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Kolno bezeichnet Orte in Polen:
 Kolno, Stadt im Powiat Kolno der Woiwodschaft Podlachien
 Kolno (Landgemeinde), unabhängige Landgemeinde im Powiat Kolno der Woiwodschaft Podlachien
 Kolno (Powiat Olsztyński), Dorf im Powiat Olsztyński der Woiwodschaft Ermland-Masuren
 Kolno (Nowa Ruda), Stadtteil von Nowa Ruda in der Woiwodschaft Niederschlesien

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Q: Is there any graph property that is equivalent to the spectral radius of its adjacency matrix being less than $1$? Let $G$ be a directed graph and $A$ be the corresponding adjacency matrix. Let $\rho$ denote the spectral radius, and let $I$ be the identity matrix.

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*What can we say about $G$ when the spectral radius of $A$ is less than $1$?

*Is there any graph property that shows us that fact? More generally, which is equivalent to it?
I know that this is spectral graph theory topic, but I'm not an expert in this field. I know that classic result, that $[A^k]_{ij}$ shows the $k$ length walks from $i$ to $j$, and when $\rho(A) < 1$, then exist $(I-A)^{-1}$, and the Neumann-series of $A$ converges to it. Furthermore because $A$ is nonnegative $\rho(A)=\lambda_{\max}$ without abolute value, and $(I-A)^{-1}$ is also nonnegative. That's all I know. Is there any result, that say some graph property which is equivalent to $\rho(A)< 1$?

A: The characteristic polynomial of an integer matrix is a monic integer polynomial.  The product of the non-zero eigenvalues is thus equal to a non-zero integer, so the only way for $\rho(A) < 1$ is for this to be an empty product, that is if $\rho(A) = 0$ and all eigenvalues are zero.
This is equivalent to the property that $A$ is nilpotent, i.e. $A^n = 0$ for some $n$.  If you think about the "number of walks" interpretation, this is, in turn, equivalent to $A$ having no directed cycles.

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Kirtsjevo of Kirchevo (Bulgaars: Кирчево) is een dorp in de Bulgaarse gemeente Oegartsjin, oblast Lovetsj. Het dorp ligt hemelsbreed 32 km ten zuidwesten van Lovetsj en 90 km ten noordoosten van Sofia.

Bevolking
Op 31 december 2020 telde het dorp Kirtsjevo 1.130 inwoners. Het aantal inwoners vertoont een langzaam maar geleidelijk dalende trend: in 1985 woonden er nog 1.368 personen in het dorp

Het dorp wordt nagenoeg uitsluitend bewoond door etnische Bulgaren. In de optionele volkstelling van 2011 identificeerden 956 van de 1004 ondervraagden zichzelf als etnische Bulgaren - oftewel 95,2% van alle ondervraagden. De overige ondervraagden waren vooral etnische Roma.

