Generic clomid is an oral drug to solve the complication of ovulation that lead to fertility issues in women. Ovulation is very important in order to bring out the development and release of ovum for fertilized process. This process when gets successful, makes you proud parent of a baby. Certain factors affect the process and thus a woman cannot carry a bundle of joy inside her womb. This fertility drug contains clomiphene citrate which is the active ingredient of the medication. This drug belongs to the class of medicines known as selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) or ovulatory stimulants.
Working mechanism of generic clomid is similar to the female hormone estrogen. Thus it stimulates the egg development in the ovaries and controls its release process too. This pill needs to be taken once in a five days either at the beginning or the fifth day of the menstrual cycle. Consult with your health care provider regarding the dosage of the drug.
Generic clomid is the fertility drug that acts on the central nervous system. It works by mimicking the structural formula of female hormone estrogen. The active chemical used in the medication has the capacity to work on the issue and thus it helps women to get pregnant.
The active constituent of generic clomid is clomiphene citrate which has the capacity to work on the infertility issues in women. This chemical is structurally similar to that of the female hormone estrogen. This similarity in the structure makes the brain receptors to adopt the medicine instead of estrogen. A brain fails to identify the normal levels of estrogen. And they think that estrogen levels are low thus causes the secretion of FSH from the pituitary gland. This hormone is responsible for the release of ovum. This medicine binds to the E2 receptors in the hypothalamus. It also develops a state called as hypoestrogenecity. Ultimately it initiates the secretion of GnRH hormone. This induces ovulation by augmenting the levels of gonadotropins.
Clomiphene is the active part of the generic clomid medication that encourages the E2 synthesis in the ovaries. This ultimately led to follicle development that generally doesn't take place under normal conditions in the patient suffering from ovulation issue. Additional follicle development takes place in the women taking treatment with this drug. Here the chances of conceiving increase.
In rare cases, using generic clomid may lead to multiple pregnancies. Therefore you must get in touch with your health care provider at every step of the treatment regimen to avoid any complication.
Women should banned cigarettes and alcohol while being treated with this medication.
This medicine is not for long term use. This must not be used more than six cycles.
Pregnant women shouldn't use this fertility drug.
It is unclear that generic clomid passes into the breast milk. Therefore if you are a breastfeeding mother then you must use this medication after discussing its pros and cons of the drug.
Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) may develop with this medication and it is indicated by enlarged ovaries. Stomach pain or enlargement, nausea, vomiting and weight gain are the symptoms of this syndrome.
Generic clomid may cause visual disturbance in the user. A woman may develop blurred vision or sees spots in front of her eyes. Contact your doctor if this issue becomes serious.
Some women respond with allergic symptoms to the chemical part of the medication. If you develop any such symptoms then stop using it and fix a meet with your medical practitioner.
Basically the starting dose of generic clomid is 50mg which is to be given on the first or fifth day of the menstrual cycle. This pill needs to be consumed along with a glass of water. The dose can be increased to 100mg and it depends on the response from your body. If ovulation does not occur after three trials or if it occurs but you didn't conceived then stop using the medicament and contact your health care provider. Taking generic clomid for more than six cycles is not recommended. Take the medicine at the same time each day. Consume it with or without food.
All drugs produce side effects. Generic clomid is not an exception. This drug develops side issues in the user. In many ways these negative effects develop because of wrong ways of consumption. In some, excessive intake of the drug also leads to negative effects on the health. Therefore it is better to have word with your doctor before having this medicament. You will come to know about the pros and cons of generic clomid fertility drug.
After using the drug you may develop hot flashes, nausea, headache, breast pain, abnormal menstrual bleeding, stomach pain or bloating etc are gentle side effects. These side issues of generic require no medical treatment for their elimination. They disappear on their own. This medicine also develops some side effects which are must to bring to the notice to the health care provider. Severe stomach pain, vision changes, signs of allergic reaction such as itching, rash, hives, swelling, enlarged ovaries that shows symptoms such as stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea, weight gain and stomach enlargement. When these side issues develop with the consumption of generic clomid, stop taking the drug and consult with your doctor.
Constipation, dizziness, depression, vertigo, vaginal dryness, skin rash, lightheadedness, increased urination, hair fall or dry hair are some of the severe and rare side effects of the medication. If they become more serious then stop using generic clomid and take medical help.
Allergic reaction to the chemical part of the medication is possible. If such reaction develops in you post consumption of the drug then consult with your health care provider.
Visual disturbance such as blurred vision or occurrence of spots in front of eyes is possible post ingestion of generic clomid drug. Thus do not drive a car or operate machinery after having a drug.
You may develop ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) which is indicated by the symptoms stomach pain and nausea.
Multiple pregnancies such as twins, triplets etc are possible with the consumption of this medicine.
Generic clomid is not safe to consume in the pregnancy. This medicine may harm the unborn baby and that is why prohibited to use in pregnancy.
If you are breastfeeding a baby then talk with your doctor before having this medication. It is not known whether this medicament passes into the breast milk.


