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Pearson, J.
1. In this matter a rule was issued by us upon the opposite party to show cause why he should not be committed to prison or otherwise dealt with for the contempt of this Court and of the Court of Akshoy Kumar Bose, Deputy Magistrate of Jalpaiguri, in printing and publishing and allowing to be published certain articles on 6th March 1930 entitled 'The Sedition Case of Jalpaiguri' and 'Bichar' and why he should not pay the costs.
2. The articles related to the trial of certain accused persons under Section 124-A, I.P.C., which started in November 1929, and went on until February 1930. On 28th February they were found guilty and sentenced, and on 7th March they appealed to this Court. The articles in question were published at Jalpaiguri on 6th March, and the opposite party is resident there.
3. The Chief Justice has directed that we should exercise the jurisdiction vested in this Court by the Contempt of Courts Act 1926, but when the Rule first came on for hearing, the point was raised by Mr. Sen, appearing as representing the Incorporated Law Society, that the matter was one of such a nature that the party must be represented by an advocate of the Court instructed by an attorney, which was not the case. We directed notice to be given to the Bar Association, and Mr. N.K. Basu has now appeared in their interests.
4. In so far as the contempt of a subordinate Court is concerned the matter is now governed by the provisions of the Contempt of Courts Act 1926, enacted, as the preamble states, because doubts had arisen as to the powers of a High Court to punish contempts of subordinate Courts. Section 2(1) of the Act, so far as material, provides that:
The High Courts of Judicature established by Letters Patent shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, powers and authority, in accordance with the same procedure and practice, in respect of contempts of Courts subordinate to them as they have and exercise in respect of contempts of themselves.
5. Mr. Sen has referred in aid of his argument to the decision of the Special Bench in the case of Re Barristers and Vakils (1909) 10 Cr.L.J. 553, which however only decided actually that where a Magistrate had committed an accused for trial to the High Court under the provisions of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1908, barristers would have the exclusive right of audience before the Special Tribunal at the trial of such cases in the High Court. The reasons for the decision are not given. Mr. Sen also referred to the provisions of Clauses 22, 23 and 24, Letters Patent of 1865, as to the criminal jurisdiction of their Court, and to Rule 2, Crown Side Rules, laid down in Ch. 37 of the Rules and Orders, as regards the trial of cases at the Crown Side under the extraordinary original criminal jurisdiction. He also referred to Ch. 2, Rule 4, of the rules and orders regarding the exclusive right of audience in any matter on the original side.
6. Mr. Basu on the other hand has argued that the Court has power to dispose of the matter in its criminal appellate jurisdiction, though it may be the Crown side would also have jurisdiction to deal with it. Even under Ch. 37, Rule 2, if the matter is one within the extraordinary criminal jurisdiction, he points out that applications for its exercise are to be heard and disposed of at the appellate side.
7. The matter is one that is by no means free from difficulty. The power of the High Court to commit for any contempt of itself is inherent in the Court and arises from the fact that it is a Court of Record. The power is one that is ancillary to the exercise of the various jurisdictions of the High Court and it may be expedient to exercise it in or in relation to any one of those jurisdictions. As regards the nature of such proceedings taken in contempt, I do not consider it necessary or desirable to lay down any general rule that such proceedings must necessarily and exclusively fall under any particular one of the different jurisdictions conferred on the Court by its Letters Patent; though it may be that the Court on its Crown side would have the power to deal with such a matter as the present : see per Jankins, C.J. in Legal Remembrancer v. Motiial Ghose (1914) 41 Cal. 173 at p. 215. On the other hand I am not satisfied that that must be the exclusive way of dealing with such a matter as an application in contempt. Upon the whole I am not prepared to uphold the contention that in this case the party, if represented, must appear through an advocate instructed by an attorney.
Jack, J.
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Putting out some of the pvp I've had with the crew the past few weeks. Hopefully this makes up for lack of videos and all of next week being gone.
Blink: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC08kc5KQMV4mDn0F91Fkq4g
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Get two in one with these spacious cosmetics bag, the product features a larger clear bag with a zip fastening and black trims. This design is completed with a smaller make up bag inside decorated with a shiny floral print, the brand logo on the front and a zip fastening.
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Some friends who have already read Waiting for Ethan have told me that Gina is a lot like me. I don't see that. Though I've heard that in debut novels especially, authors tend to write about themselves. Still, I'd like to think I would be smarter than Gina is in similar situations, but I also know that it's easy to make poor decisions when you're in love – or want to be in love.
So, even if readers don't understand the choices Gina makes, I hope they'll be empathetic and rooting for her. I'll find out in a few weeks, and like I said, I'm nervous about it.


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An Ebola victim laid to rest in Africa
There's a worrying new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where two cases of the highly contagious disease were recently confirmed by the World Health Organisation at Bikoro, a health zone in the country's northwest Équateur province.
According to reports, no one knows when or how the outbreak started, but the WHO suspects that since April 4, a total of 34 people are thought to be infected with Ebola (though only two of them are confirmed so far), including as many as 18 deaths.
Three of the deaths reportedly involved healthcare workers. Health officials suspect that the high case fatality rate means there may be more Ebola cases already out there in DRC and some places in central sub-Saharan Africa and that this outbreak could have been simmering, undetected for some time.
All nine countries that neighbor DRC has been alerted over the possible spread of Ebola – and international aid teams have been flown into the country to help. This would be the ninth known Ebola outbreak to strike DRC, including one that involved five confirmed cases last year.
Ebola virus disease, which most commonly affects people and nonhuman primates such as monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees, is caused by one of five Ebola viruses. On average, about 50% of people who become ill with Ebola die.
The current vaccine against Ebola is said to be experimental and not a licensed product. According to Peter Salama, deputy director-general of emergency preparedness and response at the WHO, its use also comes with many challenges, as the vaccine needs to be stored long-term at temperatures between minus 60 and minus 80C (minus 76 to minus 112F).
"This is a highly complex sophisticated operation in one of the most difficult terrains on Earth," Salama said. Toward that effort, WHO released $1mn from its emergency fund to launch a rapid response to the outbreak.
"The estimated budget for the international response is $18mn for a three-month operation," the WHO said at the weekend.
Medical experts say the virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission, either through direct contact with bodily fluids such as blood or secretions, organs, sweat, urine, tears, semen, or contact with materials that are contaminated with these liquids.
The Ebola virus, also known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, has an incubation period of two to 21 days, meaning symptoms can take up to three weeks to appear from the time of infection.
There is no single treatment for the Ebola virus. Rather, patients' symptoms are addressed.
There is no single treatment for the Ebola virus. Rather, patients' symptoms are addressed.
Severely ill patients require intensive supportive care, with intravenous fluids to re-hydrate them. Controlling an outbreak of the virus, which has the potential of becoming a pandemic, depends entirely on surveillance and the isolation of cases.
Therefore, vigilance has to be raised at airports, seaports and at all entry points for screening passengers from the affected region. With WHO confirming the Ebola outbreak, countries around the world need to take immediate precautions to prevent any spread of the of the highly fatal disease.
It doesn't make sense at all that a country which has been declared Ebola-free may suddenly experience another epidemic. This evidently reveals certain facts are being prevented from the general public to know the truth. Ebola is a biological weapon like Aids but more deadly and dangerous.
Many including independent scientists are aware of the medical crime going on in Congo but the world is very corrupt to the extent that many just don't want to accept that the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control are clandestinely behind the US government project for global depopulation.
They think they are free and have the power to commit crimes against humanity but time will tell when they begin to get the taste of their own medicine. Silenced with money, corrupt African leaders are powerless to speak about the medical crimes which had previously taken place in Africa, however, their days are numbered too.


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Varsity Sports and loveLife have joined forces for all Varsity Sports events. loveLife, South Africa's largest youth leadership, life skills and sexuality awareness programme, has been at the forefront of promoting healthy lifestyles and social agency among South African teenagers since 1999.
