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Karnataka Crisis: Congress MLA 'held up' after resignation, escorted out
Congress Legislature Party Leader Siddaramiah Who Met Sudhakar At The Vidhan Soudha Denied The MLA Was Taken For Discussion By Force And Slammed The BJP, Accusing It Of Indulging In Goondagiri.
MLA K Sudhakar
Bengaluru:
High drama was witnessed on Wednesday at the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, the Karnataka Secretariat, as a Congress MLA who resigned his assembly membership was allegedly manhandled and later "held up" in a room where embattled party leaders tried to convince him not to quit.
The more than an hour-long tension-filled drama that also saw BJP leaders and legislators protesting demanding 'release' of Chikkaballapur MLA K Sudhakar ended with police escorting him to the Raj Bhavan after Governor Vajubhai Vala reportedly intervened.
After meeting the Governor, Sudhakar described the incident at the secretariat as "a small friction" but condemned the manner in which he was taken for talks, adding his wife and his other family members were 'shaken' by it.
Without naming anyone, he slammed the behaviour of "a person who has been a minister and an MLC." "The way he behaved should not have happened in democracy and civilised society. People of the country have seen it, I don't want to talk about it more.there was a way to convince me if they wanted. Im not a kinder garden student. The action is highly condemn able, he added.
Earlier, the situation turned ugly with BJP leaders and Congress supporters engaging in slogan shouting against each other before police stepped in and forcibly evicted some people, resulting in a skirmish during which some mediapersons, covering the stand-off, were allegedly attacked.
It all started as Sudhakar was about to leave after submitting his resignation letter to Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar, joining the list of 15 other ruling Congress-JDS combine MLAs who have quit over the days plunging the shaky coalition government into a crisis.
As the MLA was about to speak to mediapersons, some people, stated to be Congress supporters, surrounded and 'manhandled' him as they questioned his decision to quit.
State Congress President Dinesh Gundu Rao and Minister Priyank Kharge, who were also present there, tried to control the crowd and later seen arguing with Sudhakar after which they escorted him to Minister K J Georges office on the third floor of the Vidhana Soudha.
Minutes later, Siddaramaiah, a former chief minister, arrived there to convince him. On learning about the happenings, a group of BJP leaders, including MLA S R Vishwanath, went near the room where Sudhakar was hold up and demanded that he be let out immediately.
Soon more BJP leaders, including Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, V Somanna, and MLA Renukacharya, reached the spot and demanded the "release" of the Sudhakar, leading to raucous scenes.
With Congress supporters too present there, the situation turned tense and both sides shouted slogans against each other even as Police personnel arrived in large numbers to manage the situation.
Meanwhile, state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa told reporters that Sudhakars wife spoke to him over phone and requested him to "rescue" her husband. She was also said to have made a similar request to the Governor.
Soon city police Chief Alok Kumar reached the Vidhana Soudha even as the situation appeared to spiral out of control.
Police then evicted some of the people who had gathered at the spot. There were reports that some media personnel were also attacked in the ensuing skirmish.
Minutes later Siddaramaiahs office released a photo of Sudhakar holding discussion with the CLP leader. Later, Sudhakar was escorted by police to Raj Bhavan as the Governor, reportedly, directed the police commissioner to produce the MLA before him at the earliest.
Speaking to reporters, Siddaramaiah described Sudhakar as a well-wisher and alleged BJP was indulging in goondagiri.
Stating that Congress leaders were only trying to talk to him, he said what BJP has to do with Sudhakar, he is not BJP worker, he is our MLA... BJP people are rowdies, they behaved like goondas."
Clarifying that Congress did not try to create a law and order situation, Siddaramaiah said Sudhakar was not taken by force for the discussion.
Sudhakar also described Siddaramaiah as his well wisher, but said he had explained to him the reasons for his resignation.
Karnataka Politics Congress MLA Resignation Escorted Out Vajubhai Vala MLA K Sudhakar


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Former Minnesota Police Chief Admits Trying to Hire Teen for Sex
Kim David
Michael Zeug- Redwood County Sheriff
Mankato, MN (KROC AM News) - A former police chief in southwest Minnesota has admitted trying to hire an underage girl to have sex.
Michael Zeug was police chief of the town of Walnut Grove when he was caught last June in an undercover operation aimed at men who were trying to hire underage prostitutes.
