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Alison is an international writer and author and a former long-serving journalist at the Financial Times and Reuters. She has co-written three business books:
INdivisible: Radically rethinking inclusion for sustainable business results, with Rebekah Steele (February 2020)
Future Work: Changing organisational culture for the new world of work, with Peter Thomson (2011, 2014)
Why Women Mean Business: Understanding the emergence of our next economic revolution (2008, 2009) with Avivah Wittenberg-Cox
She has written chapters for two other books:
'The Power of Everyone: Why the work revolution demands a fresh focus on inclusion' (Work in the Age of Data, BBVA 2020) and
'A Gender Power Shift in the Making' (Reinventing the Company in the Digital Age, BBVA 2015).
She had a long career as a journalist and continues to write commentary pieces about leadership, inclusion and the changing world of work and careers. She has also written numerous special reports, including: 'Closing the Gender Gap' for The Conference Board; a guide to flexible working and a report on the over-50s workforce for the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
She was on the staff of the Financial Times as a news editor, reporter and management feature writer, from 1986 to 2006. During eight years as management writer, she interviewed a wide range of prominent figures for her column on leadership. She wrote series on business ethics and on the ageing workforce, and led special reports, including Responsible Business and Business & Diversity.
In 2012, she received a 'World of Difference 100 Award' from The International Alliance for Women for her writing on women and work. In 2004, she and the FT features team won the first media award given by The Conference Board Europe 'for having raised awareness and public consciousness of the issues of diversity and work-life balance'.
In her earlier FT career, she led editorial coverage of world stock markets during the 1987 global crash, was European news editor when Eastern Europe opened up after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and reported on food and agriculture at the height of 'Mad Cow Disease' and genetically modified foods.
Prior to the FT, she was a journalist for Reuters in Paris and London, and before that she did her journalist training at the Liverpool Post & Echo.
Disruptive global challenges and shifting workforce expectations make it more urgent than ever to get inclusion right. Organizations need the skills and perspectives of the widest possible mix of people to find creative solutions for our changing future. Yet many companies struggle to achieve business outcomes from inclusion. Uncertain what it really looks like, what action to take, or how to measure progress and impact, they too often focus on isolated initiatives.
New thinking is needed to address the gap between the promise and practice of inclusion.
In this powerful book, Alison Maitland and Rebekah Steele provide an effective way forward. Challenging today's piecemeal approaches, they set out a coherent framework to help leaders make the changes they need to achieve visible business impact. Showing how inclusiveness is indivisible from the way organizations operate, the authors offer compelling case studies, innovative solutions and step-by-step guidance to make it happen – for the sake of sustainable businesses and society.
Buy it on Amazon or Amazon UK
Work is transforming in the digital age. This book sets out the compelling case for a similar transformation in organizational cultures to boost output, cut costs, give employees more freedom and contribute to a greener economy.
Future Work, published in an expanded and updated second edition in 2014, features insightful case studies and updates on fast-moving trends. It provides a clear framework and advice on introducing new ways of working for leaders, managers and employees, with an extra chapter on how individuals can make change happen.
It takes bold leadership and a break with old habits – but the benefits from adapting to the new world of work are already available, and organizations should grasp the opportunities now.
Watch the fact-packed short video: Future Work, Changing World
Why Women Mean Business
Gender is a business issue, not a women's issue. This powerful book brings together in a single, concise volume the multiplicity of opportunities available to companies that really understand what motivates women in the global workplace and marketplace.
Women today make up much of the market and most of the talent pool. Reaching women consumers and developing female talent is essential for sustainable economic growth in the 21st century. Studies show that better gender balance in business means better bottom line results and greater resistance to economic crises.
The book shows why getting gender balance right matters. Packed with ideas from companies that have made it work, it offers views from top business leaders and a step-by-step guide to how we can all become gender bilingual.
"The book on inclusion we've all been waiting for … Engaging and informative, INdivisible is a must read for any executive who cares about building better organizations for a better society." Herminia Ibarra, The Charles Handy Professor of Organizational Behaviour, London Business School
"INdivisible offers useful advice to senior leaders, middle managers and individuals about actions to knit a diverse workforce into a powerful whole." Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School professor and Author of Think Outside the Building
"This book provides challenging and persuasive examples of the need to change and is recommended as a wake-up call to the corporate world" Management Today
"An invaluable resource for anyone who needs to increase employee productivity and reduce costs, and wants to do so in a way that is economically, environmentally and socially sustainable" Stephen Leonard, General Manager Global Markets – Systems & Technology, IBM
"Innovative and stimulating" The Financial Times
"A fascinating analysis" Cherie Blair
"Any company that is serious about success must get serious about women, and this book shows them how" Margaret Heffernan
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The Niśītha Sūtra (Prakrit:Nisīha Sutta) is a Jaina Svetambara canonical text in Prakrit. This text is one of the six Chedasūtras. The text consists of twenty chapters. It prescribes some rules pertaining to monastic life. Punishments for various transgressions are also prescribed in it. Certain exceptions to the general rules also find place therein.

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Maritime & Admiralty Law
Concannon & Charles' admiralty and maritime law practice is different than what you normally see advertised on other law firm's admiralty web site pages. Although we handle routine matters at clients' request, our practice is more specialized. We solve problems.
MPOV Seabed Worker, chartered by David Concannon to recover the Apollo F-1 engines for Bezos Expeditions.
Aerial photo by David Concannon
David Concannon and Matthew Charles grew up on and under the sea. They understand the application of state, federal and international maritime laws to every day problems occurring on inland, coastal and ocean waters because they have experienced them and spent decades learning to overcome and navigate through them. We have helped clients find solutions to a variety of issues involving admiralty and maritime law, including the sale, importation, chartering and registration of vessels; short and long term chartering of yachts, research vessels and offshore vessels for work or recreation; advising high net worth individuals and family offices on risk management, operation, insurance and best practices for client-owned and chartered vessels; investigating accidents and defending lawsuits involving admiralty and maritime claims brought under the Jones Act, Death on the High Seas Act and Seaman's Manslaughter Act.
The firm routinely handles personal injury, wrongful death and product liability cases involving accidents at sea. In addition, the following is brief list of Concannon & Charles' specialized experience in legal matters involving admiralty and maritime law. Please use this as a guide to the breadth of our experience and consider it in determining whether we can assist you.
1995 – David Concannon authored the trial court's decision in Deep Sea Research v. The Brother Jonathan, 883 F. Supp. 1343 (N.D. Cal. 1995), the seminal case in determining state's ownership of historic shipwrecks, sovereign immunity and the definition of "abandonment" (affirmed unanimously by the U.S. Supreme Court in California v. Deep Sea Research, 523 U.S. 491 (1998)).
1996 – David Concannon co-founded and became the first General Counsel to Professional Shipwreck Explorers Association.
1996-2001 – David Concannon became Chairman of the Legal Committee (equivalent of General Counsel) of The Explorers Club in New York City, where he handled a variety of legal matters affecting international exploration.
1998-1999 – David Concannon represented The Explorers Club and various explorers in Haver v. R.M.S. Titanic, Inc., 171 F.3rd 943 (4th Cir. 1999), cert. denied, 528 U.S. 825 (1999), which restored public access to the wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic for exploration and photography.
2000 – David Concannon was an observer to the UNESCO Convention on the Preservation of Underwater Cultural Heritage in Paris, France.
2000 – David Concannon was elected to membership in the Sea-Space Symposium, a private organization for leaders in ocean and space exploration. He was the organization's youngest member for 10 years (replacing Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, NASA Astronaut and later NOAA Administrator).
2000 – David Concannon was the expedition organizer and counsel to R.M.S. Titanic, Inc.'s expedition to recover artifacts from the Titanic. He three deep submersible dives to explore the wreck site, at a depth of 12,500 feet, and discovered a new debris field far to the south of the stern section. In addition to chartering the ships, submersibles and remotely operated vehicles used on the expedition, Mr. Concannon also helped the company navigate through the intricacies of the UNESCO Convention on the Preservation of Underwater Cultural Heritage, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the International Agreement between the United States, Britain, France and Canada concerning activities at the wreck site, and the expectations of the federal court in Virginia overseeing salvage activities at the wreck site
2000-2003 – David Concannon served as the legal advisor to James Cameron's Earthship Productions for expeditions to the Titanic and Bismarck. Mr. Concannon advised the client on the application of various domestic and international laws governing exploration at the sites, and he helped gain approval to film inside the Bismarck, which is considered a war grave under international law.