Plaats in Lovetsj

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Thank you Patrick. It is good to read some brave and honest thoughts on this matter. Looking forward to following your blog.
You're welcome, Shirley! Good to hear from you, your thoughts are appreciated. This is a subject that has too rarely been discussed, but the effects nevertheless continue to be felt. I look forward to weighing in on many issues related to the many facet of "health," and I'm glad to have you aboard!
This looks like a healthy site to visit. Congratulations!
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China, Then and Now: the PRC Turns 70
October 1, 2019 crhodes Leave a comment
The People's Republic of China turns 70 years old today. On October 1, 1949, the Communist Party announced its victory over the nationalist KMT party, which had previously ruled China but was forced to flee to Taiwan.
Then, no one quite knew what to make of the new communist China or its leader. Many thought Mao would be Joseph Stalin's de facto subordinate, taking orders from Moscow. Instead, Mao was beginning a reign that would last nearly 30 years, feature a major break with the Soviet Union, and see Mao's power wax and wane (attempts to sideline the Chairman after his disastrous Great Lead Forward led to the worst famine in history were rebuffed through the Cultural Revolution, which violently reinforced Mao's control in the country). (Don't give President Trump any ideas)
Now, after a period in which Chinese presidents routinely served roughly 10 year reigns and then peacefully retired, President Xi Jinping has established himself as potentially the most powerful Chinese ruler since Mao (definitely the most powerful since Deng Xiaoping), and has the potential to remain in office indefinitely. Xi has cracked down on "foreign" religion in China and on dissent in general, while seeking to jumpstart the country's economy and expand its foreign influence.
Now, the People's Republic of China is officially older than the Soviet Union ever was (the USSR collapsed just short of its 69th anniversary), and significantly more powerful than Russia on most measures (though Russia did win the contest to hack US democracy, but China's warming up to make a go for it in 2020; oh dear, this should be fun).
Then, the KMT fled to Taiwan, where it established a fairly dictatorial one-party state and planned a never-accomplished invasion to retake mainland China. Eventually, Taiwan developed into a de facto independent country (even as China pressured other countries not to recognize Taiwan as such, since China still claims the island and its people as Chinese), and eventually advanced economically at an impressive rate.
Now, 100,000 Taiwanese recently marched in Taipei in solidarity with Hong Kong protestors, who have been out in the streets for months, initially defying a Chinese-backed extradition law (in a growing history of protests with Church backing and widespread popular support) but has since expanded to a full-fledge rebellion aimed at maintaining Hong Kong's democracy and autonomy, under threat since territory was returned from Britain to China in 1997. Taiwan was earlier this year offered the opportunity to remerge with mainland China under the same "one country, two system" policy implemented for Hong Kong (indeed, the policy was originally designed for Taiwan), but Taipei said "no thank you." Taiwan defends its independence, despite the fact that it has been largely alienated from the international community through Chinese pressure; today, about 18 countries recognize Taiwan as an independent country, including Vatican City (which was actually the first to recognize Taiwan-who knew?) and Eswatini (the kingdom formerly known as Swaziland).
Then, the world was not sure what to make of the new China's might or place in the world. American General Douglas MacArthur, for example, didn't think that the Chinese would intervene directly against American forces in the Korean War, and was shocked when China's invasion nearly defeated the US and its allies. People forget: China and the US fought a major war, with tens to hundreds of thousands of deaths on each side (which still pales in comparison to the Koreans who were killed).
Now, China is building its military capacity, but no one expects it to directly challenge the US in a military conflict. North Korea remains a headache for China (China pays a lot of money to prop up the country, fearing that a famine or political collapse would send massive amounts of North Korean refugees across the border into China). Meanwhile, US President Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un have developed a strange bromance (well, the North Korean government is leading on Trump through flattery, but I digress).
Then, Mao Zedong became ruler within a coalition of parties, with the promise that the CCP would rule China democratically, as it had been indicating in its rhetoric for years.
Now, China makes no pretense to being democratic (it conducts low-level elections, but that's about it), defying scholars from modernization theorists who held that economic growth fosters democracy to Francis Fukuyama, who predicted in 1989 that liberal democracy had emerged as the world's only legitimate form of rule. China instead derives its political legitimacy from results – economic growth and security for its people. A fair amount of indoctrination, censorship and repression is mixed into that as well, but shhhh, we're not supposed to notice that too much.
Then, China was a rural economic backwater, rife with poverty. This inspired Mao's adaptation of Marxism to this agrarian environment, and also inspired him to embark on the Great Leap Forward, the deadliest mistake in human history, which resulted in tens of millions of deaths.
Now, since abandoning communism in a reform process that took hold in the 1980s post Mao, China has achieved the most astonishing feat of sustained economic growth in human history, raising hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and, depending on the metric you use, either challenging or actually overtaking the US as the world's largest economy. This growth has largely occurred in a context of interdependence with the US, and the current Trump-initiated trade war with China is hurting both economies as each country's leader attempts to get the other to blink. But even in a period of sustained economic slowdown, exacerbated by the trade war, China's annual GDP growth is still above 6%, about twice that of the United States. Under Xi Jinping, China continues on an unprecedentedly ambitious project to redirect most of the world's economy through China via the Belt and Road Initiative and generally make the country a superpower.
We'v covered the past and present, but what about the future? Will Xi and the Chinese leadership achieve their goals? China's definitely making a full court press towards achieving world economic (and to a lesser, or at least more instrumental extent, political) supremacy, using soft power, economic power, Confucius Institutes, investment and loans, cajoling, political subversion and more to get other countries on board with the plan.
On the other hand, the United States has kind of enjoyed being the world's lone superpower, and doesn't really like to share. And while other Presidents have been cautious about disrupting the interdependent (should I just way codependent? Yes, yes I should) relationship between China and the US, Donald Trump doesn't know the world caution (resist urge to make Twitter joke [make meta-Twitter joke instead]). His approach towards China (we might be able to call it a strategy) has been called crazy, but it might just be crazy like a fox, if the fox went in with a half-thought out plan but stuck with it even as it caused the little fox cubs to starve, until eventually everyone else gave in because otherwise this crazy fox will kill us all (I'm pretty sure that's how the idiom goes).
But China, Xi and the CCP have longevity on their side. They've demonstrated their abilities to consolidate power and established a long game, one that can potentially wait out an American president or even protests from places like Hong Kong. the CCP and President Xi might not, however, be able to wait out social change; despite the most efficient uses of surveillance and policing technology, the development of an increasingly middle class, increasingly religious, increasingly internationalized Chinese citizenry is likely to bring about additional changes that the CCP will eventually have to adapt to in order to survive. Let's see whether or not the Party can do so, and whether it can convince the Chinese people to give it another 70 years.
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JENNIFER HAIGH Bent
Jennifer Haigh's short story "Bent" takes place in Cape Cod's Provincetown (02657), where Kip's family has vacationed every summer he can remember, renting the same house by the shore. He's always brought along his neighborhood friend Fanelli, but this year, he's added his college buddy Jean-Luc, a Frenchman whose exoticism and way with girls Kip envies. "Bent" portrays the subtle dance of allegiance and rivalry between these young men, as it studies Kip's first true experience of regret. (26:08)
ROLAND MERULLO excerpts from In Revere, In Those Days
The opening to Roland Merullo's 2003 novel In Revere, In Those Days sets us squarely down in Revere (02151), and in the mind of a narrator for whom the city of his childhood is more than geographical location. For Anthony Benedetto, Revere is a place outside time, a world full of blue-collar families dreaming for something bigger. He looks back on the "ordinary heroism of the household, the factory, and the street" and reflects on those who are able to transcend the bitterness and hardship of their lives. (22:29)
ASKOLD MELNYCZUK excerpt from Excerpts from SMEDLEY's Secret Guide to World Literature
Fifteen years old and educated beyond his years, beset by the chaos of his family and a possibly pregnant girlfriend, Jonathan Levy Wainscoting IV narrates Askold Melnyczuk's novel-in-progress Excerpts from SMEDLEY's Secret Guide to World Literature. Woven through with literary, philosophical, and cultural references, Jonathan's narrative muses on his parents' and his friends' complicated lives on the eve of his forced summer's-long departure from his Cambridge home. Excerpts from SMEDLEY's Secret Guide to World Literature first appeared in the June 2011 issue of The Drum, and represents 02139 for our Zip-Code Stories project in collaboration with WBUR. Send us your story about 02139! (20:41)
DAPHNE KALOTAY Sunshine Cleaners
Daphne Kalotay's "Sunshine Cleaners" takes place in a laundromat in Brookline (02446), where cultures tumble together in misunderstanding and miscommunication. Sergei ponders the mysteries of America in everything from simple signs to interactions between men and women, while the Tall Girl struggles to make herself understood as her transactions in coins and language repeatedly fail. All the same, the tiny world of the laundromat offers a sweet and surprising payoff. (32:28)
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The Drum Literary Magazine and WBUR's Radio Boston are joining forces to bring you Zip-Code Stories, where listeners share their own stories about the neighborhoods that make Greater Boston unique. Zip-Code Stories invites WBUR's listeners to do the talking. Each month, we'll name four zipcodes and we'll invite listeners to submit their own stories about those zipcodes. You'll be able to upload your audio straight onto Broadcastr, and the best pieces will be included in The Drum's Broadcastr playlist. Each month, we'll be featuring one story on Radio Boston. Zip-Code Stories launched on Monday, August 8 2011 with a Daphne Kalotay's "Sunshine Cleaners," set in Brookline's 02246. Subsequent zip-code featured authors include Askold Melnyczuk (02139), Roland Merullo (02151), and Jennifer Haigh (02657). For information on how to submit to Zip-Code Stories, click here.
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CHICHEN ITZA RUINS TOURS
Chichen Itza is the most famous Mayan Ruins site in all of Mexico. It has been designated as a UNESCO world heritage site, and the main pyramid, El Castillo, was declared as one of the 7 wonders of the world in 2006 after a worldwide vote. El Castillo is, indeed, perhaps the most recognizable structure in the entire Mayan Empire, but you'll be surprised at how many other magnificent structures still exist at Chichen Itza today. Chichen Itza is, understandably, the most visited Mayan Ruins site in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, and we offer you three exciting ways to enjoy it's majesty with our Clasico and Private Express tours. It is a long haul from Cozumel, about a 14 hour day, but there is only one Chichen Itza.
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Our Advice: From Cozumel, you will have to ride the ferry to Playa del Carmen for these tours, so it will be a very long day. If you are on a cruise ship, or don't want so long, check out Tulum.
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Q: I'M ON A CRUISE SHIP - CAN I DO THESE TOURS?
A: We do not recommend Chichen Itza for Cozumel cruise ship passengers. If you're stopping in Progreso, you can do the ruins from there. Otherwise, we recommend visiting either Tulum or Coba instead. A very few cruise ships stay in port for as much as 12-14 hours. If this is you, then the private Chichen Itza may work for you.
Q: WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF CHICHEN ITZA?
A: Chichen Itza grew to power about 1,400 years ago. It became a major regional capital of the Mayan empire, both politically and economically. Then about 1,000 years ago, a civil war broke out, and the city went into a drastic decline. The capital of the area was shifted to Mayapan, and then in 1521, Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Montejo claimed the city for Spain, intending it to become the capital of Spanish Yucatan. The Mayans revolted, however, and drove Montejo from the region.
Q: WHERE IS CHICHEN ITZA? IS IT IN COZUMEL?
A: Chichen Itza is located in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, about 2.5 to 3 hours north of Playa del Carmen and Cancun. The closest major city to it is Merida, and the closest cruise port is Progreso. To reach Chichen Itza from Cozumel, you'll just ride the passenger ferry over to Playa del Carmen, where you can meet your tour. See Ferry Details.
Q: WHAT TEMPLES WILL I GET TO SEE ON THESE TOURS?
A: The most famous temple at Chichen Itza is The Temple of Kukulkan, often called El Castillo (The Castle), which dominates the landscape at the center of the ruins site. Other famous and major temples include the Temple of the Warriors, the Mayan Ball Court, the High Priest's Temple, The Nunnery, The Snail, The House of Mysterious Writing and the Sacred Cenote, where human sacrifices once took place.


