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Photo by Bob Barnett Top shelf Co-founder of Pique Newsmagazine, Bob Barnett's fridge contents are exposed. "These could be years old, I don't know," says Bob. "There's no expiry date on maple syrup." The reassuring thing is they can't be older than 1996. Although he did go through a cupboard last month and found all kinds of things he hadn't bought — canned goods and dried pasta — that were past their "best before" date. "It was all stuff Kathy had bought, so it was at least seven years old," he says. "I put it all in a huge bowl and took it to the composter." Seven years ago, the entire community was shell-shocked when Kathy was struck and killed by a car while she and Bob were on a cycling vacation in New Zealand in January 2008. It was their longest vacation together, and the farthest they'd ever travelled. As you can well imagine, it was the kind of moment that changes a narrative forever. "Kathy did pretty much all of the cooking... mostly I just opened bottles of wine," he says. So Bob's had to learn a whole new kitchen story, plowing on all the same. And that's what we do in his fridge. On Shelf Two we find Olympic no-fat French vanilla yogurt he has for breakfast on Bob's Red Mill muesli most mornings; some Claussen's dill pickles; and a couple of half-cartons of eggs, one already expired and the other about to expire the next day. Granted, there are only three eggs between the two cartons. But the million-dollar question is, does he use food past its expiry date? Or does he even check expiry dates? He might use the eggs... Then again, he might not. "But I am checking expiry dates more," he says, laughing, "especially the past month or so, after cleaning out that cupboard and noticing the salt from France I'd been using for months had expired in 2008. " Next is a box of baking soda with the mesh cloth on the side to absorb odors and keep the fridge smelling nice. I can't resist checking — has it expired? Yes! We both laugh again because my husband and I leave them, too, until long after their due date, finding them wedged in a corner, not really hurting anything but not doing any good either. There's also a little piece of fresh red snapper that's cat food, not because it has expired but because Bob actually bought it for Tiffany — his "orange, short-haired, spoiled, princess, domestic cat" which he got from the animal shelter. Tiffany, he explains with a long sigh, was already named and she has trained Bob to cook fish for her each night, rather than opening a tin of cat food. She also knows we're talking about her. That's it on Shelf Two. Now it's his drawers. The produce one is empty because he and his visiting dad ate the salad stuff yesterday, before it expired or went brown. But the cheese drawer is full — with stilton, a chunk of parmesan he grates over pasta, kaltbach cheese (a strong Swiss variety he likes in sandwiches and on crackers), and a piece of Manchego, all of them from Nesters Market. Now we're onto the door shelves and, again, a lot of this is "mystery stuff" he's not sure about. First up is fig spread, which may or may not have expired. Then there's Babci Polish-style mayonnaise he prefers to regular mayonnaise; two jars of horseradish he has no idea about; butter he bought for chai spice loaves; three jars of stuffed olives his father bought for his martinis; oyster sauce he's not sure about; the whipped cream that's not his and is hiding behind six bottles of Pilsner Urquell, his favourite; Heinz ketchup; a two-litre bottle of ginger ale, now flat, left over from getting sick; pickled onions; ReaLemon juice; soy sauce; two mustards; Louisiana hot sauce; Newman's Own salad dressing; and some Nonna Pia's cabernet/merlot balsamic reduction for mixing with olive oil as a bread dip. And that's it for Bob's fridge. Since he doesn't cook many veggies, he has a salad almost every night, but he's not big on salad dressings. Instead, he'll mix grapefruit balsamic vinegar and tarragon olive oil from a cool little shop called Drizzle in historic Fairhaven, just south of Bellingham. His friend, Lauren, knows the Drizzle owners, who were going to open a shop in Whistler but have since nixed it. Typically, besides the salad, dinner means, maybe, oven-baked chicken; Nesters' crab cakes; Mexican something; or pasta. And, as we can tell from his fridge, he likes to buy whatever he feels like each day, usually at Nesters since he can walk over. Other than the Christmas-gift chai loaves and some energy bars he made when he just felt like trying some baking, whatever he makes has to be fast. Because after, say, 40 or 45 minutes Bob gets antsy. Are all those dirty dishes and mess worth it if he's not sure it's going to turn out? "Forty-five minutes is kind of the point where I lose patience with a dinner recipe and start wondering if it's going to be worth it, if it's something new and it's just me eating it," he says. "But partly it's a lack of experience and not having experimented enough. I have a new recipe for fish cakes that I want to try but I need to get mentally prepared for it." Besides — and many people can relate, I'm sure— there are lots of things he'd rather be doing. Cross-country skiing, cycling, reading a good book. He's just finished Doris Kearns Goodwin's Bully Pulpit and now he's into her previous one on Abe Lincoln. Called Team of Rivals, it's all about how you have to learn to work with those who don't share your views to achieve something major. Sounds really similar to running a great newsmagazine. Glenda Bartosh is an award-winning journalist who usually wants to get out of the kitchen.

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I read in an article on parenting in the Rocky Mountain News yesterday that one thing to help bond your family is doing Yoga together. So, it seems Yoga is everywhere. I've heard it touted time and again by the media as well as acquaintances. I even recall hearing that they wanted to institute it in the public schools up in one of the mountain towns. Can you really take the Eastern thought out of Yoga? So much of the "empty your mind" concept seems to be essential to these supposed benefits, but its just not a biblical concept. God doesn't tell us to empty our mind...which I believe can open us up to negative spirtual influences. God wants our minds full of Him. Is there a way to take the positioning of Yoga and make it beneficial physically without the direct link to the religious emptiness?

Ryan Adams writes 11 new songs inspired by trip to Ronnie James Dio's funeral Adam Adshead Jun 8, 2010 7:50 am BST Singer-songwriter says the tracks are 'soft mellow acoustic jams' Ryan Adams has revealed that he has written 11 new songs inspired by his recent trip to Ronnie James Dio's funeral. The singer-songwriter, who recently released "his first fully-realised sci-fi metal concept album" in the form of 'Orion', took to his Facebook page to announce the news. "11 new solo tunes came out of nowhere," Adams said. "Day after Dio's funeral they just fell out. Soft mellow acoustic jams – lots of New Orleans scenery and vibe from the trip." He added: "I am official[ly] very excited again."

Word from the Imperial Court today states that former Inquisitor Wurmth Murluth has concluded his week long inquisiton of Inquisitor Usyian Denturei and the Honorable Salnim Malwind, and has returned home. Further, it was announced that His Imperial Majesty, Aurmont Anodheles, will be releasing not one, but several decrees tomorrow evening. The Honorable Salnim Malwind is currently staying with his father, Baron Dunrith Malwind, within the Imperial Palace, and seems to have handled the inquisiton by the former Inquisitor well. Inquisitor Usyian Denturei is still staying within his dwelling provided to him for being an inquisitor, and is only receiving visitors from the imperial inquisitors or other close confidants of His Imperial Majesty.

CNN's latest special report, Late Night in the Age of Trump, airing Monday, November 20 at 9pm ET on CNN, examines how President Donald Trump single-handedly transformed late-night TV and comedy, along with the hosts of some of America's most popular television shows. CNN senior media correspondent and host of "Reliable Sources," Brian Stelter, sits down with some of comedy's greatest voices to look at how the entire world of late night comedy has been reshaped by one person- an unprecedented change- much like this unprecedented Presidency. Stelter, along with other late night experts, explores both the hilarious and polarizing moments from the last year, and analyzes the impact President Trump has had on comedy, including the blurred lines between late-night and news. Tune in on Monday, November 20 at 9pm ET/PT for the one-hour special report where Stelter will examine this dynamic industry in the age of Trump. In addition to the TV airing, Late Night in the Age of Trump will also stream live for subscribers on Monday, November 20 via CNNgo (at CNN.com/go and via CNNgo apps for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Samsung Smart TV and Android TV) and on the CNN mobile apps for iOS and Android. Late Night in the Age of Trump will also be available the day after the premiere on demand via cable/satellite systems, CNNgo platforms and CNN mobile apps.

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Baseball Geek In Galveston Bird Law C70 At The Bat Meet Me At Musial Pitchers Hit Eighth Prospect Preacher Red Dirt Redbird West Coast Redbird About The Conclave 100 Greatest Cardinals Conclave Members The Podcasts of Proclamation Other Conclave Content C70's Parody Archive Redbird Daily Archive Cardinal Cameos The Smoky Room 1892 On Through Bird Tales Bleed Cardinal Red With Me Cardinals Chatter Cardinals Nerve Center Flight Analysis Gas House Graphs Go Crazy, Big Boy High Sock Sunday Keene On MLB Red Birds, Yellow Bat Redbird Dugout Riding The Pine Welcome To Baseball Heaven Redbird Daily's 100 Greatest Cardinals: #95 to #91 @hes_verygood by Rusty Groppel on August 3, 2018 This series was originally published at the Redbird Daily, but is now proud to call Cards Conclave home. This installment was written by Rusty Groppel. If you haven't, check out the Introductory Article to gain understanding of how these rankings were built. That article can be found by clicking here. The lower end of our "100 Greatest St. Louis Cardinals" list is an interesting area. We see some players that you really wouldn't come up with off the top of your head, but when you see the numbers you say, "oh wow, that guy was really good for us." We saw a little bit of that play out when Allen gave us #100 to #96 yesterday. I'm sure alot of people were glad to see 1980's favorites Tom Herr and Vince Coleman make their way onto our list of greatness. This next group of players is one that isn't too sexy, but incredibly interesting. Without further ado, here are player #95 to #91. #95 – Ken Dayley, RP (1984-90) Standard Pitching 23 28 .451 3.18 327 2 136 39 374.0 349 152 132 16 146 44 287 4 1 19 1576 118 3.00 1.324 8.4 0.4 3.5 6.9 1.97 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 8/17/2018. The Cardinals didn't draft him, but the fact that Dayley was the 3rd overall pick in the 1980 draft speaks to the talent that would eventually come through St. Louis. Acquired in a trade for Ken Oberkfell in 1984, Dayley became a force out of the Cardinals bullpen in 1985. A major player in two NL Pennant runs, Dayley posted ERA's of 2.87 or less in 4 of his 6 full seasons in St. Louis. He was the primary lefty in the heart of the Whitey-ball era. Ken was never the "closer", but he was deployed for save opportunities as the matchups dictated. He was certainly a finisher as he managed to grab 39 saves while recording the final out in 136 of his 327 games (41.6%) wearing the Birds on the Bat. Apart from one untimely homerun in 1987, he was a stellar pitcher in the postseason. In 16 playoff games, covering 20.2 innings, Dayley recorded a win and 5 saves, while allowing just 6 hits on his way to a 0.44 ERA. Cardinals fans saw Ken's daughter Sara Dayley on Fox Sports Midwest in 2017. #94 – Mark Littell, RP (1978-82, RCG Score: 53, EC: .5, Total: 53.5) 14 18 .438 3.31 193 3 113 28 261.0 212 106 96 15 151 35 233 4 1 25 1125 111 3.39 1.391 7.3 0.5 5.2 8.0 1.54 I know what you're thinking. "Wait…the outfielder that made a cameo in the late 90's?" No, not that Mark Little. This Mark Littell is a Cape Girardeau, MO native that managed to pitch his entire career in his home state. Given the name "Air Head" by his teammates, Mark was one of the best relievers in the game for the Kansas City Royals prior to being trade to the Cardinals in exchange for Al Hrabosky following the '77 season. Littell continued his dominant ways for his first two seasons in St. Louis. In 1978 and '79 combined, Littell would pitch 135 games, covering 188.2 innings, while posting a more than solid 2.53 ERA to go with 9.4 strikeouts per 9 IP. He saved 24 games, finishing 91 in a time when relief roles were much different than they are today. It should surprise no one that after pitching 100+ innings in relief every year from '76 to '78 with another 88 in '79, Littell fell victim to arm problems. From 1980-82 he would throw only 72.1 innings. Bone spurs in his elbow would cause him to retire midway through the 1982 World Series Championship season. SB Nation ranked Littell as the 83rd Greatest Royal of All-Time, so finding him at 94 on our list seems about right. Littell actually has a couple different claims to fame. His invention, the "Nutty Buddy" protective device, has won accolades and yes, there is a must-watch video demonstration. Second, in 1981 Mark allowed hit number 3631 to Pete Rose, ironically putting him past the Cardinals' own Stan Musial for the NL's all-time hit lead. These things make him memorable, however it was the two dominant years that landed him among the Greatest Cardinals. #93 – Ryan Ludwick, OF (2007-10, All-Star, Silver Slugger) 488 1812 1608 253 450 102 6 84 305 12 13 153 388 .280 .349 .507 .857 125 816 18 26 5 15 7 Just how good Ryan Ludwick was with the Cardinals probably gets overlooked simply because the team managed to reach the playoffs just once during his 3 1/2 years in St. Louis. A 28 year-old, minor league free agent Ludwick was a heck of a find for the Cardinals. He served as a reserve outfielder in the extremely forgettable 2007 season, seeing a good amount of playing time as Jim Edmonds and (unfortunately) Juan Encarnacion missed considerable time. He belted 14 HR's with 52 RBI in just 303 AB's that season. 2008 was when he would be truly great. In the first season post-Edmonds, Ludwick put on a Jimmy-esque performance. A strong slash line of .299/.375/.591 would accompany 37 HR's (matching Pujols), 113 RBI's (just 3 behind Pujols), and 104 Runs Scored (4 more than Pujols). Keep in mind, Albert Pujols was the NL's MVP that year. Ludwick wasn't quite on his level, but he kept pace pretty well. Luddy would earn an All-Star nod, a Silver Slugger award, and some down ballot looks in the MVP race. It was the among the best seasons by a Cardinals outfielder not named Edmonds in the last 20 years, as he put up a 5.5 bWAR. He was no slouch in the field either, posting a +12 DRS in his 124 games as a RF in 2008. In his career with St. Louis he was a +16 DRS. Ludwick followed up 2008 with a lesser but still strong 2009, slugging 22 more HR's along with 97 RBI's. He would serve as Pujols' protection until Matt Holliday was acquired that July. Ludwick would end his time in St. Louis as part of a three-team trade. He went to San Diego, Jake Westbrook to St. Louis, and some guy named Corey Kluber to Cleveland. #92 – Jose DeLeon, SP (1988-92) 43 57 .430 3.59 159 145 3 9 4 917.2 778 400 366 66 356 23 763 21 1 21 3827 101 3.30 1.236 7.6 0.6 3.5 7.5 2.14 DeLeon came to the Cardinals the year after a World Series appearance, and wasn't able to be a part of much team success in St. Louis. His individual performances though, especially in 1988 and '89, were simply dominant. In 1988 he became just the 4th pitcher in franchise history to strike out 200+ batters in a single season. His 208 K's still stands as the 7th highest total by a pitcher not named Bob Gibson. With a strong 225.1 innings pitched and 3.67 ERA, 1988 was a good year. 1989 was better. His strikeout total dropped, as he ONLY struck out 201 to lead the NL. However, he posted a 3.05 ERA and a career high 16 wins, while dealing 3 shutouts across 36 starts. DeLeon allowed just 6.4 hits per 9 innings that year, the best such figure in the NL. It is also the 5th best performance in that category in franchise history. Furthermore, his 244.2 IP are the most in a single season by a Cardinal in the last 30 years. DeLeon's performance took a step back in 1990. Still, outside of his ERA jumping to 4.43, most of his numbers remained strong. However, making 32 starts for a last place team put DeLeon on the hook for 19 losses. It's hard to place too much blame on him considering Todd Zeile and Pedro Guerrero were the only hitters to top 10 HR's for the team, hitting 15 and 13 respectively. He bounced back with a career low 2.71 ERA in 28 starts in 1991. 1992 would see him fall out of the rotation and be traded to Philadelphia. An interesting distinction, DeLeon and Kerry Wood are the only two pitchers in baseball history with LESS than 100 wins and MORE than 1500 strikeouts. #91 – Pete Vuckovich, SP (1978-1980) 39 31 .557 3.21 111 85 16 22 5 2 653.2 619 269 233 49 191 14 426 7 7 19 2694 116 3.27 1.239 8.5 0.7 2.6 5.9 2.23 A burly right-hander with a fu manchu to match his era, Vuckovich pitched in St. Louis during some lean years. He had a reputation as bizarre man on the mound. He was twitchy and animated, known to cross his eyes and stick out his tongue at hitters as well as yelling at umpires while in the stretch. His antics made him a fan favorite. It's a shame he came to St. Louis the year after Al Hrabosky was traded. Those two together would have made for one of the more…eccentric pitching staffs in baseball history. Though he would go on to win the AL Cy Young for the 1982 Brewers (yet be beat by his former team in the WS), he was easily as good during his 3 seasons with the Cardinals. 1978 he posted a 2.54 ERA across 198 IP. That inning total doesn't seem too out of line, until you realize that he pitched out of the bullpen up until June 3rd. He made his first start that day, on 3 days rest (he threw 3 innings in relief during a May 29th double dip), in game 2 of another double-header. Vuke would toss a complete game and stick in the rotation from that point on, dealing 6 CG's and 2 shutouts in his 23 starts. He continued his strong pitching in '79 and '80, posting ERA's of 3.59 and 3.40 while topping 222 innings each year. Those two years combined, he added 16 more complete games to his resume and tossed 3 shutouts in 1980. In December of 1980 his time in St. Louis came to an end. He was traded to Milwaukee along with Rollie Fingers and Ted Simmons. Vuckovich portrayed fictional Yankees slugger, Clu Haywood, in Major League. The following quote was improvised by Pete when he was instructed to, 'say something a big leaguer would say.' Tune in next time… …as Colin Garner unveils players #90 to #86. 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Sometimes in business (in life), it's easy to feel that we need to be perfect. I felt that way always, and the result was that I consistently wasted a TON of time trying to get my work "perfect"- never happy with what I was producing, or I just gave up and didn't release it. Why did I do that? Certainly not because you did not think it was good enough. It was so about me – how silly is that when all I want to do is serve and help you. I am in another challenge now – a 21 day Facebook Live challenge, where we all do a FB live every day for 21 days. What prompted me to do the "Vlog" from the beach was I did my day 3 challenge FB live there (did you see it? I've really got to remember to turn the camera horizontally!) Once I did my live challenge video, my 2017 theme phrase then immediately popped into my head "if not now- when?" And so I did. It cut off early for some reason, and I am just leaving it. In this time of seemingly craziness, being "real" is ever important. Your clients will still love you, you'll find more and more whom resonate with your "style" as well. Isn't that in itself a huge stress release? Can you see how much better you can serve your community from this place? How much more time will you have as a result? Of course you want things right. good enough may just be just right. Being authentically you takes off so much pressure which in turn allows you to actually be so much more of you. I am who I am, you are who you are – and that is just fine. Dare to be a little more "you" this week – your tribe will love it!

This is the true story of Eugene Uttley as he contends with schizophrenia. At first, all seems well: after graduating from university with a B.A. in English, Eugene starts working as a teacher. He sometimes struggles in his relationships but nothing is obviously wrong with him. After a while, he decides to go to South Korea as an ESL instructor. Once there, he meets Jen, and they eventually move to Jeju Island. That's when the voices and delusions start, and Eugene's life is turned upside-down. Way Out: A True Account of Schizophrenia opened my eyes to what schizophrenia really is. Before, I believed that people who suffer from this mental illness experience multiple personalities but they actually hear voices, are paranoiac, and sometimes have hallucinations. In Eugene's case, he thought he was becoming a psychic, and that the voices were aliens, celebrities, spies or spirits communicating with him. In my opinion, his way of coping was really interesting: he used acronyms to keep the voices at bay. However, the story was sometimes confusing, as it went back and forth in time. I know the author did this on purpose but I thought a chronological order would have been better to illustrate the slow descent into schizophrenia, starting with the apparition of the first voices, and then the delusions and hallucinations building in intensity. In addition, some parts of the story could have been better developed: for example, when he decided to start seeking treatment. In the end, this was a really interesting account that needed a bit more polishing up. Way Out: A True Account of Schizophrenia was sent to me for free in exchange for an honest review. About the author and his work: Arthur Thomas Morton's Website.

The Atheist Bible An Atheist View Gods as Fiction Why are gods fictional? Do you have a proof? Isn't the creation falsifiable? Isn't the subjective experience of God falsifiable? Atheism and Falsifiability Why would people invent gods? Why would people believe in gods? Gods are not fictional! God created the universe! Scripture is from God! Jesus and Muhammad existed! The prophets were honest! Scripture says that God exists! Are abstract things also fictitious? CC-BY Fabian M. Suchanek This chapter of the Atheist Bible explains gods from the point of view of a positive atheist, i.e., a person who believes that the supernatural is not ill-defined but that it does not exist. The present chapter consists of just three sections: An Atheist View: Explains how a positive atheist sees gods. Objections: Discusses criticism of the atheist viewpoint regarding gods. Cinderella looked indeed awesome in her dress. Almost like in a fairy tale...Willgard @ Pixabay Let us start our discussion by recalling the story of Cinderella. Cinderella was a poor girl whose mother died. Her father remarried but her stepmother and stepsisters were cruel to her. One day the prince of her country gave a ball. Cinderella wanted to go, but her stepmother would not allow her, and she did not have a dress either. While her stepsisters went Cinderella stayed home all alone. However, a good fairy appeared and gave her a marvelous dress. Cinderella went to the ball and the prince fell in love with her, and after some twists and turns they lived happily ever after. As you know, this story is a fairy tale. The oldest known version of this tale was recorded by the Greek geographer Strabo in around 7 BC. In that variant of the story, a magic eagle helps a slave girl called Rhodopis, and she marries the king of Egypt. Other variants of the story exist across the world, including China (where the girl befriends a fish), Korea (with a magic ox), and the Middle East (where she is helped by a demoness). The version with the good fairy is the most popular one in the West today. It was first published by Charles Perrault in "Histoires ou contes du temps passé" in 1697, and later by the Brothers Grimm in their folk tale collection "Grimms' Fairy Tales" . There may indeed have existed a poor girl (or several) who inspired these tales. However, the part of the story with the magic fish, ox, demoness, or fairy was made up. Maybe someone came up with the idea during a long winter's evening, or seated around a campfire. People liked the idea that some magic spirit helped the poor girl. The story caught on, and it got passed on through the generations. The story of Cinderella is a very popular fairy tale. While a girl called Cinderella may have existed, the fairy in the story did not. The fairy is an entirely fictional character, which was included in the story to help drive the plot and make Cinderella's escape from the clutches of her evil stepmother all the more appealing. It worked, and the story caught on. For an atheist, the nature of religious stories (as recorded in the Bible or other scripture) is no different from the nature of the story of Cinderella. These stories were maybe based on some true events. But they are embellished with miracles, spirits, and gods. The gods in these stories are just like the good fairy in the Cinderella tale: they are magical characters invented by people and entirely fictional in character. These stories have been passed on through generations and were recorded in books and oral traditions. However, that does not make these stories true. The gods in these stories no more exist in reality than do the fairies, magic animals, unicorns and other products of human imagination do. Let us make this point more concrete: When we read the story of Cinderella, we are pulled into the story. We are eager to learn what happens, we feel with the main character, and we are excited when the good fairy steps in to give her the dress. However, when we close the book, the good fairy is gone. When we look around, there is no fairy. Only children believe that the fairy is really there. Atheists contend that same holds for supernatural characters. Gods are heroes and sometimes villains on the page. The stories are inspiring, exciting, and sometimes enlightening. Yet when we close the book, the characters are gone. They do not exist in reality. They are legendary beings. Gods are imaginary. Religion confuses cause and effect: It's not God who created man, but man who created God. Hans Reinhardt Muslims may object that their god is not an addition to a story, but the author of the story. However, their god is much older than the Quran. He is the same god as the Jewish god, and this god reportedly created the Earth and parted the waters. The god was thus invented much earlier than the Quran was dictated. Atheists believe that gods are fictional characters — just like the good fairy in the Cinderella tale. If we want to understand why they think so, we have to ask ourselves why we believe that the fairy in the Cinderella tale is fictional. Why are we convinced that the good fairy does not really exist? There are several reasons: The good fairy is unknown outside the Western culture. Eastern cultures rather tell the story with a magic fish instead. This fish in turn is unknown in Western versions of the story. Had the same magic entity appeared in different cultures, that would have been an indication for its existence. However, it does not. The good fairy does magical things that defy the laws of nature. In reality, the laws of nature cannot be defied. Our only source of information about the good fairy is the story. There is no evidence for the good fairy other than the tale. Atheists hold that the same is true of gods: Just like every culture knows their own magic fish, ox, or fairy for the tale of Cinderella, every culture knows their own gods and spirits in their religious stories. The same god does not arise in different regions. Gods usually do magical things that defy the laws of nature. They make people walk on water, heal miraculously, make statues shed tears, or take someone on a nightly ride to Jerusalem through the skies. All these things are acts of magic that are typical within fairy tales but impossible in the real world. There is no evidence for gods other than the original book or myth. Evidence is a validated theory that confirms the existence of a god. There is no such evidence. (We will refute popular proofs for the existence of gods in the Chapter on Proofs for Gods.) Hence, atheists conclude, gods are fictional characters just like the just like the good fairy in the Cinderella tale. The Aztec gods showed up only to the Aztecs for the same reasons that the Japanese gods showed up only to the Japanese, and Yahweh only showed up only in the Middle East. Nobody has a proof that God does not exist. This is because there is nothing that a believer would accept as a proof that his or her god does not exist. Nature is inherently brutal? It is God's will! Prayer does not work? God will fulfill your wish later in a different form! There is pain and hunger in this world? It's all a test for the afterlife. Nobody has ever seen God? That's because he's invisible. No matter what argument we come up with, it will not be accepted as a proof that God does not exist. This means that there is no X such that If X, then God does not exist. The same is true for any other god, supernatural being, or supernatural concept. We can never prove that Zeus does not exist, that the good fairy does not exist, that Khonvoum does not exist, that there is no reincarnation, that there are no spirits, or that "God" is not the first cause of the universe. Fortunately, it is also not necessary to prove that these gods don't exist. This is because the above If-then statement can be transformed into the following logically equivalent form: If God exists, then not X. We agreed before that there is no such X. This means that if God exists, we cannot draw any conclusion from this. We do not know anything more about this world under the assumption that God does exist. Not a single concrete thing about this world can be predicted. To see this, let's assume that the god of Christianity exists. What can we conclude from this assumption? Maybe that it was him who created the world, that there is paradise, and that there is hell. Unfortunately, all of these statements are again unfalsifiable -- they cannot be proven false either. This means that they also don't tell us anything about the real world. If we assume that God created the world, we still don't know anything concrete: We don't know how many animal species there are, we don't know when the Earth will be destroyed, we don't know how the human brain works, we don't know how to solve the problem of world hunger. The assumption of God's existence tells us nothing about the real world. This is actually a characteristic property of fictional entities like gods and supernatural entities. The claim that they exist is unfalsifiable and therefore it is literally meaningless. Another consequence of the unfalsifiability is that we can come up with arbitrarily many other unfalsifiable claims. For example, I can say "There is not one god, but two gods". This claim contradicts the claim "There is only one god", but it also is unfalsifiable. This means that we have two claims that cannot both be true, and yet neither of them can be proven false. Therefore people have come up with numerous contradictory supernatural theories. Since none of them can be proven false, they are the main ingredient for religious disputes, which are oftentimes violent and even deadly. They are fundamentally irresolvable because the entities, actions, or events they refer to cannot be disproven. And that is the case because the entities, actions, or events they refer to are fictional. If you cannot prove it false that doesn't make it true. The Candid Atheist This book argues that the existence of gods or the supernatural is not falsifiable. There is nothing that believers would accept as a proof that their god does not exist. Now let's look at the hypothesis "God created the world". Isn't that one falsifiable? If God had not created the world, then the world would not exist. Thus, it would appear that we have a possibility to prove the hypothesis false, and hence the hypothesis is falsifiable. This line of reasoning is tempting but false. Falsifiability asks for what would have to happen (in the present or future) to prove the hypothesis false. What could I do now to show to you that God did not create the world? What has to happen to shake your belief that God is not the creator? It turns out that there is no such thing. No matter what happens, you would still believe that it was God who created the world. And thus, the thesis "God created the world" is still unfalsifiable. It is just empty words stacked on top of whatever we observe. This distinguishes the theory that God created the world from scientific theories about the origin of the world: When a scientific theory predicts that the universe came into existence 14 billion years ago, then the discovery of any artifact that is older than 14 billion years would prove that theory false. Thus, the statement "the universe is 14 billion years old" predicts that we will never find an artifact that is older – which has indeed not happened. The absence of God is proof for the absence of God, as the absence of a bottle of whiskey on my desk is proof of the absence of a bottle of whiskey on my desk. What isn't there isn't there. Saurio Pérez We have argued that the existence of the supernatural cannot be falsified, and that the claim "God exists" is hence meaningless. Believers can object by pointing to quite a number of feelings linked to God: When they pray, they feel better; when they believe that God protects us, they feel relieved; when something good happens, they feel thankful. Are these not real, perceptual experiences? And can these experiences not be predicted by the assumption of God? And if so, does this not give "God" a meaning, in the sense that the hypothesis of the existence of God has predictive power? These experiences are indeed perceptions in the sense of this book. Thus, the theory "If I pray to God, I feel relieved" does make falsifiable predictions. These predictions are well studied, and we will later dedicate an entire section to them. However, such theories always concern an action by the believer and never an action by the god. It is the belief in God, the prayer to God, or the devotion that has the effect — not God himself. Technically speaking, the rules are never of the form "If God does X, then...", but always of the form "If I do X, then...". It follows that such theories can only ever predict personal experiences. They can predict feelings of relief, the illusion of control, or the abatement of fear. However, they cannot predict that God created the universe, that we have to follow his commandments, or that he has objective physical existence. Thus, "God" is an auxiliary notion that we use to describe our subjective psychological experiences. In this sense, God "exists" — but he exists only in our heads. Every believer has created God in his own image. God, therefore, carries the very same biases and convictions as the believer. Weenie Gespartan We have argued that the hypothesis that the supernatural exists and cannot be falsified. Therefore, atheism holds that gods and the supernatural are the work of fiction. But what about atheism? For example, can the claim "God does not exist" be falsified? To answer this question, we have to find things that we would accept as proof that God exists. Here is a list of things that we could accept as a proof that God exists: Praying to God makes things possible that are otherwise impossible God reveals himself in a scientifically verifiable way God intervenes in this world a verifiable and identifiable way All of these things would be proof that God exists. Hence, the claim "God does not exist" is falsifiable. This makes the claim meaningful. Its meaning is: None of the above things will ever happen. The claim predicts that, no matter how much we pray, we will never obtain anything that would not have happened anyway. When we generalize the claim to "the supernatural does not exist", it says that praying, observing rites, or following superstitions will never have any effect other than psychological. This is indeed what we find. The claim also predicts that no god will ever reveal himself in a scientifically verifiable way. This is again what we find. Finally, the claim predicts that no god will ever intervene in this world in a way that we can identify him. In other words, there are no miracles. Again, this is what we observe. Thus, the claim is not only meaningful, but also true. It makes concrete and correct predictions about the real world. This is more than any religion can say of itself. This is the central asymmetry between theism and atheism: Theism says there is a god, but cannot say what will happen or not happen. Hence, theism is not falsifiable and thus meaningless. Atheism says there is no god, and uses this to make predictions, which we find to be true. Hence, Atheism is falsifiable and thus meaningful. How do we know that the gods are imaginary? Simply imagine that one of them is real. If one of these thousands of gods were actually real, then his followers would be experiencing real, undeniable benefits. These benefits would be obvious to everyone. The followers of a true god would pray, and their prayers would be answered. The followers of a true god would therefore live longer, have fewer diseases, have lots more money, etc. There would be thousands of statistical markers surrounding the followers of a true god. All the other false gods would have fallen by the wayside long ago, and there would be only one religion under the one true god. GodIsImaginary.com Interestingly, as soon as God intervenes in this world in a verifiable way, he ceases to be supernatural. Thus, atheists could start believing in his existence, but still reject the supernatural. Thus, they would remain atheists. They would start believing in that god, but that is because the god had ceased to be supernatural. In an atheistic world view, gods are fictional creations. This begs the question of why people would invent gods. There is a wide variety of reasons why people came up with gods. One of the earliest reasons was the personification of natural entities. The sun gives warmth and light, and people suspected that it was a conscious being not unlike themselves. This gave rise to the idea of a sun god. People also used gods to explain other phenomena of nature. They did not know where rain came from, and hence assumed that there was a god who caused that rain. People can also create fictional entities out of a dream, a hallucination, or a medical condition such as epileptic seizures. Such experiences can give rise to the belief in things that are not real. Or people can start personifying a dead person. They can come believe that they can talk with them, and this belief can give rise to the notion of an afterlife, or of spirits. In other instances, simple stories and myths may have become so popular that they were taken to be true. It is sufficient that some shaman tells a story, and that people pick it up, so that it becomes a belief. To this day people create, share, and believe urban legends, even though they are false. We will later dedicate an entire section to the things that inspired the stories about the gods. In some cases, religious beliefs were also actively promoted by those in power. Kings of all eras loved claiming that their power and laws were sanctioned by the gods. This kept the people quiet and obedient. The rulers also realized that they could control a population by threatening it with hell. Therefore, some people may have actively invented or supported stories of gods. In some cases, people may have benefited personally from the stories that they invented. This may have tempted them to invent gods and stories. We will dedicate an entire section to the motivations that people had for nurturing a religion. Over the centuries and millennia, the stories of gods were shared, altered, amended, and merged. Some were abandoned, others became very powerful. We discuss this process in detail in the Chapter on Memes. Insanity is believing that your hallucinations are real. Religion is believing that other people's hallucinations are real. Evangelical Pastafarism For an atheist, gods are the work of fiction. We have discussed why people would come up with such a fiction. Here we discuss why people would believe and follow such a fiction. One factor that might have played a role is that people might have been less skeptical than they are today. Imagine that I tell you that I heard about a man who could walk on the water. You would probably not believe me. You would want to know where I heard that and whether there is proof for it. In the ideal case, you would want a picture or video of it. Without such proof, you would not remotely consider that I might be right, let alone follow me and start sharing this story. Yet this is what ancient people did. Of the people who wrote the New Testament of the Bible, for example, no one was present at Jesus's miraculous birth. All of the stories of in the New Testament were written decades after Jesus's death. Still, people believed these stories. All of this worked because people had no modern means of verification (and no cameras). In ancient times, stories could be considered true if they were reported by authoritative people, or if they were sufficiently prevalent. That said, today people still believe all kinds of stories even if they are outright false. We will later see examples. Once a belief has established itself in society, it is deepened through iteration and habit. Children learn beliefs from their early years, and hand it on to the next generation. Thus, people see their faith as something natural and obvious. It was often also prohibited to question that belief. As an analogy, consider the belief in fairies. Adults tell children about fairies and many children believe that fairies exist. Now assume that the belief in fairies was taught at school, while at the same time it is prohibited under penalty of death to tell children than fairies do not exist. Any thought or argument that fairies do not really exist would be wiped out. In this way an entire generation of children would be brought up believing that fairies exist. These children would tell their own children about fairies. If this was iterated for hundreds of years, an entire culture would incorporate fairies as a natural part of life. This is how the world's major religions work. Another reason why people believe in gods is that such beliefs can also be convenient. Higher powers seem to explain many questions that would otherwise go unanswered. Belief in higher powers can also fulfill a basic human desire for control. By imagining that someone is responsible for the randomness of life, we can imagine that we influence that someone through prayers, sacrifices, or rituals. Thus, we have at least the illusion that we can do something about the arbitrariness that surrounds us. Religion also caters to the human desire for emotional comfort, safety, absolution, and group feeling. Religious beliefs can also appease people, give power to whoever claims to be in contact with the gods, or establish certain practices in a society. For all these reasons, many people embraced religion. All of this, however, "works" no matter whether the religion is true or not. We discuss why people believe in gods in the Chapter on Following Religion and the Chapter on the Benefits of Religion. It is a telling fact that, the world over, the vast majority of children follow the religion of their parents rather than any of the other available religions. The (Christian) archbishops of Salzburg decorated their castle with Greek gods, because the gods of the other religions are always fictional. in Schloss Hellbrunn, Salzburg, Austria For atheists, gods are fictional characters just like the fairy in the Cinderalla tale. However, most people think that gods are by nature different from fictional characters. This hypothesis is false. In fact, everybody believes that gods are fictional characters — as long as they are the gods of the other religions. For example, when we ask people about the Horned God of the Wicca religion, most people on Earth would consider him the work of fiction. Likewise, the majority of people on Earth when asked would consider Vishnu and Brahma myths. The majority of people on Earth also believe that the Triune God of Christianity is a human invention. People usually think that the gods of the other religions are fiction. If something is a god to one group of people, it is a fictional entity to most others. Atheists apply the same logic to all gods at once. To an atheist, all gods are human inventions. I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. Stephen Roberts From an atheist point of view, gods are fictional characters that do not exist. Believers of the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Bahai Faith) purport that their god is the all-powerful being and the creator of the world. Hence, he cannot be a fictional being. Atheists note that it does not matter how much power we ascribe to a fictional character — it still remains a fictional character. If we say that the fairy in Cinderella story has magical powers, that she can live forever, or even that she created the world, she still remains just a fictional character. Some religions hold that their scripture came directly from God: Christians believe that God inspired the writers of the Bible. Muslims believe that the Quran was dictated by God. Hindus believe that the Laws of Manu were dictated to the first human (Manu) by a god, or that the Vedas were handed down from mythical ancestors. Does this supernatural origin of the stories not vouch for their correctness? For an atheist, these stories about the origin of the scriptures are no truer than the stories within the scriptures themselves. The stories about the scripture were made up in just the same way. God did not inspire the writers of the Bible — that was just something the writers of scripture would say (or that others would say about them). Nor did God dictate the Quran — the Prophet Muhammad just wrote the verses himself and then claimed that God dictated them. The Laws of Manu were not dictated by a god — the Brahmans made up the story and ascribed it to Manu. In the eyes of atheists, not only are scriptures myth, but the stories about their divine origin are as well. As an example, consider the tales of "1001 Nights". Legend has it that a woman called Scheherazade was to spend a last night with the king before being executed. She told the king a story, but did not end it. The king, curious about how the story ends, postponed her execution — and so it goes on for 1001 nights. The stories she told were then collected in the book of "1001 Nights". While the stories themselves are known to be fictitious, many people believe that Scheherazade actually existed. She did not: the entire frame story for the book is a fabrication, just like the other 1001 stories between the covers. In other words, not only are the stories of "1001 Nights" made up, but also the person who told them. To atheists, it is the same with the stories about gods: Not just the stories themselves are fictitious, but also the legends that surround them. For an atheist, gods are the products of fiction. However, believers maintain that certain figures of the religions were real. For example, there is little doubt that Jesus, Muhammad, Confucius, and Buddha existed. Doesn't this mean that everything else is real as well? Yes, King's Cross railway station exists. But Platform 9 ¾ does not exist (or only as a tourist attraction). at King's Cross railway station in London Fictional stories often mix reality with invention. For example, consider the Harry Potter stories, a series of children's books by J. K. Rowling. Harry, the hero of the book, uses the train at King's Cross railway station in London. London exists in reality. Even the railway station exists in reality. It's just that everything else in the story is fiction woven around these items. Platform 9 ¾ does not exist in reality and nor does the Hogwarts' Express train. In a similar vein, some items in the legends about gods are definitively real. However, that does not make the gods real. Did this man really travel to hell and back? Of course not. of the statue of Dante Alighieri in Florence/Italy Sometimes, the inventor of the stories is himself a character of the story. In Dante Alighieri's "Divina Commedia", he tells a story of how he travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Even though Dante existed, he did not really make this trip. He just made up a story and wrote it in first person. Today, the story is considered one of the greatest works of world literature. In a similar vein, the prophets can have created stories in which they themselves appear (as the son of God, or as a prophet), but this does not make the stories real. Sometimes a story will attach a legend to a real character. For example, Shakespeare develops his famous play "Macbeth" around King Macbeth, who was a real king of Scotland . Even though real people and real events make it into the play, for the most part the play is fiction. The real King Macbeth probably never said the famous words "Is this a dagger which I see before me / The handle toward my hand?". Likewise, Lady Macbeth (who appears in the play) has no historic equivalent. She did not exist in reality. In a similar vein, stories about prophets and gods can mix reality and fiction. They can ascribe fictional phrases or stories to people of the real world. This does not make these stories true. Sometimes, the story references itself. For example, in the Harry Potter books, the main character reads a book called "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them". This book did not exist in the real world , and neither did its purported author, Newt Scamander. However, later on, the real author of the Harry Potter books, J. K. Rowling, decided to write a real book entitled "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" in the real world. So now there is a real-world book called "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them". To make matters even more confusing, she published the book in the real world under the pseudonym Newt Scamander. Thus, what was a fiction in the first book became reality later on. Whoever reads the Harry Potter series could imagine that mention of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" in it refers to the real book that exists in the real world. However, that book and its purported author are still fictional creations. In a similar manner, religious books can mix imaginary and real authorship. For example, the Quran (the holy book of Islam) repeatedly refers to itself as the holy book revealed by God. However, the Quran was written years after the death of the prophet who received these revelations. I find it funny that some people are comparing John Lennon and God.... I mean, he was great, and all, but he's no John Lennon! In atheist eyes, gods are the work of fiction. Therefore, atheists do not believe that gods are real. Believers retort that the prophets who told us about the gods were honest people. If they were honest, then their experiences were real, and the gods really exist. Unfortunately, it is very hard to figure out whether the prophets were honest, let alone whether they existed. For example, current scholarly opinion holds that the Gospels of the Bible were not written by the 4 apostles. Rather, the stories were most likely compiled from different sources by different authors. Furthermore, they were written about 20 to 100 years after Jesus's death. It is difficult to uphold the honesty of an author whom we do not even know. In all likelihood no author of the Gospels actually met Jesus. Islam, for its part, traces the Quran to the authorship of the Prophet Muhammad. Muhammad, however, was illiterate. He did not write the Quran. The stories were memorized by his followers and written down near or after the death of the prophet. While Muslim consensus holds that the stories were transmitted truthfully and verified through cross-validation, nobody knows what happened 1300 years ago with these stories. Newer religions (such as Scientology, the Wicca faith, Mormonism, or the Bahai faith) can typically trace their holy book in a verifiable way to their prophet. These books also claim the existence of the supernatural. However, they find only few adherents. For some reason, the majority of people prefer to believe prophets that are dead for a longer time. And that reason is simple: What do most people do when someone comes and tells them that God talked to him? They usually do not take him seriously. If he continues to say that God talks to him, they usually consider him insane. And rightly so: We have no verified case where a god talked to a human, and hence we regard such experiences today as a sign of mental problems. For example, every year dozens of people claim they saw God in Jerusalem. This is known as the Jerusalem Syndrome . We do not believe these people; instead, we give them psychological treatment. The reasons for such purported encounters are sometimes linked to hallucinations, schizophrenia, dehydration, or epilepsy. Now if we do not believe these people today, then why should we believe a person who talked to God hundreds of years ago? There is, in the eyes of an atheist, no reason. There is another argument against the honesty of the prophets. It applies to all religions and goes as follows: If the prophet of one religion is seen as honest, then there is no reason not to assume that the prophets of all the other religions were honest as well. We should treat the proclamations of these prophets the same as we do the first prophet. However, religions rarely know about or acknowledge the validity of other faiths. No religion views all the prophets of other religions as completely honest and literally accurate in their proclamations. If they did, then they would have to believe in a plethora of gods and contradictory convictions. Thus, for every prophet, atheists simply side with the majority of people — by not believing his stories. Men think epilepsy divine, because they don't understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything divine in the universe. Religious books such as the Bible, the Quran, Dianetics, or the Hindu Scriptures are often taken as evidence for the existence of gods. Yet taking these books as proof for the existence of gods is no different from taking the story of Cinderella as proof for the existence of the good fairy. Such narratives cannot prove the existence of anything. Adherents of different religions typically provide proofs for the authenticity of their books. Yet these proofs usually convince only those who believe in the religion anyway, and rarely move the adherents of other religions (who have themselves proof for the authenticity of their books). We discuss holy books in detail in the Chapter on Religions, with the Christian Bible and the Muslim Quran in their own articles. To an atheist, gods are fictional entities. So then we can argue that other abstract things should also be fictional entities to an atheist. For example, is love not also a fictional entity? If so, then this would render the atheist world model nonsensical. However, love is not a fictional entity. "Love" is the name for the feeling of intense affection 1. Whenever we have such a feeling, we use the word "love" for it (because the phrase "feeling of intense affection" is clumsy to say). Thus, "love" is a label for a phenomenon of the real world. It is not a fictitious entity. In particular, "love" implies something in the real world. It implies a feeling associated with a desire to be with another person and to help that person. A similar argument applies for other abstract concepts. As far as they are meaningful, they are all abbreviations for real-world phenomena, or can be used to derive statements about real-world phenomena. The same cannot be said of gods. The statement "God exists" does not imply anything in the real world that we could not also imply without this assumption. The statement is irrelevant for the real world, and thus literally meaningless. Hence, atheists conclude, gods are fictional. When inventing a god, the most important thing is to claim that it is invisible, inaudible, and imperceptible in every way. Otherwise, people will become skeptical, when it appears to no one and does nothing. The Atheist Bible, next chapter: Proofs for Gods Oxford Dictionary: Love

