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Last last week, an Ethereum researcher got busted for traveling to North Korea to give a talk on blockchain.
I’m inclined to believe his intentions were charitable (generally my default assumption for every person), but traveling to North Korea happens to be a violation of OFAC sanctions, which is Bad.
The Ethereum talk was titled “Blockchain and Peace”, and while I have no knowledge of its contents, that got me thinking. Can blockchain precipitate world peace? Take our current situation with North Korea. The US demands that North Korea hand over its nuclear arsenal before we lift any sanctions. Kim Jong-un remembers that time we pulled a bait-and-switch on Gaddafi after offering Libya the same deal, thus refuses to go first. Bitcoin fixes this.
What if North Korea denuclearizes on the blockchain??? Not in the sense of provenance, where a fallible human records some real-world event on the blockchain. I mean, instead of shipping its nuclear warheads to the US, North Korea could provably denuclearize by converting all its nuclear fuel to bitcoin.
North Korea has stockpiled enough fissile material to build approximately 60 nuclear warheads, which translates to 2400 kilograms of weapons-grade uranium. This can be blended down to about 50 tons of low-enriched uranium, enough to fuel two 1000 MWe nuclear reactors for one year. If that power is entirely devoted to running bitcoin miners, it could generate 20,000 PH/s (2e10 GH/s) resulting in an estimated block reward of 320.92 bitcoin per day, or 117,140 bitcoin per year.
(This is roughly 20% of Bitcoin’s total network hashrate, which could potentially skew the market.)
The private key corresponding to the block rewards should then be used to sign a message indicating disarmament. North Korea doesn’t need to trust the US to uphold its end of the deal because they can use the newly mined bitcoins to render sanctions obsolete.
And that’s how we get World Peace. Nobel Prize, please.

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Scott Lauwers, of Mattoon, uses a metal detector near the sidewalks at Evergreen Hollow Park in Effingham. Lauwers said he and his son were out searching for coins to make the best of the warm weather before they had to put their detectors away for the winter. "It's just something to do," he said. "It keeps you out of trouble."
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Feb. 20 - Summary: Hewlett-Packard's revenue fall less than expected, U.S. manufacturing may be strongest in years, S&P 500 nears record high, Wal-Mart struggles amid cuts in food stamps. Carmen Roberts reports.
TV AND WEB RESTRICTIONS~**NONE** Manufacturing punches in strong for February, sending the S&P 500 near a record. A preliminary reading shows U.S. factory activity accelerated this month at its fastest pace in nearly four years. That outshines the string of weaker-than-expected earnings reports from companies including Wal-Mart. The world's largest retailer stumbles on higher taxes, tougher credit, stiff holiday shopping competition, and a Congressional cut in the food stamp program. Ken Perkins of Morningstar: SOUNDBITE: KEN PERKINS, ASSOCIATE EQUITY ANALYST, MORNINGSTAR (ENGLISH) SAYING: "You can clearly see company targets a customer base that is generally a lower-income customer than some of its other competitors. A quite substantial cut to the food stamp program is a challenge. The maximum allotment has been cut by at least five percent in November. And I think the impact of those cuts is bigger than Wal-Mart had expected at a time when the consumer is already constrained." Wal-Mart shares slid after saying sales fell for a fourth straight quarter and full-year profit will be less than analysts expected. Freezing temperatures hurt manufacturing in the mid-Atlantic region, even as overall U.S. factory output looks stronger. The labor market also looks a bit better. The number of Americans filing for first time unemployment benefits fell last week. Hewlett-Packard's revenue falls less than expected. HP said after the close that first quarter revenue fell one percent from a year ago to $28.2 billion as it struggles with rapidly falling demand for PCs. WhatsApp is what's up with Facebook shares one-day after buying the mobile-messaging startup for $19 billion. Facebook helped drive U.S. stocks higher as the social network and Tesla Motors reached record highs. Optimism over manufacturing set a positive tone for Wall Street. In Europe, investors are concerned as a truce in Ukraine falls apart and violence erupts into the bloodiest day since Soviet times. As for the markets, shares in Germany, France and the U.K. ended little changed.


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MacArthur senior forward Kevin Roach has committed to Division III New Paltz to play college basketball. Roach scored 616 points during a four-year varsity career with the MacArthur High School Generals. That production included a career-high 30 points as well as 20 rebounds against Baldwin on Jan. 6, which marked the highest scoring output by a General since Mike Gattus scored 35 in a loss at Roslyn on Dec. 4, 2006.
Roach followed the 30-point performance with 29 points the next game, at Valley Stream Central on Jan. 10, including a jumper with 3:54 remaining to break 54-all tie. He had 21 rebounds against Plainview JFK on Jan. 27.
Division II Molloy in Rockville Centre and Division III Moravian in Bethlehem, PA also recruited him.
In his final high school basketball action, Roach scored a team-high 17 points in leading his all-star squad to a win in the Nassau County Exceptional Seniors doubleheader. Teammate William Cheshire also represented the Generals in that game.
Nassau AA-II coaches to the All-County team selected Roach and Cheshire, while MacArthur senior point guard Tyler Eppich was named All-Conference.
MacArthur finished the 2011-12 season with an 11-7 record. The Generals reached the playoffs for the fourth time in the past six seasons.
New Paltz competes in the State University of New York Athletic Conference along with Brockport, Buffalo State, Cortland, Fredonia, Geneseo, Oneonta, Oswego, Plattsburgh and Potsdam.


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(NEW YORK) -- Former Trump election lawyer John Eastman took the stand once again during his disbarment hearing in California on Wednesday, where he disputed two former White House officials' claims that Eastman said former Vice President Mike Pence could reject slates of electors... Read More.
(ATLANTA) -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is expected to surrender at the Fulton County Jail on Wednesday, multiple sources told ABC News. Lawyers for Giuliani will be meeting with the Fulton County District Attorney's Office early Wednesday to finalize a bond... Read More.
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Doing Selfies - My Way!
I keep a small sketch pad on the coffee table beside the couch where I curl up in the evening. From time to time, I draw in this sketchbook - all sorts of things - ideas, things I have seen, flowers, whatever. And, since there is a mirror nearby, sometimes I end up just sketching myself, doing quick "selfies". They are not like the selfies that people take with their cameras and cell phones - these are quick doodles using whatever drawing tools I have at hand. For example, this super quick selfie was done with black marker.
This selfie was done with coloured markers but, as you can see, I was wearing a black sweater at the time. These sketches are not intended to be finished drawings but they are fun in the evening when I don't want to do anything too serious.
This selfie was a real experiment. I had bought some watercolour markers so I tried them out. I drew with the markers and then used a wet brush to get a watercolour effect.
This selfie was also an experiment. I had some oil pastels that looked like crayons and wanted to try them out. One of the fun things about drawing your selfies instead of using a camera is that you can make yourself look any way you like. I don't have yellow hair but I felt like being a blond the evening I drew this. Why not!
Back to coloured markers. This was a very fast sketch and I would have fiddled around with it more, but it was getting late and I had to get to bed.
I never set out to do a bunch of selfies but it just turned out that I was the handiest subject some evenings when I felt like doodling. But when I went through my sketchbook recently and realized I had a bunch of them, I thought "What fun! I have been doing selfies - my way!"
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The new fourth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) published by the American Psychiatric Association may define several new psychiatric disorders. Some of these do not sound like varieties of mental illness at all, but rather opinions and attitudes. What would “oppositional defiant disorder,” for example, represent?
Over the past 40 years or so, child advocates have given a good amount of lip service to the view that adults, especially educators, should respect children’s “individual differences.” In theory, this recognizes the fact that every trait is distributed in the general population in a manner represented by the bell-shaped curve. Whether the issue is general intelligence, sociability, optimism, musical aptitude, artistic ability, or mechanical skill (to mention but a few), relatively few people are “gifted” and relatively few people are disadvantaged. Whatever the characteristic, most folks are statistically “normal.” That is, they possess an adequate amount, enough to get by.
As Dr. Allen Frances read through the list of proposed changes to psychiatry’s bible of mental sickness, alarms started ringing in his own mind. “I was surprised,” the renowned U.S. psychiatrist says, “that the proposals managed to be much worse than my most pessimistic expectations.”
Since 1950, man has landed on the moon, made computers commonplace and harnessed nuclear power. We’re obviously using our minds to the fullest. Yet the number of ways we can go officially crazy has nearly tripled. The hugely influential reference book used by psychiatrists and other mental health professionals the world over to diagnose mental illness — the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — currently lists 357 types of psychiatric afflictions, up from 128 when the first volume was published in 1952.
PSYCHIATRY is widely considered to be a success, able to treat mental illness using drugs to correct chemical imbalances in the brain. Yet, since the advent of psychiatric drugs, rates of mental illness have shot up and the supposed imbalances, thought to be the cause of mental illness, have been shown not to exist.

