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HALF-WAY ACROSS THE WORLD
On the 20th of June 1899, I left Calcutta, by the same steamer as the Swami, and his gurubhai Turiyananda1, for London, which we reached on the morning of July 31st. A few weeks later he left England for America, where I met him once more, late in September.
After the five or six weeks which I spent there, as a guest in the same house as he, and a fortnight in Brittany in the following year, 1900, I never again enjoyed any long unbroken opportunity of being with him. Towards the end of 1900 he returned to India, but I remained in the West until the beginning of 1902.
And when I then reached India, it was only as if to be present at the closing scene, to receive the last benediction. To this voyage of six weeks I look back as the greatest occasion of my life. I missed no opportunity of the Swami's society that presented itself, and accepted practically no other, filling up the time with quiet writing and needlework; thus I received one long continuous impression of his mind and personality, for which I can never be sufficiently thankful.
From the beginning of the voyage to the end, the flow of thought and story went on. One never knew what moment would see the flash of intuition, and hear the ringing utterance of some fresh truth. It was while we sat chatting in the River on the first afternoon, that he suddenly exclaimed, "Yes! the older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness2. This is my new gospel. Do even evil like a man! Be wicked, if you must, on a great scale!" And these words link themselves in my memory with those of another day, when I had been reminding him of the rareness of criminality in India.
And he turned on me, full of sorrowful protest. "Would God it were otherwise in my land!" he said, “for this is verily the virtuousness of death!” Stories of the Siva-Ratri, or Dark Night of Siva, of Prithi Rai, of the judgment seat of Vikramaditya, of Buddha and Yasodhara, and a thousand more, were constantly coming up. And a noticeable point was, that one never heard the same thing twice. There was the perpetual study of caste; the constant examination and re-statement of ideas; the talk of work, past present, and future; and above all the vindication of Humanity, never abandoned, never weakened, always rising to new heights of defence of the undefended, of chivalry for the weak. Our Master has come and he has gone, and in the priceless memory he has left with us who knew him, there is no other thing so great, as this his love of man.
I cannot forget his indignation when he heard some European reference to cannibalism, as if it were a normal part of life in some societies. "That is not true!" he said, when he had heard to the end. "No nation ever ate human flesh, save as a religious sacrifice, or in war, out of revenge. Don't you see? that's not the way of gregarious animals! It would cut at the roots of social life!" Kropotkin's great work on "Mutual Aid" had not yet appeared, when these words were said. It was his love of Humanity, and his instinct on behalf of each in his own place, that gave to the Swami so clear an insight.
Again he talked of the religious impulse, "Sex-love and creation!" he cried, "These are at the root of most religion. And these in India are called Vaishnavism, and in the West Christianity. How few have dared to worship Death, or Kali! Let us worship Death! Let us embrace the Terrible, because it is terrible; not asking that it be toned down. Let us take misery, for misery's own sake!"
As we came to the place where the river-water met the ocean, we could see why the sea had been called 'Kali Pani' or black water, while the river was 'Sadha Pani' or white, and the Swami explained how it was the great reverence of Hindus for the ocean, forbidding them to defile it by crossing it, that had made such journeys equal to out-casting for so many centuries. Then, as the ship crossed the line, touching the sea for the first time, he chanted "Namo Shivaya! Namo Shivaya! Passing from the Land of Renunciation to the Land of the Enjoyment of the World!"
He was talking again, of the fact that he who would be great must suffer, and how some were fated to see every joy of the senses turn to ashes, and he said "The whole of life is only a swan-song! Never forget those lines —
'The lion, when stricken to the heart, gives out his mightiest roar.
When smitten on the head, the cobra lifts its hood.
And the majesty of the soul comes forth, only when a man is wounded to his depths.'"
Now he would answer a question, with infinite patience, and again he would play with historic and literary speculations. Again and again his mind would return to the Buddhist period, as the crux of a real understanding of Indian history.
"The three cycles of Buddhism,'' he said, one day, "were five hundred years of the Law, five hundred years of Images, and five hundred years of Tantras. You must not imagine that there was ever a religion in India called Buddhism, with temples and priests of its own order! Nothing of the sort. It was always within Hinduism. Only at one time the influence of Buddha was paramount, and this made the nation monastic." He had been discussing the question of the adoption into Buddhism, as its saints, of the Nags of Kashmir (the great serpents who were supposed to dwell within the springs), after the terrible winter that followed their deposition as deities.
And he drifted on to talk about the Soma plant, picturing how, for a thousand years after the Himalayan period, it was annually received in Indian villages as if it were a king, the people going out to meet it on a given day, and bringing it in rejoicing. And now it cannot even be identified!
Again it was Sher Shah of whom he talked, — Sher Shah, making a thirty years' interim in the reign of Humayoon. I remember the accession of delight with which he began the subject, saying ''He was once a boy, running about the streets of Bengal!" He ended by showing how the Grand Trunk Road from Chittagong to Peshawar, the Postal system, and the Government Bank, were all his work.
And then there were a few minutes of silence, and he began reciting lines from the Guru Gita. “To that Guru who is Brahman, to that Guru who is Vishnu, to that Guru who is Siva, to that Guru who is Para Brahman, I bow down to that Guru. From the Guru is the beginning, yet is he without beginning: to that Guru who is greatest among the gods, to that Guru who is Para Brahman, I bow down to that Guru."
He was pursuing some train of thought within, to which these snatches of prayer bore some relation. A moment or two went by, and suddenly he broke his reverie, saying "Yes, Buddha was right! It must be cause and effect in Karma. This individuality cannot but be an illusion!"
It was the next morning, and I had supposed him to be dozing in his chair, when he suddenly exclaimed, "Why the memory of one life is like millions of years of confinement, and they want to wake up the memory of many lives! Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof!"
“I have just been talking to Turiyananda about conservative and liberal ideas,” he said, as he met me on deck before breakfast one morning, and straightway plunged into the subject.
“The conservative's whole ideal is submission. Your ideal is struggle. Consequently it is we who enjoy life, and never you! You are always striving to change yours to something better, and before a millionth part of the change is carried out, you die. The Western ideal is to be doing: the Eastern to be suffering. The perfect life would be a wonderful harmony between doing and suffering. But that can never be.”
"In our system it is accepted that a man cannot have all he desires. Life is subjected to many restraints. This is ugly, yet it brings out points of light and strength. Our liberals see only the ugliness, and try to throw it off. But they substitute something quite as bad, and the new custom takes as long as the old, for us to work to its centres of strength.”
"Will is not strengthened by change. It is weakened and enslaved by it. But we must be always absorbing. Will grows stronger by absorption. And consciously or unconsciously, will is the one thing in the world that we admire. Suttee is great, in the eyes of the whole world, because of the will that it manifests.”
"It is selfishness that we must seek to eliminate! I find that whenever I have made a mistake in my life, it has always been because self entered into the calculation. Where self has not been involved, my judgment has gone straight to the mark.”
"Without this self, there would have been no religious systems. If man had not wanted anything for himself, do you think he would have had all this praying and worship? Why! he would never have thought of God at all, except perhaps for a little praise now and then, at the sight of a beautiful landscape or something. And that is the only attitude there ought to be. All praise and thanks. If only we were rid of self!”
"You are quite wrong," he said again, "when you think that fighting is a sign of growth. It is not so at all. Absorption is the sign. Hinduism is the very genius of absorption. We have never cared for fighting. Of course we could strike a blow now and then, in defence of our homes! That was right. But we never cared for fighting for its own sake. Everyone had to learn that. So let these races of new-comers whirl on! They'll all be taken into Hinduism in the end!"
He never thought of his Mother-Church or his Motherland except as dominant; and again and again, when thinking of definite schemes, he would ejaculate, in his whimsical way, "Yes, it is true! If European men or women are to work in India, it must be under the black man!"
He brooded much over the national achievement. "Well! well!" he would say, "We have done one thing that no other people ever did. We have converted a whole nation to one or two ideas. Non-beef-eating for instance. Not one Hindu eats beef. No, no!" — turning sharply round — "it's not at all like European non-cat-eating; for beef was formerly the food of the country!"
We were discussing a certain opponent of his own, and I suggested that he was guilty of putting his sect above his country. "That is Asiatic," retorted the Swami warmly, "and it is grand! Only he had not the brain to conceive, nor the patience to wait!"' And then he went off into a musing on Kali.
“I am not one of those,” he chanted,
“Who put the garland of skulls round Thy neck,
And then look back in terror And call Thee 'The Merciful'!
The heart must become a burial ground,
Pride, selfishness, and desire all broken into dust,
Then and then alone will the Mother dance there!"
"I love terror for its own sake," he went on, "despair for its own sake, misery for its own sake. Fight always. Fight and fight on, though always in defeat. That's the ideal. That's the ideal."
"The totality of all souls, not the human alone," he said once, "is the Personal God. The will of the Totality nothing can resist. It is what we know as Law. And this is what we mean by Siva and Kali, and so on."
Some of the most beautiful scenes in the world have been made for me more beautiful, by listening, in their midst, to these long soliloquies.
It was dark when we approached Sicily, and against the sunset sky, Etna was in slight eruption. As we entered the straits of Messina, the moon rose, and I walked up and down the deck beside the Swami, while he dwelt on the fact that beauty is not external, but already in the mind. On one side frowned the dark crags of the Italian coast, on the other, the island was touched with silver light. "Messina must thank me!" he said, "It is I who give her all her beauty!"
Then he talked of the fever of longing to reach God, that had wakened in him as a boy, and of how he would begin repeating a text before sunrise, and remain all day repeating it, without stirring. He was trying here to explain the idea of tapasya, in answer to my questions, and he spoke of the old way of lighting four fires, and sitting in the midst, hour after hour, with the sun over-head, reining in the mind. "Worship the terrible!" he ended, "Worship Death! All else is vain. All struggle is vain. That is the last lesson. Yet this is not the coward's love of death, not the love of the weak, or the suicide. It is the welcome of the strong man, who has sounded everything to its depths, and knows that there is no alternative."