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I call upon rulers, politicians and religious leaders…inviting them to unite in an alliance that launches an antiglobalist manifesto, refuting point by point the errors and deviation of this dsytopian new world order and proposing concrete alternatives.. It will have to denounce the crimes of the elite, identify those responsible, denounce them to international tribunals, and limit their excessive power and harmful influence." click on to see video… Archives Select Month February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 November 2019 April 2019 February 2019 September 2018 August 2018 May 2018 April 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY PERMITTING WHEN CLICKING "I'M NOT A ROBOT." YOU WON'T LIKE THIS! click on to see video... A COP SHOOTS A REAL CRIMINAL FOR A CHANGE - INDIAN HEALTH MINISTER SHOT DEAD BY COP. How many People have these " Health " POS maimed and Killed???? Get Ready because as more innocent people Drop Dead from the Fake Vaccine, Vigilante Justice is coming into view. It will be the ONLY way People can have some Peace of Mind when the Suffering and Death is in clear sight. Everyone including Doctors, especially PEDIATRICIANS, Nurses, Hospitals, Clinicians, Pharmacies, State and Federal Agencies, Government, FBI, CIA, CDC, FDA, Pharma Companies CEOS, they will all be in sight. As more parents, and there has already been ALOT, watch their children die, LOOK OUT!!!!!!!!! This Health Minister shot Dead! Not surprised. click on to see video HUMAN TRAFFICKING & THE SOAP PROJECT. Important topic. click on to see video... BILL GATES IS A LIAR. JUST LOOK AT HIM HERE. click on to see video... TRUMP @WEF DRAINING THE SWAMP AND MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!! LUCKY AMERICA!!!!!! click on to see video... 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You Fucking Psychopath Morons might have started this Genocide but YOU HAD BETTER LISTEN TO ME, THE PEOPLE WILL END IT!!!! THE ENDING WILL NOT BE FOR EVERYONE. NO ONE CAN STOP WHAT IS COMING. CONTROLLED OPPOSITION SHOULD JUST STEP THE FUCK ASIDE BECAUSE MONEY WILL NOT SAVE THEM. THEY THREW JACINDA TO THE WOLVES FASTER THAN YOU CAN EVEN IMAGINE! YOUR NOT SAFE! POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!! If these Dummy Hollywood non talented Actors and Musicians knew what was good for them they would keep their Fucking Mouths SHUT!!! People have a Tendency to get revengeful when those they love are MURDERED! And the ones who Pushed the Poison will be taken FIRST!!!!! An Eye For An Eye! Ah so you think your kids are safe but others are disposable???? MEDIA, where are you hanging out these days? So many want to know. It's coming Quick! A COP SHOOTS A REAL CRIMINAL FOR A CHANGE – INDIAN HEALTH MINISTER SHOT DEAD BY COP. How many People have these " Health " POS maimed and Killed???? Get Ready because as more innocent people Drop Dead from the Fake Vaccine, Vigilante Justice is coming into view. It will be the ONLY way People can have some Peace of Mind when the Suffering and Death is in clear sight. Everyone including Doctors, especially PEDIATRICIANS, Nurses, Hospitals, Clinicians, Pharmacies, State and Federal Agencies, Government, FBI, CIA, CDC, FDA, Pharma Companies CEOS, they will all be in sight. As more parents, and there has already been ALOT, watch their children die, LOOK OUT!!!!!!!!! This Health Minister shot Dead! Not surprised. click on to see video Hasn't this Farce gone on long enough??? Biden is the President. Trump will save America in 2 years after he gets elected. Michael Obama is on Television talking about having menopause. How much longer are we, as a Country willing to be under a delusion of sanity? Everything is Fake. This is what the New World Order wanted. 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Michael Hansen (22 de setembro de 1971) é um ex-futebolista profissional dinamarquês que atuava como meia. Carreira Michael Hansen representou a Seleção Dinamarquesa de Futebol nas Olimpíadas de 1992. Futebolistas olímpicos da Dinamarca Futebolistas nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1992 Jogadores da Seleção Dinamarquesa de Futebol

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Approximately two (maybe three? I honestly don't remember) months ago I presented my idea to start blogging regularly to see how much traffic I got. I began posting a blog every Monday and a photo every Wednesday. I started a Twitter page and a Facebook page. I've done my "test time" to see how it panned out, and while I'm getting decent traffic after only a couple of months, I've decided that I'm just not into it enough to make it a regular thing. I'm really realizing that I write my blog for the release of writing or excitement to share my stories, not for the publicity or social networking. Like… at all. Last week we had an awful flu take out our whole family and I just didn't have time to get on the computer. And over that week, my addiction broke. Now all I see is that I'm losing myself to the computer and I'm missing out on a lot of quality time with my kiddos. Time I'm not going to get back. The only quality time I recently had with my kids – where I didn't jump up to check the computer – was when they got the flu. That wasn't cool with me at all. I will continue to blog and share my stories about raising my insanely energetic son and twin girls, but I won't be posting regularly every Monday anymore. I'm also going to be getting rid of my Supermom Facebook page and Twitter page. Honestly, I don't do well with schedules and I get myself too stressed trying to remember to write something by Monday morning (HUGE kudos to WAHMs!). Another reason I'm cutting back is because I've been writing a book. It's a fantasy romance novel (and no, it's not about vampires) and I'm about 3/4 of the way through with writing it. I've been working on it since October of 2011 and I've only recently gotten a really good hold of my writing and feel more confident that there actually is an end in sight for my book. When I finally sat down and decided to cut down on all of this, I really felt happy with my decision to simplify. This is the right thing to do. No amount of blogging publicity is worth compromising my time with my family during the day. I will work on my book on occasional evenings when the kids are in bed and I will identify as a stay at home mom, not a mommy blogger. I'm really liking this decision! But don't worry. I will continue to write my blog posts when I get the time or something happens in my life that I just have to share with you all. There's just no way I'd make it through motherhood without sharing my stories. 🙂 Love you all and thanks for sticking with me!

Bouncing back from unforeseen constraints I love unforeseen constraints. Why? Constraints force me to be creative. When I build a new technology product or work with an entirely new new team, ideal results are rare on the first try. It's a process to be worked, not a switch to be flipped. I take a flexible, life-scientist style approach of trial-error-selection-variation. That way, when unforeseen constraints arise, I adapt and handle them with ease. Poor piano I've mentioned before I enjoy Tim Harford's TED talks. In this one, he tells an awesome story about how Vera Brandes, a 17 year old German concert promoter, set up a special piano event at the Cologne Opera House. By mistake, a clunker practice piano was provided for the show. For world renowned jazz musician Keith Jarrett an old, crappy instrument wasn't what he expected at all. Still, he decided to play. He summoned all his determination and creativity out of that beaten down backstage piano. The final outcome was the most famous jazz concert ever recorded. As Harford tells it: "Within moments it became clear that something magical was happening. Jarrett was avoiding the faulty upper registers, he was sticking to the middle tones of the keyboard, which gave the piece a soothing, ambient quality. But also, because the piano was so quiet, he had to set up these rumbling, repetitive riffs in the bass. And he stood up twisting, pounding down on the keys, desperately trying to create enough volume to reach the people in the back row. It's an electrifying performance. It somehow has this peaceful quality, and at the same time it's full of energy, it's dynamic. And the audience loved it. Audiences continue to love it because the recording of the Köln Concert is the best-selling piano album in history and the best-selling solo jazz album in history." Mindset makes the difference Think about it. Something goes wrong or an unexpected constraint appears. If my reaction is negative, it affects me and my team. But if I consider the constraint as part of the process, I can step back and look at the constraint as an opportunity for creativity. Are you in the process of bouncing back? It might not be clear exactly what to do and this can be tricky. The people at the top in life are always working, growing and improving with the help of others. It's how you got to where you are, and it's how you will get up through the next stage on your journey.

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Asian Kung-Fu Generation's new album World World World is a keeper. It contains the two singles, "After Dark" from Bleach and "Aru Machi No Gunjo"from Tekkon Kinkreet. The single for "Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu" was released last month and surprisingly hasn't been picked up for an anime theme…yet. My favorite track on the album however is "Night Diving" which includes duel vocals with Goto and guitarist Kita. I've been gay for Kita's vocals since "Uso no Wonderland," hopefully he'll get to sing some more tracks in the future. You are currently browsing the archives for the Bleach category.

Collegium System is alien to the Indian Constitution: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju "Merely because a decision was taken by the judges, how can you expect that decision to be backed by the people," said Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju. He was speaking at the Times Now Summit on November 25. Nov 27, 2022, 10:37 am IST https://organiser.org/wp-content/uploads/speaker/post-99889.mp3?cb=1669525638.mp3 "Collegium System is alien to the Indian Constitution. Judges draw authority from the people of India and the Constitution. Merely because a decision was taken by the judges, how can you expect that decision to be backed by the people," said Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju. He was speaking at the Times Now Summit on November 25. "We (government) very well respect the Collegium System until and unless it is replaced by a better system…As long as this system is prevailing, I have to respect the system," he added. "But if you expect that the Government to merely approve the name for the appointment of Judges, just because the same is recommended by the Collegium System, what is the role of the government then? There are loopholes in the Collegium System. Now, people are raising their voices that this system is not transparent. The Government is doing certain things which it is expected to do," he said. "Never say that the government is sitting on the files, then don't send the files to the government, you appoint yourself, you run the show then. The executive and the judiciary have to work together, they have to serve the country. There is no question of any fight for supremacy, it is the question of service to the nation. If anything is alien to the Constitution of India, then we are bound to raise the questions," the Union Minister said. Shri Rijiju was responding to a question on government "sitting" on various Supreme Court collegium recommendations at a time when cases are piling up in courts. "I can't tell judges how they should behave but the convention says that the judges must speak through their judgments. If a judge involves in some kind of commentary which touches the sentiments of the people, then we have to think whether the judge or his judgment has crossed the Lakshman Rekha, thereby inviting criticism. One must be careful," he added. Topics: Supreme CourtConstitutionCollegium systemIndian ConstitutionUnion Law MinisterKiren Rijiju Satyendar Jain's jail luxury saga continues: Latest footage shows house-keeping service being provided in Jain's cell SC order on salaries for Imams is in Delhi in violation of the constitution, encourages pan-Islamist tendencies: CIC PIL on RTE Act: Why is PIL only for the cause of 'Minority' and not 'Majority'? questions Supreme Court P Bhushan, Mahua Moitra & N Ram move SC challenging Govt's decision to block BBC documentary; SC to hear PIL on Feb 6 "Polygamy is anathema to women's dignity": Zakia Soman, Co-founder, Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan ED case against Rana Ayyub: Supreme Court asks Ghaziabad special court to adjourn proceedings till January 31

Tag: Julian Edelman NFL Super Bowl 51 Preview – Atlanta Falcons vs New England Patriots NFL Super Bowl 51 Preview Atlanta Falcons vs New England Patriots With the Falcons' 44–21 beating of the Packers, and the Patriots' 36–17 destruction of the Steelers in Sunday's conference championship games, the country has seen just two competitive playoff games out of the 10 played to this point. Will the Houston Super Bowl on February 5th be any different? For that answer, let's get an early look at the factors that will determine the winner of Super Bowl 51 (Play at FanPicks). It's all about the quarterbacks Just about any way you slice it, this is a matchup between the top two passers in the league. Atlanta's Matt Ryan and New England's Tom Brady ended up No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in pretty much every efficient stats rankings. They are masters of their craft, have plenty of weapons around them, and have two of the best playcallers (Kyle Shanahan and Josh McDaniels) at their disposal. To beat Brady, you have to disguise and change up both the pressure and coverage looks on just about every snap. The Falcons, to this point, have not shown the ability to do that. That will be an important factor in the game. Ryan has trouble with tight, disciplined coverage. With Malcolm Butler locking up either Julio Jones or Mohamed Sanu, and Logan Ryan on the other with safety help, Ryan may have to make a living throwing to the running backs and tight end's Levine Toilolo and Austin Hooper. The Patriots have had more issues with supporting actors than those in starring roles. The Falcons have the ability to exploit that. Running backs will be a huge factor Sure, the quarterbacks may get all the attention, but the running backs from each team are used to taking advantage of the shortcomings on opposing defenses. The Falcons have one of the most talented duos in Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman. Freeman is the better runner, but Shanahan loves to use both to exploit mismatches in the pass game. McDaniels likes to use Dion Lewis and James White in a similar fashion via the pass, and Lewis has taken over as the every-down running back. LeGarrette Blount is the short yardage and finish-the-game bruiser. What's in common? The Falcons and Patriots each had five common opponents (Denver, Seattle, Arizona, Los Angeles and San Francisco) and went 4–1 (each team lost to the Seahawks, with Atlanta losing on the road and the Patriots at home). The cumulative scores were 168–88 for Atlanta; 119–82 for New England. The Falcons had an average margin of victory of 20.5 points, and the Patriots were at 11.0. The Patriots didn't have Tom Brady in their two-point victory over the Cardinals, a team the Falcons beat by 19. Atlanta's offense is exceptional Under the spotlight of the Super Bowl, this Falcons offense may finally get its due. We're talking about a unit that can rival the Greatest Show on Turf Rams for explosiveness. They scored 540 points this season, which is tied for eighth all time with those 2000 Rams. Sure, the team is uber-talented with wideout's Jones, Sanu and Taylor Gabriel, and running backs's Freeman and Coleman, but don't underestimate the job coordinator Shanahan has done. At this point, everyone thinks it's all about the talent. But remember, Sanu was an underachieving No. 2 with the Bengals and Gabriel was a Browns castoff before this season. Freeman and Coleman were thought to be nice players, but not game changers. That all changed this season because of the way Shanahan designs plays and attacks defenses. There are few better at taking an opponent's tendencies and using them against them. The Patriots defense will have a say New England's defense certainly proved its "best scoring defense" was no fluke in the win over the Steelers. And remember who put an end to those 2000s Rams teams (Spoiler Alert: It was the 2001 Patriots). New England may not have many big names on defense (Dont'a Hightower, Devin McCourty and Malcolm Butler are about it), but the sum is better than the parts. Certainly the Falcons will be a huge challenge, but everyone knows Bill Belichick and his staff can defend anything with two weeks to prepare. The Patriots' offensive line should have an advantage After a shaky outing against the Texans, the Patriots' offensive line completely dominated the Steelers. The Falcons' unit is certainly solid but it's not quite as good as the Patriots. The Patriots have the edge at left tackle (Nate Solder), right guard (Shaq Mason) and right tackle (Marcus Cannon), while the Falcons have an advantage at center (Alex Mack) and left guard (Andy Levitre). Experience doesn't matter Expect a lot to be made this week about how this is Matt Ryan's first Super Bowl appearance versus Tom Brady's seventh (with four victories). Certainly the disparity is notable, but it ignores the fact that several passers have beaten those with more experience in recent years. Some of those on the list: Russell Wilson over Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers over Ben Roethlisberger, Eli Manning over Brady and Brady over Kurt Warner. You have to stop more than one guy Each quarterback has a security blanket. For the Patriots, it's Julian Edelman (158 targets in the regular season). Atlanta has Jones (129). Certainly a lot of attention needs to paid to each of those players, but both quarterbacks are deft at distributing the ball. The Patriots had seven players catch at least three touchdowns (tight end Martellus Bennett led with seven), and so did the Falcons (Jones and Gabriel tied with six). In the postseason, both Sanu (Falcons) and Chris Hogan (Patriots) had two touchdowns receiving. Where's the pressure? It looks like the opening over/under line for the Super Bowl is an astounding 59 points. No shock there, considering these two offenses. But it also says something about the defenses, which were both great on Sunday but don't exactly get a lot of pressure on the quarterbacks. The Patriots didn't affect Roethlisberger that much and don't have a dominating rusher, although Trey Flowers is solid. And the Falcons' only true pass rushing threat is Vic Beasley. The game may very well be determined by which team is able to dial up the most pressure and make that top quarterback move off his spot in the pocket. Austin Hooper, Chris Hogan, Daily Fantasy Sports, Devin McCourty, Devonta Freeman, Dion Lewis, Dontt'a Hightower, Falcons, fantasy football, Julian Edelman, Julio Jone, LeGarette Blount, Levine Toilolo, Malcom Butler, Martellus Bennett, Matt Ryan, Mohammed Sanu, NFL, Patriots, Playoffs, Super Bowl 51, Tavin Coleman, Taylor Gabriel, Tom Brady, Trey Flowers, Vic Beasley Mike Barrett New England Patriots vs Denver Broncos 1/24/16 Preview & Picks At 3:05 pm, Tom Brady and his New England Patriots will face-off with Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos. Tom Brady is one of the greatest, if not the greatest quarterback of all-time. Peyton Manning is one of the greatest, if not the greatest quarterback of all-time. Tom Brady is in the running for 2015 league MVP. Peyton Manning is starting for the second consecutive week after taking the job back from Brock Osweiler. My Point? The Patriots will go as far as Brady takes them. The Broncos will go as far as their defense takes them. While I don't expect Julian Edelman or Brandon LaFell to beat those long, rangy Denver CBs over the top, Edelman has the potential to catch a ton of short, underneath passes. He's definitely a WR1, as Brady could easily target him 12+ times in such an important game. Something along the lines of 10 catches for 110 yards and a TD could be what you're looking at in return of the high price tag. It would be a surprise to me if LaFell can muster up anything DFS relevant in his matchup against Harris Jr. (though battling an injury) and Talib. Danny Amendola working the slot has a much better shot at putting up a big game than the Patriots official #2 wideout. Though he only caught two balls on three targets last week and has been limited in practice due to a knee injury all week, he provides the same kind of quick twitch inside ability as Edelman does, which is how you want to attack this stout defense. Finally, the man you all want to hear about: Rob Grrrrronkowski. Gronk could have a MONSTER game here. With the ferocious pass-rushing ability that the Broncos possess, Bill Belichick will want to feature his star TE up the seam to take the pressure off Tom Brady. There is no better way to keep the linebackers at home than to force them to drop into coverage because the Gronk is just destroying you. Maybe he won't have monster yardage, but I'm banking on two TDs on Sunday. Steven Jackson definitely won't be a DFS factor, so James White is the Pats back to own. His pass-caching ability on swings, screens and checkdowns will also be instrumental in slowing down Demarcus Ware, Von Miller and co. He should have his fair share of chances to make plays. On the home team's side, the Sheriff Peyton Manning will need to execute flawlessly to lead his Broncos to the Super Bowl contest. Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders will need to bust out some major YAC's to spearhead this attack, while CJ Anderson and Ronnie Hillman churn out chunks on the ground. Demaryius Thomas will face a big matchup with Patriots CB Logan Ryan. Ryan shut him down in Week 12, with three pass breakups and as Brock Osweiler went 1-of-8 for 36 yards when targeting Thomas. He is a big target and constant red-zone threat, but isn't always the dominant factor you're looking for. Sanders most likely will be face-to-face with Super Bowl hero Malcolm Butler on Sunday. The very same Butler that he beat deep in November when he piled up 113 yards. His work in tight and quickness allow him to get separation against a tight Patriots D, and he works hard to run after the catch and eat up yardage. CJ Anderson and Hillman are always a toss up, but Anderson had his best game of the year against New England with 113 yards of his own and two TDs. The run game can be inconsistent, but the Broncos need it to be on point on Sunday. Advice: Brady, Gronkowski, Sanders, Edelman, and Anderson should be the top performers. Of course that comes with a hefty price tag, so discounts like James White could be the key to your DFS victory. AFC, CJ Anderson, Daily Fantasy Sports, Demaryius Thomas, Denver Broncos, DFS, emmanual sanders, fantasy, James White, Julian Edelman, New England Patriots, NFL, Peyton Manning, Rob Gronkowski, Ronnie Hillman, steven jackson, superbowl, Tom Brady NFL Conference Championships Stacks With only a two game slate, it is key to identify and pick the best stack of the weekend to have any chance of placing in a NFL Daily Fantasy Tournament. Its down to the favorites and when everyone has strong defenses, every stack has the potential for boom or bust. For that reason you need to pick based on ownership rather than projection. Lets look at the stacks: Palmer and Fitz: Coming off a hot performance last week, I think this will be one of the highest owned stacks of the weekend. Don't get me wrong, Larry Fitzgerald is one of the most clutch playoff performers, however and he has great synergy with Palmer right now. But he performed too well last week and I don't think he will do that again. If he does then the Cardinals will move on to the Super Bowl but the Panthers are just too strong. However, many others people may agree that it is not a great matchup, which can bring the ownership down. My verdict: FADE. Newton and Olsen: The biggest indicator of a players ownership is their performance the previous week. People just love to make their picks on what is the most fresh in their mind, and whats fresh in their mind here is Newton's disappointment last week— of course I mean fantasy wise… the Panthers had a great game against the Seahawks last week. While the potential MVP will never be lowly owned, I do think he will be lower than normal and the Newton Olsen connection has great upside potential. My verdict: PICK. Brady and Gronk/Edelman: You can go either way with this stack. Edelman will rack up the targets, receptions, and yardage a bit faster but Gronk is the superior red zone threat. They as well as Brady had a great game last weekend. However, they are facing a much stronger defense here. In terms of ownership, I expect them to be highly owned, and rightfully so with more playoff experience than any other team. I'm avoiding it however for a lower owned stack with a higher upside. My verdict: FADE. Manning and Thomas/Sanders: We have seen very little out of Peyton Manning this year. He has had good and bad game play performances but he has had all bad fantasy performances. Their team has adopted a different style of offense which has destroyed his ability to put up big numbers. Thomas and Sanders have had their moments with Oswieller running the offense, but not Manning. I think this will be the lowest owned stack of the week— which makes it the stack with the most potential profit. Usually you only want to stack with one receiver but in a week with such few options, I don't mind tossing both of them in there to hedge you're bets a little bit. You shouldn't expect these players to put up big numbers but when you are picking based on ownership— in the slight chance they do, you may win big. My verdict: PICK. Arizona Cardinals, cam newton, Carolina Panthers, Carson Palmer, Daily Fantasy Sports, Denver Broncos, fantasy football, Greg Olsen, Julian Edelman, Larry Fitzgerald, New England Patriots, NFL, NFL Playoffs, Peyton Manning, Rob Gronkowski, Tom Brady Miami Dolphins versus New England Patriots Thursday Night Football Fantasy League Picks 10-29-2015 It will be action from the AFC East division on Thursday Night Football as the New England Patriots will be home to meet the Miami Dolphins. Fantasy football draft GM's can tune to CBS TV at 8:30PM Eastern Time on October 29th to follow the results of their roster picks. The Miami Dolphins are a hot football team since the coaching change. Under Dan Campbell they have posted back to back victories by margin. Two weeks ago it was a 38-10 road win at Tennessee. Last week the Dolphins took a 41-0 halftime lead on the Houston Texans in their 44-28 victory to move to 3-3. Miami got back to emphasizing their run game and it has worked with two straight wins. Last week in their blowout win against the Texans the team ran for 248 yards. In their win against Tennessee the Dolphins were able to gain 180 rushing yards. During the 1-3 start Miami did a poor job running the football. The run game has aided Ryan Tannehill and made him a better quarterback. Their defense has looked much improved as the club is more aggressive and taking better angles at defenders as they make tackles. The Dolphins have moved to ninth best in the NFL in scoring offense as they average 24.5 points per game. The New England Patriots are now a 6-0 after 30-23 victory at home to a good New York Jets team. The Patriots offense has been outstanding this year. They have scored 30 or greater points in five straight games. The Patriots are the top scoring offense in the NFL as they average 35.5 points per game. In their win against the Jets, New England simply abandoned the run as they did not want to waste downs against a very good defense that can defend it. So the game plan was for Tom Brady to throw and he had 54 passing attempts in the victory. The Dolphins had problems stopping the run so don't be surprised if the Patriots change gears and run more. With a short week it made sense to not pile up carries for their running backs because it's a position where the players get beat up. Miami Dolphins QB: Ryan Tannehill The Dolphins veteran quarterback got a big contract in the offseason. He is hitting on 62.6% of his passes for 1628 yards with 13 touchdowns and 7 picks. Tannehill completed 18 of 19 throws for 282 yards with four touchdowns and no picks. In the win at Tennessee, Tannehill had two touchdowns and two picks. Miami Dolphins RB: Lamar Miller Miller has run for 419 yards on 70 carries with two touchdowns. He is averaging 6.0 yards a carry on the year. Campbell is running twice as much as head coach of the Dolphins. Miller had 175 rushing yards in the win against Houston with a touchdown on his 14 carries. In the last two games Miller has 288 rushing yards on 33 carries. Miami Dolphins WR: Rishard Matthews The fourth year wide out leads the Dolphins with 26 catches for 438 yards with four touchdowns. Last week in the victory against the Texans Matthews caught three balls for 75 yards and a touchdown. He is averaging 16.8 yards per catch on the year. Brady is completing 69% of his throws this year for 2054 yards with 16 touchdowns and one pick. His completion percentage ties a career high. In the win against the Jets it was the Tom Brady show as he hit on 63% of his throws for 355 yards with two touchdowns and no picks. The Patriots featured running back has 52 carries for 246 yards on the year with four touchdowns. He is running for 4.7 yards a carry on the campaign. Blount had just three carries last week as the team abandoned the run against the Jets. Edelman has 45 catches for 503 yards with four touchdowns. He caught five balls for 54 yards last week in the win against the Jets. NFL Thursday Night Football Real Money Fantasy League Picks RB: Lamar Miller (Dolphins) WR: Julian Edelman (Patriots), Rishard Matthews (Dolphins) Daily Fantasy Sports, Football, Julian Edelman, Lamar Miller, LeGarrette Blount, Miami Dolphins versus New England Patriots Thursday Night Football Fantasy League Picks 10-29-2015, NFL, Rishard Matthews, Ryan Tannehill, Tom Brady NFL Fantasy Football Draft News 10-20-2015 New York Jets versus New England Patriots NFL Fantasy Preview 10-25-2015 Two bitter AFC East rivals square off as the New England Patriots will host the New York Jets. NFL fantasy football draft GM's can check this game out on Sunday October 25th at 1PM Eastern Time over on CBS to follow the results of their roster picks. The Jets have been a surprise this year as they enter play with a mark of 4-1. They had a nice second half rally last week as they defeated the Washington Redskins on Sunday 34-20. New York made very good second half adjustments as they turned a 13-10 deficit at the half to a 27-13 lead after three quarters. New York showcased their run game and it delivered 221 yards on the ground in the win. The Jets did a good job of stopping the Redskins run game by limiting Washington to just 34 yards on their 17 carries. They were efficient last week in the red zone converting on 3 of 4 times. New York not only sports the top run game in the league but they are tops in the league in total defense and in scoring defense. On the year the Jets give up just 15 points along with 269 yards per game. They stop the run and pass this year ranking second in pass and third in rush defense. The New England Patriots have a 5-0 record on the year. They faced the Indianapolis Colts in a high profile Sunday night football game last week and defeated Indianapolis 34-27. The team was on back to back road games and built a two score lead in the second half until the Colts got within seven points with 1:19 left in the game. New England had built a good enough lead where they could absorb 409 yards of offense and 3 of 3 inside the red zone execution by Indianapolis. New England is the number two passing offense in the NFL and leads the league in scoring. The Patriots average 325 yards passing and 36.6 points per game. New York Jets QB: The 11th year journeyman is completing 62% of his throws for 1177 yards with nine touchdowns and seven picks. In the win against the Redskins Fitzpatrick threw for 253 yards with two touchdowns and a pick. He has thrown a pick in all five of his games this year. New York Jets RB: Chris Ivory Ivory was a good acquisition from the Saints and leads New York with 83 carries for 460 yards and four touchdowns. He is just 27 yards old and has handled the workload very well. He received 20 carries on Sunday and ran for 146 yards and a touchdown. New York Jets WR: Marshall leads the Jets by far in the passing game being targeted 54 times and caught 37 balls for 511 yards and four touchdowns. He caught seven balls for 111 yards and a touchdown. Brandon Marshall has 100 yards receiving or greater in four straight games. It's another start for a great season for the 38 year old quarterback. On the year Brady is completing 70% of his throws for 1699 yards with 14 touchdowns and one pick. Brady is productive in his late 30's which says something about his legacy in the NFL. He threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns in the win against the Colts. The 28 year old running back has 49 carries for 249 yards and four touchdowns. He had a season high 93 yards rushing last week with a touchdown. Edelman leads New England with 40 catches for 440 yards and four touchdowns. He was held to 50 receiving yards last week on six catches but did have a receiving touchdown. Brandon Marshall, Chris Ivory, Daily Fantasy Sports, Football, Julian Edelman, LeGarrette Blount, NFL, NFL Fantasy Football Draft News 10-20-2015, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Tom Brady New England Patriots versus Dallas Cowboys NFL Pro Football Fantasy Preview 10-11-2015 The Dallas Cowboys will be at home to meet the New England Patriots from week five action from the NFL. Fantasy football draft GMs can check out this game on Sunday afternoon at 4:25PM Eastern Time on October 11th from Dallas to track the results of their one day real money roster picks. The New England Patriots are coming off a bye week. The team is 3-0 after blowing out the Jacksonville Jaguars 51-17. The week prior they put up 40 points on the Buffalo Bills defense. In their week three victory against Jacksonville, the Patriots produced 471 yards of offense and converted 6 of 8 times inside the red zone. New England is the top offense in the NFL by averaging 446 yards per game. They produce 39.7 points per contest good for best in the league. The Dallas Cowboys sit at 2-2. The team is 0-2 since Tony Romo went down with a collar bone injury. They are also without the team's leading receiver Dez Bryant and he is still weeks away from returning to the lineup with a broken bone in his foot. Dallas traveled into New Orleans last week and were defeated 26-20 in overtime. The Cowboys drove to tie the game late but allowed an eighty yard touchdown pass by Drew Brees just seconds into overtime for the loss. The Cowboys defense has now fallen to 19th in the league in points allowed by giving up 25.2 points per game. In three games this year Tom Brady is completing 72% of his passes for 1112 yards with nine touchdowns and no picks. In the Jacksonville game Brady threw for 358 yards and two touchdowns. Lewis a fourth year pro leads the Patriots with 30 carries for 146 yards and two touchdowns. Lewis has been a contributor in the passing game with 15 catches for 179 yards. He has caught four or more passes in the first three games of the season. After serving a one game suspension Blount has 20 carries for 82 yards and three touchdowns. Blount had 18 carries for 78 yards and three touchdowns in the win against the Jaguars. Edelman leads the receiving corps with 30 catches for 279 yards and two touchdowns. In week two Edelman caught 11 passes for 97 yards and two touchdowns. The sixth year tight end has caught 16 passes this season for 308 yards and four touchdowns. He had three touchdown catches in the week one victory against the Steelers. Dallas Cowboys QB: Brandon Weeden Weeden the backup has started in place of an injured Tony Romo. In his three games he played for the injured Romo, Weeden has hit on 61% of his throws for 246 yards with a touchdown. He passed for 246 yards and a touchdown in a losing cause last week at New Orleans. Dallas Cowboys RB: Joseph Randle Randle leads the Cowboys in carries with 59 for 229 yards and four touchdowns. He averages just 3.9 yards per run attempt. He had a bad game against the Saints last week rushing for 26 yards on eleven carries. Dallas Cowboys TE: The veteran tight end leads the Cowboys with 25 catches for 238 yards with two touchdowns. Those two touchdown catches came in week one against the Giants. Dallas Cowboys WR: He leads the wide receiving unit with 12 catches for 193 yards and two touchdowns. After having no catches in week three in a loss to Atlanta, Williams grabbed three balls for 49 yards and a touchdown as he was targeted ten times. Brandon Weeden, Daily Fantasy Sports, Dion Lewis, fantasy football, Football, Jason Witten, Joseph Randle, Julian Edelman, LeGarrette Blount, NFL, Rob Gronkowski, Terrance Williams, Tom Brady Fantasy Football News 9-17-2015 New England Patriots versus Buffalo Bills NFL Daily Fantasy Picks It will be a battle in the AFC East division on Sunday September 20th as the Buffalo Bills meet the New England Patriots. NFL fantasy draft GM's can tune to CBS at 1PM Eastern Time to track the results of their roster picks. The England Patriots enter play at 1-0 with a 28-21 victory in week one against the Pittsburgh Steelers On the stat sheet the Steelers outgained the Patriots by 103 yards but it was late garbage yards by Pittsburgh who was chasing New England in the final quarter. Buffalo pulled off a mild surprise in week one with a convincing 27-14 victory against the Indianapolis Colts. The Bills put on a very good first half performance defensively against the Colts as Buffalo went into the locker room at halftime up 17-0. The Bills picked off Indianapolis quarterback Andrew Luck twice and won the turnover battle by a +3 margin by playing turnover free football. The clubs split their two meetings in 2014. The Patriots crushed the Bills 37-22 in the meeting in Buffalo. The Pats threw for 346 yards in the victory. In a week 17 meaningless game for New England last year Buffalo went on the road and beat the Patriots 17-9. New England Patriots QB: Tom Brady Some NFL draft managers may have thought the off field issues facing Tom Brady could impact performance on the field. It wasn't the case at all as Brady put up some monster fantasy numbers hitting 25 of 32 throws for 288 yards with four touchdowns. Brady has had some good games against Buffalo but has had mixed results passing against a Rex Ryan defense. New England Patriots RB: Dion Lewis, LeGarrette Blount Dion Lewis got the bulk of the work at running back for New England in week one. He rushed for 69 yards on 15 carries with his longest run being 13 yards. In the passing game he was third in the team with four grabs for 51 yards. LeGarrette Blount returns to the Patriots lineup after a one game suspension. New England Patriots WR: Julian Edelman As expected Patriots wide out Julian Edelman was highly targeted in week one after the injuries in the receiver position for the team. Against Pittsburgh, Edelman caught 11 passes for 97 yards. New England Patriots TE: Rob Gronkowski It was a big fantasy performance for the Patriots talented tight end. Gronkowski caught five balls for 94 yards with three receiving touchdowns. Buffalo Bills QB: Tyrod Taylor The fifth year starting quarterback out of Virginia Tech got his first start for Buffalo in week one. Taylor was somewhat of a mystery for the Colts coaching staff to prepare for. Now there is tape on Taylor so it will be interesting to see what Bill Belichick will find in his film study. In the win last week against Indianapolis, Taylor hit on 14 of 19 passes for 195 yards with a touchdown. Taylor has mobility and a threat to run. In week one the Buffalo quarterback rushed four times for 41 yards with his longest run going for 41 yards. Buffalo Bills RB: LeSean McCoy, Karlos Williams A lot was expected from LeSean McCoy as he was very displeased by the Eagles head coach Chip Kelly to trade him to Buffalo. With something to prove in week one McCoy was labeled as a fantasy bust in the opener. McCoy had 17 carries for 41 yards for 2.4 yards per rush. Karlos Williams had six rushes for 55 yards with a touchdown. He had a 26 yard run in the win. Buffalo Bills WR: Percy Harvin, Robert Woods Percy Harvin had five catches for 79 yards and a touchdown. He had a 51 yard reception in the victory. Robert Woods was targeted just twice against the Colts and had two grabs for 27 yards. Buffalo Bills, Daily Fantasy Sports, Dion Lewis, Football, Julian Edelman, Karlos Williams, LeGarrette Blount, LeSean McCoy, New England Patriots, NFL, Percy Harvin, Rob Gronkowski, Robert Woods, Tom Brady, Tyrod Taylor FanPicks Editor Fantasy Football – NFL Preview – New England Patriots NFL Preview – New England Patriots Daily Fantasy Sports managers, it`s time to play some football. In the next few weeks, we are going to do a preview of every football team in preparation for the NFL 2015 season. Get ready for some Online Fantasy Football, starting tomorrow. The super bowl champions, New England Patriots, have been the most successful NFL franchise since Bill Belichick took the job of head coach, in 2000. This team didn't come without a little controversy over Belichick reign. The latest one, the "deflategate" saga was the biggest football news all summer long. Basically, the Patriots were blamed for deflating the footballs in last year's AFC Championship against the Indianapolis Colts. The National Football League reported that super bowl MVP, QB Tom Brady, was aware of the intentional deflation. This led to him being suspended for 4 games by the NFL. Last week, the suspension got overturned by Judge Richard M. Berman of the U.S. District court, leaving Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL the big losers in all of this. There will now be an exciting matchup between Tom Brady's Patriots and Ben Rothlesberger's Steelers in September's 10th 2015 kickoff. Cash Draft Offensive analysis QB Tom Brady holds the all-time best winning percentage (.773) in the NFL. He had accomplished 373 completions for 4109 yards 33 touchdowns, while throwing 9 interception, in 2014. He also got sacked 21 times, his lowest total since 2009. The offensive line has a lot to do with this. With no more suspension in the horizon, Brady's fantasy value just skyrocketed through the roof. The 38 years-old comes back this year to prove that not even the National Football League can stop him to reach the Super Bowl again. New England didn't commit to a full time running back since Stevan Ridley, in 2012. Bill Belichick is very meticulous about his game-plan, and it includes using running backs with particular set of skills for different plays. RB LeGarette Blount is the more experienced and skilled one of the bunch. He totaled 547 yards and 5 touchdowns with the Steelers and the Patriots in the past season. Unfortunately for him, he will miss tomorrow's game against his old team because of a suspension for violating the league's substance abuse policy. But the undrafted Blount has his sight set towards the 1000 yard mark this year. RB Brandon Bolden has been with the team for a while, so he knows the playbook quite well. He has collected 89 yards and 1 touchdown in 28 attempts last year. He will likely be starting the first game and run a few plays this season again, but he's not relevant enough for Fantasy Leagues. WR Julian Edelman was Brady's top option in last year's playoffs, and this chemistry could flow into this season. He finished 2014 with 92 receptions for 972 yards and 4 touchdowns. The small receiver missed a few games because of a concussion. If he stay's healthy, he could be on his way to break his 2013 overall receiving records. WR Brandon LaFell had his best season yet, in his first year with the Patriots. He caught 74 receptions for 953 yards and 7 touchdowns, last year. The 28 years-old will start the season on the PUP list, with a scheduled return on week 6 against the New York Jets. He will be a good Fantasy Pick when he comes back. Antithetical to LaFell's 2014 season, WR Danny Amendola had his worst season yet. He finished with 27 receptions for 200 yards and a lone touchdown, last season. Amendola did average 24.1 yards in kick returns though. He will once again be the kick returner for the Patriots, but will also have the opportunity to take some snaps at receiver until LaFell's return to action. Managing both positions might be the way for him to bring some Fantasy Points on the board. TE Rob Gronkowski played first full season since his all-star 2011 season, and boy did he deliver once again. A healthy Gronkowski is by no means the best tight end currently playing in the NFL. The 26 years-old had 82 receptions for 1124 yards and 12 touchdowns. Most Fantasy Managers are going to choose Gronk at the tight end spot for DFS leagues, week in and week out. Are you? Cash Draft Defensive analysis The Patriots defense allowed 1669 yards and 6 touchdown against the run, last year. It ranked them 9th in that category. Longtime veteran of the team and their defensive leader, DT Vince Wilfork, left this offseason to go play in Houston. The 2015 first-round draft pick, DT Malcom Brown, will be is replacement. DE Rob Ninkovich led the team with 8 sacks last season, while DE Chandler Jones saw his sack production drop from 11.5 in 2013 to 6 in 2014. LB's Jamie Collins and Dont'a Hightower were the Patriots best defenders in 2014. With them and the return MLB Jerod Mayo from injury, they will be a force to be reckoned with. Beside Wilfork, New England also lost CB Darrelle Revis, who signed with the New York Jets. It is unknown if CB's Tarell Brown and Malcom Butler will be able to replace the void left by Revis. FS Devin McCourty will be the leading of the backfield this year. Fantasy Football Outlook The last team to win back-to-back Super Bowls (2004-2005) have lost a few key players on defense and had to deal with controversy all summer long. It looks like too much of a climb to do it again. But they can still be called the favorites to win the AFC East, this year. Daily Fantasy Sports, Deflategate, Jamie Collins, Julian Edelman, National Football League, New England Patriots Preview, NFL Kickoff, Online Fantasy Football, Rob Gronkowski, Tom Brady NFL Fantasy Football News 9-8-2015 Rams 1st Round Pick To Miss Regular Season Action 10th overall pick in the draft was coming off knee surgery in his final year in college. Media reports have Gurley out for at least six weeks. He averaged nearly 6 ½ yards a carry in college so the Rams are being very careful in his first year since the surgery. The Rams featured back has been listed as questionable with a hamstring injury. He rushed for 765 yards and 4.3 yards a carry for the Rams last year. Benjamin Cunningham: With injuries to the Rams backfield Cunningham will have opportunities in week one. In 2014 the running back ran for 246 yards on 66 carries with three touchdowns. His longest run last year was just 20 yards and he averaged 3.7 yards per rush attempt. Isaiah Pead: Pead is in his fourth year and has just 17 rushing attempts for 75 yards and 4.4 yards per carry average. He has an opportunity like Cunningham on Sunday to see time in the Rams backfield with the injuries at the position. Patriots Lose Wide Out to Injury for 6 Weeks Brandon LaFell: LaFell suffered a foot injury and has been put on the PUP list. He must now miss the first six games of the season. LaFell had been listed on the first string on the depth chart. Reggie Wayne: The 36 year old has been cut by New England. Julian Edelman: With the injury to LaFell and Wayne cut it appears that Edelman will receive heavy number of targets in week one against the Steelers. Tom Brady has lost his outlet out of the backfield in Shane Vereen. So the possession guy will be Edelman in week one for fantasy draft managers to look at. Danny Amendola: The 7th year wide out had 27 receptions in 2014 for 200 yards with a touchdown. In week one Amedola will get more opportunities on Thursday night with LaFell injured. Aaron Dobson: Dobson a third year pro better take advantage of this opportunity. He was most likely the last receiver who made the team and would have been cut if not for LaFell's injury. Dobson in two seasons has 40 receptions for 557 yards and four touchdowns. Charger Cut Veteran Kick and Commit to Rookie in Week 1 Nick Novak: The eight year kicker has been cut by the Chargers. He has been struggling with kick offs not getting deep into the end zone. He made 84.6% of his field goals in 2014 and 90% or greater the previous two years before. Josh Lambo: Lambo is an undrafted rookie out of Texas A&M. Head coach Mike McCoy commented to the media about his rookie's kicker composer and confidence in the preseason. Patriots Logjam at Running Back Forces Tough Cut Jonas Gray: A surprise cut by the New England Patriots. The former Notre Dame product as a rookie in 2014 ran for 412 yards on 89 carries for 4.6 yards per carry average. He had five touchdowns and did not fumble. Gray did not contribute much in the passing game with one catch for seven yards. Jonas Gray is visiting with the Tennessee Titans. Brandon Bolden: Bolden will be the likely starter in week one after LeGarrette Blount Week 1 suspension. The four year running back has 139 carries in his career in the NFL with 4.6 yards per carry average. Redskins Keep RGIII on Roster for Now Robert Griffin III: The fourth year quarterback has been demoted into the backup position. Griffin III suffered a concussion in the preseason and has been listed as questionable to be suited up as the backup. He completed 68.7% of his throws last year for 1694 yards with four touchdowns and six picks. 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Eye-Tracking Tech for Design. How Would You Use it? Eye-Tracking Tech for Design and Where It's Headed. Two pieces of good news. You now have a good excuse for both staring point-blank into a stranger's eye hole and strapping a concoction of electronics and LED's to your face. Eye-tracking. Eye-Tracking tech for design isn't even close to being recent news, but it bears mentioning to show you where eye-tracking tech in regard to CAD was three years ago and where it's heading today. In late 2009, The Open University and the University of Leeds showed off their Design with Vision project. It was (still is) incredibly interesting. Not only were they looking at how the eye interacts with the 2-dimensional sketches, but how it could be used to potentially adapt the design you are working on. So, that was a few years ago. This next one, from the Cloud Lab, at the Columbia University, is closer to where the technology is today in regard to 3d space and tracking 3-dimensional movements of the iris. But still, the tech isn't all that new. They're using the circa 2009 EyeWriter DIY LED eye tracking system and Processing to visualize heat mapping of 3D geometry and task motivation of the eyes. Now, even this doesn't get close to what other labs and people are researching. Mix the two above and you have something closer to what we could see within the next year as first a way to move data around and then as a way to actually manipulate tools and geometry. Ready?