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Frans Hogenberg (1535 – 1590) was a Flemish and German painter, engraver, and mapmaker. Hogenberg was born in Mechelen as the son of Nicolaas Hogenberg In 1568 he was banned from Antwerp by the Duke of Alva. He travelled to London, where he stayed a few years before emigrating to Cologne. He is known for portraits and topographical views as well as historical allegories. He also produced scenes of contemporary historical events. George Braun (1541-1622), a cleric of Cologne, was the principal editor of the "Civitates Orbis Terrarum". The first volume of the Civitates Orbis Terrarum was published in Cologne in 1572. The sixth and the final volume appeared in 1617. This great city atlas, edited by Georg Braun and largely engraved by Franz Hogenberg, eventually contained 546 prospects, bird-eye views and map views of cities from all over the world. Braun (1541-1622), a cleric of Cologne, was the principal editor of the work, and was greatly assisted in his project by the close, and continued interest of Abraham Ortelius, whose Theatrum Orbis Terrarum of 1570 was, as a systematic and comprehensive collection of maps of uniform style, the first true atlas.
Title Calatia
Description Birds eye view of Calatia.
Place of Publication Cologne
Dimensions (cm) 36 x 50
Condition Very good
Technique Copper print

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So, as the school teacher and beleaguered parents explain to their youngsters on sports day: there are no winners! No, you are all winners!! Although really there are only two winners so far this season, soon to be joined by a third. Not that I would wish the play offs on anyone. Wembley trip or not, it has provided nothing but abject heartbreak for us over the years.
Incidentally, apart from daft Dack, who went all Kevin Keegan on us, the rest of the noise coming from the Blackburn camp, is that they are just happy to be promoted, and aren't that bothered about the title. But then, they would say that, as they are in second place, and their hope of finishing top rests ultimately in our hands not theirs.
From our perspective, we've got pretty good at winning titles over the years but I certainly didn't feel disappointed the last time we finished 2nd in the table, so neither should we this time if that's what transpires. Albeit it, THAT second place was a pretty significant second place and saw grown men and women weep openly in joy and disbelief as the Duke nodded home the third.
I would revert back to my comments from a few weeks ago, namely that I hope we win the title because this set of players and manager fully deserve it. Yet the cruel nature of football is that if they lose to Doncaster Rovers on Saturday, then arguably they don't. So they know what's at stake and it is up to them to go and deliver it. All we fans can do is go and support them, and we'll certainly be doing that in abundance this weekend!!
If they can't take at least the point that we need to secure the title, well we've still had a pretty good season, so no hard feelings! Though it would grate me a bit given some of the gibberish that Mowbray, Dack et al have aimed in our direction.
Though having said that, had we been awarded a deserved penalty against Wimbledon last week when James Vaughan was given the WWE treatment, we could have already secured top place. So maybe you don't get what you deserve. Even Paul Cook has said however, that the luck balances out over the season.
Yet, as someone far more statistically astute than me pointed out, we have had only 3 penalties awarded all season, the next to lowest of all League One clubs, and none at all since September. For the strongest attacking team this feels odd. Meanwhile, Rochdale and Plymouth have had 8. Must be all the millions of fans they have that is influencing the ref in Plymouth's case.
Anyway, I digress. Some seasons drag on forever, whereas others seem to be over in a heartbeat, and it comes as no surprise that this one falls under the latter category. Being up near the top of the league has something to do with it. Well, go on then, it has everything to do with it!
So whatever the score on Saturday, enjoy the day and celebrate regardless, as these times don't come around so often (well, maybe they do for us!). Same again on Sunday at the Party in the Park and again next week if you are attending the fantastic Joseph's Goal events. Then have a nice, long break for summer. It's not as if it's a World Cup year is it?


