission tomography (PET) scans, positron emission tomography with Computed Tomograpgy (PET-CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allows the radiation oncologist to target the positive tumor with high accuracy. As the tumor is well visualized during radiation treatment, the margins required to avoid geographic miss can be safely reduced , thus sparing the normal organs from excessive radiation. When the tumor is located close to critical radiosensitive structures such as the spinal cord, IGRT can deliver a high dose of radiation to the tumor and simultaneously decreasing treatment toxicity, thus potentially improving cure rates and patient quality of life. During radiotherapy, tumor shrinkage and changes of normal tissues/volumes can be detected daily with IGRT. The volume changes in the target volumes and organs at risk often lead to increased radiation dose to the normal tissues and if left uncorrected may result in late complications. Adaptive radiotherapy with re-planning during the course of radiotherapy is therefore another advantage of IGRT over the conventional radiotherapy techniques. This new technology of radiotherapy delivery provides the radiation oncologist an effective tool to improve patient quality of life. In the future, radiation dose-escalation to the residual tumor may potentially improve survival rates. Because the treatment complexity, a great deal of work is required from the dosimetry staff and physicists to ensure quality of care. Preliminary clinical results with IGRT are encouraging but more prospective studies should be performed in the future to assess the effectiveness of IGRT in improving patient quality of life and local control. In this Frontiers Research Topic, we encourage submission of original papers and reviews dealing with imaging for radiotherapy planning, the physics and dosimetry associated with IGRT, as well as the clinical outcomes for cancer treatment with IGRT for all tumor sites.
Cancer --- Computerized axial tomography --- Image-guided radiotherapy --- Comorbidity --- disease-specific survival
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Noise has been widely used to investigate the processing properties of various visual functions (e.g. detection, discrimination, attention, perceptual learning, averaging, crowding, face recognition), in various populations (e.g. older adults, amblyopes, migrainers, dyslexic children), using noise along various dimensions (e.g. pixel noise, orientation jitter, contrast jitter). The reason to use external noise is generally not to characterize visual processing in external noise per se, but rather to reveal how vision works in ordinary conditions when performance is limited by our intrinsic noise rather than externally added noise. For instance, reverse correlation aims at identifying the relevant information to perform a given task in noiseless conditions and measuring contrast thresholds in various noise levels can be used to understand the impact of intrinsic noise that limits sensitivity to noiseless stimuli. Why use noise? Since Fechner named it, psychophysics has always emphasized the systematic investigation of conditions that break vision. External noise raises threshold hugely and selectively. In hearing, Fletcher used noise in his famous critical-band experiments to reveal frequency-selective channels in hearing. Critical bands have been found in vision too. More generally, the big reliable effects of noise give important clues to how the system works. And simple models have been proposed to account for the effects of visual noise. As noise has been more widely used, questions have been raised about the simplifying assumptions that link the processing properties in noiseless conditions to measurements in external noise. For instance, it is usually assumed that the processing strategy (or mechanism) used to perform a task and its processing properties (e.g. filter tuning) are unaffected by the addition of external noise. Some have suggested that the processing properties could change with the addition of external noise (e.g. change in filter tuning or more lateral masking in noise), which would need to be considered before drawing conclusions about the processing properties in noiseless condition. Others have suggested that different processing properties (or mechanisms) could be solicited in low and high noise conditions, complicating the characterization of processing properties in noiseless condition based on processing properties identified in noise conditions. The current Research Topic probes further into what the effects of visual noise tell us about vision in ordinary conditions. Our Editorial gives an overview of the articles in this special issue.
Noise --- Equivalent input noise --- Linear amplifier model --- perceptual template model --- noise image classification --- bandpass noise --- Contrast jitter --- phase noise
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A thorough understanding of pathogenic microorganisms and their interactions with host organisms is crucial to prevent infectious threats due to the fact that Pathogen-Host Interactions (PHIs) have critical roles in initiating and sustaining infections. Therefore, the analysis of infection mechanisms through PHIs is indispensable to identify diagnostic biomarkers and next-generation drug targets and then to develop strategic novel solutions against drug-resistance and for personalized therapy. Traditional approaches are limited in capturing mechanisms of infection since they investigate hosts or pathogens individually. On the other hand, the systems biology approach focuses on the whole PHI system, and is more promising in capturing infection mechanisms. Here, we bring together studies on the below listed sections to present the current picture of the research on Computational Systems Biology of Pathogen-Host Interactions:- Computational Inference of PHI Networks using Omics Data- Computational Prediction of PHIs- Text Mining of PHI Data from the Literature- Mathematical Modeling and Bioinformatic Analysis of PHIs Computational Inference of PHI Networks using Omics Data Gene regulatory, metabolic and protein-protein networks of PHI systems are crucial for a thorough understanding of infection mechanisms. Great advances in molecular biology and biotechnology have allowed the production of related omics data experimentally. Many computational methods are emerging to infer molecular interaction networks of PHI systems from the corresponding omics data. Computational Prediction of PHIs Due to the lack of experimentally-found PHI data, many computational methods have been developed for the prediction of pathogen-host protein-protein interactions. Despite being emerging, currently available experimental PHI data are far from complete for a systems view of infection mechanisms through PHIs. Therefore, computational methods are the main tools to predict new PHIs. To this end, the development of new computational methods is of great interest. Text Mining of PHI Data from Literature Despite the recent development of many PHI-specific databases, most data relevant to PHIs are still buried in the biomedical literature, which demands for the use of text mining techniques to unravel PHIs hidden in the literature. Only some rare efforts have been performed to achieve this aim. Therefore, the development of novel text mining methods specific for PHI data retrieval is of key importance for efficient use of the available literature. Mathematical Modeling and Bioinformatic Analysis of PHIs After the reconstruction of PHI networks experimentally and/or computationally, their mathematical modeling and detailed computational analysis is required using bioinformatics tools to get insights on infection mechanisms. Bioinformatics methods are increasingly applied to analyze the increasing amount of experimentally-found and computationally-predicted PHI data. Acknowledgements: We, editors of this e-book, acknowledge Emrah Nikerel (Yeditepe University, Turkey) and Arzucan Özgür (Bogaaziçi University, Turkey) for their contributions during the initiation of the Research Topic.
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