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Swidden Cultivation among two Chepang Communities in the Central Hill Districts of Nepal: Local perceptions and factors influencing change
Mukul, S. A.
The present study aimed to investigates the changes, local understanding and perceptions of swidden agriculture amongst swidden farmers (N = 51) in two central districts of Nepal, namely Dhading and Chitwan . Data were collected through focus group discussion, a questionnaire survey and field observations from Jogimara and Shaktikhar Village Development Committee focusing on the indigenous Chepang communities, to whom swidden agriculture is more than a way of subsistence. Additionally, interviews with professionals from relevant government and non-governmental organizations were conducted to get their stand points on that specific issue
Vietnam: School Education Quality Assuarance Project - policy framework for ethnic minority development
The School Education Quality Assuarance Project (SEQAP) will aim to improve and decrease inequity in learning outcomes, by supporting the Government's transition to Full Day Schooling (FDS), overall and for disadvantaged groups . The proposed outcome indicators include: (i) increase the percentage of primary students reaching the "independent learner" stage and/or performing at level 4 or more in the reading and math skills scale; (ii) decrease percentage of primary students with low levels of reading and math skills (levels 1 and 2), with particular emphasis on poor, rural, and other disadvantaged groups; (iii) achieve universal primary completion; and (iv) increase secondary school enrollment, particularly for the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups.
The project consists of four components: 1) Improved Policy Framework for Transition to FDS: Aiming at completing the requirements for the application of FDS in 2009 - 2015, while developing the policy framework for improved FDS model in the 2015 - 2025 period; 2) Improved Human Resources for Transition to FDS: Aiming at training and undertaking professional development of teachers, school leaders and education managers to successfully move to FDS, with focus on teaching methods, teacher standards and school management and supervision -in project beneficiary provinces, districts and schools; 3) Improved Physical and Other Recurrent Resources for Transition to FDS: Aiming at upgrading infrastructure and facilities, provide teaching materials and support other recurrent expenditures to successfully move to FDS in project beneficiary provinces, districts and schools; and 4) Program Management: Aiming at supporting the management, monitoring and evaluation of SEQAP to ensure smooth implementation and results on the ground.
The proposed project will cover up to 32 provinces and project activities in at least 20 provinces will involve ethnic minority communities
Kurdistan: Crafting of national selves
Ahmadzadeh, H.
The Kurdish question as a consequence of the rise and development of the modern nation states in the Middle East and West Asia since the early decades of the 20th century has drawn the attention of scholars of the social and political sciences . Over the last two decades, thhe number of academic works devoted to analysis of various aspects has seen as unprecedented increase. This book tries to provide an analysis of the formation of Kurdistan and the way that it has been represented in the nationalist ideologies of the modern nation states that govern the Kurds (ie Turkey, Iraq and Iran)
Local effects of global changes in the Himalayas: Manang, Nepal
New, M.
This book presents results from cooperative research between the University of Bergen, Norway, and Tribhuvan University, Nepal, funded by the Norwegian government from 2002 to 2006 . The research focused on one of the most remote parts of Nepal—Manang—tucked away against the border with China/Tibet in central Nepal. The book is divided into four parts, which illustrate the breadth of topics explored during the research program:
Productivity and Livelihood,
Culture and Ethnicity,
Vegetation and Forest, and
Medicinal Plants and Ethnomedicine.
Himalayan households, Tamang demography and domestic process
Sapkota, P. P.
The book "Himalayan Households, Tamang Demography and Domestic Process written by Tomes E . Fricke is about the depth and massive study of mountain adaption toward an anthropological framework for population research within the human ecological perspective. It analyzes the trend in anthropological demography on the basis of mountainous adaptation and changes within them are among the central issues of concern in anthropology
Sikkim Himalayan-agriculture: Improving and scaling up of the traditionally managed agricultural systems of global significance
Sharma, E.; Sharma, G.; Liang, L.; Subba, J. R.; Tanaka, K.
Sikkim Himalaya is a part of globally significant biodiversity hot spots of the world within the greater quadri-national junction of Kanchenjunga landscape in the eastern part of Himalayas . The Sikkim Himalayan-Agriculture system is recently proposed for recognition under the FAO Globally Important Agriculture Heritage System programme (GIAHS). The region is an assemblage of sacred landscapes called Demazong (the valley of rice) or the Shangrila (the hidden paradise on earth . This cultural-landscape is endowed with rich agrobiodiversity adapted and managed through traditional ecological knowledge of the culturally diverse ethnic communities. It comprises of trans-Himalayan agro-pastoral system of the Dokpas in the alpine plateaus, traditional agroforestry such as alder-cardamom and farm-based systems in the temperate zones, and terraced/valley rice systems in the lower warm temperate to sub-tropical agroclimatic zones. It is paradoxical that culturally and biologically diverse land use systems and landscapes are marginalised. The development opportunities are enormous but persistent problems of poverty, access to markets, economic and ecological fragility are prevalent.
Sikkim Himalayan-Agriculture is an adaptive management system that offers economically valuable diversity of crop varieties and multipurpose plant species in the vertically differentiated agro-ecological zones. The diverse indigenous communities house Traditional Ecological Knowledge in adapting, monitoring and responding to ecosystem resilience and services. The authors discuss the role of traditional agriculture in conservation of biodiversity and their assessment on the diversity of ecosystem management from sub-tropical to alpine agroclimatic ranges. They also analyze the social adaptations and knowledge-base on agroecosystems and role of traditional institutions to authenticate GIAHS proposal to envisage wider recognition in local, national, regional and at global level. They conclude that monitoring of traditional agriculture and science based policy need to be formulated in a participatory manner to mitigate the vulnerabilities and new challenges due to climate change. Recognition of the Sikkim Himalayan-Agriculture would help strengthen the conservation efforts and sustainability of the environment health and livelihood of the marginal communities to ensure sustainable development
Kings of the forest: The cultural resilience of Himalayan hunter-gatherers
Fortier, J.
Evaluation of education programme in Tra Vinh province, Vietnam (Executive summary)
Dinh, L. T.; Nga, B. P.
The Tra Vinh education project was designed to help the Department of Education and Training (DOET) to scale up child centred learning methodology (CCM) from October 2006 for two years . The programme aimed to improve equal access to quality education for disadvantaged children, especially girls and ethnic minorities, with a focus on increasing numbers of primary school teachers. The purpose of this final evaluation was to review implementation, outcomes and lessons learnt, and compare these with original targets in order to make recommendations for Tra Vinh DOET in expanding CCM and to feed into effective OGB CCM programmes in the future
Evaluation of education programme in Tra Vinh province, Vietnam
Ethno-ecological observation of Magar of Bukini, Baglung, western, Nepal
This study was carried out to explore the socio-cultural condition, knowledge and changing pattern for their environmental adaptation of Magar inhabitant at Bukini Tityang V .D.C. of western Nepal. There are 73 households make up a population of 450. The major subsistence activities of the local people are agriculture and animal husbandry. The economic condition of the majority of families is medium. Expenditure of the families has been at an increasing high rate which raises questions about the cohesive bond of their social structure. Out of the total population, 76.67% are literate, which is greater than national level. Young literate people do not have their applied knowledge in agricultural production and are also not attracted nor interested about it. Most people are aware of health and sanitation. Due to migration from different places, co-dominance has occurred between different clans. This phenomenon is not only in their cultural activities but also in the physical structure of the children. There are 86 plant species used to heal human and domestic animal diseases, 17 species for fodder, 14 species for making agricultural equipment, 25 species of wild fruits and 23 species used for different rituals and ceremonies. The elder Magars are rich in indigenous knowledge while the younger are not. If the older generation dies, their knowledge will vanished. The effect of modernisation and acculturation leads towards the increasing rate of dependency about food, clothing and recreation activities, which directly change the behaviour of the local people
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A now two-year Maine resident, Tom worked as a primary care physician, teacher and administrator in the Boston area for years, and was the Medical Director of two community health centers, with appointments at Mass. General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. With a background in health economics and administration, he has been a long time PNHP member.
His interests include medical (and general) education, healthcare financing and the care of minority and immigrant/refugee populations. He is fluent in Spanish and has lived and worked in the Guatemalan highlands.
Tom is married and lives with his wife Tereta and their dog Duke in an 1860's home in Bridgton.


I was wondering if the necklace he wears on TII is a buddhist one (a mala)?
If it is, maybe we can look at the reincarnation theory because the number "7" is really important in this !!
