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Deutsche Ueberseeische Bank (in German)
Deutsche Uebersee Bank was founded in 1886 as a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank, it was headquartered in Berlin and renamed Deutsche Ueberseeische Bank in 1893. In South America, its most important area of business, it operated as Banco Alemán Transatlántico. Its main businesses were financing German foreign trade with Central and South America as well as issuing bonds and financing infrastructure projects. In 1887, the first branch on the South American continent was opened in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires. Before the First World War, there were roughly 20 branches in South America and two more in Madrid and Barcelona. This expansionary phase was only resumed on a much more modest scale in the 1920s and 1930s. The outcome of the Second World War, however, led to the complete break off of business activities. It was not until 1953 that Deutsche Ueberseeische Bank was able to recommence its activities. It had relocated its headquarters from Berlin to Hamburg. In 1960, the Branch in Buenos Aires reopened. After the integration of Deutsche Ueberseeische Bank, the South American branches became branches of Deutsche Bank from 1978.
1886 - 1905
1906 - 1924
1925 - 1943/58
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Darms Lane Bon Passe Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 750ML
Darms Lane this is the fifth release of our 100% estate grown, hand crafted Cabernet Sauvignon. The vineyard is located in the southwestern bench lands of Napa Valley, in the Oak Knoll appellation. The vineyard is comprised of both hillsides and valley floor. Ideal growing conditions throughout much of the growing season enabled the fruit to ripen at a constant steady pace and develop intense flavors. By the time rains hit in mid October the grapes had full maturity allowing us to make wines that have vibrant color, good flavor with balanced acids and tannins. | <urn:uuid:8ff6fa67-0f82-4e4f-a5cd-1b1d2a99f6ae> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.drsordersnwa.com/store/darms-lane-bon-passe-vineyard-cabernet-sauvignon-2009-750-ml/ | 2021-10-26T03:07:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587794.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20211026011138-20211026041138-00595.warc.gz | en | 0.957045 | 137 | [
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Our planet had only single celled life for nearly three billion years after its birth. It was around ~543 million years ago (Ma) that was at the beginning of the Cambrian chapter of the earth's history there was a 'big bang' of evolution. All of a sudden life started to prosper and proliferate from single celled organisms to multicellular and from soft boneless to forms with external skeleton. The ocean was the cradle of this biodiversity.
It is quite perplexing to imagine what were the causes that triggered a sudden explosion of life? Well life can not survive without food. Thus the answer to the problem perhaps lies in finding out what was the source of food for the life evolving rapidly in the depths of the sea?
The vehicle of evolution never turned back once it was set in motion during the Cambrian Period. But yes, at around 65 Ma there was a mass extinction of a variety of fauna, including the then rulers of the earth, the dinosaurs.
Even in present day the total living organisms are much more in the oceans than on the ground. From where do they get their food? A corollary would help in understanding the events of the past that provided food for life. The marine fauna thrives on the dissolved mineral ions in the sea water. Similarly most of the marine organisms have skeletons (internal or external) made of calcium carbonate and some are of phosphatic material which are again present in a dissolved form in the sea water. The source for these and many other useful elements for life in the water is the detritus or the eroded material painstakingly transported by the rivers.
Bay of Bengal which receives detritus from the Ganges-Brahmputra river systems is known as the world's largest sediment fan. It is estimated that since it came in to being some 20 Ma over 12 million cubic kilometer of Himalayan derived sediments has been discharged in to the Bay of Bengal. The detritus is rich in minerals many of which are food for the life.
The reasons of sudden spurt of life could be many. Geologists have been deeply pondering over the issue and in the decade of 1990s several hypotheses emerged. It was coincidental that several geological events coincided with the 'big bang' between ~640-542Ma that is during Neo-proterozoic to Early Paleozoic part of the earth's history. It was thus thought that alternating spells of cold glacial and warm climates, plate reorganization induced by true polar wander, fluctuations in ocean and atmospheric chemistry, decrease in the earth's tilt causing rapid shifts in earth's climate zones, influence of a giant meteorite impact, gene doubling and sudden thermal recycling events due to sudden release of methane from oceans were the cause for spurt in biological activity on the planet.
Amongst these hypotheses, the 'true polar wander' hypothesis of Dr. Joseph L. Kirschvink of California Institute of Technology speculated that a major reorganization of tectonic plates during Precambrian time changed the balance of mass within the Earth. This acted as a trigger for reorientation. Thus the regions that were previously at the north and south poles were relocated to the equator, and two antipodal points near the equator became the new poles. Kirschvink felt that the dance of life that began about 530 Ma lasted for about 15 million years that gave birth to practically all the groups of animals present on the planet. Citing geophysical evidences he says all of the major continents experienced a burst of motion during the same interval of time. The sudden motion of the continents caused a global imbalance leading to spurts of carbon released from the oceanic abyss which ultimately led to proliferation of life.
Meanwhile researchers in various parts of the world continued to collect evidences in favour of their hypothesis. It was in 2006 Rick Squire a researcher in Geology with Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia created quite a stir in the geological community with his paper published in September. Rick has ascribed the cause of proliferation and also answered the queries regarding the source of food etc to an entirely different process. Taking a cue from Rick's paper published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, A.V. Sankaran of from Bangalore published an analysis in the January issue of the Current Science.
Rick postulated that as a result of a collision between giant continental blocks corresponding roughly with Arabia, India and Antarctica. These continents or the continental plates began to collide with the eastern edge of Africa, some 650 to 515 Ma. He had taken the idea of this collision from the published research of Ian W.D. Dalziel of Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, who had actually given the concept of colliding continents and the rise of a large mountain. The colliding continents gave rise to the planet's longest mountain chain termed as Transgondwanan Supermountain approximately 100 km wide and more than 8000 km long along the equator.
The rising mountains caused a change in the geography and climate of the region. Being in equatorial region the newly formed mountainous terrain experienced more rain and hence became prone to more erosion. The process of rapid erosion as per the evidences available continued for nearly 296 million years. The material carried by the rivers during this period was so enormous that if accumulated today, it would have formed a 10 km high pile over all the 50 states of United States. The influx of material in to the oceans of the years of the yore was three times more than what takes places in the present day Bay of Bengal, says Sankaran. The high rate of erosion had been noticed by earlier workers. M.D. Brasier of Department of earth Sciences, Oxford University, U.K. and J.F. Lindsay of Australian Geological Survey Organisation, Australia had published their findings in 2001. Based on Strontium and Nubidium isotope ratios they had concluded that such ratios in the sea water were only possible because of much higher influx of sediments in the geological past.
This gave reasons to Ricky to conclude that such heavy influx can take place only if a mountain of appropriate size is present.
The rapid increase in the influx of dissolved phosphorous, iron, strontium, cadmium and bicarbonate ions in the oceans during early Cambrian, that is ~640-543 Ma provided nutrients for the rapid rise of primitive life, such as the green algae that became the food for more complex life forms during the Cambrian period. The ocean at the plate margins was more enriched with phosphorous and calcium carbonate. Many organisms like trilobites and mollusks made use of these nutrients for developing an external skeleton or shells.
The diversification of life at that time from soft bodied single celled animals to multicellular, organisms with hard parts must not have been that simple as narrated here. But yes the sudden influx of nutrient rich mineral in the ocean and also the release of oxygen due to complex chemical reactions of some the minerals were certainly behind the explosion of life.
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I am still wary of our soon-to-be president, but I like how he has no respect for shills like CNN and Buzzfeed. Since when was Buzzfeed a serious news organization? It was only a year ago they mostly had listicle click bait articles and videos of people reacting to strange food.
President-elect Donald Trump refused to give CNN reporter Jim Acosta a question at his first press conference as President-elect on January 11, calling the network "fake news" for building up a BuzzFeed story – an unfair and false story according to President-elect.[video] Do you like President-elect Trump's decision?
President Obama bad-mouthed Fox for 8 years and the rest of the press' attitude was "so what." President-elect Trump called out CNN for publicizing fake news, and you'd think it was the end of the 1st amendment. Hypocrisy is alive and well in our mainstream media.
The President Elect had all the right in the world to say and act the way he did. When ever a journalist takes it upon them self to run with a un collaborated story. And all your trying to do. Is defame the President Elect. You get back what he gives.
Trump needs to stop acting like the spoiled rich kid he is and start acting like the president of the United States. His whole petulant attitude and sulky-pouty nonsense are best left for his laughable "acting career" as the spoiled brat demeanor is detrimental to his ability to POLITIC - a very important aspect to being a government official, much less president.
Little Sideshow Donnie needs to step up to the plate and quit being the smirking carny and start thinking like a person who's now got the interests of 350 million people as his main focus, rather than how he can benefit from being "in charge". He has only one role that anyone recognizes, and that's the lord on high who says "you're fired" as if he is responsible for the last say. Unfortunately, that act won't play as president and he can either quickly go to "acting school" and learn what it means to be president in charge of people who are NOT his servants or his slaves, or he can have the entire country turn on him and hoist his ass out the door. | <urn:uuid:2f7df957-8d4d-457a-b249-c377954745ea> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.opiwiki.com/discuss/190222/Do-you-like-that-Donald-Trump-refused-to-give-CNN-a-question-at-the-1-11-press | 2021-10-27T13:25:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323588153.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20211027115745-20211027145745-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.982424 | 475 | [
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Congregation Beth Israel, one of the oldest synagogues in Western Washington, has served Bellingham’s Jewish community since its establishment in 1908. Founded primarily by Lithuanian immigrants coming to the shores of the far western United States, the congregation moved into the synagogue building at the corner of Broadway and Irving in 1925. We moved into our new building at 751 San Juan Boulevard in March 2018.
Although originally founded along Orthodox traditions, with men seated in the main sanctuary while women worshipped from the balcony, the congregation became more liberal after World War II. Further liberalization occurred over the next 30 years. In 1987, Beth Israel affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism (then called the Union of American Hebrew Congregations). Read more about the history of Beth Israel.
Our members come from all walks of life and from a large region encompassing not only Bellingham and Whatcom County, but extending from the lower mainland of British Columbia to Mount Vernon and Skagit County as well as Island and San Juan Counties. Many are also newly arrived in the Pacific Northwest from other areas of the country. Beth Israel strives to accommodate the growth and diversity of its membership, providing worship and study which is both meaningful and comfortable to Jews from a wide variety of backgrounds.
Our Mission Statement
CBI is a diverse and inclusive synagogue affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism and committed to a tradition that honors both Jewish continuity and innovation. We warmly welcome people into our vibrant community, dedicated to the study of Torah and creative Jewish learning, joyous and meaningful worship, and engaging in the sacred obligation of tikkun olam, repair of the world. As inheritors of a rich past and creators of a future full of possibility, we continually seek new opportunities to support each other in participating and growing Jewishly.
Our Strategic Plan
Beth Israel’s Strategic Planning committee has worked hard to put together a plan for the future. Click on the image to download the plan for 2017-2020.
The plan was reviewed in 2021. Read the review summary here.
Rabbi Joshua Samuels
Congregation Beth Israel is pleased to have Rabbi Joshua Samuels as its spiritual leader. He received his ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem and Los Angeles. Originally from San Francisco, he attended University of Wisconsin-Madison, receiving a B.S. in Marketing. For six years, prior to entering rabbinical school, Samuels worked in institutional equity sales and brokerage operations in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Read more | <urn:uuid:32a62431-d2de-404b-98f9-58cf8ed63d58> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://bethisraelbellingham.org/our-congregation/ | 2021-10-16T03:58:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323583408.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20211016013436-20211016043436-00315.warc.gz | en | 0.960772 | 520 | [
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In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger and Laura Phillips consider the environmental priorities of the Labour manifesto, the implications of a US withdrawal from the Paris Accord on Climate Change, and further details of Six Pump Court’s continuing series of environmental seminars.
Labour manifesto and the environment
Following on from our analysis of environmental and energy policy in the Conservative Manifesto, here’s a look the Labour Manifesto. In summary, even a quick glance reveals that climate change and environmental protection are high on the agenda for a prospective Labour government. In addition to the emphasis on green energy sources, there are explicit commitments to ‘defend and extend existing environmental protections’ (93), to renewable and green energy (see below) and to meeting the targets in the Climate Change Act and the Paris Agreement (22, 118). There is rather less detail about how these will be achieved in practice.
Labour intends to nationalise energy production and make it greener. It will do this in three stages: first by altering operator license conditions; then by creating ‘publicly owned, locally accountable energy companies and cooperatives’ to compete with private energy suppliers; and lastly by legislating to permit these companies to purchase the regional grid infrastructure (16, 20).
It commits to cheap and secure energy, primarily through the greater energy efficiency and the use of new technologies such as carbon capture and storage (21); 4 million homes would be insulated (20, 60); Homeowners would be offered interest free loans to make their homes more energy efficient and landlords will be offered both carrot (through an Energy Saving Allowance) and stick (through Landlord Energy Efficient Regulations) (21). It would introduce an emergency price cap of £1,000 per annum for a dual fuel household energy bill.
There is an explicit commitment to support renewable energy (including tidal lagoons), repeated in several places throughout the Manifesto (8, 12, 21-22) and an ambitious target for 60% of the UK’s energy to come from zero-carbon or renewables by 2030 (14).
Fracking will be banned altogether (21) but North Sea oil jobs would be protected (21). Labour would also invest in low-carbon and green technologies such as low emission vehicles (12, 27, 91).
These measures will be financed (along with Labour’s other Manifesto commitments) through increased taxation (9).
Labour supports the use of nuclear energy as a source of power and would support further nuclear projects (21); the UK would remain part of Euratom (22, 25).
Climate change and conservation
Labour explicitly commits to meeting the targets in the Climate Change Act and the Paris Agreement (22, 118). It will introduce measures to protect ‘blue belts’, for plastic bottle deposit schemes, for the protection of bees and forests and the planting of trees (94).
There is a rather vague commitment to ‘consult’ on establishing an environmental tribunal to make it easier and cheaper to challenge unlawful government decisions on the environment (air quality is explicitly mentioned as an example) (81). It is wholly unclear how this would work in practice, or what sanctions or remedies might be available.
Labour intends to introduce a new Clean Air Act (93) and commits to retrofitting ‘thousands’ of diesel buses in areas with the most severe air quality problems (91), but there is little real detail as to how air quality would be improved.
It should be noted that Labour explicitly commits to ensuring that there would be no weakening of current EU derived environmental protection laws as a result of Brexit (25-6). It would prioritise maintaining access to the European internal energy market in order to keep down energy costs (22).
It would actively seek to negotiate an Environmental Goods Agreement at the WTO to support British environmental technologies and services (27).
Withdrawing from the Paris Accord
President Trump has announced that he will be taking the US out of the Paris Accord. He hasn’t, however, specified how this will be done.
Article 28 of the Paris Accord states that at any time after three years from the date on which the agreement has entered force for a Party, that Party may withdraw from the agreement by giving written notice. Any such withdrawal takes effect one year after such notice is given.
From a practical perspective, that timescale takes the US beyond the date of the next presidential election.
In the meantime, the US will remain bound by the terms of the agreement. This includes submitting a plan every five years spelling out how the US intends to tackle climate change. Countries are also supposed to report on their progress on meeting their own set targets for cutting emissions, which for the US is currently a target of an approximate 25% reduction from 2005 levels by 2025.
Consequently, exiting the process in a manner consistent with the Paris agreement itself maintains the obligations agreed to by the US by the Obama administration. Against that irreducible standard, US domestic policy is likely to face considerable scrutiny.
Seminar – Flood Defence and Pollution Control: Statutory Powers and Compensation
Six Pump Court presents the second in our series of environmental and public law seminars to be held this year:
Flood Defence and Pollution Control: Statutory Powers and Compensation – Tuesday 27th June
Flood damage is an increasing threat. A variety of statutory powers are entrusted to the Environment Agency, local authorities and others under various Acts and the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016 in respect of flood defence, flood risk management, drainage, water pollution and water quality. Difficult questions arise as to the right to any compensation and its inter-relationship with other causes of action. This seminar will consider the nature and extent of the powers available to regulators and the obligations and rights of those affected.
For more information and to book click here
Coming soon – ‘Piercing the Veil’ Incorporation and Liability for Environmental Damage: Widening the Net – Wednesday 12th July – more details to follow
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Thursday 9 August 2012 saw another highly successful DutchSA business networking event. Our featured guest speaker this time was Adelaide's leading expert on social media, Michelle Prak. As it so happens, Michelle has Dutch roots, too.
Before an audience of professionals from a wide range of backgrounds at the Hilton Hotel Adelaide, Michelle shared insights into how to get the most out of social media, both in your professional and your personal life. In her presentation Michelle busted some myths and misconceptions around social media, and gave helpful advice on how to make social media a useful tool in customer services strategies, as well as your marketing strategies.
Many organisations have started to use social media as a way to reach their customers and clients - some use social media simply because they feel that it's expected of them, others have put more thought into it, but it is clear that most organisations could benefit from more strategic use of social media.
After Michelle's insightful and energetic presentation there was a brief opportunity for questions, and many questions showed that attendees were quite knowledgeable and interested in social media, but were eager to learn more.
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B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong brought down his latest budget touting the exclusive club the province is expected to inhabit – potentially being the only province in the country to balance its budget. (Saskatchewan and Quebec suggest they too may balance.) With little in terms of tax hikes or tax reductions, here are six things to know about B.C.'s books for 2015-2016:
Balance: The government expects it will end the current fiscal year with a surplus of $879-million, which will go towards paying down B.C.'s debt. The surplus for 2015-2016 is expected to be $284-million, a conservative figure that represents a drop in natural resource revenues and expected lower retail sales figures. The government projects growth for the coming fiscal year at 2.3 per cent, compared with 2.2 per cent growth in the year just ending.
Tax relief: The government maintained its promise, made in 2013, to roll back the two-per-cent income tax hike levied then on people earning $150,000 or more per year. The hike will disappear as of Jan. 1, 2016 and is expected to prompt a drop of about $51-million in tax revenue next year.
At the other end of the income scale, the government has ended the controversial practice of clawing back support payments given to parents on income assistance. The measure will benefit about 5,400 children in 3,200 families who receive income and disability assistance. The move, effective Sept. 1, will cost the government $13-million in lost revenue this year.
Fee increases: Medical Services Plan premiums continue to rise – by 4 per cent this year. Tuition at universities is expected to go up by the maximum – 2 per cent. Aside from the projections in the budget documents, there are also planned increases for B.C. Hydro rates and for ICBC rates, as well as ferry fare increases.
Risks to the projections: The government has given itself a cushion of $600-million. Factors that could gobble it up include the looming court appeal in the teachers' case. After new written arguments submitted by both sides in the last month, the B.C. Court of Appeal is deciding on a case which will determine whether the government has to return to 2001 class size and composition levels. The government has said in court documents being forced into such an arrangement could cost the treasury an extra $1-billion.
The myriad of court cases launched by aboriginal groups in light of last year's ground-breaking Supreme Court of Canada decision on aboriginal rights could also mean extra obligations, the budget documents note.
And the vagaries around the global economy, commodity prices and the possibility of changes to payments from Ottawa for things like health care could also upset projections.
Liquefied natural gas: Although Premier Christy Clark won the 2013 election in part on her promise that the B.C. Liberals would develop an LNG industry, LNG takes a much lower profile in this budget document. Instead, the document promotes the province's resource diversity, especially mining. The altered focus reflects the slow pace of firm investment decisions by multinational companies hoping to create the LNG industry in the province.
Small stuff: There is a new tax credit allowing parents to write off their children's fitness equipment, though the minister acknowledged it won't be enough to buy a full set of hockey gear: In fact, it will work out to about $12 per child. Two tax credits that benefit the film and video game industries will be extended or expanded, with a combined value next year worth $52-million per year. Community Living BC, which provides assistance to disabled British Columbians, will get an extra $18-million next year. | <urn:uuid:937ddbad-8552-4282-bfea-982cea739ddf> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bcs-balancing-act-eases-away-from-lng-six-things-to-note-about-the-budget/article23035816/ | 2021-10-17T12:38:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585177.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20211017113503-20211017143503-00395.warc.gz | en | 0.951105 | 760 | [
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Secrets to Building Your Business Credit Profile and How to Get Your Business Credit
February 28, 2017
Hosted by Shirley Dalton
Have you wanted or needed credit for your business and not known how to go about getting it? Today’s guest, CEO for Credit Suite, Ty Crandall lifts the lid on the secrets to getting business credit and how to create your own business credit profile.
Reclaim Your Freedom
Archives Available on VoiceAmerica Business Channel
Do you want to learn and apply what other successful business owners, entrepreneurs and leaders do to create a business and a lifestyle they love? If so, Reclaim Your Freedom is for YOU.
Many business owners start their business because they are good at what they do. They are great technicians, working in the business, with little experience leading and managing people or running a successful business.
Many find themselves trapped, unable to take time off, feeling stressed because they have little time and money or feeling like a workaholic with money but no time.
Shirley and her guests open their hearts and share their experiences and proven systems and strategies so you can create your ideal business lifestyle, whether that means scaling, growing and expanding your business or being able to comfortably step away from the business for a day, a week or more and know it will still run smoothly without you.
Known as Australia’s Business Systemizer, Shirley Dalton is a sought after speaker, two time best-selling author, TV show host and in demand consultant for entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Chief Executive Officer of Dalton Business Systems and formerly the Chief Operating Officer for an Australian International Franchise Organization, she was responsible for creating and streamlining internal systems and structures which enabled the company to list on the Australian Stock Exchange and grow from 250 franchises to over 600 worldwide. With degrees in Psychology and Education, today she specializes in developing people and processes and inspiring possibilities.
Shirley and her associates work with business owners, entrepreneurs and leaders to systematize and streamline their businesses so they work for them AND their people.
Growing up as an only child of hard working taxi proprietors who had money but no time, Shirley is on a mission to help business owners have both. It is possible to have a business and a life and through her radio program, Shirley and her guests share proven systems and strategies so you too can be free to live the life you want and reach the Freedom quadrant on the Time, Money and Freedom Matrix, no longer feeling trapped by your business. | <urn:uuid:7e72090d-b945-4e22-b9d0-82ff0930148a> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/97030/secrets-to-building-your-business-credit-profile-and-how-to-get-your-business-credit | 2021-10-17T12:47:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585177.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20211017113503-20211017143503-00395.warc.gz | en | 0.954456 | 511 | [
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The long-anticipated live album and concert film documenting Metallica’s second collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony is set for release on Aug. 28, a few days shy of the first anniversary of the run of shows heralding the opening of Chase Center.
“Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2,” which was recorded on Sept. 6 and 8 at the new home of the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco, will be available in a variety of formats: on four vinyl LPs, two CDs, DVD or Blu-Ray, and in a limited-edition Deluxe Box, as well as by digital download and streaming services.
A Super Deluxe Box, limited to 500 copies, will feature sheet music used by the Symphony during the shows, hand-signed by the four members of Metallica — singer-guitarist James Hetfield, guitarist Kirk Hammett, bassist Robert Trujillo and drummer Lars Ulrich.
The concerts at Chase Center, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Bay Area metal group’s first collaboration with the orchestra in 1999, drew 16,000 fans each night, some who paid upward of $9,000 a ticket on the secondary market.
The three-hour performances showcased the interplay between Metallica’s thundering riffs and the nearly 80-piece Symphony’s sweeping strings on brooding songs like “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and “Memory Remains.” The band was also joined by now-retired Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas and conductor Edwin Outwater.
The live album was produced by Greg Fidelman, Hetfield and Ulrich. The concert film features a new edit by Joe Hutching of the theatrical version that was released in October and played in more than 3,700 cinemas worldwide.
“Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2” Track List
1. The Ecstasy of Gold (Live)
2. The Call of Ktulu (Live)
3. For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live)
4. The Day That Never Comes (Live)
5. The Memory Remains (Live)
6. Confusion (Live)
7. Moth Into Flame (Live)
8. The Outlaw Torn (Live)
9. No Leaf Clover (Live)
10. Halo on Fire (Live)
11. Intro to Scythian Suite (Live)
12. Scythian Suite, Opus 20 II: The Enemy God and the Dance of the Dark Spirits (Live)
13. Intro to the Iron Foundry (Live)
14. The Iron Foundry, Opus 19 (Live)
15. The Unforgiven III (Live)
16. All Within My Hands (Live)
17. (Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth (Live)
18. Wherever I May Roam (Live)
19. One (Live)
20. Master of Puppets (Live)
21. Nothing Else Matters (Live)
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The Kaiadas Cave: Legendary Spartan Pit of Death
The Spartans of ancient Greece were always known as fierce warriors and determined fighters. Much of what we know about them is related to their military history and equally militarized society. Many of their cultural traits were focused on physical and mental prowess, on athleticism, and on Spartan supremacy over other Greek city-states. Often enough, physical training and the introduction to their military mindset was encouraged from a very early age. But no society is perfect, each producing its particular form of outcast. For the Spartans, being a misfit was inexcusable. It is believed that many of their unwanted members of society were cruelly disposed of. This gave rise to the myth of the Kaiadas Cave, a deep cavern into which criminals, traitors, cowards, and unhealthy newborns were thrown. But is there truth to this legend? Archaeology and devoted research can provide us with the answer once again.
Archaeologists have used ancient texts to pinpoint the exact location of the Kaidas Cave, which has been identified in the slopes of Mount Taygetus, seen here in an image taken from the ruins of the Sanctuary of Menelaus and Helen in Sparta. (George E. Koronaios / CC0)
The Kaiadas Cave in Ancient Greece
One of the earliest historical mentions of this cave comes from the Greek writer Plutarch, who tells us that the Spartans cast their deformed, sickly, or unwanted infants into the depths of the Kaiadas cave. The writer informs us that due to the fact that such newborns were unfit to fulfill the ideal model of an adult Spartan, they were disposed of. An important insight into the validity of Plutarch’s claim is hidden in the etymology of the cavern’s name.
The first part of the name is Kai. In ancient Greek, the words Cai, Chai, or Caias, signified a house or a cave. This is similar to the word cava or cavea that the Romans used. Why did this word signify both a house and a cave? The explanation is simple. The ancient Greeks believed that the very first houses in the infancy of the world, were caves and grottoes.
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The second part of the name comes from the Greek deity of the dead, the underworld, and the infernal regions, Hades. Many regional variations of the name existed, and one of the earliest attested forms of the name Hades was in fact Aides and Aida. Thus, Kaiadas, could roughly be translated as the “House of the Dead/Death” which gives us a insight into its original purpose.
Finding the exact location of this cave, while relying only on historical written sources that are centuries old, has certainly been a challenge. Nevertheless, scholars and archaeologists are certain that the currently agreed location of the cave is correct. All ancient writers placed the cave somewhere in the vicinity of Sparta, which as the first clue as to its location. But it was local folk tradition that pinpointed its location. Around the gorges and slopes of Mount Taygetos , close to the village of Trypi, a deep pit has been known by the name of Kaiadas for countless generations. Being in the historic vicinity of Sparta, and situated near the modern day Sparta-Kalamata road, it seemed to be a safe bet for researchers.
A major breakthrough happened when archaeologists took a peek into the gloomy depths of this hard-to-reach pit. The original discovery of the Kaiadas Cave was almost accidental. The owner of a nearby hotel informed archaeologists of the existence of a nearby cavernous pit, in which he claimed to have seen “great masses of bones.” The first photographs were taken not long after, when a researcher, with the assistance of local authorities, managed to climb down into the pit to see the piles of human bones for himself. The cave was filled with incredible numbers of almost exclusively human bones, so many that they were arranged in what has been described as stratified layers.
By breaking down the etymology of its name, Kaiadas Cave literally translates as “House of the Dead/Death.” The second part of the name comes from the name of Hades, the Greek deity of the underworld. ( Public domain )
The Brutality of Ancient Greek Warfare
After these initial assessments, the researchers were given a green light to explore this cave even further. Thus, a professional team was assembled, with three persons at the helm: J. Ioannou was the chief speleologist, E. Kampouroglou the chief geologist, and Th. Pitsios as the lead anthropologist. All of them had previous experience in cave exploration. Their preliminary research only confirmed the initial assessment, that this was in fact the Kaiadas Cave of ancient Sparta, almost untouched all these centuries later.
Thus, the historic Kaiadas cave was finally discovered, close to the village of Trypi, at the entrance to the Langada gorge and just some 12 kilometers away from Sparta. However, one interesting fact emerged. Out of the numerous human bones discovered inside, almost none belonged to infants or children. Most, if not all, belonged to men between the ages of 18 and 35 years, a fact that placed a big question mark over the ancient claim of the Spartans’ barbaric disposal of newborns.
This issue is well explained by leading scholars of the subject, who argue that the Spartans perhaps never used the hole to dispose of newborns, a myth possibly spread around by their opponents, but instead used as a form of capital punishment . Into the pit they would hurl their traitors, cowards, criminals, and prisoners of war. Numerous pieces of evidence point to the fact that the Kaiadas Cave was actively used during the first two Messenian wars , in 8th, 7th, and 4th centuries BC. The great number of skeletons in it suggests that the Spartans threw captive Messenians into it, or perhaps disposed of corpses of the slain enemies. But certainly that is not the only source of bones within it.
A lot of what was ascribed to the Spartans was certainly true, and their practice of punishing malefactors and lowlifes in that way was well known to all. In fact, this cruel form of execution was greatly hated by Sparta’s enemies. One documented incident from around 430 BC claims that two Spartan envoys to Persia were intercepted en route and captured by Athenians. They were tried and killed without being allowed to defend themselves, and were at once thrown into a rocky chasm. It is also stated that the Athenians did this as a reprisal, avenging the captives slain by the Spartans in that same vicious manner.
The Spartans of ancient Greece have been remembered as fierce warriors and fighters, with a deeply militarized society. Their obsession with perfection and cruel punishments were recounted by the Greek philosopher Plutarch, who claimed that the Spartans cast their unwanted infants into the Kaiadas cave. ( Vladyslav / Adobe Stock)
A Goatherd Stumbles Upon a Deathly Chasm
This fact is further proven by the recent discovery of numerous artifacts amongst the skeletons. These included many pottery fragments, pieces of iron chain links, ceramic lamps, and also a unique human skull with a bronze arrowhead embedded within it, which could prove that Kaiadas Cave was used for this malicious purpose even before the onset of the Iron Age. But even though this recent research has provided a crucial glimpse into the cave’s history, it is not the first time the cave was explored, or even discovered.
That privilege goes to one Olivier Rayet, a prominent French archaeologist and professor of the mid-to-late 1880s. Around 1879, a Greek goatherd stumbled upon an opening in the hills and observed the human remnants within. His discovery came to the attention of Rayet, who at the time was working in Greece as one of the leading French archaeologists specializing in ancient Greece .
Olivier Rayet thus examined the Kaiadas Cave in 1879. Following thorough exploration, he made a lengthy report, which was published in Paris in 1882 in La Poesie Alexandrine sous les trois Premiers Ptoelemees ( and also published in English in 1931 as Alexandrian Poetry under the first Three Ptolemies ). Today, this report is regarded as a crucial source of information on Kaiadas Cave and its early exploration. Following are some of the key remarks that Rayet made, guessing that it was in fact Kaiadas that he had explored:
“The Hamlet of Trypi is situated at the entrance to the gorge, at a considerable height, at its southern side…[...] On the top of this projecting rock [..] there is a hole to which the shepherds never paid any considerable attention, for formations of this kind are so frequent in these mountains. Some years ago [..] an earthquake caused some rocks to fall in, thus opening a second fissure. For a long time no one though of penetrating into it, and it is only about two years ago that a goatherd of Trypi had the idea of doing so. After climbing down about twelve meters he landed in a very high cavern, the uneven floor of which was covered with human bones. [The story] aroused my curiosity, and I myself penetrated into the cavern in September of 1879, on my way from Sparta to Calamata.
The first person on record as having explored the Kaiadas Cave, pictured here, was Olivier Rayet, a French archaeologist of the mid-to-late 1880s. (Christos Koudounis / CC BY-SA 4.0 )
From below, the sky can be seen through the upper orifice, which looks very small and must be about forty meters above the bottom. [..] The floor of the cavern consists of a mass of human bones mingled with the soil, and upon it have fallen a few large masses of rock. How many skeletons are there? It is impossible to say, but there is a great number of them. The bones have become spongy and brittle, but a slight calcareous incrustation produced by the water which drips from the grotto walls has preserved them fairly well. All the skulls that I was able to pick up were those of very vigorous men who were still in their prime, to judge from the state of preservation of the teeth.
If a fire is lighted, similar bones can be seen on all the projections in the walls of the cave, from its top to its bottom. It is clear that the men whose remains we see here were thrown in through the upper aperture, that some of them remained hanging on the rough projections of the rock, while others fell to the bottom and were crushed. Was it not in similar fashion that the prisoners perished who were cast into the Caeadas?”
Aristomenes is known for having famously resisted the Spartans on Eira Mountain during the Second Messenian War. ( Public domain )
Aristomenes: The King Who Fled the Dark of Kaiadas
This last sentence of Rayet’s report reveals that he was clearly aware of the myth of the Kaiadas Cave, and suspected that the cavern he had entered might very well be it. He also made a very important connection between the cave and the story of Aristomenes. Aristomenes was a legendary King of Messenia, who famously resisted the Spartans in the Second Messenian War, which lasted from 685 to 668 BC. For eleven years, Aristomenes held out on the Eira Mountain and made a daring escape in the end, just as the mountain fell to the enemy. Legend says that he was snatched by the Gods and led to safety, however, history tells us otherwise: he escaped and subsequently died at the island of Rhodes.
