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smuggling, illegal transport across state or national boundaries of goods or persons liable to customs or to prohibition. Smuggling has been carried on in nearly all nations and has occasionally been adopted as an instrument of national policy, as by Great Britain against Spain and France in the 18th and 19th cent. The restrictive economic policies of mercantilism in the 17th and 18th cent. gave rise to smuggling in France, the Spanish colonies, and North America. British attempts to halt the practice by stringent enforcement of the Navigation Acts were a contributory cause of the American Revolution. Napoleon's decrees attempting to seal off the European continent from British commerce gave rise to widespread smuggling in the early 19th cent. Britain, source of free-trade philosophy, has been more liberal in her antismuggling laws than other nations; the practice was condoned in a famous passage by Adam Smith. Smuggling into the United States flourished in the prohibition era and was carried on practically with impunity from overseas and overland from Canada. Illegal entry of immigrants into the United States has also presented a problem during periods of curtailment of immigration, as at the end of World War I and in recent years. Luxury articles, stolen art and other goods, electronic devices and software, and specifically prohibited items such as narcotics are smuggled worldwide. The U.S. Coast Guard has the suppression of smuggling as one of its chief activities. U.S. law declares the article smuggled to be forfeit and the smuggler liable to a fine or imprisonment, or both. Examples of the smuggling of persons are the slave trade to the United States and Latin America following its outlawing by the great powers in the early 19th cent. and the traffic in women for immoral purposes, contrary to international convention.
See J. J. Farjeon, The Compleat Smuggler (1938); N. Williams, Contraband Cargoes (1959); T. Green, The Smugglers (1969); H. Waters, Smugglers of Spirits (1971).
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Male Midwife: Good Moms Give Birth Without an EpiduralMadeline Holler
A male midwife in the U.K. thinks women in labor who ask for epidurals are avoiding a rite of passage and that skipping the pain isn’t preparing these women for the responsibility of bringing up a baby.
Epidurals as a gateway to child neglect?
Dr. Denis Walsh, a senior midwife and associate professor in midwifery at Nottingham University, writes in an article for the journal Evidence Based Midwifery, published by the Royal College of Midwives, that labor pain is purposeful and prepares “a mother for the responsibility of nurturing a newborn baby.”
Of course this guy’s full of shit and here’s what bugs me: his miscalculation in equating the amount of pain endured with the quality of parenting discredits his other points — many of which are actually true. He thinks women should be better prepared for the pain of labor and that hospitals should be better equipped to help laboring women. He also thinks how childbirth is depicted in pop culture is scaring women away from non-medicated births and that normal, non-interventive birth, is in danger of no longer being possible.
But he’s blaming women for being too wimpy to abstain from pain relief, rather than a system that steers women toward epidurals and doesn’t fully and predictably support women who want to attempt birth without.
I know plenty of women who wanted to do a trial of labor without getting the epidural. They took childbirth classes, came up with techniques, got their partners on board, all of it. But for one reason or another — usually an induction with Pitocin but also being forbidden from moving around, the inability to really change positions, unsupportive nurses, too many internal exams — they wound up with the epidural. These women weren’t wimping out. And they knew a bullshit birth scene in the movies when they saw one.
But they got the epidural because, based on Pitocin or hospital protocol or being surrounded by scared or unsupportive people, they were experiencing pain the human body wasn’t equipped to help them endure.
Dr. Walsh’s mentality — that how a woman labored and gave birth says something about how much or how well she loves her kids– only makes everybody really defensive and, anyway, is just an opinion. Where’s the study that shows epidurals are a gateway to neglect?
And what does equating pain-free labors with responsibility for a child say about moms who adopted, fathers and step-parents? They should probably go shut their pinky fingers in a car door just to be in the game of good parenting.

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The Cybersecurity Blind Spots of Connected Cars
Technology has accelerated the pace in which vehicles provide mobility and convenience. Nowadays, it’s common for connected cars to let their users have instant access to navigation and traffic data, play desired media content, and get up-to-the-minute weather and collision alerts, among other capabilities — thanks to connected technologies such as vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication and various internet-powered applications and services.
Connected cars are becoming more and more common. There will be 152 million connected cars worldwide before 2020 comes to a close, according to one forecast, while the number of connected cars will reach 700 million in 10 years, according to another. Autonomous or self-driving cars are estimated to account for 10% of automobile purchases by 2034.
With more and more people relying on connected car technologies for safety, accessibility, and infotainment — and with connected cars producing up to 30 terabytes of data each day — it’s important to keep connected cars protected against a range of ever-evolving risks and threats.
Our research paper “Driving Security Into Connected Cars: Threat Model and Recommendations” offers an examination of the cybersecurity blind spots of connected cars to help developers and manufacturers create secure as well as smart vehicles.
Connected cars are part of intelligent transportation systems (ITSs), and as ITS adoption continues to grow, so does the range of ever-increasing and ever-progressing cyberthreats that could affect connected cars. In fact, there have been published papers and articles that discuss how connected cars could be hacked. However, only a small number of them examine remotely executed attacks. In our research, we studied several cases of such attacks — specifically, attacks that successfully compromised at least one electronic control unit (ECU) in the target car, allowing attackers to tamper with vehicle functions. In studying these cases, we acquired a better understanding of the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by hackers in remote attacks on connected cars, which we then applied to our threat modeling analysis.
Our threat model sheds light on the remote attacks that could be launched against and/or from the victim vehicles. With it, we have identified a number of attacks and classified them as low-, medium-, or high-risk using the DREAD (damage potential, reproducibility, exploitability, affected users, discoverability) threat model. The following visualization describes the attributes of an example attack for each risk level.
Securing connected cars
Connected cars are part of the internet of things (IoT), and given the continuing expansion of the IoT and the ever-increasing volume of disruptive and destructive cyberattacks, connected car cybersecurity should be made mandatory and should be considered a fundamental aspect of V2X architectures and frameworks. Developers and manufacturers should build security into the various connected technologies used in connected cars, and they should have better visibility over the entire connected car ecosystem so as to keep connected cars running smoothly and securely.
We discuss in depth our analysis of cybersecurity risks and threats to connected cars and give guidelines for protecting these vehicles in our research paper “Driving Security Into Connected Cars: Threat Model and Recommendations.”
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Portland Year Book 1905
Portland's first, lighthouses date from 1716, when two were erected at the Bill. In 1789 the Corporation of Trinity House took down one of these and rebuilt it, in a situation to serve for a mark by day or night to direct ships coming up or down the Channel or into Portland Roads clear of the Race or Shambles. In the upper or old house there were then two rows of Argand lamps, seven in each row, lighted with oil and burning a cotton wick of ¾ an inch in diameter and furnished with highly polished reflectors. In the lower louse were six lamps of a similar construction, the light, of which was increased by a lens of 22 in. in diameter. The new lighthouse was built by William Johns, of Weymouth. It was 20 feet in diameter at the base and 10 feet at the top with a cornice two feet wide. It was 63 feet high, and was built of Portland stone.
New and improved higher and lower lighthouses were erected to take the place of the old ones in 1869. Another large lighthouse, which will do away with the existing two, was begun in 1904. (See special article.)