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The Barnard Center for Research on Women (BCRW) is a nexus of intersectional feminist thought, activism, and collaboration for scholars and activists alike. BCRW is working to carve out more space for Barnard/Columbia students and community members across New York City. As a feminist center committed to research, scholarship, activism, and artistic practice related to […]
The Feminist Origins of the Barnard Center for Research on Women As the 1960s drew to a close, a growing chorus of voices within the Barnard community began calling for an official College response to the changes wrought and challenges posed by the Women’s Liberation Movement. After months of impassioned, contentious discussion among students, faculty-members, administrators, […]
This letter was written in response to Katherine Acey’s work and research on inter-generational activism as a BCRW Senior Activist Fellow. It follows the tradition of inter-generational building by engaging in the practice of forging bonds across generations, with the vanguards of an ever-transforming movement. Dear Zora, At twenty-one, by back is already perpetually sore. […]
The Barnard Center for Research on Women is thrilled to announce the launch of the Social Justice Institute building on the success of the 2014-16 Activist Fellows Program and BCRW’s history of activist-academic collaborations. The inaugural Social Justice Institute Activists-in-Residence are Reina Gossett, Cara Page, Tarso Ramos, Andrea Ritchie, and Dean Spade. Taking seriously the critiques of […]
The escape artist flashed by on a metallic blue motorcycle, pursued by a blur of pulsing red and blue lights. Drawn together by a sentiment exceeding mutual compassion, the sidewalk spectators stood inert, breaths and bodies taut with anticipation. For a moment, parts of us took flight alongside the fugitive, our lives reaching beyond the […]
In October 2013, BCRW and The Engaging Tradition Project at The Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School co-convened a conference called Queer Dreams and Non-Profit blues to examine the critiques emerging from queer and feminist activists and scholars about the impact of funding on social movement agendas and formations. During the […]
Can you describe some of the work that you do? Sure….In a nutshell: I run workshops on beauty and self-esteem, because I believe it is an essential human right to recognize our gifts and beauty. As a teacher, blogger, and speaker, I’m a storyteller whose stories ideally serve as a reflection of others and the […]
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In hosting a series of events that featured conversations between Caribbean woman writers, the Barnard Center for Research on Women sought to centralize the importance of developing a transnational feminist dialogue. This year, the debut event for the BCRW’s Caribbean Feminisms on the Page series featured a conversation between Edwidge Danticat and Victoria Brown. The concluding […]
BCRW is thrilled to share this news from A Better Balance, which helped lead the successful campaign for Paid Family Leave in New York: From A Better Balance: New York has passed the strongest paid family leave program in the nation, becoming the fourth state in the country to guarantee paid leave for workers welcoming […]
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A young member of a prominent northeast Johnson County family has become the fifth teenager to enter the race for Kansas governor.
Joseph Tutera, Jr., whose father is the chief executive officer of Tutera Senior Living & Health Care, will seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Tutera, Jr., is a 16-year-old sophomore at Rockhurst High School. He serves as class president.
Tutera, Jr., isn’t the only Rockhurst student who resides in Johnson County to enter the crowded field. Dominic Scavuzzo, a Rockhurst senior who lives in Leawood, entered the race earlier this month. Both join former Prairie Village teen council member and SM North student Tyler Ruzich in seeking the Republican nomination.
Jack Bergeson, a high school student from Wichita, became the first teen to enter the race back in August. Bergeson is running as a Democrat. Another Wichita high schooler, Ethan Randleas, has entered the race as a Republican.
Tutera, Jr., has named his father as campaign treasurer.

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The Tennessee Department of Health encourages Tennessee nursing homes to apply for funding for aids to facilitate in-person visitation in compliance with COVID-19 safety guidelines. TDH recognizes the difficult challenges long-term care facilities have faced in protecting vulnerable residents during the COVID-19 response and developed Tennessee Long Term Care Facility Guidance to reunite these residents and their families in a safe and disciplined manner.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services allows use of Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment funds to provide nursing homes with in-person visitation aids. Funding is strictly for in-person visitation, which includes purchase and/or rental of tents or other shelter for outdoor visitation, and/or clear dividers to create a physical barrier to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission during in-person visits. The maximum funding request is $3,000 per nursing home, which can include installation, materials and shipping costs.
The TDH CMP Program is also accepting applications for COVID-19 communication technology funding to provide nursing home residents with adaptive technologies and accessories. Devices purchased through this funding support telehealth and virtual visitation. The maximum request of this funding is $3,000 per nursing home; however, requests for funding exceptions can be considered in certain circumstances, such as a facility with a large resident population. Nursing homes are eligible to apply for both COVID-19 funding opportunities through the CMP Program.
The CMP program offers opportunities for organizations to submit proposals for projects that will improve health outcomes and quality of care for Tennessee’s nursing home residents.
Applications are due November 6, 2020. Applications and other information including sample contracts are available online at www.tn.gov/health/funding-opportunities.html. For more information contact Tennessee Nursing Home CMP Reinvestment Program Director Shaquallah Shanks at Shaquallah.Shanks@tn.gov or Assistant Director Kristyn Long at Kristyn.Long@tn.gov.

