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en | N/A | N/A | Q1. On which day is Save the Elephant Day celebrated every year?
Q3. Which one of the following ships was deployed in 'Mission Sagar', which was sent to different countries carrying Food and COVID related items on 10 May 2020?
Q4. Puthandu or Tamil New Year is celebrated on which day in 2021?
Q5. The Indian Army observed which Siachen Day on 13th April?
Q6. When is Ambedkar Jayanti observed every year?
Q7. World Chagas Disease Day is observed every year on 14 April. The day was first celebrated in which year?
Q8. 13 April 2021 marks which anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
Q9. On which day were Festivals ‘Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, Chaitra Sukladi, and Cheti Chand' observed in 2021?
Q10. Which day is observed as World Parkinson's Day every year?
Q11. Which day marks the birth anniversary of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule?
Q12. When is World Homoeopathy Day celebrated?
Q13. On which day was Sri Sri Harichand Thakur Jayanti observed ?
Q14. The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) celebrated which anniversary of its Foundation Day on 9 April 2021?
Q15. PM Modi urges everyone to observe Tika Utsav from April 11-14, 2021. April 11 is the birth date of whom?
Q1. Karnataka will be setting up its first horticultural crops processing cluster, including a mango processing unit, in which district?
Q2. Colliers, a real estate advisory and investment management company has appointed whom as CEO for India and MD, market development for Asia?
Q3. U GRO Capital, a non-bank financier, has partnered with which of the following banks for co-lending to the MSME sector?
Q4. In Madhya Pradesh, which of the following cities have been selected by UNESCO under ‘Historic Urban Landscape Project’?
Q5. The Uttar Pradesh government started the trial run of electric buses in which city on 20 July 2021?
Q6. Perumkulam, in which district, has been bestowed with the title Kerala’s first ‘Book Village’?
Q7. Who inaugurated 44 Digital Village Centres at Civil Secretariat in Srinagar in July 2021?
Q8. In July 2021, which country has unveiled a high-speed maglev train with a designed top speed of 600 kms per hour?
Q9. Who took off to space, in the first crewed flight of his rocket ship, New Shepard, on 20 July 2021?
Q10. In Haiti, who has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister, just a few days after the country’s President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated?
Q11. A group of Indian scientists has developed a novel and cheap 3D robotic motion phantom. Who has developed the programmable robotic motion?
Q12. MyGov platform is hosting the online competition under PM’s Mentorship Scheme for young writers. How many authors will be selected through the All India Contest being conducted through nbtindia.gov.in and MyGov.in?
Q13. In July 2021, India has made noticeable progress in ease of cross-border trade, a UN survey, which tracked how many economies on key trade facilitation parameters over a two-year period?
Q14. Which of the following recorded the first bird flu death in the country for the year 2021?
Q15. Which country has launched a state-approved matchmaking app "Hamdam" to promote marriages in the Islamic country?
Q16. Which language script will soon be incorporated into the Unicode character list?
Q17. In which state, as many as 1622 farmer-producer organizations FPOs were formed in 2020, which is more than double that in 2019?
Q18. The Defence Ministry in July 2021 issued a tender expected to be worth around how many rupees (in crore) for building six conventional submarines under Project-75 India?
Q19. Britain would permanently deploy two warships in Asian waters after its Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier and escort ships sail to which country in September through seas?
Q20. In July 2021, three monuments of which state have been identified as Adarsh Smarak for providing additional facilities like Wi-Fi, cafeteria, Interpretation centre, Brail signages, illumination, etc?
Q21. In July 2021, which of the following has developed an oxygen rationing device AMLEX, which will increase the life of the cylinder three-fold?
Q22. Who won by 117 votes to become the first sarpanch of the Balika Panchayat in the Kunariya village of Bhuj taluka in July 2021?
Q23. The Kunariya village of which district in Gujarat has come out with a unique idea of holding Balika Panchayat?
Q24. The Maharashtra State Skill Development Board has decided to issue a total of how many digital diploma certificates using blockchain technology?
Q25. New projects of rejuvenation of six polluted river stretches in which state have been approved at the 36th Executive Committee meeting of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)?
Q26. HDFC ERGO General Insurance has announced the launch of Optima Secure. The product offers customers up to how many times their sum insured at no additional charge?
Q27. The DRDO has indigenously developed a high-strength beta titanium alloy for manufacturing intricate components for aerospace applications. The beta titanium alloy contains which of the following metals along with Titanium?
Q28. Odisha Cricket Association has decided to set up cricket academies in how many districts of the state?
Q29. Who won the Women’s Emerging Footballer of the Year at the annual AIFF awards 2020-21?
Q30. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik has launched the release of water from the canal system of Subarnarekha Irrigation Project (SIP). It will create irrigation potential for 15,359 hectares of land in five blocks of which district?
Q31. Who announced that the government has decided to set up the Indian Institute of Heritage at Noida, Gautam Buddha Nagar?
Q32. Who has been declared the first runner up at Miss India USA in 2021?
Q33. In July 2021, who has been declared President-elect of Peru?
Q34. In July 2021, England has reported a rise in cases of which virus that is highly contagious virus and is similar to the coronavirus?
Q35. Which of the following Indian warships was part of a two-day exercise with French frigate FNS Aquitaine and four Rafale fighter aircraft of the French Navy in the Bay of Biscay in July 2021?
Q36. Which of the following has appointed Vanitha Narayanan as an Additional Director to its board, effective 19 July 2021?
Q37. Which bank has signed an MoU with the Indian Navy for salary accounts?
Q38. Which of the following has introduced a benefit-based health insurance policy, Arogya Rakshak, in July 2021?
Q39. The Common Services Centers (CSC) is joining hands with which of the following to provide graduate and post-graduate courses to nearly 15 lakh students in India's rural areas?
Q40. Grayscale Investments LLC, based in which country, has launched an institutional decentralized finance, or DeFi fund? |
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en | N/A | N/A | Designer Swapnil Shinde who recently declared on her Instagram account "I am not a gay man. I am a Transwoman" (hashtagging her new identity - Saisha Shinde) knew that she was a woman inside. When she's asked about her decision to transition, she shares, "It wasn't a decision as per se as much as it was something that I needed to accept. I was clearly born with it. I wanted to be a woman. I was a woman inside all my life. But yes, the decision that today I want to start the change - has been an ongoing process for the last five to six years or probably more. When I decided that I'm going ahead with it and I stopped and that I'm going ahead with it and I stopped. And it's during the lockdown that I eventually end up deciding positively that this is who I'm and I need to start this process right away."
"I'm a very private person. The most difficult decision was - should I live my life privately or make it a public thing and the reason why I went public with my transition as I wanted to be a role model to so many boys and girls out there. There are hardly any role models who are openly transgender. The ones who are there are either vilified or objectified. I wanted to prove that someone as successful as me could also be a transgender person." |
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Yes, you are welcome to book events. We accept bookings continuously, please contact |||EMAIL_ADDRESS||| Henie Onstad is located at Høvikodden, 15 minutes by car from Oslo. You can also commute by train or bus. Read more about the directions to Henie Onstad here.
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From June 21, we will offer outdoors activities for children every Sunday 11am to 3 pm. Due to the new restricitons the Lab and workspace for children inside at Høvikodden is temporarily closed.
We recommend spending 2-3 hours at the museum, experiencing the exhibitions and go for a walk in the sculpture park and the forest. In addition, there is a beautiful beach where it is wonderful to go swimming in summer and you can enjoy a meal at Kafe Piruetten. In the gift shop you can buy Norwegian design products. |
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en | N/A | N/A | Ahram Online , Sunday 15 Jan 2023
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan will be this year’s guest of honour.
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en | N/A | N/A | I watched him approach. Weighed down by more than the chain saw he shouldered, his force evaporated space in front of him. Yet, I could see gravity taking its toll, grinding him closer to the ground, the sky pressing, squeezing, flattening him.
I saw tears in his eyes, anger in his cheeks. Early morning vapour exploded from his lungs, flumes of expelled air as vigorous as dragons’ breath, as powerful as a training horse. This man was on a mission, and I knew what it was.
He had come to cut me down.
Unafraid, I welcomed him. With a subtle cold breeze blowing, I beckoned him closer, sympathetically throwing golden leaves before him, laying a soft autumnal path. As usual, there were no birds to frighten into the skies. Superstitious and afraid; they had not rested, roosted, nor nested anywhere near me for many years. Wary, fear of guilt by association, they stayed away.
He stood before me. Tears flooding his eyes, their fall to my roots broken by taut ruddy cheeks. The man’s trousers and shoes soaked by the splaying early morning dew lying low, dead weight on bending grass.
“You killed my son,” the man screamed. “You killed my son!”
Without Pīwakawaka, Mātātā, or Tui resting on my thinning foliage, nothing could hear him in the valley, the land empty except for my feckless constant companion, the river. That stupid river, who, regardless of the mood or day, chuckled and gurgled on its way toward town. Idiot.
“Why? Oh God, why?” the man pleaded.
I wish I could have answered him. I wish I could have told him, but my function isn’t to speak. Mine is pure and simple: elemental conversion, particle transfer. I take carbon people expel, replace it with oxygen so they can breathe. So, to accuse me of killing anyone is ridiculous; if it weren’t for me, well, there would be no one alive to kill!
Even before the first suicide, I’d lived a lonely life. Cursed; birds have always stayed away, except occasional Moho Pererūs flying by to laugh and gloat at my misery. Insects and possums, too, steer well clear. So, I live an almost companionless existence. My only company, the laughing river, the warming sun and passing selfish clouds, all out of reach and only ever focussed upon themselves.
Occasionally an ambling angler tracing the river, or young lovers making out in the country, picnickers indulging under the shade of my arbour, kept me company, but not often. Since the farmer cleared the glade, there was little reason to visit a solitary elm four hundred metres from the roadside and miles from town.
But this week, I’ve had lots of visitors: the man’s son Jessie, a hiker who found him hanging in my limbs, lots of police, a priest, and a Kaumatua. All of them coming to see Jessie! And now the father was here to see me.
Here to cut me down.
“Jessie, oh Jessie,” the man spluttered, now kneeling before me. “Why?”
I felt for the man. I wanted to wrap my limbs and roots around him. Reach out—touch him, hold him as I was once held, touched. Alleviate his pain. While the laws of nature and physics restrict my interventions, the law of Divine Oneness applies to every single living entity in the universe. At the most basic level, this man and I were the same, connected, a combination of atoms, that’s all—pure carbon! Just as I had been to Jessie. I wanted the man to understand that.
‘Elm hateth man and waiteth.’
I could have concentrated, dropped a limb off my trunk, given him a sign and a fright. Just as I had done before when trying to save others. People who wanted to abuse my stature or stain my reputation. But what was the point in trying to save myself? He had come to cut me down. There was nothing I could physically do to stop that. So, I had to try to reach him emotionally.
I looked inward, tracing the rings of the seasons and years. I searched my whakapapa, my mana. I searched for something we had in common, something I could use to connect with the man. Then, almost immediately, I found it. It happened a long time ago, but it appeared before me as if it were yesterday.
Love and death. Everything was connected. Love and death, the guilt that follows; the banes of existence.
The day was bright and hot. It was summer, late afternoon. I looked around and saw my brothers and sisters. We were standing together; we were one, a glade of leafy trees connected by more than geography. Birdsong filled the air. It had been hot for an age because I remember the soil feeling cool. Its gritty texture complaining to my parched roots it hadn’t rained for a while. They stretched, reaching out like a languid cat on a mat. It felt good.
A group of young farm lads ran toward us, about six of them, rough-and-tumble with scabby knees and nitty hair. They were joking, laughing, their din threatening to drown out the birds, who simply chirped and sang louder. They were in no danger, and they knew it, perching on the highest branches, gossiping amongst themselves, eagerly waiting to see what developed. Some boys were carrying planks of wood, another a hammer. Another one must have brought some nails. As they reached the glade, the planks were discarded to the ground. The boys, hands-on-hips, surveyed the trees.
Pick me, pick me, I thought, please pick me. I didn’t know what they were going to do, but whatever it was, it was likely to be fun. The boys were so excited. It was contagious.
“What about this one?” a short boy with fair hair called out after looking me up and down.
“Nah,” his mates called back. “It’s too short, too squat; its branches go out, not up. Not high enough to build a decent hut. We want a really tall one!”
They selected one of my brothers. I couldn’t hide my jealousy, my branches waving in the breeze in envy, my drying leaves loudly chattering displeasure.
Such was his excitement that my brother didn’t seem to mind when the nails pierced his trunk. He stood straight and tall as ever, his branches reaching for the sky. I took a sideways glance at mine, reaching and swaying sideways like lonely Greek dancers. The sky smiled, the river giggled, the clouds ignored me, and I felt short and silly.
That afternoon, the boys built their hut: a ramshackle multi-level mess, piled and latched onto my brother like a cluster of reishi mushrooms. Oh my goodness, the boys had fun! “No girls or grown-ups allowed”, they yelled!
All summer, they laughed, joked, tried smoking cigarettes. Once, one lad even brought a bottle of warm beer. They came, played war, cops and robbers, Olympics, cowboys and Indians; you name it—they played it. They played all summer, returning at all hours, sometimes in the early mornings before dawn. They even slept out, camping in their hut, staying up all night, toasting marshmallows, frying pancakes on an upturned baking soda tin, and guzzling raspberry pop. Fun days that ended in late January when the school bus came and took them all away.
Over the next few years, they still came, but far less frequently. They grew up, rugby, school, their fathers’ farms, then girls all stealing time and attention. Their young brothers didn’t share the same joy in their hut, and of course, girls weren’t allowed! The glade wasn’t the same without the boys; now, the birds sang quietly, whistling stunted mutterings under their beaks. The summers didn’t seem quite as hot. The sound of the capricious river took over.
My brother became sick. His bark grew lesions, spots appearing on his foliage, such was his melancholy his limbs drooped. My family and I tried to jolly him, but sadness overtook him. Once the tallest of our family, his once erect posture became bendy and stooped, while his limbs became brittle and hard. It was hard to watch; we could do nothing to stop his decline.
Many seasons later, a young girl came running into the glade. I didn’t know who she was or where she came from. Barefoot and crying, she was hanging onto her cloth dolly as if her life depended on it.
“We must hide,” she told herself. “He mustn’t find us, Clara!”
I couldn’t see anyone else, so I presumed she was talking to her doll. I watched her grasping in vain, trying to reach the lonely fraying rope the boys used to climb up into their hut. Despite valiant attempts, she was too short. She looked around, eventually deciding I offered the best alternative for hiding.
“This good tree will protect us, won’t he,” she said, walking around my base, patting my trunk, before sitting down behind me, hidden from the paddock, from where she came.
“We’ll have to be quiet, Clara, no more crying, alright? Father will be very cranky, and Mother will be beside herself. I’m sure Mother has already sent Father out for us. But you don’t need to worry. I won’t let her put you in the washing machine!”
Thirty minutes later, a man’s voice boomed across the paddock, “Jocelyn, where are you? Come on, it’s nearly teatime! Joss, come on. Joss—Mummy said she won’t wash Clarabelle. She promises. She said if you wanted, the two of you could have a bath together instead.”
“Shush, Clara.” She raised her index finger to Clara’s lips. “Try not to make a sound. Daddy might go away if he doesn’t see or hear us.”
Her father walked closer. He examined my dead brother, pulled himself up, looking into the empty hut.
“Jocelyn,” he yelled again, half cupping his hands into a primitive megaphone. “Joss, where are you?”
“Shush,” Jocelyn whispered again.
Jocelyn’s father strolled amongst the glade, initially walking away from me.
Jocelyn giggled. “Silly,” she said.
At the end of the glade, he turned back, walking toward me. That’s when he spotted her.
“Oh, Joss, I’ve been calling you. Did you not hear me?”
Realising the game was up, she stood, brushed off the dust, and laughed. “We were hiding from you!”
Her father laughed, “Yes, I was a right silly billy and you a mischievous little ratbag!”
“It was Clara. She wanted to run away. She hates being washed, and she’s so scared of the wringer.”
“Well, she’s worse than you, but do you and Clara want a piggyback home? Mummy’s making googie eggs and soldiers for tea.”
“Come on then, jump on. This horsey wants to take you home.”
Within a few minutes, Jocelyn was gone. I felt sad. I was a good tree, and I had protected her. She patted me. I felt important; I felt connected. I was part of her world. I hoped but never thought I would see her again. I was wrong.
She and Clara visited me often, sitting under my canopy, throwing tea parties, drawing, singing, dancing. I think I grew six feet that year!
“You can call me Joss,” she said to me once. “Everyone else does. And I’m going to call you Uncle Gregory. I’ve always wanted an Uncle Gregory! And you are the best Uncle Gregory in the world.”
My leaves turned a vivid green, my bark crinkled, and I stood up straighter. Hundreds of birds flew to my branches, all wanting in on the attention and love Joss was unselfishly dishing out. The best thing of all was she didn’t even know she was doing it. She was young. She was as innocent, sweet, and warm as the first scented breeze of spring.
Joss grew too, although, unlike the boys, she kept returning. Over time the greying and raggedy Clara was replaced by a diary, tea parties evolved into picnics, and pigtails grew into long-braided ponytails. How I loved her company. How I loved how she read to me from the books she borrowed from the town library. My favourites were The Chronicles of Narnia, Joss acting out various scenes. Peering into the glade, ensuring she could still glimpse the open doorway of the wardrobe back to the empty imagination-free room from where she had set out.