THE NEW LIGHTHOUSE
The New Lighthouse which is being erected at Portland Bill by the Corporation of Trinity House will take the place of the Upper and Lower Lighthouses. The structure will be 136 ft. in height. It is a massive stone tower and the base of the lantern will be about 115 ft. from the ground. There are large residences for the keepers which will have direct access to the Lighthouse. In the lantern will be an incandescent three light. oil burner, with an illuminating power of 2,500 candles. It will be a revolving light. The foundations of the structure were begun in October, 1903. Messrs Wakeham Bros. (Plymouth) are the contractors. It is expected that the lighthouse will be ready for service in September, 1905.
- The Lighthouse
- Upper Lighthouse Keepers: Messrs Batten (head) and Withers
- Lower Lighthouses: Messrs Taylor (head) and Comben
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State your topic in the form of a question.
For instance, instead of saying that you want to do a paper on stem cell research, frame the topic in the form of a specific question, such as:
If you need help forming a question, try reading an article or two on your topic from a scholarly journal (See the "Journals" tab under your subject), searching in an appropriate database and reviewing some of the article titles and abstracts, or skimming an encyclopedia article on the topic.
Some other questions to ask yourself (from QuickStudy at the University of Minnesota Libraries):
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Who are the Kardashians voting for?
We're not quite sure, but we know they are voting. On Nov. 5, with just one day to go until the presidential election, both Kim and Kourtney Kardashian tweeted evidence they were exercising their right to vote and mailing in their absentee ballots.
"Sending in my absentee ballot now!!! Make sure you vote!!!!... I'm filling out my voting card in a room filled w people,everyone is telling me their opinions! Vote how YOU want," Kim tweeted along with a photo of the ballot.
Kourtney also shared a photo of her ballot, and tweeted: "Don't forget to VOTE!! You owe it to yourself and your country to educate yourself and VOTE."
The Kardashians are currently on location filming "Kourtney & Kim Take Miami," but are registered to vote in California. Given Kim's fondess for the shooting range, we aren't 100 percent sure who she's voting for, but if we had to guess, we'd say Obama.
The 32-year-old reality star hosted a DNC afterparty in Charlotte, North Carolina, in September, and last May, Kim also praised the president for supporting same-sex marriage.
"Wow… I just heard that President Obama has officially announced that he supports gay marriage!! This is such a huge step forward in our country’s fight for civil rights and I hope that today this will give hope to so many young people across the country," she wrote on her blog. "We’ve never had a president so supportive of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and today I am proud to be an American!! I’m so happy that our country is making history and moving forward. No more living in the past!"
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Objective. To investigate potential associations between the -463 G/A myeloperoxidase (MPO) promoter polymorphism and susceptibility to, and clinical expression of, Behçet's disease (BD). Methods. One hundred and seventy-five Italian patients who satisfied the International Study Group criteria for BD and 235 healthy age- and sex-matched blood donors were genotyped for the -463 G/A promoter polymorphism of the MPO gene by molecular methods. The patients were subgrouped according to the presence or absence of clinical manifestations. Results. The distribution of allele and genotype frequencies of the MPO -463A/G polymorphism did not differ significantly between the BD patients and the healthy controls. Carriers of the -463 A allele (A/A or A/G) [odds ratio (OR) 0.7, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.5-1.1] and homozygosity for A allele (OR 0.3, 95% CI 0.1-1.3) were less frequent among BD patients than among the controls, but the difference was not statistically significant. No significant associations were found when BD patients with and those without clinical manifestations were compared. Conclusion. Our data suggest that the -463 G/A promoter polymorphism of the MPO gene is not associated with susceptibility to, and clinical expression of, BD in Italian patients.
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- Myeloperoxidase gene polymorphism
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April 14, 2021
Patient Search Thyself
Yeah, we’ve seen the office signs and coffee mugs. Don’t confuse your Google search with my medical degree. I get it. You’re smart because you went to medical school. We’re dumb because we diagnosed ourselves by looking up our symptoms online.
But maybe we’re not as dumb as you think we are. At least according to a new study in JAMA Network Open, which you can download hereicy
Two researchers from the Harvard Medical School wanted to know if non-M.D.s, which the researchers from Harvard referred to as “laypeople,” were any good at diagnosing or triaging medical symptoms and whether their ability to diagnose or triage symptoms got better after researching the symptoms online.
To find out, the researchers pulled together a representative sample of 5,000 laypeople age 18 or older and presented them with 48 M.D.-validated vignettes of medical symptoms and conditions ranging from common to severe. They asked the laypeople to diagnose the symptoms and conditions and recommend one of four triage actions:
- Don’t go to the doctor because it will go away on its own like a cold or poison ivy
- See the doctor within a week because it won’t go away on its own but it’s not an emergency like bad sinus infection or acid reflux
- See the doctor within a day because it’s urgent but not life-threatening like cellulitis or a urinary tract infection
- Call 911 or go to the emergency room because it is life-threatening and needs immediate attention like liver failure or a stroke
The researchers then asked the same laypeople to do the same thing but after they researched the same symptoms and conditions in their assigned vignettes online via search engines, websites, social channels, news sites and patient forums. The average time spent online per case was 12 minutes.
As it turned out, the diagnostic acumen of the laypeople got better after researching their symptoms and conditions online in the same amount of time it takes me to overcook a burger on a hot grill:
- 54.5 percent of the laypeople accurately diagnosed self-care cases after using the Internet compared with 52.9 percent before their online search
- 45.8 percent of the laypeople accurately diagnosed one-week cases after using the Internet compared with 41.1 percent before their online search
- 30.0 percent of the laypeople accurately diagnosed emergency cases after using the Internet compared with 27.6 percent before their online search
- 27.3 percent of the laypeople accurately diagnosed one-day cases after using the Internet compared with 25.3 percent before their online search
For all cases, the overall post-search diagnostic accuracy rate was 39.5 percent compared with 36.8 percent pre-search.
In rank order, the online sources that the laypeople cited as most helpful in researching their assigned symptoms and conditions were:
- Direct from search engine (48.2 percent)
- Health specialty site (42.9 percent)
- General information site (4.1 percent)
- Other (2.6 percent)
- Social network site (1.5 percent)
- News site (0.5 percent)
- Forum (0.2 percent)
I’m guessing that the ranking reflects that fact that a search for combinations of medical symptoms and conditions more often than not will pull up links to prominent hospitals, health systems, medical groups and disease-specific advocacy groups. Good job you search engine optimization healthcare people.
Interesting, laypeople’s accuracy rate for what to do after an accurate diagnosis actually dipped a little post-search—to 46.1 percent for all cases from 47.3 percent for all cases. I don’t get that at all unless it’s the statistical effect of the I-won’t-go-to-the-doctor-for-anything or I’m-sure-it’s-gas-not-a-heart-attack segments of the respondent sample.
When you put it all together, we laypeople are pretty dumb given a post-search diagnostic accuracy rate of less than 40 percent and a triage accuracy rate of less than 50 percent. But I don’t think we’re quite as dumb as most doctors think we are when we come into the office and tell you what we just read online.
