The NFL trade deadline is rapidly approaching. This is usually as exciting as watching Graham Harrell take snaps with the #1 offense, but since the deadline has been extended it has become the topic du jour.
Will the Packers look to add a proven veteran to their backfield? The Benson pick up was paying dividends until the injury. If Ted Thompson believes Benson will be healthy by December, he'll probably hope that Green and Starks can handle things for the next month. But what if there are real concerns about Benson's foot?
Would he consider trading for the Rams' Steven Jackson? There are many reasons you'd say 'no way.' For one thing, it's not Ted Thompson's style to trade a pick for a rental player, not to mention a running back with lots of wear on his tires. Jackson is due nearly $4 million for the back half of the season--that ain't cheap.
But he's available, probably for a #4 or a #5. And he's a guy Thompson has always liked a lot. I have too. He's been a favorite of mine since he entered the league from Oregon State. I love the way he competes. He's been a one-trick pony for the Rams for years and never complained. Always went about his business. I think he would inject some serious life into the running game. Some of you believe the line is to blame, but I think you would see an entirely different offense with #39 behind Rodgers.
That said, I don't think Thompson will pull the trigger. A few years ago when Marshawn Lynch was available the Packers were in play but the cost seemed a bit exorbitant. Lynch is now a top five back in the NFL. Imagine the Pack attack if he were part of this offense. I'm not suggesting Jackson has the juice that Lynch does, but for the back half of the season, with three late season games at Lambeau and one in Chicago, I think the Pack would be much scarier with Jackson running the football in likely difficult conditions.
Not to mention what it would mean to the defense to have some more extended run-controlled drives and give them a bit more time on the sidelines.
I would part with a weekend pick and roll the dice.
Davy: One thought sums up your article: "I AGREE 100% percent, even 1000% if thats higher." But...unfortunately this is a mirror image of the Marshan Lynch and Tony Gonzalez situations of the near past. By all reports then we could have gotton both at slightly different times....but TT loves his draft choices too much. Think what the offense would be like with those two guys( I know Gonzalez is not what he was) but his hands and running ability compared to Finley and Lynch's running and receiving would have been dynamic. Steven Jackson is a good fit...oh...to be TT for a day!! GO PACK GO !!
It depends on whether Thompson and McCarthy see a window of opportunity for a Super Bowl now, which a deal for Jackson could complete, or if they feel this team still has more time to make it multiple Super Bowls and want to keep building for that future. If they feel this season is the one to get another Lombardi Trophy won trading for Jackson would make sense. They seem to have felt that way with the Benson signing; although his injury may make them wary of going to that kind of a well again. The Packers have so many young, talented and promising players on their roster now to give a little on one year's draft may not be such an expensive proposition.
LDF nailed it...if the O line can make the holes, Green is the guy - end of story. That is, unless there's another Samkon Gado out there.
I was writing a whole long thing down about the Cards game and I just said screw it. The Pack will Pick their heads up, flex their muscle, and crush the Cards. I'm going to be bold, the offense is going to win this game and it won't be in doubt after the first quarter. 35 to 13 Packers That's my Analysis, my prediction, my gut check, and my mental state. Everybody say, "Shhhhhh."
Interesting....The Pack is 8 million dollars under the salary cap....if TT will not use that or part of that for a RB you know Rodgers and Claymaker will get it in extensions. I don't agree with some of my friends on here to pass on a running back. Here's a history lesson...TT could have had Marshan Lynch for a 3rd round draft choice....but he held out 2 years ago and only offered a 4th. Do you know who that 3rd round pick he had to keep was used on??....Alex Green!! I ask you...."Would you really want Alex Green over the now 26 year old Marshan Lynch?? Even when you are building a dynasty you have to aquire from the outside at times. The time is right !! GO PACK GO !!
I'll keep this short and sweet...there are no quick fixes. The road to success is not paved with instant gratification. If a trade like what everyone has been discussing here goes down, the Pack will be paying for it now, AND paying for it later. This Thursday, vote "NO" for this trade.
Would we be seriously talking about this if we hadn't played so poorly against Jacksonville? If our receiving corp wasn't dinged up, if we had lit them up? Yeah, we'd be talking a little, but we would know that answer. The answer is the same. We've got a winnable game on Sunday, then a bye week. They are betting they can stretch themselves out long enough for all these playmakers to get back for a final run. It either works and they are brilliant or it doesn't and they still have the assets they didn't trade away to try again. Personally, I expect the Pack to play much better on Sunday. And... if they were to go after someone (in the dream world that it would happen) I would rather see Mark Ingram or someone that we could have for three plus years, since hitting on a running back isn't our strong suite.
Let me follow the thinking here: In off-season: Pack decide we don't need Grant because he's over-the-hill or just not explosive or whatever. Pack decide we will be fine with Starks as lead back, Green as 3rd down/screen guy and Saine as developmental kind of guy. I trust Ted and MM with that decision and feel okay but certainly not excited about our running game. Fast forward to preseason: Starks gets hurt and Pack add Benson. Benson becomes lead back and our running game looks as good as it has since Ahman Green was toting the rock and it truly felt like we were developing a running threat to keep defenses honest. Benson averaging 3.5 yards per carry in his 4 games against teams ranked 7, 1, 5, 31 against the run. I am excited by what could be. Fast forward to early October: Benson gets hurt, Starks not ready to return and Alex becomes lead back. I am curious to see how Alex will do since I remember he put up big numbers in college but that it was in a spread offense working in space but not really 20 carries-a-game behind a line kind of thing. He averages 2.5 yards per carry in his 3 games since becoming starter against teams ranked 4, 14, 25 against run. Alex is gaining a full yard less per carry behind the exact same offensive line that Cedric was running behind! Okay, maybe Saturday is farther "over the hill" than Teddy thought, but Bulaga, Sitton and Lang are the real deal, aren't they? I am not suggesting throwing Alex Green on the trash heap. Hopefully, he has a future with the packers but maybe it is as a 3rd down back; a Brandon Jackson kind of guy. Regardless, I think the experiment with Alex as the lead back needs to end. I for one have seen enough. Either give Starks another try (that is what Teddy and MM were planning at the start of the year and I am still confused as to why he is not getting a chance now) or trade for somebody. If we don't, our season rests on the hope that Cedric Benson returns healthy for our late season push because there is no way we are winning playoff games with the running game we have now.


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Men with prostate cancer are often treated with hormone therapy (androgen deprivation therapy [ADT]), but this treatment can have unpleasant and even harmful side effects, including metabolic abnormalities that lead to diabetes mellitus (DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). A new study found that with prolonged exposure to ADT (2 years), both DM and CVD are more likely to occur in older men and in men with comorbidities than in younger men.
This study should reassure younger men diagnosed with prostate cancer who are prescribed ADT, said lead author Alicia K. Morgans, MD, of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. However, older men with comorbidities who have a higher risk may want to select a different treatment option, she added.
The study assessed the association between duration of exposure to ADT and development of incident DM or CVD in a prospectively surveyed cohort of 3718 survivors diagnosed with local prostate cancer and enrolled in the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study at 6 SEER sites. Of these survivors, 3526 were eligible for the study: 2985 for the DM analysis and 3112 for the CVD analysis.
Patients were stratified by length of exposure to ADT: no ADT (2033 in the DM analysis and 2112 in the CVD analysis); ADT for <2 years (692 in the DM analysis and 723 in the CVD analysis); or ADT for 2 years (260 in the DM analysis and 277 in the CVD analysis). Development of DM or CVD was established by patient report in surveys at baseline, 6 months, and 1-, 2-, 5-, and 15-year time points as well as by death certificate diagnoses.
Older men (>76 years for DM and >74 years for CVD) who were exposed to ADT for 2 years had the highest risk of developing DM and CVD. A multivariate analysis identified greater comorbidity burden as being significantly associated with odds of developing DM or CVD versus men with no other comorbidities.
Shorter exposure to ADT (<2 years) was not significantly associated with developing either DM or CVD over 15 years of follow-up.
The main implication of these findings is that older men with comorbidities who have been taking ADT for 2 years should be monitored for DM and CVD, Morgans said.
Morgans AK, Fan K-H, Koyama T, et al. Influence of age on incident diabetes (DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) among prostate cancer survivors receiving androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). J Clin Oncol. 2014;32(suppl 4):Abstract 31. Presented at: 2014 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium; January 30-February 1, 2014; San Francisco, CA.