2001 – David Concannon served as an on-site legal advisor to the Atlantic Sands Expedition, which discovered and explored the world's deepest wooden shipwreck, a slave ship resting 16,100 feet deep in the Bermuda Triangle. At the client's request, Mr. Concannon made a deep submersible dive to the wreck to assess its condition and determine its origin, which determined various legal issues affecting the wreck and client's operations.
2003 – David Concannon served as the commercial sector's advisor to the U.S. Government on an expedition to the Titanic conducted by NOAA's Office of Ocean Exploration.
2005 – David Concannon organized and the last expedition to explore the Titanic using deep submersibles. The expedition filmed an Emmy-nominated program for The History Channel and explored the new southern debris field discovered in 2000.
2009 – David Concannon led an expedition that discovered two F4U-1 "Birdcage Canopy" Corsairs sunk in fresh water in North America. Mr. Concannon advised the client on the application of the Sunken Military Craft Act and various state and federal laws.
2010-2013 – Concannon & Charles and its affiliate company, Explorer Consulting, were retained by Bezos Expeditions to organize and lead the Apollo F-1 Search & Recovery Project. The firm handled all legal aspects of the project, from analyzing the application of domestic and international law, to sourcing vendors, chartering ships and equipment, and gathering and protecting intellectual property.
2011 – David Concannon and Matthew Charles organized and led the expedition that used side scan sonar to find the remnants of eight S-IC first stages from Apollo missions 4 through 16.
2013 – David Concannon and Matthew Charles organized, and Mr. Concannon led, the expedition that recovered the F-1 engines from several Apollo missions, including the center engine from Apollo 11.
2015 – David Concannon participated in an expedition using deep submersibles and technical divers to explore the wreck of the HMHS Britannic. Mr. Concannon negotiated an intellectual property-sharing agreement between the various participants in the expedition, as well as various production agreements, prior to providing logistical support to the expedition.

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Second interviews are not always essential – I have made successful hires from first interviews, having identified and assessed the key traits and experience I wanted the candidate to demonstrate at the first stage.
However this is often not the case; despite utilising experienced interviewers who probe in all the right places, second interviews are an ideal opportunity to ensure you are hiring the right candidate to fulfil your role by assessing them further. There is also the added advantage of being able to set tasks to challenge the candidate, such as presentations or case studies if appropriate.
The opportunity of a second interview is one most candidates are delighted to have. At this stage, you believe you have a selection of the highest calibre of candidates in the market to choose from. Do not then make the mistake of forgetting you are there to impress too.
Do set expectations. Candidates should be made aware that they are not the only individual selected to attend this stage (if this is indeed the case). Some candidates wrongly assume they have made a sufficient impression and that they are a shoe in for the job. They need to be aware that there is competition, and will then try even harder to impress rather than acting overly confident.
Don't have the second interview at the same time of day as the first. On occasions this may not be possible if a candidate is meeting you on their lunch break. However it is an ideal way of assessing the candidate's behaviour at different times of the day. If your second interview is at 9am, is the candidate as prepared as they were if the first interview was at 2pm? Were they on time or stressed by the traffic or their commute? In addition, holding interviews at this time as well as a 4.30pm interview will allow the candidate to see what the commute will be like to and from work on a daily basis – is it as they thought it would be?
Do invite different interviewers to attend. These different people do not have to be a manager or a senior appointment, but colleagues in a similar role as you are interviewing for as they can give great insight, views and opinions. They can sometimes offer more accurate answer to questions the candidate may ask about the day-to-day duties of the role. It will also give the candidate the opportunity to see who they will be working with as part of the wider team.
Don't forget it's your turn to shine. Do not leave all the impressing to the candidate. At this stage, candidates are making their decision too, such as 'will I get on with this person as my line manager?' and 'is this role and this company where I see my next career move?'. You must pre-empt questions that the candidate may not address with you. Make sure you have discussed every necessary detail of the role as well as promoting yourself and the company.
Do repeat some questions. You don't want to be sitting in front of the same candidate repeating yourself, yet if you ask the question at the beginning of the first interview, 'why are you leaving your current role?', and then ask the same question more casually at the end of the second interview, chances are there will be a different answer. At this stage you will have built a relationship with the candidate; they are more at ease and willing to share more with you than they did when you first met as strangers.
Don't leave any stone unturned. Some of the most valuable time spent in a second interview is addressing any concerns you had after the first stage. Have your questions prepared to address these; if you are not in attendance yourself, share these reservations with colleagues who are. Each interviewer must have their own personal opinion of the candidate, however it is essential that they are aware of your feedback – be honest. If you don't highlight a concern now at interview stage, three months later you may be re-recruiting.
Do show the candidate around the office if possible. Introducing them to the team is not always appropriate, but allowing them to see any facilities in the building that may be attractive or particularly beneficial to them (e.g. parking, canteen, games room) and a brief tour of the office they may be working in will help them feel more comfortable about deciding whether your company is right for them.
It's decision time – don't get to this point without being able to make one. Preparation, effective questioning, along with self and company promotion are key to a successful second interview and an accepted offer of employment.


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Dovev Lavie is a Full Professor at the Department of Management & Technology Department at Bocconi University. Before joining Bocconi University in 2017, he served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin and a Full Professor and Vice Dean for MBA Programs at the Technion. He also held visiting positions at the London Business School, University College London, and BI Norway.
He has extensive experience working with companies in executive corporate training and consulting. Parallel to his academic career, he worked as a consultant, advising companies in the biotechnology, chemicals, cosmetics, healthcare, education, software, computers, and aerospace and defense industries. He delivered strategy-training modules in companies such as Intel and Microsoft, and engaged in field research and consultation in companies such as National Instruments, Cadence Design, Vignette, Unisys, and Johnson & Johnson. He has also designed and directed unique academic programs, such as the Startup MBA program that enables students to start their companies while earning their MBA. He is an invited speaker in various forums, such as the Strategic Management Society and the Academy of Management conferences.
His research focuses on two fundamental questions: how do alliance portfolios evolve? and how does the configuration of these portfolios influence value creation and capture? His research in the information technology sector reveals how technological advancements guide firms' strategic decisions, which in turn determine the composition of partners and the respective nature of alliance relations. He further examines how software firms balance tendencies to explore versus exploit in their alliance portfolios, arguing that absorptive capacity and inertia impose conflicting pressures, but firms balance these tendencies over time and across domains. In subsequent research, he demonstrates how firms balance exploration and exploitation across modes of operation, such as alliances, acquisitions, and internal development, which enhances their performance. He also shows how the interplay of internal resources and network resources of partners contributes to knowledge creation and application in emerging industries, such as nanotechnology. His primary research stream focuses on value creation and capture in alliance portfolios. He contends that in networked industries the nature of relationships matters more than the nature of firms' resources and that firms can reconfigure their resources following technological changes and by learning from performance feedback. He demonstrates how network resources contribute to firm performance, unless partners enjoy strong bargaining positions. These caveats can be mitigated, however, when the firm facilitates competition among its partners. In related studies, He further reveals how the composition of partners in the alliance portfolio matters, for instance, by considering partners' countries of origin and strategic and organizational differences. Besides alliance portfolios, he has studied multi-partner alliances, such as the Wi-Fi Alliance, in which firms can benefit by timing their entry to the alliance, deciding about their level of organizational involvement and participating in competing alliances. This research enhances understanding of how alliance portfolios promote value creation and capture and how they balance exploration and exploitation.
