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By Kristine Felva P. Licup
Silliman University is studying the possibility of changing the start of its school year to January, August or September in order to keep up with international education standards.
Office of Information and Publication Director Mark Garcia said the university has created a group to study the academic calendar
that will “allow the university to be in tune with the demands of the industry, especially the Asian region.”
“The ASEAN 2015 talks about equality in the ASEAN region, but it also challenges universities particularly to be very competitive in terms of promoting their programs.
“We are positioning Silliman in that direction,” he said.
The ASEAN 2015 will start open trade among the organization’s 10 member-states allowing free flow of goods and services including education services.
Garcia added that the administration has been considering the change in the academic calendar as early as last year but it remains a
possibility as of the moment.
“It doesn’t mean that because we’re talking about it, we’re automatically going to implement it. We’re still studying our options,” he said.
A survey will be conducted among students, faculty and staff, parents and alumni as part of the university’s assessment of stakeholders’ opinion on the revision plans.
Garcia said they are currently reviewing the survey questions based on how they are able to draw out the necessary answers.
Once the survey is ready, students, alumni and faculty and staff can access it on their su.edu.ph email accounts, while parents will be provided a link to the survey on the university’s website.
As for junior education student Charlton Ray Teves, the revision in the academic calendar may cause major adjustments but it will be worth it.
“For me, I’d like classes to start in the middle of the year just like in the United States. Students will have to adjust to the change of course, but it would be a great thing to look forward to,” he said.
But for Charles David Peña, the change will disrupt the “normalcy” of things.
“I’m against this possibility. I’ve gotten used to classes starting in June and ending in March. If classes start on August, what would happen to our Founders Week celebration?” he added.


Generalization of Islam:
Wilders and Islamophobia
Arnol Yasin Mol
8 February 2010
For the last 3 years a new phenomena has arisen on the anti-Islam/Islamophobia scene. My countryman Geert Wilders. His anti-Islam rhetoric became harsher and harsher over the last 5 years since the murder of director Theo van Gogh, who was killed by a madman who believed he acted in the name of Islam. The killer followed medieval writings of several severe dogmatic scholars, who lived in a time of war and chaos. The idea that a person offending Islam or the Prophet Muhammad should be killed, contradicts the Qur’an on many points:
28:55 (Additionally) whenever they hear vain talk of ridicule, they withdraw from it decently and say, “To us our deeds and to you yours; Peace be upon you, we do not seek to join the ignorant.”
25:63 The true servants of the Beneficent are those who walk upon the earth humbly, and when the ignorant ones address them, they say, “Peace!”
But although this has been stated by many Muslims in the Dutch media, the anti-Islam retoric has increased, and whatever Muslims say, people will keep connecting terrorism and violence to Islam. Wilders had created a short movie called “Fitna”, where he misquoted and even mistranslated the Qur’an, and backed these up with some extremist Imams who have never represented the majority of Muslims in the world.
Now Wilders is being trialled for discriminating against Muslims, the religion Islam, and foreigners. During the first hearing he made a statement that his remarks could not be taken as discrimination if they were the truth. And so he has conveniently switched the discussion and now Islam itself is on trial. This very interesting turn of events not only shows the arrogance, but also the blind ignorance of Wilders. the witnesses he has required to testify to prove Islam is a violent, fascist ideology, are several orientalist scholars, and several orthodox and extremist Imams and persons. Including the above mentioned killer of Theo van Gogh. So now, the court is really going to compare the Qur’an with Hiler’s Mein Kampf (one of the comparisons Wilders has made).
Wilders is destroying his own defense as:
- He talks about “THE Islam”. While there are hundreds of schools, sects and thoughts.
- He gets people there as witnesses who cannot give an objective opinion (probably Arabist Hans Jansen), the killer who is rejected by the majority of the Muslims (Mohammad B), or a minority sect representative (Salafi Imam Faouzy).
- He is to compare a TRANSLATION of the Qur’an with Mein Kampf, while a translation is always AN approach to the Qur’an, and not THE approach. And verses should also be understood in context, and words how they are used by the Quran. Often translations are simplistic in explaining words, and miss the background history of verses.
And do these witnesses really represent Islam? Of course not, but this doesn’t stop Wilders. If he had said there were interpretations within Islam that are fascistic and violent, then he could never be said to discriminate as that is the plain truth. But he doesn’t do this, he generalizes and makes the minority extremists the real followers of Islam. Wilders has thus become the expert on Islam, and we the Moslims are ignorant.The 99% of 1.5 Billion Muslims on earth are ignorant and that we believe Islam to be peaceful is an illusion. Of course there are interpretations which aren’t productive, realistic or rational, but this is to be expected when there are hundreds on hundreds of different ideas in Islam and 1400 years to distile them. There is no THE Islam, as we humans decide what Islam is. We read the Qur’an, we interprete the Qur’an, we apply the Qur’an, we have written the history of Islam. And so, we humans are responsible for how we express Islam.
I myself don’t agree with many medieval ideas present in Islamic thought, as these were not originally part of Islam, and the concept of Shari’a was never stagnant but very flexible (see interview with Sheikh Fadl). Sadly Muslims and scholars have been more busy with defending Islam then seeing what is really part of Islam or what parts could be reformed. But this will eventually change, as economies and governments in Muslim countries are getting better, and with more freedom and better economy, so also the intelligence grows with it.
Wilders is now also invited by 2 British parliamentarians to show “Fitna” in the British Parliament. He was earlier rejected to enter the UK, because he was deemed a hazard for the public order.
I don’t mind Wilders having this anti-Islamic rhetoric, but it is important Muslims themselves speak up more in the media, and that the voice of Islamic reform is heard. This is now partially possible through the Dutch Muslim Party (NMP), the political party which I’m part off, these brave Muslims are showing the true side of Muslims and that we can contribute to the democracy.
At the moment I’m also busy with gathering several Western non-muslim scholars/orientalists who are objective about Islam, and know and can explain the diversity of Islamic thought and especially the peacefulness of the majority.
I also challenge Wilders to put me into the witness stand! I myself have studied Islam closely for years now, and have read hundreds and hundreds of books and articles on Islam and the Qur’anic message and meanings, and work together with many famous Islam scholars and writers, this website is a testimony of my efforts. And my conclusion about Islam is: It is is diverse as any religion, and it has contributed and will contribute immensely to worldpeace and progress. May peace be on the world, and may Wilders see the difference between a person calling himself Muslim and who acts as a Muslim, a peacekeeping person.
10:25 God invites to the abode of Peace.
And not to the abode of war or violence….
Copyright ©2010 AY Mol


