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Tintin is a neat reporter. He is always nice and friendly. The reader will never catch him at dirty words or impoliteness. According to the Dutch 'Tintinologist' Har Brok he is someone who could easily be admitted to the Dutch broadcasting news service. Tintin is also intelligent, cunning and quick. Tintin is among Kings and Queens, Sheiks and Sheriffs as if he is a celebrity himself. Although Tintin not always is being portrayed as a reporter, his 'star' status is very high indeed. He seems not to be dependent on any newsagent or money.
A brief observation of some of the Tintin comic strips, compared to the characteristics of journalists and their profession, results in the following picture. Tintin is a Belgian, the French speaking kind. He is white, young and male and vaguely middle class. He is always in the mood to gather news and knowledge. Whether Tintin had any education is unclear and he never shows a press card to identify him as a journalist either. He selects his topics in many different ways. Sometimes he reads an item in the newspaper that interests him (Tintin in Tibet), sometimes he is being sent by someone (Tintin in America), sometimes he comes across a wallet or a bookcase (King Ottocar's sceptre), which draw his attention and curiosity. Often the reason why he is interested in a particular case is a personal one: someone he knows is in danger.
In the days when the comic strips were published weekly readers believed in Tintin. Though I assume they knew no such person as Tintin could ever exist (but in the minds of readers and creator), they awaited him in Brussels when he 'returned by train' from one of his adventures abroad. Hergé said about such an event: 'On that particular day I set out with a boy who was going to play Tintin. I made him up myself, I gave him Russian clothes and nice red boots; to make it as convincible as possible we took the train from Colon, so to say from the east, from Russia. The official arrival was announced to be in Brussels. I didn't expect anyone there. But to my great astonishment it was crowded with people.'
Like Tintin was sent to Russia, he is sent to many other places and he can be seen as a correspondent who often seems to know more about the indigenous culture than the local people do. In Prisoners of the Sun the Inca priest doesn't know of a forthcoming sun eclipse. Of course Tintin does, thanks to a piece of newspaper, and this knowledge saves him from being burnt on a stake. In The Blue Lotus Tintin rescues a young Chinese boy, who is surprised to hear of how the Chinese are being looked upon by Europeans: The Chinese all have ponytails, they eat birds nests and throw newborn babies into the river.
…or what he is not.
Though Tintin is staged as a reporter, what he really does for a living is rather hazy: in the comics he never writes a story, not even a single line. Maybe we should see his job in a more metaphorical way. In his book The world of Hergé Benoît Peeters says it this way: 'Tintin is a reporter, but what else is a reporter than a go-between, a mirror, someone who transfers information that he may not even possess?'. This is clearly illustrated in Tintin in Africa where the young reporter shows a movie to the indigenous people. He witnesses the local medicine man and a white man planning a coup. He then records the conversation, films it and shows the movie to the tribesmen afterwards, leaving us with the unanswered question of how the celluloid was developed in the first place. The tribesmen did understand the information anyway: the white man had to die.
Later, in The Blue Lotus, Tintin gets hold of a mysterious message that he receives through Morse Code. In the course of this adventure he gets to understand the meaning of this message and the readers do too.
In this case and many others Tintin can be seen as an intermediary, someone who brought the readers unknown civilizations, adventures that weren't likely to happen in their own neighbourhood. Peeters points to this non-being when he writes: 'The conclusion is inevitable: Tintin is nothing. In fact he is without age: sometimes he acts like a child, at other times he is a teenager, but most of the time he seems to be an adult. He also seems genderless: neither girlfriends nor wedding ceremonies will ever disturb his adventures. Strictly speaking one could say that he doesn't have a character: he doesn't possess something that makes him more this than that.' In French Tintin even means 'nada' or 'nothing'.
Tintin indeed is rather colourless. The power of most Tintin adventures cannot be attributed to the character of Tintin but to the characters that surround him. Through them Tintin gets a meaning, without them he is almost nothing. I will give a description of the most important secondary characters in detail in the second section of this story as being an important part of Tintin's world. But what else can we say about Tintin himself?
He is different
Well, we might conclude that Tintin is not an average journalist in many ways. The reason why he became the archetype of the reporter, might be caused by every journalist's wish to become as famous and independent as Tintin.
And famous he is. In Tintin in Congo the black kids in a classroom in the bush whisper to each other: 'That's Tintin! The reporter Tintin!' The young reporter is well known in Congo: the father is introducing him with the words: 'Boys, this is Tintin, the famous reporter, who will replace father Sebastian for so long.' At the moment he arrives in the Congo a large enthusiastic crowd is awaiting him. Hergé gave as explanation for this fame that Tintin is famous through his adventures in the comic strips, which were translated into many languages, first from French to Dutch then into South African, English, Spanish and many other languages. The comic strips finally were even translated into Arabian. That's why in Cigars for the Pharaoh an outrageous sheik, who has captured Tintin because he sold soap to an Arab what he mistook for something edible, changes his mind when he recognizes Tintin: 'Tintin! What a surprise! … Let me embrace you! I am reading your adventures for years now.' If this would be true the globalisation of western culture started already in 1932, long before the television and the Internet and much earlier than we think.
Shohat and Stam give the reason why Tintin was obviously adored by the indigenous people despite of the colonialist clichés in their book Eurocentrism; Multiculturalism and the Media. It might be converted to a real situation in which their readership forms a trialog between the reader, the text and the reader's community existing in clear discursive and social relation to one another. So this Egyptian sheik might identify himself with the white character Tintin against the Arabs as long he is surrounded by Arabs. Within a different situation among whites the audience preventing him from identifying himself with the white hero might see him as Arab.
One could say that indirectly these readers identify themselves with Hergé or with what Hergé would liked to have been: 'I am Tintin when I want to be heroic, the Thom(p)sons when I do stupid things. I am Haddock when I feel the need to express myself.'
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Entering Psychotherapy or Counselling is a significant step in anyone’s life and may be a new experience for you. You may find it helpful to consider these points:
People seeking help can be referred by their GP or other concerned professional, or may make contact directly themselves.
An initial appointment will be offered, usually within a week, if there is a vacancy. This first session will provide you an opportunity to meet and ask any questions, as well as to jointly assess, whether therapy or counselling may be useful for you at this time.
Where appropriate, psychotherapy (or counselling) will be offered to you. But if it is felt, after careful discussion together, that these would not be appropriate at the moment, other forms of help can be considered and discussed together, and a next step identified.
Clients will usually arrange to attend for one session per week, keeping consistency to time and day where possible. This regularity may hopefully enhance the experience of emotional containment and ‘holding’.

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Written by and starring newcomers Chris Bran and Justin Chubb, the channel’s first original comedy commission is directed by Matt Lipsey (Psychoville, Little Britain) and launches next month.
Serafinowicz will appear in Episode 2 of the show as Eric Dunt, “a seedy and unscrupulous cupboard salesman, who discovers he can make a killing touting his second-rate wares after the people of Jinsy become convinced he is The Great He, the hugely worshipped but never seen governor of Jinsy island”.
Two images of David Tennant’s character were released last week. The former Doctor Who star will play Mr Slightlyman, a corrupt, camp wedding planner with bad plastic surgery.
Other guest stars include Harry Hill, Simon Callow (Four Weddings And A Funeral), Brian Murphy (George And Mildred) and KT Tunstall.
The eight-part series is set to air in September on Sky Atlantic.
Watch the trailer…