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Miss Tema Homowo is a beauty pageant activated by Menscourt Entertainmentz in May, 2018 set to empower women in Tema and its environs.
This brand isn't limited to only women in Tema or the Ga's but once you are eloquent & bold, you are set to join.
Menscourt entertainment thought of it wise to get some interesting but very educational activations which will center much on Culture since much people don't know about the Ga Dangme Traditions to brand our Homowo festival.
We decided to meet the Traditional Council for their approval & support, they gladly approved because they also realized it was a worthy course.
This is a pageantry that has forever come to stay because aside it Empowering women, It's here to build the confidence of many young ladies and as well make them more productive.
On this note, Tema is celebrating its 60 years of Resettlement and due to that Miss Tema Homowo 2019 pageant has be channeled to it.
The competition was opened to everyone with language and tribe being no barrier because the Tema is a cosmopolitan community and also, it will serve as a channel to sell our culture to other tribes within our jurisdictions.
Eight (8) young and eloquent ladies are contesting for this year's (2019) beauty pageant and there, the question sets in again "WHO WEARS THE CROWN? We have 2 pre-activities to be done before the finals which will take place on 10th August 2019.
Namely, Cooking competition and Back to the 80s Festival will happen live at the Durbar grounds with both starting at exactly 10am.
Details Cooking competition Contestants will be divided into 4 groups and each group will come up with a special dish.
Date : 27th July, 2019 Venue : Kpeledzotsoshishi Back to the 80s Festival This is going to be a throwback day where many games that the internet has taken place of will be played. Date : 3 rd August, 2019 Venue : Kpeledzotsoshishi Examples of such games are: Tuu Ma Tu / Peele , Pilolo, Kpiting3 , Sakiodong, Alikoto, Olu, Awaley, Small poles among others.
It will be a long day packed with olden games and will be climaxed with Story Telling which will commence at exactly 7:30pm.
Dress code for the night will be Colour & Akwajang. For More Enquiries: Okoe Oninku Henry, Public Relation Officer 0541847939 / 020576616 / 0243728969
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The first premiere of the season 5 of Ghana's Favourite TV series YOLO recorded a huge turnout at the WestHillsMall with people from all walks of life on the 1st of May, 2019.
The youthful TV series has grown to be the talk of the town since new of the Season 5 came to light.
Introducing new casts, the director found a way to keep the audience glued to their seats with smiles on the faces throughout the show.
Directed by Ivan Quashigah, the Series thrilled movie audiences who openly endorsed what they saw on the big screens on Wednesday at WestHillsMall Cinemas.
In attendance of the premiere was the US Ambassador to Ghana Stephanie Sullivan, Adjetey Annan (Pusher), Queenstar Anaafi (Emily), Chiiief (George), Abrantie, Odenkyem, Mark Anthony and more.
The next show comes off on the 2nd May at WestHillMall then moves to the SilverBird Cinema inside Accra Mall on the 3rd & 4th May.
See Photos from the first premiere at WestHillsMall below
All is set for "UCC ARTIST NIGHT" at 'CAPE COAST STADIUM' and information we have gathered from close sources say, Ghana's most decorated and award winning music duo, "2kingsGh" would perform at this year's event.
2kings will be in cape coast on 12th April 2019 to perform at the "UCC ARTIST NIGHT" which is a musical concert which starts at 6pm.
Amongst the performers on the night include Shatta wale, patapaa, Jupitar,Nero-x and other performers.
All 2kings fans in cape coast should expect the unexpected as their favorite music duo will be in town for the biggest event.
The Emerging Music Awards is a youth's choice awards scheme that seeks to foster the development of the Ghanaian Emerging Artist by rewarding and Celebrating Emerging Artists who have excelled in the seven main music genres of Ghana; Gospel, Hi-Life, Hip –Life, Hi-Pop, Dance Hall, Reggae, Afro Pop and Traditional.
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• Creating a platform where A- listed Artists and Emerging artists can perform together
• Provide a stage for the Public to give recognition to the emerging artists' creativeness
• Emerging Music Awards is to deliver and develop excellence in Ghanaian contemporary music and celebrate community.
• To provide a forum for songwriters, performers and musicians recognizing them for their artistic efforts and achievements.
• To establish and develop the Image of Emerging Artist by way of creating the Ghana Emerging Music Fund (GEMF) in order to help this program time to time.
• To honor and appreciate the effort of these Emerging Artist.
• To reward emerging artist who have blazed the trail in the music industry.
The impetus behind the awards is a commitment to promote greater participation and assist these underground musicians who are doing their best to be part of the A-list Artists in the Country.
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Incompetent Protagonists
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I provide advice about how to write novels, comic books and graphic novels. Most of my content applies to fiction-writing in general, but I also provide articles specifically about superhero stories.
Under what circumstances (if any) would it be possible to make a grossly incompetent main character likable and engaging? Are there any cases where making the main character consistently incompetent would make a story more interesting?
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Creative Writing Exercise: Break Rules Oddly
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A few seconds ago, I saw a car doing ~30 miles per hour in reverse in a residential area, which is the oddest example of speeding I've seen. Your writing prompt today is to write a scene which incorporates a character violating some rule or law but in a very odd and/or unexpected way.
Some possibilities:
Breaking and entering for some extremely unusual reason (besides being Santa Claus).
Getting into a high-speed chase with police for an extremely unusual reason (besides trying out for NASCAR).
Sneaking through airport security for an extremely unusual reason (besides being a Congressman).
Trying to start a fight for an extremely unusual reason (besides being in Fight Club).
Stealing someone's glasses for an extremely unusual reason (besides being Agent Orange).
Breaking into jail or a waste management facility (for any reason).
Any really fun and/or exotic violations of laws against weapons of mass destruction (e.g. a science fair bottle rocket with a propellant of more than four ounces).
Character Questionnaire: How Would Your Characters Handle These Situations?
Published by B. McKenzie under Character Development,Creative Writing Prompts,Superhero Questionnaire
Shannah McGill has a character questionnaire based on character actions rather than character traits.
I would add the following situations:
The character's lover or trusted friend does something which raises questions of fidelity. The Incredibles, for example.
The character's main goal is irrevocably lost. See the first ten minutes of Up, for example.
The character is badly failed by the legal system and/or is involved in a situation where the legal system badly fails another character. See Gone Baby Gone and The Incredibles, for example.
The character is in a situation where his preferred approach is totally unworkable. For example, if someone like The Hulk were facing a hostage situation with multiple gunmen, running in will get a lot of civilians killed.
A movie or reality TV series is made about the character.
The National Enquirer publishes wild (and perhaps mostly-accurate) stories about the character.
