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Description:Diameter: 37.92 mmCup Diameter: 24.50 mmRim Width: 6.71 mmBore Size: 6.10 mmBack Bore: V-type
Medium bore trombone. Excellent jazz model, rounded rim contour.
The smallest model of the range, the 12CS is designed for the big-band specialist. It has a clear singing quality and great projection. The rounded rim prevents fatigue after long hours of hard playing Used for many years by the late Carl Fontana.


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Daisy Tells A Secret DVD Review
Did you know that April is Child Abuse Prevention Month?
I have witnessed the devastation that sexual abuse has on an innocent child and I admit that it has made me extremely overprotective as a parent. However, as my children are now 3, 4 and 5, I have found it difficult to find the right words to talk about personal safety awareness. The DVD, Daisy Tells a Secret is such a fantastic resource that I highly recommend for all parents of children ages 4-8 (though my three year old was also able to understand the concept of the DVD too).
In this simple yet powerful animated DVD, sweet little bird Daisy Raven is left home alone with her Uncle Raven who wants to play a tickling game and touches her in her private areas leaving her scared and confused. She confides in a close friend at the park who encourages her to tell her parents, explaining that there are "good secrets" and "bad secrets". Daisy courageously tells her parents who immediately offer her support and reassure her that Uncle Raven did something very wrong and it was not her fault.
We watched Daisy Tells a Secret as a family because my husband and I wanted to show my children that we were unified in our love and support for them. We were both quite impressed with the way Daisy Tells a Secret conveys a very difficult message in an unthreatening and un-scary manner that stills hits the mark with expressing the importance of good touch and bad touch and what to do if anyone touches them in an inappropriate way. It also explains the concept of body ownership and how to identify the safe adult's that they can feel comfortable confiding in if something happens that makes them uncomfortable. My children were very engaged and the emotions on their faces helped me to know that they understood the message of Daisy Tells a Secret and really liked the animated characters. They were not frightened in any way but instead started an open dialogue with my husband telling us that we were their "safe adults" and that if anyone tried to touch them in their private areas that they would tell them "no" and tell us immediately. I also appreciated that this gives us the opportunity to talk with our children and the DVD even has a special section for parents offering helpful tips and encouragement.
You are invited to visit the Daisy Tells a Secret website which has lots of excellent information about protecting your children from sexual abuse including:
- How to talk to your child his or her body
- Keeping our children safe
- What to do when you suspect sexual abuse
- What to do after disclosure
There are also coloring pages and Daisy Companion Instructions in the online Tool Kit.
*Congratulations to Daisy Tells a Secret which has been nominated for a Telly Award and you can vote on YouTube! Won't you take a moment to view the video and vote for this wonderful DVD……I did!
Daisy Tells a Secret is available on DVD for both parents and educators too. You can purchase this highly recommended DVD for only $19.95 (Parent's Home Use) or the Educator's Edition (multi-use) for $149.95.
*I did not receive any financial compensation for this review, though I did review a sample of the product for evaluation purposes. The opinions are based only on my experiences with the product.*

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Ada Prepares For More Tourists
Ada youth in action
As part of efforts to beautify Ada and attract more tourists, a group of young people from the Ada community in the Greater Accra Region embarked on a clean-up and painting exercise last week.
The exercise was to improve sanitary conditions of the community and promote visits to the area that is becoming a hot-bed for tourism.
The exercise started from the Ada-Foah Clinic through the Education Office at Fiagbedu Clinic Junction. It ended with fun games and refreshments at the Dove Park, Ada-Foah.
Organisers of the 'Clean-Up Ada' campaign said they were motivated to undertake the exercise to give a facelift to the community which is a known tourist destination.
A view of Aqua Safari, a tourist destination at Accra
View of Aqua Safari, a tourist destination at Ada
"We embarked on this clean-up exercise to help improve Ada and surrounding communities. We are happy with the outcome, and participation was successful. We hope to undertake more and more of such activities," Catherine Dela said.
A major concern of the community is the poor nature of roads in the community.
"This is a drawback on the development of the community. We intend to petition the Member of Parliament for Ada, Comfort Doyoe, as well as the District Assembly to get the road fixed," said Gideon Aguh, a resident.
The road from Kasseh to Big-Ada through to Ada-Foah is in a very deplorable state and unmotorable anytime there is a downpour. This is affecting tourism revenue and commercial activities in the area.
"But we are worried about the state of the infrastructure leading up to the tourist facilities in the town. We are preparing to petition the authorities to help fix the situation, especially the roads leading up to these tourist sites," he said.


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- 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
For the buttercream
- 500g unsalted butter
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For the ganache
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- 100g double cream
- Gold food colouring
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Preheat oven to 180°C. Cream butter and sugar together in a bowl, add in eggs and beat well.
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Sift in flour and add vanilla essence, mix until smooth and light. Pour mixture evenly between four greased 8" cake tins. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and a skewer inserted in to one of the cakes comes out clean. Leave to cool.
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Cream butter, sugar and food colouring until you have a smooth, light buttercream.
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Remove your cakes from the tins and level the tops using a serrated knife. Stack the layers using a good layer of buttercream in between to keep in place.
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Using a palette knife, buttercream coat the outside of the cake and smooth off using a cake scraper. When you have a nice smooth of layer of buttercream place cake in the fridge while you make the ganache.
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Chop white chocolate and place in a bowl. Heat cream on a medium heat until boiling but ensure it does not boil over. Pour over chopped chocolate and stir until you have a smooth ganache.
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For the drip effect on the cake; spoon some onto the top of the cool cake and move around with back of the spoon till drops fall over the edge.
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Now the fun part; decorate! Spray some white chocolate with gold shimmer paint or use any chocolate of your choice to layer onto the top of the cake. Voila; your show stopping cake is complete!


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The Adventuress is a blog for women with adventurous spirits.
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Nestled on the outskirts of Tucson, the Tanque Verde Ranch, is an ideal spot for exploring the surrounding mountains and desert. We'll start the week with a Cowgirl Cookout and spend some time improving our riding skills and strengthening our hiking legs on nearby trails. A trip to southern Arizona wouldn't be complete without an opportunity to also explore its culture and cuisine. So we will travel south one day to hike at Madera Canyon then visit Tubac - a Spanish presidio turned artist colony for a refreshing prickly pear margarita and time to visit the many galleries and shops. And we couldn't leave out a trip to the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum, described as a fusion experience that's part zoo, part botanical garden, part art gallery, part natural history museum, and part aquarium! Our timing also takes advantage of this special time of year in Tucson with its Day of the Dead festivities and annual All Souls Procession. With Tanque Verde Ranch as our base, there's a little something for everyone on this Sonoran Desert adventure! Maximum group size: 13
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This trip is for women in good physical condition who can hike for three to six hours a day in a desert environment. There will be hikes of over six miles on four of the days and also some time to relax at the ranch. You will have the option to participate in all of the hikes if you train for a level 3 rated trip by engaging in aerobic conditioning, such as walking vigorously up hills, jogging, cross-country skiing or stair stepping for 30 - 45 minutes at least 3 - 4 times a week. Rating: 1 [2] [3] 4 5.