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Japanese power utilities want Tokyo at the upcoming G7 climate meeting to promote allowing individual countries to set their own path to energy transition, the head of their industry body said on Friday.
As chair of the Group of Seven nations (G7) this year, Japan will host a ministerial meeting on climate, energy and the environment in the northern city of Sapporo on April 15-16, ahead of a G7 summit in Hiroshima on May 19-21, to promote what Japan calls realistic energy transition.
The energy crisis caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine "has taught many countries, including in Europe, that the conditions are different for each country, and that each country must find realistic solutions accordingly," said Kazuhiro Ikebe, chairman of Japan's federation of electric utilities.
"We hope the discussion will lead to common understanding that each country should take decarbonization steps according to the actual situation," he told a news conference.
The Japanese government has also called for flexibility while some G7 members want stricter rules on how countries should transition to cleaner energy.
Ikebe, who is also the president of Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc, said thermal power generation run on fossil fuels, including coal, is still very important for Asian countries, including Japan.
"It is necessary to switch coal to natural gas and advance the energy transition, but since electricity is absolutely necessary for people's lives and economic activities, each country should take an energy transition path according to the actual circumstances," he said.
Japan aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 46% by 2030 versus 2013 levels by boosting renewable energy in its electricity mix to 36%-38%, double 2019's levels, and nuclear power to 20%-22% from 2019's 6%.
The world's fifth-biggest emitter also aims to cut the share of coal in the mix to 19% by 2030, from 32% in 2019, and the gas share to 20% from 37%.
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A significant milestone is in the making for Chase Briscoe, a full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series competitor for Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Racing. Once Briscoe completes this weekend’s Xfinity Series doubleheader feature at Richmond Raceway, Briscoe will reach 100 starts between the NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series.
A native from Mitchell, Indiana, Briscoe made his first appearance within NASCAR’s three major division series (Truck, Xfinity and Cup) in 2017 when he was named a full-time Truck Series competitor for Brad Keselowski Racing under the first Ford Performance NASCAR Drive Development Program. The move came three months after Briscoe achieved the 2016 ARCA Racing Series championship while driving for Cunningham Motorsports.
Driving the No. 29 Cooper Standard Ford F-150 as a rookie candidate, Briscoe dodged a multi-truck wreck on the final lap to finish in third place in his series debut. He finished 25th and 11th the following two races before he achieved another top-five result at Kansas Speedway (fifth place). Three races later at Texas Motor Speedway, Briscoe was battling with Christopher Bell for the win in a late two-lap shootout. When the caution flew due to a multi-truck wreck occurring behind, he was edged on the final lap and at the moment of caution as he settled in a career-best second place. The following race at Gateway, Briscoe started on pole position, led a race-high 88 of the event’s 160 laps and settled in second place again after making contact with Bell on the final lap while trying to pursue eventual winner John Hunter Nemechek.
Briscoe went on to finish in third place at Eldora Speedway in July and achieve a total of six top-five results and 10 top-10 results throughout the 16-race regular-season stretch as he made the Playoffs along with teammate Austin Cindric, who won at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park to secure his spot in this year’s postseason. In the first round of the Playoffs (three races), Briscoe finished 11th, third and 22nd, but he failed to transfer to the second round of the Playoffs while Cindric advanced. For the next three races, Briscoe went on to achieve two fourth-place results. At Homestead-Miami Speedway in November, the final Truck race of the season and the first start in NASCAR for Brad Keselowski Racing, Briscoe started on pole position, led 81 of the event’s 134-scheduled laps and claimed his first NASCAR Truck Series career win in his 23rd series start. With his victory, Briscoe became the fifth first-time winner of the 2017 Truck season, he recorded the 11th and final NASCAR career win for Brad Keselowski Racing and he concluded the season in sixth place in the final standings. In addition, he was named the Rookie-of-the-Year recipient in the Truck Series.
Three days after wrapping up his first full-time Truck Series season, Briscoe was named a part-time competitor of the No. 60 Ford Mustang for Roush Fenway Racing for the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series, where he shared the ride with Austin Cindric and Ty Majeski. He also competed in five Xfinity Series races with Stewart-Haas Racing partnered with Biagi-DenBeste Racing and the No. 98 Ford Mustang.
Driving Roush Fenway Racing’s No. 60 Ford Mustang, Briscoe finished 15th in his series debut at Atlanta Motor Speedway in February. He then competed at Texas in April before he finished 23rd the following race at Bristol Motor Speedway and in his first start with Stewart-Haas Racing. Five races later at Chicagoland Speedway, Briscoe recorded his first top-10 career result in the series by finishing in ninth place while driving Roush’s No. 60 car. He backed it up by finishing in 10th place at Iowa Speedway and recorded another top-10 result at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (ninth place), all while driving the No. 60 car. During the summer, Briscoe also made a one-race Truck appearance at Eldora Speedway. Driving the No. 27 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Racing, he rubbed and edged teammate Grant Enfinger in a photo finish to win and grab his second Truck career victory.
Two races later, Briscoe competed with Stewart-Haas Racing in the inaugural Xfinity Series race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval and he held off Justin Marks to win and claim his first series career victory in his 14th series start. With his win, Briscoe became the third first-time winner of the 2018 Xfinity season and he became the second competitor to win in the series while driving for Stewart-Haas Racing. He finished 19th, 30th and 13th in his final three starts of the season. Overall, Briscoe achieved one win, one top-five result and four top-10 results in his first 17 career starts in the Xfinity Series.
Ten days after the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series concluded, Briscoe was named a full-time competitor of Stewart-Haas Racing’s No. 98 Ford Mustang led by crew chief Richard Boswell as Briscoe entered the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series as a Rookie-of-the-Year candidate. In his first full-time run with SHR, Briscoe finished 12th in the season opener at Daytona and he finished 15th the following race at Atlanta. From Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March to Iowa Speedway in June (12-race span), Briscoe achieved six top-five results and 11 top-10 results. Five races later, Briscoe completed a late pass on Bell to achieve his second Xfinity career win at Iowa Speedway and secure a spot in the 2019 Xfinity Playoffs. Five days later, Briscoe rejoined ThorSport Racing and competed in the annual Truck race at Eldora. Starting on pole position, Briscoe led a race-high 93 of the event’s 150-scheduled laps before he was involved in a late accident and settled in seventh place.
After achieving six additional top-10 results throughout the remainder of the regular season, Briscoe began his battle for his first series title. In the first Playoff round (three races), he finished fifth, ninth and fifth to transfer to the second round along with teammate Cole Custer. In the second round, he finished third, 22nd and eighth, but he failed to advance to the Championship Round at Homestead-Miami Speedway while Custer advanced. Despite missing out on the title in his rookie season, Briscoe went on to finish in third place in the finale and conclude the season in fifth place in the final standings. In addition, he claimed the 2019 Xfinity Rookie-of-the-Year title.
This season, which marks his second full-time season in the Xfinity Series with Stewart-Haas Racing, Briscoe finished fifth in the season opener at Daytona before he notched his first victory of the season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Three races later, Briscoe fended off a late charge by Kyle Busch to win at Darlington Raceway in May. On the frontstretch, an emotional Briscoe dedicated the win to his wife, Marissa, after she suffered a miscarriage two days prior to the race. Briscoe’s strong start to the season did not end there as he went on to win at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Pocono Raceway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s Grand Prix Circuit and at Dover International Speedway, thus totaling his victories in the series to eight.
Through the first 23 Xfinity races of this season, Briscoe has achieved six wins, five stage victories, 13 top-five results, 17 top-10 results and 507 laps led with an average result of 7.4. He is currently ranked in second place in the regular-season standings, trailing points leader Austin Cindric by 54 points, and is guaranteed a spot in this year’s Xfinity Playoffs.
Catch Briscoe’s milestone start at Richmond Raceway on Saturday, September 12, at 2 p.m. ET on NBCSN.


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Robert Badinter a former French minister of justice and president of the Constitutional Council of France, is currently a French senator. An attorney and advocate against the death penalty, he is the author 11 books, among them Abolition: One Man's Battle Against the Death Penalty and Free and Equal: Emancipating France’s Jews, 1789-1791.
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How It All Started
In the early 1970’s, Dave and Grace Deppner served as volunteers in the Philippines, where they witnessed the human tragedy brought on by illegal logging and unsustainable land management systems. Working with community leaders in nearby villages, the Deppners found a way to offer hope. They revitalized lands by providing farmers with tree seeds, technical training, and on-site planning assistance.
After returning to the U.S. from their overseas assignments they continued what they had started, communicating by mail with the project leaders and providing seeds, information, and training materials. On August 14, 1989, Trees for the Future was officially incorporated as a public charity.
Since then, TREES has planted over 180 million trees and gained experience in solving the problems people face to survive on degraded lands in more than 60 nations across Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
Getting to 30 Years
Today, Trees for the Future is implementing the scalable and replicable Forest Garden Approach in a focused region to affect measurable change. Trees for the Future is working closely with farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa to establish Forest Gardens – planting 50+ species of trees, dozens of shrubs, fruit trees, and 12+ vegetables on a typical farm.

