The Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo (also known as the GTP ZX-T) was a series of racing cars developed for Nissan Motors by Electramotive Engineering to compete in the IMSA GT Championship. Running from 1985 to 1990, they were known for being the first car to defeat the Porsche 962 which had dominated IMSA's premiere GTP category. This led to Nissan winning the constructor's championship and 12 Hours of Sebring in 1989 and 1990. During 1990, the GTP ZX-Turbo was replaced by the newer NPT-90.
The GTP ZX-Turbo was named due to its shared engine with the production Nissan 300ZX, the turbocharged VG30ET V6. Although the engine block was similar, the GTP ZX-Turbo's engine was extensively modified to cope with the stress of racing.
In 1984, Nissan Motors named Electramotive Engineering as their official North American racing development arm in an attempt to establish Nissan in the United States following phase out of the Datsun name. Nissan planned to use the IMSA GT Championship to showcase their technology, just as they had with the 24 Hours of Le Mans beginning in 1983. Electramotive would maintain, modify, and field the cars. Nissan would provide VG30ET motors, although Electramotive would develop the engine for racing. Nissan and Electramotive turned to Lola Cars International to build chassis for the new car to their specifications.
The first two chassis, (#1 and #2), termed "Lola T810", were completed in early 1985. This year's races were primarily used for development of the new car in preparation for 1986. Electramotive had to modify elements of the T810 to adapt it to the smaller tracks and shorter sprint races used by IMSA GT. The modified cars were renamed GTP ZX-Turbos, as their design evolved beyond the initial T810.
One more T810 chassis, (#3) was constructed by Lola, sold to Japan but then sent to, and adapted by Electramotive by the end of 1987. Some of these cars actually shared the tub of an earlier Lola design; the T710, better known as the Chevrolet Corvette GTP. Modifications to the cars eventually reached the point that Electramotive began to construct their own chassis to replace the older cars rather than rely on Lola for cockpit tubs. A total of five Electramotive-built tubs were completed in 1988. Electramotive later became Nissan Performance Technology Inc. (NPTI) in 1990, finally retiring the GTP ZX-Turbos once the new NPT-90s were completed halfway through the season.
The first Lola T810 would be completed soon after the 1985 season had begun, with that initial chassis making its competition debut at Laguna Seca. Electramotive founder Don Devendorf and co-driver Tony Adamowicz took the car to eleventh place, seven laps down from the race winner. Following a heavy accident in practice at Charlotte, the car would not return until late in the season. The car had a ninth-place finish at Sears Point before mechanical problems did not allow the car to finish any of the remaining races that season.
Nissan choose to skip several rounds of the 1986 season in order to concentrate on development, including the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring. The newly named GTP ZX-Turbo made its season debut in the streets of Miami, but this was followed by a string of problems in the future rounds. The car would eventually be able to finish at Mid-Ohio with a career best of seventh, but Electramotive would be able to improve on this with the car showing its first true potential of the season, fighting with the leaders at Portland and eventually coming home in third with Geoff Brabham at the helm. This would be immediately followed at the next round with a fourth-place finish. The success would not last though, as mechanical problems would render the car unable to finish for several rounds. The final race of the season in the streets of Columbus would see a distant fifth place, earning Nissan seventh in the constructor's championship with their points total.
Once again deciding to skip the longer rounds of the IMSA season, the GTP ZX-Turbo debuted at Miami once again. However, lessons learned from the previous season as well as testing during the winter had allowed Electramotive to greatly improve the car. This earned the GTP ZX-Turbo its maiden win at Miami, defeating a Porsche 962 by eleven seconds after three hours of racing. Nissan's success would be short lived though as the next rounds at Road Atlanta and Riverside would see the car failing to finish due to clutch failure and an accident respectively. Electramotive would be able to overcome these problems at Laguna Seca with a fifth, before problems returned at Mid-Ohio.
Electramotive would be unable to find much success until the final round of the season at Del Mar, with the GTP ZX-Turbo closing the season with a sixth-place finish. Although Nissan managed to take an improved fifth in the constructor's championship, they still earned only a sixth of the total points that champion Porsche had.
Following their first ever victory, the Nissan program was expanded greatly in 1988 with plans for a two car team, although this would be delayed due to accidents in practice with the second car. Starting with a disappointing eighth at Miami, the GTP ZX-Turbo would begin its streak of successes that would help the car become a threat to the top teams. Beginning at their next race at Road Atlanta, the car defeated the factory Jaguar team by a mere four seconds. Unlike previous years, this success would continue as another victory was taken at the next round at the streets of Palm Beach, then Lime Rock Park, Mid-Ohio, Watkins Glen, and Road America. This success was mostly due to a technology developed in the turbocharger which allowed it an advantage over the naturally aspirated engines used in other prototypes.
The second car for the team was finally able to compete at Portland, and in a dominant performance the two cars swept the top spots. Although the next round would see one car finish in eighth, the other team car would manage to yet again take the race win. Only at the street race in San Antonio would the GTP ZX-Turbo's eight race win streak come to an end, with the lone entered car suffering electrical problems. The cars would return to winning form at Columbus, before the final round saw Nissan being defeated once again, with Derek Daly managing to bring one of the team cars home with a best of only fourth.
Although Nissan managed to win nine of the fourteen rounds that the GTP class competed in that season, the decision by Electramotive to skip the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring hurt Nissan's ability to win the constructor's championship. With only three wins, Porsche's points earned at the races Nissan missed allowed them to win the championship by a mere point. However, as consolation, Nissan's Geoff Brabham would win the drivers championship by a large margin.
Wishing to overcome their narrow defeat in 1988, Electramotive and Nissan would fight hard to win the elusive championship in 1989. Nissan wisely chose to participate in the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring, even though the reliability of the cars was in question. Indeed, Nissan's fears were realized when neither car managed to finish at Daytona, although one did last the bulk of the race. At the shorter Miami round, the GTP ZX-Turbo would return to its winning form from the previous season, once again defeating Jaguar. However, at the 12 Hours of Sebring, the GTP ZX-Turbo would score a surprise result, with Chip Robinson, Geoff Brabham, and Arie Luyendyk taking the race victory by two laps.
With the car's endurance proven, the car took victory at Road Atlanta. Although problems took away victory on the streets of Palm Beach, the cars began a winning streak once again, taking victories at Lime Rock, Mid-Ohio, Mosport, and Road America. The team had to settle for second and third at Portland as Jaguar's new car began to show its pace. However the GTP ZX-Turbos were back at Topeka with the top two positions, beginning another short streak through San Antonio and Sears Point. Defeat came once again at Tampa, while the cars would also not be able to win the season finale at Del Mar.
With ten victories in comparison to Jaguar's three, Nissan was able to easily win the constructor's championship, the first time anyone besides Porsche had won it since the GTP class had been created in 1983. Geoff Brabham edged out Chip Robinson for his second drivers championship.
As the defending champions, Nissan realized that the aged GTP ZX-Turbo was now the prime target of all other competitors, leading them to begin development on the car's replacement. While this car was being built, Nissan would have to continue to use the older GTP ZX-Turbos into the 1990 season. The newly renamed NPTI team would be aided by privateer Busby Racing who ran a third car that season.
Following problems once again at Daytona, the GTP ZX-Turbos would take a victory in Miami for the third time, while Busby's new car would take second. The team would also improve on their performance at Sebring by not only taking the race win, but also second for the other team car. The streak would continue through Road Atlanta and Palm Beach before the newcomer Eagle-Toyota would overcome Nissan at Topeka.
The Topeka race would also see the debut of the GTP ZX-Turbo's replacement, the NPT-90, with the team running one car of each. Lime Rock would also see Nissan defeated, yet Mid-Ohio would have the company back on top. This time though it would be the NPT-90 defeating the GTP ZX-Turbo as the two took the top spots. Following a result of fifth behind the NPT-90's first, the GTP ZX-Turbo would be retired completely. By the next round, the second NPT-90 would be completed and replace the sole remaining GTP ZX-Turbo used by the team.
With the combined running of the GTP ZX-Turbos and NPT-90s, as well as the performance of privateers Jim Busby and later David Seabroke, Nissan would once again easily take the GTP constructors championship. Geoff Brabham would take his third drivers championship as well. One GTP ZX-Turbo would be entered by John Shapiro at the Miami round in 1991, finishing 13th before the team would fold. This would be the final race by a GTP ZX-Turbo car, although the NPT-90s would continue to carry the GTP ZX-Turbo name on them.