Each of us is a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual phenomenon. We are not three-dimensional life forms with two-dimensional perceptions living one-dimensional lives. We are creative, multi-dimensional beings with infinite potential, destined to make a difference and transform our experience of life. Yet, our indoctrination into adulthood conditions us to surrender our personal power to authority, competition, consumerism and reality. Inevitably, we abandon our vision and purpose to conform and survive within the archaic paradigm of modern society.
Human beings share the same beginning, middle and end. We are all born, live and pass from this earth. There is no escaping this all-encompassing truth. Our only personal distinction is whom we may choose to be. Billions of people have dreamed, thought and fulfilled more than most may care to comprehend. Before any of these achievements, measures, outcomes or realizations are made manifest, it requires our focused intention and expression of being. To bring anything into our reality, we must first become an avenue for that which we intend.
Death is a part of life, yet life is also a part of death. It is undeniable the impression and influence dying has upon us all. Human perception tends to focus on the tremendous stress of one day not existing instead of the extraordinary and essential experience of becoming something beyond imagination. Though the structure of our everyday reality imposes the prospect of pending doom and nothingness, it is our choice to define the quality of our life. The measure of our lives is not determined by our desperation to survive. It is expressed in our commitment and willingness to thrive.
Energetic shifts are accelerating and expanding the progression of human consciousness. A global awakening has and is spreading like a windswept wildfire. It is illuminating all it inspires. The human race is beginning to wake up to the harsh, simulated reality in which we have all been cast. The intensity of our experience is our resistance to the social conditioning we have all been forced to endure. The apprehension we may feel and interpret as anxiety is the transformation of our fear into awareness, intention and love. These are the growing pains of our becoming.
The universe is a nexus of multi-dimensional energy experienced in its truest nature with our soul consciousness. It cannot be seen, heard or touched. The only sense we exhibit that allows us to relate to the supernal realms is our ability to feel. Our heart is the center of our being. It is our personal electromagnetic transformer. Our soul conducts the movements of the universe through our intuition. Our heart receives and conveys this energy through our way of being and creative expression. The more we are an embodiment of the universe; the more we transform our reality.
Each one of us is a natural expression of creativity. Whether or not we choose to participate in its realization depends on us. Our social environment does not promote or support our destined purpose. It is designed to impose mimicry in place of creativity. Our personal power is sourced from our imagination. Intuition is the pathway through which the extraordinary is possible. Our soul is the source of our being. When we relate with it, our potential for creativity is present. All it requires of us is our commitment to be the pathway for its manifestation.
Society imposes fears of exposure, failure, intimacy, lack and vulnerability. We give our power over to others and rely upon them to provide us our vision. Our inspiration to be begins with our choice to define our intention. We are the authors of our experience when we create our reality. Each of us has the opportunity to manifest our destiny and express it into the world through how we are being. Our vision is the gateway to who we truly are. It is the embodiment of our soul. The realization of our vision is the emergence of our spirit into our life.
Commitment is not a part of our daily experience. We often reserve this privilege for people other than our selves. We are socially influenced to seek validation from our acquaintances, employers, family, friends and officials of authority. Society programs us to be more dependent upon the external world and less on our selves. We are central to the cause of our life. Our experience is established by our choice and intention. Our commitment creates our fulfillment. The vow we make with our selves is the declaration of our vision.
Our lives are typically accidental. It is not that we lack investment in them. We are simply not individually or socially empowered or prepared for the personal focus or intention to live them with purpose. Reality is riddled with distractions and diversions to sustain our compliance, confusion, indifference and resignation. Our destiny is distorted by a super-imposed obligation to society. When we discover, declare and practice our soul purpose, we replace what we inherit with what we create. All we envision intends ourselves into being.
The greatest expression of our being-ness and its manifestation in society is the charitable service we perform in our communities. Any effort we choose to offer that encourages enrichment, fulfillment, progression and transformation is our soul's intention in action. It is what defines our vision, commitment, purpose and destiny. When we heed our call of opportunity and possibility, it activates the multi-dimensional dynamic of our being. We transcend the ordinary and embrace the extraordinary. We become our greatest potential. The expression and inspiration of our service is an invitation to all.
Everything begins and ends on the soul level. We are everything and nothing all at once. We all carry the infinite energy of the universe. It is entirely up to us how we choose to manifest this energy into our reality. Our life is our opportunity to manifest all that empowers and inspires us. Personal enlightenment is not the only fulfillment of the soul. The transcendence of the human race and the transformation of reality into truth is our common purpose. Creativity is the key that opens the door to our universal possibility. When we choose to be an expression of the source, we become our vision.
We are eternal beings existing in infinite experiences beyond the perception of our imagination. Our body, mind and heart are connected to our spirit and the universe through the multi-dimensional conduit of our intuition. We are related with all possibility all the time with everyone and everything that was, is and will ever be. We are an expansive illustration of all creation. Our potential and resiliency is emulated and sustained by the nature that embodies us. The power of our consciousness, inspiration, listening and presence is our common birthright. Our personal transformation is the essential expression of our creativity.
Reality and our experience of it is a three-dimensional construct devised and maintained to amuse, distract and detain us into the parameters of duality. Society is a vortex that insatiably devours our creativity, consciousness, energy, intention and possibility. In our daily encounters we are given two options; yes or no, left or right, up or down, liberal or conservative, good or evil, etc. We accept and apply this communal understanding because we do not identify and explore existential diversity. We turn our backs on our own experiences, insights, lifestyles, perceptions and thoughts for a superficial sense of belonging, purpose and worth.
We have a natural desire to sense only what we want. Our experience is primarily dependent upon our advantage, comfort, convenience, interest and willingness. We often shy away or even criticize and discredit all that is distinct from our unique lifestyle, perception and understanding. Our reality is fashioned not by our choice, but the frequent avoidance of our choice. Our life becomes a decision of what we don't want instead of what we truly need. We have enabled reality with our mere existence. Our attention and engagement sustains our attachment to and dependence on a subservient human survival.
Human beings have an innate tendency to be enchanted by the artificial mysticism of obscurity. It is an enigma of reality that consumes our attention, awareness, intention and enlightenment. When our consciousness has been compromised by this insensible dimension of perception, our experience of life is severely diminished and inevitably manipulated. Creativity, destiny, purpose and the possibility for transformation all cease to exist. The investment of our energy, focus and involvement with the comfortable and common diversion of human oblivion concedes our aim, passion and will to thrive. We become a shadow of all we were destined to be.
We are an extraordinary and enormous expression of energy. Yet, most of our potential is never acknowledged, embraced or fulfilled. Simply being with our own empowerment terrifies us, let alone expressing or living it. We convince ourselves that it is much easier to acquiesce our personal power instead of claiming its ownership. We pass our personal empowerment onto authority figures and elected officials with an expectation they will achieve our desired outcome. When they inevitably don't, we demonize them as failures without realizing the absence of our own initiative and participation.
We are too clever for our own good. Every day we invent strategies to conceal and defend our agendas, deficiencies, downfalls, fears and insecurities. Eventually these ploys become our rackets which enable our unhealthy lifestyles thus suspending us in our self-induced confusion. Once we have been successfully captivated by our own artificial authority, we begin to impose our rackets upon others. We deceive, distort and fabricate to proliferate our selfish desires and false power. For us to break our patterns of manipulation, we must transcend our illusions and become present to who we truly are.
Ontology is not a practice that is appreciated, emphasized, encouraged or required in our society. It has been forgotten under the heaping pile of metaphysics somewhere between meditation and ritual. Yet, it is one of the only practices that can empower and transform our life and the world. For most of us to be present to our way of being, we must discover, experience and commit our lives to it every day. Our oblivion to being as a culture inhibits our capacity to become the fulfillment of our possibility. The history we carry into our present most certainly ensures the repetitive outcome of our future. We allow our past to dictate our present.
For us to see what is unknown about ourselves and our lives, we must first distinguish our perspective from who we believe ourselves to be. This takes a great deal of authenticity, dedication, honesty and integrity. Yet before any of these qualities are exercised, we need to experience insights to define our greatest potential. The intention of our vision and mission in life ultimately creates our purpose and destiny. When we release everything we "think" we know about ourselves and create space for possibility, all we could only imagine becomes our experience. Our way of being is the soul of our life's expression.
Before we can manifest anything new in our lives, it requires us to become present to something we have yet to experience. Within the three-dimensional structure of our everyday routine, our perception is conditioned to observe only what is relative. There is a vast, unknown universe of ourselves to discover. The expanse of our exploration is defined by our willingness to release the known and intentionally embrace the mystery. We are born to be creators of our experience. The expression of our creativity and intention originates from the possibility we choose to apply. Our possibility is the spark that ignites the manifestation of our destiny.
We all have a wardrobe filled with personality guises we don to achieve, evade and survive. Eventually we become so accustomed to the appearances we present we lose ourselves in the presence of our own collusion. We perceive authenticity, objectivity and sincerity as being needless social expressions of charity and weakness. Yet, these are the essential qualities of our being. Authenticity allows us to become present to and relate with others in profound and powerful ways. It empowers and inspires us to transcend the ordinary reality of doing and become an extraordinary expression of being.
We don't know who we are. We live our lives stumbling through our experiences with an aimless wanderlust for consciousness, love, purpose and truth. Yet, when it comes to extending the effort and energy to express and manifest a life that inspires us, we allow ourselves to become distracted, disengaged and disinterested. Our lives will not be fulfilled until we reclaim the power we have long ago yielded to social authority. Until we are real with ourselves and others, our destiny will continue to be a comfortable daydream. When we are present to the truth of our lives, we become the source of our transformation.