This is primarily a hiking trip with a few opportunities ride at the ranch and explore some of the other highlights and flavors of the desert southwest. We hike some of the areas highlights, including Saguaro National Park, Madera Canyon, Sabino Canyon and Mt. Lemmon to get a feel for the amazing diversity of this landscape. We'll also have a basic riding lesson and walk ride at the beginning and then have the option for a sunset ride later in the trip. There are also opportunities at the ranch to to go mountain biking, take a yoga lesson, or just relax and explore the many beautiful acres of desert on your own, especially if you want to arrive early or stay after the trip ends. There are so many options to make this a truly one-of-a-kind adventure!
There are five double-occupancy "salas" rooms available each with two queen beds, as well as two double or single occupancy "casitas" for a supplement. All of the rooms are located on the north side of the property in "Quail Hollow" with a nice grassy courtyard that invites you to relax and enjoy the sunset with your travel companions. The casitas are more spacious with their own sitting areas and are available for a supplement of $700, which can be as a single supplement or shared for an upgraded double. Both are described here.
Below is the proposed itinerary for the trip. As is true on any adventure travel trip, plans for any specific day may be modified due to weather considerations, unforeseen circumstances, new opportunities, and group interests.
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Health Matters for All : Cancer of the Mouth
Well, on the upside, we also have to worry about genetics, family history of cancer, alcohol, human papillomavirus, ultraviolet light, vitamin A deficiency and immune system suppression. Or, living in general.
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Causes of Carcinoma Of The Oropharynx
There are a number of factors that present risks for developing oral and oropharyngeal cancer. These include tobacco, alcohol, human papillomavirus, ultraviolet light, vitamin A deficiency and immune system suppression.
Smoking or chewing tobacco is the greatest risk factor for developing oral cancer. The risk increases the longer a tobacco habit persists. These individuals may frequently develop other cancers involving the lung, head and neck. Pipe smoking carries a significant risk for cancers in the part of the lips that contact the pipe-stem. Chewing tobacco is associated with cancers of the cheek, gums and inner surface of the lips.
About 75 to 80 percent of all patients with oral cancer consume alcohol frequently, and oral and oropharyngeal cancers are about six times more common in drinkers than in nondrinkers. People who smoke and drink alcohol have a much higher risk of cancer than those using alcohol or tobacco alone. It is likely that these substances either directly or indirectly damage the DNA of the epithelial cells.
Human papilloma virus may contribute to the development
of some oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers. This is especially true in individuals who have other risk factors.
More than 30 percent of patients with cancers of the lip have occupations associated with prolonged sunlight exposure. Many of these patients are fair-skinned with light hair and blue eyes.
Vitamin A deficiency is associated with an increased risk of developing cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx. People taking immunosuppressive drugs to treat immune-system diseases or to prevent rejection of transplanted organs may be at increased risk for cancers of the oral cavity and oropharynx.
Here's the rest of the depressing article. Remember, tobacco, alcohol, human papillomavirus, ultraviolet light, vitamin A deficiency and immune system suppression. And the oddly missing genetics and/or family history of cancer. Pretty much life in general unless you live in a cave. Kiss your ass goodbye, and bid farewell with a pipe and a blindfold.


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Acrylic painting on wood.
I sometimes get a strong desire to make a painting when I read something that speaks to me. If you've been on this page a while, you probably know that Ann Voskamp's writing often inspires me.
A few days ago, I read an article she posted, entitled "The Best Secret About Making a Home". Describing her life, she wrote:
"So she made soup and matched socks. She scrubbed out the tub. She awoke: *One always gets to decide what is mindless work and what is soulful work.*
She would decide.
She decided for art, to make her life art. She would make it all art — it all would be art, worship, a gift back."
I loved it! There are dramatic moments in life, to be sure, but it is mostly made up of ordinary, unglamorous things, that need to be done. Isn't it so? The work involved in making a home, work done outside the home – whatever it is… You can indeed do it without being fully present in the moment, or you can choose to do it as "soulful work", and turn it into art. So I chose only one of the many kinds of work that could be done, one of the many necessary things which keep our life going, like the many gears in a mechanism that works. And I made the painting as a reminder for my own soul…


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Clark Chimp is a singer-songwriter from another universe, currently based in Lost Angeles. Originally trained as an Astrophysimusicianaut, he uses his wormhole-generating Pedalopolis to augment virtuosic acoustic guitar and out-of-this-world voice. He performs his original songs that are designed to take you to the farthest reaches of time and space, where you may encounter: your own heart. Sunglasses recommended.
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Where in the world is Cassini? The answer is in space. A vast dark ocean of matter and space-time continuum, where our only home is a minuscule speck — a spaceship sailing within the realms of unthinkable. Inspired by the ideas and celebration of human thought of the last century, Cassini touches extraterrestrial themes with a human heart and answers lifelong questions with questions.


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Workshop: How do we map social networks and how can we 'say stuff' about the qualities and forms of relations within them?
If there is one thing that the qualitative social sciences have taught us, it is that humans are social beings who thrive within webs of 'healthy', 'good quality' relations and conversely may suffer when isolated and detached. Whether at home, among family and friends, in school, on the job or pursuing hobbies, possibilities for leading a 'good life' are often seen as reliant on whether or not a person is surrounded by supportive social networks that sustain social recognition, mutual care (both caring for and caring about) and common interests. Conversely, we know also that falling in with 'a bad crowd' can ultimately lead to detrimental outcomes.
With the advent of new digital methods, machine learning and forms of smart tracking, the kinds of questions we can ask about social networks and the forms and qualities of relations within them are changing. Moreover, interesting opportunities for linking up qualitative and quantitative data sets are also emerging. In this mini workshop, using concrete case studies, we will explore what new kinds of questions can be asked and explored about social networks using new social data science methods whether alone or in conjunction with qualitative methodologies, and how we can productively bring variegated data sets together.
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Mapping the complete social networks of an entire village in South Korea
Prof. Yoosik Youm, Department of Sociology, Yonsei University, South Korea.
What kind of data would be proper to measure the social structure of a community? The 'Korean Social life, Health, and Aging Project' (KSHAP) is a panel data trying to capture the social structure of a village by measuring the social networks of older adults. All the older adults in the village were asked to enumerate their discussion partners up to seven people based on real names so that we can map out the complete social networks of the entire village. In addition to the traditional demographic information such as age, gender, educational level, the KSHAP could produce a series of social network measures including size, density, centrality positions, K-core, closure, etc. In addition to the social network survey, the KSHAP also included psychical examination including blood drawing and fMRI brain scans to produce various biomarkers. This presentation will overview the data collection process of the KSHAP and some selected health-related research outcomes.
Virtual ethnography through/on Facebook
Dr. Natasja Kingod, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen
Facebook is one of the largest social networking sites worldwide with more than 2 billion users and with an average of 90% access through mobile devices. Since Facebook launched its community pages function in 2010 people are increasingly using the platform to establish groups and communities among common interests such as diseases where health-related peer support provides tools and knowledge on how to live with illness. Due to the increase of interest in Facebook among people with various health conditions, many researchers have been drawn to the platform using various approaches and methodologies from data crawling and tracking software to traditional ethnographic approaches. My presentation draws on methodological reflections of a year of fieldwork for my PhD study as an online-offline ethnographer following Danish adults with type 1 diabetes into online and offline social spaces of peer to peer interaction. More specifically, I will outline the approach I used to both identify and map 17 communities, recruit members for an offline study, reflect on my my own level of ethnographic participation and the limitations to selected methodologies.