One of the first three Lola T810s built would be sold to the Le Mans Company in Japan for use in the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. Debuting late in the 1985 season, the car would suffer mechanical failures before finishing eighth at the 1000 km of Fuji to close out the season. The following season, the car would continue to have problems, again only finishing at the 1000 km of Fuji. This time however the car managed sixth place, 13 laps behind the winning Porsche 962. The car would be retired as the team moved on to a Porsche.
Following the retirement of the GTP ZX-Turbo in 1990, one of the former works chassis would be taken to Europe to participate in the Interserie championship in 1991. Although quick, the car would struggle to complete races. This would lead to it being quickly abandoned.
Debuting at a time when Nissan was phasing out the Datsun brand in the United States, the GTP ZX-Turbo was used by the company to promote their ability to produce sporty, advanced cars. This led to the GTP ZX-Turbos being used in television and print advertisements for the whole Nissan brand, but also specifically the 300ZX with which it shared its engine.
The GTP ZX-Turbos were featured as part of a Miami Vice episode revolving around the IMSA GT Miami Grand Prix, although this was primarily using footage of the race itself.
The 1990 slotless racing game GT Super Screamers by Worlds of Wonder uses Nissan GTP ZX-Turbos.
Bill Adam is a Canadian racing driver born in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
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The Chevrolet Corvette GTP was an American Grand Touring Prototype-class sports prototype racing car which successfully participated in the IMSA Camel GT from 1984 until 1989. The car was professionally fielded in competition as General Motors' Chevrolet Corvette C4 official factory team effort in the IMSA GTP class.
The Nissan R90C was either of two Group C racing cars built in 1990 for Nissan Motors for competition in World Sportscar Championship (WSC) based in Europe and the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship (JSPC). The cars based on the basic R90C platform would compete until 1993 before Nissan chose to withdraw from sports car racing, not returning until 1997. It won three JSPC championships as well as several significant endurance races during its career.
The Nissan P35 was a planned Group C car built by Nissan Motors for competition in the World Sportscar Championship. Developed by Nissan Performance Technology Inc. (NPTI), which had formerly raced under the name Electramotive in the United States, the cars were intended to be completed by the middle of 1992, with competition starting in 1993. However economic troubles for Nissan led to the cancellation of the project soon after testing of the first cars had begun, meaning that the P35s never raced.
The Nissan NPT-90 was a racing car developed in 1990 for Nissan Motors by Nissan Performance Technology Incorporated (NPTI), formerly known as Electramotive Engineering. It was a replacement for the highly successful GTP ZX-Turbo that had won the IMSA GT Championship in 1989. The NPT-90 would go on to win the championship in 1990 and 1991 before being retired by Nissan at the end of the 1992 season.
The Nimrod NRA/C2 was the only Group C racing car ever built by Nimrod Racing Automobiles in partnership with Aston Martin. It ran initially in 1982 in the World Endurance Championship before also joining the IMSA GT Championship. The final NRA/C2 would be retired in 1984 after the planned NRA/C3 replacement had been cancelled and the company went bankrupt.
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John Morton is an American racing driver from Waukegan, Illinois. After his father took him to a race at Road America in 1957, Morton became an avid racing fan. He went on to race jalopies in South Carolina before he dropped out of Clemson University to attend Carroll Shelby's racing school at Riverside Raceway in California. Taking a menial job working in Carroll Shelby's race shop, Morton saved his money to purchase his first race car, a Lotus Super 7 which he raced in SCCA amateur races in 1963.
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Champion Racing was a sports car racing team based in Pompano Beach, Florida, USA. Founded in 1994 by Dave Maraj, a former rally driver from Trinidad, as the motorsport wing of the Champion Motors car dealership, the team has campaigned various Porsches and Audis in North American road racing series. Champion Racing's extensive record includes a win at the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2005, and 5 straight American Le Mans Series LMP1 championships, 2 as a private team and 3 as a factory team under the name Audi Sport North America.
The Intrepid RM-1 is a sports prototype racing car designed in 1991 by Bob and Bill Riley and built by Pratt & Miller to IMSA GTP specifications. Powered by a Chevrolet V8 engine, it was campaigned variously by Jim Miller, Prototype Technology Group and Wayne Taylor in the IMSA Camel GT from 1991 through 1993. Though it won only one race in its three seasons of competition, the shovel-nosed Intrepid was notable for the extreme—and at one point, disastrous—levels of downforce it generated, giving it the highest cornering speeds of any prototype of its era. The car's development was set back by a devastating 1991 crash at Watkins Glen that critically injured driver Tommy Kendall, and the program never fully recovered.
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The March 86G was a Group C and IMSA GTP sports racing car built by March Engineering. Built as simply a chassis with no engine, it was branded as one of three cars, the BMW GTP, the Buick Hawk or the Nissan R86V depending on which engine was placed in the chassis and which team was running it. There were a number of subtle bodywork changes to reflect the manufacturer which ran the car.
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Computer as Text as Computer
Computer as Text as Computer is a critique of the material things that surround us. Text and object are explored holistically. Write a statement, poem or polemic that scrolls across a liquid crystal display that is embedded within an artwork circuit board. Does it make sound? Explore the text and display characters as noise utterances; or disable 'noise' and read the text with the sound resonating in your own head. Computer as text is on-going research concerning the semiotics of machines and relationships with objects. Why write about machines when machines can talk for themselves? Re-order and mix your own text: ideas deconstruct.
Citation : Richards, J. (2017) “Computer as Text as Computer” [music performance/composition, sound object].
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Jubouri: the attack on the House of Representatives exceeded the prestige of the state and reserve the right to prosecute
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I promised the Presidency of the Council of Representatives, the attack that the Vice President of the Council of Aram suffered Sheikh Mohammed, and the number of MPs by demonstrators last Saturday, "assaulted and exceeded the prestige of the state and the House of Representatives."
A statement by the Presidency, received (Opinion International) copy of it, "It was the events of the past two days test and touchstone real and produced a clear necessity and importance of abiding by the Constitution and law and discipline, and have resulted in actions is the subject of condemnation and denounced the whole people of Iraq and the wise men and wise men and political leaders eager on the future of Iraq and its security and sovereignty. "
He added that "what happened to overcome the painful on the leaders of the parliamentary tall represents a large segment of the Iraqi people, and have a great effort in supporting the political process and history of the supervisor and the east, and its achievements in the legislative work, all you got is exceeded traveled to the prestige of the state and the House of Representatives, which is the highest authority legislature in the country, and what happened is not an encroachment on the specific individuals but to exceed their legal and sovereign, who have occupied. "
She said she was "as it underscores the Presidency retains the legal right to prosecute the perpetrators of this cowardly act, it confirms the great pride in the big guns, led by Vice President of the Council of Syria, Sheikh Mohammed, one of the young leaders and promising in the political process is an actor and activist party, as well as the only Talabani leadership of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the head of the Kurdistan Alliance bloc and one of the most important feminist political leaders in the history of Iraq, as well as Ammar Tohme prime virtue and the man bloc Party thinker and leader of the National Alliance, as well as MP Abdul-Hussein al-Musawi, deputy head of the virtue mass which is one of the important political figures and decision makers "she said, adding," and a number of other parliamentary figures who had been ill and overtaking in addition to a number of deputies who were besieged in the Council, all of whom are cherished and appreciated and respected. "
The statement continued that "the Presidency as it renewed its condemnation and rejection of this shameful act, they assure the leaders of the parliamentary what had suffered for the sake of Iraq and the political process will remain appreciated and respect for all the Iraqi people and the political leaders of the sons."
The protesters broke into the Green Zone on Saturday and the House of Representatives building, and showed video clips published by means Broader assaulted demonstrators "beating" on the number of MPs, including the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament Sheikh Aram Mamed.anthy