Or, as the researchers put it: “Results of this survey study challenge the common belief among clinicians and policy makers that using the Internet to search for health information is harmful.” But they added: “Although it was associated with no harm, any benefit of an Internet search was small.”
That’s enough to get rid of the signs and coffee mugs and to start at least feigning interest, isn’t it?
To learn more on this topic, please read the following on 4sighthealth.com:
Thanks for reading.
Wear a mask. Socially distance. Wash your hands. It’s not over.

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not sure if this is the right terminology in a cisco router but I simply have to forward a port in our router to an internal lan ip.
in a former life I was a network engineer but never worked on cisco routers so im a complete noob to cisco. the router is already set up and works perfectly fine. the network guy that set this up is long gone never to be found evidently.
so Im going to give it the old college try myself.
can I just log into it with the ip just like any other old router that ive programmed?
i have an app that connects to a piece of software running on a pc inside the network that's on a simple 192...scheme. just need to forward the public ip to that internal in the cisco.
not sure how simple that is compared to a regular home based router. TIA


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Why is Bitcoin dropping right now is not absolutely clear, given the entire cryptocurrency world is in a state of uncertainty and fear of invading government regulations.South Korea news of banning cryptocurrency exchanges is still affecting the Market. Plus, the small developments emerging from different parts of the world is sending investors/traders into skepticism鈥攆ew of them are in …
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Will Bitcoin Price continue to fall?
In 2013, the price dropped 87% and lasted 411 days, ending in January of 2015. In 2017, the price crashed 59%. Some experts predict Bitcoin could continue to fall, with many suggesting the biggest cryptocurrency on the market could have found a new bottom.
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Due to this, a large part of the market gets out of altcoins (decrease in demand) and into Bitcoin (increase in demand). This results in an upward price momentum for Bitcoin and a somewhat large price drop for altcoins.
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Mumbai, Jan 30 (PTI) The iconic jumbo B747, also called the 'Queen of the Skies', is set to fly off into history when Boeing delivers the last such plane to Atlas Air from its Everett manufacturing facility in Washington on February 1.
The US aircraft maker had rolled out the first B747-100 plane on September 30, 1968, while the first 747 entered service on launch customer Pan Am Airlines' New York–London route on January 21, 1970.
In March 1993, the aircraft maker brought out the cargo version of the plane.
However, in July 2020, after running the iconic jumbo aircraft programme for nearly 52 years, the aircraft maker announced it will end production of the 'Queen of the Skies' by the end of 2022 due to market preference.
Atlas Air was the final 747 customer with an order of four 747-8 freighters, according to Boeing.
The last B747 was rolled out from the production facility on December 6 last year.
In the 55-year period, Boeing built a total of 1,574 B747 aircraft with four engines for over 100 customers, including Air India.
“Truly the passing of an era, and of a slice of our lives. The Boeing 747 is what got many like me obsessed or even infatuated with aviation. It represented freedom to travel and see the wondrous world to me as a young boy growing up in Calcutta. The most beautiful aircraft ever!,” tweeted Jet Airways 2.0 CEO-Designate, Sanjiv Kapoor on the final delivery of the B747 plane.
Air India was one of the early customers for these planes, inducting the 500-seating capacity aircraft in the fleet as early as in 1971. Besides using them for commercial operations for a little over 50 years, Air India also used two of these planes for flying the VVIPs—President, Vice President and Prime Minister—which were replaced with two refurbished B777s in October 2020.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation deregistered all four 747 that Air India owned, thereby finally retiring them from the fleet.
After the Tata Group regained control of Air India in January last year, the airline decided to sell off these planes in November last year. PTI IAS MR MR


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Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. presents phenotypical variabilities and in order to study the genetic diversity of cultivated Senegalese varieties, two experimental approaches were used. First, a physiological characterization based on nitrogen fixation was used to assess cowpea breeding lines. Inoculation with two Bradyrhizobium strains (NGR234 and ISRA312), showed a difference in nitrogen fixation potential between the cowpea varieties. Diongoma is the highest nitrogen fixing variety, whereas Mouride is the lowest. The second approach employed genetic characterization based on DNA polymorphism to screen. Results suggest that random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technology can be used to reorganize the national germplasm in order to eliminate the putative duplicates, and to identify elite varieties.
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Idlewild, Paul Haig and Twilight Sad to headline Tigerfest
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Organisers of Dunfermline’s own mini-festival Tigerfest have announced that Idlewild are among the headliners for their month-long series of shows in May this year.
Around 20 bands will play in venues across Dunfermline between 2 and 30 May.
Idlewild’s first show since their Edinburgh Hogmanay appearance will be at Carnegie Hall with Foxface and The Scottish Enlightenment on 18 May while Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake plays a solo show with a string quartet at the same venue on 16 May.
Paul Haig and Twilight Sad will headline gigs at the hall on the 18 May and 15 May respectively.
There is also a focus on some of Fife’s best new talent with the showcase gigs at Monty’s and Tower House, which will feature the likes of Yoshi, The Manicdotes and Ives.
Tickets are now available from Carnegie Hall on 01383 602302. For a full line-up see www.myspace.com/dunfermlinetigerfest.


24 hours of "A Christmas Story" (TBS, Tuesday and Wednesday). Jean Shepherd's hardy holiday classic turns 30 this year. (I will pause for those who need to sit for a second in order to take that number in.) Adding tradition to tradition, TBS will again air the film for 24 hours straight, 12 times in a row, beginning at 8 p.m. Christmas Eve; some brave souls may take this as a challenge -- a triple-dog-dare challenge. (Anyone up wrapping presents at 4 a.m. should at least appreciate the company.) Like many of the most enduring cultural artifacts, "A Christmas Story" is made from humble stuff, with quiet genius. Peter Billingsley, put on Earth for the role, plays Ralphie, a surrogate for Shepherd's childhood self, whose only desire is a Red Ryder BB gun with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time; there is none of your supernatural seasonal special-effected stuff here, only Ralphie's occasional daydreams and Pascal's-Wager, back-pocket belief in Santa Claus. His parents, played by a smartly teamed Darren McGavin and Melinda Dillon, are unglamorous, exhausted, unfussily loving. Although wreathed in nostalgia -- the story takes place somewhere around 1939, 1940, as near as I can figure -- it might be a story of anyone's childhood or Christmas. Director Bob Clark (whose previous big hits were "Porky's" and "Porky's II," confoundingly) keeps things straightforward and simple, and works at a child's-eye level, just as Shepherd's narration avoids adult hindsight/insight.
That the film has spread wide Shepherd's hip-homey voice, a great instrument of improvisational 20th century storytelling, is reason enough to celebrate it. Many of his radio broadcasts are available to hear at the website www.flicklives.com, including "Flick's Tongue," whose matter "A Christmas Story" incorporates.