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My another take on Phirni this time it’s the Kashmiri Phirun (Phirni)! There is a slight difference between phirni and phirun. Phirni is mostly made with rice flour and phirun is made with grounded rice and saffron more like a thick kheer. Rest all the ingredients are the same. Yesterday I tried Phirni recipe and that was awesome also check Diwali recipes here.
Even Kashmiri Phirun tastes equally good. The only difference is phirun turns out more creamy and luscious with whole rice in it. I loved both version yeah simple phirni is less time consuming whereas latter takes time for rice to be soaked.
My friend had given me some paper cutouts which had this recipe. I found it quite interesting but the recipe was not so clear. So googled it to double check. However made my own version today morning. Yeah I can make desserts any time of the day it should just needs to excite me. I am kind of mad when it comes to baking, cooking and desserts. I tried papaya cake just now which was a big disaster so phirun was my savior for today.
Kashmiri Phirun recipe card below:
- 70 gms rice soaked in water overnight
- 500 ml full cream milk
- 100 gm powdered sugar Or as required (I prefer less sweet so add as per you preference)
- 1 t/s fresh green cardamom powder
- few strands of saffron mixed in 1 tbsp hot milk
- 1 tbsp pistachio flakes + some more for garnishing
- silver leaf for garnishing (optional)
- rose petals for garnishing (optional)
- a pinch of salt
- Firstly soak rice overnight in water. Strain the water. Grind the rice until it’s blended. Please don’t add water if it’s little coarse that’s okay.
- Boil milk in a wide bottomed sauce pan. Once it reaches it’s boiling point add grounded rice. Stir all nicely.
- Cook on a low heat and simmer until rice cooks. The milk would start thickening.
- Keep stirring continuously else chances are rice may get stuck at the bottom. Mine had got stuck so switched off the gas and combined all nicely. Then I placed on gas to cook again.
- Take some hot milk and mix saffron. Put this into the boiling milk mixture.
- Time to add powdered sugar and salt. Stir all nicely for 2 to 3 mins.
- Now remove from heat . Pour over the clay bowls Or serving bowls. Allow them to set in the fridge. Garnish with almond, pistachio flakes and rose petals. You could also use silver leaf to decorate.
- Serve the phirun chilled. It will get more thicker as it cools down.

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Paracyclist Mark Colbourne says his decision to retire was 'prompted by my age and by being honest with myself'.
I don’t feel I have the physical capabilities to continue for the next three years to Rio. I’ve really enjoyed my paracycling career, the standout highlight being winning gold at the Paralympic Games in London 2012.
I’m looking forward to being more involved with my Paralympic Ambassador role for the London Velodrome – I’m very proud of that. I’m going to be setting up my own cycling training camp company which will help other people to learn and develop their cycling skills from grass-roots up to club level. I’m also going to continue with my professional speaking.
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Chandigarh: To generate funds for EV incentives, liquor, fuel vehicle region cess likely
The UT administration has planned cess on liquor and registration of internal combustion engine (fuel) vehicles to generate money for providing incentives on purchase of electric vehicles (EVs), sending its proposal to the ministry of home affairs (MHA) for approval.
CHANDIGARH: The UT administration has planned cess on liquor and registration of internal combustion engine (fuel) vehicles to generate money for providing incentives on purchase of electric vehicles (EVs), sending its proposal to the ministry of home affairs (MHA) for approval.
The additional tax would yield Rs 141 crore, according to calculation of the administration. The amount or percentage of incentives against the purchase of EVs is declared by the administration in its draft policy. They will be available for both four-wheeler and two-wheeler electric vehicle.
“The EV policy is set to roll out in the coming days. It is proposed the cess amount be directly sent to the science and technology department of the administration instead of routing it through finance department or the Centre. If this happens, the process of releasing incentives will be speedy and timely,” a senior official said.
Sources in the administration said the authority has chosen to levy cess as sale of liquor and registration of fuel vehicles are high in numbers. “Since both these departments generate a good amount of money, it has been decided to impose cess. The move will also discourage people from buying fuel vehicles,” sources added.
The administration recently set a Rs 5 crore provisional budget for the department of science and technology to disburse incentives to EV buyers according to its policy. Incentives range from Rs 3,000 to Rs 2 lakhs for e-bicycles to e-commercial vehicles. The administration in its policy has also mentioned of giving scrapping charges to people who want to dispose of their fuel vehicles.
Satinder Bajwa, senior vice president and Head of Sales and customer care, and Harish Lalchandani, VP, Marketing, Mahindra Automotive, have quit the organisation, three people aware of the matter informed ETAuto on condition of anonymity.


