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More imagination needed in the health system says NHS England Director
Parts of the health service need to show more imagination when it comes to technology and improving care, Matthew Swindells, NHS England’s National Director for Commissioning Operations and Information, has told delegates at the Health and Care Innovation Expo 2016.
In his keynote speech at the Manchester event, Mr Swindells said: “There is a huge challenge out there. We are evolving new models of care, we are trying to create more freedom but to people who say we need to send more guidance, I say ‘you need to show more imagination and we need to solve these problems locally within the context of the extremely hard exam question that the Secretary of State has set us’.”
In a wide ranging speech, Mr Swindells also emphasised the need to engage carers in the health and care process, give patients more control of their medical records and the importance of reaching the target audience behind new technologies, not just the ‘iWatch generation counting their steps every day.’
“At the heart of our strategy will be ‘how do we empower people, patients and carers thought the use of technology?'” Mr Swindells said.
He also reassured trusts that are not currently in the exemplar vanguards that they can still count on support.
“My message to them is that they are still part of our efforts to transform technology across the country and that there are going to be other ways for them to access money, development and clear guidance because I’m not looking to have any child left behind here, we need to move everybody forwards.
“In some ways we need to avoid obsessing about the acute sector and start obsessing about the community and mental health services. Almost every STP strategy, at its core, is about an enhancement of out of hospital care and it would be a mistake to think you solve out of hospital care by focussing on hospitals. We need to focus on systems such as care management, home nursing, community hospitals, primary care hubs and out-of-hours services which all need investment and moving forward quickly if STPs are to be successful.”
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Speaking yesterday at a Westminster Briefing on the next steps for implementation of personal health budgets, Colin Royle, Director of Peoplehub CIC, reflected on how personal health budgets can offer more flexibility even for those who don’t feel confident in taking more control of their care.


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2006 was the beginning of a wonderful Belgian dancing love story. Lolo The Ballerina is so much more than an ordinary ballerina, it is - today more than ever before - the basis of a modern woman’s wardrobe and can be worn at any moment of the day at any age; whatever your mood of the day, you wear it either chique, sporty, dressy, fashionable, stylish or nonchalant. Lolo’s are inspiring, they make us feel so feminine and magic, amorous and mysterious, they make us move and walk differently.
LOLO, simple but distinctive, synonymous with definitive femininity. A solar name reminiscent of Italy, Barbara’s roots, where the shoes are handcrafted.
Barbara carefully selects the soft, souple leather in Italy where the natural tanning process is done in a rainbow of splendid colours. Those very special shades in nappa, suede, laminato and patent leathers make all difference. The Capri Ballerina is outfitted with an adjustable lace which gives it an incomparable comfort and ease to wear and gives the perfect fitting. It has a very smooth foot bed and the fine sole is highly resistant.
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disease that greatly diminishes life span owing to impaired function of the lungs and intestinal epithelia. Although the F508 homozygous mutation in the anion channel protein cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is commonly found in CF patients, the mechanisms by which this mutation causes disease are unclear. To investigate this issue in vivo, Ostedgaard et al. generated pigs homozygous for CFTR-F508. Unlike previously established mouse models of CF, CFTR-F508 pigs develop airway and intestinal disease that closely resembles human CF pathology. In vivo studies agreed with previous results carried out in cell culture systems, and showed that the F508 mutation causes CFTR misfolding and degradation, and the failure of the protein to localise at the apical surface of epithelial cells. CFTR-F508 pigs provide a relevant model to further investigate mechanisms of CF pathogenesis and for testing therapies that aim to increase CFTR activity.
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A new study released by the Immigration Policy Center for tax day shows that at least half of the undocumented immigrants in this country pay income taxes. Add that to the sales and property taxes that those undocumented persons also pay and undocumented immigrants pay more in taxes than most wealthy Americans.
The total amount of tax revenue collected in state and local taxes is approximately $11.2 billion, including $1.2 billion in personal income taxes, $1.6 billion in property taxes and $8.4 billion in sales taxes.
The numbers don't come as much of a surprise to those who track immigration policy. According to Wendy Sefsaf, communications director for the American Immigration Council, the current political movement to restrict, criminalize and punish immigrants will come at a steep price to states.
According to Sefsaf "[t]he restrictionist movement in the U.S. spends all their time letting everyone know how much [undocumented immigrants] cost us, and they try to ignore the fact that they contribute. We are not trying to say there are not costs associated with people. There are costs associated with everyone. But we are trying to balance out the debate."
States like Florida, for example, which collects about $806.8 million from unauthorized immigrants and does not have a state income tax would certainly feel the impact should a significant amount of that population leave. That revenue comes from immigrants buying groceries, rent and other necessities subject to sales and property taxes.
The bottom line is to suggest that undocumented immigrants are nothing but a revenue suck on states is simply wrong. While that will likely not change the conversation for those who have committed to making attacking immigrants the wedge issue of the moment, as Sefsaf notes, the only way to have an honest conversation about changing immigration policy is with a full set of facts.
The LAC's credible threat to sue the U.S. Department of Labor has caused the DOL to agree to reopen Backlog Elimination Center (BEC) cases erroneously closed for alleged failure to respond to a 45-day letter. 30- DAY DEADLINE FOR RESPONDING!
Under AILF's Threat to Sue, DOL Agrees to Reopen BEC Cases
30- DAY DEADLINE FOR RESPONDING!**
AILF's credible threat to sue the U.S. Department of Labor has caused the DOL to agree to reopen Backlog Elimination Center (BEC) cases erroneously closed for alleged failure to respond to a 45-day letter. This agreement includes cases where the employer or attorney never received the 45-day letter and also where they received the 45-day letter and timely responded, but the case was nonetheless closed.
In March 2005, DOL adopted a new system for filing applications for labor certifications, known as the Program Electronic Review Management (PERM). The new system only applies to applications filed on or after March 28, 2005. When it adopted this new system, DOL already had pending before it over 300,000 labor certification applications that had been filed under the old system but had not yet been decided. This backlog of pre-PERM cases is not being handled under the new PERM system.
DOL set up two BECs to handle all of the backlogged cases - one in Dallas and one in Philadelphia. Throughout 2005, DOL shipped the 300,000 plus backlogged cases from around the entire country to these two BECs.
The BECs began sending a "45-day" letter to the employer/attorney in every one of the backlogged cases. These letters request that the employer/attorney check a box on an enclosed form if they want to proceed with the case. If the employer/attorney fails to respond to the letter within 45 days, BEC closes the case.
There were serious problems with the BECs' management of the 45-day letter process. The two primary problems were:Read more...
Highly skilled temporary and permanent immigrants in the United States now outnumber lower-skilled ones, marking a dramatic shift in the foreign-born workforce that could have profound political and economic implications in the national debate over immigration.
This shift in America’s immigration population, based on census data, is summarized in a report released Thursday by the Brookings Institution. It found that 30 percent of the country’s working-age immigrants, regardless of legal status, have at least a bachelor’s degree, while 28 percent lack a high school diploma.
The shift had been in the works for the past three decades, a period that has seen a dramatic increase in the population born outside the United States. But in 2007 the percentage of highly skilled workers overtook that of lower-skilled workers.
The trend reflects a fundamental change in the structure and demands of the U.S. economy, which in the past decades transformed from an economy driven by manufacturing to one driven by information and technology. The report also offers a new perspective on the national immigration discourse, which tends to fixate on low-skilled, and often illegal, workers.
“Too often the immigration debate is driven by images on television of people jumping over fences,” said Benjamin Johnson, executive director of the American Immigration Council, an immigrant advocacy organization. “The debate has been stuck in the idea that it’s all about illegal and low-skilled workers.”
Steven Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies, an organization that advocates for tighter immigration restrictions, said the report raises other concerns.Read more...
The International Exchange Center is proud to announce Bronwyn Cambridge as this month’s Exchange Visitor of the Month. Each month, we select an exchange visitor who has made an effort to get involved in his/her community and explore American culture.
If there was ever any doubt that the only thing President Obama is truly gifted at is getting people to hope for change, we need look no further than his recent announcement to review the cases of up to 300,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation.
Too bad it's false hope.
Despite initial excitement of the immigrant advocacy organizations who are fighting for nothing less than a full 1980s-style amnesty -- and the correlated anger from conservatives who believe that last week's decision to re-evaluate the existing enforcement priorities is just that -- this is not a big step in immigration policy.
This latest Obama re-election campaign stunt won't affect 97 percent of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in our country. It is causing a lot of confusion within the very communities it is supposed to assuage, and it is further alienating those who must come to the negotiating table to hammer out a compromise for our immigration quagmire.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer chimed in quickly after the news broke, denouncing this plan as a "backdoor amnesty." She and others can be forgiven for initially thinking that. At first blush it sounded as though, at the very least, 300,000 lucky souls who were close to being deported had gotten a reprieve.
Many immigration experts and advocacy organizations are urging caution. They're scrambling to tell the immigrant community to not turn themselves in to authorities or try to get themselves detained for the purposes of becoming "legal." The possibility -- and it is just a possibility -- of getting a slate cleaned is open only to the 300,000 already in the pipeline for deportation. Each case will be reviewed by a panel and, if the case is closed, legal resident status will not be granted.Read more...
Mayorkas v. DeOsorio, No. 12-930 (cert. granted June 24, 2013)
The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on December 10, 2013 in the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) case Mayorkas v. DeOsorio. The Court will consider whom Congress intended to benefit by INA § 203(h)(3), a provision which allows beneficiaries of certain visa petitions to retain earlier priority dates after “aging-out” (turning 21) and losing child status. The government sought Supreme Court review of an en bancdecision of the Ninth Circuit holding that § 203(h)(3) applied to derivative beneficiaries of the Family 3d and 4th preference categories, as well as those in the Family 2A category. DeOsorio v. Mayorkas, 695 F.3d 1003 (9th Cir. 2012). In so holding, the Ninth Circuit rejected the Board of Immigration Appeals’ interpretation of § 203(h)(3) as applying only to derivative beneficiaries of the Family 2A preference category. Matter of Wang, 25 I&N Dec. 28 (BIA 2009).
The American Immigration Council is amicus in this case. Read more about our CSPA litigation on our Child Status Protection Act website.