Pacific Brands' Bonds Birthday Project was launched in Sydney yesterday in an event attended by Sarah Murdoch, Patrick Rafter and Dame Edna Everage. The campaign, which celebrates 35,301 days of the brand's existence, calls on Aussies to register their photo and their birthday (claim your date and your personalised tee!) at WeAreBonds.com.au (at the time of writing there are 33,281 dates left to claim). "Aussies have grown up in Bonds since 1915. From the moment we're born, we wear Bonds – grannies to grandkids, hipsters to hippies, from the famous to the farmer and everyone in between. We are all Bonds," says the website explains. mUmBRELLA predicts the interactive campaign will be the advertising hit of 2012. The Wall Street Journal's Gillian Tan notes that Pacific Brands may be bought out by a private equity group after the company announced a net loss of $362.4 million in the six months to December 31, 2011. We can't be sure how much Bonds contributed to the bottom line. Ha! Iranian actor Leila Hatami, star of A Separation While the U.S. has tightened sanctions on Iran in light of its nuclear weaponry program and Iranian Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani remains imprisoned awaiting possible execution, Hollywood celebrated the win of the Iranian film A Separation at the Oscars on Monday. The film by Asghar Farhadi, which won the Best Foreign Film award, is described as "a humanist tale of a middle-class couple torn apart by their future, and then by fate". It was altered in editing to appease Iranian government officials, reports Michael Body in The Australian. Last year, Marzieh Vafamehr, star of the Australian/Iranian produced film My Tehran For Sale, was sentenced to 90 lashes for shaving her head and leaving it uncovered in the film though later released under international pressure. "The interesting point with Iranian cinema within world cinema now is the level of reality in Iranian film," says Farhadi. "It's important for the global audience to see that level of reality." Indeed, beyond a narrative insight into middle-class Iranian life, the film serves as a talking point for the wider issue of human rights within the Islamic republic, though Farhadi pleaded with the Oscars audience to look beyond politics and to the Iranian contribution to culture and "a people who respect all cultures and civilisations and despise hostility and resentment". Farhadi's latest film, About Elly, tells the story of middle-class Iranians whose beachside holiday turns into tragedy as they try to uphold their social customs. Of course, the big winner at the Academy Awards was The Artist, which garnered the best picture, actor, director, original score and costume design awards. The charming black-and-white film by Michel Hazanavicius and backed by Harvey Weinstein harks back to the "golden age" of film before the advent of 3D and CGI when a live orchestra would accompany the cinema screening. 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Q: Divergence Theorem when Surface isn't closed So we essentially want to evaluate $$\iint_S \vec{F} \cdot d\vec{S},$$ where $\vec{F} = \langle 2x+y, x^2+y, 3z \rangle$ and $S$ is the cylinder $x^2+y^2=4$, between the surfaces $z=0$ and $z=5$. We have that the cylinder is open at the top and the bottom. Therefore, we cannot readily apply Gauss' Divergence theorem. We need to subtract the contributions given by the flux through the top and the bottom, from the volume integral. If we let the closed surface of the cylinder be represented by $S$, the bottom surface represented by $S_1$ and the top surface by $S_2$, we have that $$\iint_S \vec{F} \cdot n dS + \iint_{S_1} \vec{F} \cdot ndS + \iint_{S_2} \vec{F} \cdot nds = \iiint_V \nabla \cdot \vec{F} dV.$$ Computing the RHS gives us that $$\iiint_V \nabla \cdot \vec{F} dV = 120 \pi.$$ How do we compute $$\iint_{S_1} \vec{F} \cdot ndS$$ and $$\iint_{S_2} \vec{F} \cdot ndS ?$$ Perhaps $$\iint_{S_1} \vec{F} \cdot ndS = \iint_{S_1} \vec{F} \cdot \langle 0, 0, -1 \rangle dS = \iint_{S_1} -3z dS?$$ A: At the bottom of the cylinder, $z=0$. Since $F_z(x,y,0)=0$ we find $$\begin{align} \int_{S_1} \vec F \cdot \hat n\, dS&=\int_{S_1}\vec F(x,y,0)\cdot \hat z\,dS\\\\ &=0 \end{align}$$ and there is no flux contributed. At the top of the cylinder, $z=5$. Since $F_z(x,y,5)=15$ we find $$\begin{align} \int_{S_2} \vec F \cdot \hat n\, dS&=\int_{S_2}\vec F(x,y,5)\cdot \hat z\,dS\\\\ &=\int_0^{2\pi}\int_0^2 (15)\,\rho\,d\rho\,d\phi\\\\ &=60\pi \end{align}$$ Putting it all together, we find $$\begin{align} \int_S \vec F\cdot \hat n \,dS&=\int_V \nabla \cdot \vec F\,dV-\int_{S_2} \vec F \cdot \hat n\, dS-\int_{S_1} \vec F \cdot \hat n\, dS\\\\ &=120\pi-60\pi-0\\\\ &=60\pi \end{align}$$

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The 1989 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Toulouse, France that was part of the Regular Series of the 1989 Grand Prix tennis circuit. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from 9 October – 15 October. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References Singles Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse

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Contact Rep. Saylor PA State Rep. Stan Saylor Serving PA's 94th Legislative District Property Tax/Rent Rebate I-83 Construction Good Fiscal News Facebook Website Bio Latest News State Forms Photo Gallery Contact [[Opt In Top]] The Weekly Roundup #Listrak\DateStampLong# The latest news from the State Capitol State revenue collections are more than $828 million ahead of estimates with two months to go in the current fiscal year. As the House Appropriations Committee chairman, I participated in a Capitol press conference of House and Senate Republicans to stress my intention to devote much of the additional funding to building up the state's reserves for the next "rainy day" to help ensure we can weather the next economic slowdown. While government can help put pro-growth policies in place, it is freedom of the citizens working within our free-market system that creates personal wealth and tax receipts. The Commonwealth's revenue growth is the result of conservative, prudent budgeting and sound economic policies at the state and federal levels was well standing firm against excessive taxes and spending proposed by the governor over the last several years. Watch my press conference remarks here, the clip runs a bit over two minutes. Volunteers Needed for Second Phase of Otter Creek Cleanup: May 6 – May 11 Chanceford Township is again seeking volunteers to help with the second round of the massive cleanup effort along Otter Creek. Trash and hazardous debris, including tires, furniture, wood, and plastics litter need to be removed from both sides of Otter Creek. The first effort started at Mill Road and got as far as Lucky Road Bridge. The second phase of the cleanup will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, May 6, and begin at the intersection of Markle and Pickle roads. The effort will continue each day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Saturday, May 11. Sign up at the township office, 33 Muddy Creek Forks Road, in Brogue. Or by calling the office at 717-927-6401. You can also send an email to chancefordtwp@gmail.com. Pathway to Hope I was invited to speak to members of the Salvation Army who visited the Capitol to educate legislators on their Pathway of Hope program, an innovation in helping end poverty. We know what a struggle it is for families to lift themselves out of poverty. The Pathway of Hope is not a handout, it is a hand up. It gives families who want to improve their circumstances access to resources such as job search services, health, housing, childcare, education and legal services. With state government and non-profits working together we can make real strides in combating poverty through a new and fresh approach. I have always been a strong supporter of the Salvation Army and I commend the leadership of the Salvation Army of York and the Salvation of Army of Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware for their advocacy on this initiative. I believe the Pathway to Hope will truly help many families throughout York County. Education in York County I had a meeting in my Capitol office to discuss education needs with local York County school board members. From the left, Central York School District's Erik Wolfgang, York Suburban School District's Richard Robinson, Superintendent Dr. Timothy Williams, and Joel Sears. Representatives of Pennsylvania's financial institutions came to speak with me at my Capitol office: Tom Minichello, Kish Bank and Ron Cekovich of F&M Trust; Dan Reisteter of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association; Alex Brame, BB&T; Charles Wurster, York Traditions; and Luke Bernstein, Orrstown Bank. Reclaiming Freedom from the Administrative State As anyone who runs a business or tried to start one knows, state agencies wield incredible power over businesses, and ordinary citizens for that matter, because of the deference courts and the system in general give to regulators. This has led to vast volumes of regulation that make life even more difficult for small business owners who struggle to ensure compliance. Large corporations are staffed with legal teams or other compliance officers, the costs of which are passed on to the consumer in the form of higher prices. Small business, on the other hand, struggle to stay alive complying with the morass of bureaucratic red tape, and that is a big reason many of them fail. That is why this week I voted to pass House Bill 762, which would require state agencies to designate a regulatory compliance officer to facilitate better understanding of new and existing regulations and boost compliance rates among affected businesses. I also voted to pass House Bill 509, which would boost transparency in the permitting process by requiring agencies to post information online and create an accessible tracking system for applicants to check the status of their applications. Prevent Lyme: Check for Ticks With May designated as Lyme Disease Awareness Month in Pennsylvania, individuals who spend time outdoors should check themselves for ticks and be aware of the symptoms of Lyme disease and other tick-related ailments. The first line of defense against Lyme is to take precautions in the outdoors by using insect repellent with DEET, wearing long-sleeved shirts and long pants, checking for – and promptly and properly removing – any ticks, and showering shortly after exposure. If bitten, an individual should monitor the area for the next month. 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HPIS Home Mar 20 2019 11:13AM Free voicemail service seeks funds to further help homeless find housing, jobs By Victoria Cooney Mark Erpelding, executive director of Open Access Connections, testifies before the House Housing Finance and Policy Division March 20 in support of a bill sponsored by Rep. Hodan Hasssan, right, that would provide voicemail services for homeless and low-income populations. Photo by Andrew VonBank Phone numbers are vital to job hunters. You need them to submit online applications, set up interviews, and to hear back from possible employers. This poses a major problem for the hundreds of Minnesotans who don't have phones and are trying to get out of homelessness and unemployment, said Mark Erpelding, executive director of Open Access Connection. The nonprofit provides free voicemail services to homeless and low-income people throughout the state, to help them find and keep housing and jobs. HF1506, sponsored by Rep. Hodan Hassan (DFL-Mpls), would appropriate $85,000 to support these services during Fiscal Year 2020 and again in Fiscal Year 2021. The funding would also allow the organization to expand its work in Greater Minnesota. It was held over by the House Housing Finance and Policy Division Wednesday for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill. A companion, SF79, is sponsored by Sen. Kari Dziedzic (DFL-Mpls) and awaits action by the Senate Agriculture, Rural Development, and Housing Finance Committee. When working with Hennepin County, Hassan was struck by the difficulty of finding clients after an initial meeting. With no set address, letters weren't guaranteed to reach them, and without a phone it could be impossible to confirm if a client received the paperwork and documents needed to maintain their benefits, she said. "If you apply for a job and your employer can't get a hold of you … you are not going to get that job. The same goes with housing," which is incredibly competitive, Hassan said. Open Access Connection started providing voicemail services in 1994 and partners with governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations to serve about 2,600 people a year, Erpelding said. It takes less than 10 minutes to set people up with unique phone numbers, with personalized greetings, that can be put on applications and resumes and given to friends, family, doctors, or service workers. The voicemail can be accessed from any phone at any time, he said. Rep. Jeremy Munson (R-Lake Crystal) asked why Open Access Connection was still using a call-in voicemail system instead of free, online services, like Google Voice, to cut costs and limit the program's reliance on government funding. Google Voice and similar services require reliable internet access, which is usually more difficult to find than a phone. They may also require a cellphone number to sign up, Erpelding said. Consistent internet access is even more difficult to find in rural areas, making these programs nearly impossible to use reliably statewide, Rep. Kaohly Her (DFL-St. Paul) said. 5/6/2019 May 6, 2019 Housing policy bill focused on renter protections approved by House 4/3/2019 April 3, 2019 'Hoping for a miracle' to fix Minnesota's housing crisis House approves addition of new lease requirements to state statute 3/27/2019 March 27, 2019 Omnibus housing policy bill that focuses on protecting tenants gains division approval Bill offering more protections to residents of manufactured home parks heads to House Floor 3/6/2019 March 6, 2019 Proposed tenant protections inspired by U of M student struggles 2/27/2019 February 27, 2019 Could donors aid state's efforts to tackle lack of affordable housing? Housing funds would see boost under governor's budget 2/4/2019 February 4, 2019 House OKs bill allowing homeowners to reject racially restrictive covenants Session Daily Home Search Session Daily Priority Dailies House DFL outlines $47.8 billion 2020-21 spending proposal By Rachel Kats The plan, dubbed the "Minnesota Values Budget," would increase spending by $416.9 million over the 2020-21 biennium's projected base budget. Budget forecast: Projected surplus drops by almost $500 million, still tops $1 billion By Mike Cook The state has a $1.05 billion projected budget surplus for the upcoming biennium, Minnesota Management and Budget officials announced Thursday. Walz budget would raise gas tax, emphasize education, health care By Rob Hubbard Education, health care and community prosperity are key targets for funding in the 2020-21 biennial budget proposed by Gov. Tim Walz. Committee deadlines for 2019 unveiled Legislators and the public officially know the timeline for getting bills through the committee process. Subscribe to Session Daily Updates. Session Daily News Feed (RSS) Minnesota House on Twitter Tweets by MNHouseInfo