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Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Everyone has heard of it. A few years ago every newspaper and weekly magazine had a feature about the disorder. The disorder was mostly associated with school-aged children because that was the time when most of the symptoms surfaced. Today ADHD is the most common behavior disorder diagnosed in children and teens. ADHD refers to a group of symptoms that begin in early childhood and can continue into adulthood, causing difficulties at home, at school, at work, and within the community if not recognized and treated (1). But what most people never hear was that ADHD also affects adults and if left untreated can have serious effects.
ADHD is a condition that makes it difficult for children and adults to pay attention, control their activity level and limit their behavior in age appropriate ways (2). Inattention is the most common symptom. In addition to having difficulty paying attention, people with this ADHD symptom often are unable to consistently focus, remember, and organize. They may be careless and have a hard time starting and completing tasks that are boring, repetitive, or challenging., impulsiveness and hyperactivity. With impulsivity, people who frequently act before thinking may not make sound judgments or solve problems well. They may also have trouble developing and maintaining personal relationships. An adult may not keep the same job for long or spend money wisely. A hyperactive child may squirm, fidget, and climb or run when it is not appropriate. These children often have difficulty playing with others. They may talk a great deal and not be able to sit still for even a short time. Teenagers and adults who are hyperactive don't usually have the more obvious physical behaviors seen in children. Rather, they often feel restless and fidgety, and are not able to enjoy reading or other quiet activities.
There are a couple of reasons why it is more difficult to diagnose an adult with ADHD than it is to identify a child with the same problem. One of the problems is that there is no real test for ADHD. Instead there are a series of evaluations that must be done that rule out other problems (2). The American Psychiatric Association describes the symptoms and criteria for diagnosing mental disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). Information used to diagnose the condition includes: an interview with the person, medical history, to include asking about the social, emotional, educational, and behavioral history of the person, physical exam, behavior rating scales or checklists for ADHD to evaluate the person's symptoms.
In the past these questions were geared towards children. Now researchers have realized that as a child with ADHD matures, the symptoms evolve so that they may be harder to detect. Adults with ADHD usually develop coping mechanisms that make up for their problems. Specific tools have been developed to aid in the diagnosis in adults. An example, physical hyperactivity may evolve into excessive talking or foot tapping. Impulsivity can be expressed as having a very short temper, quitting jobs or ending personal relationships suddenly and being prone to emotional outbursts. Inattention leads to poor time management, difficulty finishing tasks, and a tendency to miss deadlines and other important details at work, home and in social settings. All these symptoms can create enormous stress for adults with ADHD and their families. Unfortunately, this evolution of symptoms from childhood to adulthood isn't reflected well in the DSM-IV criteria. As a result, some experts believe the apparent remission of ADHD symptoms in many adolescents and adults is due primarily to the limitations of current diagnostic criteria. These criteria for diagnosis may be modified for use in adults. With adults, special care must be taken in the diagnostic process to distinguish between ADHD and other psychological disorders and/or other life stressors (2).
Now it is known that 60% of children with ADHD continue to struggle with the disorder into their adult life. In past years ADHD was very hard to diagnose among adults and it is estimated that 2.5% of the adult population have ADHD (3). However, only an estimated 1.5% of these adults are being treated for it. There is no cure for ADHD but there is treatment. Treatment ranges from therapy to medication.
Adults with untreated ADHD have been found to be more likely to have a substance abuse problem, which makes some people edgy about taking a controlled substance such as Ritilan because when used incorrectly can become addictive. However, when taken properly, medication can prove very helpful, allowing a person to concentrate on activities and be more productive. Therapy is especially helpful for adults in relationships because it allows them to bridge the gap in communication.
1)WebMD, Topics and Overview of ADHD
2)ADHD in Adults
3)Ruhrold, Richard, PhD Adult ADHD
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If you're into 'thrills and spills' you can't beat the sensation of weightlessness in a parabolic flight aircraft as the plane drops from 35,000 feet to 25,000 feet and you feel that G-force disappear; the next best thing to space travel! The Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (Star City) in Moscow, Russia provides full training and a trip of a lifetime. Courses are available all year round.
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Film buffs shouldn't miss out on one of the most celebrated film festivals in the world. Held in Park City, Utah from 18th to 28th January 2001, it is an ideal opportunity for budding film-makers to submit their work of art and for film enthusiasts to see some innovative movies first-hand.
Passes and packages can be ordered online, further details at www.sundance.org
Deep-sea fishing off the coast of Costa Rica
Catch the biggest fish you've ever seen off the Costa Rican coastline. Weather is mild all the year round so it's an ideal place to get away from the cold winter climate. Take a look at the feature for further details.
The biggest sporting event in the USA which sees the coming together of the winners of NFC and the AFC to decide the American football team of the year. Held at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on 28th January 2001, tickets are hard to come by unless you know someone in an NFL team.
Further information: www.superbowl.com
Party in Rio
The 24th to 28th February hails the time for Rio de Janeiro's fantastic carnival. This fun-loving city comes to life even more than usual, during these few days of celebration. The build-up to the official carnival opening results in a number of events that take place throughout the city so it is worth arriving in Rio beforehand. Look at Rio feature for hotel suggestions.
Fly a fighter jet
Air Combat USA, based at Fullerton Municipal Airport in California, offer flights throughout the year for the aspiring fighter pilot. Choose from basic air combat manoeuvres through a range of fighter tactics to fighter lead in - six hours of exhilarating dogfights. You receive an hour on a flight test simulator before taking to the skies in a SIAI Marchetti SF 260 where you fire laser guns at an opposing plane!
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Birdwatching in Nepal
See an amazing array of native birds in Royal Chitwan National Park and stay in the luxurious Jungle Lodge surrounded by the dramatic landscape of Nepal. From condors to parrots, this part of the world is a birdwatchers' paradise. For further details, read the feature.
Stay in an underwater hotel
Originally a research laboratory in the 70s, Jules' Undersea Lodge is now a hotel with the most unusual sea views. Set in Key Largo's Undersea Park's Lagoon, 30 metres down, you have to scuba dive to get there. However, a three-hour discover-diving course is available for guests who are not certified divers. A number of packages are available, including one for honeymooners that includes mood music, fresh flowers, caviar and the mer-chef service for breakfast. Certified divers can enjoy unlimited diving.
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It's thyme to celebrate the holidays with a festive offer that matches the season. Stampin' Up! ® have released exclusive Holiday Thyme double-sided Designer Series paper (item 107890). It is perfect for making cards, party invitations, gift wrap, or scrapbook memories and more. And a packet is only $14.50 (for 12 sheets of double-sided paper - a bargain) for the month of November.
As many of my readers know, I teach a local papercraft class. Here is a decoration that they made this week, using the Holiday Thyme papers. It does incorporate some non-SU supplies eg, wooden star, rub ons. I had fun designing this.