Nevertheless, one interesting story connects Aristomenes with the Kaiadas Cave. During his eleven-year holdout, it is said that he and fifty of his men were captured by the Spartans during a failed raid. They were all thrown into the chasm of Kaiadas, the pit into which criminals and prisoners were thrown. The story tells us that only Aristomenes managed to survive the fall and subsequently escape the cave rejoining his forces on the mountain.
While many fantastical legends explain how he escaped the pit, Olivier Rayet provided a more scholarly and reasonable explanation. By observing the openings in the cavern that he spotted, and also the one through which he entered, Rayet proposed that it was perhaps the same hole through which Aristomenes eloped: "[...] it is not easy to resist the temptation to believe that the aperture through which we have entered the cavern is the very hole through which Aristomenes made his escape, and that in course of time it has grown larger."
A Cruel Form of Capital Punishment
The grim and terrifying stories that Plutarch preserved for posterity were perhaps rather exaggerated. There simply is no evidence that proves that the Spartans were throwing undesired and unfit newborns into the Kaiadas Cave. If anything, the finds prove the opposite as the only bones discovered within were those of strong and adult males, probably warriors.
Plutarch’s stories might have served the purpose of demonizing the Spartans, or, perhaps even making them look tougher, stronger, and militaristic. Nevertheless, Kaiadas Cave is as real as can be. Both the chasm and the countless bodies of sentenced men have survived through many centuries, only to be rediscovered by chance. Nowadays, it serves as an important testament to the brutality of ancient times and the terrible fate that awaited those who were hurled within it!
Top image: Can the great piles of bones found in Kaiadas Cave in Greece help us separate fact from fiction in the legends of Kaiadas Cave? Source: Warpaintcobra / Adobe Stock
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The walls of illusion crumble. Truth is but an unhealthy idee fixe, a will-o’-the-wisp we cling to, and the incredible energy invested in its quest only calls attention to the “terrible and questionable character of existence.”Continue reading Nietzsche
By the second half of the 19th century, scientific progress was adding to a persistent pessimism, and it was becoming more and more difficult to affirm life. The theories of Charles Darwin, for example, played an important role in discrediting more of the myths that human beings relied on. The insulting description of Homo Sapiens proposed in Origin of the Species destroyed once and for all the belief that man occupied a dignified position in the order of things and ruined the hope of cosmic purpose.Continue reading …and Nothing besides!*
In 314, the Emperor Constantine’s Edict of Milan assured the Christian hegemony over several competitors. You’d think the anxieties and melancholia present during the Roman Empire’s decline would be partially alleviated with the official sanction of Christianity. Hardly!Continue reading Apropos of Nothing
“You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” – Morpheus
The Red Pill in the Matrix liberates the human mind from the Matrix and grasp the true reality. In philosophy, the red pill is the principle of insufficient reality. In the book, Joyful Cruelty, Clement Rosset addressed the cruelty of reality and the standard evasive strategies philosophers have used to avoid it. Every attempt to minimize the cruelty of truth, or the harshness of the real, has the inescapable consequence of discrediting the most brilliant efforts and the most noble causes. Continue reading The Principle of Insufficient Reality
It seems that our time is the most cynical and intensely pessimistic era ever in recorded history. Continue reading Nihilism in the Iliad and Pantheon
The other day I got into a debate on twitter about the morality of sharing ebooks. Someone was posting free copies of Roger Zelazny’s books on kindle, and I replied that I was entitled to ebooks of the printed books I own. This writer challenged that assertion and asked for an argument. I refused to engage in his Empire-inflected moralizing, that the writer owned the medium his story is printed on, and used the Ship of Theseus example to deconstruct the notion of ownership.
This blog focuses on the relationship between Gnosticism and antinatalism, and whether the philosopher E.M. Cioran endorses either one in his works. Thanks to ControversialPhilosophy from the Anti-Natalist and Anti-Antinatalist Debate blog, I was motivated to present a case that looked beyond cherry-picking quotes and guilt of association rhetoric, towards the historical and theological context of the writings. Continue reading Antinatalism & Gnosticism in Cioran
O sweet & deadly nihilism, what cruel beauty…
Of the four flavors of psychological states,
Three intoxicants are poisonous
Naturally & culturally, individually & socially!
First venomous flavor is the cockcrow
Of arrant meaninglessness–
A failure of Grand Purpose,
Promises a bitter aftertaste of Discouragement & melancholia!
Second rancorous flavor is the faith
In some conjectural Everything, a great Chain of Being;
A cosmic guarantor of infinite worth!
Woe unto he who loses his faith,
for he loses his own self-worth too!
Third malignant flavor is the visceral gasp
At the infinite flux, absent a safe respite;
Nothing to do but condemn all
For the sake of some Cloud Cuckoo Land,
That has no staying power whatsoever!
And the Fourth flavor? Curiously,
Neither aim, nor unity, nor Being apply!
Nothing left but a brand new tomorrow
Freed of crumbling relics & monuments of yesteryear!
Freed at last to create new selves, new worlds, new futures!
While I’ve read several works in literature that could pass as nihilistic, it wasn’t until Fate/Zero I could say I’ve come across a truly nihilistic masterpiece. Even the classic Neon Genesis Evangelion did not reach this nadir of such depraved nihility. Gen Urobuchi, the writer of Fate/Zero has expressed similar sentiments in his other works such as Puella Magi Madoka Magica, but Fate/Zero serves as a platform that displays a potpourri of various philosophies that are exposed one by one as fictitious or illusory. | <urn:uuid:de5a105d-01ef-4f70-8f26-c2493d3b327b> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.hyperboreans.com/heterodoxia/?tag=nietzsche | 2021-10-19T00:42:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585215.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20211018221501-20211019011501-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.93554 | 993 | [
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Our spy photographers have caught up to the new BMW 3 Series once again. The last time we saw the camo-wrapped sedan it was rolling in standard and M-Sport guise, and it looks like we’ve caught another such duo testing on the streets of Munich.
Take a close look below at the model wearing the 3532 number plate – the front fascia has less wrap and is decidedly more aggressive, and the rear fascia wears extra vents on the corners. The exhaust cutouts are now different as well, adopting a more trapezoid shape. Compare that to the prototype with the 3489 number plate – the front fascia is far less dynamic and the rear also wears the familiar oval dual exhaust outlets without the vents.
The camo wrap hasn’t diminished since the last time we caught the new 3 Series in action, but the new cutouts on the rear bumper suggest we could be seeing final production components in place. And that means we could be getting closer to a full-on reveal, though we’re still hearing that the Paris Motor Show in October is when the covers will likely be lifted. When that happens, expect to see a car with better refinement, tasteful styling, and a range of engines from 136 horsepower (101 kilowatts) to 380 hp (283 kW), burning both gasoline and diesel.
The BMW 3 Series has long set the standard for athletic-yet-elegant sedans, but these days Audi and Mercedes-Benz offer extremely good competition for the iconic model. Our insiders in the industry say that BMW is keen to set this new 3 Series apart not through eye-catching bling like big wheels or ultra-engineered LED headlights, but by less tangible factors such as substance and character. We admit to being a bit underwhelmed with the current 3 Series, but with the next generation benefitting from BMW’s CLAR architecture, there’s hope the sedan could reclaim some of its former glory. | <urn:uuid:7637f6b5-78b9-47de-bf0c-394c994c14da> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.motor1.com/news/236751/2019-bmw-3-series-sedans-spied/ | 2021-10-19T00:38:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585215.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20211018221501-20211019011501-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.94485 | 406 | [
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Dee & Tim chose Melbourne for their elopement destination, leaving their kids, friends and family at home, with the promise of a party to follow at a later date.
Their timing was perfect too, as Melbourne was just opening up again after Covid lockdown so Southbank and the Yarra riverside had a real buzz about it.
Dee & Tim hosted a short and sweet ceremony on their executive room terrace on the 26th floor of The Langham, overlooking the Yarra and Melbourne CBD, and were legally married by a celebrant from a group of marriage celebrants who specialise in elopements, Elope Around Melbourne.
The newly married couple capped off the afternoon by taking a stroll up the Yarra and into Kings Domain for photos before looping back via the NGV and back to The Langham, where I left them to enjoy the rest of their weekend together.
We LOVE elopements and the relaxed and natural photography opportunities that go with them, so if you’re planning on eloping in Melbourne, Yarra Valley, Dandenongs or the Mornington Peninsula then please get in touch as we’d love to be involved to document your marriage in an unobtrusive and candid style. Send us a message using the button below. | <urn:uuid:8b86d13e-39a3-40f9-92df-04e61b44ca60> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.weddingsnapper.com.au/dee-tim-elope-at-the-langham/ | 2021-10-18T23:57:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585215.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20211018221501-20211019011501-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.959916 | 266 | [
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This is a loose translation from Bob Dylan’s song, but it seemed appropriate. Our industry is in the midst of changes from economic to social to political spheres
of influence. We see the reports, releases and yes, tweets, and know that change is coming.
Will we see tax reform on the national level? If we do, will the mortgage interest deduction be a thing of the past?
On the state level, will the budget compromise actually help the industry or just maintain a status quo? Will it include some services that are no longer sales tax exempt? Will we see a teacher pay raise? October was workforce development month and there was much talk about the need for more emphasis on construction trades. Will we see that change in our schools or technology centers?
Socially, we hear about millennials finally entering the housing market. One report says that once they become
homeowners they begin to act like the generations before them. Turns out they like homes in suburbs with good schools. So what does that mean for our industry?
As one writer put it, “the only thing constant in this world is change.” If change affects our industry, you know it will affect our association.
Membership models are being examined and test cases are taking place. Governance is also being examined as to what works the best. Dues and how they are paid and collected are also being examined. This last area is one we are particularly excited about.
If you haven’t already, you will soon hear about Dues Hub powered by Billhighway. This promises to be a new tool that will help with dues payments, recruitment and retention. It is a tool that will provide for online applications, payment flexibility, automated funds routing plus useful and practical data integration.
Yes, changes are coming. But this is one we can be excited about.
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Combine coriander, lime juice, oil, garlic, green onions, jalapenos and cumin in a food processor or blender; pulse until smooth. Place the steak in a zip-top bag and pour in the coriander mixture. Place in the refrigerator to marinate for at least 4 hours or up to 24 hours.
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Stress has prompted Jai’s cocaine problem to rear its head again, and he’s lost Laurel (Charlotte Bellamy) as a result.
Blaming Graham for outing his drug problem to her, Jai took even more cocaine and he lost time as a result.
Jai’s memory of the night Graham was killed is blurry, but he was later seen sobbing with blood-covered hands…
What did Jai do in Emmerdale?
Even though Jai is worried that he could be the one who killed Graham, we can reveal that the person Jai actually attacked the night Graham died is Jimmy (Nick Miles).
Viewers know that Jai has held Jimmy personally responsible for what’s been going on with his son Archie and is unaware that young Arthur is the real culprit — so it’s possible that his violence could be in relation to this.
Jai was one of many Emmerdale residents who were considered suspects in Graham’s murder, however this attack on Jimmy could prove to be something of a mixed blessing.
While there’s a chance Jai could be arrested or even sent to prison for the assault, could the attack also serve as his alibi for Graham’s murder?
Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock) seems to be the one the police have their sights set on, as he was arrested for the crime after Priya Sharma (Fiona Wade) informed them about the public altercation he’d had with Graham the day before.
As last night’s episode came to a close, Marlon found himself being taken to the station after he was publicly arrested in front of the whole village.
Marlon’s history with Graham was a tense one, as he angrily protested against Graham and Rhona (Zoe Henry) moving to France
Even though we know it was the evil Pierce Harris (Jonathan Wrather) who struck the killing blow, will Marlon’s grudge against Graham be enough of a motive for the police to build a case against the innocent man?
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Acknowledging that an FDD allocation for the upcoming 600 MHz auction has considerably more support than the TDD approach it has been pushing, Sprint (NYSE:S) said it now supports the idea of an FDD band plan, provided it is structured to maximize "auctionable bi-directional paired spectrum."
The operator conceded its change of heart in an ex parte filing with the FCC this week. Sprint representatives have held several discussions with commission staff regarding 600 MHz band plan alternatives.
The carrier said it still thinks an unpaired TDD band plan is the best approach to ensure the most efficient use of spectrum obtained from the upcoming 600 MHz incentive auction. That is because it "would maximize the amount of bi-directional spectrum available for auction," regardless of the amount of spectrum that broadcasters ultimately make available. Therefore, said Sprint, a TDD band plan would potentially provide more opportunities for bidders to snag some of the freed 600 MHz spectrum.
Sprint is clearly a fan of TDD and has TDD-based LTE initiatives already underway. Not only is it rolling out TD-LTE technology on Clearwire's 2.5 GHz spectrum, but Sprint has also partnered with Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) on a trial of a fixed TD-LTE service in Corpus Christi, Texas, also at 2.5 GHz.
Yet faced with the reality that the ultimate 600 MHz band plan will most likely be based on an FDD allocation, Sprint reluctantly hopped onto that bandwagon. However, the operator declined to endorse any of the proposed FDD plans, including those offered up by AT&T (NYSE:T), Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) or T-Mobile US (NYSE:TMUS) in partnership with Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ).
Instead, Sprint suggested the commission use those proposals as references for creating a 600 MHz FDD band plan that provides the most paired spectrum based upon the amount of spectrum broadcasters release in major markets on a near-nationwide basis. In short, the carrier is urging the FCC to design the band plan only after it knows how much spectrum it will actually have on hand to auction.
In one example provided by the operator, if the FCC were to determine that 120 MHz will likely be cleared on a near-nationwide basis, the commission might use the Ericsson FDD plan as a model and adopt a band plan that provides for 50x50 MHz (50 MHz on the uplink and 50 MHz on the downlink) of paired FDD spectrum. That would generate the most paired 5 MHz blocks for auction to multiple competitors, the operator said.
Smaller amounts of cleared spectrum would lead the commission to reference other proposals as models for what would be its final band plan, according to Sprint.
The FCC is faced with a plethora of potential band plan options. In December, T-Mobile shared with the commission results from tests that appear to support use of market variability in the 600 MHz band plan. Market variability could come into play if the FCC recovers different amounts of TV broadcast spectrum in different markets.
Late last year, the FCC opted to move the start of the 600 MHz broadcast TV spectrum incentive auctions to mid-2015 from a previously scheduled start of sometime in 2014 to give the agency more time to plan its overall strategy.
- see this FCC document (.pdf)
T-Mobile 600 MHz study shows LTE can share channels with nearby TV stations
Sprint, Dish to launch trial of fixed TD-LTE service on 2.5 GHz in mid-2014
FCC pushing 600 MHz broadcast incentive auction to mid-2015
CCA urges FCC to form task force focusing on wireless competition
FCC's Wheeler signals intent to let smaller carriers get more spectrum
Sprint, T-Mobile, Dish and others urge FCC's Wheeler to let them get 600 MHz spectrum
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Proper grooming techniques give a boost to your Gordon Setter’s competitive edge in the show ring. Knowing how to accentuate your dog’s best points by trimming him so they shine through can improve your win record. If you’ve seen Will Alexander in the ring with a Gordon you’ve witnessed that every dog he shows is beautifully presented, groomed to perfection. I’ve seen Will in action and have admired his skill for decades so I’m sharing the link to his course on Setter grooming with you. For a relatively low cost your subscription to the course will give you unlimited access to this self paced, visual grooming reference for as long as you like. Perfect your skillset with professional guidance!
Sally Gift, Mesa AZ
Click the blue link below and a new window will open taking you to the course. Don’t let the English Setter fool you – Will knows Gordons and covers them too!
This course is an introduction to the basics of trimming all four of the setter breeds.
You will learn the subtle differences between the English, Gordon, Irish and Irish Red & White Setters.
From Clipper-work, to carding and raking you will learn skills that will be valuable to you no matter what your skill level.
You will learn when and where you should use various tools such as; thinning shears, knives, stripping stones.
Knowing why we are trimming hair off in different ways is as important as how to do it. Will explains how the setter’s furnishings should be an extension of your setter’s bone structure and how to create the most anatomically correct version of your setter through trimming.
Stay tuned as we bring you each breed in greater detail.
Will’s family bred and showed Irish Setters (his father still breeds them), and as a junior Will bred English Cockers. Will made his ring début at the age of seven with one of his father’s setters, and from then on he was very active (and successful) in Junior Showmanship, and the breed ring, with a variety of breeds.
Will always wanted to be a handler, but before embarking on a handling career he worked for Garry MacDonald here in Canada, and for Bobby Stebbins in the States – gaining experience, honing his skills, and perfecting his craft…
Will started handling professionally in 1986, and in 1987, took the Irish Setter Ch. McCammom Impresario to Top Dog All Breed.
This also set a record as the youngest handler to have a Top Dog All Breeds.Will is one of only 5 handlers,
who has had more than one Top Dog All Breeds
Will has had a dog in the Top Ten All Breeds since 1991!
Will is often referred to as the “Wayne Gretzky of dog shows”, Will is proudly Canadian and arguably the most recognized professional handler in Canada!
Will is now a published author, his book “For the Love of Dogs” was published in 2014.
Will had the honour of winning Best In Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show 2015
with the beautiful Beagle bitch, Am/Can. Ch. Tashtin’s Lookin For Trouble, aka Miss P
From pro-handler Will Alexander a You Tube video chock full of tips about prepping your Setter for the ring on show day. While Will is working on an English Setter in this video, his tips for brushing and grooming are fantastic and will help make your dog look like a million bucks! Will’s posted many more tips and tricks on You Tube for those who seek more, check it out! Thank you Will for this fabulous site.
I started a new discussion group that you may find totally useful if you’re seriously into breeding and/or competing with your Gordon Setter. Now, I realize that many of you are not on Facebook and may well have sworn never to go there BUT you don’t have to turn into a Facebook junkie, nor do you need to accumulate a slathering of friends, but you will need to set up a Facebook account in order to view and post to the group. There are already fabulous discussions starting, questions being posed, and pictures being shared of dogs from way back, all things educational can be shared here.
Welcome Gordon Setter students and mentors! This group is meant to serve as a resource and learning tool for Gordon Setter fanciers who are serious students or experienced breeder/exhibitors willing to join forces where everyone can learn about and mentor the art of breeding better Gordon Setters. A place also to fine tune our skill and expertise when competing in conformation, performance or field events. Topics might include such things as genetics, structure, pedigrees, ancestors, health, and proper care, grooming, as well as training tips pertaining to competition in conformation, performance and field events. To make the most of this forum you are encouraged to submit questions, content and photos to provide examples as well as actively participate in discussions with helpful answers and guiding principles.
Things to keep in mind:
No personal attacks, ridicule, or harassment on or about another member’s post. You will be removed from the group and blocked. We don’t always need to agree and various opinions on a topic are encouraged to promote a learning environment, however remember when you are expressing an opinion to please do so in a tactful and polite manner.
Since this group is meant to serve educational purposes only, please do not submit your win photos and brags, we do love to see those and are very happy for you, but let’s post them on other forums to maintain focus here. The same would be true of those happy Gordon photos we post just for fun.
Please focus on the positive traits of any dog pictured. If you have constructive criticism always be considerate and tactful in your comments to ensure you are providing encouragement as well as an educational experience for the student. Please do share educational articles and links to other sites that will educate and promote better breeding and competition practices.
No SPAM or ads to promote the sale of merchandise or dogs. Spammers will be removed.
No personal attacks on other members! We are here to help each other learn and we will respect everyone and treat each other with dignity because of our differences, a different view could be where a new learning begins.
I feel like I’ve been knee deep in black dog hair for the better part of the last four decades, and I’m not talking about those little black haired dust bunnies that whisper along the tile floor in the hallways of the house. I’m talking big, honking piles of hair that I’ve clipped, stripped, scissored and thinned off the bodies of my Gordon Setters to ready them for the ring. I kid you not, there have been times when I have built a whole other Setter out of the hair left on the floor. Good grief these dogs grow coat, acres and acres of it so that sometimes I find myself thinking “I’m gonna to get me one a them big ole John Deere mowers to tackle this petting zoo”.
Well obviously most of you own a Gordon Setter so you know what I’m talking about when I say that they take a bit of grooming to keep them looking less like a Newfie and more like a Setter. And, if you’re heading to the show ring you probably know by now that a proper groom makes a world of difference in your chances for success. Groom that dog poorly or trim him the wrong way and you can end up accentuating or creating faults you don’t want seen. Bad idea.
It is not easy to learn to properly groom a Gordon for the ring, and I for one, will admit that even after all these years I am always learning. New things come along, methods change, equipment is developed, it’s a never ending learning curve. Sometimes I feel like my grooming skill is no better now than when I was in grade school cutting doll hair with those little rounded kiddie scissors. Did you ever notice that doll hair doesn’t grow back? My sisters did. They weren’t very happy with me. Sibling rivalry I guess?
Grooming can be complicated, but it will get a whole lot easier if you start with a clear picture of the dog’s anatomy, the dog breeder’s basic knowledge, and using that mental picture of your breed’s anatomy as your guide when you’re trimming, stripping or thinning your show dog should help you sculpt that dog into a lovely picture of the standard. To give an example, sometimes we might groom what appear to be faults onto the dog by leaving a vertical line of stripped hair going straight down the dog’s side from the bottom of neck to the foreleg. In fact we want to show angles there, the angle where the shoulder and upper arm meet, so there should be a sideways V shape to that line. Leave a straight line down the side of the dog when you’re stripping out coat and the judge will see a straight front, one that lacks proper angle of shoulder to upper arm. It’s an optical illusion that can hurt your chances of winning. Or, ignore trimming the under body coat to into soft flowing lines, leaving instead shorter or longer coat in the wrong area and you destroy the flow of the Setter’s natural body contour, he looks unbalanced and a maybe a bit box or tube shaped, not the picture we’re looking for.
I found a grooming blog, Beyond the Fur… written by Melissa Verplank who published an excellent article The Importance of Canine Anatomy and it teaches about using the structure of the dog to set a pattern when grooming. This is right on the money and I highly recommend, especially if you are a new learner, that before you begin grooming your Gordon Setter, particularly for the show ring, that you take the time to read this article and review her diagrams. You absolutely must have an ideal picture of the structure of a Gordon Setter in your mind in order to properly scissor and strip and shape that body coat. And you must keep that picture in mind so that when you step back away from the dog to view your work, you are seeing all of the excellent qualities you want a judge to notice about your dog.
Here’s the link, simply point and click, a new window will open on her site:
Hope you enjoy these articles. We’re gearing up to come back from the GSCA National with some great “how to” videos of exhibitors grooming their dogs, we’re sure that we’ll find some great Gordon Setter folks who will share their tips and tricks with you.
Boys will be boys! If you’re working on show coat for your boy or maybe even just trying to keep him looking nice and mat free, maintaining a male’s coat in condition is challenging because…well let’s face it…they dribble all over themselves when they lift their leg to pee…the dreaded “pee feathers”. (Now guys don’t go getting offended here, we’re not talking about cleaning the bathroom toilet, this article applies to Gordon Setters not men!)
We’re talking today about all the beautiful coat that looks so great when it’s growing evenly down from the loin area. But as we’ve all seen or perhaps experienced, if you don’t stay on top of grooming it, that coat becomes dirty, matted and brittle in a minute. Then, before you know what happened you’re missing chunks of coat or the coat looks all thin and straggly, and unless you even the ends out with scissors it looks ragged compared to the rest of the dog’s coat. Maybe not the picture you intended to present in the ring and especially if you’re headed for BOB or Group judging. To be competitive you do want to stay on top of little things.
So, proper grooming of the male does have it’s own particular quirks and there are many of you out there who may be wondering what the secret is and others who could share your tried and true solutions with them for maintaining coat.
Jodi Hurd-Cavanagh had offered her suggestions in a comment on a previous article (Thank you Jodi!) and we are publishing that again here to start the discussion…what do you do to maintain pee feathers?
And Jodi said: “The main way to grow and maintain the coat is a clean coat, bathing the dog every other day in a gentle shampoo RINSE WELL, conditioner RINSE WELL. Rinsing is imperative to the process, as you don’t want to leave any soap residue (you will get white flakes pop up) Blow dry on the table and you are ready to trim. Maintaining pee feather area is a daily routine. on the days you aren’t giving a full bath, rinse the pee coat area with conditioner and water mix about 3 ounces of conditioner to 15 ounces of water apply liberally and rinse with water, and dry.”
Type away folks, use the comment section to share your solutions or to ask more questions.
Let’s give a round of applause for guest blogger Bev Holoboff, Alberta Canada
Gordon Setter – Grooming for show
Creating The Look
First make sure the dog is completely free of mats. You may need to pay particular attention to the feathering between the front legs and chest.
Using the blunt-ended scissors, trim the whiskers on the cheeks, flews and above the eyes.
With your clippers, going with the lay of the hair, clip the top of the skull to just behind and below the occiput. If the back skull drops away, try not to clip too closely near the back as that will accentuate the lack of level planes.
Clip down the throat to about 2 inches above the sternum. Clip from behind the occiput and the ear, about the width of your clipper blade around the ear, down the neck towards the sternum and slightly lower than the clipped area above the sternum. In other words, looking at the chest and shoulders from the front, there will be a reverse ‘U’ of clipped to unclipped area.
Clip the top third (front and back) of the ear, leaving coat on the front fold of the ear beginning where it joins the skull. If you are trying this for the first time, or if a show is coming up in the next couple of days, you will clip with the lay of the hair. However, you may find it more effective to do as I do, going against the grain on the upper ears. This will give a very smooth finish as the hair regrows but, for most dogs will take a full week to get to the most attractive stage.
Using the thinning shears and cutting up into the lay of the hair, smooth the seam between the clipped and unclipped areas, the rough coat along the shoulders and elbows, over the back ribs, loin, hip and outside thigh. The amount of work you will need in this area largely depends on the dog’s coat. The flatter the coat, the less it is needed. This is also the most difficult part to do well but the effort put in here will make a lot of difference in the final appearance.
Some people advocate the use of stoning to remove excess back coat. I don’t. It seems to me to be the equivalent to scraping sandpaper over the shiny cuticles of the remaining hair shafts. What you may gain in hair removal, you’ll lose in shine. An alternative to thinning shears is the use of a Mars Coat King. This gives a very nice appearance and is almost foolproof.
With the thinning shears, trim the feathering on the hock to create a rounder, cleaner appearance. Shaving the hock makes it look strange and lacking in bone but not trimming the feathering makes the hock appear to lack in strength and stability. Developing your eye to recognize what looks good may take some time.
Trim about one inch at the tail root, creating a vent and delineating the body from the tail. This area is the underneath of the tail and around the anus.
Using thinning shears, trim the tail as close to the tip as possible, creating a smooth rounded look.
To create the desirable tight, rounded, cat-foot, scissor around the outside to the foot, Scissor the hair growing on the underside, between the pads. Use your thinning shears to level off the hair between the toes with the outline of the foot. Thin the hair by the dewclaw (or area it was removed) and on the back of the pastern.
Clip the nails as closely as possible. Since Gordon Setters have black nails you may need to check the underside of the nail to ensure that you do not cut back into the quick. Using a Dremel can smooth the edges of the toenails and keep them looking even better.
This is a very basic guideline. Only by constant practice and watching the effects other people achieve, will you find that the process becomes second nature.
In addition to this method of getting a coat show-ready, a tool called the Mars Coat King is a wonderful way to thin out back coat. You can use it on a weekly basis to keep the coat looking almost perfect and then just use the thinning shears for a touch up.
Prefer a more natural look? If your dog needs grooming simply to make him a pleasure for you to look at and for his own hygiene, regular brushing and clipping of the feet will get the look you are after. You might also want to remove the hair around the base of the ear to ensure sufficient air circulates to the ear canal. Trimming the hair at the underside base of the tail will also be a good idea.
If you are grooming a pet Gordon, much of this information will not necessarily apply to you. In many cases, you might be better off not to use clippers on your dog as, once you’ve started, the hair will grow in curlier than before and you’ll need to continue clipping forever.
However, if you have a show Gordon or want your Gordon to look like one, this is a very simplistic description of how we groom our dogs.
There are many items you can purchase to aid in your grooming endeavors but the essentials for me are:
Electric clippers (I use an Oster A5 or an Andis Rechargable and, more recently a Wahl Chromadore), a #10 and #15 blade or an adjustable blade which can be set to those numbers (If you’re nervous, you might want to start out with a #10. This might also be the more appropriate blade to use if the dog is old and its coat is thinning.),
Thinning shears (with finer teeth)
Mars Coat King
Regular hair scissors
Small blunt end scissors
Dremel or nail clippers
Shampoo and Conditioning:
Contrary to common thought, bathing a dog frequently is not a problem. Only bathing them with inappropriate products seems to cause dry coat and skin. Particularly once the dog is ready for ‘competition’, more frequent cleaning with the appropriate products will make for a better looking coat. When I’m actively showing a dog, it will get a bath at least once a week with a full condition and light washes in dirty areas in between. Use a shampoo formulated for dogs and make sure it is all washed out. I use the entire line of Chris Christensen products and find them very satisfactory for regular maintenance and show preparation. However, I found another shampoo (Jardines) that’s a horse shampoo recommended to me by a handler and it’s excellent. Another brand that comes well recommended is from Summerwinds. Sometimes, it’s just a matter of finding what’s best for you and your dog but I couldn’t live without my Chris Christensen – Ice on Ice.
Between shampoos, just regular brushing should maintain the gloss. With my adult dogs, even the ones not being shown, I tend to maintain a regular (every one to two weeks) bath routine, finishing with a conditioner, another rinse and then a spray on conditioner. With puppies, I just use the shampoo and make sure it is really washed out of the coat.
As with all long-eared dogs, you should keep a watch on your Gordon’s ears to make sure that no problems are ever encountered. If they ever appear dirty, you can clean them with a cotton ball, dampened with Hibitol or Epiotic – Cleanser (available from your vet). Only clean the area that you can see. If dark wax and an odor are present, consult your veterinarian. Teeth:
Cleaning your dog’s teeth should be part of your on-going health care. The back molars are particularly susceptible to build up of tartar. Getting your puppy used to the process will prevent difficulties later. A tooth scaler may be purchased from most pet-supply shops, dental supplies or an accommodating dental hygienist may give you her discards. Gently scraping the buildup off will be an easy job if you stay on top of it. Dog toothpastes (and toothbrushes) are available but are a bit tedious as they should be used every day to be effective. Some of the chewable solutions like Denta-bones seem to also suffice for many dogs. This same toothpaste can also be applied to a wash cloth, covering your index finger, and works just as well. Some of the chewable solutions like Denta-bones seem to also suffice for many dogs.
Keep the nails short by frequently clipping them. Dark toenails are more difficult to judge but frequently taking off a little every week or so will usually keep them short enough. Although smaller clippers may seem sufficient when the puppy is small, buy one that is strong enough to easily cut the larger toenails that are sure to come. An alternative is an electric toenail grinder but that is more expensive and, while they do a wonderful job may be more difficult to accustom the dog to its use. Personally, I prefer to do a little of both, clipping the ends off and then smoothing the edges with a Dremel. An extremely good description of how to prepare a dog for that process can be found at http://www.doberdawn.com.
I have a bit of a dilemma here with the Gordon Setter grooming video I’m about to share with you. See, I have a confession, and it may shock you just a little but please remember not to gasp too loudly as you’ll wake the sleeping dog! So my confession is, while I had every intention of (1) either sucking someone into doing a video to share here or (2) having someone film me doing a foot grooming demonstration – I haven’t actually gotten around to doing either of those things yet. But wait, that’s not the confession. See the confession is, this is meant to be a Gordon Setter demonstration, but, well the truth is, the dog on the table is either highly marked for a Gordon, a red Gordon, or maybe – perhaps it’s our red-headed cousin the Irish Setter. Shhhh, I told you the dogs were sleeping!
So, anyway, this is a darn good video, the lady who’s doing the demonstration gives excellent instructions, (and her dog holds still much better than mine would). But most importantly, what I loved about this video was that she takes the time to explain about cutting the hair between the toes in straight up and down lines, rather than at an angle, and that my friends can make all the difference between whether your Gordon Setter’s feet look like the cat paws they are supposed to resemble, or like Briar Rabbit’s hare feet!
Oh, and if there are any budding film-makers out there with a pair of scissors and a hairy Gordon Setter who’d like to top this award-winning presentation please send those entries to: [email protected]!
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Helen Oueyemi’s Boy, Snow, Bird (Kindle here) was dazzling. Fairy tale tropes got so twisted they became almost unrecognizable. But there’s also something familiar about Boy Novak and her daughter and stepdaughter, Bird and Snow. They are daughters, sisters, mothers–just like the ones we know. Boy and Bird are such whole, fully formed characters that I want to call them up tomorrow and buy them a drink. (Snow, though, remains elusive–but not to the story’s detriment.)
Boy is a young girl who ran away from her abusive father. She made a life for herself when she got off the bus at the end of the line at Flax Hill, a town full of craftsmen who make beautiful things.