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Sunday, August 27, 2006
A new New Deal: Interesting article by Andrew J. Bacevich entitled "No Win" in the Sunday, August 27, 2006 Globe. It is clear to me too, at least presently, that our military strategies have not been working. It is costing us dearly in lives, treasure, and prestige around the world. There is no end in sight.
There needs to be a new New Deal where those in power must be able to think about substantive policy changes to live with a new Middle East. To do this Americans must effect a systemic change in government by electing those who are capable of doing many of the things that Professor Bacevich suggests. Our people must see that the majority of their interests are not served by powers that owe their platforms to huge amounts of corporate money and who have a vested interest in perpetuating the status quo ensuring it will be in place for decades to come. His most salient point, in my opinion, was developing alternative sources of energy thereby reducing our strategic presence in the Middle East.
This is certainly not what the large corporate oil interests want. Those large corporate oil interests are embedded within a Republican party that nearly exclusively caters to them. That party is entrenched in the House, the Senate, the Executive and Judicial branches. Our people have been duped into electing those who do not do things to help us and, indeed, have incalculably hurt us. Those now in power must be removed, post haste. Nothing less than our security and our very lives depend on it.


Wisconsin Resident Doctor has Miscarriage 3 Days After Being Injected with Experimental COVID mRNA Shot
Dr. Sara Beltrán Ponce
by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News
The COVID Blog, part of COVID Legal USA which is “a team of paralegals, legal writers and researchers helping Americans represent themselves in legal matters against oppressive, dangerous COVID mandates,” has reported on the miscarriage of a Wisconsin doctor shortly after receiving one of the experimental COVID mRNA injections.
In searching through the CDC Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), I found a few other reported cases of miscarriages so far just after receiving the Pfizer experimental COVID shot. One of them, in California, was also a doctor.Dr. Sara Beltrán Ponce graduated from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2019. She is completing her residency in Radiation Oncology at the same Milwaukee college. Her profile on a website called SheMD says she is “passionate about medical education, public health, and mentorship, particularly for women interested in radiation.” She is married with one daughter and had another child on the way – until yesterday.
Dr. Beltrán Ponce tweeted on January 28 that she is 14 weeks pregnant and “fully vaccinated.” She repeated many of the most common talking points related to COVID-19 and vaccines in the tweet chain.
She tweeted an update about her pregnancy less than a week later (NOTE: There is a narrative on social media channels about some sort of “fake photo” in Dr. Beltrán Ponce’s tweets. The narrative appears to attempt discrediting the story or deflecting from the facts. We’ve linked the internet archives herein for readers to see the actual tweets and screenshots).
The miscarriage happened at 14 1/2 weeks, indicating it was three days after she got the first or second mRNA shot. She did not say if it was the Pfizer or Moderna shot. Dr. Beltrán Ponce has since locked her Twitter account so only verified followers can see her tweets. (Full article.)
VAERS ID: 918034
VAERS ID: 958755Write-up: I was 28 weeks and 5 days pregnant when I received the first dose of the COVID19 vaccine. Two days later (12/25/2020 in the afternoon), I noticed decreased motion of the baby. The baby was found to not have a heartbeat in the early am on 12/26/2020 and I delivered a 2lb 7oz nonviable female fetus at 29 weeks gestation. I was 35 years old at the time of the fetal demise and the only pregnancy history for this pregnancy included a velamentous cord insertion that was being closely monitored by a high risk OB. My estimated due was March 12, 2021.
VAERS ID: 967274Write-up: Pt was 18 weeks pregnant at the time of the vaccine. Second pregnancy. Pt is a physician. Pregnancy was entirely normal up to that time. On 1/18/2021, she began to have heavy vaginal bleeding probably due to a placental abruption and subsequently delivered at 18 weeks. Baby was stillborn. Ultrasound done 1/15/2021 normal. Lethal event for the fetus. The patient did well.
As we have previously reported, when the UK issued its emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer COVID mRNA injection, they recommended that pregnant women NOT get the jab. They also recommended that nursing mothers and women planning on becoming pregnant to wait at least two months.Write-up: I was pregnant and my baby died two days after I took it and I got really sick
The FDA in the United States, however, issued no such warnings when they issued an EUA for the same experimental Pfizer COVID mRNA injection. See:
Unlike UK, U.S. FDA Allows Pregnant and Nursing Women to Receive Experimental Pfizer COVID VaccineDr. Wolfgang Wodarg and Dr. Michael Yeadon, the former head of Pfizer research, filed an emergency STAY OF ACTION with the European Medicines Agency trying to prevent the experimental COVID mRNA injections from being used on the public as guinea pigs.
One of Dr. Yeadon’s primary concerns was that the experimental jabs would cause infertility. He wrote that these injections are still in Phase III trials and are:
As you can see from Dr. Sara Beltrán Ponce’s update tweet announcing the death of her unborn baby, she didn’t dare connect it to the COVID injection, because to do so would have probably shipwrecked her career as a medical doctor, because she would have been labeled as an “anti-vaxxer” and therefore “anti-science.”expected to induce the formation of humoral antibodies against spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2. Syncytin-1 (see Gallaher, B., “Response to nCoV2019 Against Backdrop of Endogenous Retroviruses” – http://virological.org/t/response-to-ncov2019-against-backdrop-of-endogenous-retroviruses/396), which is derived from human endogenous retroviruses (HERV) and is responsible for the development of a placenta in mammals and humans and is therefore an essential prerequisite for a successful pregnancy, is also found in homologous form in the spike proteins of SARS viruses.
There is no indication whether antibodies against spike proteins of SARS viruses would also act like anti-Syncytin-1 antibodies. However, if this were to be the case this would then also prevent the formation of a placenta which would result in vaccinated women essentially becoming infertile.
To my knowledge, Pfizer/BioNTech has yet to release any samples of written materials provided to patients, so it is unclear what, if any, information regarding (potential) fertility-specific risks caused by antibodies is included.
According to section 10.4.2 of the Pfizer/BioNTech trial protocol, a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant or breastfeeding, and is using an acceptable contraceptive method as described in the trial protocol during the intervention period (for a minimum of 28 days after the last dose of study intervention).
This means that it could take a relatively long time before a noticeable number of cases of postvaccination infertility could be observed. (Source.)
Thanks to: https://vaccineimpact.com


October 30th,2017 – Commissioner Dawn L. Henry Esq., of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources is pleased to announce that Division of Coastal Zone Management in conjunction with the Virgin Islands Marine Advisory Service (VIMAS) will lead a much-needed cleanup of downtown Charlotte Amalie on Saturday, November 4th at 8 a.m.
“I think it’s imperative for our community to realize that everything we do affects our coastal zone. I’m looking forward to joining forces with the Charlotte Amalie community and encourage residents and businesses to come out on Saturday and help keep Charlotte Amalie clean,” said Commissioner Henry.
Volunteers are being asked to meet at the My Brother’s Workshop Bakery at 8AM with a refillable water bottle. From there, groups will be directed to different parts of town with the most debris in order to make the biggest impact on the streets of Charlotte Amalie.
“Our main goal is to remove any debris to help maintain the aesthetic quality and environmental health of the Charlotte Amalie area. It’s important to get this debris off the streets before it reaches the waterfront and into our coastal habitats”, stated Coordinator of VIMAS, Howard Forbes, Jr.
Volunteers will be provided with cleaning supplies such as gloves, trash bags, and water to drink but are asked to bring refillable water bottles and use reef safe sun protection. After the clean-up, My Brothers Workshop Bakery will be providing lunch to all cleanup volunteers.
For more information, contact Kristina K. Edwards, Education & Outreach Coordinator of the Division of Coastal Zone Management at [email protected].