Let's get closer: Measuring the effect of physical proximity using big data
Ph.D. student Kristoffer Glavind, Department of Economics and SODAS, University of Copenhagen
Physical distance between individuals in a central for the social interactions, but we know surprisingly little of in which way. The field proxemics was a big field within social psychology trough the 1960's and 1970's, but the field declined (partly) because of the cost of large scale observation. Now mobile phone data from the Social Fabric project, give new opportunities to observe the distance between people in everyday social interactions. I find that distance in social interactions is a strong measure of friendship, and show that for a range of characteristics homophily is correlated with lower distance in social interactions. Further I show preliminary evidence that misunderstanding the norms of proximity (by keeping either too little or too much distance to your peers) is correlated with significantly fewer social interactions.
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Why Jimmy Wales' Personal Philosophy Should Discredit Wikipedia's Trustworthiness
Richard Gale and Gary Null PhD
Progressive Radio Network, October 15, 2019
When we think about the most powerful and influential voices in the world, we more often than not recognize presidents, statespersons, leading social reformers, and great visionaries. But rarely would Wikipedia's co-founder Jimmy Wales be found on our lists. Nevertheless, it is perfectly legitimate to suggest that Wales has received enormous undeserved recognition for his Wikipedia that is now in the top five of the world's most influential websites. People utilize Wikipedia for it being the largest storehouse of human knowledge that is simply a click away to access. Unfortunately, many people visit Wikipedia to gain access to information that may contribute to life-changing decisions, especially regarding medicine and health. Given all its hype, Wikipedia has become a trusted resource, yet few users truly know or understand the politics and controversies that rage behind its editorial backrooms and the encyclopedia's parent entity's — the Wikimedia Foundation — complete lack of oversight and responsibility for the information posted. This lack of oversight is a violation of it's parent foundation's most fundamental legal responsibility, to control the operations of Wikipedia and have it conform to its stated purpose.
Wikipedia hides behind the constitutional guarantees supporting the right to free speech. Therefore the Foundation runs away from taking responsibility for content posted on the encyclopedia, including gross misinformation, and the defamation of living persons, including the premeditated, orchestrated destruction of reputable individuals' research and accomplishments. These actions are like a public flogging, something one might expect in a public square in Saudi Arabia. It is not uncommon to read about pioneering alternative medical doctors and practitioners, who have helped thousands of people, denigrated as "quacks." This is despite the fact that for decades there has been a long legacy of doctors, researchers and medical pioneers who have shown that many of the medical theories and therapies Wikipedia denounces are effective. By abandoning any pretense of objectivity in many critical areas, Wikipedia has abandoned its mission to be an "encyclopedia" and is not entitled to the benefit of any doubt in determining it's responsibility for its acts of defamation of character and various published falsehoods.
People such as Drs. Deepak Chopra, Caldwell Esselstyn, David Perlmutter, Larry Dossey, John McDougall, etc, who have spent their lives improving society and the lives of millions of people, were acknowledged by their professional peers until Wikipedia attacked them. Many of these physicians have been unique innovators who explored areas of health and treatment that their profession steered away from. There is also an increasing body of scientific literature to support them. Other visionaries who have stepped outside the box to investigate consciousness, human potential and controversial biophysical properties including Rupert Sheldrake, Dean Radin, and Nobel Prize Laureate Luc Montagnier. Therefore for Wikipedia to condemn this entire medical history en masse poses a dire threat to society, both individually and collectively. This may very well be a human rights crime. Chopra, for example, has introduced millions of people to Transcendental Meditation and Ayurvedic medicine which has improved their lives accordingly.
Today there is a growing number of board certified physicians, from highly respected medical schools such as Harvard and Stanford, who have chosen to seek more efficacious and safer therapies than what conventional medicine has to offer. These men and women have accepted an alternative route because of the enormous failures and iatrogenic injuries now rampant in our dominant medical paradigm. Notable medical critics such as former Cochrane pioneer Peter Gotzsche, the former editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine Marcia Angell, David Healy, and Stanford's John Ioannidis have shown that many of our most common drug regimens have failed to show efficacy for treating mental disorders and conditions such as chronic pain, cardiovascular disease and cancer. However, none of these criticisms of modern medicine have initiated any concerted fundamental change to correct the way medicine is practiced in modern society. And of course this is largely due to the overwhelming power and influence the pharmaceutical industry exerts over our federal health agencies.
We are not stating any secrets. The simple fact of the matter is that more patients are turning towards complementary and alternative health therapies because these physicians are finding much greater patient benefits with non-toxic medical regimens. Moreover these medical systems have overwhelming support from research found in the scientific literature that Wikipedia categorically ignores.
We may take one telling and not infrequent example. A person who is undergoing conventional medical treatment for cancer may learn about non-toxic natural treatments for relieving the adverse effects of chemotherapy or radiation. Or the person may be advised to learn a stress reduction technique such as meditation or yoga, which the scientific literature has repeatedly shown to improve the chances for recovery. Or she or he may Google alternative and non-drug therapies to find nutrients or medicinal herbs to further protect the immune system. Inevitably, Google will take the patient immediately to Wikipedia where it will be discovered that all of these alternative therapies are viciously attacked and denounced as pseudoscience or quackery. And this despite the many thousands of published studies in the National Institutes of Health PubMed database. Unfortunately, the average person is unaware of the other options such as PubMed or the Mayo Clinic resources and, therefore, they are inadvertently forced to rely upon Wikipedia.
Several peer-reviewed analyses have concluded that Wikipedia's Complementary and Alternative Medicine pages are poorly written and fraught with errors and biases. In a joint analysis of 97 Wikipedia articles on CAM therapies that was undertaken by the University of Toronto's School of Public Health and Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital in Taiwan, only 4 percent were assigned a "good" status and 56 percent required "substantial improvements in their content." Hence, in our opinion, Wikipedia has failed to provide any balanced and authoritative information on its pages
Neither Jimmy Wales nor the Wikimedia Foundation's Board members and officers possess a professional background in the biological and medical sciences. Nor is there evidence that any of these individuals have made efforts to objectively investigate alternative medicine in order make realistic executive decisions to have Wikipedia's health pages corrected. To the contrary, the Foundation has ignorantly permitted the condemnation of these therapies to continue without due process. We have spoken with nationally renowned Constitutional attorneys who suggest the Foundation may be engaging in human rights abuses because they are intentionally depriving the public of life-saving information while condemning those who advocate for it. Therefore, every Foundation Board member, which includes Wales, based upon the California Attorney General's rules, is violating the law and very likely the organization's IRS nonprofit status.
The Foundation claims that under the terms of the US Communications Decency Act, it is not liable for the text of Wikipedia editors on its website until it has been fully informed about offensive and derogatory statements. After such time, and if the Foundation or its Board fail to make the necessary corrections, it risks being held liable and legal measures can be taken. This means that every WikiMedia fiduciary may be liable for legal actions. Lawsuits have been filed against Wikipedia for inappropriate accusations appearing on the sites biographies. Yet in our opinion, these individual suits have failed to succeed because the initial approach was defective. Rather, a major class action suit with the federal government's full awareness may be the only solution to bring this rogue non-profit organization to account.
To say there is an epidemic of dysfunction on Wikipedia would be understatement. By all accounts Wikpedia's co-founder Jimmy Wales and the WikiMedia Foundation's Board of Trustees have failed to take responsibility for the unbridled scorn, bias, misinformation, libel, defamation and character assassination that persists on the site. It is quite understandable that Wales would distance himself from liability and from being held accountable. Irresponsibility is a central thesis for his stated personal philosophies, which as we will describe permit chaos to govern over a faux trickle down illusion that accuracy and consensus can alchemically prevail on Wikipedia's web pages. This is especially the case for highly charged controversial topics such as medicine, health, politics, corporate accountability, economic theories, and religion.