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Hello, Friends! After some extensive thought and research, I’ve decided to make some changes to how I’ve been integrating social media with my WordPress blogs. I started with Facebook this week as I am planning to share my site “ThisIsMyTruthNow” with my friends and former colleagues via a social media share blast in the coming days. But before I could do that, I wanted to ensure I had the look and feel for my personal brand.
When I stepped back, I realized my personal branding wasn’t where I wanted nor needed it to be. I might be a blogger and a book reviewer, but I’m also a writer and author. I need to have both brands active and reachable for my friends, fans, followers and target audience. So… I created two new Facebook pages to represent each these two aspects of my brand and online presence. A short summary…
Personal Facebook Page
- For friends and family who want to see what’s going on in my life and share what’s happening with them. Feel free to follow or connect on here with me. I’m happy to share with all!
My Author Facebook Page
- For anyone to follow to see all the latest news on my journey with “Watching a Glass Shatter” and “Father Figure.” I’ll share links and posts from my WordPress sites to have options across multiple platforms. I’ve linked them together so it’s less manual work for me with re-posting and sharing.
This Is My Truth Now Facebook Page
- For anyone to follow to see all the latest content from my WordPress ThisIsMyTruthNow blog. It will have all the book reviews, tags, author spotlights, age/genre book suggestions, and the 365 Daily Challenge.
Open Feedback: How does everyone else handle multiple personal brands or images? I’d love to share ideas and see what other sites you have available. Making this change on Facebook allows me to have a different look-and-feel in the coming weeks, as well as let people opt in or out of each aspect of my blog. Perhaps you like the book reviews but not my writing. Or maybe you want to read my novels but not my 365 Daily Challenge! I want to make it as easy as possible.
Please feel free to follow, comment and share on those pages or on this post. I may “own” these blogs, but it’s a forum for all of us to shepherd our futures to where we want them to go… and we’re in this journey together.
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About Me & the “365 Daily Challenge”
I’m Jay and I live in NYC. By profession, I work in technology. By passion, I work in writing. I’ve always been a reader. And now I’m a daily blogger. I decided to start my own version of the “365 Daily Challenge” where since March 13, 2017, I’ve posted a characteristic either I currently embody or one I’d like to embody in the future. 365 days of reflection to discover who I am and what I want out of life.
The goal: Knowledge. Acceptance. Understanding. Optimization. Happiness. Help. For myself. For others. And if all else fails, humor. When I’m finished in one year, I hope to have more answers about the future and what I will do with the remainder of my life. All aspects to be considered. It’s not just about a career, hobbies, residence, activities, efforts, et al. It’s meant to be a comprehensive study and reflection from an ordinary man. Not a doctor. Not a therapist. Not a friend. Not an encyclopedia full of prior research. Just pure thought, a blogged journal with true honesty.
Join the fun and read a new post each day, or check out my book reviews, TV/Film reviews or favorite vacation spots. And feel free to like, rate, comment or take the poll for each post. Note: All written content is my original creation and copyrighted to me, but the graphics and images were linked from other sites and belong to them. Many thanks to their original creators.

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When Tesla founder Elon Musk announced his first industrial move into Europe with the purchase of German engineering business Grohmann, the billionaire gave hope to the UK that Britain’s automotive expertise could be in his sights.
Speaking to the Telegraph about the deal to take on the automation specialist in 2016, Musk praised Britain’s engineering base, and in particular its dominance in top-flight motorsport.
“We have a lot of respect for the British automotive engineering talent,” the billionaire said. “Just look at Formula 1 - it amazes me how much British talent there is in that. We are likely to establish a Tesla engineering group in Britain at some point in the future.”
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Announcing one of its single largest investments in a country, global beverages and snacks major PepsiCo on Monday said it will invest Rs 33,000 crore (Rs 330 billion) in India by 2020 to more than double the capacity of the business here.
The company, which has so far invested $2 billion in the country since its entry in 1989, said the investment will be made to strengthen its capability in various strategic areas, including innovation, manufacturing, infrastructure and agriculture.
"The Rs 33,000-crore (Rs 330-billion) investment, which we are making is going to cover both food and beverages and over the next seven years we will more than double the capacity of our business," PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi told PTI in an interview.
PepsiCo's announcement comes more than a year after its arch rival Coca Cola had said it, along with partners, would invest $5 billion in India by 2020 on various activities, including setting up of new bottling plants.
PepsiCo has 42 plants across
Apart from cold drinks like Pepsi, 7UP, Mirinda and Mountain Dew, it sells snacks under Lehar, Uncle Chipps and Kurkure brands among others.
While Nooyi did not elaborate on new manufacturing units that may come up, she said the investments will also cover building all the infrastructure in the supply chain, which goes with doubling its business, including sourcing of fruits, potatoes, oats and oranges.
Stating that the firm has eight brands with over Rs 1,000-crore (Rs 10-billion) turnover in India, Nooyi said: "We have product portfolio and innovation pipeline around the world that is fantastic in food and beverages and snacks and our goal is to put in the pipeline, put in the infrastructure, built the supply chains and we can start bringing all those products to market here."
Asked about the upcoming elections in India and its implications on the investment climate in the country, she said: "We are not guided by elections.
"We are guided by potential of India. We are not waiting for any election results to invest in India. We are investing in India for its economic story."

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Campfire Stories is a new initiative from Artemis Munoz, Teddy Darling, and Oliver Ross, the team behind the Trans Pride Livestreamed Solidarity Cabaret (31 March 2020). It’s a monthly livestreamed open mic for anyone in or supportive of the queer community.
DAYTiME – A Day of Technology in Music Education
6 November, Sydney
Presented by Music EDnet, DAYTiME is an annual one-day professional development conference focusing on the effective integration of technology in music education. It offers a unique opportunity to hear from some of the most knowledgeable and experienced exponents of the use of technology in music education, as well as some time to network with your peers and share ideas and resources.