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Pippa Steel was born on April 15, 1948 in Flensburg, Germany. She made her first TV appearence playing Daphne in the first episode of Katy. She went on to appear in The Jokers, Stranger in the House, The £1,000,000 Bank Note, Department S, and UFO.
In 1970 she was discovered by Hammer via her agent and cast in two of the Karnstein trilogy, The Vampire Lovers and Lust for a Vampire. In The Vampire Lovers she played Laura, the General’s (Peter Cushing) niece, who is befriended by Marcilla (Ingrid Pitt). Laura subsequently suffers nightmares that she is being attacked, and dies of a gradual sickness; whereupon Marcilla departs. In Lust for a Vampire Pippa plays Susan Pelley the doomed room mate of Mircalla Herritzen (Yutte Stensgaard).
After leaving the acting profession, Pippa ran a catering business and a hotel, in conjunction with her husband. Sady Pippa died of cancer aged just 44 years old on 29th May 1992 in London, England.
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Asbestos Suit Results in $322M Verdict for Man with Asbestosis
A Mississippi jury has awarded $322 million in damages to a former oil worker diagnosed with asbestosis, in what is believed to be the largest verdict for an asbestos suit in U.S. history.
The complaint was filed by Thomas “Tony” Brown, Jr. against Chevron Phillips Chemical (CP Chem) and Union Carbide Corporation, alleging that Brown developed the debilitating lung disease as a result of asbestos exposure while working on oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico and on the Mississippi River during the late 1970s until the mid-80s.
Brown alleges that his work with asbestos-laden mud caused him to suffer scarring of the lungs, known as asbestosis, which results in chest pains, shortness of breath and other respiratory problems. There is no known cure for the lung condition and Brown now must use an oxygen mask to breathe.
Learn More About Mesothelioma lawsuits
Exposure to asbestos can cause the development of mesothelioma. Lawsuits have been filed nationwide against asbestos manufacturers.
The Smith County jury awarded Brown, 48, a record-breaking $322 million for pain and suffering, future medical expenses and punitive damages.
One of the major issues during the trial was Brown’s literacy and whether the companies were responsible for workers who were unable to read understanding warning labels and signs. Brown was 16 when he began working in the oil fields and was illiterate.
Union Carbide officials have indicated that they intend to appeal the verdict. Union Carbide protested the case being tried in Smith County, where at least 989 residents, nearly 10% of the adult population, have filed asbestos lawsuits.
Asbestos was widely used in a variety of manufacturing and construction applications throughout the last century, including home insulation, with use peaking in 1973. Most uses of asbestos were banned in the mid-1980s. When inhaled, asbestos fibers can cause asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma. The illnesses have a long latency period, with signs of illness sometimes not showing up for decades.
Asbestos exposure suits are the longest running mass tort in U.S. history, with the first asbestos case filed in 1929. Over 600,000 people have filed lawsuits against 6,000 defendants after being diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis or other asbestos-related diseases.
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LAHORE- To establish community rescue service through basic care and fire safety training session, Lahore Central Business District Development Authority (LCBDDA), also known as Central Business District (CBD) Punjab, collaborated with Punjab Emergency Service Rescue 1122.
The training session was conducted at CBD House Punjab. During this session, CEOs, middle managers and auxiliary staff of CBD Punjab received hands-on training on basic care and fire safety.
CBD Punjab employees were given a comprehensive basic life support briefing by seasoned rescue professionals from Rescue 1122 who are experts in basic life support, fire safety, lifesaving techniques, life support, emergency evacuation, disaster preparedness and prevention.
Rescue trainers told participants that the main art of dealing with an emergency is to use all your senses and not panic. They also gave a hands-on demonstration using different props like mannequins and live images of basic resuscitation skills including first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), fractures, wound management, cardiac arrest , airway obstruction by a foreign body, management of angina pectoris and myocardium. heart attacks, burns and evacuation in case of fire as a first responder. According to the increasing number of Covid 19 cases, participants were also briefed on the initial treatment and quarantine process for a Covid 19 patient
Imran Amin, General Manager of LCBDDA, while sharing his view on this training session, said, “Public safety is the cornerstone of a great society, basic life support training should be mandatory for everyone. the world. We should be proud of our emergency services who live their lives on the edge and risk it with quick actions to save us from more misery in an emergency.”

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1. Department of Neurosurgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, P. R. China
2. Department of Neurosurgery, Daqing Oilfields General Hospital, Daqing, 163001, P. R. China
3. Department of Radiology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, P. R. China
4. Department of Pathology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, P. R. China
* Zhenyu Fu and Kan Xu contributed equally to the work.
Lateral ventricular meningiomas presenting with primary intraventricular hemorrhage are extremely uncommon. We report here a case of primary intraventricular hemorrhage attributable to a lateral ventricular meningioma. This case concerns a 46-year-old female patient who presented with sudden onset of headache. Computed tomography (CT), computed tomography angiography (CTA) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations showed hemorrhage from a ruptured tumor mass, which was pathologically confirmed as a transitional meningioma. The patient underwent surgical treatment and had a good prognosis. A retrospective review of eight previous cases of hemorrhage from ruptured lateral ventricular meningiomas revealed that hemorrhage of lateral ventricular meningiomas and hemorrhage of meningiomas at other intracranial sites have similar causes. The clinical and pathological features of ruptured lateral ventricular meningiomas are consistent with those of unruptured lateral ventricular meningiomas. As this clinical entity is extremely rare, attention is called for while performing differential diagnosis.
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Deadline: June 30, 2016
Entries are now invited for the 2016 Education Youth Video Challenge organized by The Education Commission with support from A World at School Global Youth Ambassadors and MTV Voices. The Commission invites young people to explain why education matters to them.
The Education Commission was set up last September to help the world develop a plan for achieving the ambitious Sustainable Development Goal on Education (SDG 4) which calls on the world to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.” This is an enormous challenge. More than 124 million children and youth do not have access to primary and secondary schools. And of the roughly 590 million that are in school, some 250 million—roughly two in five—are failing to learn the basics of reading, writing and math.
The Education Youth Video Challenge invites young people ages to create a video of 30 seconds or less answering one or both of these questions:
- How can education best prepare you for your future?
- What would your ideal school of the future look like?
Winning videos will be screened on various MTV and partner platforms, and at the Commission’s report launch this September in New York.
The following prizes will be awarded:
- Grand Prize (must be over 18 years old): an invitation to New York to see your video screened at the Commission’s report launch during the UN General Assembly in September
- Second Prize: iPad mini (16GB, wifi)
- Third Prize: HP Chromebook (11-inch laptop computer, 4GB RAM)
- People’s Choice Award: GoPro Hero4 Session waterproof video camera
- Young people from around the world ages 13-30. *Participants under the age of 18 will need to submit a release form signed by a parent/legal guardian; details available on the competition link
- Video submissions must be created by and owned by the entrant.
- Videos should reflect the entrant’s views on global education around the themes of passion, ideas, action, and equality.
- People appearing in the video do not have to be youth, but the videos should reflect the youth’s opinions or reflections on global education.
- Multiple youth may work together to make one video, as long as all members of the group are between the ages of 13 to 30.
- Users may submit more than one video to the competition.
- Immediate family members of the jurors of the Education Youth Video Challenge are not eligible to enter the video contest.
- The top three videos will be selected by the Education Commission’s Youth Panel, co-chaired by Kennedy Odede (Kenya) and Rosemarie Ramitt (Guyana) and includingMalala Yousafzai (Pakistan). See a full list of Youth Panel Members ›
- A People’s Choice Award will also be given to the video that receives the most public votes.
Submit your video entries here.
For more information, visit Education Youth Video Challenge.