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Sigle
 Feroviar Keolis – operatore ferroviario rumeno
 Kooperativa Förbundet – operatore commerciale svedese

Codici
 FK – codice vettore IATA di Africa West Airlines
 FK – codice ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 delle Isole Falkland
 FK – codice ISO 3166-2:SN della regione di Fatick (Senegal)

Informatica
 .fk – dominio di primo livello delle Isole Falkland

Sport
 FK – abbreviazione di Friidrottsklubb nella denominazione di società di atletica leggera svedesi
 FK – abbreviazione di Fotbalový klub, Fotballklubb, Fudbalski klub,  nella denominazione di diverse squadre di calcio

Altro
 FK – targa automobilistica di Feldkirch (Austria)
 FK – targa automobilistica di Storslett (Norvegia)

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November 2017 sees the start of our 20th birthday and in preparation for this we are delighted to announce our Twenty20 scheme. This project which will see us working with twenty Norfolk businesses who are all committed to raising at least £1,000 each in support of our work.
The Twenty20 is an exclusive group of businesses all working towards the same aim of raising at least £1,000 each in support of our work with Norfolk's bereaved children and young people.
Exclusive fun events being hosted by other participating business – details to be released soon!
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Remembering Mum on Mother's Day MISSED A PLACE IN THE LONDON MARATHON?


Second in a Series entitled "We Go Together"
My fascination with adding faces to inanimate objects in my illustrations stems from my childhood.
I remember vividly waiting with great anticipation for my mom to pour the scrubbing bubbles into the bathtub one particular day. I thought for sure the little scrubbers with eyes and foamy bubbles would be zooming all over the tub to get the job done. Imagine my disappointment when i discovered the lackluster activity coming out of the bottle. As a little kid, I was so bummed. It was a let down that i still think about every time i see a scrubbing bubbles commercial. As an adult, i see the genius in the marketing. As an artist, I get a kick out of giving a little personality to everyday objects.
This is what greeted us this morning. And yet...a snow day still eludes my weary schoolchildren! We are so over winter. Hit the road, Jack (Frost)...bring on the sun!
I love word play. Whenever i hear a fun phrase or idiom, i write it down for a future illustration. I usually get an image in my head as soon as i hear it. My little guy, G, came up with this one at bedtime last week. I had it waiting for him on the kitchen table when he game down for breakfast before school this morning. He was so excited that i used his idea. He was beaming.
It was a very busy weekend and there is a lot of work ahead for the week. There have been a couple of requests for the picture of my yellow wedding. Keep in mind this was almost 17 years ago and the year was 1991. It was a big wedding, we had big hair and had big, big fun!!!!!! It was a fabulous yellow day.
Mom: "G, you flunked your spelling test. What happened?"
G: "I know, Mom, I couldn't help it."
G: "I just kept dreaming about donuts (he was deadpan serious and quite distraught about it)"
Hooray!!!! I did it! I posted a few of my canvases in my Etsy store. See what's in store! I will be adding lots of new things over the next few days and weeks. I am so very excited and anxious at the same time. I didn't sleep a wink last night. Deep breath...and a smile. Have a good day!
First in a Series entitled "We Go Together"
This is the very first in a new series that i am working on. It is inspired by my husband, Mark. I am one lucky girl. Nahhhhh, luck's got nothing to do with it...I'm blessed.
I am currently working on having prints made of some of my work. That way, I can hang on to the originals and sell a limited quantity of prints through my etsy store.
I have to admit, i feel a bit naked and vulnerable putting my work "out there". It is so personal and has mostly been confined to my sketchbooks and occasionally, my family. It's different than when i paint a mural or, because in that case, i'm painting what someone else wants me to paint. It's a bit intimidating. I am going to keep posting a few of these on my blog before they go up in my etsy store, just to kind of test the waters. I am usually a rip-the-band-aid-right-off kinda girl, but even as i type this the butterflies are having a party in my belly.