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Guru Granth Sahib - The Guru Eternal - Book By Dr. Mohinder Singh
Introduction to the Book 'Guru Granth Sahib - The Guru Eternal' By Dr. Mohinder Singh
To mark the tercentenary of Gurgaddi Divas of Guru Granth Sahib in 2008, this volume has been brought out to highlight some distinctive features of the Sikhs scripture. It was fot the first time in the history of world religions that a religious teacher had himself created an authorised version of the scripture.
Guru Arjan Dev went a step further by including the hymns of the Hindu Bhaktas, Muslim Sufi saints and the so-called low castes. In medieval times when society was divided in narrow sectarian and caste-based compartments this was a revolutionary step indeed.
Guru Granth Sahib opens with Mool Mantra, the primal creed, wherein Guru Nanak, makes a definitive statement about the unity of God and brotherhood of mankind. Set in musical modes, the hymns of Guru Granth Sahib are composed in poetic meters. The vision of Guru Granth Sahib embraces the whole humanity - its concerns are universal and transcend linguistic and geographical boundaries.
This is what Arnold Toynbee says in this context: "...In the coming religious debate, the Sikh religion and its scripture, the Adi Granth, will have something of special value to say to the rest of the world."
With scholarly introduction by Dr. J. S. Neki and text by Dr. Mohinder Singh, distinguished historian, the volume contains pictures of various Gurdwaras and ceremonies covered by India's leading photographers - Raghu Rai, Hardev Singh, Sondeep Shankar, Malkiat Singh, Gurumustuk Singh, B.P.S. Walia, Harbir Singh and Rajeev Sharma. It also provides glimpses of rare Guru Granth Sahib Birs from different repositories in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and U.K. Pictures of Mool Mantra in the hand of Guru Arjan Dev, Guru Hargobind , Guru Har Rai, Guru Har Krishan, Guru Tegh Bahadur and Guru Gobind Singh in different rare Birs and Hukamnamas have been included in this volume. Works of William Simpson, William Carpenter, Sobha Singh, Bodhraj, B. S. Malhans, Sidharth and other eminent artists and first ever camera photograph of the Golden Temple by William Baker, also find a place of prominence in the volume.
About the Author 'Dr. Mohinder Singh' of the Book 'Guru Granth Sahib - The Guru Eternal'
Dr. Mohinder Singh, before joining as the Director of the National Institute of Panjab Studies, Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan, New Delhi, served as the Director of Guru Nanak Foundation. In 1974, Dr. Mohinder Singh was awarded fellowship by the Indian Council of Historical Research to carry his research work on the Akali Movement in United Kingdom, which subsequently earned him his Doctorate. Author of several standard works on Sikh history and religion, Dr. Singh Sits on the Advisory Boards of several national and international organizations. He has lectured at several Indian and foreign universities including the University of California, Berkeley, as a visiting Fulbright Fellow. Dr. Singh also served as a Member, National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities, Government of India.
We are singularly fortunate that we had the privilege of celebrating some of the important events of Sikh history in our lifetime. After celebrating the tercentenary of the birth of Guru Gobind Singh in 1966, the quincentenary of the birth of Guru Nanak Dev in 1969, the tercentenary of the creation of the Khalsa in 1999, and the quadricentenary of the installation of the Adi Granth in 2004, we are celebrating the tercentenary of the Gurgaddi Divas of Guru Granth Sahib this year.
The Sikh community is uniquely placed in so far as their scripture is concerned. The scripture was compiled under the direct supervision of the fifth Guru, Arjan Dev, at the sacred place of Ramsar with Bhai Gurdas as its scribe. The Guru put a seal of authority by inscribing the Mool Mantra in his own hand on the first folio of the scripture.
While the original first hand-written copy of the Adi Granth is lying intact with the Sodhi family in Quila Sodhian, Kartarpur, the version which is currently popular with the Sikh community is the one prepared by the tenth Guru, Gobind Singh, at Damdama Sahib and is popularly known as the Damdami Bir. While preparing this Bir with the help of Bhai Mani Singh, the tenth Guru kept the original contents intact, the only variation from the Kartarpuri Bir being addition of the hymns of Guru Tegh Bahadur. It was a copy of this scripture which was given Guruship at Nanded before Guru Gobind Singh left for his heavenly abode on the 6th October, 1708. Guru Granth Sahib has since then become the Guru Eternal of the Sikhs.
It was for the first time in the history of world religions that a religious teacher had himself created an authorised version of the scripture. Again in the history of interfaith movement it was for the first time that profound spiritual experiences of other teachers have been included in a scripture. Guru Arjan Dev went a step further by including not only the hymns of the Hindu Bhaktas and Muslim Sufi saints but also of those belonging to the so-called low castes. In medieval times when society was divided in narrow sectarian and caste-based compartments this was a revolutionary step indeed. Guru Granth Sahib open with Mool Mantra, the primal creed, wherin Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh faith, makes a definitive statement about the unity of God and brotherhood of mankind. Hymns of other Gurus, Bhaktas, Sufi saints and bards which follow are in keeping with the line of thinking of the founder. Futuristic vision of the contributors of Guru Granth Sahib is evident from the fact that some major concerns addressed by them are not only of universal nature but also relevant to modern times. This is what Arnold Toynbee says in this context : "...In the coming religious debate, the Sikh religion and its scripture, the Adi Granth, will have something of special value to say to the rest of the world."
During the tercentenary celebration of the birth of the Khalsa in 1999, our Institute took up a major research project on "Locating, Cataloguing and Photographing Relics of the Sikh Gurus and other Historic Personalities." In the course of our field-work we were able to photograph some rare relics in different parts of India, Pakistan and the United Kingdom. With a view to sharing the result of our research with the larger audience and creating awareness for the preservation of this endangered heritage we published eight pictorial books under the 'Punjab Heritage Series' from 2002-2004. During the quadricentenary celebration of the installation of Guru Granth Sahib in the Harimandir Sahib at Amritsar in 2004, our Institute took up another major project on "Locating, Cataloguing and Digitising some rare Guru Granth Sahib Manuscripts". The present work is the first in the series of publications coming out of our second research project.
Many institutions and individuals have contributed to the making of this volume to whom we offer our gratitude. Both the National Manuscript Mission and the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee have given us financial support for the project. The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, Amritsar, Takhat Sri Harmandir Sahib, Patna, Takhat Sri Hazoor Sahib, Nanded, Punjabi University, Patiala, the Panjab University, Chandigarh and the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar have permitted us to digitise some rare birs, pictures of some of which are included in this volume. We are grateful to Singh Sahib Prof. Manjit Singh, Chairman, Prof. Sahib Singh Gurmat Trust, Patiala, for his input to the project. Apart from pictures of various ceremonies and Gurdwaras associated with compilation, installation and Gurgaddi of Guru Granth Sahib, this volume also includes photographs of paintings, engravings and water colours. Works of William Simpson, William Carpenter, Sobha Singh, Bodhraj, Devender Singh, B. S. Malhans, Phoolan Rani, Sidharth and other eminent artists and the first camera photograph of the Golden Temple by William Baker, find a place of prominence in the volume. While Malkiat Singh has provided most of the photographs, several of India's distinguished photographers - Raghu Rai, Hardev Singh, Sondeep Shankar, Rajeev Sharma, Gurumustuk Singh, B. P. S. Walia, Aman Sharma and Harbir Singh have also permmitted us to use some of the pictures from their respective collections. For English version of the hymns, we have used the translation by Dr. Gopal Singh, Sri Guru Granth Sahib published in four volumes, for which we are grateful to Mrs. Inderjit Gopal Singh.
We would like to record our gratitude to Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, for his kind message; Singh Sahib Giani Joginder Singh, Jathedar Akal Takhat, for his blessings; Dr. J. S. Neki for his scholarly introduction; Dr. Amrik Singh, Prof. Bipan Chandra, Prof. B. N. Goawamy, Prof. P. S. Kapur and S. H. S. Sarna for their advice and support; Dr. Rajwant Singh, Dr. Susan Stronge, Dr. Daljeet, Dr. H. K. Sagoo, Dr. Amrit Basra, Navneet Kaur, J. S. Anand, Sarbjit Singh, Regina Singh, Rubina Singh, Nadhra Khan and Amanpreet Singh Gill for their input in many ways; and to Kuljeet Singh and Ranjit Kaur, who spent most of their time and energies on the project. Pawan & Bhupinder Chawdhri, the publishers and designer Yogesh Gajwani and his team have taken keen personal interest to ensure publication of this volume on time for the tercentenary celebrations.
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After the successful publication of Gurdwaras in India and Around the world by Patwant Singh, Japjee - The Sikh Morning Prayer with Introductory Text by Dr. Mohinder Singh and recently Guru Arjan Dev: Life, Martyrdom and Legacy edited by Prof. P. S. Kapur and Dr. Mohinder Singh, it is now time to move on in quest for providing further world - class publications, depicting the rich Sikh cultural heritage, Sikhism truly portrays a way of life which transcends all religious boundaries. It lays great stress on the way life should not only be lived, but its bliss should also enjoyed in full by one and all.
Gurgaddi Divas is yet another golden opportunity that has come our way, which needs to be celebrated in all its glory. It is in this endeavour that we dedicate ourselves to carry on with full zeal and fervour.
In the compilation of this volume, no effort has been spared to bring out the true spiritual flavour of the Guru Granth Sahib right from its compilation in 1604 to the scripture being given the status of Guru Eternal by Guru Gobind Singh in 1708.
We gratefully acknowledge the painstaking effort of Dr. Mohinder Singh, Director, National Institute of Panjab Studies, Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan, under whose able leadership this project has been completed. Kuljeet Singh, the enthusiastic member of the team, deserves appreciation. We are grateful indeed to the management of the Institute for giving us the opportunity to publish this monumental work.
Finally we would like to express our gratitude to the designers, Suraksha and Yogesh Gajwani, for putting their heart and soul in the execution of this project, which is trully a connoisseur's delight.
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Baseball Nation, Baseball News and Fan Opinion
The St. Louis Cardinals will host the Washington Nationals on Sunday at Busch Stadium in Game 1 of the 2012 National League Division Series. It will be the first postseason game played by a team from the nation's capital since 1933.
The Twins announced major changes to their coaching staff on Thursday, after a 2012 season in which Minnesota compiled a 66-96 record.
Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg is 'not too happy' about being shut down for the remainder of the season.
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Huajun W606-3 Quadcopter Lilly Clone – Check out this FPV knockoff of one of the most inticipated new drones to his the market. The Huajun W606-3 has an on-board built-in camera and 7.4 volt battery. The lights are really cool on this quadcopter at night, but they are all the same color, which can make orientation difficult. On the belly of the Huajun it has an on and off switch.
Although it looks like a Lilly Drone, it is not. This quadcopter requires a transmitter, whereas the Lilly can be tossed from your hand, and auto-piloted. This transmitter does come with a FPV screen, which is decent for viewing/
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16 YouTuber Tweets That Were Pure Fire During The Hillary v Trump Debate
27 September 2016, 11:27 | Updated: 6 November 2017, 09:37
You can always rely on your YouTube faves for the hottest takes on any major event - But what did they have to say about last night's debate?
All anybody can talk about today is the crushing debate that was waged between two of the most controversial Presidential candidates of all time: Secretary Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. And while we Brits tragically slept through the whole thing, plenty of our YouTube faves from the US were glued to their screens; and were more than happy to provide all the anger, receipts, and hilarious commentary we could ask for.
Here's just a few highlights of what some of your favourite YouTubers had to say about last night's events:
When he hasn't been busy touring with 'BINGE' or hosting his own talk show, Tyler has spent a loooottt of time convincing his audience to register to vote. Last night his Twitter feed was blistering with all the hot takes - but he left plenty of room for dick jokes.
"the security aspect of cyber is very tough" -me describing the dangers of sending dickpics #debates— Tyler Oakley (@tyleroakley) September 27, 2016
Nobody has found this election cycle more frustrating than the women who deal with men like Trump every day; and feminist vlogger Marina gets more than her fair share. Thankfully, with a huge portion of the internet (and basic facts) to back her up, last night's debate was the perfect opportunity to let off some steam.
"Let me, someone with no experience, mansplain politics to a woman who has been involved in politics for almost 40 years." #debatenight— Marina Watanabe (@marinashutup) September 27, 2016
"We need to bring about Law and Order." YOU'RE LITERALLY SAYING NOTHING #debatenight— Marina Watanabe (@marinashutup) September 27, 2016
Where's the alcohol? #debatenight— Marina Watanabe (@marinashutup) September 27, 2016
Nathan makes a point of not taking too much seriously online and keeping his Twitter feed real; so thankfully his debate coverage was an even mix of Trump receipts, memes, and the saddest picture of Bernie Sanders yet.
"I never said Global Warming is a hoax" -Donald Trump, 2k16 https://t.co/OQ2AmS8CQv— NathanZedVEVO (@NathanZed) September 27, 2016
Since her visit to the White House in January, Ingrid has taken on a much more political stance; and encouraging her audience to do the same. Her commentary of last night's performance is the perfect blend of balanced, sassy, and full of some much-needed Girl Power.
This is the only time we get to see the 2 candidates in the same place at the same time talking about the same topics. HERE WE GO! #debates— Ingrid Nilsen (@ingridnilsen) September 27, 2016
Does Trump know that women give birth AND statistically live longer than men? How's THAT for "stamina"? #debates— Ingrid Nilsen (@ingridnilsen) September 27, 2016
Words matter and they have power. Use them wisely. #debates— Ingrid Nilsen (@ingridnilsen) September 27, 2016
Is all the political commentary too much for you? Maybe you'll enjoy impressions! Jack nailed that "Trump reaction face" we all know and hate, amongst some other lively debate-related goofs.
Here's the official Trump/Hillary debate DRINKING GAME!— jacksfilms (@jacksfilms) September 27, 2016
Last but by no means least, we have Grace; who always, always manages to stay #relatable. Doing her best impression of everyone yelling at the TV last night, Grace's spitfire commentary of the debate would have kept us going all night - if we didn't have work in the morning.
PLEASE don't drink every time Trump tries to cut off Hillary. You. Will. Die. #debates— Grace Helbig (@gracehelbig) September 27, 2016
YOU INSINUATED THAT SOMEONE SHOULD SHOOT HER. #debates— Grace Helbig (@gracehelbig) September 27, 2016
New conspiracy theory: Donald is actually a movie theater. THE PROJECTION IS SO REAL. #debates— Grace Helbig (@gracehelbig) September 27, 2016