He is a Sloan Industry Studies Fellow, a recipient of the Strategic Management Society Emerging Scholar Award, a winner of the Academy of Management Newman Award for Best Paper based on a Dissertation, a recipient of the Academy of Management BPS Distinguished Paper Award, a recipient of the INFORMS Best Dissertation Award, and grant holder from United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation, Israel Science Foundation, the Mack Center for Technological Innovation and CIBER. He has served as an Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Journal and Strategic Management Journal and on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, and Strategic Organization. He was elected to the Executive Committee and the Research Committee of the Academy of Management BPS Division, and to multiple roles at the Strategic Management Society, including Program Chair of the Cooperative Strategies Interest Group, Track Director of the Conference Program Committee, and initiator and Co-Chair of the Special Conference in Tel-Aviv. In addition, he has served on the Organizing Committee and Advisory Committee of the Israel Strategy Conference (ISC), which he co-founded. His research has been published in top journals such as the Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Strategic Organization, and Academy of Management Annals, among other outlets, and noted in the business press, such as by the Wall Street Journal.
Dovev received his PhD in Management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2004. He also holds an MA in Managerial Science and Applied Economics from Wharton (2002), as well as an MSc in Business Administration (1998), a BA in Economics and Management (1996), and a BSc in Industrial Engineering and Management (1996) from the Technion. He enjoys travel, classical music and poetry writing.
Stettner, Uriel & Lavie, Dovev. (2014) "Ambidexterity under Scrutiny: Exploration and Exploitation via Internal Organization, Alliances, and Acquisitions", Strategic Management Journal, 35(13), 1903-1929
Lavie, Dovev, Haunschild, Pamela & Khanna, Poonam (2012) "Interorganizational Differences, Relational Mechanisms, and Alliance Performance", Strategic Management Journal, 33(12), 1453-1479
Lavie, Dovev, Kang, Jingoo & Rosenkopf, Lori (2011) "Balance within and across Domains: The Performance Implications of Exploration and Exploitation in Alliances", Organization Science, 22(6), 1517-1538
Gulati, Ranjay, Lavie, Dovev & Singh, Harbir. (2009) "The Nature of Partnering Experience and the Gains from Alliances", Strategic Management Journal, 30(11), 1213-1233
Lavie, Dovev & Miller, Stewart R. (2008) "Alliance Portfolio Internationalization and Firm Performance", Organization Science, 19(4), 623-646
Lavie, Dovev. (2007) "Alliance Portfolios and Firm Performance: A Study of Value Creation and Appropriation in the U.S. Software Industry", Strategic Management Journal, 28(12), 1187-1212
Lavie, Dovev, Lechner, Christoph & Singh, Harbir. (2007) "The Performance Implications of Timing of Entry and Involvement in Multi-Partner Alliances", Academy of Management Journal, 50(3), 578-604
Lavie, Dovev & Rosenkopf, Lori. (2006) "Balancing Exploration and Exploitation in Alliance Formation", Academy of Management Journal, 49(6), 797-818. (Special Topic)
Lavie, Dovev. (2006) "The Competitive Advantage of Interconnected Firms: An Extension of the Resource-Based View", Academy of Management Review, 31(3), 638-658
Lavie, Dovev. (2006) "Capability Reconfiguration: An Analysis of Incumbent Responses to Technological Change", Academy of Management Review, 31(1), 153-174
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Well, hello little piece of the internet that I redesign every 18 months or so, write a post that eludes to me needing to use this space as an outlet, only to not log into for a few months at a time!
My Twitter friend Michelle (who I'm sure I *met* over blogging back in the day) has recently started a new blog 100 Days at a Time, and since I'm a big, giant follower, I'm using her blog as motivation for me to write more. And like her, I can promise there will be some rants. Some small. Some epic. Rants are my favourite.
Well, I've booked trips to New York City and to the Southern Caribbean for the Spring. Last year I visited six new countries, and didn't blog about a single one of them. I've joined a DietBet. I'm still single (and for the foreseeable future, that fact ain't going to change). I'm still trying to reinvent myself as a minimalist, but without being overly minimal.
No promises... but I'm hoping that this page will be updated slightly more than randomly from now on.
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Where "The Hangover 2" Should Hang Out: Our International Picks
To absolutely no one's surprise, recent reports have it that "The Hangover"—the raunchy, dizzy Las-Vegas-based gross-out flick that quickly became the most profitable comedy in box-office history—is going to be giving birth to a sequel, set to debut late this year. Already, rumors have it that the second round of mystery and debauchery will take place in Thailand—a logical next step after Vegas given the country's well-earned reputation for combining tropical heat, beautiful beaches, late-night revelry, sex industry, and exotic flora and fauna. Just think of it—Zach Galifinakis in a sarong chasing a macaques monkey holding a overnight bag full of opium through the rainforest, an unconscious Thai hooker with a heart of gold slung over his shoulder. The movie practically writes itself. Still, we've got some other locations that, though they may be more of a stretch, might offer Galifinakis and company might enjoy for some more high-culture, lowbrow kicks.
LOCATION: Rome, Italy
WHY: In the footsteps of Caravaggio, indeed. Putting aside all the ancient ruins and frescoes for a moment, Rome was a city partially founded on a long, long history of drink and debauchery. From Nero to the aforementioned painter, the Eternal City has long been the city of the eternal buzz and, rife with dark Italian beauties, vino, and world heritage sites to crash limousines into.
KEY SCENE: Running from the Swiss Guards after flooding the Sistine Chapel with baby oil, Alan (Galifinakis) bolts pantsless toward the alter of St. Peter's Basilica where he encounters the Pope who promptly excommunicates him and uses his giant golden staff to strike him in the genitals.
LOCATION: Hong Kong, China
WHY: As busy and bright as Vegas with a far more colorful supporting cast of gamblers, businessmen, Chinese government officials, singers, and martial arts experts, Hong Kong can offer the gang a chance to skip from boat to boat in the harbor as they try to track down where they were last night and why everyone in the local film industry seems to think they're Russian mafia.
KEY SCENE: Stu (Ed Helms) awakes to find himself lost, alone, and dressed in a Lycra bodysuit in the tumbledown Tsim Sha Tsui district where he collides with a drunken rickshaw driver (played by Jackie Chan) who promptly gives him a spectacular, slow-motion roundhouse kick to the genitals.
LOCATION: Angkor Wat, Cambodia
WHY: The shrines and ancient spires of this holy site almost blend in with the surrounding jungles, creating an otherworldly cityscape that provides achingly beautiful and spiritually transformative experiences for all who visit. Watching director Todd Phillip's boys stumble, bumble, and puke their way over this unique scared site after a night of peyote-fueled mayhem in a harried chase after Heather Graham would delight as many people as it would piss off, ensuring a good opening weekend.
KEY SCENE: Phil (Bradley Cooper) shaves his head an dons the saffron robes of a monk in a strange bid to win the heart of a religious tour guide, only to find out, after taking vows, that she moonlights as a stripper in a hidden underground nightclub called "Buddha's Basement". Cooper jumps onstage, where an irate midget bouncer headbutts him in the genitals.
LOCATION: New York City, U.S.A.
WHY: Um, because it's New York, the City That Never Sleeps where the bars stay open late, celebrity cameos await on every other block, and where even small local events become national news. The most photographed city in the world is the perfect host for any late-night adventure in sleazy fun.
KEY SCENE: All three of our heroes follow a trail of clues through abandoned subway tunnels, Central Park and innumerous grungy alleys trying to determine what happened after they slammed a celebratory shot of Goldschlager atop the Empire State Building. A mad dash through the Metropolitan Museum of Art ends when the gang finds a secret stash of stolen gold bullion under the Temple of Dendur, earning them the key to the city, bestowed upon them by Ivanka Trump, who punches them all in the genitals.
To explore a world of movie locations, pick up any of the books from our FILM + TRAVEL series and create an international madcap adventure of your own.
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M 7.0 - 13km N of Anchorage, Alaska
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Chinese scientist creates the world's first genetically-edited babies
Chinese scientist claims he edited babies' genes with CRISPR
Chinese scientist claims to have created the world's first genetically-edited babies using the CRISPR/Cas9 tool. He Jiankui (pictured) told the Associated Press that twin girls, Lulu and Nana, were born earlier this month following embryo-editing using CRISPR to disable the CCR5 gene, which allows the HIV virus to infect cells. An American scientist, Michael Deem, also reportedly assisted He on the project at the Southern University of Science and Technology of China.