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Suji (semolina) upma is a popular dish that is tasty, healthy and is preferred as a morning breakfast. To make the upma, suji is first roasted and then cooked with fried vegetables, spices and water. It is decorated with fried cashew nuts. Follow this easy recipe and make delicious upma at your home. It does not take long to make upma and can be done in 20-25 minutes.
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suji upma Ingredients
Ingredients of suji upma
MyDelicious Recipes-Suji Upma
|Suji (Semolina)||1 Cup||Asafoetida (Hing)||A Pinch|
|Curry Leaves||1 - 2 Twigs||Onion (Finely Chopped)||1 Medium|
|Ginger Finely Grated||1 Teaspoon||Green Chilies||2 Finely Chopped|
|Carrot Finely Sliced||4 Tablespoon||Peas||3 Tablespoon|
|Capsicum Finely Chopped||3 Tablespoon||Tomato Finely Chopped||1 Medium|
|Fried Cashew Nut||8 - 10 Pc Chopped||Corriander Leaves Finely Chopped||2 Tablespoon|
|Chaat Masala||1/2 Teaspoon||Salt||1/4 Teaspoon Or As Per Taste|
|Red Chilli Powder||1/4 Teaspoon Or As Per Taste||Ghee Or Oil||3 - 4 Tablespoon|
|Water||1 3/4 Cup|
Direction To Make
- Heat 2 tablespoon of ghee in a wok or heavy base pan on medium heat.
- When the ghee melts, add Suji (semolina) and fry it on a low flame while stirring continuously. Fry it for about 4-5 minutes or until the suji turns golden brown (the time depends on the thickness of the pan).
- Take out the suji in a plate and keep it aside.
- Heat 2 tablespoons again in a pan. When the ghee becomes hot, add asafetida (asafoetida), curry leaves, finely chopped onions, green chillies and ginger. Fry it for about 2-3 minutes or till the onion becomes translucent.
- Add all the vegetables (finely chopped carrots, peas, capsicum and tomatoes). Add salt, chaat masala and red chilli powder to it and fry it again for about 2-3 minutes.
- Add water and allow the mixture to boil. When the water starts boiling, add roasted suji and mix well. Stir continuously for 1 minute to avoid lumps.
- Cover the pan and cook the upma on low heat for about 3-4 minutes until the mixture thickens.
- Turn off the heat, remove the cover and allow the upma to set for 10 minutes. Add fried cashew nuts and coriander leaves and mix well.
- Delicious upma is ready to be served. Enjoy this delicious and healthy upma at your breakfast.
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Client: Autonomous University of Durango.
Dr. Martin G. Soriano Sariñana. MC. Araseli Villanueva Ortega. Durango, Durango. México 2015.
Construction: CONSTRUCTORA FORUM.
Photography: Eli Román.
Structural Calculation: Ing. Jesús González Flores.
Lighting Design: LOZ Architectural Lighting Design.
Surface: 1200 m2 / 370 m2 cubiertos.
Design: D.A. FORUM.
Architects. Jonathan Corral & Martin Soriano.
Design Team: Arq. Alejandro Galindo Alanis (project manager),
Arq. Heriberto Díaz Ortega. (render and 3d), Arq. Luis A. Delgado Contreras
The project is originated in response to the necessity of renovation in the image of the Autonomous University of Durango’s main campus, this initiative seeks to stablish a new character and revalue the identity of the institution.
The main factors to consider in this intervention were the new functional configuration of the main entrance having in consideration the pedestrians and the vehicle arrivals, with a total renovation of its use and reinforcing the control of arrival and departure of its users, as well as stablishing a bigger presence in the urban landscape, making an input as a new referent in the urbanistic dynamic of the city.
An access lobby is created, on which a volume of clean geometry elevates to open its faces towards the avenue and the university, creating a great porch that connects the public space with the university, conjugating its self with a water mirror and vegetation under its roof that welcomes the pedestrian that arrives through it. A motor lobby is generated, it runs through the laterals of the lobby of access and crosses the portal. In the far south a direct access to the parking lot of the university is created and in the far north the pedestrian access is placed with control through a module of control gates that delimits the arrival of the users.
The porch defines and marks the hierarchy of the complex, which is solved with a contrast of materials: the neatness and purity of the cold materials like glass, ceramic coating and steel, that are mixed with natural elements like water and vegetation receive the visitor, it builds a barrier between the public and the private through a transition that synthesizes the university character and identity. The change of reflections in the day and night, the natural with the artificial, its vehicular use and pedestrian use and what happens in the spaces of rest and transition on the daily basis complete the project.
"Copyright" /www.da.FORUM.mx 2018 ©.
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Palm Springs resident Steve Knill wasn't always ready to show off his singing chops to crowds, but he hasn't been able to stop the last few years, whether on national television or on the local stage.
After appearing on the 17th season of "The Voice" — during which coach and Grammy Award winner Kelly Clarkson turned her chair for the singer but was sent home in the next stage — Knill has gone on to perform in San Francisco and Palm Springs, as well as online, reaching audiences worldwide.
Now he's about to make his musical stage debut in Desert Theatreworks' production of "Jimmy Buffett's Escape to Margaritaville." In the musical-comedy, which features hits from Buffett's song catalogue, Knill portrays Tully, a "womanizer" who works at a tropical resort and falls for a guest. The show will run March 10 through April 2 in Indio.
Knill spoke with The Desert Sun about his love of music, his time on "The Voice" and what audiences can expect from his theater debut.
DS: What drew you to music? Did you pick up an instrument when you were little, or did it always interest you?
SK: It never really interested me until I got out of high school. I grew up without a lot of friends, and I always listened to music. I love to sing, I had a thing for singing and I liked it, but I was too scared to do it in public. I would always play the radio really loud and sing to Stevie Wonder or whoever, but when my parents got home, I would turn off the radio real fast. I wasn't out at the time either, so I just held it in until I was just out of high school and the rest is history.
DS: I'm assuming during middle school or high school you weren't part of your school's choir?
SK: No. I did a couple of things with my church when I was in a youth group when I was 7, 8 or 9. I played the drum for the "Little Drummer Boy" for the Christmas concert, but I didn't have any singing parts or anything like that.
DS: They didn't know what they had in terms of talent!
SK: I didn't know what I had either. I didn't really start singing in front of people until I was 21 or 22. A friend of mine heard me sing once and was like, 'Dude, you're really good, we should go to karaoke.' So we started doing that and then every time I would sing karaoke, people were telling me, 'Wow, you need to do something.'
DS: What was it like singing in front of people that first time?
SK: The first couple times I sang I was really nervous. Sometimes you go to karaoke and you hear somebody singing and people make fun, you can see people visually making fun of people, like covering their ears. That never happened to me. I always got super positive feedback, so it became addicting. Singing is a good addiction to have. I like to sing in public now to get reactions from people, I guess that's kind of a self-centered thing, but I like to see what people's reactions are.
DS: Tell me a little bit about your time on "The Voice."
SK: I auditioned for "The Voice" seven or eight times before I actually got on. When I lived in Phoenix, I would drive to LA and audition, once I did it when I was in LA and then I moved to San Francisco and just sent in auditions online. I literally said on Facebook the last time I auditioned, 'I just submitted an audition, this is the last audition I'm ever going to do for the show.' And then I ended up making it that season.
DS: Was it your last time because you auditioned so many times before and you were over the rejections?
SK: Kind of watching the show every single season and I started to feel, OK, there's no way I'm not as good, if better, than a lot of these people. They're picking some weird contestants, as far as vocally, and it's just like, how is that guy better than me? But I started realizing that it's not about my talents. There's so many people that were talented in my season that didn't even make it as far as I did. I figured it out that I'm more of a character that they're casting versus a person. They're not thinking of me as this guy is not good enough, he's just not what we're looking for at the moment.
DS: Once you did get on the show, what happened? Kelly Clarkson was your mentor, right?
SK: Yeah, that's who turned around for me.
DS: Was that who you were hoping for? Did you have any idea going into it who you wanted to be coached by?
SK: That was kind of my downfall with the whole thing. I catered to have her specifically turn around and I wasn't necessarily thinking or caring if anybody else turned around because I was singing one of her songs (He sang 'Up To The Mountain,' which Clarkson covered). But that would be the thing I would change if I was to do it again. I would definitely pick a song that doesn't have any bias with all of the other coaches. That way it would be more of a free-for-all. When Kelly turned around and they all turned around to give their feedback, they all pretty much said, 'We didn't turn around because we figured you're going to be good with Kelly,' which I later now know is just a quick way to get me on the show and get me off the show real fast.
DS: As you alluded to, your time on the show was short.
SK: I made it on my first episode, and my next episode, I battled Jake (Hoot), who was the winner of my season. The battles are when Kelly or whoever the coaches are pick pairs of two to sing a duet, and she picks somebody based on who sang the duet better, which, to me, if you're singing a duet, both people are pretty equal, so I don't think that's really the right way to judge a singer.
DS: What has life after "The Voice" looked like?
SK: As soon as I got off of the show, I got a little bit of notoriety in San Francisco as far as doing gigs and things like that. I had a gig in Alameda ... and they would ask me once or twice a month to go sing at a place called Wine & Waffles, and I had a pretty good thing there, and then the pandemic happened, so everything got shut down. I just started doing livestreams and stuff like that, just like every other singer, and started putting out more YouTube videos. My YouTube channel is actually getting pretty popular at the moment compared to what it was.
Then we moved to Palm Springs and music opened back up again, and I was able to get enough gigs to keep me busy every now and then.
DS: Where do you perform around town?
SK: I started at the V Wine Lounge and I was there for a few months. I went to GiGi's, the new place in the V Palm Springs hotel, and then I was doing the Bighorn Golf Club last season, and they invited me back this season. Unfortunately, I had to not take three or four gigs because I'm doing the (Desert Theatreworks) show.
DS: Perfect segue. How did "Jimmy Buffett's Escape to Margaritaville" come your way?
SK: I just got a random message one day from the artistic director of the theater company, Lance Phillips. I don't think he knew that I was on "The Voice" at that time, but he had just heard some of my music through somebody and sent me a message and said, 'Hey, I need somebody who can sing their ass off.' He said, 'It's an acting role, but I'm not too worried about the acting. We can teach you that, I need somebody who can sing.'
DS: What can you tell us about the show?
SK: I want to say it's loosely based on Jimmy Buffett's life, but not really. It's about a guy who sings at a tropical resort. A woman comes to town with her best friend and they're celebrating her best friend's bachelorette party. My character, Tully, is kind of a womanizer and has fun with the guests when they're there and then they leave and he never sees them again. This one he falls in love with, and the story goes from there.
DS: Were you a Jimmy Buffett fan before all this?
SK: I knew who he was, and I knew 'Margaritaville' and a couple of other songs, but I didn't know that he wrote or sang a lot of the songs that are in the show. There's a few songs that I've come to really like that I had never heard before this show, so I'm glad I get to sing them.
DS: With this being your first stage production, how has that been for you?
SK: It's definitely a little more natural than I thought, but learning the dialogue is the hard part. When you learn a song, there's a pattern to it usually, and so the way to remember a song is the first verse starts with this, the second verse starts with this, the chorus is the same. But there's no pattern to this. You never repeat anything, so it's a little more difficult. I have a couple times where I have to say an entire paragraph of stuff and fast, in a sarcastic kind of way, so it'll be interesting (laughs).
DS: Are you impressed that you put yourself out there in a new way?
SK: (My husband's) big thing is goals and setting goals for yourself. My goal for this year, a continuation of last year, was to do something like this, do something musically that was totally out of my comfort zone.
We went and saw a show at the Coachella Valley Repertory. We saw (actress and singer) Julie Garnyé perform there, and there were a few people there, like (photographer) Michael Childers and a bunch of other people who are well known around Palm Springs. I was telling my husband, 'I feel like I should be approached by some of these people (laughs). I feel like I'm good enough to do a show here. When is it going to be my turn?' I think that night or the next day, I checked my email and there was a message from Lance asking me if I wanted to do the show. So it was kind of meant to be.
DS: Will there be more stage performances from you in the future?
SK: I'm just going to take it a day at a time and wait and see how the show goes. If I get bad reviews, which I hope I don't, I'm not going to let that deter me from trying again, but I want to make sure I'm doing it with the possibility of progression versus just pulling another bad flop. I want to make sure enough people are saying, 'You have potential, just work on it.'
If you go
What: Desert Theatreworks' "Jimmy Buffett's Escape to Margaritaville"
When: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays from March 10 to April 2
Where: 45-175 Fargo St., Indio
How much: $40 for adults, $38 for seniors (ages 55 and older)
More information: dtworks.org
Ema Sasic covers entertainment and health in the Coachella Valley. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.org or on Twitter @ema_sasic.