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I have been wanting to make one of these for quite a while. I've seen many different versions on Pinterest and all recipes. I was excited to try it out for my sister-in-law's birthday.
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when out came a rainbow, there was a lot of oohs and aahs. It made me feel so happy and excited!
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Podcast burnout is a very real thing in the podcast world. For whatever reason, burning out is extremely common amongst new podcasters- with the average podcaster only releasing eight episodes before they fade away. So why is this? And how can we prevent it?
In this, the second episode of our three-part series-within-a-series, we talk about re-evaluating your show (and your expectations) to maybe change it up a little bit and either reduce the pressure on yourself, or reduce the workload. We talk about mindset, ignoring the competition... and we also have 'the chat' about whether or not to call it quits.
This is part 2 of a three-part series on burnout. It wasn't originally intended to be! In fact, it was meant to be only one episode. But I wanted to give this topic the airtime it deserves, and so it's been split into three. Therefore, whenever I mention "last week", I actually mean episode four.
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Published: Monday, January 25, 2010 at 11:51 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, January 25, 2010 at 11:51 p.m.
Polk County nonprofits have until Friday to apply for a portion of $442,988 in federal emergency food and shelter funds.
For more information about applying, agencies should contact Debbie Wilson of the United Way at 863-648-1500, Ext. 236.
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Minnesota Compass Holds Listening Session In Brainerd
Listen, learn and understand – those were the motives behind today’s discussion on how to best represent the Brainerd region in data form.
“I was fearful that this would be another entity that comes out and tells rural communities as to what they have and how great they are and how they are growing, but would not seek the knowledge and experience of local people,” said Cheryal Hills, Region 5 Development Executive Director. “I was really grateful to hear that they were valuing those opinions.”
Community members voiced their opinions on the strengths of the area including great location and natural resources, but also took time to speak about the issues.
“Affordability and accessibility of childcare is a huge issue across the state,” said Ellen Wolter, a Minnesota Compass Researcher. “All of the connections that were made here today about how that connects to retaining and attracting workers and workforce issues in terms of ensuring that the right skills are here in the region.”
The workforce discussion branched off into talking about workforce housing needs.
“Virtually everyone who came today is talking about the same challenges,” said Don Hickman, Initiative Foundation Vice President. “We have lower than usual median household income, which means we are more competitive.”
When asked what data could be helpful, questions arose that included: “What is the real cost of housing?” “What is the typical debt load?” “What wage do people really need to earn in order to meet those childcare and housing needs?”
“We will be incorporating all of this feedback going through where there are themes that overlap or regions where there are differences in issues and strengths. We will think about how and where we can incorporate the suggestions for data needs,” said Ellen Wolter, a Minnesota Compass Researcher.
Throughout the discussion, Wolter noticed overlapping of input from other communities, but was not aware of the FCC and broadband restrictions in the area.
“Areas that are being covered by FCC dollars but are not deploying broadband to our rural communities that still have broadband needs,” said Hills.
After discussion about what data might be helpful in the future, participants got a chance to explore the Compass website and look at some current data.
Minnesota Compass’ mission is to bring unbiased, raw regional data that can be compared to other places in Minnesota. The online resource is available to the public, where based on today’s discussion, it will continue to grow with more resources. Visit the website at: http://www.mncompass.org/


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Do you find yourself desiring that your students were making a bigger impact for God and His Kingdom? I would guess that at least on some level, this is true for all of us.
So . . . why aren’t they? Why aren’t your students living more bold and dynamic faith-lives? I have an idea. I believe the main reason students don’t live as powerfully as they could can be boiled down to one simple idea . . .
I think in the current culture our students are growing up in, image rules in a way it has never before. I see most students obsessed with their image. They want people to think they have it all together. That they are completely cool and in control. That they’re perfectly expressing themselves using the right words and expressions (i.e., the words and expressions their friends use). It’s WAY more than how they look. Some days it seems like it’s It’s 100% complete image control on the level of a professional PR firm! The stakes are too high if they don’t. Word (and images) travels fast via text messages and Facebook updates.
Many students don’t seem to want to offend, or seem like they’re holding an opinion outside what would be considered mainstream or “normal.” Which is a pretty big barrier to living a bold faith life.
After all, people who live impassioned lives for Christ can make others uncomfortable. They can be overly-excited. They can be easily painted as small-minded or narrowly-focused. Let’s be honest: convictions just ain’t that cool.
But here’s the deal. We’re called by Christ to live our lives in radical submission to Him. Regardless of how this sets us against our culture.
Think about it. Think of the people in Scripture who stood up against the tide of culture and who sacrificed their image to do so . . . all for the sake of God.
- Isaiah walked around nude for three years.
- Ezekiel made a spectacle of himself in public.
- Daniel risked everything for the sake of holiness.
- Hosea married a prostitute.
- John the Baptist lived in the desert and ate bugs.
- The Disciples went against every norm of their day’s leading religious culture.
- Paul subjected himself to beating and ridicule, making himself an enemy of his own people.
ALL of these men did so because God had called them to serve Him with their lives. They did so without regard for how they looked to the world around them. And all of them had an amazing impact for the Kingdom.
Now, if you tell your students to walk around nude in their schools ala Isaiah, that’s on you. But, I would challenge you to consider having this discussion with your students. I’d love to hear their responses to the following question: Do you care more about your image, about what others think of you, than you do about living your life on mission for God?
My hunch is that if they are honest, many do care more image than they care about making a difference for God. Some of this is probably an inherent part of their life stage. But part of it is a real barrier you can help them overcome.
Image should never stand in the way of living a dynamic life for Christ.

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ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5
Maybe This or Maybe That is for those of us who either have or aspire to have a business degree. It is thus all about the Masters of Business Administration.
If you observe the book cover closely, you will notice how beautifully the cover also attempts to convey the same thing.
Well, to clear any further doubts which one might have – the book talks about the 37 things which we didn’t learn in our business schools. Yes, you will be surprised too.
As MBAs, we often think of ourselves as being invincible; better than the regular graduates and even better than the techies but just wait and read this book, you will know how far that thought holds true.
Mayank Chandna (pen name Abhaidev) is an MDI, Gurgaon alumnus who has quit his boring and monotonous investment banking career to try his hands at writing and judging by the quality of this book, I can safely vouch for him as an author to watch out for.
Maybe This or Maybe That is not supposed to give you any solid “gyaan” apart from what you must have already learned/will be learning at your b-school. The book is more like a guide, or a mentor which points out the peculiarities associated with a b-school degree.
There are no set rules defining the dos and don’ts but the overall idea is just to make oneself comfortable in the business world – both college and office.
The writing has edge, fun, humour and a little bit of general wisdom – enough to keep one from getting bored but at the same time driving the intended point home.
The writing style is breezy and the book is all of 87 pages; readable in just under 2 hours. The content is not compartmentalized into sections or chapters but is written in a random manner.
As indicated by the ratings above, there is not much research involved; the author writes straight from the heart and not based on some scientific studies or data.
The notes at the end though do recommend additional reading which one may want to browse through.
The book intends to help you sail through the MBA course if you are currently undergoing one. In case you already have the much-coveted degree to your name – Congratulations! This book will take you one step ahead and help you survive the corporate life.
In case you still haven’t decided whether you will be joining MBA after all, this book will help you decide what course of action to take – whether to take the plunge or stay ashore by clearing many stigmas and urban myths about the degree.
Written on the lines of a self-help book but not being really so, Maybe This or Maybe That is a pleasant, fast and humorous read and I recommend it to all readers who are even remotely associated with the world of MBAs.