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Noah–The man, the myth, the movie
April 7, 2014 by Rebecca J
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Darren Aronofsky's movie Noah. If you don't want any major plot points revealed before you see it, don't continue reading. If spoilers don't bother you, go ahead. If you don't intend to see the movie and nothing anyone says could possibly persuade you otherwise, you're probably safe too, but whether or not you're interested is another story. Don't worry if you haven't yet read the Bible story; nothing could possibly spoil that.
Last Thursday Brother J and I went to see Darren Aronofsky's Noah. My husband and I both very much enjoyed The Fountain, so we were eager to see what Aronofsky would do with a big Hollywood budget. I didn't realize there was any controversy over the movie until right around opening weekend, when I started seeing indignant posts on Facebook about how much the movie gets "wrong," i.e. deviates from the Biblical account.
Frankly, I was a bit surprised by it. Maybe I've just gotten oblivious and insensitive in my old age, but I would not have expected this level of defensiveness about an Old Testament prophet. I mean, have you read Genesis? Even the "good" people were pretty messed up. I understand people freaking out about movies that take artistic liberties with Jesus because Jesus is supposed to be God. Naturally people are going to get offended when you start messing with their God. I mean, their outrage may be unreasonable or out of proportion or whatever, but it's understandable when it's God you're talking about. Noah, on the other hand, was just a guy. A righteous guy, sure, but not divine. A prophet, but not someone we're supposed to worship.
I'm not the type of person who gets more interested in something because it's controversial. I never read The Satanic Verses, I never read (or saw) The Last Temptation of Christ, and I will never see The Book of Mormon Musical, because those things just don't interest me. However, since I was already planning to see Noah anyway, I was interested to see what the big deal was. Perhaps I would be offended also! That would certainly be exciting.
Well, I won't keep you in suspense any longer. I liked Noah, and the more I reflected on it, the more I liked it. I'll be straight with you, kids. One thing I am not is a film geek. I hardly ever watch movies. I see maybe two or three movies a year. (Although 2014 is shaping up to be a record-breaker because I have already seen Frozen, Veronica Mars, and now Noah, and it's not even Christmas yet.) Another thing I'm not is an Old Testament scholar. I'm not really any kind of scholar. I'm just a housewife with a free blog and an opinion, and you know what they say about free blogs. But I found Noah a powerful and thought-provoking film (in addition to being visually awesome). It is not without its flaws. The pacing is a little off. Perhaps it does not deserve the Oscar for Best Editing. [1] But it also does not deserve to be labeled irreverent or disrespectful. It takes artistic liberties with the Bible narrative, but, no offense, so what? Ever see The Ten Commandments? ("Moses, Moses, Moses!") Not exactly a documentary.
Noah is not intended to be an historical account. It's a variation on a popular myth. [2] Artists will do that from time to time. The Bible contains many archetypal stories; it is always getting ripped off. One might argue that John Milton's masterpiece, Paradise Lost, is just glorified Bible fan fiction. (If one might be so gauche.) I'm not one to argue that Noah and his family weren't real people or that a worldwide flood didn't really happen. (Like anyone could possibly know that, Napoleon.) I would argue that whether or not the flood really happened the way the Bible says it did is not the point of the Bible story. The point of the Bible story—for those of us who aren't Biblical scholars—is that people suck, but God expects us to be better; also, God cares about all of his creations and intervenes in human affairs. Aronofsky himself may not be a theist, but the main character in his movie is, and this version of Noah, while not Christian or Jewish, is concerned with themes similar to those of the original story. [3]
For that reason, I will take issue with people taking issue with the following things:
The rock monsters – Yes, there are rock monsters in this movie. Well, Genesis 6:4 says, "There were giants in the earth in those days." What the crap does that mean? I, not being a Bible scholar, would not know. But in the movie, the giant rock monsters are fallen angels who'd had compassion on humans and came to help them but became hardened and trapped by the earth. I don't know what Genesis means by "giants," but in the movie these rock monsters symbolize the fallen nature of this world. Their eventual fate is a plot point that drives home the themes of forgiveness and redemption. Also, they're really cool-looking.
The stowaway – A bad guy sneaks onto the ark. Artistic license, to be sure, but…artistic license, people. Did you notice that he was in the serpent cabin on the ark? Do you think that was a coincidence? He's hanging out with the serpents and convincing Ham that he ought to disobey the Creator and to commit murder. Does any of this sound familiar? (See Genesis 3 and Genesis 4.) In addition to symbolizing the human inclination toward evil, he's also a necessary player in Ham's character development. And let's face it–if this movie were just a straightforward filming of the Bible story, it would be about 15 minutes long, and ain't nobody paying $12.50 for that. (Your movie prices may vary.)
Noah working out what God meant for him to do – I have to say, it is much more dramatically compelling, and frankly, more theologically interesting, to see Noah's struggle to discern the Creator's will. Those of us who don't live in the pages of Genesis or Cecil B. DeMille movies don't often get straightforward answers to our questions. As Mormons would say, faith is not to have a perfect knowledge. The Noah in Genesis may very well have had perfect knowledge; I am ready and willing to stipulate that he did. But this is not a flat retelling of the Genesis account. Artists re-invent myths to make them relevant to people in different ways. The Noah in this movie does not have a perfect knowledge; nevertheless, he is a man of faith and integrity.
Noah keeping other people off the ark – Genesis makes no mention of Noah inviting others to come on the ark and be saved. God tells Noah to take his family and two each of all the animals and that's it; all flesh and everything on the earth is to be destroyed. Maybe that doesn't mean what I think it means, but whatever. God's intention in Genesis seems to be to destroy the wicked. In the movie, Noah's visions tell him the Creator means to flood the earth but save the animals, i.e. the innocent. At first he believes that the Creator is sparing him and his family because they are obedient to Him and will serve to repopulate the earth after it has been cleansed. When he goes to find wives for his sons and witnesses the evil and wickedness of other humans close-up, he becomes convinced that mankind itself is irredeemably corrupt and that the Creator means to do away with humans for good; there's no point making a new Eden if humans are just going to screw it up again. He concludes that he was chosen not because he is good—because no man is—but because he is obedient: the Creator trusts him to get the job done, even if it means the end of humanity itself.
Noah's plan to do away with his granddaughters – Yes, Noah's determination to put an end to humanity even though it requires the murder of his grandchildren is odious. Something maybe a psychopath might do. But is it really any more odious—or crazy—than Abraham's determination to sacrifice Isaac because God told him to? Is it really any different, for that matter? And yet we're supposed to revere Abraham as a model of faith, while this fictional Noah is beyond the pale. Noah in Genesis is a good man. Noah in this movie is also a good man. He doesn't want to kill anybody. (He's a vegetarian, for Pete's sake.) At one point he begs the Creator not to make him do this (which is more than Abraham ever did, if we're to take Genesis at face value). And in the end (SPOILER ALERT), he finds he can't. At first he thinks he has failed to do the Creator's will. But his daughter-in-law points out that the Creator gave Noah the job for a reason: He trusted him because Noah was good. He knew Noah would do the right thing.
In other words, the movie ends the same way the book does—humanity survives! (There's even a rainbow.)
Now, anyone who wants to argue that Noah is just a poorly made movie or just isn't their cup of tea, knock yourselves out. All I know is what I like, and I found Noah a very thoughtful and insightful story and a pleasure to watch. Despite not being a religious film, it has a profound message that even religious people can appreciate.
[1] I also thought that Bryan Adams song, "Our Love (Survived the Flood)," running over the closing credits was kind of cheesy.
[2] I don't mean "myth" in the sense of "crap somebody made up," but in the sense of a traditional story that serves to explain a world view.
[3] I understand that there were a lot of ancient flood stories and Noah was not the first.
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jimbob says:
I saw it and thought it was fine. I was initially jarred by the sins of the people being environmental sins, but once I got past that, it was all good. But make no mistake, the second half of the movie was essentially The Shining on a boat. All Noah needed was a typewriter: "ALL SHIPBUILDING AND NO FECUND WOMEN MAKE NOAH A DULL BOY. ALL SHIPBUILDING AND NO FECUND WOMEN MAKE NOAH A DULL BOY. ALL SHIPBUILDING AND NO FECUND WOMEN MAKE NOAH A DULL BOY…."
Villate says:
I doubt I'll see this in the theater, since I go to the theater even less often than you do, Rebecca, but I did add it to my Netflix queue and will enjoy it when it's out on DVD. Thanks for the thoughtful analysis.
The basic idea behind the Watchers comes from the Book of the Watchers, part of the Ethiopic Book of Enoch, which is inspired by the germ of an idea you point to in Genesis 6:4. The "giants" comes from the LXX (Greek) translation gigantes of Hebrew nephilim. The root of this word has to do with falling, so traditionally these are understood as fallen angels.
I've seen a lot of criticism for the supposed modern environmentalism of the story. But the Noah story in the Bible is a form of a common preexisting flood myth, several versions of which have survived from Mesopotamian sources. And in these older versions, the gods propose to destroy mankind, not because of wickedness, but because of overpopulation! Humans have reproduced so rapidly and have become so numerous upon the face of the earth that they make a huge racket, and the poor gods can't get any sleep at night. The movie is not just grounded in Genesis, but in a broader array of ancient flood literature (and of course modern artistic license).
I thoroughly enjoyed it.
jessiejensen says:
"Perhaps I would be offended also! That would certainly be exciting." You're the best, Rebecca.
I really liked the movie, too, and I'm looking forward to a second viewing. My mouth was open during that incredible creation/evolution scene.
Great review of a great movie.
Ben S says:
Great review. Haven't seen it yet, but looking forward to it.
"there's no point making a new Eden if humans are just going to screw it up again." Right. Reminds of of Solzhenitsyn, "If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?"
Thanks for the review, Rebecca. What a bold soul! I'm very much looking forward to this movie. It's adherence to the little story in Genesis seems like a minor criteria on which to judge it. The world before the flood was a strange place and it sounds like Aaronofsky nicely evokes a sense of strangeness in one of the strangest stories to come down to us from the earliest epochs. The graphic novels Aaronofsky created about the Noah story before he created the movie aren't bad either. Nibley's research led him to all sorts of interesting references to the Watchers.
marginalizedmormon says:
If you had gone to this movie with a black person (LDS or not), would that person have felt that blacks (because of Ham) were being disregarded?
After all, one of the reasons many LDS prefer the Book of Mormon is because Joseph Smith said it was a more correct book, and in the Book of Mormon it is clearly stated that all are alike unto God (black and white, etc.) Sorry if I am stating the obvious.
Many LDS who have studied the Old Testament extensively accept that some of the stories may, in fact, be somewhat mythical or have, at least, been altered to reflect that existing cultural biases.
Yes, the Genesis story shows some kind of conflict between Noah and Ham, but that story has been used by Christians (and LDS) to justify withholding the priesthood (in the case of LDS) and slavery (in the case of all who accept the Pentateuch).
Many modern LDS question that Africans are even descended from Cain/Ham, but the stigma is still a sore point to many, especially those who believe that the priesthood was wrongfully taken from blacks after Joseph Smith's death.
The idea that it was Ham who had an encounter with an evil being–
Yes, it's a myth; yes, there is poetic license. But how would you have felt about it if you were with a black friend or family member–
if you were black?
Thank you. I hope you know I don't mean to argue or to accuse anyone of racism. I just wonder if this story could be appealing to black people.
I realize your essay is a 'light' one, but it is important to me to know if a black person would be offended by the movie.
The movie doesn't draw any connection between Ham and blacks.
J. Stapley says:
Solid review, RJ.
Clark Goble says:
I think the rock monsters are supposed to be more influenced by the Watchers from 1 Enoch which is an expansion off that verse you mentioned. Why he made them rock escapes me though and appears to be what puts most people off. (I've not seen it – I don't get to see movies often so I'm going to Captain America instead)
So my pet peeve with Noah is the myth of two of every kind. Do your research people! It's
" of every clean beast thou shall take to the by sevens, male and female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Of fowls also of the air by sevens" Genesis 7:2-3
See not two of every kind more like seven. Okay rant over.
n8c says:
I absolutely hated the film. Thanks for the review though. It helps challenge my contrary opinions. My brother who was with me liked it a lot and was shocked that I so passionately revolted against it:-)
Tatania, the flood story as we have it in Genesis appears to have been combined from two different sources. One of them distinguishes between clean and unclean animals, a priestly/sacrificial distinction that isn't really valid until later. Obviously if you're going to offer sacrifice, you can't take only two animals.
The other source, however, does not include sacrifice; consequently, the animals are taken in only two-by-two, without exception.
"And of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind shall come in to you, to keep them alive. (Gen 6:19-20 NRS)
It's understandable why most readers would understand the two-by-two, I think.
Christian J says:
RJ, appreciated the review and I'm also really surprised at the defensiveness. I don't understand a faith – even the fundy variety – that would hinge on the Noah account.
Thank you, Kevin Barney, for taking the time to tell me that.
Those of us who have a concern about this will have to suspend our connection to 'scriptures' to enjoy the movie. I have a feeling those I care about would like to see the movie (including myself).
Rebecca J says:
jimbob – Ha! Fair enough, I can see that. (Maybe it helped that I'd never actually watched The Shining.) Also – aside from a Lorax-y moment in the beginning, I didn't get that the environmental sins were the primary evil, but maybe just a symptom thereof.
Villate – Try to watch it on a big screen TV. It's a visual spectacle.
marginalizedmormon – I admit that concern never occurred to me because, as Kevin said, the movie doesn't draw any connection between Ham and blacks. I think in order to be offended, one would have to a) take it as a given that blacks are the literal descendants of Ham (not something many folks do in this century) and b) ignore the fact that Ham is a sympathetic character in the movie.
Thank you, too, Rebecca J. This really helps.
RJH says:
Just saw it and was pretty pleased. The scene with the ents fighting orcs at Isengard was annoying simply because I don't like the Peter Jackson touch, but as a modern version of an ancient myth, it was great. Some really interesting ideas.
For example, it does include Noah's cursing of Ham, but done in a way that was really interesting.