Yes, the glade glowed when Joss visited, it was full of sound and movement, light dancing between the leaves, levity floating in the air. Even if she was simply lying under my canopy staring into the sky, making fun of the stupid clouds, she emitted grace and life.
“Uncle Gregory, I need to tell you something. I hope you don’t mind, but you are such a good listener….”
I must have heard her say it a thousand times. Joss shared secrets she knew I would never spill. Told me of her hopes, fears, and infatuations. We shared an intimacy I never thought possible. She would hug me, tie ribbons to me, sit hard against me, her back resting on my trunk while she read or thought. She sang songs for me. “Don’t Let the Stars Get in your Eyes” was her favourite! I should have listened to Perry Como. Frankie Laine sang, “I Believe,” and I did. I was a silly tree; I felt special when I had no right to. I was a foolish tree; I started to crave the company of humans. Not all, just one. A young woman named Jocelyn.
My brothers and sisters accused me of being smug, and in return, I cursed their jealousy. They were wrong; they were unenlightened on the relationship between man and tree, or in this case, girl and tree.
One day Joss told me about symbiosis after a science lesson.
“Symbiosis means a mutualistic relationship,” she said.
Symbiosis came from Greek and meant “to live together.”
And, while she never said it, I was sure she was referring to us! I told my brothers and sisters. They laughed, turning their backs on me, calling me haughty and arrogant. After that, I became possessive and angry, telling the clouds off when they blocked the sun and stopped Joss from visiting me, shaking my limbs if the birds dared to come too close. After a while, they stopped coming. I don’t think Joss ever noticed the birdsong filling the glade was coming from around—not above her.
One day I noticed a “For Sale” sign on the road. The glade, the paddock, and surrounding fields were being sold. Not long afterwards, two men came walking toward the glade. Both were carrying something I’d never seen before. They had purpose in their stride, cradling a demon in their hands.
“The farmer wants these trees taken down, Bruce. All but one to provide shelter for the horses he’s going to run.”
The men looked around.
“This one here will make the best shelter—it’s gotta wider canopy; more shade.”
I didn’t know what they were going to do until they started doing it. My beautiful brothers and sisters were cut down one by one; there was nothing I could do to save them. My bark wept, my branches tensing and grimacing as the men used their mechanical swords to turn my family into logs, chips, and dust.
Stop it—stop it! I tried to scream. But I could only stand by and watch as my family was cut down and then decapitated. Split into fire-size chunks. I wailed my respects and farewell.
From carbon, we grew
And return we must
Man killed the fuel
That he fed to the fire
Matter to gas, via a ravenous pyre
Goodbye to the earth
Recycle our atoms; say our goodbyes.
My family had been cut down!
The birds fled, never to return. I grew bitter, my leaves curling over in hatred, all the while the river laughed. I cursed. The clouds danced, I cursed again. I cursed so much even the insects deserted me.
Jocelyn visited me the following week. The day was grey, clouds blocking the sun, making a dull day feel like forever.
“Oh, Uncle Gregory,” she cried, “what have they done? All the beautiful trees, all gone—why, oh why?”
I could hear sobs, I could see tears, I could feel her pain. I was sure she could feel mine. She hugged me sympathetically, wrapping her arms around my trunk, and pressing her face and body hard against me.
“You poor tree,” she whispered, “you are the last one left. I am so sorry; I can’t believe it.”
I am the last one left; her words resonated deep within me.
I was the last one left; I am the last one!
The boys, the farmer, the men with the mechanical swords, I detested them all.
The following winter, I hardly saw Joss. The season had been a wet one, clouds and the river gathering forces to mock and frustrate me. The clouds covering the sun, the river roaring with delight in response to rain. Twice jumping out of its banks to tease me, soak my base. It was becoming bold.
The spring brought the return of the sun, and thankfully Joss. Although this season, Joss returned with a young man she called Gary, her so-called boyfriend. I didn’t know what she saw in him. He was tall and gangly. He had pimples and spots and seemed awkward in her company. Like a wilding pine, he seemed to pop up without notice and invitation. He had the stride of a praying mantis and the presence of a woodlouse, his spindly limbs springing from baggy shorts and tight shirts. He gave me the shits!
Joss gave him coddles and cuddles.
What are you doing here? Who invited you?
I wanted to attack him, let him know I stood the tallest in the empty glade. I knew Joss more than he did!
As spring rolled into summer, the two of them shared sickening picnics, scoffing sandwiches, lying together in the sun. His white legs protruding foolishly from hand-me-down khaki shorts, his warty hands holding hers. They lay there for hours, looking up at the sky, playing guessing games with flippant clouds. They whispered secrets, shared gossip, and spoke in cutesy-wootsy, a dialect for the deliriously deranged.
Then one day in January, right in front of me, they kissed!
Stop, stop. I wanted to scream. You can’t kiss; stop it.
But of course, I couldn’t, and of course, they didn’t. Instead, they kissed some more, then more again. They kissed so much I worried their faces would merge. Then I saw Joss quickly pull away; Gary was trying to unbutton her blouse.
“No,” she commanded, “no, Gary, please.”
He ignored her, his hands paring away her defences.
“No, Gary, I don’t want to; I’m not like that; I’m not ready for this.”
Still, he ignored her; I tried shaking my limbs, I tried dropping leaves, I called on the absent wind to blow, the fickle clouds to rain. I wanted to help her.
“No,” she screamed again, slapping his face then kneeing his groin. Tears streamed down her face.
“Why Gary?” she asked. “I liked you; you just had to wait. I just wasn’t ready. I wasn’t ready.”
He responded with a groan.
“I never want to see you again, and I’m going to tell my father.” She turned and ran across the paddock past the horses, her long locks trailing behind her. I didn’t know it then, but that was the last time I ever saw her.
It was dusk on the same day when Gary unexpectedly returned. He looked worse for wear, limping toward me; I could see there was swelling around both eyes, the skin around them turning black. His lips were fat; there was speckled blood caked on the corner of his nostrils. His head hung low, his shoulders curled forward.
He was carrying a rope.
I wondered if he would make a hut, as the boys had used a rope when they built a hut on my brother. Suddenly Gary went up in my estimation! Perhaps he wasn’t so bad after all. He climbed up on a lower limb and threw a length of rope over a higher one. Tying one end of the rope to the limb he was standing on, he made a noose with the other. Then without fuss, he placed the noose over his head, tightened it, and jumped.
He hadn’t said a word. He hadn’t cried out or even contemplated. There was no hesitation. One minute he was climbing me. The next minute he was hanging from me—dead. I honestly didn’t know what he was about to do. What species of living things sets out to deliberately kill themselves?
I felt sick. I felt dirty. I didn’t like him, that was true, but I did not wish him dead. My primary function is elemental conversion. I keep people alive by transferring carbon into oxygen. This was all wrong.
The lazy and recalcitrant wind now appeared, swaying Gary to and fro, rocking him, cradling him in its wispy fingers. The wind was too late and careless. The clouds parted, allowing the moon to stare down in soft light and sympathy. I looked at this young man, full of pimples and promise, his essence expunged by hormones and an underdeveloped frontal lobe.
I thought of my dead brothers and sisters.
How do you make sense of the nonsensical?
I wanted Gary out of me. His dead body made me feel sick. With the help of the wind, I shook him, but he would not fall; the rope would not snap. He simply hung, slowly swinging. He stayed there until he was spotted mid-afternoon the next day. By then, his face was bloated and discolouring. The people who collected him hardly said a word. Gary’s body was given more respect than he had probably ever received while he lived. He was taken away.
I waited for Joss. I wanted to comfort her, tell her it was not my fault, that I never wished for this to happen. I waited for days. Then weeks. Seasons came and went. But she never returned. I was truly alone.
The man beneath me sobbed loudly. I knew that pain. The agony of losing someone you love through no fault of your own. This is what we shared. I shed more leaves, tried to touch him. The leaves fell softly to the ground just like the tears he spilled.
After Gary, there were others. Three others!
The first was an old man, sad and lonely. He used his belt to strangle himself, wrapping it around my lowest branch and slumping forward on his knees. I wanted to autotomy whatever limb it took to save him. But then he spoke to me, telling me he had lost his wife to cancer and now wanted to join her. He missed her and couldn’t carry on without her. I knew his pain; I believed I could feel it. So, I helped him on his way by gently pulling back my branch as he slumped forward. He passed quickly without fear or struggle.
The next was another young man, he was angry. He cried about how life was unfair, and how he didn’t want to be gay. I didn’t understand what he meant, but I understood his pain. The young man procrastinated. It seemed he was unsure whether he wanted to die. I concentrated, I focussed on my lowest branch. I willed it to drop. I did not want to be part of the death of someone who did not want to die. It duly fell, crashing to the ground, landing on top of the young man. Dazed, he slowly got up and cried. After ten minutes, he ran toward the road, and I never saw him again.
Jessie came. Just last week. He was young, handsome. He didn’t appear depressed; he didn’t appear angry. I imagined he was the type who was good in class, drove the coolest car, had the prettiest girl. A winner. He was well dressed and carried himself with confidence—his demeanour at odds with the rope he held. I knew what was coming. I wanted to stop him but knew dropping limbs would not achieve this. I concentrated.
I asked the wind to intervene, to blow a gale, create a maelstrom. It ignored me. I begged the clouds to help, to throw lightning down, hail, anything. They looked the other way. River, river, I cried out, do something! It pretended not to hear. We were on our own, the lad and I. Love and death!
Elm loveth man and saveth.
Please help, I pleaded to no one. I felt helpless; there was no one there to hear. Jessie and I were connected. We became one. I took on his pain. I stole it from him. I gave him my love in return. I urged him to stop, begged. When it was clear I could do no more, I wept for him. I embraced him and made sure he did not suffer. Poor Jessie.
Now, it started to rain, coming down in sheer sheets of starched bitterness. The man stood, pulled his collar around his neck, zipped his jacket. He picked up his mechanical sword, ripped the cord.
It roared into life; it was a sound I remembered well. It was the sound of my family’s demise, and now it was my turn. I looked skyward, waiting for the first cut.
I heard a woman’s voice call faintly above the din.
“Hey there. Hello—you! Good morning—are you the farmer? What are you doing?”
The raucous stutter of the sword, his focus on his task meant he didn’t hear.
The woman started running toward him.
“I say, hello—can you hear me? Good morning.”
The man looked up in surprise, switched off the rotating blade.
The woman was old. She wore a pink hooded padded coat and woolly mittens. She was wrapped up against the weather like a marshmallow I had watched the boys eat years ago.
Years ago, yes, years ago. A bell was ringing in the damp silence. I looked more closely. It couldn’t be, I thought. It looked like Joss, but she was old; she was much smaller.
“Are you the farmer?” she asked.
“What’s it to you?” The man asked, bristling at the intrusion.
“This is an old tree, but it is still healthy. Why would you cut it down?
“Because it kills people. And anyway, it’s none of your business.”
“What do you mean it kills people?”
“My son,” the man welled up, “my son hanged himself in this tree. And I know he was not the first either. This tree is cursed.”
“Oh, I am so sorry to hear that,” Joss replied. “Yes, I know your son was not the first. My first boyfriend also hanged himself here. That was over sixty years ago!”
“So, you know then,” the man cried. “We have to stop it from happening again.”
“Yes,” Joss sympathised. “But cutting it down will mean people will just go elsewhere—it won’t end their suffering. Unfortunately, I am sorry to say people will go somewhere else.”
The man fell to his knees, dropped the sword. “What can I do?” he wailed.
Joss moved closer, also fell to her knees. She hugged the man.
“I am so sorry; I am so sorry. I do not know what it is like for you. I can only imagine your heart feeling like lead; that’s what I felt. Only you will know the depth of your agony; it’s indescribable grief, a gnawing. It is a journey only you can take. Others may guide you, and give you advice, but you travel alone. I am sorry. Love and death, then guilt can tear you apart.
“This is the first time I have returned to this place—the spot where my boyfriend chose to end his life. Up until now, I’ve tried to block this place out of my mind. I’ve spent many years, my entire life trying to rationalise the irrational. How my father’s hiding, how denial of a quick summer grope could result in death. It doesn’t make sense, it never made any sense, yet it happened. But none of it—I say none of it—was the tree’s fault.”
“What am I to do,” the man cried.
Two days later, Joss returned. She was on her own.
She smiled, “it’s nice to see you, Uncle Gregory. It’s been too long. Do you remember me?”
I bent toward her as she stroked my trunk.
“We have had sad lives, you and I. And mine will be over soon enough. I am old now, and I’ve stayed away far too long, my friend. I’m sorry. You were such a good friend to me, and I have never forgotten you.
“I want you to know, that I have purchased this land. I intend to return it to a wetland like it was before you were here. I want the birds to return, the river to come closer, I want people to come. It will be called Gary and Jessie’s Reserve.
“And when my time comes, I want my ashes to be laid amongst your roots. Will that be okay?”
How I wanted to talk, how I wanted to touch her, but my function isn’t to speak or touch; mine is pure and simple: elemental conversion, particle transfer.
That will be fine, I thought.
Joss continued to visit and help with the planting of reeds and natives. Jessie’s father helped too.
Two years later, I heard the booming call of a Matuku, telling me Joss had passed.
We would soon be one.
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Mica has a layered silicate sheet structure and is widely used as a substrate for imaging biological samples. Due to its high thermal stability and negatively charged features, it is interesting to investigate whether the mica substrate will affect sample surface structure by enabling interactions between biological systems. In particular one has to consider the interactions of fluid or environmental water as well as associated ions with mica itself. Experimentally, previous research group members have observed protein alignment on the mica surface in register with underlying crystal directions. In particular, it is not clear how the protein and mica structures are connected across several length scales. We apply molecular dynamics (MD) calculations to investigate whether the mica substrate affects ordering of the ions in water. We first optimize the mica structure with four K⁺ ions originally in the system. Then we use two methods to check whether ions effect the mica surface reconstruction. The two methods are: replacing K⁺ ions with Na⁺ ions and removing ions from the mica system. Our calculations show that K⁺ and Na⁺ ions induce different surface reconstruction of mica. Furthermore, ion arrangements on the mica surface play an important role in water pattern formation. In this way, the nanoscale crystallographic reconstruction of the mica surface may be translated into a micro-scale pattern for protein alignment. |
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Why it’s not just a group of people playing music, writing songs and going home, oh, no! There’s loads more to it then that!
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now a cartoon gothic church…im confused…it’s not even a frog its something else…a lizard?
G – thanks for the detailed answer – loving it! Didn’t realise community music in OZ was vocal heavy! Wouldn’t it be interesting to get a google map type thing showing differences etc. |
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Ah, the joys of parenting. There is a before and an after when you have children. That’s probably why so many parents want you to believe that children are the most wonderful experience. They dramatically change your life. Nothing will ever be the same. And, of course, when your parent friends seem so convincing, you tend to believe them. To a certain extent, they tell the truth. Having children changes you significantly. You find in yourself a depth of affection that you didn’t even know existed – except maybe when you had your first crush on Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider – and you know for sure that you love them more than beer, video and pizza. Maybe even more than yourself.
But that’s for the bright side of parenting! And because having children is not all glamorous, there’s a dark side to it. There’s a reverse parental syndrome that hits you when your kids are not as wonderful as you expected. This is a common phenomenon and one your parent friends forgot to tell you about!
Having a child is exhausting
Children make you question your sanity more often than not. Why are you crying, you ask. And your little one replies: because the sun went out, because the lady in the street has a green dress, because my chocolate pudding tastes of chocolate, because I wanted Santa to come for Easter. You look at them, wondering if they’re broken. Are those obsessions normal? Other parents can confirm Children’s obsessions are weird but part of growing up. But in the meantime they are exhausting. Between tantrums you can’t explain and their absolute refusal to let you sleep during the weekend, you might find short moments when you wish you didn’t have children.
She doesn’t want any further kid
For young parents especially, having a child can be a challenging experience. Imagine having a baby who doesn’t do their nights. Not just one night. All nights. It is exhausting. However, it’s likely to be even worse for the mother, as she also needs to recover from the birth. In other words, she might be the first to struggle and claim that she doesn’t want any more child. Ever! However, before you sit down at your laptop and enquire about vasectomy cost, you might want to put your psychologist hat on. Babies can push you to your limits. They are tiny creatures who need your attention all the time. On top of that, during the first months of their existence, they primarily do nothing more than eat, cr*p and sleep, which doesn’t feel exactly rewarding for parents. But hang in there, and things will get better.
Will they never leave?
Last, but not least, there are the Tanguys of the world. Tanguy, a French film by Etienne Chatiliez tells the story of a nearly 30-year-old student who refuses to leave home. His parents try everything to get rid of him, from making him sleep in a child’s bed to trying to humiliate him. There is in every parent a spark of fear at the idea of having a Tanguy.
Ah, children! You love them, and at the same time, some days, you really would love to enjoy a quiet, peaceful, and childless moment. Don’t worry; all parents have this duality of emotions! Take a deep breath and indulge in your reverse parental need. Leave the kids with their grandparents and have an evening just for you! |
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The artist reads in the voice-over a fragment of No soy lesbiana (I am not a lesbian), by Terre Thaemlitz. This is a text about the deconstruction of true identities that include sexuality and gender, which shows how sexual identity – and sometimes gender-, is something that we learn and that we inherit, something completely separate from the sexual acts themselves. In short, this is a text that subverts and questions categorical thinking about sexuality and identity: homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual.
