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Every morning I wake up to tap-dancing. Yes, tap-dancing. Our doggy, Emma, sandy-furred lab with a grin as big as her face, has all four paws prancing on the hard wood floor with excitement that someone is awake.
Energy filling the living room, the sound of four paws is a happy, adorable rhythm.
Emma’s list of priorities every morning includes a bowl of delightful dog food, a scurry outside to “go”, and topping that list: attention. The morning isn’t complete unless we give some touch and affection.
Tap-dancing is sure to repeat when we return home later in the day. She is anxious to get some time with her favorite people and all she can do is dance until she gets that love!
Falling into my favorite armchair, I invite her to sit next to me. I stroke her head and she calms enough to rest her head on my lap (she’s just the right height for that). I giggle. There is something so innocent, so endearing about her looking up at me as she rests her head there. She will melt in the moment and I will too.
This week, as her head was in my lap, I saw a picture of myself. I was a child resting on the lap of my heavenly Father – excited and full of joy to meet with Him – being my first thought for the day. When did that happen last?
Are you like me, thinking, I wonder how life can be so fast paced that sweet time with my heavenly Father gets left to the end of the day or sometimes forgotten?
I can rush around in prayer, but it’s not the same. I can find my to-do list and get off into things, while God is sitting, ready for my attention and to pour His love into my life.
In the middle of a conversation, my friend recently said, “I’m just so stressed out I feel like I’m going to be sick”. Maybe that’s you, or you can remember a time like that. The chaos of life crowds in and it’s just too much to bear.
I can guarantee that a few minutes in the arms of your Father God will soothe and heal you like nothing else can.
As I sit here and type, Emma is tap-dancing over for another stroke,
to lay her head against my chair and wait for me to respond.
We have a clear path to follow, shown in James 4:8. “Come close to God, and God will come close to you….”
In the simple act of COMING CLOSE arrives a huge promise.
… That God WILL come near to us. When He does, in the presence of God, is fullness of joy. (Psalm 16:11)
James continues, “Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.”
My heart feels a divine call to be more about dwelling in God’s love than being in love with what the world offers. Coming away to the arms of the Father throughout your day is what’s missing. Not more time, more coffee, more resources…
Emma returns to my side often. It’s not a planned ritual, not forced, but a simple puppy love. I pray that God makes me like that – as my heart continues being drawn to sit. By His side. In His Word. Deeper in His Presence.
That’s when I will be fully alive.
Maybe I should take up tap-dancing, too.
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1. Closer To Your Heart – Desperation Band
2. Singing Over Us – Worship Central
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The Founder's Collection, 2022
An exclusive collection of beautiful, esoteric teas. Specially curated by Song Tea founder Peter Luong.
The Founder's Collection is a subscription series that takes members beyond Song's core teas. Sourced by Song's founder and tea buyer, Peter Luong, the collection features outstanding, unique, and enigmatic teas that are not available anywhere else.
Volume 04 of The Founder’s Collection is a departure from Song’s usual sourcing grounds, featuring teas grown and crafted well beyond the borders of China and Taiwan. Over the course of six issues, we’ll taste our way around the globe, from Asia to the Americas. We’ll discuss history, traditions, cultivars and craftsmanship, and discover the unique cartography of sweetness and flavor, endemic to the camelia sinensis family.
Using the same methods and process that Peter has relied on in the field for nearly two decades, we’ll cup each shipment of teas together, take notes, and share feedback in regular guided group tastings online. Tea is a drink to be shared with friends, wherever they may be. We hope you’ll join us as we embark on a journey across the globe.
Membership is limited to 50 participants.
As a member, you will receive a shipment from the collection every other month, six times a year. Your first shipment will arrive in July 2022, barring shipment issues at origin. Price is inclusive of shipping.
Each issue of the collection includes a number of thoughtfully selected teas, along with brewing guidelines, a personal note from Peter detailing the origin of each tea, the story of how he found it, and why it made the cut for the collection.
We estimate 50-120 grams of tea per shipment. However, exact tea quantities may vary depending on the type and rarity of the tea in each shipment.
More familiar with our old quantities? Here’s the conversion:
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|60 grams||2.10 oz.||10-15|
|120 grams||4.20 oz.||20-30|
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For the first time, sonnen is providing balancing power for the energy market by means of residential energy storage systems networked across the whole of Germany. The sonnen virtual battery, which is now online, is currently the largest of its kind that is able to compensate for fluctuations in the power grid. As a result, German households are now in a position to take over all the tasks of conventional power stations.
Wildpoldsried, Bayreuth, Olten (CH) 05.12.2018 – sonnen together with its technology partner, tiko Energy Solutions, has obtained pre-qualification from the transmission system operator TenneT to provide primary balancing power using its Germany-wide network of residential battery storage systems.
In this way, sonnen is providing the energy market with the largest virtual battery currently available consisting exclusively of individual residential energy storage systems. Now along with supplying its customers with clean and locally-generated electricity, sonnen is now able to provide flexibility for the energy markets and expanding its offering to act as the utility of the future. The virtual battery will be used to compensate for fluctuations in the power grid among other services.
“As a young company, we are very proud to be writing energy history. In doing so, we are showing that our customers in Germany can assume all of the functions that were previously reserved for large power stations. They can create and store energy and also ensure the security of supply within the power grid. The shift from the old energy system with central power stations to a new distributed system with the people at its core, is finally coming about as a result", says Jean-Baptiste Cornefert, Managing Director of sonnen eServices.
The sonnen virtual battery takes a unique approach. It consists of thousands of individual energy storage systems installed across the entire country, each of which can be used to manage energy consumption for individual households. In addition, when fluctuations arise in the power grid, these batteries independently arrange themselves into a large-scale virtual battery. Since each sonnenBatterie has a different state of charge the large number of individual batteries will be aggregated into blocks starting at 1 MW, which are then made available to the energy market. During TenneT's certification of the virtual battery, it had to first discharge one megawatt of power to the grid and then re-charge the same amount back from it within 30 seconds. With the passed test, the virtual battery has qualified for participation in the so-called primary operating reserve market.
The power from the virtual battery can be used to rapidly compensate for short-term fluctuations in the power grid within the shortest possible time. If deviations arise in the grid frequency of 50 Hz, the energy storage systems are able to automatically, and in a matter of seconds, either supply energy to the power grid or take energy from it - depending on what is currently required. Until now, it has mainly been CO2-intensive power stations that have been used for this primary balancing power; sonnen’s networked residential energy storage systems are helping accelerate the removal of these power stations from the grid in Germany.
“We are proud of the fact that with sonnen we are now able to implement our virtual power plant technology. This is pioneering work for the German market; it means that energy storage systems are able to deliver the two-fold benefits of managing personal consumption while providing various services to the energy market. With sonnen, we have now been able to show, among other things, that it is also possible to provide primary balancing power in Germany by means of home energy storage systems," says Fréderic Gastaldo, CEO of tiko Energy Solutions.
"The ability of networked battery storages operating as a virtual power plant to stabilize the grid in the event of frequency fluctuations is another step on the way to a greater system integration of renewable energy," said Lex Hartman, CEO of TenneT. System services that serve to stabilize the power supply would previously be provided mainly by conventional power plants. With the increasing share of renewable energies in electricity generation, renewables will need to take on a greater responsibility, Hartman said.
Pre-qualification for the primary balancing power market is subject to the most stringent of requirements in terms of technology and safety in the energy market. By achieving the highest level of certification, sonnen’s network of residential energy storage systems is destined to provide further services within the power grid. In contrast to large stationary storage systems or fixed power stations, sonnen’s flexibly distributed virtual power plant can be deployed in nearly every location in Germany.
Customers benefit from the energy market
With its sonnenFlat offer, sonnen has been providing a specially developed electricity tariff in Europe, whereby energy storage system owners are able to benefit from network services. In exchange providing storage capacity, they receive a certain amount of free electricity. For the owners of sonnenBatteries, the use of renewable energies is therefore more profitable.
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Date: Tuesdays, March 7 – 28
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Instructor: Therese Keating
Location: Room 201, Fiber Arts Studio
Ages: Adults, 18+
Skill Level: Beginning
Sliding Scale: $90 / $160 / $210
Financial aid available below
Have you always wanted to learn how to crochet? Spend four Tuesday evenings learning the basics of crochet: how to select yarn, hold the hook, and maintain even tension as you learn chain stitch, single crochet stitch and double crochet stitch. By the end of the class you will have completed your first scarf and hopefully be hooked on crochet! This class is especially for beginners, no experience needed. All materials are provided: a hook along with your choice of yarns from Fiber Arts Studio’s vast collection. Repeat students and those who already know the basics but want to practice are also welcome.
Instructor / Artist
I have been crocheting most of my life. My mother taught me, as well as many other things, needlepoint, sewing, quilting, cooking, preserving, etc. I have always favored crochet.
I grew up in Buffalo NY, went to college in Atlanta, started working in the fashion industry in NYC which brought me to LA as the western states sales manager for Giorgio Armani menswear. 40+ years living in LA, a son and a transition (after 20 years) from fashion to wine. I moved to Sonoma 5 years ago (great decision!) and work in guest relations at Opus One in Napa. I’ve become a grandma and play with clay a lot (started that 10 years ago) at the Sonoma Community Center. I continue my sewing, needlepoint and, of course, crocheting all through my life.
When you register for a class, you’ll be offered three price tiers. The middle tier comes closest to what our registration fees used to be, and covers about 50% of the full cost of your participation in the class – with the other 50% covered by community donations. The first tier creates accessibility for people with limited income, while the third tier covers the full cost of participation – so that we can use community donations to support other people’s registration costs. When you choose to register at the third tier, you directly help support the Center’s efforts to remove financial barriers for others.
The Sonoma Community Center (the Center) strives to create an inclusive, safe community where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. The Center is committed to creating such an environment because it brings out the fullest potential in each of us, which, in turn, contributes directly to creating a community of belonging. In order to ensure a positive, safe, and welcoming experience for everyone, all program participants are asked to abide by the following policies, community agreements, and restorative safety protocol.
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Your home repair tasks change every season. You have to maintain your front lawn when autumn arrives, or you must turn up the cooling system during the summer. However, the winter season subjects homeowners to more maintenance tasks than other seasons. You will need to stabilize your entire house if you want to avoid putting your loved ones in danger during snowy nights. Here are some of the most important repair tasks you need to prioritize to help you protect your house during the winter season:
Keep the Furnace Working
The cold weather will be an inconvenience throughout the winter season. Blankets, hot coffee, and jackets will not be able to keep you warm if snow surrounds your house. You will need to find a better alternative to help keep your place habitable.
Fortunately, almost all homes have a heating system installed. You can set the thermostat to a comfortable temperature to keep you and your loved ones warm. You will experience a lot of cold nights if you fail to keep your furnace running in good condition, though. This is why you should consider cleaning the filters to avoid blockage in the system. If you notice that the heater is not working, you need to hire professionals who can provide furnace repair in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Inspect the Roof
Snow will pile up around your house, including the roof. It will be easy to plow snow on your backyard or front lawn. However, you should prioritize keeping your roof free from heavy debris. You will risk damaging your house, particularly the gutter and foundation, if you fail to clear the snow from your roof. The cold temperature will make roof materials fragile, especially when snow sits on them for hours on end. A damaged roof might cave in, which could lead to costly repairs. Loose shingles may also cause leaks inside your home.
Seal Holes and Cracks Leading to the House
When snow falls, pests will be desperate to find warm shelters in hopes of staying alive. Unfortunately, pests can find the most unusual pathways to a house. If you want to avoid inviting unwanted insects inside your house, you need to seal the smallest holes and cracks. You should consider filling holes with caulk or foam. Your chimney might be able to keep you warm during winter, but it may also be a big entrance for pests. If you are not going to use your chimney, you should consider sealing it shut. The roofline and pipes may also be entry points for pests. You must seal holes and cracks from the outside to avoid having a collection of dead insects in the holes and cracks.
Protect the Fragile Entryways
Glass and wood are both fragile items that make up the house’s entry points. Windows and doors are essential parts of home security, which is why you need to bolster them during winter. Glass will easily shatter if it reaches freezing point. The smallest weight of snow can immediately break glass windows. Add solid barriers to the glass to avoid pellets and snow from causing damage inside your home.
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Mahendra Nath Das’ execution has been suspended until 21 July by the Gauhati High Court in Assam, north-east India, as the Government has sought time to respond to the Court. This is acrucial time to appeal to the Government to commute the death sentence.
An application seeking commutation of the death sentence was filed earlier this month by the mother of Mahendra Nath Das. The Gauhati High Court sought an explanation from the State and Central Governments to explain why it took 11 years to make a decision on the mercy petition. At the hearing on 17 June, the Central Government was granted an extension to submit its response and the Court suspended the execution until the next hearing on 21 July.
Courts in India have previously commuted death sentences on grounds of delayed decisions on mercy petitions. Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all cases as the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.
Mahendra Nath Das was sentenced to death in August 1997 for a murder in Guwahati, Assam in 1996. His would be the first execution in India since 2004. | <urn:uuid:2aae4cb2-123d-4fdb-9241-451210277052> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://southasianrights.org/2011/06/21/india-execution-suspended-until-july/ | 2023-10-04T20:47:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.966608 | 228 |
Home ownership comes with significant financial responsibility, yet mortgage lenders are willing to work with buyers with bad credit. FHA loans provide the most accommodating loan programs.
Start saving for a down payment and work towards improving your credit. Consider using a subscription-based credit builder service that helps make payments on time while simultaneously improving your score.
1. Get Pre-Approved
One of the best things you can do for yourself when house hunting is getting preapproved for a mortgage loan. This step shows the seller that you’re serious and guarantees financing plan in place while saving time by eliminating properties out of price range from viewings. Furthermore, getting preapproved gives you time to address credit issues before beginning househunting – giving yourself plenty of opportunities for improvement before house-hunting begins!
Prequalifying for a mortgage varies between lenders, but most will scrutinize your credit history, income, assets and debts to ascertain how much of a loan they’re likely to approve you for. Once preapproved they may issue a letter with estimated loan amount that you qualify for; this helps save time during house hunting by narrowing your search within your budget range. In some cases the preapproval letter includes an expiration date giving you time to clean up any potential problems before submitting their full mortgage application.
If the preapproval letter falls short of what you hope to spend on a home, ask the lender why. It could be something as simple as an inaccurate credit report that needs disputing with credit bureaus; or it could indicate more substantial problems with your financial status and give you time to address those before trying again for preapproval.
Keep in mind that mortgage preapprovals count as hard inquiries on your credit and may temporarily lower it, yet they’re worth the small price you pay in order to begin searching for your new home – after all, owning property that truly belongs to you is an integral part of the American dream!
2. Find a Lender
Mortgages are significant debt obligations with long repayment times, making them one of the riskiest loans to take out. Therefore, lenders are highly selective about who they lend money to – but that doesn’t mean buying a house is out of your reach – there are numerous lender options for buyers with poor credit and it may even be possible for someone with scores below 500 to buy their dream home!
First step should be researching lenders that specialize in mortgages for people with poor credit. Such lenders are likely more flexible with their requirements and may use alternative indicators when assessing creditworthiness – smaller local lenders and credit unions tend to be more lenient than large banks in this regard.
Once you have compiled a list of potential lenders, search for the loan that offers you the best rate by comparing rates, fees and closing costs – this choice will ultimately determine how much your mortgage costs over its lifecycle.
Prior to applying for a mortgage, it’s crucial that you build up your savings. Not only will this allow you to afford your payments but will also serve as an emergency fund in case unexpected expenses such as home repairs arise. Furthermore, having sufficient reserves increases the odds of pre-approval from lenders as they’ll know you can manage all the associated monthly expenses of homeownership.
Take into consideration that it’s not just your credit score that matters, but rather the entire picture of your financial health. Therefore, it is advisable to thoroughly assess all aspects of your profile such as debt-to-income ratio, income and assets. Furthermore, any negative information such as bankruptcy or foreclosure must be disclosed so lenders can assess risk associated with lending to you.
Never wait too long before applying for a mortgage loan; otherwise your credit may fall further behind, making it harder for you to catch up later. Furthermore, 34 percent of first-time buyers discover errors on their credit report so it’s best to get it checked as soon as you begin shopping for homes.
3. Make Your Down Payment
As many first-time homebuyers know, purchasing a house can be the single largest investment they ever make and one of the costliest debts they will incur, taking decades to repay. Due to these risks, mortgage lenders tend to restrict who they lend money to and often reserve them only for those with excellent credit scores; those with less-than-stellar scores often end up turned away or charged additional fees.
One way to increase your chances of securing a mortgage with poor credit is saving for a down payment. If possible, aim to put down at least five percent of your target home price as an initial down payment; some loan types or lenders require 10-20 percent down payments.
What your savings goals should be depends on when and how soon you plan to buy a home. A RamseyTrusted home loan specialist can assist in running the numbers to ascertain how much should be set aside for down payments and closing costs.
If you don’t have enough savings for a down payment, consider alternative financing solutions. For instance, seller financing allows a seller to act both as buyer and lender in one deal and avoid making a down payment altogether.
As another way of saving for a down payment, using an interest-bearing savings account may be an ideal solution. A RamseyTrusted home loan specialist will be able to recommend the ideal accounts.
Finally, another way of funding your down payment could be using funds from your 401(k), IRA, friends and family or others – but first speak with both Redfin agent and mortgage lender about these options so they understand all their potential ramifications.
Debt can often prevent people from qualifying for mortgages. If this is your issue and you’re concerned about being able to make a down payment on a house, it is wise to look closely at your finances – with just a few adjustments made in spending habits, you might just find that your credit can improve and you become eligible for financing!
4. Close on the Home
Once your purchase contract is accepted by the seller and financing has been secured, it’s time to close on your home. At closing, you will sign documents that transfer ownership and possession to you while paying any outstanding loan balances such as interest and taxes as well as closing costs such as attorney fees and title insurance premiums.
Understanding what to expect at closing is vitally important, so your lender will prepare a Closing Disclosure – a nationally-standardized form that itemizes closing costs to both you and the seller – at least three days in advance, so you can review its contents and address any surprises immediately in order to prevent delays at the closing table.
Within 24-48 hours of closing, it is wise to conduct a final walk-through of your new home to verify that all seller obligations have been fulfilled as per contract obligations. If anything was missed from the agreement or is missing altogether, it is your responsibility to negotiate with either party and/or request credits from lenders as necessary. It would also be prudent to bring along your contract so you can check whether all contingencies have been fulfilled during your final walk-through.
One common reason mortgage loans are denied is a low credit score. Although the average FICO score in 2021 was 716, a good lender can often work with scores as low as 580 and even lower. Therefore, it is essential that before home ownership you take steps to improve your credit profile by getting pre-approved and reviewing your report to increase options available through mortgage lending.
Cleaning up your credit is one of the best ways to widen the range of mortgage lending options, making home ownership much simpler. Saving for a down payment may also help compensate for less-than-perfect credit by decreasing debt at closing and making purchases less likely.
Frequently asked questions about bad credit loans and home loans to help home buyers understand all the steps necessary to purchase a home can also be a great resource to consult. With adequate preparation and a good understanding of the process, buying a home is attainable for everyone. | <urn:uuid:5b967491-eae0-4ccf-9021-03b7958940fe> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/2023/08/25/how-to-buy-a-house-with-bad-credit/ | 2023-10-04T20:44:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.962865 | 1,631 |
The Rev. Canon Whitney Rice
The Rev. Canon Whitney Rice (she/her/hers) serves as the Canon for Evangelism & Discipleship Development for the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri. She is a graduate of Yale Divinity School where she won the Yale University Charles S. Mersick Prize for Public Address and Preaching and the Yale University E. William Muehl Award for Excellence in Preaching. She has served as a researcher and community ministry grant consultant for the Indianapolis Center for Congregations, is currently a staff writer for the Episcopal Digital Network’s Sermons That Work, is a member of the national Episcopal Church Evangelism Council of Advice, and is an active participant in the clergy community working for racial and economic justice in St. Louis. Passionate about building connections between people and helping faith communities live into their gifts, she has pioneered church planting and missional community work in her diocese along with winning a Roanridge Grant for her groundbreaking Requiem or Renaissance congregational revitalization program. When she’s not thinking about the changing church, particularly the intersection of evangelism and justice work (which is all the time, seriously), you’ll find her swing dancing. Find more of her work at her website Roof Crashers & Hem Grabbers (www.roofcrashersandhemgrabbers.com).
Our bishop nominees have produced videos to introduce themselves to us in advance of our September meet-and-greet sessions.
As part of the application process, each nominee was asked to respond to a set of four questions.
How have you navigated a changing church in a changing world to enhance congregational vitality?
My core initiative in the Diocese of Missouri is a revitalization program called Requiem or Renaissance, which I built from the ground up based our diocesan mission and vision. Requiem or Renaissance is an 18-month discernment and skills-building program for congregations seeking reimagining and renewal. Prior to this, aided congregations received no support, training, or accountability in how best to use the financial resources entrusted to them as a part of the constellation of their life and ministry.
In this program, our aided congregations have entered a discernment process to help them determine God’s call to them: to a Requiem, a holy ending of this congregation’s ministry in this location at this time, or a Renaissance, a church re-plant with a new vision. As they discern, they build skills to live out the call they articulate. Any and all outcomes are on the table, from starting from scratch with house church meetings, to closing and selling buildings, to collaborating with other ministries or secular partners to revitalize, and no doubt many other possibilities we can’t imagine yet.
We want our congregations to walk into their futures with eyes wide open and clear self-determination—not be forced into fewer and fewer options by declining money and membership. Both the Requiem path and the Renaissance path are intended to lead to resurrection—but just as in the gospels, the resurrected Body of Christ will probably look unfamiliar and different from what we used to know and what we expected to see.
The Program Objectives are:
- Guide congregations to self-reflect in terms of the congregational life-cycle
- Equip leaders to be proactive about their future
- Walk with communities as they discern their next steps
- Equip congregations for leadership in a time of transition
- Create cohorts of connection across congregations
I spent the bulk of 2021 building this program, particularly in terms of advanced communication to the participating congregations as well as recruiting and training the Shepherds team, the coaches from across the diocese who work with these congregations. Each participating faith community formed a team of 4-5 lay leaders plus their clergy (if they have clergy). We launched in January 2022.
The entire group gathers quarterly on zoom for content presentations and the bulk of the day is for team work onsite at their own church, sparked from the presentations. The day is bracketed by worship led by the program Chaplains. The entire program—all videos, worksheets, homework, zoom meetings, discussion boards—is hosted on our online course platform. (The platform has proven to be one of our most helpful innovations. Once we saw it working, I moved our entire ordination process onto the platform as well, and we hope to eventually drive all diocesan formation through the platform.)
We have 18 participating congregations in one of two cohorts, and the results are far more than I could have imagined. The diversity of wisdom arising from the congregations and the Shepherds’ team is spectacular. During the first year, we cover topics including:
- Congregational Discernment
- Lifecycle of a Congregation
- Congregational Snapshot: Data & Demographics Inside and Outside Your Doors
- Missional Community
- Spiritual Practices including Rule of Life
- Community Listening
- Parallel Development
- Stewardship, including Stewardship of Buildings
- Experimental Ministry: Craft & Call
- Church Conflict Fire Insurance: Adaptive Leadership in Changing Systems
At the year mark, congregations decide whether to pursue the Requiem track or the Renaissance track:
- What is a Holy Ending?
- Documenting History
- Tending to Grief and Loss
- Celebrating the Saints of Before
- Searching for Whom to Seed
- Handing Over the Keys
- Models for Renaissance
- Church Planting Principles/Techniques
- Spiritually Rooted Stewardship
- Community Engagement
- Getting Things Off the Ground: Project Management
Our Signs of Success for participating congregations include:
- Clear sense of God’s call for their future
- Feel supported and connected to the diocesan household
- Tools to live out their discernment
- Renewed sense of energy and possibility
- Deeper connection to faith and faith community
- Deeper engagement with town/city/county
Both cohorts will gathering in summer 2023 for an overnight retreat to compare notes and start to crystallize their sense of God’s call to them. They will meet with Bishop Deon to share with him how their discernment is unfolding, so he can provide further guidance and support to them. We will provide significant follow-up support when the program concludes, so congregations can really implement their plans and dreams for what’s next.
There have been few things more gratifying to me in my ministry than seeing these congregations really start to take hold of their gifts, reimagine what God is calling them to do and be, and take action on their discernment. Other congregations in the diocese have expressed interest in participating in the program, and we plan to launch a Cohort 3 of Requiem or Renaissance open to any church who would like to blend Spirit-soaked prayer and strategic thinking in a collaborative environment to build their path in ministry forward.
Other dioceses have expressed interest as well, so we are considering an upcoming phase of scaling this program to be accessible to the larger church. We’re finding that participating congregations are moving from despair and cynicism to curiosity and determination when they see how many other churches share their struggles, and realize together that God is not finished with us yet. The work is urgent and the time is now. As St. Paul writes, “For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God.” (Romans 8:19)
I think the best reflection on this work comes from the congregations themselves saying what it has meant to them, which you can see in the Year 1 video I made for 2022 Diocesan Convention.
Describe a situation in which you needed to create a sense of shared interests and community among individuals or groups who felt disconnected from one another. What is the role of the bishop in bringing a diocese together, and what gifts do you bring to the ministry of connection?
A central role of the bishop is to forge and nurture connections. In my ministry, I build this work in layers. The bottom layer, the foundation, is spiritual. This is the life of prayer, scripture study, and sacrament that nourishes any Christian. That inner practice is what enables a bishop to be authentically present to lay leaders and clergy in the wide variety of circumstances that arise in the life of a diocese.
The second layer is the simple life of doing church together. Showing up, leading worship, preaching, sharing food and fellowship, praying together, wrestling through budgets and agendas, remembering and asking after people’s joys and griefs—these basic rhythms of care weave relationships into a fabric of trust.
After the first layer of spiritual disciplines and the second layer of living church together comes the third level of skill. This is where knowledge of systems dynamics comes into play. How is the history of the diocese affecting what’s happening? What is not being said? Who is missing from the table? Where are money, power, influence, historical injustices, or deep diocesan cultural norms both healthy and unhealthy driving what’s happening? The wider the range of people across the diocese the bishop is in regular conversation with, the clearer the balcony view of the system.
The most important quality a bishop can have for building community and relationship within a diocese is pain tolerance. This is a term that comes from systems work and refers to the ability to stay emotionally connected to others, engaged in the tough work of hashing things out together when it would be much easier to blow up or withdraw. This is an embodiment of scripture’s call to us to bear one another’s burdens and forgive each other seventy times seven times.
The clinical-sounding term “pain tolerance” encompasses behaviors like listening when it’s tempting to speak and not rushing to problem solve. It means always starting from generous assumptions about others’ motives. It means telling the truth even when it’s scary, and receiving truths from others with as non-defensive a posture as possible. It means setting clear, well-discerned boundaries and respecting the boundaries of others. This is doubly important when a system has struggled with alcoholic tendencies such as secret keeping.
When a bishop is praying, showing up for the diocesan household, and not shying away from the hard parts of life together, she’s got the grounding to serve her people well. These are the ingredients of a life of integrity. Not integrity in the sense of rigid moral correctness, but integrity in the sense of wholeness. And wholeness in God’s redeeming love means everyone’s brokenness fitting together, like ragged chips of broken glass being formed together into a multi-hued mosaic.
Creating a sense of shared interests and community among those who felt disconnected from one another has been my core work as a canon in our diocese. I have sought from day one to earn credibility with lay leaders and clergy by showing up, listening, encouraging brave truth-telling, and naming the joys and gifts that are arising every day from our congregations.
During the summer of 2022, my gifts of connection and leadership were put to the test. Both Bishop Deon and our Canon to the Ordinary were out of the country for two months, and I was the senior staff person in the diocese. I spent much time in prayer that I might have what I needed for this season. It was, shall we say, a baptism by fire.
After the Bishop and Canon left, historic floods in St. Louis left eight church properties seriously damaged and many clergy and lay leaders in crisis. One church was providing low-cost housing to a neighbor, and that neighbor was arrested for selling drugs out of the church. A deacon had serious complications after surgery. A priest in the diocese abruptly asked for Dissolution of a Pastoral Relationship. Our summer camp was cut short with twelve hours’ notice because of flooding–while also having to manage a positive covid case at the camp and a complaint of a Safe Church violation. It was all hands on deck to get the campers home safely and tested for Covid, while also beginning the investigation into the SafeChurch allegation.
This is the life of a bishop. These were situations that called for rapid and decisive actions, often with serious consequences for peoples’ well-being, and many had legal implications. Thankfully, Bishop Deon and I had already built up a foundation of trust in our diocese. We have made care for the most vulnerable our first priority in all our work together. Because of this, I was able to quickly identify and prioritize the most vulnerable in each situation and get them the practical, emotional, and spiritual support they needed.
My layers of practice served me well in this season of chaos. I don’t believe that God tests us, but I do believe that God may say from time to time, “Have you got what it takes for where I’m calling you next?” When I was making phone calls to the chancellor, sitting at our deacon’s hospital bedside, mustering resources for our flooded churches, and activating the SafeChurch investigative process and setting up pastoral care for everyone affected by it, I wasn’t thinking about my morning prayer rhythms. I wasn’t thinking about having shown up at a different church every week and brainstorming innovative ministry solutions with clergy and vestries. I wasn’t thinking about having studied systems work and trying to ask better questions about how the diocesan organism is evolving and growing. But those layers of practice made it possible to step into some big shoes for a short season, and hand the diocese back to my bishop when he returned knowing that the fabric of trust we had built together had not torn while he was gone. And for that, I am grateful to God.
What is your theology of money? Tell us a story of exercising your leadership to move an institution into a more Jesus-centered, mission-oriented relationship with money.
Jesus is so very clear about how he expects his followers to deal with money, and we are so very bad at accepting it (myself very much included). “Sell everything you have and give it to the poor,” (Mt 19:21). Woe to you who are rich,” (Lk 6:24). “It is harder for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven,” (Mt 19:24). It’s honestly hilarious how quickly we go toward a symbolic interpretation of these texts, and most of us do our best to quiet our pangs of conscience at not living up to Jesus’ high standards.
But I think that is Jesus’ point. There have been people throughout our tradition who have followed his commandments with admirable literalness—vows of poverty and so forth. But the drive to acquire money is primal, because we have to get and hold onto resources to keep ourselves safe, fed, and sheltered. Theology doesn’t stand much of a chance against survival instinct. I have never been part of a congregation that believed it had enough money. Not once. The mentality of scarcity is the natural outgrowth of the deep and abiding fear that lies at our core.
So why would Jesus give us commands that are so difficult as to seem virtually impossible? We are stuck in a lifelong conundrum of hearing what Jesus calls us to and yet being unable to live up to it. And I think this was Jesus’ intention all along. The Buddhist tradition has something called koans, a sort of unanswerable riddle that seekers live and work with sometimes for years at a time. I believe Jesus’ teachings on money are like koans, simultaneously incredibly clear and straightforward, but also an inescapable paradox for us to struggle within.
Because the answer is the same either way: dependence on the grace of God. If we literally give up all our possessions and live as mendicants, we are dependent on the grace of God as manifested in the generosity of others. If we face the fact that we’re clearly not going to give away all our worldly goods, thereby effectively disobeying Jesus, we are dependent on the grace of God, the forgiveness and patience Jesus has with us in the midst of our tightfisted fear. In the end, God drags us all through the eye of the needle, and everything we’ve been clinging to, our saddlebags of fear and hoarding, are scraped off and fall away by the work of God’s fierce redeeming grace.
The reason Jesus places such an emphasis on money in his teachings is because it is our most direct concretization of power (aside from actual weapons, which are bought with money).
With money, you can get your way. You can protect yourself. You can make other people do things or not do things. You can insulate yourself from others. You can escape labor and suffering. You can wield influence and undermine others. If you have money, you win—in our society or in first century Palestine.
Jesus knows our cravings and it moves him to deep compassion. In Mark, the rich young ruler runs up to Jesus, joyfully boasts that he has fulfilled all God’s commandments, and then wants to know what to do next. And next comes one of my favorite verses in the Bible: “Jesus, looking at him, loved him,” (Mk 10:21). This is where Jesus meets us in our eternal struggle with our thirst for money and power. Before anything else, before the call to give everything away and follow him, Jesus loves us.
So where does all of this leave a diocese with the abundant financial resources that Southern Ohio has received? Where does it leave someone called to be their bishop? Honestly, I think being a bishop is the most dangerous office in the church, and someone serving in that role in a diocese with this kind of money and the power to control it is honest to God risking extreme spiritual peril. I don’t think there’s any way to do it without a continually renewed spiritual covenant of utterly sincere depth between and among the lay leaders, clergy, and bishop of Southern Ohio to call each other to interdependence rooted in Christ in every way possible.
One place in scripture where money is used well is in the story of the Good Samaritan (Lk 10:25-37). The Samaritan, the wounded man, and the innkeeper are able to make use of money for the purpose of healing and flourishing because together they form a network of interdependence and trust. This is how I’ve tried to cultivate practices of stewardship in my congregations, and each church has manifested it in different ways.
One church where I was rector hosted a community art auction and variety show to raise money to pay off their mortgage, making their building a gathering place for the community outside their doors to celebrate their talents. They had plans to offer studio space in the nave for local music teachers to teach private lessons, with free and reduced cost lessons for young people who had need of financial support. I encouraged another of my congregations who was embarking on a capital campaign for a building expansion to build evangelism and community listening into every step of their process so the completed building would be deeply integrated into the community outside the congregation itself.
One congregation I served with an average Sunday attendance of twenty had an “Adopt a Bill” board to help keep the lights on, but had a 100% pledge rate. One member there tithed a side of beef from his farm every year, and once congregation members had taken what they needed, the remainder went to the food pantry. These types of practices are how a congregation brings discernment, resources, and spiritual gifts together to create networks of interdependence and trust with their neighbors. And that is when grace really starts to flourish.
In many ways, our region reflects the social inequalities (e.g. gender, education, health, housing, and race/ethnicity) that afflict our country as a whole. Please discuss ways in which you have had experience dealing with and supporting multicultural populations. What do you see as a bishop’s role in addressing and healing these disparities?
As Canon for Evangelism & Discipleship Development in the Diocese of Missouri, all of our church planting and missional community work is under my purview, and this is the locus of most of our multicultural work. I have worked with two New Episcopal Communities, one which is about 4 years old and one brand new in 2022, to secure New Episcopal Community grants from The Episcopal Church.
Faith Christian Church of India (FCCI) was founded by two priests from the Church of South India, and they and their community are pursuing their long-held dream of beginning an Indian cultural center to serve Indians and Indian-Americans of all faith traditions in the St. Louis metro region. When I came on board and began working with them, I brought one of their priests on as a Shepherd for our Requiem or Renaissance program, elevating his leadership in the diocese and placing our almost exclusively white churches in the program in apprenticeship to our fastest-growing brown church. This has borne fruit as one of our small, southern-most congregations has partnered with FCCI in a satellite missional community with Indian and other international college students.
The from-scratch church plant is called Grace African Christian Connections, which is flourishing already in less than a year, begun by a seminarian from Tanzania that I mentored through the ordination process. They work with international students as well as the African diaspora population in St. Louis. I supported them particularly in refining and amplifying their practices of community listening, so that the offerings they created were in response to the on-the-ground needs of the population they seek to serve with. I serve in liturgies at these two church plants as well as continue to collaborate, support, and learn from their leaders.
I am also in charge of the ordination process in our diocese, which we are overhauling in stages, and exorcising white supremacy from the process is a high priority for me. Everything from the paperwork to the make-up of Commission on Ministry to the questions on the GOEs is predicated on white assumptions and white cultural norms, creating undue barriers to people who hold marginalized identities. Bishop Deon and I have been attentive to building a more diverse ordinand cohort and working with our diocesan committees in training them to hear the voice of call and vocation when it comes through different idioms and experiences than the white-dominant images of who has potential to be a deacon or priest.
Any bishop who is white has an imperative to pursue her ongoing anti-racism education and formation. I have come to recognize a rhythm in myself as I seek formation in anti-racism: I will be shepherded and led into a whole new set of understandings about racism and it feels very much like scales falling from my eyes. I spend a period of time living in and exploring this new reality, a period of months where I am getting my bearings and trying to live with a new level of integrity, and then I fall off the cliff again into a whole new set of understandings that I had been blind to before.
One of the most significant faith experiences of my life was being evangelized and shepherded by Black Lives Matter organizers in the summer of 2020. After being trained for the role of clergy in direct actions, I took part in a number of marches, protests, and vigils, and it was one of the holiest experiences of church I have ever had. It also deepened my relationships with the social justice activist clergy in the city, and that autumn I learned how to lobby in the legislature from a priest in the diocese who is a labor rights organizer. There is always more to learn, and I believe that I cannot lead others in formation if I am not attending to my own.
It is abundantly clear to me that the future of The Episcopal Church is neither exclusively nor predominantly white. In working with congregations across the church, I see the most energy in communities of color and blended communities who work intentionally toward becoming Beloved Community. I see God calling us to embrace the death of the aspects of our church rooted in colonialism, imperialism and white supremacy. Different congregations are at different stages in their journeys toward a more just church, and so context-specific formation is needed. Racism and other types of injustice should never be coddled, but few people respond to shame with genuine and lasting change. The more attention we put into building trust with one another, the greater challenge to our own complacency and complicity we are able to accept.
It’s also extremely important that people and communities of color are not fetishized and “utilized” to assuage white guilt and make the diocese “look better” instead of actually being better. People of color can be further marginalized and harmed by well-meaning anti-racism work that continues to center white people in the conversation as the assumed “we.” And until we achieve the full dream of God, white, cis-gender church leaders should be focused on well-formed allyship with constant attention to their own privilege as they prioritize listening to and collaborating with BIPOC leaders, LGBTQIA+ leaders, and others who hold marginalized identities.