Boy is a beautiful thing herself, and she knows it. She gets lost in mirrors, but her beauty won’t give her the thing she wants most–a family. For that, she turns to Arturo, a widower with a daughter named Snow. As Arturo’s wife and Snow’s stepmother, Boy eventually becomes pregnant with her daughter, Bird. When Bird is born, everything Boy thought she knew shifts into a slightly new reality.
Bird’s birth indicates a shift for the reader, too. What was a kind of love story (Boy loves her town and her friends, if not her husband) turns into a story of race, values, family, and what it means to lose yourself.
Boy isn’t perfect. I believe she loves her husband, but she isn’t so sure. She gets jealous and hurtful, she can lie with the best of them, and she can be vain. To Snow, she might even be a wicked stepmother.
And for all of this, I like Boy. She is real and human and makes real and human mistakes. No one has a perfect family, so everyone can relate to hers and how she survives in it.
There are few times where the stories Oyeyemi tells go a little over my head, but if I never get the point of “La Belle Capuchine” it doesn’t hurt the book and it’s still entertaining to read. (Actually, I just looked up Capuchin, and maybe now I get it after all.)
Some things I loved, or liked, or thought were just OK:
Women: This story is full of women. Strong women, weak women, old and young, beautiful and ugly. There are mothers and daughters and wives and single women and on and on. The variety of wonderful female characters is refreshing and beautiful but most importantly it’s interesting. You don’t have to be a woman to read it, either–you just have to want to read about fantastic characters you won’t find in other books.
Judgment: Or rather, lack thereof. Oyeyemi respects her characters no matter their background, their appearance, or their choices. Oyeyemi presents their behavior as matter of fact–as if she is saying this is who they are, and that’s OK. These characters often make mistakes or make choices different than our own, but they are all accepted and are just as much a part of the tale as anyone else.
Structure: Boy, Snow, Bird is split into three parts. The first two belong to Boy and Bird, and because of the title, I expected to hear from Snow. I was slightly disappointed when she didn’t get her own part, but I was so thrilled to hear from Boy again I wasn’t sad for long.
Tall tales: There are fairy tale references all over Boy, Snow, Bird, often pointing to the perverse instead of the happy-ever-after. (The more I think about the name Snow in this particular family for this particular girl, the sadder and more twisted it gets.) Lies are abundant, and magical realism pops up a few times–which works whether you take it literally or symbolically.
Language: Oyeyemi’s language is a delight. Her structure is simple, using carefully selected words to make a sharp observation or tell a funny story. Some of my favorites:
“Webster was seventy percent all right and thirty percent pain in the neck, one of those women who are corpselike until a man walks into the room, after which point they become irresistibly vivacious.”
“There’s something about being chased by a big strong man with yellowish eyes that makes you feel like an antelope in a bad situation.”
“I could see a woman trying to cover all the bases, searching for things her daughter would need in order to make friends with life.”
“…whatever it was that gave Alice the guts to stick up for herself when Tweedledum and Tweedledee informed her she wasn’t real.”
“It was the kind of house you went to in order to get well.”
“The general advice is always be yourself, be yourself, which only makes sense if you haven’t got an attitude problem.”
This was a book I was looking forward to this year, and it totally surpassed my expectations. Read it, please, and come talk to me about it because I finished it a few days ago and it has never left my mind for long.
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Hundreds of people gathered in Montecito Wednesday night to mark one year since the deadly and devastating Montecito Mudslide.
Raising Our Light: An Evening of Remembrance in Montecito was held in Lower Manning Park to bring people together in the hard-hit community.
Mudslide survivor Lauren Cantin, who many may recognize as the girl who was caught on camera being rescued from the mud, sang “Amazing Grace.”
— Christina Favuzzi (@CFavuzzi) January 10, 2019
Afterward, several readings took place and candles were lit in honor of survivors and in memory of those who were lost.
Carie Baker-Corey, who lost two children in the mudslide, read a poem entitled “To Be a Fire.” The poem was written by her daughter, Sawyer, who was killed in the debris flow.
Students from schools in Montecito also took to the stage to sing “This Little Light of Mine.”
The program ended with a reading of the poem “Blessing for the Longest Night.”
After the formal program, hundreds of people walked from Lower Manning Park down San Ysidro Road to All Saints-by-the-Sea church. The church was a central point for the community in the days after the mudslide. On Wednesday night, a bell ringing was held at the church. The bell rang 23 times, to represent everyone who died in the mudslides.
The healing event came exactly one year after a heavy storm slammed the community, unleashing mud and debris. The area had just been ravaged by the Thomas Fire, which wasn’t fully contained until after the debris flow. More than a half-inch of rain fell in about 15 minutes, and there was nothing to hold back the huge boulders, burned trees, dirt, and water.
23 people were killed. Two people, two-year-old Lydia Sutthithepa and 17-year-old Jack Cantin, have still not been found.
Oprah Winfrey, who lives in Montecito, posted on Instagram that she had attended the event.
“A year ago today our little community was digging out of the mudslides. Searching for survivors. 22 dead. 2 were never found. Tonight we paid our respects remembering them in a candlelight vigil,” she said in the post.
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(MENAFN- Dubai PR Network) • A platform that builds bridges of communication between creators and the public and that strengthens Dubai's position as the design capital.
• A tour of the MENA Global Grad Show, Down Town Design, exhibitions, outdoor installations and international participation.
Hala Badri, Director General of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, visited the sixth edition of Dubai Design Week, which is being held under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture, in Dubai Design District. Taking place from 9 to 14 November, the event is considered the largest creative festival in the Middle East due to its dynamic activities and innovative exhibitions that celebrate the design creations of a group of local, regional and international talents.
Dubai Design Week is a major component of the cultural scene in Dubai, and the creative movement in the United Arab Emirates in general, providing a creative platform that aims to attract design professionals from around the world to display their creative world. Art enthusiasts, who would be seeking to fulfil their passion, would be invited to exchange and share their visions and ideas with the creative people and the community, contributing to building bridges of communication that would enrich the thriving creative environment in the emirate and consolidate its position as a design capital.
Hala Badri toured the exhibition, which offers more than 100 events, activities, pop-up stores, and creative installations as well as virtual activities, such as online exhibitions; discussion sessions; the MENA Global Grad Show, which embraces projects with a social impact in the region by innovative university graduates; and the new UAE Designer Exhibition that features works from 20 local creatives, varying in theme between home accessories, jewellery and home furnishings, addressing themes of sustainability, physical experimentation and handicrafts.
The Director General of Dubai Culture also visited ‘The Shape of Things to Come' exhibition from Downtown Design, which sheds light on a group of future concepts in the fields of design and architecture, as well as a group of distinguished events organised by international entities, including the Swiss Embassy and the French Institute in the UAE, where she met with the French ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.
Hala Badri continued her tour, visiting the ‘Urban Commissions,' where she was briefed on ‘Basta,' the innovative, open-air shopping experience created by Emirati architect Reema Muhairy and Saudi architect Lujain Alatiq, both of whom were awarded for the project. The Urban Commissions event invited architects and designers from across the Middle East and North Africa to design an innovative and mixed-use shopping destination to be adopted as part of a new shopping experience. The ‘Basta' project was selected based on the criteria that were set by the jury.
After that, Badri got acquainted with a group of outdoor installations, including the Abwab 2020 exhibition, which Iraqi designer Hozan Zankana won a grant to produce his proposed project entitled ‘The Morgana Boy,' which is a conceptual framework for an open plan that includes a set of basic columns each symbolising an emirate from the seven emirates. In addition, Hala Badri witnessed the creative artistic compositions of three well-known Emirati designers, Khaled Shafar, Al-Joud Lootah and Hamad Khoury, who were commissioned by the American Board of Exporting Hardwoods to devise solutions for adjustable seats, in line with the ongoing efforts of the UAE to adopt urban environments.
The artistic installations also included a work of art under the name ‘Paris,' presented by Mishary Al-Nasser Studio and the global roofing company Cosentino, as well as an abstract installation by the artist Jumana Rizk in cooperation with the Delta Light brand, another installation entitled ‘The Inevitable Path' by artist Iman Ibrahim and artist Mahmoud Diaa, and the inspiring installation created by Kart Design Group, titled ‘The Leader.'
After that, Hala Badri toured Architecture Festival 2020, the first of its kind in Dubai, and saw a number of the most prominent regional architectural projects under the title ‘Identity, Context and Design of Public Facilities in the Arabian Gulf.' Architecture Festival 2020 is being held in the Dubai Design District under the supervision of Juan Roldan, assistant professor in the School of Architecture, Art and Design at the American University of Sharjah, in partnership with the Royal Institute of British Architects in the Arabian Gulf, and with the support of the Principal Institute in London.
In addition, the Director General of Dubai Culture was briefed on the designs of a group of graduates of the Tanween 2020 programme that the Tashkeel centre displays, which were designed and manufactured locally. Then she toured the Dubai Design Week Marketplace, a new initiative of its kind for outdoor shopping that showcased products from 70 handicrafts specialists, innovators, entrepreneurs and small companies. Dubai Culture supported some small companies to participate in this distinctive market.
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In this episode, we speak to Ben Aldridge about anxiety, premeditation, and voluntary discomfort.
Ben Aldridge is the author of How to Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable: 43 Weird & Wonderful Ways to Build a Strong Resilient Mindset. Ben’s challenges encourage getting uncomfortable and experiencing personal growth.
Also, our friends at Classical Wisdom will be hosting their inaugural online Symposium this weekend -October 24 and 25 – which will feature a number of prominent Stoics, including Donald Robertson, James S. Romm, Massimo Pigliucci and A.A. Long.
In fact, on Sunday there will be a panel discussion on the power the individual has in politics which will bring together Donald, Massimo and A.A. Long for the very first time.
Modern Stoicism fans can also enjoy a 70% discount on any tickets with the code: STOIC.
Please go to Classicalwisdom.com/symposium or email [email protected] for more details… Just remember, it is taking place This weekend, so make sure to check it out while tickets last.
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Borussia Dortmund star Jadon Sancho has spoken out on claims that his form has suffered due to transfer speculations linking him with Manchester United.
The Dortmund star has been heavily linked with a move to United over the summer transfer window but the move didn’t happen.
During this season, Sancho has made 9 appearances and scored two goals but none of those goals were scored in the Bundesliga.
“No, I don’t think so,” he replied, when asked if transfer talk has had an impact.
“Every player has a little dip in their career and I feel like I’m going through that at the moment.
“It is just how I am bouncing back and I’m just happy to have managers who have faith in me and keep starting me.
“I’m just happy to be starting for England. Every time I play I try to do my best, luckily enough I got the goal and I’m happy to help the team once again.”
“I just expect a lot from myself personally,” the forward told ITV.
“So when I play I always try to assist and score and always help the team. A couple of games ago I hadn’t been scoring or assisting but yesterday I knew I had a chance.”
source – talkSPORT
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Week 28 Nov – 3 Nov
This week I took the advice from the last crit and worked on the following things:
1/ Angle, position and scale of the drawings
2/ Use text without swear words
During this week, I picked three images from the previous drawings to iterate and reiterate.
The three drawings are: You, My foolishness and I wish you have no arsehole in your next life.
They best represent the three different categories discovered from last week, which were a/ Comment about myself, b/ Comment about others and c/ Curse directed to others.
It’s not easy to redo the same theme/topic repeatedly.
The first idea is always the work that makes me most comfortable to work with. Rethinking a work feels like if someone is trying to push open a very heavy door.
I noticed that I have changed how I draw. I added more details, used a different facial expressions, enlarged a certain part of the character to exaggerate/put it on focus.
Details make it easier for audience to read the image. It is more familiar to us since the drawing is closer to the impression of an object.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department v Ruiz, No. 13-11-00789-CV, (Tex. Civ. App. – Corpus Christi, March 21, 2013).
This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction arising out of an automobile accident. This case is applying the various subsections of Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §101.106 which is an irrevocable election of defendants provision. The Plaintiff, Ruiz, sued both TPWD and the employee driving the vehicle which collided with him. TPWD filed a motion to dismiss the employee pursuant to §101.106(e) which states that if a plaintiff sues both the entity and the employee in a cause of action, the employee is entitled to immediate dismissal. Ruiz non-suited the employee. TPWD then filed a plea to the jurisdiction citing §101.106(b) which states that a suit against an employee forever bars a claim against the entity. The trial court denied the plea and TPWD appealed.
The court of appeals determined that subsection (b) and (e) should be read together and not separately. Therefore subsection (b) does not apply if (e) is utilized first. This reasoning follows several other courts. While this is probably the proper result, the dangerous part of this opinion is the discussion of the “consent to sue” language. Subsection (b) is the only part of §101.106 which states that claims are barred “regarding the same subject matter unless the governmental unit consents.” All other subsections end with “regarding the same subject matter.” The court interprets this to mean that since the Texas Tort Claims Act is a consent to sue, subsection (b) cannot be used for any TTCA claims. The court affirmed the denial of the plea.
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The Pennsylvania Department of Health annually registers organized camps in Pennsylvania pursuant to Act 497 of 1959, as amended, 35 P.S. §§ 3001-3004. An organized camp is defined by law as a program and facilities established for the primary purpose of providing an outdoor group living experience for children, youth and adults, with social, recreational and educational objectives, and which is operated and used for five or more consecutive days during one or more seasons of the year. The term "organized camp" does not mean establishments commonly known as tourist camps, motels, trailer parks, lumber camps, construction camps, labor camps, penal camps and hunting camps. The annual registration fee shall be ten dollars ($10).
Organized camps will be mailed a registration renewal letter each year. Once a registration form and payment have been submitted, a Certificate of Registration will be issued. Registrations follow the Commonwealth's fiscal year and are valid from July 1-June 30.
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Uemura Shōen (上村 松園, April 23, 1875 – August 27, 1949) was the pseudonym of an important artist in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japanese painting.
Her real name was Uemura Tsune. Shōen was known primarily for her bijin-ga paintings of beautiful women in the nihonga style, although she produced numerous works on historical themes and traditional subjects.
Shōen was born in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, as the second daughter of a tea merchant. She was born two months after the death of her father and, thus, grew up with her mother and aunts in an all-female household.
Her mother's tea shop attracted a refined, cultured clientele for the art of Japanese tea ceremony. As a child at age 12 (1887), Shōen drew pictures and exhibited considerable skill at drawing human figures. By the age of 15 (1890) she was exhibiting her work and winning awards in official art contests as well as commissioning work for private patrons.
Shōen became obsessed with the ukiyo-e, Japanese woodblock print, works of Hokusai. Her mother supported her decision to pursue an artistic career. This was quite unusual for the time, and although Shōen did have successful contemporaries who were female, such as Ito Shoba (1877-1968) and Kajiwara Hisako (1896-1988), women were largely still not part of the Japanese public art scene outside of Tokyo.
Shōen is considered a major innovator in the bijin-ga genre despite the fact she often still used it to depict the traditional beauty standards of women.
Bijin-ga gained criticism during the Taisho era while Shōen worked due to its lack of evolution to reflect the more modern statuses of women in Japan. During bijin-ga's conception in the Tokugawa, or Edo, period, women were regarded as lower class citizens and the genre often reflected this implication onto its female subjects. Within the Taisho era, women had made several advancements into the Japanese workforce, and artistry specifically was becoming more popular, which opened way for Shōen's success.
Shōen received many awards and forms of recognition during her lifetime within Japan, being the first female recipient of the Order of Culture award, as well as being hired as the Imperial Household's official artist, which had previously only employed one other official woman in the position.
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Nick Pienta began his sales career back in 2014. He currently works with eXp Realty Brokerage as of 2020, and has teamed up with the local real estate “Melton Team” that has serviced the Richmond area for nearly twenty years. He works as a residential listings and buyers agent, primarily out of the Williamsburg but also servicing clients in areas such as Virginia Beach, Richmond, Arlington, Roanoke and Front Royal.
Some other fun facts include:
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- He's been a Virginia resident since 2018.
- He graduated Franciscan University of Steubenville,OH with a Biology Degree.
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On Devotional Reading | By Traci Brimhall
A few months ago, one of my friends and I decided to enter into a five-year relationship with Emily Dickinson. The rules were broad: read an Emily Dickinson poem each day (starting with number one in the volume of Dickinson’s poetry edited by Thomas H. Johnson), and write 50-100 words about it. The observations didn’t have to be critical. What’s noticed in a poem is important, but what’s more important is the devotion, the daily return to someone’s words.
In graduate school, I was an insatiable reader. For two years I tried to read a book a day. There seemed to be so many gaps in my knowledge—gaps I thought I could never fill, gaps that are still there and keep widening—unless I consumed widely and quickly. The hunger grows the more I feed it. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with gorging oneself on poetry, but lately I’ve wanted a different kind of relationship with poems.
Sometimes I write this: “Who the hell is this woman and what has she done with Dickinson?” Sometimes this: “I always knew God and math were kissing cousins.” Other days, it is this: “Yes! Yes! I will follow that line anywhere.”
Devotion is difficult. I was never any good at prayer. I always had more questions than praises or complaints.
There are very few novels I’ve read more than once, but most books of poetry on my shelf have been read anywhere from twice to a dozen times. Poetry lends itself to devotion. As a child, I tried to read the Bible all the way through several times, but I always got tangled up in the why of it. Any time I tried to ask how Cain was able to move to a city after being banished from Eden or why Lot was a person worth saving when he offered to let a crowd rape his daughters, I was told I didn’t have enough faith in God’s infinite plan.
Infinity requires devotion, and while I can’t commit to infinity, I have committed to five years of small, daily devotions. When I write tomy friend (the one who has committed to this project with me), I say “you” and I mean her. I say “we” and I mean she and I. I never mean Dickinson, even though she is what we talk about. We are sharing Dickinson, but never at the same time. We have our separate intimacies and then tell them to each other. A writer’s work—and particularly a writer like Dickinson—is so public, so exposed, so excavated, and I want her to be mine, just mine, for a few minutes, for a morning, for five years. I’ve given myself over to a book. I’ve promised myself more questions.
NER Digital is a creative writing series for the web. Traci Brimhall is the author of Our Lady of the Ruins (W.W. Norton, 2012), winner the Barnard Women Poets Prize, and Rookery (SIU Press, 2010), winner of the Crab Orchard Series First Book Award. Her poems have appeared in Kenyon Review, Slate, VQR, NER (32.1), and elsewhere. A former Halls Poetry Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, she’s currently a doctoral candidate and King/Chávez/Parks Fellow at Western Michigan University. Read Traci Brimhall’s NER poem “Somniloquy.” | <urn:uuid:67fe24ab-3d9d-4160-bd11-3684bd441046> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.nereview.com/2012/11/29/daily-dickinson-on-devotional-reading-by-traci-brimhall/ | 2021-10-20T15:38:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585322.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20211020152307-20211020182307-00115.warc.gz | en | 0.972365 | 775 | [
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Hello, my friends. Over the years, I’ve delved into various projects ranging from several well-known characters & properties to some independent creations that deserved some spotlight treatment in one way, shape or form. For this entry, it’s time that we bring some notice to a particular material based around a popular media franchise. Not only that, but it’s also celebrating a special occasion for this year. As such, let’s build up to our featured review with a brief history on the famed fighting game franchise known as…
Created by Takashi Nishiyama and Hiroshi Matsumoto, the inaugural game debuted in the arcades back in 1987. It would achieve some modest success, but the series wouldn’t be kicking into high gear until March 1991 when its follow up “Street Fighter II: The World Warrior” came out. With its critically-beloved sophomore entry, it would go on to acquire numerous accolades and help make fighting games a relevant genre. Over the next few years when the sequel would start getting some updated re-releases, the franchise would also start to dabble into other forms of media. While some early entries were less-than satisfactory (Malibu Comic’s short-lived series, the 1994 live-action film, etc.), one particular movie came around and proved itself as a solid entry within the overall franchise. Of course, that would be a particular flick called…
Originally announced by Capcom at a Street Fighter II Turbo tournament held at Ryōgoku Kokugikan (a.k.a. Ryōgoku Sumo Hall) on August 19, 1993, the movie would debut in Japan on August 6, 1994. Directed and co-written by Gisaburō Sugii (who wrote the screenplay alongside producer Kenichi Imai), it would go on to make $16 million (or over 1.7 billion yen) at the Japanese box office before eventually seeing a home video release in the U.S. on January 16, 1996.
From March to August 1996, Viz Communications published a six-issue adaptation of said movie as Takayuki Sakai flies solo on this project, due to him being the writer, artist and inker. As I discovered however, it goes on a different path in telling the film’s story than how its main source material told it. I’ll discuss those differences later on, but for now, let’s dive in and see how this tale goes for broke in my critical eyes.
We open with Ken Masters driving his car through the nature-filled landscape as he contemplates on the best way to ask his fiancee Eliza to marry him. Suddenly, he gets approached by a group of men who call themselves “The Four Kings of Shadaloo”, which turn out to be Sagat, Vega, Balrog and their leader Master Bison (or M. Bison).
While the car is still in motion, the fiendish master demands to know where he can find Ryu. Ken says that he’s heard of their worldwide hunt for various “street-fighters” and that the police wouldn’t be able to help them since Shadaloo is a less-than-noble organization. Even when he’s threatened by Bison’s men, he still refuses to talk as he slams on the brakes.
He then gets out and takes off his shirt in order to fight them, but M. Bison simply discards his cape and attacks with his Psycho Crusher move. This succeeds in bombarding Ken with a barrage of hits as he falls to the ground before he’s confronted by the devilish master and is told to get up before yelling out for his friend.
From there, we flashback to 12 years ago as he and Ryu are in the middle of their training. Afterwards, they’re told by their master (ultimately known as Gouken in the series) that they’ve made a lot of progress in their various exercises and that they’re on their way to learning a certain signature move known as the “Hadouken”. Later, the two young fighters are hanging off of a suspended log by their foot as Ken asks why he was unable to lay a single finger on his friend during their sparring match. When Ryu answers with the fact that he simply considers his next moves far more carefully, Ken gets angry and strikes back at his friend in frustration. However, his foot loses its grip on the log as he beings to plummet to the ground.
Just then, Ryu wakes up from his nightmarish recreation of the flashback as he wonders why he dreamed of said moment from his past and what it has to do with his longtime friend. Just then, he sees a crowd of Indian natives overlooking a brawl between the famed Russian wrestler Zangief and the Brazilian man-beast Blanka.
While that’s going on, an elder spokesman tells a separate crowd to “meditate” in order to locate their true selves. Suddenly, he’s approached by a familiar figure named Cammy White as she delivers a vicious kick called the Cannon Spike and kills him as a result. As she attempts to escape, Ryu manages to stop her with his signature spinning kick known as the Tatsumaki Senpukyaku (even though the comic erroneously confuses it for the Shoryuken), which knocks her unconscious.
Just then, another woman comes in and proceeds to handcuff Cammy. Just as Ryu is about to head out, she stops him and introduces herself as Interpol agent Chun-Li. Upon learning Ryu’s identity, Issue 1 ends with him getting asked to come with her at once.
Issue 2 opens at Interpol headquarters as Ryu recognizes Ken in a file picture as Chun-Li suspects that his mind is being controlled by the devious group called Shadaloo. She explains that it’s a dangerous crime syndicate run by M. Bison as they look to amass their armada with various street fighters from around the world. She then shows pictures of several agents that were sent in undercover, but were never heard from again. When she then suspects that Ken might be somehow involved, Ryu interrupts by saying that his friend would never get involved with said group.
However, Chun-Li says that Ken wouldn’t even be given a choice since Shadaloo can be “persuasive”. As such, she then takes Ryu to show what M. Bison does with his recently-acquired fighters. From there, they overlook an interrogation room where Cammy is being asked what her name and her identification number is. However, she can’t remember anything. As they look over her, Chun-Li tells Ryu that she’s a member of the British Secret Service. However, M. Bison was able to take over her mind as she became “a one-woman hit squad” to him. Because of that, anyone could be bent to his will.
Back at Shadaloo headquarters, Ken is hooked up to a specialized machine as M. Bison looks to break his mental strength and put him under his control. Back over at Interpol headquarters, Ryu is about to head out and give himself up since he doesn’t know how he’ll find his friend. Chun-Li then proceeds to escort him as they access the outer door.
Upon its opening however, they’re suddenly approached by Ken as Ryu recognizes the same brainwashed state in his eyes, which is in a similar fashion to Cammy. From there, the mind-controlled Masters proceeds to attack while Ryu tries to reach out to his longtime sparring partner. During the scuffle, Ryu starts to realize that Ken is using fighting moves that he never used. The full realization comes when Masters attacks with a “Sonic Boom”, which hits Ryu in the face with enough force to knock him down.
Chun-Li then draws her gun and orders him to surrender, but Ken warns her not to intervene. Fortunately, this gives Ryu enough time to recover and fire a Hadouken (misspelled here without the ‘u’) which knocks his foe down. The attack also shredded the adversary’s mask as it turns out to not be Ken at all, but a previously missing agent named Guile.
Chun-Li explains that he was also working for Interpol and that he disappeared while he was undercover. Not only was Guile brainwashed, but his body was injected with steroids. Just as he starts to come around, his muscles begin to convulse and explode in a bloodied mess as a result. As Chun-Li calls for an ambulance, Ryu grabs the fallen agent and demands to know where he can find Ken. From there, Issue 2 ends with the mind-possessed Guile telling him to arrive at Mt. Soryu tomorrow morning at 5 am right before he passes out.
As Issue 3 opens with a medical team carrying an unconscious Guile away, Chun-Li proceeds to ask Ryu if their agent told him anything. Although Ryu heard him loud & clear, he decides to keep that piece of information a secret from her. Just then, a floating technological sphere secretly hovers above them as M. Bison was overlooking the scene, even recording the recent tussle. Meanwhile, Ken is continuously subjected to his machine as his mental strength keeps on dwindling.
Later, a street fight is taking place between a martial artist/movie star named Fei Long and a yogi Indian warrior named Dhalsim. As Ryu runs past them, they sense his chi and stop their brawl while he continues to dash towards his assigned destination in order to save his friend.
Back at Interpol, Chun-Li learns from her team that they’ve lost track of Ryu, to the point where not even their tracer is able to find him. Just then, Guile bursts in demanding to see the recent security footage. She scolds him for wandering out of bed despite his injuries, but he states that he has to see the tape since he believes that he said something while he was being controlled, but he can’t remember what it was.
From there, they playback the footage and begin their search. After a while, Chun-Li states that she’s already seen it, but Guile wants to keep checking since he wants to know where Ryu went. However, he addresses her in a hurried and harsh tone as she tells him not to boss her around. Not only that, she mentions that she and her team aren’t entirely sure that he’s completely free from M. Bison’s control. Worried that Shadaloo’s leader could still be using him as a pawn, several officials swarm Guile and drag him away as he tells her to check the footage again since it’s all that they’ve got right now.
Meanwhile, Ken continues to get mentally assaulted by the wire-filled contraption. With the procedure nearly complete, M. Bison sends Vega out on his assignment. Shortly afterwards, the process has finished with Masters’ mind now bent to Shadaloo’s will.
We then cut to Chun-Li’s apartment where she’s taking a shower. With Guile’s voice ringing in her head to check the tape again, she ultimately gets out and decides to analyse it once more. This time around, she’s able to get a good look of Guile mentioning something to Ryu as she makes out the words “five tomorrow”. Stunned that she didn’t realize this before (especially since she was summoning an ambulance at the time), she calls Interpol and asks for Guile. Just then, Issue 3 ends with Vega having successfully crept into her apartment as he leaps down in order to attack her.
Issue 4 begins with Guile berating an Interpol official for giving him the phone with no one on the line. After being informed that it was Chun-Li who was trying to call him, we immediately cut over to her apartment as she attempts to fend off Vega. Back with Guile, he takes the official’s car (which turns out to be a Ford Mustang, nice!) and speeds off towards her apartment.
Meanwhile, Chun-Li is badly struggling as Vega is able to beat her up, especially when he drives her onto the floor with a suplex. As she lies bloodied and beaten, he takes off his mask and prepares to finish her off.
Just then, Chun-Li gets a subconscious message from her deceased father (known in the series as Dorai) who tells her that it’s not her time to die yet and that she must get up right now. Fortunately, she awakens in time and fends Vega off with her signature Spinning Bird Kick.
With Vega distracted by the fact that the attack damaged the look of his face, she manages to finish him off by firing her signature energy projectile called the Kikoken. This blasts Vega through the wall as he falls and lands on a tree where fellow street fighters Thunder Hawk (or T. Hawk), Dee Jay and Edmond Honda (or E. Honda) are standing nearby.
They go to check on him, but Vega yells at them to stay away and he even insults them. As such, they proceed to comically beat him up off-panel while Guile finally arrives at Chun-Li’s apartment and finds her lying unconscious. Fortunately, she managed to write a message on the wall with her own blood mentioning where Ryu went and when he’ll arrive. As such, Guile gets her to a hospital before heading towards an air field in order to rendezvous at the destination.
Over at Shadaloo headquarters, Sagat and Balrog are hanging out in the restroom just as they get the call to head out. Just then, they’re approached by the mind-controlled Ken as Balrog tells him that he’ll be joining them on the upcoming mission. We then cut to the air platform as M. Bison asks about Sagat and Balrog’s tardiness, to which Ken exclaims that he can take care of Ryu by himself. Impressed with his process, the fiendish master then proceeds to board the plane. From there, Issue 4 ends with the reveal that Masters had beaten up Balrog and Sagat in the restroom as he and M. Bison fly out towards their destination.
Issue 5 opens with Ryu waiting at the top of Mt. Soryu. From there, we transition into a flashback as he climbs down a cliff in order to check up on his friend. Fortunately, Ken has survived his fall as he exclaims that he landed on “something soft”. They soon discover that it was a bear that had the misfortune of saving Masters from plummeting to his doom as they soon realize it’s the same being called “One-Eye” whom their master took out with a Hurricane Kick.
Just as they’re about to head out, the bear wakes up and strikes Ryu on his head with enough force to cause excessive bleeding. Ken manages to step in and removes a strap that he used for his hair as he proceeds to wrap it around his friend’s injured forehead before he runs in to attack the bear.
We then cut back to the present as M. Bison flies in on his plane and gives the offer to join his organization. When Ryu exclaims that he’s only here for his friend, the mind-controlled Ken emerges and proceeds to jump down in order to attack.
Ryu strikes back in defense as he attempts to help his longtime friend break free from his mind-controlled state before he goes for a pair of pressure points in Masters’ neck. However, M. Bison says that while that would normally paralyze an adversary, it’s not going to work here. As such, Ken strikes back while the devious Shadaloo leader exclaims that his machine called the “Mind Sweeper” has turned Masters over to his side as he looks forward to doing the same thing with Ryu.
From there, Ken proceeds to beat his friend up, culminating with a Hurricane Kick. He soon discovers that Ryu isn’t fighting back as he demands for him to retaliate. Fortunately, Ryu simply exclaims who he is as his bloodied headband triggers a memory within Ken’s mind. This allows Ryu to headbutt his friend before Masters has an internal struggle between his mind-controlled state and the memoirs of his past.
Over with M. Bison, he begins to notice that Ken is slowly breaking free from his mental grasp before ordering his soldier to use the plane’s guns in order to take Masters out. Just as the lackey is about to open fire, a fighter jet comes in and crash lands on top of Shadaloo’s plane. From there, Guile pops out and prepares to fight the fiendish leader.
Meanwhile, Ryu checks up on his friend as Ken tearfully asks to be killed. From there, Issue 5 ends with Masters uncontrollably fighting back while exclaiming that he’s unable to stop himself.
Issue 6 begins with Ken beating up his longtime friend knowingly and against his will. While Ryu develops an idea as he takes off his headband and starts to wrap it around his hand, we cut over to M. Bison who managed to defeat Guile.
Suddenly, he senses a great energy surge from afar before it explodes with the familiar phrase of “Shoryuken” ringing out as well. Ryu emerges from the dust cloud as he reveals that he used his headband to tie his hand up with Ken as the massive attack has freed Masters from the villainous mind control.
With the two longtime sparring mates reunited, they team-up and prepare to engage the fiendish master whom they see as their bear. We then have a flashback as the youthful Ken is about to confront the famed grizzly known as One-Eye. It’s then discovered that he and Ryu defeated the beast with a combined Hadouken.
Back in the present, they do the exact same move and manage to blow up a good portion of M. Bison’s body. However, the malevolent master had played a trick on them since they attacked his dummy. From there, the climactic battle gets underway as the heroic duo withstands the vicious Psycho Power.
In the end, the fight concludes with Ryu and Ken each performing a Shoryuken at the same time as M. Bison gets hit with enough force to get flung back towards Guile’s jet as he gets impaled by the nose of the plane. With his body ruptured, he’s not able to control his own Psycho Power as he starts becoming unstable.
As his body rapidly deteriorates, Ryu and Ken wonder if they’ve finally defeated him before a demonic face appears laughing within the surging energy before M. Bison’s own frame gets engulfed in a massive explosion as our heroes (including Guile) ride out the great blast. Afterwards, the series ends under a peaceful sky as Ryu gives Ken a friendly fist-bump before taking his leave.