Before co-founding Wikipedia with Larry Sanger, Wales' earlier business ventures were equally criticized for rampant dysfunction and a lack of executive responsibility. Former employees of Wale's dot.com marketing scheme Bomis have described the company's mismanaged and maladjusted culture that Wales oversaw. One employee reminisced, "Of the years I worked at Bomis, most employees were treated with almost non-existent aloofness. He [Wales] talked to anyone very rarely. No one really knew what their responsibilities were. No one knew how things were going until they got laid off. Some, such as me, or Tim Shell, he treated with mocking disdain." Another employee remarked, "Jimmy was such a non-existent manager of all the employees. No meetings, no discussions on how the company was doing, no nothing from him." After numerous attempts by individuals to reach out to Wales and the Foundation to request their responsibility to have their biographies corrected of misinformation and even lies, and slanderous comments, they are simply advised to continue proceeding through the same failed editorial process as before or receive silence. Clearly, Wales and his Foundation have no intention to be responsible for the damage caused by Wikipedia's editors destroying the reputations of innocent people and worsen the very health of millions who are misinformed by Wales' Skeptics who dominant many of the encyclopedia's heath entries.
Knowing a little about Jimmy Wales' personal philosophies may guide us to better understand the dysfunction that plaques many Wikipedia topics. During his public lectures and interviews, Wales has acknowledged his deep devotion to Ayn Rand's Objectivist creed — Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead being among his favorite literary works — and the economic theories of Friedrich Hayek from the Austrian School of Economics. Both ideologies should have been buried in an historical toxic wastebin long ago. As we will point out, Wales also embraces the radical scientific materialist opinions of modern Skepticism and is sympathetic to the New Atheism promulgated by British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. New Atheism is also rampant in the Skeptic organizations such as the Center for Inquiry and the James Randi Educational Foundation. Mixing together the ingredients of Rand, Hayek, institutional Skepticism and the New Atheism is a predictable recipe for aggressive pathologies of intolerance and extremism. Furthermore, each of these belief systems carry many of the defining characteristics of a cult.
According to Wales, Objectivism and Hayek's text "The Use of Knowledge in Society" have served as the template for his theorizing the benefits of an open-source encyclopedia for achieving accuracy in knowledge and wisdom. However, as Stacy Schiff wrote in The New Yorker, Wale's belief in a free-for-all policy to gather the world's knowledge may have turned Wikipedia into "the world's most ambitious vanity press." Again, Sanger, quoted in the New Yorker article, observes "Wikipedia has gone from a nearly perfect anarchy to an anarchy with gang rule." But this is the spawn one might anticipate from a marriage between Ayn Rand and Friedrich Hayek. Certainly for the numerous junior editors, including many medical doctors and university researchers, who have attempted to correct the truck loads of misinformation, bias, and outright scientific distortions and lies on complementary and alternative medical pages, it is clear that the personal unprofessional opinions of anonymous Skeptics who have hijacked much of Wikipedia's health entries — what the open-source pioneer Eric Raymond may be referring to as an infestation of "moonbats" — outweigh medical expertise and even enormous bodies of peer-reviewed medical research. When queried about the controversy regarding a leading Wikipedia administrator's fraudulent credentials using the anonymous handle Essiay, who claimed to have a doctorate but never graduated from college — Wales simply wrote it off, "I regard it as a pseudonym and I don't really have a problem with it."
Jimmy Wales' Objectivism
In the Ayn Rand entry on Stanford University's Encyclopedia of Philosophy, which attempts to take a neutral stand, we read, "Whereas Rand's ideas and mode of presentation make Rand popular with many non-academics, they lead to the opposite outcome with academics." However trying to remain evenhanded with Rand's Objectivist philosophy is quite a challenging task for anyone possessing a modicum of critical thinking skills. Rand thoroughly rejects the idea that the privileged and wealthy elite have a responsibility to improve society for the benefit of the collective as a whole. This may account for Wales' disregard towards academic professionals to serve as senior Wikipedia administrators on subjects they have earned expertise in. Instead, he shows favor towards the horde of anti-intellectual proletariats, which make up much of the Skeptic community such as stage magician James Randi and Susan Gerbic's army of Guerrilla Skeptics on Wikipedia. Stanford's encyclopedia continues, "[Rand's] polemical style, often contemptuous tone and the dogmatism and cult-like behavior of many of her fans also suggest that her work is not worth taking seriously."
Altruism and human values of kindness and giving are antithetical to Objectivism. Rand writes in her deceptively titled book, The New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand, that "capitalism and altruism are incompatible; they are philosophical opposites; they cannot co-exist in the same man or in the same society." This might perhaps be Rand's most truthful statement. She was herself a self-indulgent brat, who cared little that her family was starving during the Soviet regime while she ran off to the theater. Hypocrisy flowed through her blood; she castigated government welfare while unconscionably collecting Medicare benefits and social security. Gore Vidal, who never withheld his disdain for Rand's philosophy, wrote in Esquire that she "has a great attraction for simple people who are puzzled by organized society, who object to paying taxes, who dislike the welfare state, who feel guilt at the thought of the suffering of others but who would like to harden their hearts… Ayn Rand's 'philosophy' is nearly perfect in its immorality, which makes the size of her audience all the more ominous…"
Wales often pronounces honorable words, even sometimes oozing with altruism, in his pep talks to the site's editors. On a Wikipedia mailing list in December 2005, Wales wrote, "We are Wikipedians. This means that we should be: kind, thoughtful, passionate about getting it right, open, tolerant of different viewpoints, open to criticism, bold about changing our policies and also cautious about changing our policies. We are not vindictive, childish, and we don't stoop to the level of our worst critics, no matter how much we may find them to be annoying." His ex-wife Pam conveys a very different image that aligns with Ayn Rand's amoral Objectivism of noxious self-interest. A 2008 profile of Wales in W Magazine recounts, "To him, altruism was evil," remembers Pam, who says that Wales therefore discouraged her from pursuing a nursing degree when they were married. "His whole 'Mr Save the World' is so contrary to what he said every day for seven years." For the jetsetting Wales, who resides in the UK and removed from his Foundation's San Francisco operations, egoic fame seems to be a top priority and to continue serving as Wikipedia's "benevolent dictator." As we will see, Wales is astute in spewing empty words. Off of Wikipedia, Wales has made many vile statements towards those who do not embrace his prejudiced beliefs, notably Medical Skepticism. And these same destructive sentiments are rife on Wikipedia. Similar to Rand, Wales seemingly has a low opinion of democracy. The "greatest misconception about Wikipedia," Wales told the New York Times, "we aren't democratic. Our readers edit the entries, but we're actually quite snobby." And Objectivism is pomposity on amphetamines, which Rand just so happens to have been addicted to.
Wales and the Austrian School of Economics
In an interview published in Reason magazine, Wales remarked, "Hayek's work on price theory is central to my own thinking about how to manage the Wikipedia project…. One can't understand my ideas about Wikipedia without understanding Hayek." Indeed the heartbeat of Hayek's serfdom and intellectual nihilism thrives among Wikipedian communities, notably the Skeptics, because knowledge should be thoroughly decentralized, according to Hayek's scheme, which means that any patient is deemed more knowledgeable than the physician.