A disgruntled ex goes public. Bonus points if the ex was driven away by a major decision of the main character (or vice versa), rather than the ex just being generically crazy and/or vengeful.
The character is forced to deal with two extremely urgent problems at the same time. Bonus points if he deals first with the problem that most readers wouldn't.
A competition begins with a much more competent rival.
The character is abducted by Canadians and/or aliens.
For social and/or career reasons, the character has to fake enthusiasm and/or knowledge during a high-stakes situation. (For example, the character is excited when ESPN offers him a commentating gig, but it's an ESPN2 program on melon-tossing, synchronized shuffleboard, or soccer).
The character sees three police cruisers parked outside of his house. Or a tank. Bonus points if his/her response is not to immediately turn around.
The character has to offer advice in a field where he/she is extremely unqualified. For example, helping a child with homework in long-forgotten subjects or providing life advice in an area where the character has been unusually unsuccessful. "Don't get cocky, kid." Bonus points if the character does not immediately realize he is in over his head.
The character faces opposition from a totally unfamiliar sphere. For example, someone like Spider-Man facing off against a super-commando or someone like Wolverine facing off against a journalist.
A parent commits adultery. (Hat tip: CW in the comments).
Finding out that the true enemy is someone that has been relatively close. (Hat tip: CW).
The character is hunted by a supernatural police group. (Hat tip: CW). Alternately, perhaps the character gets involved in the supernatural equivalent of a lawsuit, a custody case, marital/family counseling, conscription/drafting, the Inquisition, a court-martial, a divorce, an election or caucus, a citizenship/immigration issue, jury duty, a neighborhood spat that starts with something random like dog droppings and gets really heated, a predatorial lender trying to collect on loans or library late fees, a strike, bounty-hunting/subpoena-serving, or the mother of all speeding tickets. (The space police and/or Bureau of Dragon Licensing can ticket me all they want, but they have to catch me first–giddyup, Smaug).
The character needs to remove himself/herself from consideration for a promotion or assignment without damaging his/her position at the company.
The character does not know why (and preferably has trouble figuring out why), but a really respected and/or feared person has suddenly turned on him/her in a major way. This is one way of fleshing out unforeseen consequences to the main characters' decisions–they might antagonize characters for whatever reason (e.g. arresting one minor villain might anger superheroes working a much bigger case against an elite villain). Bonus points if the decision was intelligent when it was made.
The character has a burning desire to accomplish a goal tragically and/or hilariously at odds with his background, like a rat dreaming of being a 4-star chef, a deaf-dumb-and-blind kid ravaging the pinball scene, or Dan "Potatoe" Quayle/"Mojo Slow Joe" Biden running for President. Bonus points if the character's limitations are depicted in at least a semi-realistic way–the character's triumphs and defeats will be more satisfying the more we see him/her struggle.
The character needs to leave a company or organization without nuking bridges there, but the company is very concerned about loose ends. What does the character need to do to reassure them? Does the company put any restrictions in place (e.g. the supernatural equivalent of a non-compete clause)? Does the organization have methods other than killing and/or threatening to kill anybody that wants to leave?
The character used to be great at something, but is declining (preferably in a long-term situation not easily undone). For example, it is exceedingly rare to see superhero stories seriously deal with aging*–For one alternative, I really like Batman Beyond's take. (Alternately, perhaps the characters aren't notably old, but their capabilities fade. "House of M," for example). *99% of superheroes embody youth and stamina–it's part of the fantasy appeal.
Writing Prompt: Can Rear Leaders Be Interesting?
A politician* recently declared this about a particular military operation*:
You can go back 500 years. You cannot find a more audacious plan. Never knowing for certain. We never had more than a 48 percent probability that [the objective] was there.
If 100 authors each wrote a story about a commando raid, 98-100 would focus on the raid itself and/or the outcome rather than the decision to launch the raid. Your prompt today: Write a story where a decision by one person or one group of people is more important than its execution by a different person or group of people. Military/political setting not necessary.
*For our purposes here, it doesn't matter which.
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Ladies in the Laboratory? American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900
A Survey of Their Contributions to Research
Mary R.S. Creese
A systematic survey and comparison of the work of 19th-century American and British women in scientific research, this book covers the two countries in which women of the period were most active in scientific work and examines all the fields in which they were engaged. The field-by-field examination brings out patterns and concentrations in women's research (in both countries) and allows a systematic comparison of the two national groups. Through this comparison, new insights are provided into how the national patterns developed and what they meant, in terms of both the process of women's entry into research and the contributions they made there. Ladies in the Laboratory? features a specialized bibliography of nineteenth century research journal publications by women, created from the London Royal Society's Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900. In addition, 23 illustrations present in condensed form information about American and British women's scientific publications throughout the nineteenth century. This well-organized blend of individual life stories and quantitative information presents a great deal of new data and field-by-field analysis; its broad and methodical coverage will make it a basic work for everyone interested in the story of women's participation in nineteenth century science.
Scarecrow Press
Pages: 452 • Trim: 0 x 0
978-0-585-27684-7 • eBook • January 2000 • $120.50 • (£93.00)
Subjects: Science / History
Mary R.S. Creese is an associate at the Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas. After almost thirty years as a reserch chemist, she turned to the subject of women's contributions to scientific work and has published more than 20 articles on early women scientists.
This volume provides much more information about the scientific work performed by these women and includes more women from that time period than many other biographical sources...offers a substantial addition to more comprehensive reference collections.....
Useful as a reference and an encyclopedia.......
It is a reference work, and will be most useful (indeed indispensable) to persons interested in the history of science and women's studies. Though costly, the excellent workmanship evident in its production, its level of scholarship, and the numerous charts comparing the distributions of authors and papers within fields and between countries return a wealth of information for the expense....
In graceful and occasionally wry prose, Ladies delivers the details about 680 scientists.....
...its scope and uniformly excellent coverage of the scientific achievements of these women make it indispensable for any scholarly library. All levels.....
• Winner, CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 1998