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Magic Never Died: The Sacred is Still Alive
Kingsley L. Dennis
God is alive, magic is afoot
God is afoot, magic is alive
Alive is afoot, magic never died
The sense of the sacred does not require any image of the gods. There will be no more gothic cathedrals built to exalt humankind to the heavens; no more prophets to lead humankind to the divine; and no more Holy Grails to entice humankind upon the Quest – we now have the sacred suffusing us en masse, manifesting as both the tangible and intangible. Our cultures are being finely renewed from the inside-out by a subtle vibration that has come to us through a myriad of emanations in different forms. Look at the conversations we are having today with each other; look at how many creative projects around the world are being instigated and led by young people. The generations before us were not discussing transcendence or the technologies of the soul so openly and publicly. Our era has brought the inner world out into the open world and into focus. The sacred is not a concept but an experiential understanding, of life beyond our limited selves – of transcendence and immersion simultaneously. Only two or three generations before us there was no inner world to explore publicly. Before the rise of the psychological sciences there was no cultural language to explore the subconscious. The inner landscape of the human being was quietly explored and navigated by the mystics, seers, adepts, shamans, and initiates that kept their traditions away from the masses – away from persecution.
For millennia the sacred arts were defiled, harassed, and discriminated against. The magical arts also fell into this tarnished category. And yet magic and alchemy are found worldwide, in all traditional cultures, in remarkably similar manifestations. Spiritual realization has never been a mass pursuit; usually pursued by those few individuals often classed as outsiders. And so the presence of the sacred in our societies has always been unperceived, operating unseen and under the radar. It has always been present and operating, only not in ways suspected by humankind. Magic too has always been present in its various guises – magic is afoot, magic is alive, magic never died. Magic, in its original form, is that which concentrates and radiates the mind; it is a deep penetrating force-field of compassion and communion. Our reality-matrix is composed of energy; everything within it is a form of energy in various states. Those states can be modified, like the fine tuning of an instrument to create a more harmonious sound. The wisdom traditions, the perennial philosophy, speak of how a human being, by their own spiritual ascent, is able to also animate and raise up the world around them. The emanation of the sacred energies furthers the spiritual realization within material reality.
Most of what is today labeled as supernatural is but the residue of the sacred which is inherent in humankind and the world, no matter how we ignore or discard it. Unbeknown to us we recreate this sense of the sacred through our pursuits and pastimes. Magic may shock the profane, yet it has existed as a core experience long before we had any sense of what it actually was. As historian and scholar Arthur Versluis notes,
The reason that magic is not in good standing in the West is that it is based upon the fundamental unity of man and cosmos and so is in conflict with the inherent dualism of the modern outlook. But magic will be in existence long after the modern era has disappeared: it cannot be otherwise, for magic is the physical expression of the eternal, inner, spiritual transmutation. 1
When it comes to the 'eternal, inner, spiritual transmutation' there are no absolute laws, just the continual unfolding. As human beings we each interact with the world differently because we perceive the world differently. In interacting differently we each contribute to creating a different world. The sacred reality understands that we exist as part of a participatory cosmos. It is this sacredness without a name that infuses the human condition. To be a human being is to be inherently imbued with a spiritual force that animates us in ways we are largely unaware of. And yet through this animated force we see the world around us – it cultivates our worldview, our values, and is the source of our quest for meaning. And a civilization's worldview is its most precious possession.
Everything proceeds from this primary perception – a collective gaze of wonder…or of limitation. The basic, fundamental understanding is that we cannot observe the world without changing it. And the presence of the sacred is so crucial in our lives that without it our human status itself is in question. The sacred order of the past existed at a time when the world was different, when its needs were different. At each moment we articulate the human condition in the context of our times. The sacred energies, the spiritual impulses, are a medium – and a means – through which we come to learn of and express the human condition. And these expressions are in response to a shifting and unfolding understanding of the cosmos and of our reality-matrix. Before the emergence of structured religions the human condition articulated itself in 'pre-religious forms' of spirituality. Whatever the times, the sacred impulse attempts to be known. For great periods the sacred impulse was almost invisible within human societies, as we struggled with the raw energies of brute materiality 'red in tooth and claw,' and cloaked in mechanical rationalism. Yet now the sacred impulse is raising its head again in new cultural forms, expressions, and mediums.
Magic has a role in helping to give shape and substance to our meanings. Magic teaches us that the way forward, the way to heal the rift in our reality-matrix, is by the uniting of the spiritual and the profane, the celestial and the mundane. In our reality, each day lived is an expression of the spiritual and the sacred existing through us, invisible as a silent breath. And yet the magic never died; magic is still alive, magic is afoot (to paraphrase Leonard Cohen). For us now, 'the greatest danger to us shall arise, not because of "magic," but rather if true magic, true transmutation, should disappear.'2 The world is becoming an exciting, magical, and mysterious domain once again. And within this domain technology is likewise moving from its position as a brute, mechanistic hardware to a fluid, almost seamless, magical part of our augmented reality. The world is reviving its sense of being a Misterium Tremendes, a sacred place to dwell in. To live as part of the sacred is about living that which comes through us – as beacons we must pass it on as well as lighting up the way for each traveler upon the path. The truth is a spiritualizing force that actualizes through us. The sacred impulse is also the creative and dynamic force of transcendence. And yet it must be a sacred energy for our times. It must be alive and relevant, otherwise it becomes another relic to be idolized and venerated rather than lived. The sense of the sacred is of a living work.
Our physical global body – our systems and structures – are responding to this need by shifting from top-down structures to decentralized networks. As this unfolds we need to meet this transformation by changing the ways we think; by altering the ways we do things; by allowing consciousness and the sacred energies to flow into the world – to flow through us. That is, to manifest the qualities, attitudes, and our presence in the world that will most effectively receive, hold, and transmit this consciousness. This responsibility is also a part of our living work right now. The days of working in seclusion are over – the new sacred energy does not support monasticism. The sacred strives to connect fluidly between our inner and outer worlds; it is not a monastic endeavor but exists within the active avenues and marketplaces of life. High castles, priestly enclaves, guru sanctuaries, etc, are edifices of the past where a different energy was contained. The sacred revival of today is a nurturing, feminine energy that comes alive through people. The sacred revival stands as comfortable with the spandex superhero mutants on our screens as it does with the appreciative touch, the supportive word, the reassuring glance that we each can weave into our lives. This is the sacred impulse for our times – that which is a part of the living substance that comes through us. It is a living soul that holds within it the species body. As Meister Eckhart said – 'The soul is not in the body; the body is in the soul.'
The sacred is already affecting us, infecting our thinking patterns and consciousness whether we are aware of it or not. Our perspectives on the world and the cosmos have been changing dramatically over recent years. Most of us who have thought deeply about life and the cosmos have come to the realization that we do not exist as part of a dead universe. Even our sciences, our telescopes, have begun to point their attention toward intelligent life in the cosmos. We are unfolding – slowly metamorphosing out of our cocoon of cosmic quarantine. The human being too is forced to transcend beyond the conditioned cocoon we sleep within – to continually transcend every station we reach. A part of our transformation is the recognition that the human being is a sacred particle in a sacred universe.
Enchantment has been humanity's natural state for aeons. The innate state of humanity is to feel integral to all life. This continuity has only been disrupted for a number of centuries, whereas our state of enchantment has been with us for millennia. It is time we return to that enchantment, and to a re-connection with a source of meaning. Those streams of significance, those waters of wisdom, have always been with us. It only depended upon whether we wished to get our feet wet or not. As the poet Rainer Maria Rilke says, 'we are the bees of the invisible' and our task as individuals is for each of us to be a channel for the transmutation of the familiar things of this world into the transcendent. The sacred impulse works through the planet, the living species, and also each individual. As we come together, increasingly so through the medium of our technologies, we each can bring a spark into the burning flame of the living work of our transmutation. As Sri Aurobindo understood, our sacred revival (what he considered as a spiritual age) must 'be preceded by the appearance of an increasing number of individuals who are no longer satisfied with the normal intellectual, vital and physical existence of man, but perceive that a greater evolution is the real goal of humanity and attempt to effect it in themselves, to lead others to it and to make it the recognised goal of the race.'3 The antithesis of the sacred revival, those whom attempt the reverse of leading others toward transition, seek their power in the sorcery of psychological control and manipulation, also now on a mass scale. Yet the call of the sacred impulse beats within each one of us – yet for some it is louder than others.
The sacred presence is a reflection of the individual soul as well as the world soul. The integral communion of the soul is between the inner world of the individual (the individual soul), and the physical world outside of us. It is a synthesis which gives us meaning. If we do not renew our task daily – reflect upon the soul – we do an injustice to ourselves. And yet this is no easy task. No other relationship can be achieved that is higher than the one you have with the sacred essence within yourself. Life must have meaning for us before we can bring authentic meaning into the lives of others. Maybe Pierre Teilhard de Chardin said it best when he said that sacred human becoming is not only 'open to a few of the privileged nor to one chosen people to the exclusion of all others' but rather is 'in a direction in which all together can join and find completion in a spiritual regeneration of the earth.'4
Our ancestors were aware that they lived in a sacred cosmos, where the physical world existed in communion with the unseen dimension which ensouled and sanctified it. There was no rigid line drawn between what was the inner world and what was external reality, because both domains were in correspondence. The individual human soul was a part of the greater sacred reality. And just as the sacred is an instrument of the human, so the human is an instrument of the sacred. The sacred worldview is one that accepts not only the metaphysical but also the magical and the mysterious – the magnificent wonder in everything and all. As the Greek Orphic Mysteries of 2,500 years ago spoke: 'I am a child of earth and starry heaven, but my race is of heaven alone.'
1 Versluis, Arthur (1986) The Philosophy of Magic. London, Arkana, p129
3 Aurobindo, Sri (1999/1950) The Human Cycle: The Psychology of Social Development. Twin Lakes, WI, Lotus Light Publications, p263
4 Cited in Davis, Erik (1998) Techgnosis: myth, magic and mysticism in the age of information. New York, Three Rivers Press, p317
Adapted from Kingsley L. Dennis's forthcoming book, The Sacred Revival: Magic, Mind & Meaning in a Technological Age, to be published October 24th, 2017.
I Love You, I'm Sorry, Thank You, Please Forgive Me
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Q: Advise: Tracking HTTP requests with CloudFlare and Ghost I have a very interesting requirement that I am not too sure of the answer. I am turning to Stack Overflow in the hope that someone is able to share their experiences and propose a solution.
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I have a front facing website that is powered by Ghost running a standard MEAN stack enviorment and all traffic is handled via CloudFlare.
Problem
I have become aware recently that I have been receiving a large amount of requests via the CloudFlare display that do not appear in my Google Analytics. I am aware that some people may have JS disabled, however we are talking orders of magnitude difference between the two. I would very much like to know why.
Hypothesis
I suspect that person(s) are trying to use port scanning, or attempt to find vulnerabilities in my platform. Or it could be a simple case of linking going astray. Either way, I am not sure.
Solutions
This is the part I am not sure about. What would be the best approach to record and retain HTTP requests? One consideration I have had is to use Morgan to to filestream requests into a .log file and review at a later date. However, I wonder if there is a more elegant solution.
I welcome any thoughts you may have.
Thanks