According to He, embryos were edited for seven couples affected by HIV, with one pregnancy resulting thus far. He added that the patients refused to be identified or interviewed -- he also wouldn't say where the work was done.
Tension escalates after Russia seizes Ukraine naval ships
Russia has fired on and seized three Ukrainian naval vessels off the Crimean Peninsula in a major escalation of tensions between the two countries.
Two gunboats and a tug were captured by Russian forces. A number of Ukrainian crew members were injured.
Each country blames the other for the incident. On Monday Ukrainian MPs are due to vote on declaring martial law.
The crisis began when Russia accused the Ukrainian ships of illegally entering its waters.
The Russians placed a tanker under a bridge in the Kerch Strait - the only access to the Sea of Azov, which is shared between the two countries.
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Give Thanks To The Lord
14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,[b]
and perform your vows to the Most High,
15 and call upon me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."
23 The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
to one who orders his way rightly
I will show the salvation of God!"
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Will Pope Francis Resign In February?
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The meeting with the Pope in Rome will take place in the Vatican from 21st to the 24th of February 2019, exactly 6 years after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, and during this occasion some trusted sources say Pope Francis will announce his own resignation, conveniently issuing a papal conclave for all present entitled to vote.
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U.S. Bishops Lead Mass of Deception
Landmark study proves homosexuality is strongly linked to Catholic clergy sex abuse
"...A lengthy investigative report by the Boston Globe in conjunction with the Philadelphia Inquirer, published one day after the Sullins report was issued, details the extent of prelates' culpability and seems to confirm Sullin's conclusion about the U.S. bishops.
"More than 130 US bishops – or nearly one-third of those still living – have been accused during their careers of failing to adequately respond to sexual misconduct in their dioceses," and, "at least 15, including Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington who resigned [from the College of Cardinals] in July, have themselves been accused of committing such abuse or harassment," according to the Globe investigation.
The Boston Globe report continues:
Most telling, the analysis shows that the claims against more than 50 bishops center on incidents that occurred after a historic 2002 Dallas gathering of US bishops where they promised that the church's days of concealment and inaction were over. By an overwhelming, though not unanimous, vote, church leaders voted to remove any priest who had ever abused a minor and set up civilian review boards to investigate clergy misconduct claims.
But while they imposed new standards that led to the removal of hundreds of priests, the bishops specifically excluded themselves from the landmark child protection measures. They contended only the pope had authority to discipline them and said peer pressure – public or private shaming they euphemistically called "fraternal correction" – would keep them in line.
It hasn't.
The Belly of the Beast
Is the United States of America, by design, set to fulfill an ancient, esoteric prophecy, charted by mystics of ages past? For thousands of years, mystery religions and diverse occultists have shrouded prophecies of a great continent of the Western Hemisphere that would become the catalyst of a final kingdom. This globally sovereign empire would lead the entire world into a golden age of spiritual enlightenment, posturing itself as a true Utopia while it ushers in a revival of ancient magick rites, as well as a return to the worship of old gods and goddesses.
Now, in a groundbreaking new documentary titled Belly of the Beast—featuring Dr. Thomas Horn, Justen Faull, Wes Faull, LTC. Robert Maginnis, William Ramsey, Russ Dizdar, Carl Teichrib and several others—you will learn the chilling truth
Labels: Black Awakening, Rome, Signs, The Fourth Kingdom
Churches Beware of Homo-Communist Plot
Any church can learn from what has taken root in Roman Catholicism and guard against the wolves in sheep's clothing...
Jude 4 English Standard Version (ESV)
4 For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Vatican Promotes Homoheresy and Conspires to Conceals Crimes
Vatican, Pope Sued for Sexual Abuse Harm
U.S. Catholic church hit with two national lawsuits by sex-abuse victims
Class-action suit names Holy See in Vatican as defendant, cites federal racketeering laws.
By Tom Jackman November 14 at 9:08 PM
Two groups of victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy members have launched simultaneous lawsuits against the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, with one class-action suit also naming the Holy See as a defendant. The suit accuses the Catholic church of conspiracy and operating a continuing criminal enterprise under federal racketeering statutes, and attempts to be the first to hold the Vatican liable in the United States for the actions of its clergy.
The suits demand that the church produce the names of all accused sex offenders listed in the church's secret archives nationwide. Both suits were filed Tuesday, apparently by coincidence, the lawyers said. But the class-action suit, filed in federal court in the District, also seeks financial damages for assault, gross negligence, emotional distress and wrongful death, for the families of those who committed suicide after being abused by a priest or other Catholic official. And the class action seeks to triple those financial damages under the federal Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, originally written to target organized crime but appropriate for a church accused of "cheating and defrauding Plaintiffs and Class members out of their childhood, youth, innocence, virginity, families, jobs, finances, assets — in short, their lives," according to the lawsuit.
The suit filed in Washington notes that the Holy See has successfully avoided liability in the United States by claiming it did not have direct authority over priests. But then on Monday, as the bishops were meeting at their national conference in Baltimore to address the issue, they were directed by a letter from the Vatican to stop the discussion, and did. "If that's not command responsibility, I don't know what is," said Mitchell A. Toups, one of the lead attorneys in the class-action case.
"Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues
Science Discovers the Sins of the Father
How Dad's Stresses Get Passed Along to Offspring
A stressed-out and traumatized father can leave scars in his children. New research suggests this happens because sperm "learn" paternal experiences via a mysterious mode of intercellular communication in which small blebs break off one cell and fuse with another.
Carrying proteins, lipids and nucleic acids, these particles ejected from a cell act like a postal system that extends to all parts of the body, releasing little packages known as extracellular vesicles. Their contents seem carefully chosen. "The cargo inside the vesicle determines not just where it came from but where it's going and what it's doing when it gets there," says Tracy Bale, a neurobiologist at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Preliminary research Bale and others, announced this week at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, shows how extracellular vesicles can regulate brain circuits and help diagnose neurodegenerative diseases—in addition to altering sperm to disrupt the brain health of resulting offspring.
See: The Sins of the Father
The Vatican asked Conference of Bishops to delay vote
The delay on the vote is likely to infuriate American Catholics
The Vatican has angered many Catholics by urging American bishops to delay voting on two proposals relating to the child sex abuse crisis scheduled for discussion at their annual meeting this week.
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), announced Monday morning during the organization's annual fall assembly in Baltimore that the Vatican had asked them to delay votes on two scheduled proposals involving the USCCB's fight against clerical child sex abuse until after a global conference on the subject scheduled to take place at the Vatican in February.
Pope Francis's handling of the crisis has been widely criticized, with just 53 percent of American Catholics approving of his papacy as of October. Although he issued a 2,000-word apology for the church's legacy of handling the sex abuse crisis shortly after it began, he has steadfastly refused to comment on Viganò's allegations against him and has not announced any concrete policy proposals to combat clerical sex abuse — or improve accountability for past crimes — moving forward.
Catholic bishops delay vote on sex abuse scandals
BALTIMORE, M.D. (NBC News) – The nation's Catholic bishops have delayed a vote on steps to increase accountability in the midst of the sexual abuse scandal that has been rocking the church for decades.
Meeting in Baltimore, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops offered an apology Monday.
"Allow me now to address survivors of abuse directly, where I have not been watchful or alert to your needs, wherever I have failed, I am deeply sorry," Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, the conference president, said.
That apology comes without immediate action.
Bishops had planned to vote on new accountability standards for church leaders and to establish a commission which would review sexual abuse claims, but the church asked them to delay the vote until after a meeting at the Vatican next year.
"Although I am disappointed that we'll not take these actions tomorrow in terms of vote, I remain hopeful this additional consultation will ultimately improve our response to the crisis we face," DiNardo said.
A support group for church sex abuse survivors says it too is disappointed by the delay, and one survivor suggests it might be up to the courts to do what the church has been unable or unwilling to do.
"They don't do a very good job of policing themselves," said Larry Antonsen. "They need to have outside people. I think grand juries in every state would be a good idea with subpoena power."
UK home to 23,000 jihadists!
Huge scale of terror threat revealed: UK home to 23,000 jihadists
Intelligence officers have identified 23,000 jihadist extremists living in Britain as potential terrorist attackers, it emerged yesterday.