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Matchroom Boxing published this video item, entitled “”It’s about time!” – Kali Reis looks to add WBO to WBA & IBO Titles vs Jessica Camara” – below is their description.
Two weight World Champ Kali Reis is on the Road To Undisputed. Reis puts her WBA and IBO 140lbs Titles on the line vs Jessica Camara in which the vacant WBO belt is also up for grabs #KaliReis #ReisCamara #RoadToUndisputedMatchroom Boxing YouTube Channel
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Relative Wage Positions and Quit Behavior: New Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
We use a large linked employer-employee data set to analyze the importance of relative wage positions in the context of individual quit decisions as an inverse measure of job satisfaction. Our main findings are: (1) Workers with higher relative wage positions within their firms are on average more likely to quit their jobs than workers with lower relative wage positions; and (2) workers, who experience a loss in their relative wage positions, are also more likely to have a wage cut associated with their job-to-job transition. The overall results therefore suggest that the status effect is dominated by an opposing signal effect.
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Jennifer Lopez’s man Casper Smart loves ink but admits he hasn’t inked JLO’s name anywhere near his Johnson.
Smart, 24, who's been dating Lopez since last fall, reportedly got a tattoo near his erogenous zone to show his love for JLO.
So is the rumor true or false? Smart says it’s not true.
In a re-tweet to one of JLO’s fans, Monica Lopez, Smart said the tattoo rumors are “Very false.”
According to the New York Post, a source has come forth with details of Smart's new body art.
"Jennifer thinks Casper’s tattoos are sexy, but this one is her favorite, for obvious reasons," said the source. "She loves it, and she loves him."
Both JLO and Smart have kept mum about Smart’s purported new ink.
But Smart is not the only one to permanently have Lopez’s name on him.
Lopez’s ex-husband, Salsa crooner Marc Anthony, also wore a tattoo of Lopez’s name, yet recently the singer memorialized his new love, Venezuelan model Shannon de Lima, with a new tattoo over his “Jennifer” wrist tat.
Guess Marc is really moving on.
Entertainment site TMZ reported that the Salsa superstar got a tattoo of the Statue of Liberty on his right wrist in a tribute to Lima since he says she “freed” him from his past.
Still, there seems to be no bad blood between Smart and Marc Anthony, at least from Smart’s end.
Smart took to openly congratulating Marc Anthony for his performance with ex-wife Jennifer Lopez on the finale of their reality competition “Q’Viva The Chosen.”
“WOW.... Just watched @QVIVA .So much pride & passion I loved it!” Smart tweeted. “Congrats @JLo #JamieKing & @marcanthony on an #Amazing show & performance!”