(-) Remove Consolidator Grant (CoG) (26) filter Consolidator Grant (CoG) (26) (-) Remove Denmark (14) filter Denmark (14) Project acronym AlgoFinance Project Algorithmic Finance: Inquiring into the Reshaping of Financial Markets Researcher (PI) Christian BORCH Host Institution (HI) COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL Summary Present-day financial markets are turning algorithmic, as market orders are increasingly being executed by fully automated computer algorithms, without any direct human intervention. Although algorithmic finance seems to fundamentally reshape the central dynamics in financial markets, and even though it prompts core sociological questions, it has not yet received any systematic attention. In a pioneering contribution to economic sociology and social studies of finance, ALGOFINANCE aims to understand how and with what consequences the turn to algorithms is changing financial markets. The overall concept and central contributions of ALGOFINANCE are the following: (1) on an intra-firm level, the project examines how the shift to algorithmic finance reshapes the ways in which trading firms operate, and does so by systematically and empirically investigating the reconfiguration of organizational structures and employee subjectivity; (2) on an inter-algorithmic level, it offers a ground-breaking methodology (agent-based modelling informed by qualitative data) to grasp how trading algorithms interact with one another in a fully digital space; and (3) on the level of market sociality, it proposes a novel theorization of how intra-firm and inter-algorithmic dynamics can be conceived of as introducing a particular form of sociality that is characteristic to algorithmic finance: a form of sociality-as-association heuristically analyzed as imitation. None of these three levels have received systematic attention in the state-of-the-art literature. Addressing them will significantly advance the understanding of present-day algorithmic finance in economic sociology. By contributing novel empirical, methodological, and theoretical understandings of the functioning and consequences of algorithms, ALGOFINANCE will pave the way for other research into digital sociology and the broader algorithmization of society. Present-day financial markets are turning algorithmic, as market orders are increasingly being executed by fully automated computer algorithms, without any direct human intervention. Although algorithmic finance seems to fundamentally reshape the central dynamics in financial markets, and even though it prompts core sociological questions, it has not yet received any systematic attention. In a pioneering contribution to economic sociology and social studies of finance, ALGOFINANCE aims to understand how and with what consequences the turn to algorithms is changing financial markets. The overall concept and central contributions of ALGOFINANCE are the following: (1) on an intra-firm level, the project examines how the shift to algorithmic finance reshapes the ways in which trading firms operate, and does so by systematically and empirically investigating the reconfiguration of organizational structures and employee subjectivity; (2) on an inter-algorithmic level, it offers a ground-breaking methodology (agent-based modelling informed by qualitative data) to grasp how trading algorithms interact with one another in a fully digital space; and (3) on the level of market sociality, it proposes a novel theorization of how intra-firm and inter-algorithmic dynamics can be conceived of as introducing a particular form of sociality that is characteristic to algorithmic finance: a form of sociality-as-association heuristically analyzed as imitation. None of these three levels have received systematic attention in the state-of-the-art literature. Addressing them will significantly advance the understanding of present-day algorithmic finance in economic sociology. By contributing novel empirical, methodological, and theoretical understandings of the functioning and consequences of algorithms, ALGOFINANCE will pave the way for other research into digital sociology and the broader algorithmization of society. Project acronym ArtHep Project Hepatocytes-Like Microreactors for Liver Tissue Engineering Researcher (PI) Brigitte STADLER Host Institution (HI) AARHUS UNIVERSITET Summary The global epidemics of obesity and diabetes type 2 lead to higher abundancy of medical conditions like non-alcoholic fatty liver disease causing an increase in liver failure and demand for liver transplants. The shortage of donor organs and the insufficient success in tissue engineering to ex vivo grow complex organs like the liver is a global medical challenge. ArtHep targets the assembly of hepatic-like tissue, consisting of biological and synthetic entities, mimicking the core structure elements and key functions of the liver. ArtHep comprises an entirely new concept in liver regeneration with multi-angled core impact: i) cell mimics are expected to reduce the pressure to obtain donor cells, ii) the integrated biocatalytic subunits are destined to take over tasks of the damaged liver slowing down the progress of liver damage, and iii) the matching micro-environment in the bioprinted tissue is anticipated to facilitate the connection between the transplant and the liver. Success criteria of ArtHep include engineering enzyme-mimics, which can perform core biocatalytic conversions similar to the liver, the assembly of biocatalytic active subunits and their encapsulation in cell-like carriers (microreactors), which have mechanical properties that match the liver tissue and that have a camouflaging coating to mimic the surface cues of liver tissue-relevant cells. Finally, matured bioprinted liver-lobules consisting of microreactors and live cells need to connect to liver tissue when transplanted into rats. I am convinced that the ground-breaking research in ArtHep will contribute to the excellence of science in Europe while providing the game-changing foundation to counteract the ever increasing donor liver shortage. Further, consolidating my scientific efforts and moving them forward into unexplored dimensions in biomimicry for medical purposes, is a unique opportunity to advance my career. The global epidemics of obesity and diabetes type 2 lead to higher abundancy of medical conditions like non-alcoholic fatty liver disease causing an increase in liver failure and demand for liver transplants. The shortage of donor organs and the insufficient success in tissue engineering to ex vivo grow complex organs like the liver is a global medical challenge. ArtHep targets the assembly of hepatic-like tissue, consisting of biological and synthetic entities, mimicking the core structure elements and key functions of the liver. ArtHep comprises an entirely new concept in liver regeneration with multi-angled core impact: i) cell mimics are expected to reduce the pressure to obtain donor cells, ii) the integrated biocatalytic subunits are destined to take over tasks of the damaged liver slowing down the progress of liver damage, and iii) the matching micro-environment in the bioprinted tissue is anticipated to facilitate the connection between the transplant and the liver. Success criteria of ArtHep include engineering enzyme-mimics, which can perform core biocatalytic conversions similar to the liver, the assembly of biocatalytic active subunits and their encapsulation in cell-like carriers (microreactors), which have mechanical properties that match the liver tissue and that have a camouflaging coating to mimic the surface cues of liver tissue-relevant cells. Finally, matured bioprinted liver-lobules consisting of microreactors and live cells need to connect to liver tissue when transplanted into rats. I am convinced that the ground-breaking research in ArtHep will contribute to the excellence of science in Europe while providing the game-changing foundation to counteract the ever increasing donor liver shortage. Further, consolidating my scientific efforts and moving them forward into unexplored dimensions in biomimicry for medical purposes, is a unique opportunity to advance my career. Project acronym ASTROFLOW Project The influence of stellar outflows on exoplanetary mass loss Researcher (PI) Aline VIDOTTO Host Institution (HI) THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN Summary ASTROFLOW aims to make ground-breaking progress in our physical understanding of exoplanetary mass loss, by quantifying the influence of stellar outflows on atmospheric escape of close-in exoplanets. Escape plays a key role in planetary evolution, population, and potential to develop life. Stellar irradiation and outflows affect planetary mass loss: irradiation heats planetary atmospheres, which inflate and more likely escape; outflows cause pressure confinement around otherwise freely escaping atmospheres. This external pressure can increase, reduce or even suppress escape rates; its effects on exoplanetary mass loss remain largely unexplored due to the complexity of such interactions. I will fill this knowledge gap by developing a novel modelling framework of atmospheric escape that will, for the first time, consider the effects of realistic stellar outflows on exoplanetary mass loss. My expertise in stellar wind theory and 3D magnetohydrodynamic simulations is crucial for producing the next-generation models of planetary escape. My framework will consist of state-of-the-art, time-dependent, 3D simulations of stellar outflows (Method 1), which will be coupled to novel 3D simulations of atmospheric escape (Method 2). My models will account for the major underlying physical processes of mass loss. With this, I will determine the response of planetary mass loss to realistic stellar particle, magnetic and radiation environments and will characterise the physical conditions of the escaping material. I will compute how its extinction varies during transit and compare synthetic line profiles to atmospheric escape observations from, eg, Hubble and our NASA cubesat CUTE. Strong synergy with upcoming observations (JWST, TESS, SPIRou, CARMENES) also exists. Determining the lifetime of planetary atmospheres is essential to understanding populations of exoplanets. ASTROFLOW's work will be the foundation for future research of how exoplanets evolve under mass-loss processes. ASTROFLOW aims to make ground-breaking progress in our physical understanding of exoplanetary mass loss, by quantifying the influence of stellar outflows on atmospheric escape of close-in exoplanets. Escape plays a key role in planetary evolution, population, and potential to develop life. Stellar irradiation and outflows affect planetary mass loss: irradiation heats planetary atmospheres, which inflate and more likely escape; outflows cause pressure confinement around otherwise freely escaping atmospheres. This external pressure can increase, reduce or even suppress escape rates; its effects on exoplanetary mass loss remain largely unexplored due to the complexity of such interactions. I will fill this knowledge gap by developing a novel modelling framework of atmospheric escape that will, for the first time, consider the effects of realistic stellar outflows on exoplanetary mass loss. My expertise in stellar wind theory and 3D magnetohydrodynamic simulations is crucial for producing the next-generation models of planetary escape. My framework will consist of state-of-the-art, time-dependent, 3D simulations of stellar outflows (Method 1), which will be coupled to novel 3D simulations of atmospheric escape (Method 2). My models will account for the major underlying physical processes of mass loss. With this, I will determine the response of planetary mass loss to realistic stellar particle, magnetic and radiation environments and will characterise the physical conditions of the escaping material. I will compute how its extinction varies during transit and compare synthetic line profiles to atmospheric escape observations from, eg, Hubble and our NASA cubesat CUTE. Strong synergy with upcoming observations (JWST, TESS, SPIRou, CARMENES) also exists. Determining the lifetime of planetary atmospheres is essential to understanding populations of exoplanets. ASTROFLOW's work will be the foundation for future research of how exoplanets evolve under mass-loss processes. Project acronym BeyondOpposition Project Opposing Sexual and Gender Rights and Equalities: Transforming Everyday Spaces Researcher (PI) Katherine Browne Host Institution (HI) NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTH Summary OPPSEXRIGHTS will be the first large-scale, transnational study to consider the effects of recent Sexual and Gender Rights and Equalities (SGRE) on those who oppose them, by exploring opponents' experiences of the transformation of everyday spaces. It will work beyond contemporary polarisations, creating new possibilities for social transformation. This cutting-edge research engages with the dramatically altered social and political landscapes in the late 20th and early 21st Century created through the development of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans, and women's rights. Recent reactionary politics highlight the pressing need to understand the position of those who experience these new social orders as a loss. The backlash to SGRE has coalesced into various resistances that are tangibly different to the classic vilification of homosexuality, or those that are anti-woman. Some who oppose SGRE have found themselves the subject of public critique; in the workplace, their jobs threatened, while at home, engagements with schools can cause family conflicts. This is particularly visible in the case studies of Ireland, UK and Canada because of SGRE. A largescale transnational systematic database will be created using low risk (media and organisational discourses; participant observation at oppositional events) and higher risk (online data collection and interviews) methods. Experimenting with social transformation, OPPSEXRIGHTS will work to build bridges between 'enemies', including families and communities, through innovative discussion and arts-based workshops. This ambitious project has the potential to create tangible solutions that tackle contemporary societal issues, which are founded in polarisations that are seemingly insurmountable. OPPSEXRIGHTS will be the first large-scale, transnational study to consider the effects of recent Sexual and Gender Rights and Equalities (SGRE) on those who oppose them, by exploring opponents' experiences of the transformation of everyday spaces. It will work beyond contemporary polarisations, creating new possibilities for social transformation. This cutting-edge research engages with the dramatically altered social and political landscapes in the late 20th and early 21st Century created through the development of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans, and women's rights. Recent reactionary politics highlight the pressing need to understand the position of those who experience these new social orders as a loss. The backlash to SGRE has coalesced into various resistances that are tangibly different to the classic vilification of homosexuality, or those that are anti-woman. Some who oppose SGRE have found themselves the subject of public critique; in the workplace, their jobs threatened, while at home, engagements with schools can cause family conflicts. This is particularly visible in the case studies of Ireland, UK and Canada because of SGRE. A largescale transnational systematic database will be created using low risk (media and organisational discourses; participant observation at oppositional events) and higher risk (online data collection and interviews) methods. Experimenting with social transformation, OPPSEXRIGHTS will work to build bridges between 'enemies', including families and communities, through innovative discussion and arts-based workshops. This ambitious project has the potential to create tangible solutions that tackle contemporary societal issues, which are founded in polarisations that are seemingly insurmountable. Project acronym CLIC Project Classical Influences and Irish Culture Researcher (PI) Isabelle Torrance Summary The hypothesis of this project is that Ireland has a unique and hitherto underexplored history of cultural engagement with models from ancient Greece and Rome. Unlike Britain and mainland Europe, Ireland was never part of the Roman Empire. Yet the island has an extraordinarily vibrant tradition of classical learning that dates back to its earliest recorded literature, and is unparalleled in other northern European countries. Research for this project will address why this is the case, by examining sources through nine significant diachronic themes identified by the PI: language; land; travel and exile; Troy; satire; Neoplatonism; female voices; material culture; and global influence. This multi-thematic approach will enable analysis of what is remarkable about classical reception in Ireland. It will also provide a heuristic framework that generates dialogue between normally disparate fields, such as classical reception studies, Irish and British history, English-language literature, Irish-language literature, medieval studies, postcolonial studies, philosophy, material culture, women's studies, and global studies. The project will engage with contemporary preoccupations surrounding the politics and history of the divided island of Ireland, such as the current decade of centenary commemorations for the foundation of an independent Irish state (1912-1922, 2012-2022), and the on-going violence and political divisions in Northern Ireland. These issues will serve as a springboard for opening new avenues of investigation that look far beyond the past 100 years, but are linked to them. The project will thus shed new light on the role of classical culture in shaping literary, social, and political discourse across the island of Ireland, and throughout its history. The hypothesis of this project is that Ireland has a unique and hitherto underexplored history of cultural engagement with models from ancient Greece and Rome. Unlike Britain and mainland Europe, Ireland was never part of the Roman Empire. Yet the island has an extraordinarily vibrant tradition of classical learning that dates back to its earliest recorded literature, and is unparalleled in other northern European countries. Research for this project will address why this is the case, by examining sources through nine significant diachronic themes identified by the PI: language; land; travel and exile; Troy; satire; Neoplatonism; female voices; material culture; and global influence. This multi-thematic approach will enable analysis of what is remarkable about classical reception in Ireland. It will also provide a heuristic framework that generates dialogue between normally disparate fields, such as classical reception studies, Irish and British history, English-language literature, Irish-language literature, medieval studies, postcolonial studies, philosophy, material culture, women's studies, and global studies. The project will engage with contemporary preoccupations surrounding the politics and history of the divided island of Ireland, such as the current decade of centenary commemorations for the foundation of an independent Irish state (1912-1922, 2012-2022), and the on-going violence and political divisions in Northern Ireland. These issues will serve as a springboard for opening new avenues of investigation that look far beyond the past 100 years, but are linked to them. The project will thus shed new light on the role of classical culture in shaping literary, social, and political discourse across the island of Ireland, and throughout its history. Project acronym CLIOARCH Project Cliodynamic archaeology: Computational approaches to Final Palaeolithic/earliest Mesolithic archaeology and climate change Researcher (PI) Felix RIEDE Summary Late Pleistocene/early Holocene Europe is said to be the ideal laboratory for the investigation of human responses to rapidly changing climates and environments, migration and adaptation. Yet, pinpointing precisely how and why contemporaneous Final Palaeolithic/earliest Mesolithic (15,000-11,000 years BP) foragers migrated, and which environmental or other factors they adapted to – or failed to – has remained remarkably elusive. At the core of ClioArch is the radical but, in light of research-historical insights, necessary hypothesis that the current archaeological cultural taxonomy for this iconic period of European prehistory is epistemologically flawed and that operationalisations and interpretations based on this traditional taxonomy – especially those that seek to relate observed changes in material culture and land-use to contemporaneous climatic and environmental changes – are therefore problematic. Hence, novel approaches to crafting the taxonomic building blocks are required, as are novel analyses of human|environment relations in this period. ClioArch's premier ambition is to provide operational cultural taxonomies for the Final Palaeolithic/earliest Mesolithic of Europe and to couple these with interdisciplinary cultural evolutionary, quantitative ecological methods and field archaeological investigations beyond the state-of-the-art, so as to better capture such adaptations – almost certainly with major implications for the standard culture-historical narrative relating to this period. In so doing, the project will pioneer a fully transparent and replicable – and eminently transferable – methodology for the study of the impacts of climate change and extreme environmental events in deep history. In turn, such a quantitative understanding of past adaptive dynamics will position archaeology more centrally in contemporary debates about climate change, environmental catastrophe and their cultural dimensions. Late Pleistocene/early Holocene Europe is said to be the ideal laboratory for the investigation of human responses to rapidly changing climates and environments, migration and adaptation. Yet, pinpointing precisely how and why contemporaneous Final Palaeolithic/earliest Mesolithic (15,000-11,000 years BP) foragers migrated, and which environmental or other factors they adapted to – or failed to – has remained remarkably elusive. At the core of ClioArch is the radical but, in light of research-historical insights, necessary hypothesis that the current archaeological cultural taxonomy for this iconic period of European prehistory is epistemologically flawed and that operationalisations and interpretations based on this traditional taxonomy – especially those that seek to relate observed changes in material culture and land-use to contemporaneous climatic and environmental changes – are therefore problematic. Hence, novel approaches to crafting the taxonomic building blocks are required, as are novel analyses of human|environment relations in this period. ClioArch's premier ambition is to provide operational cultural taxonomies for the Final Palaeolithic/earliest Mesolithic of Europe and to couple these with interdisciplinary cultural evolutionary, quantitative ecological methods and field archaeological investigations beyond the state-of-the-art, so as to better capture such adaptations – almost certainly with major implications for the standard culture-historical narrative relating to this period. In so doing, the project will pioneer a fully transparent and replicable – and eminently transferable – methodology for the study of the impacts of climate change and extreme environmental events in deep history. In turn, such a quantitative understanding of past adaptive dynamics will position archaeology more centrally in contemporary debates about climate change, environmental catastrophe and their cultural dimensions. Project acronym COGTOM Project Cognitive tomography of mental representations Researcher (PI) Máté Miklós LENGYEL Host Institution (HI) KOZEP-EUROPAI EGYETEM Summary Internal models are fundamental to our understanding of how the mind constructs percepts, makes decisions, controls movements, and interacts with others. Yet, we lack principled quantitative methods to systematically estimate internal models from observable behaviour, and current approaches for discovering their mental representations remain heuristic and piecemeal. I propose to develop a set of novel 'doubly Bayesian' data analytical methods, using state-of-the-art Bayesian statistical and machine learning techniques to infer humans' internal models formalised as prior distributions in Bayesian models of cognition. This approach, cognitive tomography, takes a series of behavioural observations, each of which in itself may have very limited information content, and accumulates a detailed reconstruction of the internal model based on these observations. I also propose a set of stringent, quantifiable criteria which will be systematically applied at each step of the proposed work to rigorously assess the success of our approach. These methodological advances will allow us to track how the structured, task-general internal models that are so fundamental to humans' superior cognitive abilities, change over time as a result of decay, interference, and learning. We will apply cognitive tomography to a variety of experimental data sets, collected by our collaborators, in paradigms ranging from perceptual learning, through visual and motor structure learning, to social and concept learning. These analyses will allow us to conclusively and quantitatively test our central hypothesis that, rather than simply changing along a single 'memory strength' dimension, internal models typically change via complex and consistent patterns of transformations along multiple dimensions simultaneously. To facilitate the widespread use of our methods, we will release and support off-the-shelf usable implementations of our algorithms together with synthetic and real test data sets. Internal models are fundamental to our understanding of how the mind constructs percepts, makes decisions, controls movements, and interacts with others. Yet, we lack principled quantitative methods to systematically estimate internal models from observable behaviour, and current approaches for discovering their mental representations remain heuristic and piecemeal. I propose to develop a set of novel 'doubly Bayesian' data analytical methods, using state-of-the-art Bayesian statistical and machine learning techniques to infer humans' internal models formalised as prior distributions in Bayesian models of cognition. This approach, cognitive tomography, takes a series of behavioural observations, each of which in itself may have very limited information content, and accumulates a detailed reconstruction of the internal model based on these observations. I also propose a set of stringent, quantifiable criteria which will be systematically applied at each step of the proposed work to rigorously assess the success of our approach. These methodological advances will allow us to track how the structured, task-general internal models that are so fundamental to humans' superior cognitive abilities, change over time as a result of decay, interference, and learning. We will apply cognitive tomography to a variety of experimental data sets, collected by our collaborators, in paradigms ranging from perceptual learning, through visual and motor structure learning, to social and concept learning. These analyses will allow us to conclusively and quantitatively test our central hypothesis that, rather than simply changing along a single 'memory strength' dimension, internal models typically change via complex and consistent patterns of transformations along multiple dimensions simultaneously. To facilitate the widespread use of our methods, we will release and support off-the-shelf usable implementations of our algorithms together with synthetic and real test data sets. Project acronym CRIMTANG Project Criminal Entanglements.A new ethnographic approach to transnational organised crime. Researcher (PI) Henrik VIGH Host Institution (HI) KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET Summary Linked to terrorism, moral breakdown, and societal decay, Transnational Organised Crime (TOC) has come to embody current global anxieties as a figure of fear and cause of disquiet. Yet despite its central position on the social and political radar, our knowledge of it remains limited and fragmentary. Quantitative analyses may have identified the scale of the problem, but its underlying socio-cultural logic and practices remain under-researched and largely obscure. TOC is on the rise, and we need better insights into how it develops and expands, who engages in it and why, and how it is linked to and embedded in social networks that straddle countries and contexts. CRIMTANG proposes a unique approach to the study of the social infrastructure of contemporary TOC. It develops a research strategy that is ethnographic and transnational in design and so attuned to the human flows and formations of TOC. The project comprises a trans-disciplinary research team of anthropologists, criminologists and political scientists, and builds on their prior experience of the people, regions and languages under study. It explores the illegal and overlapping flows of migrants and drugs from North-West Africa into Europe, following a key trafficking trajectory stretching from Tangiers to Barcelona, Paris and beyond. In so doing, CRIMTANG sheds new light on the actual empirical processes in operation at different points along this trafficking route, whilst simultaneously developing new theoretical and methodological apparatuses for apprehending TOC that can be exported and applied in other regions and contexts. It reimagines the idea of social entanglement and proposes new transnational and collective fieldwork strategies. Finally, it will advance and consolidate the European research environment on TOC by creating a research hub for transnational ethnographic criminology at the University of Copenhagen. Linked to terrorism, moral breakdown, and societal decay, Transnational Organised Crime (TOC) has come to embody current global anxieties as a figure of fear and cause of disquiet. Yet despite its central position on the social and political radar, our knowledge of it remains limited and fragmentary. Quantitative analyses may have identified the scale of the problem, but its underlying socio-cultural logic and practices remain under-researched and largely obscure. TOC is on the rise, and we need better insights into how it develops and expands, who engages in it and why, and how it is linked to and embedded in social networks that straddle countries and contexts. CRIMTANG proposes a unique approach to the study of the social infrastructure of contemporary TOC. It develops a research strategy that is ethnographic and transnational in design and so attuned to the human flows and formations of TOC. The project comprises a trans-disciplinary research team of anthropologists, criminologists and political scientists, and builds on their prior experience of the people, regions and languages under study. It explores the illegal and overlapping flows of migrants and drugs from North-West Africa into Europe, following a key trafficking trajectory stretching from Tangiers to Barcelona, Paris and beyond. In so doing, CRIMTANG sheds new light on the actual empirical processes in operation at different points along this trafficking route, whilst simultaneously developing new theoretical and methodological apparatuses for apprehending TOC that can be exported and applied in other regions and contexts. It reimagines the idea of social entanglement and proposes new transnational and collective fieldwork strategies. Finally, it will advance and consolidate the European research environment on TOC by creating a research hub for transnational ethnographic criminology at the University of Copenhagen. Project acronym CULTIVATE MSS Project Cultural Values and the International Trade in Medieval European Manuscripts, c. 1900-1945 Researcher (PI) Laura Janet CLEAVER Summary CULTIVATE MSS aims to assess the significance of the trade in medieval manuscripts for the development of ideas about the nature and value of European culture in the early 20th century, a crucial period for the development of modern European nation states. Although recent technological developments have facilitated quantitative analyses of provenance data, charting in increasing detail the early-20th-century movement of manuscripts, including an exodus of works to America, qualitative analyses have failed to keep pace, leaving questions of how and why particular books were valued underexplored. The PI's role in the development of the Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts, which has begun to make available historic data about books, has revealed the need for a reassessment of the relationship between collecting and scholarship, and the potential for existing data about the manuscript trade to be used, with unpublished archival sources, to identify and compare the economic and philosophical values projected onto books. Thus the project uses the PI's expertise to develop a multi-disciplinary approach to assess the roles of collectors, scholars and dealers in the formation of collections of medieval manuscripts, and the impact of this on scholarship, comparing the English-speaking world, France and Germany. It will analyse published and unpublished accounts of manuscripts, together with price data, to reconstruct values projected onto books. It will seek to contextualise these values within the history of the early 20th century, assessing the impact of two world wars and other political and economic shifts on the trade in books and attitudes to manuscripts as objects of national significance. The Middle Ages are often identified with the emergence of European cultural identities, thus a reappraisal of the historiography of the study of medieval manuscripts has the potential to impact research about attitudes to European culture and identity in a wide range of disciplines. CULTIVATE MSS aims to assess the significance of the trade in medieval manuscripts for the development of ideas about the nature and value of European culture in the early 20th century, a crucial period for the development of modern European nation states. Although recent technological developments have facilitated quantitative analyses of provenance data, charting in increasing detail the early-20th-century movement of manuscripts, including an exodus of works to America, qualitative analyses have failed to keep pace, leaving questions of how and why particular books were valued underexplored. The PI's role in the development of the Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts, which has begun to make available historic data about books, has revealed the need for a reassessment of the relationship between collecting and scholarship, and the potential for existing data about the manuscript trade to be used, with unpublished archival sources, to identify and compare the economic and philosophical values projected onto books. Thus the project uses the PI's expertise to develop a multi-disciplinary approach to assess the roles of collectors, scholars and dealers in the formation of collections of medieval manuscripts, and the impact of this on scholarship, comparing the English-speaking world, France and Germany. It will analyse published and unpublished accounts of manuscripts, together with price data, to reconstruct values projected onto books. It will seek to contextualise these values within the history of the early 20th century, assessing the impact of two world wars and other political and economic shifts on the trade in books and attitudes to manuscripts as objects of national significance. The Middle Ages are often identified with the emergence of European cultural identities, thus a reappraisal of the historiography of the study of medieval manuscripts has the potential to impact research about attitudes to European culture and identity in a wide range of disciplines. Project acronym DEVOMIND Project How do infants mentalize? Bringing a neuroimaging approach to the puzzle of early mindreading. Researcher (PI) Victoria SOUTHGATE Summary Human social interaction and learning depends on making the right inferences about other people's thoughts, a process commonly called mentalizing, or Theory of Mind, a cognitive achievement which several decades of research concluded was reached at around age 4. The last 10 years has radically changed this view, and innovative new paradigms suggest that even preverbal infants can think about others' minds. This new developmental data has created arguably one of the biggest puzzles in the history of developmental science: How can infants be mentalizing when years of research have shown that a) pre-schoolers fail at mentalizing tasks and b) mentalizing depends on the development of cognitive control, language, and brain maturation? The key issue is whether behaviour that looks like infant mentalizing really is mentalizing, or might infants' success belie alternative processes? The most powerful strategy for resolving this puzzle is to look to brain activity. By applying the same methods and paradigms across infancy and early childhood, DEVOMIND will investigate whether infants' success on mentalizing tasks recruits the same network of brain regions, and neural processes, that we know are involved in success in older children and adults. In the second half of the project, we will use our neural indicators of mentalizing to test a completely novel hypothesis in which infants' success is possible because they have a limited ability to distinguish self from other. Although novel, this hypothesis deserves to be tested because it has the potential to explain both infants' success and preschoolers' failures under a single, unified theory. By bringing a neuroimaging approach to the puzzle of early mentalizing, DEVOMIND will allow us to move beyond the current impasse, and to generate a new theory of Theory of Mind. Human social interaction and learning depends on making the right inferences about other people's thoughts, a process commonly called mentalizing, or Theory of Mind, a cognitive achievement which several decades of research concluded was reached at around age 4. The last 10 years has radically changed this view, and innovative new paradigms suggest that even preverbal infants can think about others' minds. This new developmental data has created arguably one of the biggest puzzles in the history of developmental science: How can infants be mentalizing when years of research have shown that a) pre-schoolers fail at mentalizing tasks and b) mentalizing depends on the development of cognitive control, language, and brain maturation? The key issue is whether behaviour that looks like infant mentalizing really is mentalizing, or might infants' success belie alternative processes? The most powerful strategy for resolving this puzzle is to look to brain activity. By applying the same methods and paradigms across infancy and early childhood, DEVOMIND will investigate whether infants' success on mentalizing tasks recruits the same network of brain regions, and neural processes, that we know are involved in success in older children and adults. In the second half of the project, we will use our neural indicators of mentalizing to test a completely novel hypothesis in which infants' success is possible because they have a limited ability to distinguish self from other. Although novel, this hypothesis deserves to be tested because it has the potential to explain both infants' success and preschoolers' failures under a single, unified theory. By bringing a neuroimaging approach to the puzzle of early mentalizing, DEVOMIND will allow us to move beyond the current impasse, and to generate a new theory of Theory of Mind.

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Fergusson addresses fractured relationships in address to business association Newly-elected White City mayor Brian Fergusson began his Dec. 9 virtual address to the White City-Emerald Park Business Association bearing an olive branch of reconciliation. By the question-and-answer portion of the meeting, the good vibes had wilted as attendees took issue with the town's continued pursuit of annexation within the RM of Edenwold. Fergusson sensed the looming tension, noting in his presentation the "elephant in the room" was the deteriorated state of the White City's relationship with its neighbouring municipalities. "It hasn't been a secret that the communication and relationships we have with all of our neighbouring communities, perhaps, could stand some improvement," Fergusson said. "It's top of mind, not just with myself and some other councillors but also administration. It's going to be a focus for us to do a reset on that so we can renew those relationships." Some of those tensions became evident during an question-and-answer exchange between Fergusson and Emerald Park business owner Matt Kuzmicz. Kuzmicz lives in White City and questioned the town's approach to its annexation proposal, which includes Emerald Park and numerous adjacent lands. "In the business district, I'm happy with the governance and it sure seems to me that you want to annex, or take over, the business district to pay for (the future development) you want to do," Kuzmicz said. Fergusson replied he would agree to disagree, and added he believes support within White City itself to be strongly in favour of annexation. "I think it's important to note there were three mayoral candidates in the last election and Bruce (Evans) and I garnered 93 percent of the vote and both of us are supportive of annexation," Fergusson said. "That's pretty indicative." "What percentage of eligible voters voted?" Kuzmicz asked. "Quite frankly it's moot," Fergusson said, though later added voter turnout was 23 per cent. "Throughout this process, the RM has had the opportunity to put this question to its own ratepayers and has failed to do so." TO FRONT LOAD OR NOT TO FRONT LOAD? Fergusson and town manager Ken Kolb, along with planner Mauricio Jimenez, were present for the virtual event to update the business leaders on Town of White City priorities in upcoming months. Among those is the development of a Town Centre along with adjacent Betteridge Road. Fergusson said the town is working with White City Investments and Caverhill Developments. Two subdivisions are pending approval, with an overall plan for 200 lots with either residential or commercial zoning. "It's more than a business district," Fergusson said. "There's a lot more to that." As part of the opening stages, Fergusson said Betteridge Road improvements will include the town building water and sewer lines in advance, a move Kolb has termed front-ending in support of future development. When asked about recent reports of White City's borrowing capacity having been exceeded, Kolb said most of the debt incurred was for infrastructure construction that will be supported through the development of property. "It will be supported through growth either through development levies or utility rates," Kolb said. "Typically, communities are going to incur significant debt to expand. A lot of that is supported through growth. Very little of this will be supported through taxes. Certainly, other municipalities across Saskatchewan have borrowed significant amount of money to grow and the (Saskatchewan Municipal Board) looks at the business case on how you are going to pay that money back in terms of the burden on taxpayers." Fergusson added his support for the need to incur debt to support that growth. "It's only through the submission of appropriate plans that the SMB will approve those debt limits, but that's been our past practice and is expected to be the future practice as well," he said. That drew questions from Ben Kuzmicz, a long-time local developer with land north of Betteridge Road, who queried why the town is taking on a financial risk that he said is normally the responsibility of a land developer. He also asked if the town is providing land for the development of a school, as opposed to the land developer. "This would be setting a new precedent buying land (for a school) that is normally supplied by the developer," Ben Kuzmicz said. Fergusson said there would be a cost regardless of who provides the land for a school "that is ultimately borne by the taxpayer" and that the town "wanted to make sure that land was set aside as a location" in the event a new school comes in the area comes to pass. Kolb added that a high school and third elementary school are "top priorities" for the Prairie Valley School Division. "Certainly, being able to develop a joint-use facility with the high school raises us on that priority list," Kolb said. Ben Kuzmicz objected to the front-loaded construction of infrastructure when it puts others at a disadvantage, and that it wasn't appropriate for existing taxpayers to be funding any of the new development costs. "I feel I'm at a disadvantage because I've now learned you have funded new infrastructure from money (lot buyers) have paid through off-site charges," Ben Kuzmicz said. "When they come and buy a lot, their dreams and aspirations are not having their lot price going to pay someone else's development. New development should be funded through the developer. "Speaking as a White City resident, I really don't like you taking my tax dollars to fund someone else's risk. Let the developer take the risk. They can put up the costs for infrastructure." Fergusson replied those infrastructure costs are covered under the Town Centre development plans, and that the infrastructure costs are borne by the developers of those lands. "But you haven't received the funds," Ben Kuzmicz said. "You are front-loading it. That's the whole issue." Ben Kuzmicz and Kolb disagreed on whether the town has regularly front-loaded infrastructure development in the past. "We've up-fronted everything," Ben Kuzmicz, a land developer in the area, said. "We paid you sewer and water and put in the rest through a servicing agreement." Kolb said in the past, those development fees were collected on a lot by lot basis, where this time, most of the costs are collected up front. "Growth pays for growth," Kolb said. "That's always been the principle and with this new development levy model, it gives us a chance to manage that development levy and construction costs so that the developer is paying for those off-site services." Fergusson said the installation of this infrastructure was to plan for future recreational uses such as a water park in those areas. PARTNERSHIPS 'CRITICAL' FOR FUTURE GROWTH Economic development was also a focus in Fergusson's presentation. He noted town representatives have met with the business community to learn about its overall strengths and challenges. "Economic development efforts will require focus and efforts, particularly to work with the limitation and challenges we have," Fergusson said. "It's better we focus on actions driven by our three strategic priorities where we grow from our existing base, maintain our overall competitive overall business and tax rates. We are going to assist with business expansion projects and small business where we improve signage and business engagement." The mayor added that attracting more economic investment is also a priority, with targeted incentives designed to bring businesses to the Town Centre development. "(We are going to) be a leader in marketing for White City and the region, provide leadership on web marketing and e-presence, and partner where partnerships with local and regional partners are critical," Fergusson said. The town is planning to continue its work with consultants to develop the incentives needed to bring business to the region. As one example, part of the rationale for the proposed multi-use recreational facility (referred to as MURF) is to bolster White City's case to get a high school built in the community close to this facility. "It's been said in the past that a facility will be a factor considered by the Ministry of Education in building a high school," Fergusson said, adding the construction of a third elementary school in the area will also help. Fergusson also addressed water and sewer costs in the community as it is "top-of-mind" for residents. He noted after a study that water and sewer rates had to increase, in order to ensure inflation had a lesser impact on future rates. "Certainly, the growth of the community will help that on an ongoing basis," Fergusson said. "It's a good quality of water and Sask. Water meets the specs it needs to provide good, safe water. But like most communities, we face a water hardness issue." Fergusson added water treatment capacity challenges impact ability to grow overall, and that the RM of Edenwold and White City are working on their joint facility to resolve these issues. Keith Borkowsky, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Quad Town Forum

One night, when sleeping, a man heard sounds on his roof. There were loud footsteps and he wondered what could be happening. He shouted out the window, Who is it? Is there a genie on my roof? An extraordinary, mysterious man looked into the window from above and said, We are going around by night, searching. What are you searching for? the man asked. You must be joking! he exclaimed. Youre looking for camels on my roof?! Thats right, camels. Just as you seek God on His throne. Is this so very different? It was this and no more. No one saw the man on the roof again. He vanished like a genie in flight. Who seeks God on the throne of delight? While words flow through the river. The ocean waits for you, do not wait for the river. appointed to tend the sheep. Today you may observe one man proud from prosperity, another with a heart sore from adversity; have patience for a few days 'till the dust of the grave can consume the brain of that vain and foolish head. When the record of destiny comes into effect, the distinction of liege and subject disappears. Were a person to turn up the dust of the deceased, he could not distinguish that of the rich man from the poor." These words made a strong impression upon the king; he said, "Ask me for something." The wise man replied, "What I desire is that you will not trouble me again!" The king said, "Favor me with a piece of advice." He answered, "Now that the good things in life are in your hands, attend to them; wealth and dominion are passing from one hand into another." A story is told of a profiteer who bought firewood from the poor at a low price, and sold it to the rich at a profit. A good and holy man went up to him and said, "You are a snake, which bites everybody it sees, or an owl, which digs up and fouls the place where it nests. Although your injustice may pass unpunished among us, it cannot escape God, the knower of secrets. Be not unjust with the people of this earth, so that their complaints may not rise up to heaven." They say the unjust man was offended at these words, turned his face away from the holy man, and showed him no civility. But then, as it is expressed in the Qur'an: He, the glorified God, overtook him amidst his sins. One night, a spark from his kitchen fire flew onto a stack of wood, and caused a fire that burnt up all his belongings, laying him up in bed, tormenting him with the ashes of Hell. The good and holy man happened to be passing and saw that the profiteer was remarking to his friends, "I do not understand how this fire fell upon my dwelling." The good man said, "It was from the smoke of the hearts of the poor! Guard against the smoke of the sore-afflicted heart, for a sore hidden away will at last gather to a head. Give no heart pain so long as you can avoid it, for one sigh may set the whole world into flames." It is said that the following inscription was engraved upon Kai-Khosraus* crown: "For how many years, and for what a continuance of ages, shall mankind walk over my head on this earth? As the kingdom came to me, from hand to hand, so it shall pass into the hands of others." * Kai Khosrau was one of the Seljuk Sultans of Anatolia, 1192-1196.

Android Apps Utilizing 'metaps' App Monetization Platform Surpass 10 Million Downloads in One Year Metaps | August 29, 2012 TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Metaps Inc. (hereafter "Metaps"), developer of 'metaps' - a monetization platform for Android announces that participating Android apps have achieved over 10 million downloads in one year. An increasing number of apps using metaps, particularly by global game developers, has fuelled the rapid expansion of downloads. Metaps provides Android developers with the ability to attract customers through low-risk reward-based ads, generate revenue from free users through advertisements, increase user activity rates and maximize lifetime user value. Monetization of smartphone apps is a problem for developers worldwide, and a particularly challenging in the Android world. Since last year, Metaps has been providing developers with the tools to create revenue, with a focus on the difficult to monetize Android apps. Recently, there has been a sharp increase in partners who are successfully monetizing their free apps. Some developers have successfully monetized monthly sales of over 1 million USD in just half a year. We will continue to add new features to monetize Android apps in order to maximize profit for developers. At Metaps, our goal is to create an environment in which app developers can continue to generate revenue in the global market. We are accelerating business development, with a focus on Asia, North America, and Europe. Homepage: http://www.metaps.com/ twitter: http://twitter.com/metaps_info Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/metaps Metaps Inc. (Tokyo) Company name: Metaps Inc. President: CEO and Representative Director, Katsuaki Sato Address: FORECAST SHINJUKU AVENUE 5F, 2-5-12, Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Metaps Pte. Ltd. (Singapore subsidiary) Company name: Metaps Pte. Ltd. Manager: Wai-Cheong Choy Address: 100 Cecil Street, The Globe # 05-01, Singapore 069532 Metaps International Manager: Tomi Brooks Address: 10 South 3rd Street, Suite 209, San Jose, CA, USA 95113 Metaps Hong Kong Manager: Sam Tam Address: Suite 1008 Prosperity Millennia Plaza, 663 King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Metaps Inc. Tomoko Shimauchi / Josh Gitter, +81-3-5366-3790 FAX: +81-3-5366-3791 About Us Contact Us Press Releases News © Metaps Inc.

Are you looking for an international challenge? Do you want to have impact and work towards positive change? Do you have a passion for agrifood business and an open mind? Then sign up for this inspiring 4th year specialization Future Food Systems. The English-taught specialization is open to Dutch and foreign exchange students currently on a study programme related to Agriculture, Agribusiness, Food production or Environmental studies. This 4th year specialization is offered by the programme International Food & Agribusiness and runs during term 1 and 2, from September till February. The current status of the agriculture sector is not so much the result of misguided intention, but more of system failure. Our supply chains are long and not always transparent. In Future Food Systems you will investigate production chains and come up with scenarios for transition; scenarios that enhance both sustainability and business. The course focuses on 'Value Based Transition Management'; how to improve the world into a better place, starting with your own inner values leading to a value based change of the agrifood system. What does Future Food Systems have to offer? First of all a great international setting, in which you will work together with other passionate students, lecturers and professionals on positive change in our food system. Transition in the agrifood system, on sector and country level, and innovation towards a more sustainable future.

L, Eswari, Department of Dermatology, Victoria Hospital, Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India (India) Laar, Alexander Suuk, C/o PATH-Ghana, PMB CT 307, Cantonments, No.74 Osu Badu Street, Airport West, Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana Lahane, Chandrakant G., Department of Medicine, GMCH, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India Lahane, Chandrakant Gunaji, Department of Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra (India) Lall, Shweta, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Dental College and Medical Sciences, Patna, India (India) Lamb, Avinash R. Lamoria, Ravindra, Department of orthopaedics, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Lamsal, Madhab, Department of Biochemistry, BP Koirala Institute of Health sciences, Dharan, Lalitpur (Nepal) Latif, Zahid, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences & Engineering, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan Latif, Zahid, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad (Pakistan) Lavankar, Vasant, Department of General Surgery, Dr. Panjabrao Alias Bhausaheb Deshmukh Memorial Medical College, Amravati, Maharashtra (India) Lawrence, Nseera, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda (Uganda) López, Marco Lehl, S. S., Department of Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India (India) Lehl, S. S., Department of General Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh Lhaden, Tenzin, Department of Pediatric, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital, Bhutan (Bhutan) Li, Yun-Zhang, College of Applied Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China Limaye, Dnyanesh, Faculty III, Hochschule Hannover, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hannover, Germany; Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany (Germany) Limaye, Vaidehi, Faculty III, Hochschule Hannover, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hannover, Germany (Germany) LJ, Samuel, Department of Pharmacology, Goa Medical College, Bambolim-403202, Goa, India Loganathan, Eswari, Department of Dermatology, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, India (India) lswalhia, Magdi Mohamad A, Department of Prosthodontics, Al-Jabal Al-Gharbi University, Gharyan, Libya (Libya) LV, Bandodkar, Department of Pharmacology, Goa Medical College, Bambolim-403202, Goa, India

Comedian Rick Reynolds Discovers that "Only the Truth is Funny" After nine years of stand-up comedy, Reynolds wrote a one-man show based on his life, called "Only the Truth is Funny." After ten months of sold-out shows, he was discovered by the agents to Woody Allen and David Letterman. He then moved his show to New York City. His new book is based on his solo show. Rick Reynolds Other segments from the episode on October 1, 1992 Fresh Air with Terry Gross, October 1, 1992: Interview with Terry Tempest Williams; Interview with Rick Reynolds; Review of the film "Hero." Terry Tempest Williams on Surviving Nuclear Testing and Breast Cancer Williams is a a writer and naturalist-in-residence at the Utah Museum of Natural History. Born a Utah Mormon, Williams has written several books about the environment and the West, such as "Coyote's Canyon" and "Earthly Messengers." Her most recent book, "Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place," concerns her mother's unsuccessful battle with cancer and the flooding of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge by the rising Great Salt Lake waters. Despite Its Superb Cast and Director, "Hero" Could Be More Outrageous Stephen Schiff reviews "Hero," directed by Stephen Frears and starring Dustin Hoffman, Joan Cusack, Geena Davis, and Andy Garcia. It's got a twisting plot reminiscent of films from the 1930s and '40s. Stephen Schiff Transcript currently not available. Transcripts are created on a rush deadline, and accuracy and availability may vary. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Please be aware that the authoritative record of Fresh Air interviews and reviews are the audio recordings of each segment. Sarah Silverman is perfectly fine cringing at her former self. It means she's growing Sarah Silverman is known for breaking taboos in her comedy. Her new off-Broadway musical The Bedwetter, adapted from her 2010 memoir of the same name, centers on the most humiliating part of her childhood: wetting the bed every night until she was about 16. Comic Jerrod Carmichael bares his secrets in 'Rothaniel' The comic, actor and writer opens up about his name, his family tree and his sexual orientation in a new HBO special. "The more honest I am, the freer I am," Carmichael says. Remembering comic Gilbert Gottfried Gottfried was known for his unusual voice and cranky stage persona — which made him a perfect fit to play the evil parrot Iago in Disney's Aladdin. He spoke with Fresh Air in 1992. Gilbert Gottfried Recently on Fresh Air Available to Play on NPR 'American Caliph' revisits one of the most dramatic hostage crises in U.S. history In 1977, gunmen led by a charismatic Muslim leader stormed three locations in Washington, D.C., taking more than 100 people hostage. Journalist Shahan Mufti examines the incident in a new book. Related segments from the Fresh Air Archive: Ling Sisters Recount Laura's Capture In North Korea A Reporter's Tale Of Ambush And Captivity He's edited Caro, le Carré and 'Catch-22,' but doesn't mind if you don't know his name At 91, Robert Gottlieb is perhaps the most acclaimed book editor of his time. He started out in 1955 and has been working in publishing ever since. The list of authors he's edited include Robert Caro, Joseph Heller, Toni Morrison, John le Carré, Katharine Graham, Bill Clinton, Nora Ephron and Michael Crichton. His daughter Lizzie Gottlieb's new film, Turn Every Page, centers on her father's decades-long editing relationship with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Caro. "Reading Lyrics" with Robert Gottlieb and Robert Kimball. The Letters of Jack Kerouac Are the Best of His Writing Sleekly sentimental, 'Living' plays like an 'Afterschool Special' for grownups Living, is a sleekly sentimental new British drama adapted by Kazuo Ishiguro from Akira Kurosawa's classic 1952 film Ikiru, which means "to live" in Japanese. Starring the great Bill Nighy, it tells the story of a bottled-up bureaucrat in 1950s London who's led to examine the way he's spent the last 30 years of his life. For Oscar Isaac, life — and acting — is all about impermanence 'Ms. Marvel' head writer says the show is a deeply personal superhero story See All Recent Segments