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For a project, I want to paste 'Laag 5' (Layer 5) into the layer 'Left eye', but it is not possible. It shows a symbol similar to the red one I drawed. I have checked and unchecked the box 'Paste Remembers Layers', but that doesn't help. I bought the character online, so I haven't made the structure in the Layer 'Head'. Can you please help me?
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I suspect that "Left eye" is a group and not a sublayer.
Groups cannot contain real sublayers.
Okay, thanks, Kurt Gold!
Do you also have a sollution for this?
In the meantime, I've found another way to make both elements appear when blinking, so an answer is no longer needed for me. Thanks for the help.

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A 14 year old boy is missing and authorities need your help to find him.
His name is Zane Dodd and he is described as 5'0 tall, weighing 120 pounds.
The teen was last seen riding a white mongoose bike at 6 o'clock Sunday evening around North Side Drive in Dothan, Alabama.
He was last seen wearing a dark blue hollister shirt and plaid shorts.
If you have any information you are asked to contact the Dothan Police Department at (334) 615-3000.


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|As we drove along we passed this farm. Note the lovely fireweed in the front and the old bus.|
|The farm had reindeer (who were camera shy) and this very friendly buffalo. He followed us as we walked along the fence.|
|Views from the farm.|
|The Alaska Range. Looking the other way from the farm.|
|I loved the light on this ridge.|
|As we were admiring the buffalo, mountains and reindeer, we heard a peculiar cry overhead. Sandhill cranes migrating.|
It's worth double clicking on this one and looking at the birds close up. They are lovely.
|From the farm we came to this river overlook. If you look carefully you'll find my heart of the day from Kevin.|
|Wisdom from philosophical graffiti.|
|Note the Alaska range in the distance.|
|A different river. The river bed is utterly clogged with glacial silt.|
|Close up of the silt.|
|An eagle being harried by a crow.|
|As we continued our drive Denali (Mt. McKinley) came into view. We were about 160 miles away. It's a BIG mountain.|
|I liked all the contrasts here. Mountains, traffic, Target. We were in Wasilla, home to a certain Alaska politician.|
The photo is dark because it was taken through the car windshield.
|From there we went to Independence Mine and then this state park. I don't remember the name. |
Note the teeny tiny people on top of the ridge.
The biome in these mountains are alpine tundra. I fell in love with the foliage.
Each of these plants was TINY. Such beauty in miniature in the midst of overwhelming grandeur.
|These mushroom caps were the size of a third of dime.|
|This is reindeer moss.|
It was a good trip and this last day was stunning. I am grateful.

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It can be found 1,350 mile from New Delhi, the country's capital.
When you're in need of a more relaxing pace, make your way to Casuarina Beach, which is 50 miles to the northeast. Fill your lungs with air, ponder life and close your eyes. Simply unwind. This is what vacations were meant for!
Interested in experiencing the cultural and religious side of Rameshwaram? Spend a quiet afternoon at the Arulmigu Ramanatha Swami Temple.
Rameswaram Marina and Nambu Nayagiamman Temple are both worth visiting.
Interesting places not far from Rameshwaram are Pamban Island, 3 miles to the southeast, and Mandapam, 16 miles to the west.
Discover the unique culture of this area by signing up for one of the local tours, including wildlife spotting tours and city walking tours.
When you're making your way through the area, you should push yourself and give paragliding a try.
Wind surfing and surfing are just some of the fun water activities you can learn while in this region.
What is time off without trying divine food and drink? Tamil Nadu is a superb spot to satisfy your tastebuds!
Dine your way through the region and you'll uncover some of the most famous dishes. Potato and lentils are standard ingredients in the local dishes.
Masala dosa (thin crepe with dips) and sambar (lentil and vegetable stew) are two well-known local specialties for you to try.
All visitors must taste-test shahi tukda (bread pudding), a well-regarded, enticing specialty.
If you and your friends are looking to taste the regional beers, Royal Challenge is a great choice.
Coffee is a lovely alcohol-free beverage that one can enjoy at any time of day.
The 26th of Janurary is the day every year when many people here celebrate Republic Day. You might find there are special festivities if you happen to be vacationing at that time.
If you're looking for the nearest airport to Rameshwaram, it's 90 miles away.
Situated in a rural location, this hotel is 1.1 mi (1.7 km) from Arulmigu Ramanatha Swami Temple and 1.4 mi (2.2 km) from Rameswaram Marina. Vivekananda Memorial House is 7.5 mi (12 km) away.
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Situated in Rameshwaram, this hotel is within 1 mile (2 km) of Rameswaram Marina and Arulmigu Ramanatha Swami Temple. Vivekananda Memorial House is 8.6 mi (13.9 km) away.
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Category: Ingredients - Actives, Ingredients - Surfactants, Skin Care - Anti-Aging, Skin Care - Body Care
Established in 1995, Corum develops, manufactures and markets innovative active ingredients for the cosmetic and personal care industry.
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These pillars drive the continual and thorough updating of the company’s know-how platforms, molecular cosmetics and biotechnology, and allow Corum to develop active ingredients as well as new cosmetic applications in a sustainable way. The products are sustained by on-going research and clinical testing, as well as, highest standard in quality process control and services.

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11 August 2006
Children and young adults in KwaZulu-Natal who were born with facial deformities such as cleft lips and palates are set for a new lease on life.
The KwaZulu-Natal department of health and international volunteer organisation Operation Smile have embarked on a free corrective surgery campaign.
Department spokesman Leon Mbangwa said on Friday that Operation Smile would screen possible patients at various hospitals in the province next week. “Once they have been assessed by the whole team, [the department] will decide which children require operations,” Mbangwa said.
The operations will be conducted at Ngwelezane Hospital in Empangeni from 7 to 16 September.
Operation Smile is a medical services organisation that provides reconstructive facial surgery to poor children and young adults. Natalie Miller of Operation Smile South Africa said the campaign would give children born with such defects a new beginning.
Miller explained the deformities, saying a cleft lip was a separation of the two sides of the lip which sometimes included the bone of the upper jaw.
“A cleft palate, on the other hand, is an opening in the roof of the mouth in which the two sides of the palate did not join together.”
A cleft lip or palate originates some time between the sixth and 11th week of pregnancy, when parts of the lip or palate fail to come together properly.
Miller says everybody has cleft lips and palates in the womb. “Some join together and others do not. Why some do not, we may never know.
“Sometimes clefts can be found in families who have had clefts in other family members. Some clefts can be linked to certain syndromes,” she added.
What mattered, however, was that they could be repaired.
The provincial health department has urged people who know of affected children or young adults to contact the KZN Operations Centre on 0800 005 133.
The centre will advise people on where to go for a pre-screening and medical evaluation.


