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TikTok is making waves by unveiling plans to establish live-stream studios in Los Angeles, creating a WeWork-style space for creators to produce high-quality content. This strategic move, inspired by the success of Douyin in China, signifies TikTok's commitment to globalizing its live-stream commerce efforts.
According to sources from The Information, TikTok is gearing up to launch multiple studios in key cities, including Los Angeles, where creators can not only livestream but also sell products. The initiative mirrors Douyin's thriving model, which uses dedicated studios to enhance the professional quality of live broadcasts.
TikTok's push into live-stream commerce is fueled by the success of shopping streams on Douyin, now a major revenue driver. By creating centralized hubs for creators, TikTok aims to facilitate not only content creation but also to pitch and sell products, similar to the Chinese model.
While TikTok has been experimenting with in-app shopping, Western markets have been slower to adopt commerce streams compared to their Eastern counterparts. However, TikTok's success in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia indicates a growing interest in shopping initiatives.
The platform is set to explore new initiatives in 2024, expanding shopping options, including food delivery, and potentially introducing AI-characters as live-stream hosts. AI hosts, a phenomenon in the Chinese market, could transform the live-streaming landscape by offering 24/7 streaming capabilities and driving significant sales.
As TikTok continues its expansion into live-stream commerce, it faces the challenge of striking the right balance between commercial content and user experience. With some users expressing concerns about the app becoming too commercial, TikTok must navigate this delicate balance as it introduces more in-stream shopping initiatives and explores innovative features.


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Cross-posted from Asia Times. I am reposting this essay, which is behind the Asia Times paywall, in consideration of the seriousness of the situation. This is not a drill.
No Russian cyberspooks, no Chinese spies, no jihadi terrorists – no external enemies of any kind could have brought as much harm to the United States as its own self-inflicted wounds. I spent last evening taking calls from friends around the world, including a senior diplomat of an American ally who asked me what I thought of the first evacuation of Capitol Hill since the British invaded in 1812. “I’m horrified,” I said. “So is the entire free world,” the diplomat replied.
There are belly-laughs in Beijing this morning. The Chinese government daily Global Times taunted:
The riots taking place in Washington DC, the storming of the US Capitol by hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters which ended with four dead, 52 arrested and 14 police officers injured on Thursday shocked the world, and Chinese experts said this unprecedented incident will mark the fall of “the beacon of democracy,” and the beautiful rhetoric of “City upon a Hill” will perish.
The world is watching as US allies feel disappointed when they saw the country that they used to admire descend into a huge mess. Chinese observers said this is a “Waterloo to US international image,” and the US has totally lost legitimacy and qualification to interfere in other countries’ domestic affairs with the excuse of “democracy” in the future.
It’s actually worse than the Global Times editors think.
If it were only a matter of Trump’s misbehavior, this disaster would be survivable. The trouble is that the popular belief in a vast and nefarious conspiracy has a foundation in fact: Starting before Trump’s term in office his political opponents abused the surveillance powers of the intelligence community to concoct a black legend of Russian collusion on the part of his campaign. The mainstream media, staffed overwhelmingly by Trump’s enemies, slavishly repeated this black legend until large parts of the population refused to believe anything it read in the newspapers or saw on television.
The leadership of the Democratic Party, its allied media, and the Bush-Romney wing of the Republican Party decided to play dirty to expunge an obstreperous, incalculable outsider from the political system. And in doing so, this combination, America’s establishment, destroyed public trust in the Congress and the media. It’s no surprise that two out of five Americans now believe that a vast conspiracy rigged the 2020 presidential elections.
The spectacle of a serving president inciting a mob against the U.S. Congress to stop the certification of his successor held the world in morbid fascination. But the biggest problem isn’t Trump’s misbehavior, egregious as it is, but the eruption of popular rancor against the constitutional system that has made America a model of governance for the world. Leftist mobs last spring burned police stations and destroyed shopping districts in a rampage against supposed systemic racism, and Trump supporters desecrated the Holy of Holies of American democracy, the chamber of the United States Senate.
Behind the minority of violent actors is a majority that believes the system is rigged against them – whoever “them” might be. The Democrats say that the system is rigged against African-Americans, women, and other minorities, and the Republicans say that a global elite has rigged the system against middle-income Americans. “Rigged elections” has the same resonance as “systemic racism.” These by-words imply that disagreement is prima facie proof of villainy: To deny that there is systemic racism is to be a racist, and to deny that elections are rigged is evidence of complicity in a vast plot.
A quarter of Americans believe that COVID-19 was a planned conspiracy of one kind or another, according to the Pew Survey; just under half of Americans with a high school education or less believe this. One out of three believes that a “deep state” is trying to undermine Trump. I reject the first and believe the second: my colleagues at Asia Times and I have regular access to virologists in a number of countries with scientific credentials and no political agenda to pursue, and can sift scientific evidence and opinion. By contrast, I know personally enough of the actors in the so-called “deep state” to conclude that they are acting in concert to wreck the Trump Administration. I also know many of the writers who have exposed the “deep state,” including Andrew McCarthy and Lee Smith, to trust their bona fides. I denounced this conspiracy repeatedly in these pages, most recently in an essay entitled “The Treason of the Spooks” (Dec. 4, 2020). For details, see Andrew McCarthy’s 2019 book Ball of Collusion, which I reviewed in Asia Times, or Lee Smith’s The Plot against the President.
Sometimes there is a conspiracy and sometimes there isn’t. But Trump’s political supporters, bombarded daily by fake news about Russian collusion and other alleged misbehavior, have come to distrust any criticism of their president. If Trump was right that the whole impeachment business was an extra-legal conspiracy on the part of his enemies, why shouldn’t they believe that the election was rigged?
This is a lose-lose proposition. Assume that Trump is right, and the election was rigged. In that case the United States has become a banana republic and American democracy a twisted joke. Assume that he is wrong, and that nonetheless – as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) intoned to justify his refusal to accept the election outcome – 39% of Americans nonetheless believe that election was rigged, because their president told them it was rigged. In that case the public trust that makes democracy possible has collapsed. The people, as Bertolt Brecht observed after demonstrations against the Soviet puppet government in East Germany, have lost the confidence of the government, and the simplest course of action would be for the people to dissolve the government and elect a new one.
For most of the world, representative democracy makes no sense: How can you entrust decisions of vital importance to yourself and your family to a representative you have never met, who is unrelated to you by blood ties, who owes you no clan allegiance, and sits in a faraway capital with hundreds of other such representatives? How can you accept the votes of a legislature composed of strangers? Trust in pre-modern society extends no further than blood ties. It was madness for the United States to believe that it could export democracy to parts of the Middle East. Public trust, a quasi-religious belief in the sanctity of the democratic process, is the precondition for democracy.
Public trust in America’s democratic institutions has collapsed.
There is extensive evidence of vote fraud, but (in my view) not sufficient evidence to justify preventing an orderly transition of power. I have difficulty believing that the Democrats invented votes for Biden and destroyed votes for Trump while at the same time Republican candidates for the House of Representatives showed a surprising gain. In the U.S. presidential system, voters choose the executive and the legislature separately, and they do so on the same ballot. Why would the Democrats, whose local political organizations depend more on the Congress than on the presidency, fake votes for one and not the other?
Aha, say the conspiracy theorists: the mainstream Republican Party doesn’t like Trump any more than the Democrats, so it conspired with the Democrats to elect legislators while cheating the president. That is possible, but improbable in the extreme: It would require a conspiracy involving thousands of people sworn to secrecy. No such conspiracy is possible. The trouble is that the American public can’t be asked to apply a high degree of discernment to the probability of different sorts of conspiracies. A handful of FBI and CIA agents could create a false narrative about Russian collusion with the help of the infamous Steele Dossier, and the credulous media broadcast it out of rancor against Trump. Stealing an election through interference in tens of thousands of polling stations would require a conspiracy on an industrial scale.
The problem isn’t Trump, or Joe Biden, or Kamala Harris, or any other politician: It is the popular response to the gut-wrenching realization that America is hollowed out, that it is living on borrowed money (which is to say borrowed time), that it lacks both the material and organizational resources to protect its population during an emergency. Hospitals in Los Angeles have told emergency workers not to administer oxygen to patients who are not gravely ill, because the city is running out of oxygen under a deluge of COVID-19 patients. Earlier the United States clothed health care workers in garbage bags because it couldn’t manufacture protective gear; now it can’t produce sufficient oxygen.
For all the talk of making America great again, the deterioration of U.S. industry continued under the Trump Administration (see The Wizard of Wuz, Dec. 7). It isn’t simply that the U.S. produces no telecom equipment at all, let alone a world-class product that can compete with China; it can’t produce essential medical supplies in urgent demand in a public health crisis. On the day that the Washington mob chased the congressmen, senators, and Vice President Pence out of the Capitol, more than 4,000 Americans died of COVID-19, a new record. American scientists developed what may be the most effective COVID vaccine, but the U.S. managed to administer just 800,000 doses yesterday, which means that it will take another year to immunize the population.
Americans are frightened for their future, with good reason. They see enormous rewards accrue to a handful of tech companies, and stagnation and decay in large parts of the rest of the country. Donald Trump gave them a frisson of hope, and the Establishment reaction against Trump confirms the popular suspicion that a malevolent global elite has seized control of their country. Trump shamefully exploited this suspicion to direct a popular storm against the Congress.
The U.S. is living off borrowing from the rest of the world. Its net international investment position fell by about $12 trillion during the past 10 years. And the federal deficit is now 15% of gross domestic product, the highest since World War II. What can’t go on forever, won’t (in the late Herb Stein’s famous formulation).
The U.S. Treasury can still borrow at negative real yields to send a $2,000 check to every American. If the popular mood is ugly today, what will happen when the U.S. can no longer borrow at cheap rates, and the government is compelled to retrench?