I know he wasn't buddhist but he always did the namaste sign and then I saw this necklace.. Just wondering, I don't know if it can be a clue or not.
According to the Esoteric School, the number seven is the ultimate number in the cycle of Birth and Death. Therefore, in the bardo stage, the "soul" must undergo changes every seven days, and to be efficacious, mantras should be recited at least seven times. Buddhist texts note this with the words "the Dharma is thus," i.e., according to the law of nature it has to be that way and cannot be explained, just as it is difficult to explain why fire is hot and ice is cold. Starting with the number seven and multiplying it by three or seven, we have twenty-one or forty-nine. Therefore, the Esoteric School teaches that mantras should be recited [at least] seven times to be effective, twenty-one or forty-nine times if the mind is weak and agitated. Thus, basing themselves on this teaching, practitioners arrange retreat periods of seven, twenty-one or forty-nine days.
i don't know about buddhist or not ..
Aren't some of the Jacksons Buddhists?
i following her twitter ..
but she never talking about that ..
so i could be way off lol.
i just say . i don't know ..
maybe she's may be she isn't ..
Hmmmm. Maybe. But it just looks like a wooden bead necklace to me. I didn't know what a mala was so I looked it up. Mala's look like they almost always have tassels on them. I don't see a tassel on his.
I used to have a bracelet that looked like his necklace and it wasn't connected to any religion....that I know of.
So.....I really don't know, but it's interesting!
It looks like a wooden bead necklace to me as well. I have one just like it that I bought at a little store by the beach.
"Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation."-M.J.
It looks like a Buddhist rosary. Those have have 108 beads, representing the 108 human passions.
I think it's a buddhist rosary, people pray with the necklace in their hands and stuff.
I started this topic because I thought it could be a clue :?
"What is a Meditation Mala?
A mala is a string of 108 beads with one bead as the summit bead called a 'sumeru'.
It is a tool used to keep your mind on the meditation practice. Malas are generally made from different materials such as tulsi (basil) wood, sandal wood, rudraksh seeds or crystal. Each type of material has certain properties which subtly affect the subconscious mind of the practitioner.
Meditation can be quite a tricky practice because the mind is like a naughty child. By its very nature, the mind tends to wander off during the meditation practice. If ones energy is low at the time of meditation, falling asleep can result. If the energy is too high, fantasy and distraction become the barriers. At such times, the mala provides the much needed anchor.
The mala beads are moved in rhythm with the breath and the mantra, so that both-sleep as well as excessive mental distraction-are prevented by this action upon the beads.
For wearing: A personal mala is a wonderful accessory to meditation, which when used regularly with a personal mantra, absorbs the vibrations of the practice. It becomes like a close friend or a comfortable piece of clothing!"
Yes, prayer pearls, he very often carried these pearls during the last months.
Can you still remember to the dreadful pictures of news of the World the "dead person's bed" of MJ?
This chain lay in the pictures on the bed, this was so cruel.
This hurt me and I had fear he had really died at that time, however, thank God I have big hope and belief he lives.
They hang it on the mirror in their cars,in their houses, use them as necklaces or bracelets, etc.
True, those are Islamic beads. I have the exact same ones with the same color.
They could be a Mesbeha (Islamic prayer beads) most likely because Jermain is Muslim and according to him he did share Islamc books and such with MJ and Mesbeha are a very popular gift to give. The Mesbeha can be used in two ways, the first way the wearer recites one of God's names for each of the 99 beads. (In Islam God has 99 names to describe him like the most merciful, the most benevolent, the most high, etc.) The other way they can be used is to make "thickr" which is using each bead to say alhamdulillah (Thanks God) subhanAllah (God the most Glorius) and Allah uakbar (God is the Most Great) It seems to be most popular to carry them around in the hand so they can be used but some people do wear them. These wooden beads are a very popular type because the more you use them the smoother the wood gets and a sheen develops on them.
I saw this necklace on his bed the day after his death :?
a tabloid took pics of his bedroom and there the necklace was.. I don't know if the photos were real, but the orange juice that was in the pic and this necklace makes me think it was a real photo..


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2020 New Year Celebration Performance to Unveil Soon
On Nov.5, the preference conference for "2020 Beijing New Year Celebration Performance Series"created by Beijing Artists Management Corp., Ltd (BJAMC) takes place in Longfu Culture Center.
Impressive Moments at the Preference Conference
Chen Dong, Party Secretary of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, and Zhi Jun, President of BSAM Are Present at the Launching Ceremony Together with the Guests
President Zhi Jun Addresses at the Preference Conference
Jia Ding, a famous lyric writer, event director and art director for Beijing New Year's Concert Addresses at the Press Conference
China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater performs instrumental music ensemble Battle Steed Galloping Ahead
The upcoming Beijing New Year Celebration Performance series consists of seven art performance brands including orchestra, ballet, Peking Opera, traditional Chinese music, hit songs,recitation and children's performances, in order to make it a successful brand of brilliance and highlight the artistic and cultural achievements and cultural self-confidence that China has made over the past 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Beijing New Year's Concert has become a well-known art performance brand that Beijing had since its inception in 1996,being the one with the longest history and the most influence in the world. BJAMC has adhered to the philosophy of professionalism, brand operation, industrialization and internationalization. In its 20th anniversary of the creation, the brand was expanded to include ballet, Peking Opera and traditional Chinese music, thus being "Beijing New Year's Performance Series". During 2016 - 2018, the performance series was rated as "Beijing's Top 10 Cultural Exhibition Projects" for three consecutive years.
In the year 2019 when the People's Republic of China had its 70th birthday, BJAMC,as a well-known state-owned art performance enterprise in the Capital, takes its actual actions to present gifts to the motherland. With the support of BSAM and well-planned preparation, "2020 Beijing New Year's Performance Series"will for the first time include hit songs, poem-reciting concert and children's concert, in addition to orchestra, ballet, Peking Opera and traditional Chinese music, enlarging the audience and further enriching the brand.
Seven wonderful performances make an audio-visual feast.
New Year's Concert
Enjoy 3,000 years of music in the ancient capital,Appreciate wonderful romantic music.
Beijing New Year's Concert has always adhered to the brand philosophy of "famous troupe, famous artists and famous works" and "International level, Beijing characteristics and festival atmosphere", creating a New Year's Concert unique to Chinese people.
The 24th Beijing New Year's Concert will be held on Dec.,31, 2019, when the world-famous philharmonic society - Athens Philharmonic Society will present a wonderful performance. With the concerted efforts made by outstanding musicians and conductors, the society is dedicated to make contributions to Greek music through discovering, researching, rejuvenating and performing classic and modern music of Greece origin.
Their conductor Michalis Economou is one of the most promising conductors and music composers, an important figure in Greek music community. He is proficient in various musical genres and repertoire and has made certain achievements. The upcoming performance is their first in China and they have selected famous works to present the best of Greek musics to Chinese audience.
New Year's ballet performance
Classic ballets are shining for centuries,A centennial troupe presents wonderful performance.
On Jan.,5, 2020, Kieve Grand Theater's Ballet invited by BJAMC for the 5th time will relive the well-known romantic fairy tale - the classic ballet Swan Lake once again. Founded in 1867, Kiev Grand Theatre used to be one of three prominent theaters together with Moscow Bolshoi Theatre and Mariinsky Theatre during the Soviet Union period, enjoying high reputation. In recent years, the theater visited many other countries and many of its outstanding ballet dancers were employed to act as key performers in other famous ballets in the world, winning one after another awards in the international ballet competitions. Traditional Chinese music is a brilliant treasure of Chinese art.
New Year's Peking Opera Performance
Opera artists reunion,A wonderful opportunity to appreciate the quintessence of Chinese culture
Peking Opera represents the quintessence of Chinese culture and an icon of traditional Beijing culture. "2020 Beijing New Year's Peking Opera Performance" will be held in the Great Hall of the People for the first time. On Dec., 30, some household names of Peking Opera artists including Shang Changrong, Li Mingyan, Xue Yaping, Kang Wansheng and Chi Xiaoqiu will present their best performance, allowing thousands of fans to appreciate the charm of famous masters and recognizing the spirit of the national quintessence.
New Year's Performance of Traditional Chinese Music
Classic Chinese music display their charm,Art masters and famous melodies blend together.