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BREAKING: Sinkhole near Mar-a-Lago is causing traffic delays as crews work the scene.
Can we get a time stamp on this and the sinkhole opening at Mar-a-lago?
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
Trump starts fucking with mystical orbs and the next day a sinkhole opens in front of Mar-a-Lago. He has no idea what he’s unleashed.
From Alexandra Petri in the Washington Post:
I guess this is how we are writing up the victims of crimes now. I did not realize that when you boarded a plane you gave away the right to have your past remain your past, but a theme of life these days is that only people who have never done anything wrong, or are in some way related to Donald Trump, deserve to go through their lives unmolested.
In accordance with this new house style I am writing up an incident whose anniversary some people are celebrating this week.
The gentleman arrested Thursday and tried before Pontius Pilate had a troubled background.
He had had prior run-ins with local authorities — most notably, an incident of vandalism in a community center when he wrecked the tables of several licensed money-lenders and bird-sellers. He had used violent language, too, claiming that he could destroy a gathering place and rebuild it.
At the time of his arrest, he had not held a fixed residence for years. Instead, he led an itinerant lifestyle, staying at the homes of friends and advocating the redistribution of wealth.
He had come to the attention of the authorities more than once for his unauthorized distribution of food, disruptive public behavior, and participation in farcical aquatic ceremonies.
Some say that his brutal punishment at the hands of the state was out of proportion to and unrelated to any of these incidents in his record.
But after all, he was no angel.
“You think this is easy? In this beautiful room that is 122 degrees,” Trump said, although the arena was notably chillier than his usual venues. “It is hot and it is always hot when I perform, because the crowds are so big, these rooms were not designed for this kind of crowd.”
So Trump views campaigning for the most important job in the country as all part of a performance, like when he was on the “Apprentice.”
God help us.
Trump’s former presidential rival, a key surrogate and possible vice presidential pick, told The Hill on Friday that he believes Trump is becoming more spiritual.
“I know that he has prayed. I have eyewitness,” Carson said in a Facebook Live interview.
Asked whether he had personally seen Trump pray, the retired neurosurgeon, who is a man of deep Christian faith, conceded he had only heard about Trump praying.
“I have not seen him [pray] but I have eyewitnesses who have,” Carson said. “And I think he’s starting to move more in that direction. I think that’s a good thing.
“I think he’s starting to recognize that there’s a greater power. And I tell him, just last week, that I believe God is using him.”
Yeah. God is using him like he did that plague of locusts.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said in an interview Sunday that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump will “have to answer” for the reports about his behavior toward women.“I also think there are things from many years ago and I think that, you know, as Christians, judging each other I think is — is problematic,” Priebus said on ABC’s “This Week.”
From The Daily Kos–written by Hunter:
“Texas Republicans’ drive to find the stupidest people in the state and elect them to office seems, if anything, to be picking up steam.
[Republican Mary Lou Bruner] received 48 percent of the vote in a three-person GOP primary for a seat on the Texas State Board of Education this Tuesday, falling just short of the 50 percent needed to claim victory. She will compete in a May runoff election against Keven Ellis, a chiropractor and city school board president who earned 31 percent of the vote.
Some things that Mary Lou Bruner has stated she believes: Obama used to be a gay prostitute. Climate change is a hoax promoted by the communists and, specifically, by Karl Marx himself. Slavery is not the reason for the American Civil War, but we have been led to think that through a conspiracy by historians who “waited until all of the people who were alive during the Civil War and the Restoration died of old age.” School shootings started only after “the schools started teaching evolution.” That there may have been dinosaurs on Noah’s ark, and the reason there are no dinosaurs now is that Noah only brought baby dinosaurs that starved to death when he let them loose back on land.
Presuming that Texas Republicans do not find their long-lost sense of shame between now and this May—and evidence that they will is sparse—she is likely to become one of the most powerful people in America when it comes to content of the textbooks Texas children, and therefore children in quite a few other states besides, find on their desks in coming years.
An openly raving Damn Lunatic. It may be time to consider walling the state of Texas off. I am not ruling out an airlift to rescue the remaining sane people.”
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York will help raise money for Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid at a campaign event in New York City next week, according to an invitation to the gathering.
Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Cuomo are set to appear together at an undisclosed location in the city on Feb. 16, in the interval between the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday and the Nevada caucuses on Feb. 20.
The fund-raising event is a new foray into the presidential race for Mr. Cuomo, who has typically shied away from federal politics since his election as governor in 2010. He only briefly attended the Democratic convention in 2012, and scrapped plans that year to campaign in Florida for President Obama because of Hurricane Sandy.
Mr. Cuomo has been a more energetic advocate in the 2016 race for Mrs. Clinton, with whom he has a relationship dating to his time as housing secretary in President Bill Clinton’s administration. They traveled to Britain together for a visit with Tony Blair in 1997, and Mr. Cuomo campaigned for Mrs. Clinton when she ran for the Senate in 2000, and for her last presidential bid in 2008.
Since endorsing her again last April – on the day she announced her campaign – Mr. Cuomo has regularly criticized Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont for his record on gun issues.
The invitation for next week’s event asks donors to attend “a conversation with Hillary Rodham Clinton.” Donors who raise $25,000 or more are invited to a special reception with Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Cuomo..
Mrs. Clinton has promoted Mr. Cuomo, too, and last weekend posted on Twitter her approval of his announcement of new regulations against so-called conversion therapy, a discredited practice that purports to purge people of same-sex attraction.