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“…arming our people on our military bases and allowing them to carry concealed privately owned weapons I do not recommend that as a course of action.”
Every soldier who goes through boot camp is trained in the proper use and execution of weapons. They’re sworn and entrusted to defend this country with their lives if necessary but Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley is against soldiers carrying “concealed, privately owned weapons” for personal defense on US military bases and facilities.
One would think after Chattanooga, Ft Hood, DC Navy Yard and many others someone would wise up to allow our warriors the ability to protect themselves but that’s not the case. When discussing Ft Hood Milley gave reason for his opposition stating “I am not convinced from what I know that carrying privately owned weapons would have stopped that individual”. The General apparently doesn’t know much because Ft Hood killer Maj Nidal Hasan was not killed, he was shot and paralyzed AFTER killing 13 and wounding 32. Eight minutes is too long General, if just one soldier that day was armed people would be alive and many wouldn’t be living with nightmare of being attacked left defenseless by their own govt.
This really isn’t surprising to hear anymore since so many tied to the obama regime want the people disarmed, it only makes sense to keep the military disarmed as well (thank you George HW Bush). They wouldn’t want an unhinged mentally unstable individual or any of their islamist radical friends to get shot while screaming allahu akbar before carrying out jihad.
This country has gone completely insane, fundamental transformation is about 95% completed at this point.

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Neeko steals appearance.Sylas takes ults.New champ will steal nexus?
when's the theme coming?
We need Crimson Sylas skin fighting with kusarigama
GG Thanos LOL has arrive
Im getting some gnarly Stalin vibes from this.
please don't add more broken stuff to the game, please just balance what you already have. This game is literally unplayable why are you adding more stuff to add on to how unplayable it is? Are you people even thinking about how broken this is actually going to be? You do realize that champions like Neeko, Mordekaiser, And even Nasus are starting to get way to strong. Please just stop adding champions to the game until you have balanced the champions that are already out.
I’m exited to play tank Sylas support.
How broken can this get 🙃🙃🙃
I hope that the next champ will steal other players lp
Can he also steal our virginity ? Like fortnite is doing??
Kratos already took care of the gods of Olympus, Atlanteans, Egyptians, Nordics, those of mortal kombat, and now comes to the world of lol to kill those gods (garen, darius, lee sin, udyr, aurenlion, zoe and atroox) that is missing?, that kill the gods of the dragon ball
How do you get sylas?
They added the villain from Iron Man 2 to League
why did i cry ?
When he will be available?
What if 2 Sylas ult each other...
+he he well thats awkward lol
K. Cadaemos you cant
imagine playing this champ on one for allOUR ult
Now create a cinematic with him and a few others. Entitle it with *BROKEN*
It's funny seeing teemo being hit by his own ult
So he escapes using lux´s power?
So basically Death from Darksiders combined with a bit Kratos
looks like a warcraft 3 trailer
What is his connection with lux?
So basicly they release a character that could transform into other champs then they release a character that can steal R ability... at this point they could just mix champions abilities and call it a new champion.
Ummmm, can he leave Xin Zhao alone please? He's my main and I'd greatly appreciate it
ITS A TAKESHI FROM MKX, take my money!!! we want a scorpio!!!
I'm in love with this video <3 <3
next champ will be ditto
And now riot has to update this champion everytime they release a new one... unless he's the last
i hope ivern's managers are not getting same pay..
why are they breaking the gameeeeeeeeeeee
we got a champion that clone summoners spells (zoe), so we got a champion that clones appearances (neeko), now we get a champion that clones abilities
Ultimates actually. Not all of the abilities
Rmk Teemo pls
*C O M U N I S T*
A DISLIKE FOR LOL!!!
I love him 😍🇨🇳
LUX GODDAMIT! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!
i went to buy this champion
Cool and what does mobile legebds have badang?
soooo he's chained up by some magic absorbing chains that supply the nexus looking thing. Since the chains absorb magic and transfer the magic through the chains, Sylas can use them to absorb 'magic' which are the champions' ults and the chains will transfer the magic to him so he can use it as his own?
Sylas the copycat
Actually a better version of rubick
Not sure why people think this dudes a commie. Sounds more like an Anarchist.
i was waiting for his line, "stop ulting yourself!"

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Citing high costs, Ojai wants to revisit Ventura County Sheriff's Office contract immediately
The Ojai City Council, believing the city is overpaying for police services, wants to revisit immediately the Ventura County Sheriff's Office contract after receiving an independent review.
The Council unanimously approved a recommendation Tuesday to update its agreement with the sheriff’s office, which has lasted for more than 40 years. The city currently pays $3.4 million annually for police services.
Last May, the Council approved paying $18,000 for consulting company Calesco, LLC, and principal consultant Scott Whitney to look into the agreement with the county and how it could be improved. The former Oxnard police chief's report concluded that the city pays for a higher level of service than unincorporated Ojai Valley.
“So if you really look at the area that's being policed, and you look at the fact that we’re paying double the amount of what the unincorporated areas of the county are paying, it’s astonishing. It’s taken us five years to get this clarity,” said Councilman Randy Haney.
The city is required to pay for the minimum level of service under county guidelines but Ojai officials would like to pick and choose specific services instead.
Officials said the city of Ojai had fewer calls for service when compared with the unincorporated areas of the Ojai Valley. In 2020, Ojai had 3,565 calls for service or 40% of the total calls for the entire Ojai Valley.
That same year, the unincorporated areas of Mira Monte, Casitas Springs and Oak View had more emergency calls of the highest priority compared to the city, according to the independent report.
Councilman Ryan Blatz said he did not believe the sheriff’s office would change its ways.
“They haven't listened to us. They’ve given us the runaround, and it's time for us to move forward,” Blatz said. "I have little expectation that we’re going to get treated any differently as we've been treated the same way for multiple years now by our sheriff's department. It’s really disappointing.”
Sheriff Bill Ayub said Wednesday by email there was room for flexibility in some police services but not all. No sheriff's representatives appeared to be at the virtual meeting.
Ayub said the sheriff's department would not drive different cars, use different equipment, tactics or arrest principles. He said he couldn't adopt a hands-off policy for crime and arrests nor would he compromise his ethics or integrity in this area.
The sheriff said he had spoken to the city on numerous occasions and listened to their concerns.
"The bottom line is this: Public safety is my No. 1 priority," Ayub said. "In order to accomplish that I have determined we need to have a minimum of two patrol cars assigned to the city. In fact, this has been the staffing in the city of Ojai for decades.
"Nothing has changed, except now the city has decided they do not want to pay for that basic, minimum level of service."
Ayub said the savings associated with the sheriff's office contract model was based upon the sharing of resources and not the county unfairly assuming costs for individual cities.
Ayub said contracting for services is a benefit to the city and county.
"I am very comfortable in saying the city of Ojai could not provide the same level of service to its residents at a lower cost," he said. "In fact, I have encouraged them to explore that avenue but have not heard anything in return."
Ayub said the per capita cost of policing in Ojai is higher than others in the county because it has the lowest population. That said, the sheriff's office does not use per capita cost as a method for determining levels of police services because it is not relevant, he said.
During public comment, resident Bill Miley disagreed with city officials. He said the sheriff’s office had made a positive difference in the community.
“I like what we have and support keeping it the same,” Miley said. “We need to protect our safe image.”
City officials said they are waiting to hear back from the sheriff's department about possible negotiations.