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A Sort of Visitor in Life,
by Rob Couteau
West Hills Review:
A Walt Whitman Journal, 1985
(NY: Huntington Station)
"At all times, perhaps, the central point in any
nation ... is in its national literature, especially its
archetypal poems." Walt Whitman, Democratic Vistas, 1871.
Reading Whitman always prompts the question: How could he have been an American? For he emerges as her most anomalous personification. Yet, with the exception of Tom Paine, he alone embodies all that is American in the ideal sense of the word. Without these two figures, everything proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights remains an abstraction, a mere potentiality.
I invoke Paine at the inception of an essay on Whitman not because of any direct influence of Paine on the poet but because of the link in spirit they share. That Whitman was more than superficially aware of Paine's significance is revealed in his speech, "In Memory of Thomas Paine," delivered in Philadelphia 140 years after Paine's birthday: "I dare not say how much of what our Union is owning and enjoying today ... is owing to Thomas Paine." The confessionalist Frank Harris attended the event in the role of a reporter. In My Life and Loves, he writes: "Nothing could be more depressing than the aspect of the hall that night: ill-lit and half heated, with perhaps thirty people scattered about in a space that would have accommodated a thousand. Such was the reception America afforded to one of its greatest spirits." Like Paine, Whitman called American society to task. He demanded it awake and assume a posture that could truly be hailed as heroic.
While Paine was instrumental in the formation of the Republic, Whitman came of age after the last of the "Founding Fathers" had passed away. What remained of an idyllic, pastoral America was now rapidly fading into the shadow of a dreary machine age. (How fittingly "modern" that a revolution of machines–the Industrial Revolution–had usurped the infinitely more human Revolution that Paine had been instrumental in catalyzing!) Paine was the first to coin the term "The United States of America," was one of the first to write against slavery, and had a central role in formulating the ideas behind the Declaration. ("That he inspired the Declaration of Independence and is the godfather of the free American nation is either unknown or disregarded," writes Paine's sympathetic biographer, W. E. Woodward.) That he was an ordinary "commoner" rather than an aristocrat or a man of wealth had much to do with why the document doesn't bear his signature, as it had much to do with why he was ostracized by upper-class "democrats" throughout his life. Nevertheless, in his Age of Reason and Rights of Man, he continued to explore his vision of the elementary "rights of man," which he first articulated in his influential Common Sense publications.
In a strikingly similar fashion, Whitman took it upon himself to redefine and amplify what he felt to be at the core of the American soul. To do so, he grabs the torch directly from the hands of Paine. He stretches towards him unencumbered–without an obstacle–as the cultural void within which these two are left to wander is of staggering immensity.
Indeed, the genesis of a Whitman or a Paine is nearly inexplicable: enshrouded in mystery. With Paine we can at least point to a European birth and upbringing. But in the case of Whitman, there remains not a single clue–neither in his biography nor in the history of his country–that serves to anticipate the birth of Leaves of Grass or the man who engendered it. (One biographer considers it reminiscent of the biographical gap in the New Testament chronicle of Christ.) Yet the search for such "causes" is always futile. In Whitman's own words, "To elaborate is to no avail, learned and unlearned feel that it is so." If anything, such gaps reflect something symbolic. They point to all that recedes before such an analytical beacon. In the words of his devout disciple, Dr. Bucke, we must content ourselves with an intuitive term–enlightenment–and leave it at that.
"I shall use the words America and democracy as convertible terms," writes Whitman. He envisions democracy as the mundane counterpart of its metaphysical equivalent: the spiritually equalizing factor of the soul that, with its manifold potential, renders each a divine equal. "For after the rest is said," he writes, "it remains to bring forward and modify everything else with the idea of that Something a man is (last precious consolation of the drudging poor), standing apart from all else, divine in his own right, and a woman in hers, sole and untouchable by any canons of authority." Of the same notion, he chants, in poetic form:
Is it you that thought the President greater than you?
Or the rich better off than you? or the educated wiser than you?
Because you are greasy or pimpled or were once drunk, or a thief,
Or that you are diseas'd, or rheumatic, or a prostitute,
Or from frivolity or impotence, or that you are no scholar and never saw your name in print,
Do you give in that you are any less immortal?
Opposed to this special notion of democracy, Whitman posited individuality. He defines this as an American ideal that opposes the psychology of the aggregate: "The two are contradictory, but our task is to reconcile them." And he imagines a means of unifying such seeming opposites: "I say the mission of government, henceforth, in civilized lands, is ... to train communities through all their grades, beginning with individuals and ending there again, to rule themselves."
Reflecting his idea of democracy and individuality as opposites out of which a third element might emerge, he himself exemplifies such a synthesis. Thus, a century before Max Imboden envisioned "the State [as] a reflection of psychic reality," and "Democracy [as] ... the State form of citizens when all or the majority among them have reached a sufficient degree of individuation, so that they are clearly aware of their mutual relationship, and become able to create an authentic community," we have Whitman: an amalgam born of such seemingly antagonistic elements.
It's in this context that I view Whitman as an atypical American yet our most American American: atypical because so highly individuated; ideally American because this individuation, which cast Whitman in stark contrast to the society of his time, was the sine qua non of the democratic consciousness as defined by Whitman and, years later, by Imboden. Therefore, from Whitman's "I shall use the words America and democracy as convertible terms," we may conclude that, for him, the ideal American consciousness is synonymous with democratic consciousness, which is synonymous with individuated consciousness.
Thus in Whitman's incarnation an essential aspect of the American ideal is realized. Contemplating this, we are jolted by unfamiliar, nearly incomprehensible imagery. We observe him lingering with a hulking yet tranquil poise; with a piercing, sage-like gaze; with an aura detached yet erotic. In him is embodied a vast array of opposites. Most glaring is the polarity that energizes the Leaves from its core: the incarnation of the godhead in man. It finds expression in a Whitman photo that Dr. Bucke refers to as "the Christ-likeness." To be human and divine! It's not a typical American aspiration, nor is it an integral aspect of the so-called American Dream:
Divine am I inside and out, and I make holy whatever I touch or am touch'd from,
The scent of these arm-pits aroma finer than prayer,
This head more than churches, bibles, and all the creeds.
Whitman points to what lies in veiled, cryptic form at the root of all Americanisms (or any ism, for that matter): the divine urge towards individuation; the kernel that lies at the source of the thought "Become what thou art," as proclaimed by the Greek poet Pindar.
Yet, when the divine instinct remains unrecognized, it is forced to resurface in cruder, collective, less conscious guises. Then the spiritual urge is turned upside down, the State becomes God, and the soul is lured by fanaticism, greed, lust, and power. Whether in its stultified, destructive manifestation or in its humanistic creative aspect, however, we discover–hidden beneath and beyond everything–the divine passion play of the spirit: draped in the language of symbol and revealing the patterns of the eternal.
It is at this precipice of consciousness that Whitman arrives. He gazes down at the unraveling carpet of the nineteenth century. His vision recedes to the primal eons and then refocuses at the threshold of the future. He's become so American that he passes beyond the meridian of the American ideal and begins traveling in retrograde. In his molting, he disregards not only everything American but anything even vaguely cultural. From this point onward, he uses the American idiom simply as a means of remaining intelligible. Sometimes he uses it symbolically; sometimes metaphorically. He uses it interchangeably, to mean far more or far less than his countrymen will ever suppose. All the while, his hand remains gripped to the mystic-poetic root. His being sprouts from it, like a massive appendage through which emerge the most arcane, esoteric revelations.