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The obesity epidemic is costing the health care system millions and, in some cases, billions of dollars in states around the country, according to a new study by researchers at RTI International, Duke University and the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Obesity-related medical expenses range from $203 million in Wyoming to $15.2 billion in California a year, the researchers estimate. Taxpayers foot the bill for some of those expenses through the federal Medicaid and Medicare health insurance programs. Medicaid expenditures for obesity-related medical conditions range from $38 million in Wyoming to $4 billion in New York, and obesity-related Medicare expenditures range from $35 million in Wyoming to $3.4 billion in California, according to the researchers.
Obesity-related medical costs comprise 10 percent or more of total medical expenditures in nine states--Alabama, Alaska, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina and Tennessee. Obesity-related medical expenses, compared to total medical expenses, were lowest in Colorado, where 7 percent of annual medical costs were attributable to obesity, followed by Hawaii at 7.2 percent.
"This study shows that the toll that obesity takes goes beyond impairing the health of individuals to imposing a major burden on the entire health care system," Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Director Carolyn M. Clancy said in a prepared statement. "Reducing the prevalence of obesity and its complications is an important priority for the nation and requires focused and constant attention."
The study, published online in the journal Obesity, was based on the 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, which researchers used to generate an equation that predicts annual medical expenditures due to obesity.
In a previous paper published in the journal Health Affairs, the researchers estimated national health care expenses from obesity totaled $147 billion.
Besides leading to higher expenses for government insurance programs, rising medical costs from obesity lead to higher health insurance rates in the private insurance market.

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Evaluation of ASTM Tests for Potential Reactivity of Chemical Aggregates (Chemical Method) (C 289), Potential Alkali Reactivity Cement-Aggregate Combination (Mortar-Bar Method) (C 227), and Petrographic Examination of Aggregates for Concrete (C 295) for predicting alkali-silica reactivity potential of aggregates was undertaken using a natural siliceous sand and a manufactured limestone sand to which 2, 5, 10, and 20% by weight of reactive materials (chert and opaline sandstone) were added. Three aggregate gradings were tried in the mortar-bar test. None of the test methods by themselves are adequate to predict alkalisilica reactivity potential; furthermore, the chemical test did not correlate well with the limit of mortar-bar expansion at an age of six months as indicative of reactive aggregate. There is a linear trend between the amount of reactive material and the amount of soluble silica by weight added to the sands and reduction of alkalinity determined by the chemical test. A similar linear relationship is shown between the amount of soluble silica and the amount of reactive material in the aggregate as determined by petrographic examination. The pessimum proportion of the reactive material was found to be around 10% by weight. Coarser graded aggregate tended to produce greater expansion, but this was not definitely established. Mortar-bar expansion tends to be highly variable with increase of amount of reactive material over 2%. The test data indicates that the limit of mortar-bar expansion of 0.1% at six months does not adequately define potentially reactive material. It is suggested that the limit should be lowered to 0.075% at six months. Because of the effect of grading and the variability of expansion, consideration should be given to replacing the mortar-bar test with a concrete-prism test. Limestone aggregate appears to have an inhibiting effect on alkali-silica reactivity, therefore, adding limestone to reactive aggregates may be a practical way to make them usable in concrete. Further testing should be conducted to establish the minimum amount of limestone required to effectively inhibit reactivity.
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The Problem of Cell 13
|"The Problem of Cell 13"|
|Published in||Boston American|
|Publication date||October 30 – November 5, 1905|
"The Problem of Cell 13" is a short story by Jacques Futrelle. It was first published in 1905 and later collected in The Thinking Machine (1907), which was featured in crime writer H. R. F. Keating's list of the 100 best crime and mystery books ever published. The story was selected by science fiction author Harlan Ellison for Lawrence Block's Best Mysteries of the Century.
Like Futrelle's other short stories, "The Problem of Cell 13" features Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen as the main character, although most of the story is seen through the perspective of a prison warden. While in a scientific debate with two men, Dr. Charles Ransome and Alfred Fielding, Augustus, "The Thinking Machine", insists that nothing is impossible when the human mind is properly applied. To prove this, he agrees that he will take part in an experiment in which he will be incarcerated in a prison for one week and given the challenge of escaping. He achieves the goal with great ingenuity (and aid from his frequent confederate, newspaper reporter Hutchinson Hatch) and explains fully how he did it.
Along the way, he tosses out impossible fillips and red herrings, such as writing notes with no pen and making change from a five-dollar bill. He also indirectly manages to get an inmate to confess to a crime he committed, something the detectives had been unable to accomplish.
Everyone around Augustus is amazed at his explanation, and they wholeheartedly believe his point that nothing is impossible, though the warden asks what would have happened if many of the key elements of Augustus's escape had not been present. Augustus smiles smugly and states that there were also two other ways out, and leaves it at that.
The story was adapted for television by Arthur A. Ross in 1962 as part of the U.S. series Kraft Mystery Theater. The episode starred Claude Dauphin as Van Dusen, and was awarded the 1963 Edgar Award for Best Episode in a TV Series.
In 1978, West Berlin radio station RIAS produced and broadcast "Das sicherste Gefängnis der Welt" (The Safest Prison in the World), a radio play based on the story. This was the second of 79 Van Dusen stories so adapted.
A stage version premiered at Broadway Onstage in Michigan in 2011. Adapted by John Arden McClure, it starred Donald Couture as the warden, and Sarah Oravetz as the Hutchinson Hatch character, changed to Anne Hatch in this version.
On the NBC series The Blacklist, specifically the episode aired January 18, 2019 titled "The Pawn Brokers", main character Raymond Reddington established contact outside prison with an identical rat-and-thread technique.
Collections in which this story appears include:
- Tony Hillerman and Otto Penzler, ed. (2000). The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century. Houghton Mifflin Co. ISBN 0-618-01267-2.
- Otto Penzler, ed. (1998). The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time.
- Rex Burns and Mary Rose Sullivan, ed. (1990). Crime Classics: The Mystery Story from Poe to the Present. Viking Penguin. ISBN 0-14-013128-0.
- Douglas G. Greene, ed. (1987). Death Locked In. International Polygonics. ISBN 1-56619-454-7.
- Saul Schwartz, ed. (1975). The Detective Story. ISBN 0-8442-5613-7.
- William H. Larson, ed. (1968). Seven Great Detective Stories. Western Publishing Company, Inc.
- Ellery Queen, ed. (1941). 101 Years Entertainment. Modern Library.
- Dick Allen and David Chacko, ed. (1974). Detective fiction: Crime and Compromise. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. ISBN 0-15-517408-8.
- Vincent Starrett, ed. (1928). Fourteen Great Detective Stories. Modern Library.
- Liukkonen, Petri. "Jacques Futrelle". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland: Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008.
- Ellison, Harlan (2003-04-30). "Futrelle". Unca Harlan's Art Deco Dining Pavilion (Mailing list). Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- "Edgar Search". Mystery Writers of America. Archived from the original on 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- "Douglas Wilmer". The Journal of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London Website. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- Koser, Michael; Pircher, Gerd (2004). "Die Van-Dusen-Hörspiele". Die offizielle Professor van Dusen-Seite (in German). Retrieved 2008-02-11.