The Nobel Laureate for Economics, Paul Krugman, writes that Austrian economics "very much has the psychology of a cult. Its devotees believe that they have access to a truth that generations of mainstream economists have somehow failed to discern." Another Nobel economist Milton Friedman was equally critical of the Austrian school's flaws, which he felt "has done the world a great deal of harm." And indeed, similar to the Hayek and another Austrian economist Ludwig Von Mises, Wales has attracted a wild-eyed cult of adoring Wikipedians and Skeptics who bow to him as one of their own.
Friedman also charges Hayek and another Austrian acolyte Lionel Robbins for believing quite foolishly that by just allowing "the bottom to drop out" an economic system will automatically "cure itself." Similar to Rand, Hayek is suggesting that there should be no centralized authority being held accountable for the lives of those who are destroyed by the titans of industry. We see this same principle at work in Wikidepdia: that regardless of the editorial infighting or Wiki-wars, confusion, animosity, and conflicts between editors holding contrary views, that somehow out of the abyss reliable, objective and well-balanced entries will emerge. In addition, by believing this nonsense, Wales nor the Foundation need to be responsible for the eventual outcome. The Wikipedia serfs will figure it out; however at the greater cost of people's reputations and massive inaccurate and biased information being dished out to the site's users.
Wales' Medical Skepticism
While Wales' may believe his allegiance to the philosophies of Rand and Hayek excuse him of ultimate responsibility for the intentional damage Wikipedia causes in the lives of others, his embrace of modern Medical Skepticism further compounds the problem. Here, Wales' favoritism towards an ideological dogma has contributed to the greatest harm.
Over the years, a relatively small group, many of whom are non-credentialed, hate-filled individuals commonly known as Skeptics, have been empowered by Wales to use the site as a social media platform to aggressively attack and condemn non-conventional and alternative medical therapies and its practitioners. The modern Skepticism movement is a deviation from conventional scientific skepticism from the 19th century. It is a socio-politically motivated movement that promulgates an extreme interpretation of scientific materialism based upon reductionist principles that deny any relevance to subjective experience.
Although Wales claims he is neutral over Wikipedia's content, he has nevertheless taken personal measures to protect the encyclopedia from criticism. In 2018, he supported the ban of the British newspaper the Daily Mail from being recognized as a reliable resource to reference on Wikipedia entries. There are sound reasons to believe that Wales' banning the Daily Mail was an act of conflict of interests and perhaps personal revenge. On occasion the Mail has printed stories that challenge Wikipedia's claims of neutrality. One story accused Wales of being a neoliberal insider with the intention to destroy conservatism. Furthermore, Wales has sat on the Board of the Guardian Media Group — the Daily Mail is the Guardian's major competitor. The Foundation's executive director Katherine Maher has also written for the liberal-leaning newspaper. The Mail published a story about the inaccuracy of medical research originating from Campbell University that is frequently referenced on Wikipedia's 20,000-plus health-related pages. In effect, the Mail was providing a public service to warn readers about Wikipedia's unreliable information and grossly biased entries on health topics. This is all the more important because many patients rely upon Wikipedia in their attempts to self-diagnose adverse symptoms. It is also estimated that approximately 50 percent of physicians refer to Wikipedia on a regular basis. In 2017, the Mail reported on a study conducted by the Oxford Internet Institute that found Wikipedia has been relying upon algorithmic bots for over a decade to "enforce bans, check spelling, links and import content." This includes the undoing of manual and robotic edits made to Wiki pages, a common occurrence on alternative health pages. And in 2014 the Mail instructed all of its writers and reporters to never rely on Wikipedia as a single source for conducting journalistic research.
Wales is fond of the social media website Quora, where he posts periodically and answers questions from his fans. Per a question about the circumstances for the ban of the Daily Mail, Wales replied, "My own view is that Wikipedia should be very careful about sourcing, including stepping up skepticism across the board." And there we have it. Skepticism is to be the determining arbiter for what can be ruled as "authentic" medicine on Wikipedia. Hence, the Foundation's Board members and all of its fiduciaries are put on notice that Wikipedia is not objective, is unfair, and it is creating original content based upon a Skeptic agenda that Wales believes is correct despite the fact the scientific literature proves otherwise. Therefore, we believe that all parties involved, from the Skeptic editors to the WikiMedia Board and officers should be held legally accountable.
Writing for the Huffington Post, journalist Sam Slovick posed a question that many senior Wikipedia editors have entertained. Slovick asks, "Has Jimmy Wales' marauding encyclopedic beast finally corrupted the Internet? Has Wikipedia lost all credibility, its purported neutral system compromised by toxic editors?" The most toxic Wikipedia editors now terrorizing and sabotaging the encyclopedia's pages more often than not are anonymous, non-experts and computer hacks who have ulterior motives and see Wikipedia as a venue to vent their animosity towards subjects and people they dislike, or to advance their own beliefs and ideologies. Editors who adhere to modern Skepticism are particularly suspect and now dominate upwards to a thousand Wikipedia entries dealing with non-conventional medicine, parapsychology and doctors, researchers and health practitioners who advocate these disciplines.
It is not uncommon to find Skeptic sites praising Wales's embrace of Skepticism and acknowledging him as one of their own. Sites such as Skeptical Science and Skeptools praised Wales in glowing terms for his attack against energy psychology. "Wikipedia's co-founder Jimmy Wales this week" reports Skeptools, "sent a clear signal to skeptics who edit the user-created encyclopedia – he agrees with our focus on science and good evidence." After giving undue applause to the success of Susan Gerbic's network Guerrilla Skeptics on Wikipedia, the article continues,
"Wales makes clear what I have been saying all along – the rules of evidence on Wikipedia are pro-skeptic and pro-science. If you are pushing an idea that science rejects, Wikipedia will reject it too…. Paranormalists and pseudoscientists take note: skeptics are not bullying you off Wikipedia. We are only enforcing the rules of evidence as clearly stated on the service. If you cannot provide adequate evidence for your ideas, they will not be accepted. So says Jimmy Wales, so say we all."
Medical Skepticism is a radical aberration from modern scientific norms. One of its fundamental goals is to distort the scientific debate over non-conventional medical systems, such as Chiropractic, traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, nutritional therapy, homeopathy, etc, and then advance a deviation of the widely accepted Evidence-Based Medicine paradigm known as "science-based medicine." Albeit, the proponents of this latter fringe and rather small movement are not recognized by the wider medical establishment and Skeptics rarely support their absolute claims without unrestrained bias. Instead of following Wikipedia's rules to magically produce valuable and objective information out of conflicting analyses, arguments, and conversations, Skeptics have been granted permission to impose their own rules and solutions for how Wiki pages ought to be reframed to reflect their ideological beliefs. Consequently Skeptics have succeeded in moving the boundaries that define medical evidence and Wales unquestionably condones this.
In 2013, Wales posted a comment on his personal Quora page and shared his experience at a London pharmacy where he was offered the popular homeopathic remedy Oscillococcinium for a sore throat and cough. Besides writing that Oscillococcinum "is a complete hoax product," Wales reveals his contempt for homeopathy, and offers his services to prevent its use. He wrote,
"What I want to know is this: why is this legal? Or, if it is not legal, then what can be done about it? … Homeopathic remedies of no value whatsoever are legally marketed as cures for specific diseases. Who should I talk to about this in order to encourage the creation of a campaign to stop this? This is not my primary area of interest and so I am not the right person to lead it myself. But I would like to help."