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Just How Do Pay Day Loans Work?
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Whilst not unlawful, payday advances could be terrible for the funds within the long-run. Usually, when individuals choose to use payday financing solutions, it is they have) no other options and need cash fast because they have (or think. Nonetheless, the attention framework of pay day loans implies that they may not be sustainable and frequent usage will just create your finances even even worse.
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Okay, so I didn’t actually meet him, but he did sign my book! Can you tell this was an exciting experience for me? He is something of a “celebrity therapist.”
Yesterday I attended the California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists annual conference where Dr. Irvin Yalom was keynote speaker. Yalom has been a highly esteemed psychiatrist and psychotherapist in the Bay Area for over 40 years and has written 13 books and dozens of articles. His work has inspired countless people, including many therapists like myself.
Listening to Dr. Yalom speak reminded me of all the ways he has influenced my work as a therapist. I’ve read several of his books and my entire graduate course in group psychotherapy was based on his textbook on the subject. Without being fully aware of it, I’ve integrated many of his therapeutic philosophies into my own work. For instance, central to his work is the idea that it is the relationship between therapist and client that is ultimately the healing agent of therapy. My practice is grounded in that belief and it explains an emphasis on having unconditional positive regard for my clients. He also stresses the importance of using the client’s experience of the here and now, the present moment. This will sound familiar to my clients, whom I often ask, “But what are you feeling now, in this moment?”
“Meeting” Dr. Yalom was a thrilling experience for me and one I will forever remember. I plan on re-reading my favorite of his books, a newly signed copy of The Gift of Therapy, next week.
For more information on Dr. Irvin Yalom visit his website at: www.yalom.com

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It’s probably a good thing for Visit Florida that a state senator, Dana Young, was named as the new CEO of the state’s tourism agency just when the Florida House was pushing to get rid of it entirely.
The Florida Senate, which had always been less convinced that Visit Florida was a waste of money, went to bat for the organization — perhaps even more importantly, so did Gov. Ron DeSantis. Eventually, the two chambers agreed to a 2019-2020 fiscal year budget that saw Visit Florida take a steep cut, from $76 million to $50 million, with that funding amount good for just one year.
That set up a fight for the 2020 legislative session, set to begin Jan. 14. And already the forces in Tallahassee that deride Visit Florida as money wasted have started making their argument.
House Speaker Jose Oliva, R-Miami Lakes, told the News Service of Florida that there is “zero correlation between Visit [Florida] funding and the number of tourists visiting our state. If we set another tourism record with Visit Florida’s budget cut in half, it begs the question, is it necessary at all?"
Per Visit Florida’s own numbers, each year in Florida tends to set a new record for tourist visits to the state, with 126.1 million visitors in 2018, yet another record year. Final numbers for 2019 won’t be available until May or June, according to Visit Florida, but estimates for the first three quarters of the year are in, and each quarter saw year-over-year growth. If the average visit per quarter of 33.7 million visitors holds up, Florida could see almost 135 million tourists in 2019, despite Visit Florida’s decrease in funding.
Still, DeSantis has asked that the state continue to fund the agency at $50 million a year, and Senate President Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, has said that while private businesses can and do market Florida, the agency is necessary to produce positive message during crises in the state.
“For example, whether it’s Zika [an outbreak of the Zika virus in 2016] that cost our tourism industry millions, tens of millions of dollars. You have red tide issues. Algae. Hurricanes. Things that are important to re-message or explain,” Galvano told the News Service of Florida. “Just a straight up advertising, ‘Come to Florida,’ I would agree we have private business interests that can do a good job of that on their own.”
And we have local tourism boards to do the same, some of which have budgets equal to the statewide agency. For example, the tourism development council in Palm Beach County adopted a budget for the 2018 fiscal year of $51 million, about half of which went to tourism marketing programs. The rest was divvied up between cultural, beach, film and sports programs. In Miami-Dade, the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau projected $33.2 million in expenses for the 2018-2019 fiscal year.
The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau had a $35.3 million budget in fiscal year 2019. Much of that was spent on incentives for events that draw crowds to Broward County. That includes, on the high end, $800,000 to the Riptide Music Festival, the largest single budget item. By contrast, the other major concert event on Fort Lauderdale Beach, Tortuga, got $100,000 from Broward’s tourism agency. Other large amounts include $303,000 in film incentives and $250,000 for Pride Fort Lauderdale, the annual LGBT event held in February. But much smaller dollar amounts also go to dozens of lesser-known events, many of which depend on this funding, which in turn brings people to Fort Lauderdale to, hopefully, open their wallets.
Local tourism agencies faced scrutiny in Tallahassee as well. In 2017, then-House Speaker Richard Corcoran, R-Land O’Lakes, demanded to see revenues and expenses for every county tourism board in the state. Stacy Ritter, CEO of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau, said her organization was the first to comply.
At the time, Ritter cited the $100,000 to the Tortuga Music Festival, which was also in the 2016 budget submitted to Corcoran, as an example of how the tourism board can lend a lifeline to the county’s tourism business during the leaner months.
“Ninety thousand people fill those hotel rooms in what is the shoulder season,” Ritter told the Sun Sentinel, referring to the middle ground between the packed winter months and the empty hotels of summer. “Ninety thousand people come here, and the majority come from someplace else. They spend on the hotel rooms, they eat out at the restaurants, they ride in the taxis. Tourists aren’t going to come here just because.”
For those who think this is all a waste of your tax dollars, it’s worth pointing out that, well, it’s not. At least, it’s not your tax dollars.
Regardless of the names they give themselves, like “Discover the Palm Beaches" or “Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau,” all of these organizations are, in state law, tourism development councils, which are funded by the tourism development tax, a 6% tax tacked on to hotel rooms. The money drawn from that tax and spent by the councils has to be spent on certain things, including building, promoting or improving convention centers, sports stadiums, aquariums, zoos and some other publicly owned facilities that attract tourists. Another option is to spend the money to “promote and advertise tourism in the State of Florida and nationally and internationally,” in the words of the state law that created both the councils and the tax.
The final option, only instituted in law in 2018, is to spend tourism development tax dollars on public facilities that “are needed to increase tourist-related business activities.”
In other words, the money can’t go to police, firefighters, garbage pickup or any of the other stuff that local governments have to deal with day in and day out. But if sewer main breaks get so bad that they keep tourists away, might local leaders be able to argue that they need to spend hotel taxes on infrastructure to increase tourism in the area?
It’s a part of the law on tourist development taxes that was given the green light as part of a large tax package during the 2018 legislative session. Among other things, that bill (HB 7087) allows tourist development councils to approve spending hotel tax money on sewers, roads and other public facilities only tangentially related to tourism. The House sponsor of the bill, state Rep. Randy Fine, R-Palm Bay, said that his inspiration for the bill came when Brevard County’s tourist development council spent $14.5 million on projects like new soccer fields as 22 million gallons of sewage seeped into the Indian River Lagoon following Hurricane Irma.
“They have begun to take some of the money that was wasted on silly things like museums for lighthouse employees and spend it on lagoon improvements,” Fine said of his Brevard County district since passage of the bill.
The $14.5 million in spending that so irked Fine included not just $5 million for artificial turf for soccer fields, but also, according to Fine, “a basketball arena we didn’t need,” “$500,000 for antiques for a museum commemorating the careers of lighthouse employees” and “$200,000 to put in a kayak lamp about a quarter mile from where they were dumping the sewage.”
Representatives for the council told Fine they weren’t allowed to spend on infrastructure improvements, so he sponsored a bill to have the law changed. With sewer main breaks now seeming to be a regular occurrence, might it be time for Broward County to consider using its hotel taxes to this end?
We want to know what you think. Should Broward use some of its bed tax money on sewer repair instead of tourism marketing? Would taking money away from investing in tourism do more harm than good, or would this give a jolt in the arm to needed infrastructure repairs? Let us know by emailing reporter Dan Sweeney at email@example.com or tweeting @Daniel_Sweeney. Your response could be used in a future story.