"I Love Lucy Christmas Special" (CBS, Friday). The Ricardos and the Mertzes, whom you should already know well if you care anything at all about television, return to network prime time this week in an hour-long special cobbled together from a 1956 holiday episode (itself cobbled together from clips from earlier episodes) and "Lucy's Italian Movie," with its famous grape-trampling scene. In order to spare younger viewers psychological discomfort and to make the whole thing seem even more of an event than any random half-hour of "I Love Lucy" is to start, it has been (mostly) colorized, or re-colorized; the holiday episode was given that treatment -- less well, I assume -- for an earlier broadcast. (The flashback scenes in the Christmas "clip show" are presented in black and white, to represent past time, evidently, and possibly to afford some relief to those of us who find the gray scale of the original sufficiently beautiful to behold. Or maybe it's just a nod to "The Wizard of Oz.") Added color may or may not make the past more present, but it will surely not dim the brilliance of Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley, as formidable and funny a quartet as the medium has ever mustered.
"Lilyhammer" (Netflix, now and forever). "House of Cards," sure, whatever. The first Netflix original is this culture-clash comedy, already on its second season, with Steve Van Zandt, of the E-Street and "Sopranos" gangs, back as New York wiseguy-on-ice Frank "The Fixer" Tagliano, in witness protection in Lilehammer, Norway. (Just go with it.) With dialogue in Norwegian and English -- it airs in Norway as well -- it's a true co-production, not an American remake or remodel of a Scandinavian original, with differently shaded meanings for its constituent audiences. From here, it plays as a sort of fish-out-of-water-in-the-snow story; from there, as a tale of social integration and distrust in a country that until relatively recently was racially and culturally homogenous, and also of an unruly force abroad in a land long on regulations. (Frank is, of course, a cut-to-the-chase kind of guy.) The show is, to be sure, whimsical; Frank is in a long tradition of comical gangsters whose brutality and lack of personal nuance is mitigated by their being kind of cute -- Van Zandt makes a better romantic lead than one might imagine -- and often morally (if not ethically) in the right. In the first season, Frank had to come to terms with his environment; now his environment has had to come to terms with him. He's an established citizen, with a successful nightclub, a piece of this and that, a half-competent local crew, a girlfriend (Marian Saastad Ottesen) and twins about to be baptized -- plenty of room for further complication, in other words.


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“Raw thoughts are like savory understandings of yummy foods.” ~ Emma 03/02/14
Sometimes when Emma and I are working she will write something that I simply cannot follow in real-time. It is only after multiple readings and many hours of pondering have passed that I can begin to make sense of certain sentences. As Emma constructs a sentence to reflect her thoughts by pointing to the letters she wants on the letter board, my mind is working on another level. I am transcribing as she points, so I’m concentrating hard on remembering the letters and figuring out when I can pause to write those letters down.
Will the pause create a disconnect? Will it break her concentration? How much will I be able to remember before I have to stop her to write the letters she’s chosen down? Sometimes she’ll point to “I” then “a” and then “y” and I’ll have to stop and show her the letters and say, do you need to change any of these letters? Sometimes she will erase all the letters, insert a letter between two others, but other times she’ll erase just the last letter and continue. Sometimes she will say aloud, “No, keep letters” and we will proceed. Often she will then write something so astonishing I cannot contain the surge of emotions that rush forward.
During all of this, Emma may twirl her string, laugh, say unrelated words, or look at the timer and comment about how much time is left. Sometimes writing one sentence might take 45 minutes. Sometimes that one sentence will remain unfinished and when we come back to it, she will simply say, “no” and we will move on to something else. Sometimes the words are so seemingly unrelated I have to resist the urge to ask for clarification mid sentence. Sometimes she will write something I cannot understand, but the next day will re-read it and think – my gosh, that’s brilliant!
“Raw thoughts are like savory understandings of yummy foods.”
Seemingly disparate senses woven together to create a canvas of rich and varied depth and colors has me in awe. We talk about autism and autistic people as having sensory integration issues, but I look at a sentence like this one and I question whether the sensory integration issues are mine rather than hers. Emma has a wonderful command of the English language, she is able to express her senses in complex, creative and layered ways. I am compelled to read and reread her words. I savor them, exactly as the sentence states so matter-of-factly. Her words… painstaking… one letter at a time, convey truth.
I love that sentence, “Raw thoughts are like savory understandings of yummy foods.” I find it so evocative of how thoughts can produce sensations and emotions without the involvement of language.
Right and then she is able to take those sensations and emotions and put words to it all… that’s such a gift!
Absolutely! A most precious gift. To synthesize such richness of meaning with so few words is a rare talent. Her seamless blending of multiple senses — images, sounds, tastes — is awe-inspiring.
Emma is a Zen Master. I sometimes struggle to understand her insights and then it hits me like a bomb.
Yup, me too!
““Raw thoughts are like savory understandings of yummy foods.”
…. disparate senses woven together to create a canvas of rich and varied depth and colors …. . We talk about autism and autistic people as having sensory integration issues, but I look at a sentence like this one and I question …. .”
Sense feeds cognition feeds expression yields self-realisation. Autistic sense remains true to itself, and all else autistic follows. Autistic sensory integrating is singular and distinctive: naturally proceeds synaesthetically; and bends language configured for social and societal purpose, to autistic ends.
That Emma’s personal integrative strength can withstand the force-field of conventionalisation and normalisation, distinguishes her.
Colin, I just love reading your comments. Thank you for taking the time to write this. If fills me with such happiness.
Oh… the beauty of this…
Emma’s words and yours, and the intertwining of both: they mirror your support of her expression here and beyond… and steal my breath away…
Love it. It sounds like Emma may be a budding poet. it has been Over 20 years since Kim learned to type, and I still find myself awed and amazed at things she says and the way she says them
We always struggle to keep up…remember thinking our kids were ” empty voids incapable of learning”? Oh the irony lmao
WOW! I say this every single time I read something Emma has written. She blows my mind.
Emma you are so beautiful outside and in never let society or anyone take that away!
Hugs (if you want)

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—Spread check: Louisville by 3.
—Lawyer Keith Poynter has a great read over at The Crunch Zone breaking down the letters from Greg Postel and Tom Jurich that were released yesterday.
HOW DOES IT PLAY OUT
This is perhaps the biggest and most frequent question that I field when discussing the potential outcomes of litigation. For starters, it is a fool’s errand to attempt to guess what any jury will do on any given case. (See Simpson, Orenthal, and Anthony, Casey for detailed examples.). That said, I have often been mistaken for a fool, so here goes…
First, I see a high probability that this case will settle. The sheer reality of it is that over 90% of cases filed never make it to a jury. By the numbers alone, it would be a safe bet to think that this too settles. Second, Tom Jurich isn’t in need of any money, and he feels wronged. He may be angry enough that he is unwilling to settle this case for anything short of his full contract. (With that in mind, there is an increased chance that it does go to trial.). Not only are juries hard to read, but so too are bull headed parties to litigation. When money isn’t your motivation, you are highly unpredictable. So Tom may have some fun with this.
If trial is the ultimate outcome, my prediction is that Jurich would prevail. In large part because of the terms of his contract. The University was required to give Jurich notice of any deficiency that he had, and to allow him 30 days to cure them. They clearly failed to do that in Tom’s case and this fact alone will be huge in deciding any case between the parties.