A: Google Analytics is a fair bit more conservative than Cloudflare. One reason, as you mentioned is that Cloudflare is able to access raw HTTP logs, instead of having to use JavaScript to identify page views. As Cloudflare only marks HTTP requests, port scanning would not be recorded as a hit.
However, even with bots accounted for, Cloudflare may still record views which Google Analytics can't, for example; AJAX content requests. As the Google Analytics beacon is only run once when the page is loaded, Google Analytics only records this once - Cloudflare sees this as 2 HTTP requests in it's raw logs.
For details, please see the following blog post, it goes into detail as to how Google Analytics and Cloudflare Analytics can differ: Understanding Analytics: When Is a Page View Not a Page View?


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Born in Boston, MA, Peter Lorenzo began cello studies at the age of 4. He frequently performed with his twin sister Francesca, a violinist, and his father David, a pianist, as the Anderegg trio. His early studies were with Mark Churchill at New England Conservatory, where he performed on the pilot of the NPR program "From the Top" and was a member of the award-winning NEC Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. While completing a B.A. cum laude in Mathematics at Harvard University, he appeared as a frequent soloist with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra and Bach Society Orchestra, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a teaching assistant in the Mathematics Department. He received a M.M. degree from The Juilliard School, and his other major teachers include Darrett Adkins, Joel Krosnick, Michael Reynolds, Lynn Harrell, Norman Fischer and Yehuda Hanani.
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Sadly, demonic possession is a phenomenon that is on the rise throughout the world: The number of cases – and demands for priests to carry out exorcisms – is, according to multiple sources, soaring.
"I worship Satan. I don't know about this God thing. There's a lot of crap in the world. I don't see how people can believe in a good God. But Satan I know. He gives me favours." (how ignorant).
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The major role of academic papers is often to determine the extent to which a writer has understood the concept or topic under review. Giving a general view of the topic thus beats the logic of the academic paper since it gives the impression of an individual who has a blanket idea without the major facts in place. Concentrating on delivering the points in a punch line manner and with a focus model that eliminates generalization is a sure way to avoid writing academic papers that lack the power to impress.
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Q: Swift - How to prevent from closing socket in force quit? My project works by socket and I try to make a chat app like whatsApp.
Now, My Problem is how I can keep open the socket even user kill app from AppSwitcher and goes my app to force quit mode? ( LIKE WhatsApp )
In another word, whatsApp and telegram and so on how can keep open the socket? Because when we send a message to another else , quickly comes a notification to her/his phone and notify her/his has a message and it's the opening socket result.
I search about it but I can't find a fine solution.
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If the app is killed your socket will be closed... so simple.
When an user send a message to another one which isn't online your server should send also a notification.

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We formalise the axiomatic set theory second-order ZF in the constructive type theory of Coq assuming excluded middle. In this setting we prove Zermelo's embedding theorem for models, categoricity in all cardinalities, and the correspondence of inner models and Grothendieck universes. Our results are based on an inductive definition of the cumulative hierarchy eliminating the need for ordinals and transfinite recursion.