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"That's one of my two Sam Cooke tributes on the album," Van Zandt said in a statement about the track, which appears on his upcoming LP, Summer of Sorcery. "It's a fun little fiction about a character who has been burned by a relationship so he travels the world trying to distract himself only to find there's no escape from the addiction of love! It's the kind of thing I would have written for other people in the past but starting now, want to keep for myself!"
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In today's times, it can appear to be difficult to live a Christian life. We have our university studies, friends and a thousand other things dragging us away from what we should be doing.
1. The spiritual weakness of the human person, which fluctuates according to the temptations of sin, how frequently he succumbs to them, and how much he has advanced in his spiritual life.
2. The quality of his upbringing and how much he conformed to the advice and example of his parents, teachers and others in authority.
3. The attitude of contemporary society: self-centred mentality, care for personal promotion, lax morality, permissiveness, materialism, lack of spiritual interest, and generally "la dolce vita".
4. Social evils: alcoholism, drug taking, social isolation, boredom, mental illnesses triggered by uncontrolled bad habits and purposeless living.
5. The mass media, particularly the electronic media: their programmes are attractive to the senses, but play havoc with the inner life of the person, prevent him from developing moral and religious principles, suppress critical powers and, more importantly, dehumanise the individual.
If such is the situation, is there a solution, a way of bypassing these problems? The Christian has to understand that since he has been called by God to be His child, he lives in another world. This means that he lives in the world of the spirit. He must train his mind to frequently remember God and His will. He must arrange or re-arrange his daily routine so he has time to pray. The prayer should proceed from the depths of his being, be sincere and personal. Such prayer opens the heavens and reveals to us the means by which we can face the world as it is today. Jesus has confirmed that He will protect us: "I do not pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are Yours" (John 17: 9).
In view of what we said so far, the Christian in fact lives in two worlds: 1) the world that leads a purposeless life, and 2) the world of the spirit. This does not mean he will abandon the world he lives in. Rather, he will live his life in this world, if for nothing else but the purpose of being a role model for those around him, and also a missionary to those who are receptive to his Christian ideas. Needless to say, he should be efficient and an example at his work, and strive to do his best whatever task he is given. One feature which ought to characterise the life of the Christian is the attitude of willingness to help wherever he can, and maintain an altruistic attitude in whatever environment he happens to be.
It is not an easy task to live with people with ideas, habits and lifestyles diametrically opposite to ours. However, Jesus wants everyone who strives to be His disciple to stay in the world, and promised to protect him from the devil: "I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one" (John 17: 15). We have nothing to fear; since God is with us, who can be against us?


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The carefully curated selection is to feature cars that embody the heyday of motoring glamour, such as the masterful Ferrari 250 GT California, arguably the most glamorous and iconic spider of them all. Based on the 250 GT Pininfarina Coupe, the California was conceived by John van Neumann, Ferrari's representative on the West Coast of America, to cater to the demand for a convertible among their wealthy US clientele.
The resulting car, produced by Scaglietti, teamed a singing 3 litre V12 with a drop top body of the utmost elegance. A mere 106 were produced between 1957 and 1962, with a list of illustrious owners including Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood. Immortalised in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off, this summer's show will present a rare opportunity to see one of the most valuable and revered cars the world has ever seen up close.
The California's successor in the grand lineage of Ferrari Spiders, the 275 GTS, will also appear at the event this June. First debuted at the 1964 Paris Salon, the GTS featured a shapely body designed by Pininfarina, and an enlarged 3.3 litre version of the Modena marque's venerable Colombo V12, producing 260 horsepower. Just 200 of these graceful Ferraris were assembled between 1966 and '68.
The selection will also feature stunning Spiders from another of Modena's storied marques: Maserati. Among these will be the 3500 Vignale Spider, yet another stunning, and stunningly rare motor car, with only 242 ever built. A contemporary of the 250 GT California, the drop top version of the 3500 was created by revered coach building house Vignale, whose classically proportioned creation housed a 3.5L six-cylinder engine, a detuned version of the motor found in Maserati's 350s racing car. This most debonair of drop tops will bring a healthy dose of Modenese glamour to proceedings, conjuring images of Amalfi and a glinting Mediterranean.
The Concours will also play host to Alfa Romeo's finest, including a model which delivered the glamour of '60s topless motoring at a more attainable price point, the 'Duetto'. Officially known as the 1600 Spider, the diminutive sports car was first shown to the public at the 1966 Geneva Motor Show. It was an immediate hit, with a delicate, streamlined body by Pininfarina, and an effervescent twin cam four-cylinder engine. The Duetto is another Italian star of the silver screen; it featured prominently as Dustin Hoffman's enthusiastically driven run-around in another iconic coming of age tale, 1967's 'The Graduate'.
These Spiders, and many more, will be on show at June's glamourous event; the ultimate automotive garden party. Exciting announcements will be made about further classes in the coming months as we build up to the sixth edition of the show, which will once again bring the world's finest cars to the heart of The City of London.
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Q: Need Help with custom types in Lightning DataTable - LWC Here is the playground link to the code - https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/component-library/tools/playground/l_0ieW-Sm/17/edit
My use case is to show popover on hover for a specific column in a Data Table. Used Custom data types in Lightning Data Table for this but it is not working.
Need your suggestions to implement this.
Similar Stack Exchange Question - is there a way to use Popover for lighitng data table specific column?