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Two-step authentication is one of the best ways to stay secure online, and for years Google has made that really easy using “Google Prompt.” Now, Google Prompt is expanding to “any eligible phone” on your account.
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A recent data leak from Samsung is triggering the company to improve security for all of its users. Samsung is now forcing two-factor authentication on all account holders starting this week.
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Two-factor authentication is one of the best ways to keep yourself safe online, but many users don’t turn on the optional feature. Starting this spring, Google will require all Nest users to enable two-factor authentication.
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The best way to protect online accounts is with a security key that ensures you’re the one signing in. However, enterprise users still have legacy systems like Internet Explorer or remote desktops that don’t support the new log-in method. Google now has security codes created using security keys for those scenarios.
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[Update: Now generally available] All Android 7+ phones are now 2FA security keys for signing into Google
Last year at Cloud Next, Google announced its own Titan Security Key as part of a push to encourage two-step verification. These small devices fight phishing by requiring a physical confirmation that you are the one logging into an account. Google today announced that all Android 7+ phones can be used as security keys to sign into the company’s services.


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I don't remember actually buying Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, although I suspect my purchase was prompted by my viewing of the Michael Douglas film Wonder Boys, adapted from an earlier Chabon novel. But I remember reading it at a fever pitch, including one long, hot October afternoon in which I sat on my back porch, smoked an entire pack of Camel Turkish Golds, and polished off the last 300 pages of it.
Kavalier is a contemporary masterpiece--it takes that whole "hysterical realism" thing you see in people like David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Franzen, and Jonathan Lethem, in which the books are incredibly long and peppered with legitimate historical research and facts, and takes it to its artistic peak. Chabon seamlessly integrates a fictional story with real characters and events from the 1940s and 1950s comic-book world, and it does so so well that when I watched a history of superheroes on the History Channel a few weeks ago, I was a little surprised not to see The Escapist included.
(Note: I've not read Wallace, so I suppose I'm not really qualified to call Kavalier and Clay the artistic peak of hysterical realism. I've read Franzen, though, and I enjoy both his nonfiction essays for The New Yorker and his massive, Oprah-approved novel The Corrections. I've also read Lethem's horrible The Fortress of Solitude.)
At any rate, when I went to Jackson Street Books on Monday, I poked around for awhile and found a relatively inexpensive first edition of Chabon's 2002 follow-up to Kavalier, Summerland, and of course I bought it. It's an odd book so far (I'm about 50 pages in), and not odd the way Kavalier was. For one thing, it's written on the level of juvenile fiction, not too far removed from the Harry Potter books and similar to them in that it speaks on an eleven-year-old's level without talking down to him at all. And there's magic here, too--a talking fox/monkey who can jump from branch to branch on the Great Tree of Existence; a mystical corner of the earth where it was always summer and now isn't; an evil coyote. And the list goes on.
Summerland was apparently written as a piece of juvenile fiction, but I'm waiting to see if it's meant for adults as well, if it utilizes the form and conventions of that genre in order to make its point. I'm not sure what that point is just yet, but I know it's deeply immersed in American mythology: baseball, an innocent small-town stuck in the 1950s, people making a living through the imagination--even Native American tricksters. In the meantime, I'm not enjoying this the way I enjoyed Kavalier and Clay. It lacks that book's sense of urgency, of deep existential need. It's replaced by whimsy, which isn't bad, but it's never the same.
It may be that I've moved past the point where I can enjoy young-adult literature--I've never really liked the Harry Potter books either. I hope my readers don't take that as some sort of proclamation of my maturity and a statement on how I've moved beyond your vulgar tastes. I'm pretty sure it's really a self-indictment.

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Several local filmmakers will screen their latest works as part of the 10th anniversary Media Film Festival April 7 and 8.
The event will feature 41 short independent films in all. More than a dozen of them were created by filmmakers from Delaware County and the greater Delaware Valley. Film blocks start at 7 p.m. Friday, 10:30 p.m. Friday (Late Night Horror Fest), 1 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. Saturday.
Three films produced by area high school students as part of the Media Youth Film Initiative, or “MyFi,” will premiere at the festival. “Mints” and “Remote Controlled” will be part of the Friday evening showing, and “You Look Beautiful” will open Saturday’s 7 p.m. program.
There will also be a free “Women Making Films” workshop on Saturday at 10 a.m. at Media’s 320 Market Café. It is open to the public.
Another highlight is a reunion of West Chester University alumni Mary Beth Rim (a filmmaker), Jessica Barth (who played Tami-Lynn McCafferty in the “Ted” movies) and Micah Hauptman (who acts in “Homeland” and played David Breashears in “Everest” and August Hardwicke in “Parker”). Rim will produce a live staged reading of the Oscar-nominated “When Harry Met Sally,” featuring Barth and Hauptman, at 3:30 p.m. April 8. Admission to this event is free.
Are they having it at the theater again?
The Media Theatre is at 104 E. State St., Media.
What should I know about the local filmmakers at the festival?
One of the Friday 7 p.m. highlights will be “Need Change,” a comedy from Delaware director Rob Waters, who based the script on his real life misadventures delivering pizzas.
The Saturday matinee block will have “Gift Horses,” from director David Block, which was shot at a number of local equine therapy centers, and documents the role of horses in helping people with disabilities.
Saturday night’s lineup features “Chasseur,” produced by Media native Jessica Graham, a thriller set in the Louisiana Bayou in which the half-mad Louis Chasseur hunts the devil. An actress-filmmaker living in Hollywood, Graham grew up watching movies at the Media Theatre and fell in love with acting in fifth-grade when her teacher cast her in the Greek tragedy “Antigone.”
“The Audition” is the story of three actresses who compete for the same coveted role. It was written and directed by Philadelphia’s Tatyana Yassukovich. The world premiere screening is also part of the 7 p.m. program Saturday.
Another Saturday night special is “Solitary,” a drama written and directed by Swarthmore’s Derek J. Pastuszek that looks at an inmate forced to endure long-term isolation.
How much are tickets?
Admission is $12 for one day or $20 for the All-Festival Pass. Visit www.mediafilmfestival.org. You’ll find a festival trailer there to whet your appetite.
The Media Film Festival was created not only to give local artists an opportunity to share their craft, but also to promote the talent of filmmakers worldwide. In a press release, festival program director Tamme McClelland stated: “We have films from as far away as Germany, Ireland and South Africa alongside quality entries produced right here in Delaware County. And with different genres represented — dramas, comedies and documentaries — there really is something for everyone.”
You’re encouraged to interact with the filmmakers in attendance, either during Q&A sessions or by engaging with filmmakers informally between screenings.