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1982 was a big year for music. Not only did Michael Jackson release Thriller, the bestselling album of all time, but Madonna made her debut. And it saw the launch of the Commodore 64 microcomputer. Thanks to the C64, millions of homes were equipped with a programmable electronic synthesizer, one that's still in vogue.
The C64 became the bestselling computer of all time (some 17 million were sold) largely because it had graphics and sound capabilities that punched way above the system's price tag: US $600 on release, soon falling to $149. Like many machines from that era, the C64 has a devoted following in the retrocomputing community, and emulators are available that let you run nearly all its software on modern hardware. What's unusual is that a specific supporting chip inside the C64 has also retained its own dedicated following: the 6581 SID sound chip.
Manufacturer: MOS Technology
Category: Amplifiers & Audio
The C64 was developed by MOS Technology in 1981. MOS had already had a hit in the microcomputing world with its creation of the 6502 CPU in 1975. That chip—and a small family of variants—was used to power popular home computers and game consoles such as the Apple II and Atari 2600. As recounted in IEEE Spectrum's March 1985 design case history [PDF] of the C64 by Tekla S. Perry and Paul Wallich, MOS originally intended just to make a new graphics chip and a new sound chip. The idea was to sell them as components to microcomputer manufacturers. But those chips turned out to be so good that MOS decided to make its own computer.
Creation of the sound chip fell to a young engineer called Robert Yannes. He was the perfect choice for the job, motivated by a long-standing interest in electronic sound. Although there were some advanced microcomputer-controlled synthesizers available, including the Super Sound board designed for use with the Cosmac VIP system, the built-in sound generation tech in home computers was relatively crude. Yannes had higher ambitions. “I'd worked with synthesizers, and I wanted a chip that was a music synthesizer," Yannes told Spectrum in 1985. His big advantage was that MOS had a manufacturing fab on-site. This allowed for cheap and fast experimentation and testing: “The actual design only took about four or five months," said Yannes.
On a hardware level, what made the 6581 SID stand out was better frequency control of its internal oscillators and, critically, an easy way for programmers to control what's known as the sound envelope. Early approaches to using computers to generate musical tones (starting with one by Alan Turing himself) produced sound that was either off or on at a fixed intensity, like a buzzer. But most musical instruments don't work that way: Think of how a piano note can be struck sharply or softly, and how a note can linger before decaying into silence. The sound envelope defines how a note's intensity rises and falls. Some systems allowed the volume to be adjusted as the note played, but this was awkward to program. Yannes incorporated data registers into the 6581 SID so a developer could define an envelope and then leave it to the chip to control the intensity, rather than adjusting the intensity by programming the CPU to send volume-control commands as notes played (something few developers bothered to attempt).
That '80s Vibe: Millions of Commodore 64 home computers were sold. The distinctive sound of the computer's SID chip is prized by modern “chiptune" composers.Photo: Karl Staedele/Picture Alliance/Getty Images
The SID chip has three sound channels that can play simultaneously using three basic waveforms, plus a fourth “noise" waveform that produces rumbling to hissing static sounds, depending on the frequency. The chip has the ability to filter and modulate the channels to produce an even wider range of sounds. Some programmers discovered they could tease the chip into doing things it was never designed to do, such as speech synthesis. This was perhaps most famously used in Ghostbusters, a 1984 game based on the movie of the same name in which the C64 would utter low-fidelity catchphrases from the movie, such as “He slimed me!"
But stunts like speech synthesis aside, the SID chip's design meant that home computer games could have truly musical soundtracks. Developers started hiring composers to create original works for C64 games—indeed, some titles today are solely remembered because of a catchy soundtrack.
Unlike in modern game development, in which soundtrack creation is technically similar to conventional music recording (up to, and including, using orchestras and choirs), these early composers had to be familiar with how the SID chip was programmed at the hardware level, as well as its behavioral quirks. (Because the chip got to market so quickly, MOS's documentation of the 6581 SID was notoriously lousy, with Yannes acknowledging to Spectrum in 1985 that “the spec sheet got distributed and copied and rewritten by various people until it made practically no sense anymore.")
At the time, these composers were generally unknown outside the games industry. Many of them moved on to other things after the home computer boom faded and their peculiar hybrid combination of musical and programming expertise was less in demand. In more recent years however, some of them have been celebrated, such as the prolific Ben Daglish, who composed the music for dozens of popular games.
Daglish (who created my favorite C64 soundtrack, for 1987's Re-Bounder) was initially bemused that people in the 21st century were still interested in music created for, and by, the SID chip, but he became a popular guest at retrocomputing and so-called chiptunes events before his untimely death in late 2018.
Chiptunes (also known as bitpop) is a genre of original music that leans into the distinctive sound of 1980s computer sound chips. Some composers use modern synthesizers programmed to replicate that sound, but others like to use the original hardware, especially the SID chips (with or without the surrounding C64 system). Because the 6581 SID hasn't been in production for many years, this has resulted in a brisk aftermarket for old chips—and one that's big enough that crooks have made fake chips, or reconditioned dead chips, to sell to enthusiasts. Other people have created modern drop-in replacements for the SID chip, such as the SwinSID.
There are several options if you'd like to listen to a classic C64 game soundtrack or a modern chiptune without investing in hardware. You can find many on YouTube, and projects like SOASC= are dedicated to playing tunes on original SID chips and recording the output using modern audio formats. But for a good balance between modern convenience and hard-core authenticity, I'd recommend using a player like Sidplay, which emulates the SID chip and can play music data extracted from original software code. Even after the last SID chip finally burns out, its sound will live on.
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September 17, 2023, 2:45 pm
Here’s some Pick ‘Em plays our team is looking at for today’s MLB slate!
Writer’s Record: 99-78-10 (+8.25 Units)
Reid Detmers OVER 5.5 Pitcher Strikeouts
One of the few positives for Angels fans this year has been the emergence of Reid Detmers as a legitimate member of their starting rotation. His strikeout numbers have been really good as indicated by his K/9 which sits at 10.07. The Tigers rank third in total strikeouts over the past 30 days and are top-10 over the season. In Detmers’ last start, he got up to 108 pitches, which tells you that Phil Nevin will let him work.
Jordan Wicks OVER 3.0 Pitcher Strikeouts
The rookie came out of the gate really hot with a nine strikeout performance in his debut. Since then, his strikeout numbers have dipped considerably, but he is still seeing a ton of action. In his four starts, Wicks has averaged 89 pitches and has lasted 15 outs in all four of them. He has only allowed five runs in those four starts and with this number sitting at a very low three, he should be able to manage three strikeouts over that many outs. This is a huge spot for the 24-year-old lefty as both of these teams are fighting for an NL wild card playoff berth.
Seiya Suzuki OVER 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs
Seiya Suzuki has had an excellent sophomore season for the Cubs and he has had an even better month of September. The Cubs need this one after dropping the first two of this series to their wild card rivals and Suzuki has been one of their top offensive contributors recently. In September, Suzuki is hitting .377 with 10 runs scored and 17 RBIs. Ryne Nelson starts for the home team Diamondbacks and his performances of late have been all over the place. Nelson has allowed six runs in three out of his last four starts.
Ryne Nelson OVER 2.5 Earned Runs Allowed
The Diamondbacks will turn to the rookie in a big spot on primetime and he has just not been effective. He was sent down to Triple-A about a month ago and it does not seem to have yielded any positive adjustments. Nelson got crushed by the Mets in his last start, allowing six runs on seven hits. The Cubs will need their offense to carry the day as they are also turning to a rookie in Jordan Wicks. The Cubs need this game to keep their playoff hopes alive and they will have a relatively easy matchup against the rookie right-hander. | <urn:uuid:f256628b-b18f-4fae-954d-a623d29a24d7> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://sportsethos.com/articles/mlb-pick-em-plays-of-the-day-for-sunday-september-17th/ | 2023-10-04T21:05:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.982701 | 561 |
September 8, 2023, 3:01 pm
Arizona Cardinals @ Washington Commanders Lines Available
Cardinals(+260) @ Commanders(-325): O/U 38.0
Commanders -7.0 (-110), Cardinals +7.0(-110)
The Washington Commanders open their season at home as heavy favorites against the Arizona Cardinals. The Commanders start another season with a new starting quarterback in Sam Howell. Howell is surrounded by a solid group of offensive weapons and a new offensive coordinator in Eric Bieniemy. The Cardinals open their season with major question marks on whether they are even attempting to compete this season.
Main Storylines to Watch
How does the Commanders’ offense look under Eric Bieniemy? Eric Bieniemy has had a ton of success as Kansas City Chief’s offensive coordinator under head coach Andy Reid and all-pro QB Patrick Mahomes. Bieniemy is on his own now and it should be interesting to see how this offense is run without an all-pro, future hall-of-fame quarterback. The new offense will be centered around second-year quarterback Sam Howell. If Howell can get the ball out quickly to all of his offensive weapons, this offense could surprise many.
Will the Cardinals have a fantasy-relevant offense? Kyler Murray is out for at least four games as he recovers from last season’s knee injury. Instead of keeping veteran QB Colt McCoy, the Cardinals opted to start the year with veteran, journeyman Joshua Dobbs and rookie Clayton Tune as the quarterback options. Deandre Hopkins was traded this offseason leaving Marquise Brown and Rondale Moore as the projected target leaders in the receiving game. James Conner has been a solid option in past years, but if the offense sputters behind poor quarterback play, Conner’s scoring opportunities could be few and far between.
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Wrestling: We have proof that wrestling is the world's oldest sport. Wrestlers are seen in the famous cave paintings of Lascaux, France, which date back 15,300 years. So we can reasonably claim that wrestling was a popular sport at the time.
Men wrestle to be strong and powerful. It is also a way for them to show off their muscles and test their strength against others. Some men may even wear skimpy clothes or nothing at all when they wrestle if they are not able to find anything else to match up with their opponent's body type.
Here are the three main ones:
Free-for-all rules. In this rule style, there are no restrictions on what positions wrestlers can be put in during a match. Whoever gets to the mat first wins that round.
Loser leaves the ring. In this rule style, if one wrestler loses by fall, he or she must leave the ring or be counted out.
Time limit rules. In this rule style, there is a set amount of time that a match lasts. If either wrestler does not get to their feet before the end of the time period, then they lose.
Wrestling is regarded as the world's oldest sport. Its roots may be traced back to 15,000 years in French cave art. It entails grappling tactics such as clinch combat, throws, and takedowns, to mention a few, used by one fighter against another to obtain dominance.
Sprinting and wrestling were most likely the first organized sports. Both of these games have been shown in cave paintings dating back over 17,000 years. Competitive swimming, archery, and horse racing were also performed more than 10,000 years ago, according to research.
Wrestling is one of the oldest combat sports and is popular with millions of people. Wrestling is a contact sport that includes clinches, fights, takedowns, joint locks, pins, and punches, among other things. Wrestling was employed as a competitive sport at the Olympics as well as entertainment for the rich in ancient Greece.
A 100-meter sprint is the most common approach to track the growth of sports. About the early twentieth century, the world record for men's 100m was around 10.8. Sports progress finally led to Usain Bolt's 9.58 world record in 2009, a 1.2 second drop.
What was the very first sport that was ever played? Although it is hard to know for certain, wrestling and boxing are often regarded as the earliest sports ever played. Running competitions, a simple form of human transportation, would have been among the first sports practiced. We do not know how or where these early games were played, but they must have been very exciting things to watch!
Over time, other sports were added to the list of ancient games: ball games, such as soccer, were played in Europe and Asia around 1000 A.D., while American football came about in 1872. Over time, some other sports have also been invented, such as ice hockey in 1879 and basketball in 1891. In fact, there are so many different types of games that we can say with certainty that sport is a fairly new invention!
Why do people play sports? People play sports for many reasons. Some people like to compete against others for fun or fame. Others play because it is good for their health by keeping them active and reducing the risk of illness. Still others play to make themselves look nice or useful to others. Actually, there are many reasons why people play sports. The most important thing is that they enjoy themselves.
Who are some famous athletes? Many people know Nicklaus van der Sluis by his nickname "Jackie Robinson".
Wrestling (aba wrestling, grease wrestling), horse racing, jereed, camel wrestling, bullfighting, cockfighting, hunting, and other sports are included in this section. These games were popular among the Arabs and medieval Europeans.
Wrestling is the sport of two people on a mat trying to throw each other off using their body weight only. It is played by men and women world-wide. In fact, it is one of the most popular sports for women in countries such as Iran, Iraq, and Turkey. Traditional wrestling is done without any rules or regulations. The only objective is for one person to be thrown off of the mat.
In some countries, such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, wrestlers train from a young age for a career in the sport. School-aged children wear the same clothes they would use in competitions and practice falls with their parents or friends.
In other countries, such as the United States, wrestling is not considered a traditional sport. But it is still popular among adults in many parts of the country. In fact, it is one of the most popular sports for adults in Utah, Nevada, Oklahoma, and Arizona.
Wrestlers who compete at the college level usually do so while wearing uniforms that distinguish them from fans attending other events.
Boxing, horse racing, and baseball were the three most popular sports 100 years ago. It's difficult to discover exact figures, but it's apparent that those were the major three in some order in the early 1900s. Gambling is the reason that horse racing and boxing are so popular. People love to risk money on something that may or may not happen later.
Baseball had more fans than boxing or horse racing back then. In fact, it's estimated that there were 10 million people living in the United States in 1901. Only 3 percent of these people were black Americans, however. So, boxing and horse racing mainly attracted white males.
Football didn't exist back then. Basketball was just becoming popular. Ice hockey was becoming popular too, but ice skating facilities were few and far between back then. So, the majority of people didn't have access to an ice rink, which is why ice hockey isn't as popular as it is now.
The Olympics were first held in 1896 in Athens, Greece. Baseball and boxing were both part of this event. These two sports were the main attractions with other events such as gymnastics, wrestling, and diving also being included. The idea behind having different events during the Olympics is so that if someone gets injured they can still participate in the games despite their injury. For example, if someone breaks their leg while wrestling, they would be able to take part in another event such as boxing or soccer instead. | <urn:uuid:c88d8a6c-dd7c-4786-9d89-015a85a5ca90> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://sportsmanist.com/which-is-the-ancient-sport-in-the-world | 2023-10-04T20:24:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.986614 | 1,310 |
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The idea of making peace with your inner critic isn’t a new idea and there are already whole books written on the topic. However I’ve found it to be such a transformative aspect of the therapy process that I wanted to write a blog about it. My approach isn’t unique; it falls under the framework of Internal Family Systems (IFS: founder is Richard Schwartz PhD). This is the framework I use overall in my work with clients regardless of the issue since it is amazingly applicable to virtually any challenge or struggle.
In a large nutshell, here’s the paradigm: It’s a bit more complicated than what I can include in this blog, but hopefully this will give you a general idea about what the process involves.
*Most of us have inner critics (not just one either!). Think of them as actual people living inside of you. We can call them “parts.”
*These parts have been with us since childhood and operate in response to adverse childhood experiences and messages, emotional neglect, or other interactions with primary caregivers. Sometimes even seemingly benign words or situations that don’t seem “that bad” can have a profound impact on our own self-image and we carry those effects into adulthood.
*These critical “parts” are actually trying to help us, though it may appear to be the exact opposite at first glance. Even parts that are extremely mean to us or even tell us that we don’t deserve to live have good intentions. A lot of clients have trouble buying into this part. However…
*What I’ve found to be 100% true in using this method with clients is that if we approach these parts from a place of kind and genuine curiosity, rather than judgment, we inevitably discover that they have our best intentions at heart.
*The critical parts are completely dedicated to us. They believe that the best way to help us and protect us from harm is to shame us (or scare us) into “getting it together so that we will be okay.” Imagine a drill sergeant whose tactic is to yell loudly in your face so that you obey orders. This drill sergeant is behaving in the way s/he has been trained and believes this method will be the most effective for keeping order and a sense of unity.
*When we can form a caring relationship with these critical parts and really get to know them, not only will we think of them very differently, but we will FEEL very differently toward them. I’ve seen clients go from hating an inner critic to (eventually) having respect for it and even thanking it for working as hard as it does.
The process of transformation that can happen looks something like this: The critical part shares what its job is and how it is trying to protect you. The reasons it feels the need to do this are always related to childhood experiences and/or traumatic experiences. I’ll give you a real example from a client. I’ll call her Isabelle. As a child, Isabelle’s parents were very focused on her mistakes or shortcomings rather than her successes, and also on achievements rather than efforts. If she got 5 As and 1 B on a report card, their response was something like: “You almost got all As. What happened with that B?” The unspoken message here is that she didn’t really succeed since she didn’t get all As, and also that she didn’t live up to her parents’ expectations. Even though parents meant well, over time, there was a negative message communicated and reinforced for her.
It makes complete sense then, that as Isabelle grew and developed, she internalized her parents’ messages and ended up with an inner critic that sounds a lot like this: “You have to be perfect. If you make a mistake, you’re a failure.” and “You’ll never be good enough.” On the surface, these statements sound mean, harsh, and nothing but negative. However, if we dig deeper, and we ask the critical part the following question: “What are you afraid would happen if you didn’t talk to Isabelle in this way?” the answer is something like: “I’m afraid she will always disappoint people and that they will abandon her.” So there’s the core issue motivating this critical part: fear that she will be judged and rejected by others. What it really wanted is for Isabelle to be accepted by others and to have emotionally satisfying relationships. That sounds pretty healthy and positive, doesn’t it? Unfortunately, Isabelle didn’t feel completely emotionally safe with her parents because their love felt conditional (that is, dependent on certain factors), and she was always worried she wasn’t living up to their expectations. The critical part’s motto is always “never again!!” It is invested in doing whatever it can to prevent a recurrence of the original wound. It doesn’t quite understand that the past is over and that you aren’t a kid anymore.
Once we start to form a trusting relationship with the critical part, we will come to a clear understanding of what it is trying to do for you (or prevent from happening to you). Then we can start to negotiate with it and provide reassurance that you in fact will be okay even if it doesn’t continue its behavior. Once we can convince this part that there is another way to help you be safe, this part will eventually allow us to access directly the original emotional wounds related to the neglect or hurtful experiences. Accessing the original emotional wounds can be a slow process and sometimes emotionally intense, but it’s absolutely vital to healing and transforming the critical parts. Once these past hurts have been healed, then you aren’t as vulnerable to being hurt again, so the critical part doesn’t feel the need to protect you nearly as much. The goal of this work is never to eradicate a part or make them unnecessary. Instead, the idea is to help that part revise it’s job description so that it can still help you but in a way that uses positive motivation and supportive methods rather than through a “shame and fear-based” approach. Imagine that the drill sergeant decides to retire, and instead becomes a motivational speaker. It is then able to channel its good intentions in a different direction, and the impact is even more effective since shame and fear aren’t depleting your energy anymore. A transformed inner critic sounds something like this: “Wow, I see how hard you worked on that project! Are there any aspects you feel especially good about? Are there any aspects you’d like to work on for next time?”
I encourage you to give some thought to your own inner critical parts and explore a bit. See if you can figure out what their positive intentions are. The next time you hear a critical part speaking to you, you can ask it: “What do you really want for me?” and “What are you trying to do for me right now?” See if you can listen to the answers with curiosity instead of judgment and you may be surprised at what comes up. You can also check in with yourself and ask “What do I need right now?” Usually the answer has something to do with seeking comfort such as a hug, talking to a friend, taking a walk outside, playing with a pet, or listening to music. Anything that is soothing to you (and not harmful in any way) is a good thing. And of course, seeking professional help from a therapist trained in this approach (IFS) will further deepen your journey not just of self-reflection but of transformation. Feel free to read another blog on Internal Family Systems for additional information. I never cease to be amazed at the complex and intricate inner world that lives inside each of us. If you are curious to explore more about the various aspects or “parts” of yourself, feel free to reach out to schedule your free consultation. | <urn:uuid:5b4b2a5e-ca34-429f-8779-f57d61c0d37f> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://staceyhellman.com/making-peace-with-your-inner-critic/ | 2023-10-04T20:14:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.965963 | 1,683 |
Legacy Accel is fundamentally a generous cash alternative capable of generating up to about 7.5% a year by investing in a low volatility index or the S&P 500, based on its performance over the last five years.
United Life’s Legacy Accel May Be a Profitable Haven in Today’s Difficult Investment Environment
No question, this is a tough time for investors. At current writing, the stock market has been on the verge of a correction. Bond interest rates, meanwhile, are shooting up sharply, depressing the value of bonds following a Federal Reserve proclamation that it will increase interest rates this year to combat inflation.
Moreover, interest rates currently are still low, which means plain vanilla fixed annuities are not particularly attractive, either.
Is there a way out?
In fact there is, and it’s in the form of an indexed universal life insurance policy offered by United Life’s Legacy Accel. Net of expenses you can expect returns from 0.50% to 7.50% annually. Investors can exit the investment at any time without penalty. Essentially, it’s a lucrative cash alternative.
The investment closest to this is a fixed indexed annuity, which is unlikely to have the same upside potential as Legacy Accel because of unusually low index participation rates today. And if you want a guaranteed income rider, that costs about 1% a year, further undermining returns in exchange for guaranteed income. Most importantly, FIAs, unlike Legacy Accel, charge hefty penalties for early withdrawal, which is no small thing in an environment of rising interest rates.
Why is this so? Odds are good that fixed annuities and other fixed-rate products will be offering better deals a year from now. But those locked into FIAs today won’t have the flexibility to shop around.
The minimum investment in Legacy Accel is $25,000. Investors can invest in S&P MARC 5% index, a low volatility index offering a 135% index participation rate, or in the S&P 500 with an annual cap of 7.5%.
Those who invest in this strategy are not intending to hold the policy until death like a standard life insurance contract. United Life’s Legacy Accel provides the opportunity to earn more interest than a savings account, or mutual fund, without having to assume the risks in the market. That said, this policy does offer a tax-free death benefit should the insured pass while the policy is in-force.
It’s important to note that a potential downside to Legacy Accel is that the health of its owner is not insignificant. To qualify for the product, prospective owners must answer “No” to 19 health-related questions, which may be difficult, in particular, for the older set. Those who had significant heart issues in the last five years, for instance, don’t qualify. The good news is that couples can work around this if one of them is healthy. If the husband has health issues, for instance, he can buy the policy and name the wife as the insured.
It’s impossible to know how a buyer of Legacy Accel today would fare financially down the road, but the odds seem good that they can generate average annual returns of perhaps 4% to 5%, depending, in part, on which of the two indexes they invest in. Most pundits don’t think the market moving forward will be as robust as it has been in the last three, unusually strong, years. But this doesn’t mean the markets still won’t fare modestly well.
Here is a summary of the key pros and cons of Legacy Accel:
- It’s 100 % liquid at all times, with no penalty for early withdrawal.
- United Life Insurance Company has a good A.M. Best rating of A-
- Because of its exposure to the markets, returns are highly likely to beat those of fixed income products.
- Death benefits, if employed, are on average about twice the principal invested in the product.
- Although buyers have to answer medical questions, they don’t have to take a medical exam, which is required for other universal life policies.
- People not in good health won’t qualify to buy the product, although they’re likely to get around this with the help of a healthy spouse, or child, if they have one.
- Even though Legacy Accel is essentially a cash alternative, some buyers may not like the fact that it doesn’t offer checking account privileges, unlike, say, a brokerage account.
- The maximum investment for most buyers is about $400,000 – ample for most investors but probably not all.
- Like all indexed investments, there is no guarantee that buyers will reap a good return. While unlikely, unpleasant developments could intercede. The economy, for example, could fall into a recession – not an unrealistic scenario amid rising interest rates – and this could easily undermine financial performance.
As noted, the minimum investment is $25,000. But interested investors should try to invest at least $50,000. Investing more than $50,000 will reduce the drag created by some of the fixed costs in the policy, which will help garner the best potential returns. Regardless, investors can freely withdraw 10% of their investment annually if they so choose.
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The flaw is tracked as CVE-2023-40477 and could give remote attackers arbitrary code execution on the target system after a specially crafted RAR file is opened.
RARLAB released WinRAR version 6.23 on August 2nd, 2023, effectively addressing CVE-2023-40477.
WinRAR users are strongly advised to apply the available security update immediately.
Apart from the RAR4 recovery volumes processing code fix, version 6.23 addresses an issue with specially crafted archives leading to wrong file initiation, which is also considered a high-severity problem.
Those continuing to use WinRAR must keep the software updated, as similar flaws in the past were abused by hackers to install malware.
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Food & Drink at the Festival
There are a number of pubs and cafes in the village offering food and drink during the festival. We may also attract some visiting caterers.
If you are non-commercial and would like to run a small scale pop-up, please read the information here and make sure you can comply with all the terms and conditions.
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My great big box of new goodies that I ordered from the 2014 Holiday Catalog arrived from Stampin’ Up! yesterday. Yippee!! The first thing that I pulled out to play with is the For All Things stamp set. You’re also getting a little peek at the new Color Me Autumn DSP and the Autumn Wooden Embellishments. 🙂
My card design was inspired by the Mojo Monday 357 sketch.
I started by adhering two panels of the Color Me Autumn DSP (available Aug 28) to a Soft Suede card base with SNAIL. The I cut a narrow panel of the Color Me Autumn DSP, punched the top corners with the Project Life Corner Punch and I adhered it with SNAIL to the card front.
I inked up the watercolor look background image from the For All Things stamp set (available Aug 28) in Soft Suede ink, stamped it off on scrap paper once, then stamped it on a panel of Whisper White card stock. I colored the image of the branches from the For All Things stamp set with my Mossy Meadow and Cajun Craze Stampin’ Write Markers and I stamped it over the Soft Suede image. I punched the corners with the Project Life Corner Punch, then adhered the panel with SNAIL to the card front.
I pulled the stitching and a few thread out of a 4″ length of 1-1/4″ Burlap Ribbon and I adhered it to the card front with Fast Fuse Adhesive (see the how to apply Fast Fuse video here). I inked up the watercolor look banner image from the For All Things stamp set in Soft Suede, stamped it off once, then stamped it on a panel of Whisper White card stock. I colored the sentiment from For All Things stamp set with my Mossy Meadow and Cajun Craze Stampin’ Write Markers and stamped it over the banner image. I punched the end of the sentiment panel with the Hexagon Punch, then adhered it with Fast Fuse adhesive to the Burlap Ribbon.
I inked up the larger watercolor image in Cajun Craze ink, stamped it off once, then stamped it on one of the Autumn Wooden Embellishments (available Aug 28). I adhered the little leaf to the card front with a Glue Dot, then pulled the Old Olive threads from the Natural & Old Olive Two-Tone Trim (available Aug 28), tied them in a bow and adhered it to the embellishment with a rolled up Glue Dot.
I repeated the process for the stamped image from the front panel on a Whisper White panel inside the card.
There is so much to love in the new 2014 Holiday Catalog! I can’t wait for you all to see it. Alright, I’m off to go did through my stash of new items! Are you interested in getting your hands on the new Holiday Catalog items a little early yourself? Join my team and you can start ordering right away! Drop me a note if you have any questions or are interested in becoming a Demonstrator, I’d love to tell you more about it!
You can find a complete list of supplies, including card stock cuts, at the very bottom of this post.
August 1-15 Hostess Code: BQXB9WE9
Use this hostess code when you order and receive a free gift from me! If your order is over $150, please do not use this code, but you’ll still get the free gift. The free gift for August is your choice of a pack of envelopes (Whisper White Medium Envelopes, Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes, Crumb Cake Medium Envelopes, Clear Medium Envelopes, Square Envelopes or Gift Card Enclosure Pack). You can find the envelope choices on page 194 in the Annual Catalog.
Are you interested in building your Stampin’ Up! supplies a little at a time and still want to be able to also receive hostess benefits? An Online Hostess Club might be the perfect solution for you! I have online Hostess Clubs that will be starting on September 1, just in time for Holiday Catalog ordering!
Click here to see the Weekly Deals from Stampin’ Up! in my online store. The Weekly Deals are only while supplies last and only available at these great prices through August 11.
If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator. Just click on the Order Stampin’ Up! Online Now button on the right side of the screen to go directly to my online store or drop me an email if you have any questions. Happy Stamping!
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- Soft Suede – 4-1/4″ x 11″ card base
- Whisper White – 2″ x 3-1/4″ panel, 1″ x 3″ strip, 4″ x 5-1/4″ panel (inside card)
- Color Me Autumn Designer Series Paper – 4″ x 5-1/4″ panel, 3″ x 4-1/4″ panel, 2″ x 3-1/2″ panel
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How to Do Shabby Chic
I called it our Shabby Chic card design. The picture does not do it justice..this was one of the favourites of the night. The bottom part is wheeled (using a Stampin' Around wheel) in versamark ink using the Very Vintage Wheel (so pretty) and then embossed with Gold embossing Powder. The saying is also stamped and embossed in gold. The saying set is from the stamp set Well Scripted. The gorgeous embossed butterfly is my newest, most favourite accessory. It is the embosslits die Beautiful Wings for the Big Shot and it is exclusively available from Stampin' Up! We first took a versamarker pen and highlighted the raised embossing on the butterfly to make it pop even more. All of these products are from the Occasions Mini Catalog.
Colours are Pretty in Pink and Chocolate Chip. The colours are all softly muted by adding sponged ink along all the edges. Very pretty. The combination of pretty pink paper and shiny gold embossing with the soft sponging make this perfectly Shabby Chic (in my humble opinion!)
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The hottest distaffer in harness racing this summer has been Lyons Sentinel, and she came up big yet again in Saturday afternoon’s assignment in the $191,050 Lady Liberty.
Tim Tetrick got away fourth with the Jim King, Jr. trainee while Rocknificent (:26) and Gias Surreal (:53.2 and 1:21.3) took turns on the lead for the first three-quarters of the rich contest. Tetrick tipped out of fourth past the mid-way point and eventually wore down Gias Surreal in the lane. Sent off as the 2-5 choice, Lyons Sentinel won comfortably over Rocknificent and Peaky Sneaky in a sharp clocking of 1:48.1.
“To follow that up behind the last few races she’s had, it’s just been outstanding,” King said.
Lyons Sentinel a four-year-old daughter of Captaintreacherous-Tutu Hanover, improved her 2021 record to 4-1-2 from 10 trips to the track with the victory. The 16-time winner, who is owned by Threelyonsracing of Brantford, ON, pushed her lifetime earnings to $1,628,587 with the win.
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The Real Housewives of New York City never fails to bring new and entertaining faces into its cast, and joining the housewives in 2021 is the business coach and motivational speaker, Bershan Shaw. Appearing for the 13th installment of the show, Bershan was expected to be featured alongside cast members Ramona Singer, Sonja Morgan, Leah McSweeney, and Luann de Lesseps.
Keep reading this Bershan Shaw wiki to learn everything about her.
Bershan Shaw Age, Birthday, Zodiac
Bershan Shaw was 47 years of age when she joined RHONY in 2021. She celebrates her birthday on December 22 and is of the Capricorn zodiac.
As for her hobbies, she loves traveling and hosting podcasts. She also hosted her show called Buckle Up with Bershan.
Bershan Shaw Wiki — Parents, Siblings, Hometown
Bershan Shaw was born to parents: Jerro Shaw and an anonymous mother. Her father, Jerro was born on August 23, 1934, and was doing well at the age of 85 in 2021. According to Bershan, her dad was a survivor. He survived a war, lung cancer, prostate cancer, and coronavirus (not contracted).
Talking more about him, Bershan’s father has served the country by enlisting in the Navy. He has marched with Dr. Martin Luther King and was there to hear the “I have a dream” speech. Overall, he was a black rights activist, and one of the first black millionaires in the DC area. Reportedly, he solely built a million-dollar construction business in the 70s.
As for Bershan’s siblings, she had a brother named Jerro Jr. who passed away in his sleep on June 13th, 2010.
Trivia: Bershan’s older brother had a son who disappeared along with his mom for over 25 years until July 2019. Later, the mom called Bershan and shared they used to have horrible arguments. So, she packed her bags and left.
Height, Measurements, Breast Cancer
Bershan Shaw stands tall at a height of under 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 60 kg (132 lbs).
Her body measurements were 38-27-37 inches then.
A survivor like her dad, Bershan has won two battles against breast cancer. She was first diagnosed with cancer in 2007, and it returning stage 4 in 2009. Reportedly, the doctors gave her 3 months to live then. Now, she has been over 10 years cancer-free and calls herself a “warrior”.
Social Media Reach: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
As of March 2021, Bershan flaunted 124K followers over Instagram, 3.4K followers over Facebook, and 39.1K followers over Twitter.
Most of the posts over her socials were inspirational quotes, a few god’s words, and tons of selfies.
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Bershan Shaw Net Worth, Job, Career
Bershan Shaw’s net worth was $5 million in 2021.
She defined herself as a “Tv personality/Leadership & Business Coach/ Diversity & Inclusion Trainer/ Global Speaker/Emotional Intelligence Expert.” In 2021, she was working as a motivational speaker and CEO of Warrior Training International.
Also, she was the CEO of URAWARRIOR.com then. If you didn’t know Bershan is also an author. Her book, URAWARRIOR 365 Ways to Challenge You to a Better Life, was released in 2014.
Aside from her jobs, Bershan also had another primary source of income. She owned one of the popular restaurants in N.Y. called Haven Restaurant and Lounge city for over 13 years.
In light of her education, Bershan attended Syracuse University from 1991 to 1995 for her bachelor’s in science. Then she enrolled in New Your University for her master’s in journalism and graduated in 1997. Later, she even took a 1-year class in 2020 at Harvard Business School under the “YPO President’s & Leadership Program”.
Talking about her time on RHONY, Bershan Shaw is the first Black woman to be ever cast over the show. All excited before the show aired, Bershan shared,
“I’m thankful to be a part of the Bravo team and I’m thrilled about the diversity and inclusion this season brings. I am a warrior for all people and so are the ladies.”
But this wasn’t Bershan’s first time on reality TV. Previously, she appeared on OWN’s Love In the City back in 2014.
Bershan Shaw Married, Husband, David W. Bradley
Bershan Shaw married her husband, David W. Bradley back in 2007.
During the Love In the City’s promotion in 2014, we saw Bershan praising her husband for staying by her side through the sickness. She said,
“The reason I married him (was) because he stuck by me. Finding out that your wife has Stage Four breast cancer two weeks before the marriage could change your life. Then I knew, this is the man of my dreams.”
All the while her stint in Love In the City (2017), Bershan was still married to David. But in August 2017, the two filed for divorce, which was later finalized in December 2018. The reason for their split was unclear.
Who Is Bershan Shaw Boyfriend?
Bershan Shaw’s time on RHONY is sure to bring her love life onto the screen. But while we wait for it, Bershan shared no prior information about her boyfriend over her socials.
The last checked, Bershan spent the 2021 Valentine’s day with her amazing father. She shared that her dad was the one who taught her “how to date like a man and be soft like a woman.”
So, it could be that she had yet to take a boyfriend then.
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Elise Pollard is the talented wife of the famous NFL star, Golden Tete. Their relationship definitely brought questions in the minds of the fans about who the beautiful lady was, what’s her job, and many more.
And only that, people got curious about what relations did Golden had with Russell Wilson’s ex-wife. To know all, subscribe to the article!
Elise Pollard Age, Birthday, Zodiac
Elise Pollard reached the age of 32 on her 2020 birthday. Her 29th January 1988 birthday makes her Aquarius by zodiac sign.
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Elise Pollard Wiki — Parents, Siblings, Education
Elise Pollard was born to parents, Jan and Mike. Her parents completed 40 years of their wedding on 31st May 2020.
Regarding, siblings, Elise has a brother, Evan Pollard, to whom she is very attached. The early family of four with Elise, her brother, and their parents seems to be very special, as all of them shared a special relationship even after settling down in their own lives.
On the 40th anniversary of their parents, Elise revealed that her parents face-timed her and her brother’s family. And also were the couple on a long drive to visit them.
Thus, Elise must have had a great childhood with such a loving and caring family. She is also very close to her sister-in-law, Elisa Pollard as apparent in all their social media.
When it comes to her education, Elise went to the University of Washington for her latter education. Her high school education, on the other hand, remained a secret.
Social Media Reach: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
Elise Pollard is not just present in all the major social media, but active wherever she is present. She is a creative person, as she mentions on her Twitter and Instagram bio. Moreover, the lady seems to be on a journey to explore more of herself.
Her pictures and posts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter are instances of how creative she is. And no doubt, she is more about her family, all over her social media.
It appears like, her fans love what she shares as her fan following is in the verse of increase day by day.
Elise had more than 55.2K followers on her Instagram during the initial 2021 New Year days. Similarly, on Twitter, she had more than 4K followers until the same date.
And when it comes to Facebook, more than 1.3K and 1.7K people respectively liked and followed her Facebook page.
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Height, Weight, Distinct Features
Although Elise is not into the glamour and entertainment job, she’s got an elegant body and some adorable distinct features.
By height, Elise Pollard is 5 feet 6 inches tall while, her weight of under 55 kgs makes her look phenomenal. She is rich with pretty blond hair and her sparkling wonderful smile is nothing but beautiful.
Elise Pollard Net Worth, Job, Career
Sometimes a job gets you experience, while other times, your life-experiences get you a job. Elise made the second option happen to her as she became a mother.
Being a mother was a sacred experience for her, but not as easy because she was pregnant with her 2nd child within a year of delivery.
It was a dangerous pregnancy, but what made it so easy for her was, she and her husband had taught their first child, sign language.
Elise decided to share this motherly experience with the world and teach them to enjoy the essence of becoming a mother.
Thus, she wrote a child sign language book Sign Me Up for a happy home. Moreover, she also became CEO of the Sign Me Up Baby.
