GOVERNMENT has moved to address the wanton price increases of basic commodities by relaxing regulations on the importation of the commodities into the country and we feel this is a step in the right direction as it will effectively ensure the availability of goods at affordable prices.
By allowing companies and individuals with free funds to import basic goods, the Government is killing two birds with one stone — it is effectively killing the smuggling of goods into the country and ensuring their availability at affordable prices. Treasury will also record a steady increase in revenue from duty charged on imports.
As basic goods flood the market, prices will invariably go down, ensuring the festive spirit is maintained this year. As we report elsewhere on these pages, the Government has invited people and organisations with free funds to approach the Industry and Commerce ministry to obtain licences to import basic goods.
Industry and Commerce Minister Dr Mike Bimha said this was meant to ensure availability of basic commodities and stabilise prices ahead of the festive season.
Prices of basic commodities have been rising in the past two months due to foreign currency shortages that have seen manufacturers struggling to get foreign currency to procure basic commodities.
"What we would want to announce today is that, we want to call upon companies and individuals who have free funds to import basic commodities and my ministry is ready to process permits and licences to that effect.
"You will recall that some of the basic commodities were removed from the general import licence and were now covered under various Statutory Instruments including SI 64 of 2016.
"But as we had said time and time again these SIs such SI64 of 2016 were not intended to ban the importation of products but were intended to regulate their importation and where we believe that there is demand exceeding supply we will obviously want to facilitate the importation of such commodities which is the case in point because of the demand as a result of the coming festive season and again because of the limited foreign currency available to local producers we would want to make sure that those with free funds, be they individuals or companies, they should come forward to obtain the necessary permits and licences to bring products into the market," Dr Bimha said.
He added that the Cabinet taskforce monitoring prices would also meet this week to receive reports from inspectors monitoring prices of the basic commodities.
"We have increased the number of inspectors who have been going around monitoring prices and recording the same and we are of the view that sometime this week by Wednesday our taskforce will meet again to review progress now that a lot of information would have been made available.
"But the information we have received so far is that there are sectors and companies that have increased prices without any justification and some of these companies are in the brick-making industry, some of them in the packaging, some of them the pharmaceuticals. What is disturbing though is that some of these companies are companies that are getting a lot of support from Government," he said.
Dr Bimha said Government would not hesitate to take action against companies that were raising prices without just cause.
"While Government is committed to supporting local producers, it cannot watch such companies profiteering for their own interest. We are not averse to price increases but we believe price increases should happen where there is justification. There are number of measures that Government can take but our approach is really not to come up with a blanket intervention. We would want to isolate the culprits and deal with them individually. If it is the entire sector we will then address them as a sector.
"Most of our companies have licences that govern their operations and if we believe that some of these companies do not want to operate like other responsible companies we will not hesitate to withdraw their licences and take other necessary measures. So when we meet this week as a taskforce we will be able to identify such culprits and decide on what action to take," he said.
Some retailers and wholesalers have been raising prices of basic goods without justification and as report in another article in today's edition, some of the culprits are in Bulawayo. Products like cooking oil which are manufactured locally have had their prices rising astronomically over the past few weeks and Government needs to clamp down on profiteering companies.
We agree with Government that those firms found unjustifiably increasing prices should have their licences revoked. We also welcome the decision to allow individuals and companies with free funds to import basic commodities. This will kill the rampant smuggling of goods and boost revenues at border posts.