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The cat found in Mayo officers say tested positive for rabies. (Spartanburg Co. Animal Control)
COLUMBIA, SC (FOX Carolina) -
A stray cat found in Chesnee has tested positive for rabies, according to the state Department of Health and Environmental Control.
DHEC officials said the cat was found in Mayo, making it the second confirmed rabid animal found in the county.
Lt. James Nelson with Spartanburg County said his department picked up the rabid cat on April 22 after the young feline had latched onto a teenage victim.
An on-call animal control officer received a call that a teenager had returned home from the movies, and as they pulled into the garage and opened the door of the car, a cat jumped into the car and latched onto the teen's leg, Nelson said.
Once the cat was taken to animal control, she continued to act strangely before it was determined she had rabies.
The victim told FOX Carolina that after finally getting the cat off of her pants, the cat then charged and she was barely able to get inside before she was bit again. The victim has gone through rabies treatments and is doing fine.
Spartanburg County residents are urged to vaccinate their pets against rabies and avoid stray animals. State law requires that all pets be vaccinated.
"If you think you have been exposed to the rabies virus through a bite, scratch or the saliva of a possibly infected animal, immediately wash the affected area with plenty of soap and water," said Sue Ferguson of DHEC's Bureau of Environmental Health. "Then be sure to get medical attention and report the incident to DHEC."
Ferguson said about 275 South Carolinians are advised to undergo preventive treatment for rabies every year. She said wild animals carry the disease most often, but domestic pets can contract rabies as well.
There were five rabid animals confirmed in the county in 2011. So far in 2012, 43 cases of rabid animals have been confirmed statewide.
For more information on rabies, visit www.scdhec.gov/rabies.
Copyright 2012 FOX Carolina (Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved.
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An Upstate woman's money is gone and her friend got hit too. They don't know when their debit card numbers got swiped, but they think there may be more victims in the area. After a frustrating few days,More >
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Video of State Representative Ted Vick chronicles the Pee Dee lawmaker's interaction with Bureau of Protective Services officers late Tuesday night as he was arrested for DUI in the State House parkingMore >
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For thirteen years, BMW has been hosting the charity Pro-Am golf tournament in the Upstate, and for all of those years, no one has ever hit a hole-in-one on the 9th hole at Thornblade to win a brand newMore >
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A poll by Reader's Digest named the 100 most trusted people in America. The list includes celebrities, politicians, philanthropists and even presidents. Click here to see the top 30.More >
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We present an exact and practical incremental method for general translational assembly planning. In practical cases, an exact and complete representation of the relevant free regions in the high-dimensional assembly configuration space becomes amenable by incrementally computing an arrangement of cells in d-dimensional space. Here we introduce a novel reduction scheme, D-node reduction, that allows for online defragmentation of the computed cell decomposition and thus significant speedup and reduction of storage requirements. Experimental results for both two-and three-dimensional assemblies show the practicality, of the proposed approach and illustrate the impact of the new reduction scheme.
|Title of host publication||Proceedings 2001 ICRA. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.01CH37164)|
|Number of pages||6|
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|Event||2001 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation - Seoul, Korea, Republic of|
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WHO Collaborating Centre for Sexually Transmitted Infections
Lead academic: Professor David Mabey
This Centre works with the WHO and a network of international collaborators on activities to improve the health of women and children, particularly in the area of dual elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV and syphilis and the prevention of cervical cancer. We support the WHO initiative to promote point of care (POC) testing for STIs by offering technical advice on target product profiles and evaluating new POC tests, and we assist WHO in the development and evaluation of activities that aim to improve STI control and prevention in key populations such as men who have sex with men, using innovative approaches such as crowdsourcing and social entrepreneurship.
WHO Collaborating Centre on Research on Gender-based Violence
Lead academic: Dr Heidi Stöckl
The Gender Violence & Health Centre (GVHC) is an inter-disciplinary research group at LSHTM made up of more than 25 researchers with expertise on violence against women, violence against children, violence against men, violence among same-sex people, migration, labour exploitation and human trafficking. GVHC is a WHO Collaborating Centre since 2019. We work closely with local, national and international partners and stakeholders around the world to identify pressing research needs, conduct action-oriented research and generate scientific knowledge and evidence on gender-based violence and health aimed to improve the lives of women, children, adolescents and men.
WHO Collaborating Centre for New Vaccines Surveillance
Lead academic: Professor Martin Antonio
The Centre provides technical support to countries in the African Region to improve on surveillance of Invasive Bacterial Diseases (IBD) . A key objective of the centre is to support WHO sentinel sites to (1) Quantify the burden of invasive bacterial disease to inform policy makers on new vaccine introduction (2) Measure disease burden and vaccine impact (3) Quantify the burden of antimicrobial resistance and its potential on vaccine impact to reduce antimicrobial resistance. The centre also provides expertise and technical assistance during meningitis outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa. The centre also promotes national and regional networking and conduct training courses, workshops and seminars on vaccine preventable diseases in Africa. This is achieved through strong collaboration and capacity building with Ministries of Health in Africa.