Before her career after becoming a mother, Elise worked as a Business Development Director at Harvey Nash, an international IT solution company. She worked at the company for more than 9 years.
Besides, Elise also has experience of being an intern for Costco Wholesale and Alaska Airlines.
From what all she has been engaged in, Elise Pollard amassed a net worth of $1.5 million.
Elise Pollard & Golden Tate: Dating, Wedding, Kids
Elise Pollard had been dating Golden Tate for many years before the couple tied knots.
The popular NFL player proposed to her in a surreal ceremony in 2015. He had designed the ring himself to match her taste and set up the whole scenario months before the engagement.
About two years after their engagement, the couple went for a destination wedding. They went to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for the ceremony and had a dream wedding there.
On 18th January 2018, Elise and her husband had their first child, their baby daughter, Londyn Marie Tate. A year after, in March 2019, they gave birth to their 2nd child, their son, Golden Tate IV.
Having kids within a year gap was not easy for the couple as Elise’s health was in a dangerous state.
But as mentioned earlier, the couple managed it beautifully and are teaching the to-be-parents of the same ideas.
About Elise Pollard Russell Wilson, Cheating, Drama
As a celebrity, more than a professional, your personal life comes up with many challenges. Something similar happened with Elise Pollard’s NFL star husband, Golden Tate.
There was a rumor of Russell Wilson’s wife, Ashton Meem, cheating on Russell to be with Elise. Obviously, the whole drama about their relationship was a rumor and reached an end after Golden’s 2015 statement.
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While the International Maritime Organization’s historic resolution on shipping’s greenhouse emissions left some disappointed, the decision did make progress in moving the industry closer to the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
That is the conclusion of UMAS consultants in a report that followed last week’s meeting of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), which adopted a net zero target for around 2050 in addition to aiming to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% to 30% at the end of this decade and by 70% to 80% by 2040.
UMAS director Tristan Smith and policy lead Alison Shaw wrote that the final agreement is not in line with capping global temperature rises at 1.5C — but that does not mean it is beyond reach.
“With a combination of further IMO action, and wider national, regional and industry action, a 1.5C-aligned greenhouse gas reduction pathway is more clearly in reach than before,” they wrote.
To learn more about how the IMO’s new greenhouse gas strategy moved the decarbonisation ball forward and what comes next, TradeWinds’ Green Seas podcast interviewed Smith, who is also an associate professor in shipping and energy at University College London’s UCL Energy Institute. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
Question: When the new targets were still in draft form, you said they were not in line with the Paris Agreement. What is that going to mean for shipping’s decarbonisation pathway?
Answer: It means that we don’t stop talking about 1.5C, unfortunately. It would have been really nice if the IMO had come up with something that would have buried the subject of, ‘Is this an appropriate level of ambition? Does it need to be revised? What do we think about regional action?’ But it leaves all of that on the table because it is not a proportionate share of the [carbon] budget for being aligned with 1.5C. Those numbers, as we calculate them, are 37% reduction in 2030 and 96% reduction in 2040.
What you can say is that it leaves those values within reach in practice. This is a transition that is not driven only by the IMO. It is driven by a combination of IMO regulation, regional, national and industry actions. And so it is also a strategy that will be revisited again in 2028.
Unfortunately for the industry, it means that there remains uncertainty about the timing of when those numbers might be revised upwards, and exactly how they would be changed in the future.
1.5C alignment: Whether a decarbonisation strategy follows a path to cap global temperature rises at 1.5C, which is also described as the goal of the Paris Agreement on climate change. The Science Based Targets initiative estimates that for shipping, aligning with a 1.5C pathway involves cutting emissions by 37% relative to 2008 levels in 2030 and 96% in 2040, fully phasing out greenhouse gases by 2050.
Carbon budget: The cumulative amount of greenhouse gas emissions that can be emitted over time to meet key temperature goals.
Carbon Intensity Indicator: One of the short-term measures rolled out at the start of this year, the CII grades ships based on their carbon emissions, tonnes carried and distance travelled.
Comprehensive impact assessment: Developing countries have asked for this analysis of the impact of policy measures on their economies.
Marpol: Formally the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, it is the IMO’s main treaty for pollution rules.
MEPC: The Marine Environment Protection Committee is the main arm of the IMO dealing with greenhouse gas emissions. Its next gathering is MEPC 81 in April 2024.
Midterm measures: This is the next phase of policy measures to be adopted by the IMO to push shipping towards its new targets. Under discussion are an economic measure, such as a carbon levy, and a technical measure, likely a fuel standard that would require greenhouse gas intensity reductions over time. A combination of the two is expected.
Question: Would you describe this as disappointing or as better than you expected from the IMO?
Answer: I describe it as disappointing from the perspective of 1.5C, which is the temperature goal that we are all dependent on for our future, and many are very significantly dependent on, depending on the countries and their circumstances. But that does not mean it is not still a massive change. I do not think it is not necessarily about the emotions associated with the numbers. It is about: What does this now mean, and how does anyone modify to make a decision and a strategy that goes with what is clearly a better signal than we had previously on the next 15 to 20 years but still retains some uncertainty and risks that will need to be managed?
Question: What do you think about the qualifiers in the wording of the resolution, such as “indicative checkpoints” and “by or around 2050”?
Answer: There is always ambiguity in these things, unfortunately. And that is where it is so difficult because anyone in the industry would like something very clear. And certainty and clarity are normally what help investment, or maximise investment. But it is a very difficult political, multilateral agreement that has to have a lot of countries with different concerns comfortable, and that is normally achieved through that ambiguity. But what it shows you, actually, is that there is, despite the ambiguity, quite a lot of common ground.
Question: In the case of IMO member states that were not in favour of that 37% emissions cut in 2030 and 96% in 2040, what concerns prevented that stronger signal?
Answer: I think there are two sets of concerns. One is the technological set and the other is transport cost/trade impacts. The technological ones relate to fuel availability, shipyard capacity and maturity of solutions. And that has been a very valid point made over the last couple of years about the extent to which we can be confident that those will mature and be available in volumes.
And I think, the first thing is that this resolution will unlock the midterm measures to be designed to stringencies that will create good investment cases by 2025, which is when the timescale is for the adoption of midterm measures. So that is the point at which you can actually see the numbers in the Marpol amendment that will be driving compliance requirements and therefore business case. So with investment flowing from 2025, we will know a lot more in 2028. When these numbers are revisited as to whether or not that investment is at a pace, that is going to be consistent with an even higher number for the 2040 target, or indeed whether there is some evidence that is challenging — whether the 2040 target is viable. So there will be more information that affects the technological parameters.
The questions around transport costs come from many of the countries that are far from their markets and worried that the generalised increase in transport cost, which many of them associated with a levy but is actually just a feature of the technology transition generally, will have competitive disadvantage consequences for them as they export their goods into the global markets.
That is something which is significantly affected by the way we design policy measures. And that is something we will revisit at MEPC 81, when there should be an interim report from the comprehensive impact assessment on states, which is the kind of key piece of analysis that shows how the policy measures for achieving those greenhouse gas reductions might then impact different countries. And that debate and how that is settled by the different member states is key for the confidence of the countries with those concerns as we go to any kind of further stringency increase or implementation of policy.
Net zero target: Emissions by international shipping should reach net-zero “by or around, ie close to 2050, taking into account different national circumstances”.
Indicative checkpoints: Reduce total greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping by 20% to 30% in 2030 and 70% to 80% in 2040, compared to the 2008 baseline.
Carbon intensity: Reduce CO2 emissions per transport work by 40% by 2030, compared to 2008.
Green fuels target: Uptake of near-zero or zero-emission fuels should reach 5% to 10% of energy use by 2030.
Adoption of measures: The MEPC is scheduled to decide on midterm measures by the end of 2025, in addition to revising short-term measures.
Question: Where do you think the discussions around a carbon levy or another kind of economic measure are headed after these two weeks of discussions?
Answer: [We will] have better data from analysis that goes on in the comprehensive impact assessment, a more in-depth analysis of the impact of different policy options — so something that shows what the consequences of a greenhouse gas fuel standard are, and how that compares with various different variants of a levy and different uses of revenue.
The key question is not so much what the carbon price is, but what do you do with the money that arises from that, to find the right balance between the in-sector uses, which obviously are attractive for supporting the transition, predominantly in our opinion in stimulating the production of new fuels, and the way those are distributed between countries, including for purposes beyond the shipping sector’s transition? That could address some of the climate impacts of shipping. It could include technological inclusivity, making sure that developing countries have a good opportunity during the transition. So there are overlaps between those things.
That is why it really needs to have some good analysis to help the countries be reassured that they are getting a fair deal in the way that the policy package is designed and that we are not locking in an advantage to certain countries or ending up with countries that either get economically damaged in a serious way or get left behind from a technological perspective. And that is incredibly difficult. The way that step has now been set up at this meeting, we have a very good chance of having a good basis for the discussion and a lot of trust between the countries that need to find the right solution there.
Question: What is the next big thing that we should be watching out for at the IMO?
Answer: I think that MEPC 81 meeting [in April 2024] is going to be really important to get a clearer sense of what the policy measure package might be. But really, the thing that will be most likely to have an impact on the sector sooner is CII [Carbon Intensity Indicator] revision, being a process that starts anytime now, and needs to be completed by the end of 2026. So we will need to operationalise the 2030 target, because that is the main tool for getting an efficiency increase beyond the trajectory that we are on at the moment, which is going to need strengthening to get us to the 20% and to strive for the 30% target that has just been agreed. I think that is the one that affects the most near-term action. The way that that solidifies affects the way strategies might be set around the use of things such as biofuels or further energy-efficiency improvements on the existing ships and strategies about newbuildings and retrofitting of those vessels. So there is a lot that will need to be judged and done very quickly, which means doing something even before that.
Question: Given what has happened in these two weeks of meetings, how important is the IMO to shipping’s decarbonisation pathway when weighed against regional, national or private sector action?
Answer: We have written stuff that describes this as being a multi-lever transition. We have never tried to say this is all about the IMO. Obviously, it would be cleanest if it were driven wholly by the IMO, because that would be the most unambiguous transition. But we have to acknowledge the realities of a multilateral process, and the role that regulators in different regions and ... national strategies have been playing here, as they have in any part of the transition. This is not something that is uniquely about shipping.
I do not know how I would put any sort of proportion on it, because the IMO provides a certainty about a mass-market transition. The phase we are in at the moment is actually about the emergence of new technologies and adoption of those new technologies in small volumes, to gain experience, to get crew-training issues resolved, to figure out safety, to figure out how you develop supply chains and to make investment cases, and that is not something that the IMO necessarily does for other technology transitions. It was not the case for the sulphur transition, which was driven first through regional measures. It was not the case for NOx emission control.
So I would not have ever said that it was solely the IMO’s responsibility for that. It is something that we could easily share, and I think we do need to share across all of those different forums. And as long as the IMO is able to bring the mass-market transition that we really need in the 2030s, to act at high velocity, which the regulations that come out of this resolution will need to be designed to drive, then we still have a very significant role for the IMO. But it is going to be a test that the IMO is constantly held to. It is not by any means resolved one way or the other, just because we have adopted a resolution with stronger numbers.
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In the face of continual revelations of sodomy and pedophilia perpetrated by Roman clergy, abuse cover-ups, and the enabling of repeated abuse by the highest levels, how should Lutherans respond, and how should we consider the Roman church?
We should start out by understanding that perverse doctrine leads to perverse lives. Thus, it should be no surprise that the perverse lifestyle of Roman clergy is nothing new, nor should we be surprised that it continues today. The perversion of the Roman church far precedes the time of the Reformation, and it stems from their perverse doctrine.
The Apology of the Augsburg Confession talks of the wild living of their lazy priests who could not control their bodies in holiness, the “infamy of their sordid celibacy,” their public disgrace, and unnatural lusts. “Modesty forbids even mentioning most of the things which these people do with the greatest license.” (Ap XXIII.1-2,44).
Leading up to the time of the Reformation, the Roman church was embroiled in evil and wickedness. Popes were often powermongers and whoremongers with mistresses, including married women, and engaged in simony, murder, torture, pedophilia, and other vile, licentious behavior. Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo de Borja, pope 1492-1503) and Pope Leo X (Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici, pope 1513 – 21) were among the worst.
Why would we expect the Roman church to be any different today? They rejected the return to following God’s Word, for which the Reformation called. Their doctrines haven’t changed. They still forbid the marriage of priests which God tells us curbs sexual immorality (I Cor. 7:2,9). Scripture calls this the teaching of demons (I Tim. 4:1-3). Opposing the natural relations of husband and wife is opposing natural law and cannot but lead to unnatural behavior. Who can say how much the Roman teaching that ordination is a sacrament draws homosexuals into the priesthood, especially when they are groomed into it and provided a network of protection by other perverts and abusers?
The cover-ups and enabling come from Roman doctrine, because the Roman church still sets the authority of the pope and councils above the Word of God and above secular laws. The pope believes he is above all secular and spiritual authority, so if he decides someone should not face civil penalties for their crimes, he covers them up. The Roman church still teaches as doctrine the commandments of men and leaves the commandment of God and holds to the tradition of men (Mark 7:7-8). They most significantly reject the Gospel.
Why would we expect holy lives from those who reject the Gospel? We confess that faith in the Gospel is what produces good works. The Holy Spirit is received through faith (Gal. 3:14), and only through the Holy Spirit is it possible to be renewed and endowed with new affections so as to be able to do good works. “Without the Holy Spirit human powers are full of ungodly affections and are too weak to do good works before God. Besides, they are under the power of the devil, who impels human beings to various sins, ungodly opinions, and manifest crimes.” (AC XX.31-32)
That the Roman church rejects the Gospel is clear from their own confession:
If anyone says that the sinner is justified by faith alone, meaning that nothing else is required to cooperate in order to obtain the grace of justification and that it is not in any way necessary that he be prepared and disposed by the action of his own will, let him be anathema. (Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, Canon 9)
If anyone says that a man who is justified and however perfect is not bound to observe the commandments of God and the Church, but only to believe, as if the Gospel were a bare and absolute promise of eternal life without the condition of observing the commandments, let him be anathema. (Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, Canon 20. 44)
This is still the current teaching of the Roman church, as they confess in their catechism, “we can then merit for ourselves and for others the graces needed for our sanctification, for the increase of grace and charity, and for the attainment of eternal life.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 416.2010)
From these quotations, it is clear that the pope and the Roman church reject the foundation of Christian faith, the sola fide of Scripture. In fact, not only do they reject it, but they curse anyone who believes it! They place a yoke on the neck of their followers that neither they nor their fathers were able to bear (Acts 15:10). They leave the commandments of God and hold to their own rules and regulations like the Pharisees did.
We should not be surprised that perverse doctrine leads to perverse lives. When God’s Word is replaced with the commandments that come from the sinful hearts of men, a sinful life follows.
As despicable as the Roman church was before the Reformation, the primary purpose of the Reformation was to return to God’s Word instead of the errors and heresies which plagued the Roman church. As despicable the Roman church is today, returning to the truth of God’s Word must also be the goal. It is only through the Gospel that lives will be changed. The Gospel is the key. The Gospel alone has the power to save. The Gospel alone turns men from wicked lives to God-pleasing lives.
If you deny that one is saved by grace alone, through faith alone, on account of Christ alone, you are no Christian. These days we seem to be too cowardly to confess this truth, but it was not always so.
Luther wrote of the pope and his propagandists, “They are therefore truly apostles, evangelists, and prophets in the same way that they are churches. In other words, they are the devil’s apostles, evangelists, and prophets. For the true apostles, evangelists, and prophets preach God’s Word and do not preach against God’s Word.” (A Christian Holy People, 35)
Luther’s pastor, Johannes Bugenhagen wrote, “‘God has made this Christ wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and salvation for us’ [I Cor. 1:30]. Whoever does not grant this to us is not a Christian.” (Selected Writings I:178).
Lutheran dogmatician Francis Pieper wrote, “Making the Law and the entire Scripture the object of justifying faith, the Papists, the Arminians with their followers, and the Unitarians no longer teach Christianity, but pagan works-righteousness.” (Christian Dogmatics II.424)
This does not mean that there are no Christians in the Roman church. Whoever clings to Christ by faith alone is a Christian, even within heterodox church bodies. Whoever rejects the Roman teaching of works-righteousness and believes that faith alone is the beginning, middle, and end of righteousness is a Christian. Our fight is not with the members of the Roman church, but against the false teaching there found, and our prayer is that by the grace of God, many would be saved from heresy and false teachers. The only hope for abandoning perverse lives is abandoning perverse doctrine, which comes from the power of the Gospel.
So that God may use us to shine the light of the Gospel to our Roman neighbors, let us Lutherans stand for the truth of the Gospel and understand that perverse doctrines lead to perverse lives. Neither can be tolerated in the Church of God. Let us also understand what the Church of God is. The Church is, properly speaking, the assembly of saints and those who truly believe (AC VIII). As Luther writes, “God be praised, a seven-year-old child knows what the church is: holy believers and the little sheep who hear the voice of their shepherd.” (SA IV.III.12.2) | <urn:uuid:1ce3bffd-4400-4f30-8fda-a027b0842922> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://steadfastlutherans.org/2018/09/how-should-lutherans-consider-the-roman-church/ | 2023-10-04T19:58:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.957488 | 1,711 |
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PBX homeobox 1 enhances hair follicle mesenchymal stem cell proliferation and reprogramming through activation of the AKT/glycogen synthase kinase signaling pathway and suppression of apoptosis
Stem Cell Research & Therapy volume 10, Article number: 268 (2019)
PBX homeobox 1 (PBX1) is involved in the maintenance of the pluripotency of human embryonic and hematopoietic stem cells; however, the effects of PBX1 in the self-renewal and reprogramming of hair follicle mesenchymal stem cells (HF-MSCs) are unclear. The AKT/glycogen synthase kinase (GSK) 3β pathway regulates cell metabolism, proliferation, apoptosis, and reprogramming, and p16 and p21, which act downstream of this pathway, regulate cell proliferation, cell cycle, and apoptosis induced by reprogramming. Here, we aimed to elucidate the roles of PBX1 in regulating the proliferation and reprogramming of HF-MSCs.
A lentiviral vector designed to carry the PBX1 sequence or PBX1 short hairpin RNA sequence was used to overexpress or knock down PBX1. The roles of PBX1 in proliferation and apoptosis were investigated by flow cytometry. Real-time polymerase chain reaction was performed to evaluate pluripotent gene expression. Dual-luciferase reporter assays were performed to examine the transcriptional activity of the NANOG promoter. Western blotting was performed to identify the molecules downstream of PBX1 involved in proliferation and reprogramming. Caspase3 activity was detected to assess HF-MSC reprogramming. The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT inhibitor LY294002 was used to inhibit the phosphorylation and activity of AKT.
Overexpression of PBX1 in HF-MSCs increased the phosphorylation of AKT and nuclear translocation of β-catenin, resulting in the progression of the cell cycle from G0/G1 to S phase. Moreover, transfection with a combination of five transcription factors (SOMKP) in HF-MSCs enhanced the formation of alkaline phosphatase-stained colonies compared with that in HF-MSCs transfected with a combination of four transcription factors (SOMK). PBX1 upregulated Nanog transcription by activating the promoter and promoted the expression of endogenous SOX2 and OCT4. Furthermore, PBX1 expression activated the AKT/glycogen synthase kinase (GSK) 3β pathway and reduced apoptosis during the early stages of reprogramming. Inhibition of phospho-AKT or knockdown of PBX1 promoted mitochondrion-mediated apoptosis and reduced reprogramming efficiency.
PBX1 enhanced HF-MSC proliferation, and HF-MSCs induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) generation by activating the AKT/GSK3β signaling pathway. During the reprogramming of HF-MSCs into HF-iPSCs, PBX1 activated the NANOG promoter, upregulated NANOG, and inhibited mitochondrion-mediated apoptosis via the AKT/GSK3β pathway during the early stages of reprogramming.
Increasing evidence has shown that transcription factors (TFs) orchestrate a complicated gene expression network and synergistically interact in a temporal and spatial manner to maintain stem cell self-renewal, multipotency, and reprogramming of somatic cells into pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). Cells recapture the developmental potency by the introduction of specific TFs, reprogramming proteins, chemical compounds, microRNAs, and antibodies, indicating great potential for biomedical research and regenerative medicine [1,2,3,4,5]. In general, the generation of inducible PSCs (iPSCs) by transduction with SRY-box 2 (SOX2), octamer-binding transcription factor 4 (OCT4), c-MYC, and Kruppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) (SOMK) is a highly reproducible but inefficient process and maybe one of the main hurdles for the therapeutic application of iPSCs. In recent years, many researchers have focused on the identification of important players that can enhance or inhibit the reprogramming process, such as ZIC3, NAC1, and PHLDA3 [6,7,8].
PBX homeobox 1 (PBX1) is a homeodomain TF that forms hetero-oligomeric complexes with HOX and transcription activator-like effector proteins to regulate numerous embryonic processes, including morphologic patterning, organogenesis, and hematopoiesis [9,10,11]. PBX1 is a three-amino acid loop extension homeodomain TF that dimerizes with other homeodomain proteins via a PBC domain to form nuclear complexes, which can enhance protein binding to DNA . Research from Wang’s group has shown that there is a feedback interaction loop between PBX1 and NANOG . Moreover, PBX1 binding to the NANOG promoter individually or in combination with OCT4 and KLF4 activate NANOG transcription and subsequently support the self-renewal capability of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) .
As a serine-threonine kinase, AKT regulates many downstream signaling pathways that control cell metabolism, proliferation, apoptosis, and reprogramming [15,16,17]. AKT phosphorylation upregulates cyclin D1 by inhibiting the expression of p16 and p21, which shift hair follicle (HF) mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) at the G1 phase to the S phase . Acting downstream of AKT/GSK3β signaling, p16 and p21 inhibit cyclin-dependent kinases dynamically and regulate proliferation by arresting cell cycle at G1/S phase. AKT activation can upregulate glucose transporters and metabolic enzymes involved in glycolysis, thereby enhancing the generation of iPSCs from human somatic cells [19, 20]. In the primate iPSC pluripotency network, the AKT pathway significantly upregulates T-box 3, a known transcriptional repressor that interacts with the pluripotency factors NANOG and OCT4 to promote the maintenance of pluripotency [21, 22]. Moreover, the AKT/GSK3β pathway is involved in β-catenin phosphorylation and regulates β-catenin to affect ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation. Accumulation of β-catenin by inhibition of GSK3β activity promotes the translocation of β-catenin into the nucleus . Nuclear β-catenin then interacts with TFs and co-activators to promote Wnt target gene expression . Simultaneously, nuclear β-catenin protects against apoptosis by deletion of p53 and p21, thereby increasing reprogramming efficiency .
Hair follicles are an easily accessible rich source of autologous stem cells, exhibiting tremendous advantages over other cell sources in various clinical applications. Indeed, the use of hair follicle mesenchymal stem cells (HF-MSCs) as a cell source for skin wound healing, hair follicle regeneration, nerve repair, cardiovascular tissue engineering, and gene therapy has shown remarkable success [26,27,28,29]. In a previous study, we successfully use transgenic HF-MSCs overexpressing the release-controlled insulin gene to reverse hyperglycemia and decrease mortality rates in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice . However, the limited differentiation potential of HF-MSCs restricts their potential applications. Therefore, we reprogrammed HF-MSCs to generate iPSCs that were indistinguishable from hESCs in terms of colony morphology and expression of specific hESC surface markers by lentiviral transduction with SOMK, and these HF-iPSCs could be used as alternative cellular tools for inducing hepatocytes in vitro [31, 32]. Maintenance of HF-MSCs self-renewal ability and enhancement of iPSC generation are essential for the applications in stem cell-based regenerative medicine.
In this study, we aimed to further elucidate the applications of HF-MSCs by investigating the roles of PBX1 in regulating the proliferation and reprogramming of human HF-MSCs. Our results provided important insights into the mechanisms mediating the maintenance of HF-MSC self-renewal ability and pluripotency.
Establishment of HF-MSCs
After the approval of the study protocol by the Ethics Committee of Basic College of Medicine, Jilin University, HF-MSC isolation was performed as described previously . Briefly, HFs were rinsed three times in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) containing 100 IU/mL penicillin and 100 IU/mL streptomycin (Hyclone, Australia), seeded into 24-well plates (Corning, MA, USA) at one hair follicle per well, and cultured in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM)/Ham’s F-12 medium (Life Technologies, USA) containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; Hyclone, USA) and 4 ng/mL basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF; Invitrogen, USA) at 37 °C in an incubator with an atmosphere containing 5% CO2. When HF-MSCs proliferated to 80% confluence, they were subcultured. HF-MSCs were used for experiments at passages 3–8.
Immunofluorescence staining and flow cytometry
For immunofluorescence staining, HF-MSCs or HF-iPSCs were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde for 15 min at room temperature, blocked with 1% bovine serum albumin (Roche Diagnostics, France), and incubated with primary antibodies against CD90, CD105, CD31 (Bioscience, CA, USA), CD44 (R&D Systems, UK), CD73 (Life Technologies, USA), stage-specific embryonic antigen (SSEA) 3, SSEA4 (Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, USA), TRA-1-60, TRA-1-81 (Chemicon, USA), NANOG (R&D Systems), and OCT4 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA) at 4 °C overnight. The next day, Alexa Fluor 488-conjugated goat anti-mouse/rabbit antibodies were used to detect the primary antibodies (Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA, USA). HF-MSCs were then counterstained with DAPI (Life Technologies, USA) and imaged using fluorescence microscopy (Olympus, Japan). For flow cytometry, HF-MSCs were collected by centrifugation, fixed with paraformaldehyde, blocked with bovine serum albumin, and incubated with primary and secondary antibodies as described above. HF-MSCs were then subjected to flow cytometry (FACS Calibur flow cytometer; BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA, USA) and analyzed using FlowJo software.
Analysis of the multipotency of HF-MSCs
For adipogenic differentiation assays , HF-MSCs were cultured in adipogenic differentiation medium consisting of high-glucose DMEM (Life Technologies) containing 10% FBS (Hyclone), 1 mM dexamethasone, 0.5 mM isobutylmethylxanthine, 10 mM insulin, and 200 mM indomethacin (Sigma-Aldrich, MO, USA). Two weeks after adipogenic induction, Oil red O (Sigma-Aldrich) staining was performed to inspect intracellular lipid droplets.
For osteogenic differentiation assays, HF-MSCs were cultured in high-glucose DMEM containing 10% FBS, 0.1 mM dexamethasone, 50 mM ascorbate-2-phosphate, and 10 nM β-glycerophosphate (Sigma-Aldrich) for 4 weeks. At the end of culture, Alizarin red S (Sigma-Aldrich) staining was performed to inspect the formation of calcium nodules.
Cell proliferation assay
A Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8; Dojindo, Japan) was used to detect the proliferation of HF-MSCs. Briefly, 2 × 103 cells were seeded in 96-well plates in triplicate and cultured in DMEM/F-12 medium supplemented with 4 ng/mL bFGF and 10% FBS. After 24, 48, 72, and 96 h, CCK-8 reagent was added to each well, and plates were incubated for an additional 2 h. At the end of incubation, the absorbance of the supernatant from each well was measured using a microplate reader (Synergy H1; Biotek, USA) at 450 nm. The results were plotted as the means ± standard deviations from three separate experiments.
Cell cycle assay
HF-MSCs were transduced with lentiviruses encoding PBX1, PBX1 short hairpin RNA (shRNA), or empty vector. After cells proliferated to 80% confluence, they were collected (1 × 106) by trypsin digestion and centrifugation, washed with cold PBS, and fixed with 70% ice-cold ethanol for 1 h at 4 °C. Finally, the cells were washed with PBS three times and incubated in 500 μL propidium iodide solution containing RNase (BD, USA) for 15 min at room temperature. After incubation, HF-MSCs were washed with PBS and subjected to flow cytometry. ModFitLT was used to estimate G0/G1/S/G2/M phases of the cell cycle. The cell proliferation index (PI) was calculated as follows: PI = (S + G2/M)/(G0/G1 + S + G2/M) × 100%.
Lentiviral vector construction and HF-iPSC generation
The lentiviral vector pLV-CMV-CDNA-IRES-EGFP encoding PBX1 was obtained from Youbio (China), and the vector pLV-EF1α-CDNA-IRES-EGFP encoding one of the four transcription factors (OCT4, SOX2, c-MYC, or KLF4) was obtained from the Xiaolei Group (Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China). PBX1 and NANOG shRNA sequences were cloned into the lentiviral vector GV115 (GNEN, China). The sequences targeted by shRNA were as follows: PBX1 (GATCCTGCGTTCCCGATTT) and NANOG (TAAACTACTCCATGAACAT). For the preparation of the lentivirus, 10 μg lentiviral vector was cotransfected with 7.5 μg pMD2.G and 2.5 μg psPAX2 (Addgene) into human embryonic kidney 293T cells (obtained from the Xiaolei Group) in T75 flasks using Lipofectamine 3000 transfection reagent (Invitrogen). After the measurement of each lentiviral titers, HF-MSCs were transduced with a cocktail of lentivirus carrying SOX2, OCT4, c-MYC, and KLF4 (SOMK) or SOX2, OCT4, c-MYC, KLF4, and PBX1 (SOMKP). Forty-eight hours post-transduction, 5 × 104 cells HF-MSCs were plated in a 60-mm dishes (Nest, China). The next day, the medium was aspirated and replaced with hESC culture medium (80% DMEM/F-12 supplemented with 20% knockout serum replacement, 1% nonessential amino acids, 1 mM l-glutamine, 4 ng/mL human bFGF, and 0.1 mM β-mercaptoethanol (Invitrogen). HF-MSCs transduced with SOMK, SOMKP, or SOMK-PBX1 shRNA were cultured in hESC culture medium for 32 days, and colonies showing alkaline phosphatase staining were designated as HF-iPSCs.
Teratoma formation and karyotype assays
HF-iPSCs were subcutaneously injected into non-obese diabetic/severe combined immune-deficient (NOD/SCID) mice (HFK, China) at 5 × 106 HF-iPSCs/mouse. Teratomas developed in NOD/SCID mice at 8 weeks after HF-iPSC injection. Teratomas were then harvested and processed for hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) staining and karyotyping. For H&E staining, teratomas were fixed in 10% formalin, embedded in paraffin, sectioned at 5 μm thickness, stained with H&E, and imaged using microscopy (Olympus). Karyotyping was performed at the Department of Genetics, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, using standard protocols for high-resolution G-banding.
Dual luciferase reporter assay
HF-MSCs transduced with lentiviruses encoding a cocktail of transcription factors (SOMK, SOMKP, or SOMK-PBX1 shRNA) were seeded in 6-well plates and cultured in the hESC culture medium. Twenty-four hours later, 500 ng pNanog-Luc plasmid (Plasmid 25900; Addgene) and 50 ng pRL-TK plasmid (Youbio) were cotransfected into HF-MSCs in triplicate using Lipofectamine 3000. At 24 h after transfection, HF-MSCs were lysed, and dual firefly/Renilla luciferase reporter assays were performed (Beyotime, China) according to the manufacturer’s instructions using a microplate reader (Synergy H1; Biotek). Relative luciferase units were calculated as the ratio of firefly to Renilla luciferases after normalization to the control group (SOMK).
Apoptosis analysis was performed using an Annexin V-APC/7-AAD Apoptosis Detection Kit (Sungene, China) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Briefly, 1 × 105 HF-MSCs transduced with lentiviruses encoding a cocktail of TFs were suspended in 100 μL binding buffer containing 5 μL Annexin V-APC and incubated for 10 min in the dark at room temperature. After incubation, 5 μL 7-AAD was added, and HF-MSCs were incubated for an additional 5 min at room temperature. Cells were then subjected to flow cytometry (BD Biosciences).
Caspase 3 activity detection
To evaluate the activity of caspase 3, HF-MSCs were collected on days 7 and 21 after transduction with lentiviruses encoding a cocktail of TFs and then washed with PBS. Next, 5 × 105 HF-MSCs were lysed with 60 μL lysis buffer and centrifuged. Forty microliters of HF-MSCs lysate was then added to 50 μL reaction buffer, and 10 μL Ac-DEVD-pNA (Beyotime) was added to the mixture. Lysates were incubated at 37 °C for 2 h. The colorimetric reaction was measured at 405 nm in a microtiter plate reader.
Quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blotting
Total RNA was extracted from HF-iPSCs and hESCs-X01 (obtained from the Xiaolei Group) using TRIzol reagent (Invitrogen), reverse transcribed into cDNA, and subsequently used as a template PCR (TransGen Biotech, China). qPCR was performed with a kit (Roche, CH), according to the manufacturer’s instructions, using a 7300 Real-Time PCR System (ABI, USA). Data were analyzed by the comparative threshold cycle (Ct) method, and the relative expression was calculated as 2−ΔCt, with glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) as an endogenous control. The primers used for qPCR are listed in Table 1.
For western blotting, 1.5 × 106 cells were lysed in 250 μL RIPA (Beyotime Biotechnology, China) supplemented with 1% protease inhibitor cocktail (CoWin Biosciences, China) and 1% phosphatase inhibitor cocktail (CoWin Biosciences, China) on ice for 20 min and centrifuged at 15,000g for 20 min at 4 °C. The extraction of nucleoprotein was performed with a kit (Beyotime Biotechnology), according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Forty micrograms of protein was separated using precast gels (Biofuraw, China) and electrotransferred to polyvinylidene fluoride membranes (Millipore, The Netherlands). The membranes were incubated with primary antibodies targeting PBX1, AKT, phospho-AKT (Ser473), GSK-3β, phospho-GSK-3β (Ser9), β-catenin, p21, caspase-3, poly (ADP ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1), cyclin D1 (Cell Signaling Technology; 1:1000 dilution), p53 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology; 1:1000 dilution), p16, NANOG (ProteinTech, USA; 1:2000 dilution), BAX, BCL2 (Abcam, UK; 1:1000 dilution), HISTONE, and GAPDH (ProteinTech; 1:4000 dilution). The membranes were incubated with enhanced chemiluminescence reagent (TransGen Biotech), and proteins were visualized using a Tanon 5200 instrument (Tanon, China). The grayscale intensities of the results were analyzed using Tanon Gis analytical software.
Results are presented as means ± standard deviations. All data are from at least three independent experiments. Comparisons between the two groups were performed with independent sample t tests, and differences among multiple groups were compared with one-way analysis of variance. Differences with P values of less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
HF-MSCs displayed surface marker of MSCs and exhibited adipogenic and chondrogenic differentiation potential
Ten days after the initiation of HF culture, fibroblast-like cells migrated outwards from HFs (Fig. 1a). Immunofluorescence staining combined with flow cytometry assays showed that fibroblast-like cells displayed surface markers of MSCs (positive for CD73, CD44, CD90, and CD105 and negative for CD31 (Fig. 1d, e). Under osteogenic culture conditions, the cells changed morphology from that of fibroblast-like to that of osteoblast-like cells and showed high levels of alkaline phosphatase activity (Fig. 1b). Under adipogenic differentiation culture conditions, the cells showed lipid droplet formation in the cytoplasm by Oil red O staining (Fig. 1c). Hair follicle-derived fibroblast-like cells exhibited surface markers of mesenchymal stem cells and display trilineage differentiation potentials toward osteoblasts and adipocytes. Accordingly, these cells were designated as HF-MSCs.
PBX1 promoted HF-MSC proliferation through activation of the AKT/GSK3β signaling pathway
To explore the effects of PBX1 on HF-MSC proliferation, HF-MSCs were transduced with a lentiviral vector encoding PBX1 (HF-MSCsPBX1) or empty vector (HF-MSCsEGFP; Fig. 2a). Exogenous expression of PBX1 was confirmed by western blotting (Fig. 2f). CCK-8 assays showed that overexpression of PBX1 significantly increased the rate of HF-MSC proliferation at 72 and 96 h after cell seeding (P < 0.05, 72 h; P < 0.05, 96 h; Fig. 2b). Cell cycle analyses showed that overexpression of PBX1 induced the entry of HF-MSCs from G0/G1 to S and G2/M phases (Fig. 2c, d), with significantly higher PIs (P < 0.01; Fig. 2e). Consistent with cell proliferation and cell cycle assays, western blotting showed that PBX1 increased the levels of phospho-AKT (P < 0.05), phospho-GSK3β (P < 0.01), and cyclin D1 (P < 0.05) and promoted β-catenin translocation from the cytoplasm to the nucleus (P < 0.001). Moreover, PBX1 expression decreased p16 (P < 0.01) and p21 (P < 0.01) expression (Fig. 2f, g).
To explore the mechanism through which PBX1 enhanced HF-MSC proliferation, endogenous PBX1 was knocked down by transduction with a lentiviral vector encoding PBX1 shRNA (HF-MSCsshRNA) or scrambled shRNA vector as a control (HF-MSCsscrambled). The cell growth rates at 48 h (P < 0.01), 72 h (P < 0.01), and 96 h (P < 0.05) were significantly decreased in HF-MSCsshRNA compared with those in HF-MSCsscrambled (Fig. 3a). Moreover, PBX1 knockdown significantly reduced the percentage of HF-MSCs in the S phase from 12.53% ± 0.782% to 7.39% ± 1.01% (P < 0.05) and the PIs from 20.34 ± 0.99 to 12.50 ± 1.05 (P < 0.05; Fig. 3b–d). Western blotting showed that PBX1 knockdown resulted in significant decreases in the levels of phospho-AKT, phospho-GSK3β, cyclin D1, and nuclear β-catenin, but increased the expression of the cyclin kinase inhibitor p21 (Fig. 3e, f).