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Plaintiffs in scholarship suits fight bid for dismissal by NCAA
With their cases currently before the same federal judge who recently ruled in the Ed O'Bannon lawsuit against the NCAA, lawyers for the plaintiffs in two lawsuits challenging the association's scholarship rules on Thursday sought distance from, and alignment with, the O'Bannon ruling.
Thursday's filings came in response to a motion two weeks ago from the NCAA and 11 major conferences to have the cases dismissed.
Either of the suits could eliminate compensation limits in some sports. One of them seeks hundreds of millions of dollars in damages based on the difference in the value of the NCAA's current definition of a scholarship — basically tuition, fees, room, board and books — and the actual cost of attending college.
Both suits, which began in March, are seeking to become class actions. One of the cases originated in Northern California, the other in New Jersey. In June, a panel of judges that deals with similar federal lawsuits filed in different parts of the country assigned coordinated or consolidated pretrial matters in both cases to U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken — the Oakland-based jurist who handled the O'Bannon case.
She has scheduled a hearing on the motion for dismissal for Oct. 9.
The NCAA and the five power conferences are named as defendants in both suits, each of which seeks a differently worded injunction that would upend the NCAA's current definition of a scholarship.
The other five Bowl Subdivision conferences and the Western Athletic Conference are defendants in the suit seeking class-wide monetary damages. That case began on behalf of former West Virginia football player Shawne Alston and sought action for Football Bowl Subdivision players. It has since been consolidated with five other suits that were filed subsequently. The combined complaint now covers football, men's basketball and women's basketball players.
The second case, which does not seek class-wide monetary damages, is being pursued on behalf of four named plaintiffs headed by Clemson football player Martin Jenkins.
In seeking dismissal, the NCAA and the conferences argued that Wilken's ruling and injunction in the O'Bannon case, which the NCAA has appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, provides the basis for dismissal of these two cases. They noted that while Wilken set the stage for Bowl Subdivision football players and Division I men's basketball players receive not only scholarships covering their full cost of attending school but also what amounts to deferred compensation — all as a form of compensation for the schools' use of their names, images and likenesses — she also ruled the NCAA could still implement a cap on the amount of that compensation.
On Thursday, writing on behalf of the Jenkins plaintiffs, lawyer Jeffrey Kessler called the position of the NCAA and the conferences in this regard "a fundamental misconstruction of what" Wilken decided in the O'Bannon case. "It brazenly portrays (Wilken's) decision as an NCAA victory on the merits that affords Defendants blanket antitrust immunity for any NCAA restraint the does not conflict specifically with the terms" of the injunction.
In a separate filing, lawyers for the Alston plaintiffs, led by Steve Berman and Bruce Simon, wrote that to the extent the NCAA and the conferences will on some of the same defenses for the compensation limits that they offered in the O'Bannon case, Wilken "found that those defenses did not justify the restraint … so if anything (the ruling and injunction the O'Bannon case) "only reinforce that Plaintiffs have alleged a plausible antitrust claim," which is the basic standard they must achieve to keep the case from being dismissed.
Donald Remy, chief legal officer for the NCAA, responded to the filings in an email: "The plaintiffs' characterization of the O'Bannon ruling and its impact on these cases is incorrect. The O'Bannon ruling and previous federal court decisions provide sufficient reasoning for dismissal. In our reply brief next week, the NCAA will continue to explain why the plaintiff's lawyers are out of sync with the law."
Lawyers for both sets of plaintiffs noted that while the O'Bannon case was centered on the athletes' ability to receive a share of the revenue the NCAA and schools get from the use of the athletes' names, images and likenesses in live TV broadcasts, rebroadcasts and video game, neither of these cases is about that.
Wrote the Alston plaintiffs: "Publicity rights are not the restraint being targeted in the present case. Full stop."
The Jenkins plaintiffs "challenge the NCAA restraints on compensation for athletic services, i.e., for playing for a team, that were expressly not litigated" in the O'Bannon case, their lawyers wrote.
The Alston lawyers also noted that in addition to football and men's basketball players, they are seeking relief for an entirely new group of plaintiffs — Division I women's basketball players.
"Those athletes do not benefit from" the O'Bannon case, they wrote. "Somehow now, in (the conferences' and the NCAA's view) view their … case still is over before it ever began. Fortunately for these athletes, the law doesn't foreclose" their claims, they argued.


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Do you really enjoy the animated Apple logo that appears on your phone the first time it is restored? Would you like to see that animated logo every time you reboot or respring your iPhone? If so, then check out Beacon.
Beacon is a new jailbreak tweak that forces the animated Apple logo to appear each time your respring or reboot your device. That animation is accompanied by a transition animation when switching to your Lock screen. With all of this said, you’d have to really, and I mean really, love that animation in order to be willing to cough up $0.99 for the privilege.
As stated, you can choose from several different transition animations for the logo to Lock screen transition. Unfortunately, resprings aren’t all that eloquent in the first place on a jailbroken iPhone, and this tweak doesn’t really help in that area.
Keep in mind that if you’re interested in animated boot logos, there’s a whole lot of logos available free on charge on Cydia. Again, you can find Beacon for $0.99 on Cydia’s BigBoss repo.


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At a time when information technologies are transforming the intellectual landscape by eliminating physical boundaries between men and between disciplines, our duty, as a cutting-edge academic institution, is to offer students an appropriate learning platform that adapts to this unprecedented technological evolution. We had to imagine a place where students benefit from the best access to current systems of knowledge as well as its possible forms in the future, but also a place that stimulates the most vigorous and passionate whirlwinds of ideas, without which neither science nor art would exist in this world. We were thus not afraid to imagine a paradoxical space where the ever fascinating serenity of a library and the colorful noise of a central square cohabite – a tension lending itself to the propagation of knowledge. In dreaming about content, we also dreamt about identity. The rolex Learning center would only take on its full meaning if it were to become both the new heart of EPFL – a veritable center that has always been missing – and a unifying element for the city and the nearby university. How can any of us, whether researchers, students, or citizens, live without the cross-fertilization of influences, ideas, information, and cultures that allow for, since the beginning of time, the most fertile debates and the most beautiful discoveries?
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Spanish Typhoon fighters now employ Meteor air-to-air missiles
A Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 2 of the Ejercito del Aire, the Spanish Air Force, carried out a mission equipped for the first time with a Meteor missile.
The aircraft belonged to the 141 Squadron of the 14th Wing, as reported by the air force on January 15, 2021. For the missile to be employed by the aircraft, the Typhoons had to receive the P2Eb software upgrade (Phase 2 Enhancements B)
Developed by MBDA within the framework of a partnership involving France, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy, Spain, and Germany, the Meteor is a beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile guided by active radar. The weapon has a range of over 150 kilometers (90 miles) and can reach Mach 4 speed.
The Meteor was first introduced by Sweden on the JAS 39 Gripen in April 2016. The Typhoons of the British Royal Air Force were the first to add the Meteor to their arsenal, in December 2018. The weapon is also employed by the Rafales of the French Air Force, which described it as a “game-changer”.
Italy and the United Kingdom are also working to integrate the missile respectively on their F-35A and F-35B fighters.
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Raytheon invests in hypersonic aircraft startup Hermeus
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General Atomics to convert MQ-9 Reaper for carrier operations
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If you’re in search of a crispy and savory treat, Chindamani is the perfect destination. Their Roti Prata Kosong is a delight for your taste buds, offering a perfect balance of texture and taste. At just $1.20 per piece, this delectable dish is a steal.
The Roti Prata Kosong at Chindamani is cooked to perfection, resulting in a perfectly crispy texture that’s slightly oily. The curry sauce that accompanies it is thick and rich, adding a delicious flavor that complements the prata well. For those with a sweet tooth, adding a sprinkle of sugar can make this dish even more delightful.
While the Roti Prata Kosong is a must-try, the same cannot be said for the Egg Prata. At $1.80 per piece, this dish falls short when compared to the Kosong variant. It was a bit too oily, which made it soggy and less enjoyable.
Chindamani has multiple outlets throughout Singapore, including Blk 151 A Serangoon North Ave 2, Blk 121 Hougang Ave 1, Blk 829 Tampines St 81, and Blk 201C Tampines St 21. So if you’re in the mood for some delicious Roti Prata Kosong, be sure to stop by one of these locations.
Overall, Chindamani is a great place to satisfy your cravings for crispy and savory Roti Prata Kosong. The price is reasonable, and the taste and texture are unbeatable. The only downside is the Egg Prata, which isn’t as good as the Kosong variant. So, if you’re looking to indulge in a crispy and delicious treat, Chindamani is the place to be.
Chindamani (Bishan) Opening Hours and Location
6:30am – 10:30pm Daily
Address : 284 Bishan Street 22, Singapore 570284