As I mentioned earlier, the comic delivers its plot in a different way than how it was presented in the movie. As such, let’s give a brief rundown on how our main characters were handled in the film, starting with our main World Warrior himself: Ryu. After beginning the film with a fight against Sagat, we cut to him years later as he practices his Shoryuken on a rocky peak. From there, he flashes back to his training days with Ken. Afterwards, his travels throughout Southeast Asia ultimately take him to an underground fighting ring where he meets, fights and ultimately defeats Fei Long with a use of the Tatsumaki Senpukyaku. Later on as they walk together, he learns from Fei about Shadowlaw’s deviously global sales. From there, Ryu takes his leave before showing up again in Calcutta, India where he accidentally bumps into a little girl who was running back to her mother with some milk. This causes her to spill it onto the ground before he gives her some money in order to buy another batch. After watching a bit of E. Honda and Dhalsim’s fight, he eludes the Monitor Cyborg by suppressing his ki. He then intervenes in a Shadowlaw assassination scheme when a mind-controlled agent assassinates the same elder spokesman (who’s named Jahan here) that Cammy killed in the comic adaptation before ramming into the same little girl from before (who was only trying to give Ryu his change for the milk), injuring her in the process. A fellow gunman shoots down the brainwashed assassin, only because an official managed to wound his leg with a shot. Ryu jumps in and takes out the gunman while the driver manages to escape. Afterwards, he gives the little girl to a medical team before being approached by E. Honda who wishes to give half of his prize money as a meaning of thanks for being around. Later on, Ryu is climbing a rock formation where he then flashes back to his training. With Ken’s roundhouse kick causing his forehead to bleed, he stumbles and falls down some adjacent stairs. Masters then removes his ponytail wrapping and secures it to his friend’s head in order to stop the bleeding, thus giving him his signature headband. Afterwards, he’s in the Thai Mountain Range as he continues with his lifelong training. However, he’s not alone as E. Honda has joined him. Just then, he’s approached by Guile who tells him that Ken has been kidnapped and brainwashed by Shadowlaw. However, they’re then approached by M. Bison who comes out of his plane with the mind-controlled Masters. Ryu constantly tells his friend to break free from his current state, but Ken doesn’t comply and beats him up. Fortunately, memories of their past training are ultimately able to help Masters break out of his mind-controlled state. However, M. Bison uses his Psycho Power to send Masters flying before Ryu is forced to confront the fiendish leader. Initially, Ryu is unable to land a single strike by himself. Only when Ken is able to rejoin him do they slowly begin to stand up to M. Bison. Eventually, Ryu manages to connect a series of strikes upon the vile foe. When Ken jumps in, he helps out by grabbing onto M. Bison’s leg where they proceed to perform a signature strike of their own. From there, they combine their Hadouken shots and take out the fiendish leader. Later on, Ryu is given a proper farewell by Ken before they go their separate ways again. From there, the film ends with a semi-truck barreling down on him. After noticing that M. Bison is alive and behind the wheel, he turns and leaps towards his foe in anticipated combat.
Next up, we have Ken Masters. The first time we seen him here is in a flashback during his training days as he spars with Ryu (even landing a few hits unlike the comic adaptation). We then meet his present day self within the greater Seattle area as he meets up with his girlfriend Eliza (whom we actually see here instead of having a single mention at the beginning of the comic adaptation) at a lakeside restaurant. Later on at a dock in Northern Seattle, he’s met upon by Thunder Hawk and is forced into fighting him. While this is happening, they’re unaware that a Monitor Cyborg is scanning them from afar. Masters isn’t looking to brawl, but T. Hawk exclaims that he seeks honor in defeating skilled fighters, thus refusing to take “No” for an answer. After exclaiming that only Ryu has been able to beat him, Ken ultimately engages the mighty Native American before ultimately taking him down with a Shoryuken. He initially considers finishing him off with a Hadouken, but decides against it and spares his adversary. He then ponders about his pal Ryu and his whereabouts since he wants to spar with him again before he drives off. We then catch up with him and Eliza as they drive through Washington Lake en route to her countryside home. After mentioning his intentions on marrying her, he then flashes back to his training where Ryu managed to jump from one cliff to another. Masters tries to follow suit, but he slips on his launch and nearly plummets if not for a timely grasp from his friend. Back in the present, they reach the house as night falls where he drops her off before heading out with the eagerness to rematch his friend deep in his thoughts. Just then, he’s approached by M. Bison who offers him to join Shadowlaw. When Ken rightfully refuses, the fiendish leader proceeds to beat him up with his Psycho Power and ultimately captures him. From there, he’s hooked up to a machine in order for M. Bison to take control over his mind. Later, he’s flown out to the Thai Mountain Range where he begins his assault on Ryu. After delivering a vicious beatdown, Masters has his friend at his mercy. However, he notices Ryu’s headband as a memory plays out in his head. In the end, past images of his friend ultimately help him out of his brainwashed state. Suddenly, M. Bison approaches and disapproves of this before blasting him away with his Psycho Power. Later, Ken regains consciousness and tries to help Ryu. However, he’s not able to stand. As such, he has to concentrate in order to regain his center and discover what lies beyond his fist: his fate. From there, he teams up with his longtime friend and engages M. Bison. Thanks to a timely leg grab by Ryu, Masters performs a familiar spinning kick. After Ryu performs the familiar uppercut, they combine their Hadoukens and take out the vile being. Later on, Ken gets picked up by Eliza as he bids farewell to his friend after exclaiming that they’ll have their rematch someday.
Moving on, we have the first female of fighters in Chun-Li. We first meet her at Interpol headquarters where she explains about Shadowlaw’s growing malevolent grasp and that in order to stamp this out, she sets up a joint investigation with the U.S. Military. She tries to recruit Guile over at Patterson Air Force Base, but he initially turns her down. Later on, she catches up with him at another base and tries again. She ultimately wins him over when she says that he can’t go running off on his personal vengeance quest. After all, her father was also murdered by M. Bison, but she puts her job over revenge. From there, they team-up and fly off to Los Angeles before they ultimately arrive at a local disco owned by Dee Jay. As Guile warns him about Shadowlaw, she helps prove his point by kicking off the head of a nearby Monitor Cyborg. However, another one was watching them from the rooftop as she unintentionally gets M. Bison’s attention. Later, she’s back at her NYC apartment for the famous (or infamous, depending on your viewpoint) shower scene. Afterwards, she finds out too late that Vega has broken in and proceeds to fight her. She takes several brutal hits & cuts before getting the drop on him while he takes off his mask and gloats. After tossing a sofa at him before striking back with her Spinning Bird Kick, he slams her foot down on his face and twists it, leaving a scaring burn on his face. As the fight rages on, the battle scars are starting to take their toll. With survival instincts driving her, she ultimately defeats him by using the Hyakuretsukyaku (or “Lightning Kick”) before ramming her feet into him with enough force to drive him through the wall and seemingly plummet to his death. After Guile arrives, she quickly mentions who attacked her before she slips into a coma and winds up in a hospital. Later on, she stages a fake-out death for Guile as she says that she heard about Shadowlaw’s destruction.
Now, we’ve reached our main man of American military might in “Captain” Guile (who was known as “Major” Guile in the adaptation). After meeting Chun-Li as part of the joint investigation, he rejects her help since he wants to take down M. Bison by himself. After a while, we catch up with him entering another base as Chun-Li continues her attempt to join forces with him in stopping Shadowlaw’s scheme. It’s here that we learn that Guile is attempting to get revenge on M. Bison for the murder of his “friend” (which is Charlie Nash). In the end, he ultimately agrees to work with her. From there, they fly off to L.A. and drive up to the familiar disco to meet up with Dee Jay. With Chun-Li’s help, Guile is able to warn him about Shadowlaw and their current plans. Later on, he’s in New York City as he attempts to call up Chun-Li. It isn’t until Vega attacks her in her apartment does the phone get knocked off the hook and he overhears the confrontation. He speeds over to her place and arrives just as she’s defeated Vega before getting her to a hospital. Guile then contacts Interpol and informs them about Chun-Li’s condition before learning about Shadowlaw’s interest in Ken Masters with Ryu’s whereabouts unknown to them. By the time he arrives in the greater Seattle area, Guile arrives too late to prevent Ken from getting kidnapped. After eventually arriving at Interpol’s NYC office, Guile and the head officials deduce the location of Shadowlaw’s headquarters to be somewhere within Southeast Asia. Afterwards, Guile learns from an associate that Ryu is currently over near the border between Thailand & Laos and that he was heading towards the nearby hills. Even though there are Monitor Cyborgs planted in the general vicinity, Ryu hasn’t been discovered by Shadowlaw. As such, Guile plans to head out there in preparation for a confrontation with M. Bison. He also learns that the location of Shadowlaw’s base has been discovered and a full-on assault squadron is on standby. Before he embarks on his mission, he visits an unconscious Chun-Li and vows to get back at M. Bison for his actions. Later, Guile arrives at the Thai Mountain Range and manages to warn Ryu. However, M. Bison arrives since he was able to follow him. From there, Guile attempts to fight the fiendish foe, but Shadowlaw’s leader easily evades his strikes. In fact, the most he ever does is shred his foe’s cape with his signature Sonic Boom. Afterwards, he gets taken out by a blast of M. Bison’s Psycho Power. Guile is then left alive as a final insult before he gets rescued by E. Honda offscreen. Sometime later, he’s back in NYC as he gets a urgent call from the hospital. He rushes in and believes that Chun-Li has succumbed to her wounds, but gets faked out by her ruse since she heard about M. Bison and Shadowlaw getting taken down.
As we switch sides, we now reach the shady side of Shadaloo (or Shadowlaw as it’s called here). Early on, it’s explained that Sagat, Balrog (originally named Mike Bison in Japan) and Vega (originally named Balrog in Japan) have been recruited into the organization, which I assume was of their own free will since they seem eager to do their master’s bidding. After M. Bison and his men arrive back at their headquarters in Thailand, they learn from their top scientist named Senoh of his latest creation: a Monitor Cyborg. The devious leader is looking to recruit Ryu into his cause, but he hasn’t been found yet. Later on, Senoh informs M. Bison about the assassination in Calcutta before also exclaiming about the Seattle-based Ken having a similar fighting prowess as Ryu. As such, this convinces the fiendish ruler to fly out to the Pacific Northwest. During this, Senoh has a Monitor Cyborg discreetly within Interpol as it manages to catch Chun-Li’s interrogation on Cammy. After catching a glimpse of it, M. Bison prepares to go after Ken himself. During his flight, he watches the footage in L.A. and takes notice of Chun-Li as he orders Vega to go kill her, especially since he remembers killing her father. Following a brief moment in Las Vegas where Balrog is among a gathered group of the world’s crime bosses, Vega has broken into Chun-Li’s apartment and proceeds to fight her. He manages to score some successful strikes and even some vicious cuts before he takes off his mask to gloat. This distracts him as she retaliates and even damages his facial appearance. In the end, Vega gets defeated when he gets assaulted by barrage of swift kicks before getting smashed through the wall and seemingly plummets to his death. Later, M. Bison arrives in the greater Seattle area and approaches Ken with his offer to make him stronger than Ryu. When Masters refuses, he proceeds to use his Psycho Power and defeat him with ease before kidnapping him. Once he’s back at the base, he hooks Ken up to a machine where he combines it with his Psycho Power in order to gain control over his mind. Afterwards, he learns from Senoh that Guile in en route to the Thai-Laos border. As such, he takes Balrog and the mind-controlled Ken with him, but orders Sagat to travel to New York City in order to kill Cammy & (if he’s still alive) Vega. Over in the Thai Mountain Range, M. Bison catches up with the heroic group and proceeds to engage them as the mind-controlled Ken attacks Ryu, Balrog engages E. Honda and the fiendish leader engages Guile. While M. Bison easily defeat the good captain, Balrog and E. Honda’s duel culminates in them charging at each other where they ultimately roll off the side of the cliff. Later on, it turns out that Balrog was bested offscreen. Afterwards, M. Bison approaches Ken and discovers that he’s broken out of his brainwashed state. He proceeds to punish Masters with his Psycho Power and sends him flying before engaging Ryu. M. Bison is easily able to evade Ryu’s strikes while dishing out some of his own. When Ken recovers and teams up with Ryu, he’s initially able to fend them off. Following a series of successful strikes by Ryu however, M. Bison’s downfall begins when Ryu grabs his leg, thus giving Ken the chance to perform the Tatsumaki Senpukyaku on him. After M. Bison gets hit by Ryu’s Shoryuken, he gets blasted by a double Hadouken and gets hit towards his plane. The craft gets hit with enough force that it proceeds to blow up. Afterwards, Shadowlaw headquarters gets attacked and destroyed by the joint-helicopter strike force. During the final scene however, it’s revealed that M. Bison is still alive as he drives a semi-truck towards Ryu who leaps towards him in preparation.
As for the rest of the fighters from “Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers”, they have their variations on their roles in the movie. Cammy White does assassinate an important figure while under M. Bison’s mind-control, but it’s on her native soil of England (London to be specific) where she takes out a British Justice Minister named Albert Sellers by leaping on top of him and fatally twisting his neck. From there, she’s ultimately captured due to the team of bodyguards having to dogpile onto her. As Chun-Li explains this to her Interpol officials, it turns out that this incident occurred three years prior. When she interrogates her, all Cammy exclaims is “I can’t remember”. Over with Fei Long in Suzhou, China, he neglects his duties towards the making of an action movie and heads into the underground fighting ring. He ultimately faces off against Ryu before getting defeated. Afterwards, they walk through the streets before Fei informs him about Shadowlaw before they go their separate ways. Next, we have T. Hawk who tries to fight Ken in order to claim honor by besting the most skilled fighters. He only appears in this scene as Ken defeats him, but gets spared from a killing strike.
Next up, we have E. Honda and Dhalsim popping up to have a street fight in Calcutta (which also has a quick cameo from Akuma). Dhalsim starts to gain the upper hand when he begins to disorient E. Honda with a yogi indian mind trick before he senses Ryu’s ki from within the crowd. Despite that, the Monitor Cyborg isn’t able to find its target due to him suppressing his own ki before slipping away. This distracts Dhalsim and allows E. Honda to retaliate. From there, Dhalsim calmly surrenders the match. Much later on, E. Honda is with Ryu in the Thai Mountain Range. Shortly after Guile’s arrival, M. Bison and the mind-controlled Ken show up as well. E. Honda attempts to charge at them, but they evade him as he gets redirected towards Balrog. They fight for a bit before they roll off the cliffside. Following the climatic battle, he reemerges while carrying Guile and the defeated Balrog. In Dee Jay’s lone scene, he beats up and kicks some ruffians out of his disco on the grounds of them not liking his music choices, apparently. From there, Guile arrives and warns him about Shadowlaw’s scheme involving Monitor Cyborgs. Finally, we have Zangief and Blanka as they only get their lone moment where they fight each other for a wealthy group of gathered global crime bosses in Las Vegas.
Even though I briefly mentioned it, Akuma does has a quick cameo during our time in Calcutta. He just sits there before we pan away, but it was a nice surprise to see him if only for a brief moment.
So as you can see, there’s been some alterations in story progression between the film and the comic adaptation. While the comic changes some character interactions from the movie, the base plot is still prevalent. One major difference between the two is that Ken gets captured early on and is subjected to brainwashing for several issues before he gets put under M. Bison’s control. While we do get some flashbacks and see what he was like training alongside Ryu, this pretty much guts his present-day development since that’s somewhat truncated into the very first page. Fortunately, the comic mainly focuses on Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li & Guile and their struggle against M. Bison’s Shadaloo might. Unlike the film where Ryu was more of a wandering nomad who constantly hones his fighting craft, he’s within the public eye of Interpol as he learns about his friend’s fate before he ultimately slips away once he learns where he has to go in order to save him. During this, Ken spends the first half of the adaptation subjected to M. Bison’s mind-controlling mechanisms before succumbing entirely. Prior to his capture in the movie by comparison, he gets some on-screen relationship time with Eliza with a fight against T. Hawk thrown in. The latter part makes sense there since a Monitor Cyborg was observing him from afar and thus explains how his similar fighting style attracts M. Bison’s attention, unlike the comic where Masters is approached by Shadaloo’s finest right out of the gate. With Chun-Li, she interacts more with Ryu and serves as our main informative within Interpol. The only time she converses with Guile is after he’s recovering from his brainwashed assault, which actually gives a point towards the comic adaptation since she’s told to check the security footage again. In her apartment later on, she’s able to discern where Ryu has gone to unlike the movie where it’s some fan service nudity of her and some relaxing down time before Vega strikes. However, the movie gets its own point since her conclusion sees her awoken from her coma and reveling with Guile on Shadowlaw’s defeat while she straight-up disappears from the comic following her fight with Vega. As for Guile, his appearances are also light fairly early on. However, the movie gives him more to do once he teams up with Chun-Li since he takes part in the operation and even does a little investigative work with Interpol once she’s been taken out of the equation. In the comic, he doesn’t become a prominent figure until after he recovers and learns from Chun-Li’s bloodied message where to go. As far as M. Bison and the rest of Shadaloo is concerned, not much is changed from the main four members. The main man pretty much plays out the same way in both versions (especially since both give a piece of strong evidence that he survived his climatic defeat), Sagat still gets to be in the opening scene despite the differences in fighters & locales and he’s kept out of the final fight (though for different reasons), Vega gets a tiny bit more to do outside of his duel against Chun-Li & it’s confirmed that he survived his fall (only to get beaten up by familiar fighters taken out of their movie scenes) and Balrog gets slightly more to do early on, yet slightly less as the comic goes on in comparison to the movie. Also, the Monitor Cyborg is replaced with a hovering camera sphere and Senoh is omitted entirely. The other notable fighters are either swapped around to other scenes or only given one page entirely, though it still works for the comic since they’re not the main characters of this story. As for the narrative, the somewhat-limited dialogue and energetic anime/manga artwork helps it move at a brisk pace. Sure, it gives some necessary downtime to allow some proper explanation to occur and to help the plot progress as fluently as possible. However, it’s not a bad thing since if you’ve seen the movie, it’s not a tricky narrative to follow. It gives out the general basis of the movie’s story, even though it does take some alternate paths towards the finish line. Despite its narrative differences, it doesn’t radically change the overall story. It’s still coherent throughout and feels very respectful to its source materials, especially since its combined with some nice artwork. Despite Viz Comics’ independent comics resources in terms of delivering quality art, Takayuki Sakai balances his writing with a style that emulates the movie, but gets a nice representation in black-and-white. As a whole, it makes for a breezy read and makes for a proper introduction to anyone who may not be allowed to watch the movie yet, especially since it does contains some swearing and said noted Chun-Li shower scene. It’s a read that never gets too extreme, but isn’t neutered for the older fanbase. Despite its six issues, it isn’t bloated in any particular way and can be completely read in a fairly short time. In the end, it’s not a one-to-one translation from screen to page. However, it’s very pleasing to the eyes, it paces itself at a fluent clip and the entire cast of characters (whether major or minor to the story) are engaging to both look at and get behind in terms of their individualized & expressive personalities as they help you get through the narrative on an entertaining note.
Overall, it’s a light read that’ll make for a respectful sit-through. The artwork is very solid, the main fights are dynamic, the pace is fairly streamline and the characters get a fair amount of things to do without ever feeling overstuffed. While far from a direct adaptation of the film, it tells its own version of the story in a very confident manner and provides a sizable taste to anyone who’s either interested in the series, a casual fan or even a dedicated fan. It shouldn’t be too tricky to track down all six issues and all together, they’ll come at a fair-enough price. As such, I recommend this and the movie as it makes for a respective video game-to-film experience. So if this peaks your interest, then there’s only minor lengths to overcome to see it. Trust me, there’s no Shoryukens to pull off along the way.
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1. What’s a nickname only your family calls you?
2. Chocolate or Vanilla?
3. What is your favorite quote?
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4. What’s a song you secretly LOVE to blast & belt out when you’re alone?
“Man of La Mancha,” but it’s hardly secret.
5. What’s one of your biggest pet peeves?
Poor table manners.
6. What was the last thing you ate?
Greek yogurt with fruit and organic local honey.
7. If you could change your name, what would it be and why?
I wouldn’t. I used to hate my name, and I still think it’s frumpy, but I’m accustomed to it.
8. Favorite pizza topping?
I don’t do favorites. Pepperoni and pineapple make a good combination, though.
9. What did you want to be when you were little?
A marine biologist. A jockey. A writer.
10. What’s your favorite flower?
Again, I don’t do favorites. I buy whatever’s seasonal or whimsical.
11. Which of the 5 senses do you consider to be your strongest?
12. What’s your favorite food that begins with the letter “S”?
My tastes change too frequently for me to have favorites. Lately, I’ve been into shawarma.
13. Name the last song you listened to.
“This Never Happened Before”
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1. A charitable or helpful person (with reference to Luke 10:33).
2. A member of a people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times, or of the modern community in the region of Nablus claiming descent from them, adhering to a form of Judaism that accepts only its own ancient version of the Pentateuch as Scripture.
Both definitions are correct. The second from an historical perspective, and Luke 10:33 from the Hebraic, lingual standpoint. The name is derived from the root ‘shamar’ (protect, guard).
Many Samaritans who live in Israel today live in the city, Holon, near Tel Aviv and in Schechem (Nablus) in Samaria (east and north of Jerusalem in the region that is now under the Palestinian Authority municipal rule and Israeli Security control).
The Samaritans call themselves Shamerim (also ‘protectors,’ ‘guards’) based on their traditional belief according to which they have kept (guarded) the original Torah given to Moses. They claim to be descendants of the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim who were not taken to exile to Assyria in the year 722 B.C., along with the other 10 tribes of Israel.
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UCSD computer science and engineering student Alexander Bakst, wrote an interesting article regarding his desire to stay in San Diego post- graduation rather than move to Sorrento Valley.
He mentions some very interesting points regarding the attractiveness of San Diego in comparison to up north such as the fact that San Diego is in a “sweet spot” of high start up opportunity,” and that out of 37 metro areas, San Diego ranks 18th nationally.
San Diego would like to attract tech companies which in turn would bring skilled workers to the city. For one, San Diego’s cost of living is much cheaper than Silicon Valley. Although one could argue that they are both expensive, the average rent in San Francisco is twice as expensive as the rent in San Diego.
Therefore, wouldn’t anyone currently residing in San Francisco want to move south to San Diego?
According to Bakst, it is possible as long as certain changes are implemented.
First, San Diego needs to “plan ahead and be the startup city that starts up the right way by bringing tech jobs to downtown and the urban core and building more housing for everybody.” The majority of the young generation facing graduation aspires to move to an urban downtown setting. Therefore, if San Diego were to provide an environment for new tech companies that would “make it easy for software engineers to stay in San Diego” as well as build more housing for these potential workers, San Diego could become the perfect spot for new graduates such as Bakst to move into.
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You can Listen to Oldies 98.9 on any of your Alexa Devices.
First you need to Enable our Oldies 98.9 Skill. Use one of the following:
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Principal Consultant, Career OverDrive!
What Is Career OverDrive!
When people initially hear of Career OverDrive! one of the first questions they ask is this:
"What exactly does Career OverDrive! do and what does the motiff of Career OverDrive! represent?"
"Is it speed or aggressiveness?"
The answer is neither.
Think of Career OverDrive! as analogous to the overdrive system in a car. It's about efficiency and sustainability of a given speed, that is, the ability to maintain a certain speed with minimal engine rotation and a more efficient usage of energy (gas).
And so it is with Career OverDrive!.
Specifically we want you to help you accelerate your career and to reach a cruising speed as quickly as possible but to do so in a way whereby you are not burning yourself out but enjoying yourself - for the long haul!
Sure, we won't lie to you. They'll be plenty of hard work and some sleepless nights ahead, but that will be the exception rather than the rule. And all of that effort you put in now will pay off many times over, far into the future.
What To Expect?
On our journey together, expect to be challenged, to grow, to reconsider and to be taken through the entire lifecycle of both your current job, your next job and your career.
Starting from career planning and development, through career paths, transitions and change, onward to high-impact resume development and high-performance job searches (either working with a recruiter, doing it yourself or using a blended approach).
Continuing with high-impact interview preparations, salary negotiations to your onboarding. And once you’ve landed your dream job, we’ll work to ensure you keep it with our Psychological Jujutsu ™ communications training featuring influencing, persuasion, negotiation, assertiveness and leadership.
Lastly, given today’s “rough and tumble” if not cut throat corporate environment, together we’ll work our way through office politics and organizational power dynamics ensuring that you not only survive and thrive but triumph. | <urn:uuid:a1362728-44cb-4793-91ef-34de122e767f> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.careeroverdrive.com/blog/learn-what-we-do-why-were-different | 2021-10-26T11:13:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587877.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20211026103840-20211026133840-00435.warc.gz | en | 0.941072 | 434 | [
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As the England team came together for us, we must now come together for them
Following their defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final, England’s black players were subject to unconscionable racist abuse by a loud, vocal minority on social media.
The government and tech platforms share a moral responsibility to help prevent such unlawful abuse from happening in the first place; and if it does happen, to quickly hold to account those who perpetrate it. Before explaining how we could make this happen a brief history lesson may be useful.
When the green shoots of today’s multimillion-pound tech platforms first emerged from the fertile soil of Silicon Valley they were given all the encouragement they needed to grow and expand.
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Napisano dnia 9.02.2019 r. o godzinie 12:00
Autor: Piotr Sperka
CubeMX is an interesting tool that allows you to quickly generate initialization code for STM32 microcontrollers using the HAL library, as well as several others, such as FreeRTOS, FatFS or LwIP. Instead of writing all initializations on your own, you can quickly click on the configuration and generate the code. The solution is certainly not ideal, but often it is fast and convenient. However, it has a significant disadvantage for people using the popular set of Eclipse with arm-none-eabi toolchain. STM32CubeMX doesn’t generate projects that are compatible directly with such an environment. Also I haven’t found 100% working solution in one place, so the following description is a synthesis of several descriptions found on the Internet.
To run the project I used:
I also assume that you know basics of Eclipse, so I won’t explain the fundamentals (for example, how to enter the project settings).
The first step will be to create two projects: a CubeMX generated project, and GNU MCU Eclipse generated project. Creating and configuring the project in CubeMX is really simple, and I won’t describe the details. In short you need to choose your microcontroller from the list, select configurations you want, and generate a project. The only important change is on the Project Manager tab, where you need to choose SW4STM32 toolchain.
Now you are going to create a new project in Eclipse. Go to File → New → C/C++ Project, and then select C Managed Build. From the list on the left choose appropriate template. In my case it was an STM32F2XX C/C++ Project. In the list on the right select ARM Cross GCC, type the name of the project and optionally select the location where it will be saved. On the next page, enter the amount of available FLASH and RAM memory. Next two tabs leave unchanged. On the GNU ARM Cross Toolchain tab select GNU MCU Eclipse arm Embedded GCC (ARM-none-Eabi-GCC) toolchain, and type path to the/bin directory of your toolchain. When you click on Finish the project will be generated.
Before we start to change anything, I suggest checking if the project is compiling without any errors. In my case, the IDE reported that the make command does not exist. The solution was to add the path to Build Tools to the PATH variable in the project settings (C/C ++ Build → Environment). If the project has compiled without any errors, you can move on.
Adding new files you need to start with… removing unnecessary ones from generated project (in Eclipse). Remove:
Then you need to copy new files from project generated by STM32CubeMX to your cleaned-up Eclipse project:
Names of directories and files may, of course, differ slightly depending on which STM32 family you are using. There also will be more directories if you used third-party libraries. The screenshot below shows how file structure looked after all steps.
The final step is to slightly modify project settings. In project settings go to C/C++ Build → Settings → GNU ARM Cross C Compiler and in Includes change “../system/include/stm32f2-stdperiph” to “../system/include/hal”. Then in Preprocessor settings replace USE_STDPERIPH_DRIVER definition to USE_HAL_DRIVER, and STM32F2XX definition to STM32F207xx. Remember that definitions are case sensitive. The list of available microcontroller type definitions is available in the stm32f2xx.h file (for the STM32F2 family). Choose the appropriate one for your IC.
Now make the same changes for GNU ARM Cross C++ Compiler and GNU ARM Cross Assembler. You also need to do the same changes for second build configuration (for example Release if you done all changes on Debug). To sum up, you need to make those changes in six places – three in Debug configuration, and three in Release configuration.
Now compile the project. If you have done everything correctly, the project should build without any problems. If not, you need to review the errors, starting at the top of the list. Most often it will be either the missing file (which you forgot to move), or a missing definition in the configuration.
Following the above description, you should be able to compile and run a project generated from STM32CubeMX in the Eclipse environment with the arm-none-eabi toolchain in a few minutes. I hope that the description was clear enough and it will save you some time and nerves. Although I have not touched on the topic of the project using third-party libraries, I hope that there will be an opportunity for this in one of the next articles in the near future. | <urn:uuid:eaf2a019-9ffc-4822-a525-74688016798a> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://blog.sperka.pl/en/2019/02/stm32-cubemx-into-eclipse/ | 2021-10-27T23:15:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323588244.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20211027212831-20211028002831-00515.warc.gz | en | 0.892765 | 1,044 | [
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SCS offers different possibilities for the storage and warehousing of dangerous goods. Depending on the danger class, the quantity of dangerous goods or the dimensions of the equipment, you can use our own storage bunkers and terminals in Spijkenisse, Schiphol and IJmuiden.
Our permits allow us to store goods in the danger classes 1 to 9. They are also applicable for danger class 1 and class 7, radioactive and explosive materials. Our storage facilities meet the strictest legislation and regulations, including the NEN standards applicable to the storage of dangerous goods.
The SCS warehouses are incorporated in the customs authorisation, which enables us to store both custom-bonded and free goods. The stock status can be checked with the barcoding of your goods and a web interface which is accessible from anywhere.
Contact us for more information on the transport and storage of dangerous goods. We are happy to explain the many options which are available to you. | <urn:uuid:74171403-0d87-44fc-9298-7b0f56ea21d8> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://specialcargo.nl/support/storage-of-dangerous-goods/?lang=en | 2021-10-27T22:24:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323588244.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20211027212831-20211028002831-00515.warc.gz | en | 0.922643 | 196 | [
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The Toms River Township council is expected to vote Tuesday night on a measure that would see the municipal government purchase the coveted oceanfront property which once housed the famed Joey Harrison’s Surf Club.
An agenda for Tuesday’s meeting, which begins at 6 p.m. and can normally be viewed virtually, shows an ordinance to fund the purchase of the property. It is enabled by one of 10 ordinance on the agenda for consideration, setting the scene for an unusually busy – and potentially controversy-filled – evening on tap for the governing body.
The ordinance, which was presented in short form on the agenda, calls for the township to sell a plethora of land parcels to Ocean County for $1,880,000. The funds derived from these parcels, which are located adjacent to Cattus Island County Park and buffering Ocean County College, are to be used toward the purchase of the Surf Club property. The state has committed $6.6 million toward the purchase of the property.
The $6.6 million would come from the state’s Blue Acres program, which preserves lands that are frequently subject to damaging floods. The council’s agenda for the meeting follows its ordinance authorizing the sale of mainland properties with a resolution supporting the state’s purchase of the Surf Club parcels. The $6.6 million and proceeds from the township’s land sale equal $8,480,000.
The specific properties the resolutions sets forth include:
- Block 1022, Lots 2.03 and 2.04
- Block 1026, Lots 27- 30
The properties represent the Surf Club parcels along the oceanfront where the nightclub, restaurant and condominiums once stood before being wiped away by Superstorm Sandy, as well as a parking lot across Ocean Avenue. Plans call for blocks of additional public beaches and more than 100 parking spaces for beachgoers to be added to Toms River’s parks system, though it has yet to be indicated how the state and local government will share the property since it is, presumably, being purchased with commingled funds.
The township council, as well as the Mayor Maurice “Mo” Hill, has endorsed the purchase, save Councilman Dan Rodrick, who has stated the price for the land is too high – since the owners of the Surf Club were granted a tax appeal on the property – and that the owners should be subject to discipline since structures still on the land have not been torn down after nine years.
Tuesday night’s council meeting is expected to draw wide interest from across the township, especially Ortley Beach. The Ortley Beach Voters and Taxpayers Association provided, at its own expense, mediators to negotiate a price for the property. | <urn:uuid:404e1549-1c75-4e18-9d54-24c7b98af9e6> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com/2021/01/toms-river-council-set-to-vote-on-surf-club-purchase-tuesday/ | 2021-10-16T11:35:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323584567.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20211016105157-20211016135157-00155.warc.gz | en | 0.957859 | 560 | [
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Social media surveillance by police departments like the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is growing steadily. In a poll conducted by the International Association of Police in 2017 70% of responding police departments said they were actively using social media to conduct surveillance and for operational awareness.
In January of 2020 the Brennan Center for Justice filed open records requests with four police agencies seeking records related to how the agencies use social media. In today’s show we sit down with Rachel Levinson-Waldman to discuss the Brennan Center’s findings specifically as they pertain to the LAPD. The LAPD uses advanced software platforms to connect the general surveillance data they collect including license plate and street stop data with the social media data the private companies collect from the various platforms.
The LAPD uses platforms like Geofeedia, Media Sonor, and Palantir to greatly expand the power of their surveillance capabilities. These platforms can build dossiers on individuals and go as far as identifying communities they live in frequent socially. This is where police department like the LAPD take seemingly small independent bit of data their surveillance programs scoop up, connect them to outside sources, and create a more 360 degree view of an individual’s life. According to Levinson-Waldman the LAPD can connect their data they collect to other government sources like the DMV records all in an effort to boost their insight in to the lives of average people across Los Angeles.