Out of this silent molting is dropped the Leaves. Reading it, many are struck by what might be termed a sanctified immorality. Whitman was a dignified sinner. Yet, to read his biography is to witness an extermination of the sin-concept by a fireball of self-confidence. Actually, it's Self confidence: an experience of a transpersonal Self that propels him to his destiny. In the ordinary man "sin" begets guilt, which, if properly integrated, will elevate the seeker to a new level of awareness. In Whitman, however, the sin concept is annihilated–he's several centuries beyond it. Guilt, too, is antiquated. In their stead is a gnostic intuition born of this Self awareness.
We have only to contemplate a song such as "A Woman Waits for Me"–that erotic testament of man's relationship to cosmos–to observe exactly where he has arrived. What other nineteenth-century American poet would compose a song to his Puritan brethren wherein the sexual encounter is revealed to be the highest act of patriotism? And a sacred patriotism, through which the soul of a people is distilled and revealed!
This, one of Whitman's most provocative works, has been criticized by some as betraying an emotional detachment that is, at times, unnerving. Yet emotion is unmistakably present, but it's directed beyond the singular human figure. Instead, it's interwoven with divine elements. Whitman intimately embraced the fecundating force incarnated in the human being, which, simultaneously, remains beyond the merely human.
Perhaps, Whitman is best defined as a self-proclaimed poet of health. In his hands, vices are transformed into virtues; boundaries between good and evil are blurred; and social restrictions and regulations are redefined by the individuals they are meant to serve:
What blurt is this about virtue and about vice?
Evil propels me and reform of evil propels me….I stand indifferent,
My gait is no fault-finder's or rejecter's gait,
I moisten the roots of all that has grown.
In Specimen Days, he writes of being "in solitude with Nature" when "Nature was naked, and I was also." He asks if nakedness is somehow indecent and answers, "No, not inherently. It is your thought, your sophistication, your fear, your respectability that is indecent."
For Whitman, nothing outdoes the sanctity of the body. In his finest "prayer" to it, I Sing the Body Electric, he proclaims:
O my Body! I dare not desert the likes of you in other men and women, nor the likes of the parts of you,
I believe the likes of you are to stand or fall with the likes of the Soul, (and that they are the Soul)
He writes of "The curious sympathy one feels when feeling with the hand / The naked meat of the body," and he asks, "And if the body were not the Soul, what is the Soul?" Of loafing, which assumes a colossal importance in his life, he writes, "Of all human beings, none equals your genuine, inbred, unvarying loafer. What was Adam, I should like to know, but a loafer?"
Like Adam, Whitman is too close to the source to bother hustling and bustling. What matter if, unlike Adam, he lived in an America bursting at the seams in the midst of a frenetic Industrial Revolution? No matter. He refuses to budge from the womb of Mother Nature. She nourishes him with such vitality that he sees no reason to abandon her. Instead, he digs himself in deeper. He converts his world to a womb-cosmos simply by imagining it as such.
From this unique vantage point, he reveals images and aspects of the transformation process that are foreign even to his own understanding. "There is that in me–I do not know what it is–but I know / it is in me." "Pointing in silence to these songs, and then to the sand beneath, I perceive I have not really understood anything, not a / single object, and that no man ever can." It's like inquiring of the womb whether it comprehends its own creation. Eventually, he becomes womblike himself: a sort of microcosmic womb within a womb. It's as if, for an entire lifetime, he's forced to simulate the conditions of the womb so as to make possible the proper incubation of the Leaves. The external world confronts him with its energetic, phallic aspect, and he becomes intrigued by its penetrations and provocations. Yet he continues to assume a passive, receptive attitude: one staggering in its stillness. "Urge and urge and urge, / Always the procreant urge of the world."
I see lurking throughout Whitman's life a desire to return to the Great Cosmic Mother and, therefore, to the mystery of death itself. It is regressive but also progressive–one senses a yearning to uncover the final veil. She is the source of the death musings that appear throughout his poetry. It is she who lures him to the promenades he was so fond of taking through Brooklyn's Greenwood Cemetery. The unavoidable prospect of returning to her haunches both fascinates and horrifies him. In "Song of Myself," he taunts: "And as to you Death, and you bitter hug of mortality, it is idle to try to alarm me." Elsewhere he writes: "Creeping thence steadily up to my ears and laving me softly all over, / Death, death, death, death, death."
How apropos that, at age sixty-five–before he owned the simple, unpretentious house he was to die in–he built, with funds donated for the purpose of constructing a summer home, a mausoleum: one massive and archaic in appearance, and seemingly indestructible. (It was fashioned after a drawing left by his predecessor, William Blake.) In his informative Whitman biography, Justin Kaplan writes, "Some of the blocks weighed eight or ten tons; the roof was a foot and a half thick." This was the "life" he thought worthy of preparing for: at rest in a monumental abode, wherein he and his family members would partake of the voluptuous stillness of eternity. How fitting and true are the words of the naturalist John Burroughs, who said of Whitman: "He seems always to have been a sort of visitor in life."
His songs are so ripe with prophetic utterance that we are astonished to consider they were penned in any age other than our own. And many appear to be encoded in a language from some future epoch. While we often speak of artists "standing the test of time," with Whitman, we confront a man who is one with the river of time. His songs radiate from him, like eddies resplendent with a luster of eternality.
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The year 1930 August 1930 August 12th, 1930 Budapest George Soros
Hungarian-American business magnate, investor and philanthropist – George Soros was born in Budapest (capital and largest city of Hungary) on August 12th, 1930 and is 92 years old today.
George Soros - Festival Economia 2018 1 George Soros al Festival dell'Economia di Trento. Foto: Niccolò Caranti / CC BY-SA 4.0
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The combined class action resulted in a huge settlement, with Ohio receiving $1.88 million from the settlement and other states receiving similar amounts. Additionally, Anthem has also agreed to a series of data security and good governance provisions that will strengthen its practices and network security protocols going forward to avoid similar incidents in the future.
As part of the steps, Anthem will be making significant business practices and security improvements which includes:
Implementation of a comprehensive information security program that will incorporate the principles of zero-trust architecture, including regular security reporting to the Board of Directors and prompt notice of significant security events to the CEO;
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This piece is written about the recent Anthem Data Breach Class Action Settlement. If you are considered eligible to be among the class of consumers described in the class action lawsuit settlement, you may eventually be able to participate in receiving any compensation the court may award.
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Q: Laravel testing url to resource in public directory I'm using Laravel Dusk to test all links on a page, these links are PDF files that are that are copied from resources/docs to public/docs with laravel mix.
The problem is that trying to access the URL of the docs using get(uri) method gives a 404, here is a simplified version of my Dusk:
protected function refreshApplicationWithLocale($locale)
{
    self::tearDown();
    putenv(LaravelLocalization::ENV_ROUTE_KEY . '=' . $locale);
    self::setUp();
}