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Lowestoft is a town in the county of Suffolk. It has a sports clubs, a library, museums, theatres and a cinema as well as retailers and department storesdirect and teach RYT 200-hr & 300-hr Yoga Teacher Trainings. In 2019 we are offering our 7th RYT-200hr Teacher Training, and our first RYT-300hr Advanced Tons, I can be reached at (509) 747-4430.
My exploration into yoga began in 2001 with Alison Rubin and I am a graduate of the 200-hour teacher training at Harmony Yoga... I can be reached at [email protected].
Ithe Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in New York. I am a certified trauma-sensitive yoga therapist and studied Restorative Yoga with Judith Hanson Lasiter. Currently, I am pursuing an 800-hour Professional Yoga Therapy designation with Integrative Yoga Therapy.
Before I knew it, my body was intuitively receiving the training and information as if what I was being taught had lived within me forever. I am honored to be a teacher at Harmony Yoga, creating a safe space for students to continue with their Yogic journey. I can be reached at [email protected]
I became a student of yoga in 2005, intrigued by the combination of spiritual introspection and physical movement. As an introverted person, who loved team sports, and a relatively new adult who was raised with a strong tradition of shamanism, it seemed a perfect fit. My yoga practice accompanied me through tremendous personal trauma and upheaval, through powerfulg. I participated and completed my 2018 RYT-200 with Alison Rubin at Harmony to re-connect with myself. Teaching has been a wonderful surprise. I was most influenced by my teacher, Bear Tobin at Lila Yoga, and many more guides through the years.
Aside from yoga, I am Mama and wife to a very busy brood. I am also the director of the Thursday Market in South Perry, and am deeply dedicated to our food community and access to healthy, real food in all demographics. You can reach me at [email protected]
I was born immersed in Yoga as my mom, Alison Rubin, was a yogi prior to my birth. Throughout my formative years I periodically attended my mom’s yoga classes and witnessed, aided, and imitated her own practice. As I aged and explored the world outside of my family I found yoga to be “uncool”, associating it with my mom, and swore I would never be a yoga teacher; the Universe had another plan. After injuring myself weight lifting and moving across the world to South Africa, I rediscovered the powerful healing tool of yoga. I became certified in order to share my passions for yoga and healing with the world.
'Abiding in the nature of the seer is Yoga' - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
The practice has created space for me to nurture the radiant body within, through heightened awareness, deep listening, asana and breath work.
Yoga is a science, a spiritual practice and a way of being in the world. As a yogi, there is an inherent responsibility to share the experience with integrity and love. I have been a practitioner of yoga ‘on and off’ the mat for over 20 years. I am Yoga |
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'Chris Grayling would work as chief librarian at Wormwood Scrubs, with a budget to ensure that prisoners had more books than they had time to read.' Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA
Members of a civilised society do not walk straight past homeless people sleeping in doorways
Under my regime, motorway service stations would not be filled with global burger outlets. Instead, there would be a warren of independent cafes and market stalls, ranging from an old-fashioned greasy spoon for me, to the hummus and lettuce dip bar for travellers from Hampstead. That's if people even used motorways. The pace of life would be so different that most would prefer to get around the country by narrowboat, stopping at locks to chat about the weather or the astonishing approval rating of the new prime minister. That's when I would hit them with what I really meant.. They demand their political leaders provide affordable rents, or, if a rough sleeper's issue is mental illness or drug dependency, fellow citizens insist on paying more taxes or doing whatever it takes to make our society include every single one of us.
So sure, there would be a clampdown on the rudeness of people checking their iPhones in the theatre (which our current PM would never do). But I also consider it appalling bad manners to leave an old person on a trolley in a hospital corridor (which Cameron does all the time). My zero tolerance towards barbarism would compel Chris Grayling to I would merge the food banks with the lending banks, and see that there'd be no huge bonuses until every family suffering the indignity of handouts had had their larders filled to the brim courtesy of Morgan Stanley.
If I were prime minister for a day, I'd make paying tax a joy | Ian McMillan
By the evening I would be under relentless attack from the rightwing press and my advisers would suggest working an all-nighter to plan the fightback. But I'd have to explain that this macho culture of working all hours just isn't civilised. You need time to unwind, cook a nice meal, maybe start a new box set. This is why I would be so useless at the job. A whole day as prime minister? I'd never last that long. |
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en | N/A | N/A | FW: Could you provide an overview of the broad impact that digital disruption is having on businesses? Is it reshaping the way companies enter new markets, transform existing business products and introduce novel delivery models, for example?
Sherry: The industrial internet is expected to drive a $220bn market by 2020. The question for industrial companies is: how can we get some of that value? So dacross all their operations. It is changing ns. If we look at it more widely, digital transformation impacts productivity by enabling organisations to improve efficiency. When it comes to large organisations, even 1 percent of productivity gains can impact a company’s bottom line by millions. For instance, in the commercial aviation industry alone, a 1 percent saving in global aviation fuel usage could yield savings of about £23bn over 15 years.
Fellahi: The term digital disruptioninnovation that usually pits emerging companies against established giants. However, the current disruption macro-narrative understates how some established firms are successfully reinventing themselves. It is a myth that start-ups have a monopoly on innovation or the ability to disrupt. The key now is for companies to understand how to fight complacency, experiment productively and learn quickly.
Samani: The impact of digital disruption really cannot be overstated. It is completely reshaping the way all companies operate, from massively streamlining overarching business processes to everyday processes, such as instant messenger tools and cloud storage. I honestly do not think that I could have predicted the absolute wealth of change and opportunity that we are now seeing on a daily basis. We are now at the point where a six year old can run a YouTube channel and earn millions each year. This is having a revolutionary impact on the way companies are looking to make money.
FW: Could you point to any high-profile examples of digital transformation trends across the globe? In which industries and sectors is it particularly prevalent?
Kimner: There are emerging and prevalent trends today, such as the adoption of, which have not only profoundly changed our behaviour, but have changed the overall global dialogue. Social media has given a voice to many who otherwise would rarely have the opportunity to reach wide audiences. This can be both positive and negative, as filters are removed and it becomes morigital advertising is also going through a revolution and is fundamentally changing the landscape for what constitutes a viable business model. For example, advertisers today pay millions of dollars related to YouTube videos and other content channels. Healthcare is also seeing a revolution in applying artificial intelligence to diagnose health issues. Nearly every industry is likely to be impacted, including the insurance, banking, transportation, manufacturing and health sectors, among others. New digital technologies shape how products are designed, how consumer feedback is collected and evaluated, how payments and funds are transferred, and how and where people travel.
Samani: Every single industry is feeling the effects of digital transformation. While there are the obvious examples, such as Netflix, Amazon and Spotify, that are changing the way we live our lives, the reality is that all companies now operate on a digital level. The oil industry’s adoption of the ‘digital oilfield’ has already massively reduced operational costs and increased output, proving how vital technology is becoming to almost every process that underpins businesses today.
Trull: The biggest opportunities, from a business perspective, will be related to entering markets that have traditionally been avoided due to low margins, increasing speed to market through automation and gaining better insights into customers and their needs.
Samani: Digital transformation demands courage, and remarkable vision. I have heard senior executives talk about keeping things the same, and yet each of us can cite companies no longer in business that were market leaders only a few years ago. Some of the biggest brands today are less than 10 years old, and there is now a huge opportunity for organisations with the bravery and insight to tap into emerging trends to revolutionise their sector, changing the way we as a society operate on a daily basis, including how we order food and taxis, and consume media.
Kimner: The opportunities are only limited by how quickly companies can adapt and determine how to capture and exploit information and technology. For example, organisations are employing the use of real-time telemetric data to monitor a variety of events and behaviours, from manufacturing processes and system performance, to driving habits. Digital transformations are occurring in nearly every industry as organisations are figuring out ways to use sensors to collect and analyse information, leverage geospatial and other location information, and develop additional channels to connect and communicate with businesses and consumers alike. While these opportunities are numerous, they also bring risks and challenges.
FW: What are some of the practical strategies that companies can deploy to help manage the impact of digital disruption and the transformation this necessitates across their operations?
Samani: Companies need to realise that digital transformation is much less about the technology itself, but about the practical strategies that underpin its deployment. Managing a transformation process is reliant on having everyone in the company on board, and businesses therefore need to ensure they have an extremely effective communications system in place, making the benefits to each member of staff clear in order to drive employee motivation and ensure that improvement and innovation remain key priorities for all.
Kimner: One of the most practical strategies is simply being self-aware. Firms need to persistently look at the digital landscape to understand how it is changing and evaluate potential impacts. This may sound obvious, but many companies do not consistently incorporate the type of external or forward-looking analysis required to fully understand the impacts or opportunities in the digital economy. There are numerous information sources, including consulting companies, technology journals, analyst papers, tradeshows and conferences, and even news outlets that can help shed light on the evolving digital landscape. Sometimes, the challenge is to know how to filter out the signal from the noise in the chatter and determine what is science and what is science fiction.
Sherry: To manage the impact of digital disruption, businesses need to start from the top and ensure that their culture and organisational structures are aligned to the technological shift that digital transformation brings. This means transforming business culture at the same pace as driving technology change. Tostrengths and vulnerabilities lie and where they want to be in a few years’ time. This will help ensure their digital transformation strategy encompasses all aspects of their business and next step is to build partnerships and adopt technology solutions which will help them drive efficiency, productivity and business agility.
Trull: Focus is critical to digital transformation projects. Chief information officers (CIOs) need to relentlessly prioritise key projects and work with other executives to clearly communicate their vision and get others to buy into it. It is equally important to move quickly once the vision and digital strategies have been established. CIOs should ensure that they can achieve quick and meaningful wins to support investment from leadership. Early wins should be focused on customer-facing innovation. Infrastructure improvements are typically requiredthese projects should occur simultaneously to the customer or employee facing improvements. Finally, digital transformationmust build the technologies into a cohesive platform.
Kimner: It is incredibly important for executive management to lead the discussion and embrace strategies arounddo not have a deep understanding or competency in the technology sector. Not only do they need to continually survey the external landscape for opportunities around innovative technologies, but executive management must remain diligent in spotting how competitors and others are using technologies that could render their products or processes obsolete.
Sherry: Involvement of the C-suite is vital, because not only does it open up broader understandings of the company’s business needs and possibilities, it also helps drive growth and business profitability across all operations. Without the full support of the C-suite, digital transformation would not be successful as it requires a significant organisational and cultural shift which should be driven from the topand must be driven by business leaders. Rarely will a digital transformation initiative succeed without a C-level sponsor.
FW: What challenges typically arise when companies are rolling out a programme e? In your experience, how should they go about mitigating these challenges?
Trull: One of the biggest challenges is organisational resistance to change. This really cannot be underestimated. Well-established businesses have longstanding, entrenched processes and business models that have been built and supported by career employees. Disrupting those processes or business models can result in significant resistance from employees and line managers.C-level sponsorship and good project management. Communication is essential, especially related to the ‘why’ behind the transformation initiative. It is also important to quickly identify the employees who are going to be the biggest supporters of the initiative and work with them to amplify the benefits from the project.
Kimner: Often the biggest hurdle to rolling out any type of transformational programme, including adopting technology as part of a digital makeover, is overcoming inertia. Firms often become entrenched in how they do things. This organisational or structural rigidity spans everything from policies and processes to reporting lines, authority and decision making. Often, individuals within an organisation feel threatened when a transformation programme is undertaken. Sometimes this will manifest itself in counterproductive activities, a lack of support for progress or even sabotage of a programme. To mitigate any potentially negative behaviour, it is important for executive management to be unified in their support for and communication of the programme and the need to change.
FW: In your experience, how much of a shift in organisational culture does a digital transformation process generally require? To what extent does the success of the process depend on managing cultural issues?
Samani: If a company already has a clear organisational structure in place, managing a digital transformation project is much easier. In order to make the project successful, senior leadership must have the means to communicate a vision to employees, making the benefits of the project clear to all. Employee buy-in and contribution across all levels is absolutely vital to the success of a project, and underpinning this is communication.
Kimner: The impact of a transformation on culture really depends on the scope and scale of the programme. For example, a company that is adopting robotics in a manufacturing process will need to manage the cultural aspects of this transformation differently from a retailer who decides to move from a ‘brick-and-mortar’ presence to one that is exclusively online. However, while the nature and extent of changes are determined by the programme, all transformations generally impact culture in some way. And, cultural changes necessitate that executive leadership, management and supporting functions are all aligned on the changes and anticipate where cultural shifts may cause pushback or conflict.
Sherry: Many companies, ws, looked at what the most disruptive Silicon Valley companies have done and have created process frameworks that encourage innovation and change. These frameworks allow organisations to build teams around problems quickly, at low cost. This allows parties to invest and scale very rapidly. Traditional hierarchies simply do not let you move that fast.
FW: In the Information Age, where data is often critical to business success, what role should the chief information officer (CIO) play in the digital transformation process?
Sherry: CIOs are increasingly looking to reinvent IT from being reactive to business needs to proactively creating solutions that drive better outcomes for the business. This means transforming the role of the IT function from being back office administrators to integrated team leaders. As t key driver for transformations, the CIO’s role ns. Today, CIOs are becoming key decision makers in the boardroom and they have a say on business initiatives that stretch well beyond technology, ranging from HR and organisational management through to product innovation and business culture. To be successful, CIOs need to partner with their chief operating officers (COOs) to be able to bring in an industrial company’s inherent domain expertise.
Samani: The role of the CIO will become less about the actual delivery of a certain project or technology, but rather to nurture innovation. Recent Gartner research found that 95 percent of CIOs expect their roles to significantly change as a result of digital transformation and it is likely that their role will become much more focused on employee development going forward, driving and rewarding creativity within teams and across the business as a whole.
Fellahi: We are in an era where people expect their fridge or car to do a lot more, and these digital experiences influence customer expectations. Increasingly, companies are exploring IoT applications, such as voice activation, and are testing and evaluating technologies to understand whether there is critical mass to justify going to market.
Samani: The IoT has been a massive driver of change in recent years; devices such as Alexa and Google Assistant have brought the store front into the home, giving customers and businesses a much closer relationship than ever before. Businesses now have access to a huge amount of customer data and they need to treat this incredibly sensitively, not only in the ways they use it but they must also ensure this data is kept secure as an absolute priority. This level of trust is changing the existing relationship we have with businesses; trust is now the cornerstone and businesses need to ensure they maintain this as much as possible.
Kimner: Many firms are only in the early phases of evaluating how to leverage the IoT for commercial or other purposes. In the consumer space, devices that link household appliances, heating or cooling, security and other basic functions, are areas of early exploration. Initial adoption has been focused on enhanced connectivity and linkage between devices to share information or perform simple tasks, such as ordering goods and services. Direct ordering of staple goods, for example, can change traditional shopping patterns. Early adopters are also seeing some level of added convenience in being able to control various household systems and monitor their homes while they are away.
Sherry: The IoT has had a significant impact on consumer businesses, creating opportunities for product innovation in a number of areas including wearables, smart home and fitness devices, smart metering and many others. However, the industrial internet has the potential to bring greater disruption than the consumer IoT by driving productivity and efficiency across industrial organisations. Conservative estimates suggest the industrial internet market is about £173bn globally, compared to the consumer internet, which is about £131bn. The industrial internet is already disrupting heavy industries and changing the way industrial organisations operate, driving a lot of innovationutilities, rail, power generation, oil & gas development, healthcare delivery and manufacturing. This is going to transform not only the way these industries operate but also their relationship with the customers.
Trull: We will seeto five years. Although new technology is often over-hyped in terms of its potential impact, I believe blockchain technologies will result in new business models and improvements to the way consumers shop, buy and transact business.d opportunities that were just science fiction only a few years ago. The digital revolution will likely permeate virtually every aspect of our economy, as well as our personal lives.
Fellahi: Companies should explore many different avenu business strategy. Trendbots and blockchain, must be explored. It takes work not to have any blind spots.
Deborah Sherry iDigital in Europe. Her mission is to deliver the next industrial revolution. Her division delivers edge to cloud-based solutions that connect industry, transforming industrial companies into digital industrial leaders by turning data to intelligence that drives step-change improvements in productivity. She can be contacted by email: [email protected].
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en | N/A | N/A | Professional barrel racer and Vitalize® Ambassador Emily Miller is taking one day and one rodeo at a time. The young athlete from Weatherford, Okla., closed out a phenomenal 2017 season just short of making her first NFR appearance, but also faced some hurdles with her two main horses. Pipewrench, her primary horse has been sidelined with severe bruising in his feet, and Jet is currently having embryos flushed for breeding purposes.
“I just take one day at a time. I try not to look at December,” Miller said. “I ask myself where am I going this week? Where am I going next week? How are my horses doing? There are a lot of things that could happen between March 1 and Sept. 30. I want to focus on setting realistic close-term goals, and those include entering smart and going to rodeos that the horse that is working the best at the time will do really well at.”
Miller’s primary focus has always been on her horses’ health, and that is one reason she is a Vitalize ambassador. Vitalize is a line of equine supplements produced by BioZyme® Inc., that contain Amaferm®. Amaferm is a natural prebiotic that supports the horse’s entire digestive system. Designed to eat small amounts of forage throughout the day, horses today are often fed large amounts of grain once or twice a day. This undermines the horse’s digestion and can ultimately lead to digestive imbalance and performance issues.