Our large grass pitches (measuring 20m x20m) are situated in a spacious tree-lined camping meadow located at the top of a bank overlooking the River Charente and a beautiful oak woodland.
Last year after suffering from bouncing balls in Brittany along with an un-swimmable swimming pool, we sought out one of the few adults-only campsites in France, Camp Laurent. We certainly made the right decision as this site was wonderfully tranquil. After we'd both had a year to forget at work we were more in need of relaxation than ever and this was the perfect place to do nothing - we only left the site to get food and take our dog to the vet (helpfully booked for us by Tracey). Thankfully the weather was hot and sunny, so hot that the pool felt very cool initially but was wonderful for cooling down and really invigorating after dozing off while sunbathing around the caravan. There is good space between the small number of pitches so you're not even disturbed at night when fellow campers are outside their tents/vans talking/eating/whatever. The fairly level pitches can be quite far from the hook-up posts but there are extension cables to use. The showers/loos are very nice - they were always clean. The washing-up facilities even had cleaning brushes and washing-up liquid provided - a nice touch. The river's water quality seemed to be suffering from a hot summer and it didn't look very inviting except to Ted, our Border Terrier who would dive in for an afternoon swim and chase sticks. Among the other tents, motorhomes, and caravans there were quite a few dogs but all were well behaved. We were there at the same time as the previous two reviewers, Claire & Andy, and Fran & Dan - hi guys! Finally, the ultimate recommendation: we're returning next year.
We chose Camp Laurent for exactly all that Tracey has described, small number of pitches, tranquil location and it being an adults only site. The facilities were excellent - always clean and with plenty of hot water anytime of the day or night. The pool was a great place to cool down on the few very hot days we had. Loads to see and do in the area and to sum up it was the best place to unplug and recharge the batteries - Tracey and Pete have got the ambience and vibe just right! I'm sure we'll be back!
We stayed at camp Laurent in May and it was a perfect start to our holiday, Tracey & Pete are great hosts and have put a serious amount of effort in to making the site what it is. The showers and toilets are as good as a hotels, fresh clean and spacious with a great eye for detail. Its super peaceful and beautiful with a great little river at the bottom which, if you want to you can have a paddle up stream and pop the question!!
In short great people great location and great site.
We stayed here in August 2015, what a place! Lovely and relaxed, very well run, very clean and luxurious bathrooms/toilets. We really liked this campsite and if we owned one we would like to run it the same, with the relaxed type of atmosphere Tracy and Peter offered.We highly recommend, we had a lovely time and a lot of fun and laughs, in beautiful surroundings.
This is my 4th visit to Camp Laurent and our hosts Peter and Tracey could not be more hospitable and helpful.
On arrival we discovered that the poles for our awning were broken and our power lead wasn't working, however we went to ask where we could replace these Peter said that he could repair them for us.. saving us time effort and money!
I can also recommend the free range eggs on offer from the Camp sites very on chickens, they were absolutely delicious!
All in all, between the friendly hosts, fantastic hotel standard shower and wash facilities, that are not at all what one would expected from a campsite. Not to mention the fantastic pool, (much needed on the hot summer days that the Charente has, I am pleased to highly recommend this place on.
Nice location with really good facilities ,however we did not feel welcome. On arrival was given no information just grumpily told park where you want, shecome and see you later. Parked up only to find there was no water supply in the vicinity of our motor home. Lady did eventually come to see us only up say, keep your dogs under control, at the time they were sleeping on their beds next to us. Didn't feel relaxed, glad we only stayed one night.
I am sorry you felt the greeting you received on arrival was not welcoming. You were invited to pitch up where you would like, shortly after I invited you to the office where I gave you all the relevant information, followed by a tour of the campsite and its facilities.
With regards to the vicinity of the water supply, you chose to pitch the furthest point away from them.
Through our website and cool camping we clearly promote the message 'dog friendly for friendly dogs'. It is also explained on arrival that we are happy for dogs to be off the lead if they are under the control of their owner.
Why would we come and speak to you regarding keeping your dogs under control if as you say they were "sleeping on their beds next to us"? I was offended when I read this. The truth of the matter is your dogs were running freely around other guests (around 50 metres away) on several occasions that afternoon and were unresponsive to your relaxed approach to recall. The camping field is not a 'dog park'. There is plenty of allocated space for dogs and their owners to enjoy freely.
I'm sorry you didn't enjoy your stay and we appreciate your kind words regarding our really good location and facilities. We understand we can't always fulfil everyone's expectations. I felt I should respond to you and provide cool camping readers my own thoughts on your experience here.
Great campsite & awesome owners!!!
The campsite looked great on arrival with the swimming pool, the river close by, amazing sundown, brand new bathroom facilities. The owners were really helpful & friendly, giving directions & the best advice on whats around & things to explore....most of all they were really welcoming & great people!!!
We watched the sun go down in this beatiful setting. The house was lit up that added a little charm to the camp site. The weather was unspoilt & we highly recommend going there for a chilled break!
Ticks all the boxes and more!
We stayed in August '13, had an unforgettable time. A true escape. Relaxing atmosphere after a warming welcome from Tracey and Pete. Made us feel at ease enjoying a drink together in the evening. Friendly fellow campers. Felt comfortable on site. Great facilities. We used there canoe along the river one day and it was so tranquil and secluded, unforgettable paddle with the damselflies. We are looking forward to a return in the future!!
We stayed here in October at the end of the camping season. We loved the place, the area, the showers, the hospitality and of course Lucy the French Bulldog aka camp mascot. I would definitely recommend staying here and would now like to go back in the summer.
What a find! This is proper camping in a lovely, peaceful spot. Pitch where you like and chill are the only rules of the site. It really felt like we were visiting friends, Tracey and Peter made us very welcome. We originally booked for 2 nights and ended up staying the week. Lottie the dog loved the freedom of not being on her lead all the time and had plenty of walks along the lovely riverbank. Tracey also very kindly booked our vet appointment for us at her vet a short distance away. The variety of numbered, signed bike routes on the doorstep also kept Graham happy for the week and there are plenty of other interesting things to do and see in the vicinity.
The amazing hotel style bathroom and little touches such as washing up liquid and sweeties provided at the sinks all add to this perfect camping experience. Well done to Peter and Tracey on their hard work. Please visit this lovely site, you won't be disappointed, even if the weather isn't all it promises to be (as it was during our week).
Fab if your a couple looking for peace and quiet!
If you live in a big city and just want to feel like your in the middle of now where this place is perfect! Coming from a classic French municipal campsite this place was much appreciated, a proper loo with soap and towels and loo roll, yipee! Even though it is essentially a big field your pitch feels surpisingly private and our little campfies in our tin bbq bucket kept us toasty under the stars! There is tons to do - country bike routes, lakes, long lunches in pretty French villages its just not as touristy as Loire/Dordoyne which is really quite nice!
A lovely peaceful and relaxing campsite, with bathrooms you'd find in a hotel! It's very rural, so great for looking at the stars in August.. We had such a lovely stay here and it was so nice to come back here in the evenings after a day exploring the Charente: swimming in lakes and rivers, walking, and visiting nearby Cognac. I would highly reccommend this campsite for anyone who appreciates peace and quiet, in a beautiful countryside setting.
I am no camper and agreed to do it under sufferance as my partner is so keen! This camp site made the experience pleasurable. The bathroom facilities were equivalent to many household facilities with shower toilet and sink all in one room. No hauling stuff from shower to loo to sinks! And no queues. The pool was wonderful and whilst it would comfortably take more than 4 people at one time there appeared to be an understanding amongst the campers so that there was never more than 4 people in at anyone time.... Bliss. No children soup at this campsite! I would happily go again ... Indeed I hope I do it was tranquil relaxing and an altogether stress free experience.
Camp Laurent – what a little gem! My first experience of camping since I was a child and at 70 I was a little apprehensive. My daughter and I arrived late, but Tracy gave us the warmest welcome and we felt immediately relaxed. The site is located on the banks of the lovely river Charente, ideal for fishing or just relaxing. Everything is wonderfully clean with washing facilities, a walk-in shower and a pool for a relaxing dip. Plenty of free drinking water and electric hook ups plus fridge facility if needed. We ate well at the excellent restaurant in the nearby village and returned to the site where we were able to enjoy a peaceful night, without discos or noisy neighbours. As we were travelling onwards, we only stayed one night but would certainly return.
We stayed in july/august. This is a superb rural site within easy reach of Confolens and many small French villages. Not too far away are some superb swimming lakes. The site is very well kept by Pete and Tracey who make you feel very welcome and find nothing too much trouble. The facilities are first class with plenty of hot water and space to get changed. As this is an adult only camp you can enjoy the company of other like minded people with plenty of space around you. The swimming pool is superb for a dip to cool down in the day or late into the evening. You can find a nice relaxing spot down by the river to read a book or do a spot of fishing. It is even possible to borrow the campsite canoe. All in all I thoroughly recommend this campsite to anyone wishing to get away from it all and enjoy the beautiful rural countryside.
We have just returned from this adult only site in very rural Poitou Charente and it is the epitome of what a 'CL' style site should be. Tracey and Pete have taken over the ownership this season and since the opening in June, they have begun to establish a corporate identity for the site that suits many campers but is rarely available; particularly in France. There is a gentle slope to the site with shade on each side either at the end of the day or the beginning. We chose to pitch at the high side taking the morning and daytime sun; warming and drying the dew by 10am and shade by 17:00. The facilities were always clean and well looked after, even by most of the other campers! There is also a covered wash-up area and the usual disposal points etc. Hook-up points are available. The site is restricted to about ten units and with the current facilities, this is about right. Tracey and Pete have plans to develop the site more but are keen to retain the style and atmosphere that is currently obvious: few rules, choose your own pitch and quiet relaxation is compulsory as is a daily dip in the refreshing pool!
The river Charente runs through the boundary of the site and I also enjoyed some good fishing, taking 30 lbs of silver bream from it in an hour on one occasion.The immediate area is typical of rural France; Confolens, the local town, is pleasant enough with a beautiful Medieval bridge and some ancient buildings. We were lucky enough to catch the annual festival of dance and music from around the world and we were caught up in the atmosphere of celebration. Angouleme is a thirty minute drive and has all the usual attractions of a small city including old and new parts of the town.
Tracey and Pete are to be applauded for the progress made so far and I look forward to returning to Camping Lauren to witness the improvements and renew my friendship with Lucy the French bulldog with a huge personality! Whatever unit you travel with, if you like your camping simple but civilised, this is the place for you.
We stayed for two weeks in August. The site is peaceful, calm and laid back. Quiet, as it is adult only which we like but hard to find in France. There are no 'set' pitches so you have the freedom to locate where you want and there is enough space not to be on top of each other. There is an above ground pool which is great when it gets hot. Tracy and Peter are great hosts, they can't do enough for you but give you lots of space. Exactly what you want on a camp site. The location is great, in a stunning part of the Charente. The stars at night are breathtaking as there is no light pollution. We have really enjoyed our stay and would highly recommend this site.
Tents, caravans/motorhomes, dogs – yes. Kids – no (sorry nippers, it's adults only).


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Sarah Irving, the executive vice president of Irving Oil, was the keynote speaker at a Port Days luncheon in June. Image: Mark Leger/Huddle.
Sarah Irving and Arthur Irving shared the stage at a luncheon event Tuesday for Port Days and East Coast Energy Connection – both of them emphasizing the critical role Saint John plays in the past, present and future of Irving Oil.
Arthur Irving, right, receives Port Award of the Year.
Arthur Irving, Chairman of Irving Oil, took the stage as the recipient of the 20th Port Award of the Year. While his remarks were less scripted than the ones given by his daughter, Arthur pressed the same point about the virtues of Saint John and its people.