protected function setUp(): void
{
    parent::setUp();
    if(!File::copyDirectory( resource_path('docs'), public_path() . '/docs'))
        throw new \Exception("couldn't copy the folder :(");
    // Storage::assertExists(public_path() . '/docs/clothing/existing_file.pdf'); // this assertion fails, what's weird is the path in the exception message does actually exist
    $this->artisan('storage:link');
}

protected function tearDown(): void
{
    parent::tearDown();
    foreach (static::$browsers as $browser) {
        $browser->driver->manage()->deleteAllCookies();
    }
}

public function testClothing()
{
    $this->refreshApplicationWithLocale('fr');
    $this->get('/test')->assertStatus(200); // passes
    $this->get('/fr/vetements')->assertStatus(200); // passes
    //usually I'd get the page urls dynamically with Dusk, but for simplicity sake I'm just testing with this link that I know it exists and can curl it from withing Homestead
    $this->get('/docs/clothing/Hoodies.pdf')->assertStatus(200); //failes (404)
}

What am I missing ?
Thank you.
P.S.: I'm using laravel 8 and Homestead
EDIT:
After @steven7mwesigwa answer, here is my final code:
protected function refreshApplicationWithLocale($locale)
{
    self::tearDown();
    putenv(LaravelLocalization::ENV_ROUTE_KEY . '=' . $locale);
    self::setUp();
}

protected function setUp(): void
{
    parent::setUp();
    if(!File::copyDirectory( resource_path('docs'), public_path() . '/docs'))
        throw new \Exception("couldn't copy the documents folder :(");
}

protected function tearDown(): void
{
    parent::tearDown();
    foreach (static::$browsers as $browser) {
        $browser->driver->manage()->deleteAllCookies();
    }
}

public function testClothing()
{
    $this->refreshApplicationWithLocale('fr');
    $elements = [];
    $this->browse(function (Browser $browser) use(&$elements){
        $elements = $browser->visit('myroute')
            ->elements('.tmp_products_list a', 'href');
    });
    $this->assertGreaterThan(1, count($elements));
    foreach($elements as $element) {
        $response = Http::get($element->getAttribute('href'));
        self::assertEquals($response->status(), 200);
    }
}

A: Issue 1:

// Storage::assertExists(public_path() . '/docs/clothing/existing_file.pdf');
// this assertion fails, what's weird is the path in the exception message does actually exist

The Storage facade uses the storage that is active in your config
files (config/filesystems.php). Note that this defaults to local.
The root path is set for each storage option. In the case of local,
it's pointing to storage/app out of my head. - @bobbybouwmann

In addition, the right way to search through the storage path, is to first specify the filesystem "disk". I.e, for a file residing in storage/app/public/demo.js:
Storage::disk("public")->assertExists("demo.js");
With that out of the way, since your desired test file(s) reside in the pubic folder, these could be tested using:
$this->assertFileExists(public_path() . '/docs/clothing/existing_file.pdf');
Issue 2:

//usually I'd get the page urls dynamically with Dusk, but for simplicity sake I'm just testing with this link that I know it exists and can curl it from withing Homestead
$this->get('/docs/clothing/Hoodies.pdf')->assertStatus(200); //failes (404)