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*You should not really use slots in custom component. Instead you should be using @api properties so that data can be passed while declaring the columns .

*Popover cannot really come out of the table cell (and float above table). This is because of overflow:hidden styling on parent elements which are standard - and there is nothing we can do .

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Q: How do I get a div to be seperated 10% from the right and left side of the screen? I was inspecting the pages of websites that achieve this functionality, and must of them have this achieved by adding right and left margins. However when I add this functionality for testing purposes my div goes off the screen.
For example,
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  height: 500px;
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  margin-right: 10%;
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Goes right off the screen instead of being 10% from both the right and left sides of the screen.
How can this functionality be achieved?

A: Instead of margins, you could set a padding to the parent div (or the body in this case).

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#test {
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}

A: You can try to change the width to 80%.
When you set margin-right/left to 10% each and width 100%, that's more than 100% in total, thus exceeding the div goes off the screen.
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The project is based at the Antai steel mill. Waste gas from the mill's blast furnaces and coke ovens is captured and used to generate electricity, which is then consumed in the plant. Greenhouse gas emissions are reduced because the electricity generated would have otherwise come from the grid, which is dominated by coal-fired power stations. Prior to the implementation of the project the waste gas was either flared or released directly into the atmosphere.
The Antai Waste Gas Recovery Project has benefits beyond the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The project has improved local air quality by avoiding uncontrolled gas emissions. The plant has also reduced water consumption by 70% by updating the water cooling with modern air cooling generator units. Air quality has also been improved in the wider region by reducing the emissions of sulphur dioxide and particulates from coal fired power plants.
Type: Energy Efficiency
Standard: Gold Standard
Volume: c.311,000 tCO2e per year
The Armenis Farm Biogas Project is located on a pig farm in Limassol Province on the island of Cyprus. Biogas from livestock manure is captured and burned to produce electricity and heat.
Armenis Farm is located in a rural area near Monagroulli village in the south of Cyprus. It is surrounded by several other pig farms. In the past the manure from these farms has been left to decay in open lagoons. As you may imagine, this creates an unpleasant environment for neighbouring communities, as well as polluting the air and water. The practice also produces large amounts of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide. This new project is taking this harmful waste and using it to produce clean energy for the farm and beyond.
At Armenis Farm the animal waste is now fed into a digester tank rather than open lagoons, where the methane is captured and concentrated. The methane is then burned to produce electricity and heat. This energy is used on the farm, including to power the digester itself, and surplus electricity is fed into the national grid.
The project generates approximately 11,000 carbon credits each year for the avoided methane emissions. The Armenis Farm Biogas Project not only reduces greenhouse gas emissions, but also creates a healthier and safer local environment.
The Bienaihe Small Hydro Project is a 10.5 MW project situated in the Longchuan County, Yunnan Province in China. The project consists of 2 small-scale run of river hydropower stations. The average annual electricity supply to the grid is 45,000 MWh with estimated greenhouse gas reductions of 35,000 tonnes of CO2e per year.
The power generated by the project is transmitted to local transformer substations, then to Yunnan Grid and finally to the South China Grid. The project contributes to the development of renewable energy in China and the reduction of GHG emissions. The project not only supplies renewable electricity to the grid, but also contributes to sustainable development in the local area by providing jobs and more secure electricity supply to a particularly poor region of China.
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Tom Petty, rock icon, receives posthumous Ph.D. for music
The University of Florida's board of trustees unanimously voted to award Thomas Earl Petty a posthumous doctoral degree in music. Usually backed by the Heartbreakers, Petty broke through in the 1970s and went on to sell more than 80 million records.
Tom Petty passed away from an accidental drug overdose in October 2017, his absence is a huge loss to rock music
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Nearly two decades after earning a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and more than four years after his death, rock icon Tom Petty has been awarded an honorary Ph.D. from the University of Florida.
FILE – In a Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, file photo, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform at KAABOO 2017 at the Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds, in San Diego. Nearly two decades after earning a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and more than four years after his death, rock icon Petty has been awarded an honorary Ph.D. from the University of Florida, the school's board of trustees announced Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)
The school's board of trustees unanimously voted to award Thomas Earl Petty a posthumous doctoral degree in music during a Friday meeting. Born and raised in Gainesville, Petty once worked as a groundskeeper at UF as he tried to make it in the music industry, but he was never enrolled.
Petty passed away from an accidental drug overdose in October 2017. Days later during a UF home football game, the song "I Won't Back Down" was played at the stadium as a memorial to Petty. The song has since become a regular feature at Gators games.
Usually backed by the Heartbreakers, Petty broke through in the 1970s and went on to sell more than 80 million records, featuring hits like "Free Fallin,'" "Refugee" and "American Girl." Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
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Same or different? The tale of a tangled molecule
A seemingly simple question — Are two objects the same or different? — frequently has a complicated answer. For chemists the objects are molecules, and over the years we have refined our ability to make same/different distinctions as we learn more about molecular structures. Molecules... click to read more
Eric J. N. Helfrich | Professor at Institute of Molecular Bio Science, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Jon Clardy | Professor at Institute of Molecular Bio Science, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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Keeping an eye on the announcements made for scholarships and internship opportunities by tech giants can bring in a major change in one's life. No one knows it better than Hyderabad girl Sreeja Kamishetty, 21, who bagged a job in Google.
A final year, research assistant of Machine Learning at the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Hyderabad, Sreeja has recently returned from the US after being selected as one of six Indians to win the Google Venkat Panchapakesan Memorial Scholarship.
Named after an Indian origin employee, Venkat Panchapakesan, at YouTube, the scholarship awards 750USD for educational expenses and a trip to the headquarters of YouTube in San Bruno for a retreat. Sreeja plans to use the scholarship money her research activities in Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Transportation.
However, this is not the first time that Sreeja went overseas. In June 2018, she participated in Google's Get-Ahead programme along with 399 other women in tech from across the globe. The participants took part in an online coding competition to win a Google EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa regions) Students Retreat. As many as 20 women were selected from all over the world with Sreeja being the only Indian.
The Students Retreat, held in August 2018 was an event that connected women in tech from various nook and corners of the world. It allowed them to network, strengthen their skills, and learn about Google products and culture as well.
In fact, her performance in the coding competition impressed Google to an extent that the organisation asked Sreeja if she was interested to apply for a full-time job. She cleared a phone screening test and an on-site interview in London in December 2018 and eventually received a job offer from Google.