Of course the LAPD doesn’t currently have in place sophisticated guidelines that limit the discretion of officers and the potential abuse of these sophisticated surveillance platforms. Levinson-Waldman was able through their efforts to obtain a social media guide from the LAPD and the guide in fact encouraged average officers to use social media for situational awareness and surveillance and details how there is no restrictions and oversight. | <urn:uuid:180ce516-7961-4333-9ff7-299782ff2b62> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://chicagojustice.org/2021/10/09/deep-dive-in-to-lapd-social-media-surveillance/ | 2021-10-17T22:51:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585183.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20211017210244-20211018000244-00235.warc.gz | en | 0.943786 | 366 | [
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My dear friend Lora Angelova, who introduced herself on Ravelry, is one of my knitting role models. Not only does she have impeccable taste, but one look at her Ravelry projects and you can tell she’s someone who sweats the details, which I really admire. Every one of her projects is beautifully finished and fits perfectly. Take a look at her most recent FO and you’ll see what I mean.
The pattern is one I’ve loved for awhile, called Dessine-Moi Un Mouton. The designer describes it as “something cropped to wear over my everyday uniform of leggings and long tops,” which is already pretty irresistible.
Lora, though, really went deep with her version of Dessine-Moi un Mouton: she dyed the yarn for the stripes herself, using 100% plant-based dyes (and apparently, some strawberry-flavored high-fructose corn syrup, LOVE).
Happily for the rest of us, Lora took beautiful photos of the entire process, and documented her work throughout on her Rav project page.
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hi there guys;i wish if someone can answer me and help me on this...i want to buy either a samsung D410 or the E800???? so anyone can help me on this please and tell me the reason on his decision!! please,i really need help on this cause i cant decide! thanks a lot! take care!!
Its a lovely phone with amazing color quality and display. The sexy slider is the best part of the phone. Blue tooth and radio options are the negatives for this phone. Overall, its a good phone and worth the invest.
This phone looks great, I want to buy it,can I know its price in India(Hyderabad).
yaaaaarrr...........there is problem well tht problem is there is no photo call i made ma efforts 2 found it but i dint succeed well any one who knows plz tell me or message me on ma email or tell here plzzzzzzzzzz
does samsung D410 really have a photo caller ID? coz photo call feature is listed on the specs. can comeone help me use the feature.. thanks..
does samsung really have a caller ID? coz it has a photo call feature listed.. can someone tell me how to use the feature..thanks..
Hi Tan_90,i'm also using D410 but i don't think that D410 have the photo call, perhaps E800 or E810? But when i checked this website on D410, it did stated have the photo call... quite strange also...
well,i'm using this phone..it's nice to use..but i dun know how to make photo call..can anyone tell me how to make photo cal;l..thx
this is a good design..
hey dudez i hve D-415 T-MOBILE but it has more features thn d-410 it is coool mobile i love it it wz gifted by my bro well le see how much does it works...my frnds sayin tht itz slide will be loose but i done think so it is really cool mobile....if there had 'BLUE TOOTH' it will be cool mobile but spme ifarareds doesnt work on tht neva mind..cool rezult of camera....voice recoeding only 30 sec..........coooooooooool mobile
Hey Guns...settle down a bit man...I had this phone now over a month and I'm loving it...ok...you're right about not being able to send videos...that sux...I agree with you...but ringtones? WTF MAN? You CAN SO~ Download mp3 or wav or ESPECIALLY midi ringtones...what are you talking about man? If you have a phone that is 64-Bit Polyphonic...it's basically a mp3-standard ringtone system you got there~!
i bought a samsung d410 sim free and wish i hadnt because i cant send and receive picture messages,although ive got the settings and on orange pay as you go ,they activated gprs and what not(what a hassle)im changin phones already after 2 weeks
i have purchased d410 mobile. when i was in india, i was connected indian sim. but my country is nepal. when i went to nepal , my simcard is not working . so please send me to default code for sim.bye
the sgh-d410 is a piece of crap! it has a video feature that is worthless, u cant send video via mms, there is no send or forward funcrion for video! u cant upload to the computer because no avi compressors are available. u cant download wavs mp3 or midi for ring tones only mmf whatever format that is. u cant download pics to the fone or gifs unless u want to spend hours shrinking them down small enough to fit the phones requirments. anyone knows a solution to these problems i would sure like to know! not happy at all!!!!
The Fone is Shit Dont get it ive had it for 2 and a half months and its spent more time being fixed than ive actually had it.
Samsung marketing is sooooooo clever.
In the D410 they have VIDEO RECORDING, 256K COLOR SCREEN, ROTATING CAMERA
In the E800 they have THE MOST GORGEOUS LOOKING PHONE but none of the above, and its a bit more round and better looking compared to the D410.
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You have found your perfect Seattle spot! This modern and fresh one bedroom vacation home is easy walking distance to some of Seattle’s best restaurants, the Seattle Center and Space Needle, and the Pike Place Market. It’s convenient to all of Downtown Seattle, the Convention Center, stadiums and just blocks from the waterfront.
The sophisticated palate and tree top view of the leafy street trees makes a peaceful sanctuary and centrally located base for your visit to Seattle. With hotel mattresses and luxurious sheets, we guarantee you’ll be as comfortable as in any of the best hotels in town, with much more space. Two flat screen TVs and dedicated wireless internet throughout make this condo the perfect place for a long weekend or a week’s stay in the West Coast’s most dynamic location.
An on-site swimming pool & hot tub, plus a full fitness center and sauna can make your stay long on luxury and very convenient to all of Seattle. Secure parking is included in the price of this condo as well.
The Fine Print:
This property is managed by Seattle Oasis Vacation Rentals. We are a family owned business, and work everyday to redefine your vacation rental experience. Your satisfaction, as our guest, is our goal.
A signed rental agreement will be required to finalize your reservation.
To be clear, A/C is provided via a window unit during summer months (almost NO buildings-less than 5%- in Seattle have central air conditioning).
Also, be aware that this is an urban environment. In any urban core, you can expect to hear street noise, often late into the evening. If a silent outdoor environment is important to you, downtown Seattle (or any big city for that matter) may not be the best place for you to stay. That being said, this unit in the heart of Seattle–walkable to all the best Seattle has to offer– and has high quality, noise muffling windows and heavy duty construction. Any questions about this, ask! We want our guests to be happy.
You must be 25 years of age to rent a vacation home with Seattle Oasis Vacation Rentals.
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Beijing : Sales Office
Beijing is the capital of the People’s Republic of China, and the world’s most populous capital city, with over 21 million residents. It has the largest number of Fortune Global 500 companies in the world, and is home to the headquarters of most of China’s largest state-owned companies.
China has the fastest growing passenger air market of any country in the world, and is second only to the United States in total numbers of passengers carried. The Beijing Capital International Airport has been the second busiest in the world by passenger traffic since 2010.
Aventure Aviation’s presence in China reaffirms our commitment to serve local airlines and maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities, while offering parts meeting the stringent quality requirements of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). We understand the necessity of providing parts on short notice that have CAAC or new original equipment manufacturer tags. For high demand items, we maintain parts for Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, and Embraer aircraft, which include expendables, hardware, and rotables.
Our dedicated sales team for China, located in Beijing as well as the United States, are fully acquainted with the language, culture, and business practices needed to solve the aviation parts needs of our customers in China. | <urn:uuid:03676347-eb61-4622-959c-83723365b660> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://aventureaviation.com/locations/beijing/ | 2021-10-20T19:58:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585348.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20211020183354-20211020213354-00395.warc.gz | en | 0.934594 | 264 | [
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Ronin (Deluxe Edition) (Sony) — In feudal Japan, we are told, Ronin were disgraced samurai, bodyguards who failed to prevent their masters from being killed. So they roamed the countryside as free-agent hit men, sort of.
With that, we are taken to a post-cold-war Europe where Robert DeNiro is a latter-day Ronin, an ex-CIA operative hired to intercept a mysterious package desperately sought by various parties, including Irish rebels and Russian mafia.
Veteran director John Frankenheimer (The Train, The Manchurian Candidate) keeps the action moving so swiftly that viewers don’t have time to realize there’s little plot here, or to wonder just what’s inside the elusive metal case. But there are gunfights and car-chase scenes galore through authentic European locales.
DeNiro is backed by an able cast that includes Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgard, Sean Bean and Jonathan Pryce.
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What Is the Purpose of a Trustee Deed?
In the United States, there are two ways of securing a home loan: the mortgage and the trust deed. In trust deed states like California, a third-party trustee holds the legal title to the property until the loan is paid in full. This structure lets the trustee foreclose the home and sell it quickly at a trustee sale, with winning bidders receiving trustee's deed, rather than going to court for a foreclosure order. Like quitclaim deeds in mortgage states, trustee deeds convey title but offer nothing in the way of warranties or guarantees.
A trustee deed is a simple and expedient way of transferring title to a new owner following a foreclosure.
Understand Trustee Deeds
Trustee deeds are seen in states where home loans are secured via a trust deed, or deed of trust. In trust deed states, three parties to a home loan exist: the borrower, the lender and the trustee. The trustee is the party that holds the property's deed for the benefit of the lender. When a lender forecloses a home and it's subsequently sold, the trustee gives a trustee deed that conveys title.
Warranties and Guarantees
A trustee's deed is a simple way to give a title to a foreclosed home's new owner quickly. However, just as with the quitclaim deed used in mortgage states, trustee deeds offer no warranty or guarantee against title defects. Typical title defects can include unpaid property taxes – which will become your responsibility – or IRS liens. If you buy a home at a trustee sale and you receive a trustee deed, you also become liable for all such taxes, liens or other title defects.
Generally, trustees that hold property titles are entities like banks, title companies or escrow companies. In trust deed states, when home loans go into default and foreclosure, it'll be the trustee that conducts the foreclosure sale. The trustee will collect the proceeds from the foreclosure sale, pay the lender and then issue the new trustee's deed. The trustee also keeps a small portion of the foreclosure sale's proceeds for conducting the entire foreclosure and sale itself.
Traps for the Unwary
Always investigate for title defects on any foreclosed home you intend on bidding on at a foreclosure sale. With a trustee's deed in hand, you become the owner of that home, but you may be buying significant problems. You should also make sure that the trustee's deed you are buying is not a second mortgage, which takes a backseat to the primary mortgage.
In other cases, you could pick up a low-priced home and quickly resell it. Lenders, however, rarely will ever give out home loans to hopeful buyers where homes feature only trustee deeds, making resale difficult.
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Ding dong. Cancel all your appointments. Your _pizza is here_. But what did you order and did you really get what you wanted? Get ready to adsorb a flame of information about minimalist design. Dominate your next discussion that revolves around the approach to User Experience Design.
Welcome to this introduction to the topic or minimalist design and User Experience Design.
What were the key things that led minimalist design to becoming such an integral part of User Experience Design? Various sources will provide various opinions.
Minimal design involves eliminating any excess elements to the bare minimum. This helps users achieve a goal more efficiently, and with more precision.
Now that you have a sound understanding of what we are dealing with, the remainder of the article should be easy to decipher.
The vast experience we have in minimalist design makes us the perfect place to start. We’re confident that you will find some intriguing information as you continue onward.
Trends suggest that more and more people are realising that they need to know more about User Experience Design.
Jot down some of the assumptions you have about minimalist design. What are some words that describe your current understanding?
Plain and boring is a common response. But this is actually not always true. The user experience can still be highly engaging.
These thoughts may come in handy later when you are reading further on in this post.
Feast your eyes on the following points.
Let’s sink our teeth in. Don’t worry. We’ll get to the pizza.
Here is the first major consideration.
All the distractions of excessive content on the page fades to white. As a result, the user is not distracted by a series of unrelated content when completing the task they set out to achieve.
This means the user remains on course with the user journey you provide them, leading to more conversions for your website or application.
With that said, you can at least say you know a little bit more than before. One down. What’s next.
Having a bloated design for your digital product will require more effort when it comes to making future updates and changes. Obviously, this will lead to greater costs and resources in getting these changes made.
A simple, minimal design however is far easier to maintain, and prevents the code base from becoming a mess.
There is another area you can raise in the next discussion about minimalist design. With that aspect behind you, this next part will seem simple.
It’s the classic Pizza analogy.
You really like mushrooms but you have fear of missing out on other ingredients, so you order the pizza with the lot. There is only room for a couple of mushrooms with this option.
Alternatively, you can order the mushroom pizza, which provides you with what you actually want, and none of the trimmings. With this option, you get loads of mushrooms, and are satisfied in your cravings. Having only what users need and want should be the goal of your user experience.
And you’ve tripled what you know.
Paste this knowledge together and you can see the bigger picture beginning to appear.
But it doesn’t stop there. There is so much more to know.
After all that, you can at least say you learned more.
For now, that’s the summary of factors for minimalist design and User Experience Design.
Levelling up on User Experience Design has never been so easy.
Approaching other sources for knowledge will help you learn even more. That’s all we will cover in this particular snapshot. It’s never dull when talking about minimalist design.
Who knows what the future will hold for minimalist design? In due time, this will be known. Let the waiting game begin.
Now go make yourself a cup of tea.
And final task. Drop one or two of your own thoughts in our comments.
And be sure to check out our other articles that relate to User Experience Design.
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The COVID-19 pandemic exposed inequities in access to and success in career and technical education (CTE). This post summarizes a discussion among teachers and program coordinators about what has changed a year into remote instruction, and about how to make CTE programs more equitable now and when in-person instruction returns.
Recent federal policy supports creating middle-class jobs in the “green economy.” To better understand how community colleges can build programs that provide reliable growth trajectories for students in this field, MDRC talked with two practitioners about the North Carolina Community College System’s 10-year-old “Code Green” initiative.
Career and technical education programs are trying to address challenges faced by disadvantaged students, particularly Black students and other students of color. Access is only part of the path to equity as these programs focus on inclusive workplace environments, meaningful mentorships, and language that emphasizes strengths rather than real or presumed deficits.
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Japanese Compact Donabe Rice cooker (BANKO-WARE)
This compact size DONABE rice cooker is from Yokkaichi Banko ware. Unique round shaped DONABE is made in the modern style and it is good one for the first time.Product details:
W190 x D190x H160
Weight: approx. 1.7kg (Gross weight 2.0kg)
Materials: Banko clay
-Designed and made in Japan. Made with a specific type of porcelain called Bankoyaki. Bankoyaki is a famous ceramic in Mie, Japan and is widely known for its strength and heat retention properties.
-Good for perfectly soft, fluffy and delicious rice. Can cook up to 2 cups of rice.
-Perfect for personal use or Serves 2-3 people
-Not dishwasher safe and not induction safe. Stovetops only.
Made in: Yokkaichi city, Mie Prefecture
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Note: It takes about 2weeks to dispatch from Japan after we confirm your order.
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It’s currently one of the fastest expanding sales channel software program and channel structure systems Recognized extensively as a complete and digital service to offer your services and products, GrooveFunnels is taking the net world by tornado since of it’s very attractive deals, all-in-one suite of software and it’s LIFETIME settlement alternative According to Groove Digital and Groovefunnels, they have actually had more than 43,122+ brand-new members change right into the GrooveFunnels system.
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The Base Strategy is the Free Version of Groovefunnels.
signup for the cost-free base plan of Groovefunnels. It’s a fantastic method to attempt Groovefunnels, but make note that it’s STILL just in BETA.
I’m not going to be reviewing a whole lot concerning the FREE plan, yet rather I’m going to dive deep right into the LIFETIME offer of Groovefunnels …
Here are below things that people are interested in knowing about Groovefunnels:.
Groovefunnels can conserve you a whole lot of money and time. Clickfunnels alone is at $297/month for the Etison collection with Endless pages and traffic. Yet because Groovefunnels is still in BETA, I would still advise that you use WordPress to construct your blog (hub for material) for SEO functions and utilize Groovefunnels for landing web pages and sales funnels.
For Experienced Online marketers.
If you’ve been utilizing sales funnels, you’re probably paying a regular monthly or each year for tools like Kartra, Clickfunnels, Leadpages, etc. Saving those regular monthly expenditures by paying for Groovefunnels AS SOON AS makes much better financial feeling. You can after that use those savings for paid advertising or various other investments that you can use to expand your online business.
For Course Creators.
Conserve an additional $79 to $197 monthly with Subscription sites developed with Groovefunnels. LMS or learning management systems like Learn Dashboard, Thinkific, Teachable and extra can cost you a lot of cash specifically if your members and listing expands.
For Speakers and Authors.
Groovefunnels can be created to be your whole web site for personal branding functions. There are several templates and styles that can be modified for audio speakers and writers.
For eCommerce Website Owners.
GrooveKart, which is the ecommerce and shopping cart software application in the Groove Digital collection of software can be made use of to sell physical products on your site and online service.
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Give much more value to your customers and customers by consisting of Groovefunnels related solutions to others. An instance would certainly be production of sales funnels to help grow your customer’s companies.
GrooveMail is an email automation tool or an autoresponder similar to GetResponse, MailChimp, and Aweber, other than it, is more cost effective and individual pleasant.
With a totally free plan itself, you can amount to 25,000 calls in your email list and send endless e-mails.
A similar plan in other email marketing tools like MailChimp will cost you $199/month.
GrooveMail is everything you ‘d expect in a first-rate e-mail advertising remedy.
It will certainly execute both sequence automation and broadcasting, as well as text and voice SMS broadcasting. This is a function that just a few premium email autoresponders have.
GrooveMail will sporting activity an efficient follow-up channels system also, like the one you obtain with ActiveCampaign.
It is an easy yet efficient email advertising and marketing automation.
Right here’s a preview right into GrooveMail.
You can perfectly import result in your checklists and include them to campaigns individually or through a CSV file.
With GrooveMail you can produce gorgeous full-color e-newsletters or simply ordinary message emails.
There are hundreds of themes to pick from or you can produce your very own.
GrooveMail also offers robust analytics consisting of click-through rates (CTR’s), open rates, and more.
GrooveMember is an automated membership system and online course CMS, that is believed to be one of the most secure subscription CMS as it offers a password-protected participant’s area.
You can create professional subscription sites in minutes.
It is produced for all those that run or plan to start a subscription web site.
With categorized access degrees, you can supply totally free and paid accessibility independently to your members.
GrooveMembers provide a computerized content distribution that allows you to supply your web content all at as soon as or leaked over time or unlocked based upon tags.
It additionally provides you with modern styles and styles to consider that specialist want to match your organization.
Here’s a sneak peek into GrooveMember.
Given that GrooveMember quickly incorporates with GrooveSell, consequently, you do not need to get an additional sales platform to track your clients and after that include them as your members in the GrooveMember. All this will be done instantly in real-time. Tailor Brands Logo.
Like when a consumer acquisitions your membership-based item from GrooveSell, it will get synced with your GrooveMember account and the membership gain access to will certainly be offered automatically.
You are not just conserving time but likewise your money with GrooveMember.
You can begin with a totally free GrooveMember account and later upgrade to a silver, gold, or platinum plans, according to your demands.
You will likewise discover a certification choice inside GrooveMember, so in situation you offer an on-line training course, you can conveniently release certifications for your training courses to the members.
GrooveBlog is a gift to all the determined blog owners who love writing and get a bulk of the web traffic to their blog sites via online search engine like Google.
With GrooveBlog you can publish text, sound, and video clip content and expand your natural reach.
It lets you schedule and publishes material making use of one of its attractive drag-n-drop templates or you can design your very own.
GrooveBlog integrates conveniently into your GroovePages web sites and GrooveMail CRM.
It also assists you write Search Engine Optimization optimized web content so you rate for the right key words and target the appropriate target market, every single time.
GrooveBlog targets at contending with the WordPress CMS that has actually been under the radar recently because of numerous safety problems in its system.
Although it would certainly not be a very easy job to uncrown the most prominent CMS (WordPress) worldwide.
You can connect the GrooveBlog with your GroovePages and release material straight.
The very best part there is smooth integration with WordPress, so you will have the ability to release content in WordPress without ever before leaving your GrooveBlog editor interface.
GrooveFunnels Prices and Plans.
We may be wrong, but we think, you were most fired up regarding this section of our GrooveFunnels review and interested to recognize just how much GrooveFunnels price if we established apart the complimentary lifetime accounts that the business is handing out for a minimal time. Tailor Brands Logo.
Right here we are bringing you every detail concerning the prices framework, lifetime offers, and the layaway plan of GrooveFunnels.
At the time of creating this blog post, GrooveFunnels is offering majorly 3 rates strategies i.e.
GrooveFunnels Silver ($ 99/Month), GrooveFunnels Gold ($ 199/Month) and GrooveFunnels Platinum ($ 299/Month) and then there is, certainly, the Free strategy i.e.
Undergo each pricing plan in information and recognize what’s all consisted of in each plan.
GroovePages for Shopify.
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GroovePages makes use of a mobile-first indexing function. It’s the FIRST and just option with this attribute for constructing internet sites, web pages and funnels.
Mobile-first indexing implies that Google will certainly currently take into consideration the mobile variation of your web page for indexing and ranking prior to the desktop version. So if you ignore mobile, kiss your rankings bye-bye.
Q: Will I require anything else after acquiring GrooveFunnels No, you won’t really need anything else as GrooveFunnels will be a total all-in-one advertising tool (as soon as they launch every little thing in their timeline).
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According to TheBlock (a prominent research, analysis, and news source in the crypto industry), 42 cryptocurrency exchanges have been compromised since 2012, and this does not include platforms with low trading volume. The total amount of stolen funds exceeded $1.35 billion. Obviously, exchanges are not the only ones suffering from the losses. Users end up being the victims of the hacks as well. Exchange hacks tend to be followed by a severe drop in the value of the stolen assets as the thieves sell-off and launder the stolen funds.
In this article, we will analyze the most significant exchange hacks. We will find out how users reduced their losses in the past and follow their example to minimize our losses.
Date of hack: June 2011, February 2014
Asset stolen: BTC
Amount: $450 million
Market response: BTC fell 30%
Mt. Gox was the largest cryptocurrency exchange up until 2013, the first hack that occurred was in June 2011. Hackers managed to steal around 500,000 BTC through the previous exchange owner’s audit account. Jed McCaleb kept access to his account after the sale of Mt. Gox to Mark Carpeles. Audit access was needed for Jed to monitor his interests as he was entitled to a portion of the Mt. Gox profit for six months after the sale. Unfortunately for Mt. Gox, this was not the last hack of the exchange.
Mt. Gox was finally closed in February 2014 after a loss of 850,000 BTC from user wallets. Attackers used a loophole in one of the protocols, which allowed changing transaction identifiers and thus could repeatedly sell the same asset. As the investigation found out later, hacking did take place. However, only 2,000 BTC was stolen, which equated to a small part of the total losses. In March 2014, 200,000 BTC were discovered in a separate fund managed by a client trustee, a Japanese lawyer named Nobuaki Kobayashi. The location of the rest of the assets could not be established and 650,000 BTC went missing. In the summer of 2018, a process called “Civil Rehabilitation” was launched, in which a trust fund was required to sell 35,841 BTC and 34,008 BCH to pay the affected customers.
Date of hack: August 2016
Asset stolen: BTC
Amount: $65 million
Market response: BTC fell 18%
The second-largest hack occurred in August 2016. The amount of stolen funds equaled 120,000 BTC or $72 million at the time of the hacking. This time, hackers managed to take advantage of a security vulnerability. In the case of Bitfinex, three keys were required to confirm the transaction — two were stored at the exchange itself, and the third one was kept with a third party called BitGo, whose speciality was blockchain platforms security. BitGo was meant to verify all the outgoing Bitfinex transactions. This way, Bitfinex could reduce the amount of funds kept in a cold storage, simplifying the process of handling requests. Hackers were able to trick the BitGo algorithms into writing off the funds. It is still unclear how they managed to do so, as BitGo officially announced that their servers were not attacked.
Bitfinex issued tokens that were converted into dollars according to the payout schedule as compensation to the affected users. All the funds were returned to the investors, and Bitfinex continues operating and is one of the best known exchanges today.
Date of hack: July 2017, June 2018, March 2019
Assets stolen: BTC, ETH, XRP, and others
Amount: $65 million
In the summer of 2017, the South Korean exchange Bithumb stated that attackers gained access to the identity of the trading platform users. Data of 31 thousand customers was compromised and ended up in the hands of hackers. To make matters worse, the hack only came to light in the summer of 2017, 6 months after the attack had occurred in February. In addition to data, $7 million worth of ETH had been stolen as well. The South Korean National Intelligence Agency accused North Korean hackers of the incident, but the story did not develop further.
Six months later, on June 20, 2018, the exchange was attacked once again. This time, users of the trading platform lost about $32 million in XRP.
The latest hack took place at the end of March 2019. A message appeared on the Bithumb website stating that on March 29 at 22:15, “the monitoring system detected abnormal activity,” which led to the disconnection of the deposit and withdrawal function and all assets were moved to cold wallets. The exchange management did not disclose the amount of stolen funds; however, according to insider information, hackers managed to steal 3 million EOS (approximately $13.4 million at the time of hacking) and 20 million XRP (about $6 million).
Bithumb was able to utilize its reserves and reimburse half of the stolen funds but was forced to disable deposits and withdrawals of funds for several months.
Subsequently, the exchange announced that its system was undergoing radical changes to prevent further attacks, including a strict separation of customer assets.
Date of hack: May 2019
Assets stolen: BTC
Amount: $40 million
Market response: BTC fell 1%, yet grew 20% over the next week.
Binance prides itself as the largest and one of the most reliable crypto exchanges in the world. However, in May 2019, the exchange was hacked. More than 7,000 BTC was stolen from its accounts. Considering the exchange rate at the time of the attack, the cost of stolen funds equaled approximately $40 million.
Attackers had been carrying out a series of phishing attacks for two months, replacing Binance domains with the fake ones using Punycode, a method of converting domain names into a sequence of ASCII characters. Thus, they collected the account data of a large number of users.
The hackers did not touch the funds on the compromised accounts but created API keys, which were used on March 7 to purchase VIA/BTC.
Binance announced that the #SAFU fund would be used to cover losses fully, and initiated an audit of the existing security system.
This hack pushed a wave of conspiracy theories, the most notable were that Binance needed to launder a large amount of money, or aimed to manipulate the crypto markets. There is also an opinion that they tried to transfer money to save the Bitfinex crypto exchange as they hold large reserves of Tether (USDT) which Bitfinex has strong ties with.
Hackers are becoming more inventive, if in 2013 they simply stole BTC from exchanges and transferred them to their addresses using a mixer, now they prefer creating API keys to exchange cryptocurrencies to cover their tracks by laundering funds to another less-traceable asset on the same exchange and then withdrawing the funds. Entire hacker groups specializing in cryptocurrency theft have emerged. This may lead us to a few conclusions:
- The funds kept on the exchange do not belong to you. You should not store all your coins on one exchange because if it gets hacked, you can lose everything. It is reasonable to distribute assets between several exchanges or only send funds on an exchange to perform the necessary operation and withdraw them back to your wallet when you are done.
- Reputation. Large exchanges often have an insurance fund, which can be used to compensate the customers for losses in case of hacking.
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Sometimes you don’t need a recipe, you need an idea.
Take this amazing tomato avocado ricotta toast for example. You don’t need a recipe, but you do need top notch ingredients.
Start with the best multi-grain bread you can buy.
Brush a slice or two with olive oil (all the better if your oil is garlic-infused*).
Toast the bread for a few minutes, just until the edge of the bread is starting to crisp, but the center is still a little soft.
Spread the barely toasted bread with a generous tablespoon (or two) of fresh ricotta — local is best and I’m blessed with Gina’s Homemade.
Top with a few thin slices of a ripe, juicy, heirloom tomato.
Lay slices of a ripe avocado on top of the tomato.
Sprinkle with flaky sea salt, like Maldon. Grind some fresh black pepper on top of that.
If you are so inclined, throw a few dashes of hot sauce on for good measure. I’m partial to Louisiana’s mild, tangy Crystal Hot Sauce in this application.
Take a bite, but first you might want to sit down. Your knees could go wobbly. It’s that good.
Epilog: I feel compelled to tell you that my friend George thinks a few crumbles of crisp, applewood smoked bacon would improve this near-perfect toast. I don’t doubt that, but I really love it just the way it is.
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How to Save for a House Without Overhauling Your Lifestyle
Saving money for your first house doesn't have to involve sitting in a dark, freezing apartment (heat is expensive!) sipping Cup O' Noodles. If you're wondering how to save for a house, you're in the right place. We break down ways to save that won’t cramp your style. How does giving yourself a monthly allowance and throwing dinner parties sound? More on those revelations later.
First, start by figuring out what you’re working toward. Ballpark how much you’ll need for your down payment, then work backward: what’s it going to take to reach your goal, and when do you want to get there? Simplified, that’s money needed divided by time = your monthly/daily/yearly goal for saving. Once that’s calculated, the next step is to figure out where you’re going to put all that money.
Save for a Home by Opening a Dedicated Savings Account
This separate savings account is solely for the house of your dreams. This isn’t the trip to Mexico fund, or money for a new leather handbag, this is the someday soon I’ll be a homeowner account. Do a little research to find out where you can get an account that will yield the highest interest so you can watch your money make money while you sit back and laugh gleefully. Then start growing that account.
Save for a Home by Hiding Money From Yourself
You know when you find $5 in your pocket and it makes you want to do a little Irish jig? This is kind of like that, but instead of using the money to treat yourself to a cupcake, you use the money to buy a whole house. After that, you’ll be doing a lot more than a little jig.
There’s two ways to go about this. First, calculate what your estimated monthly mortgage payments would be, then every month, put that amount into your dream home savings account. If that’s too much of a stretch for you in addition to the rent you’re already paying, then pay your rent and deposit into your house savings the remainder of what would equal your total mortgage. So if your rent is $550 & your estimated mortgage is $1,000 per month, put an additional $450 into the house account so you can feel what it’s like to live on the remaining amount after paying a mortgage.
The second way is all about automatic deposits. Some people call it the “set it and forget it” approach. Through your bank, set up automatic recurring deposits into your house savings account. To really hide money from yourself, set the deposit date to be the same as pay day so you never even see the money in your everyday account. Push yourself to deposit the largest amount possible, using the suggestions above as a starting point.
And finally, anytime you come across “bonus” money, whether it’s a raise, an actual bonus, a birthday check from grandma, or a dollar in the street, put it straight into your house savings account. That also goes for what could be your biggest bonus of the year: your tax refund.
Give Yourself a Weekly Cash Allowance
Mmhmm. That’s right. And unlike when you were a kid, no one’s going to hold out on you until all your chores are done, because you’re an adult now, darnit, and you decide whether you’re going to make your bed! But seriously, take a look at your overall budget , determine what makes sense as a weekly allowance, and what should go into that allowance—coffee stops, movie tickets, new clothes, fast food lunches, etc.
Then over the course of the week, budget accordingly so you can live the good life until the next time you replenish your allowance. Before you blow $12 on a gourmet salad on Monday, think about how future you would love to start Friday with a caramel latte. Once that cash allowance is gone, that’s it. Do not pass the ATM, and collect $20.
And using credit cards to boost your allowance throughout the week? Refrain! Refrain! You don’t want to get yourself into debt (or push yourself further into debt) when the point of this exercise is to save. If you need to cut them up to keep yourself from swiping, go find the scissors.
Let Technology Do the Heavy Lifting
Instead of spending hours on a Sunday filling a shoebox with paper coupons, check out these helpful tools that’ll do all the work for you.
- Retale: brings hundreds of ads, deals, and coupons to your smartphone. Use location services to filter to local offers, save deals for later, search by product or retailer, and get notifications on the latest bargains.
- Coupons.com: gives access to thousands of coupons and codes to copy and paste, drag and drop, print out, or add to your relevant loyalty cards. Also set notifications to alert you of nearby deals.
- Honey: automatically finds the best coupons and promo codes and applies them to your total with just one click.
- Ebates: pays members (membership is free) cash back every time they shop online and provides them with the best coupons and deals as they’re browsing.
After you’ve saved a ton of money using the above strategies, it’s time to manage it. Luckily, there’s an app for that! Several, actually.
- Digit: syncs with your checking account and analyzes your spending to look for money you’re not using. If Digit spots an opportunity, it automatically transfers the money to a separate savings account. If you keep a balance in your Digit account for at least three months, they’ll give you 5 cents for every $100 you save. Money making money!
- Mint: links to your checking account and credit cards to analyze how you’re spending. Use Mint’s personalized budget categories to spot where you’re spending the most, and adjust accordingly.
- YNAB (You Need A Budget): works by getting you to pay careful attention to what you’re spending. It costs $5/month or $50/year (you can try it out for 34 days for free), but promises to help you save $200 your first month.
Save for a Home by Hacking Expensive Habits
We’re not talking collecting Lamborghinis or letting nothing less than Dom Perignon touch your lips. This is about the “treat yourselfs” that quickly become budget breakers. As promised in the title of this article, continue on with the little luxuries, just approach them in a different way.
Love going out to dinner to catch up friends? Absolutely, until the bill comes, and even after splitting it five ways you owe $70. This tip is worth much more than 20 percent: invite everyone over for potlucks instead. You get the latest gossip, it doesn’t cost you a penny, and you get to keep all the delicious leftovers.