Traditional Chinese music is a brilliant treasure of Chinese art. "The 3rd Beijing New Year Concert of Traditional Chinese Music" which is to be performed on December 28 is based on the well-established Chinese National Orchestra of China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater, joined by the strong lineup of guests including Tang Junqiao, Fang Jinlong and other famous national instrumental performers. Furthermore, we intend to invite Mo Xizi, a musician of Yi People to give a crossover performances, bringing the audience a high-level national music feast at the end of the year.
New Year's Recitation
Chinese poems recitation resounds with their charm,Reminiscent of traditional Chinese culture.
"May All People Live Long -Beijing New Year's Poems Recitation" will be included in the "Beijing New Year Performance Series" for the first time. The poem recitation blends a variety of crossover elements into recitation in the context of celebrating New Year's coming. Performing artists Xiao Xiong, Kai Li, Qiao Zhen, Diliber Yunus and others will recite the most representative poetry and prose of China in the Tang and Song Dynasties with the accompaniment of the symphony orchestra; Gu Guanren, Ye Xiaogang, Mo Fan, Zhang Lida, Xu Jingxin and other well-known composers have specially created brand-new music works using poetry lines and the ingenious voice of the reciters, striving to achieve the integration of poem lines and the music.
New Year's Concert for Children
Wang Kai's first stage performance for a special New Year's concert in the New Year
There are many concerts for children, but New Year's Concerts dedicated to children are rare. The 2020 Beijing New Year's Concert for Children pioneered the integration of "wind band, storyteller, sand painting interaction and chorus"to make the symphony "visual". On January 4, 2020, Beijing Wind Orchestra and national first-level conductor Li Fangfang, together with Wang Kai, the founder and CEO of "Uncle Kai Storytelling" for the first crossover stage performance, also joined by Beijing Music Association Chorus and Harrow International School Beijing Chorus, jointly create a music feast for children. It is reported that Uncle Kai, a new generation of "Story King" loved by children, will perform classic fairy tales and his selected works on the scene, as well as three songs of happy rhythm named "Uncle Kai Sings Songs for Children".
New Year's hit songs
Star singers shine to celebrate the 70th anniversary of our motherland.
On October 1, 2019, our motherland ushers in its 70th birthday. Behind the Chinese miracle of the dragon soaring, there are not only the lofty aspirations of the Chinese nation that will never fall, but also the lofty beliefs of the Communist Party of China that it comes from the people,serves the people, and relies on the people. In order to celebrate and commemorate this historical moment, "Remember the Original Ambition - Famous Artists and Classics Concert" emerges. The artists will present classic songs to celebrate that CPC and our motherland continue to realize the Chinese dream with confidence and move towards a better and promising tomorrow; the concert is to express their love for the motherland. May our motherland advance courageously and achieve even more brilliant achievements.
Behind the scenes of "New Year's Performance Series"
The "Beijing New Year Performance Series" has formed a unique brand feature with a fixed performance time, a fixed performance venue and a fixed performance form. It is not only the most anticipated New Year performance project for Beijing audiences at the turn of the years, but also shapes Beijing as an international city. The image has become an indisputable national cultural brand in China's cultural market. With the rapid development of culture today, the "Beijing New Year Performance Series" brand has never stopped its pace of innovation, developing from a performance to a performance series and constantly adding new strength to it.
Established in 1958, BJAMC is now the core enterprise of BSAM's cultural and sports sector. Staging 600 performances throughout the year, the company is the largest and most influential cultural and art performance enterprise in the Beijing State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. Since its establishment 61 years ago, with its professional planning, production and execution capabilities, BJAMC has participated in many major national cultural events, created a number of large-scale brand performances, and created a large number of drama works. It is active in the forefront of nationwide cultural market and has won the praises from all walks of life.
In recent years, with a high sense of responsibility and mission, BJAMC has served the capital's construction of the "four centers" function and "three major events" and has vigorously promoted the construction of Beijing as a national cultural center, fully demonstrating the social responsibility and mission of state-owned cultural enterprises.
We vigorously explore the ways to upgrade Beijing culture,invest in the creation of "Lao She Opera Festival" and create new landmark of Beijing culture through promoting opera arts.
We are involved in the building of Grand Canal Culture and will release the original work of "Canal 1935"at the end of 2019.
Keeping in mind the overall situation of the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, we organized the first Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei outstanding performance, and took the lead in the establishment of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Arts Alliance to promote cultural exchanges in the three places to a deeper and higher level.
Organize music performance of "Meet in 2022"Snow Culture Festival to create a pleasant atmosphere for the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics.
In celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, BJAMC dispatched a professional team to perform the music and dance epic- "Chinese People, Fight!" and gala celebrations on the square, and organized the artistic performance themed with "Build the Chinese Dream Together" in Tongzhou District to celebrate the 70th anniversary of new China.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee proposed that we must strengthen cultural self-confidence, firmly grasp the direction of advanced socialist culture, and stimulate the nation's culture creation vitality. For a long time, BSAM has been actively fulfilling the corporate social responsibilities as a state-owned enterprise, serving Beijing's new city master plan, supporting the development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries and forming four major business areas: Olympic venue operation, optimal cultural content, characteristic cultural park and cultural finance,thus boosting the construction of the national cultural center and international exchange center. With the strong support of BSAM, the BJAMC will continue to focus on the construction of the Capital Cultural Center, promote the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional culture, create more fine art performances for national audience, further prosper the cultural market, and compose new chapters of cultural exchange to better build Chinese spirit, Chinese values and Chinese strength.


Core from drilling completed to date has been sent for preparation and assay, while drilling is ongoing.
Three of the completed holes were shallow holes, drilled in the periphery of the Kanisqel pit, with the aim of targeting near surface mineralization. The remaining holes targeted mineralization associated with the historical BG deposit (formerly called Bregu i Geshtenjes).
A total of 104 core samples were delivered last week to the ALS laboratory in Bor, Serbia where the samples will be prepared and sent for analysis to ALS laboratories in Europe. The samples will be assayed for multi-elements including copper, gold, silver, cobalt, lead and zinc. The Company included external control samples (blank and standards). ALS will employ their own internal QAQC and control sampling.
The drill rig is now moving to a new location within BG, its seventh hole. The Company plans to drill three more holes during Phase 1 which includes an exploration hole to test an IP chargeability anomaly that will test both vertical and lateral extensions of the BG deposit.
While no historic mining took place at BG, Kanisqel was historically mined by open-pit methods.
Rehova is located 115 kilometres southeast of Tirana (200 km by road) and is on the electrical power grid. The property contains four historical volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits. These are surrounded by exploration areas of interest that have not yet been systematically tested using modern exploration techniques and technology. The four known deposits, called BG, Kanisqel, Ciflig and Dushku i Trashe, comprise the Rehova copper mine, a historically producing mining operation which was operated by the Albanian state copper enterprise. These deposits are relatively close to each other (200 m to 500 m) which made mineral delivery to a single processing facility possible.
Prior to the start of production in 1980, the Albanian Geological Survey had defined combined mineralization in the four deposits of 3.43 million tons grading 2.17 per cent copper* and by the time operations stopped in 1990, had 2.87 million tons grading 2.14 per cent copper* remaining. The majority of the remaining mineralization was reported as 2.09 million tons grading 2.15 per cent copper* and were from Bregu, which was not mined and has exploration potential beyond the historic drilling. Underground development workings had been started at Bregu as the deposit was being prepared for mining when the state-run mining enterprise shut down its operations country-wide.
Ciflig and Dushku i Trashe were mined by underground method while Rehova-Kanisqel was mined by open pit and to a limited extent by underground. The materials mined were sent to a processing plant nearby with an annual capacity of 60,000 tonnes per year. It should be noted that the largest deposit, Bregu, has not been mined.
The tonnage and grade estimates stated above are historic in nature and were obtained from information provided by the Albanian government. The AGS historical calculations classify the estimates in a combination of C1 and C2 categories, being based on the Russian deposit reporting system and are roughly equivalent to the National Instrument 43-101 inferred and indicated categories. These historical estimates are not compliant with NI 43-101 and should not be relied upon. No qualified person has done sufficient work to classify the historical estimates as current mineral resources; and European Electric Metals is not treating the historical estimates as current mineral resources. European Electric Metals is including the historical estimates for information purposes only and offers no assurances as to the reliability of the estimates. European Electric Metals will need to undertake a comprehensive review of available data, including planned drilling by European Electric Metals, to verify the historic estimates and classify them as current resources.