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Rahul has to score runs away from home; Sourav Ganguly
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Friday said K.L. Rahul has to get runs away from home, adding that Rishabh Pant is one for the future and has to fit in the World Cup squad.
"I've been backing him. He has to score runs away from home. He's a superb talent. He played superbly in the two T20Is," Ganguly told reporters here.
Asked about Rishabh Pant's poor show, he said: "He has to fit in. I don't know whether he would be able to fit in at this moment. So it depends. But he's obviously a player for the future.
Pant hasn't been in good form in white-ball cricket with scores of 4, 40 not out, 28, 3 and 1 in the last five innings.
"Karthik is not part of the ODI squad then obviously they are not thinking of him as an option. It depends on what the selectors want," Ganguly said.
Kohli, ahead of India's first of the five one-dayers against Australia, had said the IPL would not come in the way of selection for the World Cup.
"World Cup is how you play in the World Cup. It's (IPL) a different tournament. You just play and move on to the World Cup," Ganguly opined.
Ganguly termed the England-Wales World Cup to be the strongest because of the format.
"It's difficult to pick a winning recipe, you just have to play well. This will probably be the strongest World Cup because everybody plays everybody.
"A lot of strong teams this time. India, Australia England, West Indies, New Zealand, Pakistan play very well in England. After winning against South Africa, I hope Sri Lanka turn it around. It will be a good World Cup," Ganguly said.
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Totally unannounced, Hideo Kojima appeared as a guest at Youtube Live at E3, hosted by Geoff Keighley. Through his translator he answered some questions about the progress on his new game, the company mascot and his views on the E3.
Kojima still couldn't share any details on his next project, but he did say that they are currently experimenting with several game engines. "We haven't decided on an engine yet, however we've been able to narrow our options and on some specific engines we are doing tests on gameplay and on another engine we are doing tests for the kind of visual quality that we are looking for." A bit later in the interview he also said that while it's still going to take a while, they're working on the different elements in paralel and moving forward at a good pace.
On Geoff's question who Kojima Productions mascot (Ludens) is, Kojima answered that it represents everyone, from the creators themselves to the players.
Keighley asked what Kojima thought of E3, and he replied that while much of it can be experienced though the internet via streams etcetera, it still isn't the same as being physically on the show floor. When you're really there you also experience the energy, the vibes, and you're able to meet friends and other creators. Kojima said he was especially interested in checking out VR at the show floor. He believes it's a form of technology that will go beyond games and change our day-to-day lives.
To check out the full interview follow the link in the source section below.


Everything about it worked and I couldn't put it down. The two main characters and everyone else in it just fit perfectly.
Snow is living on the streets, he tries to avoid bad situations and has only ever sold his body once. When he comes up against Roy, a man with a reputation, beating on a little kid, he knows he has to step in. Roy wants the ultimate prize however for letting the boy go, he wants Snow!!
With a week to present himself to Roy, he heads off to take the little boy, or Eight as he names him, to the police station. After that he is going to get as far away as possible.
When he works out however who Eight is related to, things aren't as easy as he thought they would be.
What follows is a sometimes sweet, sometimes explosive story of betrayal, heartbreak, passion and revenge that kept me on the edge of my seat till the very last word.


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This was the beginning of the end for Catherine Howard. All Souls' Day, the day that Archbishop Thomas Cranmer left a letter on Henry's seat in Hampton Court's Chapel Royal detailing information he "had not the heart" to tell him directly.
Let's back up. About two weeks ago, a man named John Lascelles came to Cranmer with explosive information. John had a sister, Mary Lascelles Hall, who was in the household of the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk at the same time as Catherine. John had decided that Mary should use her old connection to secure a post at court as so many others seemed to be doing. Mary refused. John pushed the matter – after all, this was quite an opportunity, not one to pass up. Mary explained that Catherine was "light, both in living and conditions" and gave some of the details. Lascelles, coincidentally, was a noted reformer – one who had formerly worked in Thomas Cromwell's household. Lascelles understood that this could crush the more conservative faction at court, and went right to Archbishop Thomas Cranmer. Cranmer, aided by Edward Seymour, interviewed Mary Hall and confirmed that Catherine had sexual relations with two men before her marriage: her music teacher Henry Mannox and the Dowager Duchess' secretary Francis Dereham. The affair with Dereham was the more serious –it was a clear precontract that invalidated her marriage to the King (indeed, it was more of a precontract than existed to support any of the King's three previous annulments).


Quiet, decorously polite, shamanistic Alex Grey met me at the door of his Brooklyn loft studio. With long graying hair like an Indian chief, thin compassionate face with luminous skin, and blue-gray eyes suggesting depths of experience, here was a person I was fascinated to meet, an explorer, experimenter, craftsman, and teacher on the path of art.
Encouraged to draw by his artist father, and being especially good at it, Alex Grey felt early on that his mission in life was to be an artist. Since then his dedication to making art has been steady, his vision of art expansive. His work has ranged from writing (two books) and teaching, to ritualistic performance art, multi-media installations, and a rich legacy of paintings and sculpture that has brought him international recognition.
His work has a strong, demanding presence. His painting is an unusual combination of mystical naivet⁄ and almost scientific hyper-realism. You know you're seeing something you haven't seen before, but you can't easily say what it is. The intensity of Alex Grey's visionary art is an unexpected shock.
He writes in his new book, The Mission of Art: Visionary art is the creative expression of glimpses into the sacred unconscious, spanning the most searing shadow imagery of tortured souls in hell, the mythic archetypes of demonic and heroically compassionate forces that seem to guide and influence our feelings, and the luminous transpersonal heaven realms. Visionary art offers bizarre and unsettling insights, convincing us by its compelling internal truth.
As he put it more simply in our interview, I am in the pickle of a contemporary artist attempting to personally experience the transcendental and bring that into the work.
Early in his career, he mostly abandoned painting and turned to performance art to clarify and expand his artistic goals. He created many controversial performance pieces, some of which he now considers morally ambiguous, even unethical. Like a shaman praying to be possessed, he was always physically at the center of these pieces, often using materials that no one would get near, his morbidness, his seriousness, his obsessiveness, all nakedly exposed.
Sometime in the late seventies, Grey began to take psychic risks on his path of art that went beyond public notoriety and controversy. He confronted demons and angels within himself, going to the edge of a dark abyss of insanity and absolute evil.
Answering to his fears, a deep spiritual conscience was aroused within him. Humble and receptive, he vowed to make more positive statements with his art, turning away from an almost pathological nihilism to a more redemptive idealism and spirituality. This profound decision has left a lasting mark on his art of the last twenty years. So has meeting his wife Alyson, a painter, who has collaborated on many of his projects and whom he considers a gift of god on his artistic path.
Grey seems to have an insatiable curiosity about the human mind and its mysteries, the human soul and its mission, and God, not to mention space, matter and energy. He is a thoroughly modern man who celebrates the way of artistic understanding in the sacred traditions of the past, as well as in the most advanced technologies of today.
An art of universal spirituality, acknowledging all spiritual paths, drawing upon the image bank of the world and not from the limits of one culture over another, this is what Alex Grey is working toward. Discovering the sacred truths that underlie all the wisdom traditions, accessing transpersonal archetypes in vision states and bringing them back for us in the most authentic and iconic way possible, this is, in his words, his mission as an artist.
What is your understanding of sacred art?
I think the mission of art is to embrace some personal sense of the transpersonal. Sacred art crystallizes a kind of revelatory power that reinforces our own sense of the depth of the meaning of life and our predicament here. When art can do that, not just expressing the small self, but expressing the larger collective soul and helping to entrain people to a greater reality, it's beneficial. Art looks at the deepest level, which involves intensive self-examination and examination of the world, so that one can gear into spiritual domains.
Art is a reflection of who we think we are and what a culture is. It's a reflection of cultures and individuals, and how they resonate. Art is the way a culture embeds its sacred truths so that they can be passed on, either the next day or centuries from that time. It's the way we have preserved our cultural memory of who and what we are.
How is this view reflected in your own art?
My art is related to the visionary tradition of the sacred arts. I spend months, if not years, on a work which is based on a flash of a vision that can occur in less than a minute.
There is a lot of time in my work that's spent in self-examination, although not in a morbid sense. I hope that the energy embedded in the work brings about some kind of self-reflection in the viewer, and perhaps crystallizes a complex of forces for them, as it did for me in the moment that I had the vision. I want to bring the viewer back to that spot, to the initial vision, and lay it gently in their stream of consciousness to dissolve over time or collect thought-energy, if that's useful.
But imagery in our culture is now so plentiful, there's endless generation of photography, clip-art, video, film, that keeping focused on the vision is a struggle. It becomes devotional labor, not unlike the labor in other sacred art traditions such as Tibetan thangka painting or Christian icon painting, requiring much time to complete. My labor is to pray, bring forward my best, and to keep on conforming to the image of my vision.
You did not begin your artistic career with this kind of goal.
My teenage and post-adolescent world view was permeated by a sense of the absurdity of existence. The meaninglessness of life was something that was very strong in me, and I struggled existentially with the question: what is art?
In the early seventies I came upon the performance art scene. It was a time of radical experimentalism. You could have yourself shot in the arm or slaughter a calf and spill its guts all over people, and call it art. If the artist called it art, it was art. Picasso was sort of the father of this tireless experimentalism, the constant reinvention of art, which in some sense mirrors scientific invention in the twentieth century. As contemporary artists we are inheritors of this tireless experimentalism. Yet I've come to see the search for new forms, of Art for art's sake, as a shallow reason to perform and work.
Is this how you see most art today?
All the forces of tradition and the history of art come like a locomotive into the mind of a young artist. What is he or she supposed to do? Nowadays the artist has the widest range of possible modes of expression. Instead of tireless experimenting, I say, bring back the artist to what they are doing. Ask them: why are you making what you are making? What is the sense of it all?
This time of experimentation, modernism, post-modernism, all the previous romantic and impressionist and other approaches, had to do with the engagement of the artist with themselves, to individuate them from their culture, in a sense. This rebellion was necessary to establish art as a free agent of expression, not tied to one ideology or another. Art was an agency whereby you could be totally free to express who or what you are or aren't. As egoic as it is, that is modernism's hard won freedom, but it comes with no sort of requirements of conscience or consciousness.
In light of that, do you have hope that sacred art has a future?
I think our task in the twentieth century has been to integrate the Eastern and Western approaches to our path in art. We're at a time when we can access the many spiritual paths, each of which has a unique kind of sacred art. Today, artists are collaborating with each other all over the world, and there's potential for a universal spiritual art, individually based but able to tap the archetypes of the collective.
This work demands its own kind of sacred space, instead of a normal art gallery. There's a tremendous amount of religious art in a place like the Metropolitan Museum, it's seething with spiritual fervor, in a sense, but it is like a butterfly that's been pinned to the mount. It's not necessarily expressly placed there for its transcendent function. It's not specifically oriented toward that.
I feel that creation of sacred space, sacred architecture for the sacred arts, is an essential move in the twenty-first century. This why I want to build a chapel I've been calling Enthion, a place to discover the spirit within. You could call it interfaith or post-denominational. It would be a place inclusive of all spiritual paths which addresses the transpersonal or spiritual reality through contemplation of works of art that elicit immersion in the transcendental ground of being.
So the spiritual art of the twenty-first century and beyond can do these things, orient us to reverence for life and make a new kind of universal spiritual statement that underscores the value and meaning of life. I think that's what's to come.