In a later comment, Wales stated, "Well, since I live in London, and the problem of homeopathic quackery seems much worse there [i.e., the US] to me, I think I should meet people working on the problem over there first," and "we know with full rational certainty that they [ie homeopathic remedies] do not work at all. They are nothing more than placebo sold fraudulently." Clearly, the people Wales turns to and supports are the Skeptics who are the most militant and aggressive opposition to homeopathy as well as the most ignorant on the subject. The Skeptical Center for Inquiry has even filed lawsuits against major pharmacy corporations such CSV and Walmart for selling homeopathic products.
When a group of homeopaths reached out to Wales to put forth their case of the gross misinformation about Wikipedia's "homeopathy" entry, they were refused for the simple reason that themselves being homeopaths characterizes a conflict of interests. Contrarily, if Paul Offit, one of the nation's most rabid pro-vaccine advocates, wanted to edit the Wikipedia page for the rotavirus vaccine — which he co-invented and received undisclosed millions of dollars from Merck — Skeptics would unroll a royal purple carpet to do. Offit happens to be a Skeptic celebrity.
For the record, a Cochrane Collaboration review of Oscillococcinum trials concluded that the remedy did not prevent the onset of flu, however its analysis of four clinical trials "suggested that Oscillococcinum relieved flu symptoms at 48 hours." Wikipedia recognizes the Cochrane research as one of the more preeminent resources for reliable medical information. Another statistical review of the scientific literature conducted by Sloan Kettering Cancer Center concluded that the same homeopathic preparation "probably reduces the duration of illness in patients presenting influenza symptoms." This information is blocked from being posted on Wikipedia's page for "Oscillococcinum."
Wales has provided plenty of assistance. Susan Gerbic replied to Wales' offer:
"Jimmy you have already done more than anyone could possibly dream that can be done. You created the most amazing resource in the world. I mean that, not only in English but in every language possible. The English homeopathy page alone gets over 140K views EACH MONTH. That is a lot of people being educated about homeopathy. Thank you. Allowing us editors to 'do our job' and keep these articles honest and correctly cited is enough. I can't imagine what else you can do, my brain is teeny tiny compared to your mighty brain, if you come up with something please oh please let us in on it, we want to help."
In 2014, a volatile exchange occurred on the internet between Wales and Dr. Debby Vajda, then President of the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP). Skeptic Wikipedia editors had viciously ridiculed and condemned Energy Medicine and Psychology. Every effort to correct Wikipedia's entry, according to Dr. Vajda, was "summarily deleted." Practitioners of these medical modalities were unsuccessful in their attempts to provide peer-reviewed scientific evidence of Energy Medicine's successes, nor Energy Medicine's positive endorsement by professional associations and science publications including the American Psychology Association, the Association of Social Work Boards, the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors, the Journal of Clinical Psychology, the Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases among others. Dr. Vajda concluded that the Wikipedia page for Energy Medicine and Psychology "is out of step with existing peer-reviewed research on this topic, and opinionated, self-described "skeptic" editors are resisting any change."
In response, ACEP launched a campaign on the grassroots activist site Change.org to sign a petition to refrain from donating to the Wikipedia Foundation because of its prejudiced and preferential treatment given to Skeptics. The petition gained over 11,200 signatures.[14]
In retaliation, Wales replied publicly,
"No, you have to be kidding me. Every single person who signed this petition needs to go back and check their premises and think harder about what it means to be honest, factual and truthful. Wikipedia's policies around this kind of thing are exactly spot-on and correct. If you can get your work published in respectable journals, that is to say, if you can produce evidence through replicable scientific experiments, then Wikipedia will cover it appropriately. What we won't do is pretend that the work of lunatic charlatans is equivalent of 'true scientific discourse.' It isn't."[15]
Wales' reference to practitioners of alternative medicine as "lunatic charlatans" inspired Skeptics to create a Wikipedia entry: Lunatic Charlatans. The page specifically attempts to align with Wales' hostility towards these medical systems and notes this is Wikpedia's official policy:
"This unapologetic endorsement of the NPOV policy on pseudoscience and the policy on fringe science is the clearest indication yet that Wikipedia's robust response to cranks, quacks and charlatans is solidly in line with Wikipedia's foundational goals. We should document these things, we should politely explain why we will not follow the line of Natural News, Mercola and Dr. Oz, but will instead follow reputable scientific sources. If science rejects your favored alternative therapy, Wikipedia is not the place to fix it. Instead, come up with robust, replicable scientific evidence, published in reputable journals, and then we will tell the world all about it."
There is no ambiguity in the above statement. Wikipedia's stated intention is to censor peer-reviewed medical literature supporting alternative medicine's efficacy and will make every attempt to continue discrediting it. Wales, in effect, is shutting down free inquiry. Nevertheless most of the greatest advances in science have been by people who dared to think outside the status quo of the dominant paradigm. One of the enormous failures of Hayek's socio-economic theory is the idea of finding consensus to reign. When Wikipedia's co-founder Larry Sanger was questioned by Wikipedia's ill treatment of non-conventional medical practices, he stated, "Wikipedia's neutrality policy, at least as I originally articulated it, requires that CAM's practitioners be given an opportunity to explain their views." However, Wales would take issue with this because he fundamentally has shown in his words and deeds that he opposes intellectual tolerance and the free exchange and dialogue of scientific ideas. The same is true with the regressive philosophies of Rand and Hayek. Sanger was absolutely correct after he left Wikipedia in 2002 and charged the encyclopedia with "lack[ing] credibility due to, among other things, a lack of respect for expertise."
Wales refuses to take personal responsibility for the gross disinformation, Skepticism's covert propaganda, and editorial censorship that plagues Wikipedia. Rather, he consistently hides behind the ruse that the encyclopedia is an open invitation for anyone to edit content, or at least attempt to do so, and reaffirms his belief that truth will prevail through the chaos and infighting between unqualified Wikipedia page administrators and the average persons or even experts who attempt to correct erroneous content. Yet when an extreme Skeptical ideologue is administering a page on alternative medicine, there is little to no chance that any fundamental corrections will be made. In the meantime, Wales consistently reassures critics that he is aware of the problems and that Wikipedia's editorial process is not perfect. And that is where the buck stops for Wales. But this untrue. Once again, the prima facie evidence we have provided about Wales, and by extension the Skeptics, of biases motivated by a marginal scientific ideology, has made it impossible for alternative health practitioners to follow the editorial protocols to correct the misinformation about non-conventional medicine and the personal biographies of its leading advocates.
In her article "WikiTweaks: The Encyclopedia that Anyone (Who is a Skeptic) Can Edit, published in the February 2017 issue of the Journal of Chinese Medicine, Dr. Mel Hopper Koppelman and Vice President of the international educational charity Acupuncture Now Foundation, noted that Wikipedia's policies and prejudices as one of the world's leading websites may be in violation of basic human rights. Koppleman writes,
"In 2011, the UN Human Rights Council declared the right to access information on the internet to be one of the most basic human rights of global citizens partly because more than half of all patients use the internet as a first port of call for specific health information. This makes the quality and accuracy of this information an important public health issue."