The scale of the challenge facing the police and security services was disclosed by Whitehall sources after criticism that multiple opportunities to stop the Manchester bomber had been missed.
About 3,000 people from the total group are judged to pose a threat and are under investigation or active monitoring in 500 operations being run by police and intelligence services. The 20,000 others have featured in previous inquiries and are categorised as posing a "residual risk".
Paradise on Fire
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Anti-Semitism reminder: Kristallnacht, 80 years ago
Anti-Semitism reminder: Kristallnacht, 80 years ago, must be remembered
...On Nov. 9 1938, mobs burned synagogues, destroyed Jewish homes and businesses, vandalized Jewish hospitals, orphanages and cemeteries, and dragged thousands of Jewish men, women and children into the streets, where they were beaten and humiliated. The Germans later called this night "Kristallnacht" — The Night of Broken Glass —- because of the tons of shattered glass that scattered throughout German cities, after it had taken place. The Jews began to call that date the beginning of the Holocaust because of the tremendous violence, which started on that night and grew even more dreadful as time had passed.
On Nov. 7, 1938, the Third Secretary of the German embassy in Paris, Ernst Von Rath, was murdered by Herschel Grynzpan, a 17-year-old German-Jewish refugee. Herschel wanted to avenge his parent's expulsion, together with 15,000 other Polish Jews from Germany to Zbonszym. The Nazis used the murder as an excuse to start the mobs and riots that began the "final solution," the extermination of Jews.
The German government attempted to disguise the violence of those two days as a spontaneous protest on the part of the Aryan population. But in reality, Kristallnacht was organized by the Nazi chiefs and their thugs with technical skill and precision. The Nazi chiefs commanded the Gestapo and the storm troopers to incite mob riots throughout Germany and Austria.
Labels: Israel, Persecution
Yemen war: US to end refuelling of Saudi-led coalition aircraft
The United States is halting refuelling of aircraft from the Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen, ending one of the most divisive aspects of US assistance to the Saudi war effort.
Saudi Arabia says it can now aerial refuelling itself
US Defence Secretary says his government was consulted
The move comes amid outrage over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Saudi Arabia, in a statement released by its embassy in Washington on Friday (local time), said it had decided to request an end to US aerial refuelling for its operations in Yemen because it could now handle it by itself.
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis backed the decision and said the US Government was consulted.
The move comes at a time of international outrage over the murder of US-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and after Democratic and Republican politicians threatened to take action in Congress next week over the refuelling operations.
Critics of the Saudi campaign — including Democrats, who won control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections this week — have long questioned US involvement in the war, which has killed more than 10,000 people, displaced more than 2 million and led to widespread famine in Yemen since it began in 2015.
Labels: Signs, WWIII WATCH
California fires Woolsey, Camp and Hill scorch thousands of acres
California fires live updates: Woolsey, Camp and Hill scorch thousands of acres
Three fires are raging throughout California, forcing evacuations and leaving a destructive path.
Here's a map of the fires burning across the state.
The Woolsey fire has scorched 35,000 acres and continues to burn in Malibu, Topanga Canyon and most recently, the San Fernando Valley community of West Hills. At least 250,000 residents have been evacuated.
The Hill fire pushed through canyons to the edge of Camarillo Springs and Cal State Channel Islands. At least 6,000 acres have burned.
The Camp fire in Northern California's Butte County has left nine dead and destroyed more than 6,700 structures. It's one of the state's most devastating fires.
Officials released lists of evacuation centers where displaced folks can find help — their animals too.
Yemen aid: End US complicity in this slaughter and starvation
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This summer, a Saudi-led coalition fighter jet delivered an airstrike on a bus in northern Yemen. The Saudi government claimed there were Houthi rebels aboard the bus.
When rescue workers arrived, they learned who the passengers were. No rebels, just 60 Yemeni children ages 8 to 14 on a summer camp field trip, along with their teachers. In all, 51 people died, 40 of them children. "It's the people of Yemen, not the warring parties, who are paying the ultimate price," an official with the aid group Save the Children told The Washington Post.
The scorched-earth tack that the Saudi kingdom takes in its prosecution of the 3½-year-old war against Iran-allied Houthi rebels in Yemen has turned that Arabian Peninsula nation into the world's worst man-made humanitarian disaster. More than 16,000 civilians have been killed or injured in the conflict, the U.N. says. As many as 14 million people — nearly half of the country's population — are on the verge of famine. Yemen also is home to the world's worst cholera epidemic in modern history, with more than a million Yemenis contracting the disease.
Bombings and Starvation: Focus Turns to Saudi's War in Yemen
Report: Priest pedophilia is on the rise
Report: Priest pedophilia is on the rise again, linked to homosexuality
(1) Catholic clergy mainly prey on boys: Whereas two-thirds of victims in U.S. sex abuse of minors are girls, the vast majority of clergy sex abuse victims — over 8 in 10 victims — were boys. As girls became more prevalent as altar servers, abusers of boys "responded to the presence of fewer younger boys primarily by turning to older boys, not to female victims." Comparable reports in Germany indicate that up to 90% of abuse victims of Catholic clergy have been male, compared to about half of victims in Protestant or non-religious settings in that country.
(2) By comparing the share of homosexual Catholic priests with the incidence and victim gender of minor sex abuse victims by Catholic priests from 1950 to 2001, the study found a strong correlation between sexual abuse of minors and two factors:
(a) A disproportionate number of homosexual clergy:
The study found that the increase in the number of homosexual men in the priesthood is "almost perfectly" correlated with more overall abuse and more boys abused compared to girls. The correlation is 0.98, where a correlation of 1.0 is an absolute positive correlation. That means that the number of child victims increased at almost the same rate as the percentage of homosexual priests — the greater the percentage of homosexual priests, the greater the number of child, mainly male, victims. While the correlation was lower among victims under age 8, it was still strong, at 0.77. Researchers usually consider correlation association above 0.3 or 0.4 to be a strong effect.
Drone Shot Down After Spotting Russian Missile System In Eastern Ukraine
OSCE Mission's Drone Shot Down After Spotting Russian Missile System In Eastern Ukraine
Germany and France say Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine likely shot down a drone being used by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) monitoring mission, demanding that those responsible "be held accountable."
In a joint statement on November 1, Berlin and Paris also noted that in recent weeks, the drone had observed convoys entering Ukrainian territory across a nonofficial border crossing from Russia on "multiple occasions" and spotted a surface-to-air missile system before the loss of communication.
Fighting between Ukrainian government forces and the separatists has killed more than 10,300 people in eastern Ukraine since April 2014. Russia has repeatedly denied financing and equipping the separatist forces despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, insisting that the fighting was a civil, internal conflict.
Eleven States Now Investigating Catholic Church Abuse Scandal
The vise is tightening on the Catholic Church.
DOUG MATACONIS · SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2018
Axios is taking note of the fact that the number of state Attorneys General who have opened investigations into the Catholic Church abuse scandal is quickly expanding:
The Attorney General of Virginia Mark Herring announced Wednesday that his office was launching an "ongoing investigation" into possible sexual abuse and coverups by the Catholic dioceses in the state, the Washington Post reports.
The big picture: Herring is not alone. Since the Pennsylvania grand jury's bombshell August report of egregious child sex abuse at the hands of Catholic priests, several other allegations of sexual abuse and ignorance on behalf of the Church have come to light. As a result, several other state investigations have followed.
The states investigating
Maryland: Attorney General Brian Frosh informed Archbishop William Lori that his office is conducting "an investigation and thorough review" of records relating to child sex abuse from the Church. (Baltimore Sun)
Vermont: Attorney General T.J. Donovan has appointed a task force to investigate abuses from a Catholic orphanage detailed by a major BuzzFeed News investigation. (CNN)
Michigan: An "independent, thorough, transparent, and prompt" statewide investigation was launched by the Attorney General's Office. (Detroit Free Press)
New Jersey: A task force was created by Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to investigate allegations of abuse in the dioceses of New Jersey. (NJ.com)
New York: Every Catholic diocese in the state was subpoenaed by the attorney general's office as part of a civil investigation by the AG's Charities Bureau. (Washington Post)
Nebraska: Three Catholic dioceses were directed by the Attorney General's Office to hand over 40 years' worth of abuse allegation records. (Omaha World-Herald)
D.C.: Attorney General Karl Racine said his office was investigating sex abuse in the District. (Washington Post)
Kentucky: Attorney General J. Michael Brown's office told The Record that they would soon be "preparing draft legislation that allows for a multi-district/statewide grand jury in Kentucky" to investigate sex abuse.