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Cess and its leviability - Constitutionally valid?
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
By K Srinivasan
INTRODUCTION of Goods and Services Tax remained a prophecy for 17 long years for India. It was definitely a phenomenal task, given the need to bring together all the States and agree on a common ground.
The only lure the Central Government had to hold out to the State Governments was the Compensation for the loss of revenue for 5 full years due to GST implementation. Even in an insurance contract, only a percentage of loss incurred is compensated so that there are no moral hazards to such a contract of fidelity.
However, the Central Government has agreed to compensate 100% of loss in revenue to State Governments, to pave way for GST implementation. The State Governments can now earn the quantum of existing tax revenues without a hitch up to June 2021.
What is the source for such a pecuniary promise by the Central Government to the State Governments? Compensation cess levied under the Compensation Cess Act. The brunt of it is designed to be borne by the consumers, each according his capacity, to pay the said tax on most of the luxury and demerit goods and services over and above the tax.
According to Article 265 of the Constitution, "No tax can be levied and collected saved by the Authority of Law". Hence even in order to introduce any additional levies, necessary constitutional provisions need to be in place.
Section 18 of the 101 st Constitutional Amendment Act, 2016 mandates the Parliament, based on GST council recommendations, to provide for compensation to the states for loss of revenue on account of GST implementation at a bench marked growth rate of 14% per annum up to 5 years.
Article 368, Part XX of the Constitution should be fulfilled for an amendment to the Constitution to take effect. It can be initiated only by the introduction of a Bill for that purpose in either House of Parliament. And such Bill shall be passed by each House with a majority of the total membership of that House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of that House present and voting. Once it is passed by each House it is to be sent to the President for his assent.
In case of certain amendments like constitutional amendments, the Bill must also be ratified by one half of the States before it is sent for President's assent. With Bill becoming an Act post both Houses of the Parliament clearing the bill and 16 State legislatures ratifying the GST Bill, 121st Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2014 was sent for President's Assent to be passed as 101 st Constitution Amendment Act, 2016 on 8th September, 2017.
In India, Parliament sovereignty is subject to the Constitution of India, which includes judicial review. A ny amendments which pertain to the federal nature of the Constitution must be ratified by a majority of state legislatures and the parliament and amendment can be given a go ahead only after it is reviewed judicially.
The structure of our constitution being so, sec 18 of the Constitution (101st Amendment) Act, 2016 uses the phrase "Parliament shall, by law, on the recommendation of the Goods and Services Tax Council, provide for compensation to the States for loss of revenue arising on account of implementation of the goods and services tax for a period of five years".
The idea is that there should not be a situation given rise to wherein the Parliament would have the power to one-sidedly repeal Section 18, and thereby do away with the need to compensate the States. As a consequence, the very promise that constituted the backbone for the negotiations to secure the consent of the States to GST could be annulled.
The most celebrated case of Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala,  Suppl. S.C.R. 1 states that although "law" must ordinarily include Constitutional law there is a clear demarcation between ordinary law which is made in the exercise of legislative power and Constitutional law, which is made in the exercise of constituent power.
In the context of Article 13, "law" must be taken to mean rules or regulations made in exercise of ordinary legislative power and not amendments to the Constitution made in the exercise of constituent power with the result that Article 13(2) does not affect amendments made under Article 368 .
Hence a question arises as to whether in addition to the Constitutional Amendment Act, an ordinary law in compliance with the procedure specified under Article 107, 108, 109, 111 either as a money bill or a non-money bill was required to have been passed to ratify the attempt of the Government towards collection of Cess such that it can be called constitutional on such grounds as well.
In an attempt to find a satisfactory answer to the position in Law, the following analysis is presented below.
Turning to Article 265 once again, one would find that it is only declaratory and does not by itself for that matter lay down any criteria for testing the validity of a statute when it speaks of law.
Nevertheless, it refers to a valid law. But the validity of such law needs to be undoubtedly determined with reference to the constitution.
The term cess cannot be equated to a tax, as could be seen from the suggestion of the names of the cesses such as health cess, various welfare cesses that it is allocated to a particular cause/welfare while tax seems to stand on a different footing.
The element of tax appears to be based on a principle of compulsory exaction while the concept of a fee is based on a quid pro quo and cess on a principle of purpose/ welfare.
The fact that the compensation cess does not form part of the Consolidated Fund of India and is to be kept in a separate fund created for the purpose of compensation to the states due to possible loss of revenue on account of introduction of GST goes to show that it is not a tax.
The purpose and the period of compensation is, however, already stated in the proposal made in the CAA,2016 and has the sanction.
As long as there is no outgo from the Consolidated Fund of India, I think the imposition of cess is within the powers of Government to levy for a specified purpose as it is not a tax and cannot be taken into the consolidated fund of India calling for the interplay of Articles 107 to 117 and 118 to 122 including Article 265.
We have been collecting various cesses including under direct tax regime and there was no constitutional challenge faced so far.
However, a debate is fuelled already by the Interim order dt 26/8/2017 of the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi in the case of Mohit Minerals - 2017-TIOL-06-HC-DEL-GST that there is a prima facie case made out as regards legislative competence of the Parliament to enact the Service Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017 on the strength of which cess is levied under the Cess Rules and Notification NO 1/2017- Compensation Cess (Rate) dated 28/6/2017 with effect from 1 st July 2017.
The point to be made here is that Section 18 of the101 ST Amendment Act contemplates upon raising revenue and grants the sanction if not vests the power to legislate such Law as a means to raise through levy of Cess the necessary compensation avowed under it.
While Sec 18 of the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 2017 is one Law that seeks to abolish cess, Compensation to States Act is another Law which creates it. How is one Law superior or inferior to the other? They both are on the same footing. One extinguishes cess and the other created it and latter one prevails in their order of supersession.
One must not forget that entry 97 of Schedule VII is still in place to come to Government's rescue as it came when entry 92C was questioned about its retrospective validity. It would still appear there is no paucity of powers to levy and collect taxes by the Government subject to of course Article 265 no doubt.
Since tax is distinguishable from cess, it would still appear that the levy of Cess can be done by an enactment for which there is inherent power with the Government to legislate a Compensation Act and through issue of attendant rules to specify the rates of cess and collect the same.
The period beyond which the said cess cannot be levied is, however, clearly stated in Section18 of the 101 st Act as not beyond 5 years and, therefore, one can safely harbour a view that till such time there appears to be no Constitutional bar in levying Cess for meeting out the Compensation to the States.
(The author is Assistant Commissioner, GST, Chennai and the views expressed are strictly personal.)
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It seems that Trump has indeed lifted the restraints on the military that Bush 2 and Obama had maintained. In the same week we have witnessed: (1) an attack on a Syrian airfield by 59 (59 Tomahawk missiles, with the result the destruction of 20 Syrian aircraft, and (2) The dropping of the 11 ton MOAB on a cave and tunnel complex in Afghanistan which resulted, we are told, in the death of 36 ISIS fighters.
The week’s activities could not do better to illustrate the futility of our high tech military in the kind of asymmetric warfare that faces the US today. It was like a real-life SNL sketch.
It’s pretty obvious that the generals, restraints removed, took the opportunity to demonstrate their new toy, the MOAB. I don’t think that’s the wrong word to use in describing it. Remember the look of the conventional “iron” bombs of earlier wars and then compare to the polished, gleaming orange surface of the MOAB. The thing had been prettied up! I’m surprised it wasn’t decorated with tinsel.
PS: 4/20 Today’s NY Times has an article by someone who tried to go to the site.


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Van Gaal refuses to rule out bid for Roma midfielder Strootman
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Louis van Gaal has refused to rule out making a bid for Roma midfielder Kevin Strootman.
Strootman is still sidelined by that knee injury, and Roma boss Rudi Garcia said on Friday he expects the 24-year-old to remain in Italy this season.
But, ahead of United's friendly with Roma in the United States, van Gaal, who has been linked with a number of high-profile midfielders, would not rule out moving for the player in the future.
He said: "I never say anything about individual players - it's my vision that we have to be about the team and not individual players.
"Other players, not at Manchester United, I can't judge - I am not there. Strootman I can judge, but he has been injured for more than six months.
"We have to wait and see how he comes back. It's not so easy to come back out of an injury, so we'll wait and see."