For all his rhetoric about making the culmination of human knowledge accessible to the peoples of the planet, Wales blindness, fueled by his devotion to marginal and cultic philosophies, has resulted in Wikipedia being a perilous embarrassment to the medical profession and its potential to evolve further. For other Wikipedia discrepancies and controversies regarding entries on history, non-medical science and current events, Wikipedia administrators, and we assume the WikiMedia Foundation itself, are more often than not quick to respond and to correct inaccuracies. Therefore it is fully within its capabilities to address problems and remove subjective biases and gross offensive falsehoods. Why does it fail to do so for content dealing with complementary and alternative medicine, and its leading practitioners and advocates? This is indicative of a systemic bias within WikiMedia, and is upheld by Jimmy Wells. It is a deliberate intention to ignore or bypass complaints at the highest levels. Beneath Wikipedia's excellent information on subjects that have no immediate or direct impact upon people's lives, it is a disgrace on subjects that truly matter to human well-being and health.


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IIT-Madras has expressed its extreme disappointment to Prakash Javadekar, Union HRD Minister for not being short listed as one of the six Institutions of Eminence (IoEs) of India in spite of the advice from the selection panel of UGC.
EEC or Empowered Expert Committee (EEC) which was given the task of selecting 20 IoEs out of 114 applicants by UGC had suggested the names of 11 institutions for 'eminence' status. The Indian Institute of Science, IIT-Madras, IIT-Bombay, IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-Delhi, Jadavpur University, Delhi University and Anna University were the recommendations in the public category while BITS-Pilani, Jio Institute of Reliance Foundation and Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) were the recommendations under the private category.
However, on July 9, UGC has given only six names to the government that contain three names from public and three from private. As per the minutes of meeting conducted by UGC, IIT-Bombay, IISc and IIT-Delhi were selected on the grounds of their performance in the QS World University Rankings 2018.
IIT-Madras has been considered as the best engineering institute of the country by NIRF or National Institute Ranking Framework for three consecutive years. It has marked second ranking in 2017 and 2018 after IISc in the overall ranking across the streams.
Pawan Goenka, Industrialist and IIT-Madras chairman has stated the decision of UGC as disappointing and unfortunate.
There were the rumors of the public institutions whose names were not given by the UGC that they were not appeased with the selection procedure. But IIT-Madras is the first of them to raise its disappointment on record.
Last year, in August, the Union Cabinet has given its approval for UGC's 'Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities Regulations 2017'. As per the regulations, an enabling architecture was there for 10 public and 10 private institutions to make them rise as world-class institutions.


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Some time ago, my niece joined us on a road trip. She made a discovery about our family. She found out that, much to the chagrin of our boys – my husband and I enjoy listening to songs from musicals when we travel. Few things can keep you alert while driving better than singing (in character, of course), "I Dreamed a Dream," or "Who's That Guy?" Yes, we like everything from Les Miserables to Grease 2.
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THE REALITIES OF PLANNING YOUR DESTINATION WEDDING, by Joy McGinnis
You're engaged! You're high on love and can't stop looking at your sparkly engagement ring. Quickly and inevitably the well meaning questions begin. Where? When? Who? Overwhelmed with details and pressure you look at your love and say "Let's combine the wedding with the honeymoon! It'll be so much easier."
Destination weddings continue to be a strong travel trend. The concept of running away and getting married in a tropical destination just seems so much easier and less expensive, especially if family is flung far and wide. However there are realities to be dealt with.
Not Everyone Will Be Happy With A Destination Wedding
Be prepared for some push back from family members. You may be accused of being selfish and not considerate of your older relatives who can't or won't make the trip. Sadly guilt is a tool often used to pressure the wedding couple into conforming to the status quo.
Base Your Choice On Your Budget – Not Your Guest's
It's your wedding and if you want to go all out go ahead. If you try to make everyone happy you inevitably disappoint all. Don't apologise for your choice. Attendance is not mandatory and every guest makes their own decision.
Pick a Destination and a Date Well In Advance
Don't spring a destination wedding on your family! Give them time to get used to the idea and save up for the big day. Attendance will be better and details ironed out well in advance.
Verify That You Can Be Legally Married in Your Destination of Choice!
Every country has specific requirements of the wedding couple prior to getting legally married. Until recently for example, a foreigner could not be legally married in Tahiti – the #1 Honeymoon destination! Ceremonial wedding ceremonies were conducted but they were not legally binding marriage contracts.
Find A Travel Consultant Who Specializes in Wedding Groups
A professional travel expert will help you choose the destination that's perfect for your personal expectations and budget. They will determine marriage requirements and advise on ways to make things go smoothly. They will negotiate on your behalf to get your wedding group the best value and inclusions. They will look after the details and concerns of each individual guest so that the wedding couple is free to focus on the wedding planning itself.
Destination weddings can be truly wonderful. They allow for a week long nuptial celebration with family and friends. Lifelong memories to be shared with those you love. Be prepared, be relaxed and be married where and how you want!
Joy McGinnis is a luxury Travel Time consultant with over 30 years experience and trusted relationships with beautiful wedding destinations around the world. Visit her website www.traveltime.ca or find her on Facebook for all your destination wedding, elopement and honeymoon travel planning.
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Review on Goan Village ResortGoa has always lured me and though I have been to this land numerous times, each time I am able to find some new hotspots and discover some new & unexplored fact about Goa. So when I decided to head on to this land with my family I decided to make it own my own, I initially never thought I would turn out to be so much fun. And the credit for making my trip really rejoicing goes to Goan Village Resort, the resort where I decided to stay during our week long Goa visit. The most amazing thing about this resort was its multi-cuisine restaurant that served some of the most scrumptious Indian & continental cuisines. The food was really awesome and really the best I have ever had in Goa. The desserts were simply so temping that I was unable to resist one. For a foodie like me, Goan Village is really the best place to accommodate in Goa. Visit www.goanvillage.com for more details.
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One of the undeniable assets for everyone in the world is family because it teaches both good and bad about everything as well as teaches how to walk, speak, eat, study, understand and so on. A family is not about a group of a member living in the same house. Actually, it is an environment where many ups and downs, sadness, happiness, anger, and quarrel might happen.
Have you ever thought that a discussion and quarrel between two people disturb the entire family? Is a small issue converting into big problems and cause family members to get separate? If yes, then it is the right time to consult the Famous Astrologer in Bengaluru to stop these disputes and issues in the family.
Disputes and quarrels are the most common aspects of the family because not everyone in the family is the same. Everyone has different thought and likings so that it is natural to get into troubles sometimes. However, turning the small issues to a serious problem of separating the whole family is definitely notable. In such a case, you will surely need the help of the astrologer to calm down the negative effects and bring peace and happiness into your house.
No matter, what type of family issues you are going through, whether it is lack of communication, lack of belief, lack of financial ability to run the family, unable to have kids, marriage issues, dissatisfaction, or anything else, astrology will have a perfect solution to all these issues. Since astrologer has years of experience and knowledge in this field, he will help you handle the family issues in the right way.
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>> Because of a single person your entire family suffers, your should consult Famous Astrologer in Mumbai to perform proper Utara from your home on the day where no moon night in order to save your home from the bad evil effect
>> To save your house from bad energies, you should sprinkle holy water for 21days daily
>> On the auspicious moment such as Diwali, head of the family should do pooja at home and each family member must present in the pooja
>> Place the waterfall painting or wallpaper in your home desktop to rejuvenate your relationship with family members
>> Clean the house properly on Amavasya and Saturdays to ensure no wasteful things and dust in your house. Additionally, ensure you do not allow any clutter surround you
>> Chant Gayathri Mantra or Om Nama Shivaya 108 times at home
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Do you have tips for someone who is just getting into higher education industry?