To confirm that the role of PBX1 in enhancing HF-MSC proliferation involved the activation of the AKT/GSK3β signaling pathway, HF-MSCsPBX1 were treated with 10 μM LY294002 for 24 h . Flow cytometry assays showed that LY294002 treatment significantly reduced the percentage of HF-MSCs in the S phase and decreased the PI from 29.77 ± 1.850 to 9.913 ± 1.602 (P < 0.005; Fig. 3g–i). Western blotting showed that LY294002 treatment dramatically decreased the levels of cyclin D1 (P < 0.001), phospho-AKT (P < 0.001), and phospho-GSK3β (P < 0.001), but increased the levels of p16 by 1.6-fold (P < 0.01) and p21 by 2.5-fold (P < 0.01; Fig. 3j, k). However, LY294002 treatment did not cause any significant changes in PBX1 expression, suggesting that PBX1 increased the HF-MSC proliferation through activation of the AKT/GSK3β signaling pathway.
PBX1 enhanced HF-iPSC generation and upregulated pluripotent gene expression
AKT activation enhances the reprogramming of somatic cells into iPSCs [20,21,22], and our study showed that overexpression of PBX1 activated the AKT/GSK3β signaling pathway, suggesting a role for PBX1 in reprogramming of HF-MSCs into HF-iPSCs. Indeed, the qPCR analysis showed that endogenous PBX1 levels increased with time during HF-iPSC reprogramming induced by SOMK transduction (Fig. 4b); PBX1 expression in these cells was significantly higher than that in HF-MSCs (P < 0.001) but lower than that in hESCs (Fig. 4a). In addition, compared with HF-MSCs, HF-iPSCs generated by SOMKP transduction (HF-iPSCsSOMKP) exhibited high expression of endogenous FGF4, FOXD3, NANOG, CRIPTO, LIN28, ESG1, endo-OCT4, and endo-SOX2 (P < 0.05, P < 0.001). Additionally, the expression levels of endo-OCT4, NANOG, LIN28, ESG1, and endo-SOX2 were significantly higher than those in hESCs-X01 (P < 0.05, P < 0.001; Fig. 4d). As expected, HF-iPSCsSOMKP formed typical ESC-like clones, expressing the ESC-related markers SSEA-1, SSEA-4, TRA-1-60, and TRA-1-81, as demonstrated by immunofluorescence staining (Fig. 4c, e). These cells also developed teratomas consisting of ectoderm (squamous epithelium), mesoderm (smooth muscle tissues), and endoderm (gland-like structures) when injected into NOD-SCID mice (Fig. 4f). Moreover, HF-iPSCsSOMKP exhibited a normal male chromosome type (46XY), similar to HF-MSCs, and no chromosomal aberrations were found (Fig. 4g). Interestingly, compared with SOMK transduction, SOMKP transduction significantly increased both HF-iPSC colony formations, from 50.67 ± 3.84 to 79 ± 8.02 (P < 0.05; Fig. 5a, b), and increased the expression levels of the endogenous OCT4, LIN28, SOX2, and NANOG genes (P < 0.05, P < 0.01; Fig. 5e). In contrast, knockdown of PBX1 with PBX1 shRNA significantly decreased SOMK-induced HF-iPSC colony formation, from 52 ± 5.5 to 28 ± 4.5 (P < 0.05; Fig. 5d, e).
NANOG is a core TF involved in the maintenance of the pluripotent state in hESCs and reprogramming of somatic cells into iPSCs. Thus, we next evaluated the expression of the NANOG by qPCR. The results showed that NANOG expression in HF-iPSCs induced by either SOMK or SOMKP transduction increased over time from day 14 to day 28. SOMKP transduction significantly increased NANOG expression on days 14 (P < 0.05), 21 (P < 0.001), and 28 (P < 0.05) compared with SOMK transduction. However, knockdown of PBX1 with Pbx1 shRNA significantly decreased NANOG expression during reprogramming (P < 0.01, P < 0.001; Fig. 5f). Dual-luciferase assays showed that compared with SOMK, SOMKP transduction significantly increased NANOG promoter activities by 1.74-, 1.46-, and 1.25-fold during reprogramming of HF-MSCs into HF-iPSCs on days 7 (P < 0.01), 14 (P < 0.01), and 21 (P < 0.05), whereas knockdown of PBX1 significantly decreased NANOG promoter activities on days 7 (P < 0.001), 14 (P < 0.001), 21 (P < 0.01), and 28 (P < 0.05; Fig. 5g). These findings suggested a role for PBX1 in the activation of the pluripotency-related gene NANOG during iPSC reprogramming.
PBX1 enhanced HF-iPSC generation through activation of the AKT/GSK-3β signaling pathway
To dissect the mechanisms through which PBX1 enhanced HF-iPSC generation, the relationship between PBX1 and the AKT/GSK3β signaling pathway was explored during HF-iPSC reprogramming. Western blotting showed that compared with SOMK, SOMKP transduction significantly increased the phosphorylation of AKT and GSK3β, promoted the nuclear translocation of β-catenin, and downregulated the p53 and p21 expression during reprogramming on days 7 and 21 (Fig. 6a–e). Inhibition of endogenous PBX1 expression decreased the phosphorylation of AKT and GSK3β, but upregulated the p53 and p21 expression and decreased the nuclear translocation of β-catenin. Immunofluorescence staining showed that PBX1 promoted the accumulation of β-catenin in the cytoplasm and nucleus. In contrast, knockdown of PBX1 inhibited the accumulation of β-catenin in the cytoplasm and nucleus but promoted the accumulation of p53 in the cytoplasm and nucleus. Surprisingly, we found that NANOG expression was positively correlated with PBX1 expression during reprogramming on day 21 and that knockdown of NANOG with NANOG shRNA did not cause any significant changes in PBX1, phospho-AKT, or phospho-GSK3β levels. However, a significant decrease in β-catenin nuclear translocation was observed (P < 0.01; Fig. 6d, e).
In order to determine whether PBX1 enhanced HF-iPSC generation via activation of the AKT/GSK3β pathway, the AKT signaling pathway was blocked using the PI3K/AKT inhibitor LY294002 during HF-iPSC reprogramming induced by SOMKP. As expected, LY294002 treatment significantly decreased the numbers of HF-iPSC colony from 73 ± 2.64 to 36 ± 4.583 (P < 0.01; Fig. 7a, b). Western blotting showed that LY294002 treatment not only reduced phospho-AKT levels but also decreased NANOG and phopsho-GSK3β levels and blocked β-catenin nuclear translocation. In contrast, LY294002 treatment significantly increased the expression of p53 and p21 during reprogramming on days 7 and 21 (Fig. 7c–e). These results suggested that the AKT/GSK3β pathway acted downstream of PBX1 to regulate NANOG expression and cell reprogramming.
PBX1 reduced apoptosis during HF-iPSC reprogramming
Apoptosis is a key resistance mechanism in somatic cell reprogramming [33, 34]. Therefore, the role of PBX1 in the regulation of apoptosis during HF-iPSC reprogramming was explored. Flow cytometry showed that compared with SOMK, SOMKP transduction significantly reduced the percentage of AnnexinV+/7-AAD− cells from 19.97% ± 0.6% to 14.73% ± 0.61% during reprogramming on day 7 (P < 0.01); however, no significant differences were detected on day 21 (Fig. 8a–c). Additionally, SOMKP transduction did not significantly alter the percentages of AnnexinV+/7-AAD+ cells during reprogramming on days 7 and 21. To confirm the role of PBX1 in reducing HF-MSC apoptosis during HF-iPSC reprogramming, PBX1 was knocked down with PBX1 shRNA. Flow cytometry showed that PBX1 knockdown increased the percentage of AnnexinV+/7-AAD− cells from 19.97% ± 0.6% to 24.73% ± 0.77% (P < 0.01) during reprogramming on day 7 and from 18.37% ± 0.84% to 25.67% ± 1.386% (P < 0.05) during reprogramming on day 21 (Fig. 9a, b). There were no significant differences in the SOMK group with regard to the percentage of AnnexinV+/7-AAD+ cells (Fig. 9c). Unexpectedly, the knockdown of NANOG did not cause any significant changes in the percentages of AnnexinV+/7-AAD− and AnnexinV+/7-AAD+ cells during reprogramming on day 21. Western blotting showed that compared with SOMK, SOMKP transduction significantly upregulated BCL2 expression, downregulated caspase3 and cleaved PARP1 expression, and decreased caspase3 activity during reprogramming on days 7 (Fig. 8d, e). In contrast, the knockdown of PBX1 downregulated BCL2 expression; upregulated BAX, caspase3, and cleaved PARP1 expression; and increased caspase 3 activity during reprogramming on days 7 and 21 (Fig. 9d, e). Similar to apoptosis assays, the knockdown of Nanog did not cause any significant changes in BCL2, BAX, caspase3, and cleaved PARP1 expression or in caspase 3 activity in HF-MSCs transduced with SOMKP during reprogramming on day 21 (Fig. 9f). Overall, these results demonstrated that overexpression of PBX1 significantly inhibited HF-MSC apoptosis during the early stages of reprogramming and that inhibition of endogenous PBX1 expression promoted apoptosis during reprogramming.
PBX1 reduced apoptosis by activation of the AKT/GSK3β signaling pathway during HF-iPSC reprogramming
In order to explore whether PBX1 inhibited HF-MSC apoptosis during HF-iPSC reprogramming through the AKT/GSK3β pathway, HF-MSCs were treated with the specific PI3K/AKT inhibitor LY294002 during HF-iPSC reprogramming induced by SOMKP. Flow cytometry revealed that compared with SOMK, LY294002 treatment increased the percentages of both AnnexinV+/7-AAD− cells during reprogramming on day 7 (P < 0.05) and on day 21 (P < 0.001). Additionally, treatment with this inhibitor increased the percentages of AnnexinV+/7-AAD+ cells during reprogramming on day 7 (P < 0.05) and day 21 (P < 0.01; Fig. 10a–c). These findings suggested that LY294002 suppress apoptotic protection granted by PBX1 exogenous expression. Moreover, LY294002 treatment significantly increased the caspase3 activity by 1.36-fold (P < 0.01) during reprogramming on day 7 and by 1.4-fold (P < 0.05) on day 21 (Fig. 10g). Consistent with flow cytometry assays, western blotting showed that LY294002 treatment significantly increased the expression of the apoptosis-related proteins BAX, caspase3, and cleaved PARP1 during reprogramming on days 7 (Fig. 10e) and 21 (Fig. 10f). These results revealed that the inhibitory activity of the AKT/GSK3β pathway accounted for the effects of overexpression of PBX1 on the protection of HF-MSCs against apoptosis.
HF-MSCs and HF-iPSCs reprogrammed from HF-MSCs offer autologous stem cell sources for tissue repair and regeneration, without induction of immune responses or concerns regarding the ethics of allogeneic implantation. Cell senescence caused by long-term culture significantly reduced the therapeutic potential of stem cells. Moreover, low reprogramming efficiency is a major challenge for the clinical application of HF-iPSCs, thus necessitating the development of novel strategies to enhance HF-MSC proliferation and HF-iPSC generation. TFs are key intrinsic regulators involved in the maintenance of the pluripotent state of stem cells and reprogramming of somatic cells into iPSCs, orchestrating the interaction networks in a temporal and spatial manner to regulate stem cell proliferation and differentiation. In this study, we found that PBX1 promoted cell proliferation and reprogramming in HF-MSCs. Our findings demonstrated that PBX1 enhanced cell cycle progression from G0/G1 to S phase, upregulated cyclin D1, increased AKT and GSK3β phosphorylation, and decreased p16 and p21 expression. Additionally, activation of the AKT/GSK3β pathway induced by ectopic expression of PBX1 in HF-MSCs increased the translocation of β-catenin from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. We also showed that low expression of PBX1 inhibited cell proliferation and that the inhibitory activity of the AKT/GSK3β pathway abolished the effects of PBX1 overexpression. Collectively, our findings demonstrated, for the first time, that PBX1 enhanced HF-MSC proliferation through activation of the AKT/GSK signaling pathway.
As a potential TF involved in maintaining pluripotency, PBX1 was actively expressed in hESCs and HF-iPSCs. Our results indicated that PBX1 expression was increased throughout the reprogramming process. Moreover, HF-iPSCs induced by SOMKP developed teratomas, which contained ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm, in immune-incompetent mice, suggesting that ectopic expression of PBX1 did not affect the totipotency and proliferation capacities of the cells. Compared with SOMK, SOMKP transduction significantly increased HF-iPSC colony formation and upregulated pluripotent gene expression. Additionally, the expression of pluripotency-related genes in SOMKP-transduced HF-iPSCs was significantly higher than that in hESCs-X0. Equivalence to ES cell lines is unlikely to be a sufficient indicator of an iPS cell line’s utility for a specific application, but it indicates the remarkable contribution of PBX1 to iPSCs reprogramming and maintenance of cell pluripotency. Further analysis revealed that during the early stages of reprogramming, PBX1 overexpression decreased the percentage of cells in early apoptosis by activating the AKT/GSK3β pathway and reducing the expression of apoptosis-related proteins. During the late stages of reprogramming, PBX1 greatly upregulated NANOG by activating the NANOG promoter, consistent with previous studies in hESCs . Furthermore, PBX1 upregulated NANOG not only by activating the promoter but also by increasing the phosphorylation of AKT. Additionally, the inhibition of PBX1 expression and the AKT/GSK3β pathway increased the percentage of cells in early apoptosis during reprogramming and significantly decreased the generation of iPSCs. Taken together, these results suggested that PBX1 not only enhanced the generation of HF-iPSCs without blocking the induced pluripotency but was also essential for reprogramming.
In our previous study, AKT signaling was found to be essential for maintaining HF-MSC proliferation by upregulating cyclin D1 and downregulating p16 and p21 . During reprogramming, activators of AKT also improve reprogramming efficiency. Studies of hiPSCs have demonstrated that increased phosphorylation of AKT and GSK3β induced by the inhibition of PHLDA3 expression enhances somatic cell reprogramming . Similarly, by adding a small molecule activator of PDK1 to activate the downstream AKT, reprogramming efficiency is further enhanced . This may occur through direct phosphorylation of GSK3β and subsequent phosphorylation of β-catenin by GSK3β. Moreover, phosphorylation of GSK3β at serine 9 promotes cell survival by inhibiting apoptosis [35, 36]. Additionally, our study suggested that β-catenin translocation caused by the activation of the AKT/GSK3β pathway in the presence of ectopic PBX1 expression may promote reprogramming efficiency. During reprogramming, β-catenin acts via interactions with telomerase reverse transcriptase/Brahma-related gene-1 and altered the structure of nucleosomes, thereby facilitating the binding of TFs and proteins to DNA [37, 38]. Additionally, we found that the knockdown of PBX1 or inhibition of AKT/GSK3β promoted the mitochondrion-mediated apoptotic cascade. In previous studies, p53 was found to block reprogramming in numerous cell lines. Inhibition of p53 expression or the expression of its target gene p21 improves reprogramming efficiency by decreasing the number of suboptimal cells via p53-dependent apoptosis [39, 40]. Our data suggested that p53 was downregulated by the AKT/GSK3β pathway. Western blot analysis showed that p53 mediated apoptosis by downregulation of the anti-apoptotic protein BCL2 and increased the expression of BAX. Moreover, the knockdown of PBX1 or inhibition of the AKT/GSK3β pathway regulated the activation of the p53 pathway, possibly inducing the translocation of stabilized p53 to the mitochondria, where p53 can directly interact with anti-apoptotic BCL2 and BAX . BCL2 is localized in the outer wall of the mitochondria and acts to maintain membrane integrity and inhibit the release of cytochrome C. BAX is expressed in the cytosol but can translocate to the mitochondria and promote the release of cytochrome C . Additionally, the translocation of cytochrome C promotes the cleavage of pro-caspase3 to caspase3, further accelerating the cleavage of PARP1, which is involved in DNA repair and chromatin remodeling. During the final step of apoptosis, PARP1 acts as a marker of apoptosis after cleavage by caspases . Recent studies have indicated that increased PARP1 expression is detected throughout the reprogramming process and is involved in the efficient generation of iPSCs via PARP1-mediated epigenetic modulation and activation of pluripotency-related genes during reprogramming . The coordination between PARP1 and TET2 promotes histone modifications; regulates the expression of SOX2, OCT4, and NANOG; and modulates chromatin structure during the reprogramming process [43, 44]. In our study, PBX1 knockdown or AKT/GSK3β inhibition reduced PARP1 expression and may have resulted in low reprogramming efficiency.
Dual-luciferase assays showed that PBX1 activated NANOG promoter activity. These findings were confirmed by qPCR, which demonstrated that PBX1 upregulated NANOG expression during the reprogramming process. NANOG plays a central role in maintaining the pluripotent state of stem cells and in the reprogramming of somatic cells into iPSCs. Both transforming growth factor β/activin and bFGF signaling pathways promote hiPSC and hESC pluripotency by sustainably maintaining the NANOG expression. In cooperation with OCT4, SOX2, and regulatory feedback loops, NANOG maintains the self-renewal and pluripotency of hiPSCs and hESCs [45,46,47]. Our results suggested that SOMKP induced iPSCs with a more active transcriptional network. Moreover, PBX1 has been reported to enhance the expression of pluripotency-related genes in hESCs . Consistent with this report, we found that SOMKP transduction significantly regulated ESG1, LIN28, NANOG, endogenous SOX2, and OCT4 expression during iPSC reprogramming. NANOG, OCT4, and SOX2 regulate their own promoters and other diverse pluripotency-related genes to form an extensive regulatory circuitry to maintain the pluripotency of hESCs and hiPSCs . Additionally, pluripotency-related genes are downregulated during the differentiation of hiPSCs and hESCs in vitro . Similarly, PBX1 was found to be expressed in undifferentiated hESCs and downregulated in differentiated cells . As an upstream regulator of NANOG, overexpression of PBX1 enhances and maintains the high expression of pluripotency-related genes, probably potentially providing a significant route for maintenance of the pluripotency of HF-iPSCs in vitro. In the cell regulatory network, PBX1 prebound to the promoters of its target genes and subsequently interacted with other TFs to cooperatively activate the transcription of target genes [11, 50]. Similar to KLF4, OCT4, and SOX2, PBX1 could penetrate silent chromatin and bind to regulatory regions to increase DNA access for other proteins and active reprogramming at times when the overall chromatin structure still prevents access of other TFs [51, 52]. However, we discovered that NANOG expression was also regulated by the AKT/GSK3β pathway. Recent studies have revealed that activation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway by inhibition of GSK3β results in β-catenin accumulation, which can help to maintain the self-renewal capacity of MSCs and hESCs by increasing NANOG expression . Therefore, we concluded that PBX1 upregulated the NANOG expression to activate the NANOG promoter and increase the phosphorylation of AKT.
In this study, we identified PBX1 as an important TF in enhancing HF-MSC proliferation and reprogramming, potentially by increasing AKT phosphorylation and β-catenin nuclear translocation. In HF-MSC reprogramming, PBX1 activated the NANOG promoter and upregulated NANOG expression. Moreover, PBX1 activated the AKT/GSK3β signaling pathway, inhibited mitochondrion-mediated apoptosis during the early stage of reprogramming, and upregulated endogenous SOX2 and OCT4 expression during the later stage of reprogramming. These results established a strategy for a large-scale acquisition of HF-MSCs and efficient generation of HF-iPSCs, which may have applications in regenerative medicine.
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Human hair follicle mesenchymal stem cells
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HF-MSCs transfected with vector lentivirus
- HF-MSCsPBX1 :
HF-MSCs transfected with lentivirus encoding PBX1
- HF-MSCsshRNA :
HF-MSCs transfected with lentivirus encoding PBX1 short hairpin RNA
- HF-MSCsscrambled :
HF-MSCs transfected with scrambled lentivirus
Octamer-binding transcription factor 4
Kruppel-like factor 4
Stage-specific embryonic antigen
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Jiang, Y., Liu, F., Zou, F. et al. PBX homeobox 1 enhances hair follicle mesenchymal stem cell proliferation and reprogramming through activation of the AKT/glycogen synthase kinase signaling pathway and suppression of apoptosis. Stem Cell Res Ther 10, 268 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-019-1382-y
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Dianabol, also known as Methandrostenolone or Methandienone, is one of the most popular oral anabolic steroids of all time. This compound is extremely popular among competitive bodybuilders, athletes, and powerlifters. It has been used by these individuals for the purpose of physique and performance enhancement for many decades.
Methandrostenolone was originally developed by John Bosley Ziegler in 1958. The first batches of Methandrostenolone were released by Ciba Pharmaceuticals under the trade name Dianabol. This substance has been marketed under various brand names, including Anabol, Danabol, Methanabol, Methandon, and more.
In this article, we will discuss everything you need to know about Dianabol before you use it for achieving your bodybuilding goals. We will also talk about the best Dianabol brands ever made. So, let’s get started.
Dianabol is actually a testosterone-derived anabolic androgenic steroid. It is a modified version of the primary male sex hormone testosterone. It is the testosterone hormone with a methyl group at the C17α position and an added double bond at the C1 and C2 positions. The alternation decreases the androgenic nature of the testosterone hormone.
The anabolic rating of Dianabol is close to 300. It carries an androgenic rating of 40-60. It shares a weaker relationship for serum binding protein. This makes it an extremely powerful anabolic steroid that can be used for building muscle mass and strength.
Primary Traits and Effects of Dianabol
Here’s how Dianabol works:
- Traits and Functions
Here are the primary traits of Dianabol:
- Dianabol will enhance protein synthesis, the rate at which cells build protein. It will create a perfect atmosphere for muscle growth by promoting higher levels of anabolic activity.
- Supplementing with Dianabol will also result in increased nitrogen retention. Our lean muscle tissues comprise about 16% nitrogen. A decrease in the nitrogen level can result in a catabolic state. With Dianabol use, you will be able to maintain a positive nitrogen balance. It will protect the anabolic atmosphere and help speed up the tissue growth process.
- Dianabol will also enhance glycogenolysis, the process by which the molecule glycogen (the primary carbohydrate stored in the liver and muscle cells) into glucose. This enables you to make better use of the total carbohydrate you consume.
- Dianabol increases the production of red blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen through the blood. An increase in red blood cell count results in enhanced muscular endurance and improved recovery times.
You will experience increases in strength levels after using Dianabol. It will make you capable of lifting heavier loads of weight in the gym. Also, you will be able to train for longer periods of time. Another great thing about Dianabol is that it helps speed the recovery process. This means you will recover from injuries and strains much faster.
- Dianabol for Bulking
Dianabol is one of the best off-season bulking steroids to ever hit the market. Supplementing with Dianabol during a bulking phase can help you gain 15-20 pounds of mass within a very short space of time. It will also increase your strength. However, it’s important to consume enough calories to be able to get your desired results.
- Dianabol for Cutting
Dianabol is not usually included in cutting plans. However, many steroid users use this steroid as a lean muscle protectant during cutting cycles. But the thing you need to know here is that Dianabol can cause water retention. So, it’s better not to use this anabolic steroid during a cutting phase. There are better options such as Winstrol, Anavar, etc. that you can use for cutting.
- Dianabol for Performance Enhancement
As I said earlier, Dianabol can increase your strength levels. It can translate into speed and power. This makes it one of the best anabolic steroids to use for performance enhancement. It will also reduce recovery times and enhance endurance.
Dianabol Dosage and Administration
Dianabol is available in oral tablet form. You need to take it by mouth. It can be found in the injectable form as well. However, injections do not represent Dianabol’s primary route of administration.
Dianabol dosage can vary depending on the experience level and goals of the user. 15-20mg Dianabol per day is usually enough for notable results. The most common dosage of Dianabol that bodybuilders and weightlifters use falls in the 20-30mg range. You can increase the dose gradually up to 50mg per day.
You may find many experienced users taking 100mg Dianabol per day during mass cycles. This dose is not usually recommended. Before you increase your dose, remember that an increase in the dose can increase the risk of side effects. So, always try to avoid overdosing when using Dianabol.
The half-life of Dianabol is only 3-6 hours. You can split your total daily dosing into two or three small doses. However, by taking your daily dose at once, you will be able to achieve a higher peak value. No matter how you administer Dianabol, it will help you reach your goals in a short period of time.
Dianabol is not usually consumed alone. It is stacked with other steroids such as Trenbolone, Masteron, Equipoise, etc. A mass gaining cycle is the best time to use Dianabol. It is a fast-acting steroid. You can take this steroid at the early stage of your steroid cycle to experience notable gains while other steroids are building in your system. You can also take Dianabol mid-cycle during plateau busting.
Dianabol has a hepatotoxic nature. It can cause serious damage to your liver. That’s why you should not use this steroid for more than 6-8 weeks continuously. However, this does not represent the total length of the steroid cycle. It’s just the Dianabol’s duration of use during a cycle.
Dianabol Side Effects
Before you buy Dianabol and start using it, you must make yourself aware of some of the side effects that Dianabol can cause. Later, we will tell you how you can manage these side effects and make the most out of Dianabol use. So, let’s dive in.
- Estrogenic Side Effects
Dianabol can cause estrogenic side effects. It carries a moderate level of aromatase activity. However, Methandrostenolone actually converts to Methylestradiol. Methylestradiol is much more powerful than estradiol.
The Methandrostenolone-Methylestradiol conversion can cause side effects such as gynecomastia and fluid retention to occur. Gynecomastia represents a condition where the breast tissues in men get enlarged. Excess water retention can increase blood pressure.
You can consider using anti-estrogens to deal with the estrogenic effects of Dianabol. You can find different types of anti-estrogens in the market. You need to choose the one that works best for you. The most common types of anti-estrogens that steroid users often use include AIs or Aromatase Inhibitors such as Arimidex and SERMs or Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators such as Nolvadex.
Aromatase Inhibitors work by directly inhibiting the aromatization process and reducing the serum estrogen levels. It is far more powerful than SERMs when it comes to reducing the estrogenic side effects of Dianabol.
However, SERMs should always be your first choice for combating estrogen-related issues. This is because of the AI’s ability to negatively affect cholesterol.
- Androgenic Side Effects of Dianabol
Dianabol use can cause many androgenic side effects. The common ones include acne, hair loss, excessive body hair growth, etc. For most users, these adverse effects should be manageable.
Dianabol can cause virilization symptoms such as a deepening of the voice, body hair growth, body hair growth, etc. in women. Female users should take Dianabol at extremely low doses to avoid these side effects.
- Effects of Dianabol of Cholesterol
Dianabol can have a huge negative impact on cholesterol and cardiovascular health. It suppresses good HDL cholesterol and increases LDL cholesterol. It’s better to avoid using this anabolic steroid if your cholesterol level is already too high or you have heart diseases.
You need to work to manage cholesterol when supplementing with Dianabol. You must lead a cholesterol-friendly lifestyle. This means you should avoid simple sugars and saturated fats as much as possible. You need to include a lot of cardiovascular activities in your daily routine. Also, take foods that are rich in omega fatty acids. You can also take advice from your healthcare provider on how to manage cholesterol effectively.
- Suppression of Natural Testosterone Production
Dianabol use will suppress the natural production of testosterone in the body. That’s why it’s important to take exogenous testosterone when using this steroid. You can consider using any testosterone compound such as Testosterone Propionate, Testosterone Enanthate, Testosterone Cypionate, etc. If you do not take exogenous testosterone during Dianabol use, it could lead to a low testosterone condition.
The testosterone recovery process will begin automatically after you stop using Dianabol. However, the process will be very slow. It can take several weeks or even months before the levels are restored back to normal. That’s why you should consider implementing a PCT program after a steroid cycle is over.
Using PCT medications will ensure that your body has enough testosterone to carry out the normal bodily functions while the testosterone levels are getting restored. However, PCT is not a magic pill. It won’t restore your testosterone levels overnight. Nevertheless, it will definitely speed up the recovery process.
- Effects on Liver
As I said earlier, Dianabol has a hepatotoxic nature. While it is not the most toxic steroid in the market, it is not mild either. It can cause stress to the liver, resulting in liver damages.
To avoid liver damages, you must follow the dosage and usage instructions when using this anabolic steroid. It’s better not to consume Dianabol tablets for more than 6 weeks at one go. Also, you should refrain from consuming excess alcohol. In fact, it’s a good idea to totally avoid alcohol when you are using Dianabol.
Also, try to avoid taking OTC medications as much as possible. Consider using these types of medications only when it’s an absolute necessity. Another thing you can do to deal with the issue is to use liver detoxifier supplements.
Here are some of the best examples of Dianabol cycles that you can follow:
- Beginner Dianabol Cycle Example 1
|Week 1-4||20-25mg Dianabol per day + 500mg Test Sustanon per week|
|Week 5-12||500mg Test Sustanon per week|
- Beginner Dianabol Cycle Example 2
|Week 1-6||500mg Testosterone Enanthate per week + 25mg Dianabol per day|
|Week 7-12||500mg Testosterone Enanthate per week|
- Beginner Dianabol Cycle Example 3
|Week 1-6||400mg Testosterone Cypionate per week + 200mg Deca Durabolin per week + 30mg Dianabol per day|
|Week 7-10||400mg Testosterone Cypionate per week + 200mg Deca Durabolin per week|
|Week 11-12||400mg Testosterone Cypionate per week|
- Intermediate Dianabol Cycle Example 1
|Week 1-6||30-50mg Dianabol per day + 400mg Deca Durabolin per week + 600mg Testosterone Cypionate per week|
|Week 7-12||400mg Deca Durabolin per week + 600mg Testosterone Cypionate per week|
- Intermediate Dianabol Cycle Example 2
|Week 1-6||600mg Testosterone Cypionate every week + 400mg Deca Durabolin per week + 50mg Dianabol every day + 0.5mg Arimidex every other day|
|Week 7-12||600mg Testosterone Cypionate every week + 400mg Deca Durabolin per week + 0.5mg Arimidex every other day|
- Intermediate Dianabol Cycle Example 3
|Week 1-4||125mg Testosterone Propionate every other day + 400mg Equipoise every week + 20mg Dianabol every day + 0.5mg Arimidex per day|
|Week 5-6||125mg Testosterone Propionate every other day + 400mg Equipoise every week + 0.5mg Arimidex per day|
|Week 7-8||125mg Testosterone Propionate every other day + 400mg Equipoise every week + 50mg Trenbolone Acetate every other day + 50mg Anavar every day + 0.5mg Arimidex per day|
|Week 9-12||125mg Testosterone Propionate every other day + 50mg Trenbolone Acetate every other day + 50mg Anavar every day + 0.5mg Arimidex per day|
- Advanced Dianabol Cycle Example 1
|Week 1-6||100mg Dianabol per day + 500-600mg Deca Durabolin per week + 1000mg Test Enanthate per week|
|Week 7-16||500-600mg Deca Durabolin per week + 1000mg Test Enanthate per week|
- Advanced Dianabol Cycle Example 2
|Week 1-6||1000mg Testosterone Enanthate per week + 500-600mg Deca Durabolin per week + 100mg Dianabol per day + 4iu HGH every day + 0.5mg Arimidex every other day|
|Week 7-10||1000mg Testosterone Enanthate per week + 500-600mg Deca Durabolin per week + 4iu HGH every day + 0.5mg Arimidex every other day|
|Week 11-16||1000mg Testosterone Enanthate per week + 100mg Trenbolone Acetate every other day + 100mg Dianabol every day + 4iu HGH every day + 0.5mg Arimidex every other day|
|Week 17-20||1000mg Testosterone Enanthate every week + 100mg Trenbolone Acetate every other day + 4iu HGH every day + 0.5mg Arimidex every other day|
Post Cycle Therapy for Dianabol Users
You must run a PCT or post cycle therapy program after a Dianabol steroid stack. It will help restore normal hormone levels in the body. You can use a SERM or Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator during your PCT.
Tamoxifen Citrate (Nolvadex) and Clomiphene Citrate (Clomid) are two of the most commonly used SERMs. You can begin your PCT 2-3 weeks after your last injection.
Best Dianabol Brands Ever Made
Now that you know how Dianabol works and its benefits in sports and bodybuilding, let’s take a look at some of the best Dianabol brands ever made.
- British Dispensary – Anabol
Anabol 5 from British Dispensary contains Methandienone. You will receive 1000 tablets packed and sealed in a white HDPE plastic bottle.
British Dispensary is one of the leading companies that manufacture high-quality performance-enhancing drugs and supplements. They have set up a strict set of processes to make sure all their products meet the highest quality standards in the industry. Using their products will give you peace of mind. You can rest assured that it will help you achieve your bodybuilding goals.
The active substance in Anabol is methandienone or methandrostenolone. It is one of the most popular bulking steroids in the market. You can use it during bulking. It will help you build muscle mass and strength. You can expect to gain about 15-20 pounds of mass in the first few weeks.
Anabol tablets need to be taken orally. Beginners can start with a dose of 15-20mg per day. You can gradually increase the dose. You can stack Anabol with other anabolic steroids such as Testosterone Enanthate, Deca Durabolin, etc.
The most common side effects of Anabol include water retention, high blood pressure, enlargement of breast tissues in men, acne, a deepening of the voice in women, excessive body hair growth, etc. Anabol use will also suppress your natural testosterone production.
You should consider using anti-estrogens to deal with the estrogenic effects of Anabol. Also, you must implement a PCT plan to counteract the suppression of natural testosterone production.
- Body Research Danabol DS
Body Research is the manufacturer of 10mg Danabol DS tablets. The product comes in a pack of 500 tablets.
The active substance in Danabol DS is Methandienone. Methandienone is an extremely powerful anabolic steroid that can help you gain muscle mass and strength within a short space of time. It works by increasing protein synthesis and nitrogen retention. It will enhance muscular endurance and improve recovery times. You will recover from injuries much faster.
The most common dosage of Danabol DS for men is 15-50mg per day. The recommended Danabol DS dosage for female users is 5-10mg per day. The duration of use is usually 6 weeks.
Danabol DS use can lead to various adverse effects, including acne, accelerated hair loss, body hair growth, a deepening of the voice in women, enlargement of breasts in men, etc. It can also cause mood changes, depression, natural testosterone production suppression, etc.
- Methandienone DNA
Methandienone by DNA Laboratories comes in the 10mg Methandienone (per tablet) × 100 tablets packaging. The active substance in this product is Methandienone or Dianabol. You need to take it orally. Do not chew or break the tablet. Consider swallowing the whole tablet at once.
It is one of the best bulking steroids that can help you achieve your bodybuilding goals fast. It will increase your strength levels. You will be able to lift heavier weight and do intense physical training for longer periods of time. It also increases the production of red blood cells, resulting in enhanced endurance.
The common dosage of Methandienone for beginners falls in the 15-25mg per day range. You can use Methandienone in combination with other anabolic steroids such as Deca Durabolin, Testosterone, etc. The best time to use it is during a bulking phase.
Some of the most common side effects of Methandienone DNA include acne, mood changes, hair loss, excessive body hair growth, fluid retention, gynecomastia, HDL cholesterol suppression, natural testosterone production suppression, etc. Try to avoid taking an overdose. Also, follow other dosage and usage instructions when using Methandienone. It will help you manage these side effects.
- British Dragon Methanabol
Methanabol by British Dragon comes in the 10mg/tab × 100 tablets packaging. The active substance in Methanabol is Methandienone. It is extremely popular among professional athletes and bodybuilders.
Methanabol works by enhancing protein synthesis and nitrogen retention. It will help you get the body of your dreams. You will experience increases in strength levels. You can use it for bulking. It will help you gain a large amount of muscle mass in just a few weeks.
The most common side effects of Methanabol include water retention, acne, hair loss, excessive hair growth, etc. You can consider using anti-estrogens (SERMs or AIs) to deal with these adverse reactions.
Methanabol needs to be administered orally. The recommended dosage of Methanabol is 15-25mg per day. It can have a negative effect on the liver. So, you should not consume it for more than 6 weeks at one go.
So, this is what you need to know about Dianabol and the top Dianabol brands. Remember that Dianabol is a very powerful tool for physique enhancement. But you must follow the dosage instructions in order to get the most of this compound. You can go through other reliable online sources to get more information about Dianabol. | <urn:uuid:6eb3cb21-25fd-4e50-8f7b-e13a52debf11> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://steroids-usa.org/everything-you-need-to-know-about-dianabol-and-top-dianabol-brands/ | 2023-10-04T19:56:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.894992 | 4,355 |
Wisconsin/Nicaragua Partners will hold Holiday Open House Dec. 15
A local favorite restaurant will soon have new owners who plan to expand on the diner’s long history in Stevens Point and strengthen it as a community-oriented business.
Stevens Point residents Andy Pech, along with his wife, Samantha, are in the process of buying Al’s Diner on the corner of Jefferson Street and Texas Avenue from local celebrity, Gayle Guzman, who owned and operated the diner for more than 23 years.
The Peches said the establishment’s rich history was key to their decision to purchase the business and they plan to keep it a local fixture as a business mindful of its current customer base, but with a new name and some plans to grow.
The new name will be Watchman’s Gone and feature an expanded menu and possibly extended hours and services. Al’s Diner’s last day of operation is planned to be Friday, Dec. 23.
“It’s going to remain entirely a restaurant, maybe shifting slightly from diner to café-ish because we want to offer dinner,” said Pech.
“It’s not going to be an expensive place. We’re looking at making it a community-type restaurant, we see our clientele being that community.
“We have young kids, also. One of the reasons we’re interested in buying a restaurant is because our son has autism, and our plan is to set him up in the apartment above the restaurant eventually. Then he’d be able to work at the restaurant. So, we really are looking at having a family restaurant,” Pech said.
“One of the things we’re interested in – and we love Al’s Diner – but we’re looking into refreshing that menu a bit, but continuing to serve (the current) clientele also, staying in the same price range,” he said.