text: This study was performed to evaluate the effect of liraglutide on experimental testicular ischaemia reperfusion in rats in terms of biochemistry, histopathology and immunohistochemistry. A total of 28 male Wistar-Albino rats were divided randomly into 4 groups: control (7), sham (7), ischaemia-reperfusion (7) and ischaemia-reperfusion + liraglutide (7). Biochemically, Nitric Oxide, Malondialdehyde, Superoxide dismutase, Glutathione peroxidase and Catalase levels were measured in the testis. Apoptosis protease activating factor-1 and inducible nitric oxide synthase activity were evaluated immunohistochemically as well. Statistical analyses were made via the Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests. In the reperfusion group, CAT and SOD values were increased (p > .05), NO and MDA values were decreased (p < .05) after administration of liraglutide. In addition, GPx values were significantly increased in ischaemia reperfusion + liraglutide administered group compared to reperfusion group (p < .05). Apaf-1 and iNOS activity were significantly decreased with the addition of liraglutide treatment to the ischaemia-reperfusion group (p < .05). First of all, we would like to say that liraglutide treatment is moderately preventive against I/R injury in testicular torsion. The anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antiapoptotic properties of liraglutide are create a moderately protective effect as we show in this study.


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DA’s racism exposed: ANC
A judgment against the City of Cape Town over the construction of unenclosed toilets in the Mkhaza informal settlement of the Cape Flats “exposes the racism” of the Democratic Alliance, the ANC said on Friday.
“Not only is this landmark judgment a vindication of the long-held ANC view shared by many people, particularly the poor black working class of the Western Cape, that the DA is a racist political party only committed to protecting the last vestiges and policies of apartheid, but that its building of unenclosed toilets in Makhaza shows total disrespect for black dignity,” ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu said.
“Judge Nathan Erasmus should be applauded by all South Africans for exposing the DA's violation of human rights and the need to protect Makhaza residents' Constitutional rights to dignity.”
In a judgment handed down in the Western Cape High Court, Erasmus said an agreement between the city and Makhaza settlement on the Cape Flats for the construction of 1316 unenclosed toilets was unlawful.
He declared the construction of unenclosed toilets a serious violation of the residents' Constitutional right to dignity.
The construction of unenclosed toilets, he said, was inconsistent with the mayor and the city's constitutional duty to provide the poorest of the poor with their basic needs.
“We have all along maintained that the DA, which creates an impression of espousing liberal values, is nothing else but a racist political party merely interested in protecting white privileges and those of the DA elite at the expense of the poor, working class residing in such squalid conditions as seen in Makhaza, Mannenburg, Mitchells Plain, Gugulethu and Nyanga to name a few,” Mthembu said.
“We have always called on DA leader Helen Zille to climb down from her high horse and clean up her backyard in the Western Cape before venturing into unwarranted attacks on the progressive leadership of the ANC, with a track record of building better communities in South Africa.”
Mthembu said as South Africa moved closer to its local government election on May 18, the judgment should serve as a reminder to the electorate “particularly blacks” that all that the DA was interested in was their votes and “not their dignity, welfare and livelihood”.
“It is not, and will never be a political home for black people who include Africans, coloureds and Indians.
“It is not a party to be trusted and be voted into power by our people. Despite its desperation and attempts to confuse blacks of its true identity, the Makhaza judgment remains a chilling reminder showing on whose side Zille and his bunch of racist lackeys are on,” he said. - Sapa
Mina I'm very suprise that peole are interested on community base issues that need to be intertaned by leaders of the community. The ANCYL is supposed to be more influential on issues pertaining the youth, but they simply ingoring it. I'm confused of the Plan of Action of the ANCYL. I never heard the president of the ANCYL talking about issues for the youth. In UKZN students were demonstrating for financila aid, housing etc but there were no coments from the ANCYL. I think it's time now fot the ANCYL youth to think otherwise when they are going the the congress. Because this thing of electing peole not according to their capabilities is uncalled for.
The ANC needs to realise that most of our informal settlements consist of people out of the Eastern Cape that would rather live under these circumstances than go back home where there is no chance of a better life... Food for Thought!!
It serves the DA jolly right to have a judgement against them. Their poster of sdeilvering ervices to all is a joke now. The rightous Zille should apologise to the people of makhaza
Loudly South African, wrote
One thing is predictable: the ANC have become compulsive liars. The DA-run municipality entered into the deal in good faith. It did not know that one of its employees, the person who negotiated the deal, was an ANCYL leader intent on subverting the process. Even though more than 90% of the residents accepted the deal, the council did try to enclose the remaining toilets but were violently prevented from doing so by ANCYL thugs, who also demolished the toilets. The ANCYL, SAHRC and other racist ANC proxies have not raised the same objections about areas under ANC rule that are worse off. Their cynicism, hypocrisy and dishonesty have no bounds.
I want the ANC dominated council where I live to give me an enclosed toilet. A better life for all? It seems that everything you do is motivated by the desire to stay in power, not by concern for the people.
JUDGE NATHANS RULING IS FLAWED AS ONE CANNOT LOOK AT THIS ISSUE IN ISOLATION TO THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN OUR COUNTRY AT LARGE, THE ANC HAVE FAILED THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS WITHOUT PROVIDING DECENT EDUCATION, SHELTER, RUNNING WATER AND SANITATION ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. THIS ID NONE OTHER THAN A POLITACAL JUDGEMENT AND SHOULD BE TREATED BY ALL WITH THE CONTEMPT THAT IT DESERVES. THE ANC IN THE WESTERN CAPE HAVE NEVER DELIVERED TO THE PEOPLE AND IN THIS CAMPAIGN HAVE YET TO OFFER ANY REAL ALTERNATIVES AND CONCRETE PLANS OF WHAT THEY WILL DO TO ALLEVIATE THE DEVESTATION THEY CAUSED WHEN THEY GOVERNED THE WESTERN CAPE.
Anon E Mouse, wrote
When will the informal settlements in Gauteng get enclosed, flushing toilets?
Definitely racist. No Indians or whites received free toilets.
F..k the ANC, wrote
Here we go again....!! The ANC governed areas amout to a lot more than 500 000 living without sanitation. It's amazing that the only thing they have to campaign with is the past, “racism” and apartheid. There was an agreement between the parties involved and the ANCYL came along to stir trouble as usual. I was in the Western Cape when it was governed by the ANC and the place was a pig stay compared to now. The toilets that the DA put up were not even there for the entire period the ANC was in control. The ANC is picking up stompies as usual and presenting their stompies to the uneducated that vote for them.
The only racist is the ANC. Pleae, does the anc really believe the Wester The only racist is the ANC. Please, does the anc really believe the WesternCape is that naive. Does the words Ficksburg, Manyani, corrupt municipalities ring a bell? The DA long ago admitted to the mistake, something the ANC mamparas can learn from. nCape is that naive. Does the words Ficksburg, Manyani, corrupt municiplailties ring a bell?
One would have to suppose that that is the only conclusion that Nathan was ever going to come to. The fact that the ANC have jumped on to it so quickly exposes the idea that they really have nothing else to offer as an alternative government to the DA.
The DA were quite daft with this one. It was always going to be used against them by the ANC and they should have just given in and made it go away ages ago, but instead they got all stubborn about it. No-one cares that the ANC did it first: the DA got their butts kicked by the COURT. Stupid. The DA can ill afford a mistake like this.
The agreement between the city and Makhaza was not only ethical but correct in the circumstances existing at the time. The judgment by Erasmus was not only faulty but in this day of total ANC corruption one has to ask how much he was paid to arrive at this conclusion.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the decision by the US Food and Drug Administration to authorise the marketing of the IQOS electrically heated tobacco system as a modified risk tobacco product in the US, if he will (a) undertake a review of policy in relation to such products in the UK and (b) introduce a regulatory framework for those goods based on risk.
On 7 July 2020, the United States Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) classified IQOS as a ‘modified risk product’ and permitted the use of certain information in their advertising and marketing of the products. The FDA states that this does not mean these products are safe or “FDA approved” and they will continue to monitor them.
The Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) provided an independent assessment of the harms of heated tobacco products for the Government. COT reported in December 2017 and found that the evidence suggests heated tobacco products pose a risk to users and though there is likely to be a reduction in risk for cigarette smokers who switch to these products, it is best to quit entirely.
In the United Kingdom heated tobacco products are regulated under the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 (TRPR) and classed as a novel tobacco product. The Government has a legal commitment to carry out a post-implementation review of TRPR by May 2021.


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The Canary Islands are in the oil industry’s crosshairs, and that spells danger for the area’s marine habitats and wildlife.
In a new report, Oceana has denounced oil prospecting plans in the Canary Islands, highlighting the dangerous impact of these activities on cold-water coral reefs, deep sponge fields, hydrothermal vents, and nearly 100 protected species.
Spanish oil company Repsol is planning to prospect in the Canary Islands Channel, located off the northwest coast of Africa. The channel contains gas-based habitats that are protected under the Habitats Directive. These habitats support coral and sponge communities that would be destroyed by oil prospecting activity.
A total of 25 protected areas and 82 endangered species would be threatened by Repsol’s prospecting activities. These include sea turtles, short finned pilot whales, angel sharks, bottlenose dolphins, and a variety of fish.
The International Maritime Organization has declared the Canary Islands a Particularly Sensitive Area for its biological wealth and its economic dependence. This status affords the islands’ strict protection in terms of waste and pollution.
The Canary Islands is an archipelago supported by fishing and tourism. Both of these industries rely on the islands’ high biodiversity—more than 600 species and 350 communities and habitats. Oil prospecting would interfere with fishing and tourism, and reduce the biodiversity of the area.
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About this book
A panoramic love story that sweeps from the Jewish Quarter of the Ukraine in the early twentieth century to the Paris of the twenties and thirties. Just as with "Suite Française", which was a bestselling phenomenon, Némirovsky works on a broad literary canvas to tell the story of an artist struggling against the Parisian cycle of recession and revolution.
A novel that tells of a tragic love, between Ada from the poor Jewish quarter and Harry, son of a rich financier.
|CHATTO & WINDUS|


Nissan says "meh" to the world's fastest electric race car.
Just days ago, the Nismo (Nissan's motorsports and tuning division) team set out in search of a record.
The goal was simple: set the fastest-ever lap time in its class on the legendary Silverstone International Race Circuit.
The result was a "staggering sub-8 min lap," according to Nismo.
This time is "putting pressure on the nerves of Nissan Electric Race engineers...," adds Nismo.
The vehicle responsible for the record-setting time was none other than the GoBug. Never heard of it? Neither had we.
Oh...we should add that the class in which the GoBug set the electric world record is one we'd never expect to see on the Silverstone Circuit and hope to never see lapping the track there again.
Watch and you'll see what we mean.