Ever heard of the Latte Factor? It’s a concept financial advisor David Bach came up with that essentially points out how much you’re spending on coffee daily and what else you could be doing with that money. Simply put, if you treat yourself to a latte every working day, that’s a $1,000 a year for those non-fat, no foam caffeine jolts. And if you go absolutely every day (it is a habit…), that’s nearly $1,500. Keep your morning bump going by making coffee at home and mixing it up with flavored creamers. Saving hundreds of dollars will taste better than that fancy espresso. Of course, the Latte Factor applies to plenty of things other than coffee. Just pick the ones that you feel like you can most easily replace with cheaper or at-home options.
The same concept applies to more expensive habits – like getting your hair done or the weekly mani/pedi you can't live without. Students at local beauty schools are often looking for models to practice on at very discounted rates.
Let the Little Things Add Up (in Savings)
Just a few small tweaks to your daily routine can save a few dollars here and there, which together add up to a lot more dollars.
- Group electronics into power strips and switch them off when you leave the house. You may see a small decrease in your next bill, but keep in mind, it all adds up!
- Consider saying no to guac. Little add-ons like extra toppings and adding a soda can push the lunch bill into a luxury item. Just say no, or better yet, bring your lunch from home.
- Switch to basic cable, or give up cable altogether and watch shows and movies on-demand or on a pay-per basis. As an added bonus—never suffer through a bad local ad again.
- Take public transportation, or carpool. Gas, taxis, Ubers—pretty much any form of individual transportation—don’t fare well for your wallet. Delete all ride hailing apps from your phone, and check out your local bus and train routes, or send a note to colleagues to get a carpool started.
And here you thought we were kidding when we said saving money for a house involved giving yourself an allowance and throwing a dinner party with all your friends, right? Remember, you don’t have to do everything at once, even putting one of these tips into practice will get you off on the right foot. You have to start somewhere!
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Watching television these days one cannot avoid the provocation that everyone has suddenly become multi-racial or multi-something. The trend is clearly to diversity. Almost to a fault. What more politic manner to address that awakening and sometimes indiscriminate variety than by characterising it as eclectic.
Methods, beliefs, ideas, etc. that are eclectic combine whatever seem the best or most useful things from many different areas or systems, rather than following a single system.
Forgive my reservation but I can’t but think so much of this widened view of the world is a long delayed reaction to the recent advertisement of its most flagrant weaknesses. For whatever reason popular currency now embraces minority to an astonishing degree. Indeed so rampant is the preoccupation that some suggest it is beyond tolerance. It is normal that novelty always has its obstructionists. Who among us isn’t an unwitting creature of habit or the subordinate to culture?
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it occurs to me that just as there is often longstanding isolation even among members of one’s immediate family, the inspiration to unite with others of more remote acquaintance is less alluring. I suspect many groups – whether minorities or majorities – have already decided out of exhaustion to isolate themselves from one another. For those who cannot afford the privilege of singularity – or for those who wish to remove themselves from a so-called singularity that is offensive or intolerable – the only choice is to push for improvement. The consequence has at times been an exponential overindulgence in compromise which occasionally reaches the height of mesmerised biblical submission. It may engender mistrust or mockery.
As a result the march towards blending of difference hasn’t always been motivated by gusto. Choosing the best of any lot requires an element of refinement or elimination. It is after all a distillation whatever the objective. Nonetheless in spite of the patently egregious features which might initially spice the mix, the simmering often imbues a palatable digestion.
It warrants admission that a measure of the contamination to eclectic reunion is the unwillingness of people to acknowledge their own inadequacy – rather than simply dwelling upon token enlargement of others. If the process is thus mistakenly founded on an improper or illogical premise it follows that the deduction is infected.
“From that day (1641) dates the corporate existence of the two great parties which have ever since alternately governed the country. In one sense, indeed, the distinction which then became obvious had always existed, and always must exist. For it has its origin in diversities of temper, of understanding, and of interest, which are found in all societies, and which will be found till the human mind ceases to be drawn in opposite directions by the charm of habit and by the charm of novelty. Not only in politics but in literature, in art, in science, in surgery and mechanics, in navigation and agriculture, nay, even in mathematics, we find this distinction. Everywhere there is a class of men who cling with fondness to whatever is ancient, and who, even when convinced by overpowering reasons that innovation would be beneficial, consent to it with many misgivings and forebodings. We find also everywhere another class of men, sanguine in hope, bold in speculation, always pressing forward, quick to discern the imperfections of whatever exists, disposed to think lightly of the risks and inconveniences which attend improvements and disposed to give every change credit for being an improvement. In the sentiments of both classes there is something to approve. But of both the best specimens will be found not far from the common frontier. The extreme section of one class consists of bigoted dotards: the extreme section of the other consists of shallow and reckless empirics.“
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Friday that her focus during the lame-duck session of Congress is on passing a Covid-19 relief package, especially with the pandemic worsening.
The surging case and death toll numbers are “an emergency of the highest magnitude,” she said at a news conference, describing it as a “red alert” situation. Thursday’s record number of 160,000 new cases was “horrifying,” especially after a week straight of more than 100,000 infections a day, she said.
“Republicans in Congress continue their tactics of delay, distort and deny, which has led to deaths,” Pelosi said. “The longer the Republicans keep up the charade, the further out of control the Covid crisis will spiral.”
Asked about Democrats losing seats in the House, Pelosi said, “We had a very deep victory two years ago. I don’t think that people are quite understanding of the 40 seats that we won, 31 were in Trump districts. We saved most of those seats, so we’re very proud of that.”
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That was very cool. There was a Dallas Morning News article on how to setup an outside DVD theatre. I lost the link when my computer crashed awhile back. www.Dallasnews.com. I think there is a thread on how to do that on this sight as well. Anyway, cool stuff.
I was going to do something similar this year only I wanted to make a compilation of more "scary" image loops like Jason, Freddie, Mike Meyers, etc and loop them. And I planned on projecting onto a fog from a smoke machine to make it SPOOKY. The plan was to fog out the front yard and project from an upstairs window so that the kids would be spooked as they leave the front door. I know I'm evil. I hope I can get my hands on the 500u before halloween.
Monsters Inc. movie plays via DVD-ROM Player rear projected on 6-millimeter Visquine screen via a Sanyo Digital Projector. Audio support provided by a Polk Monitor 350LS monitor and Nakamichi TS-A1 amplifier. Image size 12x10 feet.
It's all right below the window with the video. At least on my PC. YMMV.
I'd like to do the same thing except have something more like a fairly static / looping scene serving as a background. Mad scientist's lab, dungeon interior, etc. that would make the room / garage behind me look sorta like the real thing. Barring that some clips from classic b&w horror movies.
The fog idea sounds neat. I'll have to try that out on a smaller scale with some dry ice.
Last year I stretched a white sheet across the kitchen window (ground floor), put the pj on the kitchen bench and selected rear projection mode. Spent some time to create a Powerpoint with ghosts, ghouls & witches flying around at intervals with scary sounds. So basicly every 30 seconds a ghost or other nastyness would come flying out at whoever was outside at the moment.
'was very cool and but I started a little early and scared one small kid too much as he sped up in the opposite direction and did not come back... I guess the ghouls screaming "saaaaveeee meeee" as they fade out of existence was too much.
I don't feel too attached to my Powerpoint (XP) either, so if anyone wants to take a look, pm me. I think it was about 1.5mb including sound. Most of the stuff I used was grabbed from the web anyway
Another interesting use would be to put the screen up....hide a video camera somewhere, and then project the kids who are walking up to the house to see their picture bigger than life being projected on the screen as they get their candy.
Imagine how creepy it would be to pipe the video through something first that will let you layer either an image or animated goblin/ghost behind them that they can only see on the projection surface. They turn around and it's gone!
>project the kids who are walking up to the house to see their picture bigger than life being projected on the screen as they get their candy.
Best idea is by Disney and very hard to do, but very cool. A very high pressure mist is sprayed into the air. The PJ is projected onto the wall *mist* of water. Very cool. Saw it done in FL and loved the idea.
There's software that allows you to trigger stuff based on motiondetection on webcams. Now how sweet would it be to start playing screams, pictures & all sorts of scary stuff only when someone walks up to the house!
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The other term used for cyber security is “information technology security”. If one day you choose to take a course related to this area of specialization, you future job would be protecting networks, programs, and valuable data from destruction and hackers.
People who are skilled and knowledgeable in the field of cyber security are assets to big companies, hospitals, the military, and especially financial corporations.
To have the necessary skills in cyber security, you must first complete different sets of training. Your options won’t be limited if you plan to take a course on cyber security because this is being offered by numerous government and even private institutions.
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In this article, we will be talking about the four main topics of cyber security.
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1. What is White collar crime?
White collar crime is the type of crime hackers are guilty of. Even though this is a non-violent crime, this is still one of the biggest problems today. Computer fraud is one of the main topics you will be studying when you take a course on cyber security. You will putt yourself in the shoes of skilled hackers and you will be learning their techniques.
Once you are confident that you have mastered their ways or techniques, you can finally come up with new ways on how to avoid them. You have the choice to use computer codes or it is also possible that you develop a good software program.
2. You will focus on Information risk management.
Information risk management will teach you how to assess data risks and this will help you determine if there are any signs of an information breach. Once you do, you will be learning countermeasures to help solve this problem.
3. You will learn more about Cyber law.
Cyber law is basically law related to the internet. When you study cyber law, you will be more aware of what’s right and wrong on the internet and you will be studying the consequences of breaking this law.
Freedom of speech, intellectual property, and data storage devices are just some of the many areas that fall under cyber law.
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Digital forensics is the area of study that deals with new ways on how to collect, store, and analyze data. Because we are now in the 21st century, more and more people are learning how to collect and analyze data from different devices.
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Hobart and William Smith Colleges have been named 2011 Business of the Year by the Geneva Area Chamber of Commerce. This is the highest honor a business can receive locally. The award will be presented at the Chamber Annual Dinner on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
In announcing the designation, Chair of the Geneva Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Kelly Mittiga said: “Hobart and William Smith Colleges are a fundamental part of the culture and vibrancy of Geneva. Their diverse contributions are a large part of what makes Geneva such a rich place in which to live and work.”
“We are honored and deeply grateful to the Chamber of Commerce for this significant award recognizing the Colleges’ role and presence in the community,” said President Mark D. Gearan. “Geneva has been vital to our success in bringing students from around the world to study here. Our engagement has only deepened during our history. As we reflect back on nearly 200 years of combined history, it’s clear that the past and the future of HWS and of Geneva are intrinsically linked. We are proud of the strong, collaborative partnerships that define this relationship and proud to call Geneva home.”
The Colleges dedication to Geneva has been solidified through the Geneva Partnership, an initiative to forge the strongest possible ties with the community and enhance life for all who work, study and live here. Through this partnership, the Colleges work with community members to identify challenges and brainstorm specific ways that faculty, students and staff can work with local residents to overcome obstacles.
“These partnerships allow community members to explore new ideas while giving our students the kind of rich, real-world experiences that set them apart when looking for employment after graduation,” says Katie Flowers, director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning.
Last year, HWS students, faculty and staff provided more than 190,000 hours of community service in the Geneva area and raised about $112,000 to support local non-profit agencies. In January, The Boys and Girls Club honored HWS as the “Community Partner of the Year.”
“Hobart and William Smith Colleges are in the unique position of benefiting Geneva both as an economic contributor and also as the clear leader in service for our region,” said Mary Walsh Boatfield, CEO of Happiness House and second vice chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Geneva Area Chamber of Commerce. “No other organization in our community makes a similar contribution in terms of human hours of service provided to all of our not-for-profit agencies. The Colleges are clearly a force in helping us serve those in need and deserve to be recognized. We are fortunate to live and work in the same community.”
Recently, Professor of Economics and Interim Provost Patrick McGuire and his students conducted an economic impact report that looked at how the Colleges contribute to the region. Among factors they studied were direct and indirect job growths. McGuire estimates that the indirect and induced spending from the Colleges, their students and employees, supports between 1,110 and 1,805 jobs locally.
“Our report found that Hobart and William Smith Colleges have a positive employment and spending impact on the local economy,” said McGuire. “We estimated the total spending impact of the Colleges on the Geneva area to be approximately $130 million annually.”
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- Research article
- Open Access
Assessment of HIV discordance and associated risk factors among couples receiving HIV test in Dilla, Ethiopia
BMC Research Notes volume 7, Article number: 893 (2014)
About 60% of new HIV infections occur in HIV sero-discordant couples as 30% of married HIV positives have negative spouse. Although HIV-discordant couples are at 10% annual risk of acquiring HIV infection and large number of new HIV infections occur in stable partnerships, most HIV prevention programs focus on reducing casual sexual partners, condom use, and increasing fidelity among married partners. The purpose is assessment of sero-discordance among couples and associated factors.
The study was facility based cross sectional survey of couples who tested for HIV in 2011 and lived together at least 1 year period. The sample size was 154 couples (308 individuals) and necessary ethical issues were considered.
Among 152 couples (304 individuals) who received VCT, HIV sero-prevalence in this study was found to be 11(3.6%). The prevalence in females 8(5.3%) was higher than that in males 3(2.0%). Of all participants, 9(3.0%) were found to be sero-discordant, 2(0.7%) concordant positive and 293(96.4%) concordant negative. Of all couples 9(5.9%) were found to be sero-discordant, 2(1.3%) concordant positive and 141(92.8%) concordant negative. Of the 9 sero-discordant couples, the 7(4.6%) prevalence in females was higher than 2(1.3%) in males. And, among 9 discordant couples, 5 of them were premarital sex partner and the rest 4 were married couples. Premarital couples were significantly discordant than married couples, AOR = 1.68; 95%CI (1.36- 5.40). HIV discordance was also significantly associated with having number of two or more sexual partners than one sexual partner AOR = 4.06; 95%CI (2.41-10.13).
The study indicated high prevalence of HIV discordance and increased risk of vulnerability. Therefore, couples should be aware of their own and their partners’ sero-status before and after engagement. Again, the following risk reduction methods were recommended: education of discordant couples on 100% correct condom use, and if condom breaks, or if they forget to use, Post-Exposure Prophylaxis must be established; for those who are not volunteer to use condom and/or have a child, early initiation of ART to positive partner.
One of the difficulties with HIV-discordant couples (where one partner is infected and the other is not) is that the increased risk for infection comes from within stable relationship rather than from outside sexual partners. It is important to provide couples with information that being in a monogamous stable relationship does not mean that partners are not at risk for HIV transmission. Prevalence of HIV discordance among married and cohabitating couples in Africa is high, ranging from 3-20% in the general population. For persons in an HIV-discordant relationship, encouraging monogamy without safer sexual behavior will not decrease the risk of HIV transmission. HIV discordance among couples is an increasingly important issue in HIV prevention activities since high proportion of incident HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa occur within married HIV-discordant couples and few interventions currently target couples. Discordant couples who have received VCT and other interventions have lower sero-conversion rates; however, incidence within these couples remains high, ranging from 3-8% annually. A comprehensive understanding of the experiences of HIV- discordant couples in Africa could inform efforts to improve the efficacy of couples VCT and other interventions for these couples. Transmission within regular, established discordant partnerships is higher than it is within non-regular discordant partnerships. In addition, immunologic research has suggested that cellular immunity and viral characteristics may be associated with HIV-discordance,. HIV discordant couples represent an important target population for HIV prevention, given the high rates of HIV transmission in couples that do not know or disclose their HIV status. HIV discordant couples are also a valuable population for clinical trials evaluating vaccines, microbicides and other HIV prevention interventions. Increased national access to HIV counselling and testing services and health care can facilitate identification of HIV discordant couples for prevention interventions and enrolment into HIV prevention trials, as In view of these public health benefits and the importance of identifying new prevention strategies to reduce HIV transmission in Africa.
In Ethiopia, most of the discordant couples reside in urban areas, and the HIV-negative partners are the group at greatest risk of contracting HIV. From 2,674 cohabiting couples were tested for HIV in the 2005 DHS, 1.8% of the total was discordant. In total population, 1% of HIV-negative married men are living with infected wives and 0.8% of HIV-negative married women are living with infected husbands. In urban areas, 5.6% of HIV-negative married men are living with infected wives and 2.2% of HIV-negative married women are living with infected husbands. In rural areas also, 0.6% of HIV-negative married men are living with infected wives and 0.7% of HIV-negative married women are living with infected husbands[7, 8]. A Study conducted in Dessie (Ethiopia) also, in which of all couple types considered, indicated that 9.8% were found to be sero discordant [Wondwossen A, Gail D: Socio-Demographic and Behavioral Determinants of Sero-Discordance Among Couples Taking HIV Test in Dessie (Ethiopia), unpublished] and a study conducted at Addis Ababa VCT sites indicated that 6.6% were sero-discordant among the couples. Another studies conducted in Ethiopia also show that out of 276(138 couples) who presented as couple, 6.5% were found to be sero discordant, and significantly higher rate of sero discordance was observed among participants who had more than one life time sexual partner, (AOR = 15.06(2.87-79.17)) [Girma T, Ahmed A: Assessment of Premarital HIV Testing Results and Discordant Rate and Factors Associated with Them in Public Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centres in Addis Ababa; unpublished] and 3.6% of sero-discordance was found and among those living together without formal marriage were 15-times more likely to be infected than males (AOR [95% CI] = 15.78[2.38-104.61]) [Gizachew T, Gail D: Assessment of HIV Sero-Discordance, Sexual Behaviour and Practice of Preventive Behaviour Against HIV Among Premarital Couples Attending VCT in Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia, unpublished]. Therefore, this study on HIV discordance and its risk factors among couples receiving HIV test in Dilla town, Ethiopia was conducted because the town has significant high potential risk of HIV discordance that may not have different situation and needs immediate attention.
Institution based cross sectional study primarily with quantitative data was conducted among couples who tested for HIV. Qualitative data was generated from sero discordant couples through in depth interview to elucidate issues not addressed by the quantitative data and to enrich some quantitative findings from February 22, to June 21, 2011.
The study was conducted in Dilla town, Ethiopia. Dilla town is the administrative & trading center which is located at a distance of 359 km south of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. This area is commonly known for its cash crops like coffee and fruits and food crops.
This study was conducted in Dilla University referral teaching hospital that is the major public service provider in zone as well as in Dilla town. The hospital serves integrated HIV counseling and testing (HCT) like in VCT unit, Youth friendly service and PMTCT. Dilla town is purposefully selected from 6 weredas (districts) of Gedio administrative zone because it represents both large urban, pre-urban and rural populations, and according to the sixth report of AIDS in Ethiopia, Dilla is the leading town with 9.3% HIV prevalence out of urban and rural ANC sites in south regional state of Ethiopia. All those couples who are living in Dilla town or nearby vicinities who utilize HIV testing service in Dilla hospital was taken as source population. And those couples who have lived together as a partner over at least 1 year period and who have undergone HIV testing in those VCT unit, youth friendly service and PMTCT in ANC clinic within the specified time period was considered as study population. Couples who are older than 15 years of age and choosing to receive their HIV test results together were included. All of the study participants who came for counseling with more than partner were not enrolled. And, those couples and all other clients tested for HIV earlier or later than the specified time period or do not compatible for one or more reasons mentioned in the inclusion criteria. Plasma samples will be tested using the standard testing algorithm (KHB HIV-1/HIV-2; Stat pack HIV-1/HIV-2; and Unigold HIV-1/HIV-2).
For quantitative study
The sample size was calculated using the formula for single population proportion, and considering that the prevalence of HIV sero-discordant among couples in Dilla town is to be 9.8% from similar study conducted in Dessie town [Wondwossen A, Gail D: Socio-Demographic and Behavioral Determinants of Sero-Discordance Among Couples Taking HIV Test in Dessie (Ethiopia), unpublished], 95% of level of confidence to address majority of sexual partners in the town and 5% of margin of error or degree of accuracy will be tolerated for absolute precision. Therefore, the following sample size formula is used to determine the sample size of study population. Sample size (n) = Z2 × P (1-P) / W2; Where: Z = level of confidence; P = proportion; and W = margin of error. And, Sample size (n) = (1.96) 2 × .0.098 (1–0.098)/(0.05) 2 = 134. The study added 15% of calculated sample size to add its power and to compensate for possible non-response rate. Finally, the sample size was 154 couples or 308 individuals. For qualitative study.
Qualitative data was generated from 11 key knowledgeable couples through in depth interview to elucidate issues not addressed by the quantitative data and to enrich some quantitative findings. The sampling unit was the health institution while study units are those couples participated in research. The determined 154 sample size for quantitative study was sampled consecutively from the health institution until the required sample size was attained. To interview the couples, three counselors working as permanent employees of the hospital, 2 supervisors, and 3 data collectors were recruited. They were given orientation as to how to select the study subjects and then fill out the questionnaire (An outline of the quantitative questioners is added as Additional file1) by the principal investigator before the onset of their activity and after verbal consent is taken. After identifying couples by asking the reason of HIV testing, the interview took place in the counselling room, before the usual session of pre-test counselling. Each member of the couples was interviewed separately with separate questionnaire and data were collected on each participant on one to one basis in a counselling room. Each consenting participant was given a code first; then the test result was registered after post test counselling. The principal investigator and supervisors closely supervised over all data collection duty. To enrich & address issues not uncovered by quantitative data, qualitative data was generated through in-depth interview with purposively selected respondents. The collection of qualitative data was executed just preceded by the quantitative data. Relevant interview guideline was used to facilitate the in-depth interview. The interview was conducted with eligible informants (discordant couples) through counselors, not by directly contacting them for ethical reasons. Totally, 11 in-depth interviews with key knowledgeable respondents (8 female and 3 male) was held each taking average of 20 minutes (An outline of the qualitative questioners is added as Additional files2,3,4,5 and6). Pre tested and structured data reviewing format and structured questionnaire compatible to the national standard VCT record format which comprises, socio demographic characteristics, sexual behavior, test result and some other important variables for quantitative data and an open-ended semi-structured in depth interview guide for the qualitative data collection were used. The format, structured questionnaire, and unstructured interview guide line were translated back from English to Amharic (national language of work) to ensure consistency of the meaning. A carefully pre structured questionnaire was translated first into Amharic and back to English to assure its consistency. The questionnaire was pre-tested on VCT clients Dilla health centre in the town, who were not included in the study to assess the clarity of the questions, their sensitiveness as well as understanding of the data collectors and counsellors and very few changes were made. Discussion was held based on the result of the pre-test and accordingly, some amendments were made. Two day training was given to the supervisors and the data collectors on the procedure. The data was checked for completeness, accuracy, clarity, and consistency by the supervisors and the principal investigator on daily basis. Any error or ambiguity and incompleteness were corrected accordingly. The data were intensively cleaned up before analysis. All the collected record sheets were thoroughly scrutinized every day at the end of data collection session by the principal investigator to ensure their compatibility with the inclusion criteria. Ten percent of the data was double entered to check any inconsistencies. The data was cleaned just preceded by entry. The result of those HIV discordant couple was re-tested and was appointed to come and test after 3 months for further confirmation. The dependent variable was discordance of HIV sero-status. The independent variables were: Socio demographic factors, Behavioral factors, Biological factors: and Medical factors.
After completing a day-to-day data collection, the variables of the quantitative study were pre-coded and entered to the computer using SPSS statistical soft ware version 16.0. Data cleaning was executed with the same software package by running frequency and cross tab. Summary tables, graphs and charts were used for descriptive purpose. Measures of central tendency and dispersion were used to describe various relevant findings. Some of variables will be recoded into different variables for further data analysis. For all statistical significance tests, the cut- off value set was p < 0.05 as this is considered statistically reliable for analysis of such a study. Moreover, odds ratio with 95% confidence interval and multivariate logistic regression analysis was calculated in order to control for possible confounding variables. Multivariate analysis (multiple logistic regressions) was done to know the independent predicators of HIV discordance. Multinomial logistic regression was used to uncover statistically significant associations between explanatory variables and discrete outcome variable. Linear regression and correlation was used for continuous variables of interest. Numbers and proportions were printed out and the accuracy of recording was checked before analysis. All study-specific data was collected and analyses was restricted to couples in one partner was infected with HIV and one partner was HIV negative (discordant). For behavioral and other characteristics associated with couple HIV status, we compared proportions of each characteristic by couple HIV status. In other words, qualitative data was taped and transcribed. Translation, categorization and summarization of data were done subsequently.
This study was approved by Dilla University research and publication office in collaboration with school of health sciences. A carefully pre structured questionnaire was translated first into Amharic and back to English to assure its consistency. The questionnaire was pre-tested on VCT clients, who were not included in the study to assess the clarity of the questions, their sensitiveness as well as understanding of the data collectors and counsellors and very few changes were made. Discussion was held based on the result of the pre-test and accordingly, some amendments were made. Two days training was given to the supervisors and the data collectors on the procedure. The data was checked for completeness, accuracy, clarity, and consistency by the supervisors and the principal investigator on daily basis. Any error or ambiguity and incompleteness were corrected accordingly. The data were intensively cleaned up before analysis. All the collected record sheets were thoroughly scrutinized every day at the end of data collection session by the principal investigator to ensure their compatibility with the inclusion criteria. Ten percent of the data was double entered to check any inconsistencies. The data was cleaned just preceded by entry. The result of those HIV discordant couple was re-tested and then, the discordant couples were counseled to start HIV treatment by HIV counselors. After having their permission, they have been taken to ART center of the hospital for ensuring access to treatment, and they have been put on appropriate regimen of ART treatment. Therefore, the findings of this study would be disseminated to relevant authorities (stake holders), health care workers, and health institutions.
Socio demographic characteristics
A total of 154 couples were who met the criteria recruited in the study, however, interviews were conducted with a total of 152 couples since four participants were not volunteer to participate. This gives a response rate of 98.7% in which the final analysis was calculated. All of non-respondents were couples and concordant negative for HIV infection. One hundred two (33.6%), 104(34.2%) and 98(32.2%) of the study participants were from VCT unit, ANC clinic and youth friendly service, respectively. All of participants presented as couple. The mean age for male and female respondents was 24.4 + 5.2 SD & 21.8 + 4.3 SD with a median age of 25 and 20 years respectively. About 41.1% of the respondents fell within the age range of 21–25 years & 24.3% were aged 15–20 years. Among the total participants, 152(50.0%) were females. The majority 143(47%) of the participants were protestant followed by Orthodox 103(33.9%) and Muslim 42(13.8%) by religion. With regard to ethnicity, 113(37.2%) were Gedio followed by Amhara 74(24.3%), and Guragie ethnic group 57(18.8%). Ninety eight (32.2%) and 88 (28.3%) of the respondents had educational level of primary[1–8] education and tertiary (College/University) education respectively and 23(7.6%) were illiterate. One hundred eighty three (60.2%) of the study participants were employed and the rest were unemployed. Two hundred twenty four (73.7%) of the participants were from Urban and the rest were from rural area and the largest proportion of couples 142 (46.7%) was married, followed by pre sexual 124 (40.8%) (Table 1).
HIV sero-prevalence and sero-discordance
HIV sero-prevalence in this study was found to be 11(3.6%). The prevalence in females 8(5.3%) was higher than that in males 3(2.0%). Out of all couples 9(5.9%) were found to be sero-discordant, 2(1.3%) concordant positive and 141(92.8%) concordant negative. Among the different age groups, the highest prevalence 4(36.4%) of HIV infection was observed in age group of 21–25 years and 4(44.4%) of discordant couples were observed in the age group of 21–25. Of the 9 sero-discordant couples, 7(4.6%) were females and 2(1.3%) were males. And, among 9 discordant couples, the highest HIV infection 5(55.6%) was observed among premarital and 4(44.4%) was observed among married couples (Table 2).
Socio-demographic characteristics and HIV sero-discordance
The prevalence of sero discordant among employed was 6(66.7%) [Crude odds ratio COR = 1.50; 95%CI (1.28 to 2.00)] while among unemployed was 3(33.3%). Among study participants with educational status of primary and less were more likely to be sero discordant, 4(44.4%) [COR = 1.10; 95%CI (0.35-0.46)] than who were secondary, preparatory and above. Another association that was seen among females was prevalence of HIV discordance 7(77.8%) with [(COR = 1.27 95%CI (0.83 to 0.93)]. Based on the residence, those who are living in urban areas 7(77.8%) more likely discordant than rural areas with COR = 3.79; 95% (1.46 to 2.37). After multivariate analysis the only association was seen among premarital couples that was significantly discordant than married couples, AOR = 1.20; 95%CI (1.36- 5.40) (Table 3).
Experiences and knowledge on HIV and sexually transmitted Infections
A total of 257 (84.5%) respondents had adequate knowledge on mode of HIV transmission. Two hundred eighty eight (94.7%) of the respondents correctly mentioned at least two mode of HIV transmission. Two hundred eighty five (93.8%) of the respondents correctly mentioned at least two means of HIV prevention. Two hundred sixty four (86.8%) and 270(88.8%) of the study subjects mentioned that abstinence and staying with one partner as a means of HIV prevention method respectively. About 186(61.2%) respondents also mentioned use of condom as means of HIV prevention method. Two hundred thirty three (76.7) of respondents reported having heard about other STIs other than HIV. Only 9(3.0%) of the respondents reported having STIs in the past one year. Almost all 301(98.9%) of them received their result of the test.
Condom use and sexually transmitted Infection
To assess the extent of condom use from the beginning of sexual exposure, respondents were asked whether they had used condoms the first time they had sex. Only 8 (2.6%) used condoms during their first sexual encounter: 5(3.3%) males and 3(2.0%) females. On the other hand the couples who do not use condom at the last sex with their sexual partner are more likely associated with HIV discordance 7(77.8%) with COR = 1.18; 95% CI (1.71 to 2.44). The main reason not to use condom among non-condom users was trust the partner and 182(59.9%) of the respondents never discussed with their sexual partner about the number of children they to have (Table 4).
HIV discordance and factors associated with HIV discordance
To assess factors associated with HIV discordance, respondents with discordant test result were compared for different variables. In this study it was found that those couples that were living together were at a higher risk of acquiring HIV infection than those not living together with COR =3.89; 95% CI (1.25-8.38). To investigate the impact of other variables on outcome variable multivariate logistic regression was used. In this analysis the only factor that is significantly associated with HIV discordance is having number of two or more sexual partners than one sexual partner AOR = 4.06; 95%CI (2.41-10.13) (Table 4).
Explanations for couple discordance
Very few clients stated accurate information about why HIV- discordance exists. Some clients explained that HIV transmission was based on luck, but their luck could end at one time. Majority of discordant couples shocked by their HIV- discordant results and they were unsure of the explanation. In addition, mixtures of correct and incorrect explanations were common. One of the responses for the reason why discordance exists, the common initial response was that they had no explanation. In some cases, denying the existence of HIV-discordance. “…It is extremely difficult to understand how discordance can exist and still I have failed to believe that I am HIV- positive and my partner is negative, it is too hard since we had unprotected sex a lot of times for years…” HIV-positive woman.
Sexual practices and intimacy
After receiving HIV discordant results, couples experienced blame each other about bringing HIV into their life. As one HIV-positive female reported blame from her partner: “My husband says this is my fault since we had no HIV test before our marriage. I am sure that you were positive before our marriage. As you know me I am decent person, and thanks to God I refuse to have sex with you for the future…”
On other hand, most discordant couples viewed prevention of HIV transmission as the most important thing. They suggested using condom as the best alternative available for protecting the negative partner. “…we should use condom because we have to live together and protect my partner. So far no change in terms of love-making…” HIV-positive female
“We will use condoms all the time and I want to see and check that he has put it correctly before we go to bed….” HIV-negative female
However, some respondents said that there is a tendency to increase sexual intercourse after discordant result is known.“…The frequency of sex has been increased above the usual. Having safe sex is normal and helps for bonding…” HIV-positive male
Coping strategies and prevention plan by discordant couples
The two broader themes emerged from the in-depth interviews and the qualitative analyses were: sexual practices for HIV prevention and how to maintain the relationship. Two types of sexual practices emerged under the first theme: 1) abstinence, and 2) consistent condom use. Discordant couples (especially those who are HIV positive) are emotionally disturbed just after disclosure of test result. Therefore, they hardly accept coping strategies and HIV infection prevention plan. One of HIV negative male respondent said that: “… Whenever two partners have discordant result; it just protection from God or what matters is that there may be individuals who have different gene that is not attacked by HIV virus…”
Despite questioning their discordance, most couples had plan and developed prevention strategies. One HIV-positive male couple said: “… This is just a gift from God. You can do nothing. The only thing that I can do is that if my wife agrees, I want to live with her. In our next life, safe sex by using condom is the only option. Because she has to remain for our child after I have passed…”
Two reasons for securing the relationship despite HIV sero-discordance also emerged: 1) for the life of their children that they have previously and 2) availability of condom. One discordant negative father said that:” I love our children and I still need her help to support and be with our children and I want to live with her, but I am scared to be infected… that’s the only challenge that I have…”
Disclosure of HIV discordant test result
8(88.9%) of participants had disclosed their HIV status to their partner. The use of disclosure to sexual partner was explained by one of HIV positive man: “…I am happy talking to my partner, because I know she loves me. She is actually safe because she knew my status and I knew hers, so we have to protect ourselves…”
The prevalence of sero-discordance was found to be 5.9% which is higher than national EDHS 2005 survey (1.8%) among cohabiting couples. However, this was lower than a study in Dessie (9.8%) among couples [Wondwossen A, Gail D: Socio-Demographic and Behavioral Determinants of Sero-Discordance Among Couples Taking HIV Test in Dessie (Ethiopia), unpublished], and urban residents in EDHS 2005 survey (10.9%) among cohabiting couples. This might be explained by differences in study population. Prevalence of sero-discordance among never married (premarital) couples is still lower 5/152(3.3%); AOR = 0.83; 95%CI (0.47 to 1.46) as compared to a study in Dessie among never married couples (most premarital) (6.2%) (95% CI = [0.05-0.08]) [Wondwossen A, Gail D: Socio-Demographic and Behavioral Determinants of Sero-Discordance Among Couples Taking HIV Test in Dessie (Ethiopia), unpublished]. When compared to African countries it is also lower i.e. 15% among Kenyan premarital couples and 8-31% in Eastern and southern African countries. This might be attributed to temporal and spatial differences between study populations.