Targeting the complex individual, social and structural factors making youth more tolerant of high-risk behaviour, loveLife combines nationwide multimedia campaigns, community-level outreach, clinical and psychosocial services.
In every Varsity Sports code, Varsity Sports will also raise awareness for loveLife by providing certain purple sports apparel to standout athletes.
Visit the loveLife website and look out for loveLife ambassadors at all Varsity Sports events!
Look out for the FNB Player of the Match at each Varsity Football match. Players will receive a purple loveLife armband, which they will wear in their following match.


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As you grow as a photographer you learn many new techniques whether they are within the camera or in post-processing. HDR (High Dynamic Range) Photography is something I learnt a while back but it wasn't until the past few months did I come to realise that less is more. The process of HDR is famously known for its highly detailed and over saturated results which you can see for yourself if you just do a Google image search for "HDR". In the beginning I liked to really over cook my images which looking back at them now, they look rather silly. Of course there are occasions where over exaggerated colours actually add something to a photograph and at the end of the day it is mostly down to personal preference.
This particular image is a re-edit of one of my very first HDR images. I decided to process it again as the original version was one of those overcooked images that really doesn't look that good. I also removed the crop to show the original framing which I believe actually works better. I also hope that this reprocessed image actually looks closer to what my eye saw when taking the photograph.


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An Aarhus 2017 Commission and Part of Coast to Coast
Presented by Aarhus 2017 in cooperation with Kunsthal Aarhus
Acclaimed German artist, Ulla von Brandenburg, explores her distinct visual language that draws on the traditions and tropes of theatre, film and storytelling in a new film and installation created for Aarhus. Von Brandenburg's works, characterised by their use of curtains, costumes, props and staged settings, draws on a range of historical references, including the tableau vivant, modern theatre, folk traditions and iconic architecture. Combined with song and movement, these elements suggest a symbolic staging of ritualised encounters that are central to her oeuvre.
Von Brandenburg's practice displays a deep engagement with the traditions of craft, music, colour theory and the construction of narratives, both real and imagined. With a unique signature style that brings film, architecture and installation together, her works explore the relationships between people and the different levels of collective consciousness.
Co-commissioned by:
Aarhus 2017, Denmark; ACCA, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia; Nanterre-Amandiers, Centre Dramatique National, Nanterre, France; PAMM, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, USA; Pilar Corrias London, London, United-Kingdom; The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada; Produzentengalerie Hamburg, Germany; Art: Concept, Paris, France; DRAC Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Picardie; La Fonderie Darling, Montréal, Canada.
Textile sponsored by Kvadrat Tsf Paris, La Plaine Saint-Denis
Supported by the Obel Family Foundation, 15. Juni Foundation and Kvadrat
11th November - 31st December
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There are three majors reasons I decided to go all in on my creative journey. First, and the most obvious, is that being creative is what I love. Second, was so that I could show my children that I truly believe in the lessons I teach them. The final reason, and the reason very pertinent to this posting, was to try and inspire others. I want to encourage others to follow their dreams, to overcome hardships, and to respect the world we all share.
Our world now has some very large cracks. Politically, spiritually, morally. The television programs we watch, the songs we listen to, the things we read… all share too much negativity and hate. Even the media that we all rely so heavily on rarely has good news to report.
So, I am going to start spreading some good news. Regularly. Starting right now.
Today I was doing my quick daily check of Facebook, and came across a post from a friend. She shared that her daughters friend is celebrating her 9th birthday, and is asking not to receive any presents this year. Instead, she is asking for donations… for a charity working to get clean water in developing nations. How awesome.
I am really, truly proud of this little girl… and I don't even know her. She is amazing though. One girl, helping people she will likely never meet. Understanding and taking time to notice that there is more to the world than just what she sees. Happy Birthday Lucy. I know we have never met, but know that you are changing the world.
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"Christianity is not a series of truths in the plural, but rather truth spelled with a capital 'T.' Truth about total reality, not just about religious things…Biblical Christianity is Truth concerning total reality – and the intellectual holding of that total Truth and then living in the light of that Truth." ~Francis Schaeffer, 1981
The book begins with an excellent quotation from Charles Spurgeon, "The gospel is like a caged lion. It does not need to be defended, it just needs to be let out of its cage." Nancy Pearcey's Total Truth shows how Christians have been quite content with letting the lion remain in the cage; in fact, we may be the ones who put it there in the first place.
This 500-page tome reads like an American history of ideas and worldviews, and what the implications are for us today. Part I: What's in a Worldview? presents the idea of the two-story theory of truth, with "objective" truth on the bottom as foundational, and value-based truth on the top. Pearcey shows how this chasm blocks the religious worldview from entering into discussion in the public marketplace of ideas merely because it is religious. If Christianity is true, she argues, it is true for all issues and discussions, and not just ones related to values. It is a total Truth.
She next tackles the Darwinian naturalism worldview in Part 2: Starting at the Beginning. This was not the usual evolution book that arguing from small pieces (e.g., the problem of the eye) against Darwin's theory; rather, she addresses the problems and results from the worldview in its entirety. If naturalism is true, how can we have free will, morals, altruism, love? While the smaller pieces in the argument are necessary when discussing this issue, seeing the bigger picture of the worldview is far more valuable to see the logical consequences of it.
The third part titled How We Lost Our Minds is a history of American Evangelicalism, tracing modern churches to the First and Second Great Awakenings. While I enjoyed the history lessons and connecting two time periods, this book felt more like a textbook. One of the chapters, "How Women Started the Culture War," was a clear perspective of the advent of feminism, but it seemed out of place from the scope of the book.
Throughout each chapter, Pearcey provides ample references and footnotes, some so fascinating that I wondered why they were not in the text itself. My only real criticism (and it is hardly that) is that she shows too much love for Francis Schaeffer. She cannot contain her giddiness in recanting her times at L'Abri in Switzerland. I appreciate Francis Schaeffer's contribution to Christian philosophy, apologetics, and interaction with culture, but Nancy Pearcey really, really loves Francis Schaeffer!
Total Truth is one of those books that I know that I will read again, one that I feel that I must read again. It has a weight to it that I have not felt with other books lately, and I liked that. This is certainly not the book I'd recommend to one seeking to understand what Christians believe and why. There are other books I'd suggest for that (Tim Keller's The Reason for God is one). This is one for Christians who are interested in thinking rightly about worldviews, and who want to interact with the world around them.
Christianity is not a fairy tale that needs manicuring and placating; instead, it is a vigorous system of beliefs that can hold its own in the marketplace. We Christians need merely to let it out of its cage so it can engage.


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Solutions Pest & Lawn- Bellaire, Texas
About: Solutions Pest & Lawn's Bellaire location has been providing do-it-yourself pest control products in the Houston area for over 40 years. Starting out as a local pest control company in 1970, Solutions Pest & Lawn has grown to be the best source for pest control products, lawn care products, and pool chemicals in the Houston area.
People: Managed by Ken Barnard for over 30 years this location is now in the hands of Tim Gooding and Jerry Ravino and they are experts in all things pest and lawn. Stop in today with your toughest pest control problems and they will teach you how to do it yourself.
Service Area: This store services customers from largely in the Bellaire location but also services much of Southwest Houston including Alief, Sugarland, Stafford and Mission Bend.
Events: The Sagemont location currently offers a once a month CEU class at our training center in the rear of this store. The classes are provided by Pest Pro Solutions and vary in cost. You can take all the certification classes you need to obtain a pesticide applicator license.
- 5427 Bissonnet Street Houston, TX 77081
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Solutions Pest & Lawn's location in Bellaire has been providing homeowners and pest control professionals with the greatest selection of professional pest control products and lawn care equipment for over 30 years. People come from all over the greater Houston area to this location because no other place has the high quality and proven products made to keep home's bug-free and lawns looking beautiful and free of invasive weeds.