If you had told me four years ago that the release of The Cleaner would mark the start of my dream career as a novelist I would probably have said that you were crazy, drunk, high or a combination of all three. I was still working in the film industry then, my daughter was coming up to her second birthday and we were thinking about adding to the family. I could see the potential in the new world of indie publishing, but I hadn't found a way to tap it yet.
And then along came Milton.
Some context: I had just finished The Imposter, the second full length novel in my Soho Noir series, and I wanted to try something different. I love those Soho thrillers, and still think that they contain some of my best writing, but the truth of the matter was that they weren't really selling. Those books took a long time to write, too; I'm a stickler for authenticity, and I researched extensively to make sure that all the little details were correct. The Black Mile involved me camping out in the National Archive and going through the case file for the real Blackout Ripper and then cross-referencing my research with contemporary newspaper reports from the British Library Newspaper Collection in Colindale, north London. Hours spent photographing sixty year old crime scene photographs and poring over microfiches with the smell of warming plastic in my nostrils were as fun as they sound, but the book took two years to write and did not lend itself to the fast publication schedule that helps indie authors get noticed.
I knew I needed to try something different.
I was commuting between London and Salisbury in those days. It's a ninety minute trip in either direction, and, since the train started in Salisbury on the way there and Waterloo on the way back I could always be guaranteed a table. I had a work computer that had been loaned to me (old, heavy and slow) and invested in a pair of noise cancelling headphones. And then I started to write.
It was immediately much easier to write Milton, and that meant it was faster, too. My research can be conducted online, the language is contemporary and the books flowed extremely quickly. I wrote The Cleaner in two months, and then went straight onto Saint Death and then The Driver. Both were finished in similar intervals. I wrote faster and faster because, for the first time, I could see decent numbers. I started to sell hundreds of books a month, and then thousands. Amazon, Apple and the other retailers started paying me good money.
Milton made his debut in The Cleaner on 4 January 2014, and, since then, the series titles have been downloaded more than a million times.
Four years later, and I'm doing what I always wanted to do – write, and be able to support my family while I'm doing it. It doesn't get any better than that.
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SAP Australia this week launched its 2017 Australian Digital Experience Report, revealing that Australian businesses have significantly improved the digital experience they provide, closing the gap to what consumers expect. However, while performance has improved, consumers are still more likely to be unsatisfied with digital experiences than delighted by them.
The report, based on results from more than 4,000 Australians who rated more than 11,000 interactions against 14 attributes, found overall digital experience has improved from last year. For the first time since the survey was conducted in 2015, five industries posted positive results. Retail grocery brands led the way, improving their combined digital experience score from -4 to 10 over the past 12 months. Banking (7), media and entertainment (6) and retail consumer (4) also returned positive digital experience scores.
For the second year running, Netflix was singled out by Australians as having the best digital experience among all brands. Other leaders include online retailer Kogan, Vodafone and Suncorp Bank.
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Arts Festival boost for younger Christians
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A three day Christian Arts Festival has helped over 150 young people to develop their creative skills. The ground-breaking event was organised by Christians in a country where it is difficult to be open about their faith and which we cannot name, but it proved to be an important development. Last month's event looked at the liturgical calendar and sought to build up a resource of sound Christian hymns and art that would 'encourage and bless' the Church in this part of the world where resources...
Three reasons to reject self-certifying gender
The first leader in the Times today argues: There are three reasons to reject the idea that gender can be legally reassigned on demand. The first is that to deny the relevance of biological sex is simply to deny science. With the exception of a tiny number of people who are born of indeterminate sex, the definition of a woman is someone born with a uterus and ovaries and a man is someone born with a penis and testicles. To base the law on some other definition is simply delusional and could...
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Adoption of the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-semitism) wording has become the default expression of Jewish solidarity and the only way to satisfactorily show commitment to fighting antisemitism, at least according to the Chief Rabbi. Considering the document's shortcomings, you have to wonder why this has happened. It's an inexplicable state of affairs, until you recognise that the IHRA document is being foisted on political parties, universities and...
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Church of England Newspaper November 29 Sir, Early adoption of the new Relationships and Sex Education Regulations (RSE), which becomes mandatory in September 2020, has provoked countrywide protests and safeguarding concerns. Further time is needed to ensure that the controversy is properly resolved. SRE was introduced in 1993 to safeguard children against the threat of HIV/Aids, STIs and to prevent teenage pregnancies. It failed. The expressed aim of the new Regulations is not protection, but...
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The blunt words of Sydney archbishop Glenn Davies come at a critical moment for Australian churches and demands for religious freedom. By Andrew West, Guardian: For a man renowned for his civility, the language was blunt. During his annual speech to the Anglican Church's Sydney synod, Archbishop Glenn Davies told supporters of same-sex marriage to "please leave us". "My own view is that if people wish to change the doctrine of our church, they should start a new church or join a church more...


As of October 15, 1966, all historic areas, including NHPs and NHSs, in the NPS are automatically listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). There are also about 90,000 NRHP sites, the large majority of which are neither owned nor managed by the NPS. Of these, about 2,500  have been designated at the highest status as National Historic Landmark (NHL) sites.


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Opposition to the New Deal
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Although many people supported Roosevelt's programmes of reform and recovery after the Great Depression, there was also opposition to the New Deal. There were those on the Left who argued that New Deal policy was not going far enough to reform society. On the other hand, politicians and businessmen on the Right argued that the New Deal gave government too many powers.
This opposition was reflected in a number of individuals and organisations. As a man from a wealthy background, the President was criticised by some of his peers for the fact that it was in fact the rich who were targeted by high taxes. Roosevelt was even reportedly excluded from his social club in the aftermath of the New Deal.
However, the most notable person who opposed the New Deal was a Senator from Louisiana called Huey Long. Huey Long represented, in its most extreme form, the fears of many leftist critics as well as New Dealers. Long like many others accused Roosevelt's plans of not going far enough in the assistance of the poorest members of society. As such, Long created his own alternative to the New Deal which was called "Share Our Wealth".
Long came up the a promise that he would confiscate anybody's personal fortune that exceeded $3 million and redistribute the wealth to American families. Long also promised further reforms including the introduction of pensions for the old, a new national minimum wage, and free education and cheap food.
Long practically controlled the state of Louisiana and he was far from a squeaky clean character. It is well known that any politician who opposed him would be suitably dealt with. For example, he bribed members of the police force to gain control of the law while it is also reported that local elections were heavily fixed so he could not lose. In the state he was known as the "Kingfish". Long's popularity was not limited to the South - there were over 27,000 Share Our Wealth clubs nationwide with about 8 million members.
However, in 1935 he was killed. A bodyguard fired a shot at a man who was attempting to assassinated Long, but the bullet missed its target, instead ricocheting off of a corridor wall and hitting Long in the stomach. It is unlikely that Roosevelt would have attracted enough voters to the polls to beat Roosevelt in the 1936 election, but his huge popularity does highlight the concerns of many poor, agrarian Americans.
Although Huey Long never offered a feasible alternative, he highlighted flaws in the New Deal. Revisionist historians recognise these weaknesses and argue that the excessive business influence on the NRA; the lack of redistributive taxation and a flawed social security system limited the success of FDR's New Deal.
Opposition to the New Deal also came in the form of Father Charles Coughlin. The Catholic priest had a radio show on which he attacked Roosevelt for the same reasons as Long had: not going far enough to help the poor. He also said that the president was "anti-God".
He set up the National Union for Justice and teamed up with Dr. Francis Townsend. Townsend devised the Townsend Act - a proposal for state-funded pensions. These two teamed up with Gerald Smith, who had taken over as the successor to Huey Long as the senator of Louisiana, and together the trio planned to try and win over the poor voters.
The New Deal also faced a lot of opposition from the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court judges were primarily Republicans. This meant that it declared many of the acts passed by FDR unconstitutional. In 1935 it effectively declared the National Recovery Administration (NRA) illegal. In the following year it declared the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) unconstitutional. The point made by the Supreme Court was that any efforts made to help farmers should come at a state level and not federal level. It argued that the it went against the Constitution for federal government to take on so many powers. 11 out of the 16 Alphabet Laws were declared unconstitutional in cases heard by the Supreme Court.
The 1936 election result illustrate that both the New Deal and Roosevelt faced opposition. In November 1936, Roosevelt won the election comfortably, but there was still over a third of voters who stood against him; the president received 27 million votes while Alf Landon, Roosevelt's Republican oppositions, received 16 million votes (37 per cent)
Roosevelt's victory was still a landslide and was certainly recognised as such. After all, Maine and Vermont were the only two states that he lost. Nevertheless, the result indicate that a sizeable opposition still stood against him.
See also: Was the New Deal a Success
"Opposition to the New Deal". HistoryLearning.com. 2015. Web.
Modern World History
America 1918 - 1939
Farmers and the New Deal
Was the New Deal a Success?