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Start your morning off well with the hotel's complimentary breakfast. Enjoy the natural splendour of Bohol's pristine countryside, where the gifts of culture and nature coexist. The journey takes you to the most famous attractions in Bohol, including the tarsiers, the tiniest primates in the world, the world-famous Chocolate Hills, the enormous greenery of Bilar's man-made forest, and a gourmet lunch on a floating restaurant on the Loboc River. The journey also includes stops at the Blood Compact Shrine and the centuries-old Baclayon Church & Museum, which provide a glimpse into Bohol's history and culture. The tour concludes after approximately 7-8 hours. Back at the hotel and overnight stay at Bellevue Resort in a Deluxe Room. Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast is served at the hotel. Today you can spend the day relaxing, exploring your resort, and having fun with water sports. Overnight stay at Bellevue Resort in a Deluxe Room. Breakfast
Today is your last day in Bohol; after breakfast, you will be transferred to Tagbilaran Port and take a 2-hour ferry ride to Cebu. When you arrive in Cebu, our driver will take you to your hotel, where you can check in and spend the rest of the day at your leisure. Overnight stay at Dusit Thani Mactan in a Deluxe Room. Breakfast
Pack your breakfast. The tour begins around 5:00 AM, with the guide picking you up at the hotel lobby for your tour activity. It would be a full day of fun and adventure. Because of its incredible marine life sanctuary and pristine white sand beaches, Moalboal Pescador Island Tour is a popular tourist destination in the south of Cebu. The main attraction in Moalboal is Pescador Island, a world-class dive site due to its protected corals and marine species. Our Pescador Island Hopping trip will allow you to swim and see beautiful corals, sea fans, frogfish, and a school of jacks. If you're lucky, this trip will also include swimming with turtles and sardines that run near Panagsama Beach. Overnight stay at Dusit Thani Mactan in a Deluxe Room. Breakfast, Lunch
Begin your day at the hotel with breakfast. Today, you can spend the day relaxing, exploring your resort, and enjoying water sports activities. Overnight stay at Dusit Thani Mactan in a Deluxe Room. Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel. You will fly to Siargao in the morning, and when you arrive, our driver will take you to your hotel. The rest of the day is yours to explore on your own. Overnight stay at Siargao Bleu Resort & Spa in a Garden Room. Breakfast
You will be picked up at your hotel at 8:00 AM for your island tour adventure after having breakfast. Explore the stunning coastlines of the nearby islands of Siargao on this private island-hopping tour. This journey will take you to three different islands and end on a scenic boardwalk, making it ideal for those who enjoy tropical life. Daku Island, Guyam Island, Naked Island, Secret Island, and Boardwalk in Cloud 9 are the highlights of the tour. Overnight stay at Siargao Bleu Resort & Spa in a Garden Room. Breakfast, Lunch
Delight yourself with breakfast at the hotel. Today, you can have fun chilling at the beach or go surfing; after all, it is the surfing capital of the Philippines. You can take your day at your own pace. Overnight stay at Siargao Bleu Resort & Spa in a Garden Room. Breakfast
After having breakfast at the hotel, it's time to say goodbye. After checking out, the driver will meet you and take you to the airport for your departure flight back to Manila. Breakfast
Bohol Escape to your own private sanctuary at The Bellevue Resort in Panglao, Philippines. This Panglao Island resort, located on the tranquil shores of north Bohol, is an exclusive resort that emphasises your comfort and privacy. The Bellevue Resort has been named an ASEAN Green Hotel. To ensure sustainable tourism, eco-friendly principles and energy conservation measures are in place at this hotel. When you stay at The Bellevue Resort, you can rest assured that you will not be harming Mother Nature.
A vibrant and inviting retreat blends Filipino warmth and Thai hospitality for a heavenly haven by the ocean at our hotel Mactan Cebu. On northern tip of the Punta Engaño Peninsula, Dusit Thani Mactan Cebu is easily accessible from the Mactan-Cebu International Airport by land and sea transport. Surrounded by tropical islands, natural, cultural and historic treasures are all within reach. You can relax in stylish rooms, with gracious service, innovative cuisine, luxurious amenities and stunning views all on hand.
Siargao Bleu Resort and Spa is a luxury beachfront resort located in General Luna, Siargao Island, Philippines. The resort features spacious rooms and cottages with modern amenities and traditional Filipino design elements. Guests can enjoy a range of activities such as surfing, island hopping, and diving, as well as relax in the resort's spa, pool, or beach. The resort also offers guaranteed fresh seafood cuisine, as well as a bar with a wide selection of drinks.
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After the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, embarrassed American politicians lined up to declare: “This is not who we are.” Having read Michael Pembroke’s account of the country’s international thuggery in the last 70 years I’m inclined to reply: “Sorry, no, this is what you always were — loutish, lawless and violent by default.” Pembroke, an Australian jurist and an avowed conservative, quotes a Trump adviser who unforgettably sums up the arrogance of Washington policymakers. “We’re America, bitch,” snarls this unidentified apparatchik; lesser nations can just suck it up.
The British, wanting to look aristocratically nonchalant, claimed they acquired their empire in a fit of absent-mindedness. Americans hid their scheming behind sanctimonious cant about freedom and human rights: they dreamed up the UN but have consistently flouted its principles, no longer even pay it their annual dues and carry on regardless with their godly mission to Americanize the rest of the world, by force if necessary. During the Cold War, the Pentagon invoked a spurious communist menace to justify its exorbitant budget, amassing deluxe weaponry that existed mainly for show. There was no military need to atomize Hiroshima and Nagasaki, since the Japanese were edging towards surrender; the bombs were dropped, as one of President Truman’s cronies suggested, because the apocalyptic display would “make Russia more manageable in Europe.”
Resistance to communism excused American ventures whose actual purpose was to lubricate commerce. A coup was engineered in Iran in 1953 to protect the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company; the CIA hired uncommitted local people to pose as Bolshevik agitators and, when the shouting stopped, American companies snapped up the oil assets. In 1954 in Guatemala, a democratic government was overthrown because its labor reforms impeded the United Fruit Company’s shipments of bananas. This time, the CIA wrote sermons for priests, who obligingly decried communism as Satan’s work. Today, the ideological label remains, used as an inanely automatic slur. Warming up the mob on Jan. 6, Donald Trump Jr referred to the new senators from Georgia — a Jewish investigative journalist and a black pastor with a doctorate in theology — as “commie bastards;” Ashli Babbitt, who got herself killed while battering the doors of the House of Representatives, had previously tweeted that coronavirus curfews were “commie bullshit.”
Truman confused diplomacy with pugilism: he boasted of having given the Soviet foreign minister Molotov a “straight one-two to the jaw” and dismissed liberal critics as “parlor pinks and soprano-voiced men.” But as Pembroke argues, America’s bully-boy tactics have only served to invigorate the country’s foes. The consequences of the disastrous 1953 coup in Iran “are still playing out today,” while the heavy-handed deployment of NATO troops in eastern Europe “explains, at least in part, Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014.”
Undeterred by Trump’s sanctions, China is building a monorail in Mecca, cement factories in Iraq and a new industrial zone in Suez, laying fiber optic cables in Afghanistan, equipping African ports with defenses against piracy, establishing windfarms in Brazil, renovating the Portuguese electricity grid and buying up English football teams. The west has enjoyed global dominance for the past two centuries, but China was richer and more culturally advanced for millennia before that, and it soon will be so again. Pembroke proves his point by tabulating “Chinese inventions and discoveries in the centuries before Christ,” a list that extends from acupuncture and ball bearings to spindle wheels and vinegar. America’s bluster, he concludes, covers its quaking fear of decline.
In his novel The Quiet American, Graham Greene mocks a CIA agent in Saigon as an innocent abroad and blames the damage done by this wide-eyed simpleton on muddle, not malice. That judgment was surely too kind. One of Pembroke’s spiciest quotes comes from Mike Pompeo, fondly reminiscing at a Texas college about his time as Trump’s CIA director. “We lied, we cheated, we stole,” he chuckles. “It reminds you of the glory of the American experiment.”
Yet the same smug, plump Pompeo, looking back at his achievements as secretary of state, smarmed in a recent tweet that “being the greatest country on Earth is not just about our incredible economy and our strong military; it’s about the values we project out into the world. I believe in America, and American goodness.”
At least Trump never bothers about projecting values, because all that matters to him is projecting his image and monetizing his self-love. That perhaps makes him the epitome of American evil: the devil annihilates every value that doesn’t feed the greedy ego.
Current events have added a startling and acidly ironic epilogue to Pembroke’s narrative. The storming of the Capitol was Trump’s Bay of Pigs, his My Lai, his Iranian hostage crisis and his Benghazi, all compressed into a few ugly hours. True to his “America first” agenda, in declaring war he dispensed with foreign enemies and instead dispatched his followers — the devoted deplorables whom he sneers at as “low-class” — to trash the citadel of his own government. Twisting Pembroke’s thesis askew, this was not a retreat but a self-defeating, self-defaming rout. Trump, we can now see, is America’s revenge on itself.
America in Retreat: The Decline of US Leadership from WW2 to Covid-19
By Michael Pembroke
Whether or not the Formosan clouded leopard still exists in some hidden mountain fastness somewhere in Taiwan is a question that has fascinated the scientific community for many years. Taiwanese researchers attempted to put the question to rest a decade ago by scouring the Dawushan Nature Reserve (大武山) in Taitung County, but came back empty-handed. The survey ran from 1997-2012 and used over a thousand camera traps, but did not turn up a single cat, and the species was declared extinct in 2013. Renowned Taiwanese conservationists Chiang Po-jen (姜博仁) and Kurtis Pei (裴家騏) conducted the field work and published a
With such a disastrous 2020, many are hoping that the “ox would turn the heavens and earth” (牛轉乾坤, a pun on a Chinese idiom signifying a reversal of fortunes used as a Lunar New Year of the Ox greeting). According to Taiwan’s soothsayers, however, don’t bank on it. The 2021 Good Luck Bible (2021開運聖經) predicts another calamitous year for the world, full of natural and human disasters ranging from bad harvests to political crises and surging unemployment. Meanwhile, the prognosticator Wisdom Tsai (蔡上機) foretells large-scale international scandals, increased bullying by stronger countries and a continued shift toward authoritarianism. Major financial emergencies
Taiwan’s oldest surviving Christian house of worship stands in a village at the base of the Central Mountain Range. Upgraded to a basilica minore by Pope John Paul II in 1984, Wanjin Basilica (萬金聖母聖殿) was established in what’s now Pingtung County’s Wanluan Township (萬巒) in 1863. The church’s founder, Dominican priest Father Fernando Sainz (郭德剛), was one of the first missionaries to enter Taiwan after the signing in mid-1858 of treaties between Qing China (which ruled the island between 1684 and 1895), France, Great Britain, Russia and the US. These agreements, collectively known as the Treaty of Tianjin (天津條約), compelled
March 01 to March 07 There was only one Taiwanese department head in Taiwan’s first post-World War II provincial government: Sung Fei-ju (宋斐如), who served as deputy director of the department of education. Sung, who lived in China for over two decades, had close ties with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and was also allowed to start his own newspaper, the People’s News-Leader (人民導報). Aside from Sung, only a handful of Taiwanese held significant positions in the government, almost all of them banshan (半山, half mountain) like him. The term refers to those who moved