On top of the products we sell, our sales technicians are as experienced and passionate as they come about pest control and helping people gain the courage and understanding to comfortable conduct pest control the DIY way.
DIY Pest Control Is Easier and Safer than Ever
With the advent of social media and video sharing, people have been getting in on the DIY trend. Whether it is home improvement or landscaping, accomplishing professional quality work via your own hands just by following an easy-to-follow tutorial you found online can bring a level of accomplishment that is unlike any other and can also save you money. However, one form of DIY project that people still tend to shy away from is DIY pest control.
People often found the thought of DIY pest control to be intimidating and left it in the hands of professionals. Other reasons that people would not do DIY pest control was that dealing with bugs is too "icky" or handling toxic chemicals were too dangerous to deal with. These misconceptions are what we at Solutions Pest & Lawn have been breaking with every unsure customer who either stepped into our stores or stumbled across our online store.
At our Bellaire location, Solutions Pest & Lawn has been looked at as a go-to location for DIY homeowners and pest control service companies for answers on how to tackle even the most difficult of pest and lawn issues in a simple, easy to execute program. While we do carry a wide selection of the finest pest control products, herbicides, fungicides, fertilizers and professional pool chemicals on the market, what keeps our customers coming back is the valuable information and how-to techniques learned through our helpful DIY advice.
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Solutions Pest & Lawn has what the Big Box Stores Don't Have
What do you picture when you hear the phrase "do-it-yourself pest control"? Usually what might come to mind are the pest control products you'd see while walking the aisles at a big box store or other department store retailer which doesn't specialize in pest control.
While it certainly is convenient to find pest control products to deal with annoying household pests at the same place you buy your other household items and groceries, it may not always be the wisest decision to shop for pest control products and lawn care supplies at such places.
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Solutions Pest & Lawn products, on the other hand, are not diluted and water-down pesticides but are actually highly powerful concentrates which often need to be mixed with a little bit of water and will deliver a deadly knockout blow to any problem pest which is unfortunate enough to come in contact with the mixture.
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How do you define power? Most people would argue that power is the ability to control others. While that may be one aspect of power, it is not what I class as power. For me power is the ability to control my own life.
I have no desire to control other people. I think it maybe because to control other people you have to give up a lot of you time to do it. Even though you can delegate work, controlling others takes a lot of time and effort that I personally just don't think it worth it.
Over the last few years I have worked hard to get myself into a good situation, both financially and time wise. I like my time off. I like to travel, go out for breakfast, or lunch and generally have a great time. I can not understand while people would want to give up all of that. Well, yes I can.
You see power is normally associated with money. People believe that the more power that they get in a job the more money they will make. While this may may be true for some people, it is not always the case.
Recently I was asked to take on a position of more power. I spoke to the manager and informed them that while I would be be happy to help, I did not want that position full time. I was clear with the manager that they could have me for three months and then they would have to get someone else. I believe three months is a fair time to find someone to take the full time position.
I know that the manager was disappointed that I wouldn't do the job longer, and probably hopes that in the long run I will change. I have bad news for him.
One of the reasons that I don't want the job is because I will have to give up so much of my free time. My time that I use to run my business, and in short, enjoy my life. As my business is a major concern to me, I will not give it up to work for somebody, and give them power over me. That goes against my principals of having control over my life.
The another reason is, I just don't need the money that goes with the job. In fact, through tax breaks I can earn more money than others that are doing the job. That is real power.
Plus I don't like those that seek power over other people, especially if it is for the money. Tin pot dictators. Insignificant little people that think because they have a little more power than the people below them make them superior.They use and abuse their people, to show off, and to undermine people below them, just to make themselves feel good. I have words to describe them, however, I will not use them here, mind you, it rhymes with trucking punts.
True managers must work hard to help those underneath them to do better. Not seek power stand over others.
In the longer run, that is while I am taking this job temporary. I know the staff will need a break after they had suffered under a tin pot dictator. I want to give them a break and help them in their job, and help build their confidence again. Then I am out of there.
My advice to you. Seek to have power and control over your own life. It will make you far happier than controlling other people. You will have more free time and, if you do thing right, more money. Hint, start a business, or investments, that give you great tax breaks.
"Those that seek power should nea be given it. Fuck'em all" Billy Connolly
See you soon.
Terry Shadwell
See you soon.
Terry Shadwell
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The Maple LeafsThe Maple Leafs have become a very difficult team to make. The prospects and long shots knew that coming into the summer development camp at the MasterCard Centre, and some raised their games accordingly. Here's a look at six who left an impression:
Timothy Liljegren
The smooth-skating, puck-moving defenceman chosen 17th overall in June shied away from nothing and owned the play with the puck on his stick. He scored once and probably could have had a few more. "I was impressed with him not taking chances trying to be impressive. He's a rushing defenceman. I thought he was very poised and did all the little things," said Leafs GM Lou Lamoriello.
Adam Brooks
With Jeremy Bracco (mono) unable to play, Brooks emerged as the top forward in game action for Team Clark, comprised of Toronto's draft picks. The former captain of the Regina Pats, taken 92nd overall in 2016, had a goal and two assists and made his presence known. "He'll come to the Marlies. It will take a little time — it's a jump — but we expect him to do well," said Lamoriello.
J.J. Piccinich
He seemed to have some chemistry playing on Brooks' right wing, a combination that might continue with the Marlies this coming season. The 103rd overall pick of the 2014 draft and former captain of the London Knights worked hard along the boards and dug diligently for the puck. "It's a privilege to wear the Toronto Maple Leaf. It doesn't matter how hard or how easy it is to crack the lineup. At the end of the day, you've got to put your best foot forward," said Piccinich.
Vladimir Bobylev
The Russian left winger, picked 122nd in 2016, came to camp on a mission to earn a pro contract. He doesn't want to go back to Russia, nor does he want to return to major junior's Victoria Royals, where he finished last year. He scored in both games here and played with a physical edge. "I can do everything: play the fourth line, play the first line. I don't care. Depends what the coach wants," said Bobylev. "I want to play here. I tried to put on a show."
Jacob Tortora
The 17-year-old was the most impressive undrafted player in camp, and probably the best in the tournament. He keeps his head up and seemed to be able to read plays better than most on the ice over the past few days. He had seven goals in three scrimmages, including four over the last two games against the top prospects. The five-foot-seven product of the U.S. national development team is off to Boston College, a program with a history of producing quality smaller players such as Brian Gionta and Johnny Gaudreau.
Mathew Robson
The undrafted goalie from the Penticton Vees is best known as Connor McDavid's teammate in minor hockey. He held the fort in the final scrimmage, stopping two penalty shots late. "It was good to make a couple of saves like that, preserve a one-goal lead, and come out with a win," said Robson. He's off to the University of Minnesota.


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The question of which would come first in the triad of 'vision, data and strategy' was decisively answered by Mr Vincent Shi, Managing Director of ScorGlobal Distribution Solutions Asia. "Data should never come first, that's a given," he said, explaining that otherwise, businesses run the risk of letting a specific few data points determine their strategy, while ignoring or missing out on other relevant data points.
"Always ask the business question first. What is my plan, or what is preventing me from achieving my plan? The answer to that is probably where your data project comes in," he said, while speaking at the 3rd Asia Conference on Big Data and Analytics for Insurance.
Mr Bill Lee, Managing Director of Azendian Solutions, describes the issue as the difference between strategy and tactics. "At the strategic level, we can never let data tell us what to do. But on a tactical level, data can point us in the right direction. Data can tell us how to focus and understand our customer better."