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Getting into production around 20 years ago Nimzo is out of Kearny, New Jersey. His first foray into Hip-Hop was as an MC. Producing on and off for the last 20 years, Nimzo attributes his sound to three key times in his career: 1997-2001 when he was producing mostly for an alternative Hip-Hop group and then later as a duo with AudioArcade, 2006 when he got a crack of Reason 3 in his senior year of college and made an unreleased album over the course of that year and finally in 2016 , after a hiatus and the birth of his son, he copped a Maschine MKII and immediately fell back in love with making beats again. Released with Dust Collectors,'Waves, Vibes and Frequencies' is Nimzo's latest drop but how does it feature in this producer's storied career?
The most outstanding feature of 'Waves, Vibes and Frequencies' is its freeform expression of music. It blends Lo-Fi, Boom Bap, Jazz and Funk in such a natural way, it's actually quite hard to classify this album. Whilst ostensibly Hip Hop, the project blends so much stylistically it seems unsatisfactory to pin it down as any one genre. There are jazzy harmonics in plucked guitars, funky drums reminiscent of Pete Rock or Lord Finesse and Lo-Fi fuzz seeping through the entire album. The album opener 'Ambien' is a great example. Floating across a subdued but strong drum beat; horns, piano and xylophone vie for the listeners ear. The track encapsulates the true hybrid beauty Nimzo has created. Melting the walls between genres and redefining his own form.
'Waves, Vibes and Frequencies' is a tour de force of beat-making excellence. It is raw freeform expression; textured and moulded with Nimzo's unique hybrid style of seamless creation. The album creates an organic aura of calm that is hard to pin down to any one element. The project traverses different genres, techniques and styles in such a way that the listener is encouraged to simply drink in the journey. The artistry at play here is beautiful whilst still feeling familiar and inviting. 'Waves, Vibes and Frequencies' is a special album. Created at the zenith of a two decade long story and offering so much, both musically and thematically, this is essential listening for beatheads of all tastes.
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Navratnas in the Court of Mughal Emperor Akbar
Akbar was a great Mughal Emperor who was a great lover of intellect and arts.
Despite his illiteracy, he had a great passion for knowledge and was interested in accumulating erudition from the great minds at that time of his reign.
He had a great affinity for academia and arts which in turn influenced his choices in the royal court.
For this, he had some of the great men who were genius in their field in his court.
There were 9 courtiers in Akbar's reign and they were popularly known as Navratnas or Nine Jewels.
The story of the grandeur of Akbar is incomplete if we don't mention the name of his Navratnas.
The same is discussed under the following headings below:
Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak
He was the Grand Vazir or Prime Minister in the court of Akbar.
He was the author of Akbarnama that contains every single detail about the reign of this famous Mughal emperor.
He was the brother of Faizi and translated Bible in Persian when he was a royal courtier.
He was born in Agra but has his ancestral ties in Yemen.
He was extremely bright since his childhood and could read and write in Arabic since the age of 5.
He came to the court of Akbar in 1575 and was extremely influential in converting Akbar's views towards religion as liberal.
He was killed while returning from the war in Deccan by Vir Singh Bundela.
His son was appointed as Governor of Bihar in 1608 by Jahangir.
Todar Mal
He was the Finance Minister and Commerce Minister of Mughal Empire and one of the Navratnas in the court of the ruler Akbar.
He was the only Hindu courtier next only to Raja Birbal out of the 9 ratnas.
He was born in Uttar Pradesh and he belonged to a typical Kayastha or Agrawal family of the Hindus.
During the early phase of his career, he was a writer by profession but slowly moved to higher ranks in the reign of Sher Shah Suri.
As a courtier, he introduced land survey and settlement system, standard weight and measures, revenue districts and officials.
He also introduced a new land revenue system called Dahsala Zabti System where crop yield were surveyed on a basis of 10 year period.
He was also an able warrior and contributed a lot in many battles.
He died in the year 1589 in Lahore and was survived by two sons namely Kalyan Das and Dhari.
Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana
He was the Defense Minister in the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar.
He was a poet and one of 9 important ministers at that time.
He was popularly known as Rahim and has composed a large number of Urdu couplets and wrote several books on astrology.
He was the son of Bairam Khan who was the trusted guardian and mentor of Akbar.
He was born in Lahore and was known for his strange ways of giving alms to beggars where he never looked at their face and maintained his gaze down.
He made a major contribution in writing dohas which are popular in today's time also.
He translated the memoir of Babur called Baburnama from Chagatai Turk to Persian language.
He had very good knowledge of Sanskrit.
Although he was Muslim by birth but he was a very big devotee of Lord Krishna and all his poetry were dedicated to Him.
His tomb is situated at New Delhi near to Humayun's tomb.
Birbal
He was a Hindu adviser and Foreign Minister in the court of Akbar.
Birbal is extremely popular in the Indian subcontinent for his folk tales that focuses his wit and humor.
He was appointed by Akbar as singer and poet.
He was a very legendary and famous figure in India because of his cleverness.
He was the only person who adopted Din-i-Ilahi; the religion founded by Akbar.
Birbal's actual name was Mahesh Das and he was born in 1528 in Uttar Pradesh.
He had very good knowledge of Hindi, Sanskrit and Persian language.
His reputation in the court grew with time and he became the closest friend of Akbar.
He played the role of military figure and religious adviser for his emperor.
He was killed in a war but his body was not found for cremation.
Akbar considered Birbal's loss as one of the greatest tragedies since his accession to the throne.
Faizi
He was the Education Minister in the court of Akbar and mentor of Shahzadas.
He was a scholar and poet of the late medieval period in India.
He was the elder brother of Abul Fazal who was one of the nine ratnas of Akbar's court.
Faizi was known to be a genius person and apart from appointing him as one of the nine gems, he was appointed to tutor the sons of Akbar.
He was born in Agra and is known for his poetic works in Persian.
More than 100 different poems were written by Faizi but the titles are not known to anyone.
He wrote a commentary on Quran and translated Lilavati which is a Sanskrit work on mathematics into Persian language.
He even translated Ramayana, Mahabharata and Panchatantra into the Persian language.
Mulla Do-Piyaza
He was the Home Minister in the court of Akbar and one of the nine ratnas.
He was one of the intelligence advisers of the Mughal Emperor but is often considered to be a fictional character.
He has often been depicted as the rival of Birbal and although there is no record in the Mughal era about this courtier, some scholars are of the opinion that he was a historical figure and his original name was Abdul Monin.
He was born in India and left for Iran in the year 1582 and was buried in Handia in 1620.
Fakir Aziao-Din
He was the Religious Minister in the court of Akbar and one of the nine ratnas.
He was a Sufi mystic and was known for his vast knowledge on religion.
He advised his emperor on several religious matters and was instrumental in making Akbar's religious views as liberal.
Akbar had a lot of respect for him because of his knowledge on wide range of topics.
There is no historical record about his birth, life and death.
He was the Culture Minister and a versatile singer in the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar.
He was first spotted by Akbar where Tansen was imparting his services in the court of Ram Chand who was a Hindu King in the city of Gwalior.
He was requested for his presence in the court and consequently became one of the nine ratnas.
He was given the title of Mian by Akbar which means a learned man.
Tansen is remembered in the history for his contribution in North Indian and Hindustani classical music.
A number of different musical schools in India are founded on the basis of his contribution to music.
He has written two books on music called Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara.
Raja Man Singh I
He was the Chief of Staff of the Mughal Army of Akbar and one of the nine ratnas.
He was born in the year 1580 and Akbar married his aunt.
Many historians claim it to be the main reason he was inducted in the court of Akbar.
The emperor was extremely fond of him and referred him as his "son".
He made an active contribution in the Battle of Haldighati against Rana Pratap in 1576.
Later on, he became the Governor of states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Bengal.
He died a natural death in the year 1614 and was a big devotee of Lord Krishna.
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Labels: Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Birbal, Faizi, Fakir Azio Din, Medieval History, Mulla Do Piyaza, Raja Man Singh, Tansen, Todarmal
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Residents of Plateau State have been warned to be on the alert and report any suspicious persons to relevant authorities to avoid any breach of the fragile peace as fleeing Boko Haram members from the North East are seeking refuge in the state. The Commander of Operation Safe Haven, OPSH, Major-General Rogers Nicholas, gave the charge, weekend, in Jos while speaking with journalists during his maiden media briefing on current security developments in the state. He said the call became necessary to prevent the fleeing Boko Haram members from settling among the people in the state and pose security risk. He told the people to be on the alert and look out for strange faces among them.