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Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis says "The president of UEFA is in the arms of PSG"
As reported by Ouest France, Napoli's outspoken president Aurelio de Laurentiis has criticised the role PSG's club hierarchy plays in European football at the launching of a new book on the history of Napoli.
"We created the European Association of Clubs (ECA), but it's now a hostage of the Qataris," de Laurentiis said. PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi inherited the chair of the organisation following the 'super league' farce earlier this year.
"[UEFA president Aleksandr] Ceferin is in the arms of the PSG president. He worships Qatar – so strong, so powerful, so brilliant… The way [UEFA] works is rigid and takes a lot of energy, there isn't an even financial split. The only ones who get rich are the institutions, like UEFA. It's not clear to me why UEFA isn't content to just do the general secretarial work."
Achraf Hakimi privately comments on PSG's lack of cover for defenders
Lyon agree terms with Zenit St Petersburg striker Sardar Azmoun


So, you've made all the arrangements, but how do you prepare your patients to be treated by a fill-in or substitute chiropractor?
From the moment you prescribe a care plan for your patient, convey the value and share the evidence of why regular chiropractic visits are necessary. Setting the tone from the beginning of the relationship with your patient will ensure they heed your recommendations down the line. From the moment you know you're going to be out, reinforce the need for your patients to keep their appointments to ensure their health and healing. Your patients trust you to help them be well. By not closing your office, you are conveying you care about their health and well-being.
Assure your patients that you have taken great care to hire a competent cover chiropractor. Let them know the substitute doctor will continue the treatment plan you have prescribed. Inform them that your trusted staff will be there to answer any questions they may have in your absence.
This is especially important if you'll be out for an extended period of time. Good chiropractic staffing agencies and independent contractors will give a free consultation to meet before the scheduled coverage. Along with meeting and being personally adjusted by the cover doctor, have him or her follow you on rounds with patients. Let your patients get a feel for the doctor and observe the interactions. Address any issues with the cover doctor or your patients before you leave.
It's important to involve your staff in preparing patients for your absence. Make sure you have familiar faces who your patients recognize from reception to the exam room. Convey to the staff you have been personally adjusted by the fill-in chiropractor and you were completely satisfied. Your staff will be a great help in making your patients comfortable while you're away.
Time off is necessary to recharge and avoid burn-out. By taking the steps above, you can ensure your business runs smoothly and patients continue to receive the care they deserve. Prioritizing patient health will go a long way in building last doctor/patient trust and goodwill.


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Osama bin Laden Is Still Dead: Top Stories On The Attack
Osama bin Laden is still dead, and there is a lot of interesting things to read since the initial post here (which includes video and text of President Obamas statement).
Business Insider reports that President Obama watched the raid live via a helmet-cam. The picture above shows Obama and others watching in the Situation Room.
The New York Times reports on the detective work which helped make this possible. Remember when George Bush mocked John Kerry for stressing the importance of intelligence and police work (along with military action) in fighting terrorism?
Marc Ambinder reports on the secret team which carried out the attack.
WikLleaks claims documents show that Pakistan protected bin Laden. Deputy National Security Adviser John Brennan, Obama's top counterterrorism adviser, called it "inconceivable" that Pakistan was not providing a "support system" for Osama bin Laden.
Wing nuts on Andrew Breitbart's web site came up with new conspiracy theory that bin Laden is not dead. They have been labeled "deathers." Joe Scarborough, who should know better, engages in wing nut thought claiming Obama's base did not want bin Laden dead. Of course there are nuts on the left as well as the right, with Cindy Sheehan joining those who claim that bin Laden is not dead.
There are varying views as to how what degree the death of bin Laden will affect Obama politically. While the election will still be more likely to be decided by the economy, this could be huge. A common conservative meme is that Obama is not up for the job. Comparing this action to how Bush botched his chance against bin Laden at Tora Bora shows what a competent president really looks like. It will also be quite hard for conservatives to get away with the claims that they could keep the country safer or that liberals are soft on terrorism.
Twitter has had a CNN moment with coverage of the attack. TechCrunch reports that this was a record evening on Twitter with 4000 tweets per second. Here's a story on the person who first reported news of the raid via Twitter. Keith Urbahn is given credit for being the first to tweet having a reliable source that bin Laden was dead.
Google has already mapped out bin Laden's hideout.
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Has anyone ever told you that God loves you so much that if He had to, Jesus would die for you all over again?
I have some good news: He won't.
In the Old Testament, Hebrew priests stood constantly. Their tireless work of sacrificing animals to cover the sins of the people, literally kept them on their feet all day long. Morning and night, not to mention special festivals and offerings, they sacrificed lambs on the altar.
When Jesus died for our sins and rose again, He "sat down". This means that there are no more sacrifices to be made – ever. No one needs to kill a lamb or pay the penalty for their own sin. Jesus, who is also called our High Priest, offered the final sacrifice and the work of salvation is completely finished.
"He sat down", might seem like an unimportant phrase. But it has great significance for you and me. Because Christ is seated, we can be sure that if believe in Him, God will never, ever hold our sins against us.
This was first published at Swagga4Christ ministries. I hope you'll visit their site!