I have just recently graduated from a higher education academy, and I am currently looking for college professor jobs for my first job. I am looking at higher education associations for openings, but job hunt has been quite challenging so far. There are a lot of really qualified instructors who are both recent graduates as well as those who have already been teaching for a few years who are angling for college and university teaching jobs. Any leads like the ones listed here https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/north-america/ would be greatly appreciated!
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It's an exciting time to get into the academy because there are a lot more opportunities now, but at the same time, there is also more competition to get good college teaching jobs. I am currently working as a research fellow at one of the best higher education academies here in my state, and these were good two years for me. Doing research has helped me learn a lot of new things in my field, and it's also made me meet so many inspiring people.
One of the things that helped get into the higher education industries is building a network even before I graduated. In my field, we are required to take a few months of internship before graduating. During that period of time I was able to meet a lot of people who helped me get to know key contacts to get into my job. I don't know whether you have done an internship, but if you have done it, you can contact the people you have worked with during your internship, and they can probably refer you to a higher education association that is related to your field of teaching. Looking for teaching jobs is challenging since there are only a few slots that open up each year for each college or university. Aside from the website that you have mentioned, you can also check out https://www.indeed.com/q-Assistant-Professor-jobs.html, where teaching jobs are posted and updated regularly.
If you want to get more insight into what a college professor job is like, you can also talk to a professor who you look up to and ask them to walk you through your options on where you can look for college instructor openings and other similar concerns. You are just getting started in your career, so I hope that you don't get disheartened during these first few weeks and months with your job hunt. In a way, our generation is actually lucky, because unlike before we now have more resources at our disposal like the Internet where you can search for job openings in all different fields and states at the tip of your finger. While you're job hunting, you can also join online forums for job seekers, like this one. There are actually a lot of very helpful groups online, and this will also help you to get to know a greater number of people.
I guess I was fortunate enough to get the teaching job easily because a tenured professor was retiring and needed some juniors to fill in for some of the classes that he had. To be honest, teaching was not on my radar back then, because I was happy enough doing research, but I guess life had other plans. At first, it was quite intimidating being in front of a large class since I was used to work with a few people in the lab, but I got used to it over time and eventually started enjoying it. If you are really set on entering the higher education industry, then I suggest you read this article which gives some very good insights and tips for aspiring college teachers everywhere. Best wishes and good luck with your job hunt!
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SABIC is celebrating a major milestone for its ground-breaking Digital Composites Manufacturing line at JEC World 2019.
In collaboration with Airborne and powered by Siemens and Kuka technologies, the company, has successfully completed the pilot phase of the world's first automated digital system.
The system is for rapid, large-scale laminate manufacturing using SABIC's continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite tape.
The Digital Composites Manufacturing line has been nominated for the 2019 JEC Innovation Awards in the category "Industry & Engineering".
Plans for the new system were originally announced at JEC World 2018 and now, SABIC and Airborne are beginning the transition to full-scale production, which is slated for the end of 2019.
To preview this unique system, SABIC is presenting a 360-degree virtual reality experience called "Innovations of Scale" at its JEC World stand.
"Composites offer amazing properties found in no other materials such as extreme strength and ultra-low weight for diverse applications, ranging from wind turbine blades to sporting goods," said Gino Francato, Global Business Leader, Advanced Composites, SABIC.
"Until now, however, their adoption has been restricted because of time-consuming, inefficient and expensive processes. By focusing on new materials and manufacturing automation to overcome these hurdles, the industry will make tremendous strides; and it is precisely efforts such as our collaboration with Airborne that are helping to make the industrialisation of composites a reality."


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I call it "The Lie Detector."I haven't tested the audio with a spectrum analyzer, but this guy has, and did a bang up job...http://www.aqdi.com/tonecap.htmTo sum up what is a lot of information there, "The data and sound clips above show clearly that for tone capacitors of close measured capacitance value there is no difference in tone."
I could've gone a lot deeper into that but I resisted.
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This is a dangerous line of thought. I'm also imagining pots that look like Chico, Harpo, Zeppo, and even the lesser known Gummo.
Hi General -- I'm hoping you might be able to give me some info on an early seventies Les Paul I have. It's called the "Les Paul Model," serial #500458, and is smaller and lighter than the Deluxe and Custom. I've asked every guitar player and tech I've ever known, and nobody seems to know when they were made and for how long. I've never seen another one quite like it, so I'm guessing they had a very short run. Any info you have would be most appreciated. Thanks!
I know what you mean about the serial number. I wasted a few hours trying to track it down. Do you know if we can upload pics from our computers here? If not, I can't post any because I don't have an on-line photo account. Unfortunately, the pickups aren't any help because they're not the originals. I'll look for the numbers on the pots and get back to you tomorrow. Thanks for your help!
More info would help narrow it down, but it could be an L.P. XR-II.Although that doesn't make sense with the serial number.Serial number indicates probably '74 or '75 and the XR-II was circa 1980. Might be a weird variation of 'The Paul' or some other such weird 70's thing.Is the back contoured? Are the tuners/bridge original?Does it have a headstock volute?Can you read the pot numbers?
Okay, the back is not contoured, and I can't find any numbers on the pots. I also looked up volutes and I'm pretty sure it doesn't have one. Hope that helps. Thanks!
Hmm. I'm starting to think that maybe it's a Fender.Just kidding. The closest thing I see to what you got there is a L.P. XR-II.And apparently, they varied a lot. Different pickups, different bridges, etc... Strange that there would be no numbers on the pots, to me that means they are replaced and of lower quality. Although, sometimes the numbers are soldered over... and sometimes the numbers are on the side. Anyway, it's an interesting guitar you have there, and really you gotta realize that Gibson made about 100 versions and variations of the 'Les Paul.' It gets really muddy starting in the 70's, so it can be hard to narrow down one of these more unusual models.
That guitar is a Gibson Les Paul Special (55 reissue) They made this model in 1974, and from 1978-1980Someone took off the pickguard and changed the tuners to Grovers. Looks like a Leo Quan bridge too. The guitar probably came with P-90s and after dropping those humbuckers in, the pickguard no longer fit. (routing this kind of guitar for humbuckers was a popular modification in the 80s)Being that its a wraparound bridge, I'd say it's probably a 74 model.
Thanks, Guild! You've solved a mystery that's perplexed countless guitar players, techs, and luthiers for over thirty-five years! It's definitely the '74, because I got it in a trade in 1977 from a guy who'd picked it up in a trade a few days before, which is why he didn't know anything about its history. The pickguard was missing when I got it, but I've always liked the way it looks without it. I had the Grovers put in (a fairly common practice in my neighborhood back in those days), because the originals slipped a lot, and I also had the bridge replaced at some point because the original was getting kind of rickety. Thanks again!
no problem, man. I think it's a really cool guitar BTW.PS, Is that an authentic 1980's Leo Quan Badass Guitar Bridge? I want one for my junior project, just because it has the word "badass" stamped into it.
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Discussed in the podcast, but it's a Gibson Nick Lucas that was just auctioned off by Guernsey's auction house in New York along with a bunch of other guitars... https://www.proxibid.com/asp/catalog.asp?aid=76805&gl=1#1