Miller has been using the Vitalize® Equine High Performance Pellets and Vitalize® Equine Recovery Paste for nearly a year and notices a difference in her horses’ health and performance, especially when traveling.
“I never had ulcer trouble until I hit the road hard and traveling takes a toll on them. I’ve found if I keep them on a steady diet and the more preventative maintenance I can do, it just helps them in the long-run. Both the Vitalize High Performance Pellets and the Recovery Paste, have helped keep my horses more level so they aren’t struggling when we are gone for a long time,” Miller said.
With her two main horses in recovery mode, Miller has been competing this year on her youngest horse, Foxy. Foxy is a 6-year-old Palomino. And she is Pipewrench’s little sister. She has already won three pro rodeos for Miller this year, all in 14 seconds and under arenas.
Miller said Pipewrench is on the mend, and she will bring him back as soon as he is ready. He has run one pro rodeo for her this year but says both horse and rider need to refocus mentally as a team. She knows that once her horses’ feet and mental focus are in check, she will keep their gut in check with Vitalize.
“Our horses were made to be intensive grazers yet we feed them twice a day. I’ve always been a big believer in prebiotics and maintaining that healthy gut, especially traveling,” Miller said. “Do the best by your horses, focus on short term goals and the outcome will be better.”
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According to the FIA, cost control and cutting-edge technology are the primary focal points with the new class, which is open to specialists in electric vehicle construction. Additionally, manufacturers that are already committed to GT3 racing can also participate and will be able to utilise 1,490 to 1,530 kg, with a maximum power output reaching 430 kW (585 PS or 577 hp). The association notes that setting a weight threshold beyond that of to keep costs down.
Aside from battery layouts, teams will have the freedom to choose their own powertrain setups, be it two or four electric motors, with two or four-wheel drive allowed. Race cars under this category are expected to have a zero to 100 km/h time of 2.4 seconds and hit a top speed of 300 km/h.
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Source: Read Full Article </s> A Guide to Graphic Design Trends for 2020
With the year 2019 being on its verge, it’s time to welcome 2020 with open arms.
The future cannot be predicted but trends can! We have no idea about what heights the graphic design industry will achieve in 2020 or how the industry will work in that year, but we certainly know the trends that will play a major role in scripting the future of the graphic design world. The industry has always been an ideal place for people with deep admiration, a creative mindset, and a huge inspiration. Therefore, for all those creative buds cum graphic designers here is a list of top 5 trends that will define the future of the graphic design industry in 2020.
- Shiny Metals
Using metallic materials in graphic design has turned out to be a trendy way of branding and product design which is expected to be one of the important trends of the year 2020. Though it requires minimalist overall design, yet the focus remains on the metallic design itself. Gold is the most commonly used colour for this metallic design as it looks luxurious. The effect can also be achieved using a matte surface of any colour.
- Muted Colour Palettes
The last few years of the graphic design industry have seen a rise of bold colours in designs because of the brand. That time was the colours of electric yellow, bright blue, and toxic greens. But in the year 2020, you can expect to see a change in taste from those vivid colours to muted colour palettes. Now, you must be wondering what sort of colours muted colour palettes basically are? Well, they are slightly desaturated with contemporary, white or black colours. In short, muted colours are opposite of vivid colours.
- Image Text and Masking
Undoubtedly, colour gradients are reckoned amongst the important trends of graphic design. And for the third in a row, it would be a major trend. Earlier, they were just used as a striking background. It is expected that brands will replace flat colours to make one brand distinct from another. Not just this, it is also expected that with the advent of muted colour palettes in the graphic design world, gradients will also become less vivid and bright.
- Collages and Drawing Photos
Doodling has become one of the major trends in the space of graphic design. make drawings in our notebook. It started as a fun trend but now has become a big hit. As a result of that, we can see those doodles on designs. It gives a design a more informal, handcrafted and personalized touch to make a design look appealing. Designers often prefer to use a similar trend which includes to make then interactive. It is a unique trend that you are going to see in the year 2020.
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When you move your eyes around a website, your attention remains constant only because you realize that the colors, fonts, and layouts must be appealing to your eyes. So, it is the content along with the designs that keep your website going and that is the truth! Web designs are essential to keep the website pluck the attention of the audience and make them stay on your website. If your designs fail to get appreciated, then it’s natural that even Google will not be able to help you climb the stairs of success despite being rich in content. This is because designs speak a lot about the quality of work being performed in the business! Take a look at the content to acknowledge the importance of web designs in your online presence.
Web designs must be focused on creating User Experience. The designs crafted by designers complement the content present on the website which must be attractive and at the same time act as the best resource. The designs or visualsugh videos, images, and others allow them to relate to the business emotionally or aesthetically. Unless the visuals tap the senses, they will not work in the correct format in bringing conversions alive through the website.
When you are running an online business and representing all your products and services online and not through any physical store for instance, then what else will be essential like the content and the designs speaking your heart out to the audience? Conversions would happen only when the impressions convert into engagements from traffic to deals! Small children can relate to a product that is more color |
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en | N/A | N/A | Increasingly, financial institutions are seeking to get crypto into the — and which, as of December, contained about $11 trillion in assets. Last year, the plan provider ForUsAll. Earlier this year, Fidelity Investments, among the country’s largest 401(k) providers, said it would soon let participants invest as much as 20% in Bitcoin, if employers choose the option.Bitcoin advocate, immediately said he’d be in.
Advocates offer various justifications for this misguided idea. They say Americans deserve more choice, citing surveys showing that millennials in particular tend to see crypto as a desirable investment. They say digital assets can diversify a given portfolio because their price fluctuations aren’t synced with other markets. Proper financial education, they insist, can help people understand the risks.
Please, no. People have a hard enough time navigating the US retirement savings system — and merely saving enough for old age — without to grasp. The diversification argument is specious at best: Crypto has a limited track record, and Bitcoin has lately plunged even more than other markets, down more than 50% from its November 2021 peak. Not to mention and ensuring safe custody in a largely unregulated realm.
To their credit, regulators aren’t buying the idea. The Labor Department, which oversees 401(k) plans, issued guidance emphatically reminding employers of their fiduciary duty to participants People should be free to squander their money, but not in their 401(k)s. and warning that including crypto among investment options will invite investigation. For the most part, companies seem perfectly willing to comply: In one recent poll, less than 2% of 401(k) plan sponsors said they were considering adding cryptocurrency as an investment option.
Yet the industry and its supporters keep trying. Congressional RepublicansLabor Department from restricting 401(k) investment options, opening the way for crypto and much more. If lawmakers have a modicum of responsibility, they’ll let such initiatives die quietly. If not, one must hope employers will hold the line.
Of course, people should be free to invest their money as they please — outside their tax-advantaged retirement accounts. Someday, crypto may prove to be something more than a purely speculative instrument. It’s nowhere near that now. |
en | N/A | N/A | A spirit that holds the form of a beautiful maiden engulfed in flames. They appear in locations where fire magic is abundant, which led many to assume they were spirits of those who died from fires. Research has now proven that they are a type of spirit, but they have yet to uncover the mysteries behind them. There are a number of spirits shaped like maidens all around the world, and they are all known for growing more powerful either naturally, or by absorbing the energy of other living beings. |
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A bizarre group of distorted teddies are more specifically concerned with Genetic Modification. Even their dull metallic sheen has something of the lab about it, being as recognisable as ‘Theo’s teddies are very cute indeed. The trouble is, they are also very weird. Surely, no child could empathise with a teddy that had eight octopus legs or griffin’so fisherman’s to indicate just how enormous he wanted these grapes to be, before adding,
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Social media makes it so we are plugged into the world. But what happens when the people you want to bug block you?
I, myself, just don’t see the fun in blocking old friends and boyfriends. Unfortunately, they do not agree with me. I have been trying to reach out to certain people for years. And maybe I did wrong them but I certainly can’t fix the problem if you have me blocked!
I cannot validate your feelings if you don’t tell me what they are. I cannot make amends, if you do not let me speak to you. No one can block me in this place, for I own the domain. And that does give me some comfort. But not as much as it would if I could just actually speak to you in person. Does your hate really run that deeply? |
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Majority of the people believe the penis is a bone or a muscle but it’s actually not. The penis is composed of 3 sponge-like layers, so whenever a man feels aroused, it gradually fills with blood. The accumulated blood results in increased pressure which prevent the blood from flowing out and the result leads to erection.
Sometimes sexual impotence or erectile dysfunction is an indication of a bigger issue. Some of the causes of erectile dysfunction include:
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en | N/A | N/A | The control of directivity represents a new stake in the reproduction of the sound sources by electroacoustics devices. Nowadays, thanks to signal processing, current loudspeakers can respect quite well spectral and temporal properties of the signal. The remaining step is to account for spatial information – radiation – of the real sound source they intend to reproduce. In a larger frame, this research direction fits in the field of studies devoted to the spatialization domain, from a technological and perceptive point a view. The introduction, sums up a previous work that proposed a general method for reproducing the acoustical field radiated by a source, using a multichannel device controlled by digital signal processing. The general principle is to approximate a given directivity pattern by linear combination of the fields radiated by a set of loudspeakers laid out on the faces of a polyhedron. The introduction reminds mainly the following points : the experimental measurements, the theoretical hypotheses of the method and the optimization procedure that leads to the design of digital filters. This work, undertaken in parallel using simulations and prototype developments, showed the scientific and perceptive interest of the process with two main conclusions : first, thets, and secondly, encouraging performances of radiation reproduction for several basic directivity patterns, although being limited to a restricted frequency range. The second part presents ongoing developments, putting the emphasis on signal processing issues. Studies are devoted, on the one hand, to the general improvement of the system (particularly, its bandwidth) and, on the other hand, to the optimization of the directivity control. This one can be measured in terms of perceptive relevance and real time processing that are significant characteristics when considering the integration of the method in a musical context. A new prototype has been designed, with six independent loudspeakers mounted on a cubic frame. The directivity control rests on the preliminary constitution of a set of basic directivities – namely the first spherical harmonics – with which it is possible to tune the cardioïcity and the three-dimensional orientation of the directivity pattern. Actually, this original approach, derived from the initial method mentioned in the introduction, raises new issues as regards to the digital signal processing. First of all, given the equally importance of phase and magnitude properties in the design of the directivity filters, different modeling approachreproduction error is discussed. In other respects, the combination of the basic directivities is an efficient method to realize a continuous variation of the radiation pattern, for it avoids usual interpolation and commutation problems with filters. However, it leads to a new level of constraints, because it requires a design coherence – especially for the phase – of the whole set of filters related to each elementary directivity. Finally, together with usual computer cost optimization, foreseen applications during music performances impose real time processing constraints and the lowest latency. The third part is dedicated to the simulation of musical instruments. For this application, it appears significant to tune independently the spatial and spectral characteristics. In particular, listening in a room tends to average the spectral contributions radiated by the instrument in the different directions. Then, it seems crucial to develop an accurate method for analyzing and synthesizing the power spectrum. A practical procedure, based on room acoustics diffuse field theory, allows the automatic design of a correction filter to be applied on near field recording of the instrument in order to create a signal carrying the power spectrum information. Choosing this signal as an input for the multi-loudspeakers device allows to maintain a faithful power spectrum reproduction, while offering control on the directivity pattern. The results will be discussed by considering reproduction examples of several instruments (harpsichord, flute, human voice,…). The last part, reviews musical experience already acquired through the collaboration with a composer. The musical application is driven by software written in Max/MSP and includes several specific tools such as graphical interfaces or MIDI controllers that will be briefly described. Various esquisses consider different ways of playing with directivity : spatial counterpoint, chimerical instruments, duo between a real instrument and its realistic or distorted image, reverberation enhancement, real-time control by an instrument player, … The short term of this cooperation takes shape by involving this new sound diffusion system in a music performance programmed for summer 2001. |
en | N/A | N/A | SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- California regulators voted Thursday to force the state's cash-strapped utilities to rescind past employee layoffs that adversely affect customer service.
The order also prevents Southern California Edison EIX, -0.37% and Pacific Gas & Electric PCG, -0.08% from implementing any other worker layoffs if they slow down or affect the quality of customer service.
Shares of PG&E shed 18 cents to close at $12.92 Thursday as shares of Edison fell 37 cents to $13.59. |
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intraperitoneal injection) and chronic (via drinking water and/or diet) cadmium intoxication was investigated in the model study. The rat strains Long Evans (LE), Spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR), and Brown Norway (BN) were tested and compared, and total Cd levelsin the liver of experimental animals. The liver MT concentrations were determined by using adsorptive chro-nopotentiometry and modified Brdička reaction and were significantly correlated (r = 0.965) with the total liver Cd content. Moreover, the Cd application resulted in increasing zinc liver contents confirming intensive MT synthesis in the rat liver. In the blood plasma, specificwas determined suggesting increasing activity of GR with the amount of applied Cd for all three strains, whereas ambiguous results have been found for the activity of GST. Therefore, MT concentrations seemed to be more sensitive indicators of the Cd intoxication compared to the assessment of the specific enzymatic activity.
Keywords: metal intoxication; liver; blood plasma; detoxification; Rattus norvegicus L.
1999, Vasak 2005). MT plays important roles in Cd retention in tissues and dramatically decreases biliary excretion of Cd. Cd-bound to MT is respon-sible for Cd accumulation in tissues and the long biological half-life of Cd in the body. Induction of MT protects against acute Cd-induced lethal-ity, as well as acute toxicity to the liver and lung (Klaassen et al. 2009).
A common model used in toxicology to estimate the potential hazard of contaminants for human health is rat, where after exposition to Cd, induc-tion of MT in several tissues, especially in liver, has been well documented (Chan et al. 1992a, Szakova et al. 2009). Comparing to liver, Cd induces MT to a lesser extent in the testes indicating the higher susceptibility of testis to Cd toxicity. Moreover, the significant reduction of daily sperm produc-tion in intraperitoneally treated rats exposed to high Cd dose was accompanied by the decrease of MT level (Xu et al. 2005). Different response of Sprague-Dawley rats on Cd and Hg intraperitoneal exposition was observed by Chan et al. (1992a). The presence of Hg induced the synthesis of MT only in kidney but not in liver, whereas Cd injections induced MT synthesis in both liver and kidney. Even exogenously administered MT to rats showed protective effect against potential liver damage (Kara et al. 2005). The induction of MT could be affected by co-exposure to more elements. Wang et al. (2009) exposed the Sprague-Dawley rats to Cd and Pb in drinking water for 8 weeks to investigate the possible combined effect of these metals on the expression of MT in kidney. They found significant increase of the MT expression during the combined exposition to the elements indicating their possible interaction in the rat or-ganism. In the opposite, zinc can protect against acute CdMT nephrotoxicity of mice (Tang et al. 1998) and testes damage in Wistar rats (Amara et al. 2008). Selenium application can increase the protective effect of Zn against the Cd toxici-ty. Jihen et al. (2009) documented that Se or Zn administration during exposure to Cd has only partial corrective effects on Cd-induced oxidative stress in liver while Se and Zn together assured a more efficient protection of the organ against the observed oxidative stress in male Wistar rats.
lately. Among them, differential pulse voltammetry (DPV), chronopotentiometric stripping analysis (CPSA), and high-performance liquid chromato- characterized by the lowest limits of detection (Dabrio et al. 2002; Adam et al. 2010). Among the electrochemical techniques, the application of constant current chronopotentiometry gives better separation of signals than voltammetry (Sestakova and Navratil 2005; Serrano et al. 2006). For separation of the individual MT isomers, CE belongs to the most preferred techniques (Beattie 1998). However,MT in tissues and body fluids has been developed and verified with an acceptable limit of detection (Chan et al. 1992b).
as MT synthesis and the activity of detoxification enzymes in the rat organism are strongly affected by the individual rat straiindividual rat models on the interpretation of the results of various indicators characterizing response of the rat organism exposed to Cd.
cooling, the digest was quantitatively transferred into a 20-ml glass tube and filled up to the volume by deionized water. A certified reference material MB 12-02-01 Bovine liver (Analytika Ltd.) was applied for the quality assurance of analytical data. In this material the content of 0.48 ± 0.03 mg/kg Cd, 0.325 ± 0.014 mg/kg Se, and 162 ± 6 mg/kg Zn is certified. In our experiment, 0.54 mg/kg Cd, 0.290 mg/kg Se, and 163 mg/kg Zn was determined. Total contents of Cd and Zn in the digest) with axial plasma configuration (VistaPro; Varian Australia Pty Ltd., Mulgrave, Australia), equipped with au-tosampler SPS-5. Measurement conditions for all lines were: power 1.2 kW, plasma flow 15.0 l/min, auxillary flow 0.75 l/min, nebulizer flow 0.9 l/min. For determination of low concentrations of Cd in the digests,the instrument Varian AA280Z (Varian Australia Pty Ltd.) equipped with a GTA120 graphite tube atomizer was applied. The total seleniumthe instrument Varian AA280Z equipped with a continuous hy-dride generator VGA-77.
deter-mination, rabbit MT (Cd-Zn-MT, lot 052K7012; Sigma-Aldrich Corp., St. Louis, USA) was used. All chemicals were of analytical purity grade, deion-ized water (0.054 µS) (Milli-Q-Gradient; Millipore, Billerica, USA) was used.