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Banks want to see a history of successful borrowing anytime they make a loan. That includes loans for your business. Unfortunately, many businesses don’t have any history of borrowing (especially new businesses), so lenders look at your personal credit scores instead. If you’ve got good credit, that’s a good sign that you’ll handle the business loans well. If you’ve got bad credit, lenders will be more skittish about lending. If your credit is “thin” because you haven’t borrowed much in the past (or if it’s in need of some repair), you may need to build your credit before lenders are likely to approve you for a loan.
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Your answer will be something like the famous “elevator pitch”, or maybe a mission statement. It doesn’t matter whether it’s perfectly polished yet, but it is important that your answer is clear and easy to understand. If you were talking to your neighbours at a barbecue and they asked you what you do, would your answer make their eyes light up or glaze over? Would it make them ask for more details, or hurriedly excuse themselves to grab another burger?
Proof of ability to pay: As Ali told me, banks want to be sure you’re positioned to make the loan payment on time each month. You’ll need to present detailed financial statements showing that your income is at least 1.25 times your operating expenses, including the new repayment amount. For example, say your business makes $15,000 a month and your current expenses are $10,000. With the loan repayment added to your operating expenses, you need to be sure your income still exceeds the recommended 1.25 threshold.
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Sometimes it makes sense to tap 401(k), Individual Retirement Account or other retirement funds rather than seek a loan. But rather than just taking an early withdrawal, which may be subject to taxation, you may want to consider setting up a C corporation that will own and operate the business. Then roll over money from your self-directed retirement account into that corporation’s profit-sharing plan and direct that those funds be invested into the franchised business. But this is a risky option: If the franchise fails, your retirement fund can be wiped out. Check with a professional on possible tax implications, and consider the tradeoffs carefully.
The first step in applying for a franchise loan is making sure you are well-prepared before you connect with a lender. This means that you should have identified the franchise you wish to pursue, and should have your supporting documents and loan package organized and available when you engage with lenders. The goal is to make a solid first impression to show that you are prepared and will successfully put the lender's money to good use and can be trusted to repay the loan. Accessing capital to start your business is perhaps the most difficult step in the start-up process. An online service like BoeFly.com, (we specialize in franchise finance - see what franchise brands have to say about BoeFly) or working with a financial adviser can help prepare you to address any deficiencies within your loan package. Loan brokers will typically cost you a $2000 packaging fee or more, and they may charge the lender a fee of 1-2% of the loan amount, which may come back to you as a hidden cost in the closing costs or in increased interest rates. In contrast, BoeFly has several plans available starting at just $249 to help fully guide you through the process of building a professional, lender ready package and connect you with over 5,000 lenders.
He is also a nationally recognized employee training expert, and was one of the first people to receive the Certified Professional in Learning and Performance certification from the Association for Talent Development. In 2015, Jeff was awarded the CPLP Contributor Award by ATD for his numerous contributions to the program. He is a past president of ATD's San Diego chapter, where he was a recipient of the WillaMae M. Heitman Award for distinguished service.
The second part of the balance sheet is liabilities. Follow the same steps. List your current bills, all your charges, your home mortgage, auto loans, finance company loans and so on. Subtract your liabilities from your assets. Once you've worked up this sheet, take a good look at your credit rating. There are three common ingredients that all potential lenders look for in a credit rating: stability, income and track record.
Having liquid assets, valuable collateral and a good credit rating will go a long way to helping you get a franchise loan. According to The Wall Street Journal, most banks will be looking for around one-fifth or 20% of franchise startup costs to come from the owner before considering lending options, and without a good credit score, most lenders won't feel comfortable extending a loan even if the proposed franchise is known for long-standing success.
Many traditional lenders provide funding to franchisees, so this should be a top-line option for those looking for a loan. Each lender will have different eligibility requirements and loan products so examine documents in detail before signing on the dotted line. You will need a good credit rating, a solid application package, a down payment and some form of collateral.
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Your business plan is essential to get approved for a loan. If you don’t have one yet, it’s time to create one. You need to show, with specific numbers, how you’ll earn money, how you’ll spend it, and your big-picture strategy. Explain who all of the players are in your business, especially management, marketing, and sales roles – those individuals will bring in new business that helps pay for the loan. It’s okay if you do all of those jobs – just explain why that is and your track record of success in those areas.
If you prefer a little more guidance as you search out a franchise opportunity, consider hiring a consultant to locate the perfect opportunity. Consultants gather information on your financial situation and preferences and give you a few options that fit. However, make sure you’re working with a reputable franchise consultant. Ask questions about franchisees they’ve successfully helped and contact those franchisees as references.
Drew entered the world of academia after a highly successful business career. He spent 17 years with Johnson & Johnson in marketing, mergers and acquisitions, and international development. Before Johnson & Johnson, Drew worked with United Airlines, in sales, marketing, and strategic planning. He was one of the early pioneers of strategic partnerships between airline carriers that led to the creation of the Star Alliance.
With the relatively low margins in the restaurant industry, many franchise owners are cash strapped and may even have a turbulent credit history. This is not a problem. National Business Capital considers the big picture so a low FICO score does not pose an immediate disqualification. In fact, the majority of our clients were denied franchise loans from traditional banks before contacting us. Know that National Business Capital offers franchise loans to small– medium- and large-sized businesses nationwide – and works with all types of businesses, no matter what their credit history. Our clients’ franchise financing needs are addressed quickly, efficiently and with a personal touch, regardless of their credit score. Even an open tax lien will not disqualify an applicant.
StreetShares (see our review) is a P2P lending service that brings together business owners and investors. StreetShares is especially geared toward veteran-owned businesses. Indeed, owning a franchise can be a good transition for veterans transitioning to civilian life. However, even if you’re not a veteran, you can still use this innovative loans marketplace to get an unsecured short-term business loan or line of credit of up to $100,000. You will need to have been in business a year, or in some cases only 6 months, in order to qualify.
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You’re applying for a business loan, and you may even be organized as a corporation or LLC. However, lenders will almost always want to hold you personally responsible for the loan. If they don’t do that and the business fails, there’s nobody left to repay them. But if you make a personal guarantee on the loan (which is likely a requirement), they can go after you personally, and your personal credit will suffer if you don’t repay.
Hiring costs – As a franchise owner, you are a business owner responsible for hiring, training, and retaining employees. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average salary of a retail worker was $10.60/hour in 2015, but that doesn’t include the time it takes to hire and train employees and the costs of employee benefits, health insurance, and business insurance.
Remember that a business is franchised for two reasons: to expand the business and to raise capital. So if you have a reasonably good credit record and pass all the financial requirements, most franchisors will bend over backwards to get you on the team. The help that franchisors provide to help you get financing usually includes assistance with business plans and introductions to lending sources. In many cases, franchisors serve as guarantors of loans you take out.
Starting a small business doesn't have to require a lot of money, but it will involve some initial investment as well as the ability to cover ongoing expenses before you are turning a profit. Put together a spreadsheet that estimates the one-time startup costs for your business (licenses and permits, equipment, legal fees, insurance, branding, market research, inventory, trademarking, grand opening events, property leases, etc.), as well as what you anticipate you will need to keep your business running for at least 12 months (rent, utilities, marketing and advertising, production, supplies, travel expenses, employee salaries, your own salary, etc.).
You can arrange to borrow from ordinary commercial banks or credit unions for your new venture. According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), new franchise owners have a higher tendency to borrow from commercial banks than new business owners. Lenders prefer advancing cash to new franchises over other new businesses since they already have trust in the brand and business model of the business being funded.
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Online lenders provide small-business loans and lines of credit from $500 to $500,000. The average APR on these loans ranges from 7% to 108%, depending on the lender, the type and size of the loan, the length of the repayment term, the borrower’s credit history and whether collateral is required. These lenders rarely can compete with traditional banks in terms of APR.

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This week was chalk full of milestones on Wall Street as a Federal Reserve meeting and tensions in the Middle East conspired to send shockwaves across financial markets.
The climbed 2.3% this week and reached a new all-time high of 2,964.15 on Friday. The energy and tech sectors pushed the S&P 500 to its record this week, rising 5.2% and 3.3%, respectively.
Gold, meanwhile, surged around 4% and broke above $1,400 per ounce for the first time since 2013. Gold also had its best weekly gain since 2016.
Oil prices, however, left stocks and gold in the dust. West Texas Intermediate futures skyrocketed more than 9% this week, notching its biggest weekly gain since December 2016, when it surged more than 12%.
Treasurys also went through the roof this week, depressing yields. The benchmark 10-year yield hit a low of 1.973% this week, breaking below the key psychological 2% mark for the first time since November 2016.
The dollar, meanwhile, fell 1.3% against a basket of currencies, its biggest weekly drop since 2018. The U.S. currency also traded near its lowest level since March.
The Fed hinted at its monetary policy meeting it could cut rates as soon as July, stating it prepared to "act as appropriate" to sustain the current economic expansion. The Fed also removed the word "patient" when describing its approach to monetary policy, nodding at the recently weaker economic data.
This boosted stocks as lower rates makes it cheaper for companies to borrow money and grow their business or buy back their stock. The Fed's announcement also boosted gold as lower rates depresses the dollar, making it cheaper for investors outside the U.S. to buy the precious metal.
Oil, meanwhile, surged as tensions between Iran and the U.S. flared up this week. A U.S. drone was shot down in Iranian airspace earlier in the week, stoking worries of potential supply disruptions in the Middle East.
—CNBC's John Schoen, Gina Francolla and Chris Hayes contributed to this report.