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Deliverance Creek made its debut on Lifetime last night with gunshots, outlaws, slaves, fierce leading ladies and two hours of good TV entertainment. Penned by Nicholas Sparks, written by Melissa Carter (Jane by Design) and presented as a television event, the TV Movie (which I feel) served also as a pilot, has left the gate wide open for a possible series. I’ve heard that there were some complaints that the ending left too many unanswered question. I don’t really know about that. At the end of the almost two hours, I felt it made a full-circle with the character’s arcs and motivations. The only (really) unanswered question is “When will we see the next episode”.
The episode is available on iTunes
My Review ****1/2.
PS: One thing that makes me think that soon there will be an announcement about the full series is that there are some pictures released that describe events not shown during the show last night. Keeping my fingers crossed. 😉 😉 😉
It’s Kansas and it’s 1863, two years into the Civil War. The opening scene – that of an aftermath of a massacre – is short and quick. More blood is spilled on the arrival of Jasper Gatlin (Christopher Backus) and his gang of outlaws as Life has known violence and violence’s grown like bad weed on all houses and characters.
On her ranch, Belle Barlowe, a tough-uped farmer, mother of three and former owner of slaves, whose husband is presumed dead in battle, is no shy from taking the gun into her own hand and defend herself when the good for nothing banker neighbor mass a pass at her. That parts rather quickly from the angelic protagonists of Lifetime series, and to all indications it is for the best. Belle is no flower – as the name would suggest -, but a woman with a mind of her own, “Tongues wag no matter what I do,” she says.
Belle also hides secrets – a current lover, Sheriff Nate, and later on as we will find out a former sweetheart, now part of her brother’s gang of rouges and who will have to face a life-changing secret. Television, as we’ve known it lately, has proposed flawed characters, but at the same time most humane. Lauren Ambrose works extremely well with her character’s emotions and twist’n’ turns making Belle not “sympathetic” in a traditional way, but “understandable”, especially when she seeks revenge after tragedy stops at her door.
Skeet Ulrich – whom I haven’t seen in a while – passed almost unnoticed, playing the part of the business-oriented saloon owner Duke, who’s part of a group helping slaves flee Kansas. I imagine not from altruistic reasons. In case of a full season order, we will see more of him I imagine.

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Every property owner who received a new assessment in the mail last week also got an explanation of how the number was calculated and how that new assessment can be appealed.
For example, a homeowner who was told his or her property is worth $100,000 when most nearby properties have been selling for much less might want to try to get that $100,000 figure decreased.
Here’s how to do that:
Owners can file a “first-level review request” with the Office of Property Assessment by March 31. These forms were included in the packets of information sent along with the assessment notices. An owner can tell OPA that the market value is incorrect, that it isn’t like similar properties or other information is incorrect. Owners also may suggest what they believe their assessments should be. Mail the review requests to Office of Property Assessment, P.O. Box 51498, Philadelphia, PA 19115.
An owner who is unsatisfied with the OPA’s review may appeal to the Board of Revision of Taxes. That must be done by Oct. 7. Appeal applications must be filed with the BRT at The Curtis Center, 601 Walnut St., Suite 300 West, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Still not satisfied? Hire an attorney and take the case to the Court of Common Pleas.
If you are filing a first-level review, it’s important to use the form that accompanied the assessment notice, said Marisa Waxman, OPA’s director of policy and programs.
“We strongly urge people to use the pre-filled form enclosed with their notice since it is bar-coded and will allow for easier/speedier processing,” she wrote in an e-mail to the Northeast Times.
That bar code is near the top right of the review request form.
Anyone who pays property taxes — especially those who do so through mortgage escrow accounts — should keep the review and appeal deadlines in mind, said City Councilman Brian O’Neill (R-10th dist.). O’Neill said earlier that people who pay their taxes through escrow collected by their mortgage companies don’t see changes in taxes as soon as those who don’t. That’s because mortgage companies aren’t likely to set updated escrow requirements until a new calendar year and after the deadlines are past.
“And by then, it’s too late,” he said, referring to the March 31 OPA review deadline and the Oct. 7 BRT appeal deadline. “People should take close looks immediately.” ••
Confused? Here’s where to find help
Information on the OPA’s Web site about first-level reviews is found at ph.ly/appeals
A video explaining the appeal process is at ph.ly/opa
The video is on the Web site, Channel 64 and is available on Comcast On Demand.
You can find the brochure and a guide to understanding the notice on the OPA Web site at ph.ly/assess
Get information about appeals to the Board of Revision of Taxes at ph.ly/revision
Call the OPA at 215-686-9200.
City Council members who serve the Northeast and their staffs are available to help constituents with questions about AVI, assessment appeals, homestead exemptions and tax abatements.
• Bobby Henon (D-6th dist.) has staff at his district office at 6730 Torresdale Ave., Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 215-683-9220 or e-mail Lisa@bobbyhenon.com to make an appointment. After hours, weekend and phone appointments are available by request.
• Maria Quinones Sanchez (D-7th dist.) said constituents can call her office at City Hall Room 592, 215-686-3449 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
• Brian O’Neill (R-10th dist.) has staff available to help on the second floor of the municipal building at Bustleton Avenue and Bowler Street, 215-685-0432 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays or in City Hall Room 562, 215-686-3422.
• Mark Squilla (D-1st dist.) has offices in City Hall Room 332. Phone 215-686-3458 during business hours.
• Dennis O’Brie
n (R-at large) has offices in City Hall Room 582. Phone 215-686-3440, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. weekdays. ••