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Foundation Cross Your Borders is a youth organisation that organizes interactive educational projects about mondial injustice at over 250 high schools in the Netherlands. In addition, they also organize short experience trips to developing countries as Fairaway.
The goal is to make young people aware of injustice in the world and to make them enthusiastic about taking action against those injustices. During our presentation we will tell you more about our projects and trips. In addition, we will introduce you to how we make young people aware of development problems. We show parts of the projects, so that you can see how we can discuss topics such as refugees and child slavery with young people.
If you are enthusiastic about the foundation, then there are also opportunities to get an internship or volunteer work!
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I had this idea. I wanted to create an image of my version of Alice In Wonderland. I originally had 5 characters I wanted to do. Alice, Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, The White Rabbit and the Queen of Hearts. I wanted to use the same model for each character and do a composite image of all 5 characters in 1 image. So, this is my process...
I have done some basic composite work. Nothing as huge as this though. Being that I do a bunch of costumes for my images and for clients, I knew that part would be easy. I drew out what I saw in my head. I searched Pinterest for inspirational ideas.
It took me a few months to collect and make everything. And over a 3 day time period, and with the help of my mom and my friend Vicki, we got the images! Well, all but 1, The Queen of Hearts. The weather got bad and we didn't get to her. My little model was fantastic! She did such a good job and I couldn't have done it without her.
After setting up the night before to be sure I had everything, the next day we started. 3 full days of shooting gave us this:
You can view a full resolution image on my website www.JenniferGriffinStudios.com and view all of the other images from the session there as well in my Gallery.
Here are a few others from the shoot.
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|The Mad Hatter- The Game Is Over|
|The Mad Hatter- Is It Your Unbirthday Too?|
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|Alice- Is this A Dream?|
I hope you enjoy these images. Let me know what you think. Follow me here on my blog for updates on up coming shoots like the one I am planning of The Neverending Story and The Secret of the Kells.


Former Indian opener, Gautam Gambhir received a guard of honour from the Andhra players when he walked out to bat in his last match and possibly his last innings for Delhi at Feroz Shah Kotla on Friday.
Gambhir recently announced his retirement from all forms of cricket and the ongoing Ranji game will be the last of his cricketing career.
The southpaw walked out to bat with his partner, Hiten Dalal to open the innings for Delhi after Andhra piled up 390 in their first innings, with Ricky Bhui scoring 187.
During his innings, a fan managed to breach the security and ran on the pitch to touch his feet.
Gambhir looked in great touch and was unbeaten on 92 with Delhi at 190/1, when play was called off for the day. The left-hander will look to walk away with a hundred on the third day and help his side go past Andhra's total.
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The effort to protect the river’s watershed begins with targeting dog poop
CARSON CITY, Nevada (KOLO) – A government agency is teaching the public about ways to have a healthier watershed and its first target is pet waste.
The Carson Water Subconservancy District has launched its âI Am the Carson Watershedâ campaign. The first PSA is âBag It,â which highlights the effects of animal waste on water quality.
The CWSD said the 16,000 dogs in the Carson River watershed produce about 12,000 pounds of poo per day.
âAs we contemplate ways to better treat ourselves and our environment in the New Year, this PSA encourages us to be responsible stewards of our pets and our watershed by bagging them. animal waste and disposing of it properly, âBrenda Hunt, CWSD Watershed program manager, said in a statement. âIn addition to being disgusting to intervene, animal droppings contain pathogens and bacteria that pollute our rivers, lakes and streams. So be a good neighbor and pack it up!
Pollutants from pet waste can seep into groundwater and pollute waterways, making them unsafe for swimming and fishing, CWSD reported.
PSA campaign addresses other actions to reduce polluted runoff, such as opting for a car wash instead of washing cars at home, absorbing runoff on residential properties instead of sending it down the drain rain and limit the use of chemicals such as fertilizers, insecticides and herbicides.
There will be prizes for those who promote a healthy watershed. January winners will receive $ 100 pet store gift cards.
Upcoming prizes include free car washes, Carson Hot Springs passes, and annual passes to Nevada State Parks. For a chance to win, people watch the ads on social media, YouTube, or the I Am Carson Watershed website a lot, then fulfill the pledge online or add a photo or video of their personal moment in the section. Carson River Watershed reviews. The Facebook page. Or they can post their defining moments on Instagram using #mywatershedmoment. Comments should highlight steps people can take to promote a healthy Carson River watershed.
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Study: Medicare Drug Plan Will Most Aid the Poor
But plan is far from perfect for everyone, report finds
MONDAY, Nov. 22, 2004 (HealthDay News) -- One part of the new Medicare drug plan passed by Congress earlier this year could live up to its advance clippings and save people a lot of money. But some people could end up spending more than $750 out-of-pocket even after they participate in the program.
A report by the Kaiser Family Foundation, an independent organization that analyzes government and private health programs, concludes that low-income Medicare beneficiaries who sign up for the new Part D drug plans will pay significantly less for prescription drugs in 2006 than they would have without the plan.
An estimated 8.7 million people would reap this benefit and incur savings of 83 percent, foundation experts say. But the plan isn't perfect, they add. The report also projected that 6.9 million people -- most of whose annual incomes exceed $14,300 but still fall under the low-income category -- would fall into a "doughnut hole," meaning they could have total drug costs exceeding the initial benefit limit of $2,250 and will have out-of-pocket costs in excess of $750 in 2006.
A much larger in-between group, 20.3 million people who sign up for the benefit but who do not get the low-income subsidies, are projected to pay an average of 28 percent less out-of-pocket than they were before.
"It's a mixed story," said Tricia Neuman, co-author of the report, vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation, and director of its Medicare Policy Project. "There are significant savings for people with low incomes. Higher-income people will get less help. It's not surprising that many people get help because of the magnitude of dollars that are being spent to help people with drug costs. But some are helped more than others, and some may not see any savings in a given year."
Others see it more negatively. "I'm concerned that the drug plan does two things in terms of underlying purpose," said Dr. Marc Siegel, clinical associate professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine. "One is that it may create pressure to get drugs that may or may not be necessary. And two, I'm concerned about the inability of the feds to negotiate prices, and that they're actually bringing more patients to the drug companies."
This Medicare drug benefit, which goes into effect in 2006, targets resources to low-income beneficiaries. To qualify for the plan's low-income subsidies, people with Medicare must have annual incomes of less than 150 percent of the federal poverty level (which was $9,310 for an individual in 2004). Assets are also taken into consideration. In order for a low-income person to qualify for the maximum in drug payment benefits, he or she can't have more than $6,000 in liquid assets.
The Congressional Budget Office expects that 29 million people will sign up for the new Medicare drug plans.
Overall, the simulation performed by the foundation projected that three out of four enrolling in plans offering the new benefit (21.6 million people) will have the same or lower out-of-pocket spending in 2006 than they would have without the new law.
The other 25 percent (7.4 million people) are expected to be paying more. For most of this group, the increases will be small, about $250 or less.
"The people who will see the biggest savings are those who have low incomes who get the low-income subsidies," Neuman says. The analysis predicted that the new drug plan will substantially reduce average personal outlay for those whose spending exceeds $3,600 out-of-pocket (about 3.1 million people).
On the other hand, many low-income people won't get subsidies either, because they don't know about it or because they have assets that are too high, Neuman added. More than 1 million of those with incomes below 150 percent of poverty will get the subsidy.
Medicare beneficiaries whose incomes fall below 100 percent of the federal poverty line who enroll and receive the low-income subsidies are projected to spend an average of $90 out-of-pocket for drugs in 2006. People at the same income level who do not receive the subsidy will spend about $943, more than 10 times as much.
For Neuman, the implications of the findings are clear. "Those who get low-income subsidies do much better than those who don't," she said. "An all-out effort is needed to reach those with low incomes to help them get this assistance."
Siegel has a different idea. "How many of the poor people are actually qualified for Medicaid, which gives 100 percent drug coverage, but don't know it?" he asks. "One alternative is that we can identify people who qualify for Medicaid and expand that coverage."
The Medicare plan, he says, "is a very expensive plan either for the patient or the government."
Visit the Kaiser Family Foundation for more on the report.