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Can someone imagine a sequel of ‘Sholay’ in contemporary times? Does anyone have the courage to think out-of-the-box instead of dishing out trash in the name of entertainment.
Dear friends, this is the 45th year of the movie that changed the paradigm of Indian cinema. There are umpteen number of stories around the movie itself. Every person you meet has something unique to share about Sholay.
My friend, a cinema critic has defined this movie as a movie in ‘episodes’. Also a point to be noted about the narrative, screenplay, dialogues, direction, etc. is that the movie seems incomplete without any of the characters.
All the characters, scenes, sequences seem imperative unlike contemporary movies where even children find mistakes and there are gross bloopers. Also the high point about the writers is that each character is well defined and has a role to take the narrative ahead.
Most dialogues are so powerful independently or in the narrative that they have become a parlance in the day to day life and below are just a few examples:
|Kitne aadmi the?||we use it even when we come back from a meeting and the boss inquires!!|
|Beta soja nahin toh gabbar aa jayega!||a parent trying to make the child go to sleep|
|Itna sannaata kyon hai bhai?||When we find pin-drop silence at home or workplace|
|Tera naam kya hai… Basanti?||healthy flirting|
|Chal dhanno, basanti ki ijjat ka sawal hai||when one is driving, heading towards a meeting and the signal turns green|
|Aadhe udhar, aadhe udhar baaki ke mere saath!!||fun time while playing games or other entertaining activities|
You see the list is endless and the stories around the story are endless too.
Is there no one who can really take the story forward set in the contemporary times with actors like Amitabh Bachchan still ‘young’ and kicking.
There are umpteen films that have been remade in contemporary times for e.g. Hum Aapke Hai Kaun, I guess is a remake of Nadiya Ke Paar. There are also films that are made with stories moving ahead with time and age of the characters/actors.
We have, for e.g. Top Gun: Maverick been made as a sequel after more than 3 decades, why can’t we take the ‘Sholay’ saga ahead? Probably, considering creating a ‘new back story’ where Jai still remains alive and both the friends move to city, get educated, engaged in some business, successful and are now contemporary citizens. They can probably trouble shoot contemporary issues.
In the current times there are suited-booted entities that are more dreadful than the ‘Dakus’ of those times. The crime scene need not be like the actual, it could be in another serious form and Jai & Veeru can use their intelligence and solve it. Infact Amitabh Bachchan in ‘Kaante’ could be a reference point too.
I’m sure with so much of talent available and now platforms like OTT are available, someone somewhere can imagine taking the story ahead.

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The stages of both early and middle adulthood bring about a gradual decline in fertility, particularly for women. Eventually, women experience menopause,thecessation of the menstrual cycle, which usually occurs at around age 50. Menopause occurs because of the gradual decrease in the production of the female sex hormones estrogen and progesterone, which slows the production and release of eggs into the uterus. Women whose menstrual cycles have stopped for 12 consecutive months are considered to have entered menopause (Minkin & Wright, 2004). 1
Researchers have f ound that women’s responses to menopause are both social as well as physical, and that they vary substantially across both individuals and cultures. Within individuals, some women may react more negatively to menopause, worrying that they have lost their femininity and that their final chance to bear children is over, whereas other women may regard menopause more positively, focusing on the new freedom from menstrual discomfort and unwanted pregnancy. In Western cultures such as in the United States, women are likely to see menopause as a challenging and potentially negative event, whereas in India, where older women enjoy more social privileges than do younger ones, menopause is more positively regarded (Avis & Crawford, 2008). 2
Menopause may have evolutionary benefits. Infants have better chances of survival when their mothers are younger and have more energy to care for them, and the presence of older women who do not have children of their own to care for (but who can help out with raising grandchildren) ca n be beneficial to the family group. Also consistent with the idea of an evolutionary benefit of menopause is that the decline in fertility occurs primarily for women, who do most of the c hild care and who need the energy of youth to accomplish it. If older women were able to have children they might not be a s able to effectively care for them. Most men never completely lose their fertility, but they do experience a gradual decrease in testosterone levels, sperm count, and speed of erection and ejaculation.


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It is my, Kat Kanavos, distinct pleasure to share a guest writer with you on Living Your Dreams. I met Rev. Dr. Temple Hayes in St. Petersburg, Florida and immediately fell in love with her Inner-light, enthusiasm, and messages for life. Please enjoy the work of Rev. Dr. Temple Hayes as she shares Right Here and Right Now with you!
Right Here and Right Now!
By Temple Hayes
It is time to awaken to your inner Truth that you are God’s beloved and perfect as you are. This is a way of being you might have forgotten. Allow yourself to be reborn and become who you came here to be. This is how you love yourself and others unconditionally. This is how WE change the world.
A Great Need
Of a great need
We are all holding hands
Not loving is a letting go.
The terrain around here
We talk too much about finding our purpose as if it is outside of us and separate from us. As if it is something we lost and must recover rather than discover within ourselves. True purpose—the call for higher understanding of life’s meaning— is about our collective potential and it requires action and participation.
Awakening is not about being more spiritual or enlightened than we were yesterday. It is not about how often we pray, meditate or attend church. Whether or not we are vegan or how good we are to one another—although all these things are important practices of a spiritual life.
Awakening is understanding that all the love, peace and joy we seek—whatever we have been asking for—is already God’s will for us.
We are perfect as we are. All we need do is align ourselves with this universal power and embrace the authenticity of our own true natures. For when the awakened door truly opens, there is no life that can be overlooked or not immensely valued.
We are all holding hands and climbing. We are loving. We are not letting go.
My previous book, When Did You Die? focused on teachings of how to Wake Up! to rise and shine and be present for your life. We came to understand that having a relationship with our divine Creator is absolutely necessary to being alive. With my children’s book The Right to Be You we began to understand the principle of respecting the right of all life to live in freedom and peace. That when we respect each other and the environment peace will spread.
In The UnEdited Life, we allow ourselves to be who we are, wherever we are. We live authentically and move collectively into the field of possibilities. Here we discover how to surrender fully to Divine Order. To accept all that life brings to us. To trust the Divine Order of the Universe—not just sometimes, but all the time. This is the process writer and futurist Alvin Toffler calls learning, unlearning and relearning.
When we listen deeply to the call of the heart and follow its path inward, our intuition and happiness expand exponentially. Our deepest desires and dreams unfold organically and we live easily without fear, without chemicals or the momentary highs of “more”. Natural laws begin to work effortlessly. We come to view the world through eyes of infinite awareness and experience the great power of possibilities for the world—Peace. Harmony. Connection.
I invite you now to stop searching for your purpose and know you already are your purpose.
You see what is possible by being possible. As a first responder, your response is welcoming.
This is the secret to happiness. Be who you are wherever you are.
Thank you Rev. Dr. Temple Hayes for being my author-guest on Living Your Dreams in BIZCATALYST 360°. Your wisdom is a gift to readers worldwide. Rev. Dr. Temple Hayes is a powerful, dynamic, energetic presence and successful author, life coach, motivational speaker, radio host for Unity FM, Unity minister, and practicing Shaman–an intentional spirit!
For many years, people have asked Temple to share her views on how to go beyond seeing life to actually being life, being present, being intentional, being alive! Temple Hayes is an ordained Minister of Unity and Centers for Spiritual Living and the Spiritual Leader and CEO of First Unity Spiritual Campus, a New Thought center in St. Petersburg, Florida, an alternative ministry which does not meet as a “traditional church.”
Temple Hayes has recently partnered with Deepak Chopra and social entrepreneur Poonacha Machaiah, actress and humanitarian, Gabriella Wright, and singer/director Michel Pascal, for: I Am Never Alone: A Movement on Suicide Prevention & Mental Wellness.