A straw poll by Dr Ladina Caviezel, Analytics Consultant, Group Digital & Information Services at Swiss Re also showed the majority of the 100-odd delegates at the conference saw modern technologies as enablers and partners of their business. "Combining the risk knowledge in the insurance industry and state-of-the-art data science, we can generate new insights, enable productivity and create digital business," she said. Data science, in this case, includes text analytics, machine learning, visual analytics and predictive modelling.
Speaking on the possible moral hazard of determining whether a potential customer is a smoker or not (as an example of a factor that would affect premium prices), she added that even the best data science model or medical test cannot be 100% accurate, as they are a simplification of reality. "So the threshold decision between the sensitivity(true positive) or specificity (true negative) of the model is not purely a scientific decision but also a business one," she said.
Mr Shi also described the ways big data analytics could be an enabler for developing new insurance products and strategies, utilising computing power and AI to create usage-based and parametric products to deal with oft-ignored customer pain points. He used China as an example, where ride-hailing and travel apps have parametric and usage-based insurance available as riders, paying out claims in the event of a traffic jam or flight delay. These apps use vast amounts of historic and real-time weather data, combined with travel distance and the start and end points of the journey to determine premium and payout instantaneously.
The two-day conference, sponsored by ReMark, is organised by Asia Insurance Review and ends today.
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Malaria: An Insight into Its Causes, Risk Factors, and Prevention
By Ranjita Mathew
Malaria is a disease which is one of the leading causes of death in the world. Over a million people die each year as a result of this disease. Since the end of the twentieth century, malaria has been recognized as a serious threat, and every effort has been made to combat it. In spite of this, the disease is rampant in many parts of the world. This reading deals with the causes of malaria, its risk factors or contributing factors, and its prevention.
Malaria is caused by four different species of a parasite of the genus Plasmodium. Of these, the parasite Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for the most deadly form of the disease. The carrier is a female Anopheles mosquito, which transmits the parasite to human beings. The mosquito ingests the microscopic parasite as it sucks the blood of a person with malaria. When the mosquito bites a healthy person, the mature parasite mixes with the saliva and enters the blood stream. Thus, the victim is infected with the disease.
Certain risk
factors are associated with malaria. Location is the first. Since Anopheles
mosquitoes thrive in warm climates, malaria is endemic (مستشري) in many tropical and
sub-tropical countries. Also, certain segments of
populations are more vulnerable to this disease. Pregnant women, young children
and travellers who come from areas where the incidence of the disease is low
are at greater risk as their immune systems are weak. Approximately, 90% of
deaths due to malaria occur in
Early efforts at treatment focused on the development of medicines to fight the disease. This resulted in the parasite developing resistance to the drugs. Subsequently, disease prevention has focused primarily on treatment of stagnant water since mosquitoes breed and develop in such places. Malaria can be prevented by:
1. Using mosquito nets to avoid being bitten by the insects
2. Using prescribed malaria drugs to kill the parasite before it incubates
3. Eradicating (الاستئصال) mosquito breeding sites
4. Wearing long-sleeved clothing
5. Applying insect repellent creams when outdoors
To conclude, malaria is a life-threatening disease. It is caused by the parasite Plasmodium. People living in certain areas of the world and belonging to certain segments of the population are at greater risk of contracting malaria than are other individuals. If scientists are successful in producing a cheap and effective vaccine, this will greatly benefit mankind. Meanwhile, people can reduce the number of malaria cases in the world by taking the necessary precautions.
Reading Comprehension
Directions: Write your answers in the boxes provided. Afterwards, scroll down the page to check your answers.
1. What factors contribute to the incidence of malaria?
2. How is the disease transmitted?
3. What causes malaria?
4. How can you prevent the disease?
5. Is malaria a fatal disease? Who is at greatest risk of contracting the disease?
6. Identify whether the following are causes or effects and establish the relation between them. The first has been done for you.
Example: a. Plasmodium falciparum (cause) à d. malaria (effect)
a. Plasmodium falciparum
b. Warm climates
c. Female Anopheles mosquitoes
d. Malaria
e. Stagnant water
f. Weak immune systems in young children and pregnant women
1. People living in warm climates are at risk. Also, pregnant women, young children and travellers risk contracting malaria.
2. The disease is transmitted to human beings by the bite of Anopheles mosquitoes carrying the Plasmodium parasite
3. The disease is caused by four species of a parasite belonging to the genus Plasmodium.
4. By getting rid of stagnant water, by using mosquito nets, by taking the prescribed malaria medicine, by wearing long-sleeved clothing and by using repellent creams
5. If the malaria is caused by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite and if it is not treated immediately, it can be fatal. Young children under the age of five who lives in Africa, south of the Sahara, is at greatest risk of contracting malaria.
6. Question 6
Example: a. Plasmodium falciparum (cause) à d. malaria (effect)
f. weak immune systems in young children and pregnant women (cause) à d. to malaria (effect)
b. warm climates and e. stagnant water (cause) à c. Anopheles mosquitoes (effect)


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The Thanksgiving Week 12 win against the Green Bay Packers was the high point for the Bears. That victory moved them to 5-6 and victorious in three of their previous four games. At that point in the season there was talk of making a charge at the playoffs. For Bears fans I hate to remind you how the season finished up, but losing five of their final six and finishing 6-10 wasn't what anyone had in mind.
The Week 13 overtime loss against the 49ers was the tipping point. Blaine Gabbert popping a 45-yard touchdown run to tie it inside of two minutes, combined the with the usually automatic Robbie Gould missing a 36-yard field as time expired led to a hangover. Although this wasn't the "I drank six beers with dinner" type of hangover. No, this was the "I drank a fifth of Vladimir Vodka" (or whatever bottom shelf brand tickles your fancy) type of hangover. There was no puke and rally for the Bears, their season was done.
There is good news. Regardless of how cheap the liquor is, or how bad of a loss it is, hangovers eventually go away. With a retooled defense and explosive pieces on offense, the Bears will look to flip their 15′ record.
If you ever need a reminder that the NFL is a business, look no further than how Matt Forte was sent packing by the Bears. He gave them eight consecutive years of 1200+ total yards, but now at the ripe age of 30 he couldn't even so much as draw an offer to remain in Chicago.
It will be different not seeing #22 be the workhorse, but there is young, fresh talent in the form of Jeremy Langford and Jordan Howard to carry the load. In two of the games that Forte missed last year, Langford posted yardage totals of 142 and 182 to go along with three touchdowns in those games. It won't fall on only the shoulders of Langford to replace Forte. Anyone who has followed John Fox's coaching career knows that he is a fan of a committee approach at the running back position. Jordan Howard, the Bears 5th round pick will also contribute to the Bears ground game. Howard fits the mold of a between the tackles pounding back which is currently missing from the Bears backfield. The speed of Langford and the power of Howard could end up being a nice 1-2 punch.
Speaking of 1-2 combinations, the duo of Alshon Jeffery and Kevin White could be a lethal force on opposing secondaries. Jeffery racked up 1421 in 2013 and followed that up with another 1000+ yards and 10 touchdowns in 2014. Last year, he was hobbled with injury, but was impressive in the nine games that he played averaging 90 yards per game. For anyone who needs a quick refresher on the type of talent that Kevin White has check out his combine footage. His 4.35 speed makes him a serious weapon, but that caliber of speed will also open things up for the rest of the offense. Teams that show a single-high safety on defense will be asking for trouble with the potential that Jeffery and White present downfield. With the offense likely facing a light box more often than not, the running game should find success.
Remember the old saying, a good running game is a quarterback's best friend. A balanced offense that doesn't call for Cutler to fire the ball 40+ times a game sounds like a winning formula. Interceptions have always been an issue for Cutler. Hopefully last season was a sign of things to come. His 11 interceptions thrown were the fewest he has ever had in a season in which he played 15+ games. This offense has big play potential, but Cutler will need to demonstrate patience and not try to force things. If he lives by the creed of "taking what the defense gives him" this should be an efficient, productive offense.