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Molly Greathouse and her father John traveled with Wildland Adventures to Peru over spring break on our Best of Peru itinerary. Both Molly and John are journalists and Molly was nice enough to share her stories from the trip, which she published on her personal blog. To follow their journey and view Peru (and family travel) through the eyes of a college student, click on the links below. A great resource for parents who may be considering a similar trip with a college-aged child!
Blog 1: Getting Ready for Peru
Blog 2: Arrival to the Urubamba Valley
Blog 3: Pre-Incan Structures, a Shaman & Chicha
Blog 4: The Trek to Machu Picchu, or, How I Lost the Use of My Legs
Blog 5: Machu Picchu & Wayna Picchu
Blog 6: Cusco Churches, Tourism Police & Food
Blog 7: The Amazon: No Internet and a Whole Lot of Bugs
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Blossoming cherry trees, tulips and daffodils up north mean that the leaves of the beech trees in Torres del Paine and Los Glacieres National Park have all turned red and gold, sure signs that winter in the Southern hemisphere is not far off. But it isn’t too early to start planning your trip for next season to...
For the first time in years, the cost of travel to Patagonia has decreased! Chile has eliminated the $160 Reciprocity Fee US citizens were formerly charged upon arrival into Santiago, a considerable savings for families. If you have some flexibility with your dates and aren’t set on traveling over the peak months of December, January and February, you can stretch your travel dollars further by booking one of the discounted shoulder season departures with savings of up to $1000 per person. (See below for a complete listing of discounted departure dates.) I had...
I recently returned from a trip to Peru with my brother to trek the Inca Trail and search for wildlife in the Amazon region of Tambopata. Our trip was in early March, just a few days after the Inca Trail opened for the 2014 season and right in the middle of Peru’s ‘rainy season.’ Traditionally, this is not thought of as an ideal time to go trekking since most people prefer not to hike in the rain. (Unless you live in the Pacific Northwest, then you are just used to it.) Our timing wasn’t the best in that sense but we were just stoked to go so we packed the gortex, rain pants and ponchos and hoped for the best.
It only rained on us twice in 16 days. There were occasional wimpy sprinklings in the mornings but those didn’t even merit breaking out the rain jacket. Mostly we had...
February 8, 2014 at 10 am - The Savvy Traveler (Edmonds, WA) will be hosting a travel seminar on Patagonia and Beyond: Chile and Argentina Top to Bottom presented by Wildland Adventures South America Program Director Kirsten Gardner.
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Patagonia is a vast, wild land stretching from the Antarctic environment of Tierra del Fuego to high Andean mountains and wind-swept Patagonian steppe. Wildland Adventures’ will highlight the wildlife, gaucho culture, and the hiking and trekking opportunities throughout this spectacular region of Chile and Argentina. We’ll review the best ways to explore Patagonia, recommended lodges and eco-camps for hiking in the heart of Torres del Paine, Fitzroy and Los Glaciares National Parks. And beyond Patagonia, in the rest of Chile and Argentina we travel to Iguazu Falls, the Lakes District, the Atacama Desert, wine tasting and exploring Mendoza and Salta of NW Argentina, Easter Island, the great cities...
Whenever traveling abroad, I find a good way to get to know the culture and history of a country is through music. Whenever a significant cultural event takes place somewhere, you can be sure there will be some important music coming out of that time and place from the social commentators in the music world. From the evolution of blues music in the early parts of the 20th century, through the civil rights era of the 60’s, to the modern day, we’ve had musicians all along the way documenting their experiences and leaving us with a sonic history lesson of sorts.
When people think of Brazil in terms of music, bossa nova is usually one of the first things to come to mind. Thanks in large part to Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes’ 1962 Grammy award winning “The Girl from Ipanema”, Brazil and bossa nova music are inextricably...

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Thursday is National Acadian Day
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is inviting everyone in the province to celebrate National Acadian Day.
Higgs says today's celebration provides an opportunity to underscore the important contribution of the Acadians to the development of all sectors of the province.
He says Acadians have profoundly influenced New Brunswick history and society and are an integral part of its future.
Higgs adds the language, culture, and traditions of the Acadians add significant richness to New Brunswick's diversity.

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“The irony is unreal.”
The president this week insisted he was on good terms with the prime minister.
Germany, France and 21 other European states have voted to plan their defenses together and avoid wasteful spending.
The British government is searching for a solution to a very sensitive question.
Seen from the US, Brexit means the Special Relationship will never be the same again.
Residents of Gibraltar are concerned about the impact Brexit will have on them.
The British government began talks last week to thrash out the terms of the U.K.'s exit.
The study found that meeting immigrants made people less prejudiced, and more likely to vote to remain in the European Union.
A parliamentary session usually runs for a year, from spring to spring. But the government will double the length of the session to let lawmakers debate Britain's approach to Brexit without interruption.
Andrew, who holds the title of Duke of York, said that Brexit carries both negatives and positives for British business.
Prime minister retains most of her ministers and appoints party rival Michael Gove to agriculture post.
The Conservative Party will form U.K.’s next government with support from the Northern Irish party.
Europe's press eviscerated Theresa May for Britain's election 'madness.'
The hung parliament could delay Brexit negotiations, as the surprise result hammered the British pound.
'For too long we have relied too much on the military power of others,' European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said. 'We must now seize the moment to take charge of our own security.'
The Vermont senator said he was "very impressed" by the Labour party leader's campaign during a speaking tour in the U.K.
Leader of the centrist Liberal Democrats on what his religion teaches him about politics and how his party plans to recover from 2015's electoral collapse.
The prime minister and the leader of the opposition refused to join TV debates, making the election result seem more of a foregone conclusion than ever.
Brexit negotiations with the European Union are set to begin in earnest after the U.K. election, which Conservative Theresa May is likely to win.
The Remain camp failed to make a convincing argument about immigration, Phillips said.
Tusk's comments follow the British prime minister's accusations that Brussels was meddling in the U.K.'s election.
The Institute for Government says a new immigration regime will entail swathes of extra bureaucracy.