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The Burnout and Escapism Issue
The Death of Death
What young people can learn from a society of aging immortalists trying to live long enough to live forever.
by Annalies Winny; photos by M. Holden Warren
Dec 6 2018, 2:52pm
Ivan Apers, center, surrounded by participants in the RAAD Challenge, a yearlong health and fitness regimen culminating at RAADfest. Members showed off their results with a choreographed workout set to music.
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"Are we ready to open the doors?" an event producer in a skintight catsuit asked into a headset.
As EDM blasted over a PA system, hundreds flooded into the ballroom of San Diego's Town & Country resort: tanned-and-toned millennials, a group of friends from Venezuela, an engineer from Lagos, Botoxed retirees, and elderly couples pushing Zimmer frames. They took their seats, awaiting the good news:
"No one here, as far as I'm concerned, has to die anymore!" Jim Strole told the crowd to exultant cheers at the third annual RAADfest—the go-to science conference for immortalists of all stripes.
Luminous and dapper, Strole (biologically 70 years old; "ageless" in spirit), has the puffed-chest posture of a circus ringmaster. He was joined by his one-named cohost, Bernadeane (81 in calendar years), wearing a leopard-print pantsuit and red lipstick: "The greatest success, as far as I'm concerned, is not dying!" she added, though that could go without saying in this room.
For almost everyone else, it doesn't. Most of us grew up surrounded by normative clichés about our mortality: Life is short; death is the only constant; live each day like it's your last. What does it look like to live life as if there were no end—no such thing as burning out? More than 1,000 people, many of them adherents of Strole and Bernadeane's Scottsdale, Arizona–based immortalist group, People Unlimited, came to RAADfest to find out.
Jim Strole and Bernadeane, founding members of the immortalist group People Unlimited, greet the crowd on RAADfest's opening night. The duo have been seeking and selling immortality for decades and have accumulated followers across the globe.
The celebratory confab is organized by the Coalition for Radical Life Extension, a gaggle of fringe scientists, biotech start-ups, and immortality enthusiasts united in agreement that "the deathist paradigm" has to go, and that within most of our lifetimes, biological aging can be a thing of the past. In one way or another, each board member's career feeds off the advancement of age reversal science and the popularization of the immortalist ideology—be it via membership dues, supplement sales, or translating intrigue and research findings into investment funds.
People Unlimited's members are the bona fide foot soldiers of the movement. As far as how long they intend to live: "We don't have a number on that—it's endless," Strole clarified to the audience. But for the group's global network of devotees, freedom from mortality is about more than escaping death—they know that's a tall order. It's about the catharsis that comes with believing one has all the time in the world to think, work, play, make love, and build careers. Envisioning a world without the ultimate trinity of burnout—aging, disease, and death—is as much a spiritual commitment as it is a scientific aspiration.
Alongside a hard sell for age-reversal products, People Unlimited deals in a currency of community and positive affirmation. Even their notably tactile affection for one another feeds the mission—as one member put it, they literally hold on to one another without the fear of loss.
"It's such a tremendous alleviation of stress to live this way," Strole told me over the phone a week after the whirlwind that was RAADfest. Decades their junior, I was still recovering, but Strole and Bernadeane seemed unfazed. Maybe they're born with it; or maybe it's their latest regimen of personalized vitamin supplements, immune-boosters, piano playing, and sports-car driving.
In the RAADfest exhibition hall, a woman tests out the Rasha Morphogenetic Harmoniser System. The product purports to reverse mutations in "junk DNA." The Nevada-based company offers "quantum self- healthcare" as an alternative to conventional Western medicine.
For the most serious devotees, immortality-seeking is a full-time commitment to keeping abreast of the latest innovations—they speak of these "modalities" with the same reverence a Christian would of a blessing. A $250 billion industry of antiaging products and services is there for the collection—and many of their offerings are for sale at RAADfest.
"I know it's gonna sound stupid, but I feel... metallic," an Australian named Ray Palmer explained to me in the RAADfest exhibition hall. He was easing into his second hour hooked up to an IV coursing NAD+-replenishing fluid through his veins. The coenzyme's depletion is linked to aging and aging-related disease—a study re-upping the stuff in mice was found to make them livelier, more youthful, and more muscular. There's no clinical evidence of such effects in humans, but one thing's for sure, said Palmer: "My thoughts are extremely profound. Since I've been sitting here I've written a book in my head about that plant over there." People at RAADfest were lined up to try it out.
Rudi Hoffman, a 61-year-old cryonics life insurance salesman, climbs into an at-home hyperbaric chamber.
At the Stem Cell Institute booth of Neil Riordan, PhD, you could sign up for stem cell therapies delivered in Panama that, according to their purveyor, cured Mel Gibson's father of liver and kidney failure. A poster boy for the clinic, Hutton Gibson was wheelchair-bound when he came in and walking a month later, Riordan told the audience. You could also arrange to be injected with the blood plasma of a teenager for around $8,000. You could stand on a vibrating platform that, according to its sales rep, gives "the most benefits ever." You could lie between electronic currents and be whispered to by a nymph-like blond. You could buy pretty vaginal weights from a self-styled tantric master.
If this all fails, there's the ultimate speculative investment: cryonic preservation, as used by Austin Powers. "Two hundred thousand dollars for the whole body, $80,000 for the head—that's where your memories are; we should be able to rebuild the rest," explained R. Michael Perry, who is a live-in employee at the Alcor cryonics facility in Scottsdale, where he helps watch over more than 160 preserved bodies. Another 1,200 are signed up to be put on ice and brought to the facility upon legal death, with most paying in advance via specialized life insurance policies. Bodies have been accumulating here since the 1970s, but none have been resurrected yet—the technology to do so doesn't exist, and no one knows if it ever will.
This is going too far for Ivan Apers. "I'm not a fuckin' popsicle," bristled the muscular Belgian, who relocated to Arizona to be closer to People Unlimited. Over the years, so has a cohort of Venezuelans who heard about People Unlimited through friends back home. Among them was Libny González. When she moved to Scottsdale to join the group 13 years ago, she was only in her early 30s, but she was already rolling her eyes at the pattern society had drawn for women's lives.
"For a woman it's 'Oh now you're 30, you need to get married, have children,' blah blah blah," she said. "You need to be at 25 something, at 35 something, and at 45 you're done, you cannot be beautiful, fall in love, have children. No way! I'm going to get everything I want because I don't have limits," she said frankly. "I know I'm not dying.
"You can't wait," she continued. "If you want radical life extension, you have to move. You have to be ready. Not everyone is prepared for this life." She gestured aggressively to an unspecified point in the distance.
Ben Goertzel, PhD, of Hanson Robotics performs a duet of a Björk song with Sophia, a humanoid robot being developed by the company, which is looking to create "living, conscious machines."
For Bernadeane, a great-grandmother who confidently sports mini-skirts and hasn't spent a dime preparing a will, an endlessly livable life means escaping crippling psycho-social dynamics, from possessive relationships to traditional family roles to age-specific fashion. She considers herself liberated from the accepted norms of aging.
"Years are scary for people," she told me. "I've been here for 81 years—I'm not 81 years old. I've closed all doors of escape."
Things are less urgent for the younger generation—the drive to try experimental therapies is less pronounced. Asking around at RAADfest, I found that most people stick to a relatively low-risk regimen of daily supplements and exercise.
For Bernadeane's millennial granddaughter Brittany Bejarano, that means yoga every day, weight training three to four times a week, and a supplement roster that would fill my notebook, she warned. For young immortalists, it's all about preserving the body so it's better-prepared for breakthroughs to come.
More specifically, until about 2045. Kurzweil's RAADfest keynote address assured the audience that year is when the tipping point—"The Singularity"—will surely have arrived—when artificial intelligence will surpass humans and allow everything, including biomedical research, to speed up exponentially.
In recent years, the science moving through the research pipeline—much of it in mice—has shown potential in reversing cell senescence and aging-related damage, which, if effective in humans could, in theory, offer endless opportunities to turn back the clock. And perhaps, with the help of artificial intelligence, research into now-fringe therapies will be expedited to reach the gold standard of human clinical trials ever faster. Perhaps that data will be analyzed at warp speed, spurring FDA-approved drugs and driving prices down as they percolate into the mainstream, and, at long last, into the insurance policies of everyday folks. This is all a big maybe with no real time frame, but for people like Strole and Bernadeane, it's less of a maybe now than they could have ever imagined.
Brittany Bejarano, 31, is the granddaughter of People Unlimited's co-founder Bernadeane. Brought up in the People Unlimited community, she is raising her toddler to "live long enough to live forever."
Bernadeane began her pursuit of immortality 60-odd years ago, the moment she heard the evangelical minister O.L. Jaggers on her car radio. "He was talking about how the physical body didn't have to die. It rang a bell with me. It was instant. I didn't think about 'Is this real or not?'" she says.
Before long, she met Strole, and they took their act on tour, seeking out other immortalists to further the cause. Back in the 70s, when Strole first got up to speak at one of their early "super-longevity" events, he told me, "I was so nervous my bell-bottoms were ringing!"
Back then, seeking immortality meant finding someone who'd give you regular colonics, vitamin C IVs, and cleanses before they were trendy. It didn't mean offshore stem cell treatments and experimental gene therapies, age panel tests or ultra-personalized vitamin protocols. It didn't mean Silicon Valley age reversal labs funded by tech scions, or plans for humanoid robots to eventually conquer biomedical research.
But it does today, and that's served as vindication for the movement's diehards that they've been onto something all along.
Bill Faloon, who resembles a TV game show host from a different era, is another RAADfest fixture. The owner of Life Extension Foundation—the premier supplement retailer at RAADfest—is also a founder of the Florida-based Church of Perpetual Life. During one of many RAADfest talks, he pulled up a slide citing new research in the elite Journal of the American Medical Association, outlining the dangers of "zombie-like" senescent cells that spew harmful proteins, and the potential of senolytic drugs to curb the harm done—progress, but again, in mice. He nodded in satisfaction, bouncing a remarkable pompadour in the jet-black hue of a much younger man. "I've been saying this for decades!"