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How To Manifest Overnight
How To Manifest Overnight: How Does Manifestation Work?
Do you find it tough to manifest the important things you want into your life?
Maybe you adhere to the Law of Attraction and also just can’t fairly conquer manifestation? It can be complicated at first, once you get the hang of it, manifesting can end up being force of habit to you. How To Manifest Overnight
Perhaps you are uncertain of what manifestation actually indicates. Or perhaps you require quality on what the purpose of manifestation is! In order to be successful in your manifestations, you need to really rely on them.
So, it deserves understanding the ins and outs of just what manifestation is and also exactly how to appropriately manifest what you want. Before I share my manifestation guide with you, allow’s have a look at what manifestation indicates and also how it functions.
What Does ‘Manifestation’ Mean?
There are several ‘meanings’ of words manifest, but the simplest would certainly be that a manifestation is ‘something that is taken into your physical fact through thought, sensations, and ideas’.
This implies that whatever you focus on is what you are bringing right into your truth. You may concentrate as well as manifest through meditation, visualization or just via your conscious or subconscious.
This process Is Called Manifesting!
Attracting wide range, prosperity and all the advantages in life calls for education and learning. No, I’m not speaking about being in the class. I’m discussing researching the Law of Attraction and practicing the act of manifestation. It might sound unusual, but it’s something you can discover quite quickly.
This is exactly what how to manifest overnight is about How To Manifest Overnight
You just need to use it on a regular basis so as to get efficient it, as is true with any ability.
Some individuals seem to be naturally proficient at bring in wealth. But, that doesn’t suggest you can’t discover to be efficient it too.
One vital factor, is thinking that you deserve the important things you desire so strongly, it becomes a part of your extremely being. It has nothing to do with luck. It has to do with placing on your own in alignment with what you want.
In order to begin when driving to drawing in every little thing you desire in life, you have to initially recognize the essentials of the Law of Attraction.
For instance, if you have actually been thinking of getting a brand-new job and also you concentrated on specifically what you wanted as well as when you desired it, your thoughts as well as feelings would be strong surrounding this. This is precisely what how to manifest overnight is all about. You can after that attempt to meditate or visualize your objective and also this can help to manifest it right into your truth.
If you after that got your new task and also it was whatever you wanted, you would certainly have effectively materialized it into your life. So, since you recognize what manifestation implies, it’s time to find out how manifestation works.
Just How Does Manifestation Function?
Like with the Law of Attraction, a manifestation is where your thoughts and also your power can produce your fact. If you are continuously being unfavorable as well as really feeling down, after that you are going to draw in and also manifest unfavorable power to be able to how to manifest overnight.
The first thing to do when manifesting is to take a look at your ideas as well as sensations. Are you really feeling adverse? Do your thoughts surround negative thoughts?
If so, you might start to manifest points you don’t desire in your truth. This is why it’s important to clear your mind and also have a positive mind when you are intending to manifest.
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Manifestation does not just deal with your thoughts, there has to be a type of activity on your component. This could be actually obtaining the work that match what you are trying to find and also going to the meetings.
Attempting to picture your ideas as well as sensations regarding your work; this will then help you to feel more positive as well as inspired to make these modifications a reality. This will certainly after that press you to take some activity and also, inevitably, manifest your goals into your life.
Exactly How To Manifest Anything In 5 Steps
When you read about the Law of Attraction, it can often feel like it will take months or years to manifest anything you want. This is crucial to make how to manifest overnight work. Nevertheless, professionals suggest that if you very carefully work your means through four unique manifestation actions, it’s feasible to get results a whole lot more quickly.
As a matter of fact, if you are questioning how to manifest anything in merely 24 hr, you might only need 5 steps.
So, if you follow this straightforward manifestation guide, you may well get exactly what you want in 1 day and even less!
( And also if you believe you might have a manifestation block, you can take this quiz to learn what is vigorously holding you back.).
Manifestation Step 1: Select What You Want To Manifest.
When you select something certain to manifest, it’s crucial that you recognize specifically why you want this details thing in your life. And also when you’re trying to manifest something in simply 24 hours, you also need to choose something you think you can manifest in a day.
So, as an example, there’s little factor in claiming you intend to begin a new service in 24 hours unless you really believe you can achieve this goal in the next day. Nonetheless, you might well think that you can efficiently manifest the next action in your trip to a brand-new business in a day, in which situation you may establish that as your goal (e.g. to complete a company strategy, get a lending you need, or find somebody to work together with).
So if something isn’t happening for you right now, it doesn’t imply it never will. Keep believing as well as keep working on your goal.When picking a thing to manifest, ask yourself the adhering to concerns:
- Do I really want this, in my heart of hearts?
- Exactly how will I benefit from having this?
- When I think of having this, does it really feel right?
- How will it benefit me and for others?
Whatever desire need to be the better good, as well as something you want by itself; more than likely something that’s a significant step on the journey in the direction of a better manifestation objective.
So, in sum: determine what you desire, actually get in touch with the intent to have it, and also believe that you will certainly receive what you request.
Manifestation Action 2: Remove Points That Stand In Your Means.
However, usually there will be something standing in your means to success. This shouldn’t scare you, this is simply part of the entire manifestation process.
Watch out for these three most typical manifestation blocks:
->Negative beliefs/mindset. How To Manifest Overnight
If you remain in a poor location psychologically, you need to first get yourself into the appropriate state of mind before you can successfully manifest anything. You can not be focusing on negative thoughts and anticipate to bring in good ideas right into your life. So spend some time to exercise self-care. Attempt meditation as well as different stress-relief techniques.
When you are working with manifesting your desire you need to make sure no one is holding you back. People who do not rely on you, always criticize you and/or grumble concerning whatever are obstructs that will maintain you from doing your finest.
Sometimes you simply need to be client. Every little thing you want will certainly take place. however it will certainly take place at the correct time and also for the best reasons. Sit back as well as think about exactly how your manifestation procedure is addressing the moment.
Do you feel like you’re on the right course or is something holding you back?
If you’re not sure what it is that’s entering your method, take this cost-free cutting-edge 60-second quiz. You will receive a totally free tailored video report on what exactly is vigorously holding you back from attracting the prosperity, love, happiness, as well as abundance that you want.
Manifestation Action 3: Picture What You Want To Manifest.
You most likely currently know the essentials of visualization and also have at the very least attempted to exercise those methods a couple of times. On your present manifestation quest, begin by going somewhere that’s quiet and also private, and invest simply a minute on visualizing the important things you desire.
Put all your power and focus right into seeing it with your mind’s eye, as well as allow all the good feelings about the object or result well up inside you.
This step functions best if you do a multi-sensory visualization; if you can see, listen to, odor, touch and (if appropriate) taste the result you’re wanting to develop. Make it as genuine as you possibly can, so it’s practically like it’s yours currently.
Add as many information as you can, and also do not attempt to think of specifically just how the thing or outcome becomes your own; rather, focus exclusively on completion result of receiving what you prefer.
When it comes to the issue of “How To Manifest Overnight”:
Don’t think of how your wanted item or outcome will certainly manifest as well as do not attempt to see it involving you through any type of particular individual or indicates. Your focus needs to get on the end outcome of obtaining things of your wish.
Manifestation Action 4: Act To Manifest What You Desire.
You can invest the remainder of your day virtually living as you normally would; there isn’t any specific activity you need to take in order to make manifestation feasible (your objectives are what will identify your success). Rather, when you’ve completed steps 1-2 as explained over, you are just awaiting what you wish to show up.
Nevertheless, if you really feel need to do something particular; whether it promptly makes good sense or it’s more of an intuition-based yearning. After that consider following your gut and taking that activity. If it feels natural, do it!
If you find that you don’t obtain the result you want within 1 day or less, look back at the first two steps and also return via them. In some cases, documenting what you want (and a few of the response to the details concerns presented) can give the universe the added nudge it requires to sustain your manifestation.
There are some usual reasons you could not appear rapidly. Particularly, take into consideration whether you’re doubting the procedure; do you either not believe you’ll get what you request for due to the fact that you don’t assume you deserve it, or probably doubt whether it’s feasible to manifest making use of the Law of Attraction? Any type of type of negative sensations (e.g. stress and anxiety, worry, rage, and also uncertainty) or unfavorable beliefs can prevent your outcomes.
Manifestation Action 5: Identify As Well As Appreciate.
Although this final action might not look that significant in the beginning look, it can in fact do a whole lot to shape your manifestation possibility in the future. Primarily, the key thought right here is that you require to completely appreciate what you have when you achieve your objective.
It can be very easy to fail to remember that you requested what you got, so take proactive steps to stop this.
Go back to what you first assumed and also felt when you were picturing your wanted object or end result, and also link those experiences with the new experience of having what you want. Consider the concrete proof you have that thoughts are points, which thinking in a particular means can develop concrete adjustments on the planet around you.
The even more you make this link as well as stress it, the far better you’ll go to manifesting in the future (as you’ll replace negative, restricting beliefs as well as doubts with certain, favorable thoughts as well as feelings).
On The Verge Of Manifestation?
So, you’ve ended up every one of our manifestation steps as well as you really feel favorable and determined … currently what? Well, as long as you can hold on to this feeling and also stay favorable, focus on your objectives and take some type of activity– then you’ve done all you can!
This implies that you are on the edge of manifestation, and there are some indications that you should keep an eye out for in order to understand your manifestation is close. It might feel like absolutely nothing has happened after you’ve alloted time to actually assume and feel your symptoms, yet that’s just the start.
These indications are most likely to just show up to you, even if you aren’t searching for them.
Indicators Your Manifestation Is Close.
When you are attempting to manifest something into your life, there are lots of signs that you need to be watching out for in order to recognize that your manifestation is close. Some will be tiny indicators, as well as others may be gazing you right in the face, without you understanding.
Here are some of the indicators that may concern you when your manifestation is close:
Becoming aware of your desires. This could be overhearing someone’s conversation or paying attention to the radio, where they are speaking about the very thing that you want.
Feeling thrilled. If you start to create a sense of excitement in spite of there not being a factor, this could be a sign that your manifestation is close.How To Manifest Overnight
You see repeating numbers. Duplicating numbers have important significances and also these are a excellent indicator that your manifestation is close. Take notice of the numbers you see.
Other individuals speaking about your objectives. Individuals in your life may bring up your objectives in conversation, informing you that you would certainly be efficient something (even if they are not aware that this is your goal).how to manifest overnight
These are just a couple of indications to reveal that your manifestation is close to being in your truth. Make sure to keep note of the signs you are seeing and feel fired up that your indications are close.
Why Manifestation Is Not Working For You.
Do you require some added aid with your Law of Attraction journey? Perhaps you feel that there is something that’s holding you back? Click on the link listed below to take this Law of Attraction quiz as well as get your totally free report to reveal exactly how to open your manifesting powers.
how to manifest overnight: After taking this quiz, you will certainly find out what is holding you back from bring in love, joy, and also abundance right into your life. This can aid you to begin manifesting as well as attracting what you desire, right into your life.