Determination ofwas performed by using the following procedure: oxidized glutathione (GSSG) was reduced by glutathione reductase and NADPH to reduce glutathione (GSH). GSH than spontane-ously reacted with 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB) forming 5-thio(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (TNB) where the TNB concentration was measured at λ = 412 nm. Reaction mixture was prepared by mixing 50 μl of reaction buffer (100 mmol/l phos-phate buffer (pH 7.5), 1 mmol/l EDTA, 250 μl of 2 mmol/l GSSG dissolved in the reaction buffer, 125 μl 3 mmol/l DTNB (all Sigma-Aldrich Corp.) dissolved in the reaction buffer, and 50 μl of the plasma sample. The reaction started after addi-tion of 25 μl of 2 mmol/l NADPH. The reacaddi-tion was performed in 1 cm quartz cuvette at 25°C and absorbance was measured continuously for 4 min (Glatzle et al. 1974).
at λ = 340 nm. The reaction mixture was prepared by mixing 210 μl of reaction buffer (100 mmol/l phosphate buffer (pH 6.5), 0.1% v/v Triton X-100; Sigma-Aldrich Corp.), 250 μl of 2 mmol/l GSH (Sigma-Aldrich Corp.) dissolved in reaction buffer, and 25 μl of plasma sample. The reaction started with pipetting 15 μl of 33.3 mmol/l CDNB (Fluka Chemie GmbH, Buchs, Switzerland) dissolved in ethanol into reaction mixture. The reacHabig et al. 1974).
Statistical methods. The data obtained for Cd concentrations in liver were subjected to Dixon’s test for identification of outliers (significance level α = 0.05) using MS Excel 2007. Subsequent-ly, one-way analysis of variance was used at the significance level α = 0.05 (STATISTICA software package, Version 9.1, 2011). Correlation analysis was used for assessment of the relationships among the variables where Pearson’s correlation coeffi-cients were applied for the data characterized by the normal data distribution and non-parametric Spearman’s correlation was used in the remaining cases (Meloun and Militky 2004).
results summarized by Swiergosz-Kowalewska (2001).
Figure 1 summarizes the MT concentrations in the liver extracts where no significant differences occurred between LE and BN strains whereas higher MT concentrations were determined in SHR strain. For all the strains, the MT values correlated with the liver Cd content where the equation y = 0.194x + 2.86 has the correlation coefficient r = 0.97 which confirms linearity (P < 0.05). This is in agreement with data from literature (Hogstrad and Haux 1992; Dallinger et al. 1999), where for dependence of MT content on Cd concentration correlation coefficients 0.96 or 0.86 were reported. A similar range of MT concentrations, when calculated for 1 g of liver (51–569µM), was reported for example in the liver and kidney of fish samples (Krizkova et al. 2010) suggesting the similar rate of the MT synthesis regardless of the animal species.
S-transferase activity (GST) showed in the case of LE strain no difference between control group and group with Cd in water. Increase of the specific activity was found in group with intraperitoneal injection of 0.6 mg per 100 g of body weight. At laboratory rat strains SHR and BN, similar relations could be observed. There was again no difference in glutathione S-transferase activityWe could see a significant (P < 0.05) increase of the GST activity in groups with intraperitoneal injection of Cd in the amount of 1.25 mg per 100 g of body weight in both these strains, but there was insignificant increase of glutathione S-transferase activity at groups with intraperitoneal injection containing 0.6 mg Cd per 100 g body weight.
the diet where lower bioavailability was observed for the Cd application in the diet, as expectable. However, the results suggested the potential effect of individual rat strains where the SHR rats showed higher ability to Cd accumulation especially in the case of high intraperitoneal acute intoxication with 0.6 mg Cd per 100 g of body weight (Table 1).
important determinants of Cd-induced hepatotoxic-ity in rats (Yamano et al. 1998). The inter-element interactions related to the Cd-MT induction are af-fected by individual elements as documented by Saito (2011) where the response of rats to silver injection was investigated and the silver concentrations in the MT fractions of silver-injected rats were higher than those of the control rats although they did not increase in response to injection of silver. Moreover, their results indicated that Zn contents in kidney and Zn concentrations in MT did not increase in response to silver injection. Therefore, the response of MT synthesis to risk elements intoxication of rats is evidently element-specific.
All three strains of laboratory rats used in this study reacted on the injection of Cd, but not on the exposition to Cd in water. Ognjanovic et al. (2003) observed increased activity of antioxidant defense enzymes: copper zinc contain-thione reductase, and glutagluta-thione S-transferase as a response of male Wistar rats to acute exposure to Cd (0.4 mg Cd/kg of body mass). For glutathione reductase activity, the increase has been observed with the increase of applied Cd concentration for all three strains, in agreement with the literature (Ognjanovic et al. 2003; Flora et al. 2008). In the case of GST activity, a more complex dependence was observed. This could be explained by differ-ent function of these enzymes. In GST measure-ment, strain LE appeared as the most sensitive to Cd exposition – the increase of GST activity was significant already after the intraperitoneal ap-plication of 0.6 mg per 100 g body weight.
The increase of the GR and GST activity in blood plasma after Cd injection confirmed that Cd causes induction of oxidative stress and acts toxically on the organisms, which is in agreement with other reports (Neal et al. 1997). The GR activity increased after intraperitoneal application of a small amount of Cd, whereas for GST activity, a higher amount of applied Cd was needed for significant increase in strains SHR and BN. This could be interpreted by a different function of both types of enzymes. GR acts mostly as an antioxidant defense enzyme (Flora et al. 2008). GST acts in detoxification of the organism and so its antioxidative function could be only secondary (Casalino et al. 2006).
5% is absorbed through this pathway (Jarup et al., 1998). Another reason is a long time of Cd applica-tion. In our assay, Cd was applied in a small amount for 60 days. It has been shown that the activity of GR rises up after 30 days of peroral application and after 60 and/or 90 days the activity slightly lowers. That may be connected with other probably non-enzymatic antioxidative mechanisms (Jadhav et al. 2007). Domanska et al. (1999) observed changes in glutathione S-transferase activity produced by repeated exposure of male Wistar rats to Cd in the response to each subsequent exposure. It may be sug-gested that the response of glutathione S-transferase depends on the duration of the exposure to Cd, as well. Localization of enzymes may play an important role, too. The in vitro experiments showed increased mitochondrial catalase and glutathione reductase (GR) activities more than the cytoplasmic enzymes (Latinwo et al. 2006). Cd is bound to erythrocytes or albumin during blood transport and subsequently is deposited into different tissues. It is possible that the antioxidative mechanisms in blood plasma are not needed after a long-time exposition to a small amount of Cd, blood plasma natural activity may be sufficient for its detoxification.
According to Hispard et al. (2008b), MTS are the most sensitive biomarkers since they are induced in the kidney of rats even at low Cd concentration (2.5 mg Cd/kg) whereas the enzymatic biomark-ers are not relevant at such concentration, at least after 4 weeks of exposure. It is in accordance with our results where the MT concentrations reflected significantly the Cd accumulation rate in the liver. Moreover, the results demonstrated differences among the individual rat strains where especially the SHR strain differed from the others showing higher Cd accumulation and subsequently the MT synthesis ability in the liver according to the experimental animals. Thus, the applied experimental rat model canults concerning the assessment and prediction of the risk element behaviour in the animal organism.
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en | N/A | N/A | 1.. Calhoun uses a cane at times to get around but is aggressively rehabbing from his injury. Ollie said Calhoun keeps his distance when Ollie is going over team issues so as not to distract the players -- but added that it's good to have Calhoun involved and for the players to see him still actively contributing. UConn officials confirmed Calhoun's statement last week that he plans on making the trip to Germany for the Huskies' opener against Michigan State at Ramstein Air Base on Nov. 9.
2. The freaky, scary injury to Wisconsin forward Mike Bruesewitz rocked the Badgers on Tuesday, according to a UW official. The Badgers were understandably anxious when they saw the gory cut on Bruesewitz's right leg after he sliced it on the back of a basket standard while chasing an loose ball. Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan was there to comfort Bruesewitz and the training staff was apparently quick to treat him before he was taken away by ambulance. Bruesewitz has become the leader of this squad and is easily one of the most well-liked Badgers in the past three years. He will have to take his time returning from this injury. He was apparently fortunate that the prognosis is for him to be out only four to six weeks. The Badgers have two big-time games in their first five that will be much harder if Bruesewitz isn't available -- a Nov. 14 visit to Florida and a Nov. 23 meeting with Creighton in Las Vegas.
3. Texas Southern was banned from the 2013 postseason due to rules violations. TSU hired Mike Davis to shepherd the program through the season before it knew of the penalties. If Davis wants the job long-term, the Southwestern Athletic Conference school should sign him to a lengthy contract to get the program right. Texas Southern isn't going to get a coach with Davis' experience. The school has him now -- it should do everything in its power to keep him. |
en | N/A | N/A | Set during an idyllic ‘80s Italian summer, the heartrending coming-of-age film Call Me By Your Name has left millions overwhelmed. Based on the novel by André Aciman, directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by James Ivory, it has received awards for Best Adapted Screenplay from the Academy, BAFTA, Writers Guild, and Critics’ Choice.
The story centers around two young men falling in love but explores so much more. It is a story about first love, lust, innocence, and loss. The film stars Timothée Chalamet as Elio, a precocious 17-year-old whose world is forever changed when he meets a slightly older doctoral student, Oliver (played by Armie Hammer). Twenty-two-year-old Chalamet received rave reviews and industry accolades for his outstanding performance, winning the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead and the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor.
This critically acclaimed film had an all-too-brief, limited commercial run in the Philippines. That is why CC:Concepts is excited to offer an opportunity for audiences to enjoy this cinematic masterpiece by presenting the world premiere of Call Me By Your Name In Concert with The Manila Symphony Orchestra.
Film concerts feature full-length movies with their soundtracks performed live by a full-piece orchestra. There have been similar screenings of Gladiator at The Colosseum in Rome, Star Wars: A New Hope at The Royal Albert Hall in London, and The Godfather at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts in New York, to name a few. Call Me By Your Name In Concert will be the film’s world premiere in this format. Filipinos will have the chance to experience the movie for the first time, with the soundtrack performed live by The Manila Symphony Orchestra.
Call Me By Your Name: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features the compositions of Ryuichi Sakamoto, John Adams, Erik Satie, Johann Sebastian Bach and Maurice Ravel. It also includes songs by The Psychedelic Furs, Franco Battiato, Giorgio Moroder, Loredana Bertè, Bandolero, Joe Esposito, F.R. David, and Sufjan Stevens whose original song “Mystery Love” was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Ryuichi Sakamoto, John Adams, Erik Satie, Johann Sebastian Bach and Maurice Ravel
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en | N/A | N/A | are also paid travel expenses of up to £10 per day and midday meal expenses up to a maximum of £1.50 per day. The trial period allows you to decide if you like the job and also allows the employer to decide whether you are suitable. The employer promises to interview you for the job at the end of the trial.
Access to Work is an. Financial assistance is available for a wide variety of support to help you undertake regular employment, e.g. special aids and equipment, adaptations to employer premises, additional travel expenses, personal readers and support workers.
Some employers involved in the Employment option can benefit from the "Upfront Skills Shortage Subsidy". Where an employer offers a job lasting at least a year and good quality training that improves a person’s employability, the firm can receive three-quarters of the training and job subsidy payments at the start of a job. This comes to £1,730 for full-time 18-24 year olds and £1,460 for full-time employees aged 25+ (ND USSS, paras 1-7).
Despite the name of the subsidy, to qualify for the subsidy the employers do not have to show that the job is in a skills shortage occupation or prove they face upfront training costs. They must offer "significantly" more training than that required under normal circumstances and what they offer must be clearly set out in the Individual Training Plan.
The idea is to encourage employers to commit themselves to a significant amount of training towards the beginning of the Employment option placement. They must provide at least 15 days in the first 8 weeks of employment and a minimum of 26 days (or equivalent hours) during the first 26 weeks. The remainder of the subsidy and training payments is payable after 26 weeks, on achievement of the agreed training objectives.
Employers in the above list who apply for the Upfront Skills Shortage Subsidy will be visited by the ES (NDPG (18-24), ND USSS, paras 27-28).
For details of all these,.
be in employment expected to last at least 5 weeks.
If the job ends before 5 weeks you may not be able claim benefit for the first two weeks after finishing work.
If you claim the Lone Parent’s Benefit Run-On you will automatically continue to be paid HB and CTB for the 2 week run-on period. You will not have to fill out a separate form.
If you have been declaring part-time earnings while claiming JSA or Income Support then you may have built up a Back to Work Bonus which you will receive on moving into work. You can receive your Back to Work Bonus if you take a place on the New Deal Employment option.
The New Deal has been enhanced to include the Jobseeker’s Grant, which is meant to help meet certain costs associated with starting a new job. Award of the Jobseeker’s Grant is discretionary and can be used to encourage young people to apply for jobs and help them overcome barriers to interviews and employment (NDPG (18-24), C8, paras 286-287).
mandatory registration with professional bodies.
Employees can take out unemployment protection insurance to provide some income if they become unemployed. If you have such a policy, insurance payments will be suspended while you are on the subsidised job option, at the insurer’s discretion. The claim for unemployment insurance will be closed if during, or at the end of, the option you take up permanent unsubsidised employment. But if you return to JSA either during or after completing the option, the insurer will decide if the insurance payments should be reinstated. If you leave the option voluntarily or through misconduct, the insurer may not meet the claim (NDPG (18-24), Ch 5, paras 118-119).
What happens on the option?
When you take up a place on the Employment option you sign off JSA and become an employee. This means that issues such as health and safety and terms and conditions will all be handled by the employer "in accordance with [their] established procedures for all employees" (NDPG (18-24), Ch 5, para 5). You will be covered by relevant employment law.
The ES is required to monitor your option placement. You should continue to have contact with your ES personal adviser who should assess your progress and ensure that the commitments contained in the Employer Agreement and your Individual Training Plan are being fulfilled (NDPG (18-24), Ch 5, paras 264-266). The ES should indicate to you and the employer what the frequency and content of monitoring visits is likely to be. Monitoring visits are meant to ensure general compliance and identify any problems.
If you have problems at work or if you feel that the employer is not fulfilling the obligations set out in the Employer Agreement then you should contact your ES personal adviser or phone the confidential "hotline" number: 0800 163 339 or textline number: 0113 285 8654.
If you, ES monitoring staff or the employer identify a problem, then ES staff should try to resolve it through discussion with the employer. If you want to leave the placement or if the employer is dissatisfied with your performance, ES officials are instructed to "discuss the issues with the employer/employee with a view to resolving them" (NDPG (18-24), Ch 5, para 269).
If the ES identifies non-compliance by the employer and cannot resolve the problem, then the ES can "terminate the Employer Agreement and stop payments of both the subsidy and training money". However, ES staff are told that this "should only be done as a last resort, and [you] should be told/consulted about any possible implications before the Agreement is terminated" (NDPG (18-24), Ch 5, para 270).
During your first 6 months in the job, you are entitled to at least one day of training for each week (no matter how few hours you work in total). The training must be off-the-job and must lead towards an "approved qualification" (NDPG (18-24), Ch 5, Appen 1, para 1) This training may be delivered by the employer or by an outside organisation. In either case, whoever provides the training can claim up to £750.
The guidance says that "off the job training is defined as training towards a qualification … which would normally take place away from an employee’s usual paid duties". However, "on the job training in support of an NVQ is also acceptable". The document offers this clarification: "off the job training may include work to support NVQ assessment, job shadowing or familiarisation, computer-based training, supervised open learning, training in a company training centre or modules delivered by an education and training provider". In addition, "some jobs already contain a significant training element and this can be defined as the [off the] job element if it leads to an 2).
You must be given at least 26 days training over the 6 months of the subsidy. A day consists of at least 6 hours training for those on day release (NDPG (18-24), Ch 5, Appen 5, para 6). |
en | N/A | N/A | a 60-inch rectangular bamboo top, with wire management cutouts at the corners, and a programmable memory handset—doesn’t look too office-like for your home or too quirky for an office, and is provides enough color and customization options to suit most people. Fully has sold the Jarvis for three years as of this writing, and is on its 18th iteration of small changes. Several Wirecutter writers and editors have been using versions of the Jarvis for years, and all of them find their desks in good working order and easy to recommend.
The frame (the motor and lifting legs) used by the Jarvis was customized for Fully by Jiecang, a major supplier of standing desk frames. The Jarvis’ steel feet are heavier than other desks’, about 6 pounds (2.8 kilograms) to most other standing desks’ 3 pounds (1.5 kg). Nearly every other Jiecang-made desk frame we tested telescopes downward, with the biggest piece attached to the desktop, while the Jarvis frame telescopes upward, putting more weight toward the bottom. Fully claims this lowers the center of gravity and reduces the sensation of wobble and tipping; another desk maker that uses Jiecang lifts in the other orientation dismissed the idea. Regardless, the Jarvis is one of the most solid and stable desks we’ve ever tested. Specifically, it is more stable front-to-back than our other pick, the Uplift desk, but slightly more wobbly in side-to-side movements. In both cases, these differences only showed up when shoving or shaking those two desks. Other desks we tested moved noticeably when simply leaning in to reach for coffee, and the Autonomous desk we tested couldn’t even hold its own against aggressive typing.
The Jarvis arrives in two boxes, one with the desktop and one with the frame components. Of the four desks we assembled in 2016, the Jarvis provided the best experience. When a Wirecutter staffer purchased a Jarvis Bamboo (with their personal email and payment), theytwo days later. The email noted the carrier, the time frame for delivery, the shipping origin, and had instructions for assembling the Jarvis attached. Most standing desk makers took 3-5 days to ship, with less notice and information provided, and one, Autonomous, left a staffer waiting for months.