The prevalence of sero-positive women among discordant was found to be 77.8% which is higher than a similar study done in Dessie (50%) and Kampala (59%) at VCT centres [Wondwossen A, Gail D: Socio-Demographic and Behavioral Determinants of Sero-Discordance Among Couples Taking HIV Test in Dessie (Ethiopia), unpublished,. Female partners among discordant couples had a median age of 22.4 and a range of 23 years, while women study subjects in a study in Dessie had a median age of 20 and a range of 32 years. Male partners among discordant couples had median age of 22, while it was 28 in Dessie [Wondwossen A, Gail D: Socio-Demographic and Behavioral Determinants of Sero-Discordance Among Couples Taking HIV Test in Dessie (Ethiopia), unpublished]. Educational status was not found to be significantly associated with sero-status of study subjects, which is similar to a study in Dessie and in Kampala [Wondwossen A, Gail D: Socio-Demographic and Behavioral Determinants of Sero-Discordance Among Couples Taking HIV Test in Dessie (Ethiopia), unpublished,13]. Similarly in this study occupational status and age category had no significantly associated with sero-status of study participants unlike a study in Dessie. This study showed that sero discordance was significantly associated with premarital sex and number of lifetime sexual partner. This is also shown to be a risk factor for HIV sero positivity. This may lead to consideration of the prevalence of sero discordance among premarital couples and suggests the need for further investigations. Higher rate of sero discordance was observed among study participants who had history of premarital sex 5(55.6%) than those without history marriage 4(44.4%). This is in line with the finding of another study [Wondwossen A, Gail D: Socio-Demographic and Behavioral Determinants of Sero-Discordance Among Couples Taking HIV Test in Dessie (Ethiopia), unpublished] in which 13.7% of married couples were found to be discordant, while the prevalence of sero discordance among never married were 53(6.2%) This result signifies the importance of HIV testing prior to marriage particularly when couples intend for marital union.
VCT for couples, including premarital couples, and married couples, is a critical component of prevention activities. Once identified, HIV-discordant can take precautionary measures to prevent transmission to their partners or to prevent acquisition. To date, HIV prevention messages in Ethiopia have reinforced the idea that abstinence, faithfulness, and using condom provide safety from HIV infection. Our finding that living together is not guarantee for not being infected by HIV within couples that underscores the importance of adding a strong message promoting couples testing as part of the “being faithful” message. This indicates a need of more complex prevention messages if Ethiopia is to be able to further reduce the incidence of HIV infection in the context couple HIV prevention strategy. To help control the HIV epidemic in Ethiopia, HIV-discordant couples identified in VCT programs should be provided with basic preventive care, antiretroviral therapy, and specially designed counselling interventions for couples.
Limitation of the study
Due the rare nature of the study, getting large number couples coming for VCT was difficult. But we waited to collect data for 4 months. Therefore, small sample size of the study was one of limitation of this study. In other words, exclusion of persons with multiple sexual partners was done since it was difficult to consider someone as a couple if he or she had multiple sexual partners, but it had influence in getting sufficient number of couples.
This study indicated that significant prevalence of HIV discordance among couples and showed an increased risk of vulnerability to HIV infection. Prevalence of sero discordant was significantly associated with premarital sexual couples and number of lifetime sexual partner. Discordance was high and discordant couples were 4 times more common than concordant positive couples.
Discordance rates were also highest within married couples. 9/11(81.8%) of HIV-infected couple members had an HIV negative partner. Challenges for discordant couples observed include: reproductive desire, fear of separation, and sexual activity or practices. As coping strategies often used by couples include: condom use, abstinence, on-going counseling, and reducing frequency of sex.
The findings of this study are supported by evidences that suggest that a woman’s greatest risk of contracting HIV lies within a marital relationship. Fewer attempts have been made to understand a man’s risk within marriage; but, in regions with generalised epidemics, high rates of sero-discordance among heterosexual couples in which the woman is HIV-positive suggest that a man’s risk of marital HIV acquisition could also be substantial. Premarital couples in general and discordant couples in particular should be aware of the presence of possible risk reduction strategies. Therefore, based on the conclusion, the following recommendations are forwarded
Risk reduction methods among discordant couples
Providing support to HIV-infected partner in every aspect,
Providing psychological support for one may feel guilt for bringing HIV into the relationship, possibility of blame, abandonment, especially if woman is infected.
Education of discordant couples on 100% correct condom use during sexual intercourse,
If condom breaks, or if they forget to use one, talk to their counsellor about PEP, “Post-Exposure Prophylaxis” must be established;
For those discordant couples who are not volunteer to use condom, early initiation of ART can make it very unlikely that positive partner will pass HIV infection to negative partner (Counsel and early initiation of ART for discordant couple)
For a woman who is HIV positive and wants to have a child from HIV negative partner, the system for artificial insemination, placing the man’s sperm into the woman’s vagina allows pregnancy without exposing the man to HIV is important
Intervention programs specifically targeting discordant couples should be designed to provide accurate and timely information on ‘HIV discordance’ at various VCT entry points;
Even ccounseling messages for VCT Couples should include: for discordant couples: that is on safe sex (condom use and mutual masturbation), and abstinence.
Risk reduction methods among general public
Couple HIV testing should be promoted for in VCT sites;
Every effort should be exerted to make couples or premarital couples aware of their own and their partners’ sero status before engagement or marriage;
HIV testing is highly recommended for couples who intend for marriage and even within marriage;
Study needs to be conducted to further investigate prevalence and determinants of the infection and discordant rate among premarital clients,
As the current study included only VCT clients from public VCT centre; further research should be carried on discordant couples to understand coping skills, reproductive choices and rights violations; to insight on challenges and issues confronting discordant couples.
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My acknowledgement goes to Dilla University for the fund. Research and publication directorate of Dilla University and school of health sciences are also acknowledged for their sincere support. I am grateful also to Dilla University teaching and referral hospital for allowing me their premises. At last but not the least, study participants are also acknowledged for accepting invitation to participate in the study.
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Ticks are carriers of Lyme disease, and they can transfer it to a human by biting on a person and feeding on their blood.
Now that the days are longer and slightly warmer, kids and adults, of course, are spending a lot more time outside.
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Memories of her performing, talks, parties and cons keep flashing through my mind, in a incoherent jumble.
We can take some comfort in the knowledge that it was quick and that she died doing something she loved.
It seems trite, but one thing I keep coming back to, is that I haven't seen Leigh Ann in over a year,
I've been meaning to at least drop her a email asking "How's it going?" but never got around to it.
Edit to add the notification email:
Leigh Ann was in an automobile/motorcycle crash in Livermore, which she did not survive. She was merging onto 580 and there was a disagreement with a vehicle; details unknown about that.
She was probably returning from geocaching.
We don't have any more details about what and when and so on yet.
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Children born with a cleft of the lip/palate, often qualify for a range of government benefits. Some of these benefits require means testing (verification that your income does not exceed a certain amount), others do not.
Child Disability Allowance
The Child Disability Allowance is a fortnightly payment made to the main caregiver of a child or young person with a serious disability, in recognition of the extra care needed for that child.
You may get a Child Disability Allowance if:
- you are the main carer of the child (or if there is no main carer, you have care of the child for the time being); and
- you are a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident; and
- the child had been assessed as needing constant care and attention for at least 12 months because of a serious disability; and
- the child or young person is under 18 years of age.
The Child Disability Allowance is a set amount and does not depend on your income, assets or costs (i.e. it is not means tested). This allowance is paid into your bank account every two weeks and is paid separately from any other assistance you may receive.
All Child Disability Allowance applications MUST be completed by a health professional, preferably by your surgeon or somebody else from your Cleft team.
The assessor’s decision is based solely on the information you and your specialist have provided on the forms, so remember to stress the extra care required for cleft babies around feeding etc.
This allowance is subject to regular reviews, normally annually. The Department of Work and Income will send you a renewal form that will often require a medical report. These forms must be returned swiftly or payments of the allowance will be stopped until forms are received and processed. You may only get this allowance until the initial cleft repairs have been completed, unless your child has additional medical issues (such as a syndrome). https://www.workandincome.govt.nz/products/a-z-benefits/child-disability-allowance.html
If your application for a Child Disability Allowance is successful, they will only back date your allowance to the date of your application, so don’t delay in getting your application in to ensure you get all your entitlement.
The Disability Allowance is a weekly payment for people who have regular, ongoing costs because of a disability, such as visits to your nearest cleft centre for consultations/surgeries if you live out of town. You don’t need to be on a benefit to qualify for a Disability Allowance and you can apply on behalf of a child if they’re 18 or under and financially dependent on you.
You may get a Disability Allowance if you (or your child):
• have a disability that is likely to last at least six months; and
• have regular, ongoing costs because of your disability that are not fully covered by another agency; and
• are a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident; and
• normally live in New Zealand and intend to stay here.
The Disability Allowance is means tested, so you will not receive it, if the combined income of you and your partner exceeds the allowed amount.
The amount of the Disability Allowance depends on the extra costs you have because of your disability. It is usually paid straight into your bank account with your main benefit (or weekly if you don’t get any other assistance). The Disability Allowance can help pay for a number of things your doctor advises you need because of your disability. You will need to keep receipts and provide proof of any costs.
This allowance is subject to regular reviews. The Department of Work and Income will need to see proof of any costs that have increased or are new. https://www.workandincome.govt.nz/products/a-z-benefits/disability-allowance.html
Allowable costs (what can be included) can be found below:
Right to Review
If you feel that the Department of Work and Income have unfairly rejected your application for either the Child Disability Allowance or the Disability Allowance, you have the right to a review.
The Ministry of Social Development have Regional Health teams that you can appeal to. Your review will be undertaken by health professionals that sit on these teams as opposed to regular Department of Work and Income case workers who may not appreciate the extra care that our cleft kids need.
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Good deeds grow communities. The ALTA Good Deeds Foundation supports the charitable efforts of title professionals as they work to build and strengthen their local communities and exemplify the title industry’s values of We Lead, We Deliver, We Protect.
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ALTA members long have been active in their neighborhoods, not only protecting American homebuyers, but also supporting local charitable efforts. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, we saw title professionals across the United States stepping up to help their neighbors, customers and local communities. As we shared these efforts through the next step in our evolution, the #GoodDeeds campaign, it became clear that ALTA can be a force multiplier, amplifying our members’ efforts and their stories. Therefore, 2020 was a natural time to establish a new charitable foundation dedicated to empowering our members to help their communities.
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This blog was created to report on my research. It was in my proposal to Fulbright in response the question of how I would make my work known to others. I could not decide before I left if it would be strictly research or also my personal experiences while being in India for three months. I still can’t decide, but today I have decided that I would like to share some thoughts about the three questions above with my family, friends and community. Or maybe I have decided.
I have been here for less than 48 hours. I know it but it can’t be true. You know the theory that time is slower when we are young and speeds up as we grow? The idea behind this is that the more stimulation we are receiving, the slower everything seems and as we age and newness recedes, time goes by. Songs have been written and time, for me here and now, is nearly at a standstill as all I see and hear is new and unique to me.
What is it like?
Today is Saturday and the streets and parks are full of temples and cricket. Sounds of drums, crows and car horns. My hotel room is in the back and five floors up. It is quiet at night. The crows are different, beautiful and everywhere. People walk in the street because the sidewalks are too crowded, someone’s home or popup shop, or just not there. Horns blare constantly as drivers honk in anticipation of the green light, to let pedestrians know they are going to run them down, to move a car over another foot so that three cars can fill two lanes. Motor bikes pay no attention to traffic rules such as lights or one-way streets. It is not true that everyone speaks English. Not true that most people speak English. Cab drivers, clerks and vendors, staff at the hotel, understand a little, but we are communicating through universal sign language and willing bystanders who see the predicament and step in to translate. Four people helped me get a cab an hour ago. Earlier, I asked two men sitting/working in a park for directions. They were unable to help me, but a minute later, an older man came up behind me and asked if he could help. He showed me where to go and said it was his duty to help me, “his elder sister.” I went into a café for chai and, only after taking a table just inside the door, did I realize that there were all men there and women sat upstairs. No one bothered me, just my mistake for not paying closer attention. Again, the stimulation can be overwhelming.
How’m I doing?
I am doing very well although I woke up scared this morning. Only two days gone and three months to go, but I know I will settle in and it will be fine. I am exploring my neighborhood a block at a time. I just keep taking rights until I get back to the hotel. Today I made it to the ocean, the Arabian Sea. It was midday and very hot so I had to head back to the neighborhoods for shade. I automatically stay to the right when walking and that is wrong because walking and driving are on the left. I have a technique for crossing streets: get into the middle of a crowd and just go with it. But don’t fall out of the scrum or you will be standing in the middle of the road with traffic whizzing by.
I have been twice to the khadi emporium. Beautiful clothes made by fabric made and dyed in the villages. This continues Ghandi’s movement for the economic and spiritual benefits of spinning and homespun fabric. I thought I might go to the museum today but it was too ambitious. Got my culture fix by shopping instead.
I found myself at the train station early this afternoon. Walked off the end of platform like everyone else and crossed the tracks to get to a southbound train that had just pulled in. Mumbai is a peninsular and there is nowhere for a southbound train to go so I thought I would just take the train to wherever it went and take a cab back. Second thoughts can be good because, while I was mulling this idea over, the train pulled out of the station going north again. The station is the terminus of the line and I have no idea where I would have gone if I had gotten on that train.
I am still figuring out food. The hotel serves breakfast and that is my only regular meal so far. I am following the advice to not eat street food, but that makes eating complicated as that is how Mumbaikers eat. I know there are restaurants somewhere but not so much in my part of town. I search for bananas and today I went to Starbucks for a predictable meal—hummus and pita—and a cup of Earl Gray. It was a nice break.
Where’s my stuff?
This is my biggest challenge. By vocation and habit, I am an organizer but not organized. Now I am carrying all my stuff for three months on my back figuratively and in three bags literally. My natural impulse is to buy more bags. But I know this is oh so wrong. So I search… for the camera, the money, glasses, medications, passport, a pen, the phone receipt I suddenly need, the box for the phone I should have had when I returned to the store and now have to go back a third time.
I don’t know if I will solve this or not. I am keeping my expectations very low. Today I made small improvements. I will not carry more than 2 pairs of glasses at a time (reading plus sun OR not). I exchanged all my US money for rupees so I only have to keep track of one currency. I am packing up and stowing the last minute clothes I packed out of panic but will not wear. Will probably just give them away when I get a chance.
Where is my stuff will be an ongoing issue because I will be moving often. I will leave the West End Hotel in another 5 days when I move to a B&B in northern Mumbai. In the meantime, I soak up the opportunity to experience time as a child does, filled with newness and excitement.
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At Abbeville Area Medical Center, we are continuously working to improve our service to patients. An important part of this service is the way you feel you are treated by our staff members, volunteers and physicians. We routinely mail patient satisfaction surveys to a sampling of former patients. Your input is one of the most valuable tools we have to assess and improve upon our services’. While we appreciate input on these surveys, it is far more important that we hear about any concerns while you are in the hospital. Please do not feel uncomfortable raising these concerns. We are committed to making sure that you receive compassionate, quality care. If there is anything we can do to improve the services we are providing, please talk with our staff.
For many concerns, it’s usually best to first speak with the people caring for you. This would probably be your nurse, hospital case manager, or office staff. If you don’t feel that they are helping you, please ask to speak to the supervisor, manager or director. If you still are unsatisfied with the resolve to your concern, you may file a grievance with the hospital. The hospital will review, investigate and resolve the grievance in a reasonable amount of time-generally 10 days from the time it is received. The hospital will respond to you in writing, in an easy to understand manner. The letter should tell you the steps that have been taken on your behalf to investigate the grievance, the results, and a contact person. You, or the hospital personnel, may also want to meet in person to talk about what happened.
AAMC contact person for grievances:
Mary Margaret Jackson
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Abbeville, SC 29620
A grievance is considered closed when you are satisfied with the actions taken by the hospital. There may be times, however, when the hospital feels it has taken reasonable steps to address your concern, but you are still unsatisfied. That’s when you may consider filing your concern with a hospital oversight
organization-the next step below.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) licenses and certifies South Carolina hospitals. This means that the hospitals must meet certain rules and regulations in order to care for patients and receive payment. One function of DHEC is to investigate complaints about any
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Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers risk their lives standing between Israel and their enemies so it is horrifying when haters of Israel target them, hurling insults and taking video in an attempt to instigate a response that can be posted on the Internet for the detriment of Israel. Now, a campaign that turns the cameras around is beating anti-Israel propagandists at their own game.
Im Tirtzu, Israel’s largest Zionist grassroots organization, launched a crowdfunding campaign aimed at protecting IDF soldiers from this kind of harassment.
The organization takes its name from an epigraph in Theodore Herzl’s book, Altneuland, which stated in Hebrew, “If you will it, it is not a fairytale.” Founded in 2006, Im Tirtzu’s mission is simple: to ensure Israel’s future.
They take the battle to the enemy in many different forums, challenging anti-Zionist groups and their propaganda intended to delegitimize Israel. Much of Im Tirzu’s energy is focused on college and university campuses, where it operates fifteen branches throughout the country and runs the largest Zionist academic extra-curricular program in Israel.
It may be difficult to understand but some of the most potent anti-Israel propaganda comes from inside the country.
“This is the enemy from within,” Eytan Meir, head of media relations for Im Tirtzu, told Breaking Israel News. “This is a very large threat, more potent than any threat from outside. People assume that any lies said about Israel by Israelis must be true. The anti-Israel movements in other countries feature anything they put out.”
On social media, Israel faces perhaps its greatest threat. Non-governmental organizations, either manned by foreigners or by Israelis funded from overseas, harass IDF soldiers while they are on duty. They film the soldiers in the hopes that they will catch them in an angry response.
Their new campaign, Aim, Click & Shoot, is designed to combat this nefarious tactic. It seeks to establish an elite squad of video commandos who will film and expose anti-Israel activists who film and harass IDF soldiers.
“A lot of these organizations operate under the guise of being humanitarian,” Meir explained. “It’s what we call the halo effect. They project an image of holiness but this only lasts if no one can see what they really do.”
— Im Tirtzu (@IMTIzionism) December 19, 2018
The IDF soldiers stationed in Hebron were especially targeted by these anti-Israel propagandists, most notably by the Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) funded by the European World Council of Churches. The EAPPI has been accused of being anti-Semitic. Thanks in large part to Im Tirtzu’s efforts, the group pulled its observers from Hebron in January.
“They were sending people to film the soldiers, to start provocations, so we started sending teams of people to film them,” Meir said. “We did this for several months and posted the videos on social media.”
The videos were viewed hundreds of thousands of times and widely shared.
“Ironically, when they announced their departure from Hebron, the EAPPI claimed that they could no longer operate due to the ‘harassment,” Meir said. “Of course they couldn’t operate. When we exposed the truth through our videos, no one would believe their false footage.”
One other aspect of the tactic proved even more effective.
“There is nothing these people love more than being anonymous,” Meir said. “They love to spread lies but as soon as you expose their identity and expose them as liars, they run away.”
One incident illustrated a dark side to these anti-Israel activities. In September 2017, two activists from the left-wing NGO Machsom Watch, yelled insults at Solomon Gaviriya, an Ethiopian IDF soldier guarding the front gate at Har Adar, calling him a “disgrace.” Moments after the two activists left the area, a Palestinian terrorist shot and killed Gaviriya.
People can participate in the Aim, Click & Shoot campaign on the Causematch website.
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Bangkok, Thailand offers different modes of transportation for tourists and locals. So if you are planning to visit Bangkok soon, don’t fret for you won’t have problems visiting different places in Bangkok with all those transportation vehicles available.
You can certainly reach Thailand by plane, train, bus or boat. And when you arrive in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, you’ll be amazed at the assorted transportation available for you to choose from.
Bangkok has different modes of transportation: bus, taxi, tuk-tuk, motorcycle, MRT, BTS, boat and train when going to nearby towns. Except for the boat and motorcycle (which only allows 1 passenger), I’m happy to say I’ve tried all of the rest! 😀
For those of you who wanted to go to a certain area and skip the city traffic, you can also try riding the River Express Boat. This is also a good choice of transportation if you want to feel the breeze coming from the Chao Phraya River.
During rush hour, the ferry boat gets crowded too. However, the fare is really very cheap compared to the other modes of transportation.
If you want to save time and money in transferring from one tourist destination to the next, you can take the River Express Boat. Since there are great tourist attractions you’ll pass by, you can simply ride one from the 1st pier and enjoy sight seeing as you ply the Chao Phraya River on to the last pier. Along the way, you will be able to see Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn), the Grand Palace, Wat Po and many more.
Phra Arthit Pier
It only takes a couple of minutes for the boat to unload and load passengers so you need to be very quick or you might be left behind. I saw a foreign couple running towards the pier to catch the ferry boat that just docked but they weren’t lucky. I think it took less than 5 minutes for the boat to dock in the pier before it started its engine and headed for its next stop.
BTS Sky Train
Bangkok is included in the Top 10 Worst Cities for Traffic around the world. So a ride to your destination via the BTS Sky Train may be the ideal choice if you don’t want to get stuck in traffic down below.
photo credit: Franz Golhen
The great thing about riding the BTS Sky Train is that you will get a good view of the city from up above. Most of the shopping malls in Bangkok are accessible via the BTS so if you want to save money for transportation when you visit Bangkok, it is best to get hotels, hostels or guest houses near BTS Stations.
Aside from Bangkok’s tuk-tuk, our version of tricycles, buses are the most common mode of transportation in this country. If our country has jeepneys, Bangkok and Thailand in general have buses and tuk tuks. What’s great about these buses is that they are numbered and have designated bus stops. If you want to know your way around Bangkok with these buses, those free maps you’ll get in the airport, hotels, guest houses and from travelling agencies won’t do you any good since bus numbers and their corresponding routes are not printed on those maps. It’s best to ask a local what bus number to take when going to a certain destination or simply google the info. LOL. The asking part will be another challenge as some Thais may not be able to speak English well and won’t understand you too.
photo courtesy of Ilya Plekhanov
The good side about these buses are they are very cheap. It may cost you approximately 15 baht to reach a certain destination whereas a tuk-tuk driver may charge you 70-100 baht. And when you get lucky, you can find red buses with blue stickers (which a friend told me) that may take you to your next destination for free! Yep, Bangkok have free bus rides. I even got lucky to ride one of them. On my way home from the Chatuchack Market, I rode the MRT and on my way out, I had to ask the MRT security officer where to exit and what bus number to ride. I had to wait for around 20 minutes (waiting for your bus is one of the downside though if you are in a hurry) for my bus number and when I hopped in the bus, asked the conductor if I’m on the right one and asked how much the fare was, I was happy to hear that very beautiful word – “FREE”.
On our way to the Mo Chit Bus Station from the Airport’s Transport Center, there was a confusion with the bus we rode and we end up being dropped off at the bus station instead of the bus terminal. This wasn’t bad at all since we get to save on our expenses. I budgeted 85 per head for the Airport to Train Station fare yet we only spent 43 baht. Not bad at all!
Hopped on to this bus which charged us 24.50 for three heads from the Mo Chit Bus Station to the Hua Lamphong Railway Station.
If you want to save on your transportation expenses when visiting Bangkok, I would highly recommend taking the bus. Just ask what bus number to get on. And if you are travelling in shorter routes, hailing a taxi cab is also suggested. Case in point. From Soi Rambuttri to Siam Paragon (4.5km ), we only paid 47 baht for the taxi whereas a tuk tuk ride would have cost us 80-100 baht.
Motorcycle taxis are the same as the “habal-habal” here except that they only carry 1 passenger per trip.
photo credit: motorcycle.com
This is by far the fastest way to travel within Bangkok especially when traffic reaches its peak during rush hour. The only downside to riding this one is that you will inhale all the pollution, you get exposed to the sun’s rays if you are OC about that and you may have issues with your safety. I’ve never ridden one since I never knew their existence until my friend mentioned he rode one in going back to where we stayed. I think he paid 100 baht for the trip. A little bit expensive but will surely get you through the congested streets.
If there’s a Sky Train, there’s also a subway train in Bangkok and that is the MRT. Those who go gaga over shopping may find the MRT convenient since this line connects to the weekend Chatuchak Market. From the Kamphaeng Phet Station (2nd station) to Hua Lamphong Train Station (last/18th station), I only paid 40 baht. From there, I just waited for a bus to take me back to where I was staying in bangkok. Not really bad considering the traffic I had to endure.
waiting for the MRT to arrive
I wonder how the BTS and MRT looks on a normal work week rush hour.
Instead of cards, you will be given this little black chip which you have to insert in the counter on your way out.
I find the BTS and MRT facility clean. The only problem with the trains (regular, BTS & MRT) are that their lines only cater to 3/4 of the city. I say this based on the free maps we’ve been following. When checking out the map of Bangkok, the left side is your gateway to temples and other tourist attraction whereas the shopping malls are located in the center and the other right half side of the map is where you’ll see the train railways.
A common mode of transportation almost anywhere, a taxi in Bangkok may cost you cheaper than riding a tuktuk when going on short trips. During moderate to low traffic, taxi drivers charge by the meter. But when the traffic gets heavy (especially at night), fares will soar high since they’ll be charging you on a per trip basis.
photo credit: crankyyankees.com
When this happens, you can either haggle with them or get off and take the next taxi and see how the next driver will charge you. Also, you may have to pay for toll fees too. This could happen on trips going back and forth the Suvarnabhumi Airport and other areas.
Bangkok’s Hua Lamphong Railway Station is situated in the heart of the city. It provides commuters cheap fares to nearby train stops and towns within Bangkok and the province of Thailand.
passengers gets cozy on this 6-hr train ride to Aranyaprathet
Perhaps one of the most distinct transportation that screams Thailand is this vehicle. Although there are also tuk tuks available in Cambodia, the design of the two is different.
Till now, I still don’t know the basic rate when hiring a tuk tuk. Sometimes, tuk tuk drivers charge 70-100 baht for a trip to the shopping malls if you are coming from Khao San Road. Also, I hailed a tuk tuk once since my feet were too tired to walk 3 blocks from where I stayed and the 1st tuk tuk driver wanted to charge me 100 baht. No way! The second one asked for 60 baht and I haggled for 30. Despite grumbling and scratching his head, he agreed. So your haggling skills will definitely be put to use in situations like these. Otherwise, it’s best to just walk or ride a taxi, which I find cheaper plus the fact that it’s air conditioned too.
no farting allowed??? LOL
If you are in a hurry to reach a certain destination while carrying loads of shopping goods, hiring a tuk tuk is the best choice especially during rush hour since the streets will be packed with vehicles. You just have to brace yourself and hold on tight to your seats as some tuk tuk drivers can drive madly and you might be thrown off your seat. Just remember that before riding a tuk tuk, discuss with the driver the cost of the trip.
And if you’re up for more adventure, you can also help this baby elephant find its parents and maybe get a free ride too. Who knows? LOL
This is a series of blog posts documenting my trip from Bangkok to Siem Reap and back in January of 2011. If you haven’t read the first posts, please check on the links below:
** Off to Bangkok and Siem Reap
#1 – The Accidental Trip to Bangkok and Siem Reap in 2011
#2 – Trip to Bangkok and Siem Reap: The Planning Stage
#3 – How to Create Your Bangkok to Siem Reap Itinerary
#4 – Arriving 5 Minutes Late on our Connecting Flight to Bangkok
#5 – En Route: Clark to Bangkok
#6 – Touchdown Bangkok!
#7 – Suvarnabhumi Airport a.k.a. Bangkok International Airport
#8 – Bangkok Train Station: Waiting for our Train Ride to Aranyaprathet
#9 – My First Taste of Authentic Thai Food
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|Institution:||University of New South Wales|
|Keywords:||General William Birdwood; military command; command structures; officers; World War I; World War One; World War 1; 1914-1918; military planning; operations; Army; Gallipoli; Western Front; France; Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) corp command; corps commanders|
|Full text PDF:||http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/38742|
Military command is the single most important factor in the conduct of warfare. To understand war and military success and failure, historians need to explore command structures and the relationships between commanders. In World War I, a new level of higher command had emerged: the corps commander. Between 1914 and 1918, the role of corps commanders and the demands placed upon them constantly changed as experiences brought illumination and insight. Yet the men who occupied these positions were sometimes unable to cope with the changing circumstances and the many significant limitations which were imposed upon them. Of the World War I corps commanders, William Birdwood was one of the longest serving. From the time of his appointment in December 1914 until May 1918, Birdwood acquired an experience of corps command which was perhaps more diverse than his contemporaries during this time. He is, then, an ideal subject for a prolonged assessment of this level of command. This thesis has two principal objectives. The first is to identify and assess those factors which limited Birdwood’s capacity and ability to command. The second is to explore the institutional constraints placed on corps commanders during the 1914-1918 war. Surprisingly, this is a comparatively barren area of research. Because very few officers spent much time as corps commanders on their way to higher command appointments and because the role of the corps commanders in military planning and in the conduct of operations was not immediately apparent, their role has been practically ignored. Historians have tended to concentrate on the Army and divisional levels creating a deficient view of higher military command in World War I. However, corps commanders could and did play an important part in planning operations and in military affairs generally. Birdwood’s experience at Gallipoli and in France reflect some of the changes to command structures that were prompted by the successes and failures of operations directed at the corps level. In as much as these two theatres of war were vastly different and Birdwood was confronted with dissimilar problems, it is possible to draw some general conclusions about the evolution of higher command after 1914. Using a wide range of primary and secondary sources located in Australian and British archives, this thesis traces Birdwood’s career as a corps commander at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. It also examines his tenure as G.O.C. of the A.I.F. | <urn:uuid:2a427877-d70f-41fa-b71f-2fd90ba28105> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | http://dissertation.com/abstracts/1053589 | 2021-10-25T11:00:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587659.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20211025092203-20211025122203-00195.warc.gz | en | 0.9721 | 567 | [
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Normally, illness is something we all have, but the type of illness where you can still do your work isn't recognized as illness. It's called the normal human state all over the world. Yet really, when the body is in its normal state, it's still ill in and of itself — simply that people in general are unaware of the fact that it's the deterioration of physical and mental phenomena, continually, from moment to moment.
The way people get carried away with their thoughts and preoccupations while they're still strong enough to do this and do that: That's really complacency. They're no match at all for people lying in bed ill. People lying in bed ill are lucky because they have the opportunity to do nothing but contemplate stress and pain. Their minds don't take up anything else, don't go anywhere else. They can contemplate pain at all times — and let go of pain at all times as well.
Don't you see the difference? The "emptiness" of the mind when you're involved in activities is "play" emptiness. Imitation emptiness. It's not the real thing. But to contemplate inconstancy, stress, and not-selfness as it appears right inside you while you're lying right here, is very beneficial for you. Just don't think that you're what's hurting. Simply see the natural phenomena of physical and mental events as they pass away, pass away. They're not you. They're not really yours. You don't have any real control over them.
Look at them! Exactly where do you have any control over them? This is true for everyone in the world. You're not the only one to whom it's happening. So whatever the disease there is in your body, it isn't important. What's important is the disease in the mind. Normally we don't pay too much attention to the fact that we have diseases in our minds, i.e., the diseases of defilement, craving, and attachment. We pay attention only to our physical diseases, afraid of all the horrible things that can happen to the body. But no matter how much we try to stave things off with our fears, when the time comes for things to happen, no matter what medicines you have to treat the body, they can give you only temporary respite. Even the people in the past who didn't suffer from heavy diseases are no longer with us. They've all had to part from their bodies in the end.
So when you continually contemplate in this way, it makes you see the truth of inconstancy, stress, and not-selfness correctly within you. And you'll have to grow more and more disenchanted with things, step by step.
When you give it a try and let go, who's there? Are you the one hurting, or is it simply an affair of the Dhamma? You have to examine this very carefully to see that it's not really you that's hurting. The disease isn't your disease. It's a disease of the body, a disease of physical form. In the end, physical form and mental events have to change, to be stressful in the change, to be not-self in the change and the stress. But you must focus on them, watch them, and contemplate them so that they're clear. Make this knowledge really clear, and right there is where you'll gain release from all suffering and stress. Right there is where you'll put an end to all suffering and stress. As for the aggregates, they'll continue to arise, age, grow ill, and pass away in line with their own affairs. When their causes and conditions run out, they die and go into their coffin.
Some people, when they're healthy and complacent, die suddenly and unexpectedly without knowing what's happening to them. Their minds are completely oblivious to what's going on. This is much worse than the person lying ill in bed who has pain to contemplate as a means of developing disenchantment. So you don't have to be afraid of pain. If it's going to be there, let it be there — but don't let the mind be in pain with it. And then look — right now — is the mind empty of "me" and "mine"?