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There's some interesting writing about Advent from the Anglo-Saxon period: perhaps this is not surprising, since Advent is an opportunity to reflect not only on the coming of Christ but on the end of the world, and one of the most popular themes in Old English poetry and prose is the ultimate fate of all earthly things. In the later medieval period, the trend in English writing about Christmas is often to focus on the mystery of the Incarnation, and all the poetic richness that can be found in the interaction of the divine and the domestic, the heavenly and the homely worlds; I'm thinking especially of the carols and the mystery plays. But (to speak broadly), it was the cosmic implications of the Incarnation and the Second Coming which really excited the imagination of the Anglo-Saxons.
And so here is an extract from a homily for the Second Sunday of Advent which was written by Ælfric, perhaps the most skilful (and certainly the most prolific) writer of Old English prose. He lived in the second part of the tenth century (c.955-c.1010), when the close of the first millennium meant that thoughts of the end of the world were much on the mind. This an extract from a longer homily, which you can read online in Old and Modern English here. The Gospel for the Second Sunday of Advent was (and still is, in some churches) taken from Luke 21:25-33, which talks about the signs of the end of the world. Ælfric begins by discussing these signs, and tells his listeners that although they have seen some of the signs in their own times (wars, earthquakes, famines), others have not happened yet (unusual movements of the stars, the darkening of the sun and moon). But nonetheless, he says, the world will end one day. And then he says:
O, let not any believer who wishes to see God grieve for the world's end! They should grieve for the destruction of the world who have planted the root of their heart in the love of it, who do not seek the life to come, nor even believe in it; but truly, we, who know of all the joys of our heavenly homeland, should with one mind be hastening there. We ought to wish that we may swiftly travel there, and come there by the short way, because this world is afflicted with many sorrows, and made wretched by many evils.
What is this deathly life but a journey? Consider what it would be like to grow weary labouring on with a journey, and yet not to wish for the journey to end. The Lord said, "Behold this fig-tree, and all other trees: when they sprout leaves, then you know that summer draws near. So in the same way, when you see the aforementioned signs, then you may know that the kingdom of God draws near." Truly, by these words it is shown that the fruit of this world is falling. It grows so that it may fall; it sprouts up so that it may destroy with pestilence what had previously sprouted.
This world is like a man grown old. In youth the body is thriving, with a powerful chest, with strong and healthy limbs; but in old age this man's height is bowed down, his neck grows slack, his face is wrinkled, his limbs all made weak. His breast is oppressed with sighs, and between words his breath fails him; though sickness may not afflict him, yet very often health is like a sickness to him. So it is with this world. In the beginning it was thriving as in its youth, growing in bodily health, getting fat on the abundance of plenty, with a long time to live and dwelling in lasting peace. But now it is oppressed by old age, as if by its frequent troubles it is afflicted unto death.
My brothers, do not love this world, which you see cannot last long! The apostle said of this, "Do not love the world, nor anything that lives in it, because whoever loves the world does not have the love of God in him." The kingdom of God is well likened to the summertime: for then the clouds of our sorrow will pass away, and life's days will shine with the brightness of the eternal sun...
The wise man said that the great day of God is near at hand, and incredibly swift. Even if it were still a thousand years until that day comes, it would not be any slower, because the end comes swift and quick, and when it is ended it will be as if it had never existed. And even though it were a long time until that day - which it is not - nonetheless our time will not be long, and at our ending it will be judged whether we shall await the common doom in peace or in suffering. Let us therefore make use of the time which God has given us, and merit eternal life with him who lives and reigns for ever, world without end. Amen.
The Last Judgement, British Library, Stowe 944, f. 7
Here's the Old English:
Ne gewurðe hit la, þæt ænig geleafful, seðe gewilnað God to geseonne, þæt he heofige for middangeardes hryrum... Þa sceolon heofian for middangeardes toworpennysse, þa ðe heora heortan wyrtruman on his lufe aplantodon, þa ðe þæt towearde lif ne secað, ne his furðon ne gelyfað: we soðlice, ðe þæs heofonlican eðles gefean eallunga oncneowon, sceolon anmodlice to ðam onettan. Us is to gewiscenne þæt we hrædlice to ðam faron, and þurh ðone scyrtran weg becumon, forðan ðe ðes middangeard is mid menigfealdum unrotnyssum geðread, and mid ðwyrnyssum geangsumod.
Hwæt is ðis deadlice lif buton weg? Understandað nu hwilc sy on weges geswince to ateorigenne, and ðeah nelle þone weg geendigan. Drihten cwæð, "Behealdað þas fictreowa and ealle oðre treowa: þonne hi spryttað, ðonne wite ge þæt hit sumorlæhð. Swa eac ge magon witan, ðonne ge ðas foresædan tacna geseoð, þæt Godes rice genealæhð." Soðlice mid þisum wordum is geswutelod þæt ðises middangeardes wæstm is hryre. To ðam he wext þæt he fealle; to ðy he sprytt þæt he mid cwyldum fornyme swa hwæt swa he ær sprytte. Þes middangeard is ðam ealdigendan menn gelic: on ingoðe bið se lichama þeonde on strangum breoste, on fullum limum and halum; witodlice on ealdlicum gearum bið þæs mannes wæstm gebiged, his swura aslacod, his neb gerifod, and his lima ealle gewæhte; his breost bið mid sicetungum geðread, and betwux wordum his orðung ateorað; þeah ðe him adl on ne sitte, þeah forwel oft his hæl him bið adl. Swa is ðisum middangearde: æt fruman he wæs ðeonde swylce on geogoðhade, he wæs on lichamlicere hælðe growende, and on speda genihtsumnysse fætt, langsum on life, stille on langsumere sibbe; ac he is nu mid ylde ofsett, swylce mid gelomlæcendum hefigtymnyssum to deaðe geðread.
Mine gebroðra, ne lufige ge þisne middangeard þe ge geseoð þæt lange wunian ne mæg. Be ðisum cwæð se apostol, "Ne lufige ge middangeard, ne ða ðing ðe him on wuniað, forðan swa hwa swa middangeard lufað, næfð he Godes lufe on him." Wel is Godes rice sumerlicere tide wiðmeten, forði ðonne gewitað þa genipu ure dreorignysse, and lifes dagas ðurh beorhtnysse þære ecan sunnan scinað...
Se witega cwæð, þæt se miccla Godes dæg is swiðe gehende, and þearle swyft. Þeah ðe gyt wære oðer þusend geara to ðam dæge, nære hit langsum; forðan swa hwæt swa geendað, þæt bið sceort and hræd, and bið swilce hit næfre ne gewurde, þonne hit geendod bið. Hwæt þeah hit langsum wære to ðam dæge, swa hit nis, þeah ne bið ure tima langsum, and on ure geendunge us bið gedemed, hwæðer we on reste oþþe on wite ðone gemænelican dom anbidian sceolon. Uton forði brucan þæs fyrstes ðe us God forgeaf, and geearnian þæt ece lif mid him seðe leofað and rixað in ealra worulda woruld. Amen.

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sessions plus a whole day retreat and with quite a bit of home practice. There are lots of promises of a quick fix about lately. You will see many
short courses (four to six weeks long and offering between 4 - 9 hours of training) that claim to be based on 'MBSR' or 'the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn'
and also inaccurately drawing on the MBSR research-base - when this is not evident in the structure of the course or the experience of the teacher.
Mindfulness involves changing habits of mind and body. Change happens through practice and the evidence suggests that eight weeks provides the time for new cognitive, emotional, neurological and behavioural changes to become embedded. Our experience is that practice is most effectively
developed in a sustainable manner when there is an ongoing personal relationship with a teacher who really knows their stuff. We encourage you to do
some research. If you are quite stressed or meeting some big challenges you might be better doing an in-depth, evidence-based program.
Read here about why an app may not be the best way of learning.
I am a health professional. How will it help me in my work?
MBSR is a wonderful program for those in helping professions. It assists with our capacity for listening, empathy, compassion and genuine curiosity.
It can also help us see into our own patterns that get in the way of being truly helpful. MBSR is however not a professional training in using
mindfulness with clients: in this course, we are all in the same boat. We welcome you to experiment with leaving your professional hat at the door
and really immersing yourself in the mindfulness practice. Doing our MBSR course is an opportunity to learn about mindfulness from the inside out
by engaging in the group process and learning from everyone in the group.
There are good ethical and professional reasons to have an in-depth understanding of your own personal mindfulness practice before teaching others.
A sustained mindfulness practice, including doing an MBSR course and a teacher-led silent mindfulness retreat, is a pre-requisite for training
to teach others. For more information about professional mindfulness training in Australia, go to: MTIA