In addition to bamboo tops, the Jarvis is also available with laminate or powdercoated MDF or hardwood tops, and even a few weirder options, but we think the bamboo top is the best-looking and the best value. It’s also available in a narrow “Junior” version, with an L-shaped frame, or as a treadmill desk.
Most of the issues you might encounter with the Jarvis, or any standing desk, come from human error. Having built more than a dozen standing desks between writers and editors, we know that, as with all assemble-it-yourself furniture, early errors like loose or too-tight screws or misaligned bolts can compound as you move on. But there are a few other quirks that down a button for a few seconds).
We recommend a particular Jarvis setup (bamboo, rectangular 60-inch desktop, memory-enabled console), because we think it’s the best value in the Jarvis line. The laminate tops,.
The Uplift Standing Desk at working height, with a one-inch-thick bamboo top, memory console, and white legs.
If you ordered the Uplift Standing Desk with the same configuration as our recommended Jarvis desk, it would cost just a few dollars less. Both firms offer Jiecang frames with near-identical configuration options, are headed by executives experienced in ergonomic design, and offer a seven-year warranty on their desks. What’s the difference? Well, the lifts are oriented in the opposite direction, the feet are aluminum instead of steel, and the bamboo desktop on the Uplift is one inch thick, a quarter-inch thicker than the Jarvis’s top. This allows for longer screws attaching the desktop to the frame, which Uplifts says makes their desks more stable than the Jarvis. Uplift offers two free grommet holes, a center grommet option not available for the Jarvis, and some desktops, frame, and accessory options that Jarvis lacks. The Uplift we tested had a better shipping, setup, assembly, and use experience than any model we tested besides the Jarvis, and it’s a good desk―especially if you want to venture outside bamboo and try other desktop options, like reclaimed teak. We haven’t tested Uplift for as long as we’ve tested Jarvis desks—this is partly self-fulfilling, because several Wirecutter staffers bought Jarvises since we started recommending them, so we have a wider pool of experience—but we like what we’ve seen so far.
The Uplift’s bamboo top is a quarter-inch thicker than the Jar |
en | N/A | N/A | "L&F is one of only two companies that has been granted a 3M patent license to bring their product into the U.S., which speaks volumes about their battery cathode NMC technology," said Pradip Sheth, Director of the Battery Division at Targray. "They've also sold over 20,000 metric tons in the past five years and have been consistently rated number one by some of the top cell makers in the world. We're very excited to bring these quality materials to the European and North American markets." |
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WATCH Timeline of the Parkland, Florida, schoolid in their classrooms on Wednesday as a former student fired shots through the glass windows.
Another potentially life-saving measure came in the form of the classroom doors that locked, which teachers secured on Wednesday and kept the shooter out, and the school regularly held lockdown drills.
Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said today that the suspect, Nikolas Cruz, pulled the fire alarm and waited for students to come into the hallway.
'Exponential' increase in school shooting drills since Sandy Hook, Feb. 14, 2018, in Parkland, Florida.
Both teachers and students at the Florida school had been trained in different types of scenarios. A fire drill had been conducted at the school on Wednesday, hours before the shooting, and some students reported hearing a plan for a "code red" situation, which is used to refer to school shootings.
Chipman said that such examples of training help show "how can you take a horrible situation and have it not be absolutely catastrophic, which is hard to say."
"To me, I think the fact that only 17 people were killed in a school of 3,000 shows that there was a lot of bravery that day. Police responded quickly [and] teachers did everything they knew how to do," he said.
Effective law enforcement moves
Trump, who is not related to the president, pointed to the quick identification of the shooter as one key move.8, in Parkland, Fla.
Gomez called that an example of "really good, fast police work."
The frequent public status updates provided by multiple branches of law enforcement were cited by Trump as being helpful in the emergency situation.
"They're doing an excellent job in their crisis communications," he said, adding that the news conferences and Twitter updates "at least helps manage the parental and community anxiety. It's the lthat creates increased anxiety."
One issue that could be a double-edged sword was the suspect's expulsion from the school.
"We can't say that the best we can do is teachers that act as heroes and then have politicians pay for funerals," he added. |
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but I think it might be a good idea to express certain components as interfaces, rather than concrete types, eg.
Session, Receiver and Sender for example, ive got a fork of roughly what im proposing here https://github.com/lakahq/amqp
This'll allow us to create mocks from our applications/programs/clients etc.
type mockAmqpSession struct {}
func (m *mockAmqpSession) NewSender() (amqp.Sender, error) {
return &mockSender{}, nil
Appreciate that its normal practice to have these interfaces in the calling library, however i dont think its possible to create the deep mocking structure required in this case. eg
type AMQPMockSession interface {
// amqp.Session will not satisfy this signature
NewSender() (AMQPMockSender, error)
type AMQPMockSender interface {
// More Stuff
type MyCoolTopicGrabber struct {
Session AMQPMockSession
func NewCoolTopicGrabber(sess AMQPMockSession) {
return &MyCoolTopicGrabber {
Session: sess
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NewCoolTopicGrabber(session)
If this is something you'd consider - I could commit to some time to adding this.
The approach I take and recommend to others is to create an abstraction around a library that fits with the consuming application. That way you can mock your abstraction or swap out the implementation if it becomes necessary. It also tends to reduce tight coupling of code.
As an example, some of the applications I work on use a PostgreSQL database. Instead of having anything depend on `database/sql` directly I'll create an abstraction package that contains all the SQL specific logic and exposes things like `db.AddEvent(...)` or `db.RemoveEvent(...)`.
I'm unlikely to switch to returning interfaces for a few reasons:
* It more or less prevents exposing fields on the returned struct. This isn't strictly true of course, but needing to type assert back to a concrete type makes for less than stellar usability and would be a non-starter for your use case.
* It turns API additions into breaking changes. If you were to create a mock for an interface declared in this library and I added a new method to the interface it would cause your code to fail to compile until you added the method to your mock. This doesn't happen with concrete types (technically there are some ways a method addition can cause problems when embedding is involved, but they're much less likely to occur).
* A bit subjective, but I think the documentation generated by godoc is worse for interfaces. With an interface the index would show only `type Sender` instead of `type Sender` followed by all the exported methods and their signatures.
I hope this helps illuminate some of the trade-offs and provides a potential work around for you. This isn't a "hard no," so if there's something I'm missresponse, everything you've said makes total sense to me, and the reasons you've listed i think are totally justified; ive had some fresh perspective so pretty sure this is no longer required (at least for our use case) so im going to close this?
username_0: I was investigating various Forth implementations and noticed that [`<` is implemented]barebones/barebones.f#L212) as
: < - 0< ;
While I couldn't get this Forth to run in an emulator, as far as I can see this implementation does not fare well with overflow. Consider `-128 1 <` (or whatever your cell size is) - this will evaluate as false, even though both numbers are in range of the cell and the former is clearly smaller than the latter of an "mod 2^n computation system", one with two's complement, I suppose.
Cell size is 16:
-128 1 < . -1 ok
-1 1 < . -1 ok
-32768 1 < . 0 ok
: < - 0< ; reDef < ok
The wrap-around can be avoided by using 32bit arithmetics. Implementing floored (clipping) arithmetics would also be possible, but that's quite costly on an 8bit µC without an instruction setwhile, and this should work for all numbers while still being quite efficient. Using this in my Forth does not exhibit any problems and passes the ANS test suite:
: < $8000 + >r $8000 + r> u< ;
<issue_comment>username_1: Very nice, this sure doesn't look obvious :-)
Changing the default behavior of signed number operators is a breaking change, though. I see 3 options: community vote, build option or a library function such as as `S<`.
<issue_comment>username_2: I never knew there was an issue with "<" and I've used it a lot. Better
minds than mine have clearly looked closely at this but I'm struggling to
see how CPW at the heart of < generates incorrect results.
So, at the risk of again looking like someone who hasn't grasped the
blinding obvious, are we fixing something that isn't actually broken?
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<issue_comment>username_0: Right now, `<` uses a subtraction, which behaves incorrectly on underflow. For example, `-32768 32767 <`, or even `-30000 3000 <`. These should clearly return true (cf. the [ANS Forth](http://forth-standard.org/standard/core/less) specification for this word, especially the test suite), but with the current implementation, false will be returned.
I believe that no programmer would intentionally rely on this inaccuracy, but this change, should it happen, should still definitely be mentioned in the changelog.
As to my proposed implementation, I see two ways to explain it.
Imagine a ring (*not* the abstract algebra one) of numbers from 0 to 65535 (-1). Because of the modulo wrapping, there's not really an entirely natural way of defining an ordering. However, we can put a separator between 0 and 65535, and unroll the ring into a truncated number line. This is what U< does. Notice how adding a constant to both parts of the comparison moves this separator around (or, the ring rotates and separator |
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This is one example that is given. Examples are only meant as illustrations, they can’t be taken too far or too exactly, but these red lines (diagram) are associated with these dark lines which do not actually touch them but, nevertheless, to many people with normal vision it seems to affect the length of the lines, the association with these things. In the same way, yoga tells us that the association with external things which do not actually touch us, which have no concern really with us, can affect us and affect our awareness of our consciousness and the purpose is to remove these accidental circumstances and memories and associations which do not actually have anything to do with us and become aware, simply, of the central line. This is given in one of Christ’s riddles which is known as the Labourers in the Vineyard, where the labourers agree to work for a day for a denarius. They are selected from the casual labourers and they must be glad to get the job because others do not get it. They agree to do it. Later in the day he (the vineyard owner) takes on other casual labourers who will only work for half day and in the evening he takes on some others who will only work for an hour, but at the end he pays them all one denarius. The labourers who worked all day grumble and complain. They say, ‘No, this is not fair’, and the owner of the vineyard says, ‘Why? You agreed to do this. You were happy to get the job. You’re not getting any less’. ‘No, it’s not fair that they should get the same as we got when they only work half a day or only one hour’. Now, these are circumstances which had nothing to do with them but which, nevertheless, soured their perceptions. I can hear: ‘I can be satisfied with something then I hear someone with something a little bit better, then I become envious and dissatisfied’, so these accidental things which do not actually touch me at all can, nevertheless, make me look and feel different, and part of this exercise is to remove them and to be what I am.
Then, if you would like to try the centre line practice, touching the finger on the forehead, bringing it down the centre line to the navel and using that brief after-sensation to bring the attention to a line of light, a column of light in the middle of the body, to do it for about 4 or 5 minutes…
These are methods, among other things, of controlling the mind. People say the mind is uncontrollable. A man said that to a teacher and the teacher said, ‘No, your mind is controlled all the time – by others – by advertisements, by your television, by people saying you should do this. Yes, I know it’s a rotten paper but everyone’s reading it. Your mind is controlled all the time and you can control it yourself’. One of the illustrations about this practice is when one is very nervous or something happens suddenly – a shattering disappointment – even a tremendous elation there is no time to philosophise. Then, if we have practised this – come to the centre – there are advantages, even physically. There are certain branches of athletics where the performers, the top performers, know this, and it improves their physical performance but this is certainly not the yogic purpose of the exercise. It is by effect.
Meditation text
Then the last thing was the text. Well, here again an illustration can be provided: Within me there is a light, there is a consciousness which lights the whole world. One can feel, ‘Well, it isn’t so, one’s consciousness is not like that. Consciousness is not this universal, stable, unmoving, all pervading consciousness. It’s a limited thing’. The blue represents here (diagram) the consciousness as we feel it, and the grey is the things we know immediately, which is quite a small area, and then there is a vast black area of the unknown and this is the actual position one can feel. We can feel that our consciousness moves. We see and feel our consciousness moving and it may begin to disappear and we have to be very careful to keep in the circle of the known. We can see and feel the consciousness moving. It is no use talking about this being a universal consciousness which does not move, which is all pervading but in yoga practice this individuality and this vast area of the unknown, these are not completely real. These are things which are built up which seem to imprison us but are not, in fact, real and that the reality is this: children think that a spot of blue in the cloudy sky is moving, the clouds move and they see the spot of blue moving, they think it’s a thing which moves. In fact we know that it is the clouds that are moving. In the same way we can feel the consciousness is moving but in fact it is not so and this yogic meditation is to discard, for the time at least, these convictions of individual limitations and world limitations and to give ourselves up into this Universal Consciousness.
OM In me there is a light which lights the whole world. It is radiating now peace and understanding. OM
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You can grow an economy without credit, but it takes longer. Without debt, wealth grows much more slowly and requires far more work. Biblical Law says you should avoid greed in the first place and realize the shepherd’s call in trying to benefit everyone, because that is your own best interest long term. To put it bluntly: If you can’t embrace that moral necessity, then you’ll always be tormented on some level in this life, and you’ll likely end up in Hell after you die. What you do in this world must serve genuine human need, and Biblical Law sums up that need in the term “moral social stability” — a manifestation of shalom. So the goal is not some imaginary economic efficiency, as if the economy was just a machine. The economy is a living thing that must be nurtured according to its needs, or it will not help you make the most of this life. So don’t juice it up with large doses of credit steroids or it will sicken and die before its time. Treat it with respect.
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Ours is hollow and nearly dead. It’s a science fiction horror monster. Still subject to the moral fabric of the universe as expressed in Biblical Law, even as our global economy dies, we can still harvest what little good is available.
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You won’t get that from the academic study of economics. What it will tell you is that the debt system is what is most at risk of collapse. There is a tremendous mass of notional debt with nothing of value behind it. At some point, the sheer volume of debt will drag big finance to a halt as the debt servicing falls too far behind. What keeps the system alive is the perception that the debts are being paid back at some profitable level. Perception at the upper levels does lag reality; most of the big money pushers don’t know when to back off because it appears too profitable. Even the factor of inflation that lowers the value of a particular debt doesn’t change the very real loss of the consumers’ power to repay. Their income doesn’t keep pace with the inflation because of a systemic cultural bias among financiers that pressures employers to hold wages down. Having an MBA degree means you see things only from the financiers point of view.
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en | N/A | N/A | Bangladesh batsman Saif Hassan's time on the field is not going well. He was not among the runs in the first Test after the T20 series against Pakistan. The opportunity to prove his worth was in the second Test. But unfortunately for him, he is almost uncertain about playing in the second Test. BCB chief physician Debashish Chowdhury said he might not be able to play in the Mirpur Test due to typhoid.
Saif was tested for typhoid on Tuesday night due to physical illness. Later the result came positive. Debashish confirmed the matter to media, saying, "Saif has contracted typhoid. In these cases, the body becomes very weak. It is not possible to play with such weakness. The regular treatment for typhoid has already started.
Saif got a place in the Pakistan series, especially in the Twenty20. But could not take advantage. He also failed in the first test in Chattogram. The biggest question is his batting style. It is almost clear that he has suffered from a lack of confidence. The technique was also a big mess.
Saif is less likely to recover from typhoid before the Mirpur Test, which is scheduled to start next Saturday. However, he is scheduled to return to Dhaka with the team on Wednesday afternoon.
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It is an unlikely setting for a legal fight over a British colonial holdover. But at lunchtime last Monday,in the Avenue John F Kennedy in central LuxembourgPetronas.
It was a stunning salvo in a $15bn legal battle that centres on a Malaysian state about 11,000km away, and involves descendant publicity-shy London-based litigation fund and a dispute 144 years in the making.
That same afternoon, the bailiff, appointed by claimants in the Philippines, visited the headquarters of nine banks dotted around Luxembourg, handing financiers across the European tax havenurg-based subsidiaries —
Unless Malaysia acknowledges the legitimacy of their claims, say the claimant’s lawyers, there will be more seizures of state-owned assets like Petronas in the coming weeks. Other units from the company’s vast global business network or even insolvent state investment fund 1MDB could be a target.
When word of what was happening in Europe reached the Petronas headquarters in Malaysia — the twin 452m-high glass towers that dominate the Kuala Lumpur skyline — a terse statement from the company confirmed the delivery of the saisie-arret and vowed to fight for its assets.
Sultan Jamalul Kiram II, who came to the throne at the age of 10 in 1894, was the last formally recognised sultan of Sulu © KITLV/Creative Commons
The case, which until now has attracted little international attention, centres on competing claims over thes say they are thseds. For several years they have been seeking compensation for the land that they say t Sabah. The heirs, backed by a London law firm, have been bankrolled by a UK investment fund, Therium, in a litigation process that has now cost in excess of $10mn.
In February, an arbitrator acting in France, Gonzalo Stampa, ruled in favouinhhe UK in 1963, must pay them $14.9bn in compensation. Arbitration was moved to Paris after an earlier proceeding presided over by Stampa in Spain was annulled by the Madrid high court, following Malaysia’s complaint that it had not been properly served with documents.
A day after the seizures, a Paris judge suspended the enforcement of the $14.9bn award until the appeal is concluded. ThisBut independent legal experts and a Spanish PR company, Estudio de Comunicación, which is representing Malaysia in Europe, confirmed that the suspension only applies in France.
The Sulu heirs’ representatives argue they were pushed to take these measures after Malaysia refused to engage. Paul Cohen, lead counsel for the claimants and a lawyer at London-based 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, says litigation was the “final resort”.
“More than one Malaysian government refused to respond to our clients’ direct approaches in the past few years,” Cohen says. “Given that the Malaysian government knew who they were, and knew every aspectresolution.”