Exclusive: Iran Hijacked US drone, Says Iranian Engineer Iran guided the CIA's "lost" stealth drone to an intact landing inside hostile territory by exploiting a navigational weakness long-known to the US military, according to an Iranian engineer now working on the captured drone's systems inside Iran. Iranian electronic warfare specialists were able to cut off communications links of the American bat-wing RQ-170 Sentinel, says the engineer, who works for one of many Iranian military and civilian teams currently trying to unravel the drone's stealth and intelligence secrets, and who could not be named for his safety. Using knowledge gleaned from previous downed American drones and a technique proudly claimed by Iranian commanders in September, the Iranian specialists then reconfigured the drone's GPS coordinates to make it land in Iran at what the drone thought was its actual home base in Afghanistan. IN PICTURES: America's Predator drones "The GPS navigation is the weakest point," the Iranian engineer told the Monitor, giving the most detailed description yet published of Iran's "electronic ambush" of the highly classified US drone. "By putting noise [jamming] on the communications, you force the bird into autopilot. This is where the bird loses its brain." The "spoofing" technique that the Iranians used – which took into account precise landing altitudes, as well as latitudinal and longitudinal data – made the drone "land on its own where we wanted it to, without having to crack the remote-control signals and communications" from the US control center, says the engineer. The revelations about Iran's apparent electronic prowess come as the US, Israel, and some European nations appear to be engaged in an ever-widening covert war with Iran, which has seen assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists, explosions at Iran's missile and industrial facilities, and the Stuxnet computer virus that set back Iran's nuclear program. Now this engineer's account of how Iran took over one of America's most sophisticated drones suggests Tehran has found a way to hit back. The techniques were developed from reverse-engineering several less sophisticated American drones captured or shot down in recent years, the engineer says, and by taking advantage of weak, easily manipulated GPS signals, which calculate location and speed from multiple satellites. RECOMMENDED: Downed US drone: How Iran caught the 'beast' Western military experts and a number of published papers on GPS spoofing indicate that the scenario described by the Iranian engineer is plausible. "Even modern combat-grade GPS [is] very susceptible" to manipulation, says former US Navy electronic warfare specialist Robert Densmore, adding that it is "certainly possible" to recalibrate the GPS on a drone so that it flies on a different course. "I wouldn't say it's easy, but the technology is there." In 2009, Iran-backed Shiite militants in Iraq were found to have downloaded live, unencrypted video streams from American Predator drones with inexpensive, off-the-shelf software. But Iran's apparent ability now to actually take control of a drone is far more significant. Iran asserted its ability to do this in September, as pressure mounted over its nuclear program. Gen. Moharam Gholizadeh, the deputy for electronic warfare at the air defense headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), described to Fars News how Iran could alter the path of a GPS-guided missile – a tactic more easily applied to a slower-moving drone. "We have a project on hand that is one step ahead of jamming, meaning 'deception' of the aggressive systems," said Gholizadeh, such that "we can define our own desired information for it so the path of the missile would change to our desired destination." Gholizadeh said that "all the movements of these [enemy drones]" were being watched, and "obstructing" their work was "always on our agenda." That interview has since been pulled from Fars' Persian-language website. And last month, the relatively young Gholizadeh died of a heart attack, which some Iranian news sites called suspicious – suggesting the electronic warfare expert may have been a casualty in the covert war against Iran. Iran's growing electronic capabilities Iranian lawmakers say the drone capture is a "great epic" and claim to be "in the final steps of breaking into the aircraft's secret code." Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta told Fox News on Dec. 13 that the US will "absolutely" continue the drone campaign over Iran, looking for evidence of any nuclear weapons work. But the stakes are higher for such surveillance, now that Iran can apparently disrupt the work of US drones. US officials skeptical of Iran's capabilities blame a malfunction, but so far can't explain how Iran acquired the drone intact. One American analyst ridiculed Iran's capability, telling Defense News that the loss was "like dropping a Ferrari into an ox-cart technology culture." Yet Iran's claims to the contrary resonate more in light of new details about how it brought down the drone – and other markers that signal growing electronic expertise. A former senior Iranian official who asked not to be named said: "There are a lot of human resources in Iran.... Iran is not like Pakistan." "Technologically, our distance from the Americans, the Zionists, and other advanced countries is not so far to make the downing of this plane seem like a dream for us … but it could be amazing for others," deputy IRGC commander Gen. Hossein Salami said this week. According to a European intelligence source, Iran shocked Western intelligence agencies in a previously unreported incident that took place sometime in the past two years, when it managed to "blind" a CIA spy satellite by "aiming a laser burst quite accurately." More recently, Iran was able to hack Google security certificates, says the engineer. In September, the Google accounts of 300,000 Iranians were made accessible by hackers. The targeted company said "circumstantial evidence" pointed to a "state-driven attack" coming from Iran, meant to snoop on users. Cracking the protected GPS coordinates on the Sentinel drone was no more difficult, asserts the engineer. US knew of GPS systems' vulnerability Use of drones has become more risky as adversaries like Iran hone countermeasures. The US military has reportedly been aware of vulnerabilities with pirating unencrypted drone data streams since the Bosnia campaign in the mid-1990s. Top US officials said in 2009 that they were working to encrypt all drone data streams in Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan – after finding militant laptops loaded with days' worth of data in Iraq – and acknowledged that they were "subject to listening and exploitation." Perhaps as easily exploited are the GPS navigational systems upon which so much of the modern military depends. "GPS signals are weak and can be easily outpunched [overridden] by poorly controlled signals from television towers, devices such as laptops and MP3 players, or even mobile satellite services," Andrew Dempster, a professor from the University of New South Wales School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems, told a March conference on GPS vulnerability in Australia. "This is not only a significant hazard for military, industrial, and civilian transport and communication systems, but criminals have worked out how they can jam GPS," he says. The US military has sought for years to fortify or find alternatives to the GPS system of satellites, which are used for both military and civilian purposes. In 2003, a "Vulnerability Assessment Team" at Los Alamos National Laboratory published research explaining how weak GPS signals were easily overwhelmed with a stronger local signal. "A more pernicious attack involves feeding the GPS receiver fake GPS signals so that it believes it is located somewhere in space and time that it is not," reads the Los Alamos report. "In a sophisticated spoofing attack, the adversary would send a false signal reporting the moving target's true position and then gradually walk the target to a false position." The vulnerability remains unresolved, and a paper presented at a Chicago communications security conference in October laid out parameters for successful spoofing of both civilian and military GPS units to allow a "seamless takeover" of drones or other targets. To "better cope with hostile electronic attacks," the US Air Force in late September awarded two $47 million contracts to develop a "navigation warfare" system to replace GPS on aircraft and missiles, according to the Defense Update website. Official US data on GPS describes "the ongoing GPS modernization program" for the Air Force, which "will enhance the jam resistance of the military GPS service, making it more robust." Why the drone's underbelly was damaged Iran's drone-watching project began in 2007, says the Iranian engineer, and then was stepped up and became public in 2009 – the same year that the RQ-170 was first deployed in Afghanistan with what were then state-of-the-art surveillance systems. In January, Iran said it had shot down two conventional (nonstealth) drones, and in July, Iran showed Russian experts several US drones – including one that had been watching over the underground uranium enrichment facility at Fordo, near the holy city of Qom. In capturing the stealth drone this month at Kashmar, 140 miles inside northeast Iran, the Islamic Republic appears to have learned from two years of close observation. Iran displayed the drone on state-run TV last week, with a dent in the left wing and the undercarriage and landing gear hidden by anti-American banners. The Iranian engineer explains why: "If you look at the location where we made it land and the bird's home base, they both have [almost] the same altitude," says the Iranian engineer. "There was a problem [of a few meters] with the exact altitude so the bird's underbelly was damaged in landing; that's why it was covered in the broadcast footage." Prior to the disappearance of the stealth drone earlier this month, Iran's electronic warfarecapabilities were largely unknown – and often dismissed. "We all feel drunk [with happiness] now," says the Iranian engineer. "Have you ever had a new laptop? Imagine that excitement multiplied many-fold." When the Revolutionary Guard first recovered the drone, they were aware it might be rigged to self-destruct, but they "were so excited they could not stay away." * Scott Peterson, the Monitor's Middle East correspondent, wrote this story with an Iranian journalist who publishes under the pen name Payam Faramarzi and cannot be further identified for security reasons. Specifications (RQ-170) Data from [37] Wingspan: 85 ft (26 m) estimated Height: 6 ft (1.8 m) estimated Powerplant: 1 × Garrett TFE731 or General Electric TF34[10] turbofan Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,240 m) (estimated) FULL LUNAR ECLIPSES : 10 DECEMBER 2011 / GERHANA BULAN PENUH FAKTA GERHANA BULAN PENUH : 10/12/2011 Bulan mula memasuki Penumbra : 19.32 (P4) Bulan mula memasuki Umbra : 20.46 (U4) Permulaan gerhana Penuh : 22.06 (U3) Waktu gerhana Maksima : 22.31 Tamat gerhana Penuh : 22.57 (U2) Bulan meninggalkan Umbra : 00.18 (U1) Bulan meninggalkan Penumbra : 01.31 (P1) Ianya berlaku kesan daripada kedudukan bumi, bulan dan matahari berada dalam satu garisan sewaktu gerhana yang menyebabkan wujudnya tarikan graviti ke ke atas. Dalam keadaan ini, putih telur dikatakan tertarik ke bahagian atas manakala kuning telur yang sedikit berat berada di bahagian bawah sekaligus mewujudkan keseimbangan. Prinsip yang sama juga berlaku kepada kejadian pasang surut air laut.Jika dalam keadaan gerhana, di mana bumi, bulan dan matahari berada di dalam satu garisan, maka akan berlakulah air pasang perbani atau disebut juga air pasang besar. Berdasarkan pendapat saintis, di antara matahari dan bumi terdapat garis medan gravitasi yang mampu mempengaruhi elektron dalam telur sehingga menjadi stabil, sekali gus membolehkannya berdiri tegak. Eksperimen oleh : Mohd Ezli Mashut ( Jam 11.00 Malam ketika Gerhana Bulan Penuh ) The lunar eclipse sets over the North Shore of Oahu in Haleiwa, Hawaii December 10, 2011. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) A partial lunar eclipse is seen from the Ro pillars of the Temple of Hercules in Amman December 2011. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT 9.21 pm di Planetarium Negara 9.17 mlm di Planetarium Negara Imej dari Teluk Kemang,N9 Malaysia Lunar Eclipse ‎7:56pm dari Melaka... Total Lunar Eclipse in Bangkok city, Thailand. 10 December 2011 PETALING JAYA: Malaysians were drawn outdoors to watch the total lunar eclipse, which is the last until 2014. While about 3,000 people visited the National Planetarium to view the eclipse last night with sophisticated telescopes, others opted for a more laid-back experience with their family members. Nightclub manager Johnny Wan watched the eclipse outside his workplace in Section 16 here with his wife and children, together with his mother, sister and her children. Even his staff took occasional breaks to follow the moon's phases as it slowly crept into the Earth's shadow and eventually took on a reddish hue at the height of the eclipse. Once in a blue moon: A photograph showing the moon during the lunar eclipse last night as seen from Sungai Buloh, Kuala Lumpur. Although he does not consider himself to be a stargazer, Wan said he would never miss the opportunity to watch an eclipse as it was rare. "Most times, eclipses happen in other parts of the world. So, if there is an eclipse happening here and I hear about it, I will watch it," said Wan, 47. He added that he loved watching the skies on clear nights with his telescope at home. A group from Rescue Climber Malaysia, meanwhile, gathered at Bukit Broga to catch the eclipse and also photographed the event. Kids using a telescope to gaze at the moon. The eclipse began at about 7.34pm and was at its height at 10.32pm. It ended at about 1.30am today. The National Planetarium uploaded photographs taken at regular intervals from both the planetarium and different observatories around Malaysia and uploaded it onto its Facebook page while there was a "live" webcast on the National Space Agency's website. A deep, dark, secret love affair - Singapore And Israel Very interesting read, about the formative years of SAF from the perspectives of an Israeli advisor in the early years of SAF. A deep, dark, secret love affair By Amnon Barzilai A team of IDF officers, known as the `Mexicans,' helped Singapore establish an army. It was the start of a very special relationship. Christmas Eve, 1965, is the unofficial date of the start of the great and continuing love story between Israel and Singapore, a love affair that was kept a deep, dark secret. The international press, like the Israeli media, tried to bring the tale to light. Occasionally, scraps of information leaked out; some were published, some were denied, many were disregarded. The Israelis, as usual, wanted to rush to tell all their friends, but managed to overcome that desire. The fear that the thies would be terminated if they became public knowledge had its effect. Israel imposed a total blackout on the story and the secret was preserved. Until the other side could no longer contain itself. In his book, "From Third World to First: The Singapore Story 1965-2000," published in 2000, Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's founding father and its first prime minister, disclosed the secret that had been kept for almost 40 years: It was the Israel Defense Forces that established the Singaporean army. The Israeli military mission was headed by Yaakov (Jack) Elazari, then a colonel, who was later promoted to brigadier general. After leaving the army, he became a consultant to the Singaporean army. Hedied 15 years ago. "To disguise their presence, we called them `Mexicans.' They looked swarthy enough," Lee wrote. Singapore's army is today considered the strongest and most advanced of the military forces in Southeast Asia. The alliance between the Israeli and Singaporean defense establishments intensified and expanded, and it now encompasses cooperation between the two countries' military industries, as well. The scope of the deals, according to foreign sources, indicates that the Singaporean army is one of the major clients of Israeli combat means and military technology. Singapore's aircraft industry is cooperating with its Israeli counterpart and with Elbit Systems in upgrading the F-5 warplanes of the Turkish Air Force. A few years ago, Singapore's defense minister revealed that the Gil antitank missile, which is manufactured by Raphael (Israel Armaments Development Authority), was developed in cooperation between the two countries. Surrounded by Muslims Lee explained the need to maintain secrecy to his close friend in the leadership, and the first defense minister in his government, Dr. Goh Keng Swee. "We have to ensure, as far as possible, that the arrival of the Israelis will not become public knowledge, in order not to arouse opposition among the Malay Muslims who live in Malaysia and Singapore," the prime minister summed up. That, in essence, is Singapore's problem. The residents of the small island, which has an area of about 670 square kilometers (Israel is 30 times as large), are mainly Chinese, and they live between the two Muslim countries of Malaysia and Indonesia. Life in the shadow of the large Muslim majority and fear of a Malaysian incursion are an integral part of the history of the two countries. Until 1965, Singapore was part of Malaysia. In that year, the British government decided to withdraw from all its colonies east of the Suez Canal. In a rapid process it was decided to sever Singapore from Malaysia and to establish it as a new and separate country. Singapore declared its independence on August 9, 1965. At the time of its creation, it had only two infantry regiments, which had been established and were commanded by British officers. Two-thirds of the soldiers were not residents of Singapore, and in any event the leaders of the nascent state had no faith in the strength of the minuscule army. The defense minister, Goh, contacted Mordechai Kidron, the former Israeli ambassador to Thailand, and asked for assistance. Kidron arrived in Singapore within days, along with Hezi Carmel of the Mossad. "Goh told us that they think that only Israel, a small country surrounded by Muslim countries, with a strong army, could help them build a small, dynamic army," Carmel says. The two Israelis met with Lee, who writes that he "told Keng Swee to put it on hold until Lal Bahadur Shastri, the prime minister of India, and President Nasser of Egypt replied to my letters seeking their urgent help to build up our armed forces." It's not clear whether Lee, in fact, believed India and Egypt were capable of, or interested in, building up Singapore's army. Many Israelis believe the two leaders were approached only for appearance's sake. After a few weeks of waiting, India and Egypt congratulated Singapore on its independence but did not offer military aid. Lee ordered Goh to push ahead in contacts with the Israelis. At the same time, in the wake of reports sent by Kidron and Carmel, the Israeli defense establishment deployed to supply military aid to Singapore. In discussions conducted by the chief of staff, Yitzhak Rabin, with the participation of the deputy chief of staff and head of the Operations Branch, Ezer Weizmann, it was decided to make Major General Rehavam Ze'evi, who was then deputy head of the Operations Branch, responsible for building the Singaporean army. Ze'evi (nicknamed "Gandhi" ) paid a secret visit to Singapore and the preparatory work began on his return. "Gandhi said he wanted to create an ideal army for Singapore, something we hadn't built here," Carmel says. "Instead of setting up a Defense Ministry and a General Staff, Gandhi suggested an integrated organization, a more economical structure. So there wouldn't be too many generals and too few soldiers." Ze'evi appointed Elazari, who worked under him in the Operations Branch, as head of the team he established. Lieutenant Colonel Yehuda Golan, then-commander of an armored division (he retired from the IDF with the rank of brigadier general), was subsequently added to the team. Some members of the team "concentrated on writing the chapters that dealt with building army bases. I wrote the chapters dealing with the establishment of an infantry," Golan says. Initially they produced the "Brown Book," dealing with combat doctrine, followed by the "Blue Book," dealing with the creation of the Defense Ministry and intelligence bodies. The Brown Book was translated into English and sent to Singapore's government for its perusal. In October 1965, a military delegation from Singapore arrived in Israel. "The delegation arrived in order to tell us: `Well done, but to implement the book, you are invited to come to Singapore,'" Golan recalls. Prior to setting out, the members of the military mission were invited to the chief of staff's bureau. "Dear friends," Rabin said, "I want you to remember several things. One, we are not going to turn Singapore into an Israeli colony. Your task is to teach them the military profession, to put them on their legs so they can run their own army. Your success will be if at a certain stage they will be able to take the wheel and run the army by themselves. Second, you are not going there in order to command them but to advise them. And third, you are not arms merchants. When you recommend items to procure, use the purest professional military judgment. I want total disregard of their decision as to whether to buy here or elsewhere." Wake-up at 5:30 On December 24, 1965, about five months after Singapore became an independent state, six IDF officers and their families set out on an unknown mission. "Elazari and two other officers dealt with the establishment of the Defense Ministry," Golan relates. "My task, along with three other officers, was to establish the army." Elazari operated according to a number of basic principles, from which the original Israeli team and those who followed did not deviate. The first was to build up a cadre of local commanders and instructors. The second was that the instructional material would be written by the cadets who would be trained as officers. And the third was that practical training would be conducted by Singaporean instructors. "We wanted to recruit a group of 40-50 people who had some sort of military experience and would be ready to serve in a career army," Golan explains. "We organized things so that they would appoint one of their number to serve as commander. As head of the group, the cadets chose someone of Indian origin named Kirpa Ram Vij, who would eventually become chief of staff of the Singapore Armed Forces. For three months we gave an intensified officers course." The first course had an IDF format: wake-up at 5:30 A.M., calisthenics, personal arrangements, parade. Training began at 7:30 A.M. and went until 1 A.M. "After a few days of training a group of cadets showed up and said, `Colonel Golan, the Arabs aren't sitting on our heads here. What do we need this madness for?' I called Elazari and explained the situation. He arrived a few days later with Defense Minister Dr. Goh, who told the cadets, `Do what Colonel Golan tells you to do, otherwise you will do double.'" Parallel to conducting the course, the Israeli team supervised the establishment of the first military base, based on plans of the Israeli Engineering Corps. Construction of the base was completed in three months. In under a year, the Israeli team conducted a course for new recruits, a platoon commanders course and an officers course, on the basis of plans that were sent from Israel. All told, about 200 commanders were trained. Jobless instead of soldiers Once the staff of commanders was ready, it was possible to start creating the standing army on the basis of conscription. The Israelis prepared to establish two more infantry regiments, according to the IDF model, with each regiment consisting of three companies of riflemen, an auxiliary company and an administrative company - a total of 600 soldiers. Lieutenant Colonel Moshe Shefi, who was an instructor in a company commanders course, was sent as an adviser. "We discovered that there was psychological resistance to conscription in Singapore," he relates. "Of 10 professions, that of soldier was ranked last. In first place was the artist, followed by the philosopher, the teacher and the merchant, and the thief was in ninth place. Soldiering was considered a contemptible profession. In Singapore, conscription was considered a means to overcome unemployment." The Israelis faced a problem. To evade service, most of the young men of draft age (18-24) who were of Chinese origin furnished proof that they were employed. Some 70 percent of the inductees were unemployed and of Malaysian origin - the opposite of their proportion within the population. Elazari and Golan complained to Lee and Goh, but the prime minister was undeterred. "I want you to recruit the most primitive people in the country, the uneducated and the jobless," he told them. Stunned, the Israelis tried to persuade him to reconsider, but he was adamant: "In the Second World War, I saw the Japanese and the British. All the British soldiers were intelligent and educated. But as soldiers they were worthless. The most primitive Japanese soldier gets an order and executes it, and they were extraordinary soldiers. The fact is that the Japanese army defeated the British army." Golan says, "Yaakov and I tried to explain to him that it's not a question of education but of motivation. The Japanese soldier was motivated because he was fighting for his emperor, who for him was God. For him, he was ready to sacrifice his life. What motivation did the British soldier have, who fought thousands of kilometers from his home?" The explanations about the spirit of combat and about how to generate motivation persuaded Lee. Along with the two tracks of compulsory service and career army, Singapore also adopted the IDF's model of reserve service. Every soldier who completed his regular service was obligated to serve another 13 years, until the age of 33. A system to mobilize the reserves was established and the Defense Ministry carried out surprise call-up exercises. Because of its small size and its lack of areas for live-fire training, Singapore had to establish training bases in friendly neighboring countries. Surprise tanks The unquiet in Singapore, and above all the fear of an invasion by Malay forces, together with the rapid development of the Singaporean army, generated additional needs. With the creation of the infantry, the Israeli team made an in-depth study of the battles fought by the Japanese in Southeast Asia during World War II and of how they succeeded in invading Malaysia and Singapore. Shefi was given the task of delivering a talk on the subject to Singapore's government. On the basis of the lessons the Israelis drew from the engagements fought by Japan and Britain, they created a naval force based on sampans. "The boats were made of wood and could carry 10 to 15 soldiers, and they were appropriate for the conditions of the sea and for the jungle rivers," Golan says. "On a stormy sea they can be operated with oars or a motor. We asked the Singaporeans to purchase 20 boats and we set up a small base where infantry companies trained in raids and navigation." Retired Colonel Asher Dar says, "The second team that arrived in Singapore applied what Yehuda Golan did in the form of combat doctrine. We trained in flanking maneuvers with small boats and in live fire using artillery. When the head of the training department, Yitzhak Hofi, visited Singapore, we carried out a model landing of an infantry brigade that set sail in boats at night at a distance of 12 kilometers with the aid of shore navigation only." The waiting period in Israel on the eve of the 1967 Six-Day War was a rough time for the Israeli team in Singapore. "We were relieved the Israelis were not defeated or our SAF [Singapore Armed Forces] would have lost confidence" in the Israeli instructors, Lee writes. In January 1968, Singapore decided to create an armored corps. In great secrecy, an agreement was signed for the purchase of 72 AMX-13 light tanks from IDF surplus. It was a bold decision: Malaysia, the country's large neighbor, didn't have tanks. On Independence Day, August 9, 1969, a major surprise awaited the invited guests, including the defense minister of Malaysia: 30 tanks rolled past the reviewing stand. "It had a dramatic effect," Lee writes. Malaysia had cause for concern. Its defense minister recommended to his guests that they take steps to persuade the Malaysian government that its intentions were not hostile. In the wake of the Israeli victory in 1967, the veil of secrecy over the ties between the two countries was lifted a bit. The Singapore delegate at the United Nations abstained in a vote on a resolution condemning Israel that was sponsored by the Arab states. Contacts began to establish full diplomatic relations. In October 1968, Lee permitted Israel to establish a trade mission and in May 1969 authorization was given for the establishment of an Israeli embassy in Singapore. The status of the Israeli military mission to Singapore was also strengthened, and the mission heads who followed held brigadier general rank. The first Israeli military delegation laid the foundations for an extensive network of relations between Israel and Singapore. Foundations of the air force The small Israeli team in Singapore was augmented by professional military advisers for the various corps. The chief armored corps officer, Major General Avraham Adan, arrived to give advice on procuring armored vehicles. In 1968, Adam Tzivoni, a retired colonel who had been head of the planning and weapons branch in the air force, was appointed adviser to the Singapore Armed Forces in regard to the creation of an air force. "As compensation for the hasty departure of the British army, the British government gave Singapore a grant of 50 million pounds to acquire British-made aerial systems: planes, helicopters and surface-to-air missiles," Tzivoni relates. "The British didn't like me at all. My first task was to approve the deals. It turned out that the English tried to sell Singapore junk. Apart from a deal for Hunters, I vetoed all the deals." Under Tzivoni's supervision, a flight school was established in Singapore, as well as a technical school, a squadron of Alouette 3 helicopters was purchased and 40 mm anti-aircraft guns were acquired. Uzis and Israeli marching songs After the creation of the Singaporean army's infantry regiments, the question arose of what weapons the nascent armed forces would use. The commanding officers wanted the Uzi, the Israeli submachine gun. The Israeli team took an objective view and rejected the idea. True, the Uzi was considered a superb weapon in the 1960s, but only for short ranges. A regular army needs an assault rifle, the Israeli team asserted. Representatives of Israel Military Industries exerted pressure on the Defense Ministry to sell the new Galil assault rifle. However, the team decided that the rifle wasn't yet full ready and recommended the American M-16. Another major headache for the Israelis concerned the decision about which mortars to procure for the new army. Infantry regiments are equipped with 60 - 52 mm and 18 mm mortars. The weapons, which were developed and manufactured by the Soltam company, based in the town of Yokne'am, were sold to the Israel Defense Forces and exported worldwide. "Even though we thought these were the best mortars, we decided not to recommend them but to make use of an independent source in order to reach a decision," says Yehuda Golan, a member of the team sent to Singapore. The Israeli team asked a British firm that dealt in organization and consultation on military subjects to examine a series of mortars and recommend the best one. The report stated that the best of the lot was an 18 mm mortar manufactured in Britain. However, considering the price, the recommendation was to buy the Soltam product. The Singapore Armed Forces acquired the Israeli mortar. "The Israelis emphasized military skills and high motivation. Smartness on parade and military tattoo, the SAF [Singapore Armed Forces] never learned from the `Mexicans.' Whatever smartness the SAF had" derived from the British officers who commanded the army's first two regiments, Lee writes. "Our motto was that we would not stick our nose into what the Singaporeans could do themselves," Golan notes. "They wanted us to organize the Independence Day parade for them. We argued that a state military parade reflects the country's mentality and its history." The Singaporeans didn't make an issue of it. However, they had a problem that demanded an immediate solution - which marches to play as the soldiers marched in unison. The head of the Israeli mission, Yaakov Elazari, brought notes from Israel and the Singapore army strode to Israeli marching songs. The jungle combat manual The Singaporeans took the Israelis by surprise when they insisted on getting a course on jungle combat. Singapore has a tiny natural jungle of no more than five or six square kilometers, but the neighboring states have larger jungles. Yehuda Golan: "I told them they were right but that I wasn't the right guy, because I knew nothing about jungles." Nevertheless, the Israeli team began to find out how to cope with the subject. It was decided to send two Singapore officers as guests of the Malaysian army for a course on jungle combat. "Three months later, the two officers returned with the knowledge they acquired in Malaysia, and we decided to conduct a course in jungle combat," Golan continues. "Out of curiosity, I decided to join. It looked very bad - it was clear that they had taught them British methods from the Second World War period. I decided to take a group of 10 officers. We entered the jungle and started to engage in war games. We trained in navigation, deploying forces, search and assault. We went through the American training manuals on combat in Vietnam. We developed methods of night navigation. We learned how to function with a fighting company in the dense undergrowth. After a few weeks of training, I wrote the training manual of the Singapore Armed Forces for jungle combat." Head of the delegation Yaakov Elazari (second from right), Yehuda Golan (left), and Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin (second from left) in Singapore, 1967. Before the trip Rabin clarified: "We are not going to make Singapore an Israeli colony." (Haaretz Archive ) Exclusive: Iran Hijacked US drone, Says Iranian En... FULL LUNAR ECLIPSES : 10 DECEMBER 2011 / GERHANA B... A deep, dark, secret love affair - Singapore And I...

>> AnnArborObserver.com >> Articles >> Culture Photo © Courtesy Demo Rinpoche Sundays at Jewel Heart Cross-cultural Buddhism by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang From the January, 2021 issue When discussing how one can lose one's way in samsara-the endless cycle of life, death, and rebirth-Demo Rinpoche talks about getting lost in an Ann Arbor roundabout. You do not get everything you want in this world, explains the resident spiritual adviser of Jewel Heart International, "otherwise you would be in heaven." Buddhist practices aim to end this cycle by overcoming desires, ignorance, and suffering to reach the transcendent state of nirvana. But you also have to work for it, Rinpoche says, and you may experience some discomfort-don't be like his childhood friend who really wanted to become a doctor so that he could ride in a helicopter, but who failed to study, ever. Rinpoche's Sunday dharma talks deftly weave together Tibetan Buddhist teachings with everyday life in Ann Arbor, an international perspective, and a charming humor (sometimes he even gets the giggles). Even for those who are not Buddhist, these Sunday talks can be a soothing salve. While discussing the fear of loneliness during the pandemic, Rinpoche clarifies that being alone at home is not the same as having no one. There are many Tibetan practitioners who go away on retreat alone for three years and do not feel lonely. He connects the principle of compassion to the happiness that comes from protecting others by wearing a mask and the principle of care with the way we wait while Canada geese walk, ever so slowly, across the road. Stories about RBG, comedians, celebrities, recycling, iPhones, and his tiny dog with anger problems also help make big concepts tangible and difficult subjects manageable. When Covid-19 came to Michigan, Jewel Heart, the Tibetan Buddhist center on Oak Valley Drive, moved its Sunday services completely online. Each talk is preceded by a guided meditation and followed by a facilitated group discussion based on the morning's talk. Production quality is great- Jewel Heart has been recording and broadcasting talks for years (there's an archive on its YouTube channel). Demo Rinpoche was educated at Drepung Loseling Monastery and Gelugpa University in India and Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He came to the United States at the request of Gelek Rimpoche, the founder of Jewel Heart, who died in 2017. (Rinpoche and Rimpoche are alternate transliterations of an honorific meaning "precious one.") When sharing a Tibetan teaching to not expect that you will be able to recognize a bad friend by the horns on his head, he says, "like Hellboy." He talks about reading Indian storybooks as a boy which featured epic battles between gods and demigods, and the demigods were always drawn with horns and scary faces, so they were obviously the bad guys. Instead, a bad friend could look very much like him during his monastery days-he used to torture his friends during the World Cup by telling them the score before they had a chance to see the game. Jewel Heart's Sunday dharma talks are webcast via Zoom every Sunday at 11 a.m. Free, but preregistration is required at jewelheart.org. Arts and Entertainment reviews and news. Sixth-Grade Baker Competes in National Baking Show Nemo Tsai's pandemic baking hobby earns him fame and a chance at $25,000. Feeding Frances McDormand Nomadland's Frog Holler connections Vinyl Nation An Ann Arbor native has emerged as the chronicler of the vinyl-record revival. Zooming Poverty Real-world perspectives on solutions more culture articles: 1 l 2 l 3 ... 102 >

NOWCAST 40/29 News at 6pm Saturday Evening Man Charged In Lowell Police Chief's Fatal Crash Updated: 7:53 AM CDT May 31, 2012 Jimmy John Christo Jr. has been charged with DUI manslaughter in connection with the death of Lowell Police Chief Joe Landers.Police said Christo pulled out in front of Landers during a motorcycle rally in Panama City Beach.In early May, Lowell Mayor Eldon Long announced Police Chief Joe Landers had died from injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash the week prior.The family announced Landers died surrounded by family. Family members said he died peacefully and comfortably.Authorities said that Landers was riding with a group of bikers that was behind at a red light when a driver pulled in front of Landers without signaling, causing Landers to hit the vehicle, and go over the handlebars to the ground.Sgt. Paul Pillaro said that Cristo, 52, was the driver of the Nissan Maxima that pulled out in front of Landers.Deputies said Cristo fled the scene but was caught by authorities a short time later. The Florida Highway Patrol arrested Cristo and charged him with fleeing the scene of a critical injury accident, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and other traffic violations.Pillaro said, "From speaking to the trooper, the gentleman pretty much confessed to drinking -- confessed to causing the accident -- confessed to leaving the scene." LOWELL, Ark. — Jimmy John Christo Jr. has been charged with DUI manslaughter in connection with the death of Lowell Police Chief Joe Landers. Police said Christo pulled out in front of Landers during a motorcycle rally in Panama City Beach. In early May, Lowell Mayor Eldon Long announced Police Chief Joe Landers had died from injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash the week prior. The family announced Landers died surrounded by family. Family members said he died peacefully and comfortably. Authorities said that Landers was riding with a group of bikers that was behind at a red light when a driver pulled in front of Landers without signaling, causing Landers to hit the vehicle, and go over the handlebars to the ground. Sgt. Paul Pillaro said that Cristo, 52, was the driver of the Nissan Maxima that pulled out in front of Landers. Deputies said Cristo fled the scene but was caught by authorities a short time later. The Florida Highway Patrol arrested Cristo and charged him with fleeing the scene of a critical injury accident, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and other traffic violations. Pillaro said, "From speaking to the trooper, the gentleman pretty much confessed to drinking -- confessed to causing the accident -- confessed to leaving the scene."

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HCA Healthcare announces $1.5 million donation to Fisk University 4 months ago HBCU Staff HCA Healthcare Today [NASHVILLE, TN, October 11] – Today, HCA Healthcare announced that it will give $1.5 million to Fisk University to support scholarships for students pursuing a degree in nursing. This gift is part of the organization's larger commitment to give $10 million over three years to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). HCA Healthcare has now announced approximately $6.75 million to multiple colleges and universities towards that commitment. "We are proud to partner with Fisk University as we work to build a diverse pipeline of healthcare professionals," said Sam Hazen, chief executive officer for HCA Healthcare. "It is our hope that this latest investment provides more students with the opportunity to find fulfilling careers in nursing." This gift will provide scholarships over four years for Fisk health science and nursing students interested in pursuing the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at Galen College of Nursing. In 2021, Galen College of Nursing, a subsidiary of HCA Healthcare, announced an agreement to create a new pathway in nursing for Fisk students. The agreement allows for Fisk degree coursework credits to transfer to Galen College of Nursing so that students may go directly into Galen's BSN program, allowing them to complete the program in as little as two years. This new investment from HCA Healthcare is designed to help support students in the nursing pathway by providing hands-on shadowing opportunities, mentors, seminars, leadership sessions and career guidance to scholars. The gift will also help support the implementation of the program by funding additional faculty support at Fisk. 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Existing literature has long been divided over whether the gaming world fosters violence and misogyny or provides a space for people to explore diverse identities. Not enough is known about how women experience videogames, especially the hypermasculine environment of first-person shooter (FPS) games. Competition, violence, and war, are dominant features of these games. The following thesis explores what harassment and discrimination women playing FPS games face, how they respond, and in what ways they find games to be empowering. A survey was distributed online to an international sample of 141 female FPS gamers. This research finds that women who play FPS games often feel empowered by playing (79.4%), even though a majority also experience forms of verbal harassment or discrimination (75.9%). McDaniel, M Allison, "Women in Gaming: A Study of Female Players' Experiences in Online FPS Games" (2016). Honors Theses. 427.