The above snippet of code doesn't work because $this->get(...) is essentially searching for an explicitly defined route in the application's route file(s) corresponding to this path which is not found.
You must use a browser test framework (I.e Laravel Dusk) to test static files on a web server.
More to that can be found here: How to test for static files located in the web folder in symfony with phpunit?
Nonetheless, since you're using Laravel Dusk already, this can be achieved by:
        $this->browse(function (Browser $browser) {
            $browser->visit('/docs/clothing/Hoodies.pdf')
                ->assertDontSee("404")
                ->assertDontSee("NOT FOUND");
        });

If the URL is valid and the PDF file exists and is loaded, no HTML view will be loaded. Hence the test should pass.
If the URL is invalid, Laravel's default 404.blade.php view will be loaded. This view includes the following text strings: "404" and "NOT FOUND". Hence the test would fail in this case.
Feel free to change the text strings passed in the assertDontSee(....) method parameter in case you already have a custom 404 error page.

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Takeshita was active from the early shin hunga era 1930s to the 1950s.


"One day at the age of seven, I was playing at my best friend's house when his father called us over to the cellar. To my amazement, he was pressing grapes to make homemade wine. And from the rafters of the ceiling hung hundreds of curing sausages and pepperonis and aged salamis. Never had I seen such a thing or even known something like that existed. Boiled dinners with potatoes and cabbage were staples in our home.
"My friend's father pulled down one of the pepperonis and sliced us off a piece, and I was hooked. From that moment on, I knew that I wanted to be a chef.
"I started my culinary career at the age of 11 washing dishes at a small Italian restaurant in Boston. I went on to work at some of the top restaurants in Boston and the surrounding areas, including Cape Cod and Hampton Beach. I eventually landed as the executive sous chef at the famous Ken's Steak House while attending Newbury Culinary School in Brookline, Mass.
"Before accepting the senior executive chef position at Radford University, I was the chef de cuisine at the award-winning Virginia Tech's West End Market. My culinary achievements include multiple medals in American Culinary Federation competitions, National Association of College & University Food Services awards and recipe contests.


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Answering a question of A. Rapinchuk, we construct examples of non- isomorphic semisimple algebraic groups H1 and H2 of type G2 with coherently equivalent systems of maximal k-tori.
Given an octonion algebra over a field k, its automorphism group G is an algebraic semisimple k-group of type G_2. We study the maximal tori of G in terms of the algebra C.
Embeddings of maximal tori into classical groups over global fields of characteristic not 2 are the subject matter of several recent papers, with special attention to the Hasse principle. The present paper gives necessary and sufficient conditions for this embedding problem, and in particular for the Hasse principle to hold. Using work of Borovoi, this is interpreted as a Brauer-Manin type obstruction.


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Q: Mongodb not storing string array in document If I add console.log(req.body.biddingGroup) to my PUT method then
it returns
[ [ { bidderId: '5dd5b31213372b165872bf5b' } ] ]
Therefore I know that the value is being passes properly, but if I add the line biddingGroup: req.body.biddingGroup
the bid never updates to mongodb. If I remove that one line, then the bid updates.
Not sure why it's not being passed to mongodb. I also tried in monogoose model
biddingGroup: [{
    type: String
}]

but that returned the error
Cast to string failed for value "{}" at path "biddingGroup"
mongoose schema

const mongoose = require('mongoose');

const postSchema
 = mongoose.Schema({
title: {type: String},
startingBid: {type: String},
bidderId: {type: String},
currentBid: {type: String},
lastBidTimeStamp: {type: Date},
increments: {type: String},
shippingCost: {type: String},
auctionType: {type: String},
buyItNow: {type: String},
snipingRules: {type: String},
auctionEndDateTime: {type: String},
biddingGroup: {bidderId: {type: String}},
currentBid: { type: String, require: true },
lastBidTimeStamp: { type: Date, required: true },
creator: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: "User"},
 });

const Auction = mongoose.model('Listing', postSchema);

module.exports = Auction;

app.js
app.put('/api/listings/:id', (req, res) => {
  console.log(req.body.biddingGroup);
  Post.findByIdAndUpdate({ _id: req.params.id },
    {
      currentBid: req.body.currentBid,
      lastBidTimeStamp: Date.now(),
      bidderId: req.body.bidderId,
      biddingGroup: req.body.biddingGroup,
      auctionEndDateTime: req.body.auctionEndDateTime
    }, function (err, docs) {
      if (err) res.json(err);
      else {
        console.log(docs)
      }
    });
});

I appreciate any help!

A: From your mongoose schema you are specifying the "biddingGroup" to be an array of strings, but what you actually get (based on your console output) is an array of arrays of objects, each of those objects then should have a property called bidderId, which is a string.
To achieve a schema that matches what you get in your console.log, you can do the following:
const postSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
    ...
    biddingGroup: [[{bidderId: String}]],
    ...});


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Budelli – włoska wyspa na morzu Tyrreńskim w archipelagu Arcipelago della Maddalena u północno-wschodnich wybrzeży Sardynii. Wyspa wchodzi w skład gminy La Maddalena. Budelli znajduje się w pobliżu cieśniny Bonifacio.

Jest to jedna z siedmiu wysp wchodzących w skład włoskiego Parku Narodowego Arcipelago della Maddalena. Wyspa ma powierzchnię 1,6 km², a długość jej linii brzegowej wynosi 12,3 km. Najwyższym punktem  jest Monte Budello które mierzy 87 metrów. Wyspa była miejscem zdjęć do włoskiego filmu Czerwona pustynia.

Od 1989 roku stałym opiekunem Budelli był Mauro Morandi. Opuścił on wyspę w 2021.

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