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IICA and other global organizations attending a summit in Washington warn that the climate crisis can only be tackled through broad partnerships that prioritize science and innovation
Washington, 12 May 2023 (IICA) – Several major international stakeholders attending the Aim for Climate (Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate) Summit in Washington unanimously agreed on the urgent need to promote alignment among countries, international organizations, the private sector and civil society to tackle the climate crisis, hand in hand with science and technology, and adopting a pragmatic approach.
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) actively participated in the high-level meeting, which took place in Washington over three days. AIM for Climate is a joint initiative of the governments of the United States and the United Arab Emirates. At the end of this year, the latter will host COP28, which will seek to boost investments in climate smart agriculture and agrifood system innovation.
The meeting—which brought together public policymakers, industry leaders, farmers, civil society representatives, scientists and researchers from across the world—presented data indicating that investment in innovation and new technologies to address climate change and global hunger is consistently increasing, through the urgent adaptation of agrifood production.
IICA Director General, Manuel Otero, was a panelist in the discussion on “Innovation for Integrating and Mainstreaming Agriculture in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) - Lessons Learned from Africa, Asia and Latin America”. NDCs are the contributions towards climate mitigation and adaptation to which each country commits, under the Paris Agreement, adopted in 2015.
Other speakers in the high-level discussion were Laura Suazo, Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock of Honduras; Dina Espósito, Assistant to the Administrator of the Bureau for Resilience and Food Security at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); Josefa Sacko, Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment of the African Union Commission; and Bill Hohenstein, the Director of the Office of Energy and Environmental Policy at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
During the session participants acknowledged that countries in all regions face challenges when proposing or implementing agricultural actions included in the NDCs. While governments recognize the vulnerability of the agriculture sector, they must also streamline coordination between various sectors of the administration, which will require innovation in technological and institutional matters.
In her presentation, Secretary Suazo stressed that climate mitigation and adaptation should be tackled simultaneously. She also explained that Honduras is an extremely vulnerable country with limited resources, and therefore efforts to improve coordination among various areas is critical. Moreover, she commended IICA for its collaboration in implementing actions to enhance agricultural resilience.
Likewise, USAID’s Expósito highlighted IICA’s work in the region to improve agricultural sustainability and rural well-being. He also felt that “for things to move forward” this would require the appropriate conditions, including the existence of tools to measure the real impact of projects and policies.
Sacko, representing the African Union Commission, insisted that the time to act had come and that her continent was ready to do so, while also recognizing the need for greater speed and pragmatism in international negotiations, such as the COPs on climate change that take place each year.
The importance of unity
Otero remarked that IICA was an institution with science and innovation in its DNA. He also stated that the Americas plays a decisive role in the planet’s food security and environmental sustainability, given its wealth of natural resources and productive land. He explained that, “Just one week ago, a hemispheric meeting on innovation, science and technology was held with various institutions at IICA Headquarters in Costa Rica. In our discussions with more than 100 participants we realized that we are all on the same page in terms of what needs to be done, but difficulties arise at the implementation stage”.
Furthermore, he said that, “We need to define the priorities of our agenda, incorporate the private sector, seek new funding sources and begin to build public will. We cannot work independently of each other to tackle the climate crisis via science and innovation; it requires the effort of all institutions.
Otero said that the AIM for Climate Summit had helped IICA to bolster its ties with institutions such as the USDA, USAID and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and also to work with its Member States and countries in other regions to deepen consensus and accelerate the contributions of the agriculture sector to the fight against climate change.
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Today marks the eighth anniversary of the death of Ralph Klein, so we can expect Conservatives in media, social and otherwise, to strive mightily today to outdo one another with improbable panegyrics to the man.
The memory of Mr. Klein, who was premier from Dec. 14, 1992, to Dec. 14, 2006, is bound to be bathed is a saintly golden glow throughout the day, in Conservative circles at least.
No doubt as this is written, Premier Jason Kenney is burning the midnight oil in the Sky Palace, thesaurus in hand, scratching out words of praise his issues managers have penned for him and substituting his own special brand of maudlin pomposity.
Certainly, some of the people who will be praising Mr. Klein’s memory today and mourning his loss to Alberta will have been among those Progressive Conservatives who had tired of him in 2006 and shoved him toward the exit. Ah well, absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Mr. Klein, for all his flaws, had a certain charm the present incumbent to his office lacks. The former journalist, Liberal and big-spending mayor of Calgary may have seemed like a bit of a conman, but the charm that goes with that job description was what made a lot of Albertans think they wouldn’t mind having a beer with the guy.
I have in fact had a beer with Mr. Klein, and I can vouch for the fact he could be pretty entertaining in his cups – although you might not want to stick around too long if his friend and colleague Peter Elzinga wasn’t there to whisk him out of the room when things started to turn dark and stormy. Otherwise, you might end up being reminded that you were among the bums and creeps Mr. Klein disdained.
A neoliberal of convenience, Mr. Klein will be remembered today for balancing budgets and paying down Alberta’s debt in a time when the nostrums of neoliberalism were still not yet fully discredited. Few commentators will mention the huge infrastructure deficit he left behind, the bane of more than one subsequent premier.
The impact of the cuts he implemented in health care and other public services will be papered over, or not commented upon at all, and certainly won’t be characterized as a Kleintastrophe from which the province has barely recovered to this day.
It might surprise some of the people remembering him fondly today that he liked Dan MacLennan, in those days president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, and sometimes even listened to him. This certainly resulted in less harm being done to the public service in the latter years of Mr. Klein’s time in office than might otherwise have been expected.
But then, unlike the current crop of Alberta Conservatives, Mr. Klein was no ideologue. As former NDP Leader Ray Martin pointed out last year, the “brutal cuts” of the 1990s were Liberal leader Laurence Decore’s idea. The pragmatic Mr. Klein just noticed the Liberals were gaining traction, so he hopped aboard their bandwagon.
It will go unremarked in Conservative circles today that one person Mr. Klein didn’t particularly like was the self-righteous young prig who ran the Canadian Taxpayers Federation in Alberta at the time, a fellow named Jason Kenney.
Mr. Klein often did have a twinkle in his eyes, as Mr. Kenney has been known to remind us, but not so much when the topic of Mr. Kenney himself came up.
Annoyed at Mr. Kenney’s pious hectoring, Mr. Klein attacked the CTF in 1993 for paying its sales agents big commissions for signing up what were referred to at the time as members – although we know now, of course, that they aren’t members at all.
“I think 37-per-cent commission to salespeople spreading not totally the truth about what government operations are all about is a little bit of robbery,” the Edmonton Journal quoted Mr. Klein saying in April that year.
“Quit robbing the old senior citizens of their money to generate this kind of fear,” he crossly told Mr. Kenney in the Calgary Herald’s account.
Threatened with legal action by the future premier in a hallway contretemps in the Legislature Building, Mr. Klein retracted his allegation of robbery, metaphorical though it obviously was, but added, “I still think that what you’re doing is not entirely ethical.”
So, truth be told, I miss having Mr. Klein around a bit too. The evil that men do lives after them, as someone said, but it would be useful just the same to get his take on Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party.
I’m willing to bet that despite some points of agreement it wouldn’t be entirely complimentary. Especially if you offered to buy him a beer.


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Facebook has been willing to run ads in the middle of videos, but it has historically been reluctant to put ads in front of videos and irk people just trying to watch a clip that surfaced in their News Feed. However, it might be willing to break with tradition in a limited way. The social network plans to test pre-roll ads in the Watch tab and other spaces where you "intentionally go to watch videos." You won't see pre-video ads while you're scrolling through your friends' updates, in other words, but you might when you sit down for a viewing. The trial will start in 2018 with 6-second clips, with Facebook studying the results to see what works best for different audiences and shows.
There will be some changes to how videos are prioritized in your News Feed. Facebook is updating its ranking system to increase the distribution of videos that people are looking for (such as through search or a company page) and those that people keep coming back to watch on a regular basis.
In both cases, Facebook's aims are clear: it wants to both make more money from videos and encourage producers to keep making videos. If you know your kitten compilations will both rake in more ad revenue and reach a wider audience, you're probably going to keep posting those clips. The ads could certainly be nuisances, but Facebook is betting that you won't mind if those and the News Feed tweaks lead to more of the videos you'd like to see.


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On the smartphone market may soon appear one new dual-sim smartphone with excellent specifications that comes from very popular Chinese company UMI.
Name of the announced dual-sim smartphone is UMi Super, a company that is currently making this phone is dedicated to be worthy of the word “Super”. From some of the previous rumors we have learned that this phone will be equipped with dual rear cameras, while the front side will adorn Super AMOLED display borderless, sounds great does not it?
But that’s not all folks, because UMi Super allegedly will have USB Type-C port for audio standard of the smartphone, but also for its ultra-fast charging technology. Also under the hood it will have generous 6 GB of RAM and all at the cost of some three hundred dollars.
We wonder what type of processor will be enough strong to support the 6 GB of RAM? And there’s an easy answer for that, to us immediately comes on mind Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 CPU. Which will surely come in hardware combination of these Chinese smartphone.
We have to admit that these hardware specifications sounds great. The company UMi is generally known for good quality dual-sim smartphones that have more than reasonable price, and we believe that UMI SUPER will not be an exception.
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