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Several months ago, I announced that LandLopers had been selected to participate in an innovative new program, the Lana’i Visitor’s Bureau New Media Artist-in-Residence Program.
The program includes seven travel bloggers who will each visit the Hawaiian island of Lana’i at different times over a six-month period and tell their own personal stories about this unique place. When we are not traveling or telling our own stories, we will be supporting each other and highlighting the articles, videos and podcasts of our fellow new media artists.
So far two bloggers have ventured out to Lana’i, Shannon Hurst Lane and Chris Gray Faust. They have shared their remarkable stories of the island with the world and next week it’s my turn.
Scott and I were on Lana’i last year, at the recommendation of some friends. Our stay was brief, but in that time we grew to quickly love the small island. My goal this time is simple, to get beneath the skin of Lana’i and to share the hidden secrets and adventures of this beautiful island.
This is where you come in, check out the list below and let me know which activity you would like me to do. Please be sure to follow me and the #VisitLanai tag on Twitter for updates throughout my stay.
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FUN! Can I come?? ;-)
I LOVE how you themed the questions Matt!
Tough life, hey? :)
AQUA MAN!! Gotta get in el agua!
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Objectives: A narrow subpubic arch angle (SPA) has been associated with a higher risk of operative delivery and prolonged labor. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between SPA and labor outcome in a cohort of women delivering a large-for-gestational-age (LGA) fetus. Methods: An observational study involving two Italian tertiary centers (Parma and Rome) was carried out. Nulliparous women referred to the antepartum clinic between 35 and 39 weeks due to an increased risk of having an LGA fetus at birth were prospectively selected for the study purpose. Within the study cohort, SPA measurements were obtained by means of transperineal 3D ultrasound. Elective caesarean section and birth weight below 3,750 g represented exclusion criteria. In the final study group, SPA values were compared between the patients who underwent spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD) and those who were submitted to unplanned obstetric intervention (UOI) due to prolonged or arrested labor (vacuum delivery or caesarean section). Results: Overall, 129 women were included, and the mean birthweight of the neonates was 4,066 Â± 263.03 g. SVD occurred in 63 patients (48.8%), whereas UOI due to prolonged or arrested labor was performed in 66 (51.2%), including 21 cases of vacuum delivery and 45 caesarean sections. The SPA was significantly smaller among women who underwent UOI than in those who achieved SVD (107.9 Â± 13.4 vs. 120.7 Â± 9.4Â°, p < 0.001). Furthermore, SPA width was inversely correlated with labor length (p < 0.001). Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that a smaller SPA (OR 1.091, 95% CI 1.051-1.134, p < 0.001) and an increased birthweight (OR 1.002, 95% CI 1.000-1.004, p = 0.037) were independent risk factors for operative delivery. Conclusion: SPA measurement before labor is helpful in predicting the risk of operative delivery due to prolonged or arrested labor among nulliparous women delivering LGA fetuses.
Correlation between Subpubic Arch Angle and Mode of Delivery in Large-for-Gestational-Age Fetuses / Ghi, Tullio; Dall'Asta, Andrea; Suprani, Alice; Aiello, Elisa; Musarã², Andrea; Bosi, Costanza; Pedrazzi, Giuseppe; Kiener, Ariane; Arduini, Domenico; Frusca, Tiziana; Rizzo, Giuseppe. - In: FETAL DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY. - ISSN 1015-3837. - 44:3(2018), pp. 221-227. [10.1159/000481169]
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Cut-Out continued the musical relationship between grunge superproducer Steve Fisk and Robert Beerman following the breakup of their previous band, the long-lived indie rock instrumentalists Pell Mell. Unlike Pell Mell, which was sometimes cited as a kindred spirit of the rockist wing of the post-rock movement, Cut-Out was a largely electronic affair, yet shared the soundtrack-friendly approach of its predecessor. Their music invited a tremendous range of comparisons: early electronics experimenters (Cluster, Brian Eno, Kraftwerk), synth minimalists (Young Marble Giants, Cabaret Voltaire), electronic indie bands (Enon, Manitoba, French Paddleboat, Optiganally Yours), kitschy avant lounge (Stereolab, Asmus Tietchens' Hematic Sunsets), post-rock (Fridge, Couch), and dub (particularly Adrian Sherwood). Cut-Out grew out of the sessions for the final Pell Mell album, 1997's Star City, which was produced and engineered by cult favorite Tchad Blake. One of the instruments Blake used on the record was a home organ called the Fun Machine, which came with a set of preprogrammed rhythms and chordal accompaniments. After Star City was finished, Fisk and Beerman kept working with the Fun Machine, and recorded an eclectic, dryly humorous set of electronic compositions using its preprogrammed elements. This material constituted their first album, Interlude With Fun Machine; despite its completion in 2001, it wasn't issued until two years later on the Starlight Furniture label.
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Love is Everything
It's sad that most people will never meet their soulmate and get to know the feeling of true love
This one person in your life, a friend, family, when you don't need anyone else, it's extremely rare
Sometimes even in the relationship you can be alone, so be happy if you know what is love
- appreciate love if you have it, as this is the best what you can have and you're the lucky one.


Washington: US has advised India and Pakistan to minimise tension between them to maintain peace and stability in South Asia.
War of words escalated between India and Pakistan after the surgical strike against militants in Myanmar was carried out by Indian army this week.
“I don`t have a comment on that specific operation,” said US State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke when asked if the US supported or was concerned over India`s cross border strike in Myanmar, a move that has raised hackles in Pakistan.
But “we encourage India and Pakistan to take steps to reduce tensions and to move towards resuming talks,” he said.
“The relationship between India and Pakistan is critical to advancing peace and stability in South Asia, so we welcome any steps India and Pakistan can take to reduce tensions and move toward resuming dialogue,” Rathke said.
“We encourage India and Pakistan to take those kinds of steps, and we believe that India and Pakistan each have a mutual interest in addressing the threat posed by violent extremism and terrorism,” he said.
Asked if the US had reached out officially to India or Pakistan to defuse tensions over the Myanmar strike, Rathke said: “Well, we`ve encouraged a reduction of tensions on both sides at high levels, so that`s something we`ve mentioned.”
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Название: Seafood Enzymes: Utilization and Influence On Postharvest Seafood Quality
Авторы: Haard N., Simpson B.
"Reviews specific enzymes and enzyme groups studied in recent years, delves into the relationship between enzymes and seafood quality, covers the application of enzymes as seafood processing aids, and focuses on the recovery of useful enzymes as by-products from seafood waste. Details the control of enzyme activity in seafood products."