European Electric Metals Inc. is a Canadian listed company, with projects in Europe. The largest shareholder of EVX is the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The goal of EVX is to become a major source of battery metals such as copper, nickel and cobalt, and the company seeks to do so within safe, stable and logistically attractive European jurisdictions. The company's projects are ideally located with excellent road, port and grid power availability, and in close proximity to European countries that are poised to experience dramatic growth in the electric-vehicle-manufacturing industry. There is a strong battery-manufacturing industry within Europe with many more projects in the pipeline.


A VPC peering connection is a one to one relationship between two VPCs. You can create multiple VPC peering connections for each VPC that you own, but transitive peering relationships are not supported. You do not have any peering relationship with VPCs that your VPC is not directly peered with.
The following diagram is an example of one VPC peered to two different VPCs. There are two VPC peering connections: VPC A is peered with both VPC B and VPC C. VPC B and VPC C are not peered, and you cannot use VPC A as a transit point for peering between VPC B and VPC C. If you want to enable routing of traffic between VPC B and VPC C, you must create a unique VPC peering connection between them.
At select locations, GPIEX provides private access to cloud service providers. This means you can use your existing access to GPIEX connect to several cloud service providers; just via an additional VLAN.
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Direct Cloud is available at all GPIEX enabled sites. This leaves you free in your choice of data center and you can also build up redundant setups by getting connected in more than one data center.
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This training session covers the financial classifier of the SSIX project, focusing on Machine Learning technology for Sentiment Analysis. It explains the NLP workflow including feature engineering and Neural Network-based classification.
This training session focuses on the SSIX financial Gold Standard corpus and its annotation, including sampling and annotation with a dedicated tool.
This training session focuses on the aspect notion of financial entities, like stock prices . It also covers how such aspects are automatically detected in financial microblog messages.
This training session focuses on data ethics in the project.


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Geek Stuff | Pokémon Sword & Shield Review
Blogsby Dann DNovember 25, 201911 min read
Pokémon is Back!
I was a wide eyed freshman in high school when Pokémon first came out in North America. It felt like poke-fever had captured the country overnight, with people who never owned a Gameboy before buying one just to play this special little game. Over twenty years and 122 total games later, that wonderful monster catching game you grew up with is back with Pokémon Sword and Shield. After 24 hours of gameplay I have gotten a solid feel for the first Pokémon game to land on a next gen system. And that feeling is: eh. Don't get me wrong, I love Pokémon and everything they represent, but with a few new mechanics, a few missing features and alterations come grievances from the fan base at large. Let's get right into it. Minor spoilers to follow…
The Story and Overall Gameplay
The story is as tried and true as ever: you must collect and train Pokémon as you traverse the countryside collecting league badges in order to face the new version of the Elite Four, which is just a tournament style match set up, culminating in you facing the current champion. At least, that's what it would be if this was any of the previous games that came before Sword and Shield. Before you can face the champion, you must stop the would-be bad guy. Typically there would be an entire side story involving a bad guy and maybe a team of colorful thugs looking to steal Pokemon along the way. This is completely absent from Sword and Shield. By the time the game informs you of who the bad guy is, you have a few minor fights to get through before taming the unknown/completely unmentioned legendary Pokémon and getting back to the tournament. Like I said, tried and true, but a bit lazier than its ever been in the history of the franchise.
Early on, you're told the wild area is too strong, and they are absolutely right. The wild area acts like a safari zone where you run around trying to catch as many wild Pokémon as possible, only there's no fees, snacks and safari balls, you simply fight and catch til your heart's content. But it's impossible when you first enter, finding Pokémon that are a vastly higher level. Eventually, you can return here and catch with ease, but until you collect your first four badges, you won't be able to catch any of the high level Pokémon due to the new rule about catching Pokémon of a certain level. I get why it's in place, but it's very annoying only being able to catch high level Pokémon five levels at a time per new gym badge (until you collect all the badges). By the time I returned to the wild area, I was knocking out every potential catch due to the fact that my starting six were all above level 50, therefore stronger in comparison to those found in the first wild area.
Gyms, Rivals and Online Trainers
Before Pokémon Sword and Shield came out, Nintendo did a lot of boasting about major and minor leagues, something that is suppose to distinguish between the Champions Challenge and what not. So far, I haven't found anything marked as minor league. All of my badges are for the main challenge which came from each gym of each town I visited. Hopefully the minor league will take form in the online community, until then, collect your badges and get the hell out of dodge.
Over on Kotaku, Gita Jackson wrote a great review in which she discussed having issues beating a certain gym leader. Not to boast about my own poke-skills, but I have not run into any problematic match ups yet. Each gym leader follows the standard all one type challenge hump to get over. With each element firmly represented in my six, all that was needed was the right Pokémon with the right elemental move and it was game over for the gym leader. Grant it, I came close to losing a few of those battles, but the gods were on my side because I know that poison type Pokémon will always trump fairy type Pokémon. The only thing I found upsetting about gym battles are the random challenges you must first complete before facing the gym leader. You'll herd animals, turn valves on and off, seek out potholes and a myriad of other pointless activities while fighting random trainers. They're not the most difficult thing ever created but they're a completely unnecessary inclusion to the badge hunting process.
Another part of the story I could do without are the rivalries. Like all Pokémon games, you have a friend or enemy that is meant to push you to be the very best like no one ever was. This time around though, it feels like overkill to a new extreme. No matter what part of the story you are at, if your rival is present, you will have to fight them before the end of the talkie segment. And this happens frequently because this time, you have a combine total of three rivals. Those characters are your main rival, Hop, the arrogant yet lovable rogue Bede and a mysterious girl named Marnie. All these characters are great and have their own charm, but seriously, rival fights happen way too often and at a certain point, it felt completely unnecessary. Even after you finish the Championship and become the new Pokémon Champion, you have to battle Hop one more time before coming to the final inconvenience of the story where two weirdos show up claiming to be celebrities and of royal linage. They resemble the game's subtitle like an obnoxious joke, sporting hair in the shape of a sword and shield. These two characters are a complete waste of time that drag out the final story beats for what feels like forever. I skipped over all of their dialog after you first meet them and realize what they are trying to do. Honestly, its like someone was trying to lampoon American's and how they view fame, completely unnecessary.
The one saving grace to the overall story is the social aspect. Camping is an event all its own where you can play with your Pokémon and the Pokémon of anyone who visits. Cooking is a multiplayer game that gives you a resting buff the more ingredients you mix into the meal. Being a foodie, I've already spent a chunk of time trying to fill out my Curry Dex. Surprise trades can be fun, but eventually you will receive the same handful of Pokémon at a steady rate until you are just trading back everything you get in. I've had a solid handful of successful surprise trades, netting me a Ponyta, Eevee, Mr. Mime and a Shellder, but everything else has been crap. Max raids are completely one sided depending on two factors: the strength of the opponent and how many players are a part of the raid. The high level, rare as hell Pokémon you want can only be obtained when four real players fight together. You wont catch anything strong with three computer controlled characters, being dealt a team of Pokémon that are incredibly weak against the opponent in a incredibly obvious way. Hopefully, one day soon, I'll find a team worthy of defeating a max level Butterfree.
Gotta Catch Most of 'Um!
Many are still upset with the exclusion of the National Pokédex. I get it, i really wish I could run around the countryside with my trusted Squirtle too. But the times are a changing, and so must we. Many of your favorites across each generation are present, so it's not a complete loss. So far, I have been selective with my catching methods. Sudowoodo is a great classic Pokémon, but I've used him enough, at this point he would just be taking up space until I wanted to use him. Which is one thing I don't see happening since there are tons of brand new Pokémon to collect and fight with. So far, Vileploom and Gyarados are the only classic Pokémon in my starting six. I've mainly used all new Pokémon which has been an absolutely joyous experience. My starter, Scorbunny, is now a bad ass ninja rabbit, I have an electric dog who is the best boy ever and a giant scary ass raven because I'm from Baltimore and I always have one flying type in my six. Now that I am free to roam around the wild area I have noticed a wide variety of Pokemon at various times of the day. It's hard to say exactly who was cut from this game's Pokédex without the assistance of a strategy guide, but so far, I like the returning favorites I've run into. If you're one of these fans who is refusing to play based on the exclusion of the National Pokédex, I say it's time to give up the ghost type and give in. There is a whole new generation of Pokémon that need your love!