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va ser una artista de còmics estatunidenca, considerada una de les pioneres de la indústria del còmic nord-americana. Va ser inclosa al Saló de la Fama de Will Eisner i del Harvey Awards Hall of Fame. Vida primerenca Marie Severin va néixer a East Rockaway, Nova York, a Long Island,la segona i última filla de John Edward Severin, nascut a Oslo, Noruega, que va emigrar als Estats Units als 3 anys, i Marguerite (Powers) Severin, de Syracuse (Nova York), d'origen irlandès. El seu germà gran, John Severin, va néixer el 1922. La família es va mudar a Brooklyn, Nova York, quan Marie tenia 4. Va assistir a l'escola catòlica de nenes Bishop McDonnell Memorial High School. A causa del calendari esglaonat de l'escola secundària, la classe de Severin es va graduar el gener de 1948, enlloc d'a la meitat d'any que era el més habitual. Severin va créixer en una llar d'artistes on el seu pare, un veterà de la Primera Guerra Mundial, es va convertir en dissenyador per a la companyia de moda Elizabeth Arden durant la dècada de 1930. En la seva adolescència, Severin va prendre el que va recordar com a "un parell de mesos" de classes de dibuixos i il·lustració i va assistir al Pratt Institute a Brooklyn "per un dia i va dir: 'Això és un col·legi', i volia dibuixar i guanyar diners". La seva primera feina va ser fer treball clerical per a una companyia d'assegurances al centre de Manhattan "durant un parell d'anys" mentre vivia a casa. Va continuar vivint allà després de la mort del seu pare. Carrera Severin estava treballant a Wall Street quan el seu germà John, llavors artista d'EC Comics, va necessitar una colorista per treballar allí. El primer treball conegut de Marie Severin en comic-books va ser el color per A Moon, a Girl ... Romance #9 (Oct. 1949) per EC Comics. Ella contribuiria a acolorir tota la línia de la companyia, inclosos els seus còmics bèl·lics i la seva cèlebre, però notòriament gràfica còmics de terror, i també va treballar en el final de la producció de còmics, fent petits retocs a l'art. Quan EC va deixar de publicar a conseqüència de les audiències al Senat dels Estats Units sobre els efectes dels còmics sobre els nens i l'establiment del Comics Code, Severin va treballar breument per a la predecesor dels anys 1950 de Marvel Comics, Atlas Comics. Després d'una caiguda de la indústria cap al 1957, va marxar i va trobar feina al Banc de la Reserva Federal de Nova York. Ella va recordar el 2001: "Vaig fer una mica de tot per ells; vaig fer gràfics d'economia per a la televisió [i] vaig fer molts dibuixos. Vaig fer un còmic [educatiu] en el qual el meu germà va fer els acabats... sobre xecs". El 1959 començà a treballar en el departament de producció Marvel Comics: quan la revista Esquire els encomanà una doble pàgina sobre «cultura de les drogues en la universitat», Severin rebé l'encàrrec perquè l'encarregat, Sol Brodsky, no volia que l'estrella de l'editorial, Jack Kirby, deixés de fer la seva feina. La seva il·lustració per a la revista va portar a l'editor en cap de Marvel Stan Lee a assignar-li el serial "Doctor Strange" dins la revista "Strange Tales", en substitució de Bill Everett, que va succeir el creador del personatge Steve Ditko. Amb Lee, Severin va crear l'entitat còsmica fictícia del Living Tribunal (Tribunal Vivent) a Strange Tales # 157 (data de portada juny de 1967). Severin va ser la cap de coloristes de Marvel fins al 1972, moment en el qual va traspassar la majoria de les seves tasques de color a George Roussos per tal de poder fer més dibuix a llapis. En aquella època la feina de colorista era semblada al que actualment seria un separador de color: el colorista barrejava els colors primaris amb colorants solubles en aigua i els pintava sobre una impressió del còmic en tintes en blanc i negre per fer una guia indicant els percentatges de cada color pel separador de la planta d'impressió. Va continuar expandint el seu treball des de colorista per fer llapis i entintat, i de tant en tant també retolació, en diversos títols. Va dibuixar històries de Sub-Mariner i Hulk, i les portades o interiors de títols inclosos Iron Man, Conan the Barbarian, Kull the Conqueror, aquesta amb el seu germà com entintador, The Cat, i Daredevil. A més, va treballar en la revista d'humor satíric de Marvel Crazy Magazine, així com en el còmic d'auto-paròdia de la companyia, Not Brand Echh. El 1976, Severin va cocrear Spider-Woman, dissenyant el seu vestit original. Va cocrear Doctor Bong l'enemic de Howard the Duck el 1977. Dos anys més tard va proveir l'art per una història de Spider-Man i Hulk per decorar paper de vàter. A la dècada de 1980 va ser assignada a la divisió de projectes especials de Marvel, que gestionava les llicències no còmiques. Va ajudar a dissenyar maquetes i joguines de pel·lícules i productes de televisió i va treballar en l'empremta de Marvel Books de llibres per pintar i adhesius. Durant aquest temps també va dibuixar els còmics de Fraggle Rock i Muppet Babies per la impremta Star Comics de Marvel. Durant la dècada següent, Severin va dibuixar la "Impossible Tale" dels "Li'l Soulsearchers" al número # 31 (agost de 1998) del còmic humorístic de superherois de Claypool Comics Soulsearchers and Company, encarregat pel veterà Jim Mooney; i va entintar el llapis de Dave Cockrum al número 43 (juliol de 2000). També va entintar els llapis de Richard Howell a la història "Favor on the Month" a Elvira # 144 (abril de 2005). Severin es va retirar algun temps després, però va continuar fent aportacions puntuals fins mitjans dels anys 2000 , com ara recolorant moltes de les històries de còmics reimpreses als llibres retrospectius B. Krigstein i B. Krigstein Comics. El primer va guanyar els premis de la indústria del còmic Harvey i Eisner el 2003. Retirada i mort El 2007, va tenir un infart miocardíac que la va obligar a retirar-se del món dels còmics a Huntington, a l'Estat de Nova York. Va morir el 29 d'agost de 2018 als 89 anys d'un infart. Còmics Fonts: Atlas Comics Astonishing nº54 (artista) (1956) Tales of Justice nº55 (artista) (1957) Uncanny Tales nº54 (artista) (1957) World of Mystery nº3, 7 (artista) (1956–1957) Claypool Comics Elvira: Mistress of the Dark nº144 (entintadora) (2005) Soulsearchers and Company nº31 (dibuixant a llapis), nº43 (entintadora) (1998–2000) DC Comics 9-11: The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember, Volume Two (artista/colorista) (2002) Batman Black and White, vol. 2, HC (artista, entre altres) (2002) Bizarro Comics HC (entintador/colorista) (2001) Fanboy nº4 (artista) (1999) L.A.W. (Living Assault Weapons) nº6 (colorista) (2000) Looney Tunes nº100 (artista) (2003) Pinky and the Brain nº27 (colorista) (1998) Supergirl Plus nº1 (colorista) (1997) Superman Adventures nº1–12, 14, 22–38, 40–66 (colorista) (1996–2002) Paradox Press The Big Book of... Volum 9, 11–14, 17 (artista) (1997–2000) Dark Horse Comics Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor Quarterly nº1 (colorista) (1996) Michael Chabon Presents the Amazing Adventures of the Escapist nº5 (artista) (2005) EC Comics A Moon, a Girl... Romance nº9 (colorista) (1949) Aces High nº1–5 (colorista) (1955) Crime SuspenStories nº17–20, 22–27 (artista/colorista) (1953–1955) Extra! nº1–5 (colorista) (1955) Frontline Combat nº5 (colorista) (1952) The Haunt of Fear nº1, 14–17 (colorista) (1950–1953) Impact nº1–5 (colorista) (1955) Incredible Science Fiction nº30–33 (colorista) (1955–1956) Piracy nº1–7 (colorista) (1954–1955) Shock SuspenStories nº6, 9–14, 18 (artista/colorista) (1952–1954) Valor nº2–3 (colorista) (1955) The Vault of Horror nº16, 34 (colorista) (1950–1954) Weird Fantasy nº6–12, 14–16 (colorista) (1951–1952) Weird Science-Fantasy nº24, 27, 29 (artista/colorista) (1954–1955) Gladstone Mickey Mouse nº219 (colorista) (1986) GT Labs Dignifying Science OGN (dibuixant a llapis) (1999) Marvel Comics 2001: A Space Odyssey Marvel Treasury Special nº1 (colorista) (1976) 2099 Unlimited nº1, 3 (colorist), nº6 (artista/colorista) (1993–1994) Alf nº1–18, 20–38, 40–50, Annual nº1–3, Holiday Special nº1–2, Spring Special nº1 (entintadora/colorista) (1988–1992) Amazing Adventures nº16 (dibuixant a llapis) (1973) Amazing High Adventure nº1, 3–4 (colorista) (1984–1986) The Amazing Spider-Man nº186 (colorista), Annual nº5 (guionista/dibuixant a llapis) (1968–1978) Astonishing Tales nº20 (dibuixant a llapis/colorista) (1973) The A-Team nº1 (dibuixant a llapis/colorista) (1984) Battlestar Galactica nº3 (colorista) (1979) Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey nº1 (entintadora) (1991) Bill & Ted's Excellent Comic Book nº4–12 (entintadora) (1992) Captain America vol.1 nº440 (entintadora) (1995) Captain Britain nº1–2, 4–7, 10, 15–16 (colorista) (1976–1977) Casper nº1 (entintadora) (1995) Cat nº1–2 (dibuixant a llapis/colorista) (1972–1973) Chamber of Darkness nº2 (dibuixant a llapis) (1969) Conan the Barbarian nº10 (dibuixant a llapis), nº69, 72 (colorista) (1971–1977) Conan the King nº20 (entintadora) (1984) Conan the Reaver GN (colorista) (1987) Coneheads nº1–4 (entintadora) (1994) Crazy Magazine nº11, 69, 75, 78–79 (artista) (1975–1981) Creatures on the Loose nº10 (colorista), nº14 (dibuixant a llapis) (1971) Damage Control vol. 2 nº4 (entintadora) (1990) The Deep nº1 (colorista) (1977) Defenders nº53 (colorista), nº127 (guionista/artista) (1977–1984) Doc Savage nº4 (dibuixant a llapis) (1976) Doctor Strange vol. 2 nº20, 31 (colorista) (1976–1978) Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme nº78–79 (dibuixant a llapis) (1995) Droids nº1, 6 (colorista) (1986–1987) Epic Battles of the Civil War Volum 1–4 (colorista) (1998) Epic Illustrated nº9, 11, 13 (entintadora), nº12 (rotuladora), nº15–20 (colorista) (1981–1983) Ewoks nº1–2 (entintadora/colorista) (1985) Fallen Angels nº3 (dibuixant a llapis) (1977) Fantastic Four nº177 (colorista) (1976) Fraggle Rock nº1–8 (artista/ colorista) (1985–1986) Francis, Brother of the Universe nº1 (entintadora/colorista) (1980) G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero nº28 (dibuixant a llapis) (1984) Giant-Size Chillers nº3 (artista) (1975) Heathcliff nº53 (artista) (1990) Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men nº1 (colorista) (1985) Howard the Duck nº7 (colorista) (1976) Hugga Bunch nº2 (colorista) (1986) The Hulk nº15 (colorista) (1979) Human Fly nº1 (colorista) (1977) The Incredible Hulk vol.2 nº102–105, Annual nº1 (dibuixant a llapis), nº190, 354, 358–367 (entintadora) (1968–1990) Invaders nº14 (colorista) (1977) Iron Fist nº13 (colorista) (1977) Iron Man nº82–83, 85 (entintadora), nº108 (colorista) (1976–1978) Kickers, Inc. nº2 (colorista) (1986) Kid 'n Play nº6 (entintadora) (1992) King Arthur and the Knights of Justice nº1–3 (entintadora) (1993–1994) Kull the Conqueror nº2–10 (dibuixant a llapis) (1971–1973) Kull the Conqueror vol. 2 nº1, 7, 9 (colorista) (1982–1985) Kull the Destroyer nº18, 20–21 (colorista) (1976–1977) The Life of Pope John Paul II nº1 (colorista) (1983) Logan's Run nº1, 3 (colorista) (1977) Marvel Comics Super Special nº1–3, 9, 15, 22–23 (colorista), nº20 (dibuixant a llapis/colorista) (1978–1982) Marvel Holiday Special nº3 (artista) (1994) Marvel Premiere nº50 (colorista) (1979) Marvel Spotlight nº12 (colorista) (1973) Marvel Super-Heroes vol. 2 nº12 (dibuixant a llapis) (1993) Marvel Team-Up nº74 (entintadora/colorista) (1978) Marvel Treasury Edition nº12, 24 (colorista) (1976–1980) Marvel Two-in-One nº23 (dibuixant a llapis) (1977) Midnight Sons Unlimited nº6–7 (artista/colorista) (1994) Mighty Mouse nº1–10 (entintadora) (1990–1991) Misty nº1–3 (colorista) (1985–1986) Monsters on the Prowl nº16 (entintadora) (1972) Moon Knight Special nº1 (artista/colorista) (1992) Ms. Marvel nº1 (colorista) (1977) Muppet Babies nº1, 3–13, 15–16 (artista/colorista) (1985–1987) New Warriors Annual nº1 (entintadora) (1991) Not Brand Echh nº1–9, 11–13 (artista) (1967) Nova nº6, 11 (colorista) (1977) Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe nº3, 14 (dibuixant a llapis) (1983–1984) Pizzazz nº5, 9–13, 15 (còmic de Star Wars) (colorista) (1978) Power Man nº35 (dibuixant a llapis) (1976) Power Man and Iron Fist nº60 (dibuixant a llapis/colorista) (1979) Psi-Force nº3 (colorista) (1987) Punisher 2099 nº7–8, 12 (colorista) (1993–1994) Rawhide Kid, vol. 2, nº1 (colorista) (1985) Red Sonja vol. 3 nº8 (entintadora) (1985) The Ren & Stimpy Show nº9 (entintadora) (1993) Royal Roy nº1 (colorista) (1985) Sergio Aragonés Massacres Marvel nº1 (entintadora) (1996) The Smurfs nº1 (entintadora) (1982) The Spectacular Spider-Man nº8 (colorista), nº45, 47–48, 51, 54, Annual nº3, 11 (artista) (1977–1991) Spider-Man and the Dallas Cowboys Suplement del diumenge (guionista/dibuixant a llapis) (1983) Spider-Man: Christmas in Dallas one-shot promocional (colorista) (1983) Spoof nº1–5 (1970–1973) Star Team one-shot promocional (colorista) (1977) Star Trek nº13 (entintadora) (1981) Star Wars nº1, 17 (colorista) (1977–1978) Strange Tales nº153–160 (artista) (1967) Sub-Mariner nº9, 12–19, 21–23, 44–45 (dibuixant a llapis/colorista) (1969–1972) Supernatural Thrillers nº1 (dibuixant a llapis) (1972) Tales of Suspense nº73 (colorista) (1966) Tales to Astonish nº92–101 (dibuixant a llapis) (1967–1968) Tarzan nº1–2 (colorista) (1977) Thor nº253, 287 (colorista), 306, 308 (entintadora) (1976–1981) Thundercats nº13–16 (colorista) (1987) The Tomb of Dracula nº58, 60 (colorista) (1977) Toxic Crusaders nº1, 3, 6–7 (entintadora) (1992) Transformers: Generation 2 nº1–4 (entintadora) (1993–1994) Web of Spider-Man nº27 (colorista) (1987) What If... ? vol. 2 nº17 (entintadora) (1990) What The--?! nº1, 16, 18, 21, 25–26 (artista/colorista) (1988–1993) Premis 1974 et 1975 : Premi Shazam a la millor dibuixant humorística 1975 : Premi Shazam a la millor història humorística (amb Marv Wolfman) per «Kaspar the Dead Baby», a Crazy n°8 1988 : Inkpot Award 2001 : Saló de la Fama de Will Eisner 2002 : premi Haxtur a l'«Autor que Amamos», pel conjunt de la seva carrera Posthume 2019 : Inkwell Award especial Stacey Aragon, per tota la seva obra. Referències Bibliografia Dibuixants de còmics novaiorquesos Morts a l'estat de Nova York

Podcaster, writer, advocate, consultant, rabble rouser... I hate fundraising. But I hate ED more. When a group of parents around the world started F.E.A.S.T., the first internatonal group OF and SUPPORTING parents of ED patients, we didn't just want to copy what others were doing. We wanted to change the landscape of what families find and how they respond to these life-draining and life-threatening disorders. We believed two things were essential: Focus on what parents can DO. Follow the science. We knew we wanted to be a unique voice and that we might stir controversy. For that, we needed financial independence. You see, most advocacy is funded by sponsorships by those selling services to families. This is not to say that providers would tell us what to do, or that what they do was wrong, but an acknowledgement that financial independence would leave us free to focus on the message and not keeping sponsors happy. So, being financially independent means F.E.A.S.T. depends on the very people we represent: families. We depend on contributions from the F.E.A.S.T. community to do the work we do. Those contributions are not just how we pay the bills for our services but how we know what we do matters. Since 2007 parents and other supporters have been donating what they can to F.E.A.S.T. and by doing so they make the Around the Dinner Table forum possible, they make sure that there are parents represented at eating disorder events, they fund the written materials that families bring to their schools and doctors, and those kind donors make sure that the lonely mother at her computer in the middle of the night finds a place that assures her that it is not her fault and that she can, indeed, get her child back. F.E.A.S.T. is independent but also frugal. We don't have an office or paid staff. Everyone at F.E.A.S.T. is a volunteer working from a kitchen table or their laptop in the den. We don't spend donations on stationery or pens: we spend it on supplying services and providing information. Independence means F.E.A.S.T. is focused on our mission and not cultivating donors. I hate fundraising, myself. But independence has its cost. If we don't want to have to worry whether Hospital One wishes we wouldn't talk about evidence-based outcomes, or worry that parents at one of our conferences will feel more trusting of XYZ Clinic because they paid for a conference breakfast then we can't play the sponsor game and we have to operate on less and get it from our own members. Notably, we rarely ask folks for money. We don't pepper our members with fundraising appeals, nor do we make donations a condition of membership. We believe parents and caregivers have a great deal on their minds and don't need to see a fundraising message every time they hear from us. But F.E.A.S.T. isn't made of fairy dust and we do need to get donations to continue our work. Donating to F.E.A.S.T. in any amount is more than a money thing. It's a vote of support for the parent perspective, and for good science. It's paying it forward to the parents who will need F.E.A.S.T. for the first time tomorrow morning, or next month, or next year. If what we do matters to you make sure it is there for others. Be part of making the world a better place for families facing eating disorders. #FEASTis5 #5YearsStrong #CelebrateFEAST Maudsley Myths Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh The award-winning author and parent mental health advocate helped found F.E.A.S.T. and works at Circum Mensam LLC Circum Mensam LLC New Plates Podcast: NEW listen online free Eating With Your Anorexic Throwing Starfish Across the Sea The Auldton Laughing Club The Specific Scent of Snakes Follow @LauraCollinsLM view and review clinics and clinicians Eating Disorders Treatment Accountability Council What not to say over Thanksgiving Dirty Laundry? Research study: Are you a mother who has had an ea... The picture wall is growing: where's your pic? Principles and Scenarios, and a Bungee Jump Wait, why DON'T we all get along?

Aayush Rijal, known also as Gopal Rijal, (born February 6, 1980) is a Nepali film actor, creative director, and narrator. His credits include music videos, television commercials, documentaries, and more than 30 feature films. Rijal began his cinematic career as a cinematographer. Filmography Political life During the 2017 Nepalese general election,Rijal was reported near to Nepali Congress. Awards Music Videos Nabirse Timi Lai References Nepalese actors Nepalese film editors Nepali film award winners 1980 births Living people People from Dhading District

Golf Instruction – Are you getting your moneys worth? Many years ago I read a book called the Talent Code. I was given this book by a very wise man who happens to be a dear friend and mentor. His name is Dean Beaman, the former commissioner of the PGA Tour. Of the many brilliant points the book writer came to, one stood out as clear as any I have ever seen put in words. That is great performers are not born their trained. They also have a deep desire and drive to do what most will not. Here in lies one of the big problem though. Are you willing to work? Do you have access to do the work? Do you have the financial ability? Do you have the coaching? In my golf career I also had a desire to be a World Champion. I was entirely fortunate to go take a golf lesson and then many golf lessons hundreds if you will from a very competent teachers named John Anselmo and Ben Doyle. John was Tigers 2nd official golf instructor. We both took lessons from John at Meadowlark golf club in Huntington Beach CA. I got good fast. I went from scoring in the mid 90s to below scratch in under 2 years. How you ask? Hard work. Acess. Competent fundamental based golf instruction. John was well into his late 60s by the time I started receiving his wisdom. This is another brilliant point that the Talent Code points out. The greatest coaches and teachers are all older most well into there late 50s to as old as in there 80s. Why? Wisdom, you can learn a great deal in school but wisdom is earned and given by God. I am also puzzled by the so called teacher who's own ability to play at a high level is non existent. There is an instructor in my area that could not pass the playing ability test for the PGA. This is a very easy test. You basically have to shoot two rounds of 74 or 75 on a relatively easy golf course with a easy set up on that golf course. Yet this so called top 100 instructor failed many times and gave up. Like many in the Golf instruction arena these days it is my opinion these are the guys who first need to figure how to play before they teach. These people advise on theory and in my opinion are the problem with why golf is not growing. They are literally ripping unsuspecting golfers off. Beware of these charlatans they can wreck your ability to improve or worse instruct you going backwards. How then do you find the one out of ten good instructors out there? The criteria is simple in my opinion. Do they have a competitive high level playing history? Have they or are they teaching good players? Are they a member of the PGA? Why you ask on the last question? Would you hire a attorney with no law degree or no law school? At least they showed respect enough for their ability to coach so as to obtain this criteria. All this is still no absolute guarantee but your chances of receiving what you paid for is highly increased.

YMCA Camp Elks provides campers with a classic outdoor day camp experience. Nestled in the heart of Boulder, Camp Elks is an outdoor, nature-based program where campers have the opportunity to make new friends through adventure, challenge and exploration. Each day at camp begins with an opening ceremony where stories, music and funny anecdotes get us ready for the day's events. Campers will enjoy day trips to some of Colorado's most beautiful hiking destinations. Kids will also spend their summer days in camp shooting archery, cooling off at our on-site pool and expressing their creative side through arts and crafts, drama, sports, gaga ball and fun games. Campers can also add horseback riding and rock climbing each week. Each week ends with a closing campfire (symbolic) where campers and counselors come together to share stories, recognize each other through character values and reflect on their time at camp. Optional drop-off and pick-up service available at the Arapahoe YMCA in Lafayette (sessions 1-11 only). Drop off and pick up time TBA. You must register for this separately. Space is limited. You must confirm your part-time days with your camp director. Appreciate some of the world's smallest beauties that we may take for granted, and learn about their importance in agriculture, ecosystems and art. Prepare to be amazed as we learn about the world's largest living organisms, from both the present and past. Unique conditions make for the most special of life forms. Learn how to find these hidden gems, and how to keep their habitats intact. Let's focus on appreciating the biota underfoot, and why we need to protect these ecosystems. We'll dive into the world of rivers, streams, lakes and ponds, and learn about Colorado's important relationship with water. Experience the sky as an ecosystem, one that is shared with the whole world. Take your summer camp experience to new heights — literally. Campers can add horseback riding and rock climbing at the Boulder Rock Club to camp. Come along, it's gonna be an exciting ride. $65 per week. Must select these options when registering. Not available during session 12. Campers will be bussed to Sombrero Ranches for a fun morning of horseback riding. Thursdays. $65 per week. Campers will be bussed to the Boulder Rock Club for two hours of basic technique instruction, top rope climbing, harness safety, wall climbing, auto belaying and bouldering. Wednesdays. $65 per week.

Michel Deville French film director and screenwriter For the Belgian Olympic hockey player, see Michel Deville (field hockey). (1931-04-13) 13 April 1931 (age 90) Boulogne-Billancourt, France Film director Michel Deville (born 13 April 1931) is a French film director and screenwriter. Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s, paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors. He never achieved the level of critical and international recognition of some of his contemporaries such as François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard and Claude Chabrol, possibly because of his more conventional filmmaking style. Nevertheless, his films, especially his comedies from the 1970s and 1980s, were popular in his native France.[citation needed] One of Deville's comedies, La Lectrice (The Reader) was probably his biggest success with international audiences. La Lectrice is about a woman (played by Miou-Miou), who finds work reading novels for the blind but gradually finds herself unwittingly attracting a clientele of fetishists who enjoyed being read to. At one time his films were difficult to find in North America but presently (2007) seven of his films are available in DVD in the U.S. His 1980 film Le Voyage en douce was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] Five years later, his film Death in a French Garden was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] A clip from his 1968 film Benjamin is included in Robert Bresson's Une Femme Douce (1969). Michel Deville La Maladie de Sachs 1958 A Bullet in the Gun Barrel Yes Yes 1961 Tonight or Never Yes Yes 1962 Adorable Liar Yes Yes 1963 Because, Because of a Woman Yes Yes Also as producer 1963 Girl's Apartment Yes Yes 1964 Les Petites Demoiselles Yes Yes Telefilm 1964 Lucky Jo Yes Yes 1966 The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen Yes Yes 1966 Martin Soldat Yes Yes 1967 Zärtliche Haie Yes 1968 Benjamin Yes Yes Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film 1969 Bye bye, Barbara Yes Yes 1970 The Bear and the Doll Yes Yes 1971 Raphael, or The Debauched One Yes Nominated—1971 Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or 1973 The Woman in Blue Yes 1974 Love at the Top Yes 1977 The Apprentice Heel Yes Yes 1978 Dossier 51 Yes Yes César Award for Best Writing French Syndicate of Cinema Critics - Best French Film Nominated—1978 Cannes Film Festival - Prix Un certain regard Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—César Award for Best Director 1980 Le Voyage en douce Yes Yes Nominated—30th Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear 1981 Eaux profondes Yes Yes 1983 The Little Bunch Yes 1984 Les Capricieux Yes Telefilm 1985 Death in a French Garden Yes Yes César Award for Best Director Nominated—35th Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear Nominated—César Award for Best Writing 1986 Paltoquet Yes Yes 1988 The Reader Yes Yes French Syndicate of Cinema Critics - Best French Film Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film Montreal World Film Festival - Grand Prix des Amériques 1990 Summer Night in Town Yes 1991 Lest We Forget Yes Segment: "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam" 1992 Toutes peines confondues Yes 1994 Aux petits bonheurs Yes 1997 La Divine Poursuite Yes Yes 1999 Sachs' Disease Yes Yes Chicago International Film Festival - Gold Hugo San Sebastián International Film Festival - Silver Shell for Best Director San Sebastián International Film Festival - Best Screenplay San Sebastián International Film Festival - Solidarity Award 2002 Almost Peaceful Yes Yes Nominated—59th Venice International Film Festival - Golden Lion 2005 The Art of Breaking Up Yes ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for Le Voyage en douce". imdb.com. Retrieved 21 August 2010. ^ "Berlinale: 1985 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 12 January 2011. Michel Deville at IMDb Films directed by Michel Deville A Bullet in the Gun Barrel (1958) Tonight or Never (1961) Adorable Liar (1962) Because, Because of a Woman (1963) Girl's Apartment (1963) Lucky Jo (1964) The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen (1966) Kiss Me General (1966) Zärtliche Haie (1967) Benjamin (1968) Bye bye, Barbara (1969) The Bear and the Doll (1970) Raphael, or The Debauched One (1971) The Woman in Blue (1973) Love at the Top (1974) The Apprentice Heel (1977) Dossier 51 (1978) Le Voyage en douce (1980) Eaux profondes (1981) The Little Bunch (1983) Death in a French Garden (1985) Paltoquet (1986) The Reader (1988) Summer Night in Town (1990) Lest We Forget (1991) Toutes peines confondues (1992) Aux petits bonheurs (1994) La Divine Poursuite (1997) Sachs' Disease (1999) Almost Peaceful (2002) The Art of Breaking Up (2005) César Award for Best Director 1976 Bertrand Tavernier 1977 Joseph Losey 1978 Alain Resnais 1979 Christian de Chalonge 1980 Roman Polanski 1981 François Truffaut 1982 Jean-Jacques Annaud 1983 Andrzej Wajda 1984 Ettore Scola 1985 Claude Zidi 1986 Michel Deville 1987 Alain Cavalier 1988 Louis Malle 1990 Bertrand Blier 1991 Jean-Paul Rappeneau 1992 Alain Corneau 1993 Claude Sautet 1995 André Téchiné 1997 Patrice Leconte / Bertrand Tavernier 1998 Luc Besson 1999 Patrice Chéreau 2000 Tonie Marshall 2001 Dominik Moll 2002 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 2004 Denys Arcand 2005 Abdellatif Kechiche 2006 Jacques Audiard 2007 Guillaume Canet 2009 Jean-François Richet 2012 Michel Hazanavicius 2013 Michael Haneke 2015 Abderrahmane Sissako 2016 Arnaud Desplechin 2017 Xavier Dolan 2018 Albert Dupontel

Q: AJAX comments box with wordpress i am trying to create a comments section using Ajax in a website that uses wordpress and am trying to link it up in jQuery with a php file. i have tried every possible way yet it does not work. please help! I always get this error: POST http://localhost/ajax/comment_insert.php 404 (Not Found) i have tried addaing slashes, removing slashes.. everything! still not working! $(document).ready( function(){ $('#comment-post-btn').click( function(){ var _comment = $('#comment-post-text').val(); var _userId = $('#userId').val(); var _userName = $('#userName').val(); if (_comment.length > 0 && _userId != null ) { $('#comment-insert-container').css('border', '1px solid #e1e1e1'); $.post("/ajax/comment_insert.php", { task: "comment_insert", userId: _userId, comment:_comment }, function( data ){ console.log("ResponseText: " + data); } ); console.log(_comment + "User Name: " + _userName + "User Id:" + _userId ); } else { $('#comment-insert-container').css('border', '1px solid #ff0000'); console.log("text area emopty"); } //remove text from text area to insert another comment $('#comment-post-text').val(""); }); }); PHP code all what am trying to do is $_REQUEST here is the php code: ` print_r($_REQUEST); ?>` am running it on wamp server

@dannyjanvier is on Carousell - Follow to stay updated! La Germania with two gas burners. I bought this with a fair price. Really durable. I encourage monthly cleaning with Giff. You can unscrew it to clean thoroughly. I cleaned this baby for the last time. Reason that I'm selling this is because I'll be moving out of the country. The last of its kind. Capable of led tip selection: Dull Pointy Reason why I'm selling this is because I have an extra sharpener and I'm leaving the country. 2019 Starbucks Planner FULL STICKERS! 32" Normal Controller With HDMI cable HDMI x2 USB A x2 Cable functionality WiFi capable Netflix and YouTube and etc. Use an LG app to use the phone as a smart gesture controller. I'm selling this because: • I'm not an SM person • I'm not gonna be here. I'll be leaving out of the country in few months. Had a lot of fun with this thing. So rugged and handles water and travels like a charm. Awesome battery life. EPIC IN PARITES. RFS, upgrade.

// Copyright 2020 The Chromium Authors // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. #include "components/feed/core/v2/types.h" #include "base/json/json_reader.h" #include "base/json/json_writer.h" #include "base/logging.h" #include "base/strings/string_util.h" #include "components/feed/core/v2/persistent_key_value_store_impl.h" #include "testing/gtest/include/gtest/gtest.h" namespace feed { namespace { std::string ToJSON(base::ValueView value) { std::string json; CHECK(base::JSONWriter::WriteWithOptions( value, base::JSONWriter::OPTIONS_PRETTY_PRINT, &json)); // Don't use \r\n on windows. base::RemoveChars(json, "\r", &json); return json; } } // namespace TEST(PersistentMetricsData, SerializesAndDeserializes) { PersistentMetricsData data; data.accumulated_time_spent_in_feed = base::Hours(2); data.current_day_start = base::Time::UnixEpoch(); data.visit_start = base::Time::UnixEpoch() + base::Minutes(2); data.visit_end = base::Time::UnixEpoch() + base::Minutes(4); data.time_in_feed_for_good_visit = base::Seconds(30); data.did_report_good_visit = true; data.did_scroll_in_visit = true; const base::Value::Dict serialized_dict = PersistentMetricsDataToDict(data); const PersistentMetricsData deserialized_dict = PersistentMetricsDataFromDict(serialized_dict); EXPECT_EQ(R"({ "day_start": "11644473600000000", "did_report_good_visit": true, "did_scroll_in_visit": true, "time_in_feed_for_good_visit": "30000000", "time_spent_in_feed": "7200000000", "visit_end": "11644473840000000", "visit_start": "11644473720000000" } )", ToJSON(serialized_dict)); EXPECT_EQ(data.accumulated_time_spent_in_feed, deserialized_dict.accumulated_time_spent_in_feed); EXPECT_EQ(data.current_day_start, deserialized_dict.current_day_start); EXPECT_EQ(data.visit_start, deserialized_dict.visit_start); EXPECT_EQ(data.visit_end, deserialized_dict.visit_end); EXPECT_EQ(data.time_in_feed_for_good_visit, deserialized_dict.time_in_feed_for_good_visit); EXPECT_EQ(data.did_report_good_visit, deserialized_dict.did_report_good_visit); EXPECT_EQ(data.did_scroll_in_visit, deserialized_dict.did_scroll_in_visit); } TEST(PersistentMetricsData, DefaultValuesForGoodVisits) { PersistentMetricsData data; data.accumulated_time_spent_in_feed = base::Hours(2); data.current_day_start = base::Time::UnixEpoch(); const base::Value::Dict serialized_dict = PersistentMetricsDataToDict(data); const PersistentMetricsData deserialized_dict = PersistentMetricsDataFromDict(serialized_dict); EXPECT_EQ(R"({ "day_start": "11644473600000000", "did_report_good_visit": false, "did_scroll_in_visit": false, "time_in_feed_for_good_visit": "0", "time_spent_in_feed": "7200000000", "visit_end": "0", "visit_start": "0" } )", ToJSON(serialized_dict)); EXPECT_EQ(data.accumulated_time_spent_in_feed, deserialized_dict.accumulated_time_spent_in_feed); EXPECT_EQ(data.current_day_start, deserialized_dict.current_day_start); EXPECT_EQ(base::Time(), deserialized_dict.visit_start); EXPECT_EQ(base::Time(), deserialized_dict.visit_end); EXPECT_EQ(base::Seconds(0), deserialized_dict.time_in_feed_for_good_visit); EXPECT_EQ(false, deserialized_dict.did_report_good_visit); EXPECT_EQ(false, deserialized_dict.did_scroll_in_visit); } TEST(PersistentMetricsData, CanHandleMissingGoodVisitsState) { absl::optional<base::Value> dict = base::JSONReader::Read(R"({ "day_start": "11644473600000000", "time_spent_in_feed": "7200000000" } )"); ASSERT_TRUE(dict.has_value()); ASSERT_TRUE(dict->is_dict()); PersistentMetricsData data = PersistentMetricsDataFromDict(dict->GetDict()); EXPECT_EQ(base::Time(), data.visit_start); EXPECT_EQ(base::Time(), data.visit_end); EXPECT_EQ(base::Seconds(0), data.time_in_feed_for_good_visit); EXPECT_EQ(false, data.did_report_good_visit); EXPECT_EQ(false, data.did_scroll_in_visit); } TEST(Types, ToContentRevision) { const ContentRevision cr = ContentRevision::Generator().GenerateNextId(); EXPECT_EQ("c/1", ToString(cr)); EXPECT_EQ(cr, ToContentRevision(ToString(cr))); EXPECT_EQ(ContentRevision(), ToContentRevision("2")); EXPECT_EQ(ContentRevision(), ToContentRevision("c")); EXPECT_EQ(ContentRevision(), ToContentRevision("c/")); } TEST(Types, ContentHashSet) { feedstore::StreamContentHashList g1; g1.add_hashes(3); g1.add_hashes(1); feedstore::StreamContentHashList g2; g2.add_hashes(2); ContentHashSet v123(std::vector<feedstore::StreamContentHashList>{g1, g2}); feedstore::StreamContentHashList h1; h1.add_hashes(4); feedstore::StreamContentHashList h2; h2.add_hashes(1); h2.add_hashes(3); feedstore::StreamContentHashList h3; h3.add_hashes(2); ContentHashSet v1234( std::vector<feedstore::StreamContentHashList>{h1, h2, h3}); EXPECT_TRUE(v1234.ContainsAllOf(v123)); EXPECT_FALSE(v123.ContainsAllOf(v1234)); EXPECT_TRUE(v1234.Contains(4)); EXPECT_FALSE(v123.Contains(4)); EXPECT_FALSE(v123.IsEmpty()); EXPECT_TRUE(ContentHashSet().IsEmpty()); /*std::vector<uint32_t> actual_values( v1234.values().begin(), v1234.values().end()); std::vector<uint32_t> expected_values({1, 2, 3, 4}); EXPECT_EQ(expected_values, actual_values);*/ } } // namespace feed

From food52.com; serves 6-8; ready in about 45 minutes. Heat olive oil in a large metal pot and add in diced onions and sugar, stir to incorporate. Keep temperature on medium heat and saute until golden brown, around 15 minutes. Add in minced garlic and cook for a few minutes until garlic turns light brown. Drain the garbanzo beans and rinse well, add to the cooking pot along with the raisins and saute for 2 minutes. Add in the diced tomatoes with the liquid to the cooking pot, turn heat down to low. Cut the escarole in small chunky pieces and wash well. The best way to do this is to fill a very large bowl or sink with warm water and throw the cut escarole in the water and swish around several times. The dirt will sink to the bottom and the clean escarole will rise to the top. Take the clean escarole out and lay on a dry towel to dry off for a second. Add the escarole to the cooking pot. Stir the escarole every few minutes. The greens will start wilting down very fast. Braise this in the pot for around 15-20 minutes on low heat. Add the salt and ground pepper to taste. If you like cheese as much as I do you can top the dish of with some freshly grated parmesan or romano cheese.