Want to talk about a complete overhaul? If a Bears fan fell into a coma at the completion of their final game in the 2014-2015 season, and woke up for Week 1 of the 2016-2017 season, they wouldn't recognize the starting defensive unit for the Bears. They have made upgrades in each of the last two seasons, with this offseason being extra special landing two studly inside linebackers who will help in both the run game and in coverage.
Jerrell Freeman and Danny Trevathan finished as the fourth and 10th best linebackers according to the metrics at PFF. Freeman was especially stout against the run. His 97.9 rating was the best of any linebacker in the league. Trevathan's versatility is his calling card. He was one of only seven linebackers to finish with a rating above 80 in both run defense and pass coverage. In addition to those skills, he brings a winning attitude and Super Bowl ring to a young and hungry defense.
If you aren't convinced that the Bears are serious about improving their defense, take a look at their 2016 draft. Six of their nine selections came from the defensive side of the ball, including trading up in Round 1 to get edge rusher Leonard Floyd.
Improving on their 29th ranked third-down defense will be one of the top priorities. The addition of Floyd and defensive end Jonathan Bullard, who was picked in Round 3, should help with the pass rush. An improved pass rush should alleviate some pressure on the secondary which figures to be the weakest part of an up and coming defense.
In 2015 the Bears had the hardest schedule in the league. This year being matched up with the NFC East and AFC South adds up to the third easiest schedule on paper. There are some tricky spots in the schedule. On of which will be two trips to Texas in the first three weeks of the year when they match up with the Texans in Week 1 and the Cowboys in Week 3.
The most important two week stretch on the schedule will occur in Week 7 and Week 8. Both games are in primetime and against division opponents. In Week 7, they travel to Green Bay on a short week to play in a Thursday night game. While the short week will make that game even tougher than it already is, it does afford them a 10 day break before the Vikings come to town for Monday Night Football. That two week stretch will go a long way in determining the final standings in the north. Having four of their final six games at home will be a nice boost if they are hunting for a playoff spot.
"Will reach for": Kevin White (ADP: 82)
This section is usually reserved for "undervalued." However, I am having a hard time referring to a player that has never played a snap in the league as undervalued in Round 7. Taking him in the seventh would be fair, but with his upside I would be willing to reach for him. Playing on the opposite side of Alshon Jeffery should provide White with plenty of favorable matchups.
Cutler was working with a beat up offensive unit last season, but he is just one season removed from having four pass catchers have 720+ yards receiving. He has been known to lock onto guys, but that stat shows that he can spread the ball around when needed.
Overvalued: Jeremy Langford (ADP: 56)
Of the 44 running backs to carry the ball a minimum of 100 times, Langford was fourth worst with 3.6 yards per carry. I respect that when a running back is only playing once every three series it can be tough to find a rhythm. However, in the three games in which Forte was down with injury, Langford's yard per carry production failed to make a significant jump.
@ Chargers: 18/72 – 4.0 ypc
@ Rams: 20/73 – 3.7 ypc
vs. Broncos: 13/25 – 1.9 ypc
While Langford excels in straight line speed, his elusiveness was poor in his rookie season. He forced only seven missed tackles, which was the fewest among running backs with 88+ carries. I am not trying to turn this into a roast of Jeremy Langford, but I feel obligated to mention that of that group of 44 running backs who had 100+ carries he finished dead last in yards after contact with 1.8. Simply put, he was not a very efficient runner.
I'm sure the Bears were aware of these advanced metrics, which makes why they didn't make an offer to Forte even more puzzling. They did address the running back position in the draft by selecting Jordan Howard. Langford will have the first crack to be the lead back in this offense, but if he struggles keep an eye on Howard who fits the profile as a tough, between the tackles runner who could end up being the Bears primary ball carrier. In other words, if you want to take a gamble on Langford, make sure to lock up Howard later in the draft.
In recent years, the defense has been surrounded with question marks. This year the script is flipped. I expect the Bears to have a playoff caliber defense, and the question will be can the offense can do their part.
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A screening & discussion with guest speaker Director/producer Pamela Sporn
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Milbank Hall 328, 3rd Floor
Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route, Directed and produced by Pamela Sporn, is a feature documentary that examines the rise, demise, and contested resurgence of Detroit through the lens of African-American mail carrier, Wendell Watkins, and the residents he has faithfully served for thirty years.
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Rules and customs in world religions
Perhaps the best-known illustration of the idea that the dietary laws and customs of a complex nation and its religion are based on the prior assumption of social stratification or, at least, of a sense of separateness is provided by Judaism as spelled out in the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy in the Torah ("law" or "teaching"). Prohibited foods that may not be consumed in any form include all animals—and the products of animals—that do not chew the cud and do not have cloven hoofs (e.g., pigs and horses); fish without fins and scales; the blood of any animal; shellfish (e.g., clams, oysters, shrimp, crabs) and all other living creatures that creep; and those fowl enumerated in the Bible (e.g., vultures, hawks, owls, herons). All foods outside these categories may be eaten.
Interpretation of Jewish laws
Mary Douglas offered probably the most cogent interpretation of these laws in her book Purity and Danger (1966). She suggested that these notions of defilement are rules of separation that symbolize and help maintain the biblical notion of the distinctness of the Hebrews from other societies. A central element in her interpretation is that each of the injunctions is prefaced by the command to be holy. This distinction between holiness and "abomination," Douglas wrote, enables these restrictions to make sense: "Holiness means keeping distinct the categories of creation. It therefore involves correct definition, discrimination, and order." The dietary laws of Leviticus and Deuteronomy exemplify holiness in this sense. The ancient Hebrews were pastoralists, and cloven-hoofed and cud-chewing hoofed animals are proper food for such people; hence, Douglas maintains, they became part of the social order and were domesticated as slaves. Pigs and camels, however, do not meet the criteria of animals that are fit for pastoralists to consume. As a result, they are excluded from the realm of propriety and are deemed "unclean." People who eat food that is unclean and "out of place" are themselves unclean and are prohibited from approaching the Temple.
There is, however, another dimension to the food customs enshrined in the Torah. In addition to expressing Israel's separateness as a nation—membership in which was ascribed by birthright—Israelite food customs also mirrored their internal divisions, which were castelike and were inherited. Although the rules of separation referred primarily to the priests, they also affected the rest of the population. The priest's inherent separateness from ordinary Israelites was symbolized by the prescription that he had to avoid uncleanness more than anyone else. He was not to drink wine or strong drink, and he had to wash his hands and feet before the Temple service. Explicit in the prescriptions of the Torah is that an offering sanctifies anyone who touches it. Priests were often the only people permitted to consume it.
These rules symbolizing the priestly group's castelike separateness also validated a system of taxation benefitting them, couched in terms of offerings, sacrifice, and tithes. The religious rationalization of taxation is illustrated in the Hebrew Bible by the "first-fruits" ceremony. Fruit trees were said to live their own life, and they were to remain untrimmed for three years after they were planted. But their fruits could not be enjoyed immediately: God had to be given his share in the first-fruit ceremonies. These first fruits represent the whole, and the entire power of the harvest—which is God's—is concentrated in them. Sacrifice is centred around the idea of the first-fruits offering. Its rationalization was that everything belonged to God; the central point in the sacrifice is the sanctification of the offering, or the surrender of it to God. Its most immediate purpose was to serve as a form of taxation to the priests; only they were considered holy enough to take possession of it.