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Traditionen tro tager Burhan G og Danmarks Underholdningsorkester på juleturné med et stort musikalsk show. Oplev hits som ’Tinka’, ‘Jeg i live’ og ‘Kalder mig hjem’.
Johannes Brahms - Complete Symphonies
The Hungarian-born conductor Adam Fischer is much in demand within both the opera and concert repertoire and has cooperated with a great number of leading international concert halls and opera houses, including the Vienna State Opera, La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera as well as such orchestras as the Vienna Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2019, he gained the international Wolf Prize, was nominated Conductor of the Year by PrestoClassical in the UK and received an Orchestral Award from the BBC Music Magazine for his recording of Mahler’s First Symphony with the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra. In 2022, he received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from International Classical Music Awards (ICMA).
Reviews: Johannes Brahms - Complete Symphonies
“Fischer and his Danish Chamber Orchestra offer a thrilling new series that all Brahms lovers should hear.”The Guardian-
“The color palette in this interpretation and the energy are phenomenal. What is most remarkable is that nowhere heaviness does set in, but the music always sounds light and as if it has taken off.””The classic review-
“Adam Fischer and his Danish musicians deliver definitive performances of all four of these symphonies, with inspired clarity, utmost exibility, and unfailing elegance.”Pizzicato-


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Felix E. Feist
Felix Ellison Feist (February 28, 1910 - September 2, 1965) was a film and television director born in New York City.
He is probably best remembered for Deluge (1933), for writing and directing the film noirs The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947) and The Threat (1949), and for helming the second screen version of the Curt Siodmak sci-fi tale Donovan's Brain (1953), which starred Nancy Davis before she became Nancy Reagan.
Feist was the adoptive father of noted fantasy author Raymond E. Feist.
^ I Credited for the lyrics of "Lo-Lo"
^ II Credited for the screenplay
^ III Credited as a composer
^ IV Credited as a writer
^ V Uncredited
^ VI Credited for the story
^ VII Credited for the original screenplay
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|1957||Highway Patrol||"Gem Robbery"||Yes|
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|1958||Sea Hunt||"Sixty Feet Below"||Yes|
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|1959||The Deputy||"Back to Glory"||Yes|
|1960||Bonanza||"Blood on the Land"||Yes|
|1960–1961||Adventures in Paradise||17 episodes||Yes|
|1961–1962||Follow the Sun||2 episodes||Yes|
|1962||Bus Stop||"Verdict of 12"||Yes|
|1964||Peyton Place||unknown episodes||Yes|
|1964–1965||Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea||6 episodes||Yes|
|1965||The Outer Limits||"The Probe"||Yes|
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Apologists for Israeli occupation and apartheid claim that advocates for holding Israel accountable for its human rights abuses of Palestinians are “singling Israel out for extra scrutiny” or “holding Israel to a higher standard than other countries.”
Yet, ironically, Israel’s supporters also claim that U.S. military aid to Israel is sacrosanct and, unlike every other governmental program on the chopping block these days, cannot be questioned due to the “special U.S.-Israeli relationship." Dan Carle, a spokesperson for Sen.
Israel may be forgiven for failing to realize the current fiscal woes of the United States. After all, US military aid to Israel not only sailed unscathed through this month’s passage of the 2011 budget, but reached the record level of $3 billion.
The US additionally provided Israel $415 million for procurement, research and development of joint US-Israeli missile defense projects, including $205 million to fund Israel’s newly-deployed Iron Dome system.


J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co. Shot Gun Side-by-Side 1886 to 1915 Shape Fair Looking for a Value
Hand gun Colt 45 1918 Looking for a Value
Circa 1940 Manuffacture d'Armes de Bayonne MAB Model D semi automatic pistol. Fram marked PISTOLET AUTOMATIQUE CAL 7.65 MAB BREVETE Black plastic grips with MAB
Remington Model 4 Rolling Block 1890 to 1933 Single shot 22
"Circa 1940 Manuffacture d'Armes de Bayonne MAB Model D semi automatic pistol. Fram marked PISTOLET AUTOMATIQUE CAL 7.65 MAB BREVETE Black plastic grips with MAB"
Dating these pistol can be tricky -- based on what you have written, your pistol dates from 1933-about 1950. More information or photos would make closed dating possible. For example, is the lower line of text on the slide "MAB BREVETTE MODELE D" or just "MAB brevette"? What is the s/n?
Much of the information on MABs in standard arms reference books and on the internet is incorrect. It is very common to confuse pre-WWII, WWII, and post-WWII pistols, or the Type I and Type II pistols, since they all look similar. Value of these varies widely -- it depends on condition, of course, but also when it was made. MAB Ds made during the German occupation of France and marked with German Army acceptance stamps (WaffenAmt/WaA) are more desirable to most collectors than other MAB Ds and generally sell for $100-200 more than another example in similar condition without the WaA. As a result, there are now a number of MAB Ds with faked WaAs (very easy to spot if you know what to look for).
This is a 7.65mm (.32ACP) MAB model D ("brevette" just means "patented". MAB (Manufacture d'Armes de Bayonne) was a French pistol manufacturer from 1920-1982. The model D was made 1933-1982 in calibers 7.65 (.32ACP) and 9mm court (9mm short, or .380ACP) in two or three versions (depending on how changes are counted). The design was based on the Browning model 1910/22 (but it was not a copy). It was intended for police and military use (hence the lanyard ring on the butt of most examples) although also available commercially.
Before WWII it was used by French police and armed government agencies. Shortly before WWII the entire production was diverted to the French government as it prepared for war and pistols went to the French Army and Navy. During the German occupation of France the German Army kept the model D in production for its forces. About 50,000 were made during the occupation (1940-1944); these are marked with German Army acceptance stamps. Production of the model D resumed in 1945, again with all pistols going to the French government as part of military rearmament, until the production of the more powerful regular military handguns (models 1935A and 1935S, model 1950) could meet the military's needs. It remained in use with French police and armed agencies (Customs, Bank of France, railway, etc) until MAB closed.
For more information on this pistol and MABs in general, see: http://unblinkingeye.com/Guns/MABHist/mabhist.html
I have been given a MAB BREVETTE MODELE D s/n d 358(the 3 could be a 8 but since there is a clear 8 at thr endthe first # looks more like a 3). The safty has a double latching capablity on the bottom of the slide, first is a safty and second keeps the chamber oppened; there is a safety on the back of the grip that engages as you grip the gun. The gun is in very good condition having a thumb rest on the left side; believe would not sute a left handed shooter. I have not fired this hand gun and would like more information on ammo (7.65 / 32) and the avalibility of purchacing extra mags.
My dad gave me his old MAB brevette and I need to replace the plastic hand grips and also needs magazines. Any clue where to locate these parts?