Keep looking on in. Keep looking on in so that things are really clear, and that's enough. You don't have to go knowing anything anywhere else. When you can cure the disease, or the pain lightens, that's something normal. When it doesn't lighten, that's normal, too. But if the heart is simply empty of "me" and "mine," there will be no pain within it. As for the pain in the aggregates, don't give it a second thought.
So see yourself as lucky. Lying here, dealing with the disease, you have the opportunity to practice insight meditation with every moment. It doesn't matter whether you're here in the hospital or at home. Don't let there be any real sense in the mind that you're in the hospital or at home. Let the mind be in the emptiness, empty of all labels and meanings. You don't have to label yourself as being anywhere at all.
This is because the aggregates are not where you are. They're empty of any indwelling person. They're empty of any "me" or "mine." When the mind is like this, it doesn't need anything at all. It doesn't have to be here or go there or anywhere at all. This is the absolute end of suffering and stress...
The mind, when it doesn't get engrossed with the taste of pleasure or pain, is free in and of itself, in line with its own nature. But I ask that you watch it carefully, the behavior of this mind as it's empty in line with its own nature, not concocting any desires for anything, not wanting pleasure or trying to push away pain.
When the mind is empty in line with its nature, there's no sense of ownership in it; there are no labels for itself. No matter what thoughts occur to it, it sees them as insubstantial, as empty of self. There's simply a sensation that then passes away. A sensation that then passes away, and that's all.
So you have to watch the phenomena that arise and pass away. In other words, you have to watch the phenomenon of the present continuously — and the mind will be empty, in that it gives no meanings or labels to the arising and passing away. As for the arising and passing away, that's a characteristic of the aggregates that has to appear as part of their normal nature — simply that the mind isn't involved, doesn't latch on. This is the point you can make use of.
You can't go preventing pleasure and pain, you can't keep the mind from labeling things and forming thoughts, but you can put these things to a new use. If the mind labels a pain, saying, "I hurt," you have to read the label carefully, contemplate it until you see that it's wrong. If the label were right, it would have to say that the pain isn't me, it's empty. Or if there's a thought that "I'm in pain," this type of thinking is also wrong. You have to take a new approach to your thinking, to see that thinking is inconstant, stressful, and not yours.
So whatever arises, investigate and let go of what's right in front of you. Just make sure that you don't cling, and the mind will keep on being empty in line with its nature. If no thoughts are bothering you, there may be strong pain, or the mind may be developing an abnormal mood, but whatever is happening, you have to look right in, look all the way in to the sensation of the mind. Once you have a sense of the empty mind, then if there's any disturbance, any sense of irritation, you'll know that the knowledge giving rise to it is wrong knowledge, in and of itself. Right knowledge will immediately take over, making the wrong knowledge disband.
In order to hold continuously to this foundation of knowing, you first have to start out by exercising restraint over the mind, at the same time that you focus your attention and contemplate the phenomenon of stress and pain. Keep this up until the mind can maintain its stance in the clear emptiness of the heart. If you can do this all the way to the end, the final disbanding of suffering will occur right there, right where the mind is empty.
But you have to keep practicing at this continuously. Whenever pain arises, regardless of whether it's strong or not, don't label it or give it any meaning. Even if pleasure arises, don't label it as your pleasure. Just keep letting it go, and the mind will gain release — empty of all clinging or attachment to "selfness" with each and every moment. You have to apply all your mindfulness and energy to this at all times.
You should see yourself as fortunate, that you're lying here ill, contemplating pain, for you have the opportunity to develop the Path in full measure, gaining insight and letting things go. Nobody has a better opportunity than what you have right now. People running around, engaged in their affairs: Even if they say their minds are disengaged, they're really no match for you. A person lying ill in bed has the opportunity to develop insight with every in-and-out breath. It's a sign that you haven't wasted your birth as a human being, you know, because you're practicing the teachings of the Lord Buddha to the point where you gain clear knowledge into the true nature of things in and of themselves.
The true nature of things, on the outside level, refers to the phenomenon of the present, the changing of the five aggregates. You can decipher their code, decipher their code until you get disenchanted with them, lose your taste for them, and let them go. When the mind is in this state, the next step is to contemplate it skillfully to see how it's empty, all the way to the ultimate emptiness — the kind of emptiness that goes clearly into the true nature lying most deeply inside where there is no concocting of thoughts, no arising, no passing away, no changing at all.
When you correctly see the nature of things on the outer level until it is all clear to you, the mind will let go, let go. That's when you automatically see clearly the nature of what lies on the inner level — empty of all cycling through birth and death, with nothing concocted at all... The emptiest extreme of emptiness, with no labels, no meanings, no clingings or attachments. All I ask is that you see this clearly within your own mind.
The ordinary emptiness of the mind is useful on one level, but that's not all there is. True emptiness is empty until it reaches the true nature of things on the inner level — something really worth ferreting out, really worth coming to know...
This is something you have to know for yourself... There are really no words to describe it... but we can talk about it by way of guidance, because it may happen that ultimately you let go of everything, in what's called disbanding without trace.
The mind's point of disbanding without trace, if you keep developing insight every day, every moment like this, will happen on its own. The mind will know on its own. So don't let the mind bother itself by getting preoccupied with pleasure or pain. Focus on penetrating into the mind in and of itself relentlessly.
Do you see how different this is from when you're running around strong and healthy, thinking about this, that, and the other thing?... This is why there's no harm in having lots of pain. The harm is in our stupidity in giving labels and meanings to things. People in general tend to reflect on the fleeting nature of life with reference to other people, when someone else grows sick or dies, but they rarely reflect on the fleeting nature of their own lives. Or else they reflect for just a moment and then forget all about it, getting completely involved in their other preoccupations. They don't bring these truths inward, to reflect on the inconstancy occurring within themselves with every moment.
The fact that they can still do this and that, think this and that, say this and that, makes them lose all perspective. When you practice insight meditation, it's not something that you take a month or two off to do on a special retreat. That's not the real thing. It's no match for what you're doing right now, for here you can do it all day every day and all night, except when you sleep. Especially when the pain is strong, it's really good for your meditation, because it gives you the chance to know once and for all what inconstancy is like, what stress and suffering are like, what your inability to control things is like.
You have to find out right here, right in front of you, so don't try to avoid the pain. Practice insight so as to see the true nature of pain, its true nature as Dhamma, and then keep letting it go. If you do this, there's no way you can go wrong. This is the way to release from suffering.
And it's something you have to do before you die, you know, not something you wait to do when you die or are just about to die. It's something you simply keep on doing, keep on "insighting." When the disease lessens, you "insight" it. When it grows heavy, you "insight" it. If you keep on developing insight like this, the mind will get over its stupidity and delusion. In other words, things like craving and defilement won't dare hassle the mind the way they used to...
So you have to give it your all — all your mindfulness, all your energy — now that you have the opportunity to practice the Dhamma. Let this be your last lifetime. Don't let there be anything born again. If you're born again, things will come back again just as they are now. The same old stuff, over and over and over again. Once there's birth, there has to be aging, illness, and death, in line with your defilements, experiencing the good and bad results they keep churning out. It's a cycle of suffering. So the best thing is to gain release from birth. Don't let yourself want anything any more. Don't let yourself want anything any more, for all your wants fall in with what's inconstant, stressful, and not-self.
Wanting is simply a form of defilement and craving. You have to disband these things right at the instigator: the wanting that's nothing but craving for sensuality, craving for becoming, or craving for no becoming — the germs of birth in the heart. So focus in and contemplate at the right spot, seeing that even though craving may be giving rise to birth at sensory contact, you can set your knowing right at the mind, right at consciousness itself, and let there just be the knowing that lets go of knowing. This is something to work at until you have it mastered.
Setting your knowing at the mind, letting go of knowing like this, is something very beneficial. There's no getting stuck, no grabbing hold of your knowledge or views. If the knowledge is right, you let it go. If the knowledge is wrong, you let it go. This is called knowing letting go of knowing without going and getting entangled. This kind of knowing keeps the mind from latching onto whatever arises. As soon as you know something, you let it go. As soon as you know something, you've let it go. The mind just keeps on staying empty — empty of mental formations and thoughts, empty of every sort of illusion that could affect the mind. It quickly sees through them and lets them go, knows and lets go, without holding onto anything. All it has left is the emptiness...
You've already seen results from your practice, step by step, from contemplating things and letting them go, letting go even of the thought that you are the one in pain, that you are the one who's dying. The pain and the dying are an affair of the aggregates, pure and simple. When this knowledge is clear and sure — that it's not "my" affair, there's no "me" in there — there's just an empty mind: an empty mind, empty of any label for itself. This is the nature of the mind free of the germs that used to make it assume this and that. They're dead now. Those germs are now dead because we've contemplated them. We've let go. We've set our knowing right at the mind and let go of whatever knowing has arisen, all along to the point where the mind is empty. Clear. In and of itself...
Consciousness, when you're aware of it inwardly, arises and passes away by its very own nature. There's no real essence to it — this is what you see when you look at the elemental property of consciousness (viññana-dhatu), pure and simple. When it's not involved with physical or mental phenomena, it's simply aware of itself — aware, pure and simple. That's called the mind pure and simple, or the property of consciousness pure and simple, in and of itself, and it lets go of itself. When you're told to know and to let go of the knowing, it means to know the consciousness that senses things and then lets go of itself.
As for the aggregate of consciousness (viññana-khandha), that's a trouble-making consciousness. The germs that keep piling things on lie in this kind of consciousness, which wants to hang onto a sense of self. Even though it can let go of physical pain, or of physical and mental events in general, it still hangs onto a sense of self. So when you're told to know the letting go of knowing, it means to let go of this kind of consciousness, to the point where consciousness has no label for itself. That's when it's empty. If you understand this, or can straighten out the heart and mind from this angle, there won't be anything left. Pain, suffering, stress — all your preoccupations — will become entirely meaningless. There will be no sense of good or bad or anything at all. Dualities will no longer be able to have an effect. If you know in this way — the knowing that lets go of knowing, consciousness pure and simple — it prevents any possible fashioning of the mind.
The dualities that fashion good and bad: There's really nothing to them. They arise, and that's all there is to them; they disband, and that's all there is to them. So now we come to know the affairs of the dualities that fashion the mind into spirals, that fashion the mind or consciousness into endless cycles. When you know the knowing that lets go of knowing, right at consciousness in and of itself, dualities have no more meaning. There's no more latching onto the labels of good and bad, pleasure and pain, true and false, or whatever. You just keep on letting go...
Even this knowing that lets go of knowing has no label for itself, saying, "I know," or "I see." But this is something that lies a little deep, that you have to make an effort to see clearly and rightly. You have to keep looking in a shrewd way. The shrewdness of your looking: That's something very important, for only that can lead to Awakening. Your knowledge has to be shrewd. Skillful. Make sure that it's shrewd and skillful. Otherwise your knowledge of the true nature of things — on the inner or outer levels — won't really be clear. It'll get stuck on only the elementary levels of emptiness, labeling and latching onto them in a way that just keeps piling things on. That kind of emptiness simply can't compare with this kind — the knowing that lets go of knowing right at consciousness pure and simple. Make sure that this kind of knowing keeps going continuously. If you slip for a moment, just get right back to it. You'll see that when you don't latch onto labels and meanings, thoughts of good and bad will just come to a stop. They'll disband. So when the Buddha tells us to see the world as empty, this is the way we see.
The emptiness lies in the fact that the mind doesn't give meaning to things, doesn't fashion things, doesn't cling. It's empty right at this kind of mind. Once you're correctly aware of this kind of empty mind, you'll no longer get carried away by anything at all. But if you don't really focus down like this, there will only be a little smattering of emptiness, and then you'll find yourself getting distracted by this and that, spoiling the emptiness. That kind of emptiness is emptiness in confusion. You're still caught up in confusion because you haven't contemplated down to the deeper levels. You simply play around with emptiness, that's all. The deeper levels of emptiness require that you focus in and keep on looking until you're thoroughly clear about the true nature of things in the phenomenon of the present arising and disbanding right in front of you. This kind of mind doesn't get involved, doesn't latch on to meanings or labels.
If you see this kind of emptiness correctly, there are no more issues, no more labels for anything in this heap of physical and mental phenomena. When the time comes for it all to fall apart, there's nothing to get excited about, nothing to get upset about, for that's the way it has to go by its nature. Only if we latch onto it will we suffer...
The Dhamma is right here in our body and mind, simply that we don't see it — or that we see it wrongly, latching on and making ourselves suffer. If we look at things with the eyesight of mindfulness and discernment, what is there to make us suffer? Why is there any need to fear pain and death? Even if we do fear them, what do we accomplish? Physical and mental phenomena have to go their own way — inconstant in their own way, stressful in their own way, beyond our control in their own way. So what business do we have in reaching out and latching on and saying that their stress and pain is our stress and pain? If we understand that the latching on is what makes us suffer over and over again, with each and every breath, then all we have to do is let go and we'll see how there is release from suffering right before our very eyes...
So keep on looking in to know, in the way I've described, right at the mind. But don't go labeling it as a "mind" or anything at all. Just let there be things as they are, in and of themselves, pure and simple. That's enough. You don't need to have any meanings or labels for anything at all. That will be the end of all suffering... When things disband in the ultimate way, they disband right at the point of the elemental property of consciousness free of the germs that will give rise to anything further. That's where everything comes to an end, with no more rebirth or redeath of any kind at all...
The practice is something you have to do for yourself. If you know things clearly and correctly with your own mindfulness and discernment, that's your tool, well-sharpened, in hand. If the mind is trained to be sharp, with mindfulness and discernment as its tool for contemplating itself, then defilement, craving, and attachment will keep getting weeded out and cleared away. You can look and see, from the amount you've already practiced: Aren't they already cleared away to some extent? The mind doesn't have to worry about anything, doesn't have to get involved with anything else. Let go of everything outside and then keep letting go until the mind lets go of itself. When you do this, how can you not see the great worth of the Dhamma?...
So I ask that this mind empty of attachment, empty of any sense of self whatsoever, be clear to you until you see that it's nothing but Dhamma. Get so that it's nothing but Dhamma, perfectly plain to your awareness. May this appear to you, as it is on its own, with each and every moment.
Listening to the Dhamma when the mind has already reached a basic level of emptiness is very useful. It's like an energizing tonic, for when we're sick there's bound to be pain disturbing us; but if we don't pay it any attention, it simply becomes an affair of the body, without involving the mind at all. Notice this as you're listening: The mind has let go of the pain to listen to the words, leaving the pain to its own affairs. The mind is then empty...
Once the mind honestly sees the truth that all compounded things are inconstant, it will have to let go of its attachments. The problem here is that we haven't yet really seen this, or haven't yet reflected on it in a skillful way. Once we do, though, the mind is always ready to grow radiant. Clear knowing makes the mind immediately radiant. So keep careful watch on things. Even if you don't know very much, just be aware of the mind as it maintains a balance in its basic level of neutrality and emptiness. Then it won't be able to fashion the pains in the body into any great issues, and you won't have to be attached to them.
So keep your awareness of the pain right at the level where it's no more than a mere sensation in the body. It can be the body's pain, but don't let the mind be in pain with it. If you do let the mind be in pain with it, that will pile things on, layer after layer. So the first step is to protect the mind, to let things go, then turn inward to look for the deepest, most innermost part of your awareness and stay right there. You don't have to get involved with the pains outside. If you simply try to endure them, they may be too much for you to endure. So look for the aspect of the mind that lies deep within, and you'll be able to put everything else aside.
Now, if the pains are the sort that you can watch, then make an effort to watch them. The mind will stay at its normal neutrality, calm with its own inner emptiness, watching the pain as it changes and passes away. But if the pain is too extreme, then turn around and go back inside; for if you can't handle it, then craving is going to work its way into the picture, wanting to push the pain away and to gain pleasure. This will keep piling on, piling on, putting the mind in a horrible turmoil.
So start out by solving the problem right at hand. If the pain is sudden and sharp, immediately turn around and focus all your attention on the mind. You don't want to have anything to do with the body, anything to do with the pains in the body. You don't look at them, you don't pay them any attention. Focus on staying with the innermost part of your awareness. Get to point where you can see the pure state of mind that isn't in pain with the body, and keep it constantly clear.
Once this is constantly clear, then no matter how much pain there is in the body, it's simply an affair of mental and physical events. The mind, though, isn't involved. It puts all these things aside. It lets go.
When you're adept at this, it's a very useful skill to have, for the important things in life don't lie outside. They lie entirely within the mind. If we understand this properly, we won't have to go out to grab this or that. We won't have to latch onto anything at all — because if we do latch on, we simply cause ourselves needless suffering. The well-being of the mind lies at the point where it doesn't latch onto anything, where it doesn't want anything. That's where our well-being lies — the point where all suffering and stress disband right at the mind...
If we don't really understand things, though, the mind won't be willing to let things go. It will keep on holding tight, for it finds so much flavor in things outside. Whatever involves pain and stress: That's what it likes.
We have to focus on contemplating and looking, looking at the illusions in the mind, the wrong knowledge and opinions that cover it up and keep us from seeing the aspect of the mind that's empty and still by its own internal nature. Focus on contemplating the opinions that give rise to the complicated attachments that bury the mind until it's in awful straits. See how mental events — feelings, perceptions, and thought-formations — condition the mind, condition the property of consciousness until it's in terrible shape.
This is why it's so important to ferret out the type of knowing that lets go of knowing, i.e., that knows the property of consciousness pure and simple when mental events haven't yet come in to condition it, or when it hasn't gone out to condition mental events. Right here is where things get really interesting — in particular, the thought-formations that condition consciousness. They come from ignorance, right? It's because of our not knowing, or our wrong knowing, that they're able to condition things.
So I ask that you focus on this ignorance, this not-knowing. If you can know the characteristics of not-knowing, this same knowledge will know both the characteristics of thought-formations as they go about their conditioning and how to disband them. This requires adroit contemplation because it's something subtle and deep.
But no matter how subtle it may be, the fact that we've developed our mindfulness and discernment to this point means that we have to take an interest in it. If we don't, there's no way we can put an end to stress or gain release from it.
Or, if you want, you can approach it like this: Focus exclusively on the aspect of the mind that's constantly empty. If any preoccupations appear to it, be aware of the characteristics of bare sensation when forms make contact with the eye, or sounds with the ear, and so forth. There's a bare sensation, and then it disbands before it can have any such meaning as "good" or "bad." If there's just the bare sensation that then disbands, there's no suffering.
Be observant of the moment when forms make contact with the eye. With some things, if you're not interested in them, no feelings of liking or disliking arise. But if you get interested or feel that there's a meaning to the form, sound, smell, taste, or tactile sensation, you'll notice that as soon as you give a meaning to these things, attachment is already there.
If you stop to look in this way, you'll see that attachment is something subtle, because it's there even in the simple act of giving meaning. If you look in a superficial way, you won't see that it's attachment — even though that's what it is, but in a subtle way. As soon as there's a meaning, there's already attachment. This requires that you have to be good and observant — because in the contact at the eyes and ears that we take so much for granted, many sleights-of-hand happen all at once, which means that we aren't aware of the characteristics of the consciousness that knows each individual sensation. We have to be very observant if we want to be able to know these things. If we aren't aware on this level, everything will be tied up in attachment. These things will keep sending their reports into the mind, conditioning and concocting all kinds of issues to leave the mind, or consciousness, in an utter turmoil.
So if we want to look purely inside, we have to be very, very observant, because things inside are subtle, elusive, and sensitive. When the mind seems empty and neutral: That's when you really have to keep careful watch and control over it, so as to see clearly the sensation of receiving contact. There's contact, pure and simple, then it disbands, and the mind is empty. Neutral and empty. Once you know this, you'll know what the mind is like when it isn't conditioned by the power of defilement, craving, and attachment. We can use this emptiness of the mind as our standard of comparison, and it will do us a world of good...
Ultimately, you'll see the emptiness of all sensory contacts, as in the Buddha's teaching that we should see the world as empty. What he meant is that we observe bare sensations simply arising and passing away, knowing what consciousness is like when it does nothing more than receive contact. If you can see this, the next step in the practice won't be difficult at all — because you've established neutrality right from the start. The act of receiving contact is no longer complicated: The mind no longer grabs hold of things, no longer feels any likes or dislikes. It's simply quiet and aware all around within itself at all times. Even if you can do this much, you find that you benefit from not letting things get complex, from not letting them concoct things through the power of defilement, craving, and attachment. Even just this much gets rid of lots of problems.
Then when you focus further in to see the nature of all phenomena that are known through sensory contact, you'll see that there's simply bare sensation with nothing at all worth getting attached to. If you look with the eyes of true mindfulness and discernment, you'll have to see emptiness — even though the world is full of things. The eye sees lots of forms, the ear hears lots of sounds, you know, but the mind no longer gives them meanings. At the same time, things have no meanings in and of themselves.
The only important thing is the mind. All issues come from the mind that goes out and gives things meanings and gives rise to attachment, creating stress and suffering for itself. So you have to look until you see all the way through. Look outward until you see all the way out, and inward until you see all the way in, all the way until you penetrate inconstancy, stress, and not-selfness. See things as they are, in and of themselves, in line with their own nature, without any meanings or attachments. Then there won't be any issues. The mind will be empty — clean and bright — without your having to do anything to it.
Now, the fact that the mind has the viruses of ignorance, or of the craving that gives rise to things easily, means that we can't be careless. In the beginning, you have to supervise things carefully so that you can see the craving that arises at the moment of contact — say, when there's a feeling of pain. If you don't label it as meaning your pain, craving won't get too much into the act. But if you do give it that meaning, then there will be the desire to push the pain away or to have pleasure come in its place.
All this, even though we've never gotten anything true and dependable from desiring. The pleasure we get from our desires doesn't last. It fools us and then changes into something else. Pain fools us and then changes into something else. But these changes keep piling up and getting very complicated in the mind, and this is what keeps the mind ignorant: It's been conditioned in so many ways that it gets confused, deluded, dark, and smoldering.
All kinds of things are smoldering in here... This is why the principle of the knowing that lets go of knowing is such an important tool. Whatever comes at you, the knowing that lets go of knowing is enough to get you through. It takes care of everything. If you let it slip, simply get back to the same sort of knowing. See for yourself how far it will take you, how much it can keep the mind neutral and empty.
You can come to see this bit by bit. In the moments when the mind isn't involved with very much, when it's at a basic level of normalcy — empty, quiet, whatever — keep careful watch over it and analyze it as well. Don't let it just be in an oblivious state of indifference, or else it will lose its balance. If you're in an oblivious state, then as soon as there's contact at any of the sense doors, there's sure to be attachment or craving giving rise to things the instant in which feeling appears. You have to focus on keeping watch of the changes, the behavior of the mind at every moment. As soon as your mindfulness lapses, get back immediately to your original knowing. We're all bound to have lapses — all of us — because the effluent of ignorance, the most important of the effluents, is still there in the mind.
This is why we have to keep working at our watchfulness, our investigation, our focused awareness, so that they keep getting clearer and clearer. Make your mind ripe in mindfulness and discernment, continuously...
Once they're ripe enough for you to know things in a skillful way, you'll be able to disband the defilements the very minute they appear. As soon as you begin feeling likes and dislikes, you can deal with them before they amount to anything. This makes things a lot easier. If you let them loose so that they condition the mind, making it irritated, murky, and stirred up to the point where it shows in your words and actions, then you're in terrible straits, falling into hell in this very lifetime.
The practice of the Dhamma requires that we be ingenious and circumspect right at the mind. The defilements are always ready to flatter us, to work their way into our favor. If we aren't skillful in our awareness, if we don't know how to keep the mind under careful supervision, we'll be no match for them — for there are so many of them. But if we keep the mind well supervised, the defilements will be afraid of us — afraid of our mindfulness and discernment, afraid of our awareness. Notice when the mind is empty, aware all around, with no attachments to anything at all: The defilements will hide out quiet, as if they weren't there at all.
But as soon as mindfulness slips, even just a little, they spring right up. They spring right up. If you recognize them for what they are the moment they spring up, they'll disband right there. This is a very useful skill to have. But if we let them get to the point where they turn into issues, they'll be hard to disband. That's when you have to bear with the fight and not give up.
Whatever happens, start out by bearing with it — not simply to endure it, but so as to examine it, to see what it's like, how it changes, how it passes away. We bear with things so that we can see through their deceits: the way they arise, persist, and disband on their own. If they disband while we're examining them and clearly seeing their deceitfulness, we can have done with them for good. This will leave the mind in a state of freedom and independence, empty entirely within itself.
If you can learn to see through things right away the moment they arise — what you might call your own little instantaneous awakenings — your aware- ness will keep getting brighter and brighter, stronger and more expansive all the time.
So work at them — these little instantaneous understandings — and eventually, when things come together in an appropriate way, there will be the moment where there's the instantaneous cutting through of defilements and effluents once and for all. When that happens, then — nibbana. No more taking birth. But if you haven't yet reached that point, just keep sharpening your knives: your mindfulness and discernment. If they're dull, they won't be able to cut anything through, but whatever shape they're in, keep cutting through bit by bit whatever you can...
I ask that you keep at this: examining and understanding all around within the mind until you reach the point where everything is totally clear and you can let go of everything with the realization that nothing in the five aggregates or in physical and mental phenomena is me or mine. Keep trying to let go, and that will be enough. Each moment as they're taking care of you here in the hospital, do what has to be done for your illness, but make sure that there's this separate, special awareness exclusive to the mind — this knowing that simply lets go of itself. That will end all your problems right there... | <urn:uuid:6cfe739c-5f18-4156-837c-96c54358082f> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://dhammatalks.net/accesstoinsight/html/lib/thai/kee/gooddose.html | 2021-10-25T10:39:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587659.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20211025092203-20211025122203-00195.warc.gz | en | 0.973272 | 8,518 | [
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Catch-riding is often considered the ultimate test of good horsemanship. To ride your own horse well is one thing, but to be able to hop on any horse and ride it well … well, for many equestrians, that’s the dream. Catch-riders are given the opportunity to make that dream a reality, but the experience can sometimes be confusing and even stressful. Understanding the catch-riding process fully can help ease that stress, so riders can concentrate on the most important part – the excitement.
Everyone loves the idea of catch-riding, but what does the term mean exactly? Some people assume that they can only call something a “catch-ride” if they are literally hopping on a horse they’ve never ridden and heading straight for the in-gate. While this certainly qualifies, the broader definition includes any time someone is asked to show someone else’s horse, even if they have been able to get in a couple practice rides.
However, Milestone Stables trainer Todd Miles, who has utilized countless catch-riders through the years, has found that good catch-riders rarely need more than one practice to get the feel of a horse.
“Most of them don’t have to do it more than one time,” he said.
Choosing a catch-rider
When hiring a catch-rider, the first thing Todd considers is experience and riding style.
“First of all you’re trying to get a catch-rider that matches the horse,” he said. “Some ride a lot of gaited and some don’t, and vice versa.”
While there are some riders that can truly ride anything, he has found that most riders tend to ride certain types of horses better than others.
“Some of them ride a horse and push it better, and some of them need a horse that kind of goes on its own,” he said.
He considers a few other qualities as well – a pretty rider that will present a pleasing picture and help show the horse to its best advantage, and even a rider’s name recognition.
“I don’t know if this is proper to say or not, but you also want somebody most of the time that has some kind of name out there that the judge will probably stand up and take a little notice,” he said.
When it comes to catch-riding, Todd sees little difference between junior exhibitors and adult amateurs.
“For me, with any rider, it’s all about how much energy you leave in the horse,” he said. “You’ve got to do it by feel.”
Seventeen-year-old Haley Berget is one junior exhibitor who has made a name for herself as a catch-rider. She grew up riding and showing many different horses under the direction of Knollwood Farm, but began catch-riding three years ago at the 2015 Midwest Charity, when she showed Leatherwood’s Zenergy for Carriage Lane Farms. | <urn:uuid:b023c52e-73f5-41fd-bcf8-0b63b31e4ef8> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://saddleandbridle.com/articles/learn/458-the-ultimate-guide-to-catch-riding | 2021-10-25T10:10:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587659.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20211025092203-20211025122203-00195.warc.gz | en | 0.964 | 649 | [
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More Than You Might Expect
Zone 5 - South Kensington
Dora House, 108 Old Brompton Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 3RA, UK
on view 24/7
Sophie Kemp is a young sculptor and Royal College of Art 2020 graduate who likes to use “bright, shonky, hand-made materials”. Her large-scale works combine a sense of humour and the absurd. Inspired by iced gem biscuits, tasty treats beloved by those with a sweet tooth, “More Than You Might Expect” is an invitation to feel playful and have fun.
We are grateful to Sigrid Kirk, the curator of this year’s Summer Exhibition, for generously commissioning Kemp’s work.
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Complicated bone loss issues are becoming more and more prevalent for many segments of young and older adult populations that didn’t seem to exist several years ago.
Dentures: A Functional Paradox
Long term denture wearers, as a group, are discovering that early, sensible choices of dentures or partials are now causing severe loss of bone height and width within the upper or lower jaw.
Conscientious denture wearers who obtained frequent relines or denture replacements through the years are now facing the prospect of having near total resorption that can prevent the use of replacement dentures or implant devices.
Dentures typically cause up to 70% bone loss within the first several years of use. Partials can have similar effects. Denture prosthetics are designed to rest or ride on gum tissue and do not provide direct stimulation to the jawbone as normal teeth or implants do.
While many denture wearers perceive a loss of gum tissue as they continue to wear denture products, there is a misconception that relining a denture is a common fix. Relines do a wonderful job of creating a new snug fit, but in reality are compensating for the loss of underlying bone and loss of gum tissue volume.
Gum Disease – Periodontitis
Adult gum disease is also responsible for complex bone loss that can accrue to the loss of teeth (extracted or otherwise) and the disease process operating directly on the connective tissues (periodontal ligaments) and jawbone.
Effective management of adult gum disease has historically been difficult. The abnormally high incidence rate in adults (80%) is indirectly caused by inadequate oral health habits, untimely treatments of common dental problems that later create the environment for disease, insurance factors and finance considerations.
Many older adults, members of the current baby boomer generation, are now treating gum disease conditions that have accrued due to their tendency to focus on assuring dental health maintenance for their families first and delaying routine treatments for themselves.
Periodontitis, which typically progresses from untreated or inadequately treated gingivitis, can cause wholesale destruction of jawbone integrity very quickly. Fortunately, thanks to Mother Nature, different segments of our jawbones possess different densities, enabling most gum disease patients to benefit from advanced prosthodontic bone grafting technologies and creative acrylic or titanium based fixed or removable prosthetics.
Cumulative Extractions Cause Malocclusion – Super Eruptions
Untreated tooth extractions are discussed on the Normal Bone Loss page. The abuse of extraction dentistry accelerates immediate bone loss in the extraction site(s) and almost routinely impacts healthy bone of adjacent teeth. Patients oftentimes report beginning events of shifting teeth as the resorption of bone spreads to adjacent tooth roots and connective tissues.
Extreme abuse of extracting teeth also caused severe disruptions in the occlusal plane. Super eruptions of opposing teeth can also exacerbate a bad bite. Normal canine guidance fails and a mismatch between the biting surfaces of our upper and lower teeth can exert lateral or sideways forces on teeth causing more teeth to shift, loosen and sustain more bone loss.
Inadequate or unsuccessful orthodontic treatments can also cause, for adult patients, bone loss events. Orthodontic needs that were never treated can cause a variety of malocclusion issues especially when significant conditions of underbite, overbite or flared teeth exist.
Orthodontic concerns that appear to be benign during teenage or young adult years can become a destructive force with the dentition of a middle aged or older adult. Teeth can shift, rotate, tilt, become wobbly, grind away on opposing tooth enamel or strike opposing gums and jawbone (including the palate).
The last picture in our series shows what can happen to adult teeth and bite, over several years, when routine orthodontic alignment issues (easily addressed during our developmental years) are repeatedly postponed creating treatment needs that are complex and unnecessarily costly.
The bone loss on the lower, central anterior teeth was caused, for the most part, by the super eruption process that occurred due to a defective occlusal plane (upper and lower jaws don’t line up properly).
In this extreme example, the lower teeth are actually “hitting” the upper jaw gum tissue, further complicating the loss of tissue on the upper arch.
Hampton Dental Associates is proud to offer affordable dentistry programs to help you regain your perfect smile.
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- 4 to 6 ripe peaches (about 1 ½ pounds)
- 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar or 2 tablespoons maple syrup
Preheat oven to 425 F. Dip the peaches in hot boiling water for 30 to 60 seconds and rub off the peel. Cut the peaches in half and remove pits. Toss the peach halves with lemon juice in a large bowl; add brown sugar or maple syrup and toss once again. Arrange halves cut-side up in a baking dish. Roast until the peaches are tender, 20 to 25 minutes. If the juices in the pan begin to burn, add a little water and cover the pan loosely with foil. Serve peaches with vanilla yogurt or some slices of your favourite cheese. Serves 4 to 6. | <urn:uuid:28212206-1e0a-4aa0-b6df-20d4d6bb3c53> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://producedepot.ca/recipe/roasted-peaches/ | 2021-10-26T22:16:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587926.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20211026200738-20211026230738-00275.warc.gz | en | 0.844015 | 161 | [
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