1996 Jeep Cherokee Problems
RepairPal has identified the most common problems with the 1996 Jeep Cherokee based on complaints from actual vehicle owners. We'll tell you what the problem is and what it'll take to fix it.
The head gasket may seep oil externally. An updated head gasket is available that will prevent any more oil seepage.
A loud buzzing or whining when the transmission is in reverse may be caused by a regulator valve in the transmission valve body. A revised valve was released that does not resonate. Careful diagnosis should be performed because other causes can create the noise.
Jeep issued an emissions recall in late 2006 to update the powertrain control module (PCM) software on certain 1996 - 1998 vehicles. As part of the recall, the catalytic converter will also be inspected for damage and replaced as necessary. To see if your vehicle is included in the recall you can visit the Jeep website (owners' section) that allows owners to input their VIN number and check the recalls on their vehicle.
The outer exhaust manifold studs can break and cause exhaust leaks, commonly noted as a ticking type noise. The outer studs, clamps, and nuts will need to be replaced and are now being tightened to a reduced torque value (20 Nm/180 in lbs).
The throttle body may accumulate an oily, black residue in the bore and on the throttle plate causing hard starting or possibly stalling when coming to a stop. The throttle body should be cleaned during regular maintenance but do not spray cleaners directly on or at the throttle position sensor (TPS) as this can damage the sensor.
Some models are susceptible to rear main oil seal failures in dirty or dusty conditions. As dirt and dust collect on the oil seal, the abrasion wears through the sealing surface. A rubber plug, installed above the starter, is being used in production that prevents the dust entry near the seal and extends the life of the seal. The plug is available from MOPAR and should be installed any time a rear main seal service is performed.
A ticking type noise may be noted from the engine area due to an exhaust manifold that has cracked where the pipes are welded; cracked manifolds should be replaced.
Leaks at the front and/or rear differential pinion seal and from the transfer case are common. Low fluid level in the differential or transfer case can result in bearing failure. Damaged bearings commonly cause a whine or growl type noise.
A water leak and/or wind noise may develop from the doors or lift gate area. As a result of a leak, water may accumulate on the vehicle floor. While door seals can be a common cause for this type of leak, diagnoses may be required to confirm that a door seal is indeed causing the problem.


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Officine Maccaferri S.p.A., a Bologna, Italy-based global leader in providing solutions for the civil engineering, geotechnical, and environmental construction market, received a strategic investment from Ambienta.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Ambienta acquired the Group from current shareholders Carlyle Global Credit, Stellex Capital Management and Man GLG.
The company intends to use the funds to further enhance its impact, vision and position.
Founded in 1879, Officine Maccaferri manufactures, designs, supplies and constructs systems for the global construction industry. Solutions offered include retaining structures, slope stabilisation, erosion protection, rockfall mitigation, highway reinforcement, and coastal protection. It has 30 factories across 5 continents and on-the-ground operations in over 100 countries.
Commenting on the news, Sergio Iasi, Chairman of Officine Maccaferri, said: “We are excited to work with Ambienta to drive Maccaferri’s new phase of growth and development by further consolidating our international presence and distinctive positioning. After having successfully managed the growth of the company thus far, the management team remain fully committed to the partnership and will invest significantly in the transaction. Ambienta’s approach and focus on environmental sustainability strongly resonates with our core values, and we see the firm as the perfect partner to realise Maccaferri’s future growth.“

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"Israel must always have the ability to defend itself, against any threat."
- – Benjamin Netanyahu
One of the stranger inventions by the Jews, the Pereh is an ATGM missile carrier tacked on an M48 Patton chassis and disguised as a Merkava with a turret that unfurls to open up a boxy, loudspeaker looking launcher that fires anti-tank missiles up to 25km away.
In Team YankeeEdit
The Pereh fills the anti-tank role of the Israeli Army, alongside the Cobra.
Peri Peri NLOS missiles, the Pereh can fire through buildings, hills and vehicles to hit literally any vehicle on the ground within its range of 64".
The NLOS rule treats all targets as concealed, but can hit them whether they're hiding behind 20 city blocks or posing in an open field for the next rulebook. While this may seem like a terrible unit since you'll be hitting Soviet artillery spotters and NATO tanks on a 5+, the Pereh gives you the reach of a helicopter without the vulnerability of such units.
Unsurprisingly, the Pereh performs better as a sniper rather than a real tank hunter. With only 4 Milan equivalent missiles that should be hitting the front armour of most tanks, it is a passable choice to combat low-end NATO tanks or most Soviet vehicles while doing little to nothing against the latest NATO tanks. Against targets that are not gone to ground Perehs can reach out and touch them with an AT21 missile.
This Pereh is an auto-include for almost all Israeli lists, considering the utility of a unit that can pop ANY unit on the field without needing line of sight. It can be effective in the hands of a decent player and absolutely broken in the hands of a good one. Want to clear enemy air defence so your bombers and choppers can swoop in? The Pereh does that. Want to pop your enemy's M109s? The Pereh does that. Want to pop command vehicles? The Pereh does that with overkill.
While dangerous, the Pereh is virtually worthless at supporting units directly in combat. You might have lost a command tank or two, but that doesn't stop a tank horde from running over an Israeli list in the right conditions: these are 5-7 points which are not going into artillery, infantry or an additional tank. Think of the Pereh as a sniper: it kills key units with surgical efficiency but it's worthless in direct combat.
Israeli lists may take these as a support unit, at 7 points for three Perehs or 5 points for two.
The Pereh was officially developed in the 1980s in response to the threat of being overrun by Egyptian tanks during the Yom Kippur war, but was only seen in active deployment after the 2000s. Unlike the typical missile carrier, the Pereh was a 'precision artillery missile launcher', meaning that it fired missiles specialized to beat tanks and heavily armored units beyond visual range against targets designated by forward observers: for an idea of how this would work, see the Copperhead and 2S3 Acacia Krasnopol rounds of the Soviets and Americans.
The most notable feature about this vehicle is that the designers took great pains to disguise it as a standard Merkava tank; Israeli censors even went so far as to keep the vehicle a secret until about 2014. As for why bother with the charade when ATGM carriers are commonplace, it was due to the understanding that such vehicles were far more dangerous and vulnerable than tanks. Disguised as a tank, a hypothetical enemy would probably underestimate its range as 2-3km and not 25km. Disguising them as tanks also increases the apparent size of a tank force to aerial observers or satellite observations. The only ones who’d know the difference were the crews themselves, Even those on the receiving end of its missiles might not know where the frak they were coming from.
|Israeli Forces in Team Yankee|
|Tanks:||Merkava - M60 Patton|
|Transports:||M113 Armored Personnel Carrier|
|Troops:||IDF Infantry Platoon|
|Artillery:||M109 Howitzer -M106 Heavy Mortar Carrier -M125 Mortar Carrier|
|Anti-Aircraft:||M163 VADS - ZSU 23-4 Shilka - M48 Chaparral - Redeye SAM Platoon|
|Tank Hunters:||Pereh - M150 TOW - Jeep TOW|
|Recon:||M113 Recce - Jeep Recce|
|Aircraft:||AH-1 Cobra Attack Helicopter - A4 Skyhawk|