The Peches were at the Stevens Point Public Protection Committee Monday, Dec. 12, to request a beer/wine license – which the committee recommended approval of – to be able to serve beer and wine with their food.
Although they haven’t finalized the Watchman’s Gone yet, but the Peches would like to be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner – depending on how staffing works out – and wouldn’t be open any later than 10 p.m.
“It’s never going to be one of those late-night hangout kind of thing,” Pech said.
Mary Kneebone, District 7, asked the Peches if they will continue to be as involved with the Green Circle Trail as Guzman was with Al’s Diner.
“We have agreed to remain the ‘Green Circle Trail headquarters.’ Gayle has told me I’m not allowed to take the Green Circle Trail sign down,” Pech said, jovially.
Those kinds of community connections are what they want to build on, he said.
“We really want to cater to that location. I’ve driven by there for 30 years, and I’ve always thought that it would be a really cool place to appeal to the park and the Green Circle,” he said.
An idea he and Samantha had would be to possibly offer picnic lunches people could take to the park or offer ice cream to the children who play there.
“We see (the restaurant) as working more in using that neighborhood more,” he said. “Again, I love the place, and we love Gayle. She’s had a really amazing run there – 23 years. We don’t want to do anything to ruin that, we’re just thinking about making it a little more vibrant and community-friendly,” he said.
“Al’s Diner is an iconic staple of Stevens Point,” said Mayor Mike Wiza. “While Gayle has regulars, it’s a place where people go to meet and not only eat but also socialize. The Green Circle was started there. I look forward to the new owners, I think they have some unique ideas and wish them the very best.
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Complexifying CallingI remember being continually encouraged to identify & pursue my calling during college. There was this implicit idea that if I figured out what my calling was and pursued it, l’d be (overall) happy in my career. But that’s not always how it goes. There’s a growing understanding that calling can have negative effects, especially when people perceive a strong calling but find themselves in jobs where they are unable to “live out” their calling (e.g., in tough industries such as entertainment). This inspired our most recent publication, where we theorized a new way of thinking about calling as dynamic in “shape” across 3 facets: scope (broad v. narrow), time proximity (immediate v. distal), & duration (short-term v. long-term). Instead of the traditional view of calling as narrow, immediate, and long-term… Perhaps we should rethink the ‘shape’ of our calling? Read the full open-access article for more information where we explain our propositions in detail and raise future research questions to build on our study!
Citation: Zhou, S., Aitken, J., & Kuykendall, L. (2023). Callings can take different shapes: Scope, proximity and duration as new complexifications of calling. Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12459
Database of 990 Job AdsThis new Open Access journal publishes “data papers” that allows researchers to publicly share interesting datasets for future researchers to use. Here, we published a dataset of 990 public real-world job ads systematically and manually collected then cleaned from US Fortune 500 companies. Ads were identified using 32 job titles from the O*NET’s “bright outlook” jobs. Detailed info on the methods, codebook, etc. are available online. Future research ideas include analysis of company variables (e.g., size, revenue), analysis of the “requirements” language (e.g., education vs. experience), and comparison across job types.
Citation: Zhou, S., Aitken, J., McEachern, P. J., & McCauley, R. (2022). Data from 990 public real-world job advertisements organized by O*NET categories. Journal of Open Psychology Data. https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.69
Volunteer Motivation Meta-AnalysisIn 2017, 30% of US adults volunteered for a total of 6.9 billion hours. Many organizations, including those that I volunteer for and support, are dependent on the generosity of their volunteers to accomplish their mission and goals. So an important question is, “Why do people volunteer?”
There have been plenty of individual studies on volunteer motivation over the years, but few meta-analyses. None have looked at the VFI, a popular measure of volunteer motivation. Our paper is the first quantitative meta-analysis of 61 studies using the VFI. We focused on the effect sizes of six motives (career, enhancement, social, protective, understanding, & values) predicting volunteer satisfaction, commitment, intention to continue, and frequency.
All six motives significant predicted outcomes (rho ranging from .12 to .44). Values was the strongest predictor by far (based on effect size & a relative importance analysis). Meaning, across over 38,000 participants, volunteers who were motivated by altruistic values to help others and support the organization were most likely to be satisfied and committed. Perhaps unsurprising, but this supports other research that argues for a more unidimensional understanding of volunteer motivation – that it comes down to values and mission, above and beyond other motives (e.g., career building, social relationships).
Moderated analyses indicated some differences between genders (e.g., career and protective motives were stronger predictors among men) and student status (e.g., all VFI dimensions were stronger predictors among student samples). But in general, there weren’t many differences in effect sizes between demographics such as race-ethnicity, employment status, etc. Perhaps motives (note: not behavior) are more universal than we thought?
This was a fun study to conduct and a rewarding first attempt at a meta-analysis! For more information, download the PDF here. Thanks for reading!
Citation: Zhou, S., & Kodama Muscente, K. (2022). Meta-analysis of volunteer motives using the Volunteer Functions Inventory to predict volunteer satisfaction, commitment, and behavior. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640221129540
Faith at Work in TeamsSpirituality and faith is still considered an important aspect of many peoples’ lives, and this can impact their motivation and feelings about work. We conducted a novel study on how workplace spirituality functions in the context of teams and organizational culture. Using a sample of 331 full-time employees plus an additional 293 team member peers, we used a newly developed workplace spirituality measure, The Integration Profile (TIP), to predict organizational commitment and collective efficacy, with ethical leadership and openness of faith environment as moderators.
Our research demonstrated the importance of workplace spirituality for individual organizational commitment (but not necessarily for team collective efficacy). Moreover, ethical leadership and openness of faith environment were significant moderators, meaning that workplace spirituality was more important under conditions of lower levels of ethical leadership and more open faith environments. Finally, we found that the eight subdimensions of the TIP contributed very little to explaining the variance in faith at work; rather, the global faith at work factor, as modeled in a bifactor analysis, was the most important in understanding the construct.
For more information, download the PDF here. Thanks for reading!
Citation: Zhou, S., & Lee, P. (2022). Spirituality in the context of teams and organizations: An investigation of boundary conditions using The Integration Profile workplace spirituality measure. Journal of Management, Spirituality, & Religion. https://doi.org/10.51327/AELL2802
Failures in Multiteam SystemsWe often focus on studying good performance, but there is a lot we can learn from failures as well. This qualitative study investigated 40 cases of failures multi-team systems, which are complex organizational systems comprised of interdependent teams that work towards their own proximal goals while also sharing system-wide superordinate goals. This study used historical documents and reports, coding for within- and between- team behaviors that led to failure in high-stakes contexts such as air traffic control and government project management.
We found that component teams of failing MTSs over-engaged in within-team alignment behaviors (vs. between-team behaviors) and over-focused on action-oriented behaviors (as opposed to monitoring or recalibrating). Additionally, boundary status and goal type exacerbated these behavioral patterns, as external and physical MTSs were less likely to enact sufficient between-team behaviors compared to internal and intellectual MTSs. For more information, download the PDF here.
Citation: Campbell, L. N. P., Torres, E. M., Zaccaro, S. J., Zhou, S., Hedrick, K. N., Wallace, D. M., Luning, C. R., & Zakzewski, J. E. (2022). Examining multiteam systems across context and type: A historiometric analysis of failed MTS performance. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.813624
Science CommunicationIn this short commentary piece, I present eight reasons why science communication is difficult and challenging for academics, ranging from challenges in being succinct to writing for a different audience. However, there’s one overarching value that makes it all worth it: without science communication, our research is limited in its potential to do good. Download the PDF here.
Citation: Zhou, S. (2022). Science communication: Eight perils, but one pearl to make it all worth it. Industrial and Organizational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2022.2
Negatively-Keyed Statements in MFC Personality MeasuresMultidimensional forced choice (MFC) personality tests are a new and promising format in I-O psychology to mitigate concerns around faking and bias in traditional “on a scale of 1 to 5” tests. This study is one of the first to explore the impact of negatively-worded items within MFC blocks through a Monte Carlo simulation and experimental survey data. Our results showed that one can achieve sufficient reliability (i.e., 0.87–0.90 on average) and validity (i.e., 0.40–0.45 on average) by using highly discriminating 20–40% heteropolar (i.e., mixed positive and negative statements) blocks. Find out more by downloading the PDF here.
Citation: Lee, P., Joo, S.-H., Zhou, S., & Son, M. (2022). Investigating the impact of negatively keyed statements on multidimensional forced-choice personality measures: A comparison of partially ipsative and IRT scoring methods. Personality and Individual Differences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111555
Pre-College Influences on College Student LeadershipPrior studies in leadership focus primarily on adult developmental experiences, with few exploring pre-college influences such as extracurriculars and parenting. Our empirical study of 420 undergraduate college students identified key pre-18-year-old experiences that influence leadership development. Specifically, college student leader self-efficacy was predicted by sports team leadership, community service, extracurriculars, and positive parenting behaviors such as family routine and greater quality time with parents. Additionally, college student leader emergence was predicted by pre-college community service, extracurriculars, peer tutoring, and perceptions of parental quality time and proactive parenting. Find out more by downloading the PDF here.
Citation: McCarron, G. P., Zhou, S., Campbell, A., Kodama Muscente, K., & Schierbeek, E. (2022). We’re not working with a blank slate: Students’ pre-college leadership activities and perceived parenting behavior as predictors of college-based leader emergence and leader self-efficacy. Journal of Leadership Education. https://doi.org/10.12806/v21/i1/r3
Leadership in Youth TV ShowsWe know very little about early childhood (pre-college) influences on leadership development. In this interdisciplinary study, we coded leadership behaviors found in 75 episodes sampled from the most popular youth TV shows in the United States. We examined differences across target age group, network channel, and type of show. As the target age group increased, there were increasing depictions of direction-setting leadership behaviors such as gathering information, sense-making, and forecasting, in addition to decreasing depicts of communal leadership characteristics such as warmth, empathy, and trustworthiness. Find out more by downloading the PDF here.
Citation: Maskell, S., McCarron, G. P., Cannon, J., Zhou, S., Zaccaro, S. J., & Goldstein, T. R. (2022). The leadership stories our youth are told: Characterizations of leadership behaviors and orientations in popular youth TV shows. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01502-3
Teaching Data VisualizationIn this short commentary piece, we discuss the importance of data visualization and why undergraduate students ought to learn the basics of data visualization in introductory statistics courses. Download the PDF here.
Citation: Ahmad, A. S., & Zhou, S. (2021). Spreading the word: Equipping I-O students to use descriptive statistics for effective data visualization. Industrial and Organizational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2021.115
Ethical Dilemmas in Academic ResearchIn this short commentary piece, we explore how the academic infrastructure (e.g., publish or perish culture, grant requirements, journal policies) can lead to ethical dilemmas and, in some cases, ethical violations. Download the PDF here.
Citation: Zhou, S., & Field, J. G. (2021). Many forces at play: Ethical dilemmas in academic research. Industrial and Organizational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2021.75
Teaching I-O to Non-I-O StudentsIn this short commentary piece, we discuss why I-O concepts can and should be taught to general, non-I-O students in other psychology disciplines or even beyond. We argue that all students can learn from I-O research in training and development, diversity and inclusion, groups and teams, and leadership. Download the PDF here.
Citation: Zhou, S., & Ahmad, A. S. (2021). Who’s your audience? Expanding I-O teaching to non-I-O students. Industrial and Organizational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2020.98
Teaching I-O Psychology OnlineIn this short commentary piece, we discuss how I-O psychology can be effectively taught in a fully online graduate program, drawing from our experiences building a fully online program prior to the start of the pandemic. Download the PDF here.
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Following this week’s posts of phone photos from Fforest and the issues that go along with the processing of them for use in a StillWalks video, I have now reviewed the sounds recorded on my phone from the same walk and for me, this too leaves something to be desired. Below is a sample clip – towards the end of it there is some lovely birdsong!
I used the free RODE app for the recording but not the mic they make to go with it. Much as I would like to have one of these, the main purpose of my trials with phone photography and recording is to assess the quality that can be produced at the basic (free) level and compare it to using StillWalks’ higher end equipment.
I have finished going through the images for a StillWalks video and based on them alone, I would suggest that the finished product will be best viewed on a phone or tablet. The sound, however, may be more of a problem. It is likely that most people would not be aware that the sound quality is not up to scratch and that is understandable and no fault of anyone’s.
It comes down to what I call the “Wow Factor”. It is easy to accept lower quality in something if you have nothing to compare it with. However, the better the quality, the greater the impact or Wow Factor – whether it is recognized as such or not.
It is probably the sound that does most to take you to the location of a StillWalk and so it is important to me to do what I can to ensure this is as good as I can get it. The proof, as they say, will be in the pudding! I will post the finished video on the blog when it is completed and you can judge for yourselves. | <urn:uuid:dfdca051-b85c-4955-acb3-27d1808d8a03> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://stillwalks.com/the-wow-factor-listening-for-sound-quality/ | 2023-10-04T20:52:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.983849 | 366 |
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They say: 'Our first SUV, DBX, is a new kind of Aston Martin, one founded on the principles of beauty, luxury and driving dynamics. Ready to go anywhere, it’s powered by the spirit of adventure.
Built on brand-new architecture, DBX is designed to carry occupants in true Aston Martin style. Brimming with the latest technology to keep you safe, DBX is comfortable, sumptuously luxurious, and will thrill you from the moment you sit behind the wheel.
Our luxury SUV maintains a proud heritage as an Aston Martin DB: the initials belong to David Brown, the man who defined Aston Martin and whose vision continues throughout the company to this day.
We say: It has been designed by one of the top engineers there is. It looks good off-road, comfortable and has plenty of space to give you the best of all worlds.
They say: At the start of 2019, the e-tron SUV signalled the first phase of Audi’s all-electric revolution, and now here comes the second in the form of the sharply styled e-tron Sportback. The new arrival proudly combines the power, presence and space of an SUV with the elegance of a four-door coupé, and is even more sleek and aerodynamically efficient than its SUV sibling. The dramatic sweep of the roof line, which arcs steeply down to the rear of the car, and the lower edge of the third side window, which kicks upwards in true Sportback fashion, are just some of the features that differentiate Audi’s latest all-electric model.
Of course, there are also plenty of evocative styling cues that instantly connect the new e-tron Sportback with the e-tron SUV. These include the largely enclosed platinum grey single-frame grille, and the four horizontal segments in the lower area of the Matrix LED headlights, which create an e-tron-specific signature in the daytime running lights.
The e-tron signature is emphasised and interpreted in three dimensions at numerous points throughout the car, including on the striking side sills, where black inlays draw the eye to the battery location beneath the passenger cell. The battery system of the Audi e-tron Sportback 55 quattro stores 95kWh of energy, and feeds its power to two electric motors, one powering the front wheels and the second the rear.
Rest assured that, just like the e-tron SUV, the e-tron Sportback is as effortless to drive as any Audi model. As you’d expect, the car produces no emissions on the road, but what might surprise you is the scintillating performance on offer. With an output of 265kW available in ‘normal’ D driving mode, the car can accelerate to 62mph in just 6.6 seconds. However, once you shift to S mode and fully depress the accelerator pedal to engage the boost function, 300kW is deployed for eight seconds, and that shortens the 0-62mph sprint time to just 5.7 seconds.
We say: You can look good and be good to the environment. With a range of up to 278 miles this does seem a massive upgrade and, combined with a much sleeker look, sounds like a winning formula.
They say: Bentley Mulliner has revealed the all-new Bacalar. The rarest two-door Bentley of the modern era, and the ultimate expression of two-seat, open-air luxury, this definitive Grand Tourer spearheads a return to coachbuilding by Bentley Mulliner – the oldest coachbuilder in the world.
Just 12 examples of this striking, limited edition model are being created, guaranteeing rarity and exclusivity, and offering supreme luxury and breath-taking performance.
We say: Are you one of the lucky 12 owners who could afford the £1.5m price tag (plus taxes) and didn't get to see it before it arrived? Can we have a drive please?
They say: Thanks to a host of innovations, the BMW M3 Saloon delivers superb acceleration and handling. Features like the sleeveless construction and a lighter forged crankshaft not only ensure that dynamics and acceleration are improved but also reduce consumption and enable optimum weight distribution of almost 50:50.
Add to this the superior set up is the finely-tuned braking system, which has M Compound brakes and the optional M Carbon ceramic brakes.
The heart of the new BMW M3 Saloon is the M TwinPower Turbo inline 6-cylinder petrol engine with its tremendous power of 431hp and with this an unmistakable sound. The powerful M engine has either the manual six-speed M transmission or the seven-speed double-clutch automatic transmission.
The BMW M3 Saloon’s racing DNA is instantly recognisable. Eye-catching features can be found throughout, from the large air inlets to the two inlets for the Air Breather and the M gill elements. The racing theme continues with the stunning M rear spoiler, M diffuser and the angled M twin exhaust pipes, which blend perfectly into the rear apron.
We say: The Competition Edition looks like being the version on the UK market at a price tag of £65,000. However that also comes with a big 510hp.
They say: The first and most difficult challenge Ferrari always faces when it decides to develop a new model is to push the boundaries of its own achievements yet again. This challenge is made all the tougher when the task at hand involves designing a new 12-cylinder engine, the power unit that hailed the start of the glorious Prancing Horse story 70 years ago in 1947.
On this occasion, intensive research and development focused on exploiting Ferrari’s wealth of track-derived engineering know-how has produced the 812 Superfast, designed to offer its drivers both benchmark performance across the board and the most riveting and rewarding driving experience possible.
With its output boosted to 800 cv, 60 more than the F12berlinetta, the 812 Superfast is the most powerful and fastest road-going Ferrari ever built (with the exception, of course, of the rear-engined special limited-series 12-cylinders). The 812 Superfast thus ushers in a new era in Ferrari 12-cylinder history, and, in doing so, builds on the invaluable legacies of the F12berlinetta and F12tdf.
To make full use of that huge power and to guarantee perfect weight distribution, the car exploits a highly evolved transaxle architecture that couples a front-mounted engine with a rear-mounted transmission. It is also the first Ferrari equipped with EPS (Electric Power Steering).
We say: We love the convertible version - the 812 GTS. It only takes 14 seconds to lower the roof - that's 29mph - for a roof top!!!
They say: The first British All-Electric Supercar. The thrilling next chapter of one of the greatest automotive stories ever told. The Lotus Evija continues a rich, 70-year tradition of iconic, game-changing road and racing cars.
A bloodline steeped in daring innovation and radical thinking takes another revolutionary leap forward.
Evija breathes the air it goes through. Made to be porous, born to be driven. Incredible downforce achieved without any compromise.
Unreal performance enabled by electricity. Developments made possible by years of pioneering heritage. Forged by British engineering, created for the drivers.
We say: Sounds amazing. Looks even better. Good to drive and good for the environment. What's not to like?
They say: Being based on the incredible 720S, the latest LT has everything in its favour. A flying start. And it delivers on every level. Radically lightened and lower, the 765LT uses innovative aerodynamics to create 25% more downforce than the 720S.
And this is the most powerful LT yet, with a shattering 765PS. Just 765 will ever be produced. For the lucky few, the next chapter is beginning…
Introducing the new 765LT. Born from fearless engineering.
Lighter is faster. And it begins with MonoCage II. An immensely strong, stiff, ultra-light chassis at the heart of each McLaren super car. It’s a perfect base for radical weight saving. New carbon fibre body panels, motorsport-inspired polycarbonate glazing, a unique and dramatic titanium exhaust system, light dual-spring suspension… Longtail DNA is woven into everything. The result is a car that weighs 80kg less than the immensely lean 720S. Settle into the lightweight seats within the sculpted, ultra-functional cabin and you’re surrounded by more innovative, engineered lightness. The carbon fibre centre tunnel is bespoke. Anything not connected to driver focus is gone. So there’s no air conditioning. Or carpeting. Or audio system. Less is more never felt so real and vivid. The 765LT can be specified to just 1,229kg in dry form. And has a class-leading power-to-weight ratio of 622PS per tonne. Numbers that must be experienced to be appreciated.
They say: When a design is as established as that of the Morgan sports car, evolution must come before revolution. Since its launch seven decades ago, the iconic silhouette has become a defining feature of the car, and that’s not about to change. Even the details, such as its narrower bodywork – a hallmark of Morgan’s core range of cars – and unique wing profiling, have been preserved.
While the aesthetics have remained true to form, just 3% of the components in the all-new Plus Four are shared with the outgoing version. It features a host of technology and convenience features never seen on the model before, as well as the extended use of high-quality natural materials.
No matter how fast you’re going, or what gear you’re in, the acceleration of the all-new Morgan Plus Four is effortless. This outstanding performance is thanks to the car’s exceptionally low weight – from just 1007 kg dry – and its BMW 2.0-litre four-cylinder TwinPower Turbo engine, which produces 255 bhp and up to 295 lb ft of torque.
In the automatic variant, 0-62 mph takes just 4.8 seconds (manual model: 5.2 seconds), and the acceleration doesn’t stop until the car reaches its top speed of 149 mph. In fact, performance of the all-new Plus Four is on par – if not exceeds, in the real world – that of the 3.7-litre Morgan V6 Roadster.
We say: This magnificent design may have been around for 70 years but 97% of the components on this vehicle are all new. That's a great combination of classic looks combined with modern engineering.
They say: Thanks to an innovative all-electric concept, the Taycan is ready for the future. It also stays true to the features that have always characterised Porsche: pure emotion and maximum driving pleasure.
The key to unrivalled performance is an all-new 800-volt architecture and drivetrain designed from a clean sheet. No compromises.
At a growing network of ultra-high power DC chargers, the Taycan can charge at up to 270kW, which can provide an additional 62 miles of range in under 6 minutes**. The new Porsche Charging Service offers convenient access to an expanding network of charging operators across Europe. Intelligent home charging solutions and an 11kW on-board AC charger allow the Taycan to charge overnight, and make use of cheaper electricity or solar power.
Driving a Porsche Taycan is a unique experience. And to make it even more personal, we offer an array of innovative services with Porsche Connect. For example, you can access all relevant information for your vehicle, your surroundings, or the entire world in real time. Using your voice or by smartphone, you can also control many features inside and outside of your Porsche. A real digital co-pilot, you could say.
We say: This is Porsche's first electric car and is set to challenge the might of Tesla. Probably the most important car for Porsche in decades. Has it got what it takes to be a game-changer?
They say: The divine proportions. The unassailable truth that beauty is a science. That each object of aesthetic mastery is deliberate and precise. And carries the signature of the universe.
For those who measure success not just in material wealth, but in richness of experience, Ghost represents one of life’s finest rewards. Experience the power of connection with its effortless technologies. Even on the move, you’re always in play.
Inspired by the Golden Ratio of design, the iconic Rolls-Royce Pantheon grille marks a new era, its sweeping lines adding intense, driver-focused purpose.
We say: This second-generation Ghost looks like being very different to its predecessor. We are sure there will only be small additions to the exterior - you can't improve perfection - however the engineering and technology below the surface are sure to be a marked improvement.
Well, as we said, there are things to look forward to this year
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As the number of active shooter incidents continues to rise every year active shooter preparation and training is becoming an essential emergency response component for organizations of all shapes and sizes. Suitable for businesses, churches, childcare centers, schools, corporate and more.
Due to an increase in active shooter incidents and the swiftness with which they unfold, we must now prepare ourselves, our co-workers, families and communities. This course will focus on how to be prepared and gain the skills needed to prevent, recognize and increase your ability to survive during an active shooter incident. This course will provide details on what behaviors to look for and who to contact to prevent an active shooter incident. You will also learn how to make educated life-saving decisions regarding which actions to take during an active shooter incident.
This course will empower you with the strategies and procedures you need to proactively plan for and respond to an active shooter incident. You’ll gain a better understanding of active shooter characteristics and indicators of potentially violent behavior, work through planning strategies to better engage with your space and apply appropriate response techniques during an incident to reduce your freeze time and react faster. This includes learning proper procedures for escaping, barricading and locking down, using improvised weapons, trauma management/medical, communications and security 0and accurately reporting to responding law enforcement personnel. The knowledge gained will be the first step to helping you safeguard your life and the lives of others.
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American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are discovering, through combat experience, what types of weapons work best at close range to take down the enemy. Same with SWAT teams and commandos all over the world. When conducting a raid, and you find yourself up close and personal with someone trying to kill you, there is a need for a heavy caliber pistol or a shotgun firing 00 shot or slugs. The premier pistol for ensuring you take down someone is still the .45 caliber (11.4mm) or .40 caliber (10mm, but only with a heavy bullet) pistol. These weapons are light and handy, compared to assault rifles or shotguns, and have a long history of quickly taking down an armed foe.
As the U.S. Army Special Forces discovered, if you are well trained and know what you are doing, you should carry a pistol, in addition to your rifle. But not the official issue 9mm pistol, but something with a bit more stopping power. The Special Forces prefer a new model .45 caliber pistol, although 10mm weapons are also popular. The reason for this is that you are most likely to be using the pistol indoors, where your target is going to be really close. You want to knock him down quickly, before he can get at you with a knife, or even his hands. Many troops are getting their own pistols, and most commanders have been lenient on this issue. The same applies to shotguns. Although the army and marines have bought a lot of them (the Benelli M4 Combat Shotgun is a particular favorite), there never seem to be enough of them for some units (that spend a lot of time raiding buildings in hostile neighborhoods.)
The troops also appreciate getting the most realistic urban combat training possible. This included the use of modified (to fire slower bullets that sting, but don't break the skin) pistols and rifles in "kill houses." Here, training can be carried out with live ammo. Kill houses are also equipped with vidcams, and the troops particularly like to watch the vids of their performances. Seeing your mistakes apparently makes it easier to correct them. For close combat, a weapon with stopping power is no good unless you know how to use it.
All of this stuff is old news to the Special Forces, which have been doing all of this for years. But the army and marine grunts are smarter, better trained and better led than at any time in the past. That's always been the description of the Special Forces, so it's not surprising that the better quality "regular infantry" are starting to adopt Special Forces techniques. SWAT teams everywhere pay attention to this military experience, as they often get involved in the same kind of close combat. SWAT operators are a large market, and driving the development of new equipment, which is often later picked up by military personnel. | <urn:uuid:9599e6b5-7a73-415f-a9f7-a0cfa56b2b0b> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/20090408.aspx | 2023-10-04T20:36:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.9684 | 577 |
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A bit derpy looking of a drawing, but so is Odie so maybe it works out?
Went to my first soccer game -- An annual match between The Crew and FC Cinci. They put up this giant Rock'em Sock'em Robot thing at the beginning of the match.
Orange ink?! It's like opposite day with my typical blue pen...
Do you want a banana?Peel it down, and go mm mm mm mm.
A little bit of Jenga in the evening!
Per a throwaway joke request
Part of my little gaming art project that's been on hold
Was lazy and decided to go digital
Go check out the first episode of Unicorn: Warriors Eternal -- the dude who made Samurai Jack made it.
Was trying to see if I could use Illustrator, and the gradient mesh tool... and it was a nightmare. Hated this but don't have anything else to offer
Hyuh hyuh hyuh
Decided to add a bit of the background elements. White background version is below.
"Die. Die. Die."
More progress on the vector version of my beloved trashbot. Realized the bottom left piece was actually a second bot in the background so it's removed. Also realized I need to add the other side of the wheels?
"Show some respect!"
Decided to illustrate the robot from the other day. Need some sleep so it'll have to be finished up another time.
"You're too kind,"
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The handsome Saddle Up showcases the skill of our master saddler, with the stitching and solid brass buckles echoing the detail of riding gear.
Shown here in natural oiled walnut with tan saddle leather seat and back, featuring solid brass harness buckles, escutcheon pins and contrast stitching.
Constructed using a solid walnut frame with shoulder hide leather. The hide is crafted and stitched by hand, edge striped, dyed and creased. It is sourced from the traditional tanning town of Santa Croce sull’Arno, Tuscany.
For more finish options, browse here.
Handmade to order at Stuart Scott, Wiltshire, England.
Signed and individually numbered.
Our hardwoods, except where stated are hand finished with a clear microporous hard wax / oil. The natural vegetable oils and waxes allow for an even colouring accentuating the natural colour tone and grain of the wood.
Black Waxed Walnut
For our saddlery inspired pieces we have chosen shoulder hides for their inherent characteristics. Tanned in the traditional tanning town of Santa Croce sull’Arno, Tuscany using vegetable and natural animal fats. The hides are covered under the European REACH standards.
Saddle Dark Brown
Seat Height: 38cm
We’re committed to creating outstanding contemporary furniture.
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Sexual Assault Recovery in VR
LK’s project, is a 360 film about recovery and the emotional turmoil that comes with the trauma after surviving sexual assault. LK thought it extremely important to make her film in 360 Virtual Reality film format. Using this format, the viewer is no longer a passive observer, but instead becomes a part of the scene. Being encompassed by the 360-degree scenes can cause the brain to recount the film like a memory rather than a voyeuristic experience. Some believe that 360-degree films can elicit more empathy for those in the film.
The DMC was able to provide her (and others who want to make 360 films) with a 360 camera kit. LK was able to edit and stitch the film together using the DMC’s advanced video station. She demoed the film using the DMC’s Vive VR Headset. In addition to equipment, the DMC also provided LK with one-on-one mentorship and assistance for all aspects of her film. Currently, LK is shopping her film to different experimental film festivals.
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Donna Kikkert, a University of Wisonsin-Stevens Point (UWSP) student has sued her poetry professor, demanding the professor change her F grade in Advanced Creative Writing Poetry class to an A, The Telegraph reports.
The claim by the 56-year-old student against Prof Patricia Dyjak, which was made on the basis Dyjak’s course material alienates “mainstream” students due to its LGBT-centric content, has however been thrown out by a Portage County judge. Kikkert is mulling an appeal.
“She has swung the pendulum far to the side of LGBT students and, in doing so, has chosen to totally discount the importance and the validity of the mainstream student population,” Kikkert argued in her complaint.
— LGBT+ BlackpoolSixth (@LGBT_BSixth) November 17, 2016
The mature student alleged the dismal grade is a “capricious retaliation” by Dyjak because Kikkert had previously complained about the course’s content and Dyjak’s behaviour with students.
According to Kikkert’s complaint, Dyjak had selected five poetry textbooks which focused on “lesbians, illicit sexual relationships, incest and frequent swearing”, of which she finds to be “myopically degrading” and “insulting” to university students’ intelligence.
But Dyjak’s attorney argued the student’s claim has no legal grounds, as to require a professor to only limit her syllabus to certain poets. Dyjak is not required to award her student with any other grade, apart from the one she had earned either.
The university’s vice-chancellor for academic affairs, Greg Summers, has weighed in and stressed that university is a place for academic freedom and the free expression of ideas without repercussions.
Speaking to the Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, Summers said:
“We’re interested in teaching you the skills necessary to think and form your own judgments.
“Part of that is encountering ideas you may not be comfortable with and you may not agree with, and being able to encounter those ideas, empathise with them enough to take them seriously and then form your own judgment.”
Kikkert’s legal claim comes at a time where campuses are grappling with how to deal with free speech.
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Nora Mohammed Ali Motahar Omar
Name: Nora Mohammed Ali Motahar Omar
Address: Alsobah (After Asser) next to Alhikmah Medical Center
Skills: Micro Soft Work
Summary: (A brief profile Summary of the faculty member at least 3 lines)
A passionate English instructor with 10 + years of teaching experience. Possess a strong track record in improving test scores sometimes as high as 45% among students.
2019-2020 Master degree majoring in Curricula and Methods of Teaching English Language, Sana’a University.
2009-2010 Bachelor degree in English Studies Education Faculty. Sana’a University.
2014- Present Teacher / Faculty of Education- Sana’a University
2019-present Teacher Faculty of Veterinary Medicine- Sana’a University
2019-2021 English Teacher / AL-Hikmah University
2010-2019 Science and English Teacher / Different private schools and institutes
Conferences and Workshops:
No Conferences and Workshops but here are some of Training Courses:
2018 Commercial Correspondence Course. Unique Center.
2017 SPSS Training Course, Arabian University for Sciences and Technology.
2016 Online English Course supervised by teacher Waseem Zuhrah (YALI).
2012 Diploma of Computer Maintenance, Canadian Center.
2012 Diploma of Computer Applications, Canadian Center.
2011 Effective Teaching. British Council.
2011 Advance English Courses Yemen America Language Institute (YALI)
2011 How to be successful One-week intensive course by the trainer Ahmed Alaansi. Modern Education School.
2010 Communication Skills. Sana’a University.
Research and scientific papers:
The Effect of Strategic Competence Development on Yemeni EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension Performance at Sana’a University
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Explore Istanbul’s Enchanting Golden Horn on a Half-Day Tour
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Cruising the Golden Horn: Start your adventure with a scenic cruise along the legendary Golden Horn, a natural harbor that has witnessed the ebb and flow of empires. As you sail, marvel at the picturesque city coastline and historical churches and architectural wonders lining the shores. This unique perspective provides an unmatched view of Istanbul’s allure.
Pierre Loti Hill: Next, your journey leads you to Pierre Loti Hill, renowned for offering one of Istanbul’s most breathtaking panoramas. Reach this hilltop gem via a cable-lift and be greeted by a mesmerizing view of the Golden Horn below. Take your time to relish the moment, perhaps with a refreshing drink in hand, as you soak in the remarkable scenery.
Tekfur Palace: Your voyage through history continues with a visit to the Tekfur Palace, a hidden gem boasting world-renowned mosaics and frescoes. Dating back to the 14th century, this palace stands as a captivating testament to the artistic prowess of the Byzantine Empire. You’ll be entranced by the intricate details and stories these ancient walls preserve.
City Walls of Constantinople: Dive deeper into history as you explore the City Walls of Constantinople, a series of imposing stone fortifications that encircled and defended the city for centuries. Stretching over 8 kilometers, these walls were an impregnable barrier, breached only twice in their long history. The first breach occurred during the Fourth Crusade, and the second, more famously, when Sultan Mehmet II the Conqueror, just 21 years old, stormed the city in a historic moment.
- Immerse yourself in the history of Constantinople’s walls, Pierre Loti Hill, Tekfur Palace, Topkapi Gate, and the Castle of Seven Towers.
- Ascend to Pierre Loti Hill for a spellbinding view of the Golden Horn.
- Uncover the stories of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires through the narration of your expert guide.
- Capture timeless memories with your camera and explore these legendary historical sites on foot.
- Marvel at the awe-inspiring vistas from the Pierre Loti Hill viewpoint.
- Knowledgeable local guide.
- Comfortable transport in an air-conditioned minivan.
- Hotel pickup and drop-off for your convenience.
- Entrance fees to all attractions.
- Gratuities (optional).
- Food and beverages (unless specified).
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability.
- This tour is not recommended for children aged 4 and under.
Embark on this unforgettable journey through Istanbul’s history, and let the Golden Horn reveal its treasures before your very eyes.
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A whitewashed former hunting lodge that has been in the hands of the Macdonald clan for centuries, Kinloch Lodge is now headed up by Isabella Macdonald, the daughter of Lord Godfrey and Lady Claire Macdonald, who opened the hotel in 1972. Often shrouded in mist swept up from the sleepy southern banks of Loch na Dal, a sea loch in southern Skye, Kinloch's setting is spectacular, even by Scottish standards. Picture crisp, cold, shimmering waters, wild hills and complete - almost eerie - silence.
Outside, there's foraging, fishing and stalking to be done, all accompanied by Kinloch Lodge's resident ghillie, the aptly named Mitchell Patridge, while the hotel's seasonal, sea-to-plate restaurant offering takes centre stage when you're back at base.
Considering the fact that the lodge used to be the Macdonalds' home, hosting seems to have come incredibly naturally to the family - in particular, to Isabella, whose effervescent hospitality will likely have you feeling more like friends by the end of your stay.
Window views from a bedroom, left, and the Lodge's drawing room.
Thanks to a tasteful renovation in 2016, the rooms all exude a country-home charm - think muted colour palettes, Cole & Son wallpaper and fabrics from the local crafters at Skye Weavers. All bedrooms and suites look out onto majestic Loch na Dal, so, come morning, you can sweep open your curtains for misty views over the water. And the beds? They're all super-kings, with soft, goose-feather mattress toppers and luxurious Egyptian cotton bed linen. The bedrooms are all individually designed, the pulse of history still coursing through their veins in subtle ways, with old Macdonald family portraits and paintings on walls, and small trinkets and memorabilia on bedside tables. In the bathroom there are huge walk-in showers and roll-top baths, and shelves stocked with L'Occitane toiletries.
What's for breakfast?
The most important meal of the day is taken seriously here, although the menu may err on the side of simple. But what it lacks in variety, it makes up for in flavour and strong Scottish sustenance. There's an award-winning creamy porridge spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon and hearty cooked breakfast options like smoked salmon with scrambled eggs on granary toast. For those who prefer their first meal cold, there's a deliciously nutty homemade granola, and fruit salad.
Dinner by candlelight, left, and fresh loch mussels on the menu.
How about lunch and dinner?
Luckily for us, head chef Jordan Webb is a stickler for cooking from nature's larder, so you'll find an abundance of locally foraged fare on the lunch and dinner menus, much of which is plucked straight from the loch, surrounding shores and the restaurant's impressive kitchen garden. Webb, who joined the team in 2020, has had a tough act to follow - Lady Claire Macdonald left a remarkable culinary legacy, following her 40 years in the lodge's kitchen, during which she penned a remarkable 20 cookbooks.
Webb has quite literally stepped up to the plate, though, with an unfussy approach and focus on hyperlocal produce. Favourites on his daily-changing menu include North Skye venison dhal, Sconser scallops, and halibut in a creamy vermouth sauce. For those not wanting to be bound by the set lunch and dinner times, there's an appetising all-day menu offering sandwiches, cheese and Kinloch Lodge s'mores.
Is there a bar?