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- Would you want your physician to be up-to-date regarding the latest advancements in research, medicine and clinical practices?
- Should medical doctors know about the rarest diseases and treatment options in their field?
- Should they be able to filter “fake news” and understand why their patients might ask questions regarding such “fake news”?
In the curriculum for medical students, there is barely any space for scientific research, reading scientific articles, understanding experiments or designing them. The Utrecht Student Journal wants to spark an interest in scientific research that not only improves chances of finding a residency position, but also creates better medical professionals.
With this in mind, former Utrecht University medical students Anna Vera Verschuur MD and Avin Ghedri MD started the Utrecht Student Journal (USJ) in 2018 with the support from and financed by the UMC Utrecht. Nowadays, the journal is run by a team of enthusiastic medical, biomedical and business students, organized into a board, marketing and design team. Together, we have produced 5 editions to-date.
Every edition is divided into rubrics with different themes. There you find Dutch summaries of current scientific research – produced at the UMC Utrecht – alongside articles that shine light on science beyond research, for example, in art. Additionally, we give students the opportunity to publish their thesis and give elaborate feedback and guidance in making their thesis publishable. Moreover, we address the impact of science on society and interview prominent people in the field.
Highlights include interviews with world-class researchers Hans Clevers, Jeffrey Beekman, and former manager of the Wilhelmina Children’s hospital Jan Kimpen, media collaborations with the Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (ntvg), instagram queen Heleen Lameijer and fake-news advocates Dokter Media, as well as recent collaborations with other medical student journals such as RAMS (Nijmegen) and AMSj (Amsterdam). The USJ itself was interviewed by the ntvg (Dutch, 2018) – check it out!
Apart from curating the journal, the team behind the USJ enjoys regular dinners and fun activities together. Collaborating with people from different fields and with different perspectives continues to improve our teamwork and induces personal growth 🙂

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For you to get rid of debt fast you'll have to stop spending, that's the number one thing – first and foremost stop spending money on things you don't need! Pretty basic, I know, but how many people out there complain and whine about not having any money and being in so much debt and at the same time talk about their latest impulse purchase they put on their credit card? The best place for a credit card is either snipped up into pieces and at the bottom of a landfill somewhere, or locked away in a time-lock safe, so you'll only have access to it at prescribed times.
Tip 1 – become focused on your goal
If you are going to get rid of debt fast you'll have to be focused on your goal and be willing to do what it takes to make it happen. First of all you'll need to create a list of all your debt – everything you owe from personal loans, credit cards, to the $100 you owe your mother – and yes you should really pay her back. Once you have your list, prioritise the debts into the order at which you will repay them, which can be in a number of ways including highest interest first, or smallest amounts first – whatever suits you. The thing to remember is that eliminating debt must be your focus – and whatever little tricks you can use to help your mind stay on track (and keep your spending under control) will help. I like getting rid of the smaller amounts first, as the smaller the list, the more successful I feel, and that's a winner for me.
Tip 2 – Be creative with your income
Because all your income will help you get rid of debt fast, the more income you have, the better off you'll be – and that's simple maths. Why not increase your income? You may laugh, but there are really simple things you can do to earn more money. Have a yard sale – a friend of mine did this recently and he made almost $1,000 over the weekend! What did he do with that money? He paid off his credit card. Nice feeling. Get a part time job – cleaning houses, delivering pamphlets, mowing lawns, painting fences, door to door satellite TV sales, freelance writing on the internet – whatever it takes, just do it!
There are so many ways to get rid of debt fast, and I've briefly touched on just two of them – a measly two ways to reduce debt. But my number one thing I have to tell you again is stop spending money on what you don't really need! Delay any expenses you don't need to incur – and for goodness' sake if you can, don't put the expenses you must incur on credit – it'll delay your ultimate goal of becoming debt free, or at least delay it. Enjoy!

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Webinar by just-style: Near-sourcing: a new opportunity for apparel firms?
This event took place on October 25, 2012 at 4pm UK / 11am US / 5pm EUR /12am HKT
There has been a lot of talk this year by apparel retailers, brands and importers on both sides of the Atlantic about increasing the amount of products they source closer to home.
But how realistic is such a move and is it likely to prove more than a passing trend?
This new webinar from just-style will highlight the key drivers, benefits and challenges of moving apparel manufacturing closer to markets in the US and western Europe. We will also review whether there are realistic steps buyers and manufacturers can take to reap the benefits of near-shoring.
In addition, the webinar will discuss the role played by technology in enabling and supporting any shift of production closer to home.
Leonie Barrie, managing editor of just-style will outline the key findings of a new white paper - Is there a future for garment near-shoring? - which will be available to download after the event.
Judy Gnaedig, director of Lectra Strategic Projects – Fashion, will look at the role played by technology in enabling and supporting a shift in production closer to retail.
Finally, as always the sessions will include a Q&A session, giving you the chance to get involved.
- Will Vietnam struggle with impending trade deals?
- The new age of disruption on apparel production
- Yuan devaluation impact mixed for garment firms
- Kurt Cavano on “the Uberfication of everything”
- China devaluation: what’s the big deal?
- US Q2 in brief: J Crew, Aeropostale, Bebe Stores
- Luen Thai to continue investment in Vietnam
- Adidas seeking to resolve shoe supplier dispute
- Adidas files trademark suit against Forever 21
- H&M offers $1m grant for sustainable innovations
- Global Database of the Top 1000 Apparel Producers - Company Names, Financial Performance, and Contact Details
- Myanmar's Garment Sector in 2015 - now with updated members' directory
- Ethiopia – the emerging textile and clothing industry
- Global market review of lingerie - forecasts to 2020
- Global market review of swimwear - forecasts to 2019