In an "Age Reversal Guide," Faloon outlined a recommended course of senolytics and ways to obtain them via one of his websites. The audience was grateful—but despite senolytics' promise, according to mainstream scientific protocol, such enthusiasm is wildly premature without results from placebo-controlled human trials.
RAADfest headliner Aubrey de Grey, a superstar of the immortalist movement. The controversial biomedical gerontologist came to prominence for his belief that medical technology has the potential to banish age- related ailments. His Silicon Valley research foundation explores ways to rejuvenate the body and reverse human aging.
"I can't deny there might be some amazing breakthrough tomorrow. I hope it does happen for my own sake and for everybody else too. But I have not seen anything in the scientific literature that suggests that"—and experimental offshore gene therapies don't count, said Steven Salzberg, a biomedical engineering professor at Johns Hopkins. Salzberg dedicated an article in Forbes to "several rather serious problems" in the claimed success of gene therapies conducted in Colombia on one of RAADfest's biggest stars, Liz Parrish, the CEO of BioViva, a biotech company. Several times, she took to the stage celebrating the results of an experiment performed only on herself.
A gentleman promoting stem cell therapies in the exhibition hall admitted his field is a "wild west" that includes facilities resembling "eighth grade chemistry labs." But people like Norman Spivock, a 94-year-old skiing enthusiast, aren't prepared to rule anything out. "What do we do? Wait around? I don't have time to wait," he told me.
Living to 200 may be hard to imagine. The oldest person ever lived to be 122—a spring chicken by People Unlimited standards—and many scientists believe that's the upper limit of the human life span. But the reality of aging loved ones is something that stares us, and our economies, in the face every day. We've been extending life for generations, but vitality hasn't kept pace.
In the past 200 years, overall human life expectancy has doubled, spurred more by declining infant deaths and improved public health infrastructure than better-managed aging. But the global 85+ cohort is expected to increase 351 percent by 2050, according to a World Health Organization report. Dementia, stroke, or parkinsonism still befall half of women and a third of men during their lifetime, according to research published in October in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.
And between the ages of 70 and 90, medical expenses for the elderly increase more than twofold. An American who reaches her 90s will command more than $25,000 per year on average in care costs, much of that going to nursing homes.
While there's little debate that the enormous burden of aging is a hallmark of our time, it's mainly regarded as an inevitability by most people and by uber-cautious federal agencies that fund research and green-light drugs.
People Unlimited may represent the outer reaches of optimism around age reversal, but it's "1,000 times closer to perfection" than the contrary: a perverse acceptance of a tragic status quo, said Aubrey de Grey. The pot-stirring English gerontologist credits himself with shifting the conversation around aging in the 90s, from slowing aging to actually reversing it. "Everyone thought I was crazy," he told me. Now, as studies trickle out suggesting cell damage reversal may be possible: "Everyone who hates dying loves me.
"When people say, 'Death gives meaning to life.' I mean. What. The. Fuck. What is that supposed to mean—you want your mother to get Alzheimer's?" De Grey is baffled by "the desperation to come up with fucked up crazy reasons to pretend that aging is some kind of blessing in disguise."
For Bejarano, it's a conversation she's never entertained. "I grew up in this life," the effervescent 31-year-old told me, somewhere between performing a choreographed workout on the RAADfest stage and listening to a talk on stem cell therapies. Now she's bringing up her one-and-a-half-year-old son to live life like she does: as if there's no end in sight.
"My motto is, everything I do is to prove myself right—to prove to my body that I'm gonna be here forever," she said.
Merely believing this is perhaps the ultimate form of mental escapism; but physically, it means treating the body as a vessel of hope straight from the Field of Dreams playbook: If you build it, immortality will come.
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Georgia Impact • Health & Wellness • Society & Culture
Middle schoolers get their hands dirty remotely
by Aaron Cox
VISTA Charlie Evans and GIKI Director Wick Prichard harvest veggies from the Hilsman Middle School garden. (Photo by Shannah Montgomery)
UGA online summer camp teaches students about agriculture and nutrition
Clarke County School District students haven't been in a classroom since March, but that hasn't stopped the learning, even over the summer, thanks to the University of Georgia.
More than two dozen middle school students participated in a UGA summer camp where they made fresh salsa, built a compost bin, baked homemade pretzel bread and designed vegetable-based tie-dyed shirts.
And they did it all from their homes.
The Grow It Know It (GIKI) Summer Camp, offered through UGA's Office of Service-Learning, is typically a weeklong experience at Clarke or Hilsman middle schools. This year, it was offered virtually, educating participants about agriculture, plant science and nutrition, while providing fun, hands-on activities that the students could do at home.
A three-for-one deal
"Our plan for these summer activities is to have the kids learn something and also prepare a meal for their family at the same time," GIKI Coordinator Wick Prichard said. "It's kind of a three-for-one deal: occupy the student and get them out of their family's hair, teach them something, then have them prepare food for the family all at the same time."
In addition to steering the summer program, Prichard also expanded the middle school gardens — usually in maintenance mode during the summer — to produce vegetables and fruit for food-insecure Athens-area residents.
(Photo by Shannah Montgomery)
A $5,000 award from the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at UGA allowed the summer program to serve more students and Athens area residents than expected. The award was part of a larger grant that the State Botanical Garden received this summer from the U.S. Botanic Garden and American Public Gardens Association.
The combined middle school gardens now produce approximately 75 to 100 pounds of produce every week, including tomatoes, peppers, okra, zucchini, eggplant, watermelons and more. While much of the harvest is used elsewhere — like in the schools' summer lunch pickup program — a portion of it was also delivered to campers.
Quality of life issue
"We knew we had that space and since we were able to ramp up production, we said let's do it," Prichard said. "We're not going to save the world by growing vegetables for people, but the way I see it is it's a quality of life thing. Fresh vegetables in general never hurt. It says the community cares about you and we're doing our part to relieve some of your stress."
The Office of Service-Learning and the State Botanical Garden are units of Public Service and Outreach. OSL also reports to the UGA vice president for instruction.
Each week, Ashley Burton and Charlie Evans, AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers assigned to GIKI, delivered boxes with produce and other supplies to the students that request them for that week's summer camp projects. In addition to fresh produce, packages also included kitchen utensils and even other food products like pudding cups. The goal was for everyone to have access to the ingredients necessary to learn, have fun and cook.
Schools aren't in session, and if the kids are wanting to learn, we haven't really shut that down." — Ashley Burton
"Charlie and I have had so much fun, and there's been some topics that the kids themselves have suggested that they wanted to see," said Burton, a Barrow County native, and the GIKI VISTA during the 2019-20 school year. "For example, talking about bacteria and yeast in the kitchen; how yeast rises and bread rises. That's not something we normally would have discussed in our camp setting, but the kids have been really interested in it and have really spearheaded it themselves. Schools aren't in session, and if the kids are wanting to learn, we haven't really shut that down."
Normally a weeklong, in-person summer camp, GIKI made the decision to go virtual this year. The camp met every Tuesday and Thursday, utilizing Zoom video calls and creative lesson plans to continue reaching students at their homes.
More than two dozen children participated in the camp this summer, including friends and younger siblings of normal campers — a demographic that normally wouldn't have access to the camp or might not choose to learn about agriculture, Burton said.
Using resources in hand
The online format and extended timeline of the camp forced GIKI to be flexible with its lesson plans, as well. Using fresh produce from the school gardens, seeds from UGArden, and even yeast and bacteria, the team based its lesson plans off what was currently available.
"It makes it fun, because you really just have to go with what you have," said Evans, a 2018 UGA graduate and the current GIKI VISTA in Clarke County. "Obviously we have to kind of plan out ahead of time and have an idea of what we'll have available, but also it makes it easy to say, 'Thursday we're not doing what we had planned. We have this available, let's just jump on it and go.'"
Established in 2013, the Grow It Know It program was created by the Office of Service-Learning, UGA Cooperative Extension, UGArden and the Clarke County School District to support teachers involved in farm-to-school programming.
The program has left a lasting impression on many who have experienced it, including students, VISTAS and middle school teachers.
"It's really important for me that the students, especially at the age of 12 to 14, kind of get an understanding of where their food comes from," said Greg Brav, the agriculture science teacher at Hilsman and a former GIKI VISTA. "So, the way to get them the most excited about it is actually to get in there and show the students what it's like to be involved with food production. You can read about it in a book, and you should, but at the same time getting that firsthand experience is really important for the students."
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The Paramount Center for the Arts will host its Fall Gala on Friday, November 13th. The reception begins in the lobby at 6pm, including hors d'oeuvres and an open bar, followed by a performance of Beyond Glory, featuring award-winning actor Stephen Lang, at 8 pm.
The Paramount Gala event is by invitation only. Tickets are $135, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit a localVeteran Support Organization.
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All Aboard Florida secures rail deals
Obtained critical right of way needed for the project. Moving forward with construction and developing its Central Florida station at the Orlando International Airport's future intermodal station.
Private Fla. rail project set for 2015
Florida East Coast Industries, a railroad and real estate company, plans to build and operate All Aboard Florida, a new passenger rail service that will run from Miami to Orlando. The project will cost approximately $1 billion.
Florida co. may build private passenger rail
Florida East Coast Industries' "All Aboard Florida" would connect Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa and Orlando and utilize the 200 miles of track between these cities the company already owns and uses for freight.