Yes, there is - a cosy, firelit den with an extensive whisky collection of over 122 bottles.
Kinloch's resident ghillie, Mitchell Partridge, is on hand for outdoor pursuits including foraging, fishing, wild walks and stalking - all accompanied by his exquisitely trained collie, Millie. And what to do with those tired, aching post-walk limbs? Leave yourself in the capable hands of Anita, a holistic masseuse who mixes her own oils, and you'll come away as good as new, if not better.
How about their green credentials?
Lady Claire's emphasis on seasonality and local ingredients was groundbreaking when she first introduced it in the 70s, and the hotel's food ethos is still very much geared around locality. You'll also find an impressive list of biodynamic and organic wines, as well as filtered water drafted straight from the nearby natural spring.
What about accessibility?
All communal areas of the main lodge - the dining room, bar and drawing room - are on the ground floor, as are three ground-floor rooms that allow wheelchair access. One of the three ground-floor bathrooms is fully adapted, and the others are all particularly large.
What's the crowd?
Kinloch's relaxed, informal style draws guests from all over. In recent years the hotel has been particularly popular with families, thanks in no small part to Mitchell Partridge's wealth of wild, outdoor experiences that cater to children of all ages.
Within a short walk I can find…
The cast of wildlife that roams the lodge's spectacularly remote surroundings includes stags, otters and golden eagles - you'll likely not come across another building on your walk, let alone a human.
Things I should know…
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By Hugh Son -
Jun 28, 2013
Bank of America Corp. opened a unit in India to review
home-valuation reports as it seeks to rebuild share in U.S. mortgages at a lower cost, said four people with knowledge of the move.
Workers in the new Bangalore office follow checklists to determine if appraisals are complete, said the people, who requested anonymity because they weren’t authorized to comment. The firm also eliminated jobs of licensed
U.S. workers in its LandSafe business, the appraisal division of the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company, which made $78.7 billion in loans last year, the people said.
“One of the biggest problems in the mortgage business is all the paperwork involved, and how do you engineer it to reduce the bottlenecks,” said Bert Ely, an independent banking consultant in Alexandria, Virginia. “With offshoring, the potential for problems
is always there, but it’s hard to be critical for trying to minimize costs.”
Lenders around the world have vowed to boost revenue and curb spending to make up for sluggish loan growth and new regulations. Bank of America, which spent more than $45 billion to settle disputes tied to defective mortgages and foreclosures, is among the
most aggressive cost-cutters with Chief Executive Officer
Brian T. Moynihan planning to save $8 billion a year. The firm slipped from being the biggest U.S. mortgage lender in 2008 to fourth last year.
Other firms have added staff in lower-cost cities. Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the New York-based investment bank, saw headcount in places including Bangalore and
Salt Lake City almost double since 2007 to 22 percent of employees, CEO
Lloyd Blankfein said in November.
Barclays Plc (BARC) said today it planned to move 4,000 more jobs overseas and to lower cost locations by 2015 to save as much as 250 million pounds ($381 million).
LandSafe has more than 2,000 associates in the U.S., according to the Plano, Texas-based firm’s website. In addition to appraisals tied to new home loans, it also conducts valuations on Bank of America’s portfolio of delinquent loans, of which the company
had 667,000 on March 31. In February, the lender cut about 5 percent of LandSafe employees, saying they weren’t needed as
overdue loans fell.
Licensed reviewers, who check the accuracy of appraisal valuations and can earn more than $100,000 a year, were among those who lost their jobs, the people said.
Bank of America’s program prevents paperwork errors from delaying loan applications, said
Terry Francisco, a spokesman for the second-biggest lender by assets. The overseas completeness checks, begun in August, don’t replace in-depth reviews done by licensed U.S. staff, he said.
“The overall consideration isn’t necessarily cost, although cost can be an element,” Francisco said. “What we’re looking for is if there are patterns in certain areas where it looks like the reviews aren’t necessarily needed anymore.”
The U.S.-based reviewers, who typically had at least five years of experience as appraisers, are required to confirm accuracy by doing independent assessments that conform to industry standards, the people said. The checklists in India cover 17 items such
as whether the appraiser remembered to sign the report and include photographs of rooms, according to a copy obtained by Bloomberg.
Relying more on checklists may increase the odds of defective reports going undetected, said Karen Mann, a Discovery Bay, California-based appraiser who testified for the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission’s 2011
report. The FCIC examined the causes of the housing bubble and subsequent 2008 credit crunch.
“Experienced, licensed appraisers know the shortcuts people take, so those reviewers can be invaluable,” Mann said. “With the checkboxes, they’re looking for things that don’t really have anything to do with values.”
LandSafe workers complained last year about the decline in review work and its impact on their pay and job security, said a person with direct knowledge of the internal discussions. In response, LandSafe executive Tracy Sanderson said management couldn’t
increase the number of reviews because of the expense, the person said. Sanderson didn’t return calls seeking comment.
Bank of America was forced to pay the most of any U.S. lender to put the housing mess behind it after Moynihan’s processor
Kenneth D. Lewis bought Countrywide Financial Corp. in 2008. The firm has finished paying the “lion’s share” of costs tied to faulty mortgages, Moynihan said in March.
Under Moynihan, 53, the firm pulled back as it struggled to fend off regulators and lawsuits. The company made $78.7 billion in home loans last year, or about 4 percent of the market, compared with $315 billion in 2008, when it had more than 20 percent,
according to newsletter Inside Mortgage Finance.
“We’ve been building that back up, and expect to be in the 5 percent area as we exit the second quarter,” Chief Financial Officer
Bruce Thompson told analysts on June 11, adding that he expected market share would continue to rise. San Francisco-based
Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) is ranked first, creating almost 1 in 3 U.S. mortgages last year.
Lenders are under pressure to reduce costs because demand for refinancings, the biggest source of volume for the firms, is falling amid surging
mortgage rates. The average rate for a 30-year fixed loan rose to 4.46 percent from 3.93 percent, the biggest one-week increase since 1987, McLean, Virginia-based
Freddie Mac said yesterday in a statement.
Bank of America, which doesn’t disclose how many workers are outside the U.S., had 262,812
employees as of March 30, or 5.7 percent fewer than a year earlier. Its shares fell 1.2 percent at 4:15 p.m. in
New York to $12.86 paring the gain in the past 12 months to 66 percent. The bank has plunged from a closing high of $54.90 in 2006.
To contact the reporter on this story: Hugh Son in New York at
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|Curtiss Wright R-3350 Engine|
|Some people say that the Super Constellation had the best cowlings of all airplanes, free access from all sides...|
|This is the R-3350 with Turbo-Compound in a museum|
|A close-up of the Power Recovery Turbine (PRT) and the attached gears. Three of these are mounted around the motor, each one driven by six cylinders.|
|The Turbo Compound system is not a "turbo" as known from car engines. In a car, the turbo is used to compress the intake air - or in other words, to push more air-fuel mixture into the cylinders. On the R-3350, this is done by the so called Supercharger, a rotary compressor that can be seen on the picture above. |
The Turbo Compound delivers it's energy directly mechanically to the crankshaft with the help of gears and fluid couplings. The PRT's (Power Recovery Turbines) deliver 20% more power to the engine from the "waste" energy of the exhaust gases.
|You can download this exploded view of a R-3350 in big format (2000x1395) |
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|An animated picture of a radial engine |
Here you can see how pistons, rods and crankschaft work together. This is a radial engine which is electrically driven. Instead of cylinders there are electromagnets.
Because of the very short rods in this model, you can see that the movement of all the pistons is a bit different. This is also the case in the real engine. Rotating counterweights are installed to compensate this. | <urn:uuid:62c37282-f481-40d0-9523-ef8bb731e054> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://superconstellation.ch/TechnicalInformation/motor/motor-en.html | 2023-10-04T21:15:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.926387 | 370 |
Friday, 3 June 2016
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, Galatians 5:22
Beginning with “But…” Paul now contrasts the deeds of the flesh of the previous verses with the fruits of the Spirit. One can understand the contrast when considering that “works of the flesh” stem from the natural, earthly man. He is fallen, and his works produce that which is unfit for the kingdom of God. To contrast this, that which stems from “the Spirit” is given to show that these do not flow from our own nature, but rather from God.
It should be noted that each of these fruits appear to be things which any person can possess, even if they have never come to Christ. However, this is incorrect. Only through the Spirit are our actions acceptable to God. Without Christ’s covering, our works are tainted with sin, and any fruit we have is already corrupted. Further, the use of some of these words is only in relation to that which is of divine origin. This fruit of the Spirit includes:
Love – This is love which is expressed to our Creator and to other humans which is pure and undefiled. It follows the description given by Paul in 1 Corinthians 13, and it is a volitional act of the will. It is, in particular, love directed to God more than anything else. The reason for this is that this, as a fruit, is set in contrast to the works of the flesh which are carnal and earthly. This is uniting; that is divisive.
Joy – This word is etymologically linked to words meaning “rejoice because of grace,” “joy because of grace,” and “grace.” Therefore, it signifies the knowledge and understanding of God’s grace and favor. In essence, it is the recognition of His grace in our lives… something to be truly joyous about.
Peace – This word indicates “peace of mind.” It is comparable to the Jewish word “shalom” which indicates more than just calm, but wholeness and completion when all the essential parts are joined together. It is God’s gift of wholeness.
Longsuffering – Patience is the short definition here. But it is a bit fuller than that. It is a divinely regulated endurance which even is used by God of Himself to show that He is truly able to endure our waywardness in order to reveal His character to us. It demonstrates the ability to wait a sufficient time before expressing anger. Thus, it withholds any premature use of force concerning offense.
Kindness – This word is described as that which is well-suited for use. It is the ability to meet real needs in the way that God would meet them, and in the timing He would meet them. As it is a divinely generated type of kindness, it is rightly known as a fruit of the Spirit. The Spirit produces in us a goodness which meets the needs of others while avoiding natural, carnal harshness.
Goodness – This speaks of goodness which is intrinsic in nature. It is a quality or condition which is related to believers because its source is found in God. It is revealed in both moral and spiritual excellence.
Faithfulness – The word here is noted by HELPS Word Studies as always being a gift from God; never that which can be produced by people. It is “God’s divine persuasion” – and therefore distinct from human belief (confidence), yet involving it. The Lord continuously births faith in the yielded believer so they can know what He prefers, i.e. the persuasion of His will (1 Jn 5:4).”
Life application: In a cursory reading of these fruits of the Spirit, one might think that they possessed them apart from coming to Christ. This is not the case. The gifts that God offers, through His Spirit, are unique to believers. Further, they are not automatically obtained. Rather, they develop as we yield ourselves to Christ. This can be done through prayer, praise, fellowship, study of the word, etc. Be well rounded in your walk and yield your life daily to the Lord. As you do, He will continue to fill you with His Holy Spirit.
It is such a wonderful thing to know that reaching my final goal isn’t up to me at all. Here I am Lord, failing You daily… stumbling over my natural self. And yet, because of the work of Another, I am deemed holy and acceptable to You. Help each of us who have called on Jesus to first live for You because of that act. But secondly, to understand that when we falter, You have already forgiven the failing. What a great and gracious God You are! Amen. | <urn:uuid:0ad20b86-0ed3-4c93-8dd1-4887e7df07c8> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://superiorword.org/galatians-5-22/ | 2023-10-04T20:15:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.969097 | 1,011 |
- Life Extension CoffeeGenic Green Coffee Extract has been shown to be a helpful addition to a weight management program.*
- The impressive findings, reported January 2012, noted that both men and women lost an average of 17.6 poundsover 10% of body weightafter just 12 weeks of supplementation. There was also an average 4.44% reduction in body fat percentage.
- CoffeeGenic Green Coffee Extract has also been shown to induce a remarkable 32% drop in after-meal blood sugar.*
- Studies show even in people with normal fasting glucose, gaining control of after-meal surges may provide additional support for cardiovascular and metabolic health.*
- At the core of CoffeeGenic Green Coffee Extract's power to favorably modulate after-meal glucose levels is chlorogenic acid, a polyphenol found in the green coffee bean.
- Life Extension CoffeeGenic Green Coffee Extract is produced through a patented extraction process to deliver an extraordinarily high proportion of chlorogenic acid for maximum potency.
- The coffee beans sourced for CoffeeGenic Green Coffee Extract are organically grown. For optimal benefit, one vegetarian capsule of CoffeeGenic Green Coffee Extract should be taken before heavy meals. Each capsule is standardized to 50% chlorogenic acid.
Serving Size 1 vegetarian capsule
Amount Per Serving
CoffeeGenic® Green Coffee extract (bean) [std to 50% chlorogenic acid (200 mg)]........400 mg
vegetable cellulose (capsule)
Dosage and Use
Take one (1) capsule before each heavy meal, up to three times daily, or as recommended by a healthcare practitioner.
Each serving contains approximately 12 mg of caffeine (the amount found in 1/4 cup brewed green tea).
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- DO NOT EXCEED RECOMMENDED DOSE
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- When using nutritional supplements, please consult with your physician if you are undergoing treatment for a medical condition or if you are pregnant or lactating.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to treat, mitigate, diagnose or cure any disease. | <urn:uuid:1d8791bb-128e-4bca-b8d3-a5725671b639> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://supplementfirst.com/products/life-extension-coffeegenic-green-coffee-extract | 2023-10-04T20:43:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.904861 | 470 |
Both the Starter and Premium plans come with a "starter pack" of minutes to get you started. The Starter plan comes with 500 minutes included each month. The Premium plan comes with 4000 minutes included each month.
Our Starter and Premium Plans comes with a "starter pack" of minutes each month.
With our Starter plan, you'll receive a generous allocation of 500 minutes included in your monthly subscription. In the event that you exceed this limit, any additional minutes used will incur a charge of $0.06 per minute.
For those seeking a more comprehensive option, our Premium plan provides an extensive allotment of 4000 minutes per month. Should you surpass this allocation, any extra minutes utilized will be billed at a rate of $0.05 per minute.
We bill every month based on the total amount of streaming time for all of your uploaded apps. Streaming time begins when a user starts streaming an app and ends when the user leaves the page or the session times out due to inactivity.
For more information, please see our Pricing page. | <urn:uuid:eed46866-142d-44cd-aa24-3d152490a103> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://support.appetize.io/how-many-minutes-are-included-in-the-basic-and-premium-plans | 2023-10-04T19:26:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.904773 | 212 |
BP2000W bypass inverter connected to the mains no output but the inverter state work normally
BP series with bypass inverter 2000W 24VDC 220VAC
In the inverter state, it is normal. In the mains state, it does not work and has no output.
Analysis of the possibility of the cause
The fuse of the mains input port is damaged, which should be caused by overload operation in the mains state.
Solutions and steps
Replace the fuse.
No output voltage after the BP 600w inverter is turned on and the fault light flashes
Model BP series with bypass inverter 600W 12VDC 220VAC Description Can not be turned on normally, the fault light flashes after turning on, no output voltage. Analysis of the possibility of the cause 1. Check the internal circuit, the bus voltage is ...
BP 300W inverter fault light does not light up after power on but no output voltage
Model BP series pure sine wave inverter 300W 24VDC 220VAC Description Turn on normally, the fault light is off, but there is no output voltage. Analysis of the possibility of the cause After checking and replacing, it is determined that the rear ...
The BP 2500W inverter did not output and had smell of burnt
Model BP series pure sine wave inverter 2500W 24VDC 220VAC Description The inverter did not output and had smell of burnt. After opening, DC input part MOS tube and fuse exploded, and DC input control board was damaged. Analysis of the possibility of ...
2000W with charge inverter can be turned on normally but does not work with 500 or 600 watt load
Model BP series with charge inverter 2000W 48VDC 220VAC Description 1. It can be turned on normally, but when it is loaded with a load of 500 or 600 watts, it cannot work. 2. After sending it back for power-on test, there is a failure to start the ...
The lighting fixture connected to the inverter's output terminal is damaged
Model Helios II series off grid solar inverter 485MCP Description The inverter cannot be turned on, and the lighting fixture connected to the output terminal is damaged. Analysis of the possibility of the cause 1.After disassembly and inspection, it ... | <urn:uuid:940aac23-5031-4a35-bdda-1c55da14077d> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://support.cnbou.com/portal/en/kb/articles/bp2000w-connected-to-the-mains-no-output-but-the-inverter-state-work-normally | 2023-10-04T18:45:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.902059 | 498 |
This article will demonstrate how drivers create a vehicle damage report. This will allow the driver to document any previous damage to a vehicle and get customer confirmation.
Open a current job and press the more options button. An option for vehicle damage will appear.
Select the "+" icon in the top right corner to start a new vehicle damage report
Select points on the vehicle that has damage
Enter detailed information on the damage point. This includes a description, details, and pictures.
After documenting all damage, choose "customer confirmation" under the vehicle
Review the damage with the customer and have them choose the agreement at the bottom.
Enter the customer's name and they can finalize the report by signing on the screen. | <urn:uuid:31f22f27-4b5a-42fb-be61-48212672e5e6> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://support.dispatchanywhere.com/support/solutions/articles/73000606888-da-driver-how-to-create-a-vehicle-damage-report | 2023-10-04T20:14:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.879358 | 168 |
Implants such as Implanon NXT and hormone intrauterine systems/devices (IUS) such as Mirena and Jaydess are contraceptives that use the same class of hormone - a progestogen - to prevent pregnancy.
Implants sit in the skin under your inner arm whereas the intrauterine systems/devices, as the name implies are inserted into the uterus.
The costs of an implant and a hormone IUD are similar - they both cost around 180 Euro excluding doctor and clinic fees. Both types of contraceptives require insertion, replacement, and removal in a doctor's clinic in a small procedure that usually only requires a bit of local anaesthetic.
Both types of contraceptive can produce some side effects, such as headaches, bloating, mood swings, breast tenderness, and acne, due to the progestogen hormone they release.
So what's the difference between them?
Since the implant releases the hormone into the bloodstream whereas the IUS releases the hormone directly into the uterus, the implant is more likely to interact with other medicines. For example St John's wort, medicines to treat TB and HIV, and medicines to prevent seizures can reduce the efficacy of the implant but have no effect on an IUS.
Since the implant is under your skin, there is no risk of it coming out without noticing. With the IUS there is a small risk that it may be dislodged, especially in the first month after insertion, and you should periodically check if it is still in place.
The implant, which sits under the skin under your inner arm, is more noticeable and palpable than an IUS. Some women do not like having a small plastic rod under their skin. | <urn:uuid:371a00ce-8838-482a-ad55-03950ad03df2> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://support.doctorsforchoice.mt/hc/en-mt/articles/5395295552157-Should-I-choose-an-implant-or-a-hormone-intrauterine-device-system-IUS- | 2023-10-04T19:57:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.919428 | 346 |
Linking your eero network to your Amazon account (which can you do by linking your eero account and Amazon account, or by using your Amazon credentials to login in to the eero app (also called Amazon Login)) makes interacting with your network and smart devices even easier by supporting features like eero Built-in, Amazon Frustration-Free Setup and Zigbee Smart Home Hub.
eero and Amazon may use information from your accounts to support features that require account linking, and as otherwise described in eero’s Privacy Notice and Amazon’s Privacy Notice. You can unlink your account any time in the eero app under the Discover tab (although if you want to stop using Amazon Login, you will need to delete your current eero account and create a new one).
Here is an example of what may be shared between eero and Amazon to support features that require account linking:
- The name and email address associated with your Amazon account, for uses consistent with eero and Amazon’s privacy notices
- Wifi network name(s), wifi password(s), Thread network identifiers, Thread network password(s) and key(s) for fast device onboarding*
- Current and recently connected device information, such as device nicknames and types, for easy Alexa voice control of supported devices and to enable eero Built-In**
- Configuration to maintain low-power smart home networks, such as Zigbee, so you can use Alexa to control supported devices the way you want
*eero will soon support Thread credential syncing with Amazon. Syncing Thread credentials will help customers more easily add Thread devices to their network using Amazon’s upcoming Matter Simple Setup technology. Syncing of credentials will also help eero and supported Amazon products merge into a single, shared Thread mesh network to help improve range and reliability. See What is Thread? for more general information about Thread networking.
**eero Built-in is a new eero feature launching Fall 2022 to compatible Echo devices. See What is eero Built-In for more information. Rest assured eero software doesn't track your internet browsing activity - whether that is eero software on our devices, or eero software on devices running eero Built-in.
Credential syncing can always be disabled in the Amazon Connected Home>Frustration Free Setup area in the eero mobile app. To delete credentials currently being stored with Amazon, you can do so by visiting Amazon’s Manage Your Content and Devices, under the “Preferences” tab. You must perform both of these actions if you wish to both delete stored credentials and stop future credential sharing. We value your trust and work hard to protect your privacy. As a reminder, eero does not track where you go on the internet. Learn more about our commitment to your privacy | <urn:uuid:3c53f559-ce62-47e4-8693-d18e433fcd23> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045529291-Amazon-Account-Linking-What-is-shared- | 2023-10-04T19:24:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.902017 | 582 |
No, it is not possible to change the position of the banner in the ArcGIS Online for Organizations home page. The banner must stay at the top of the home page.
Users cannot modify the position of the banner on the site; however, the user can customize the logo, image, style, border, or text features within the banner area by using HTML code or a rich text editor. A comprehensive reference of what is allowed can be found in the Related Information linked below.
Note: For best results, the recommended image size is 960 pixels wide by 180 pixels high. | <urn:uuid:0cc837d6-835a-4b99-9110-880c4776b0c4> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/faq-is-it-possible-to-change-the-position-of-the-banner-000012139 | 2023-10-04T19:09:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.855177 | 118 |
Imagine a world without modern technology, convenience stores, and easy access to goods and services. Imagine having to fend for yourself during a disaster or apocalyptic event. In such a scenario, luxuries could become a thing of the past. However, that is not to say that there will be no value to certain items that were perceived as luxuries before a crisis. In this post, we will explore what could be considered luxuries after an SHTF event.
Water is a basic necessity for survival. It is essential to stock up on water for drinking, cooking, and cleaning. However, it is equally important to have a reliable source of clean water. In a post-SHTF world, access to clean water could be challenging. Water filters, water purifying tablets, and boiling water can be useful for maintaining a clean water supply. A luxury in this situation would be hot running water, which is something most of us take for granted in the modern world.
In today’s world, electricity powers everything from cell phones to refrigerators. In a survival scenario, electricity may not be readily available. Having a generator, solar panels, or other means of producing electricity can be a game changer in a post-SHTF world. Additionally, items that can run on alternative power sources, such as hand-cranked radios or flashlights, can also be considered luxuries.
Tools are essential for survival in a post-SHTF world. They are used for everything from building shelter to fixing broken equipment. Having quality tools, such as axes, saws, hammers, and wrenches, can make a huge difference. Luxury items could include power tools, such as drills or electric saws, which, although not necessary, can be very helpful in certain situations.
Clothing is important for survival, but it is not just about functionality. In a post-apocalyptic world, comfortable clothing could be a luxury. Having suitable clothing for the climate and environment can make all the difference. In a cold climate, warm and waterproof clothing can prevent hypothermia. In a hot climate, lightweight and breathable clothing can prevent dehydration and heat exhaustion. Comfortable footwear can also be a luxury, especially for people who are on their feet all day.
In a post-SHTF world, daily life can be monotonous and challenging. Having items for entertainment can be a luxury. Books, board games, playing cards, and musical instruments can provide a much-needed break from the rigors of survival. In a world without technology, these items could become rare and valuable.
Luxuries can mean different things to different people. In a survival scenario, some things that were once considered essential could become luxuries. It is important to prioritize what is truly necessary for survival, but it is also important to consider what items could make life more comfortable or enjoyable. Being prepared with the essentials is key, but having a few luxuries can also go a long way in a post-SHTF world.
In conclusion, in a post-SHTF world, luxuries such as clean water, electricity, tools, comfortable clothing, and entertainment can hold great value. It is essential to prioritize the necessities, but having a few luxuries can make a significant impact on quality of life. Being prepared for survival and anticipating what could be considered a luxury is important in any survival scenario. | <urn:uuid:490cceee-cceb-4e77-ad38-024a344354ad> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://survivalskillzone.com/surviving-in-style-post-disaster/ | 2023-10-04T20:19:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.953861 | 707 |
A comprehensive study of the historical and theological development of Eastern Christianity, John Anthony McGuckin traces Orthodoxy's roots from the formation of its biblical, doctrinal and spiritual culture, while explaining the richness of Eastern Christian traditions. Scholarly, timely, and thought-provoking, The Orthodox Church provides Orthodoxy with a long-awaited voice to engage in a meaningful dialogue with contemporary Western culture.
Written by one of the leading Orthodox theologians in the English-speaking world, The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to its History, Doctrine, and Spiritual Culture will unlock the deep mysteries of Eastern Christianity to Westerners.
Father John Anthony McGuckin is a Stavrofor Priest of the Romanian Orthodox Church. he is the Nielsen Professor of Early Christian and Byzantine Church History at Union Theological Seminary, and Professor of Byzantine Christianity at New York's Columbia University. Professor McGuckin has published more than twenty books on religious and historical themes and is considered one of the most articulate spokespersons of the early Christian and Eastern Orthodox writing in English today. | <urn:uuid:4479b56d-9858-47e5-aecf-046d04a8a79b> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://svspress.com/the-orthodox-church-an-introduction-to-its-history-doctrine-and-spiritual-culture/ | 2023-10-04T20:42:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.915127 | 212 |
Construction is currently underway on a $25-million project to reconstruct Taxiway L, the primary connector path for all departing commercial aircraft at Long Beach Airport (LGB). The project will align the airport with current FAA standards, and is primarily funded by grants from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Crews from Walsh Construction Company and its subcontractors began work during the first week of January on the project, with the work expected to last through August 2022.
The current runway project work that Walsh is performing includes replacing the existing asphalt pavement on Taxiway L, the main taxiway that allows departing aircraft to connect from the terminal to the runway and other aircraft facilities. Airport officials stated that the exiting asphalt pavement has reached the end of its useful life. The new concrete pavement that is being placed is designed to last 40 years.
In a move to make the new taxiway more environmentally sustainable, the asphalt millings from the demolition of the existing runway are being used as a base material for the new pavement section. This method will sharply reduce the number of dump truck trips required, and also reduce the amount of new aggregate material that needs to be produced. Both of these steps will reduce the carbon footprint of this project. The use of concrete pavement will further improve sustainability of the taxiway over the life of the pavement.
Additional sustainability elements in the runway reconstruction project include the replacement of all taxiway lights and signage with LED lights, which have much longer lifespans and lower energy consumption than the existing lights. New markings, stripings, and signage will also be installed.
Founded in 1923, Long Beach Airport is the oldest airport in California. The Airport prides itself in preserving its esteemed historical legacy and maintaining a safe, sustainable, and environmentally responsible operation.
In 2021, Long Beach Airport achieved a Level 2 Airport Carbon Accreditation emission reduction rating after fully electrifying all 11 commercial gates, creating recycling and organic waste diversion programs, replacing old equipment with more energy efficient technology, and collaborating with Aeroplex/Aerolease on the installation of 1,000 solar panels, which generate 380 kilowatts of solar power per year.
From January through October of last year, Long Beach Airport had approximately 7,000 commercial plane landings and 300 cargo aircraft landings, according to statistics compiled by airport officials. The LGB Aviation Complex encompasses 1,166 acres, has three runways, and is unique among municipal airports with its diverse portfolio of Class A office buildings, hotels, retail, and industrial facilities, plus a municipal golf course. Annually, LGB generates $8.6 billion in economic impact, supporting 46,000 jobs. | <urn:uuid:590796a2-47ce-4d82-aba1-09aa3d567358> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://swcpa.org/walsh-work-progressing-on-25m-long-beach-airport-taxiway-improvement-project/ | 2023-10-04T20:59:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.946804 | 533 |
Sweary Kim Mentorship
Sweary Kim Mentorship
***Do Not Purchase With Any Other Items***
***ONCE PURCHASED, YOUR FINAL ORDER CONFIRMATION SCREEN ONCE THE ORDER HAS BEEN PLACED WILL HAVE THE LINK THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE FACEBOOK GROUP!! PLEASE REQUEST TO JOIN THE GROUP IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASING!!! And answer all questions correctly! Keep your initial email! Save this email! This will be your portal link if you need to make changes to your subscription! **If you create an account during checkout, you will be able to easily access your subscription!!**
***The day you cancel, is the day you are removed from the Facebook group…regardless of the day you cancel. If you are charged on the first, and cancel on the second, you will be removed from the group on the second without a refund*** By purchasing the subscription, you are agreeing to these terms.
**YOU WILL ALSO GET AN EMAIL FROM SEAL SUBSCRIPTIONS WITH THE LINK TO JOIN THE SWEARYKIM MENTORSHIP FACEBOOK GROUP.
What you will get with your membership:
•Exclusive access to a private Facebook only available to my mentorship members.
•3-4 Live tutorials/coachings a month in the group, that will not be posted elsewhere during that same month. (The amount of lives I do will probably be more than this.)
•Exclusive first access to my product drops and merch/collabs (when I can give first access).
•Mentorship only e-mail to communicate with me directly for one on one support as needed.
•Discount code for my shop.
•Lives with special guests and other makers/influencers in our industry.
This will be an open and welcoming platform for anyone who wants to pay to join. My only request is you’re okay with sassiness, swear words, and growing pains.
• Plus exclusive giveaways!
***ONCE PURCHASED PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL AND YOUR ORDER CONFIRMATION WILL HAVE A PDF FILE YOU WILL HAVE TO DOWNLOAD TO GET THE LINK TO THE PRIVATE GROUP!!! PLEASE REQUEST TO JOIN THE GROUP IMMEDIATELY UPON GETTING THIS EMAIL AFTER PURCHASING!!!
Please note, this is a recurring subscription that is billed monthly on the 1st of every month until it ends or you cancel. Once purchased, you will be emailed a link to the private group for you to request to join! *keep this email!! It is your link to your subscription portal!*
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In the Asbestos Awareness course, you will be presented with information on asbestos-related hazards, PPE requirements, air monitoring methods, and abatement methods for different risk levels. Asbestos is a fibrous material used in many industrial applications. Unfortunately, asbestos is also a dangerous substance that increases the risk of lung cancer, mesothelioma, and asbestosis. This course will help you meet regulatory and government requirements.
This is a two-hour online course.
Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
- Identify the health risks associated with asbestos
- Describe some materials that contain asbestos
- Describe the required respiratory protection when dealing with asbestos
- Describe the protective clothing requirements for asbestos
- Describe abatement in relation to asbestos
- Identify procedures used in asbestos abatement work
- Describe air monitoring requirements for abatement work
- Describe the techniques used for air monitoring
- Describe how to respond to medical and fire emergencies
- Describe where to find more information on competency profiles for asbestos projects | <urn:uuid:8fe48aca-afa6-4377-b403-c4099a54c2c8> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://swiftlearning.com/product/asbestos-awareness/ | 2023-10-04T18:54:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.847297 | 224 |
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Like so many people around the world, I feel a personal connection to Notre Dame de Paris (literally “Our Lady of Paris”), so when I heard on Monday that the centuries-old cathedral had been ravaged by a fire, I felt like I’d been punched in the stomach. I remembered stepping into the sanctuary, looking up at the vaulted ceiling, and feeling dizzy and overwhelmed. It’s easy to understand why centuries of visitors and parishioners have felt a connection to something bigger than themselves in that place.
As I sat with my memories and my sadness on Monday night, I noticed that voices I respect when it comes to matters of social justice had another take entirely. Here’s an example.
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mood. (credit to @mylanmurdo ) ALSO, latina rebels have various contributors with varied politics. just a reminder 💜 this is about history, and the ways we specifically grieve white history and no one bats an eye at all these museums across the world FULL of stolen items from indigenous communities. not only that but forced conversion into catholicism is a RICH and ugly history, that we cannot forget.
The truth of this stung, but it also got me thinking: maybe Westerners can use this disaster as an opportunity to gain empathy.
Those of us with primarily European ancestry have just watched one of our sacred places burn. In the aftermath of that, perhaps it will be easier for us to imagine how the people our ancestors colonized felt as they watched their sacred spaces destroyed or remade to serve invaders from another place.
So as we process our feelings about Notre Dame over the coming days and weeks, let’s also take the time to ask ourselves:
- How must the Aztecs, or the Yoruba, or the Wampanoag have felt when the places that were sacred to them were razed or repurposed by our ancestors?
- How must their descendents feel now, to see us grieving Notre Dame?
- How might their experience be different if we took the time to acknowledge the reality of what their ancestors faced?
- In the same way that so many people have raised money to rebuild Notre Dame, how might we pool our resources to bring about reparations and lasting change?
If we do this, then we can transform the senseless burning of a sacred place into an opportunity to do the most sacred thing we possibly can: empathize with one another and seek lasting change. | <urn:uuid:07c372df-c16d-4f36-857e-9a2ca38ef510> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://taephoenix.com/2019/04/17/every-disaster-is-an-opportunity-for-empathy-what-we-can-learn-from-the-burning-of-notre-dame/ | 2023-10-04T19:47:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.930972 | 708 |
Popular Nigerian chef Hilda Baci in a recent statement reveals that she has been cooking for about 15-17 years.
The 27-year-old CEO of “My Food By Hilda” who hails from Akwa-Ibom state made this known during a recent interview with Pulse.
Recall that few days ago, Hilda Baci becomes one of the trending conversations online after she breaks Guinness World Record and set a new one by completing 100 hours 40mins of non-stop cooking by a single individual.
When asked about her favourtie dish, Hilda Baci disclosed that her favourtie dish is her restaurant’s native rice, which she tagged as the best seller.
Speaking further, Hilda Baci disclosed that her favourite dish to prepare is Afan soup while her least favourite dish to prepare is epkangkwukwo because of the excess needed to put in it.
She also stated that her three (3) favourite kitchen tools she can’t do without include, a nice pot, a sharp knife and a rough chopper.
Watch the video below;
See reactions below;
kella_thetechdj: That ekpangkwukwo has work true true but it’s very nice if prepared properly.
benbills007: Like her signature hairstyle,she always look cute with it.
imabongsamu: The work for that ekpang ehn. It’s a whole family on hands food.
itz_romainepresh: I love hilda😍😍I’ll visit her restaurant soon😍😍😍.
gold_nah: Ekpang is our general enemy 😂😂but it’s very sweet.
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Nollywood actress, Juliet Njemanze has used her most recent Instagram post to reveal the type of man she would love to have in her life right now.
She took to her Instagram story to share the post, where she stated that all she wants now is a man who will love her the way Annie Idibia loves her husband, Tuface Idibia.
She made it known that what exists between them is real love. The actress is someone who has managed to keep her relationship status off social media, and she has now come out to disclose the kind of man she wants to be with in a relationship.
In the statement she made on her Instagram story, she said, “I want a man that will love me the way Annie loves Tuface. That’s real love right there.” | <urn:uuid:7300b5f1-f910-47cd-be61-ac109fa87ac5> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://talkofnaija.com/i-want-a-man-that-will-love-me-the-way-annie-loves-tuface-thats-real-love-actress-juliet-njemanze/ | 2023-10-04T19:33:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.983899 | 171 |
Jimi Tenor Band
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”Ehdotin, että ruvetaan vaan soittamaan ja harjoittelemaan, kun ei juuri mitään muutakaan voitu.”
– Jimi Tenor
Jimi Tenor (b. 1965), who has made about thirty albums of his own, has not rested on his laurels in thirty years – as is, of course, appropriate for an unfettered cosmopolitan of his kind who has never really planned his own career. Not only may he occasionally try to stay one step or two ahead of expectations, but he also surprises himself and, at best, his audience as well.
In fact, Jimi Tenor’s wide-ranging and exceptionally sinuous production seems mainly to be about structuring his will and skill in making his own music in accordance with his own preferences: freeing himself and discarding the need to consider moulds and second-guess the reception. Like now with the Jimi Tenor Band, which was founded about two years ago as a consequence of half-coincidence.
He assembled it out of professional musicians he was familiar with during the worst period of the coronavirus pandemic and who happened to live in the vicinity of his home in Eastern Helsinki. “I suggested we just start playing and rehearsing when there was little else we were able to do,” Jimi Tenor says, now regretting the fact that the Jimi Tenor Band is not actually linked with this more exciting story, this weirder starting point.
Though it is enough to take a look at the quintet’s instrumentation, which is a bit unusual for Jimi Tenor. There is trombonist Heikki Tuhkanen, who also plays the bass on the tuba, along with Lauri Kallio on the electric guitar, who also plays a rather big role. But Jimi Tenor particularly emphasises the fact that all the musicians in the band actually sing, polyphonically as well. “We’ve even had several singing rehearsals – there was ample time for this during the pandemic.”
Jimi Tenor has not yet composed a new repertoire for the Jimi Tenor band, since his old recorded songs offer plenty to reinterpret and rediscover. This is why an early single is included in the ensemble’s gig set, Outta Space (1997), originally released by the Warp company. It represents the future jazz of its day, which these days sounds timeless.
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Jimi Tenor – sax, flute, synths, vocals
Lauri Kallio – guitar, vocals
Heikki Tuhkanen – tuba, trombone, vocals
Eeti Nieminen – drums, vocals
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Winter is coming. Depending on where you live, COVID may or may not have shut down your gyms. Either way, people generally dread going to the gym even more during the winter months. However, there is a single piece of equipment that can give you an effective full-body home workout and costs less than a night out on the town.
Enter the resistance band
This single piece of equipment is none other than a simple resistance band set like this:
Do I really mean to tell you that these skinny little bands can give you a full-body workout at home and really challenge you? Yes, yes I do.