Elaboration of the Jewish laws
After the exile of the Jews from Palestine following the conquest by Rome in the 1st century ce, a remarkable elaboration in their dietary laws occurred, probably as a result of the Jews' attempts to maintain their separateness from nations into whose midst they were thrust. Many customs evolved that have taken on the force of Torah for those Jews who have sought to maintain a traditional way of life. For example, the Bible does not prescribe ritual slaughter of animals, yet this practice has taken on the same compulsion as the taboo on pigs and camels. A permitted food (e.g., cattle, chicken) that has not been ritually slaughtered is considered to be as defiling as pork. Similarly, one of the hallmarks of the Passover holiday in Judaism is the eschewal of all foods containing leaven, the consumption only of foods that have been designated as Kasher la-Pesach, "kosher for Passover," and the use of special sets of utensils during the seder dinner that have not been used during the rest of the year. But these too are postbiblical customs that have been given the status of law; the Bible prescribes nothing more than eating unleavened bread during the Passover season.
Further elaborations on the Torah in regard to food can be observed in the dietary customs of certain groups of modern Jews in their daily lives. In the pre-World War II eastern European Jewish community (or shtetl), behaviour in regard to food not only included the biblical prescriptions and proscriptions but in many ways resembled the behaviour of people in the corporate communities of tribal societies. The major life crises were celebrated by feasts or other uses of food. Wine and other foods were integral parts of circumcision ceremonies and of a boy's attainment of ritual majority (Bar Mitzvah). Weddings were also celebrated with huge feasts that required weeks, if not months, of preparation, and guests were seated at the wedding feast according to their social rank. Following the wedding celebration, grain was sprinkled on the couple's heads, apparently to promote fertility. Those who visited mourners were to eat hardboiled eggs or other circular food because roundness symbolizes mourning.
Aside from the daily requirements of following the Mosaic dietary laws, which apply to everyone, the heaviest burden for maintaining these observances falls on the women; their ritual and secular statuses are always inferior to those of men. It is the task of the housewife to be sure that meat and dairy foods are not mixed, that ritually slaughtered meat is not blemished, and that cooking equipment and dishes and utensils for meat and dairy are rigidly separated. The only personal states of ritual pollution relating to food in shtetl culture also refer only to women. For instance, a woman who has not been ritually cleansed after her menses must not make or touch pickles, wine, or beet soup. It is believed that if she violates this customary rule, these foods will spoil.
A further illustration of the idea that dietary rules and customs are inextricably associated with the maintenance of group separateness is provided by the sect of Jews in the United States whose members refer to themselves as Hasidim (Pious Ones). The extremity of Hasidic strictures with regard to food must be viewed in the context of their setting in the United States as well as in light of their Jewish sources. Because the Hasidim regard the growing secularization of American culture as the greatest threat to the perpetuation of the ancient traditions of Judaism, they have erected a ritual wall to stave off the danger of assimilation. The Hasidim live in self-contained enclaves. In addition to preserving their distinctiveness from surrounding non-Jewish communities, they are equally devoted to preserving their distinctiveness from other Jews, who, no matter their degree of piety, are regarded by the Hasidim as nonreligious.
This attitude is clearly reflected in Hasidic behaviour with regard to food. The Hasidim assert that the larger Jewish community (and its rabbis) do not meet kosher standards and qualifications in the manufacture, preparation, handling, and sale of food. Even non-Hasidic ritual slaughterers are classed with assimilated Jews who do not observe dietary laws at all. Hence, the Hasidim forbid the consumption of any food product that was not produced by their own community. Even such neutral foods as vegetables are defined as nonkosher if handled by a non-Hasid, since there is always the possibility that it may have come into contact with nonkosher—and thus contaminating—matter. For example, only milk that the Hasidim designate as "Jewish" may be drunk, and only noodles prepared by someone from the Hasidic community may be eaten, because of the possibility that eggs containing a drop of blood (which are forbidden) were used in the noodles' preparation.
The dietary laws spelled out in the Qurʾān, the holy book of Islam, also illustrate the relationship of such laws to the establishment of a sense of social identity and separateness. Muhammad, the founder of Islam, was, among other things, a political leader who welded a nation out of the mutually warring tribes of Arabia. His religious ideology legitimated both the unification of these autonomous tribes and his own paramount rule over them. The main religious tenets of Islam were derived from Judaism and early Christianity, and it is clear from the Qurʾān that Islam was intended to encompass all aspects of life.
Many Qurʾānic strictures were explicit in establishing distinctions between Arabs and Jews. Many dietary regulations borrow heavily from Mosaic Law in forbidding consumption of the blood of any animal, the flesh of swine or of animals that are found dead, and food that has been offered or sacrificed to idols. The most radical departure of Islamic dietary laws from those found in the Torah concerns the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Although Judaism encourages moderation, Jews may consume alcohol, and wine is an important element in many rituals and feasts. The Qurʾān, however, absolutely forbids any such beverages.
Specific departures from Jewish and Christian dietary rules notwithstanding, Islam represents a more fundamental removal from all other major religions: a basic tenet of Sharīʿah (Islamic law) is that what is polluting, forbidden, and proscribed for one person in Islam applies equally to all. Islam's sharpest contrast in this regard is to Hinduism, which promotes a caste structure featuring various grades of purity or pollution that more or less correspond to social position. High-caste Hindus will not eat with those from lower castes. Muslims of all social statuses, however, eat freely with each other, worship in the same mosques, and participate in ceremonies together, as they do during Eid al-Fitr, the feast marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
Christianity did not develop elaborate dietary rules and customs. This probably grew out of the controversy between the Judaizing and Hellenizing branches of the church during the earliest years of Christianity over whether or not to observe Mosaic food laws. Jesus is said to have declared that defilement could not be caused by any external agent. The Council of Jerusalem, a meeting in 50 ce of the apostles that exempted Gentile Christians from the dietary restrictions of Mosaic Law, settled on the formula that meat offered to idols, blood, and things strangled must be abstained from, thus freeing the Gentiles in all other respects from strict observance of the Torah. The apostle Paul's position on the matter was that "nothing is unclean in itself," and it was thus that the New Testament repudiated the entire body of laws of purity, especially those pertaining to food. The apostle Peter's vision of the sheet lowered from heaven and containing all types of animals that the divine voice pronounced clean and fit for food provided the church with a mandate to abandon the Torachic food regulations.
Yet food plays an important role in Christianity. Food and dining practice are central to the story of the Last Supper. As the story is told by the early Christians, Jesus foresaw his death and performed a simple ceremony during a last meal to emphasize the significance of his death to the Twelve Apostles: he broke a loaf into pieces and gave it to them saying, "Take this, it is my body." After they had eaten, he took the cup of wine and said, "This is my blood."
Christians of the 1st century ce developed communities that were self-contained units with an organized life of their own. As they began to see themselves as a church, they held two separate kinds of services: (1) meetings on the model of the synagogue that were open to inquirers and believers and consisted of readings from the Jewish scriptures and (2) the love feast (agape), an evening meal open only to believers during which a brief ceremony, recalling the Last Supper, commemorated the Crucifixion. This was also a thanksgiving ceremony known as the eucharist (Greek: "the giving of thanks"). This common meal gradually became impracticable as the Christian communities grew larger, and the Lord's Supper was thereafter observed at the conclusion of the public portion of the scripture service; the unbaptized withdrew so that the baptized could celebrate together.
Thus, from the very inception of Christianity, food and beverage have symbolized the fact that religious experience is not purely personal but also communal. Moreover, differences in interpretation of the Lord's Supper have provided some of the contrasts between the major Christian churches. The opposing views of Roman Catholics and Protestants over whether the Eucharist bread is transubstantiated (changed in substance) or is merely a symbol of the flesh of Christ serve as an example of the role of food as a representation of religious differences within Christianity.
Eucharistic rituals provide the clearest examples in the Christian churches or confessions of the relationship between social stratification and food behaviour. Unlike Judaism or Hinduism, Christianity was never tied to a caste system; correspondingly, it repudiated the entire body of purity and pollution laws of the Hebrew Bible. Christianity was, however, part of the early European social system that was based on clear-cut separation of social classes. The first Christian churches developed alongside the most rigid social stratification in European history, with elaborate notions of class authority, superiority, and subordination. The separation of those in authority from the masses of ordinary people is mirrored in the Roman Catholic mass, the eucharistic ritual in which the sacrament's celebrant—the officiating priest—partook of the bread and wine first and then served only the bread to those of the faithful who wished it.