The only constant is change. And in fashion, we are constantly witnessing changes in trends and aesthetics, according to the designers' desires from one season to another. This Fall, especially, marks the decline of the streetwear trend for women and lays the beginnings of a renewed wardrobe, imbued with mysticism, wicca, hippie and new-age references, as well as with a spiritual and a feminine force that is a quite bewitching, to say the least.
Left: Erin Treschel wearing jacket by Gucci. Right: Georgia Polks wearing coat, knitwear pullover and skirt by Miu Miu. Boots: UGG x Y-Project.
Georgia Polks and Erin Treschel wearing knitted dresses by Jacquemus.
Georgia Polks wearing trench coat by Fendi.
Erin Treschel wearing jacket, trousers and cap by Christian Dior.
Left: Georgia Polks and Erin Treschel wearing Christian Dior. Right: Erin Treschel wearing trousers, bodysuit and bracelet by Louis Vuitton.
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£20m business park bringing 350 new local jobs moves one step closer to completion
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The old Peerless site on Dunnings Bridge Road in Netherton, now set for development by Chancerygate (Aintree) Limited
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The second phase of a new £20m business park, set to create hundreds of local jobs, is set to be approved by planning chiefs next week.
Proposals to redevelop the old Peerless site on Dunnings Bridge Road were finally given the green light by Sefton Council 's planning committee in 2018.
Formerly an abandoned margarine factory, the site is now under construction, with six industrial units and a petrol station being erected.
This is known as "Phase One" of the MerseyReach project. "Phase Two" includes three new blocks of 12 commercial units, with parking, services and landscaping.
Developers Chancerygate Ltd say, once finished, the site will create up to 350 jobs and is estimated to have a £5.5m positive impact on the area.
There have been two objections to Phase Two from people living nearby.
Reasons given include noise, flood risk, and security concerns.
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Peerless Edible Oils were based at the site up until the mid-1990s. The factory was later demolished and the site has been empty since.
In April 2000, property developers Morbaine revealed plans to 100,000 sq ft DIY warehouse, 50,000 sq ft garden centre and 150,000 sq ft of industrial and commercial units. That scheme failed to get through the planning process.
In 2004, Swedish furniture giant IKEA put in plans to build a multi-million pound superstore on the site but it never happened.
Sefton Council's planning committee is set to approve the next stage of the development when it meets virtually next Wednesday (December 9).


The Zicklin School of Business of Baruch College/CUNY invites applications for full-time tenure-track positions in the William Newman Department of Real Estate, which is one of the seven academic departments in the Zicklin School of Business. The Department offers a BBA major and minor, MBA, MS, and Ph.D. Program in Real Estate. The Zicklin School of Business is accredited by the AACSB and is among the largest Schools of Business in the nation. Baruch College is a diverse institution strongly committed to both teaching and research.
Qualifications: The successful candidates must possess a Ph.D. in Real Estate, Finance, Economics or a closely related discipline, as well as a strong record of or potential for scholarly research and publication, superior teaching skills, and a willingness to actively participate in the growing Real Estate programs at Baruch. Rank is dependent on qualifications.
Emailed or hard copy applications will not be considered.
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To be considered for this position, please submit your application online by clicking on "Apply Now" after clicking on the link at the bottom of the page. Candidates should provide a CV, cover letter, three letters of reference, and the job market paper.
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Dashlane Names Donald Hasson As Chief Product Officer
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Dashlane Names Donald Hasson As Chief Product OfficerDashlaneJanuary 17, 2023 January 17, 2023
NEW YORK, January 17, 2023 — Dashlane welcomes Donald Hasson as our new Chief Product Officer. Hasson joined the organization on January 17th, 2023, and brings nearly 20 years of experience in product management, design, marketing, and engineering at startup, mid-size, and global organizations.
"As we usher in the next generation of phishing-resistant login technology and welcome a passwordless future, Donald's decades of experience in enterprise security, combined with our laser focus on delivering the most secure identity solution, will push Dashlane to new levels of success," said JD Sherman, Dashlane's CEO.
Hasson has experience in the defense, IoT, IT service management, and cybersecurity industries. Before joining Dashlane, he was an SVP of Product at Swimlane, the leader in security automation. While there, he helped drive 80+% YoY growth, close $70 million in Series C funding, launch a next-gen automation platform, and ultimately more than triple the organization's value.
Hasson was previously the VP of Product at BeyondTrust, a leading PAM vendor in cybersecurity. There, he launched three successful SaaS products, led multiple acquisitions, and drove product-led growth. Before BeyondTrust, he held product leadership roles at an IoT startup and Honeywell Defense and Space.
Hasson studied robotics at the University of Florida, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with a Business Minor. His expertise in the security and identity space will be a great asset to Dashlane's continued exploration into passkeys and the future of authentication.
"I'm excited to work with the Dashlane team to unlock incredible growth opportunities by continuing to build extraordinary products to serve those charged with securing their organizations," said Hasson.
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Dashlane is a web and mobile app that simplifies password management for people and businesses. We empower organizations to protect company and employee data, while helping everyone easily log in to the accounts they need—anytime, anywhere.
G2 Names Dashlane a Password Manager & Single Sign-On (SSO) LeaderDashlaneJanuary 25, 2023 January 25, 2023
G2 Names Dashlane a Password Manager & Single Sign-On (SSO) Leader
Dashlane has been named as a leader in multiple G2 categories, including Password Manager & Single Sign-On (SSO).
No Shortcuts: Why a Culture of Security is So ImportantJD ShermanJanuary 12, 2023 January 13, 2023
No Shortcuts: Why a Culture of Security is So Important
Hear from Dashlane CEO JD Sherman on why shortcuts don't belong in a culture of security.
Introducing the Dashlane Starter Plan for BusinessesDashlaneOctober 6, 2022 November 2, 2022
Introducing the Dashlane Starter Plan for Businesses
With Dashlane's Starter plan, businesses can provide Dashlane's core features to up to 10 employees for a flat price of $20 per month.


Russel Black co-founded RBL Basketball in the fall of 1997. Currently, on any given weekend RBL Basketball has approximately one thousand girls and boys playing in leagues and instructional programs in Vancouver. The emphasis of the program is with players kindergarten to grade 7, but RBL also offers leagues and camps for grades 8-10.
Winston Brown's coaching experience is very extensive. From coaching at Kits, Lord Byng from the early 1990's until 2003 when he joined the York House coaching staff. Became the Tigers Head Coach in 2004 and has led the Tigers to 6 AA BC titles since then (2004, 05, 06, 10, 11, 12). He has also coached countless Basketball BC Regional teams over the years and co-founder the Vancouver club Triple Threat. Winston currently teaches English at York House School.
Sabrina Chan is a recent graduate of the BCom program at Royal Roads University in Victoria. She is a Churchill alumnus, and has been coaching girls' basketball since 2005. She has been involved with the RBL Basketball program as an instructor and referee, Strathcona Basketball, Night Hoops, and recently, joined the VGBA Board of Directors. She is an auxiliary employee of City of Vancouver, working at various community centres as a Front Desk admin and special events coordinator. Sabrina has a passion for sports and loves working with kids.
Jennifer Eng returns to Churchill as the current head coach of the Senior Lady Bulldogs for the past few years. She is very grateful to be given the opportunity to work with a number of great athletes and diverse individuals in her community. Jennifer has been recognized by ProMotion Plus with the Bobbie Steen Legacy Foundation Award as an Emerging Leader for her outstanding contribution to advancing gender equity in physical activity and sport within the community.
Mike Evans is the Community School Coordinator at Britannia and has coached girls basketball for over 30 years in Vancouver. His Bruins Senior Girls has made the Vancouver City playoffs and AA Lower Mainlands for the past 10 years as reigning City and Lower Mainland Champions 2010-2012. Mike has been recognized with the HSBC Lifetime Achievement Award for Coaching and most recently Basketball BC's High School Coach of the Year Excellence Award after winning the 2012 AA BC Championship title.
Jim Ion began teaching in 1985 and has taught at Jamieson, Britannia and Waverley Elementary schools in Vancouver. He has coached basketball at the elementary level since 1987 and is currently coaching at Norquay Elementary. Jim has coached high school basketball at Killarney Secondary (1995 – 1998) and at Britannia Secondary (2005 – 2009). He was the vice-principal at Tecumseh and Moberly Elementary from 1995 to 1998 before a five year stint at Queen Elizabeth Elementary as their principal from 1998 to 2003. Currently, Jim is currently at Queen Alexandra Elementary and is a strong believer of John Wooden's Pyramid of Success.
David Prissinotti is currently the Athletic Director, coach and Sr. Social Studies Head at York House. Began coaching girls basketball at Lord Byng (1992-1996) then started coaching at York House in 1997. Took the York House Tigers to the 1999 AA BC Championship title and continued to coach the Sr. Tigers until 2004, winning BC titles in 1999, 2002, 2003. Continues to coach various levels at York House. A member of the BCSSGBA Executive since 1996 and the position of AA Rep on the Executive since 2001.
Ron Suzuki is an avid supporter of east side girls' basketball in Vancouver. His Strathcona Community Center currently runs program for over 300 girls and boys from Grade 4 to 12. He can usually be found on the sidelines of basketball games cheering on the girls, while listening to his beloved Vancouver Canucks on Team 1080.
Mitra Tshan has coached girls' basketball at different levels since 1997. She is currently involved with basketball through VSB Athletics, Britannia Basketball, Strathcona Basketball, Night Hoops and Basketball BC. As a coach, Mitra firmly believes that "the more things we can get kids to do correctly off the court, the more they will do correctly on the court." Mitra has been recognized with the Investors Group Volunteer Sport Adminstrator Award, Basketball BC's Mary Campbell Award and ProMotion Plus' Bobbie Steen Legacy Foundation Award.