You might think that this has been a negative review and I wouldn't recommend this latest installment of Pokémon to anyone, but you'd be wrong. There is plenty to this game that is incredibly satisfying. Camping with your Pokémon, getting to accessorize your character, having access to social options like surprise trades and max raids make it worth putting up with the way the game seems to drone on until you complete the full story. Hell, the fact that Pokémon actually run around in the wild now is a wonder I never thought would be seen in my lifetime, but it's here and it's amazing to look at! The child like excitement and joy of catching Pokémon feels exactly like it did towards the end of the '90s and I for one am thankful this franchise has stayed as strong as it has in recent years. Hopefully, Nintendo won't squander the chance to continue this game's legacy with expansions and new updates in the future. For now, it is enough to race back into the wild, hoping the next battle leads to something legendary.
Dann D.
Tips and Things to Note
Talk to the guy wearing a poke-ball head every time you see him, he will give you free poke-balls.
Team Yell is the saddest Team Rocket rip-off ever! They don't even pose a threat, they're just super fans for Marnie. How lame is that?!
Always cook at camp sites you find. The camper will always use a different ingredient resulting in new curries and saves you on ingredients
Hulbury is Baltimore, Md.
Giga Drain is the only move you need when facing the Water type gym leader, Nessa.
If you want to do raids with other people in the wild, connect to the internet first.
You can avoid random battles with NPCs by observing the attackers movement and walking around it.
Don't forget: TMs last forever and TRs are one and done.
Dann D
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Detail from Carle Vernet — The Triumph of Aemilius Paulus
Julius Evola
The Roman Conception of Victory
The Ancient Roman cult of victory reveals the deep piety of the Roman heart.
Sallust uses the expression 'extremely religious mortals'1 to describe the early Romans, and there is a saying by Cicero that ancient Roman civilisation superseded every other people or nation (omnes gentes nationesque superavimus)2 for its sense of the sacred. Analogous testimonies can be found in many variations in many other ancient writers. Against the prejudices of a certain kind of historiography, which persists in evaluating Ancient Rome only from the juridical and political point of view, we hold that the effectively spiritual and sacred content of Ancient Romanness must be brought to the fore, and indeed should be considered the most important element thereof, since it can easily be shown how the political, juridical and ethical forms of Rome in the last analysis took as their basis and common origin precisely a special religious vision, a special kind of human relation to the supersensible world.
Against the prejudices of a certain kind of historiography we hold that the effectively spiritual and sacred content of Ancient Romanness should be considered the most important element thereof.
Only that this relationship differed considerably from that which was to become paramount to the beliefs that subsequently came to predominate. The Roman, as ancient and traditional man in general, conceived of a meeting and a reciprocal interpenetration between divine forces and human forces. A special sense of history and of time was contained in this, as we ourselves have had occasion to draw to our the reader's attention, whilst discussing a book by Franz Altheim. The Roman found the locus of divine manifestation, not so much in the space of pure contemplation, detached from the world, nor in the immobile, silent symbols of a hyperkosmia, an 'overworld', but rather in time and in history and in everything which unfolds through human action. He thus experienced his history more or less in the terms of a 'sacred history', or at least a 'fateful history': and this was so from the very earliest days of Rome. In his Life of Romulus, Plutarch writes that 'Rome would not have succeeded in gaining so much power if it had not had in some way a divine origin, such as might offer to the eyes of men something of the great and inexplicable'.3
From here arose the typically Roman conception of an invisible and 'mystical' counterpart to the visible and tangible part of the human world. It is for this reason that every explication of Roman life, be it individual, collective, or political, was accompanied by a rite. And from here, too, came the peculiar conception that the Roman had of the fatum: the fatum was not for him, as it had been for late Grecian antiquity, a blind power; rather it was the divine order unfolding in the world, to be interpreted and understood by means of an adequate science, in order that the effective directions of human action might be presaged – directions by which human action might attract a force from on high, toward the ends, not only of gaining success, but also of producing a kind of transfiguration and higher justification.
As these ideas were extended in Ancient Rome to every facet of reality, they were also reaffirmed in the domain of military ventures, of battle, of heroism and of victory. From here we see precisely what those scholars miss, who consider the Ancient Romans essentially as a race of half barbarians, a race who through the brute force of arms alone imposed themselves on the world, taking from other peoples — the Etruscans, the Greeks and the Syriacs — whatever they possessed of true and authentic culture. It is rather the case that Ancient Romanness possessed a particular mystical conception of war and of victory, a conception whose importance has curiously escaped the notice of scholars of Romanness. These last confine themselves to distractedly alluding to the many related and well-documented Roman traditions.
It was an essentially Roman opinion that, if a war was to be won materially, it needed first be won – or at least propitiated – mystically. After the battle of Trasimene, Fabius told the soldiers, 'Your fault was more in having neglected the sacrifices and in having ignored the warnings of the augurs, than in having lacked in courage or ability'.4 No Roman war was commenced without sacrifices, and a special college of priests – the fetiales – was charged with the rites relative to war, which could be considered a 'just war', iustum bellum, only insofar as it undertook these rites. As de Coulanges has already had occasion to note, the basis of the military art of the Romans originally consisted in avoiding being forced to fight when the gods were against it — which is to say, when no concordance of human forces and forces from on high could be ascertained through 'fatal' signs.
In this way too the centre of military affairs fell on a plane which was more than merely human – just as both the sacrifice and the heroism of the combatant were considered more than merely human. The Roman conception of victory is of particular importance here.
According to this conception, every victory has a mystical side, in the most objective sense of the term: in the victor, in the leader, in the imperator acclaimed on the fields of battle, one had the sense of a sudden manifestation of divine force which transfigured this figure and transcended his humanity. The same warrior's rite according to which the imperator (in the original sense of the word, not of 'emperor', but of victorious leader) was carried on a special shield, is not without its symbolic counterpart, as can be inferred from Ennius: the shield, which was already sacred in the Capitoline temple of Jove, is equivalent to the altisonum coeli clupeum, the celestial sphere, beyond which the man who had triumphed would be lifted by his victory.
Unequivocal and significant confirmations of this ancient Roman conception are offered in the nature of the liturgy and the pomp surrounding a triumph. We speak of 'liturgy' because the character of this ceremony, with which every victor was honoured, was considerably more religious than it was military. The victorious leader here was presented as a kind of manifestation or visible incarnation of the Olympian god himself, from which he drew all of his marks and attributes. The quadriga drawn by white horses corresponded to that of the solar god of the luminous sky, just as the mantle of the triumphant leader, the purple toga embroidered with golden stars, reproduced the heavenly and stellar mantle of Jupiter. The golden crown was as the sceptre held aloft by that same sacred deity. And the winner painted his countenance with minium, precisely as in the cult of the temple of the Olympian god, before whom he then presented himself, solemnly depositing the triumphal laurel of his victory at the feet of the statue of Jove, signifying thereby that Jove was the true author of his victory and that he had won essentially as a divine force, as a force of Jove himself: whence the ritual identification between the two in the ceremony.
The noteworthy circumstance, moreover, that the paludamentum5 which here indicated the triumphant leader corresponded to that of the ancient Roman kings, might give rise to other considerations: it might be reducible to the fact, as Altheim has highlighted, that even before the first definition of the triumphal ceremony of the king, in the Priscan Roman conception, this paludamentum likewise appeared as an image of celestial divinity. The divine order, over which this image presided, is reflected and manifested in the human order, which is centred precisely on the king. In this regard – in this conception which, as various other first things,6 was then to re-emerge in the imperial period – Rome bears witness to a tradition of universal bearing, one which is to be found in an entire cycle of great civilisations: in the Indo-Aryan and Aryo-Iranic world, in Ancient Greece, in Ancient Egypt, in the Far East.
But so as not to drift away from our subject, let us mention another characteristic element of the Roman conception of victory. Precisely because it was not considered a merely human fact, the victory of a leader often assumed for the Romans the traits of a numen, of an independent divinity, whose mysterious life became the centre of a special system of rites aimed at nourishing it and confirming its invisible presence amongst men.
The best-known example is constituted by the Victoria Caesaris. Every victory, it was believed, actuated a new centre of forces, one disconnected from the particular individuality of the mortal man who had realised it; or, if you prefer, the victor, through victory, himself became a force subsisting in an almost transcendent order, a force not of some victory accomplished at a specific historical moment, but – precisely as the Roman expression had it – of a 'perpetual or perennial' victory. The cult of such entities, which was decreed by the law, was intended to stabilise, so to speak, the presence of this force, that it might invisibly join with the force of the race, leading it toward outcomes favoured by 'fortuna', and thus making of new victories the means of revealing and further reinforcing the energy of the first. And thus it is that in the celebration of the dead Caesar in Rome, confounded with that of his victory and consecrated to the Victoria Caesaris of the games, thereby transforming into a significant ritual, Caesar could be considered a 'perpetual victor'.