With the Reformation during the 16th century, which was (among other things) an overthrow of the traditional social order, a slight but important change in the eucharistic ritual was introduced, reflecting the weakening—but not the abandonment—of stratification and its attendant hierarchies of authority. In many Protestant confessions the officiating minister also partook of the bread and wine first and then served it to the congregation. In the Presbyterian ritual, the minister partook first and then served it to the elders who then served the people. Although this continued to reflect a system of stratification, it was a radical departure from the Catholic rule that only the officiating priest could serve everyone.
Until the second half of the 20th century, the most notable dietary law in Christianity was the Roman Catholic prescription to abstain from eating meat on Friday. This ban was lifted after the Second Vatican Council (1962–65) but was reinstituted by the 1983 Code of Canon Law, though such episcopal conferences as the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops later won Vatican approval for adherents to substitute penitential practices on Fridays. Historically, there have been several categories of fasts. The 40 days of Lent have traditionally been a period of mortification, including practices of fast and abstinence; the rules, however, were greatly modified in the mid-20th century. Ember Days—a Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at each of the four seasons—seem to be survivals of full weekly fasts formerly practiced four times a year. Vigils are single fast days that have been observed before certain feast days and other festivals. Rogation Days are the three days before Ascension Day and are marked by a fast preparatory to that festival; they seem to have been introduced after an earthquake that occurred about 470 ce as penitential rogations, or processions, for supplication.
Hinduism, one of the major religious traditions of India, most clearly displays the principles outlined above concerning the relationship between dietary laws and customs on the one hand and social stratification and traditional privilege on the other. The Vedas, the sacred texts of most variants of Hinduism, contain the myth of the primal sacrifice of the first human, Purusha, from whom arose the four varnas (classes): Brahman (priesthood), Kshatriya (gentry), Vaishya (commoner), and Shudra (serf). The myth thus serves as a cosmological justification of the varna system. In practice the varnas are subdivided into jatis (literally, "born into existence"), or the caste into which one is born. Members of the first three varnas are "twice born," their second "birth" being their initiation into the study of the Vedas. There is also an informal fifth varna: the Dalits, traditionally known as "untouchables," who are considered polluting because of their behaviour (e.g., eating flesh) or occupations (e.g., removing human waste or dead cattle). Despite the legal abolition of untouchability as a social status under the Indian Constitution of 1950, members of this varna continue to face social discrimination and segregation.
Food observances help to define social position. While uncooked food may be received from or handled by members of any caste, Brahmans, members of the highest caste, eat only those foods prepared in the finest manner (pakka). Everyone else takes inferior (kacca) food. Pakka food contains ghee (clarified butter), a very costly fat believed to promote health and virility, and is the only kind that can be offered in feasts to gods, to guests of high status, and to persons who provide honorific services. Kacca food contains no ghee and is used as ordinary family fare or as daily payment for servants and artisans, in which case its quality depends on the relative ranks of the parties to the transaction. Food left on plates after eating is defined as garbage (jutha) because it has been polluted by the eater's saliva. It may be handled in the family by a person whose status is lower than the eater's or fed to members of the lowest castes, domestic animals, or livestock. The highest Brahmans accept neither cooked food nor water across caste lines. While water is easily defiled, water running in a stream or standing in a reservoir is not polluted even if an untouchable is in it. Water in a well or container, however, is defiled by direct or indirect contact with a person of low caste. Thus, a ritually observant Brahman will not allow a low-caste person to draw water from his well. Cow's milk is ritually pure and cannot be defiled, but a Brahman will not accept milk from an untouchable, lest it has been diluted with water.
Meats are graded according to their relative amount of pollution. Eggs are the least and beef the most defiling, but the highest-caste Brahmans avoid all meat products absolutely. Other dietary rules are based on the bearing with which a Brahman, as a member of the priestly class, must comport himself rather than on the fear of pollution. For example, while Hindu tradition does not consider alcohol itself to be polluting, Brahmans are proscribed from consuming it because of the caste value of self-control. (Alcohol's manufacture and trade are confined to members of lower castes.)
People eat only with those of equal rank. Those who eat at every house in a village occupy a very low status, and refusal to take food from another constitutes a claim to higher caste rank. More generally, givers of food outrank receivers. This, however, is a definition of collective, not of individual, position. If a member of one caste gives food to a member of a second, then all members of the first caste are regarded as higher than a third even if there is no direct transaction between the first and third castes. Thus, the behaviour of every person in a village has consequences for the entire village.
In actual practice, however, there is not an automatic enactment of these formal rules in village life; instead, they vary considerably according to local conditions. Furthermore, status is rarely immutable over long stretches of time, even in social systems in which mobility seems all but impossible. Although within Hinduism the status of vegetarians is higher than that of meat eaters—because contact with killed animals is regarded as polluting—the American Indologist and anthropologist McKim Marriott found instances in which meat eaters outrank vegetarians. He concluded that it is caste rank that determines purity and pollution. This sometimes means in daily situations that a caste of sufficiently high status may not be demeaned by receiving food from a lower caste if the latter is not too far below and if the proper food and vessels are used.
Because food is one of the principal indices of rank, it is often used as a strategic element in negotiating social advance. For example, members of a low caste will try to gain dominance over persons in a higher, purer caste by attempting to feed them. The latter cannot be too far above the upwardly mobile group, however, and there is no direct way for one group to force a higher group to accept food. Thus, a common technique is for the lower caste to threaten to withhold services unless a heretofore slightly higher caste receives food from the former. Such mobility, as noted earlier, affects not only the two castes concerned but also all other groups in the village, and the maneuvering involves everyone in the community.
Buddhism, which also originated in India, is a tradition with a complex history and a variety of branches and practices. As it spread throughout East, Southeast, and much of Central Asia, Buddhism was transformed in its encounter with indigenous traditions and local cultural and political conditions. Accordingly, its relationship to social stratification in terms of caste is more ambiguous than that of Hinduism. The Vedic religion—which preceded and influenced Hinduism and was the tradition of the elites during the Buddha's lifetime (about the mid-1st millennium bce)—viewed the individual's place in the social order as fixed by birth and increasingly came to see it as conditioned by karma, the residual effects of acts committed in one's past lives. The Buddha, who rejected much of the Vedic religion, upheld the doctrine of karma but also proposed that any person, regardless of caste, could achieve liberation (moksha) from the cycle of death and rebirth (samsara). Many kingdoms that adopted Buddhism, however, had caste systems with varying degrees of rigidity, and Buddhism, especially as it was adapted by various princes and kings, played a central role in legitimating and maintaining these systems.
Dietary practice is another respect in which Buddhism differs from other religions originating in India. Whereas many Hindus are vegetarians and Jainism promotes a much stricter vegetarianism that reflects its core value of ahimsa (nonviolence), Buddhism does not take a uniform stance on diet. Monks and nuns generally maintain meat-free diets, and vegetarianism is often seen as a mark of piety among East Asian Buddhists. Adherents of the Mahayana branch of Buddhism accept some sutras (scriptures believed to be discourses of the Buddha) that prohibit meat eating; the Lankavatara-sutra is one of the most popular. These sutras, however, are not accepted by Theravada Buddhists, who claim to be the most faithful to the Buddha's dharma, or teaching. Even many Mahayana Buddhists, including some monks, do not follow these sutras to the letter. The Buddha's only dietary proscription was that monks and nuns should not eat foods that were specially prepared for them.