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Last week, I brought up the topic of being your own coach. I talked about using an approach (or formula) to address ways of improving your own driving when you don't have the luxury of a professional coach at hand.
1. What can you learn about applying and committing to full throttle sooner?
2. Where are you braking, and is it too early or late?
3. Are you driving the correct line for a specific corner or section of track?
This week, we'll look at these questions by using the formula, and show how you can become the master of your own driving by using this approach.
Looking at this further, the question of "How is this happening?" needs to be identified. Each coach has their own way of addressing this, whether it's old- school (such as conversation and self-assessment), new-school, where data and video will show you how things are happening, or a combination of both. We'll take a look at a corner of a racetrack and address it using data analysis from a $400 device called an AiM Solo.
The corners in question are T7 to T10 at Portland International Raceway.
The what: the green lap goes from being around the same speed as the blue lap in the bottom graph (time over distance) to slower by end of the straightaway; you can see this as the faster lap (blue) is constant and the green line moves above it, indicating a slower lap time. The why: the red and blue lines are faster out of the corner, as seen from the top graph on the speed trace. As a rule of thumb, the faster you are, the lower your lap time. The how: the red and blue drivers are braking sooner (seen in the middle graph), as the line drops sooner, and they are on the gas sooner and more aggressively (full throttle) out of the corner. Said another way, the green line or lap was fast in and slow out and the red and blue laps were slow in and fast out.
Using Image #2, you can see another example of a different approach to a corner. The green arrow demonstrates poor application of brakes. In other words, the red lap shows braking too soon into T10. Apply this to the formula. The what: the red line jumps above the green line, as seen in the bottom graph. The red line suddenly got a lot slower than the green and blue line. The why: the blue and green lines both have more speed into that corner, as seen in the top chart. The how: the red lap shows braking much sooner than the other two, as seen in the middle chart.
The other way to see the same information is in a GPS overlay. Image #3 demonstrates two laps from the same driver, attempting different lines. The white line was the fastest through here, as the blue line indicates a struggle to find the apex. This resulted in a push out towards the exit of the turn and prevented the driver from full acceleration. It's interesting that the blue lap below is also represented in the green lap from Image #2.
What if I never find a faster way through a corner, even by accident? What do I do, then?
Coaching or looking at a faster driver's data (or video) are desirable because the how is so easy to identify. If a driver is faster, then how are they doing it? Compare data, watch video, and there it is, in plain sight. The challenge is that racing is competitive and going faster is a competitive advantage. In the case of a professional driver and/or coach, their data is a valuable commodity and their intellectual property which you must purchase to benefit from.
There are also other means of testing and getting instantaneous feedback. The same AiM Solo mentioned earlier allows for immediate feedback in the predictive lap setting to determine if a new line or reference point yields faster or slower times. The same can be said for any device with this feature, from AiM to MoTeC to TraqMate. The more you experiment in practice, the faster you'll find your own way of shaving time off your laps, without necessarily the need for a professional driver's data or someone to compare to.
There's a lot in this article (along with last week's), but I believe that with some simple equipment and the right approach, anyone can be their own coach. It all comes down to application and using time as wisely as possible at the track. Try new things, experiment with the line and your references, and above all, don't keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect things to change. Data and video are cheap, they are simple, and while I don't expect you to know how to read data fluently, below this article is a link to easy-to-use information to get you well up to speed.
I guarantee that if you approach your driving with a formulaic approach, you'll go faster. I would also suggest that if your competitors are going faster and faster, then yes, they might have bought new components for their car, but I would wager that many are using these new-school tools to find time they never knew was there.
Never say no to coaching, but also know that if coaching isn't available to you, you still have the opportunity to improve using similar techniques, yourself.


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Upgrade Your Bar With These Seven Rums
During the summer—or any warm weather—my favorite time of day is rum o'clock. (Especially when I'm daydreaming about a Jamaican vacation at Round Hill.) You cannot find it on a watch dial, of course, but by the late afternoon, you know that the hour is fast approaching.
In my mind, drinking rum (neat, on the rocks, or in simple cocktails) is always better when you are in the Caribbean or wherever the spirit you're enjoying was made. But as I learned this year, the right rum can quickly make you forget that there is not a new stamp in your passport. It's the spirit that spirits you away.
Here are seven stellar standouts to consider this summer.
TEN TO ONE CARIBBEAN WHITE RUM ($37)
Founded by Trinidad-born and MIT-educated Marc Farrell, who was Starbucks' youngest-ever vice president, Ten to One's Caribbean white rum is among one of my all-time-favorites for cocktails. (And therefore, perfect for all my summer libations.) Perhaps it's the fact that it is 100% rum—with zero additives. No added sugar. No added "flavor." No added coloring. Beyond that, the liquid is just versatile: It will work well in any rum-based drink. It is clean and fresh on the palate—with notes of citrus zest, honeysuckle, and lemongrass. It's excellent on daiquiris and jazzed-up mojitos. The brand also offers a dark version, which is also quite the winner—but not for cocktails. This one is to savor neat—or on the rocks, whichever your preference. One thing that I love is the fact that Ten to One expressions are pan-Caribbean blends. (For instance, the white hails from the Dominican Republic and Jamaica. While the dark comes from Trinidad, Barbados, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic.)
SANTA TERESA 1796 RUM ($45)
Santa Teresa has been one of my go-to's for several years now. It's a rum you can drink all day long by a pool (or by the ocean). A superb summer libation. It is slightly sweet and reminiscent of all things summer—but not cloyingly so. But then again, did we expect anything less? Venezuela has stringent rules when it comes to rum production. The blend consists of multiple streams with ages ranging from four to 36 years, all aged in ex-bourbon barrels—before being further aged using the solera method. It is balanced and complex on the palate at the same time: There are a lot of honey and caramel notes—complemented by a bittersweet chocolate finish.
RHUM BARBANCOURT RÉSERVE SPÉCIALE 8-YEAR ($23)
Rhum Barbarncourt's 8-Year Réserve Spéciale is something I'd like to think of as an everyday rum. Not too fancy—but not mediocre in the least. The 86-proof Haitian rum does the job whether you are in the mood for something to drink as-is or in a daiquiri, Barbancourt is a solid choice. And with its price point, it'd also make for an excellent housewarming gift.
EQUIANO RUM ($60)
Billed as the "world's first African and Caribbean rum," Equiano is a blend made with liquid sourced from two distilleries in opposite sides of the world: Foursquare Rum Distillery in Barbados and Grays in Mauritius—just off the east coast of Madagascar. Named after Olaudah Equiano—the Nigerian-born freedom fighter and abolitionist, the rum's co-creator Ian Burrell (a legend in the industry) made sure that the blend would live up to its namesake. The rum starts in Mauritius, where it is aged for at least ten years in ex-Cognac and French Limousin oak, before being sent to Barbados where it is married with rum aged in ex-bourbon casks. And the result is extraordinary in that it's balanced and versatile enough for every kind of rum enthusiast—with rich (but not overpowering caramel and butterscotch notes). Enjoy it neat, on the rocks or in a cocktail. Whatever you decide, it will be a quality pour.
APPLETON ESTATE 8-YEAR-OLD RESERVE ($32)
The last time I was in Jamaica, I exclusively drank Appleton—because hey, when in Jamaica, one must enjoy all things local. And while I'm a fan of Appleton's other expressions, master blender Joy Spence certainly outdid herself with this new one. On the nose, it's still very emblematic of what Appleton stands for: The DNA is there, with its characteristic vanilla, orange and honey notes—but with more spice and boldness. The rum is a blend of 20 "reserve stock," which Spence specifically set aside. And it's a more nuanced rum that delivers a tad bit of a more of robust flavor.
DIPLOMATÍCO PLANAS ($30)
Not to be confused with the Diplomatico Blanco Reserva (which was discontinued in 2017), the Planas is a complex aged white rum rested in three different casks: ex-bourbon, ex-malt whiskey and American white oak. It's an outlier in its own way: the blend of distillates is aged for up to six years before it goes through a charcoal filtration system to eliminate the color acquired from the aging process, and to make the liquid smoother. In a sense, it's kind of like what the tequila industry does with its cristalinos. The result? A white sipping rum that would also work perfectly in any rum-forward cocktail, with its tropical notes of coconut and just a hint of pineapple. "We wanted to create a white rum that would match the premium quality of our other rums," says José Rafael Ballesteros Meléndez, CEO of Diplomático. "We also understand how key white rum is to bartenders and cocktail mixing because of its transparency."
FLOR DE CAÑA 25 ($159)
Flor de Caña has been around for more than 125 years—and that has given the Nicaraguan distillery more than ample time to refine its processes and distilling methods. However, this particular expression is not something you would break out at the end of a stressful day at work. What I'm saying is that it's what one would call a "special occasion rum," something to be enjoyed with a cigar while on vacation.   At 25 years, clocking in 40% ABV, the expression is smoother than most and more complex. In addition to its dark toffee, chocolate and vanilla notes, tropical and stone fruits are also discernible on the palate.
By: Karla Alindahao