The cult of Victory can be called more generally the secret soul of Roman greatness and of Roman faith in its own fated destiny.
The cult of Victory, which has been judged prehistoric in its origins, can be called more generally the secret soul of Roman greatness and of Roman faith in its own fated destiny. From the times of Augustine, the statue of the goddess Victory had been placed on the altar of the Roman Senate, and it was even a rite that each senator, before taking his place in the chambers, must pass before that altar and burn a sprig of grain before it as incense. The force of Victory thus seemed to preside invisibly over the deliberations of the curia. It was also customary to extend one's hands toward that same image when, at the advent of a new Prince, one swore fidelity, and then again on 3 January of each year, when solemn vows were taken, in the senate, for the health of the emperor and for the prosperity of the empire. Particularly worthy of notice is the fact that this was the longest-lasting Roman cult from the days of so-called 'paganism' — it was the 'pagan' cult which longest resisted Christianity, after the destruction of all the others had been effected.
Other considerations could be made on the Roman notion of the mors triumphalis, the 'triumphal death', which presented various characteristics. We might speak of this on another occasion. Here we want only to add something regarding the special aspect of heroic dedication, connected to the Ancient Roman concept of devotio. This expresses what might in modern terms be called a 'tragic heroism', but it itself is tied to a sense of the supersensible forces and to a higher, very clear, end goal.
In Ancient Rome, devotio did not signify 'devotion' in the modern sense of the meticulous and fearful practice of a religious cult. It was rather a ritual warrior action, in which one made a sacrifice of oneself, consciously dedicating one's own life to the 'nether' powers, whose unleashing, by producing an irresistible power in oneself and panic in one's enemies, would contribute to victory. This was a rite formally decreed by the Roman state as a supernatural weapon to be used in desperate cases, whenever it was believed that the enemy could surely not be overcome with normal forces.
We know from Livy all the details of this tragic rite, and even the solemn, evocatory and sacrificial formula that the man who intended to sacrifice himself for victory was to pronounce, repeating after the pontifex, who was dressed in the praetexta,7 with veiled head, his hand poised on his chin and his foot upon a javelin. After which he would hurl himself into the fray, as though conjuring a fatal force, to find death therein.8 There were patrician Roman families in which this tragic rite was almost a tradition: for instance the line of the Deci practised it in 340 B.C. in the war against the rebelling Latins, then in 295 in the war against the Samnites, and in 79 in the battle of Asculum: almost as if it had been the 'law of their family', as Livy puts it.
As a purely interior attitude, this sacrifice, in its perfect lucity and willingness, might remind one of that which occurs even today in the warfare of Japan: we know of special torpedoes or Japanese aeroplanes that go hurtling with their crew against their target; and here, too, sacrifice, almost always carried out by members of the ancient warrior aristocracy, by the samurai, is tied to a rite possessing a mystical aspect. The difference is surely that here one does not aim to the same extent at an action which is something more than merely material, at a true and authentic evocation, as in the ancient Roman theory of devotio.
And naturally, the modern and above all Western environment, on account of a thousand causes which have become, shall we say, constitutional through the centuries, makes it extremely difficult to draw forces from behind the curtains, and to give to every gesture, to every sacrifice, to every victory a transfiguring significance, similar to those which we have indicated here. It is nonetheless certain that, even today, in this wild and unbridled moment, to feel oneself no longer alone on the fields of battle, to have some presentiment, despite everything, of relations with an order more than merely human and pathways which are not measured by the values of this visible reality alone — it is certain, I say, that all of this might become the fountainhead for a force and an imperviousness, whose effects, on every level, could not be overestimated.
1Bellum Catilinae, 13.
2De Haruspicum Responsis, IX, 19.
3Life of Romulus, I, 8.
4Livy, Ad Urbe Condita Libri, Book XVII, 9. Cf. XXXI, 5; XXXVI, 2; XLII, 2.
5That is, the cape attached to one shoulder which often accompanied military men of high rank, as is indicated by any number of Ancient Roman statuary portraits of the same. — Ed.
6Italian: come varie altre delle origini, literally 'like various other origins'. — Ed.
7A ceremonial white toga trimmed in purple which distinguished certain royal and priestly functions and functionaries. — Ed.
8Ad Urbe Condita Libri, VIII, 9.
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This was a beautiful selection and represents part of what I found attractive about Arktos and other New Right thought. I also call to mind that Grace builds upon Nature. If a corollary could be added, perhaps it would be that Grace does not extinguish Nature, but rather transforms it—or better yet–transcends it. The natural virtues cannot be ignored simply because the theological virtues are higher. I would not, as a Christian, seek or admit either syncretism or conjuring of the demonic—which is a danger that natural man inevitably encounters. Further still and most assuredly, whatever excellences of pre-Christian cultures existed, these were still defective in power and goodness by not having yet received the greatest source of Victory. Corrupting forces leading to the modern era have robbed Christianity of its natural vitality and have impeded its supernatural efficacy. Its foundation in Nature, as the above aphorism instructs, has been disrupted by connivance and slowly eroding subterfuges of philosophy and art. Even scientific activities, by these same corrupt philosophies and arts, has been falsely presented as undermining our vital natures as men and as well-ordered societies and hierarches. Soft, self-loathing beings incapable of projecting themselves into the world around them, powerless to experiment and mold Nature and human artifacts, impotent in the political and military world when faced with harm to those we are charged to defend—this all is impiety in the Christian realm as it was in the Ancient world of the Romans. Whether we've achieved the zest of Roman virtues before or after conversion to the King of kings, the latter does not excuse a man from becoming a warrior on some one or, even, multiple senses. Weak men are repugnant wherever they are found: in battle, in lecture halls, in town halls, in workman's shop or in a library—and they are especially repugnant when abusing their Faith as a cover for sloth and cowardice. But at this period in history, we Europeans all together are facing a real and particular threat because of our lineage and because of our adopted Faith. Our lands, our culture, our history and our very European being is faced with complete destruction. We will need to immediately and forcefully rekindle from our natures the power to resist the spiritual, psychic and physical intrusion into the safety of our future as a people. We will need to marshal our capacities to resist, to outsmart, to outmaneuver, to bond with each other for concerted action and attack as well as to act courageously and independently as a scout alone in a wilderness of chaos. We must seize confidence ( a spirit of faith) and conviction (a spirit of conquest) that can only come with the eagerness and willingness to devotedly sacrifice all. The surety of a spiritual reality both here and beyond into which we plunge and are welcomed, however the fortunes of temporal struggles surge and ebb, is the essential empowerment necessary. We cannot let our true Faith be misused by devious infiltrators to turn us against our Faith or our to turn us against our fundamental natures upon which Faith builds. Our Faith perfects our Nature. Our Faith prevents or natural powers from creating a Caligula. But our Faith also rejects falsely conceived altruism. Wars for dubiously-defined rights of foreign peoples in foreign cultures are indefensible. Self annihilation is never holy. Our Faith is for us and only those who embrace it genuinely. It is not for "the other" nor is it for the enemy of our Faith and our natural being. Our Faith is the capstone that can sanctify all well-chosen endeavors, battles, triumphs for existence, flourishing, integrity, excellence and righteousness.
Oh yes, I forgot. I had better append this to my immediately previous comment. I need to do so because we live in a sick age of the rare, disturbed, rogue actor as well as agent provocateurs and profoundly corrupt individuals in organizations who willfully misinterpret in order to advance wickedly-predatory and deceptive strategies. Therefore, I will state it clearly, nothing in my immediately previous comment, any other previous comment here or elsewhere, and no comment in the future by me is intended to incite criminality or unjust harm, whether deliberate or reckless. Indeed, military and martial references are to be assumed to be reserved solely to legitimate polities or states in duly-authorized defense of their people, or individuals acting in self-defense from the threat of criminal, bodily harm. In plain English: we are talking about civilizational, historical, spiritual and national themes here—so, don't do crazy, evil stuff and think or claim that anyone, including me, told you to do it, if in fact there are any such individuals reading this. Further, if you are some nut in some, God-knows-what "monitoring organization," I am not advocating, justifying or inciting and wrongdoing.
"…'any' wrongdoing." [This is why lawyers exist.]
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What are the moments in your K-8 education that had a lasting impact on you?
At Falk School, these powerful learning moments may be referred to as "signature experiences."