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Is Kanye’s recent Trump-related activity channelling David Hammons and Joseph Beuys? And does that make it any good?
Kanye West has returned to Twitter after an 11 month hiatus, grabbing headlines by not just declaring his genius, but also his love for Donald J. Trump. Some have labelled him a troll; others have speculated on his mental health. But one growing conspiracy theory, as seen on Reddit, a Kanye fan forum, and Twitter user @Snowcone965's viral tweet thread, is that he's in the middle of a complex performance art piece. The evidence leans closer to 'tin foil' than 'closed case' at times, but once you get stuck into the web of association and quotations that suggests that Ye is performing, it’s difficult to get out. But is this really all just a performance – and if it is, does that make it any good?
The artists David Hammons and Joseph Beuys have featured in Kanye’s recent tweets, with many allusions echoed by friends and collaborators. Hammons subverted racist symbols in his art, and Beuys hugged a coyote as a symbol for embracing America’s inner primordial animal. Is this why Kanye has donned The Donald’s infamous MAGA hat? Perhaps Pepe The Frog is America’s new symbol for humankind’s animal nature? A mood board tweeted by Kanye in late April also contained an ambiguous nod to Andy Kaufman, a comedian who committed to his performances to an uncomfortable degree. ‘Uncomfortable’ might just be the right word for what is happening now.
Kanye’s recent posts have a defined set of issues he’s exploring – through platitudes and deeply self-referential images and videos of screens, he’s exploring ego and identity as it is filtered through the media and its ecosystem. But violence and the darkness of history is never far away, always casting a shadow over American life.
Kanye’s impact on music has been transformative and trendsetting, but he’s never been satisfied to be seen as just a musician. It’s why he’s so intensely associating himself with individual figures who represent radical societal changes; Steve Jobs and Elon Musk are examples, and – controversially – so is Trump. While he’s endorsed Trumps “dragon energy”, he hasn’t even mentioned the wall, taxes, or the military. And what links African American conservative commentator Candace Owens and shooting-survivor-turned-anti-gun-activist Emma González? Both are unexpected and unlikely figures who’ve disrupted political dialogue in a way that is shaping the future.
Some of the recent commentary on Kanye has drawn explicit connections between artist Joseph Beuys’s embrace of the wild coyote and Kanye’s embrace of the MAGA-sphere. This ignores Kanye’s celebration of figures from many different fields and political affiliations, as well as the Hammons-esque attempts at subversion of a wide range of historically charged symbols beyond Trump, such as that time he wore a Confederate flag in 2013.
“Perhaps the scale of the media, attention, and personae has extended so wildly that Kanye is pushing performance art to the levels that the present day demands”
The rapper’s most distinct contributions to performance art are also what is causing him the most trouble. Hammons explored how meaning existed in language and image, using art as a powerful critique of racism and the clichés of African American life. Kanye’s adoption of the Confederate flag, the MAGA hat, and his controversial claims about slavery, seem closer to ideals of freewheeling consumerism and the myth of the bootstrapping American Dream.
Kanye’s unbridled optimism sees creativity as utopian, and he clearly understands history and culture as shaped by the vision of “great” individuals – yet this has led to a flippant detachment from the real world consequences of ideas. Kanye’s statements about slavery (that it was “a choice”) echoed deeply racist, revisionist propaganda. Critics today are increasingly arguing it’s impossible to separate an artist’s work from their activities. Simply put, you don’t get to freely throw ideas out there as art without consideration of the context.
There’s a long list of celebrities who have adopted characters and played pretend, flirting with the idea of self-invention and identity in experimental ways – but have these performances ever really been art? Musicians and actors are highly sensitive to the nuances of performance and audience. David Bowie played with the aesthetics of Fascism, and Joaquin Phoenix pretended to give up acting to pursue rap. It was provocative, it was absurd; but it’s not a significant moment within art history. Shia LaBeouf had to stick with his performance art with collaborators Luke Turner and Nastja Säde Rönkkö for a sustained period of time before art critics thought of it as more than a prank.
Kanye's return to Twitter, with all the MAGA hats and red pilled republicans, anti-gun activists, and late 20th-century performance art, isn’t a random mashup of references, but a mood board of the cultural, political, and artistic detritus that shapes us today. It may not be a planned performance art project, but there's no doubt it's self-aware, and that these references – as with the dense cultural references that fill his musical back catalogue – are very deliberate.
In 2013, Kanye told Charlamagne Tha God on Power 105’s The Breakfast Club, “I’m like Marina Abramović. This is, like, performance art. The thing is, I don’t got a problem with looking stupid.” The likelihood of Kanye's recent statements, and the mass offense they've caused, ending up in a museum or chronicled in the history books is slim; but there is something captivating about how Kanye plays with his identity in the public eye. Only time will tell if he has a plan for how it's all going to end.


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MARGARET River Senior High School students glowed with excitement on Friday night as they dressed in their finest and celebrated the year 12 ball at Saracen Estate.
The theme was Moulin Rouge and they all looked incredibly elegant with many red-carpet-worthy outfits and plenty of sparkle to be seen.
The Belle and Beau of the ball were Tilly Hampton and Eamond Zuvich.
Afterwards, Todd and Karen Giles kindly hosted the large group at their home with all details cared for including security, water and marquees in case the weather turned its taps on.
An incident involving a broken shoe earlier in the week further proved what a community event the ball is, when many locals rushed to help.
Student Kaitlyn O'Connor accidentally snapped the buckle of her chosen shoes a few days before the big night and it was mayhem, her mother Bev said.
Thinking quickly, Bev hopped onto Facebook and asked on the Margaret River Buy and Sell page if anyone might have black or silver high heels in a size 9/10.
She was amazed when 6-8 people contacted her, texting photos and some even inviting her into their homes to look at shoes.
"I'm just thinking, wow," Bev said.
"It was absolutely fantastic."
Kaitlyn ended up wearing shoes brought down by a friend in Perth, and had "the best time".