The litigation fund, which says it has raised $1.1bn to finance various cases since it was founded in 2009, declined to comment. In the past, it has publicly backed less geopolitically sensitive cases, such as last year’s high-profile appeal against the wrongful conviction of UK Post Office workers.
Petronas, whose twin-tower headquarters dominate the Kuala Lumpur skyline, generates 11 per cent of Malaysian government revenues © Samsul Said/Bloomberg
The case has come at a critical time for . The south-east Asi2015, amid subsequent revelations that billions of dollars had been embezzled from 1MDB. Petronas, one senior Malaysian minister recently suggested, will be
The state-owned enterprise has this year cashed in on soaring oil prices sparked by the war in Ukraine. In the first quarter, its pre-tax profits surged 114 per cent to $7.1bn compared to the same period in 2021. Zafrul Aziz, MalaysiApril thatThe present value of the Luxembourg holding companies seized by the Sulu heirs is unclear. In February, they liquidated a 15.5 per cent stake in Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz offshore gasfield, previously valued at almost $2.3bn. Petronas said the proceeds from this sale were “repatriated”, but declined to comment on how much the subsidiaries are worth now.
Stuck in the middle of the legal wranglings are the people of Sabah, Malaysia’s poorest state © Lano Lan/Alamy
Zafrul dismissed the significance of the French ruling in April. “The Malaysian economy size is RM1.5tn. The $15bn is about RM40bn . . . Our country he asked sarcastically. He dismissed the claim as “a frivolous, no-basis case”.
Legal fight goes global
The case has touched a nerve in Malaysia, which has fended off claims to Sabah, a region measuring roughly 74,000 sq km with a population of almost 4mn, for decades. The Philippines, which lies to the north east, has a historical claim to the state that some politicians have continued to revive.
Jamalul Kiram II died in 1936 without leaving a direct heir, but since then a procession of Filipino citizens have made claims to the throne that for centuries ruled a region spanning modern day Malaysia and the Philippines. One man, Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram, reportedly still claims to be the living sultan of Sulu.
In 2013, the followers of one self-proclaimed heir arrived in Sabah to lead an invasion that plunged the normally peaceful corner of Malaysia into violent chaos. During the ensuing fight with security forces, at least 60 people were reported killed before the invaders — who numbered no more than 180 — retreated.
Up to that time, the claimants said Malaysia had paid them an annual stipend of $5,300, in recognition that they were relatives of the late sultan and successors of the 1878 agreement. After the attack, Kuala Lumpur halted the payments, despite a former Malaysian attorney-general later acknowledging there appeared to be no evidence linking the armed invaders with the heirs who had been receiving the yearly fees.
“This case is the history of colonialism, with a twist,” says Elisabeth Mason, co-lead counsel for the claimants at 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square.
Protesters south of Manila in 2013. The same year, followers of one self-proclaimed heir of the last sultan arrived in Sabah to lead an invasion that descended into violent chaos © Romeo Ranoco /Reuters
“Imagine that, instead of buying Manhattan for 60 guilders, Peter Minuit signed a perpetual lease,” says Mason, referring to the Dutch colonialist who acquir. “Surely by now, the Lenape tribe would have looked from Wall Street up Broadway to Lincoln Center and Central Park and concluded: ‘60 guilders isn’t anywhere near enough. It’s high time to renegotiate this deal.’
Malaysia has on several occasions attempted to shoot down the proceedings. It now says it has filed criminal proceedings against Stampa, who began the hearing in Spain but moved the case to France after it was annulled in Madrid. Stampa declined to comment. According to Ong, international law allows“unduly difficult”.
“How can that even be done?” asks Roger Chin, partner at Chin Lau Wong & Foo and president of the Sabah Law Society. Malaysia is “in a way [undermining] judiciaries’ independence by saying: ‘don’t look at it’. That is obviously quite wrong”.
A representative for Malaysia denied it was seeking to influence foreign courts but said the country was ‘taking every action it deems necessary to make known its position regarding the conflict. They added that the arbitration was not valid after Stampa’s appointment was overturned in Spain, and the award’s suspension in Paris is grounds for other countries to refuse its enforcement.
The right heir?, where according to government data almost a fifth9. While those the FT spoke to were strongly opposed to the Sulu descendants’ claims, they also felt let down by the national government.
A ro challenge the case, according to Chin. “With different attorneys-general and each one coming in without having served for a very long time, that really has an effect.”
“Why are [the Sulu heirs] bringing up the historical claim? I would rather the Malaysian government give the money to Sabah,” he adds. “We need the infrastructure.”
The claimants say they intend to dedicate a “sizeable percentage” of the proceeds to addressing issues in the region spanning the former sultanate of Sulu, including education, healthcare and housing.
A market in Sabah. The oil-rich Malaysian state is at the centre of competing claims © Sanjit Das/Bloomberg
“The arbitration ruling has given ordinary Filipinos [the idea that] they have a chanceng ordinary Malaysians in Sabah, at the back of our mind is this anxiety.”
The most pressing issue for the government in Kuala Lumpur is how to prevent the Sulu heirs from hoovering up.
The claimants’ lawyers warn that more state assets will be pursued unless a resolution is reached.
“The seizure process is a rolling programme that is designed to meet our clients’ financial demands,” he adds. “But we hope Malaysia will see the cost of being a legal pariah state and come to terms.”
Additional reporting by Eleanor Olcott in Taipei
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en | N/A | N/A | Stephen Bly is a well-respected Christian fiction writer known for his historical fiction involving the old west. If you want Christian fiction westerns, then Stephen Bly is one the best authors who has satisfied a lot of readers for this type of Christian fiction. The following is a list of books written by Stephen and his wife, Janet. A majority of the books are “westerns” but a number of them are contemporary stories set in the west. Most of the books are part of a specific series.
This list presents adult Christian fiction westerns as well as a few series meant for youth. The dates listed are the original publication dates. Many, MANY of the following books were reprinted later in Large Print. Please check if you would prefer a large print edition.
Throw the Devil Off the Train. 2011 Large Print. Historical Western
Creede of Old Montana. 2009. Large Print. Historical Western
One Step Over the Border. 2007. Historical Western
Paperback Writer : a writer. 2003. Large Print Mystery/Detective
Adventures on the American Frontier Series (Juvenile Literature)
Daring Rescue at Sonora Pass. bk. 1. 2003
Mysterious Robbery on the Utah Plains. bk. 3. 2003
The Austin-Stoner Files Series (Detective/Mystery)
The Lost Manuscript of Martin Taylor Harrison. bk. 1. 1995
The Kill Fee of Cindy LaCoste. bk. 3. 1997
The Outlaw’s Twin Sister. bk. 3. 2002
Carson City Chronicles
Marthellen and the Major. bk. 2. 2000
Crystal Blake Series (Juvenile Literature) (These books may be HARD to find)
Crystal’s Grand Entry. bk. 3. 1986
Crystal’s Mill Town Mystery. bk. 4. 1986
Crystal’s Rodeo Debut. bk. 5. 1986
Code of the West Series
Amazon.com review “Pepper Paige is sick of her life as a dance-hall girl. She decides to assume a new identity and get a fresh start. Then, she finds out her fiance is not who he claimed to be either. If they end their charade, will they still love each other? Can they trust God enough to walk in the truth? A great start for a good old western series.”
One Went to Denver and Other Went Wrong. bk. 2. 1995
Stay Away from that City…They Call It Cheyenne. bk. 4. 1996
I’m Off to Montana for to Throw the Hooligan. bk. 6. 1997
Fortunes of the Black Hills Series
Beneath a Dakota Cross. bk. 1. 1999
Shadows of Legends. bk. 2. 2000
The Long Trail Home. bk. 3. 2001
Last of the Texas Camp. bk. 5. 2002
The Next Roundup. bk. 6. 2003
Each book revolves around the summer adventures of the Shadowbrooks, a husband and wife team with a knack for uncovering and solving local mysteries.
Fox Island. bk. 1. 1996
Columbia Falls. bk. 3. 1998
"The Bowers family knows a lot about adversity. Matthew Bowers' imaginative plans have kept them moving from place to place--sometimes voluntarily and sometimes not. Now they're ready to settle in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. There's just one problem ... Actually, there are several. Their new homestead is definitely not what they were told--and it doesn't seem to be completely theirs either!"
Strangers & Pilgrims. bk. 1. 2002.
Reason & Riots. bk. 3. 2003
"The sudden death of Develyn Worrell's ex-husband embitters her daughter against her. Her daughter feels Develyn's la Develyn heads west where shel."
Memories of a Dirt Road Town. bk. 1. 2005
The Mustang Breaker. bk. 2. 2006
Jed Rivers Collection
“Rivers” in Arizona. bk. 1. 1991
Rivers in Arizona: Rocks of Ages. bk. 2. 1991
Intrigue at the Rafter B Ranch. bk. 1. 1997
The Secret of the Old Rifle. bk. 2. 1997
Revenge on Eagle Island. bk. 4. 1998
Danger at Deception Pass. bk. 5. 1998
Hazards of the Half-Court Press. bk. 6. 1998
Nathan T. Riggins Western Adventure Series (Juvenile Literature)
In book one, when his parents are not in the frontier town where he expected to meet them, twelve-year-old Nathan sets out to find them, encountering prospectors, Indians, outlaws, and a loyal dog along the way. The books follow the adventures of young Nathan in nineteenth-century Nevada.
Coyote True. bk. 2. 1992
Never Dance with a Bobcat. bk. 5. 1994
Hawks Don’t Say Goodbye. bk. 6. 1994
"Alena is a confident entrepreneur in a man's world who meets a rancher with a tragic secret in his past. They're both about to find their inner peace, their calling, and romance in Old California."
Last Swan in Sacramento. bk. 2. 1999
Retta Barre’s Oregon Trail: The Buffalo’s Last Stand. bk. 2. 2002
Retta Barre’s Oregon Trail: The Plain Praire Princess. bk. 3. 2002
Fool’s Gold. bk. 1. 2000
Hidden Treasure. bk. 2. 2000
Picture Rock. bk. 3. 2001
The Stuart Brannon Westernlittle hope of escape."
The Last Hanging at Paradise Meadow. bk. 3. 1992
Stuart Brannon’s Final Shot. bk. 7 2012 Large Print
How to be a Good Grandparent. 1990. NONFICTION
Devotions with a Difference. 1982. NONFICTION |
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Many of you know I am the kind of sceptical guy who never forwards chain emails.
Please read Denis' story below and consider visiting the link he provides to make a donation to help this person who has helped so many others.
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On 22 June, my high school friend, Paula Persechini-Petitti was delivering emergency diabetes health screenings across the Pine Ridge Sioux Indian Reservation. Pine Ridge was economically distressed in the ‘70s. It is now a 3rd world nation within the USA’s borders with a land mass the size of Connecticut and a road system equivalent to Zimbabwe.
Her car was rear-ended there at 60 mph (100 kph) placing her in a coma. Friends raised $18,000 in cash for an emergency medical life-flight from Rapid City, SD to home in Boston that her health insurance would not authorise. She is awake but requires long-term, highly specialized brain injury treatment. Paula’s case is another example of the broken US healthcare system.
I am running in two road races to raise funds for Paula’s care. On Sunday, 06 September, it’s the HSBC Cardiff 10K (6.2 miles) and on 18 October, the Cardiff 1/2 marathon (13.1 miles/21 kms). As many know, I had a minor stroke, 9-months ago. I’ve since lost 30 kilos (66 lbs/4.6 stone) through diet and running. My goal is to run in my 1st every marathon in London (at age 52!) in April, 2010.
Every penny you give helps ease the family’s burdens. We would be extremely grateful if you could consider a $5, £10 or €20 contribution (more, gratefully accepted!) here at the website www.BringPaulaHome.org It only takes a two clicks after entering your credit or debit card using the secure Internet PayPal system. Please insert the words: “Denis runs” in the “add special instructions” field so they can keep track. With your help we can hopefully raise $5,000 for Paula’s care.
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Many thanks for posting this Dave.
I just got an update about Paula. She had surgery yesterday because she is quite good now at trying to escape. Although out of the coma, her awareness is only at a level of 4 on a scale of 12. She manages to do a Houdini Act with her restraining glove and has been spotted removing it in 10 minutes flat. This time she also removed her feeding tube with it so she is frustrated and angry which is god, she want out! |
en | N/A | N/A | The southern region’s Top 33 of the Miss World Vietnam 2019 pageant left fans in awe after displaying their wonderful figures during a swimsuit photoshoot.
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en | N/A | N/A | Former England midfielder Danny Murphy wants VAR to be scrapped after two goals were ruled out in the Premier League over the weekend.
Gallagher, reflecting on marginal offside decisions being called correctly at West Ham, told Sky Sports: “I don’t think how good an assistant referee is he would spot those..” |
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en | N/A | N/A | Tthe reality is that the economic downturn has forced a lot of Americans to start working for themselves, either by setting up their own venture, or working as a freelancer. In fact, recent research predicts that 40% of America's workforce will be self-employed by 2020. That's 60 million people!
Once you've come to grips with it, self-employment can be very rewarding, offering you a more flexible way to work, andn a permanent position. So, what situations are people finding themselves in and how are they managing?
I just wanted a better quality of life, so I decided if I go freelance—because you earn a lot more—I'd work two weeks a month, then I'd take two weeks off. It felt like I was jumping off a cliff, but it was the right thing to do."
Hannah says that the key to starting your own business is to understand your target market: "To be a freelancer, someone needs to hire you, so you need to understand who needs your services, what problem they have that you're going to solve, and what makes you the right person to offer them a solution."
"First, I set up my website, on which I put up some work I'd already done, an 'about me' and what services I could offer people. Then I created a template email and sent it out to about 100 businesses—mostly digital marketing companies, agencies, and people I knew in my city. From that, a few people responded, and it all kind of snowballed from there."
"When you're working full time you don't really put a value on yourself—you know you work for a certain amount a year, but you don't know how to put it into an hourly rate, or how to factor in the amount of time and money you have to spend marketing yourself. First of all I probably charged really stupid amounts, but through attending a local coworking space I learned how much other people were charging and that helped me set my own rates."
"It's great to use a coworking space. It lets you get out of the house and you meet other people in your field who you can get work from. You can always help others get work and in return they'll help you out. There's also always a kitchen area where you can hang out with other freelancers, find out what they're doing and exchange tips and advice. For me personally, I can get more done when I go out to a coworking space than when I'm sitting alone at home." |
en | N/A | N/A | "I was tremendously surprised and blessed that Chick-fil-A would partner with City Youth. We're just honored to be able to partner with them. And for them to come out and give a percentage of their proceeds to us to help us serve the children that we do!It's wonderful, a blessing." |
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en | N/A | N/A | Isaiah spoke concerning Him: " very high." "His visage was marred more than any man." The meaning of the word "servant" is "a doer" or "a slave." He was God manifest in the flesh, but "He emptied Himself," made Himself of "no reputation." Christ is the second Adam. He is the representative of perfect manhood. As a servant, He humbled Himself. From what lofty heights -Creator of all things down to a servant of men, step by step in service to the whipping post and the cross. What an example for us is He -the Servant!
Oh, Christ our Beloved, help us to follow in Thy footsteps and be in deed and in truth Thy chosen servants. Amen. |
en | N/A | N/A | ful that today’s verdict will bring her family some semblance of closure from their long years of uncertainty and suffering.”
"It gives me comfort knowing he is not going to be on the streets. And there will be more to come when he gets sentenced. People will find out the kind of monster he was," Semans said.
"The first step of the perfect murder is to successfully conceal the body," said Assistant Nebraska Attorney General Doug Warner.
"Yo and we know both of those things can happen. Mr Keadle chose the wrong thing and as a result we've never seen or heard of Miss Thomas again," Wagner said.
"He could not let her friends pick her up. He could do nothing but kill her and get rid of her to keep her quiet," Wagner said.
He said there is no DNA or blood evidence and claimed the investigation was faulty. Authorities did not collect some evidence such has shoe prints or tire marks at near the river, and obtain additional security video on campus.
"Josh keadle picked Corey Pheifer to tell him what I did. The guy I don't know. But I’m going to tell about it, as I’m walking by," McDonald said.
result of his conviction for Thomas’ death. </s> Kforce has a team of Vendor recruite candidates a job by utilizing over a 1,000 person sales team. Each associate is fully trained on current immigration practices and can help assist with complex visa situations such as Denials, Visa Stamping and RFEs/Client Letters.
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The new schedules are for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. All six Lincoln Public high schools and Pius X are Class A in the upcoming two-year cycle, while Norris and Waverly are Class B, and Lincoln Christian will stay in Class C1. Lincoln Lutheran will be in Class C2 during the same time period.
The nine-week schedule will be laid out in detail by the conference affiliation for each school at a later time.
Below are the schedules for the immediate Lincoln metro area schools.