Q: How to Mock Command Object that is inside Controller I have a controller class, inside of which i have a command object. I have a method find() which uses this command object as follows: class itemController{ //command object class SearchCommand{ String email static constraints={ email blank:false,email:true } def find = {SearchCommand sc -> if(!sc.hasErrors()){ ----- do something--- } } Now, I am writing a test case to test the find method in the controller. But the test case fails at if(!sc.hasErrors()) as sc is still 'null'. I am not sure how to handle this inner class command object in the test case. The test case that i have written so far is: class itemControllerTests extends ControllerUnitTestCase { void testFind(){ def model = controller.find() assertNotNull(model) } } How do I handle the inner class Command Object in the test case. Do I mock it? I have tried using mockCommandObject(?), but not sure how should i pass the inner class command object to this? A: You can use mockCommandObject Class RioController class RioController { class UserCommand{ String email static constraints = { email blank: false, email: true } } def load={UserCommand cmd -> if(cmd.validate()){ flash.message = "Ok" } else{ flash.message = "Where is the email?" } } } Class RioControllerTests import grails.test.mixin.* import org.junit.* @TestFor(RioController) class RioControllerTests { @Test void testLoad(){ mockCommandObject RioController.UserCommand controller.load() assert flash.message == "Where is the email?" params.email = "verynew@email.com" controller.load() assert flash.message == "Ok" } }

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Methodcabinet Previews Center Methodical cabinet Folk Calendar Structure and Administration About Us in Media All material on this site is intended solely for review purposes without commercial use. Created by: Reprint articles permitted only when placing direct links https://www.cultura.kh.ua Exemplary choreographic group "Droplet» Krasnogradsky District House of Culture Exemplary choreographic group "droplet" was established in 1988. In 1994, awarded the title of "model». Dancing different character repertoire consists of staff: national "Ukrainian dyvotsvit", "Pleskach", "Peddlers" plot, humorous "Porushka-Parana," pop "Hafaka", "Everything in Delhi hats ». «droplet» more than 80 participants are children aged 5 to 17 rokiv.Kerivnyk team - Irina Pilipenko, a professional level, constantly working to improve performance skills team. For a significant contribution and promotion of amateur dance art Irina has awarded letters of appreciation of the Culture Administration, District Department of Culture, the district administration. choreographic group "droplet" is very popular among the inhabitants of the region. Permanent member of International, regional, district, competitions, festivals, reviews. For successful performances in regional events, "borderless flow", "Spring Bells," "Spring colors", "Dyvohray", "Colorful carousel" team was repeatedly awarded with diplomas and certificates. In 2007, the National festival-contest of children's folk dance "Toloka" (Kharkov), the team was awarded the Third degree. Folk Dance Ensemble «Joy» Volchansky District House of Culture Founded Ensemble - March 23, 1953. In 1967 - the group was given the honorary title of "amateur folk dance». The repertoire of the ensemble, there are 37 dance songs of them - Ukrainian: "Welcome", "Kolomyyky", "Hopak" n "Russkaya quadrille", "Svetyt month" and Moldavia, Belarus and modern dance. To date, the band engaged in children and adults of three age groups (4 to 40 years), and he has 30 participants of the primary and middle part and 60 dancers preparatory group. for 48 years the team was headed by Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine Vasyl P. Gromov. Since 2001, the case was continued by his pupil, Alexei Ivanovich clamps. In October 2006 the ensemble participated in the first regional qualifying round of the Ukrainian Festival Competition. P. Virsky, which took third place. Also awarded for participation in local festivals - "Slobozhanska colors" (Kharkov, 2007), "Dancing Kharkiv" (Kharkov, 2007). currently no massive cultural district event does not occur without the participation of the national amateur dance ensemble "Joy». exemplary ensemble variety dancesport "Vizavi» Solonytsivskoho children's club "Eaglet" Dergachivsky District team sports pop-dance "Vizavi" was established in 1992 based on Solonytsivskoho kids' club "Eaglet." In December 2001 the team managed by Alexander O. flying, awarded the title of "model». repertoire includes imaginative, meaningful story room with stylistic unity and choreographic imagery resolution. Manager creates dance compositions in the form of mini-play or theatrical act: "Prayer," "Adagio for dolls," "Hunting wolves». in ensembles involved three children ages (5 to 16 years) and has 47 participants. head of nontrivial collective Alexandra Alexandrovna volatile inherent responsibility and perseverance. She is a professional choreographer, director, uses in the new trends variety of sports choreography. For flying in 2006 was outstanding. For personal contribution to the revival and development of cultural and artistic traditions of the region, a highly artistic works, she received scholarships Kharkiv regional state administration in the field of Culture and Arts. PP Virsky, and in March 2007 she was awarded the title "Honorary Kharkiv in 2006». team sports pop-dance "Vizavi" constantly participates in district, regional, national and international festivals, competitions, in particular, in 2011. last victory was in this year's international competition choreography "Dancing Breeze" in Kerch, where the team was awarded I grade. exemplary ensemble Ballroom Dance Sport "range" Municipal House of Culture Kupyansk exemplary ensemble Ballroom Dance Sport "Spectrum" was created in 1985. In 2004, a high level and performance art, active in the development and promotion of folk art ensemble was awarded the title of "exemplary" in 2007, the team confirmed this title. founder and leader of the team - Svetlana V. Shiryaeva. It is also one of the founders of public fund for gifted children "Legacy." The decision of the municipality number 41 on January 17, 2006 awarded the title "Man of the Year - 2005" in nomination "Culture and art». ensemble "Spectrum" - an active participant in regional activities, including regional festivals "borderless flow" and "Dance Extravaganza". On its own initiative in the city and district staff spends a lot of charity concerts, proceeds from which go on keeping kids somatic compartment of the central hospital Kupyansk. number of ensemble members - 20 men between the ages of 6 to 17 years. repertoire is based on point-sports and modern compositions, "Metamorphosis," "Illusions," "Formation", "This we». In 2010, received the Grand Prix I Ukrainian festival-competition dance ensembles' Cup Star Dance-2010 "(Luhansk), Winner of I grade (Festival-concert tour of Europe), the dancers' Spectra 'Alex Mordvinov and Tatiana Zaika took III place in the championship of Ukraine (Kiev, juniors), Cup holders Mordvinov peace Alex and Tatiana Zaika («Star Light2010» Kyiv). In 2011, the "Spectrum" took 3rd place in the open championship of Luhansk region among dance groups (Luhansk). Model Hobby choreographic groups «Smile» and «Baby-Boom» BC "vegetable" Merefa Kharkiv region choreographic collective «Smile» was founded in 1988, his first name "Ulыbka." Founder and leader of the group - Irina Serdyuk. In 2003 was opened younger choreographic group «Baby-Boom». Team «Smile» is composed of two age groups (11-15 and 8-10 years). Team «Baby-Boom» is the younger group «Smile», he in turn made up of older group (7-8 years), medium (5-7 years) and younger (3-4 years). Thanks to the fruitful work of the group over the past 5 years, systematically took prizes in competitions at various levels. In 2008 the group became an honorary member of the Association of Modern Dance Pop Ukraine in Kharkiv. Following the review, dance groups, Kharkiv region in 2009 was recognized as the best first among 46 teams represented. composition of groups - 80 participants. repertoire consists of dances of different dance genres: contemporary, folk, classic. Supporting choreographic collectives groups Ensemble Dance "Richness» Palace of Culture "chemist" Pervomaysk. Manager - Natalia Savelivna Zavodun. choreographic ensemble "Carousel» Palace of Culture "chemist" Pervomaysk. Manager - Irina Andreeva. choreographic ensemble "Zest» Bugaevskaya rural House of Culture, Izyumskogo area. Manager - Olga Myronchyk choreographic ensemble of national dance «Triumph» Shevchenko District House of Culture. Manager - Svetlana Smolyakova and Alina A. Barabanova. modern dance group "Neposedы» Khoroshevsky House of Culture, Kharkov region. Manager - Irina Emelyanivna Salohub. choreographic group "dance of the soul» choreographic group "Dance of the Soul" led by Viktor Ivanovich Podkolizna, former dancer of the Kharkov State Opera and Ballet for 5 years helps women over 40 to stay beautiful, slim, young heart and soul body. The repertoire of the group diverse in genre and style of dancing: Ukrainian, tango, Eastern, Lityn-American and others. Creative inspiration is transmitted to participating team leader and gives women of faith in yourself, femininity, health and attractiveness. staff willing to participate in public events, concerts, records and competitions. Three member team O.Dyeda, S.Danylina and S.Siryk with others presented in Kharkiv grand dance show of Ukraine "Square's». Activities » Department of Methodical Work » Creative Groups of the Region »

Use this form to work out how long to cook your roast Beef, Pork, Lamb, Chicken, Duck, Goose, Mongoose, Koala, Dog, etc for. Always read the instructions, remember to pre-heat the oven. When done make sure the juices run clear when poked with a sharp stick, allow the product to rest when taken out of the oven. Use this form at your own risk, it works for me. 190 C, 375 F, Gas Mark 5. 20 minutes per 500g plus 20 minutes extra. Ensure that the meat is properly cooked, and the juices run clear when pierced with a fork or skewer. Ensure that the chicken is piping hot and that no pink colour remains. If you are adding stuffing, add its weight to the chickens before calculating the cooking time. Always wash your hands after handling raw poultry. Rare - 20 minutes per 500g plus 20 minutes extra. Medium - 25 minutes per 500g plus 25 minutes extra. Well Done - 30 minutes per 500g plus 30 minutes extra. Cook raw meat thoroughly throughout until it is piping hot and no pink colour remains. 55 minutes per 1kg plus 25 minutes extra. Always check that the roast is cooked throughout, until piping hot and no pink colour remains. Duck contains more fat than chicken. Prick the skin with a fork to allow the fat to drain into the tray. If you are adding stuffing, add its weight to the ducks before calculating the cooking time.

The refrain of this mele is "Kū haʻaheo, e kuʻu Hawaiʻi." When we perform it, we are making a commitment. A pact to do just that, to stand proudly. This is a modern mele, written in contemporary times, but it calls back to mele and moʻolelo traditions of the past, because what we stand for when we chant these words is what we have always stood for as a people. The ʻāina and the lāhui. This video was recorded on April 3rd, 2015, one day after the first arrests were made on the mauna, and the mele taught within brings strength to aloha ʻāina everywhere. Mele like these, like "I Kū Mau Mau," like "Mele ʻAi Pōhaku," bring us together and remind us to just keep paddling. We are making a difference. Join our voices together and hoe a mau, e ka lāhui, hoe a mau.

Sometimes, what separates brunch from breakfast is the addition of some adult beverages. While not everyone digs AM drinks, a Caesar or a Mimosa does spark joy for many Vancouver brunch-goers. Happy hour, on the other hand, is a construct in its infancy in B.C., where the practice of offering and promoting discounted drinks during off-peak hours has only been allowed by the powers that be since mid-2014. Restaurants have largely embraced the trend, using it as a way to add on service hours ahead of dinner, or bridge the gap to offset lulls. Fill a Collins glass with ice, then add all ingredients in order (except garnish) and stir. Top with more ice and a splash of cider, and garnish with fresh apple slices. The Old Fashioned is, arguably, the original cocktail, or at least, the whisky version of it. The Mexican Firing Squad by Ryley Zucca. Dan Toulgoet photo. Shake all the ingredients except soda with ice. Strain over fresh ice in a Collins glass. Top with soda and garnish with a lime wheel. Serves 1. *La Mezcaleria's grenadine: Place 1 cup pomegranate juice (fresh is best, but bottled 100-per-cent pomegranate juice will also work) in a small saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat for approximately 5 minutes. To preserve the bright, fresh flavour, do not boil or reduce the juice. Remove from the heat and add 1 cup sugar and a couple of dashes of orange flower water. Stir until sugar is dissolved. This will keep, refrigerated, in a clean glass jar for up to a week. Read more about the inspiration behind this cocktail. "On the one hand, it's hard to mess it up. But on the other hand, it's hard to perfect," says Ryley Zucca of La Mezcaleria about the Margarita. Dan Toulgoet photo. It's the taste of a perfect summer afternoon: that citrus bite, the peppery hit of tequila, the touch of salt like the spray of a random ocean wave. We're talking about the Margarita, of course; the quintessential summer cocktail that holds a mysterious past. When it comes to this particular dame's history, no one really knows what the truth is. The coa is a specialized hoe used to harvest agave. Here it's also the inspiration for Luke McInnes' tequila-based variation on a Caribbean-style swizzle, now on the menu at Blue Water Café. Stir—or swizzle—all the ingredients together in a highball glass, then fill the glass with crushed ice. Garnish with a sprig of mint. Serves 1. The I Sat By The Ocean Cocktail by Jhol Spindler. Rebecca Wellman photo.

Guest Columnist: Why Won't Lois Wexler Debate? By Harold Zwillick Lois Wexler has this statement posted on her District 5 (Broward County Commission) Web site: "I strive to be accessible and responsive to your issues and concerns. Your opinions and thoughts are important to me. Please feel free to contact me at anytime by calling 954-357-7005 or by e-mail at: lwexler@broward.org. Being that Mrs. Wexler says she strives to be accessible, why will she not debate the issues with her opponent for County Commission, Mr. Russell Setti, nor respond to media questionnaires regarding politics, such as CBS Channel 4? If Lois Wexler is this inaccessible to the public prior to the election, how accessible would she be, if she should she win the vote of the people? I find it DISTURBING, that an elected officials governmental website, is being used as a subliminal Political campaign site. Isn't this Illegal? If this is legal, perhaps some of her campaign funds should be given to the county to fund some of Broward counties Budget Shortfalls 6 Responses to "Guest Columnist: Why Won't Lois Wexler Debate?" Richard J Kaplan says: It absolutely is legal. Probably most elected official's web sites have similar language. Whether you believe it is true or not is something else, and granted, some elected officals are more accessible than others. However, I believe that all of them read, or have read, whatever comments sent to them. If a voter is unsatisfied with the response, it may dictate how that voter will vote in the future. Accessibility and debating may not be mutually the same, or some may believe they should be. The voter will decide. Oops!!! says: Hey Richard Kaplan, You know that Wexler is down right in bed w/one of the heaviest Lobbyists in Broward County and that's Judy Stern, who in the world do you think gave her the idea "NOT" to debate? Mr Zwillick, Please note, Wexler hates to be confronted on issues that she hasn't a clue about and she's not sure how she would vote. In some cases, she's all talk and no action. That's Lois Wexler and she's not related to Robert Wexler at all, she likes using the name because it makes her powerful and strong… You don't like Lois Wexler, fine. You don't think she does her job the way you feel your elected officials should, fine. Or doesn't respond or debate or knows the answers to your problems, etc., fine. Don't vote for her. However, don't blame Lois Wexler for having the same name as Congressman Wexler (it's not like she had a crystal ball to know who to marry years ago to coincidental have a last name of another popular congressman), or hiring Judy Stern (which it is well recognized that she has had her share of success, so it is a strategic choice that may or may not work), or decides not to debate (which is a strategy which may or may not be the best decision). Just take it for what it is, and Vote as you believe is best. Wexler won't debate because she's too vulnerable. She has no record of success–on the commission or the school board. She has alienated the county and put it at a standstill. The county budget increased by 40-million this year. She was in favor of firing 300 people, actually wanted to put more out of work, including the administrator Bertha Henry. Wexler is a racist and has little to no grasp of the issues. She's never had a job–or a college education. She's a profession politician. There's no way she would debate–it would expose her for her true self. She doesn't even live in the district –just like her namesake–the other Wexler. Beth The Bounty Hunter says: Lois can be a real bitch BUT she does her homework and if she doesn't know an answer she will search for it. She did a good job on the School Board but I haven't watched commission meetings at all. That's the problem..she NEVER knows the answer–or the questions for that matter. Kudos to you bounty hunter for not following commission meetings. Trust me, ignorance–like yours really is bliss.

7 Celebrities Who Worked On the Trucks in The Past Chris O'Dowd never returns borrowed designer suits Olga Kurylenko Photos Olga Kurylenko info Born: 14 November, 1979 Birth Name: Olga Konstantinovna Kurylenko Also Known As: Olga Kurylenko, Olga Kutylenko, Olha Kostiantynivna Kurylenko Spouse: Damian Gabrielle ( 2006 – 2007) (divorced) Cedric van Mol ( 2000 – 2004) (divorced) Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations Known for: Max Payne , The Assassin Next Door , Quantum of Solace , Hitman , Paris, Je T'Aime and more. Watch movies with Olga Kurylenko online Movie Year There Be Dragons 2011 To the Wonder 2013 Oblivion 2013 Erased 2012 Vampire Academy 2014 Olga Kurylenko biography This block contains the information about Olga Kurylenko and provides an insight into the life of the celebrity. From here you can also learn when, how and why the profession of an actor was chosen. Some interesting facts are waiting for you here. Olga Kurylenko was born in November 1979 in Bryansk, in southern Ukraine. She had a typical Soviet childhood, in the same apartment with her were living her: aunt, uncle, cousin and grandparents. When she was 3, her parents divorced, and she remained with her mother. At the age of 13 years, Olga and her mother relocated to Moscow, where she was noticed by a representative of the modelling school, almost immediately. She was only 17th when she accepts a contract with a modeling agency in Paris. So she relocated to Paris. By the time she got 18th , she appeared on the covers of the most prestigious magazines, she worked as a model and source of inspirations for "Roberto Cavalli" and "Kenzo", later she became the face of "Triumph lingerie", "Bebe", "Clarins", and " Helena Rubinstein ". The first time Olga tried herself as an actress in 2003 for shooting a Seal's music video "Love is Divine", but a professional actress she became only in 2005. For the work "Finger of Love" she won the Brooklyn Film Festival award. In 2006, she performed in one scene of the film "Paris, I am in love with you". In 2007, Kurylenko has worked with Timothy Olyphant in the movie "The Hitman", where she played in a nude scene. In 2008, she performed Bond's girlfriend in "Quantum of Solace". In 2000, Olga got married with a French photographer Cedric van Mol, but four years later they divorced. In 2006 she married with an American businessman Damian Gabrielle, but soon the couple divorced. Currently she lives in Paris, since she received the French citizenship in 2001. Where Olga Kurylenko born? With the help of the Google satellite map you can find the place where Olga Kurylenko was born. By zooming in and out you can see the place itself and the area it is situated in and nearby. Find out where Olga Kurylenko was born. Now you can see the place itself even not traveling. Olga Kurylenko filmography Here you can learn about the movies Olga Kurylenko acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know. Movies & Videos Budget Year Opening weekend US box Office Quantum of Solace - Camille $200M 2008 $67.5M $168M Max Payne - Natasha $35M 2008 $17.6M $40.7M Hitman - Nika Boronina $24M 2007 $13.2M $39.7M Paris, Je T'Aime - La vampire (segment "Quartier de la Madeleine") $13M 2006 $39.2K $4.86M The Assassin Next Door - Galia $3M 2009 Centurion - Etain 2010 $42.8K $122K The Snake - Sofia 2006 L'annulaire - Iris 2005 А l'est de moi - La prostituйe russe 2008 To post a message, you need to login. If you don't have a MagWeb login, you can register here. Matt Damon: I'll return to New York if we become targets of paparazzi in L.A. Earlier, Matt Damon announced that he and his family are moving from New York to Los Angeles. He will live on the same street as his friend Ben Affleck so their kids can grow up together. However, Charlie Sheen donates $50,000 to charity Charlie Sheen has donated $50,000 to a charity organization called My Friend's Place. This organization helps young homeless people in Hollywood. Heather Carmichael, the executive director of Josh Brolin reveals he was a heroin user It's no secret that Josh Brolin has struggled with alcohol for years. The actor himself has talked about it and even checked into rehab late last year. But now he reveals that he has also had Is FKA Twigs Robert Pattinson's new girlfriend? Born on the same day David Moscow New York City, New York, USA Brandon, Wisconsin, USA D.B. Sweeney Shoreham, Long Island, New York, USA Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA Hoboken, New Jersey, USA Jessica Alba: I don't want to be stay-at-home mom Miley Cyrus: Elvis Presley twerked Madonna slams Lady Gaga in new song Jason Segel collects puppets Joan Rivers still in coma Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Rate celebrities Hey, what do you think of Anne Hathaway? © magweb.com, 2020 Contact us | About us

There's plenty of tea to spill when it comes to Cardi B admitting in an Instagram story that she used to drug and rob men. Now, one man has come forward claiming to be an alleged victim. Since none of this has gone to court and no arrests were made, everyone is listening to the man's story, but taking it with a grain of salt. The allegations surfaced after Cardi B's previous Instagram live story went viral. Though some don't believe him, he has garnered his fair share of support and is using the hashtag #mentoo. Now, people are comparing Cardi B to R. Kelly and even Bill Cosby and the hashtags #SurvivingCardi and #SurvivingCardiB are trending. Cardi B does not deny the statements in the video where she said she robbed and drugged men while working as a stripper. She released a statement via Twitter explaining her actions and said the following. Continuing in her statement, Carid B spoke about the alleged victims. You may read Cardi B's statement on Twitter below. Since Cardi B has spoken out about the video, the first of her alleged victims has come forward. He is on Instagram under the name JackKing_actor and has shared a number of videos telling his story of survival from his time spent in a hotel room with Cardi B. You may see one of his many videos from Instagram below. Though Cardi B has defended herself by saying the men she drugged and robbed were "conscious, willing, and aware" many people are asking how someone is conscious when drugged or willingly robbed. There seems to be a lot more to this story and stay tuned for the latest news and drama. What do you think about Jack King's story? Do you believe him? Do you believe Cardi B? Do you think Cardi B is like R. Kelly and Bill Cosby?