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Should all workplaces be smoke-free in Pennsylvania?
Publication Date: 2016-02-24
- Author:David O'Connor
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Try getting 71 percent of Pennsylvanians to agree on something else, like who they're voting for in November, or what pro football team they like.
But 71 percent of those surveyed would support efforts to ban smoking in all workplaces across the state, while even more (81 percent) believe that exposure to second-hand smoke is a health hazard.
These numbers encourage leaders of Breathe Free Pennsylvania, an organization that aims to develop a “strong and comprehensive clean indoor air law, with no exemptions,” for the state.
The numbers, released by the organization Tuesday, show there is overwhelming support for a more comprehensive smoke-free workplace law, its leaders said...
State Sen. Stewart Greenleaf and state Rep. Tom Murt, both Republicans from Montgomery County, have introduced legislation, Senate Bill 567 and House Bill 682, respectively, that would strengthen the clean indoor air law and ensure that all workplaces are smoke-free.
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The ego sees duality everywhere it looks. This division causes differences of opinion, disagreements, and disputes. Social conflicts can arise from our affiliations, beliefs, and our life experiences. Knowing ways to overcome these interpersonal struggles effectively decreases stress, helps us work more efficiently, and allows for better communication and understanding.
The ability to resolve disputes through conflict resolution refers to how people work towards a solution to an issue they are approaching differently. This situation has deteriorated where it needs to be dealt with as the parties are at odds and the circumstances are adversely affecting others. The individuals are working towards agreeing on a middle ground where their side was heard. A path forward can be determined together.
Are we allowing the egoic mind to determine how we approach a disagreement? Are we out to win at all costs because our pride is on the line? Or are we looking for the best solution to the situation at hand? Suppose we are authentically concerned about the people involved and want the best outcome. In that case, we need to learn how to overcome conflicts before they escalate.
Every conflict we face in life is rich with positive and negative potential. It can be a source of inspiration, enlightenment, learning, transformation, growth-or rage, fear, shame, entrapment, and resistance. The choice is not up to our opponents but to us and our willingness to face and work through them. ~ Kenneth Cloke
Why Are We Conflicted?
None of us are born with hate or fear in our hearts. We learn both behaviors during our domestication process when we are children. These egoic reactions become habitual as we don’t evaluate or question the beliefs they taught us in childhood.
Disagreements arise from the egoic mind believing it’s separate and unconnected to others. We know this is a lie it uses to keep us from getting our feelings hurt or not taking the chance to create the life we desire. These disputes arise from old belief systems to which the ego stays attached despite if it’s harming us.
So, when we gather with those who believe differently from us or their life experience has given them an alternative opinion than our own, the ego wants to debate. It wants to defend our position and prove we are right and they are wrong. The ego is looking to blame, shame, and judge others for their way of thinking, which is unlike ours.
Our thoughts are just that, thoughts, ideas, and notions our egoic mind spins based on our environment. Just because another thinks differently than us doesn’t mean they are wrong or that our thought process is correct.
The mark of a superior mind is the ability to disagree without being disagreeable. This effect is accomplished by listening to the other with the goal of understanding why they think as they do. Understanding means we are willing to see from their perspective, but not necessarily changing our views.
Don’t find fault. Find a remedy. ~ Henry Ford
How Are We Dealing With Conflicts?
When the ego sees we have a dispute, it chooses one of two paths. It either avoids the situation, or it fights. Fight or flight is a natural reaction to adverse situations. With avoidance, we may pretend there isn’t a problem. It’s easy to implement and maybe a default we use, primarily if this strategy has worked in the past. When we don’t deal with an issue, and it resolves itself, the egoic mind may continue to use this as a way to handle things it doesn’t want to deal with.
When the ego fights, it does so not because it wants the best result but that it’s protecting its viewpoint and is looking to win the argument. This disagreement becomes an issue to the ego of proving it right, even at the expense of the most effective solution.
Are we approaching the conflict with wanting the best resolution? If so, we are looking for either collaboration or compromise from the disputing parties. If those involved can work together and solve the issue, this is a win-win for everyone. Through cooperation, those involved must learn to listen, understand, and solve the problem together.
Resolving conflict through compromise means that everyone wins something, but not everything. Each side agrees to give up a little of what it wants to have a practical solution that leads to a more harmonious environment. These results can help build better relationships, leading to a more peaceful interaction in the future.
For peace is a process – a way of solving problems. ~ John F. Kennedy
Ways to Reduce Disputes
Here are some tools you can use to help lessen miscommunication and conflicts.
- Don’t get defensive. If we allow the egoic mind to debate the issue, we no longer have an open mind about the conversation. We’re out for the win instead of trying to understand the other person’s perspective. It’s not about agreeing with them. It’s about respecting them enough to listen to what they have to say.
- Don’t blame. When we’re protective of our position, we’ll blame others instead of taking responsibility for our part in the dialogue when emotions intensify. We want everyone to feel safe when they voice their opinions with us. Speak from the “I” perspective. When we say “you” this, and “you” that, we come across as accusatory.
- Listen to the other person. Active listening means we hear the other person and aren’t trying to formulate our replies while they are speaking. Then repeat back to them what we understood, they said. This repetition allows them to correct something we’ve misheard or didn’t comprehend. Listening also means we’re considerate, assessing non-verbal cues, and aren’t interrupting.
- Use a calming tone when speaking. Don’t allow our feelings to escalate the discussion by getting emotional. Whether it’s anger or tears, when emotions rise, rational thinking goes astray. By remaining level-headed, we show the other we’re looking for a solution that appeases both parties.
- Exhibit commitment to compromise. Let go of the ego’s prideful attitude and let the other person know that a resolution is more important to us than being right and getting our way. Remember, we all want a solution that’s amenable to both parties. It’s not about who gets their way or trying to get the other person to agree with us.
- Don’t take the debate personally. Almost every dispute isn’t about us as individuals. Therefore, we shouldn’t think someone is attacking us. That’s an egoic thought. Clinging to the point of view or idea doesn’t mean the thought is us, even though we may have conceived the notion. This attachment to the thought causes us to get defensive instead of looking for the best resolution.
- Focus on the present issue. Don’t bring up past conflicts, even if they haven’t been resolved. Bringing up the past doesn’t improve the current issue. It may exasperate the situation. Stay in the present moment and focus on the current set of circumstances.
- Help destress the situation. Whether through laughter or a friendly gesture, loosening up an intensified situation helps everyone present. This relaxation reminds us we all want the best solution to the issue, and our relationship with one another is valuable to us.
Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are. ~ Stephen Moyer
Responding with Love Brings Peace
When we remove the egoic mind from our conflicts, we allow our hearts to bring a loving response to the situation. The ego reacts to disagreements with aggression, retaliation, and drama. It does this because it doubts itself, mistrusts the other party, and is selfish in its needs to be above all else. Wanting an eye for an eye resolves nothing.
When there’s conflict, we become aware that someone has an alternative perspective to our current belief. When we approach this argument, our attitude determines if we will harm or help our relationship with those we disagree. Our discussion to resolve the situation allows us to expand our knowledge of the subject. We gain understanding in a different way than we previously had and have more empathy for the other person.
When we have tough conversations with others, we must show them respect. We need to be trusting that they, too, want to resolve the conflict for all parties. When we approach others with love, miracles happen.
By responding with love to conflicts, we allow the soul to whisper ways in which peace can rise. It opens us up for acceptance, friendship, and forgiveness. And when we consciously choose to approach disputes from a loving perspective, the result is growth for all involved.
Two conflicting forces cannot exist in one human heart. When doubt reigns, faith cannot abide. Where hatred rules, love is crowded out. Where selfishness rules, there love cannot dwell. When worry is present, trust cannot crowd its way in. ~ Billy Graham
Moving Forward Lovingly
When we let go of the idea that we want to control others’ actions, conflict resolution can occur. The ego wants to convince another to do as we wish, change their minds, agree with us, or give up the debate. It wants to be right—it wants to win.
But a disagreement isn’t a competition. Disputes can be serious issues that have a significant impact on people’s lives. Our egos shouldn’t be involved when the decisions we are making affect the lives of others.
Instead, let our souls whisper to us how to make genuine connections with those who have differing opinions. By allowing these bonds to form, we permit the miracle of peace to rise from within each of us. By respecting one another, seeing the compassion we all have for humanity, we can allow diversity through our loving responses.
If we cannot end our differences, at least we can make the world safe for diversity. ~ John F. Kennedy
Do you need support to help you resolve conflicts with others? Do you want a strategy to help you overcome the ego’s limiting beliefs and live a successful life? If so, please reach out to me at TerriKozlowski.com, and we can put together an action plan for you to create the life you desire.
Please check out my book, Raven Transcending Fear, now available on Amazon! The link is in the show notes, or you can go to www.RavenTranscendingFear.com!

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