A bra panty set is also known as lingerie. The bra and panty can only be bought as a set and not per piece. It can be of very lightweight, smooth, or stretchy fabric. These fabrics can be of cotton, silk, satin, chiffon, and lace. The fabrics are either of a combination of polyester and nylon or cotton and silk.
Also, Check the Buyers Guide for the Best Boxer Briefs, Push up Bras, Clovia Bras, T-shirt Bra, Zivame Bras, Jockey Bras, Underwire Bra, Lace Bra, Cotton Nighty, Night Dress for Girls, Jockey Boxers, Jockey Panties, Jockey Underwears, and Swimming Costume for Men in India.
List of Top 12 Best Bra Panty Sets in India
Features of Bra and Panty Sets
The main feature of a bra and panty set(lingerie) is the material/fabric. They are very lightweight with a smooth and sheer silky feel to the touch. The main fabric used in making them is;
- Satin, etc
Types of Bra and Panty Sets
- Made for nighttime with a sexy touch and appeal.
- They may have a robe or not. Sleep sets are made of very thin material that is mostly see-through with a sheer, lace, and stretch material.
Bustier and corse
- This lingerie sets the shape and accentuates your curves more giving you an hourglass figure.
- They are quite comfortable to wear but still stylish.
- We deserve to feel beautiful in our bodies and skin no matter our body size.
- This lingerie is especially for plus size women who want to be sexy, look, and feel beautiful
- These pieces come in silk, sheer ad lace.
- Crotchless lingerie comes in all sizes and is quite an additional experiment to your wardrobe.
Babydolls and chemises
- They may look like short nightgowns but are different.
- The chemises fit the body snugly and hit mid-thigh.
- Babydolls are looser and have a much shorter hemline and have breast cups for extra support.
- They move your breasts and hips up making your waist much smaller.
Bodysuits and teddies
- A combined set of a bra and panty.
- It covers your body from your hips up to your shoulders and has a wide closure at the crotch.
Buyer’s guide for Bra and Panty Sets
The main things to look for when buying lingerie are
- Your size. They should fit right. The bra straps should not slip down when worn and the panty should not roll down on the waist area.
- Your preference. This includes colours, the fabric used in making the lingerie, and shape.
- Cotton material is good but they stretch out quite quickly. Lingerie fabric should have at least 20% elastane and 80% cotton.
- You always want to buy something that works with your body shape
- You need to know how much you are willing to spend on your lingerie before you go out shopping.
List of Top 12 Best Bra Panty Sets in India-Buyers Guide
1. Xs and Os Women’s Animal Print Embellished Bikini Bra Panty Lingerie Set
This bikini wear has a graceful design. It has a velvet animal print and is embedded with golden pearls for an, even more, sexier look It is available in all sizes.
- Side tie panty closure
- Shipped in 100% discreet package
- Adjustable to different sizes
- Panty has ties that protrude in thin clothes
- Quite expensive compared to other brands
2. SIMONI Women’s Poly-Cotton Non-Wired Bra and Panty Set
This lingerie set is perfect for every day and ethnic wear. The material is polycotton and the bralette is non-padded and wire-free.
- Non-padded and wire-free bralette
- Perfect for every day and ethnic wear
- Superior comfort material of polycotton
- Only hand wash
- For people who prefer bras with underwire, this bra is wireless.
3. Fashigo Cotton Lingerie Set for Women – Combo of 3
Comes in a pack of three with cotton and spandex fabric used. Breathable material which wicks away moisture for all-day comfort. The bralette has cups that hold their shape for a long time.
- Comes in a pack of three bras and panties
- A blend of cotton and spandex fabric
- Breathable material that wicks moisture for everyday comfort.
- Available only in a pack of three
- The material has the possibility to stretch over time
4. Mrs. Queen Bra & Panty Set
This set is mostly crafted for newlyweds. The bikini has a bralette with double straps on each side. The bra is also wired, has no labels for all-day comfort, and adjustable loops
- No bra labels for everyday comfort
- Adjustable loops
- Push up bra
- The bralette is wired
- Made especially for newlyweds
5. Xs and Os Women Bikini Lace Bra Panty Lingerie Set
This see-through net lingerie has a crotchless panty with a bow at the front. The bralette has adjustable strap ties with a peek-a-boo design and is available in different colours
- Adjustable bra straps
- Available in different colours
- Peek-a-boo design
- The panty is crotchless meaning there is no fabric to offer coverage
- Customers in Amazon complained that the cutting of the size was inadequate.
6. Elina Women’s Brown Printed Cotton Hosiery Non-Padded C-Cup Bra and Panty
This lingerie set has a non-padded bralette whose cups have more lift and lining to offer full coverage of your breasts. No underwire for all-day comfort, adjustable straps with hooks for proper fitting.
- Non-padded and wire-free bra
- Adjustable hooks and straps
- Lifted and lined cups for full coverage.
- Does not have a D size cup
- Only available in patterns
7. Baremoda Women’s Cotton Blend Bra and Panty Set Pack of 3
Cotton fabric that is soft and smooth on the skin for all-day comfort. The cups are wireless and have adjustable straps. Comes in a set pack of three.
- Value pack set of three
- Cotton fabric for a smooth and soft feel against the skin
- Wireless cups and adjustable straps
- Only available in packs
- A customer complained that the size was not as comfortable as advertised
8.Greeva Enterprise Women Cotton Bra Panty Set for Women
This product is crafted using a super soft cotton spandex blend which ensures a comfortable fit for all movements throughout the day. It can be substituted for swimwear and its light elastic doesn’t leave rashes on your skin.
- Available in different vibrant colours
- Light elastic that doesn’t leave rashes or marks on your skin.
- Made from cotton-spandex fabric that is comfortably fitting
- Only available in a pack of three
- Quite expensive
9. FIMS – Fashion is my style Women Cotton Bra Panty Set for Women
FIMS lingerie set comes with a reusable mask and has a fabric of pure cotton. Has beautiful [rint designs that are available in different colours. The cups offer full breast coverage and have adjustable straps.
- Comes with a reusable mask
- Cups offer full breast coverage
- Available in print design with various colours
- Only available in print
- Pure cotton material is known to stretch over time
10. Bruchi Club Lingerie & Nightwear Set for Women Lace Bra and Panty Set with G String Panty
This product has a plunging neckline with a bra that is floral, lacy, and sexy. Made of a mix of lycra and lace fabric which is very stretchy for comfort.
- A mix of lycra and lace fabric
- Splurging neckline
- The panty is a G-string and does not offer much coverage to the buttocks
- It is not available in all sizes
11. Zaambia Women’s Padded Honeymoon Bra and Pantie Set Pack of 3
This lingerie is everyday wear and also doubles up as a bikini. The bra cups hold their shape and are padded. The straps are stretchy and adjustable.
- Doubles up as a bikini wear
- Bra cups are padded and hold their shape
- Adjustable and stretchable bra straps
- Available only in a pack of three
- Hand wash only.
12. Magree Women’s Cotton Lingerie Set for Women for Sexy hot
The sexy and breathable material is very smooth and comfortable to wear every day. The company offers a 100% money-back guarantee and is designed for contouring
- 100% money-back guarantee on the lingerie
- Smooth, breathable material
- Spandex-cotton fabric that is soft
- Only available in 3 colours
- The material might stretch over time
With so many bras and panty sets available in the market, you are spoilt of choice. Ranging from sexy innerwear to sleepwear and swimwear, there is something available for everyone no matter their body size. You can shop online or rush to a lingerie store near you and grab your set today.
What are the best brands for bra and panty sets?
The best brand of lingerie is the one that fits your personal preference and compliments your looks.
What is the price range of the bra & Panty set?
The price range of panty and bra set is between 300 INR and 699 INR
Where can I buy lingerie sets online?
Lingerie sets are available on many platforms online with the leading online store being Amazon. In


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In coincidence with the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, Arab States Regional Office (ASRO), has launched a new persuasive campaign entitled: “This Is Not Normal” to push back against the risks of the normalization of gender-based violence, including sexual violence and harmful practices, in humanitarian settings.
The new campaign comes in response to increasing reports by women and young girls that violence against them, especially domestic violence, is becoming so widespread and unchecked, that it is normalized in some communities.
With the strong participation of well-known artists and influencers, from different places across the Arab region, such as Ghada Saba, Joanna Arida, Maya Ammar, and Ala Hamdan, the campaign is designed to counter this alarming trend, amplify the voices of women and girls survivors of gender-based violence, and reaffirm the global commitment to ending gender-based violence, including sexual violence in conflict and providing justice and support services to all those affected, UNFPA noted.
“In some communities, women and girls tell us that violence against them is becoming normalized, threatening their health, lives, and dignity.”
The campaign is part of UNFPA’s continued efforts to engage communities, partners, governments, and other stakeholders to implement programs and initiatives to prevent and respond to gender-based violence. Globally, UNFPA continues to prioritize the availability of and access to services, including sexual and reproductive health and specialized medical and psychosocial support services for women and girls in need, the statement revealed.
The term “normalization” refers to a growing sense of collective acceptance of violence against women and girls as a social phenomenon. Contributing factors include existing gender inequalities and the extended erosion of protection mechanisms, as well as the absence of legal accountability.
“The international community must demonstrate a united front in its rejection of the normalization of violence against women and girls, and ensure that their rights, including the right to live free from violence, are prioritized in humanitarian responses,” Shabaneh noted.