These bands are incredible. Altogether, they create a total of 150 lbs of resistance which is enough to give even the most seasoned lifters a challenge. Even beyond that though is what you get for your money. With two handles, two ankle straps, and a door jam (this allows you to pull towards or push away from your body) you can literally work out every part of your body.
For the price of $25, you can save money on gym memberships, workout in your PJs, and exercise in the comfort of your home. What better deal is there than that? Hell, you could buy two of these resistance band sets and have a total of 3OO POUNDS of resistance in your home that takes up the same amount of room as a pillow and costs one month at a typical gym.
Look, working out is really important for physical and mental health. I believe that all efforts should be made to prioritize it. Unfortunately, barriers like time, money, and know-how sabotage a lot of people’s ability or desire to get an effective workout in. Buying something simple like these bands is a really easy, really simple way to get a quick home workout that you can feel comfortable and safe doing.
Make sure you guys check out my youtube channel for videos with workouts using these resistance bands! Follow me on Facebook, Instagram and make sure to subscribe to my blog so you never miss a post!
Jordan Tank, Personal Trainer, Columbus, Ohio
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THE GIFT OF TANTRIC MASSAGE
An authentic Tantric massage treatment is a deeply healing and transformative treatment. Tantric Journey is a healing and awakening technique based upon the ancient principles of Tantra and Tao in conjunction with other holistic healing modalities and ground-breaking Western knowledge. The result is a powerful and transformative form of therapy that is capable of releasing past negative events at a cellular level within the body. Tantric Journey is not a form of sexual service instead it is focused upon releasing stagnant negative emotions so that people can lead blissful and healthy lives.
Treatments for both men and women are offered and the gift of a professional Tantric Massage is one that will never be forgotten. An authentic and professional tantric massage is not to be confused with adult services; it is a professional and deeply healing and transformative treatment.
When you book an appointment with a Tantric Journey practitioner you will visit a qualified tantra practitioner in a professionally equipped studio in London and your treatment plan will involve a consultation, focus on your objectives, professional deep bodywork and post-session support.
There are so many benefits to a Tantric Massage that include for women:
- Loss of interest in sex
- Difficult to experience an orgasm
- Intercourse is painful
- Unable to experience Amrita (ejaculate) and fully let go
- Vaginismus – involuntary vaginal contractions
- Fear of sex, intimacy or love
- Unable to find a suitable partner
- Unable to maintain a long term relationship
- Unable to speak the truth to solve problems
- Feeling insecure, unable to trust, lack confidence
- Unhappy with the body
- Emotional, stress, body aches, insomnia
- Poor menstruation
- Menopause discomfort
- Fertility issues
- Mental depression
- Other sexual dysfunction
- Low sex drive
- Fear of intimacy
- Fear of being physically close to a woman
- “Inability” to feel, give or receive love
- Feelings of inadequacy / feeling out of place
- Lack of trust in relationships / inability to trust
- Lack of respect for one’s own sexuality, promiscuity
- Lack of motivation, energy and inspiration
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Being trained by Mal Weeraratne is amazing. I never received such a qualitative teaching in whole my life. He shares with you whole his knowledge in such a simple way and is happy to repeat it until you get it and understand. He is very humble, patient, loving and caring. The course is very complete and had and is still having such a big and beneficial impact on me on a personal and professional level. As a massage therapist, the quality of my massage had significantly improved. I would say this is a life-changing course and I would highly recommend it. I'm so grateful to have met Mal Weeraratne and followed his course/workshops.
A great workshop on Tantra for beginners and experienced practitioners. Mal Weeraratne presents the ideas, concepts in a fascinating way, makes you think and invokes thought processes. Mal Weeraratne provided good answers to complex questions that we all had. A very enjoyable evening. A Great Teacher & Master who shares his honest experiences, wisdom , and his Tantric Journey with all students. Namaste. Thank you.
I will look back on my tantric journey experience as a fundamental turning point in life. What Mal Weeraratne teaches is so powerful and so necessary for healing physically and emotionally.
The Emotional Detox TJ workshop has had a big impact in my life in many different layers. Professionally, as a yoga teacher and body work practitioner, has opened to me a functional and effective way to provide emotional release through the body. The traditional knowledge contained in this course is brilliantly summarized and organised to be practical and useful. Disregarding how deep you are ready to go with your practice, the tools are powerful, available and full of love, wisdom and common sense. Personally it has helped me connect emotionally in a deep level with my partner at the course. It also allowed me to reach karmatic wounds that needed resolution and to face my own insecurities, limitations and boundaries and make peace with them. Mal Weeraratne, Kate, Julia and Hanos teamed perfectly to support each and everyone of us and set the perfect environment for everyone to feel comfortable. Some of the things I would change are already happening, as next courses will be 10 days. 7 days feel short for such an intense work that needs a little more repetition and integration. Cold was a problem some of the days but it was taken care of as much as possible. I will suggest more variety on the music . However, this is a tough topic to me... I like practicing and teaching yoga without music as I found it distracting and prefer to be able to listen to the breath (mine or in this case the client).Thank you for all the good work and caring support,
Where should I start.... 7 days retreat in Thailand. When I arrived I never thought it was possible for a group of people to be transformed in just 7 days. I arrived on my first day sure that I knew what took me there and left sure that wasn't the reason I went. I was able to let go of what I thought and now concentrate on the real issues. It's been 5 days now since it ended and as crazy as it may sound I was really detoxified, I feel that fear, anger, sadness have left my body and expanded my brain to be able to get more information, the reason I'm saying this is because after 3 days I started a course and feel I have more space or more knowledge, ok the way I see it is, because all the other emotions were removed , it left me with space to concentrate on positive things. I would recommend this course to everybody but you have to be ready to experience all the emotions you have been hiding from. I wish you all a great journey and hope you can all gain from it as much as I did.
Practice week was incredible, I’m more confident now, hope to do more practice weeks weeks again as it’s made such a difference
The introduction evening was really very good quality. The talk was fascinating and Mal Weeraratne very knowledgeable and passionate about his subject. I am really inspired to do the training and get involved in this type of work.
Just back from Module 2, learning absolutely profound Tantric Healing Bodywork, life changing powerful beautiful, challenging and empowering. Highly recommended!!
Mal Weeraratne and Kate did a wonderful job holding the space and sharing their knowledge and experience. Despite the many question asked and time taken during the sharing sessions, they managed to finish the curriculum as per the schedule. No matter the situation, they handled it professionally. I acknowledge and respect both of them as my teachers.
I was feeling a little apprehensive when I arrived for module two as I am still quite new to this specific approach to healing. When I found out that we were a very small group I was even more worried as there was now no where to hide, so to speak. But it was a very insightful four days, during which I experienced a whole range of emotions, I gave two treatments, one went well which accumulated with my \'peer-client\' releasing, the other was challenging as it was on the last day and I felt too drained to hold an appropriate space, which understandably irritated her. It was though the second one from which I learnt the most. I also received a wonderful treatment during which I experience energy flowing throughout my entire body like I have never felt before. I am going to continue the training as I love Mal Weeraratne's work and his loving approach. Despite feeling challenging emotions, I always felt safe and the two assistants were wonderful. I will be back for more, both as a receiver and a fledgling practitioner Yours truly, a satisfied new student.
I attended a Tantra taster evening and was pleasantly surprised by the exterior of the building as well as the interior. So much effort had gone into making the environment a safe haven where someone can truly relax and get in tune with oneself. The evening was very informative. Mal Weeraratne was a good speaker and held space very well. He had a good depth of understanding on tantra and made learning very simple. It was easy to sit back and know you were in good hands. Listening was a breeze. The lecture itself went into great detail and I gained the impression there a huge deal covered. I rarely had to question what was going on. The Power point slides were laid out in such a superb way. Viewing them was rather straight forward. I had one query at the end which Mal Weeraratne could answer easily and I left knowing that my understanding of tantra had improved. Refreshments provided at the end of the talk made everything I had been listening to throughout the evening that much more digestible (pun intended).
I\'ve had so many takeaways from this workshop, and it was only the Module 1 which lasted two days. So I\'m looking forward to attending Module 2 very much. Mal Weeraratne's teaching is straightforward, knowledgeable, patient and nicely paced. He delivers it with love, passion and kindness all of which were tangible. The Temple is very serene and evokes feelings of ease, relaxation and safety. There were other members of his team present and they were all great and added much love and support to the overall setting. Also, accommodation was top notch and there is nothing left for me but to highly recommend this course to anyone who feels drawn to it. I feel love, gratitude and appreciation for being there, and will definitely come back for further work and study because these things are invaluable to anyone on the path of a healer.
Very interesting and intense training course about how to heal past negative events using very specific massage Technics introduced by MASTER Mal Weeraratne. Having myself very deep past negative events since my childhood and having seen many professionals without any result ...I highly recommend this tantric journey school.
This is one of the most interesting course i experienced It is amazing how the body can carry so much past negative events,hidden there and we carry the burden everyday and not enjoying the life as it should be.ive experience myself this powerfull massage techniques and i was fascinated what it come out of my system,shaking,crying,laughting,all part of the healing process This is an ideal course for people that want to learn more about themselves,about theyr sexuality and powerfull techniques that if used accordingly can make a positive powerfull impact in our life Regardless of faith ,gender,colour as human beings we all have something in common and that is to be happy,and if we want to be the best version of ourselves we have to discharge the past negative events and move forward in a positive direction ,at ease with body and mind and this tantric course delivers that
Professionality, trust, acceptance - those three words sum up the quality of the training provided by Mal Weeraratne. He is an excellent teacher with an remarkable ability to explain and present, which makes the learning enjoyable and easy. We had a lot of opportunities to practice, as each presentation was followed by a detailed practical massage session. As a trainee, I felt that I was very welcome to ask questions, ask for explanation. The venue is spacious clean and cosy, making the training period a money\'s worth journey in the world of Tantra.
Dear Mal Weeraratne, thank you very mach for your dedication in your mission. I\'m glad that I can become T.Therapist. I highly recommend Mal Weeraratne workshops for all people interested in Emotional Detox & Tao Tantra.
No other workshop has been able to change so much in just a week - and i attend over 100 of them. Complete strangers become brothers and sisters, form almost physical bond and sense of a commitment to transform ( ease ) the lives of others. Mal Weeraratne and lovely Kate showed us how they can transfer love to release the negative emotions we all suffer. Kudos to Mal Weeraratne who transformed the emotional treatment to a mystical dance - transfer of pure, warm love to release the negative emotions of the person beside him. Such a grace, intimacy and the heart full of love. The sessions seemed like a transfer of a divine, healing love. The effect of the workshop will last forever - I guess - to all of us. Every time when i hear the songs of Snatam Kaur or Deva Premal shifts me back among brothers and sisters and I feel secure and loved - as during the sessions we had. Love and respect.
The location of Tao Garden Center is just perfect for this work. So much beauty and amazing trees and plants and so full of Chi. This on it\'s own invites healing and relaxing. I loved the diversity of the group, coming from 16 different nations, different ages (21 till about 70), different backgrounds and coming together with the purpose to release, to expand, to grow, to be of service to each other, to be honest and willing to connect deeply with each other. As I am used to work with energy and spirit I tend to be not so grounded. I also realized that because of some spots of tension in my muscles, energy can\'t move really freely and there is a limitation of embodying spirit all the way through to all levels of my human expression. In my path it is all about not separating spirit and matter anymore but being a living example of a body full of spirit and spirit expressing through an open body. I very much needed to leave my comfort zone to be able to participate fully and this is what I did. Weeraratnes open hearted presence and his 20 years of experience made it very easy for me to open up and to expand my capacity to connect deeply with my body, including physical and emotional pain and also with other people in the group. This week definitely brought expansion for me in many areas: I feel much more present in my body, I learned a lot, I found new friends, I have more to offer to my clients.... I am so grateful for everything.
Thank you so much Mal. Had the most amazing weekend learning about the emotional detox journey. I know the universe has brought me to you to continue my healing journey and share it with others
Mal led us with sensitivity, humour and deep personal knowledge to offer the gift of yoni massage and receive the healing of prostrate massage in a cubicle of unconditional love. At the end of a week, a bevy of strangers made such loving and supportive connections We were all changed, enlarged and nourished. Tantric journey is a profound way to both give and receive healing on a bedrock of the strongest power in the universe- love.
Mal Weeraratne is amazing. After much experience, he has developed this art of touch. Sometimes soft as feather and other times hard and determined to release emotions. I like him, simple person with a smile. He’s always got lots of patience to hear you and will find a reply. The temple or place of therapy is beautiful and full of art, paintings and sculptures. Underfloor heating, advanced lightning, so you’ll feel welcome for sure.
'I first met Mal Weeraratne over 12 years ago and was blown away by his sessions, which inspired great shifts both in my personal life and also my work as a healing teacher and therapist. I recently retrained with him in Thailand and London, and again, my life was transformed. Mal Weeraratne has created a therapy and teaching structure which works on so many levels. The satisfaction and gratitude I experience from sharing this journey with clients is beyond words, it truly is my life's purpose.'
Tantric Journey Week in London, 3 -10thSeptember 2016 ‘Tantric days’ of September in London took place in excellent conditions. Mal Weeraratne and his assistant Kate welcomed us at the appointed hour in a house of 3 levels: the temple in the basement, level 1 with 2 bedrooms, a large terrace a kitchen and two bathrooms with toilets. And a laundry room was available for washing massage attire. During these days practical demonstrations were displayed and each of us had planned meals for free in common during the break times in the afternoon and evening after the massages. We managed by ourselves for a week under the care of kind and generous Kate. The Emotional Detox through Bodywork care program was prepared as follows: 2 treatments per day for 6 days each and a break during the week. Each treatment was preceded by a reception with a questionnaire and release form completed by the model for the massage. Then we invited the models to take a shower and wear a paréro and come together to participate in a session of Kundalini Yoga for 15 minutes which was followed by pranayama of 5 minutes. Afterwards all Tantra Teacher trainees would perform their massage in their space. The massage entailed connection through touch of face to face massage. All treatments were followed by debriefing by Mal Weeraratne and Kate. This ‘Tantric days’ was a week of great joy, professionalism attention detailed by Mal Weeraratne. He accompanied us when needed and also left us free to our learning. The Temple is sincerely dedicated to women; their body is the Temple. All the women I massaged were beautiful and their joy was ready to be shared. In all honesty I only began to discover the woman’s Temple at this workshop. Thank you for trusting me that I am capable of this work. Thanks to Kate for her presenceand thedream team of Tantric Journey Certified Tantra Teacher Course Training. And also much thanks for he motivational training for our enthusiasm, our individuality, our assistance and mutual support. We were always accompanied often with loud laughter, good listeners and supportive care. A few days ago I decided in the coming week to complete my 20 case studies that I had already pursued in France. Mal Weeraratne and Kate are the "Masters and Johnson" modern care and they love Tantra. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to meet you. Philippe 18th September2016 =========================================================== Les journées tantriques de septembre à Londres se sont déroulées dans d'excellentes conditions. Kate et Mal Weeraratne nous ont accueillie à l'heure dite dans une maison à 3 niveaux : le temple en sous-sol, le niveau 1 avec 2 chambres, une grande terrasse une cuisine aménagée et deux salles de bain avec WC. Une buandrie est à disposition pour laver le linge de massage qui est très conséquent. Les informations pratiques étaient affichées et chacun avait prévu la nourriture pour des repas libres en commun sur les temps de pause de l'après-midi et du soir après les soins. Nous nous sommes auto gérés durant une semaine sous le regard attentif et participatif de Kate, la bienveillante. Le programme de soins était prêt : 2 soins par jour sur 6 jours et un break chacun durant la semaine. Chaque soin est précédé d'un accueil avec un questionnaire et une décharge de responsabilité à remplir par le modèle. Ensuite nous les invitons à prendre une douche, à porter un paréro et à venir ensemble participer à une session de Kundalini Yoga de 15 minutes, suivi d'un pranayama de 5 minutes. Ensuite chacun va faire son massage dans son espace : connection ; toucher face à face puis massage. Tous les soins sont suivis de débriefing avec Mal Weeraratne et Kate. Cette semaine fut une semaine de grande joie, de professionnalisme avec une attention de tous les jours par Mal Weeraratne qui nous a accompagné et laissé libre dans notre apprentissage. Le Temple est vraiment dédié aux femmes ; leur corps est le Temple. Toutes les femmes que j'ai massées sont des femmes magnifiques d'attente d'amour et de plaisir acceptant leur douleur avec grande dignité, recevant leur joie avec ferveur, prêtes à partagées. En vérité, j'ai commencé là à découvrir le Temple des femmes. Merci à Mal Weeraratne de m'avoir fait confiance, à Kate pour sa présence, à l'équipe de rêve d'éducateur tantric de santé et d'éveil en formation pour notre enthousiasme, notre solidarité, notre aide et soutien réciproque, souvent avec de grands éclats de rire, toujours à l'écoute et bienveillant. Je pense revenir 2 ou 3 jours durant une prochaine semaine pour compléter mes 20 études de cas que je poursuis déjà également en France. Mal Weeraratne et Kate sont les "Master et Johnson" du Trantra moderne de soins et d'amour. Merci de vous avoir rencontré. Philippe Le 18 septembre 2016
It has been an astounding discovery for me about the potential of the human body and the therapeutic dimension of this massage at the body workshop. It takes the presence of practice, feel and company blending energy polarities in order to continue learning from yourself. For me - it is continuing to explore and to achieve a deeper sense of joy. Thank you to Mal Weeraratne and Kate for sharing this experience. I had practiced a few wellness massages and received many Ayurvedic massages. Firstly I enrolled at this emotional detox training to discover something new and also to accompany my husband (Ayurvedic practitioner). I did not know exactly to what to expect at the program and also what to expect in the sense of practice not knowing what sort of feelings await me. Moreover I have not mastered the English language (understanding different accents) as the workshop required you to be integrated into a group and I thought my lack of English experience would become a hindrance – but surprisingly it did not. The program is proposed by Mal Weeraratne and accompanied by his assistant Kate was both gradual and sustained and allowed confidence building. I have deep respect for what he is and for what he can give his time to work and grow on in this environment. Also the group and its dynamics were comforting and the most ideal to make me feel that I fitted in. The first day was to help understand Emotional Detox through Bodywork that was followed by a live demonstration with appropriate techniques and movements! I always had a psychological approach to emotions (training, therapy), I always imagined how emotions can enroll in cells, nesting in and bursting like a Pandora's box. I received a massage for several hours by one of the participants. During the massage my energy floated and circulated throughout my entire body and in the pelvic area as a fireball that was expressed in different ways. The presence of this energetic fireball was both a great presence and a quasi-state of trance. I have never felt so much energy circulating in my body and around my body. I learnt as a receiver, I was able to relive emotions such as sadness, joy, anger and bring them out while receiving a Yoni massage. At the end of the massage, I felt both exhausted and an energetic transformation: I had totally let go and relapsed to feeling liberated. As a donor, the approach of communication through touch: to look, feel unconditional love and accept the other as he is with his fears and worries – I was transitioned into another dimension and learned patience and slowness and to be available to the other. This also refers to limits and what works in order to be fully available to the other. Thank you to Mal Weeraratne and Kate for sharing this beautiful experience! ================================================== J’avais pratiqué quelques massages de bien-être et reçu beaucoup de massages ayurvédiques. Je me suis inscrite à la formation détox d’une part pour découvrir et d’autre part pour accompagner mon mari (praticien ayurvédique). Je ne savais pas exactement à quoi je m’attendais, le programme est une chose, la pratique et le ressenti une autre. De plus, je ne maitrise pas totalement la langue anglaise (compréhension des accents différents) et s’intégrer dans un groupe, pas si simple ! I had practiced a few massages wellness and received many Ayurvedic massages. I enrolled at the detox training firstly to discover and also to accompany my husband (Ayurvedic practitioner). I did not know exactly to what I expected, the program is one thing, practice and feeling another. Moreover, I do not totally mastered the English language (understanding different accents) and integrate into a group, not so easy! Le programme proposé par Mal Weeraratne, accompagné de Kate son assistante fut à la fois progressive et soutenu et permet une mise en confiance. Un profond respect de chacun dans ce qu’il est et ce qu’il peut donner à ce moment-là a permis de travailler et progresser dans cette ambiance. Le groupe et sa dynamique était également porteur. Les supports des premières journées aident à la compréhension et les démonstrations vivantes à s’approprier techniques et mouvements. The program proposed by Mal Weeraratne, accompanied by his assistant Kate was both gradual and sustained and allows confidence building. A deep respect for everyone in what he is and what he can give the time allowed to work and grow in this environment. The group and its dynamics was also carrying. The supports of the first days to help understanding and live demonstrations to appropriate techniques and movements.! J’avais une approche psychologique des émotions (formation, thérapie), je n’imaginais à quel point les émotions peuvent s’inscrire dans les cellules, se nicher et éclater telle une boite de Pandore. J’ai reçu un massage de plusieurs heures par un des participants. L’énergie flottait et circulait dans tout le corps et dans la zone pelvienne telle une boule de feu qui s’est exprimé de différentes manières. A la fois dans une grande présence et un état quasi de transe, je n’ai jamais ressenti autant d’énergie circuler dans le corps et autour du corps. I had a psychological approach to emotions (training, therapy), I imagined how emotions can enroll in cells, nesting and burst like a Pandora's box. I received a massage several hours by one of the participants. Energy floated and circulated throughout the body and in the pelvic area as a fireball that was expressed in different ways. In both a great presence and a quasi state of trance, I have never felt so much energy circulating in the body and around the body. En tant que receveur, j’ai pu revivre des émotions telles que la tristesse, la joie, la colère et les faire ressortir en recevant le massage du yoni. Au sortir du massage, j’avais une sensation à la fois d’épuisement et de transformation de l’énergie : j’avais lâché, voire régressé pour me sentir libérée. En tant que donneur, l’approche de la communication par le toucher : se regarder, se sentir, ressentir de l’amour inconditionnel, accepter l’autre tel qu’il est avec ses peurs, ses inquiétudes m’ont ouvert une autre dimension et appris la patience et la lenteur pour être disponible à l’autre. Ca renvoie également à ses limites et a ce qui est à travailler pour être totalement disponible à l’autre. As a receiver, I could relive emotions such as sadness, joy, anger and bring out receiving massage yoni. At the end of the massage, I had a feeling both exhausted and transformation of energy: I let go or even regressed to feel liberated. As a donor, the approach of communication through touch: to look, feel, feel unconditional love, accept the other as he is with his fears, worries me open another dimension and learned patience and slowness to be available to the other. It also refers to its limits and what is working to be fully available to the other. Pour moi, c’est une découverte balbutiante des possibles du corps humain et de la dimension thérapeutique de ce massage à travers le body workshop. Il faut pratiquer, sentir, accompagner, être en présence, jouer de ses polarités énergétiques et continuer à apprendre de soi-même. Pour moi-même c’est continuer à explorer pour atteindre une joie plus profonde. Merci à Mal Weeraratne et Kate pour ce partage.
Hi Mal Weeraratne, I owe you an outstanding Testimonial...: Mal Weeraratne can see the beauty and sacredness in you even if You have refused to see it. He will open his own heart wide so you can learn to open yours and bring the love you created back to your own heart to nourish your life and relationships. He will understand your darkest emotions whatever they are. He will inspire you and help to empower yourself so you can release and work with your fears safely. You will feel the unconditional love flowing through his eyes and his hands to assist you at transforming your wounds in your heart and body. When you trust you can be yourself again, let the Shakti energy within you awaken. And speak your truth.
Great introductory talk on the Tantric Journey. Good mix of scientific evidence, experience, video demonstrations. Felt in a safe environment, which removed some prejudices that I had before attending. Highly recommended to better understand the opportunity for healing ahead of us. Thank you Mal Weeraratne
I would like to thank Mal Weeraratne for sharing his vast knowledge. I was really impressed by his understanding of human anatomy and emotions as well as the scientific research that underpins his techniques. He has an extraordinary calm, peaceful and loving approach to everyone and everything. It will be a honour to continue spreading his knowledge and helping others finding inner peace and happiness. Rohan
Well, it was a very comprehensive experience for me. Through practice, we learned useful, powerful and advanced techniques with deep meaning and beneficial effects. Emotional detox by Mal Weeraratne I find as one of the strongest ways how effectively look after our health - physical and emotional. Mal Weeraratne also paid close attention to our feelings and wellbeing and we created nice and safe space for our healing, learning and for building our awareness. On top of that and even though I had a wonderful relationship with my boyfriend before I attended the Teacher Training Course, after completing it, our relationship went to a higher level of conscious mutuality and my Joni feels even more alive and able to feel and hold more pleasures.
I take this opportunity to thank Mal Weeraratne for conducting great teacher training programme. I met so many teachers during my journey but I was really impressed by Mal Weeraratne s knowledge, especially emotional release through Tao and body work.im deeply honored and humble to get citified as a one of the fist tantric educator under great teacher like Mal Weeraratne. I highly recommended teacher training programme. Mal Weeraratne has empathy, unconditional positive regard most importantly he has love for everyone.
I just wanted to write a few lines to encourage people to take part in the T-Journey Tantric Educator training. I'm eight days through the ten day training (spread over some months) and its been amazing so far... You can choose to do the entire course, or just take the introductory workshops. I had no idea a year ago that I would be taking part in this training. I come from a quite ascetic yoga background, and not involved in tantra at all until recently. It happened through becoming a client of Mal Weeraratne and receiving much healing, which activated a strong motivation to learn to help people in a similar way. He has studied with many leading tantra teachers (see Mal Weeraratne's bio) and combined their tools with his own unique approach to support people whose personal lives are affected by past negative events and other difficulties. During the training we keep coming back to being present, and transmitting love through the giving and receiving of the tantric healing bodywork – a constant meditation. What practice could be more 'spiritual' than this? The focus is always on a pure loving healing intention. Sometimes it's been amazingly enjoyable, other times past past negative events has come up. There was space to explore and hold this – a necessary part of the training journey. Becoming a Tantric Educator no longer seems like a radical way to support people. I wish this healing modality was mainstream and much more accessible to people from all walks of life, so they can open fully to the life-force within them and have happy, fulfilling relationships. If nothing else, you will become a more sensitive and skilled lover. Thank you Mal Weeraratne for sharing your journey, skills and love xx
Dear Mal Weeraratne Thanks for your mail. I came home save and processed more during the weekend. I was so much in contact with it. It felt as ongoing healing. And it all went by itself. I was just a silent witness. After our last 4 days of the Tantric Journey Teacher Training Course everything fell at its place in my body. I feel so empowered. Now in daily life I feel a great transformation in how I encounter life. Life flows through me and my body feels as an empty vessel. I feel so open from the inside, so much in contact with myself that almost nothing distracts me from that. I feel so grateful. My yoni and pelvic area feel so spacious and healed. Words can hardly express how this all feels. But its amazing. I feel so much gratitude. Thanks again Mal Weeraratne for your patience, your dedication to this work, your loving kindness, your knowledge and all you shared with me. I already was a happy woman. Now I am an orgiastic power woman. Corine (Dakini)
When a friend recommended last year that I have a session Mal Weeraratne, I thought I'd just go once and that'd be it. However, I've begun a journey that I could never have imagined. The safe and loving healing space that Mal Weeraratne offers is helping to take away layers of emotional and physical 'armour' which had kept me alone for long periods of time, and not able to open deeply to relationship with men. After a recent session I realised that I'd spent years developing my career as an excuse not to face past past negative events, hoping that it would somehow go away. I've been really moved to learn that about 70% of women are affected by physical/emotional issues (in my case, experiences from childhood and serious illness as an adult) which prevent them from experiencing deep intimacy and love from men. I highly recommend going to one of Mal Weeraratne's talks to learn more about this, including scientific evidence about how we store past negative events in the body, and how his practical bodywork approach can be so much more effective than talking therapies. Tantra, in it's truest form, is about giving and receiving unconditional love, and clearing the energy centres (chakras) in the body to awaken our spiritual essence and vital lifeforce. My body is starting to come alive again through the sessions with Mal Weeraratne, and it's something I would wish all women to experience - to be in the beautiful sacred fullness of their sexuality, and be comfortable with that.
Mal Weeraratne is an amazing healer. He has great knowledge and skills to release the body from past past negative events. If you have any chance to meet him go to Rasayana. for his master class. Being in his Dakini training in London has given me great insight about de-armouring the body and how to free the body from what's keeping us from living an empowered life. Mal Weeraratne himself is loving kindness and has an amazing passion in his work as a tantric healer. Its a joy to work with him.
thank you Mal Weeraratne for your beautiful generous caring, kindness and passion - all rolled into one during my recent visit! i feel your love and light in the sessions, it coaxes me into safe space, towards trust. all of my Being longs to come fully into love, Oneness with all that is, including opening fully to the masculine. such healing energy in the intimate loving touch, and beautiful (meta)physical sensations that this body never experienced before, giving and receiving... i've just started a profound new learning journey. since the last session i'm feeling more gentle towards the fear that's been blocking intimacy in my body, allowing time and space for it to be heard and felt.. a lot's been moving in my 3rd chakra - deep breaths needed, permission to feel and accept what i find there. it's all okay, it just wants to come into wholeness - i'm learning to communicate better about it, including things that can feel difficult. i'm making a big step towards meeting that now in August. life's short, so i'm just going for it..!! :) love to you Mal Weeraratne, and see you soon. safe travels xxx
In February I took the weekend Tantra Class at Tantric Journey and I learned so much that I decided to take the 10 day Teacher Training Course with Mal Weeraratne. I'm really glad that I did. A whole new world of possibilities opened up for me while taking the course. Mal Weeraratne was very kind, caring and loving throughout the course and I felt very comfortable to open up emotionally and physically as well. I'm very excited about starting my new practice and teach others about the ways of Tantra. Thank you, Shekina Ray
After having a break from an eight year marriage, I was faced with the decision to either practice Tantra here in the UK (London to be more precise) or fly to the south east. The far east was my first choice with the promise of leaving behind the past and to retreat in the sun by the sea which did not seem like and still to this very moment not the worst plan to date, so I have spent a few weeks in London attending various workshops, group therapy where the dynamic has facilitated the spontaneous exchange and expression of long-buried feelings through the use of bodywork and movement therapy using touch, massage, bioenergetics exercises to help release stored emotions in internal pathways, for maximum flow by shifting internal chemicals to attain natural balance. This is why the principles of Tantra and the teachings have attracted me. In addition Tantra helps develop the masculine and embody the divine feminine goddess with these polarities undeveloped from childhood. So after eight years, I have been able to reflect and see why the relationship failed and why many others do. We are all experiencing similar experiences with a slightly different cause, but I will delve into this personal experience at a later date, as I will have to back track. But now I want to address and recognize where I am and what I need to confront, and I will be sharing this part of my journey with you. I recently attended an introductory workshop to Tantra with Mal Weeraratne, the founder of Tantric Journey. The information shared and communicated in the workshop resonated with the teachings I have previously come to accept through my own fortunate experiences and teachings. Therefore, my intention for visiting was to gain further insight on the training one must complete or ashrams one is required to attend as I am embarking on my very own journey, and have the desire to practice and facilitate for the sole purpose of universal consciousness. Though i am not fond of labels, I feel I would fit the role of a Dakini well encompassing my own creativity. After the workshop I found myself asking these questions and due to my honest nature I attempted to communicate the reasons/my past experiences that led me to this workshop, and ask these questions to begin with. After reflecting on my marriage and discovering the reasons for the friction and conflict I feel, it is my duty to share with you in the hope that if you too are confronted with a similar situation, it is better to begin the initialisation of oneself before coming together in a sacred union. So after my personal experiences with my teacher, an opportunity presented itself. Mal Weeraratne the founder of Tantric Journey suggested I would gain further insight into the practice in exchange for keeping a journal and taking notes of my journey hereon-in to contribute to others who find themselves treading this path. Initially I was taken aback as my teacher was willing to share with me these teachings without much or any expectation! I still find this difficult to digest as nowadays society will not do so but without further deliberation I got to experience my first encounter with Mal Weeraratne and more importantly with myself! As an individual I am fairly open minded. My father always questioned the society and has challenged me to ask similar questions. I have suppressed many emotions since childhood and have buried them for some time now, and as a result destroyed many meaningful relationships and will continue to if I choose not to recognize and accept. I shared most of this with my teacher and he was extremely receptive, and I too will facilitate this through my own creative experience.
Workshop Participant - Emotional Detox through Tantric Journey
Wow, My body instantly recognized that Mal Weeraratne is a very learned and experienced practitioner. It was so easy to surrender to his powerful bodywork and gentle manner. I had lots of emotional release happening, it was a profound experience. I plan to go back for more as I've felt better than ever generally and much more open to pleasure since our first session.
Dr Serena Gaia, Italy
Robert & Julieta
USA & Argentina
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In Learning to Teach: A discussion of a syllabus I wrote:
I am going back to a syllabus that more accurately reflects my “personality and style.†Do you think the school has antique parchment in hot pink for photocopies?
I think that the impetus to do something fun with my online syllabus at Davis English came from this thinking.
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Freelance work is not something exactly out of the ordinary, these days. In fact, freelancing is dominating the workforce, something that will grow throughout the years – being very important in big countries such as the United Kingdom, where it is integral to the economy, and is growing at a steady pace even in developing countries such as Bangladesh. But what makes someone decide to work under this model?
Some may say that it is the willingness to work at a pace the person sees fit, without bosses or command chains. Others may claim that it's a great opportunity to grab after one gets unemployed, but what if the reason is really a different and quite unexpected one?
The recently announced results of a study carried out by Toptal, which recently created one of the world’s largest freelancer networks, showed that nearly a third of the people surveyed chose to become freelancers in order to spend more time with their kids.
In addition, that study showed that 50 percent of freelancers are Gen Xers (generation born after the Western Post–World War II baby boom – 1960s to the early 1980s), with 40 percent being Millennials.
The vast majority of freelancers (95 percent) say they feel more productive when they work from home, and 93 percent enjoy the flexibility of their lifestyle; however, 7 percent miss the office environment and the inherent social interaction. Despite not having an office environment, 42 percent of the surveyed freelancers say they work during regular office hours, from 9 AM to 5 PM.
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Advantages of IAS Coaching in Delhi
The Indian Administrative Services (IAS) test is seen as one of the hardest genuine tests in India. As we as a whole realize that Delhi is center for UPSC Coaching in Delhi. It is driven by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for the selection of authorities for the All India Administrative Civil Service.
Getting into the normal organizations ensures a mind boggling, predictable, and dependable occupation with a bigger number of benefits than one can imagine. Other than the way that it makes for a nice work, it moreover obliges a strong future.
Having prior information on expansive unlawful connections and preparing quite a bit early is for the most part valuable, in any case, to break the test in these state of the art times instructional courses can be of more assistance. These training foundations give a phase to one to sort out some way to cultivate sentiments and level up their scope of skills by changing them in the right heading and giving a strong preparation.
The conventional limits performed by an IAS official are:
To accumulate pay and limit as court experts in issues of pay and bad behaviour (for the pay courts and criminal courts of pioneer judges), to stay aware of harmony and legality, to execute affiliation and state government approaches at the grass-appends level when introduce on field positions for instance as sub-divisional officials, additional district judges, area judges and divisional justices, and to go probably as an expert of the public expert in the field, for instance to go probably as a go between everyone and the public power.
To manage the association and everyday systems of the public power, recollecting the definition and execution of technique for interview with the cleric liable for a specific help or office.
Right when one beginnings preparing for UPSC CSE the essential issue is where one should join for fitting heading and motivation.
Expecting you have taken up an optional which you have not ponder, I accept it’s better that you acknowledge preparing as you wouldn’t be aware of what the whole thing is incorporate. Subsequently, it’s important that you take preparing on the off risk that you have not focus on that as a piece of your graduation.
In a comparative line nobody has focus on GS, so this is incredibly typical that almost everybody requires some investment for General Studies to get the right course.
Considering everything, one circle of game plan is combination of information. A piece of your combination gets revaluate expecting you join a teaching establishment. They have a gathering of experts which accumulates and subsequently makes a bundle of the appropriate and huge information.
Recollect that the certified work stays with you is making capacities which can be move along. You would help a one hand-held visit through the whole timetable since there are a couple of experts who basically know how the whole thing gets cover. Successfully open vulnerability opportunity gatherings can be very important as your examinations will be change. Every now and again the district that you will generally focus on additional prompts go not right you from another area meanwhile.
You will moreover get the sensation of challenge with individual students who are focusing on there. You are not running alone. If you understand that somebody is branching out before you, it becomes obligatory to prepare fast at the same time.
Another critical perspective is peer pack experiences.
The significance isn’t simply in contention sense yet a part of their slips up help you in learning the modification with taking care of.
In addition, regularly the training establishments licenses you to team up with the past productive candidates. That will similarly give stores of contribution and motivation.
Moreover, you can get your specially design advices, which may not be open on web, as there will be general advices which likely will not be proper. You have a potential chance to ask the workers and mentors as they can guide you on the essential requests and questions. Thus I strongly suggest you to join Civil Services Coaching in delhi.
Explicit assets have gather who have subject capacity obtain over years. They have encourage their own authority on the most ideal way to move toward clearing the evaluation.
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Cassava Technologies-backed data centre constructor, Africa Data Centres, has announced that it is building another data centre facility in Cape Town. The new facility will have an IT load of 20MW and is expected to be up and running by mid-2024.
According to a press release by the company, the construction of the data centre is part of the group’s ongoing investment in infrastructure in the Western Cape province, and reflects its confidence in the economy of the province and of South Africa, the continent’s largest IT infrastructure and services market.
“Cape Town is a thriving city and the second largest economy in South Africa. It is regarded as the country’s IT and software hub, and we are seeing significant growth in the data centre market in the region. It is a preferred site for both global and local providers of cloud software and IT services,” said Tesh Durvasula, CEO of Africa Data Centres.