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Related subjects: Divinities About this schools Wikipedia selection This content from Wikipedia has been selected by SOS Children for suitability in schools around the world. Visit the SOS Children website at http://www.soschildren.org/ विष्णु Sanskrit Transliteration viṣṇu Bhagavan (Trimurti) Vaikunta, Ksheera Sagara Om Namo Narayanaya, Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya,Om Vishnave Namaha Sudarshana Chakra and the Kaumodaki Lakshmi, Bhudevi Vishnu (Sanskrit: विष्णु) is a main Vedic God (including His different avataras and/or expansions), venerated as the Supreme Being in the Vaishnavism. He is also commonly known as Narayana or Hari. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God. The Vishnu Sahasranama declares Vishnu as Paramatman (supreme soul) and Parameshwara (supreme God). It describes Vishnu as the All-Pervading essence of all beings, the master of—and beyond—the past, present and future, one who supports, sustains and governs the Universe and originates and develops all elements within. This illustrates the omnipresent characteristic of Vishnu. Vishnu governs the aspect of preservation and sustenance of the universe, so he is called "Preserver of the universe". In the Puranas, Vishnu is described as having the divine colour of water filled clouds, four-armed, holding a lotus, mace, shankha ( conch) and chakra (wheel). Vishnu is also described in the Bhagavad Gita as having a 'Universal Form' (Vishvarupa) which is beyond the ordinary limits of human perception or imagination. His eternal or permanent abode beyond the material universe is Vaikuntha which is a realm of eternal bliss and happiness. It is also known as Paramdhama, which means final or highest place for liberated souls, where they enjoy eternal bliss and happiness. Vaikuntha is situated beyond the material universe and hence, can not be perceived or measured by material science and logics. His other abode within the material universe is Ksheera Sagara, where he reclines and rests on Shesha. It is known to be the topmost realm in the material universe, even higher than Satyaloka where Brahma resides. Vishnu manages and sustains the universe from there. Hence, Ksheera Sagara is also sometimes known as local Vaikuntha of the material universe, which is approachable by demigods in order to meet the lord in case of any emergency or disturbance in universal balance. In almost all Hindu denominations, Vishnu is either worshipped directly or in the form of his ten avatara, most famous of whom are Rama and Krishna. The Puranabharti describes each of these Dasavatara of Vishnu. Among the ten principal Avatara described, nine have occurred in the past and one will take place in the future, at the end of Kali Yuga. These incarnations take place in all Yugas in cosmic scales, the avatars and their stories show that gods are indeed unimaginable, unthinkable and unbelievable. The Bhagavad Gita mentions their purpose as being to rejuvenate Dharma and vanquish negative forces, the forces of evil that threaten Dharma, as also to display His divine nature in front of the conditioned/fallen souls. The Trimurti (English: 'three forms'; Sanskrit: trimūrti) is a concept in Hinduism "in which the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction are personified by the forms of Brahma the creator, Vishnu the maintainer or preserver, and Shiva the destroyer or transformer." These three deities have been called "the Hindu triad" or the "Great Trinity". Of the three members of the Trimurti, the Bhagavata Purana, which espouses the Vaishnavite viewpoint, explains that the greatest benefit can be had from Vishnu. A 13th-century Cambodian statue of Vishnu At Chennakesava Temple at Belur, Karnataka India A 4th–6th century CE Sardonyx seal representing Vishnu with a worshipper. The inscription in cursive Bactrian reads: " Mihira, Vishnu (left) and Shiva". 12th century stone sculpture of God Vishnu flanked by two apsaras one with a fan(left) and the other with Tambura(right). The traditional explanation of the name Viṣṇu involves the root viś, meaning "to settle" (cognate with Latin vicus, English -wich "village", Slavic: vas -ves, or also (in the Rigveda) "to enter into, to pervade", glossing the name as "the All-Pervading One". An early commentator on the Vedas, Yaska, in his Nirukta, defines Vishnu as vishnu vishateh "one who enters everywhere", and yad vishito bhavati tad vishnurbhavati, "that which is free from fetters and bondages is Vishnu". Vishnu itself is the second name in the Vishnu Sahasranama, the thousand names of Vishnu. Adi Sankara in his commentary on the Sahasranama states derivation from viś, with a meaning "presence everywhere" ("As he pervades everything, vevesti, he is called Vishnu",). Adi Sankara states (regarding Vishnu Purana, 3.1.45): "The Power of the Supreme Being has entered within the universe. The root viś means 'enter into.'" Swami Chinmayananda, in his translation of Vishnu sahasranama further elaborates on that verse: "The root Vis means to enter. The entire world of things and beings is pervaded by Him and the Upanishad emphatically insists in its mantra 'whatever that is there is the world of change.' Hence, it means that He is not limited by space, time or substance. Chinmayananda states that that which pervades everything is Vishnu." The female form or avatar of Vishnu is Mohini. The number of auspicious qualities of Vishnu as the supreme god are countless, with the following six qualities being the most important: Jñāna (Omniscience), defined as the power to know about all beings simultaneously Aishvarya (Sovereignty), derived from the word Ishvara, which consists in unchallenged rule over all Shakti (Energy), or power, which is the capacity to make the impossible possible Bala (Strength), which is the capacity to support everything by will and without any fatigue Vīrya (Vigor), which indicates the power to retain immateriality as the supreme being in spite of being the material cause of mutable creations Tejas (Splendor), which expresses His self-sufficiency and the capacity to overpower everything by His spiritual effulgence Smriti and Shruti In the Yajur Veda, Taittiryia Aranyaka (10-13-1), Narayana sukta, Lord Narayana is mentioned as the supreme being. The first verse of Narayana sukta mentions the words "paramam padam" which literally means "highest post" and may be understood as the "supreme abode for all souls". Rigveda (1.022.20a) for Vishnu also mentions the same "paramam padam". This special status is not given to any deity in the Vedas apart from Lord Vishnu and Lord Narayana. This perhaps is an indication that Narayana is just the another name for Vishnu himself, thus establishing the his supremacy. Narayana is also one of the thousand names of Vishnu as mentioned in the Vishnu Sahasranama. In the Rigveda, Vishnu is mentioned 93 times. He is frequently invoked alongside other deities, especially Indra, who he helps in killing Vritra, and with whom he drinks Soma. His distinguishing characteristic in the Vedas is his association with light. Two Rigvedic hymns in Mandala 7 are dedicated to Vishnu. In 7.99, Vishnu is addressed as the god who separates heaven and earth. This characteristic he shares with Indra. Hymn 7.100 refers to the celebrated 'three steps' of Vishnu by which he strode over the universe and in three places planted his step. The 'Vishnu Sukta' ( RV 1.154) says that the first and second of Vishnu's strides (those encompassing the earth and air) are visible to men and the third is in the heights of heaven (sky). This last place is described as Vishnu's supreme abode in RV 1.22.20: The princes evermore behold / that loftiest place where Visnu is / Laid as it were an eye in heaven. (trans. Griffith) Griffith's "princes" are the sūri, either "inciters" or lords of a sacrifice, or priests charged with pressing the Soma. The verse is quoted as expressing Vishnu's supremacy by Vaishnavites. Though such solar aspects have been associated with Vishnu by tradition as well as modern-scholarship, he was not just the representation of the sun, as he traverses in his strides both vertically and horizontally. In hymns 1.22.17, 1.154.3, 1.154.4 he strides across the earth with three steps, in 6.49.13, 7.100.3 strides across the earth three times and in 1.154.1, 1.155.5,7.29.7 he strides vertically, with the final step in the heavens. The same Veda also says he strode wide and created space in the cosmos for Indra to fight Vritra. By his stride he said to have made dwelling for men possible, the three being a symbolic representation of its all-encompassing nature. This all-enveloping nature and benevolence to men were to remain the enduring attributes of Vishnu. As the triple-strider he is known as Tri-vikrama and as Uru-krama for the strides were wide. The general view is that Vedas place Indra in considerably superior position to Vishnu's Avatar of Vamana. Vamana helps Indra by restoring his Kingdom as mentioned in the Vamana Purana. An alternate translation is provided by Wilson (page 269 of document) according to Sayana. When Thy (younger brother) Viṣṇu (Vamana) by (his) strength stepped his three paces, then verily thy beloved horses bore thee. (Rigveda 8:12:27) Wilson also mentions the possible translation as given by Griffith as a footnote. However the following verse from Rig Veda renders the above translation by Wilson more probable. Him whose three places that are filled with sweetness, imperishable, joy as it may list them, Who verily alone upholds the threefold, the earth, the heaven, and all living creatures.(Rigveda 1:154:4) Wilson also offers alternate translation for Rigveda 10:113:2 (pages 318–319) Viṣṇu offering the portion of Soma, glorifies by his own vigor that greatness of his. Indra, the lord of wealth, with the associated gods having slain Vr.tra, became deserving of honour. (Rigveda 10:113:2) This verse glorifies Viṣṇu as one who is glorified by his own strength, while Indra became deserving of honour after having slain Vrtra only in association with other gods. However Viṣṇu praising other gods need not be taken as worship. Wilson translates as follows. Viṣṇu, the mighty giver of dwellings praises thee, and Mitra and Varuna; the company of Maruts imitates thee in exhilaration. (Rigveda 8:15:9) (page 280) The following verses show categorically Viṣṇu as distinguished from other gods in Rig Veda. He who presents (offering) to Viṣṇu, the ancient, the creator, the recent, the self-born; he who celebrates the great birth of that mighty one; he verily possessed of abundance, attains (the station) that is to be sought (by all). (Rigveda 1:156:2) (page 98) No being that is or that has been born, divine Viṣṇu, has attained the utmost limit of thy magnitude, by which thou hast upheld the vast and beautiful heaven, and sustained the eastern horizon of Earth.(Rigveda 7:99:2) (page 196) Vishnu blesses Indra: The divine Viṣṇu, the best of the doers of good deeds, who came to the pious instituter of rite (Indra), to assist (at its celebration), knowing (the desires of the worshiper), and present at the three connected period (of worship), shows favour to the Arya, and admits the author of the ceremony to a share of the sacrifice. (Rigveda 1:156:5) (page 99) However, Jan Gonda, the late Indologist, states that Vishnu, although remaining in the background of Indra's exploits, contributes by his presence, or is key to Indra's success. Vishnu is more than a mere companion, equal in rank or power to Indra, or sometime the one who made Indra's success possible. Moreover, even when Vishnu is described as subordinate to Indra, such a description is found in only the hymns to Indra, but in a kathenotheistic religion like that of the Rigveda, each god, for the time being, is supreme in the mind of the devotee. But in the Vaishnava canon the 'Vishnu' who is subordinate to Indra is identified as being none other than Vamana, who is Vishnu's Avatar, and he is different from the Supreme God Sreeman Narayana or Narayana who is referred to as Vishnu by Vaishnavites. Vishnu is not a mere sacrificial deity; he is a God who lives in the highest celestial region, compared with those who live in the atmospheric or terrestrial regions; Moreover, Vishnu is a god who is content with mere prayer, unlike almost all of the other gods who receive sacrificial offerings such as havis or soma. Vishnu with his consort Lakshmi resting on Shesha Nag from The Atha Naradiyamahapuranam. The Naradeya Purana describes the mechanics of the cosmos. Narada and Brahma are also pictured. However, in the Rig Vedic texts, the deity or god referred to as Vishnu is none other than the Sun God who also bore the name Suryanarayana, who in turn was also called Vishnu. So the 'Vishnu' referred to in the Rig Veda is none other than the Sun God Suryanarayana or Surya and he in turn, is entirely different from the Vishnu who is Sreeman Narayana (the Lord/Consort of Sree or Lakshmi, who is also the central deity in 'Vishnu Puranam', 'Vishnu Sahasranamam', 'Purusha Sooktham' (wherein he is identified very clearly not as the Sun or Suryanarayana (the purveyor of the skies), but as Narayana or Vishnu and further identified as the Supreme Lord who has Sreedevi (Lakshmi) and Bhoodevi (Goddess Earth or Bhoomi) as his wives/consorts("Hreeshcha-tey-Lakshmeeshcha-patnyauh"). The Vaishnavites make a further distinction by extolling the qualities of Vishnu or Narayana by highlighting him as a personality or entity much different from other deities like Siva, Brahma or the minor deity Surya the Sun who also bears the name Vishnu. In the Puranas Indra frequently becomes proud and haughty. This act of his incurs the displeasure of his creators namely Brahma, who along with Siva the Destroyer God start by giving boons to demons or Asuras like Hiranyaksha, Hiranyakashyapu, Ravana, who are able to defeat Indra in wars between the Devas and Asuras. Indra in turn has no option but to take advice of the sages who say that no one can save him but the Protector God Sreeman Narayana or Vishnu the Supreme Lord. Indra goes and prays before Vishnu for protection and the Supreme Lord obliges him by taking avatara or birth or generating himself on Earth in various forms i.e. first as amphibean, water-born being namely the Matsya or fish, then as a creature capable of living on land as well as water, i.e. the Koorma avatara (Tortoise), then half-man, half-animal namely Varaha (the Pig-faced/human-bodied Lord) and Narasimha (Lord with Lion face and claws and human body). Later the same Narayana or Vishnu appears as full-fledged human being in the form of Vamana (the short-heighted person), Parashuram, Ram, Krishna, Balarama or Buddha and finally as Kalki avataram for performing his task of protecting his devotees from the Asuras or anti-God, anti-religious entities. The Vaishnava canon claims absolute clarity in identification of the Supreme Lord Vishnu (Sreeman Narayana or Narayana) from the Vishnu of the Rig Veda who they claim is none other than the Sun GodSuryanarayana, who incidentally is also bears a secondary name Vishnu. In the Vaishnava canon, it is none other than Lord Vishnu or Sreeman Narayana who is their Supreme God who takes manifest forms or avatarams across various 'yugas (ages or periods) to save humanity from the clutches of evil beings, who became powerful after receiving boons from the two other Gods of the Trinity viz. Brahma and Shiva. They believe the acts of Sreeman Narayana also called Vishnu were certainly not performed by the minor deity Suryanarayana, or the Sun, also known as Vishnu of the Rig Vedas to be the Sun God Surya or Suryanarayana, who was also called and worshipped as Vishnu during the Rig Vedic period. This is borne out by the fact that neither are there are in number, very few temples dedicated to the Sun or Suryanarayana, nor indeed of the Vedic God Indra, nor is there any pronounced importance followed by worship of Indra in the Hindu religion, which practice was discontinued after Indra's defeat at the hands of the demons and Asuras and his forced abdication of the throne. Following the defeat of Indra and his displacement as the Lord of Heaven or Swarga, according to the Vaishnava canon, the Supreme Lord of the universe Sreeman Narayana or Vishnu takes his incarnations or avatarams on earth to save mankind, thus taking the place of the Supreme God with him not being worshipped and eulogized by Vaishnavites alone, but also getting recognized by Shaivites and the Smarthas. A direct consequence of this was the almost complete absence of Indra and to a lesser extent, of the Sun or Suryanarayana, a minor deity from Hindu temples from the deities being considered fit for worshipping as the chief or most important deity. A glaring example being quoted in support of non-worship of deities like Indra or non-prominence of other major Gods like Shiva and Brahma, (who is in any case not having more than a temple or two on earth) by Vaishnavites is the fact of their Supreme Lord Vishnu or Narayana taking avatarams to defeat and kill either the demons or Asuras like Hiranyaksha, Hiranyakashyipu or Ravana who have vanquished Indra himself and/or demons who have empowered themselves by pleasing and getting boons from other powerful Gods like Brahma and Shiva. These demons received boons making them virtually indestructible by any person. But Narayana or Vishnu outwits them by appearing as half-human half-animal before demons like Hiranyakashyipu (who had taken a boon that he will not be killed at any specific time of the day or by any human or animal) or Ravana (who becomes invincible by taking a boon from God Shiva that he will not be killed by any Deva – a celestial being with godly powers) who is considered the greatest among devotees of Shiva gets slayed by Vishnu, who appears before him as a mere human being i.e. Lord Rama, the son of Dasharatha. The Vaishnava canon thus claims supremacy of Vishnu even among the Gods by quoting his victories over or killing of those very powerful entities who are themselves devotees of other Gods like the creator Brahma or the destroyer Shiva. The Vaishnava canon finally distinguishes Narayana or the Supreme Lord Vishnu from other deities like Shiva the Destroyer or Brahma the creator, first by pointing out the accepted iconography or sculptures of Vishnu in reclining position as having the creator Brahma sprouting or emerging from Vishnu's navel i.e. showing Brahma himself as having been created by Vishnu out of his own person. This is interpreted as the creator being created by his own creator i.e. Brahma himself being created by Vishnu and going on to create the Universe on the instructions of Vishnu. Secondly, Rudra or Shiva is none other than the Son of Brihaspati. Thirdly, there is the act of the creator Brahma and the destroyer God Shiva go on to give boons to demons or Asuras and as a consequence of granting boons to evil beings, they divest themselves of their powers to eliminate them, which are now vested with the Supreme Lord among the Gods i.e. Vishnu or Narayana also called Sreeman Narayana, who takes various avatars or forms to come to earth to slay or defeat those demons. This is again interpreted as the triumph of Lord Vishnu or Narayana because it would mean that Shiva and Brahma can only grant boons to good beings and since they cannot distinguish between the two types of beings, they have to entrust this responsibility to the God who protects all good beings. Thus, they have no option but to leave all devotees under the care of the Protector Lord, i.e. the Supreme Lord of the Vaishnava canon, i.e. Lord Narayana or Vishnu. Third and lastly, the Vaishnava canon makes the final distinction in addition to the above two qualities of Lord Vishnu or Narayana, so as to reinforce his pre-eminence and supremacy among all the Gods because Sreeman Narayana or Vishnu in his myriad forms never ever grants a wish to evil beings, as is done according to the Puranas by both the creator God Brahma or the destroyer God Shiva. So they regard Sreeman Narayana or Vishnu as a protector God who makes a clear distinction between bad and good beings and never favours or grants boons or wishes to evil entities as would be done by both Shiva and Brahma and is thus regarded by them as the only God worthy of worship as the preferred deity. The above actions of Vishnu automatically led to the lowering of status of Indra among Hindu deities and leads directly to the ascendancy of Vishnu or Narayana, as per the Vaishnava canon. Four-armed Vishnu, Pandya Dynasty, 8–9th century CE. In the Rigveda, Shakala shakha: Aitareya Brahmana Verse 1 : agnir vai devānām avamo viṣṇuḥ paramas, tadantareṇa sarvā anyā devatā declares that Agni is the lowest or youngest god and Vishnu is the greatest and the oldest God. In the Brahmanas, the supremacy of Lord Vishnu is clearly announced. Here He is repeatedly addressed as "Yajnapati" or the one whom all the sacrifices are meant to please. Even if the sacrifices are offered to the demigods, Lord Vishnu is the one who accepts the sacrifice and allots the respective fruits to the performer. There is mention of one such incident where a demonic person performs a sacrifice by abducting the rishis (Sanskrit name for sages who constantly meditate by chanting God's name) forcefully. The sacrifice was meant to bring about the destruction of Indra. But the rishis,who used to worship Indra as a demigod were intelligent enough to alter a single pronunciation of the ved-mantra. The purpose of the entire sacrifice was reversed. When the fruit of the sacrifice was given, when the demon was on the verge of dying, he clearly calls out to lord Vishnu,whom he addresses as Supreme Godhead and "the father of all living entities including himself". Aitareya Brahmana: 1:1:1 mentions Vishnu as the Supreme God. But in the Vaishnava canon, in different ages, with Vishnu in different forms, his relationship with the 'asuras' or evil-beings including demons (Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashyipu were considered demons) has always been adversarial, with the asuras always causing harm or killing good beings including sages and devotees of Vishnu, with the sages and 'devas' (celestial beings including Indra – not considered a God in Vaishnava canon) doing penance and calling out to Lord Vishnu for protection. In response to the call of devotees and being described as the one and only saviour of the world, Sreeman Narayana or Vishnu, being the Protector God, always obliges by taking avatarams (incarnations as Narasimha, Rama etc.) to finally vanquish and eliminate the asuras. In the Vaishnava canon, Narayana or Lord Vishnu is clearly defined as one who has never given or granted any boons to the asuras (to clearly distinguish him from other gods like Shiva and Brahma, who granted boons to demons or evil beings), but he is the only God called upon to save good beings by defeating or killing the very evil beings who became powerful or even invincible after being granted boons by the destroyer Shiva and the creator Brahma. In any case Lord Vishnu himself is not a Brahmana. He belongs to Satriyan group. Sayana writes that Aitareya Brahmana 1-1-1 agnir vai devānām avamo viṣṇuḥ paramas,tadantareṇa sarvā anyā devatā does not indicate any hierarchy among gods. Even in Rigveda Samhita, where avama and parama are not applied to denote rank and dignity, but only to mark place and locality. In Rigveda 1:108:9,: yadindrāghnī avamasyāṃ pṛthivyāṃ madhyamasyāṃ paramasyāmuta sthaḥ | i.e., in the lowest place, the middle (place), and the highest (place). Agni, the fire, has, among the gods, the lowest place; for he resides with man on the earth ; while the other gods are either in the air, or in the sky. Vishnu occupies the highest place ; for he represents (in the Rigveda) the sun in its daily and yearly course. The words avama and parama is to be understood as 'First' and 'Last' respectively. To prove this meaning to be the true one, Sayana adduces the mantra (1,4. As'val. Sr. S. 4, 2), agnir mukham prathamo devatanam samgathanam uttamo vishnur asit, i.e., Agni was the first of the deities assembled, (and) Vishnu the last. In the Kausitaki-Brahmana (7.1) Agni is called avarardhya (instead of avama), and Visnu parardhya(instead of parama),i.e., belonging to the lower and higher halves (or forming the lower and higher halves). The Vishnu Purana gives tremendous importance to the worship of Vishnu, but mentions that sacrifices to Sreeman Narayana are to begin only with both the lighting of fire or 'Agni', pouring of sacrificial offerings to Narayana or Vishnu in 'Agni' so that those offerings reach the Supreme God Vishnu and are accepted by him. Worship of Lord Vishnu through Yagnyas (or Homams) and other rituals, will not bear fruit or the desired result in case 'Agni' is not given any role in the process. Muller says "Although the gods are sometimes distinctly invoked as the great and the small, the young and the old (RV. i. 27. 13), this is only an attempt to find the most comprehensive expression for the divine powers, and nowhere is any of the gods represented as the slave of others. It would be easy to find, in the numerous hymns of the Veda, passages in which almost every single god is represented as supreme and absolute." However this notion is not completely correct as per the following verses, which shows Rig Veda does recognize one or more gods being subject to other god(s). Him whose high law not Varuna nor Indra, not Mitra, Aryaman, nor Rudra breaketh, Nor evil-hearted fiends, here for my welfare him I invoke, God Savitar, with worship.(Rigveda 2.038.09) I invite to this place, with reverential salutations, for my good, that divine Savita, whose functions neither Indra, nor Varun.a, nor Mitra nor Aryaman nor Rudra nor the enemies (of the gods), impede. (Rigveda 2.038.09) The following verse suggests Rudra gaining his strength from worship of Viṣṇu. With offerings I propitiate the branches of this swift-moving God, the bounteous Visnu. Hence Rudra gained his Rudra-strength: O Asvins, ye sought the house that hath celestial viands.(Rigveda 7.040.05) Viṣṇu Smṛti Vishnu and Lakshmi riding on Vishnu's Vahana Garuda – Painting from Rajasthan, Bundi, c.1730 (in Los Angeles County Museum of Art ) The Viṣṇu Smṛti (700-1000AD) is one of the latest books of the Dharmaśāstra tradition of Hinduism and also the only one which does not deal directly with the means of knowing dharma, focusing instead on the bhakti tradition and requiring daily puja to the god Viṣṇu. It is also known for its handling of the controversial subject of the practice of sati (the burning of a widow on her husband's funeral pyre). The text was not actually composed by the sage Viṣṇu himself, but rather by an individual or group writing much after his death. This group brought together a collection of all of the commonly known legal maxims which were attributed to the sage Viṣṇu into one book as the Indian oral culture began to be recorded more formally. 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G. Krishnamurti Ramachandra Dattatrya Ranade Hindu denominations Hinduism by country Hindu pilgrimage sites Hinduism portal Hindu Mythology portal Vishnu is the only Bhagavan as declared in the Bhagavata 1.2.11 in the verse: "vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvam yaj jnanam advayam brahmeti paramatmeti bhagavan iti sabdyate". The meaning of the verse is as follows: "Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Paramātma, and Bhagavan." In the Vishnu Purana (6.5.79) the personality named Parashara Rishi defines six bhagas as follows: aiśvaryasya samagrasya vīryasya yaśasaḥ śriyaḥ jñāna-vairāgyayoś caiva ṣannāḥ bhaga itīṇganā Jiva Gosvami explains the verse in his Gopala Champu (Pūrva 15.73) and Bhagavata Sandarbha 46.10: jñāna-śakti-balaiśvarya-vīrya-tejām.sy aśeṣataḥ bhagavac-chabda-vācyāni vinā heyair guṇādibhiḥ "The substantives of the word bhagavat (bhagavat-śabda-vācyāni) are unlimited (aśes.atah.) knowledge (jñāna), energies (śakti), strength (bala), opulence (aiśvarya), heroism (vīrya), splendor (tejas), without (vinā) objectionable (heyair) qualities (guṇādibhiḥ)." Vishnu possesses six such divine glories, namely, Jñāna Omniscient; defined as the power to know about all beings simultaneously; Aishvarya Opulence, which persists in unchallenged rule over all; Shakti Energy, or power, which is the capacity to make the impossible possible; Bala Strength, which is the capacity to support everything by his will and without any fatigue; Virya Vigour, or valour which indicates the power to retain immateriality as the Supreme Spirit or Being in spite of being the material cause of mutable creations; Tèjas Resplendent, or Splendour, which expresses his self-sufficiency and the capacity to overpower everything by his spiritual effulgence; cited from Bhakti Schools of Vedanta, by Swami Tapasyananda. However, the actual number of auspicious qualities of Vishnu is countless, with the above-mentioned six qualities being the most important. Other important qualities attributed to Vishnu are Gambhirya (inestimatable grandeur), Audarya (generosity), and Karunya (compassion). Natya Shastra lists Vishnu as the presiding deity of the Sringara rasa. The Rigveda says: Vishnu can travel in three strides. The first stride is the Earth. The second stride is the visible sky. The third stride cannot be seen by men and is the heaven where the gods and the righteous dead live. (This feature of three strides also appears in the story of his avatar Vamana called Trivikrama.) The Sanskrit for "to stride" is the root kram; its reduplicated perfect is chakram ( guņa grade) or chakra ( zero-grade), and in the Rigveda he is called by epithets such as vi-chakra-māņas = "he who has made 3 strides". The Sanskrit word chakra also means "wheel". That may have suggested the idea of Vishnu carrying a chakra. Vishnu (Beikthano in Burmese) on his mount, the garuda, in the traditional Burmese depiction. Five forms In Sri Vaishnavism, another school, Vishnu assumes five forms: In the Para Form, Para is the highest form of Vishnu found only in Sri Vaikunta also called Moksha, along with his consort Lakshmi, (and Bhuma Devi and Nila devi, avatars of Lakshmi) and surrounded by liberated souls like Ananta, Garuda, and a host of Muktas (liberated souls). In the Vyuha form which itself divides into four, Vishnu assumes four forms, which exercise different cosmic functions and controls activities of living beings. In the Vibhava form, Vishnu assume various manifestations, called Vibhavas, more popularly known as Avataras from time to time, in order to protect the virtuous, punish the evil-doers and re-establish righteousness. In the Antaryami; "Dwelling within" or "Suksma Vasudeva" form, Vishnu exists within the souls of all living beings and in every atom of matter. In the Arcavatara or Image manifestation, the Lord is easily approachable to the devotees since they cannot worship Para, Vyuha, Vibhava and Antaryami forms directly, which can only be imagined or meditated upon because they are beyond our reach. Such images can be revealed by the Lord himself, for example, a self-manifested ( Swayambhu) icon ( murti), e.g. The Mahavishnu Temple at Tirunelli, The Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple at Srirangam, The Tirumala Venkateswara Temple etc.; or installed by devas or celestial beings such as such as Guruvayur Temple installed by Vayu; or installed by humans, and consecrated according to Vaishnava Agama shastras or scriptures such as Lord Jagannath of Jagannath Temple (Puri) at Puri. See also Pañcaratra Relation with Shiva Rama with Sita coronation ceremony after return from Lanka Rama with Sita on the throne, their children Lava and Kusha on their laps. Behind the throne, Lakshamana, Bharata and Shatrughna stand. Hanuman bows to Rama before the throne. Valmiki to the left The Trimurthis are inseparable and in complete harmony in view of their common vision and universal good. They complement each other. Lord Vishnu is widely seen as the brother of Shiva's consort Parvati. In fact Vishnu formalized the wedding of Shiva and Parvati and acted as Parvati's brother in all the ceremonies and performed 'Kanya Daan', while the creator-god Brahma acted as the priest of the wedding. The mother goddess Parvati is referred to as his sister in sacred hymns – 'Narayani' in Devi Stotram, 'Vaishnavi' in Ambashtakam and as 'Padmanabha Sahodari' in Lalita Sahasranama Stotram. In fact, it should be remembered that Goddess Durga(Parvati) and Vishnu (as his avatar Krishna) were actually born as brother and sister in Krishnavatar in Dwapara Yuga – Durga takes Yasoda's womb as 'Yogamaya', and Krishna takes Devaki's womb; both are interchanged. When Kansa tries to kill the baby, it skips out of his hands and transforms into Yogamaya, who laughs aloud and informs him, "You fool! Your nemesis is born elsewhere. Your end is near." Yogamaya then vanishes. It should be noted that there is no concept of disagreement among the gods, and they are ideal in all respects. However, ordinary men, and sectarian groups not knowing this equilibrium and the sacred relationship among them, have in later ages woven several stories in vernacular presenting their preferred deity as Supreme and as 'sthala puranas' for the multitude of temples. These have nothing to do with the recognised original Puranas and other ancient Scriptures. However, their equilibrium is best manifested in Gajasura Samharam followed by the Battle against Vinayaka. Similarly, Samudra manthan's episode and Hanuman's part in the entire Ramayana are also superlative examples of synergy between the two gods. The rakshasa called Gajasura was an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva. He underwent penance for many years to receive special boons. Shiva, who was moved by Gajasura's devotion, offered to fulfill a request. Gajasura asked Shiva to reside in his belly, and Shiva instantly agreed. Meanwhile on Mount Kailash, Parvati was anxious to know her husband's whereabouts and finally approached her brother, Lord Vishnu, for help. Vishnu and Brahma disguised themselves as street players, and along with Shiva's bull carrier Nandi, they set out in search of Shiva. Then Vishnu, the omniscient director of the cosmic game, staged a small play. He transformed Nandi into a dancing bull and conducted him in front of Gajasura, with himself and Brahma playing musical instruments. The enchanting performance of the bull sent the demon into ecstasies, and he asked the flutist to tell him what he desired. The flutist asks for Shiva to be liberated. Hearing this, the demon king realised that the entertainer is none other than Lord Vishnu himself, and that his end is near. He also realises that Shiva cannot be made to live in his stomach forever because the whole world would become disordered. Gajasura then prayed to Lord Shiva that he should be allowed to be immortal in the memories of the people, to which Shiva agreed. Nandi made a dent in Gajasura's stomach and amid pitched chanting and prayers, Shiva emerged ripping apart the skin. To fulfill his wish, Lord Shiva severed Gajasura's head and freed him from the cycle of birth and death. Gajasura's head was subsequently used for Vinayaka, and thus he became immortal, with the world adoring Ganesha. Although their names were mentioned in the Vedas, during the pure Vedic period, both Vishnu and Shiva (as identified with Rudra) played relatively minor roles, but by the time of the Brahmanas (c. 1000–700 BCE), both were gaining ascendance. By the Puranic period, both deities had major sects of devotees, creating a schism in the society. Of significance is both the creator Brahma and Shiva the destroyer also played supportive roles by keeping company of Lord Vishnu in his incarnated forms. Hanuman the 'Vanara' completely dedicated to Ram, who gives him company and obeys his command while playing an important part in Ram's life is regarded in Vaishnava canon as being none other than Shiva the destroyer only, because it is through the blessings of Shiva that Hanuman is born to his mother Anjani for he also bears the name Anjaniputra. Thus, Hanuman the constant consort of Vishnu, with his idol being present in not just temples of Rama, but also in temples of Krishna, Narasimha i.e. all the avatarams of Vishnu is considered by Vaishnavas as being none other than Lord Shiva. Syncretic forces produced stories in which the two deities were shown in cooperative relationships and combined forms. Harihara is the name of a combined deity form of both Vishnu ( Hari) and Shiva (Hara). This dual form, which is also called Harirudra, is mentioned in the Mahabharata. Relations with other deities Vishnu with Lakshmi ( Lakshmi-Narayana) at Halebidu. Vishnu's consort is Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. Maya is the samvit (the primary intelligence)dark matter of the universe is Vishnu, while the other five attributes emerge from this samvit and hence Maya or dark energy of the universe is Lakshmi is his ahamata, activity, or Vishnu's Power. This power of God, Maya or Shakti, is personified and is called Shree or Lakshmi, Maya, Vishnumaya, or Mahamaya, and She is said to manifest Herself in, 1) kriyāshakti, (Creative Activity) and 2) bhütishakti (Creation) of Universe. Hence this world cannot part with his creativity i.e., dark energy of universe, which is a feminine form which in its feminine form is called Shree or Lakshmi or Maya. He therefore needs consort Goddess Lakshmi to be with Him always. Thus goddess Lakshmi has to accompany Vishnu in all His incarnations. Her various avatars as Lord Vishnu's consort are – Varahavataram – Bhudevi Ramavataram – Vedavati & Sita Krishnavataram – Radha & Rukmini Venkateswara – Padmavathi Vishnu's vehicle is Garuda, the eagle, and he is commonly depicted as riding on his shoulders. Another name of him is "Veda-Atma" or The Soul of the Vedas and Vedic truth. The 11th century Javan statue of Vishnu mounting Garuda, mortuary deified depiction of King Airlangga According to various Purana, Vishnu is the ultimate omnipresent reality, is shapeless and omnipresent. However, a strict iconography governs his representation, whether in pictures, icons, or idols: He is to be depicted as a four-armed male-form: The four arms indicate his all-powerful and all-pervasive nature. The physical existence of Vishnu is represented by the two arms in the front while the two arms at the back represent his presence in the spiritual world. The Upanishad titled Gopal Uttartapani describes the four arms of Vishnu. Also on his chest is the srivatsa mark, symbolising his consort Lakshmi. It is on the chest of Vishnu, where Lakshmi resides. Around his neck, he wears the auspicious " Kaustubha" jewel, and a garland of flowers (vanamaalaa). It is in this jewel, on Vishnu's chest that Lakshmi dwells. A crown should adorn his head: The crown symbolizes his supreme authority. This crown is sometimes depicted having a peacock feather, borrowing the iconography from image of his Krishna avatar. He is to shown wearing two earrings: The earrings represent inherent opposites in creation — knowledge and ignorance; happiness and unhappiness; pleasure and pain. He rests on Ananta: the immortal and infinite snake Vishnu holding Panchajanya in his upper left hand Vishnu reclining on the Shesha Naga with his consort Lakshmi pressing his feet. Vishnu is always to be depicted holding the four attributes associated with him, being: A conch shell or Shankha, named " Panchajanya", held by the upper left hand, which represents Vishnu's power to create and maintain the universe. The Panchajanya represents the five elements or Panchabhoota – water, fire, air, earth and sky or space. It also represents the five airs or Pranas that are within the body and mind. The conch symbolizes that Vishnu is the primeval Divine sound of creation and universal maintenance. it also represented as Om. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna avatara states that of sound vibrations, 'He is Om'. The chakra, a sharp-spinning discus-like weapon, named " Sudarshana", held by the upper right hand, which symbolizes the purified spiritualized mind. The name Sudarshana is derived from two words – Su, which means good, superior, and Darshan, which means vision or Sight; together, it is "Superior Vision". The chakra represents destruction of one's ego in the awakening and realization of the souls original nature and god, burning away of spiritual ignorance and illusion, and developing the higher spiritual vision and insight to realize god. A mace or Gada, named "Kaumodaki", held by the lower right hand, symbolizes Vishnu's divine power is the source all spiritual, mental and physical strength. It also signifies Vishnu's power to destroy materialistic or demoniac tendencies called anarthas; within the person's consciousness that hinders them from reaching god. Vishnu's mace is the power of the Divine within us to spiritually purify and uplift us from our materialistic bonds. A lotus flower or Padma, held by the lower right hand, represents spiritual liberation, Divine perfection, purity and the unfolding of Spiritual consciousness within the individual. The lotus opening its petals in the light of the Sun is indicative of the expansion and awakening of our long dormant, original spiritual consciousness in the light of god. The lotus in Vishnu's hand symbolizes that god is the power and source from which the universe and the individual soul emerges. It also represents Divine Truth or Satya, the originator of the rules of conduct or Dharma, and Divine Vedic knowledge or jnana. The lotus also symbolizes that Vishnu is the embodiment of spiritual perfection and purity. Also that He is the wellspring of these qualities and that the individual soul must seek to awaken these intrinsic Divine qualities from Vishnu by surrendering to and linking with Him. A statue in Bangkok, Thailand depicting Vishnu mounted on his vahana Garuda To this may be added, conventionally, the vanamaala flower garland and Vishnu's bow, the Shaarnga, and his sword Nandaka. A verse of the Vishnu Sahasranama stotram states;"vanamālī gadhī shārngī shanki chakri cha nandaki / shrīmān nārāyaņo vişņo vāsudevo abhirakşatu//"; translation: Protect us Oh Lord Narayana who wears the forest garland,who has the mace, conch, sword and the wheel. And who is called Vishnu and the Vasudeva. In general, Vishnu is depicted in one of the following three ways: Standing upright on a lotus flower, often with Lakshmi, his consort, beside him on a similar pedestal; Reclining on the coiled-up thousand-hooded Shesha Naga, with his consort Lakshmi, seated at his feet; the assemblage rests on the "Kshira Sagar" ( ocean of Milk). In this representation, Brahma is depicted as sitting on a lotus that grows out of Vishnu's navel. Riding on the back of his eagle mount, known as Garuda. Another name for Garuda is "Veda atma"; Soul of the Vedas. The flapping of his wings symbolizes the power of the Divine Truth of Vedic wisdom. Also the eagle represents the soul. Garuda carrying Vishnu symbolizes the soul or jiva atma carrying the Super soul or Param atma within it. Ten avatars of Vishnu ( Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Vamana, Krishna, Kalki, Buddha, Parshurama, Rama & Narasimha. Painting from Jaipur, now at the Victoria and Albert Museum There are ten avatars (dashavatara) of Vishnu commonly considered as the most prominent: Matsya, the fish that kills Damanaka to save the vedas and saves mankind. Kurma, the turtle that helps the Devas and Asuras churn the ocean for the nectar of immortality. Varaha, the boar that rescues the Earth and kills Hiranyaksha Narasimha, the one (half-Lion half- human) who defeats the demon Hiranyakashapu (Nara = man, simha = lion). Vamana. the dwarf that grows into a giant to save the world from King Bali. Parashurama, A Sage, Rama with the axe, who appeared in the Treta Yuga. He killed Kartavirya Arjuna army and clan, and then killed all the ksatriyas for 21 times. Rama, Sri Ramachandra, the prince and king of Ayodhya and killed Demon King Raavana. Krishna (meaning 'dark coloured' or 'all attractive' or the Existence of Bliss, Who played a major role in Mahabharata Kalki ("Eternity", or "timeless", destroyer of time or "The Destroyer of foulness"), who is expected to appear at the end of Kali Yuga, the time period in which we currently exist. Some versions of the above list include Hayagriva amongst the Dasavataras. Apart from the above mentioned ten principal avatars, another 22 avatars are also given in Chapter 3, Canto 1 of the Bhagavata Purana. Following this list the Bhagavatam states that as well as these avatars "the incarnations of the Lord are innumerable, like rivulets flowing from inexhaustible sources of water". Thousand names of Vishnu Vishnu sahasranama manuscript, ca. 1690. Vishnu has a very large number of names and followers that are collected in the Vishnu sahasranama ("Vishnu's thousand names") from within the larger work Mahabharata. The character Bhishma recites the names before Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, praising him (Vishnu) as the supreme god. These Sahasranama are regarded as the essence of all Vedas by followers of Vaishnavism, who believe sincere chanting of Vishnu Sahasranama results in spiritual well-being and a greater awareness of God. The names are generally derived from the anantakalyanagunas (meaning: infinite auspicious attributes). Some names are: Anish (Supreme) Achintya (Incomprehensible, beyond understanding, also interpreted as remover of all worries from devotees) Achyutha (infallible) Akshaj (synonym for Lord Vishnu) Amar (immortal, deathless, son of Aum) Ananta (endless, eternal, infinite) Anirudha (the one that cannot be stopped) Balaji (another name of Vishnu) Damodara (having a rope (dama) around his belly (udara): a name of Krishna) Govinda (protector of the cows & Brahmins; master of the senses: a name of Krishna) Hari (one who takes away) Hayagriva (Horse-necked) Jagannatha (Owner/Ruler of the world/universe) Janardana (One who is worshiped by people for Wealth) Keshava (slayer of Keshi, having long or much or handsome hair, from Atharvaveda viii, 6, 23) Krishna (born during the third epoch or yuga, his deeds range from cow protection (go rakshya) to absolving the earth of load of sins) Madhava (relating to the season of spring) Madhusudana (he who destroyed the demon called Madhu-Kaitabh) Narayana (said to mean "he who is the abode of nār (= ether)", i.e., the whole universe's shelter. Also means "The supreme Man who is the foundation of all men". Another meaning is "He who lays in the water". Padmanabha (lotus-naveled one, from whose navel sprang the lotus which contained Brahma, who created the universe) Parthasarathy (Charioteer of Arjuna/Partha) Perumal Name he is known in Tamil ThirumaalName he is known in Tamil Maalavan Name he is known in Tamil Purushottama – The Supreme Eternal Being Ram (born during the second epoch or Yuga, his deeds primarily established the ideal living principles for a man) Hrishikesh (Lord of the senses or Lord within the heart; "hri" root meaning the heart) Satyanarayana (a combination of satya and Narayana meaning 'protector of truth') Shikhandee: He who wears a peacock feather. Suryanarayan (the one who destroys the evil/sins and who comforts us) described in Vishnu kautuvam. Sridhara (consort of Sri = Laxmi or Ultimate wealth) Sriman (the pride of Shri or Lakshmi); Often Sriman is combined with the name, Narayana, to form a compound word, Sriman Narayana. Srinivasa (the abode of Shri) (also specifically referring to his form in the temple at Tirupati). Also the form of Vishnu at Tirupati is well known as Venkateswara. Trivikrama (Conqueror of the three worlds, as in Vamana avatara). Vishal (Immense, The Unstoppable One). Vamana (dwarfish, small or short in stature, a dwarf brahmana) Vāsudeva ( "All-Pervading god", with the long vowel A; it also means "the son of Vasudeva", i.e. Krishna) Shree-esh (One who has Shree or Lakshmi as his consort / Husband of Goddess Lakshmi). Guruvayurappan Lord of Guruvayur (Temple made by Guru (Brihaspati) & Vayu deva) Jagannath is the south eastern name of Vishnu. The word juggernaut has its origin from this name of Vishnu (The Jagannatha temple is in Puri, Orissa where every year there is a festival in which huge chariots are drawn through the city. These chariots are the vahana (vehicle) for the 3 main gods of this temple – Jagannatha, Balabhadra (Jagannath's brother) and Subhadra (Jagannatha's sister). Hundreds of men are needed to pull each of these chariots. When they start moving, they keep moving and are difficult to stop. That is the idea behind the word juggernaut which means something huge that cannot be stopped.) Sohama means the most intelligent, it is strongest form of Vishnu with a thousand brains and hands According to the Siddhartha-samhita there are twenty-four forms of Lord Vishnu. The twenty-four forms are Sankarshana Pradyumna Anirudha Trivikrama Vamana Sridhara Padmanabha Nrisimha Adhokshaja Upendra Sourish comes from the Indian word which means, "Lord Vishnu" Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vishnu&oldid=537270897" Title Word Index Wikipedia for Schools is a selection taken from the original English-language Wikipedia by the child sponsorship charity SOS Children. It was created as a checked and child-friendly teaching resource for use in schools in the developing world and beyond.Sources and authors can be found at www.wikipedia.org. See also our Disclaimer. These articles are available under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike Version 3.0 Unported Licence. This article was sourced from http://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=537270897 .

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Operation Sangaris France to withdraw from CAR 1 Aprile 2016 Defence di The news was announced by the French Defence Minister Jean – Yves Le Drian during his visit in Bangui. Operation Sangaris, launched by France in December 2013 in response to the UN resolution 2127 (5 December 2013), will end in 2016. "We can finally see the country emerging by a long period of trouble and uncertainty", the minister said. In two years, the mission was able to restore stability in the country, thus fulfilling its objectives. Perhaps this is the reason behind French decision to withdraw its contingents. Disorder in CAR began in March 2013, when a Muslim rebel movement, known as Seleka, overthrew the government of the Christian president Francois Bozize, replacing him with their leader Michel Djotodia. The Djotodia government remained in office for 10 months: at that period, the ethnic violence between the Muslim minority and the Christian majority spread out in the country, thus causing the death of thousands of people. The international community reacted unanimously and approved the above resolution. This resolution not only condemned the spiral of ethnic and religious violence fueled by rebel groups, but also authorized the deployment of MISCA mission (Mission internationale de soutien à la Centrafrique sous conduite africaine). This mission authorized French forces to take all necessary measures -in respect of the mandate- to achieve the three main objectives of the mission: disarmament of armed groups, restoration of civil authority and support in the preparation of the elections. Begun with 1,600 soldiers, Operation Sangaris had around 2,500 men deployed at its peak. The Djotodia government proved to be unable to keep rebels -who had brought him to power- under control, thus dragging the country into a civil war. The situation improved after the resignation of the President and the appointment of a transitional government led by Catherine Samba-Panza, the first woman president of the country. Improvements in CAR security contest induced the French government to reduce the forces gradually, while continuing supporting the international mission. Today, France has 900 units deployed in the Central African Republic. Minister Le Drian stressed that 300 soldiers will remain there even after the end of Operation. These troops will support the UN mission MINUSCA (Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic) and will participate in the training mission led by the European Union (EUTM RCA). Some units will provide security at the airport; others will be based in Ivory Coast and in the Sahel region ready to intervene if necessary. As Le Drian refers, in fact, the security environment in the country has significantly improved, but there are still problems to be solved. The disarmament of rebel movements and the creation of a legitimate and efficient army are the major challenges that the newly elected President Faustine Archange Touadera will face. This explains the permanence of international missions and French forces. As it is known, indeed, France cares about the relations with the territories once belonging to its colonial empire and has repeatedly helped in internal crisis by sending its armed forces. The withdrawal from Bangui is not a surprise. From the beginning, French mission was supposed to be a temporary mission and over the years, France has tried to decrease- when conditions made it ​​possible- its military presence on the ground. However, ensuring the continued presence of some units in the future once again emphasizes French commitment abroad -a clear sign that, despite the international situation and the threats to the country, France defends its values ​​of free nation and his influential position in the former colonial empire. Paola Fratantoni Isabella su Sabato in giallo, il caso del delitto di Francesca Moretti Gaspare su Conflitto in Ucraina: Putin dichiara la mobilitazione militare parziale Karabakh.it | Rassegna stampa (set 22) su L'aggressione militare dell'Azerbaijan all'Armenia allarma l'Europa e minaccia la stabilità del Caucaso Brasile: Amazzonia strategica per traffico di esseri umani ed estrazione mineraria illegale – Sicurezza Internazionale su Il Primeiro Comando da Capital: Dalle prigioni brasiliane alla conquista del narcotraffico internazionale Fernando Popoli su The Music Critic, in viaggio con Malkovich

I read the whole series. All of the interesting content is mostly in the first half of the book and the second half is not much of anything. Phil and Taylor's story is never finished or even hinted at, as far as what they were there for. All in all, good series. This particular book could use a little work though.

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Home»Economy»Now We Are Being Warned That Shortages Of Diesel Fuel & Electricity Are Coming In The Months Ahead Now We Are Being Warned That Shortages Of Diesel Fuel & Electricity Are Coming In The Months Ahead Michael Snyder 2022-05-10 Michael Snyder / May 10, 2022 On top of everything else that is going wrong, shall we add a diesel fuel shortage and a nationwide electricity shortage to the equation? I never imagined that I would be writing about such things in the middle of 2022, but here we are. I will discuss the potential electricity shortage in a moment, but first I want people to understand how serious a widespread diesel shortage would be. Without diesel, our trains and trucks don't run, and if they don't run America's supply chains completely and utterly collapse. So even a moderate shortage would be absolutely paralyzing for the U.S. economy. Unfortunately, supplies are rapidly dwindling and we are being warned that a "global diesel shortage that will shock people" could begin as soon as next month… We are looking at a nightmare in terms of global diesel shortage that will shock people starting June. Diesel inventory on the east coast is 18 million (About 3 days demand) as of today, we will run down to sub 10 million. Let us hope that a way can be found to keep all of our trains and all of our trucks running. But even if an unprecedented supply crunch can be averted, everyone agrees that the price of diesel is going to be going way up… Diesel prices are surging, contributing to inflationary headwinds due to the fuel's vital role in the American and global economy. Tankers, trains and trucks all run on diesel. The fuel is also used across industries including farming, manufacturing, metals and mining. "Diesel is the fuel that powers the economy," said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. Higher prices are "certainly going to translate into more expensive goods," he said, since these higher fuel costs will be passed along to consumers. "Especially at the grocery store, the hardware store, anywhere you shop." Meanwhile, we are also being warned of "potential electricity shortages" in the United States in the months ahead… The Midcontinent Independent System Operator, or MISO, operating in 15 states across the US Central region, said last month that capacity shortages this summer due to soaring summer demand might result in outages. Last Friday, California Independent System Operator, or California ISO, outlined energy shortfalls this summer because of heat and wildfires. Texas over the weekend saw triple-digit temperatures in some portions of the state, though grid stability was maintained despite several power plants being offline for maintenance. WSJ explains grid instability and increased risk of power shortages this summer comes as fossil fuel power plants are "being retired more quickly than they can be replaced by renewable energy and battery storage." Power grids are racing to retire conventional power plants fueled by natural gas, coal, and diesel to green forms of energy, such as solar power and wind. There's also the retirement of aging nuclear power plants. Why are we "racing" to retire conventional power facilities in the midst of a growing global energy crisis? That doesn't make any sense at all. It seems that we have a long, hot summer ahead of us, and major blackouts could apparently happen at any moment. And of course this all comes at a time when tensions are rising all over the country and anger is starting to boil over because of the potential overturn of Roe v. Wade. I warned that we would see violence, and it has already started to erupt. On Tuesday, a Catholic facility in Colorado was "vandalized with pro-abortion graffiti"… The Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Boulder, Colorado was vandalized with pro-abortion graffiti again Tuesday, the second time in less than a year. Abortion activists targeted the church after news broke of a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court that overturns Roe v. Wade. Pro-life pregnancy centers and pro-life advocates also have been the targets of vandalism, violence and harassment this week. Spraying graffiti everywhere is certainly not nice, but it won't kill or injure anyone. However, firebombing the headquarters of a pro-life group could definitely injure or kill people, and that just happened in Madison, Wisconsin… Radical abortion activists have firebombed a pro-life group's office in Madison, Wisconsin. A leftist radical threw Molotov cocktails into Wisconsin Family Action's office in the capital city and a picture of the destruction shows the office heavily damaged from the bomb. Apparently at least one Molotov cocktail was used in the attack, and whoever did this left a very chilling message… Arriving at the office at 2801 International Lane at the same time as a reporter, Appling and group event coordinator Diane Westphall found shattered glass from a broken window covering a corner office riddled with burned books. The smell of smoke persisted for hours after the fire, which damaged the corner office carpet and the wall beneath the window. The outside of the building also was sprayed with graffiti depicting an anarchy symbol, a coded anti-police slogan and the phrase, "If abortions aren't safe then you aren't either." Then on Sunday, another firebombing was reported at the offices of Oregon Right to Life… This second attack has occurred in Salem, Oregon as radical leftists targeted Oregon Right to Life, a longtime pro-life organization. In the late evening on Sunday, May 8, the offices of Oregon Right to Life were attacked. An individual used incendiary devices, one of which exploded and caught the building on fire. The office was vacant at the time, and no one was harmed. Fire and police departments responded quickly, minimizing damage to the building. The agencies are actively investigating the incident. So why didn't the big corporate news networks devote endless coverage to these attacks? I think that we all know why. Of course if pro-abortion facilities had been attacked, it would have been top news for days. Before I end this article, there is one more very disturbing incident that I wanted to mention… A Texas-based pro-life activist organization received a new bomb threat against one of its offices, allegedly due to its support for the state's controversial heartbeat abortion ban restricting abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Texas Right to Life released a statement Monday explaining that its legislative office in Austin had received a bomb threat that morning. Sadly, this is just the beginning. If Roe v. Wade is actually formally overturned, the violence will get a lot worse. The stage is being set for the sort of "internal revolution" that radical leftists have been talking about for years. As I have been warning about for a very long time, great civil unrest is coming to this nation. So let us pray for peace, but let us also be aware that there are lots of very angry and very violent people out there right now. Article posted with permission from Michael Snyder Michael T. Snyder is a graduate of the University of Florida law school and he worked as an attorney in the heart of Washington D.C. for a number of years. Today, Michael is best known for his work as the publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog. Michael and his wife, Meranda, believe that a great awakening is coming and are working hard to help bring renewal to America. Michael is also the author of the book The Beginning Of The End 16 Signs That The US Economy Is Going To Be "Just Fine" What Are CBDCs? Here's What the Central Banks Have Planned for YOU. Exactly What We Would Expect If A Recession Was Beginning – Sales Are Down Throughout The Economy Australian Senator Intends To Not Let Criminals Get Away With COVID Shot Murders (Video) Greatest Energy Crisis In History – Things Will Only Get Much More Painful From Here

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Some cars these days don't need a key to start; all you need is a push of a button. Be warned, however, because this could threaten your life. Keyless cars have been causing carbon monoxide poisoning, states The New York Times. This is due to the fact that people are so accustomed to using keys that they forget to turn their car off when their keys are with them, allowing excess amounts of carbon monoxide to be released. The car is keyless to start, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a key. The key is a fob key, or a keychain, that sends a signal when close to the car that allows you to turn it on with the button. When a car is not turned off properly, carbon monoxide continues to be released. This has caused multiple deaths since 2006. MoneyCNN says that since 2006, there have been 41 deaths and at least 45 injuries caused by the carbon monoxide. 70-year-old victim Jeanette Colter and her husband died because she left her keyless ignition car on in the garage and the fumes got into the house. This is one of the many times this has happened to people who leave their keyless ignition cars on. The New York Times says that some people thought that when they took the key with them, then the car would shut off. Car automotive engineers have been working to fix the problem by adding warnings, such as continuous beeps to alert the driver if they left their car on. Another solution is having an automatic shut off for the car. Keyless cars make up half of the 17 million cars bought in the United States annually. These toxic fumes have killed many and injured more, when this problem could be prevented if people shut their cars off properly. Some car companies use the fob key to turn the car off. For example, if the key is too far away from the car, the car automatically turns off. However, people still need to remember how crucial it is to press the off button in their car, and not to have to turn the key instead.