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How members are elected to the Floyd County Board of Supervisors will change following Tuesday’s special election.
Unofficial results show just over 67% of the ballots cast went to approve Plan 3, which calls for establishing equal population districts in the county with the election of one supervisor who resides in each of those districts. That plan was supported by the Coalition for Better County Government which pushed for the special election through an attempted petition and two court motions.
The voting result will bring an end to the system of electing all three supervisors at-large, Plan 1 on Tuesday’s ballot, which has been in place since 1970. Plan 1 received just over 27% of the vote while Plan 2, which called for “at-large, but with equal-population residence requirements for the members” garnered only about 5% of the votes.
The new way of electing Floyd County supervisors will go into effect with the primary election next June and will determine the candidates who would be voted on in the November 2022 election.
Out of just over 11,000 registered Floyd County voters, 1,861 ballots were cast, representing a voter turnout of almost 17%.
Official results will be canvassed on Tuesday, August 10th.


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Keeping Pet in an Apartment gives immense happiness to their masters due to their strong bonding & affectionate relationship. Pets act as shock absorbers.
Animal Welfare Board of India says if any pet owners not violating any municipal law are permitted to stay in society.
Being a resident of a housing society, pet lovers should also understand that pets should not cause nuisance and botheration for others.
According to Article 51 A(g) of the Indian Constitution, it is the responsibility of every citizen to behave compassionately towards living creature and animals
Section11(3) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 states that it is illegal for housing societies to pass a resolution disallowing pets.
Here is the list of bye-laws for keeping pets related to the rules with respect to pet dogs and pet-owning residents in the housing societies.
General rules by Animal Welfare Board of India
- Bye-Laws for keeping pets says that any housing society cannot ban residents from keeping pets.
- Any sort of ban can not be implemented by society. Even any resolution passed in the General Body meeting will be considered invalid. Any ban on keeping pets cannot be introduced by society by amending Bye-laws for keeping pets.
- The Sub tenants (the licensee) can have pets in their flat.
- Society cannot discriminate on the side of the pets.
- Dog barking cannot be a valid reason to impose a ban on pets.
- Having pets at home is a fundamental freedom guaranteed to the citizens of India as per the constitution.
- keeping pets in apartment & residents owners of the pets not violating any municipal law are permissible to stay in the housing society.
Use of lift by pets
- Pets cannot be disallowed from using lifts of the buildings. As per court ruling dogs/pets are family and so must have access to lifts in any society.
- Housing Society cannot levy any extra charges or fees to the members who use a lift for their pets.
- Society has no right to introduce any modification in this regard.
- Courts consider pets to be a part of the family so pets cannot be stopped from using society lift.
Access to the park and garden of society
- Society cannot disallow pets from entering the parks and garden of society.
Use of leashes and/or muzzles
- Society cannot force the members to keep their pets on leash (Strap or chain) or muzzles.
Defecation by pets in the society premises
- There no law in regards to cleaning pets excreta by the master.
- Even if the pet defecates in society premises still society cannot Impose fine to the master.
Bye-laws related to Street dogs
- Beating and driving away street dogs is not allowed.
- Taking street dogs for birth control or other medication-related measures is allowed but they must be released back into the same locality.
- There is no law restricting Indian residents from feeding stray dogs. Feeding stray animals is a compassionate feeling and is supported by the higher courts.
- Beating street dogs is an offense; it comes under the animal cruelty Act as a punishable offense under section 428 and 429 of the Indian Penal Code.
section 428 and 429 are as under:
Section 428 – Mischief by killing or maiming animal of the value of ten rupees. Whoever commits mischief by killing, poisoning, maiming or rendering useless any animal or animals of the value of ten rupees or upwards, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Section 429 – Mischief by killing or maiming cattle, etc., of any value or any animal of the value of 50 rupees. Whoever commits mischief by killing, poisoning, maiming or rendering useless, any elephant, camel, horse, mule, buffalo, bull, cow or ox, whatever may be the value thereof, or any other animal of the value of 50 rupees or upwards, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to 5 years, or with fine, or with both.
Hostility or aggressive behavior towards a pet that may lead pets to embrace aggressive behavior is not allowed.
Duties of Pet owners
Pet owners must understand the meaning of Co-existence and Co-operation. Pet owners are given liberty in many respects but at the same time, it is their duty to be considerate.
Few Precautionary measures
- Pet owners can be requested to clean up after pets defecate or they can be trained to use a specified defecation area. It will help to keep the premises clean and other members’ happy.
- Dogs can be kept under control while taking for a walk in the society’s premises so that others feel safe.
- The timings for access to the Park in the society can be fixed in the General Body Meeting and accordingly informed the pet owners.
- Pet owners should take care that the barking is not causing a nuisance to other members especially neighbors.
- Pets should be kept clean, healthy and vaccinated. Pet owners should be aware that housing society can file a case against a negligent pet owner.
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Ask any pork or poultry producer the greatest challenge they face, and they are likely to tell you dealing with animal welfare issues in this age of social media and increased scrutiny from consumers on the food they eat .
Animal rights groups such as the Humane Society of the United States and the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals question every practice necessary to bring meat to the retail counter. If these activist groups had their way, every American would be a vegan and the McDonald’s Egg McMuffin would go the way of the dodo bird.
As a veterinarian and owner and president of Prestage Farms, Dr. Ron Prestage deals with these challenges every day. As the keynote speaker at the SC AgriBiz & Farm Expo in Florence, S.C Jan. 15 Prestage had plenty of stories to share. Prestage Farms, based in Clinton, N.C., and its affiliates produce more than one billion pounds of turkey and pork annually.
Prestage Farms has a reputation for producing pork and turkey in a responsible, ethical, and humane manner. They emphasize their animal welfare standards in their marketing to consumers. They know this is a part of doing business in this day and age.
Still, there are challenges. Prestage says it is particularly frustrating to him as a veterinarian because of the commitment of his family, his growers and his employees to do things the right way for the right reasons. Prestage emphasizes that social media is driving the fear and misunderstanding.
Walmart’s demands for hogs not raised from sows in gestation stalls and McDonald’s move to using only cage-free eggs by 2025 are just two of the many challenges. Prestage notes that animal rights activists are now demanding that the company’s turkey plant in North Carolina have perches so the birds can sit like wild turkeys on trees in the wild.
“This is my world. This is how I have to deal with the retailers we do business with at our turkey plant in North Carolina. I’ve had discussions with every single one of them. If you take the time to sit down and talk to them, you can convince them they may have been misled. But it’s hard work, and we do it every day,” Prestage said.
The work of Prestage and others in the livestock industry to herald the humane treatment they provide for their animals is well worth the effort. The challenge is to get retailers and consumers to listen, appreciate and understand.