Africa Data Centres further added that the facility is also part of its wide-scale African expansion drive, which will see the company building several new facilities across the continent.
“This second data centre facility in Cape Town increases the number of our data centres in South Africa to four and is part of our investment program to deliver an additional ten data centres in Africa,” said Hardy Pemhiwa, Group President & CEO of Cassava Technologies.
Despite its pressing power challenges brought on by state-owned electricity provider Eskom’s seemingly never-ending troubles, South Africa continues to cement its place as the data centre hub of the continent.
Apart from the likes of Africa Data Centres building facilities in the country, tech giants including Amazon, Google, Oracle, and Microsoft have also set up cloud regions in the country, putting the country on track to benefit from the booming Africa data centre industry with a cumulative annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15%. | <urn:uuid:ddca0514-06fa-42a2-9ffc-09c9cf749309> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://techcabal.com/2023/01/26/africa-data-centres-cape-town/ | 2023-10-04T19:47:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.948888 | 396 |
Connecting the bots – the need for 5G in robotics
When you consider what powers a robot you think of the electrical energy needed to make it work. But robots also require huge amounts of data to complete even the most basic of functions.
In the iconic film Terminator, the cyborg assassin was infamously powered by the Skynet neural network – a concept developed years before the internet became a staple of every household.
Like their autonomous vehicle cousins, robots are trained via huge datasets and machine learning and the data needs to be fully secured during transit. This can either be done through on-board processing – via the robot itself, a computer, or a local network; or off-board processing – using connectivity.
According to Guilherme Pizzato, global G2G business development director at telco vendor Nokia, connectivity is essential in today’s industrial robots.
“It allows devices from field, control, supervisory, operational and control enterprise network layers to communicate.”
As the industrial robots market is forecast to more than double in the next six years ($16.78 billion in 2022 to $35.68bn by 2029), it’s important businesses focus not only on the hardware – the robot itself – but also the connectivity needed to make it sing.
Unplugging the cables
Pizzato claimed that many robots today are still connected via a physical cable for the main reason that requirements related to reliability, security and performance were, until recently, not fulfilled by existing wireless networks
That was before the introduction of industrial 5G.
According to the director, a 5G wireless network allows enterprises to increase the flexibility, efficiency, security and reliability of robots during their operations.
“For example, the introduction of flexible production lines, wider adoption of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), etc.” In simple terms, it allows for better connectivity.
5G also makes it possible to connect devices in locations that didn’t have network coverage before, and it ensures ultra-Low latency which means the time taken to send an instruction to a robot and get a response takes milliseconds, otherwise it could squeeze the object or something worse.
Gigabit speed is also increased which is crucial when sending information to the robot which then passes information itself to the network itself.
For example, a camera on a drone that is operated by a human remotely needs high-definition video and the operator may need feeds from multiple cameras. This requires upload speeds which can be as high and in some cases higher than download speeds.
Private 5G vs Public 5G
According to Singapore telco Singtel, both public and private 5G networks will give you high speed and very low latency.
The former is built, deployed, managed, and maintained by a network provider – and can be used by anyone with credentials to connect to the network, whether they are on a mobile phone or using an IoT device. You only need to connect to it, just like the way you connect to Wi-Fi.
A private 5G network on the other hand uses 5G technologies to create a dedicated network with combined connectivity, optimised services and a secure means of communication within an area. Unlike public 5G, it is only open to those allowed to access it, and thisgives greater control over where to deploy it and how to use and manage it.
But which offers the best connectivity for robots? A big question with a simple answer, according to Pizzato.
“A private 5G network can be designed and optimised for specific operational technology (OT) applications, where the owner of the network has full control of the parameters and configuration,” he said.
It also has dedicated spectrum – guaranteeing bandwidth at any time of day – which means it’s less prone to network bottlenecks or external occurrences that can plague a public network. And in terms of cyber security – a concern for almost any enterprise – the data within the private network doesn’t leave the campus or local premises.
On the flip side, a public network allows for roaming, which means the robot keeps connected to the network even if moving to a location outside local premises, BT’s Andrew Quinton, senior manager at its Division X unit, said that the high level of connectivity needed for robots to function isn’t guaranteed.
“If you’re in an industrial environment surrounded by metal, whilst you might have a 5G public signal you should be using a private network for that dedicated connectivity and high level of security.”
But migrating to a 5G network isn’t something that happens overnight. It’s not just about connectivity. “It’s about the use cases, the whole infrastructure, the systems, the data they’re [enterprises] going to collect. It’s not just about connecting laptops up,” said Quinton. And it’s about having the right people with a range of skills to make this migration work.
One thing that is for certain, according to both Pizzato and Quinton, is that Wi-Fi networks are a no go.
“When a robot’s moving from one access point to another, that handover between Wi-Fi at hotspots is nowhere near as reliable as it is with cellular and 5G,” said Division X’s senior manager.
5G in action
In 2021 Nokia partnered with UTS Tech Lab to create a private 5G network for industrial research. They wanted to explore the possibility of marrying 5G with robots to create cobots – a robot that’s designed to interact directly with humans, or in a shared space..
The network leveraged 5G connectivity to offload sensory data from the cobot into a platform operating on the network edge, where numbers could be crunched more effectivively.
The benefits of offloading the processor from the cobot meant money saved, a reduction in the power that it consumed, and by moving the compute to the cloud they were able to share the resource across thousands of cobots leading to energy savings across the fleet.
According to Pizzato, features such as high throughput and low latency are key for cobots, especially those needed to work alongside humans. Sensory data needs to be crunched quickly which then needs to be sent back to the robots in a short enough amount of time that it can react to the humans around it.
“We can’t afford to have large delays between when a human does something in an environment and a robot’s response to that,” UTS said in a statement.
Cobots are now being used in UTS’ algae lab to help run the algae production facilities. And they can also be delivered across a number of industries such as drones, driverless cars, and augmented reality headsets for blind people.
In Agriculture, last year BT delivered a robotics platform and management system as part of the Innovate UK-funded ‘Robot Highways’ project.
Its focus was the coordination of multiple robots delivering different tasks that had the potential to transform the farming of strawberries.
The robots assisted farmers by carrying out essential, energy intensive, physical farm processes including picking and packing fruit, treating crops to reduce common pests and diseases and distinguishing between ripe and unripe fruit. And it’s powered exclusively by renewable energy.
“We’ve also got a partner and we’re exploring automated vehicles,” said Quinton, “but the robotic element comes in because it’s where you have to connect the actual trailer to the lorries, all the break lines, the connectivity and electronics.
“A robot is essentially connecting those together. We’re expecting to see benefits for some logistic firms in these super-size distribution centres.”
BT is also working with drones in ports for automated surveillance, health and safety and visual inspection.
“We’re looking at remote operation of plants as well. Using 5G and robotic technology to automate some of their plant and equipment to take people out of potentially dangerous environments and allowing them to do their jobs from a safe area. It’s a very positive health and safety impact.”
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The UK Parliament has closed down its TikTok fantasy after MPs raised considerations about the specter of information being handed to the Chinese language authorities.
The parable has been locked, and whine materials deleted, days after its supply.
Senior MPs and friends had often known as for the parable to be eliminated until TikTok gave “credible assurances” no information will potential be handed to China.
TikTok is owned by Chinese language agency ByteDance, which has denied it turned managed by the Chinese language authorities.
Members of the family between London and Beijing had been fraught today, with tensions heightened by China’s sanctioning of a great deal of MPs last 12 months.
“Primarily based mostly on member options, we’re closing the pilot UK Parliament TikTok fantasy sooner than we had deliberate,” a UK Parliament spokesman talked about.
“The parable turned a pilot initiative whereas we examined the platform as a technique of reaching youthful audiences with associated whine materials about Parliament.”
A TikTok spokeswoman knowledgeable the BBC it turned “disappointing” that Parliament would not be in a location to attach with prospects of the app within the UK.
Providing to reassure the MPs who raised considerations, the spokeswoman talked about TikTok may maybe maybe effectively be inspiring to “outline any inaccuracies about our platform”.
Pals and MPs – together with outmoded Conservative chief Sir Iain Duncan Smith and up-to-the-minute Tory administration contender Tom Tugendhat – flagged these considerations in a letter to the audio system of each Houses of Parliament.
Within the letter, the friends and MPs, who had been sanctioned by the Chinese language authorities for talking out about human rights abuses within the nation, talked about that they had been “shocked and disillusioned” by Parliament’s decision to dwelling up the parable.
The letter talked about the data safety dangers related to the app had been “if truth be told intensive”.
TikTok executives had been “unable to reassure MPs that the agency may maybe maybe effectively forestall information switch to ByteDance, may maybe maybe merely composed the mother or father agency set a inquire for it”, the letter talked about.
It added: “The probability of Xi Jinping’s authorities having come by admission to to personal information on our child’s telephones desires to be a motive for foremost self-discipline.”
The BBC understands TikTok has written to your full friends and MPs who signed the letter, providing to satisfy them and degree to their information safety processes.
Remaining month Theo Bertram, TikTok’s vice chairman for authorities family members and public safety in Europe, wrote to MP Darren Jones, the chairman of the Trade, Energy and Industrial Method Committee.
In a letter Mr Bertram talked about “now we have by no methodology been requested to return by TikTok individual information to the Chinese language authorities, nor would we if requested”.
Nus Ghani, one of many essential Tory MPs who expressed considerations about TikTok, welcomed the shut-down of Parliament’s fantasy on the app.
In a tweet, she thanked the audio system for “standing up for our values and preserving our information”, together with “in style-sense prevails”.
Her tweet included a letter from the audio system, who talked about they “weren’t consulted on the plans for this pilot mission”.
The perceived nationwide safety dangers posed by Chinese language tech is considered one of a great deal of problems straining the London’s family members with Beijing.
The decision to buy of Huawei’s 5G tools from Britain’s cellular networks by 2027 led to fears of a tit-for-tat monetary battle in 2020.
Then last 12 months China sanctioned UK organisations and a great deal of completely different MPs, together with Sir Iain, over what it often known as the spreading of “lies and disinformation” about human rights abuses in its Xinjiang scenario.
TikTok’s function within the UK’s social media panorama turned raised last month throughout the foremost one-on-one televised debate between Tory administration candidates Rishi Sunak, the outmoded chancellor, and Worldwide Secretary Liz Truss.
BBC economics editor Faisal Islam requested Ms Truss: “Are you going to crack down on TikTok, esteem just some of your MPs have advised?”
In response, Ms Truss talked about: “We absolutely may maybe maybe merely composed be cracking down on these types of corporations.”
Within the controversy Ms Truss did not specify exactly what she meant by “cracking down”.
Nonetheless Ms Truss’s advertising marketing campaign later knowledgeable the BBC she wished to shut further to elucidate extreme utilized sciences weren’t exported to be utilized by authoritarian regimes, and make sure that world corporations abide by UK suggestions.
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China Mobile always wanted to sell iPhones but is still the only telecom operator in China that doesn’t, due to TD-SCDMA, the home grown 3G format China Mobile adopted that some chips including iPhone’s don’t support. The largest Chinese operator by revenue and user base won’t miss it in the upcoming 4G era.
It is reported that China Mobile will start selling iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, which are compatible with China Mobile’s TD-LTE network, on December 18th. A leaked screenshot (see below) shows that it will take pre-orders soon. But prices are not shown on the webpage. As of this writing we don’t find such a live web page.
Update: China Mobile finally reached deal with Apple at the end of December 2013 and would start selling iPhones on January 17th, 2014 (Beijing time).
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"This is my second official audio release as far as No Copyright Music goes. Since I love horror films , I wanted to create a track based on that idea. This was inspired by the film series "Phantasm" an American fantasy horror film that was directed, written, photographed, and edited by Don Coscarelli.
This is a synthwave soundtrack / cinematic music, that would also fit perfectly in gaming videos, short films or certain types of vlogs. So If you are into that kind of electronic music, this might be the perfect music for your YouTube video!
Believe it or not this was created entirely in Adobe Premiere Pro and I used an ancient YAMAHA PSR-80 keyboard to record some of the melodies.
That is the first musical instrument I bought… almost 30 years ago! It may be outdated but still in fully working condition. I don't even know how it survived after so many years. Today my daughters practice piano on it. Who knew, go figure!
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Russia made the most requests to take down content on Google between 2010 and 2020 by a massive margin, a new study has found.
VPN provider Surfshark analysed Google’s files to determine the number of requests to take down content, which country made the request and the reason listed for the take-down.
Russia topped the ranking, issuing 123,606 take-down requests over the past 10 years, with more than 25pc of these taking place in 2020 alone.
The second highest on the list was Turkey with more than 14,000 requests over the decade-long period.
Russia made almost twice as many requests as the next nine countries on the list combined.
Surfshark’s research shows the number of global take-down requests soared in 2016, rising every year since. This was the year of the Brexit referendum and Donald Trump’s election as US president.
Defamation was the main reason listed for six of the 10 countries that made the most requests, while national security was the main reason cited for Russia’s requests.
Removal requests for search results were high in 2020 when Facebook, Twitter and Google began working with a coalition of governments to stop misinformation and conspiracy theories around Covid-19 vaccinations.
The Surfshark study noted that a single request can cover multiple pieces of content and multiple requests can be made against the same content.
Russia has recently taken stronger measures to exert control over Big Tech. Google and Meta were fined millions by a Russian court at the end of December 2021 for failing to remove content from their platforms that the country deems illegal under current legislation.
A 2019 law implemented last year has made it compulsory for smartphones, computers and TVs to come pre-installed with Russian software. Companies with websites that have more than 500,000 daily visitors in Russia will also have to open an office in the country.
Russia isn’t alone in its attempts to send a message to Big Tech, as EU lawmakers voted in favour of the Digital Markets Act at the end of 2021. The proposed law seeks to impose stricter rules around tech competition in Europe.
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If you are using a Mac computer and get tired of macOS operating system. In this case, you may want to install Windows operating system on your Mac computer. But for that, you will need to create a Windows 10 bootable USB which is not a big deal. Even you can create it bootable within your Mac. You can use bootable USB for different purposes for example you can also install Windows on a PC that you have installed, or if you have removed the Windows drive and want to reinstall it on your PC. Then this article would be quite helpful for you. Creating Windows 10 bootable USB is no more difficult. Because I will definitely show you how to create Windows 10 bootable USB on macOS Big Sur without BootCamp assistant.
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Create Windows 10 Bootable USB on macOS Big Sur
For creating Windows 10 bootable USB on macOS Big Sur, it needs somehow technical skills. From the basic, we really don’t know the actual method that how you can do it. Therefore, you have to follow the below steps clearly, at the end you will get what you wanted.
Step 1. Download Windows 10 Disc Image (ISO File)
Windows operating system is one of the lightest operating systems ever. Because most of the people around the world are using Windows and they are totally satisfied with its features and functions. In fact, it has a really simple and easy user interface and the newbie users don’t face difficulty while using it. Everyone loves to use Windows because of its simplicity.
In this section of the article, you will have to download Windows 10 disc image (ISO file). It is really necessary to download Windows 10 ISO File, without this it is impossible to create Windows 10 USB bootable. Downloading Windows 10 disc image is really easy and simple just you have to follow the steps down below.
- Open the Microsoft Windows 10 ISO Download website.
- On the official page, click on the Dropdown menu below select Edition, and then click on Confirm.
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- Select the operating system whether 64-bit or 32-bit. Click on any of them which you want and it will start downloading now.
Step 2. Download and Install BalenaEtcher on your Mac
Etcher is one of the great software for macOS. You can use it to create USB flash drives without any problem. You will get each and everything about Etcher when you download and start using that. So, in order to download it follow the instructions down below.
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Go to the Disk Utility and select your USB disk from the left and click Erase.
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- Select Flash from the file, locate the Windows 10 ISO File, and then click Open. Click on Continue.
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What’s this all about?
Hey there! You’ve heard of “Call of Duty,” right? It’s a super cool video game where you get to be a soldier in exciting battles. But did you know there’s a big secret in the gaming world called “Call of Duty Lobby Leaks”? Let’s learn what these leaks are, how they change the game, and what they mean for people who love to play!
The Call of Duty Game
First things first, let’s talk about “Call of Duty”. It’s a video game where you get to act like you’re in a real war. You can be a soldier from World War II, a special agent in a spy mission, or even an astronaut in outer space!
What’s a Lobby in Call Of Duty?
In “Call of Duty,” before the game starts, all the players hang out in a place called a “lobby.” It’s like a waiting room where you can pick your gear, see your teammates, and get ready for the game.
The Big Secret: Lobby Leaks
So, what’s a “Lobby Leak”? Well, it’s like a secret told before it’s supposed to be. It’s information about new stuff in the game that’s not supposed to be out yet. This could be about new weapons, new places to fight, or cool new looks for the characters.
What happens when Lobby Leaks come out?
Lobby Leaks can cause lots of different reactions. Here’s how:
Excitement for the Game
When players hear about new things coming to the game, they can get super excited! They can’t wait to play with the new features and see how they work in the game.
Planning How to Play
For players who are really into the game, they might start planning how to use the new stuff. They think about new strategies and ways to win.
Not Everyone is Happy
While some players love to hear about leaks, not all players are happy about them. Some players think leaks ruin the surprise the game makers planned for them.
High Hopes can lead to Big Letdowns
Leaks can sometimes make players expect too much. They might get really excited about something they heard in a leak, but then get disappointed if it doesn’t happen.
Some famous Lobby Leaks
There have been some really big Lobby Leaks that made players super excited. Like when they found out about new places to fight, or new guns they could use or new outfits for their characters.
Some FAQS related to this topic
What is “Call of Duty”?
“Call of Duty” is a popular video game where players pretend to be soldiers. They can take part in battles from different times and places, like World War II or future space missions.
What is a lobby in “Call of Duty”?
A lobby is like a waiting room in the game. This is where players hang out, pick their equipment, and see their teammates before the game starts.
What are “Call of Duty” Lobby Leaks?
“Lobby Leaks” are secrets about the game that come out before they’re supposed to. They might tell about new weapons, new battle places, or cool new outfits for the game characters.
Why do players get excited about lobby leaks?
Lobby leaks can tell players about new things coming to the game. This makes players excited because they can’t wait to try out these new features.
Why do some players not like lobby leaks?
Some players don’t like leaks because they feel it ruins the surprise. They prefer to find out about new features when the game makers officially announce them.
What can players do when they hear about a lobby leak?
When players hear about a lobby leak, they might start planning how they’ll use the new features. They might think of new strategies or ways to win the game.
What are some famous “Call of Duty” lobby leaks?
Some famous leaks have told players about new places to battle, new guns they could use, or new outfits for their characters. These leaks made players very excited.
How do lobby leaks affect the game?
Lobby leaks can affect the game in many ways. They can make players more excited to play, change how they plan to play, or even cause arguments among players about whether leaks are good or bad.
Can lobby leaks ever cause disappointment?
Yes, sometimes leaks can cause disappointment. If a leak tells about something that doesn’t end up happening in the game, players can feel let down.
Will lobby leaks keep happening in “Call of Duty”?
Leaks are a big part of the “Call of Duty” world, and they will likely continue to happen. They keep the game interesting and get players talking and excited to play.
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After the severe well-known WannaCry and Petya ransomware that have put thousands of computers in check worldwide, the mobile phones are not free and safe, as recently, a new ransomware is discovered that will expose all your browsing history and other sensitive data.
WARNING! This Ransomware Will Expose Your Browsing History & Sensitive Data
At the moment, after the recent global cyber attacks carried out by the severe and dangerous ransomware like WannaCry and Petya or NotPetya, the cyber threat that most worries users are ransomware. Computers are not the only devices that have to fear this kind of malware, as mobile phones are also vulnerable and can be easily infected.
Now, a team of researchers at security firm McAfee has detected a new ransomware for Android hidden in Google Play Store apps. The malware has been named “LeakerLocker” and experts have found samples in two fake applications from the official operating system store.
One of them is called Wallpapers Blur HD, a tool to change the background in Android, and the other is Booster & Cleaner Pro, an app to clean the memory of the device. Fortunately, the tech giant Google has already eliminated them from the Google Play Store, but before being deleted they have accumulated between 5,000 and 10,000 downloads and between 1,000 and 5,000 downloads, respectively.
According to comments posted by the users on the tabs of each application, in most cases, they were downloaded as part of an incentive program that pays money in exchange for installing apps, a practice that we have already warned Which is dangerous and may end up infecting your mobile phone with severe malware.
McAfee researchers who have analyzed the two applications point out that Android ransomware LeakerLocker is not based on any exploit of the operating system, but only uses the permissions that the users grant to it when installing them.
Once it has infected your smartphone, ransomware is able to access private information, such as email address, contacts, browsing history and calls or text messages, among other data, and send them to a C & C server Controlled by the attackers.
When activated, LeakerLocker locks the screen to request the payment of the rescue but does not encrypt the files, but simply the victim can not use the device until the victim pays the amount of $ 50 with a credit card as a ransom.
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What is Mobile Airtime Transfer
How does Mobile Airtime Transfer work?
The Tesco International Calling app offers you the ability to transfer your Tesco Calling credit to your friends and loved ones’ PAY-AS-YOU-GO (PAYG) numbers around the world, safe and secure.
This can be used as a way of supporting your friends and family from afar and help give them credit to make their own calls, helping to make every day a little better.
To transfer credit to a PAYG phone in another country, you will first need to make sure that you have sufficient credit on your Tesco International Calling account.
The first time you select ‘Send Airtime recharge’ you'll see a screen showing information on how to transfer. Just click 'Next' at the bottom of the screen, and from there you can search for who you are transferring credit to and follow the steps.
You can then view all the options for the value that you would like to send, showing you how much you will be sending.
You'll then receive confirmation that the transaction has been successful, and the credit will be converted to local currency and added to your loved one's PAYG mobile balance, ready for them to start using.
We check our rates regularly, to get you the best offers, so keep checking your app for updates and offers, and remember:
Every little help makes a big difference
- This service is for private, non-commercial, and personal use only
- Once credit has been transferred to another PAYG user, it cannot be recovered. Please ensure that the number you are transferring to is correct before completing the transaction. We cannot refund mistakes.
- The full amount will be deducted from your Tesco International Calling app balance
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THE JANUARY FLOODS in Queensland and Victoria were a disaster but also a showcase for civic engagement. Thousands of volunteers – strangers to each other – spontaneously came together, made collective decisions about what to do, and then got on with doing it. The evidence on our TV screens was not just that nature is powerful and unpredictable but that action for the collective good comes naturally to most people.
So why, when Julia Gillard announced a citizens’ assembly on climate change during the 2010 election campaign, were there howls of protest from the media, from opposition parties and from environmental groups? Not from me: I leapt out of bed with excitement at the news. A small band of us – academics, activists and professionals – were thrilled that, at last, a national government would let the people provide advice about how to resolve a wicked problem. We had faith in the process that was proposed. I’d seen it work dozens of times, in my work with deliberative democracy in Australia and around the world.
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Boiling bean sprouts is an easy way to cook them and it takes only a few minutes. You will need a pot of water and a colander. First, fill the pot with water and bring it to a boil. Then, add the bean sprouts to the boiling water and let them cook for 2-3 minutes. Once they are cooked, use the colander to drain the water and then they are ready to eat.
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How do you cook bean sprouts in boiling water?
Boiling water is a popular way to cook many vegetables and fruits. One of the most common vegetables to cook in boiling water is bean sprouts. Many people think that bean sprouts must be cooked for a long time in order to make them taste good. However, this is not always the case. In this article, we will show you how to cook bean sprouts in boiling water in just minutes.
How long does it take to boil bean sprout?
There is no one definitive answer to this question since boiling time depends on a variety of factors, including the size and weight of the bean sprout, the water temperature, and how vigorously you stir the pot. In general, however, it takes about three minutes to cook a large bean sprout at a low simmer. If you are using fresh beans, it is best to start with cool water and bring it to a boil before adding the sprouts.
Do you have to boil bean sprouts?
There is no one-size-fits-all answer to this question, as the instructions may vary depending on the brand of bean sprouts and what type of water you are using. However, many experts recommend boiling bean sprouts for at least 2 minutes before eating. This will help to kill any harmful bacteria and make the sprouts more digestible.
How do you clean and cook bean sprouts?
Here are a few tips to help. First, make sure to rinse the sprouts well in water before cooking. Secondly, cook them according to the desired method. Thirdly, make sure that you avoid overcooking them or they will become bitter. Lastly, always store your bean sprouts in a cool place in order to preserve their freshest flavor.
Can beansprouts be eaten raw?
The answer is yes, but it’s not recommended because they are high in water and can cause intestinal upset. Cooked beansprouts are much safer to eat raw because they contain more nutrients and less water.
Can bean sprouts make you sick?
Can bean sprouts make you sick? Some people say that because bean sprouts are grown in water and then washed, they may be contaminated with harmful bacteria. Bean sprouts can also contain pesticides, so it’s important to read the package before buying them.
Why do bean sprouts need to be cooked?
Bean sprouts are a type of vegetable that grow on the roots of certain types of beans. They are used as a food source in many cultures and can be found at most grocery stores. Bean sprouts have a high water content, so they need to be cooked before they can be eaten. Cooking them removes their water and make them more digestible. The cooking process also kills any unwanted bacteria that may be present in the bean sprouts.
Do you rinse bean sprouts before cooking?
Bean sprouts are a healthy addition to any meal, but some people worry about the safety of eating them if they’re not rinsed first. Should you rinse bean sprouts before cooking? There is some debate on the matter, but most experts say it’s safe to eat them if you do. Here’s a look at the pros and cons of rinsing beansprouts before cooking:
Pros: Rinsing beansprouts before cooking can help reduce the risk of food poisoning.
Rinsing beansprouts before cooking can help reduce the risk of food poisoning. Cons: Rinsing beansprouts can also remove some of their nutrients and flavor.
There is no right or wrong answer when it comes to rinsing bean sprouts before cooking, but most experts recommend doing so for safety reasons.
Why should you blanch bean sprouts?
Blanching is a simple and quick way to remove the bitterness from many vegetables. Beans, in particular, can be greatly improved by being blanched before they are cooked. Blanching also inhibits the formation of undesirable compounds in the beans.
Nowadays, many people blanch their beans without even realizing it- simply by boiling them for a short time before cooking them. But there are other ways to blanch beans as well. In this article, we will discuss why you should blanch your beans before cooking them.
One reason to blanch your beans is because bitter compounds called phytates can form when the bean is cooked in water or steam without first being boiled. Phytates can make the bean tough and difficult to digest- especially if they are present in high levels.
How long boil mung bean sprouts?
Well, according to experts, the time needed will depend on a few factors such as the type of mung bean sprout, water temperature and cooking time. Generally speaking, boiled mung beans will take anywhere from 3-5 minutes at a low boiling point (180 degrees F) to around 10-12 minutes at a high boiling point (240 degrees F). Make sure not to overcook them or they will become mushy. Enjoy!
How do you cook bean sprouts for pho?
Pho is one of the most popular Vietnamese dishes, and for good reason. It’s a hearty bowl of rice noodles with beef, chicken, or shrimp broth, topped with fresh herbs and bean sprouts. The key to great pho is the broth – it must be flavorful and fragrant. To make your own broth, you’ll need some dried beans – either kidney or adzuki – and a few pieces of bottomless ginger.
You’ll also need a large pot or Dutch oven, some salt, pepper, garlic cloves, star anise pods (if using), cinnamon sticks (if using), and a piece of fresh ginger. Soak the beans in water overnight or for at least three hours. The next step is to bring the pot of water to a boil and add the beans. Let them cook for about 20 minutes until they’re soft.
Should sprouts be eaten raw or cooked?
This is a question that has been debated for years, with proponents of each side claiming their way is the best. Some people feel that sprouts should only be eaten raw because they are high in nutrients and enzymes that are lost when they are cooked.
Others believe that sprouts should be cooked to eliminate any potential harmful bacteria. The truth is, there is no right or wrong answer – it depends on what you want from your sprouts.
How long should I blanch bean sprouts?
If you’re like most people, you probably blanch your sprouts before eating them. But what is the best way to blanch them? And how long should you do it for?
There are a few factors to consider when blanching bean sprouts. The first is the type of bean used. Different beans have different blanching requirements. For example, black beans need only 6 minutes while kidney beans need 10 minutes. So make sure to read the package directions carefully before starting your blanching process.
After you’ve identified which bean sprouts require which amount of time, the next factor to consider is water temperature. Most sprout cookbooks recommend using a water temperature between 194 degrees and 212 degrees F (90 degrees and 100 degrees C).
How long does bean sprouts last in fridge?
Beans are a great source of protein, fiber and other nutrients. You can use them to make salads, soups or as part of a meal. If you want to store beans for longer, you can refrigerate them. However, it is important to note that bean sprouts will last in the fridge for 3-4 days.
What are the benefits of bean sprouts?
Bean sprouts are a popular vegetable that are full of nutrients and vitamins. They have a wide variety of benefits for both health and culinary purposes. Here are the top three reasons to include bean sprouts in your diet:
1. Bean sprouts contain high levels of antioxidants, which can help protect cells from damage caused by free radicals.
2. Bean sprouts are a good source of fiber, vitamin C, folate, and minerals like magnesium and potassium.
3. Bean sprouts can be used as an ingredient in many dishes, such as stir-fries or soups.
What is the healthiest sprout?
According to a study published in the journal “Nutrition & Metabolism,” consuming sprouts on a regular basis may have some health benefits. The study looked at data from over 120,000 people and found that those who ate the most sprouts had a lower risk of heart disease and cancer. The researchers believe that the beneficial effects of sprouts are likely due to their high levels of antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals.
How do you clean sprouts before eating?
1) If you are going to eat sprouts, it is important to clean them properly. Most sprouts can be cleaned by rinsing them with water and a little bit of salt. However, some varieties of sprouts may require more attention, such as alfalfa or clover sprouts.
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State Bank of India (SBI), in a joint promotional campaign with Metro Cash & Carry India, has launched value-added services at its Bengaluru Centre.
Similar promotional campaigns are planned at Metro Cash & Carry centres across the country.
Under the arrangement, SBI will offer existing and new customers of Metro Cash & Carry, services such as opening SBI current accounts, issuing business debit cards, POS machines, digital products and other asset products. Loans are also being offered to eligible Metro customers for renovation of their outlets.
The joint promotional campaign was launched by Manish Sabnis, Director, Offer Management & Supply Chain, Metro Cash & Carry, and Vasudha Bhat Kumar and Abhijit Majumder, Chief General Managers of SBI.
The campaign was launched simultaneously at three Metro Cash & Carry stores at Yeshwanthpur, Binneypet and Kanakapura and at SBI Mahalaxmi Layout, Chamrajpet and Doddakallasandra branches.
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Following the culmination of its 10-year anniversary campaign, Teach For America South Carolina (TFASC) published a reflection guide to highlight 50 impact spotlight honorees and several celebration events.
The 50 impact spotlights recognized leaders of TFASC’s movement over the past decade – teachers, alumni, educational partners, supporters, and catalysts – by profiling them and their outstanding work.
“Our movement has grown from placing 31 teachers in the Pee Dee region during our first year to recruiting and training 749 teachers who impacted more than 70,000 students across the state over the past 10 years,” said Troy D. Evans, executive director of TFASC. “Thank you to these leaders who made our impact possible to date and created momentum for our next decade of impact in South Carolina.”
The reflection guide also features the launch of the DiscussED forum, a bold conversation series to reimagine South Carolina’s education system, and several celebration and fundraising events, including a Dodgeball Tournament, Spelling Bee, and Livestream.
“In celebration of our ‘10 Years of Intentionality,’ the purpose of our anniversary campaign was to recognize our impact over the past decade, set ambitious goals to amplify our impact over the next decade, and garner support for the intentional work that lies ahead,” said Evans. “Additional support will be crucial to make our evolving goals and programs a reality and to scale our impact over the next decade.”
He concluded, “With your support, we will catalyze a movement to create a new kind of education for a new time. If you believe in our vision that every child deserves an excellent education, then join our movement. Be as intentional to make positive change as those who we are celebrating in this reflection guide.”
TFASC works in partnership with schools and school districts, policymakers, and supporters to realize the day when every child has the opportunity to attain an excellent education in South Carolina. Founded in 2011, TFASC recruits and develops outstanding teachers who make an initial two-year commitment to teach in high-need schools and become lifelong leaders in the effort to end educational inequity. Over the past decade, more than 900 TFASC teachers and alumni have impacted over 70,000 students with their energy and intentionality in the state’s most under-resourced schools and school districts. TFASC’s network is reimagining education to expand opportunity and access for all students. TFASC is one of more than 50 regions of Teach For America, which is a proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network. For more information, visit tfasc.org, and follow TFASC on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. | <urn:uuid:924f32aa-5470-4e37-a8c2-3c0e47c47eef> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://tfasc.org/tfasc-publishes-10-year-anniversary-reflection-guide/ | 2023-10-04T20:52:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.948942 | 568 |
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Corrosion through the driver’s foot well could compromise a wiring harness.
Beginning March 2, Nissan will notify owners to fix a potential issue with an electrical connector under the dashboard of 2014 – 2016 Rogue models. According to the document submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), “If the connector becomes corroded, electrical current may continue to flow between the connector terminals.” Water and salt making their way through the driver’s-side foot well could wick up the harness tape and damage the connector.
Problems resulting from such damage could manifest in a few different ways. Drivers could experience a failure with their power window or seat controls, or the all-wheel-drive system warning light could illuminate. Problems could progressively worsen from there, to include a battery discharge, “thermal damage to the connector”, a burning odor or smoke, and in the worst case condition, a fire. Nissan claims there have been three “unconfirmed” incidents in the U.S. where this corroded electrical connector may have been at fault. The automaker further cites two “thermal incidents” and two more incidents with “localized thermal damage” in Canada — and none of the incidents have resulted in injury.
How many cars are affected and how to handle this recall
Per NHTSA documents, the problem may occur only in 1% of the targeted recall population of 688,946 vehicles. That figure includes 383,726 Rogues built at the automaker’s Smyrna, Tennessee plant. The other 305,220 were built at the Renault Samsung motors plant in South Korea. No other Nissan or Infiniti vehicles used this design, and Rogues built after the 2016 model year use a different manufacturing process, and will not have this issue.
Nissan is already notifying dealers, and will send notices out to affected owners beginning March 2. If you have a Rogue built in the 2014 to 2016 range, you can check the NHTSA recalls site for more information. The NHTSA’s number for this recall is 22V-024, while Nissan’s own recall number is R21B9. Nissan expects a repair to be available in the spring, and will contact owners who have paid out of pocket to fix the issue about reimbursement. | <urn:uuid:09ad2018-3b54-4849-84b8-a0dc78d740a8> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://tflcar.com/2022/01/nissan-recall-rogue-wiring-connector-issue-news/ | 2023-10-04T20:02:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.938895 | 484 |
We all like it when our house is clean and feel proud when we receive compliments. We all live on this planet. If this planet is our home then why are we not taking care of it? Our oceans are filled with plastic, our air is polluted, and over grounds are contaminated with garbage.
Let’s make it clear that plastic is a creation by the fossil fuel industry. The plastic litter that cannot be recycled is burned causing air pollution. A large portion of plastic litter ends up in the ocean and comes back to us in our food chain through the fish we eat, and a majority is dumped in landfills.
It is difficult to prevent waste when there is a culture of consumerism. We often tend to buy things we don’t need but still buy them because they look “cute” but this is not the only problem. Our biggest problem is that we consume too much plastic every day. How many plastic straws, plastic bags, forks, and plastic cups, do we throw away?
In addition to the culture of consumerism, another problem that causes waste is the lack of importance to family values. What do I mean by this? If you were taught by your parents to keep the house clean when you were a child then why don’t you apply these values you learned as a grown-up in your own house? Instead, we are having big parties at home, and throwing the waste away in the most irresponsible ways. Most of which end in nearby parks or forests. Sounds familiar? It is unacceptable behavior.
Today the amount of plastic waste globally is so much that only recycling will not work because there is new plastic imported every day. The solution is very simple, stop importing plastic which will eventually decrease plastic production. By closing the “tap” (the import of plastic) the management of the existing plastic waste could improve. Then recycling and up-cycling can be actual solutions.
If we are going to wait on the government to do something, it will take forever or may never happen, so we have to take action ourselves, then the government and corporations will take notice. We must realize that as consumers we have the power to demand change from our government and corporations. The earth is our home, and we are killing it. Let’s do something to correct this! So what can we do now?
USE LESS PLASTIC
We can start by taking notice of the amount of plastic we buy. Plastic is everywhere, and it is very difficult in the beginning but it is possible to change. Many countries are starting to ban single-use plastic. Plastic bags are replaced with canvas bags, cotton bags, and tote bags. Plastic straws are replaced with paper, metal, bamboo, or glass straws and plastic utensils are replaced with metal and wooden utensils.
SUPPORT THE CLIMATE STRIKE
Young people are not waiting on the adults to do something about climate change and they are taking action with climate/school strikes inspired by climate change warrior Greta Thunberg Let’s stand with them!
THE TRASHTAG CHALLENGE
The trashtag challenge encourages people to pick a place filled with litter, clean it up, and post before, and after pictures with the hashtag #Trashtag. This challenge helps raise awareness on the amount of plastic waste we have to deal with on a daily basis. This challenge has been around since 2015 but has been recently revived by young people and gone viral. For far too long, viral trends have brought out the worst in us, but this challenge is proof that they can bring out the best in us as well.
What will you do? Let’s share our experiences to learn from each other and contribute to a clean environment for everyone. | <urn:uuid:96645122-d066-4be8-b0e0-074ff85d6c55> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://the-green-corner.com/keeping-it-clean-why-is-it-so-difficult | 2023-10-04T20:35:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511406.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004184208-20231004214208-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.964951 | 780 |
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