What is the Freedom Center?
What if you really believed the Word of God? What if it really happened? How would your life change?
There is no substitute for the Word of God in your life. All spiritual growth comes from God's Word. His Word brings stability to our lives. We grow to maturity by living the Word of God.
But what happens when we do not live according to God's Word? Does God punish us? Does He give us sickness, poverty and calamity to teach us a lesson? No! God is a good Father. Just as we grow to maturity by the Word of God, He corrects and trains His children through that very same Word.
Join Pastor Barry in this message of hope, as he shows us how God leads us to freedom through His Word.


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Riot Fears Close U.S. Embassy In Damascus
October 30, 2008 13:47 GMT
The U.S. Embassy has closed its doors in Damascus as thousands of people marched in protest against a U.S. raid on a Syrian village.
The embassy said it decided to close because of fears the state-approved protest could turn violent.
Syrians say they are outraged by the October 26 raid on a village near the Iraqi border that Damascus claims killed eight people, including children.
Much remains unclear about what happened in Abu Kamal, 8 kilometers from the Iraq border.
According to Syrian officials, U.S. forces simply attacked the village without provocation. They said the people killed were members of families of builders and a night watchman who were working at a construction site.
Washington has yet to speak publicly about what occurred. But the U.S. media quotes officials as confirming privately that four U.S. helicopters flew into Syria to target a top Al-Qaeda leader operating from the village.
The U.S. sources say troops dismounted from two of the Black Hawks and engaged in a short but fierce firefight with armed men. Among those killed was the raid's target: a Syrian known as Abu Ghadiya.
Abu Ghadiya, also called Badran Turki Hishan al-Mazidh, has long been identified by Washington as a top Al-Qaeda figure coordinating the movement of militants and funds into Iraq. In February, the U.S. Treasury identified him as one of four major Al-Qaeda operatives living in Syria.
By following Abu Ghadiya's trail across the border, Washington appears confident that the damage his death will do to Al-Qaeda is worth the outrage in Damascus. The raid is not the first U.S. attack on Syrian soil, but is by far the most visible. Others have been missile strikes or rare cases of crossing the frontier in hot pursuit of insurgents.
In response, the Syrian government approved a mass rally on October 30 outside the U.S. Embassy, bringing thousands of people into the streets of the capital. The U.S. Embassy is closed, with Syrian riot troops ringing it due to fears of violence.
Warning On Safe Havens
Analysts say the U.S. cross-border raid delivers a strong message to Damascus that Washington will not tolerate Al-Qaeda establishing a safe haven in Syria as the group is weakened in Iraq.
"What you have today is a situation where the United States is pulling its forces out of Anbar, out of the west [of Iraq], where Iraqi forces are taking over the counter-Al-Qaeda mission in the area around Mosul, and virtually all the supply to the remnants of Al-Qaeda in Iraq is crossing the Syrian border," says Andrew Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
"They don't simply extend to the flow of foreign volunteers, they extend to the flow of Iraqi cadres, trainers, money, equipment -- and this includes, some of it at least, the personnel and equipment used for these large-scale bombings, which Al-Qaeda continues to use throughout Iraq to try to destabilize the country."
Cordesman says Washington has repeatedly signaled to Damascus since 2003, when U.S. troops toppled Saddam Hussein, that Syria must crack down on the supply lines. But Syria has not responded to Washington's satisfaction.
That is despite reports of partial Syrian cooperation. This week's raid surprised many observers by coming shortly after U.S. commanders praised Syria for reducing the flow of guerrillas into Iraq from 100 per month to 20.
The raid also is seen by some observers as a more general signal from Washington to any government that is slow to crack down on terrorists who threaten U.S. lives.
Syria says eight people, including children, were killed in the raid.
In recent weeks, U.S. forces have stepped up operations against Taliban safe havens in northwestern Pakistan. That includes a helicopter-assisted ground operation in September against the Pakistani village of Angor Adda that killed some 20 people.
U.S. forces have also struck terrorist suspects in Yemen and Somalia since the war on terror began following the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
"The New York Times" reported this week that the White House has adopted a legal argument in recent months that cross-border attacks into countries with which the United States is not at war are justifiable as self-defense to protect U.S. forces and interests abroad.
This is in line with, but extends, U.S. President George W. Bush's policy of preemption of attacks on the homeland that was articulated immediately after 9/11.
Concern In Iran
The cross-border raid into Syria is likely to worry Tehran, which Washington accuses of aiding Shi'ite militia groups hostile to U.S. forces in Iraq. It is unclear, however, whether the U.S. administration is prepared to interpret a policy of self-defense broadly enough to risk a major confrontation with Iran, which is a major regional power.
Equally unclear is how far Damascus -- a close ally of Tehran -- will go in confronting Washington over the October 26 raid.
"It is very hard to tell," Cordesman says. "I think Damascus is going to test the waters, see how much of this resonates. It has already tried to deny, rather strangely, that this was a military raid. It has almost talked about this as if the United States randomly sent in four helicopters to attack innocent civilians, whether that is convincing to anybody is something that Damascus is probably watching. But Damascus has also said that it feels it can't deal with the Bush administration but it wants to improve relations with the next administration."
The only thing certain for now is that all sides are proceeding further with caution.
Damascus says it is awaiting an explanation from Washington and Baghdad about the raid before deciding whether to take retaliatory steps.
Baghdad -- trying to balance ties with Washington and Damascus -- says it wants the security deal it is negotiating with the United States to include a ban on using Iraqi territory to attack Iraq's neighbors.
And Washington continues not to speak publicly about the incident.
with agency reports
Iraq 'To Share' U.S. Raid Probe Results With Syria
Iraq Says Border Raid Targeted Insurgents In Syria
Iraq And Its Neighbors Pledge To Boost Security


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