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Is this a crazy time of year for you? Are you searching for a way to reflect during Lent but have very little time?
Join us online at your own pace as we celebrate the second Sunday of Lent. Let us reflect, read, mediate, and find enlightenment together. The Salesian Center for Faith & Culture is offering a free online non-credit course for Lent through CourseSites.
This course is for spiritual enrichment and will offer you the opportunity to join with fellow pilgrims as we journey together discovering the true meaning of Lent and reconnecting with our own spirituality. Lent 2019: A Time of Enlightenment & Reconnecting is open now and will run through the end of April.


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The Zika virus have affected many, especially pregnant women traveling to other countries. While there have been many warnings and precautions, the first documented case of the Zika virus has taken place in New York through sexual contact. Hit the jump to find out more.
First comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage. Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian are planning on tying the knot sooner than expected. Every girls dream. Marriage first, children later.
Blac Chyna took to Instagram to pen a loving message about having another baby. She wrote how she thought it was going to just be her and her son King until she met her now fiancee Rob Kardashian. Chyna posted the loving message with her ultrasound.
The things some people will do to get their hands on a piece of fried chicken is crazy. Lol! One baby took things to a whole new level and literally moved the playpen from one side of the room to another to get some chicken. Check out the video after the jump.
Looks like Blac Chyna is not here for all the negative comments people are giving her since she announced she was pregnant. Chyna took to Instagram to silence the haters. She says she is pregnant and chooses to dress comfortably.
Blac Chyna Announces She Is Pregnant!
It looks like congratulations are in order! Blac Chyna has announced she's pregnant on her Instagram.
Sirens sound, black man gets pulled over. We've all heard this story before. Some of us have even lived it. But this isn't your usual routine stop. Not many would expect this act of service, especially coming from a rookie cop.
Ever since Draya gave birth to her baby boy Jru, she seems to be happier and in a much better place. Not only has she been sharing positive messages and encouraging words for new mothers on Instagram, but she showed off her post baby body on Snapchat.
(Video) Coco Twerks… With Her Baby?
We all love Coco and her awesome curves, but recently she took to Instagram to show off her twerking skills. Usually it would be something guys would break their necks to see, but she was twerking with her…baby? Quite interesting.


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namespace Surfnet\StepupMiddleware\CommandHandlingBundle\Tests\Identity\CommandHandler;

use Broadway\Domain\DomainEventStreamInterface;
use Broadway\EventStore\EventStoreInterface;
use Surfnet\Stepup\Identity\Value\IdentityId;
use Surfnet\StepupMiddleware\CommandHandlingBundle\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;

final class IdentityIdEnforcingEventStoreDecorator implements EventStoreInterface
{
    /**
     * @var EventStoreInterface
     */
    private $decoratedEventStore;

    public function __construct(EventStoreInterface $decoratedEventStore)
    {
        $this->decoratedEventStore = $decoratedEventStore;
    }

    public function load($id)
    {
        if (!$id instanceof IdentityId) {
            throw new InvalidArgumentException(
                'The SensitiveDataEventStoreDecorator only works with Identities, please pass in an IdentityId $id'
            );
        }

        return $this->decoratedEventStore->load($id);
    }

    public function append($id, DomainEventStreamInterface $eventStream)
    {
        if (!$id instanceof IdentityId) {
            throw new InvalidArgumentException(
                'The SensitiveDataEventStoreDecorator only works with Identities, please pass in an IdentityId $id'
            );
        }

        $this->decoratedEventStore->append($id, $eventStream);
    }
}

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It's been a long night of dreams, but i felt empowered and aligned with "order" in each of them. There was always a battle to survive. But there was also the wisdom, power and means to put things in order to easily "survive".
Time and time again, dream scenario after dream scenario, I put all "right" in my world and survived once again.
These words were divinely-inspired and held no clear meaning til my final dream scenario appeared. My attention went directly to a large tree in the center of an open field. This tree was barren without leaves or fruits, but its trunk was the creation of one pure black tree grown into and united with one purely white tree.
There were separate, but they weren't.
I reached for a pen, upon returning to consciousness. The mystery teaching was becoming clear.
When there is no more polarity ~ no more separation ~ no more good/bad ~ black/white ~ rich/poor ~ young/old……PEACE WILL COME AGAIN.
All is in natural order and balance, but our perception of separation creates the walls and battles we wage within. When we find acceptance for all moments and experience, the war within will cease. The need to survive will cease.
We are pristine. We are pure. We are perfect and loved – just the way we are. Only perception can imply that we are anything less.
There is no true separation, no wrong or right, and no black and white UNLESS we assign it as so!!
All LIFE is a divine expression. There is no need to compare and measure any unique truth against another. All holds intrinsic value and complements the whole. With this view of all-encompassing acceptance, the concept of "battle" transcends to a space of nonjudgment and peace.
No wrong. No right. Only experience. Only expression.
HOW PROFOUND THIS SPIRIT TEACHING IS TO ME!!!
Can we elevate our conscious perception to this blissful state of being?? It's the art of living a 5th dimensional reality, and it's the next step in our natural evolution. So, perhaps it is time for us to plant the seeds of non-polarity.
Hold a confident vision of PEACE upon this earth.
Peace will not come from the changes we see, but from the changes we perceive.
Aho!!! The most magical part of this experience VK…is that i not only believed IN this Truth…for a pure moment i felt its absolute reality!!! And now that i'm awake…i can admit that it won't be such an easy transition. But i will hold this knowing and vision strong…til we create this reality as our ONLY truth!!! 🙂 Thank You BEAUTIFUL Sister!!! Have an extraordinary day!!!!
This is a difficult one to contemplate. This physical reality is propelled by polarity, but as you said, we're making or have made the Shift to 5D… It is our perceptions that need to shift in order to dwell in that space. By doing so, we shift our energy and, therefore, align it with the "new" dimension. Polarity is not a part of "home", and we are not actually separate from it. Separateness is the illusion. So, yes, the perceptions on our part are what separate us from "home" and no more polarity.
I'm so glad that you enjoyed it Dawna!! Everytime I read it…i'm re-ignited by the true POWER that this teaching holds!! And as you said…it's in embracing it as our TRUTH that will shift our experiences!! That takes time…but we are speeding towards that 5d bliss quicker than we can imagine!! So our greatest privilege and duty is to remember that there is NO true polarity…only that which we perceive!!