Missouri: Attorney General Josh Hawley opened an investigation led by a veteran sex crimes prosecutor. (The Hill)
New Mexico: Attorney General Hector Balderas asked the state's three Catholic dioceses to turn over records related to abuse allegations by priests. (CBS)
Islamic attack kills at least 7 Christians in Egypt
Islamic attack against Coptic Christians pilgrims kills at least 7 in Egypt
CAIRO – Islamic militants on Friday ambushed two buses carrying Christian pilgrims on their way to a remote desert monastery south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing seven and wounding up to 16, according to the Interior Ministry and security officials.
Coptic Orthodox Church spokesman Boulos Halim said the death toll was likely to rise. Local church officials in Minya province where the attack took place put the death toll at 10, but the higher figure could not be confirmed.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which bore the hallmarks of Islamic militants who have for years been fighting security forces in the Sinai Peninsula and along Egypt's porous desert border with Libya. The extremist Islamic State group has repeatedly stated its intention to target Egypt's Christians as punishment for their support of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi who, as defense minister, led the military's 2013 ouster of an Islamist president, whose one-year rule proved divisive.
Labels: Muslim Brotherhood, Persecution
Pope's Silence On Allegations Is A Criminal Conspiracy
EWTN panel: Francis is damaging himself and Church by not answering Viganò's allegations
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 1, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – The U.S. Church has a serious problem with negligent bishops in the clergy sex abuse crisis, and Pope Francis must act, noted Catholic commentators said on the Oct. 25 broadcast of EWTN's World Over program.
Canon lawyer and priest for the Archdiocese of New York Father Gerald Murray said in the discussion that homosexuality is very much a factor in the sexual abuse crisis, and Editor-in-chief of The Catholic Thing Robert Royal said both the pope's legacy and the Church's credibility hang in the balance with Francis's response to the scandal.
Host Raymond Arroyo questioned in the waning days of the Youth Synod why so little attention had been given to the story of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò's third testimony dispelling and answering back the open letter to him from Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
"I think that Archbishop Viganò responding to Cardinal Ouellet has said very eloquently what's at stake here," Murray told Arroyo, and said that Viganò's testimony may have been lost in the news on the Synod and other things.
"We have a serious problem in the United States with negligence by bishops concerning priests who committed sexual abuse," Murray said.
He went on to detail the significance of the McCarrick situation as related to how the Church hierarchy has responded to it.
Why hasn't McCarrick been removed from the priesthood?
"We have the problem of Cardinal, now ex-Cardinal McCarrick," he said. "Cardinal McCarrick when he was, back in June still Cardinal, he was accused, and reliably accused, according to the Holy See, of having abused an altar boy in St. Patrick's Cathedral."
"We're now at the end of October," Murray stated. "Why hasn't Cardinal McCarrick's trial happened? Why hasn't he been removed from the priesthood?"
"He wasn't simply negligent about what other people did," said Murray. "He's the one causing the harm."
"He was then accused by a second person of having abused him since he was 11 years old," Father Murray added. "The Holy See's reaction cannot be slow and simply issuing apologies. Victims have been coming forward based on the Pennsylvania matter, now other probes are happening. The Holy See has to act."
This must include a tribunal set up so that the Church investigates Her own crimes, he said, and doesn't leave it up to the secular authorities to do it.
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Remember when Christian Eriksen - an incredibly fit soccer player - WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST (EDIT) at the European championships in June?
And Eriksen definitely hadn't just been vaccinated for Covid.
Except maybe he had. In a radio interview in May, his Italian team doctor had suggested the team's players WERE BEING vaccinated at the time or WOULD be vaccinated before the 2021-2022 season; the translation of the statement was equivocal, and the interview has since disappeared.
Eriksen has never made any definitive statement either way, and in fact has nearly vanished. He was in the news for the first time in months when his professional team, Inter Milan, said he would not be able to play in Italy this year.
Anyway, it just happened again. Another top-flight European player has just been hospitalized for chest pains. Fortunately Sergio Aguero, the striker for Barcelona, apparently did not have a heart attack. He is currently under observation.
Keep in mind these are among the best-conditioned athletes in the world.
Gee, I wonder what could have happened?
Then there's the curious case of Trey Potts, the starting running back for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers.
At least Potts was the starting running back until Oct. 2, when he left Minnesota's game against Purdue University with an unexplained injury. Potts walked off with "no immediate signs on the field that he had been hurt in the first place," per a Minnesota newspaper - but then was taken by ambulance to a hospital and hospitalized for six days.
The university now says Potts - who as a student was required to receive a Covid vaccination - will not play again in 2021 because of an "upper-body injury," a weirdly, if not insultingly, vague diagnosis.
We should probably check with Dr. Rochelle Walensky or some other public health professional, but the heart is in the upper body, right?
NOTE: The headline of this article initially incorrectly said Eriksen had suffered a heart attack; in fact he suffered cardiac arrest, meaning his heart entirely stopped beating, a condition often but not always caused by a heart attack.
I regret the error.
Also: PURDUE, not Perdue. Two in one story after a very long clean sheet. Ugh.


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Secular Buddhism
In this collected volume of Stephen Batchelor's writings on these themes, the author explores the complex implications of Buddhism's secularization. He offers a detailed picture of contemporary Buddhism and its attempt to find a voice in the modern world.
An essential collection of Stephen Batchelor's most probing and important work on secular Buddhism
As the practice of mindfulness permeates mainstream Western culture, more and more people are engaging in a traditional form of Buddhist meditation.
However, many of these people have little interest in the religious aspects of Buddhism, and the practice occurs within secular contexts such as hospitals, schools, and the workplace.
Is it possible to recover from the Buddhist teachings a vision of human flourishing that is secular rather than religious without compromising the integrity of the tradition? Is there an ethical framework that can underpin and contextualize these practices in a rapidly changing world?
In this collected volume of Stephen Batchelor's writings on these themes, the author explores the complex implications of Buddhism's secularization. Ranging widely-from reincarnation, religious belief, and agnosticism to the role of the arts in Buddhist practice-he offers a detailed picture of contemporary Buddhism and its attempt to find a voice in the modern world.
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20 Fun Facts about the Largest Fortress in Europe – the Kremlin
by bigTimeMoscow · Published December 11, 2018 · Updated December 21, 2018
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The Moscow Kremlin is the oldest fortress in Russia
The Kremlin is the largest fortress on the whole territory of Russia, and the biggest active fortress in Europe! Of course the history knows grander fortresses but Kremlin is the only well preserved and still in use.
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The first settlements in the territory of the Moscow Kremlin relate to the Bronze Age (II millennium BC. E.)
Moscow and the Kremlin have one father. The fortress was built on the orders of the founder of Moscow – Prince Yuri Dolgoruky.
Since 1264 was the residence of the feudal princes of Moscow.
The Moscow Kremlin was first a wooden, then stone and finally a brick structure, used to be a city in itself, surrounded by ramparts, towers and battlements in ancient times.
The Moscow Kremlin got its power and fame in 14th century, when it became the main part of the city, and Moscow – the strongest city in the ancient Russia.
In the second half of the 14th century all walls and buildings were made out of wood as it was the most readily available material at that time.
The Moscow Kremlin was often compared to the Scaligero castle in Verona and Castello Sforzesco in Milan, thanks to the Italian architects who constructed the Kremlin cathedrals in 15th
Almost until the end of the 19th century the Kremlin walls were always painted white to preserve the bricks for longer.
Red Square's name is completely unrelated to the color of its buildings. From the 17th century onward, however, Russians began calling the square by its current name, "Krasnaya Ploschad." The name is derived from the word krasnyi, which meant beautiful in Old Russian and only later came to mean red.
The Kremlin walls form the shape of an irregular triangle.
There are 20 towers around the walls.