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In Montreal people could be married either via the publication of the Banns of Marriage or by License.
This raises a question or 2;
1) who issued the licenses and
2) where would they be archived.
I have asked this of the archivists at the Archive National on Viger St. and even they don't know

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IAS Fellow at St Cuthbert’s Society, May-July 2022
Colleen Ward is a Professor of Cross-cultural Psychology and Founding Director of the Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Research at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Professor Ward received her PhD in Psychology (1977) at Durham University. Prior to her current appointment, she has held teaching and research positions at the University of the West Indies (Trinidad), Science University of Malaysia, National University of Singapore, and University of Canterbury (New Zealand). She is internationally recognised as a leading authority on psychological aspects of Cultures in Contact, particularly how immigrants and minority group members negotiate living within and between their heritage culture and the cultures of the wider society (acculturation) and how ethnic and cultural groups within diverse societies perceive and relate to each other (intercultural relations). Her most recent work has concentrated on the relationships among multicultural, diversity-inclusive environments, social cohesion and psychological well-being in educational, organisational and national political contexts.
Professor Ward’s work in these areas is widely (30,000+) cited and has made a significant impact in advancing theory and research on intercultural contact. In addition, her research findings have been systematically applied to addressing important social issues. In New Zealand, she has worked in a research and advisory capacity for the Office of Ethnic Communities, the Ministry of Social Development, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. In 2011 Professor Ward received the Royal Society of New Zealand’s Te Rangi Hiroa Medal for contributions to the advancement of psychological study of immigration and cultural diversity, and in 2015 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Professor Ward is current President of the International Association for Cross-cultural Psychology and past president of both the International Academy for Intercultural Research and the Asian Association of Social Psychology. She was also Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Intercultural Relations.
During her stay at Durham, Professor Ward will be primarily engaged with Professor Prue Holmes and Dr Oakleigh Welply (School of Education) to develop and seek funding for a project on refugee integration in higher education. She will also offer an interdisciplinary perspective on Professor Chris Brown’s IAS project Mind the Gap: Exploring the Differences in Access to Social and Cultural Capital between Advantaged and Disadvantaged Children. Drawing on ecological systems theory, her research suggests that culturally inclusive educational environments enhance social and cultural capital and foster social and psychological wellbeing in ethnic and linguistic minority students. Professors Brown and Ward will explore how this approach can be theoretically and methodologically integrated into his project.

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12 hours before the March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would deliver his iconic I Have a Dream speech, he still didn't know what he was going to say. But on that historical day, August 28th 1963, Dr. King lead the march, and on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial delivered one of the most important speeches in American history.
In his speech, Dr. King references the opening lines of Shakespeare's Richard III's when he said, "This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn. . ." portending the change of season in America's social climate.
But toward the end of his speech, something miraculous happened. The famous gospel singer Mahalia Jackson was nearby and used her commanding voice to shout, "Tell them about the dream, Martin."
At that point Dr. King stopped delivering his prepared speech. He stood powerfully and began preaching to the quarter of a million people in attendance on the lawn of the memorial, and prophetically to the millions and millions of people who have since heard his words, punctuating each point with "I Have a Dream."
According to U.S Representative John Lewis who also spoke that day, "Dr. King had the power, the ability, and the capacity to transform those steps on the Lincoln Memorial into a monumental area that will forever be recognized. . . he educated, he inspired, he informed not just the people there, but people throughout America and unborn generations." more than 50 years later, we are those generations.
Part of the power of Dr. King's I Have a Dream speech was his important references. In it, Dr. King references not only Shakespeare, the Bible, gospel spirituals, political and religious leaders, the Emancipation Proclamation and the Constitution, but also Dr. King's speech and entire social message was a strong, tacit reference to the principle of non-violent revolution for the sake of making lasting social change. This principle of non-violence was championed by the social revolution led by Mahatma Gandhi who referenced the ancient Yoga Sutras. In Sanskrit the word Ahimsa means non-violence. The Yoga Sutras state that in order to become one's highest self, one must embrace the seminal principle of non-violence which is truly the gateway of unconditional love.
In fact, Dr. King was so inspired by Gandhi that in 1959 he visited Gandhi's birthplace in Gujarat, India. This visit left a profound impression of the concept of non-violent civil disobedience and further strengthened Dr. King's commitment toward America's struggle for human rights. And just like in India, it was a non-violent revolution that drove lasting change in America's social attitudes.
In his speech, Dr. King also references transformational heat. In the Yoga Sutras, Tapas is defined as the heat necessary for transformation, like pottery fired in a kiln. Yoga means union. In yoga, we practice implementing this transformational heat to bind body, mind, and heart in our own person to work toward our highest self. With this proverbial heat, we then direct and bind the larger body of our family, our community, our nation, and our world in the spirit of its highest self. Growing pains are evidence of Tapas. Certainly there were growing pains in the Human Rights Movement. This heat was Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on the bus. It was The Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. It was The March on Washington in 1963. It was Bloody Sunday in 1965. The heat that causes change can be necessarily uncomfortable, sometimes outright painful. Dr. King was on the burning tip of the spear of social transformation, a searing heat that would eventually take his life. But because of the heat of this social movement, The March on Washington and the I Have a Dream speech were two events that helped signal America's transformation of becoming a greater nation. That speech marked and catalyzed significant growth in this country. We are still growing.
Transformation starts with an individual. Gandhi said,
"If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him.... We need not wait to see what others do."
How are we willing to step into that heat of personal transformation? Are we willing to personally grow to ensure a strong body, bright mind, and open heart and grow into our highest potential? Are we willing to stand up for an injustice? And how do we make that change both as an individual and as a nation that allows all parts to grow stronger rather than being cut or compromised? Surely this is a difficult task. To ensure mutual growth, we change while practicing non-violence, Ahimsa. Like Gandhi and Dr. King discovered, Ahimsa is both the personal and global non-violent revolution that makes lasting change. Whether it's internal change like greater mindfulness or a more healthy body or external political or social change like gun control, same-sex marriage, political partisanship, undocumented immigrants, or anything else, the question is how can we instigate a change that invites all parts to grow in the process?
We've grown as a nation since 1963 but we still have much more to do to honor all the beings who live here. It is because of leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. that we have a strong foothold on freedom, a firm platform where we can step into America's future and truly become the nation that our forefathers like Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Kennedy and leaders like Dr. King believed we could be, one where people dare to dream. We can't go back and we can never unlearn what we've learned.
We can move forward. We can grow individually and as a nation by referencing the past. We can reference both the failures of social inequality, and the inspiration of the I Have a Dream speech, as mile markers that will direct us toward protecting the freedoms that make us all grow closer to actualizing our highest potential, individually and as a nation.
And we can use the principles of non-violence (Ahimsa) through understanding the principle of heat necessary for transformation (Tapas) to help us in this practice. We can practice moving toward a future where, like Dr. King says, children of all races (and I believe given current social and political issues he would include people of all sexual orientation, documented and undocumented immigrants, gun lovers and gun haters, Republican and Democrats etc.) could all hold hands and with exuberance shout the refrain, "Free at last! free at last! thank God almighty, we are free at last!"
Join me this week as we continue Dr. Kings legacy by practicing transformation through non-violence and growing individually as the first step to continuing our growth as a nation.