Buddhism claimed from its inception to be a Middle Way, opposed equally to the extremes of sensuous indulgence and self-mortification. This Middle Way was exemplified in the "five precepts": no murder, no stealing, no lying, no adultery, and no drinking of alcoholic beverages. These precepts were applicable to the monastic community and to the laypeople who supported the sangha (monastic community) through alms, endowments, and service. In combination with the monastic code (vinaya) and the proscription against eating specially prepared foods, they translated into an ethic of moderation in diet among monks and nuns, who were to allay their hunger only so that they could practice the religious life. As Buddhism developed, the precept against murder was eventually extended to all animal life, thus encouraging the adoption of vegetarianism. In Buddhism the injunction against killing animals is stronger than that against eating them; the greater stigma came to be placed upon the slayer, the one who immediately takes the animal's life, rather than on the eater. This notion was used in many Buddhist societies to justify the outcasting or untouchability of butchers and others working in polluting occupations.
Laypeople were expected to maintain the sangha by providing monks with daily meals or other alms. (As Buddhism spread and was adopted as a state religion by various rulers, monasteries and convents received generous patronage.) In this way, people who did not lead monastic lives could build up merit (punna), or good karma, which would counter the demerit, or bad karma, they had accumulated in their past and present lives.


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Christian Devotional – December 29, 2013
Titus 1:16–They claim to know God, but by their actions deny him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for anything good.
Paul is warning Titus to be careful of the others around who claim to know God, bur are not truly believers. How would Titus be able to tell the difference? Their actions deny the very God they claim to serve. Do our actions line up with our words? If we claim to be followers of God, then our actions must be in line with our words, otherwise, we will be detestable and disobedient to God with the result that we are unfit for anything good.
Father, I want to be fit for the good things that You are doing. I will make sure that my actions line up with You because I know You and delight in doing Your work.


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Drug addiction or Alcohol addiction both require a series of treatment for a person to get clean and live a beautiful, healthy life. Medical detoxification is one of such step that helps you fight the withdrawal symptoms of any addiction.
Every other kind of addiction has a different withdrawal symptom, and therefore each requires a different set of medical detox strategy. Such system of detoxification is tailored to fit individual needs. Many rehab centres have their in-house detox department whereas there are individual, government and private medical detox centres as well.
Why is detoxification so necessary?
Detoxification plays a vital role in cleaning a person from his addiction. When a person tries to leave his addiction, it kicks back a reaction creating an urge in him so strong that at times it s fatal for the person as well. Therefore it calls for medically assisted detoxification that helps the person fight his urges and controls the signs of withdrawal.
The rehab centres deal is three kinds of detox program. Alcohol and Drug Detox, Methadone Detox and pain relief detox. Each of these programs at aimed at targeting patients suffering from three different types of detoxification symptoms.
Specially formulated medicines using chemicals and naturally occurring substances coupled with psycho-social counselling are conducted to help patients find relief from the pain, agony and aggression of drug withdrawal.
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Since each drug addiction has different withdrawal symptoms, they require different treatment as well. At medical detox centres, detoxification programs are customised to meet the specific requirements of the patient. Here is the brief outline of the tailoring detox program:
1- Patient addiction history is recorded, either by self, or family.
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4- Categorizing patient's medical detox based on the above information
5- Assisting the program with psycho-social classes and counselling
6- Monitoring patient behaviour and withdrawal pattern.
7- Assisting through various rehabilitation programs.
All the above methods are complementary to treating a person for medical detoxification. The quantum in which each is used may vary.
The above tailoring of individual programs is significant for the importance of taking up detoxification. It helps in supporting the patient physically, mentally and emotionally during his recovery. The results of such a healthy recovery programs are almost cent percent.
There are many medical detoxification centres, and you can easily find one near you through the internet search and yellow pages. Many rehabs give you the liberty to self-enrol as well as the family of aggrieved to make the enrolment.
Ones the registration is made counsellors will visit you and talk about the program. These instructors will motivate you or your loved one to take up medically assisted detox program to give up on your bad habit. They will encourage you towards the brighter side of life without addiction and how happy and free you will be. Make the call, don't waste time, make a life-changing decision now.


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The government of Trinidad and Tobago says it plans to crack down on the estimated 110,000 migrants living on the islands illegally. The migrants have until January to get their documents in order before the authorities begin a deportation campaign that would include door-to-door visits, National Security Minister Gary Griffith said in remarks published Thursday. Mr. Griffith said the steps were meant to help reduce crime, adding that "over 10 percent of the adult population in this country are persons here illegally." Mr. Griffith has previously said that the largest share of migrants, nearly 26,000, come from Guyana, followed by nearly 20,000 from Jamaica.
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How To Train Your Dragon is an animated family film that was released in 2010. The film takes place on the island of Berk. The island of Berk is inhabited by simple people who are being harassed by fearsome dragons. Hiccup is the central character in the film. He is a shy, awkward boy that does not fit in with the rest of the villagers. One night he sees a dragon flying through the sky and shoots it down. He follows the dragon into a forest where he tries to kill. Hiccup is unable to kill the dragon and the dragon escapes.
Eventually, Hiccup finds the dragon in the forest where the dragon is nursing an injured tail. He names the dragon Toothless and learns how to communicate with it. Through a lot of time together and practice, Toothless learns to trust Hiccup and they begin to become friends. Toothless teaches Hiccup how to communicate with other dragons. Hiccup uses this skill to become the top of his dragon training class at school and everyone thinks he is a genius. Astrid, one of the girl's in Hiccup's class, becomes suspicious however. She follows Hiccup into the woods one days where she discovers that he is keeping Toothless and she threatens to blow his cover. Hiccup realizes that he has to keep Astrid on his side. He takes for a ride on Toothless.
Astrid and Hiccup ride Toothless straight into the head dragon's nest and then they discover the reason why the dragons are attacking the island of Berk. It turns out that if the dragons do not steal food from Berk, the head dragon will eat. Devastated, they realize that they need to come up with a plan to help Toothless and his fellow dragons. The villagers at first do not believe Hiccup when he tells them about the dragons. They head of to attack the head dragon and then they discover the truth. The head dragon is killed in the fight and Toothless and his fellow dragons are set free. The film ends where everybody living in peace and harmony back of the island of Berk.
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CRPF officer Chetan Cheeta, 45, who was discharged from AIIMS hospital in New Delhi two weeks ago, after he battled life-threatening injuries in a gunfight with militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district, on Friday in an interview to CNN-News18 expressed happiness over his recovery process.
Cheeta, who took nine bullets, said barring the injuries he felt wonderful to be recovering and hoped to be fit in 20 days.
Commanding officer of the 45th Battalion, Cheeta, described his recovery, "I am not fighting fit, but I wouldn't require any support and will be able to do things on my own."
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His wife Uma Singh described the events of the day and how she flew out to Srinagar to be with her husband and how an air ambulance was, fortunately, available and was diverted to Srinagar which was originally flying to Imphal. She said, "It all fell into place."
Halfway through the interview Anubha Bhonsle, executive editor of CNN-News18, who conducted the interview read out messages from some of the CRPF jawans who wanted to share their thoughts with their commander.
When asked if he would like to continue working in the security sector of India, the 45-year-old said that he is due for a promotion and that he has asked for a posting as commander of a COBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) unit. When asked what does a soldier desire, he said, "A soldier wants recognition for his work and when he doesn't get that he gets disheartened. This is happening in the Army right now."
He added, "Wars are not won by numbers alone, need spirit too."
On a parting note, he advised his troops, "Hold the gun till the last minute and listen to the nation."
Cheeta was injured in the gunfight between three suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba militants and a joint team of CRPF, Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police on 14 February morning in Parraypora village, located in Bandipora district's Hajin area.
The operation was conducted after security forces got a tip-off about the militants having holed-up in the village. Eight people — seven security personnel and one civilian — were injured in the gunfight.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju had expressed happiness on his recovery saying, "I would want to thank the team of doctors for their effort. It's a miracle as I never thought Cheeta would talk to me."
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