Lincoln East 2020 East 2021 High 2020 High 2021 North Star 2020 Schedule:
Week 1 @Lincoln High
Week 3 Columbus
Week 4 North Platte
Week 6 Fremont
Week 8 @Millard South
Week 9 Omaha North
Week 1 Lincoln High
Week 4 @North Platte
Week 5 Lincoln Pius X
Lincoln Northeast 2020 Northeast 2021 Pius X 2020 Schedule:
Week 3 Lincoln High
Week 8 Norris
Lincoln Pius X 2021 Schedule:
Week 3 @Lincoln High
Week 4 Gretna
Week 5 @Lincoln North Star
Week 9 Fremont
Norris 2020
Waverly 2020
Waverly 2021
Lincoln Christian 2020 Schedule:
Week 1 Syracuse
Week 2 @Lincoln Lutheran
Week 4 Columbus Lakeview
Week 5 @Auburn
Week 6 Falls City
Week 7 Fairbury
Week 9 Nebraska City
Week 1 @Syracuse
Week 3 Fort Calhoun
Week 5 Auburn
Week 7 @Fairbury
Week 9 @Nebraska City
Week 1 Milford
Week 5 Louisville
Week 7 Raymond Central
Week 8 @Platteview
Week 9 @Wahoo
Week 1 @Milford
Week 2 Yutan
Week 5 @Louisville
Week 8 Platteview
Week 9 Wahoo
Week 4 @Fort Calhoun
Week 5 Ashland-Green |
en | N/A | N/A | I recently saw Delta Points sharing a Delta Skymiles ad, which I've seen around over the past couple of years and have a copy of. It's especially ironic. They lay down a belief about what a frequent flyer should do. The ad came out around 2012, if memory serves. I'm not sure how well they [… |
en | N/A | N/A | Hello Soothers! In this, and a few upcoming episodes, I tackle dozens of listener and reader questions that you all so thoughtfully and generously sent in. I'm breaking these into a few episodes as you asked so many good ones, so stay tuned for lots more! I answer questions on everything from how I met my boyfriend, to how to combat disordered eating, to the ways in which we allow ourselves to get stuck in perfectionism, to my decision to not have children, and lots more.
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en | N/A | N/A | Dillon Francis' Early Life
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Dillon Francis is a 35-year-old electronic musician from America. He is USA, and the credit for popularizing the moombahton goes to him.
Dillon Francis is a platinum-selling DJ and Producer. Dillon’s career took a huge leap forward when American producer Diplo collaborated with him on the “Que Que” song. He released the Swashbuckler EP on Play Me Records in 2010, and later in 2012, he released two singles Bootleg Firewords and I.D.G.A.F.O.S. He was the first moombahton artist in 2012 to reach the top rank on the Beatport releases chart. He continued to release great music, and today, he has an extensive collection of hits.
Dillon Francis Education
Dillon Francis has studied at Newbury Park High School, LACHSA (Los Angeles County High School for Arts), and Santa Monica College. He went to the art school because he used to do graffiti, and he said he was always into electronic music. He chose the visual arts department, and there he used to do a lot of graffiti, listening to bass and drum.
Dillon started photography when he was only 14 years old. He has practiced printmaking, photography, and graphic design in high school. He learned how to use Ableton in Atlanta, and there he learned a lot from Cory Enemy. Cory turned him into a skilled DJ, and thus, his interest in Electronic Music increased. He later pursued a career in electronic music.
Dillon Francis Discography
Dillon Francis has released two albums to date: Money Sucks, Friends Rule (2014), and Wut Wut (2018). Both of them were hugely popular across the USA and other parts of the world.
Profession American DJ, Electronic musician, Record producer, Actor.
Dillon Francis Filmography
Appeared as a DJ on 2015’s Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse.
Appeared as a background actor in 2016’s Succeeding at Life TV film.
Appeared in four episodes of 2017’s What Would Diplo Do: as Jasper.
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Dillon Francis TV Shows
Dillon Francis has worked on two TV programs: What Would Diplo Do? and Like and Subscribe.
Dillon’s albums include the following:
Money Sucks, Friends Rule – 2014
Ducky & The Vintage – 2014
Men’s Health: Beach Body Workout – 2016
Dillon Francis' New Albums
Dillon Francis' Best Songs
The following are Dillon Francis’s best songs:
Nut Butter: 2014
I Can’t Take It: 2014
Drunk All the Time: 2014
Dillon Francis First Song
Masta Blasta was Dillon Francis’s first song, which is a 130 BPM house track. He took inspiration from Dutch musician Munchi and created this track.
As the DJ has told in his interviews, he is not good at dating, and he is currently single. He is now 35 years old and single.
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Once, he had tweeted in 2018 that he forgot his nickname was “Big Room Boi.”
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Real people inspire DJ Hanzel's character.
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Firstly we’ll take a look at the law and what your current licence entitles you to do.
Then we’ll move on to what you should be doing as a driver to make riding with a pillion both safe and comfortable.
Finally we’ll have a look at what the passenger should be doing whilst riding pillion and how they should react to what you are doing as the driver.
Completing Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) does not entitle you to carry a pillion.
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You must adjust your riding style when carrying a pillion. Save the knee down cornering and hard acceleration for your solo ride.
Aim to make all your bike handling actions as smooth as possible, planning and anticipation will minimise the need for braking and gear changes.
If you’ve ever ridden with a pillion before you will be familiar with “helmet bump”. This is when the passengers helmet collides with your helmet usually during a gear change.
It happens because as you dip the clutch to change gears, the motorcycle’s speed drops slightly and your passengers natural “brace” reaction to acceleration causes them to dip forward and clash helmets.
It is better to practice this technique without a passenger until it becomes second nature.
Again the watchword is smooth.
Nice smooth gentle acceleration whilst anticipating traffic conditions ahead will make for an enjoyable ride for your companion.
Your passengers weight will reduce braking efficiency so plan for longer stopping distances.
Scan further up the road ahead and try to avoid sudden changes of direction.
Have a look at this video, it covers the basics nicely.
How To Be a Good Pillion
If your driver is kitted out in full leathers whilst happy to leave you in trainers and shorts ask yourself why.
Many a biker has ended up in an embarrassing heap on the floor as an over eager pillion has clambered on without asking.
When he gets comfortable and set in a stable position he will give you the nod.
Get on from the left hand side, swing your right leg over the bike and on to the peg, then bring your left leg up and shuffle into position with both feet on the pegs.
Avoid the temptation to mount the bike like you would a horse, putting all your weight on the left peg and using it to pull you up. This will make it difficult for the rider to keep the bike upright.
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Put your hands around the waist of the driver. Try to adopt a relaxed but firm grip and move with the bike naturally.
Some pillions use a combination of methods with one hand on the grab rail and one around the drivers waist.
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If you are a new pillion rider the experience of cornering on a motorcycle can be unnerving.
You will naturally move forward towards the driver whilst braking, this can result in the classic helmet head butt.
The extra weight added by a pillion passenger makes the motorbike harder to control at slow speeds as it affects the bikes balance.
The best thing you can do to help is to sit still and stay relaxed.
Stopping at Junctions
Do not put your feet down when the rider stops at junctions, lights or roundabouts.
The driver will balance the bike and remain in control until you are signaled otherwise.
Ask before getting off the motorcycle or agree a signal beforehand.
As a rider you have a great responsibility for the safety of your pillion passenger, but don’t be put off.
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Father Coughlin and Huey Long were strongly associated with anti-semitism and pro-fascist views (google search). Its a bad sign when one of the first articles on "Father Coughlin anti semitism" is a defense from Klansman David Duke!
The Republican populism used by Richard Nixon is well-known to have stirred up and exploited racial feelings. Blow even quotes Carter as appealing to prejudice in his own populist call (though later repudiating his own comments). It seems these paragons of populism were also paragons of racism, shown in the words and deeds. So I'm sorry Mr. Brooks, but I don't think you can dismiss the claims of racism in light of this being a "populist" movement. If we're honest and open with ourselves, we'll see that populism is often intertwined with racism and a desire to reinforce white racial superiority. Now, what are we going to do about it?
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I mentioned Scotland earlier in this post, and it is north of the border that I return again this weekend for my tenth annual Berwick Rangers 'Away-day'. It also happens to be a Six Nations Rugby weekend, which reminds me of a previous occasion when we were in Edinburgh and dropped into a pub on Princes Street. The England v France match had just kicked off and the whole pub was cheering for 'Les Bleus'. Some had even gone to the trouble of donning berets and stripey tops for the occasion. A curious kind of patriotism, but how we laughed…
A gaggle of street urchins alight in front of us at Coatdyke, the nearest station to Albion Rovers' Cliftonhill Stadium, and we reason they will know the best route to follow. Within a minute they've turned back and are asking us for directions!Seems they are young Celtic fans taking advantage of a day out to visit a new ground. Doubtless young Hoppers in the making!
Oh to be an Englishman savouring a victory in the land of the 'Auld Enemy'. Unfortunately the vast majority of the Berwick players are unlikely to be sharing the patriotic elements of our celebrations. Sadly, they're Scots to a man! |
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Changing karate titles are a natural part of our dojo's martial arts culture. In Japan, people have changed their names: when they became the head of a household or a company; to demonstrate allegiance; and when their social status evolved, among other reasons. They have even changed their names to shed bad luck. And artists…
Name Changes: A Japanese Tradition
Over the years, I have noticed that Okinawan and Japanese people historically change their names – a lot. Usually their last name or surname evolves. But there are also nicknames bestowed that seem to take the place of given names. About 60 percent down on this Wikipedia listing, under "Historical Names" and "Professional Names" you…
Martial Arts in Movies vs. Real Life
Many people are first introduced to martial arts in movies. For me, Hollywood played a part in sparking my interest when I started karate. On-screen stories often successfully portray karate's traditional values like perseverance in The Last Samurai. In addition, many stories of respect, good moral character, even honesty and restraint come out of martial…
In traditional Okinawan karate, we promote the culture that created our art. Language is an influential part of culture. The Japanese language remains the most enduringly difficult part of my martial arts training. Like a thorn in my side, it occasionally causes agonizing discomfort. Yet it's survivable. And I don't even notice it or think… |
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When a child has no real job in the family The job title of someone who has nothing to do is called “teenager.” The plaintive cry that is a symptom of this is “I am bored” — as if it were someone else’s problem to solve.
Learning these things was part of an applied skills movement that once thrived in our schools. When it disappeared from our schools, it disappeared from our lives. Most home economics and shop classes are now gone, done in by the hands of cost cutting and the romance of the information and computer age.
Gone with these skills and functions is the experience that each person in the family has a local use and is master of something that is unquestionably of value. Performing these functions means that each person is of unquestionable value. It opens the possibility that a person’s value is not left to be measured by performance outside the home, which places valuing in the hands of institutions and soccer coaches.
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I went to the same general area this trip that I did last year. Tried not to do the same roads and stops all of the way but some of the same can't be helped to get from here to there. Some of the same is done because it is worth seeing again or seeing different things in the area.
I left Calgary November 10 and returned November 20. Headed home a bit early this year to try and avoid some nasty winter storms due to go through northern Idaho and southern Montana where I would have to drive through to get back. I managed to make it through the beginning edges of it. What I caught made me glad that I left early.
First set of photos are for our world traveller XCovlov70. No particular order, just taken through out the trip.
WOW! You certainly have some 'Toads' crawling along the roads over there!
Left home with the weather like this. Cold, snowy and it was considering turning into a blizzard.
Heading south out of town.
Last year this shot would have had the mountains in it.
Started getting nastier along here so camera got put away for awhile.
First shot after getting into the USA after some careful driving wondering if there was actually a road.
DSCF13710880537895/) by ssicarman (http://www.flickr.com/people/[email protected]/), on FlickrA bit further south and much nicer weather.
Coming into Spokane and losing daylight.
The next morning after a night in Ritzville WA.
What a change going across a few lines of Latitude, but very nice pictures, while I guess you needed to sets of clothes in the suitcase? (Winter & Spring).
I would think that the XC still felt surefooted in the snowy bits?
I just wish that they had some of the nice wide roads/lanes over here in Morocco, it might just stop the regular 'smashing' of offside mirrors as two vehicles going in opposite directions pass each other!
Driving style is certainly modified as the packed snow on the roads is nearly as traction less as ice is. Slower speeds and common sense rule the day.
Unlike over there the most of the roads here are designed to take semi's so the narrow roads are rare. That said there will be some shots that even your rig is not able/allowed to do.
Hope your trip goes well. where are you off to?
Second day of the trip.
South from Ritzville through my disliked tri cities area of Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland in southern WA. It went better this year with a different GPS and no construction detours. I did begin to wonder though as the GPS routed me through residential areas. In the end though it went well.
From the tri cities followed the Columbia river to Portland and south to Roseburg OR for the night. Roseburg is a favorite stopping point due to a very good Mexican place called Dos Amigos.
The last batch of pictures had the morning shots in Ritzville so onto the road pictures.
Seems to me that I got this shot last year. Perhaps even in the same spot. Makes you wonder if the barge moved at all....
Getting closer to Portland now.
Road side stop to take in the view. Nearly got blown away by the wind, it was enough to rock the car a bit when parked. Take not of the white caps on the river.
Seems like you have a lot of very straight roads in that neck of the woods as well?
Sadly it was not Flickr that did the 1386 double. It is fixed now.
The bridges run beside each other and were built at different times. I think that this is what makes the area difficult to navigate. The highways have been built up over time and not with the same design.
The road south from Ritzville that is now a very good four lane divided was a two lane secondary highway when I first drove it. The area has grown economically and money has been put into the road system.
The straight roads may be an illusion on my part. Easier to take pictures on the straight bits. The last picture is south of Portland where the land is flat and the interstate likes to go straight. South end of Oregon has more hills/mountains.
Roseburg in the AM.
Landscaping at the hotel.
Decided to heck with the interstate and headed to the coast in Oregon instead of going south and into northern California like last year.
This a plywood plant.
Cooling pond across the road from the plant. They used sprinklers to spray the water into the ponds.
Further down the coast.
Roadside pull over.
Always been puzzled why to cool water it is sprayed into a cold pond causing loads of steam, whereas piping it into the cold water would immediately cool it down without causing all the water loss through creating all the steam?
This year was very different weather than last year. A lot less rain coming down on me during the day, more sun shine :), but there was the fog from the ocean.
The cooling ponds are just that. The water in the ponds is as hot as the steam/vapour makes it look. High humidity and coolish temps help make it look like more. The process used to make plywood produces a lot of heat so water is used to keep things cool. So the ponds have a lot of heat in them and the water sprinklers spraying the water try to dump the heat in the air.
Those of you with trailers and RV's will need to leave them behind now. They will not make it all of the way and there are no turn arounds after the two mile one.
Right turn takes you to where the bridge over the river used to be. You want to keep straight.
Road off of the "main" road that went down steep and then some and around a few down corners, down some more to a nice parking lot with a few walks to ocean views.
From the ocean cliff to the parking lot.
Also took the above to show this. In the lower left light grey rock in the above was this.
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South towards San Francisco.
Looks like a double decker bridge.
Pity there are no 6 lane highways over here, it might help out or confuse the Camels as well as the locals who seem to like walking down the middle of a two lane road, especially in the town centre, while pushing a wheel barrow!
Last picture was heading south through the San Jose area south of San Francisco to head to Monterey for a few nights.
Shots from a few days in the Monterey area.
The ocean by the restaurant.
This a planting on the dunes at the beach.
Out of focus Pelicans fishing.
State Park beach by Marina where I stayed last year.
Middle or so of this shot is a black spot. Shows better in later shots.
They had this by the store. Oddest cow I have seen.
Wondered around Monterey before heading south on the coast. Not lost honest. I knew that I was still in Monterey.
Looking north. On the hill in the middle of the picture is a nice "little" house.
Last year the tunnel was under construction, still is. You can see where the hill side came down just before the corner.
This guy came up the beach slowly and unsure. He would come up the beach a short distance, stop, check things out and then move up some more.
Made it in with the gang with no issues.
This guy looks like he is more than happy in the sun and sand.
Down the road a bit and the Hearst Castle.
This is the Pier that the supplies and guests came in on. The waves came in on cycles and one always made a loud booming noise as it crashed.
The castle is just to the right of the trees.
This was the beginning of the largest pump jack farm that I have ever seen. Looking north and south you couldn't see the end of it and it had to be a mile deep.
Getting closer to Bakersfield. In addition to orchards there are flowers.
Down to the Belagio.
Starting to get snow on the mountains in the Salt Lake City area.
The area was interesting more so in the rearview mirror as the snow was all on the north facing slopes.
Hope every one enjoyed the trip as much as I did and thanks for taking the time to look.
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So, take care of myself, how and when?
Lack of time aside, how do I change gears and look at myself as anything other than the person who desperately needs an escape?Isn't that me taking care of myself?Isn't the decompression; the sleep; the nourishment (even if it IS to-go carbs.), basically taking care of myself?Isn't appropriating down time focusing on me enough?
So, self. How do I define 'self'?That's a hard concept. What is "yourself"?What does it mean to "Take care of yourself"?
Your self or my self?Is that the self that belongs to you?Is it you as a commodity?Or is self your 'soul', 'the sum of all of your experiences', or is it even 'you' or 'me' as a whole being?
I'll go with self as a thing. The thing that carries that 'sum of all of my experiences'; 'soul' thing around. Not the 'inside' but rather the 'outside'. Self as a shell or maybe, for example, a car?
Can I take care of a car?Yes, that, I can do. It has specific requirements that I must take care of for it to last a long time. Aha!
So if 'self' is a possession, a prized and important possession, why isn't the hibernation-carb-loading-couch surfing "escape" mentioned earlier the best choice for maintenance?A gentle, relaxed, hiatus from wear and tear feeds the soul, doesn't it?
So is 'self' now one more thing to put on the list again?Is it still the first thing to become the last thing addressed?How does changing the idea of self from person to possession make any difference if attention and action is still an obligation?
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