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Back in October, it was announced that Ryan Gosling backed out of the Logan’s Run remake, which was going to be reunite him for a third time with director Nicolas Winding Refn. Since that project doesn’t seem to be moving forward anytime soon, Nicolas Winding Refn is now attached to direct another studio-backed project that will team him with an Academy Award winning actor. He’ll be taking on to helm Sony’s remake of the 1980’s television series The Equalizer starring none other than Denzel Washington.
As you may recall this past spring, Nicolas Winding Refn was only in contention to helm the project. During the time, he was up against Pierre Morel (Taken), Gareth Evans (The Raid), and Gavin O’Connor (Warrior). The remake of The Equalizer has actually been brewing for quite sometime with Russell Crowe and Crash director Paul Haggis once circling the project. Once that fell apart, the studio still wanted to make the project because it has been high on their priority list. I believe that Sony has made the right choice by going with Nicolas Winding Refn. I never imagined Refn and Denzel Washington to team up but since it’s now a reality, I’m keen on the idea.
The original television series ran for a total of five seasons from 1985-1989. Edward Woodward starred as a former covert operations officer with a mysterious past. To make up for past sins, he begins to right the wrongs of a corrupt legal system. He offers his services as an investigator for free, aided by a diverse group of contacts.
Production for The Equalizer is expected to begin in the spring of 2013 and already has a set release date of April 11th, 2014. Below is the original intro to original television series.[springboard type=”video” id=”619765″ player=”dlyr002″ width=”600″ height=”365″ ]


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In recent years, wireless sensor networks are central to the research activities of the scientific community, particularly given the vast potential applications such as medical care, smart homes, and or environmental monitoring. In the context of wireless sensor networks, the localization technique \"Range-free\" is more efficient with respect to the principle \"Range-based\". Therefore, the authors focused on it. To enable each mobile or normal node to choose its own localization algorithm, they proposed a mechanism adapted by splitting normal nodes in two categories: the first category nodes have at least three neighboring anchors, while nodes the second category have less than three neighboring anchors.