Two paradoxes of Russia: the biggest bell in the world that never rang and the biggest cannon in the world that never shot.
Tsar Cannon was included in the Guinness Book as the largest cannon by caliber.
The Kremlin was the residence of Russian princes and tsar from 13th to 18th century, and then for Communist leaders starting with Lenin in 1918. Nowadays it's the official residence of the President of Russia.
During WWII the Kremlin did not suffer too dramatical damage despite huge bombardment of the city in 1941-42. It's because the Kremlin was disguised as standard living houses! Golden domes of the churches were painted grey, crosses on top of the domes were removed, green roofs of the towers were repainted brown as well. The walls were decorated with fake windows and doors, and the characteristic notches of the walls were covered with plywood to imitate roofs.
The modern Kremlin Clock was remodeled by the Butenop brothers, Moscow merchants, originally from Holland.
In 1937 the Kremlin replaced Tsar double-headed eagles with ruby stars as the symbol of Kremlin. The stars are believed to have a powerful energy
The stars are whirling and easily rotate, turning their "face" to the wind.
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Inter leapfrogs Juventus to top Serie A as Bianconeri draw
DANIELLA MATAR (Associated Press)
December 1, 2019, 10:09 PM UTC
Ronaldo crowned Italian league player of the year
Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo reacts after scoring the final equalizer during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Sassuolo at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019. (Alessandro Di Marco/ANSA via AP)
MILAN (AP) -- A teenage goalkeeper restricted Juventus to a 2-2 draw at home to Sassuolo on Sunday which dropped the eight-time defending champion into second place.
Juventus needed Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty to secure a point against Sassuolo before Inter Milan beat Spal 2-1 to move a point above the Bianconeri in the Serie A table.
Sassuolo's first-choice goalkeeper Gianluca Pegolo was recovering from surgery and reserve Andrea Consigli was also injured, so 18-year-old Stefano Turati was handed his debut.
Turati's youth was highlighted by the appearance of veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon at the other end.
The 41-year-old Buffon had made 160 Serie A appearances before Turati was even born.
''Buffon told me ''very well done,'' it was an honor to play against him, the idol of all children. As a kid, I used to watch him,'' Turati said.
''I don't know what to say, there's too many emotions, I feel like I'm in a bubble ... I'm going to call my mum now.''
Juventus took the lead in the 20th minute through a long-range Leonardo Bonucci snapshot but it lasted just three minutes before Jeremie Boga rushed onto Francesco Caputo's assist and chipped it over Buffon.
Caputo got on the scoresheet two minutes into the second half after a series of defensive errors from Juventus.
That appeared to jolt Juventus into action and Turati needed an impressive save to keep out Ronaldo's free kick. He later called it his most difficult save of the match.
The young goalkeeper was powerless to keep out Ronaldo's penalty in the 69th after Filippo Romagna had fouled Paulo Dybala.
Turati did well to withstand the late siege by the Bianconeri.
LAUTARO AT THE DOUBLE
Lautaro Martinez scored his second brace of the week to send Inter top of the table.
The Argentina forward had scored two in Wednesday's Champions League victory at Slavia Prague and he added another two in the first half on Sunday.
That took the 22-year-old Martinez's tally to eight in Serie A this season.
Mattia Valoti pulled one back for Spal five minutes after the interval.
''We've been working since day one to cause our opponents problems. We're certainly doing a great job, but we've only played 14 games,'' Inter coach Antonio Conte said. ''When a team like Juventus drops points, you need to make sure that you make the most of that. But we need to look at ourselves, we need to keep moving down this path of growth.
''We have to give even more and make the most of this positive enthusiasm, and we have to manage games like today's better. Just one unlucky moment would have been enough to slip to a draw in a match where we deserved nothing but a win.''
Ciro Immobile remains at the top of the goalscoring charts after netting two in Lazio's 3-0 win over Udinese.
The Italy forward has scored 17 league goals this season, seven more than Inter's Romelu Lukaku, who is second in the standings.
Lazio remained third, seven points off top spot.
Napoli's winless run extended to eight matches after it lost 2-1 at home to Bologna.
Fernando Llorente had what would have been a stoppage-time equalizer ruled out on video review for a very marginal offside.
Elsewhere, Theo Hernandez scored two minutes from time to send AC Milan to a 1-0 win at Parma.
It was only Milan's second win in seven matches.
Roma won 3-1 at Hellas Verona to move fourth, three points above Cagliari, which hosts Sampdoria on Monday.
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Ghost World (Criterion Collection) Blu-ray
Ghost World (Criterion Collection)
Ghost World (Criterion Collection) 2001 BLU-RAY
Terry Zwigoff's first fiction film, adapted from a cult-classic comic by Daniel Clowes, is an idiosyncratic portrait of adolescent alienation that's at once bleakly comic and wholly endearing. Set during the malaise-filled months following high-school graduation, Ghost World follows the proud misfit Enid (Thora Birch), who confronts an uncertain future amid the cultural wasteland of consumerist suburbia. As her cynicism becomes too much to bear even for her best friend, Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson), Enid finds herself drawn to an unlikely kindred spirit: a sad-sack record collector many years her senior (Steve Buscemi). With its parade of oddball characters, quotable, Oscar-nominated script, and eclectic soundtrack of vintage obscurities, Ghost World is one of the twenty-first century's most fiercely beloved comedies.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by writer-director Terry Zwigoff
Audio commentary featuring Zwigoff, comic-book creator and screenwriter Daniel Clowes, and producer Lianne Halfon
New interviews with and actors Thora Birch and Illeana Douglas
Extended excerpt from Gumnaam (1965) featuring the Bollywood musical number that appears in Gohst World's opening title sequence
PLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton"
Title: Ghost World (Criterion Collection)
Genre: Comedy-Contemporary
Starring: Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Terry Zwigoff


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Which one is right?
Why are there so many letters? I am afraid I won't get through.
7. Leading (shī). The Army
If war is inevitable, show you as a wise commander. War is not for the sake of war but for the sake of resolving the conflict.
The Army. The army needs perseverance and a strong man. Good fortune without blame.
In the middle of the earth is water:
The image of the Army. Thus the superior man increases his masses y generosity toward the people.
An army must set forth in proper order. If the order is not good, misfortune threatens.
In the midst of the army. Good fortune. No blame. The king bestows a triple decoration.
Perchance the army carries corpses in the wagon. Misfortune.
The army retreats. No blame.
There is game in the field. It furthers one to catch it. Without blame. Let the eldest lead the army. The younger transports corpses; Then perseverance brings misfortune.
The great prince issues commands, founds states, vests families with fiefs. Inferior people should not be employed.
The conflict can not be resolved peacefully by the court or the court's decision will be unfair. The time of battle is approaching. You should show character and will according to the situation. Even great victory is accompanied by losses - be ready to sacrifice and humble. Respect the enemy, appreciate his mind. The danger may lurk inside - it is a war with yourselves (the one who can judge themselves, not to go to court). The main victory man wins over himself. The insignificant should be defeated. But remember that protracted wars bring nothing but devastation and chaos.
This hexagram is made up of the trigrams K'an, water, and K'un, earth, and thus it symbolizes the ground water stored up in the earth. In the same way military strength is stored up in the mass of the people--invisible in times of peace but always ready for use as a source of power. The attributes of the two trig rams are danger inside and obedience must prevail outside.
Of the individual lines, the one that controls the hexagram is the strong nine in the second place, to which the other lines, all yielding, are subordinate. This line indicates a commander, because it stands in the middle of one of the two trigrams. But since it is in the lower rather than the upper trigram, it represents not the ruler but the efficient general, who maintains obedience in the army by his authority.
An army is a mass that needs organization in order to become a fighting force. Without strict discipline nothing can be accomplished, but this discipline must not be achieved by force. It requires a strong man who captures the hearts of the people and awakens their enthusiasm. In order that he may develop his abilities he needs the complete confidence of his ruler, who must entrust him with full responsibility as long as the war lasts. But war is always a dangerous thing and brings with it destruction and devastation. Therefore it should not be resorted to rashly but, like a poisonous drug, should be used as a last recourse.