Lucy Liu can play more than a butt-kicking dominatrix.
Liu, famous for her rough-and-tumble roles in the "Charlie's Angels" and "Kill Bill" flicks, plays a woman running an illegal blood supply business in China in the new film "3 Needles," which opens Friday--World AIDS Day. The film explores the damaging effects the disease has had in China, Canada and Africa.
Sporting a new, short and curly 'do, Liu recently talked with reporters at the Le Meridian Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., about the new film, her humanitarian work and why the AIDS crisis in China isn't as well documented as it is in Africa.
"[Asians] try to sort things out on their own," Liu said, adding that she feels the difference in exposure is a cultural issue. "It's basically if you take the analogy of the Great Wall of China, it's like we decide when we're going to raise the curtain. ... The plight of the people in Africa and the plight of the people in China are the same. They're just different cultures."
In "3 Needles," Liu's character Jin Ping pays peasants $5 for donations of blood, which she sells on the black market. The donors believe she is a government employee. One farmer she turns down because he is sick ends up being his village's only survivor--the rest falling victims to Jin's unsterilized needles. Screenwriter Thom Fitzgerald wrote the role with Liu in mind.
"What I liked about her [character] was that she ... had sort of a choice she had to make towards the end that she was forced to make," Liu said. "She was put in such a situation where her back was up against the wall. ... But ultimately she recognized that she couldn't, as a human being, go on making people ill."
Liu, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, spoke Mandarin Chinese in the film. She said speaking Chinese made the experience even more special.
"It really made me feel like I was home," Liu said, speaking of where she grew up in Queens, N.Y. "It's hard to explain, but it makes you feel more rooted to yourself--like something in your soul that's deep in there--that's always been there."
Liu's next film will be "Code Name: The Cleaner," a comedy with Cedric the Entertainer that she also is producing. She'll also do double-duty on "Charlie Chan," a film she's been working on for about six years.
"We're still forging the way to a script that's feasible," she said. "You have to remember that it was a television series that people absolutely loved, but it was also something that was in some ways racially backwards at the time because it was cast with Caucasian people dressed as Asian people. So we have a lot of stereotypes to work through and we want to bring what people loved about Charlie then and bring it to light now."
When she's not making movies or creating multimedia art, Liu travels on behalf of UNICEF. She was recently honored with the Video Software Dealers Association Humanitarian of the Year Award.
Liu said it was great to be recognized. "It's encouraging," she said, "and actually puts pressure on, to the point where now that I've received the award, I have to do more."


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Friday, January 31, 2014
It's A Trap
What are TRAP laws? The National Abortion Federation defines them as laws that "single out abortion clinics for unnecessary, politically motivated, restrictive regulations. ...TRAP bills are measures calculated to chip away at abortion access through the guise of legitimate regulation."
Reading that definition reminded me of a parallel situation, namely the kinds of restrictions on voting rights that state governments enacted in the Jim Crow South. I'm not talking here about making a moral equivalence per se between Jim Crow and these new abortion-related laws, but about the impact they will have. Measures such as the poll tax, the literacy test, and the "white primary" did not directly prevent black people from voting on Election Day, but that was their effect in reality and that was exactly the intent of the people who wrote them. Same goes for the TRAP laws. 100 percent.
The legal, i.e., constitutional argument, is not straightforward, as the literacy test was not found to be unconstitutional on its face if it was applied in a race-neutral way (which it was not for decades, thanks to the grandfather clause). The 24th Amendment to the Constitutionbanned poll taxes, but there is no parallel prohibition on charging for abortions.
On the other hand, the so-called "white primaries" of the Jim Crow South may offer a legal parallel. For decades, Southern states claimed that as long as there was no racial discrimination on Election Day (which there was), they were following the Constitution (which they weren't). However, the political parties were private organizations, and if it was decided blacks couldn't vote in, let's say, the Democratic primary, then that was outside the government's purview. Given that the South was a one-party Democratic (i.e., Dixiecrat) region during Jim Crow, this meant effective disenfranchisement based on race. In Smith v. Allwright (1944), the Supreme Court agreed, and declared the "white primary" unconstitutional. I would argue that a law that severely restricted access to abortion in a state might well be a direct parallel in constitutional terms.
A right isn't much of a right if it's impossible to exercise.
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The analogy breaks down with the basis for freedom from racially based discrimination (which is explicitly unconstitutional) and access to abortion (which is based solely on the legal reasoning in Roe and Casey): the whole point of the laws restricting abortion access is not just to limit abortions, but to eliminate them by getting the Supremes to overrule Roe.
There's no equivalent outcome in race-based discrimination such as literacy tests. True, the effects are the same; but such discrimination was always against the Constitution; it just had to be recognized as something the Constitution would not tolerate (as in the case of primaries in the South). Whether the Constitution tolerates abortions hangs on a much thinner thread.
The goal of the obstructionist racist laws was to block access to political power based on race. The goal of the laws restriction abortion is not just to restrict access, but to be able to outlaw it again. There is no right at all if it can be declared illegal.
I honestly think if anything needs a Constitutional amendment to protect it, it's the right to abortion. But the only amendment anyone is talking about now is one to rescind Citizens United.
As Deep Throat said, "Follow the money."
Posted by: Rmj | Jan 31, 2014 8:06:06 AM
No analogy survives a lot of scrutiny for very long. And an amendment would be grand.
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What rappers like Snoop Dog, Marteria and the like have long wanted is now become reality in Germany : A new bill will in the future allow doctors to prescribe cannabis-based drugs to seriously ill patients, which will then also be covered by health insurance companies. What this changes for consumption and supply, what are the pros and cons of regular use and how a patient feels after cannabis therapy, you will find out this week in our reading tips.
Anyone who has ever felt the relaxing effects of marijuana wonders why cannabis is illegal. Perhaps because a relaxed population is unproductive? Regardless, cannabis still has a bad reputation, despite being one of the oldest cultures in the world. For at least ten thousand years, the fibers of the hemp plant have been used to make clothing, paper, food and fuel. The psychoactive effect of cannabis has also been known for over 3000 years. But cannabis doesn’t just get you high: For several decades, the effect of another active ingredient in cannabis has been studied: CBD is the name of the miracle product that is now on everyone’s lips. We answer the most important questions about CBD and its (side) effects.
Finally cannabis is allowed to help
What lasts a long time ends up being good. A detailed report on what will actually change in the future for critically ill patients who can be helped by cannabis medicines. Instead of paying a little less than 1,800 euros per month and only with the special agreement of the state, health insurance companies will now have to cover the costs, and access to the drug will also be simplified. To find out how it will work, click here.
Vice: “Visit of a depressed person who tried to cure himself with cannabis”.
“Weed was my personal prescription for it. Especially in the morning when I had nothing to do. ” Thomas is 27 years old and noticed in his childhood that something was wrong with him. So when he was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder, he tried to manage his condition with cannabis. He explained in an interview with Vice why this plunged him into social isolation, what motivated him to seek therapy and what he recommends to other people who suffer from it.
Huffington Post: “Cannabis Can Relieve Pain, But Has Risks: US Report”
In the United States, the use and possession of cannabis has been legal for a long time. A report on the benefits and risks of regular use can be read here. Additionally, the HuffingPost listed 50 prominent, funny green joy friends.
What happens if I am arrested by the police with CBD in Germany?
Buying and owning CBD products containing less than 0.2% THC is legal in Germany. German law states that you cannot possess more than 0.1 gram of marijuana or hashish. In Berlin, the upper limit (since October 16, 2017) is 15 grams “if there is no danger to others.”


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