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A leading global law firm with offices in Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, New York, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Tokyo, and Washington, DC.
Built on a foundation of over 140 years of dedication to forging strong client relationships, we represent interests across a broad spectrum of industries in corporate law and litigation matters.
Paralegal job description:
Participates as a team member and assists attorneys, paralegals and senior litigation technology professionals with litigation matters by playing a significant role in the work required to support the firm's clients.
This hands-on position provides advanced technology support and training for all stages of the litigation process, including e-discovery and trial project management.
This position reports to the Litigation Technology Supervisor, may be directed by Litigation Technology Specialists, and instructs, delegates to and is assisted by the Litigation Support Analysts and Technicians. Availability for overtime and flexibility for travel are required.
Works with case teams and senior litigation technology professionals to assess and support technology needs throughout all stages of the litigation or government investigation process.
Responsible for the advanced technical and project management aspects of discovery and trial support, including the stages outlined in the Electronic Discovery Reference Model.
Coordinates with senior litigation technology professionals and case teams to select, communicate with and manage outside vendors for electronic discovery projects.
Works with case teams and vendors to prepare project design and coding manuals.
Acts as the main contact for service issues with electronic data collection, processing and hosting vendors.
Provides consultation and project management services to litigation teams regarding database design and e-discovery workflow.
Develops technology related training and document review workflow processes for contract attorneys.
Tracks multiple projects to ensure case deadlines are met.
Develops recommendations, plans, cost estimates, budgets, procedures and specifications for case-specific projects.
Consults with and provides trial support services to case teams, including coordination of on-site and courtroom technology, on-site support and trial presentation services.
Coordinates and prepares presentation databases and equipment for use at trial and in war rooms.
Develops and provides one-on-one or case team training for litigation technology applications and courtroom technology as needed.
Develops and teaches litigation technology classes in the attorney and staff training programs. Prepares training materials and related documentation.
Education, Experience and Skills Required:
The successful candidate will have a bachelor's degree, a minimum of 4 years of law firm litigation support experience, excellent organization, project management and communication skills.
Advanced knowledge of litigation applications and discovery processes and technologies, including e-discovery, advanced understanding of the entire litigation support process and substantial document control and case management experience.
Able to maintain strict confidentiality of the firm's internal and personnel affairs.
Able to interact effectively and professionally with all levels of personnel, including attorneys, paralegals and technical support personnel.
Able to learn new skills as technology changes.
Possesses strong oral and written communication skills.
Must pay attention to detail and be able to follow up and follow through.
Able to utilize judgment to make sound, justifiable recommendations and know when and to whom to escalate issues.
Able to be a proactive self-starter who understands the details within a much larger context.
Able to work under tight deadlines, carry out multiple related activities simultaneously and prioritize appropriately.
Able to work effectively in a culturally and educationally diverse environment.
Able to travel nationally and internationally, often on short notice.
Small law firm seeks an unlawful detainer legal assistant. Our office specializes in Unlawful Detainer work, residential, as well as commercial. This is a full-time position.
The position requires a background in all phases of Unlawful Detainer case work including, but not limited to, preparing notices, pleadings, default and judgment packages. You must also be well-versed in the Legal Solutions and ProDoc software. (Spanish language is a plus.)
General responsibilities will include:
opening the office,
maintaining the case filing system, and
interacting with opposing counsel and court clerks
preparing pleading and legal forms,
assisting with basic discovery,
preparing legal documents for filing in court, and
additional administrative functions.
A strong team player is needed, who is detailed and thrives in a fast paced working atmosphere.
This position offers an excellent opportunity to expand one's knowledge, responsibility and position with a long-time firm.
Draft various pleadings and other documents, including declarations and motions, assembly and preparation for filing.
Document review, preparation of discovery responses and document production, including service on all parties.
Administrative support to the partner including drafting and sending correspondence, proofreading, copying, etc..
Act as liaison to clients and other key contacts
We are looking for a self-motivated person with excellent attention to detail and proactive attitude. Strong communication and organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced environment are key.
Qualified candidates meeting the paralegal job description must possess working knowledge and understanding of federal and state court rules and procedures and be proficient with MS Word and Outlook.
A minimum of two years of prior relevant experience is required. Proficiency in spoken and written Spanish is preferred. Paralegal certificate is a plus but not required.
The successful candidate will be proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook, Essential Forms, Timeslips, Adobe Acrobat and other standard family law applications. The candidate must demonstrate experience and proficiency with tasks such as:
preparing draft disclosures;
filing/serving motions and other pleadings;
service of legal process,
preparing discovery requests/responses,
calendaring litigation events, etc.
Understanding of and experience with financial records required.
The candidate will have experience interacting with clients, court clerks, and opposing counsel and their staff. Strong writing and verbal communication skills are essential. The candidate will also have experience billing their time and meeting billable hour goals.
You may not necessarily meet all of criteria listed in a paralegal job description. Don't be discouraged. If you've got most of what an employer is looking for, you'll likely get an interview. That's when you'll have the chance to shine and talk up your experience and skills.

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Vietnamese-Style Banh Mi Burgers
"Is this an American take on a Vietnamese classic or a Vietnamese take on an American classic? Either way, these spicy burgers topped with Tabasco-spiked mayonnaise, slivers of crunchy pickled carrots and sprigs of cilantro are wonderful. "
- 2 carrots coarsely shredded
- 1/4 cup unseasoned rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons Tabasco
- 2 teaspoons tomato paste
- 1 garlic clove minced
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 1/2 pounds ground beef chuck
- 1 1/2 teaspoons curry powder
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- 1 24-inch baguette quartered crosswise and split
- 2 pickled jalapeños thinly sliced
- 12 cilantro sprigs
Preheat the oven to 400°. In a small bowl, toss the carrots with the rice vinegar and sugar and let stand for 10 minutes; drain.
In a small bowl, whisk the mayonnaise with the Tabasco, tomato paste and garlic and season with salt and pepper.
Form the meat into four 6-inch-long oval patties, about 1 inch thick. Season with the curry powder and salt and pepper. In a large skillet, heat the oil until shimmering. Cook the patties over moderate heat, turning once, until medium, about 12 minutes.
Meanwhile, spread the butter on the cut sides of the baguette. Set the bread cut side up on a baking sheet and bake for about 5 minutes, until lightly toasted. Spread the Tabasco-spiked mayonnaise on the bread and top each baguette section with a burger patty, pickled shredded carrots, pickled jalapeño slices and cilantro sprigs. Close the sandwiches and serve hot.
Note: The Tabasco mayonnaise and pickled shredded carrots can be refrigerated for up to 2 days
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New materials for slippers, mules and loafers have arrived, and toweling is one of them. The magic of the tissue is the softness, comfort and especially the absorbing characteristic. Perfect for our slippers, known for their comfort.
With the rubber sole, no more problem to go outside, enjoy your garden, your pool, go and visit your neighbour, you stay chic and elegant with our slippers for women of our In & Out Collection.
Emmanuelle Belmont, co-founder of Line Loup and shoe designer, was inspired by the trends for the Summer 2018. With this new tissue, she wanted to create a girly and extravagant mule for women. Adding the crystal buckle makes this model called Emmanuelle (after the designer) a chic, elegant and very comfortable slipper for the Summer.

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This is a bright and festive triangle shawl with multiple textures. A combination of 6 colors are combined with glass beads for extra "bling". If beads aren't your thing they can easily be omitted. Among the garter stitch stripes are two panels of lace sections, and two of lattice, which makes for a fun and engaging knit. You'll love the end result!
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Skill level: Intermediate Skills used: Working from chart, attaching beads (optional), Slip stitches, decreases, increases, lattice, eyelets.