Ground water is invisibly present within the earth. In the same way the military power of a people is invisibly present in the masses. When danger threatens, every peasant becomes present in the masses. When danger threatens, every peasant becomes a soldier; when the war ends, he goes back to his plow. He who is generous toward the people wins their love, and a people living under a mild rule becomes strong and powerful. Only a people economically strong can be important in military power. Such power must therefore be cultivated by improving the economic condition of the people and by humane government. Only when there is this invisible bond between government and people, so that the people are sheltered by their government as ground water is sheltered by the earth, is it possible to wage a victorious war.
At the beginning of a military enterprise, order is imperative. A just and valid cause must exist, and the obedience and coordination of the troops must be well organized, otherwise the result is inevitably failure.
The leader should be in the midst of his army, in touch with it, sharing good and bad with the masses he leads. This alone makes him equal to the heavy demands made upon him. He needs also the recognition of the ruler. The decorations he receives are justified, because there is no question of personal preferment here: the whole army, whose center he is, is honored in his person.
Here we have a choice of two explanations. One points to defeat because someone other than the chosen leader interferes with the command; the other is similar in its general meaning, but the expression, "carries corpses in the wagon," is interpreted differently. At burials and at sacrifices to the dead it was customary in China for the deceased to whom the sacrifice was made to be represented by a boy of the family, who sat in the dead man's place and was honored as his representative. On the basis of this custom the text is interpreted as meaning that a "corpse boy" is sitting in the wagon, or, in other words, that authority is not being exercised by the proper leaders but has been usurped by others. Perhaps the whole difficulty clears up if it is inferred that there has been an error in copying. The character fan, meaning "all," may have been misread as shih, which means "corpse." Allowing for this error, the meaning would be that if the multitude assumes leadership of the army (rides in the wagon), misfortune will ensue.
In the face of a superior enemy, with whom it would be hopeless to engage in battle, an orderly retreat is the only correct procedure, because it will save the army from defeat and disintegration. It is by no means a sign of courage or strength to insist upon engaging in a hopeless struggle regardless of circumstances.
Game is in the field - it has left its usual haunts in the forest and is devastating the fields. This points to an enemy invasion. Energetic combat and punishment are here thoroughly justified, but they must not degenerate into a wild melee in which everyone fends for himself. Despite the greatest degree of perseverance and bravery, this would lead to misfortune. The army must be directed by an experienced leader. It is a matter of waging war, not of permitting the mob to slaughter all who fall into their hands; if they do, defeat will be the result, and despite all perseverance there is danger of misfortune.
The war has ended successfully, victory is won, and the king divided estates and fiefs among his faithful vassals. But it is important that inferior people should not come into power. If they have helped, let them be paid off with money, but they should not be awarded lands or the privileges of rulers, lest power be abused.
Symbol of this hexagram - a conscious solitude. Now you as if the commander who considers forthcoming approach. Success accompanies you, but be attentive and cautious in a choice of allies. Let they become people, at which kind intentions. Probably, you will be visited by the unexpected visitor, or you receive unexpected news. Though you also had a dissonance with the close person, - but nevertheless you stay in a romantic condition of spirit. But all to you needs to be planned the future business more carefully and reasonably.
38. Polarising (kuí). Opposition
Strife is always connected with the community. Loneliness is more dangerous than hatred.
Opposition. In small matters, good fortune.
Above, fire; below, the lake:
The image of Opposition. Thus amid all fellowship the superior man retains his individuality.
Remorse disappears. If you lose your horse, do not run after it; It will come back of its own accord. When you see evil people, Guard yourself against mistakes.
One meets his lord in a narrow street. No blame.
One sees the wagon dragged back, the oxen halted, a man's hair and nose cut off. Not a good beginning, but a good end.
Isolated through opposition, one meets a like-minded man with whom one can associate in good faith. Despite the danger, no blame.
Remorse disappears. The companion bites his way through the wrappings. If one goes to him, how could it be a mistake?
Isolated through opposition, one sees one's companion as a pig covered with dirt, as a wagon full of devils. First one draws a bow against him, then one lays the bow aside. He is not a robber; he will woo at the right time. As one goes, rain falls; then good fortune comes.
There is no clear understanding of what the good is and what harm? Until you understand, you will stagnate or fail. The differences are everywhere: there is no coordinated work; the initial idea contradicts the ultimate goal. There is misunderstanding among the relatives. Junior need advice of senior, otherwise there may be dangerous errors. Intervention of a wise man, head is necessary. Success is possible only in small and insignificant things.
This hexagram is composed of the trigram Li above, i.e., flame, which burns upward, and Tui below, i.e., the lake, which seeps downward. These two movements are indirect contrast. Furthermore, LI is the second daughter and Tui the youngest daughter, and although they live in the same house they belong to different men; hence their wills are not the same but are divergently directed.
When people live in opposition and estrangement they cannot carry out a great undertaking in common; their points of view diverge too widely. In such circumstances one should above all not proceed brusquely, for that would only increase the existing opposition; instead, one should limit oneself to producing gradual effects in small matters. Here success can still be expected, because the situation is such that the opposition does not preclude all agreement.
In general, opposition appears as an obstruction, but when it represents polarity within a comprehensive whole, it has also its useful and important functions. The oppositions of heaven and earth, spirit and nature, man and woman, when reconciled, bring about the creation and reproduction of life. In the world of visible things, the principle of opposites makes possible the differentiation by categories through which order is brought into the world.
THE IMAGE.
The two elements, fire and water, never mingle but even when in contact retain their own natures. So the sutured man is never led into baseness or vulgarity through intercourse or community of interests with persons of another sort; regardless of all commingling, he will always preserve his individuality.
Even in times when oppositions prevail, mistakes can be avoided, so that remorse disappears. When opposition begins to manifest itself, a man must not try to bring about unity by force, for by so doing he would only achieve the contrary, just as a horse goes farther and farther away if one runs after it. It it is one's won horse, one can safely let it go; it will come back of its own accord. So too when someone who belongs with us is momentarily estranged because of a misunderstanding, he will return of his own accord if we leave matters to him. One the other hand, it is well to be cautious when evil men who do not belong with us force themselves upon us, again as the result of a misunderstanding. Here the important thing is to avoid mistakes. We must not try to shake off these evil men by force; this would give rise to real hostility. We must simply endure them. They will eventually withdraw of their own accord.
As a result of misunderstandings, it has become impossible for people who by nature belong together to meet in the correct way. This being so, an accidental meeting under informal circumstances may serve the purpose, provided there is an inner affinity between them.
Often it seems tot a man as though everything were conspiring against him. He sees himself checked and hindered in his progress, insulted and dishonored. However, he must not let himself be misled; despite this opposition, he must cleave to the man with whom he knows he belongs. Thus, notwithstanding the bad beginning, the matter will end well.
If a man finds himself in a company of people from whom he is separated by an inner opposition, he becomes isolated. But if in such a situation a man meets someone who fundamentally by the very law of his being, is kin to him, and whom he can trust completely, he overcomes all the dangers of isolation. His will achieves its aim, and he becomes free of faults.
Coming upon a sincere man, one fails to recognize him at first because of the general estrangement. However, he bites his way through the wrappings that are causing the separation. When such a companion thus reveals himself in his true character, it is one's duty to go to meet him and to work with him.
Here the isolation is due to misunderstanding; it is brought about not by outer circumstances but by inner conditions. A man misjudges his best friends, taking them to be as unclean as a dirty pig in and as dangerous as a wagon full of devils. He adopts an attitude of defense. But in the end, realizing his mistake, he lays aside the bow, perceiving that the other is approaching with the best intentions for the purpose of close union. Thus the tension is relieved. The union resolves the tension, just as falling rain relieves the sultriness preceding a thunderstorm. All goes well, for just when opposition reaches its climax it changes over to its antithesis.
This hexagram speaks, that now your life is deprived harmony. It seems to you, as if all around carp at you, are set up aggressively. You are deduced from themselves even with the most insignificant events. Take itself in hands, be not nervous, position will soon change. Sympathizing people to you now to find difficultly. A certain woman gets on to you nerves. Supervise the words, acts, and be not accepted for what new. Those events, things which are now in a field of your interests, in practice at all does not correspond to your true desires.


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