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Research on Emotion Regulation in Dance and Music Therapy
This years’ research day will focus on the role of Dance and Music therapy for the development of emotion regulation. Presenters will address themes as: How is emotion regulation approached through Dance and Music? What does research say about the evidence for effectivity of dance therapy and music therapy? Which research findings support the clinical practice and contribute to our professional knowledge?
Invited guests will deliver presentations on research on emotion regulation in dance therapy and music therapy. Interactive workshops will offer the opportunity to explore research procedures focusing on emotion regulation in dance and music therapy and how to develop suitable research procedures and structures. Codarts MAT students will present their take on research.
We consider the dynamic exchange with our network partners of vital importance for the professional future of our students, which is why we would like to open this day for internship supervisors of our students and participants from the broader professional field of dance and music therapy. Also, our alumni are welcome to join us for this day.
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The scourge of unverified and spurious "penicillin allergy": a preventable clinical and public health menace.
Unverified and allergies to penicillins have developed into an epidemic with unacceptable medical and financial consequences. For over two decades numerous efforts have been undertaken to fight this scourge and to promote judicious diagnosis to reduce erroneous avoidance and unnecessary substitutions with less effective, more toxic and costly broad spectrum second-line non-betalactam antibiotics carrying the potential of the emergence of organism resistance and secondary complications. However, old habits die hard and continuous efforts are required to convince patients and their physicians of the consequences of these false allegations and to encourage implementation of correct management protocols. In this project we primarily aim at i) mapping out the prevalence of spurious and genuine penicillin allergy, ii) optimizing diagnostic management of betlactam allergies according to the individual allergy risk status including resolving the conundrum of cross-reactivity between penicillin and other belactams and iii) evaluate the cost-effectiveness of delabelling spurious "penicillin allergy" in unselected or selected populations. Altogether, our data should facilitate introduction of a cost-effective diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms without jeopardizing health of our patients and benefiting antibiotic stewardship.
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Keywords:ALLERGIC DISEASES, ALLERGIES, DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
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We sledded up in the top of the valley above Fraser in the morning. When we got to the Notch the visibility deteriorated and it started snowing. We dropped back down the valley and skinned up above Bryant Lake to 1500m. Decent skiing on north aspects, some new wind effect has stiffened the snow. Weather was fickle today, with snow squalls and limited vis, and winds switching from SE to SW, but not much precipitation out of this storm.
Snow conditions were: Heavy, Powder, Wind affected. Weather conditions were: Cloudy, Foggy, Stormy, Warm, Windy. We rode: Alpine slopes. Riding quality was good.


Today I am going to answer a question about 5.3 ticking noise when warm from the comments section of one of my previous blog posts.
A lot of people who have 5.3 engines are noticing an intermittent ticking noise after their vehicle has been running for a while and then they turn it off, with or without the engine being warmed up or not. Does anyone know what this sound is? Well, here’s what I found out: The 5-liter V8 engine in Ford vehicles uses roller lifters to provide quieter operation than other similar engines do. This can cause them to make a clicking noise when the car warms up if there is debris inside that blocks lubrication channels on the lifter. If you hear a ticking noise when the engine is warm, you might want to take it in for an inspection.
The engine in Ford vehicles can make a clicking sound if there is debris blocking the lifter. The 5-liter V-eight engine in Ford cars uses roller lifters, which can make a clicking sound Inside Ford vehicles, if there is, debris that blocks the engine lubricant is made within channels. an engine that has roller lifters. If there are pieces of debris blocking lubrication channels on the lifter, this can make a clicking sound. If this sounds like what your car is doing and it happens after about 5 minutes of driving then you need to have them looked at as soon as possible since these types of components are crucial for keeping your vehicle running smoothly.
If you hear a ticking noise coming from under your hood (or underneath where the engine is located) once or twice every minute, while driving or shortly thereafter, then this could be due to one of several things: either too much oil pressure within the engine or too little oil pressure. If this is a new occurrence then you should have your mechanic look at it to determine the cause and suggest an appropriate fix.***
A 5.0-liter engine is a type of V-shaped, four-stroke gasoline engine that uses spark plugs to ignite the fuel and air mixture inside the combustion chamber. These types of engines produce more power than their predecessors but are also heavier in weight due to higher cylinder count and piston size, which can lead to more vibration at idle speed as well as when accelerating from low speeds (due to increased flywheel mass).
Tick Tock Noise – What Causes it?
The sound you hear could be caused by any number of things. A ticking sound is often the result of a misaligned valve, while it could also be caused by wear on rod bearings or crankshaft bushing problems/defects
5.0 V-shaped engines produce more power than their predecessors but are also heavier in weight due to higher cylinder count and piston size
Worn rod bearings can cause a ticking noise when driving as well as when accelerating from low speeds (due to increased flywheel mass)
Causes for this issue include worn out bearing surfaces that have become pitted or grooved; loose, broken, or damaged coupling bolts that hold the crankshaft pulley onto its mounting surface; excessive end play in the crankshaft; and excessively worn bearing surfaces
Ticking Noise When Warm Information Related It – What Is A Ticking Noise When The Vehicle Warms Up?
The article discusses what causes of 5.0 V-Shaped engines that produce more power than their predecessors but are also heavier due to higher cylinder count and piston size, worn rod bearings will cause your vehicle to tick loudly while driving as well as acceleration from low speeds because of increased flywheel mass all these issues must be addressed before they worsen over time which leads costly repairs on your vehicle so if you notice these symptoms, it may be time to consider an inspection by a professional mechanic who can diagnose the issue and provide you with a solution if necessary.


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Ever wondered what to do with jackfruit? Here’s an audience submission for Banana Jackfruit Dessert.
Looking for a vegetarian alternative to the hugely popular General Tso Chicken? Look no more. Here’s a tasty vegetarian recipe for General Tso Air Fried Cauliflower. INGREDIENTS: Cauliflower & Batter 1 head of cauliflower 1 cup flour 2/3 cup cornstarch 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 2 teaspoons salt 4 eggs 1/3 cup water Sauce 1 […]
Back by popular demand, JP has sent AFN another one of his recipe videos. If you’ve ever tried to make your own vegetarian burger, you might have found that they either fall apart when grilling or they end up too dry. Here’s a high protein veggie burger recipe that stands up to the test whether […]
Petra makes a delicious, low-sugar, gluten-free fruity vodka cocktail perfect for celebrating any time of the year.
The producer’s favourite! It’s tasty, low calorie, diabetic friendly and doesn’t contain any of the top 8 foods that account for 90% of food allergic reactions.
Petra does it again as she offers up a delicious and nutritious allergen friendly snack. Enjoy roasted chickpeas the next time you have the munchies.
These delicious gluten free brownies are made with almond flour instead of white flour. You can also make them non-dairy by using margarine instead of butter.
Here’s a great tip from Petra on how to release the flavour in basil.
Here’s a recipe video for bruschetta without all the bread and carbs. It’s great for diabetics or for anyone wanting to lower their carbs without sacrificing flavour.
This recipe video will show you how to make a vegetable lasagna using vegetable shelves instead of lasagna noodles. It’s great for anyone wanting a meal with fewer carbohydrates and is diabetic friendly.


NewsFirefighters in Algonquin Highlands are getting fewer calls for service this year SHARE ON: James Bowler, contributor, Thursday, Sep. 21st, 2017Firefighter calls for service are down in Algonquin Highlands compared to last year. In August, the fire department responded to a total of 33 calls. The majority of these calls were for a medical issue. Firefighters were also called to five collisions and two fires over the month.Last year there were 46 calls for service in August. In 2016 the fire department had responded to 189 incidents since the beginning of the year. To date, the calls for 2017 are 152.


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Mandelson urges Labour to be honest with voters on cuts
Labour’s frontbenchers must spell out the cuts they will make to public spending to convince the public that they can meet their pledge to balance the books, Lord Mandelson said yesterday.
The former business secretary said the Tories’ own deficit reduction plans as revealed by the autumn statement, which implied £50 billion more cuts than Labour, had seen David Cameron take a “sharp step to the right”.
However, if Labour were to keep their “very good position for the coming election” it would need to be “honest with the public” about what it would cut to reduce spending, he said.
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Prices for steel will rise through early 2017 on the expectation of more infrastructure spending by the Trump administration and robust construction of hotels, office and school buildings. Over the longer run, though, production overcapacity in China will help temper increases.
The cost of steel plate products, used in bridge construction, pipelines, etc., are already up sharply—a 20% increase since the presidential election. Buyers are also shelling out 7% more for steel-reinforcing bar used in road and bridge and building construction. Also up: Prices for hot- and cold-rolled steel, used to make cars, appliances and more. Hot-rolled steel is up 14%; cold-rolled 11%. Meanwhile, scrap metal is selling for 16% more. Continue reading “Steel Prices on a Sharp Upswing”