Next, I wouldn’t rule out the possibility that Jurich takes action against individuals in this case. Postel, and Grissom appear to be in Jurich’s crosshairs, and the “character assassination” and “smear campaign” language is not being offered inconsequentially. When the litigation is unfurled, I expect that there will be not only breach of contract claims against the University, but also tort claims for defamation against at least one party involved from the University.
—Eric Crawford also takes a look at Tuesday’s exchange of blows, and says it’s a situation where no one wins and everybody loses.
—Jurich’s legal team will reportedly be holding a press conference today at 3:30 because none of this is ever going to end. Also Rick Pitino will be on with Terry Meiners on 840-WHAS at 5:30 because same.
—Nick Petrino spoke with the media after Tuesday’s practice.
NEWS: Beyond last year's 34-point fourth quarter, @UofLFootball and Wake Forest have played neck and neck.— LouisvilleFootball (@UofLFootball) October 25, 2017
Story ➡ https://t.co/ikqkvEoUxV pic.twitter.com/0fGvcbWBFR
—U of L is refusing to disclose an internal memo that might shed light on tensions between Tom Jurich and senior members of the U of L administration.
—Congrats to U of L women’s soccer’s Gabby Kouzelos on being named ACC Defender of the Week.
—The U of L men’s soccer team took a slight hit in the national rankings after losing to NC State.
Here is a look at the latest national rankings for the Cardinals entering the final week of the regular season. #L1C4 pic.twitter.com/g2H1oTJaks— LouisvilleMensSoccer (@UofLmenssoccer) October 24, 2017
—While he’s suspended, Brian Bowen has hired former Kentucky star Derek Anderson to train him.
—RIP, Fats Domino.
Bob Huggins here at Big-12 Media Day@AdamZagoria pic.twitter.com/zHAqIhFKpm— Jacob Polacheck (@JacobPolacheck) October 24, 2017
Bob Huggins looks like the father of the bride that’s had just about enough of this reception. pic.twitter.com/czsdhSLpMC— Spooky Terry Brown™ (@TBrown_80) October 24, 2017
—Michigan State star Miles Bridges says he was offered money during the recruiting process, but turned it down.
—Seedy K’s latest pigskin prognostications are here.
—This is strange, even by Lane Kiffin standards.
Shoot Your Shot: Lane Kiffin is recruiting Lamar Jackson to FAU via Twitterhttps://t.co/YiB7XDvAUv pic.twitter.com/1KNhRmGbr7— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) October 25, 2017
—John Thompson says that Patrick Ewing “will get fired if he doesn’t win,” which is sort of how coaching works.
—I am in favor of making Bill Stone the new permanent president after he dropped thi line about Chuck Smrt on Tuesday.
The ULAA Board discussing potential $ lost if they lose NCAA appeal turns into a back and forth about Chuck Smrt pic.twitter.com/uU6VYPRvMf— Spectrum Sports KY (@SpecSportsKY) October 24, 2017
—Trinity linebacker Ethan Hull was offered a preferred walk-on spot by Louisville on Tuesday.
—I know there are plenty of people out there who don’t like him, but I think Steph Curry rules, and stuff like this is one of the reasons why.
Steph Curry spent his pregame consoling Mavs guard Devin Harris's nephew, who lost his dad in a car accident last week.— SB Nation (@SBNation) October 24, 2017
: @KDISAWARRIOR pic.twitter.com/25QmEFopSg
—I’m doing an Ask Me Anything over on the U of L Reddit page tomorrow at noon. Stop by and, you know, ask me anything.
—Jim Boeheim sees a double standard in the way the NCAA treats North Carolina and the way it treated Syracuse.
When asked about the issues at North Carolina during Syracuse’s basketball media day, Boeheim said he didn’t want to get into all of that. And then he got into all of that.
"I'm not going to comment on anything about that," Boeheim said. "But, as you mentioned many times, in your writings, head coach responsibility. That didn't apply to North Carolina. Screamingly obvious. And I'm surprised that you, in particular, haven't been all over that. I'm supposed to know about a 10-page paper and they don't know about 18 years of As?"
Former North Carolina player Rashad McCants told ESPN’s Outside the Lines he believed Roy Williams knew about the academic scam because the head coach once told him they were going to fix his academic issues by shifting around his transcript. In Boeheim’s eyes, even if a head coach wasn’t in on the fraud, a player having very low grades in one cluster of classes and very high grades in another (as McCants did) should have raised some eyebrows.
"I know every year what my players get and what courses they get them in," Boeheim said. "I get a report every semester. What course. What grades."
—We found out yesterday that UNC’s Joel Berry would miss the start of the season because of a broken bone in his hand. We found out today that he broke said bone because he threw a temper tantrum after losing in a video game.
—Olympians from Louisville are writing letters to Papa John in an effort to get him to add vegan cheese to his pizza. Just another U of L scandal, man.
—Wake Forest has dubbed Saturday afternoon’s game against Louisville as a blackout.
This Saturday, we are encouraging all fans attending @WakeFB's game to wear ALL BLACK as the Deacs take on Louisville! #GoDeacs pic.twitter.com/jXUo2mdKCp— Wake Forest Sports (@DemonDeacons) October 25, 2017
—Bobby Petrino is the 21st-highest paid coach in college football.
—I DON’T like that Padgett got sat next to Pastner and I REALLY DON’T like that Buzz apparently has hair now.
UofL interim coach David Padgett records a round table segment with other ACC coaches in Charlotte at ESPNU #L1C4 #ACCMediaDay pic.twitter.com/DjdnHHl3il— Kenny Klein (@KKcards) October 25, 2017
If he looks really cold during games and wears heavy sweaters with no signs of perspiration then we’ll know for sure that we’re dealing with a Bizarro Buzz situation.
—Louisville-Clemson currently ranks as the 10th most-watched game of the 2017 college football season. I wish it didn’t.
Most watched college football games this year pic.twitter.com/1k6Z5KosOg— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) October 24, 2017
—NFL.com’s college quarterback power rankings have Lamar Jackson at No. 1 for the first time this season.
—The C-J takes an inside look at Blanton Creque’s game-winning field goal against Florida State.
“That (was) on his mind – ‘this next kick is to win the big game for whoever I end up playing for,’” Blanton’s father, Ron, said of those long days on the practice field. “It’s kind of like kids shooting a basketball in the driveway and hitting the shot at the buzzer to win a championship.”
Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher tried to ice Creque with a timeout, but it didn’t work. Creque was perfect from 34 yards.
At home preparing for his next game, Creque’s high school coach, Jerry Lucas, was anxious. In his seat Saturday at Doak Campbell Stadium, Ron Creque was, too. And in her seat, Blanton’s mother, Kim, was … well, she was not in her seat.
Kim Creque said she does not like to watch her son kick from the stands. She does not like to hear what people have to say when he misses, so before the play, she had walked down to the railing in front of the field, where she found two Florida state troopers. She told them her son was about to try the game-winning kick, and they let her watch from just behind the opposite end zone.
“I felt like he was going to make it,” she said, “but I wanted that to be my own moment that I got to experience.”
—Sports on Earth would like to remind everyone that Lamar Jackson is awesome and we should all be enjoying what’s left of his college career.
—Bonus points for ruining the picture for your daughter.