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PHOENIX – For a good 24 wild-card hours, starters had climbed pitchers' mounds as the chosen ones, those tasked with lifting their clubs from the regular season into the division series, and what followed was not tidiness, not gallantry, not brilliance, but chaos.
Down went the Twin. Down went the Yankee. Down went the Rockie. And down, lastly, went the Diamondback. And in came the bullpens. And, here, up came a little more chaos.
In an elimination game Wednesday night at Chase Field, after having pitched Zack Greinke and turning in desperation to fellow starter Robbie Ray, and then briefly pulling away on a two-run, seventh-inning triple by Archie Bradley – the first postseason triple ever by a relief pitcher, the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies, 11-8, to advance to the National League division series. There, they'll get Clayton Kershaw and the 104-win Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night in Los Angeles.
The Diamondbacks won 11 of 19 games against the Dodgers.
The Dodgers had a losing record against just two opponents. The other was eliminated by the Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.
As in the American League wild-card game, in which neither starting pitcher posted well, the NL's version ran out to a 6-0 Diamondbacks' lead against Rockies starter Jon Gray. The Rockies returned with four runs in the fourth against Greinke, and were within 6-5 when Bradley, a career .098 hitter batting with two out in the seventh inning, rifled a triple to left-center field that scored two. He retook the mound in the eighth inning and allowed consecutive home runs to Nolan Arenado and Trevor Story, bringing the Rockies to within 8-7, because this baseball game would require both teams to travel every inch. A.J. Pollock tripled home two runs in the eighth, the last of four triples by the Diamondbacks.
In his first postseason start, the 25-year-old Gray allowed a single on his sixth pitch, another single on his seventh, and a three-run home run – to Paul Goldschmidt – on his eighth.
It got only marginally better after that.
By his 21st pitch, he'd recorded an out, but also had Diamondbacks baserunners on second and third. And while he steered away from the Diamondbacks scoring again, the Rockies' chosen ace had spent 33 pitches in his first inning, even as teammates hastily warmed in the bullpen over his left shoulder.
The most harmful of the 33 was a first-pitch curveball to Goldschmidt he presumably believed he could throw for a strike and would surprise Goldschmidt, an exceedingly good fastball hitter. One never knows what might turn a game with such weighty consequences, but an at-bat against Goldschmidt with two on in the first inning has a reasonable chance to be it. So, it was possible Gray overthrew that curveball, or didn't entirely believe in it, but it arrived at Goldschmidt about chest-high, and catcher Jonathan Lucroy dropped his mitt to his side, and a few seconds later the Diamondbacks held a 3-0 lead.
Goldschmidt bats to the chant of MVP, which echoes in the cavernous ballpark when the roof is closed, so it comes out muddled and murky, but you know what they're saying. He's their guy. Didn't matter if he hit .171 across September, as he'd pretty much clobbered every other month for half-a-decade.
The Diamondbacks dismissed Gray an out into the second inning, by which time he'd allowed seven hits (to 11 batters) and four runs. Gray, then, walked the wild-card path of Luis Severino and Ervin Santana, too early, too imprecise, too much time on the opposing bat barrels. He trudged to the dugout, took one last look over his shoulder at the mess he'd left behind, and disappeared down the dugout steps.
Already sensing a division series matchup against the Dodgers, the crowd roared in his head.
And yet, according to 2017 baseball and true to the early returns on October, an inning-and-a-half later, Greinke took the same walk, only in the opposite direction. Cool, stoic, deliberate and razor sharp for three innings, Greinke, the unquestioned ace of the Diamondbacks in deeds and paychecks, lost his way in the fourth. The Rockies strung together a series of hits that were soft and yet unrelenting, and after the fifth of those – by the end a hard double by Lucroy and a clean single by pinch-hitter Alexi Amarista – Greinke had turned a 6-0 home celebration into a 6-4 home need-a-beer.
Ray, the presumed NLDS Game 1 starter in the event the Diamondbacks advanced, allowed a run in 2 1/3 innings, momentarily settling things at Chase Field. He threw 34 pitches.


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Q: Location of files when using @example tag with roxygen2 When documenting a function with roxygen2 it is possible to place examples in a separate file.
See here: http://r-pkgs.had.co.nz/man.html
"Instead of including examples directly in the documentation, you can put them in separate files and use @example path/relative/to/packge/root to insert them into the documentation."
and here: http://roxygen.org/roxygen2-manual.pdf
e.g.
#' Add together two numbers.
#'
#' @param x A number.
#' @param y A number.
#' @return The sum of \code{x} and \code{y}.
#' @example /path/to/example/add.R
add <- function(x, y) {
  x + y
}

My question is: what path should be used to store the example R files?

A: The appropriate location for examples used in your roxygen is:
inst/examples/

The roxygen line then should be:
#' @example inst/examples/add.R

Is this good practice?  I think it is, since:

*

*It makes it easier to run, modify and test the examples whilst developing

*It makes it possible (in principle, at least) to re-use the examples in different places in the documentation, e.g. in the vignette

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"He said that in his twenties he had been both a Communist and a Reaganite. "I'm not even sure how to characterize myself politically," he went on. "Maybe at some point, I'll have to figure it out," Comey said.
The former CIA Chief John Brennan was a communist by his own admission. What we didn't know is that James Comey, the former FBI Director, says he was a communist too. He doesn't know what he is now.
We can tell him what he is — a very far-left Democrat.
In 2003, James Comey bragged that he was a communist during an interview with The [far-left] New Yorker, who proudly titleed the article, Mr. Comey Goes to Washington.
The author of the puff piece asks, …just what kind of Republican is he, anyway? This sets Comey howling again. "I must be doing something right!" he says. "In college, I was left of center, and through a gradual process I found myself more comfortable with a lot of the ideas and approaches the Republicans were using." He voted for Carter in 1980, but in '84, "I voted for Reagan—I'd moved from Communist to whatever I am now. I'm not even sure how to characterize myself politically. Maybe at some point, I'll have to figure it out.
Just the fact that he considers communism to simply be "left of center" is telling.
His statement was repeated again by the same publication in June 2017, and this time, the magazine referred to Comey's dramatically divergent political affiliations as his intellectual history. He was both a Reaganite and a communist. That article quotes him as saying he is completely apolitical. Yet he's the guy who politicized the FBI.
Comey's remarkably lacking in self-awareness.
It doesn't escape notice that his views tended to change with the political affiliation of whoever is in office.
The New Yorker repeated the original quote and certainly had no problem with him once being a communist — it's intellectual after all.
Comey's actions say he is still a Communist!
Not surprising, as a queer communist Quisling pretender purported to appoint him.