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New York-listed Esports Entertainment Group has entered into an agreement to acquire ggCircuit and Helix eSports in a deal worth $43m.
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Stockholm-listed gaming operator Enlabs has acquired a majority stake in newly established Malta-based operator Shogun Group.
Enlabs confirmed Tuesday that it has acquired a 66.5 per [...]
New York-listed Scientific Games has confirmed that a number of long-term institutional investors have reached an agreement to acquire a 34.9 per cent stake in [...]
New York-listed Esports Entertainment Group is on course to complete its acquisition of online betting and gaming operator Argyll Entertainment this month.
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Stockholm-listed gaming operator Enlabs has increased its stake in rival operator Global Gaming 555 to nearly 30 per cent.
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Vancouver-based social betting operator FansUnite Entertainment has acquired UK-licensed betting and gaming operator McBookie for a total consideration of CAD$2.2m.
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London-listed betting and gaming operator GVC Holdings has completed the migration of all Ladbrokes Coral brands onto its proprietary technology platform.
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Flutter Entertainment’s proposed combination with The Stars Group is expected to complete next month after receiving shareholder approval.
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America’s first pure-play sports betting and online gaming business will begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market today following completion of the business combination [...]
European lottery and gaming operator SAZKA Group has received regulatory approval to acquire a majority stake in Stoiximan Group’s Greek and Cypriot businesses (SMGC).
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Port de Plaisance Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Port de Plaisance Calais is also known as Port de Calaisis located in the town with the same name on the Cote d'Opale, in northern France, by the English Channel. Calais is the largest city in the department of Pas-de-Calais and it offers its guests great attractions that express a wealthy history and turns this location into an important destination for those who are passionate about architecture. Some of the most important attractions are the Town Hall, the Burghers of Calais, the Beach of Calais or the Second World War Museum. This is a very complex location where boat owners will rather make a long stop where they will be able to spend a fantastic journey. Gothic, Flemish and Tudor architecture can be seen while exploring the area, as well as a mix of architectural elements borrowed in time from various art currents. The Calais Beach is also an important attraction especially for those who enjoy sunbathing, enjoying turquoise waters and admiring beautiful panoramas.
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Minnesota Middle School Restricted Cell Phones a Year Ago, the Results Are ‘Just Night and Day’
When I was in middle school, I had a flip phone meant exclusively to contact family members (and maybe a couple close friends). Half the time I didn’t even want to text on it because it was one of those keyboards where you have to press the button two or three times to get the letter you want. I hardly used my phone at all, which I believe attributed to why I enjoyed middle school so much.
Unlike an overwhelming number of kids and teenagers today, I was not glued to my screen. Rather, my time in middle school was rooted in practically anything but the cyber-verse. My friends and I spent every moment before and after school, or in between classes, engaging in quality interactions. We talked during lunch, and it wasn’t about what was trending online. Of course, the older I got, as I went through high school and college, social media grew in prominence. So, really, my time in middle school was the only season I had relatively free of technological domination.
The research and studies conducted on social media use are numerous, and it’s remarkable how the majority of them report negative impacts. The conclusions seem to read the same: “Depression, anxiety, bullying, and anti-social tendencies are on the rise, and it’s all linked to social media usage.” Between October of 2019 and October of 2020, social platforms grew 21.3%, with 93.33% of 4.48 billion (as of 2021) worldwide active on social media.
Although statistics show adults between 27 to 42 are the biggest social media users, I would argue the most unfortunate victims of the social media addiction are the younger generations. Which makes a school such as Maple Grove Middle School in Minnesota a breath of fresh air in a world tainted by online toxins.
About a year ago, Maple Grove chose to restrict cell phone use in the school. While it wasn’t an outright ban, they encouraged students to place their phones in their lockers at the start of the day, and anyone who did not comply and used their phone would get it confiscated until the school day finished. According to the principal, Patrick Smith, there were a variety of contributions to this decision. “[T]here’s a lot of drama that comes from social media, and a lot of conflict that comes from it,” he said.
When Smith and the school staff noticed the kids were hardly interacting with each other throughout the day, they knew a change had to be made.
After a year of restricted screen time, the “kids are happy,” Smith shared. “They’re engaging with each other. … [I]t’s just night and day.” When the plan was first announced, parents applauded, the principal noted. And they continue to give positive feedback, including parents who have shared that their kids are paying more attention and participating in more discussions. One parent said her son is “thriving.”
Meg Kilgannon, Family Research Council’s senior fellow for Education Studies, explained to The Washington Stand her take on the school’s hopeful results. She deemed it as “a great first step in helping teens regulate their use of technology in an unrestricted culture.” But unfortunately, the downsides of social media go beyond depression and anxiety.
New research revealed that 73% of teenagers surveyed have been exposed to pornography, with some as young as 11 when the explicit material was viewed. Experts say social media plays a key role in this as well as the identity crisis sweeping the nation. “We know that the porn industry is relentlessly targeting youth,” Kilgannon added. Additionally, “The work of adolescence is to form one’s identity by discerning God’s call on your life.” So, for Kilgannon, social media being both a source of sexual content and identity confusion means “limiting [its] access to children during the school day is a bare minimum kind of advance that we should all be able to support.”
When it comes to fostering the development of a child, Kilgannon shared, “This work needs to be done in the safety of a loving family and supported by institutions we build as a culture — churches and schools. These are places where we encounter each other and build relationships.” She continued, “This encounter is interrupted by overuse of personal devices like cell phones.”
Going back to my middle school days, I am so thankful for a community that was not overrun by our pocket devices. The friendships felt so genuine, and the days richer. My experience causes me to believe the kids at Maple Grove will be seriously helped by the school’s actions. As Kilgannon concluded, “What a gift to this community for the school to allow their students and faculty the space for genuine human connection. I hope this school is developing a ‘best practice’ guideline to share with others — we need this to ‘go viral!’”
Sarah Holliday is a reporter at The Washington Stand.


WASHINGTON DC- Election observers say politicians should be describing their parties’ platforms to Cambodian voters, not attacking one another personally, in the run-up to next month’s general elections.
Ruling Cambodian People’s Party and opposition officials have begun engaging in public attacks on one another, as the country heads toward the official campaign period in July.
Koul Panha, head of the Committee for Free and Fair Elections, told VOA Khmer that voters expect to hear about policies, not personal affairs and negative attacks, something the politicians are not so far delivering. Issues like poverty, income, corruption and development are getting lost in the fray, he said.
“If the politicians talk and attack each about about personal issues, voters will come to see politics as dirty,” he said. “Each side is dirty, negative, immature, undignified, and immoral.”
Elections past have seen intimidation, violence and even killings, he said. This one is different. The opposition is under severe pressure already, especially through the courts, and by election regulations, he said.
Observers say the prospect of a unified opposition has created more tension around this pre-election season.
Many of the recent negative attacks leading into this year’s election have centered around the Khmer Rouge. Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has sought to link Cambodia’s leaders to their pasts under the Khmer Rouge, while Prime Minister Hun Sen has accused opposition leaders of denying Khmer Rouge atrocities.
Sam Rainsy himself remains in exile, facing imprisonment on charges he says are politically motivated.
Kem Sokha, the vice president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party and the ranking opposition leader in Cambodia, has been fending off accusations that he claimed atrocities at the Khmer Rouge prison of Tuol Sleng were staged by Vietnamese forces after they ousted the regime. Some observers say he could be set up for a lawsuit under a new law criminalizing such claims.
Kem Sokha is also under public scrutiny following the appearance of a woman at a press conference who claimed to be his mistress.
In a televised speech, Hun Sen attacked Kem Sokha over the alleged affair. “Who is dirty now?” Hun Sen said. “You destroyed her virginity and abandoned her.”
Ou Virak, head of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, told VOA Khmer that such attacks take voter attention away from real issues. Meanwhile, the expulsion of 29 opposition lawmakers from the CPP-dominated National Assembly this month sends another kind of threatening message, he said.
“If the ruling party fears it will lose the election, or will decline in its votes and seats, then there will be possible tension,” he said. “And it will impact democracy.”
Hun Sen has made much use of broadcast media already, Ou Virak noted. That has meant visiting more places and making more speeches than in the past, likely in response to the formation of a joint political opposition, the Rescue Party, he said.
More than 9 million people are registered for the July 28 elections. The polls will pit the ruling party, which currently has 90 of 123 National Assembly seats, against the new opposition. Six other parties will also take part in the election.
Yong Kimeng, of the People’s Center for Development and Peace, told VOA Khmer that each party has created clear, understandable parties, at least compared to parties in past elections. They should use them to campaign with, he said.
“If the government tries to maintain a good political atmosphere, the people will come to vote more,” he said. “Then the parties in the contest will be happy. This is important. If the atmosphere is murky, the people, number one, will not dare to go vote, and number two, the people will lose home from one election to the next.”