You don't get opportunities in life like this very often @CardChronicle. pic.twitter.com/x8xjm07Znd— Troy Turbeville (@tville73) October 5, 2017
—Eric Crawford recaps the first part of the ACC media day experience for Anas Mahmoud and Quentin Snider.
—Jeff Greer has an update on where Louisville’s NCAA appeal stands.
—And finally, it promises to be another wild day on Ramsey & Rutherford on 790-KRD. We’ll have the Jurich press conference at 3:30, sound from ACC media day, and Rick Pitino’s interview with Terry Meiners at 5:30. Listen from 3-6 here.


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Tucson was the third Planned Parenthood clinic to show a disturbing willingness to break the law in a multi-state child abuse scandal. Lila Rose entered the clinic with Jackie Stollar posing as a 15-year-old impregnated by a 27-year-old. The nurse advised Stollar not to bring her boyfriend to the judicial hearing required in Arizona to waive parental consent. It was not the first time Planned Parenthood of Arizona failed to cover up abuse. Following the release of the video, Planned Parenthood of Arizona promised to do an internal review, but refused to apologize and admitted no wrongdoing.
LOCATION: Margaret Sanger Center
Tucson, AZ 85712
Feb 11, 2009 – Planned Parenthood of Arizona Unapologetic for Sexual Abuse Cover-up
Feb 3, 2009 – Undercover Video Shows Tucson Planned Parenthood Ignores Sexual Abuse of 15-Year-Old Girl
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„INTRODUCTION TO AGNI YOGA“
Tabenisi - World without Poverty and Unemployment
Ladies and gentlemen,
the concept we are presenting to you today is literally worth gold - or, more precisely, millions of Euros!
Or what amount of a fee do you think would a firm of consultants charge to the Federal Government for a plan that eliminates poverty and unemployment in this country from one day to the next, so that the treasury saves billions of taxpayers’ money?
But do not worry: you will learn here for free how the society as a whole and every individual member on its own can overcome the burden of poverty and unemployment.
1. The Essential first
Let us put the essential first:
Poverty and unemployment are not inevitable natural catastrophes which, as a result of force majeure, beset innocent people like a plague.
They are the result of our egotism, of an unjust system created by ourselves.
All we have to do to eliminate them is to enforce justice:
There is work in abundance. If we distribute justly the necessary work, there will be more than enough to do for everyone.
The planet is rich enough. If we distribute justly the proceeds of our collective work, there will be more than enough wealth for everyone.
Nicholas Roerich „Holy City“
Imagine the village of Tabenisi as a settlement similar to an Israeli kibbutz where some 40 or 50 families are living and working together.
The principles on the basis of which we overcome poverty and unemployment are the same in a village, a city or a whole country.
3. Work in Abundance
"Unemployment" is a grotesque notion: everywhere around us we see a boundless abundance of hardship, suffering, dirt and imperfection.
These grievances can be overcome by nothing else but work.
A state of the community in which work is no longer necessary is not conceivable at all. A day on which there was nothing to do, has not yet been seen in Tabenisi.
On the contrary: there is not less, but much more urgent work to do than we have workers, time and strength at our disposal.
A society in which there are, on the one hand, a huge amount of necessary work, but on the other hand millions unemployed or underemployed, is very poorly organized indeed!
Nicholas Roerich "Zwenigorod"
The key to a new construction is the concept of community.
The people living in a country, a city or a village should not regard themselves as a band of robbers, in which the law of the jungle, the "right" of the strongest prevails, but as a real community in which justice rules.
In a society in which everyone struggles against everyone and every member is selfishly striving to grab as much as possible for himself to the detriment of the others, applied ethics can at best mitigate the worst excesses, but cannot solve the problems at the root.
In a true community (family, association, brotherhood, order, kibbutz, monastery) there is no poverty and no unemployment.
Because in a real community both the work required and the income arising from it are shared justly. Everyone makes a fair contribution and receives a just share.
Let us now look at how this concept works in practice.
5. No Unemployment through just Distribution of Work
There are no unemployed people in Tabenisi, because we distribute the work which is necessary in our community fairly amongst all members.
If we share the burden, there can be no unemployment - because there is no shortage of work.
6. Distribution of Work in Practice
How does that work in practice?
In the morning, the inhabitants of Tabenisi meet in the village square. The work of the day is allocated: for example, harvesting fruits and vegetables, milking cows, cultivating fields or beds, producing goods, teaching children, nursing the old, curing the sick, repair machines or houses, prepare food, and so on and so forth.
There is a task for everyone. On some days there is more to do, on others less. Accordingly, the work to be performed by the members of the community is sometimes more, sometimes less extensive.
But no one goes away empty-handed. Something needs to be done every day.
7. Right to Work
In our community, everyone who is able work has a right to work.
An existence without useful work is unworthy of man. No one must be excluded from the life of the community, which consists, first of all, of work for the improvement of the living conditions.
The persons in charge have to make sure that everyone in his place and according to his abilities can make his contribution to the common good. A system like that of the old world which does not ensure the realization of this basic human right, fails.
In addition, in order to alleviate the general distress, we literally need every hand. Not to exploit the capacity for work especially of young people, or of the old who are normally shuffled off to retirement homes, is a humiliation of those affected, a waste of resources and the neglect of potential which we simply cannot afford in view of the gigantic tasks.
8. Obligation to Work
From the abundance of tasks follows: Everyone who is able to work has a duty to make his contribution to the accomplishment of the work that is necessary in our community every single day.
It is unethical to do nothing, even though one can work: Necessary work would then remain undone or must be taken care of by others in addition to their own duties - to which the idler then imposes himself as a burden with his claim for securing his livelihood.
Everyone has to contribute according to his abilities, otherwise he places himself outside the community.
This does not necessarily mean that all must carry the same workload. Everyone can contribute only according to his faculties. Both overwork and underemployment must be avoided. The normal duty in Tabenisi is eight hours of work on five days a week.
9. No “Unconditional Basic Income”
An "unconditional basic income" that leaves it to the pleasure of the individual, whether and what he contributes, is a misguided concept. He who does only that what he is fond of and refuses to do his part in order to cope with the necessary work, forfeits his claim to participate in the prosperity of the community.
Only co-workers are entitled to a share of the collectively earned income.
Just imagine: Someone is sitting with us at the dining table. He asks for food, but is not prepared to participate in its procurement or preparation; over and above that, he is not even willing to help with the washing-up, but prefers to go back to his room to play the guitar, and thus leaves the dirty work to us? Inconceivable!
This is, in truth, crudest egotism, which will never be tolerated in any true community.
No community can be so stupid as to support someone who makes the others work for him by refusing to participate in the necessary work.
10. No „unacceptable“ Work
No one must exclude himself. For example, if there is, at the moment, no legal work at hand for the lawyer of the community, he should not be afraid to work elsewhere, for example if necessary even to sweep the village square.
It is simply unimaginable in our community that he puts his hands in his lap and does nothing, so that necessary work remains undone or must be carried out by others in addition to their own tasks.