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Superfolding: The Accelerationist Nature of Cultural Evolution
The paper will argue that it is time for the discipline of architecture to awaken from the slumber of anthropocentrism and shake off the baggage of nature/nurture dichotomies. It will propose that we drop anthropomorphism for geomorphism and reconfigure ethology to become a theory of capacity. Rather than localising it in individuals, behaviour is to be treated epigenetically as a function of condividuation by way of traversing phyletic lineages and organismic boundaries. Against a Darwinian nucleocentric view of evolution as a "struggle for survival," the paper will build on (still controversial) theories arguing that in most cases an evolutionary novelty arises because of "creative" symbiogenesis. The virtually limitless connectivity between heterogeneous beings puts alliances before filiations, contingency before necessity, and contagion before heredity. Put succinctly, a novelty would be inconceivable were it not for aberrant nuptials.
The recent interest in the brain is not to be dismissed as neuro-reductionism, but as the locus of the most promising research trajectory that places biology and history—nature and culture—on the same footing. After all, only humans are biologically "compelled" to modify and redesign their environment in an innovative and historical manner. The (neo)Lamarckian evolution by other means exposes the vulnerability of exclusively Darwinian explanations. Passive adaptation (evo) is always already complemented by active modulation (evo-devo). While geno-reductionists insist that genes are responsible for our behaviour, it has now become undeniable that the environment itself contributes to the phenotypical expression of genes. The acquired habits may be said to be passed on after all.
The ecological school of perception founded by James Jerome Gibson was ahead of the epigenetic curve by asking not what is inside your head, but what your head is inside of. Epi-genesis is a theory of development in which forms are influenced and modified by environmental factors. No wonder that it should appeal to architects (as quintessential niche constructionists) who could be said to sculpt brains by way of sculpting neither the genetic, nor the epigenetic, but the epiphylogenetic. The distinction urges us to rethink the long-lasting legacy of privileging episteme over tekhne. The "what" invents the "who" at the same time that it is invented by it. Strictly speaking, architecture as a sedimented epigenetic mnemonic device has a higher order of "autonomy," which makes it epiphylogenetic. If epigenetics is the concept of nongenetic heritability (such as language acquisition), then epiphylogenetic means that the rhetoric of we-build-cities-and-cities- build-us is to be taken not metaphorically but literally. In superfolding, synthesis is not analysis in reverse.
Live Sculpture
Live Sculpture is an interactive and performative video-sculpture, built as an auto-poietic and communicating mirror. When the viewer's body stands in front of Live Sculpture, it is scanned and filmed in real time by a webcam installed behind a Baroque frame and then reanimated and reshaped in a full-size video projection simulating a three-dimensional marble sculpture. The new live image of the viewer-sculpture is entirely built from an ever-changing interactive mesh, which tunes in and reacts to body movements, the environment, light, and the speed of the viewer. My artistic research has always investigated changes in "liquid space" through a variety of techniques, technologies, and devices. The liquid space is unfolded in Live Sculpture by the subject herself, on one side, reshaping the human into something alive and vibrant and, on the other, challenging the notion of sculpture.
As a self-producing structure (Maturana and Varela 1980), Live Sculpture reveals strata, details, and nothing beneath: always in transformation, never reaching another side, never affirming. The interactive mirror—"mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?"—gestures to infinity and its "Baroque trait twists and turns its folds, pushing them to infinity, fold over fold, one upon the other" (Deleuze 2006, 3). However, if the viewer might find intimacy in the continuous Droste effect, Live Sculpture remains "a Baroque chiaroscuro, a trompe-l'œil that fools 'trompe' no one, yet no one cares to touch its depthless folds. This is the space of the fully accepted, repeated but never shared illusion of unity that is difference" (Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos 2013, 77).
Deleuze, Gilles. 2006. The Fold: Leibniz and the Baroque. Translated by Tom Conley. London: Continuum.
La Cour, Anders, and Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, eds. 2013. Luhmann Observed: Radical Theoretical Encounters. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Maturana Humberto R., and Francisco J. Varela. 1980. Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living. Dordrecht: Springer
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I have recently started looking for a suitable test case management tool to aid me in my work. Currently test cases andf test scopes are compased in Excel so some kind of tool would be nice. Since we run Jira, I have tried Zephyr for Jira and found it lacking. The fact that I could not assign a test cycle to a certain tester made me look in other directions. I am now currently looking at ReqTest, but I'm also open to suggestions. Any tips, tricks and reviews would be greatly appreciated.
I suggest to give Klaros-Testmanagement a try. There is a free community edition available, which also supports interfacing with Jira but lacks some of the more advanced features of the commercial enterprise edition.
Disclaimer: Being involved in the development I am biased.
@Mangus You might want to check out this thread that @buschfunk started about a similar issue that might be able to help you. Perhaps Robert could offer his experience.
Thanks @stolp and @ronan. That gave me some leads to look at.
We also use Jira and confluence for defects and collaboration. Then we use a tool called http://www.aptest.com/atm2/ for test case management. It certainly provides the kind of functionality that you are looking for. We use it to capture tests and then create test sets and sessions for execution which allow you to manage test cycles. I do think it is quite heavyweight in terms of support and maintenance and not the best usability, although does improve with familiarity! We are currently attempting to switch to full agile and not sure how well ApTest fits into the short sprint cycles.
Anyway it's one you can look at.
I would like to suggest a test management tool that I have been working with over the past few years http://www.testlodge.com . This tool has been designed to be simple, easy to use and has a nice interface that allows you to just get on with managing your tests.


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Anthony Scaramucci's Wife Could Be Joining RHONY As Apart Of Cast Shakeup
Another shakeup?
Like clockwork, as the latest season of The Real Housewives of New York City is coming to an end, there's already rumours circulating about what the cast will look like next season and if the reports are true it could be a lot different. Page Six is reporting that Anthony Scaramucci's wife, Deidre, is in talks to join the show next season. Sources told the outlet:
"Scaramucci's wife is doing the 'Housewives.' They've been wanting new blood and have been striking out with new cast members. She's been meeting with Bravo," another insider said: "it's reality-TV gold. I'd love to have her on."
Her husband Anthony appeared on Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year, so apparently Deidre has his "full support" if this Housewives deal works out. These two have been on everything from Dr Phil to the cover of Us Weekly, so obviously Anthony wants his wife on this reality show.
The Scaramucci's have a scandalous backstory which could make for amazing reality TV. Deirdre filed for divorce from Anthony in 2017 while she was nine months pregnant, due to his role as White House communications director, however, she ultimately ended up staying with him. It seems their breakup lasted as long as his time in the White House.
Deirdre joining the show could be apart of a bigger shakeup amongst the cast. The report stated Tinsley Mortimer is being fired ahead of next season, as well as "friend of" Barbara Kavovit who didn't fit into the cast. Sources told the outlet Tinsley was being let go after she's failed to make an impact during her three years on the show:
"No one knows her and it's like starting all over every season . . . How many seasons can they sit around talking about her dating or not dating [sometimes-boyfriend] Scott [Kluth]?"
Luann de Lesseps' role is also up in the air as she's asking for more money to return, which the producers are unsure about paying her. Lu allegedly wants to double her salary, however, the same sources say her storyline is getting old.
Although Page Six is normally close to being accurate when it comes to New York Housewives news, I don't think Lu or Tinsley will be going anywhere and although Deidre may be a good fit for the franchise, if she doesn't know anyone on the show then there's no real connection to the cast.
Can't we just have Jill Zarin and Dina Lohan?
Thoughts? Sound off in the comments!
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Most folks discover that at some stage in their life, it is essential to turn into concerned in true estate transactions. Despite the fact that several people locate actual estate selling to be wrought with confusion, this article provides some useful information which can support give you a leg up on the expertise you need to have to carry out your transaction.
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A brand name that was started to compete in the OEM computer hardware market, ASRock has since come a long way from it's birth in 2002. From being a DIY budget cost performance brand to one that is able to compete with the big boys in the enthusiast arena, ASRock has now become a common name found on many computer hardware forums.
With the release of the new Intel Z77 chipsets for the upcoming Ivy Bridge CPUs, many motherboard makers including ASRock have been busy designing and updating their range to include this. The result of this is 15 new motherboards from ASRock and as a bonus to fans to say thank you, a special world tour has been organised.
The Singapore leg of the ASRock world tour was held on a cool Thursday night at the Taste Restaurant at the IBIS Hotel which is conveniently located near Sim Lim Square, a popular place among the DIYers.
The first thing that most of the attendees would notice is what looks to be the full set of Z77 and X79 motherboards on display. This allowed everyone to get a closer look at the motherboards and also to help potential buyers decide on which motherboard would best suit their needs.
Attendees were also given a chance to take a look at products from partner brands at the event. This included HIS Graphic Cards and their range of AMD's latest 7000 series cards, professional gaming hardware and accessories brand ROCCAT, computer memory specialist Kingston and power supply brand Enermax.
Mr Chris Lee, Marketing Director of ASRock then gave a presentation to everyone on the company's ASRock Z77 series motherboards. This included explaining what the XFast 555 Technology (XFast RAM / XFast LAN / XFast USB) is and also demo videos on how it can help improve the users everyday experience.
As a token of appreciation to every who turned up, a lucky draw with very attractive prizes was held at the end of the event. With the top prize being the ASRock Fatal1ty Z77 Professional, it was no surprise everyone was all looking forward to it.
It was also a nice touch and kind of fitting to have special guest Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel draw and give out the top prize since it has his gaming nick on it.
Overall the event has been quite an informative and enjoyable one. It is always nice to see brands giving something back to its supporters and looking at the prizes, ASRock has definitely been very generous about it. I am sure everyone including myself will be looking forward to the next one.


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Dubai International Airport "On Track" To Reopen Runway On July 21
By Aarti Nagraj http://gulfbusiness.com/
Dubai International Airport is on track to reopen its northern runway on July 21, as scheduled, ending an 80-day runway refurbishment and upgrade programme.
Following the reopening, the airport will return to full capacity, Dubai Airports confirmed in a statement.
"The opening of the northern runway and ramp up to a full schedule, when combined with the upcoming Eid holidays, will result in a significant surge in passenger numbers from July 21," said Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports.
Both of the airport's runways were closed consecutively from May 1 for refurbishment. The project involved the resurfacing of the entire 4,000-metre long northern runway as well as the upgrading of runway lighting and construction of additional taxiways and rapid exits on the southern runway.
The upgrades were carried out to accommodate an increasing number of aircraft, to keep pace with growing traffic at the airport, said Dubai Airports. More info
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