Marketing is the backbone of any well-functioning business, because, well, if no one has heard of you, then no one can care to buy. But marketing in the age where everyone and every brand is on social media, emails go unopened until inboxes pile up so high users simply make new accounts (or worse, have all their signups sent to a single “spam” account just to get the free offer by which content marketers firmly stand), and there’s a constant war for attention, can be hard for even seasoned marketers.
We’re in the time of skimming and headline surfing, with many users even sharing marketers best efforts without ever actually seeing the content.
So the question is—who will disrupt marketing? Who will make the change to help marketers be effective in a sea of data?
The answer—these ten MarTech startups to watch in 2017.
Every marketer worth his or her salt knows that there is unmatched power in social proof and advocacy. Years of bad marketing practices have given people a seed of distrust for marketing language, supposing all the positive things we’re spewing are snake oil and hogwash.
On the other hand, if Betsy, the neighbor lady down the street says a product is good, well, then we assume she’s probably right, and we’re more likely to give it a shot. What reason does Betsy have to lie to us?
Of course, this is why you see content marketers often using case studies to increase conversions. But Influitive is taking advocacy to a new level.
Influitive seizes the persuasive punch of advocacy and blends it with gamification principles to get more of that sweet, sweet elixir of user influence that marketers (and sales!) crave. Plus, they do it at every stage of the buyer’s journey.
The phone call—the one form of marketing that keeps new marketers up at night with cold sweats. Of course, it’s a majorly important form of marketing, especially if you’re in B2B. Invoca is making the whole process a little—a lot—better.
Invoca is call intelligence that integrates with major platforms such as SalesForce and Facebook that provides insights about who is calling, the call’s purpose, and what is being said during the call to make the whole process data-driven. It tells you what triggered your calls among all of your marketing channels so you can optimize and increase ROI.
Relative Insight is combining linguistics, data, and analysis to track what people are really saying. Those people may be your consumers or even your competitors. It’s “Relative” Insight because they track changes among the language data you are analyzing which include shifts in attitude.
Their language insights offer great benefits for marketers to assist in conversion and optimization that is data-driven and tailored directly to your target customers based on your own data. Marketers reach their audience in their audience’s own words and in tune with their own ideals.
This one is kind of low-tech MarTech meets disruptive innovation in a way that hits as so “That’s so simple! Why didn’t I think of that?!” that you just know it’s brilliant. These people know how to fill a niche.
Wrapify works like this:
- Users download the app.
- Companies pay them to wrap their cars in their ads.
- Users drive around.
- Bam, moving billboard! Everyone wins, and everyone gets paid.
It’s like Uber for marketing, and it’s so simple, it’s disruptive.
A lot of marketers feel the impact of social media, but this becomes increasingly present when you’re judged on likes and shares alone to determine the ROI you generate.
With Socedo, the lead prospecting that social media marketers engage in on social media is evolved into a software-driven process of discovery, engagement, and qualification—a vital step that is often missing in social strategy.
Faraday is a blend of marketing and big data analytics specifically for B2C companies. They help you track your marketing goals and track progress for each individual goal while posing new opportunities. They also give you feedback on insight at every level so you can compare everything you can think of. According to them, you can even home in on hipsters.
Hypr, like every marketer you meet, is focused on influence. Namely, they are focused on influencers and have the largest database of them in the world at a whopping 9 million.
They’ve made that database searchable by name and audience, so marketers know just who to contact when they need an influencer to back a campaign. Now, that is smart marketing. Just don’t start your influencer contact with, “Can I ask you a favor?” or the Marketers of Yore will come forth and smite thee.
Conversely, we’ve got AdMass who specifically says on their homepage “Advocate Marketing, Not Influencer Marketing.” They are all about finding people who have influence about your product because they speak about your story from the heart.
AdMass is for times when you need real people saying very real things about your brand that they passionately believe. Especially because Gen Y and Gen Z (and presumably Gen Alpha will follow suit) care about authenticity above most things in a brand, AdMass is ideal for marketers targeting younger folks.
9. Bright Edge
With BrightEdge, we’re back to solving the endless waves of information that every company—big and small—has to compete against. BrightEdge runs the numbers to find content that marketers can jump on that show organic opportunity. Especially since Google algorithms have changed to value organic traffic and true value above keyword-stuffing “SEO” of yesteryear, this can be an incredible edge.
So, while your competitors are trying to use trending keywords, you can already be creating where users are likely to look next. Not only that, but it shows you with real data how your content stacks up against your competitors.
Phrasee takes human language, smooshes it together with artificial intelligence, and bakes it into a giant loaf of awesome to sate the hungry wants of marketers for years to come. For every marketer that has sat, deliberated, banged their head on their desk, and ruminated for hours on word choice, Phrasee is here to save you.
Phrasee optimizes your marketing language for you using a machine, but, and here’s the best part about it, it spits it back out in a way that still sounds human. The artificial intelligence used by Phrasee understands very human feelings and understands what will make your audience respond. Tugging at your target user’s heartstrings has never been easier, no head-desk required.


So we are hanging out at the WOXY studio and it is great. Nick is reading a rolling stone magazine, Thomas is reading the November 2004 issue of UnCut with Bono on the cover, Sam says that this is not very exciting. Sam hit Tom in hopes of more excitement. Following is the transcript between T and S at 3:41 pm July 1st 2005:
Jeff: Where's the trashcan?
Sam*: in your mouth
*after 11 beers
Nick is looking at a picture of a man jumping with an electric guitar--- "whoopdeedoo," says nick.
So we played a little radio show on this hip lil online radio station WOXY. Its pretty cool here, and they gave us a vegetable platter. You can listen to it on itunes in the alt/modern rock category. I recommend it, they play Oingo Boingo.
So Tom wrote a lil bit about Hot Springs Arkansas the other day and we had to leave it with a "to be continued." Here is the continuation:
After the show we drove overnight to Nashville, during the drive we ate 2 Subway footlong hoagies.
HOLD EVERYTHING NICK HAS SOMETHING TO SAY: Too see a Picture of David Cross that kind of looks like Isaac Hayes turn to page 77 of DIW issue #18 in which later issues are edited by Andrew "Metroid" Parks.
Before the drive we woke ourselves up by swimming in a hotel pool. It was great and the pool was both indoor and outdoor. It reminded me of the shark tank at the aquarium, which then reminded me of this: !!
interrupting our Hot Springs tales, Jeff just reminded us of this: !!!
back to hot springs: Before the swim, we had a great grift. Grifting is not to be ranked, as a primary rule of grifting is that all grifts are created equal. However, if we were to rank our favorite grifts, this one may rank up there. Could anything be better than trash bagels? Sam says, "No," Tom says "trash pastries are even better than trash bagels," but I think the Hot Springs Subway Hoagie grift 2005 was clutch. Nick and Jon entered a Hot Springs subway (on the Federal side of town) and asked what they do with their bread at the end of the night, as grifters tend to do. The young lady who was waiting to get off work told us that they don't throw away their bread. She also thought that we were on a "free spirit tour" when Nick told her we were touring. However, after not getting any bread and a seemingly failed grift, we left and faxed a fax. On the way back to the club we past the subway and waved to our friendly subway employee. She saw us, and quickly waved for us to come inside. Once inside, she said that someone never picked up their order, and then gave us 2 foot long hoags. It was glorious.
With this story in mind, we just remembered a great Mike Grimes quote: "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to grift, he will eat for the rest of his life."
The Comet tonite then more travels, grifts, and adventures.
Scott Weiner gets the final word: "bologna (salami) and cream cheese."


(as of Jan 10,2023 04:53:58 UTC – Details)
Item Type: Digital Camera
Material: ABS, metal
Gross weight: 183g / 6.5oz
Image Resolution: (50M) 8160 x 6120, (48M) 8000 x 6000, (36M) 6912 x 5184, (30M) 6400 x 4800, (24M) 5600 x 4200, (20M) 81,39,80m 00 (8M) 3264 x 2448, (5M) 2592 x 1944
Video resolution: 3840 x 2160 4K, 1920 x 1080 FHD, 1280 x 720 HD
LCD display: 2.88″ IPS LCD
Memory Card: Memory card supports up to 32GB (not included)
Digital zoom: 16X
Exposure compensation: EV-3 to EV+3
ISO: auto, 100, 200, 400
Selfie: 2.5S, 10S
File format: JPEG, AVI
Flash: auto, forced flash, off
Battery information: Lithium-ion battery 750mAh BL 5B x 1 (comes with built-in battery)
How to use:
Tap the power button to start the device
Long press the power button to turn off the device
Refer to the user manual for other specific operations
1 x Camera
1 x storage bag
1 x hand strap
1 x charging cable
1 x Instructions for use
Auto focus AF: Support auto focus AF system, the image is clear and not blurred, macro shooting is easy and stress-free, and accurate focus.
Large IPS HD Screen: This digital camera has a 2.88-inch high-definition IPS large screen, and the preview framing effect is clearer.
Digital zoom lens: This camera uses digital zoom lens, 16X zoom, the image is still brilliant, you can zoom according to your needs.
Compact and portable: Small and portable, easy to carry, lighter and smaller than a mobile phone, the lanyard hole is intimately protected against loss, and the 1/4 inch screw interface is convenient for stabilizing the camera.
Simple style: This portable camera has beautiful appearance, simple design, macaron style, good looking and practical.


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Online Links and Services
Members of Kangaroo Island Library can access the following online services:
- SA Public Library Network
Access to resources including:
- Pressreader - digital newspapers and magazines.
- Lynda Library video training courses
- My Health & Well Being website
- Trove database (free search service of Australian and online resources)
- Research Family Ancestry (note this can only be accessed from within the library)
- eBooks and audio books
Borrow eBooks and audio books through the Kangaroo Island Library Catalogue
- State Library of South Australia
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Items are not for loan but can be requested to be sent to Kangaroo Island in some circumstances. Contact library staff for more information.
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