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The Bible tells of a spiritual realm where heaven, angels, and God reside. Where is this mysteriously invisible realm? Science has opened the door to the possibility of higher spatial dimensions. Could this be where heaven is? Using God's Word, this book will present evidence for the reality of the spiritual realm and also lay out the scientific evidence, from Einstein's theory of relativity to string theory, that points to the possibility of a higher dimension or dimensions.
Through this book, the everyday Christian will learn how to view the spiritual dimension or spiritual realm in a deeper way and will see clearly that there is much more to our universe than meets the eye. The seeking skeptic will also be presented with evidence that God is real and the Bible is His communication to man. The foundation is laid from the Bible, from science and from understanding that we are three-dimensional beings created by a Grand Programmer to live in the physical and spiritual universe. Because of sin, mankind lost the ability to see the spiritual realm, but through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, we can once again access the spiritual realm and live fully as God our creator intends.
Jeff began studying at Calvary University in 1988 and began pastoring in 1992 while finishing his course work. He received a Bachelor of Science in Bible & Church Ministry in 1994. After pastoring for twelve years, he and his wife Paula were called to serve as missionaries in Central America. They worked in El Salvador until returning to ministry in the United States in 2013. Jeff has pastored in the Midwest since that time, and Paula works as a Christian therapist. Jeff received a Master of Arts in Theology from Louisiana Baptist Theological Seminary in 2005 and a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Louisiana Baptist University in 2020.
Jeff and Paula have two children who are both married, and they have one grandchild.
Jeff has a heart for evangelism and teaching the Bible to help others gain a deeper and richer understanding of its truths.
Introduction: A Fascination With the Spiritual World
1. The Paranormal, the Supernatural, and the Bible
2. Step into the Next Dimension
3. Time Machines and Twilight Zones
4. Blown Minds and String Theory
5. Living in a Designer World
6. The Digital 3-D Program Called "Life"
7. Incoming Call from: GOD
8. Here, There, and Everywhere: The Multidimensionality of God
9. Angels and Demons
10. Jesus: God in the Game
11. Back to the Future: It's About Time
12. Beam Me Up!
13. Fighting an Invisible Enemy
Conclusion: More to Life Than Meets the Eye

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EU policymakers have come to a crucial agreement for an European regulation to restore nature.
The proposal aims to put measures in place to restore at least 20% of the EU’s land and sea areas by 2030, and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050.
It sets specific, legally binding targets and obligations for nature restoration in each of the listed ecosystems — from agricultural land and forests to marine, freshwater and urban ecosystems.
Although the precise restoration obligations in each ecosystem are yet to be disclosed, the institutions found a common ground that may drive the restoration of European ecosystems, meet international commitments and boost our fight against climate change.
Reaction to the decision was swift with green campaigners giving a cautious welcome.
Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, acting third vice-president of the government and minister for the ecological transition and the demographic challenge of Spain, said, “We are faced with an increasingly dramatic reality: EU’s nature and biodiversity are in danger and need to be protected.”
“I am proud of today’s indispensable agreement between the Council and Parliament on a nature restoration law, the first of its kind.”
“It will help us rebuild healthy biodiversity levels across member states and preserve nature for the future generations, while fighting climate change and remaining committed to our climate goals.”
One campaign group, CAN Europe, said it “celebrates this modest win for nature.”
Chiara Martinelli, Director at CAN Europe, said, “It is important to note the Commission’s proposal was watered down throughout the trilogue discussions.”
“We are nevertheless relieved to see a non-deterioration requirement and an obligation to rewet peatlands in the final text. We now need to continue our push to secure the formal adoption of this agreement in both the EU Council and Parliament.”
“While we are glad to have a provisional institutional joint agreement before the end of the year, restoration obligations are yet to be assessed.”
“There is also the biggest hurdle still to come which will be its adoption by the Parliament’s Environment committee. We call on MEPs to vote for the approval of the agreement, so Member States can immediately reverse the degradation trend in European ecosystems and jointly tackle the climate and biodiversity crises.“


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Gilt bronze statuette of Tyche-Fortuna
Cast and mercury gilded, the figure stands on a separately cast pedestal.
Tyche is the Greek goddess of good fortune and abundance, known to the Romans as Fortuna. She is shown here in classical robes and wears a crown which combines cow horns, a sun-disk, and ears of corn. Her left arm supports a cornucopia, and the fingers of her right hand form an opening for what was probably a ship's rudder (missing). The central part of the crown is a symbol of the goddess Isis, while the cornucopia connects her to the goddess Tyche-Fortuna, and the ears of corn to Demeter. The rudder stresses the aspect of Isis as patron of navigation, which was known as Isis Pelagia.
From the Late classical world and into the early Byzantine period, Tyches-Fortunas were regarded as personifications of cities. The British Museum has a set of small gilt silver figurines with the Fortunas of Rome, Constantinople, Antioch and Alexandria. The identification of which city a particular Fortuna symbolises relies on their representations on coinage and is usually done on the basis of the headgear (Rome usually wears a helmet; Constantinople, usually a mural crown). But as many surviving examples show, this was not consistent. It is, therefore, not possible to identify with certainty of which city this statuette is the personification.
An unusual feature of this Tyche-Fortuna is the position of the phallic-looking device projecting over her right shoulder. Its tip is modelled exactly like the terminal of the handle of the rudder, or steering paddle which the goddess usually holds in her right hand. This would suggest that this Tyche carried the paddle on her back. But that brings into question what she would have held in the empty round opening between the fingers of her right hand, since this is how she would have held the paddle in the traditional manner. It may well be, therefore, that the purpose of this phallic-looking protrusion is simply symbolic of abundance, an association that would complement the elements of her crown and the cornucopia.
Late Roman period; 3rd-4th century AD
Height: 15.80 cm overall, 12 cm (statuette)
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Houston Police Chief Charles A. McClelland, Jr. says for the second consecutive year the HPD had a record low number of internal affairs complaints filed by citizens against police officers.
Citizens filed 206 complaints against HPD officers in 2014, the lowest number since the department began recording such data in 2001. That number (206) marks a decrease in complaints of 14%, compared with the then-record low 235 citizen complaints filed in 2013.
By comparison, just four years prior (in 2010), there were 358 complaints filed by citizens against officers. In 2001, 887 citizen complaints were filed against HPD officers.
For some perspective, HPD officers respond to more than one million calls for service each year and have countless other interactions with citizens each and every day.
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday mandated that no classified information shall be handled through e-office, which means classified files shall not be processed in e-office during work from home.
As per reports, the National Informatics Centre (NIC) would evaluate the existing security protocol for remote access of classified files in consultation with MHA and come up with guidelines as well as standard operating procedures for handling classified information in e-office. Till then, classified files shall be processed on standalone computers only.
About 75 ministries/departments are actively using the e-office platform presently while 57 ministries/departments have achieved over 80% of their work in e-office.
MHA has also instructed the officials who have been given official laptops to ensure that they do the official work in those laptops only.
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EV sales were a bright spot with sales of EQ-badged cars nearly doubling to 23,500 units.
The first half saw the brand’s EV sales rising to 45,400 units — an increase of 134 percent.
“The electric ramp up is gaining traction,” Seeger said. “It shows that we offer compelling electric vehicles our customers desire.”
In total, Mercedes delivered 490,000 passenger cars from April to June, down 16 percent from the same period last year.
The smaller Mercedes-Benz Vans business remained just under last year’s level with 100,000 units sold worldwide in the second quarter.
Mercedes is sticking with its 2022 forecast for a slight increase in sales compared with 2021. Despite concerns about rising inflation, “customer demand remains high,” Seeger said.
The auto industry is still feeling the pain of supply-chain disruptions and shortages of components such as semiconductors, particularly amid a broad transition to electric vehicles that are dependent on increasingly sophisticated software.
BMW said last week that its sales declined almost 20 percent in the second quarter.
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Court extends bail of former inspector Abid Boxer until March 25
LAHORE (92 News) – Additional Sessions Judge Arshad Javed has extended the bail of former police inspector Abid Boxer in the murder and fraud case until March 25.
Meanwhile, the investigation officers requested the court to give them time for completing the investigation.
Abid Hussain alias Abid Boxer had joined the Police Department in 1988 as an assistant sub-inspector. He was later promoted to the rank of inspector. He fled Pakistan in 2008 after the police lodged cases against him under murder, attempted murder, fraud and forgery charges.
The murder case that forced Abid Boxer to flee Pakistan was lodged against him at Qila Gujjar Singh police station after the death of a retired army brigadier, Naseem Ashraf. Ashraf’s wife had lodged the case accusing the former inspector of killing her husband.