The usual concept of "unacceptable work" is, in truth, completely absurd: How can a task that is necessary in the community be unacceptable? He who does not find any other activity must not be afraid to do away with the garbage which, after all, has to be removed by someone.
It is better to do simple work and thus contribute one’s small part than to do nothing at all.
11. No Poverty through just distribution of the Proceeds of Work
Through its work, our community creates prosperity, namely, products that we use for our own needs or sell to others. This wealth is to be distributed justly among all members. When prosperity grows, all receive greater shares, when it diminishes, all must retrench. If we share fairly what we have earned collectively, then there can be no poverty.
Here, too, justice does not necessarily mean that all must receive the same amount. A higher qualification or a larger contribution may be rewarded with a larger share. Or a family father who has to support wife and children might be allocated more than a single person.
Justice, however, requires one thing: We must also allow those who are only able to make a smaller contribution the full participation in the life of the community. If all of us together create a culture of high prosperity, we cannot leave the so-called "simple" co-workers in a state of material need.
Therefore, in Tabenisi there is a "basic salary" for all co-workers which allows a dignified human life. Only when this is ensured do we consider to grant additional allowances to individual overperformers.
Decisions are being made solely on the basis of the principle of justice. Battles over distribution like in the jungle, unworthy games of muscles, the enforcement of selfish interests by violent means such as strikes or lockouts, have no place in a civilized community.
12. Technological Progress, declining Production
In the old world, there are two main reasons for the rise of unemployment or poverty: The technological progress which eliminates jobs, or declining production that costs both jobs and prosperity.
How do we deal with these two challenges in Tabenisi?
13. No Poverty and Unemployment through technological Progress
In the old world unemployment is created by machines taking over the tasks of humans. This reduces the amount of work, or individual jobs are lost completely.
How do we cope with this problem in Tabenisi?
14. New Distribution of Work
The solution is quite simple: work is redistributed. Since the machines take over some work, we all can work less.
If a job is completely lost, the person concerned must work elsewhere in the community. Which is not a problem in view of the abundance of urgent tasks.
A true community will not put into unemployment those whose work is assumed by machines (for which they are not to blame personally). Rather, the technological progress, the reduction of the number of working hours, must benefit all co-workers.
15. New Distribution of Proceeds
If, using new machines, we continue to sell the same number of products at the same price as before, sales, costs and profits, and thus the prosperity of our community, will remain essentially the same as before.
We can therefore continue to pay to all co-workers the same share of the collectively earned proceeds.
As opposed to that, in the old world, the entrepreneur claims the advantage of the technical progress for himself alone by dismissing superfluous employees, imposing their upkeep on the community, and increasing his profit through the saving of labour costs.
Such selfish behaviour is unthinkable in a true community.
16. Blessing of technological Progress
Thus, the progress of technology becomes a blessing, because machines reduce the burden of primitive work. It is a great relief that washing machines, combine harvesters, or speech recognition programs, by which the computer converts dictates without the help of a secretary into written text, spare humanity monotonous routine work.
Just imagine: In 50 years from now it might be possible, because of the advances in technology, to generate the present prosperity, the current gross national product, with only half of today's working time. Would that not be a reason to rejoice, instead of complaining about the "loss of jobs"?
Would it not be wonderful if we all had to work less in our profession in order to earn our daily bread? Who of you would not like to have more time for the really important things: family, spiritual interests, unsalaried activity?
Would we not come closer to the realization of a dream, if we could make do with half-day work without sacrificing prosperity? However, this is possible only if we allow the advantage of automation to benefit all community members.
17. No Poverty and Unemployment through declining Production
Problems arise when the turnover of our businesses drops, for example because competitors offer the same products cheaper or in better quality.
Then, we can sell only fewer products at the old price, the same number of products only at a lower price, or even fewer products at a lower price. Then there is less work and less profit.
18. New Distribution of Work
If fewer goods are produced and less work is required, this loss must be distributed fairly. All members of the community will then work less. We all share the consequences of our diminished competitiveness.
If individual jobs are completely eliminated, the affected members have to change to another working place.
19. New Distribution of Proceeds
For example, if the community's profit drops by 10%, the share of all co-workers must be reduced by 10%.
The principle of just distribution of the necessary work and of the collectively earned revenues remains in full force and effect - only with shares on a lower level.
20. Applied Ethics solve economical Problems
The example of Tabenisi shows: An ethical economic and labour policy must be based upon the principle that everyone makes a fair contribution and receives a just share of what has been earned collectively.
This requires responsibly acting co-workers who shake off their egotism, place the rule of justice above their own advantage, and whose aim it is to contribute more to the common pot than they withdraw from it.
You see: Morals are not a luxury which you can afford if you have enough resources, and which you put off when it gets serious. On the contrary: Applied ethics are the only means to solve our material everyday problems!
The fight against poverty and unemployment is a struggle for justice. Justice is a revolutionary concept that completely changes our world - if we only master the strength to enforce it.
21. The Path of the Individual
Caspar David Friedrich „ Wanderer above the Sea of Fog“
For those who do not live in Tabenisi, the question arises: How can you overcome the burden of poverty and unemployment on your own?
You can join our community at any time, even if you dwell elsewhere. You can live in the diaspora according to our principles as well. No follower of Tabenisi is ever poor or unemployed!
22. New Thinking
Auguste Rodin „The Thinker“
Recall once more: Objectively there is work in abundance. The so-called "unemployment" does not exist in reality, but only in our minds - there it must be fought. You have to create a new consciousness, a better attitude towards the problems of everyday life.
23. Regain your Self-Esteem
If you were put out of work, first of all you have to regain your self-esteem, your pride and your dignity.
Remember: your situation is not due to your own personal inadequacy, but to the fact that you are forced to live in an unjust system, among selfish people who are unwilling to share. This is not your fault and no reason to feel inferior.
24. Shake off Egotism
Lex Drewinski „Homo homini lupus“
Above all, you must overcome your own egotism, that means:
Do not participate in the fight of everyone against everyone. Do not try, as the others, to grab as much as possible from the common pot for yourself, because that necessarily means to take away from the others as much as possible.
Think about how you can give back to the community the support which you receive. Earn what you get as social aid! Your endeavour must always be to contribute more than you claim - only in this way you maintain your dignity.
25. Unsalaried Labour
How can this come true? Even as an "unemployed", you can leave the private area of your home, like any professional, in the morning to do eight hours of work for the common good.
If payment is not in the foreground, it will no longer be difficult for you to find a place where you can make your contribution to eliminate a small part of the omnipresent hardship, suffering and dirt:
You can take care of the elderly or the sick, of neglected children or other people in distress. You can turn to the churches, the Red Cross, or other charities. You can clean or embellish an ugly corner in your area. If you keep your eyes open, there will be more urgent tasks than you can ever manage to cope with.
If you succeed, you have overcome your unemployment. In all reality, you then have earned what the society gives you as a so-called "unemployment benefit".
If you do eight hours a day of honorary work for the common good, you do not have to regard as alms the share of the collective wealth which you receive. You can be as proud of it as any employee of his salary.
26. Wealth in the Heart
Finally, you will not feel poor, but rich when you can give so much, when you have found a way to make your valuable contribution to the common good. The need for survival is being taken care of - that what goes beyond is of little importance.