Signature experiences contain a vital set of insights, not typically encountered in the standard classroom, which stand out because they provide opportunities for learners to take initiative, be active in their own education, and allow the application of the content that students are learning.
In the long term, these experiences not only can be used to motivate students to keep learning, but also act as a springboard to carve out a future path for themselves as individuals, and as members in the community around them.
"To me Falk is community, creativity, and questioning the world."
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We want our children to have a deepening understanding of the aesthetic dimension of the world.


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4 edition of A functional approach to religious education found in the catalog.
A functional approach to religious education
Ernest John Chave
by Ernest John Chave
Published 1947 by The University of Chicago press in Chicago, Ill .
Religious education.
Statement by Ernest J. Chave.
LC Classifications BV1471 .C43
Pagination ix, 168 p.
Open Library OL191270M
LC Control Number a 47001249
The functionalist perspective, also called functionalism, is one of the major theoretical perspectives in sociology. It has its origins in the works of Emile Durkheim, who was especially interested in how social order is possible or how society remains relatively such, it is a theory that focuses on the macro-level of social structure, rather than the micro-level of everyday life. Against the above introductory remarks, the various approaches to Religious Education teaching implemented in Zimbabwe since independence will be discussed. Firstly, this chapter seeks to examine the life experience approach to Religious Education teaching, with special reference to its origins, rationale, characteristics and advantages and.
This approach tends to focus more on the subconscious motives why people have beliefs that are irrational, and they are popularly known as scientific approach to religious studies. Annotated Views of Some Scholars in Theories of Religious Studies 1. E. E. Evans-Pritchard's Views of Theories of Religion. Different approaches to teaching scripture can be categorized into the two dimensions of Religious Education. The scriptural method known as Godly Play is a liturgical approach which relates to teaching people to be religious and the Kite method is an educational approach which focuses on .
On the positive side, however, there is little doubt that functional approaches have contributed a great deal to the overall store of language teaching methodology. Most new course-books contain some kind of functional syllabus alongside a focus on grammar and vocabulary, thus providing learners with communicatively useful expressions in tandem. Depending on the researcher's perspective, it is approached in various and often quite different ways. It also depends heavily on the motives the researcher brings to his or her investigation of religious or worldview issues. In this article we will explore six different ways scholars and researchers approach the study of religions and.
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(Of course he fails to see that the functional approach can also lead to indoctrination) 12 Chave talks so much of an approach to religious education that will transcend dogmas, creeds and religions that he forgets the distinctive elements of the Christian religion, viz., a Book and a Man.
Book Review of A Functional Approach to Religious Education by Ernest J. Chave [ 12 September November ] [ Chester, Pa. ] We may well follow his example in our consideration of a most interesting book by Dr. Ernest J. Chave entitled, A Functional Approach to Religious Education.
Religion grows in a changing world --A functional analysis of religion --Sense of worth and social sensitivity --Appreciations and discriminations --Quest and integration --History and celebration --A new day for religious education.
Christian education for the local church: An evangelical and functional approach [Herbert W Byrne] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A significant attempt to provide guidelines for improving the educational work of the church. The Functionalist Perspective on Religion: Summary Revision Notes According to Functionalism, religion acts as a conservative force by reinforcing social norms and promoting social solidarity.
This post is A summary of the key ideas of the main Functionalist theorists of religion: Durkheim, Parsons and Malinowski. Religious Education Approaches. Religious Education Approaches. Since Religious Education in the schools of the Archdiocese of Brisbane has been focused on a reconceptualist approach to the classroom teaching and learning of religion.
This means that Religious Education is understood to comprise two distinct yet complementary dimensions - teaching people religionthat takes place through the classroom teaching and learning of religion File Size: KB.
The structural-functional approach to religion has its roots in Emile Durkheim's work on religion. Durkheim argued that religion is, in a sense, the celebration and even (self-) worship of human society.
A developmental theory of religious education will teach the child In such a way as to make it a mature and whole person. Religious material and concepts will be presented when the child is developmentally ready to understand their meaning.
This will mean that religious concepts will be introduced only when they are relevant to the needs of the. Functionalists view education as one of the more important social institutions in a society.
They contend that education contributes two kinds of functions: manifest (or primary) functions, which are the intended and visible functions of education; and latent (or secondary) functions, which are the hidden and unintended functions.
The Functionalist Perspective on Education Key Terms Quiz (Quizlet) Related Posts. The Functionalist perspective on education is usually the first discrete topic taught within the sociology of education module, and then followed by The Marxist Perspective on Educationand then The New Right View of Education.
Frank Decker, Sheelagh McCracken, in International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition), The Functional Approach.
A functional approach to security law looks beyond the actual form that a particular transaction takes, such as for example a pledge or a mortgage. Rather, it focuses on its function, considering whether the transaction gives rise to an interest.
Assess the functionalist view that religion benefits both society as a whole and its individuals (33 marks) For functionalists, society is a system of interrelated parts known as institutions, such as religion, the family and the institution performs certain functions- each contributes to maintaining the social system by meeting a need.
Society's most basic need is the need. STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL APPROACHES Ways of understanding the origins of the modern world Alan Macfarlane A structural approach to the problem.
What is needed is a more 'structural' approach, in which it is the relations between the spheres which is important. An indication of what I mean is given in my essay for the Gellner symposium, pp. Missing: religious education.
Christian Education for the Local Church - An Evangelical and Functional Approach [H. Byrne] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Christian Education for the Local Church - An Evangelical and Functional ApproachAuthor: H. Byrne. the various religious beliefs in Zimbabwe explain the role of religion in fostering teamwork, hard work and good citizenship understand the importance of ICT in the study of religion discuss the effects of ICT on religious and moral values appreciate religious and cultural diversity in Zimba-bwe.
phenomenological approach to religious education is a response which seems to accord with the fundamental principles underlying the ideal of cultural pluralism and personal autonomy. (Swann Report,p). Happily there seems to be a move towards the phenomenological approach to religious education, as indicated above.
Nutrition: A Functional Approach, Third Canadian Edition introduces non-majors to nutrition with an innovative applied format that discourages rote memorization and promotes long-term understanding of the authors build on students' natural interest in nutrition by demonstrating in a clear, conversational style how key nutritional information relates to their personal health, and.
Virtual Meetings and Religious Education for the Life of the Planet. Joyce Ann Mercer. School's Religious Culture and the Perceptions of Students who Experience Conflict in Mindanao. Re-Considering Practitioners' Approaches in Scottish Secondary Schools. Stephen C. Scholes. Religious Education) and Dr Bill Campbell (Editor, Journal of Beliefs and Values) for the opportunity to publish four peer reviewed papers from this thesis.1 1 Teece, G.
() Traversing the gap: Andrew Wright, John Hick and critical Religious Education, British Journal of Religious Educat no.:. book by Dr. Ernest J. Chave entitled, A Functional Approach to Religious Education. First I think Dr. Chave is quite right in insisting that if religious educa- tion is to be meaningful to the modern world it must keep pace with the deepening insights of world thought and keep abreast with the problems of a changing culture.
In this post, I briefly set out three distinct approaches to the study of religion: criticizing religion, upholding religion, and disaggregating religion. Social Science Research Council The SSRC is an independent, international, nonprofit : Cécile Laborde.Phenomenological Approach to the Study of Religion: A Historical Perspective Article (PDF Available) in European Journal of Scientific Research Volume 44(Issue 2):pp.
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Do you remember the last time you hid a book under the school table and flipped through the pages to play book cricket? For all the cricket enthusiasts out there, your favorite book publisher Penguin Random House India gives you a chance to relive your most cherished childhood memory with book cricket. With the entire nation under the cricket spell, the publisher recently launched Indian Penguin League, a unique game app that allows users to virtually play book cricket with any of the special edition 30th anniversary titles and complete against the other teams to achieve a perfect score. The game is based on the concept of flipping through the pages of a book and constructing artificial cricket scores through a sequence of rules.
Penguin is celebrating 30 years of its publishing anniversary in India and what better way to ring in the celebrations by offering our readers an opportunity to enjoy the country's favorite sport with books. The game was launched over the weekend on May 20th and would be available on the Penguin India Facebook page till May 25th. Each day would be dedicated to a selection of carefully chosen titles – users can choose from any five titles or teams for the day and make the maximum score to help their team win quirky Penguin merchandise.