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A while ago, I passed through a difficult moment in my life. Heartbroken and slightly lost, I withdrew into myself for a time. This withdrawal was necessary—and necessarily temporary.
While meandering through my healing process, I stumbled on a story making the social media rounds. (Incidentally, two different friends would later share the same story with me.) I don’t remember where I saw it, or exactly how it went, so I will share my own version:
One day, a young woman went to her grandmother with tears in her eyes and sadness in her heart. At a loss for what to do with her troubles, she asked the older, wiser woman for advice.
Her grandmother took her by the hand and led her into the kitchen.
There, she set three pots of water to simmer. In the first, she placed a carrot. In the second, an egg. In the third, a scoop of dark, aromatic coffee.
They waited, and the young woman dried her tears. After enough time had passed, her grandmother took the pots off the fire and placed them on the kitchen table.
“What do you see?” She asked her granddaughter. “What has happened in each of these pots?”
The young woman answered: “Well, the carrot looks soft and mushy, the egg is hard boiled now, and the coffee has…well, made coffee. But, grandmother, what does this have to do with my question?”
Her grandmother smiled.
“Our troubles are like the boiling water,” she explained. “And we—we have a choice of how we react to them. We can be like the carrot, and turn to mush under pressure. We can be like the egg, and let our sorrows turn us hard and unyielding. Or…”
And she paused and poured the steaming coffee through a strainer and into a mug, and handed it to her granddaughter.
“Or, we can be like coffee, and we can change the water. When hardship finds us, we can steep in it and become something more complex, richer than before.”
She paused and watched her granddaughter take a small sip of the rich, dark coffee. And then she asked her:
“Which will you be?”
“I want to be like the coffee!” A small inner voice cried out earnestly when I read this story. I wanted to be like the coffee, and so that is what I sought to do—at times consciously, at times unaware.
As I continued on my path, I endeavored to be like the coffee, enriching the spaces and experiences around me simply by doing what I did—rendering them more complex, lending them more depth.
I began to send out travel updates again—chatty, quirky, rambling emails to a shortlist of friends and friendly strangers. I reconnected with my passion for movement, rock climbing in London, learning pole and lyra in Cape Town, and teaching yoga to friends in Helsinki. I wrote. I wrote poetry, short stories, essays and emails, and I talked to everyone.
I remembered, finally, just how much of an impact one person can have when they live with passion, with love, with curiosity, with joy.
And my heart?
It took its sweet time mending. (In fact, I’m sure it’s not done yet.) But I didn’t fall apart, and I didn’t put up walls. I remained inalterably myself—not in spite of challenges, but in harmony with them. The melody I write on the walls of my heart didn’t weaken, and it didn’t grow harsh; rather, it gained under- and overtones, and is all the richer for it.
I hope, if you are facing a difficult moment in your life, you may find meaning in this story, too.
Faced with boiling water, we can be like the carrot, and go soft—turn to mush. We can be like the egg, and grow hard—put up walls.
Or, we can be like the coffee, and we can change the water, simply by doing what we do.
Which will you be?
(Oh, and if you don’t like coffee, let’s just pretend this story is about tea instead!)
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CODEPINK Activist Alli McCracken Speaks Out to RNC
Tampa, FL – During the opening night of the RNC the convention was interrupted twice by two activists with CODEPINK Women for Peace. As Gov. Walker concluded his remarks, Jodie Evans, 58 years old from Los Angeles, unfurled a banner that read “Wisconsin: Where Austerity Failed First.” Responded to Walker’s talk, she shouted, “You just lied! You said Wisconsin unemployment went down but it is up to 8%! Where are the jobs? Where are the needs of the workers here? You only talk about business. You only talk about corporations, not people. We need to support people over profits!”
“Listening to yet another Republican get away with lies about creating jobs when this party is destroying the economy made me heartsick,” said Evans, cofounder of CODEPINK. “Wisconsin has suffered enormously under the Romney-Ryan economic plan of austerity, tax cuts, and attacks on workers. We need a better plan for America.” The Milwaukee Sentinel in July stated that Wisconsin unemployment had gone up by 8% and Wisconsin had lost 17,500 jobs.
Jodie Evans with banner after speaking out
Moments later, Alli McCracken, 23 years old from Washington, DC, stood up during Rick Santorum’s speech and shouted, “People over profits! Money out of politics! Stop the wars! End the war on women!” McCracken articulated the sentiment that is on the hearts and minds of so many American voters who are appalled by the oversaturation of corporate money in the most expensive election ever.” As a young woman, McCracken felt compelled to speak out against GOP policies that prioritize corporations over human needs. “Both parties continue to profit from corporate interests and war,” said McCracken. “And the Republicans are particularly bad when it comes to women’s rights. I can’t be quiet while the GOP tries to take away the reproductive rights my parents’ generation worked so hard for.”
Evans and McCracken were both escorted out of the building and released. CODEPINK is coordinating daily actions to protest the Republican Convention and will protest corporate money in politics and ongoing wars overseas at the Democratic Convention as well. Today, August 28, CODEPINK did a die-in outside the NRA sponsored shoot-out for RNC delegates, staged a mock-arrest of Condoleeza Rice, and live now CODEPINK is holding an open mic at Hamburger Mary’s in Ybor City to speak out against war and inequality and respond to Ann Romney’s speech.
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