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Had a direct democracy, and only allowed a select few people to participate. This did NOT work for them, many people were not represented and not everyone could attend every meeting.
In spite of this, they believed that people were rational and could choose for themselves. This is shown through their democracy. They also believed in individual rights and freedoms, both of which are prinicples of liberalism.
Limited the power of the King in Britain and gave the people fundamental rights.
This is one of the first written examples of Rule of Law. However, this document did little to protect the people and was often disregarded.
1300 - 1500
Change in way of thinking. People began to believe that they were able to make their own decisions.
This time brought the belief that humans are rational and able to make decisions, which is a huge step towards liberalism, however, at this time most people did not have any freedoms, they were still heavily controlled by monarchies and the church. http://www.fbcfloralcity.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Da-Vinci-Last-Supper.jpg?0e8fce
1400 - 1776
One of the longest continuously existing democracies in the world. Created the Great Law of Peace.
They followed the idea of human worth, and reason. From this they gave their people, men and women, fundamental freedoms. For example, freedom of speech and religion. These beliefs, in human reasoning and freedoms, are both foundations for liberalism. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Maison_longue.JPG
1517 - 1648
Poeple realized how corrupt the Church was and so many countries broke away from the church.
The decision to break away was based heavily on the idea that the citizens of a country could be trusted to make their own decisions. They no longer needed the 'moral compass' of the church to guide them.
1700 - 1800
Took the ideas of Renaissance and Reformation and put them together. The people were in turmoil, nobody was sure what to do with these new beliefs, or how to best use them.
The ideas at this time were not widely accepted because they challenged the foundations of a society that had been in place for hundreds of years. There were more people working to gain their own wealth, which was weakening the aristocracy. At this time prominent belief was human rationality, however, there was also beginning to be self-interest, economic freedom, and individual freedom.
1700 - 1800
At this time people were migrating from farms to cities because they were no longer needed due to advances in technology. Because there was a large amount of people in the cities at this time, many entrepreneurs took advantage of it, using these people as cheap labour.
At this time people acted in self-interest, there was economic freedom, and limited government. There was, however, a lack of individual freedoms for the lower class citizens.
The poeple wanted freedom from and equality with Britain. They also wanted to be able to make their own decisions about their country.
They used many enlightenment thinkers to help wirte their constitution.
Followed the liberalist beliefs of individual freedoms, economic freedom, human rationality, self-interest, and democracy. This is one of the first examples of a nation building its constitution around the principles of liberalism. http://www.sentryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/American-Constitution.jpg
The citizens were unhappy with their oppressive monarchy and wanted to be able to make their own decisions. They wanted a society with liberalist ideals.
The creation of the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen" Gave the French nation many of the liberalist principles. They had limitations on their government, individual rights and freedoms, rule of law, and protection of civil liberties.
Changes to Class System
1850 - 1900
There was shift in power in soceity. The upper class no longer controlled all the wealth, there was opportunity for everyone to make their fortune. This meant that there was a new, wealthy middle class that emerged.
This is an example of the effects of self-interest, economic freedom, limitations on the government and free markets.http://www.historiann.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/hogarth-ladiesofleisure.jpg

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Grand Piano Staff - Music Notation
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Learn how to read music - music notation. Music notation is used to record music in a written format, and it is written on music staff.
Music staff is visual representation of a piano keyboard. It is consisted of of lines and spaces. Two staves are combined to form a grand staff (see diagram below).
The top stave is written in treble clef, and it is used for (right-hand) piano (or violin, flute, and other music instruments). The bottom stave is written in bass clef, and is used for (left-hand) piano (or other instruments such as cello or guitar).
We have learned the names of all the white keys as well as the black keys. Once again, review the above music notation chart , you can also use the acronyms to help memorizing these notes (see below).
[Review: The Names of Piano Keys]
Now, test your note reading skills using Note Trainer
Use interactive virtual piano below to play any notes:
Lesson 4 - Learn music staff & clef signs (treble / bass clefs).
Lesson 5 - Learn how to keep time in music - time signatures & how to count different time signatures.
Click below to watch animation demos:
Lesson 4: Music Notation - Piano Grand Staff
Essential Dictionary of Music Notation
The Most Practical and Concise Source for Music Notation
A handy reference in an easy-to-use format
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Edengrad goes behind the scenes to look at the development of the game’s world and cities.
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UAB researchers developed a new vehicle to release proteins with therapeutic effects.
A new study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that the lung capacity of marijuana smokers is not diminished by regular toking, even among those who smoked once or twice a week.
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Background: There is a growing recognition of the inherent limitations of the use of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) to accurately phenotype patients with heart failure (HF). Objectives: The authors sought to identify unique proteomic signatures for patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), HF with a midrange LVEF (HFmrEF), and HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), as well as to identify molecular differences between patients with ischemic and nonischemic HF. Methods: We used high-content aptamer-based proteomics technology (SOMAscan) to interrogate the blood proteome of age- and sex-matched patients with HF within different LVEF groups. Results: Within the Washington University Heart Failure Registry, we identified age/sex-matched patients within 3 LVEF categories: HFrEF (LVEF <40%), HFmrEF (LVEF 40% to 50%), and HFpEF (LVEF >50%). We found that patients with HFrEF, HFmrEF, and HFpEF had unique variations in circulating proteins that reflected distinct biological pathophysiologies. Bioinformatics analysis revealed that there were biological themes that were unique to patients with HFrEF, HFpEF, or HFmrEF. Comparative analyses of patients with HFmrEF with improved LVEF and patients with HFmrEF with unchanged LVEF revealed marked differences between these 2 patient populations and indicated that patients with recovered LVEF are more similar to patients with HFpEF than to patients with HFrEF. Moreover, there were marked differences in the proteomic signatures of patients with ischemic and nonischemic HF. Conclusions: Viewed together, these findings suggest that it may be possible to use high-content multiplexed proteomics assays in combination with the clinical assessment of LVEF to more accurately identify clinical phenotypes of patients with HF.
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Spring Sandwich: Roasted Carrot & Tempeh with Ramps & Arugula
- 1 8oz package of tempeh, cut lengthwise and then into thin strips widthwise
- 3 medium carrots, julienned (white, orange, purple)
- 4-6 ramps, white part only, sliced. Reserve the greens for later.
- Handful of arugula
For the marinade:
- 2 tbsp white wine
- 1 tbsp liquid aminos
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ½ tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 tsp stone ground brown mustard
- 1 tsp dried oregano leaves
- 1 1/2 tsp pure maple syrup or agave
- Preheat the oven to 400 F. Prepare the tempeh, carrots, and ramps and put into a large baking dish.
- Prepare the marinade by whisking the ingredients together in a small bowl. Pour over the tempeh, carrots, and ramps.
- Bake for 20 minutes until the tempeh is cooked through. Remove the tempeh from the dish and set on a separate plate. Drizzle olive oil over the carrots and mix in the ramp greens. Bake for another 10 minutes until carrots a fork can go through the carrots with little resistance (I like mine crisper.) This is also when you’d throw in a pita to toast up. You can also throw the tempeh in for a couple of minutes towards the end to warm it back up.
- When the carrots and ramp greens are finished, mix back with the tempeh (if you haven’t already) and put onto the toasted pita. Throw some arugula on top and enjoy!

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Our partners at Corrocoat Benelux were recently commissioned to coat 300 square meters of new flue gas duct sections, with a diameter of 2200mm. The sections were intended for an energy from waste plant and required a coating which could protect the steel against flue gases. Corrocoat Benelux have a long standing relationship with the client, who specialise in fabrication of this type of equipment, and have worked with them on numerous projects over the last 10 years.
The project was carried out at the Corrocoat workshop, and took a team of 4 men, under 2 weeks to complete. The sections were blasted internally and externally to Sa2 ½. A surface profile of approximately 70 microns was achieved on the internals, which was then coated with Polyglass VEF using airless spray application. Polyglass VEF is a glass flake vinyl ester acrylic co-polymer, which has superior resistance to chemical attack and high temperature resistance. The externals were coated with 1 layer of Plasmet ZF which once again offered superior resistance in a chemical environment.


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No matter the house, circumstance or time scale, we can buy your house in as little as seven days.
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Since forming the company in 2012, we have bought all different types of properties and helped customers from all walks of life. We pride ourselves on relieving our customers from unforeseen circumstances. No matter the case, we want to get to know our customers personally to take the stress away from selling.
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If you decide to go ahead and your home is eligible, we will send one of our Regional Managers to visit your property and give you a final quote. It couldn’t be easier.
We may not be able to buy your property at its full market price. But we will take care of all your legal fees so that you don’t have to.
If you need to sell your home quickly, on average we buy properties in two to three weeks. Although, in previous cases, we have bought customer properties in less than seven days.

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