The true wealth lies within the heart, where, as Jesus says, it cannot be stolen by thieves or corroded by rust. To finish this Broadcasting, let us listen to the popular saying:
If you do not create Heaven within your own heart, you will not be able to find it anywhere else in the world.


If you take a look through the catalogue of country/folk/pop artist Suzy Bogguss, as I did after seeing her perform live last year, there are a few items that stand out. One of them is surely Suzy’s 1994 collaboration with the late Chet Atkins on Simpatico. Suzy says that even today she still brags constantly about the recording.
In her December newsletter Suzy notes that when the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum set up an exhibition in honor of Atkins, the folks at the hall invited her to appear this past December 10 in a performance supporting the exhibition. Her set included three songs from her collaboration with Atkins: “I Still Miss Someone,” “When She Smiled at Him,” and “One More for the Road.”
Museum staffer Ali Tonn interviewed Bogguss for about 30 minutes early in the program. Most interesting to me, Suzy recalls that Atkins tried to discourage her when she asked him to make the album with her, thinking it was unwise to associate herself with an older musician at a time when young country was hot. One can infer that Bogguss has been pursuing her own muse now for quite a while.
Playing parts Atkins originally played on songs such as the Beatles’ “All My Loving,” Atkins acolyte Pat Bergeson took his usual place at Suzy’s side. Joining Bergeson in the ensemble were drummer Harry Stinson, bassist Charlie Chadwick, and fiddler and mandolinist Fred Carpenter. Suzy also featured selections from her new American Folk Songbook recording, among them “Froggy Went a Courtin’,” “Shenandoah,” “Wayfaring Stranger,” and the show-closing sing-along, “Red River Valley.” The hall has posted the entire concert/interview in the video below. For some reason the synchronization between the audio and video is slightly off, but this is worth a look if you have any interest in the music.
NOTE: I have freely adapted this post from the hall’s account of the event here.


Days after making the world realise his potential, Shubhman Gill has revealed the real motivation and word of advice behind his maiden international ton.
The whole country knows that SHubhman Gill is a star in the marking. And the star opener has shown glimpses of the same from time to time.
Yuvraj Singh’s words of wisdom for Shubhman Gill
Finally, the player scored his maiden century on Monday, as he smashed 130 off 97 against Zimbabwe in the final ODI between the two teams.
In a post-match talk between Gill and compatriot Ishan Kishan, the former opened up about how advice by Yuvraj Singh helped his game. Gill said, “I just met him before coming to Zimbabwe, and he just told me that you’re batting well and just go there and when you’re set, look to bat through. I was telling him ‘100 nahi aa raha’ (I’m not getting that hundred). And his reply was ‘Don’t worry, it’ll come.’”
Shubhman Gill’s struggle for maiden century
Shubhman Gill broke into the limelight from his maiden Test call-up in Australia in 2020. He was a crucial part of the depleted Indian team that won the famous Gaba test to seal the Border-Gavaskar trophy for India.
In that final test, Gill scored 91 runs but failed to score his maiden and well-deserved hundred. After struggling for a while with an injury and finding it hard to get a regular chance in the team, Gill found another golden opportunity against West Indies earlier this month.
However, he couldn’t reach the milestone even in that rain-affected match. Gill was left stranded at 98* as the rain reduced the game to 38 over a side. With this century, Gill also became the third youngest Indian after Yuvraj and Kohli to score a century abroad.
Finally, Shubhman Gill was able to break the two-year-long curse against Zimbabwe. And now has a gigantic century to show for his efforts.


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Residents have expressed concern about the LEAD-SAFE COLUMBIA project that will be initiated by Healthy Columbia under the fiscal sponsorship of Catholic Health Initiatives-St. Joseph Children's Health. This is a voluntary program that will offer lead screening and financial assistance if necessary.
Columbia Borough will begin its LEAD-HAZARD Screening program by first ensuring that all Blighted Properties, Vacant Properties, and Condemned Properties, are screened prior to occupancy. The program will expand after educational programs are presented to the public and training of Borough Officials is completed. A time and location will be announced shortly for a community information session.
Lead is dangerous for children, and a community health issue. Many studies have proven that the higher the lead exposure, the lower the standardized test scores in school-age children. Even low levels of lead exposure can result in behavior and learning problems, lower IQ, hyperactivity, slowed growth, hearing problems and anemia, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Leo S. Lutz, Mayor
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Psalm 18 (NIV)
1 Lord my God, I take refuge in you;
save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
2 or they will tear me apart like a lion
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
3 Lord my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands—
4 if I have repaid my ally with evil
or without cause have robbed my foe—
5 then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;
let him trample my life to the ground
and make me sleep in the dust.
6 Arise, Lord, in your anger;
rise up against the rage of my enemies.
Awake, my God; decree justice.
7 Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
while you sit enthroned over them on high.
8 Let the Lord judge the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,
according to my integrity, O Most High.
9 Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
and make the righteous secure—
you, the righteous God
who probes minds and hearts.
14 Whoever is pregnant with evil
conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.
15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
falls into the pit they have made.
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
their violence comes down on their own heads.
17 I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;
I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High.
This psalm portrays God as the great warrior who stands by our side in the battle against evil in which we are engaged. This demonstrates the great conflict between the way of the righteous and the way of evil. The psalmist is keenly aware that those who oppose him seek to “tear [him] like a lion and rip [him] to pieces with no one to rescue [him]” (v. 2). His only hope is in God. Thus, the psalmist declares, “Arise, O Lord, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice” (v. 6). His only hope is in God the Judge: “God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day” (v. 11). This means that each and every day, God stands opposed to the endless onslaught of evil in the world. The psalmist portrays God as a mighty warrior going out to battle against the forces of evil: “He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows” (v. 13).
In the contemporary church the very idea of God judging the world and making war on evil has been tragically discarded in favor of a God who is always happy, nonjudgmental, and above all, very nice. But the god of modern sentiment is not the God of the Bible. The God of Scripture stands as a mighty warrior, poised to judge the world and to set all things right. It is no mistake that the Apostles’ Creed declares that Jesus Christ will someday return “to judge the living and the dead.” This is a central article of our faith because without his judgment, we will not be vindicated, nor will there be a proper end to evil.
What the psalmist saw in part, we now see in full. Jesus Christ is God’s great warrior. The church must remember the great cosmic struggle that God in Jesus Christ engaged in on our behalf. He alone has dispelled the principalities and powers that are arrayed against us. He alone has triumphed over sin, death, and hell, as well as all those who have chosen to align themselves in opposition to God’s rule and reign. At the heart of the gospel is forgiveness, but without the judgment of God there is no forgiveness because forgiveness begins by judging wrong and offering Christ, who has borne the judgment of God on the cross.


text: This is a set of three white enamel mixing bowls decorated with a green lattice band and tulips in red, yellow, and blue. The largest bowl is marked on the base "Regency Club Taiwan." The smaller bowls are not marked. The largest bowl is 8 3/8" wide, the next is 7 1/4" wide, and smallest is 5 3/4" wide. All of the bowls are in excellent condition with no chips.