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Aerospace Seminar on: Aircraft System Identification and Control
Speaker: Dr. Majeed Mohamed, NAL Bangalore
Date: Wednesday (10th February, 2015)
Venue: NWFT Lecture Hall, Aerospace Engineering
Tea will be served at 4:15 pm.
In this talk, aircraft system identification and control will be presented. Aircraft system identification is the process of determining
an adequate mathematical model of aircraft system, with unknown aerodynamic parameters which have to be determined from measured flight data. The accurate knowledge of aerodynamic parameters is very essential for controlling the aircraft system dynamics. In my presentation, the following parameter estimation problems related to aircraft systems will be discussed.
Calibration of aircraft flow angles in airdata system using sensor fusion approach.
Aircraft aerodynamic parameter estimation from noisy data using adaptive nonlinear filter.
Identification of aerodynamic derivatives and structural modes of a flexible aircraft.
Brief outline on my research contributions in the area of stability analysis will also be presented. Finally, the presentation will be
concluded with glimpse of my future research plan and teaching interest.
Biographical Sketch of Speaker
Majeed Mohamed obtained his B. Tech. from Calicut University, Kerala in 1988, and M. Tech. and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi on 2002 and 2012 respectively. He is currently working as Senior Scientist in CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore. His research interests include aircraft parameter estimation and system identification, flight dynamics and control, stochastic estimation and aircraft modeling, nonlinear control and adaptive state estimation for flight vehicles, and flight instrumentation and sensor fusion. He has been working in the area of aircraft parameter estimation from flight data for transport aircraft (SARAS) and light compact aircraft (TEJAS). He has also expertise in the field of micro-processor based instrumentation system design while working at CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi.
Openings for Postdoctoral Fellows
The Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur, invites applications for postdoctoral positions in the following areas.
1) Aerospace Vehicle Design 2) Flight Mechanics and Control 3) Space Dynamics 4) Turbo Machinery 5) Rocket and Gas Turbine Propulsion 6) High Speed/Low Speed Aerodynamics 7) CFD/CSD 8) Wind Energy 9) Aeroacoustics 10) Dynamics and Control 11) Aerospace Structures and Materials 12) Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity 13) Helicopter Dynamics and Control 14) MAV and UAV
The applicants must have a PhD degree in Aerospace Engineering or related fields from reputed universities in India and abroad. Candidates who have submitted their PhD thesis are also eligible to apply. However, they are expected to successfully defend their PhD thesis within six months from the date of their joining (if selected). The applicant may or may not specify the name of the mentor faculty member during the time of application. However, we encourage potential applicants to get in touch with prospective mentors before applying.
The details of research topics and faculty profile of the department can be seen at the webpage: http://www.iitk.ac.in/aero. Please send/email your application with the following details:
Statement of research
Two/three reference letters to be sent independently to
Prof. A. K. Ghosh
Head, Department of Aerospace Engineering
Kanpur 208016
The applicants are welcome to apply anytime during a given calendar year. The selection process will be completed and the decision will be communicated to applicants within three months from the date of application. Short-listed applicants will be invited to give a seminar in the department. Each appointment will be made initially for a period of one year, and it may be extended subject to satisfactory performance. Under no circumstances the fellowship duration can exceed three years.
The fellowship amount will be Rs. 50,000/- per month for the first year, Rs. 55,000/- per month for the second year, and Rs. 60,000/- per month for the third year. The candidate will also receive Rs. 1,00,000/- per year for travel and contingency. Suitable accommodation and medical facilities are provided.
Link for online application: https://pingala.iitk.ac.in/IITKFR-0/login
Aerospace Seminar on: State Estimation: Cubature Filters and Sliding Mode Observers
Speaker: Dr. Bharani Chandra Kumar Pakki, Post-doctoral researcher at the University of Exeter
Date: Wednesday (7th January, 2015)
Venue: Seminar room, Aerospace Engineering
State estimation plays a key role in several real life applications. In most of the cases it is not advisable to measure the complete states of the system due to system limitations or the sensors used for measurements are bulky, noisy or expensive. In this talk two classes of state estimators will be presented. The first class consists of recently developed cubature filters namely cubature information filters and cubature H-infinity filters. Cubature information filters are developed in information domain and they can easily be extended for multiple sensors, whereas cubature H-infinity filters are deveoped by fusing cubature Kalman filter and H-infinity filter and can handle non-Gaussian noise. The square root versions of these filters are further developed for numerical accuracy. The efficacy of these filters are validated on SLAM (simultaneous localisation and mapping) problem. The next class of filters consist of LPV (linear parameter varying) sliding mode observer. This observer has a capability to deal with inexact scheduling parameter knowledge. Further, it is developed to reconstruct the faults. This observer is then used to reconstruct the actuator faults of a high-fidelity aircraft model.
Bharani Chandra Kumar Pakki received B.Tech degree from JNTU, Hyderabad, India, M.Tech in Control Systems from College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, India and Ph.D from University of Leicester, UK. Before joining Ph.D, for a short period, he worked as a research assistant at Dept. of Aerospace Engineering at IISc, Bangalore and at IIT-Bombay, India. He also worked as an assistant Professor at GMRIT, India and was a Team lead, Control Systems Group at Coral Digital Technologies (P) Ltd., Bangalore, India. Currently he is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Exeter.
His research interests include control systems design, state estimation and robotics. He has published a few papers in refereed conferences and journals.
Aerospace Seminar on: CFD and Hypersonic Flows
Speaker: Dr. Akshay Prakash, Senior Researcher at Technical University of Graz, Austria
Date: Thursday (1st January, 2015)
The talk will focus on use of CFD as a research tool, particularly in hypersonic flows where experimental and flight test data are not easy to obtain. Shock fitting methods have recently been used to study the receptivity process for hypersonic boundary layer. These methods are particularly suited for receptivity studies since they are capable of a uniformly high order solution throughout the computational domain, including the near-shock regions. Further research efforts will include addition of state-to-state kinetics and effects of surface curvature and roughness. Also included in the discussion will be alternatives to increase simulation capabilities to include larger domains. One such way is to use the highly parallelizable LBM, which have recently been extended to supersonic flows. Other techniques like adaptive mesh refinement also have potential to enhance the efficiency of solution schemes, making simulation of larger domains more feasible.
Dr. Akshay Prakash earned his BTech and MTech from IITB, India in Mechanical Engineering in the year 2005. Thereafter in 2011 he was awarded PhD from UCLA on accomplishment of his research, aimed at understanding receptivity and stability of hypersonic boundary by studying the effects of thermochemical non-equilibrium in a Mach 5.7 air flow over a blunt body. Dr. Prakash thereafter contributed towards two different Postdoctoral researches. The first was a simulation of a new IFMIF design by ENEA using Fluent. His contribution was towards establishing the safety margins for the range of prescribed design operating conditions. The latest of the researches was an industrially-collaborated research on the turbulence modelling of a large Bioreactor based on the highly parallelizable Lattice Boltzmann Methods.


Is it not time that we reexamined the legal fiction that allows corporations to be treated as persons? The corporation evolved from the need to create associations or conglomerates whereby individuals could pool resources for the accomplishment of a common purpose. It was a useful device that fostered the growth of business enterprises by allowing companies to enter into complex relationships while protecting investors from personal liability for the outcome of the venture. One doubts, however, that the early proponents of the corporate form could have foreseen the behemoths that now exist and that have become modern day power centers of wealth and control that rival and exceed the reach of many governments, crossing as they do international boundaries.
Perhaps the most fictional aspect of the corporate personhood legal fiction is that the corporation is controlled by and subject to its shareholders. Indeed some corporations may fit within this rubric, but many do not. Corporations may have become too like individuals, and often display the worst of human passions (greed, arrogance, egotism, and malice) whilst pursuing their legitimate business purposes. Sadly, the corporate fiction is now an instrument for evading personal responsibility for acts of questionable legality and failures of moral behavior. The corporation is too often a cloak that hides from sight conduct that would not be tolerated in a civilized society if exposed to public view.
What is most troublesome is that government and the corporate elite have joined forces to create a new form of tyranny that would exalt the rights of these quasi-persons over those of real citizens. Individuals have rights of free speech and privacy; corporations should not. How different would our world be if corporations were barred from making contributions to politicians, directors' meetings were streamed live, and detailed corporate financials were posted publicly in real time?
If corporations are truly persons, than one in every several hundred of them should be sent to prison, as are the real citizens of this great country. We could make a good start by rounding up all the Wall Street Investment Banking firms, Hedge Funds, Halliburton, Big Oil, Insurance Companies, and Big Pharma.