The 46-year-old Zeug was scheduled to go on trial this week but instead accepted a plea agreement. He pleaded guilty to a felony prostitution count involving the hiring of a minor and will be sentenced in September. Under the plea deal, Zeug will be sentenced to a staggered 90 day jail sentence, pay a $1,000 fine and be on probation for up to two years.
Zeug was suspended after he was charged but resigned from his job in May.
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It's always the question you get while Lent approaches.
Do you give something up or add something on?
Do you choose what you did last year because you thought it went well or challenge yourself even more this year?
At the end of Lent, what do you want to accomplish?
Do you want to give up chocolate, only to eat a pound of it on Easter? LOL!
Think about your personal life and your spiritual life.
If I want to be more generous, gentle or kind, what do I have to do to obtain that?
Do you want to get into better habits like eating habits, more reading habits, less social media habits?
What do you have to do each day to gain better habits?
For example, if I give up complaining, what will be the result?
My hopes would be that without complaining, I would be more accepting of the present moment exactly how it is with no judgment. I would hope to transfer that acceptance to all people around me. Wow, who knew complaining could hold us back from that?
I WANT the RESULT! The "giving up" is just the means to get it!
What do you get out of giving up chocolate? Just to mark something off your checklist or are you hoping to gain self-control over your eating habits and temptations?
It can't just be this cutesy thing Catholics do, it must have a purpose to your life.
What do you struggle with? What would be the opposite of that to try to achieve?
Your little actions will add up to your life-changing decisions.
If you want to learn more about your Catholic faith, how can you do that? PRAY and READ.
When prayer is joined with reading- it transforms the ordinary act and brings your thoughts to Christ.
I will be switching to my Lent Program of "Read More Books" next week! Here's a preview of what you will receive in your inbox!
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Example of asbestiform riebeckite Crocidolite Asbestos Ore Sample
As you will see in this 1896 article about asbestos, around the turn of the century, people thought the fibrous mineral may have "more importance to the human race today than it has been in the whole range of history."
Sadly, its true impact on the human race was not realized for years. Thousands of lives would be lost before it was discovered that simple asbestos — something so natural, so helpful and seemingly so innocuous — would actually lead to many major health problems.
Asbestos: What it is and where it's found
There is probably no production of inorganic nature about which there is so much popular mystery and misconception as asbestos. It is vaguely understood that the principal claim of this remarkable product to attention is that it cannot be consumed by fire. Not infrequently, the effect of the mention of asbestos is to carry the hearer back to the days when the people of the pharaohs wrapped their dead in cere-cloths woven from the fiber, in order to preserve them, the body having been first embalmed.
Romantic stories have also come down to us of ancient demonstrations of magic in which asbestos has played the leading part, but the real interest in asbestos centers in the present. It is of more importance to the human race today than it has been in the whole range of history.
Asbestos twenty-five years ago was practically not known in the laboratory of the chemist or mineralogist. It now finds its way in one form or another into every workshop where steam is employed.
To the question, "What is asbestos?" It is not altogether easy to and an answer. Geologists classify it among the hornblendes. in itself, asbestos is a physical paradox, a mineralogical vegetable, both fibrous and crystalline, elastic yet brittle, a floating stone, but as capable of being carded, spun and woven as flax, cotton or silk, it is apparently a connecting link between the vegetable and the mineral kingdom, possessing some of the characteristics of both.
In appearance it is light, buoyant and feathery as thistledown; yet, in its crude state, it is dense and heavy as the solid rock in which it is found. Apparently as perishable as grass. It is yet older than any order of animal or vegetable life on earth. The dissolving influences of time seem to have no effect upon it. The action of unnumbered centuries, by which the hardest rocks known to geologists are worn away, has left no perceptible imprint on the asbestos found embedded in them.
While much of its bulk is of the roughest and most gritty materials known, it is really as smooth to the touch as soap or oil. Seemingly as combustible as tow, the fiercest heat cannot consume it. and no known combination of acids will destructively affect the appearance and, strength, of its fiber, even after days of exposure to its action. It is, in fact, practically indestructible.
Its incombustible nature renders it a complete protection from flames, but beyond this most valuable quality, its industrial value is greatly augmented by its non-conduction of heat and electricity, as well as by its important property of practical insolubility in acids.
Where asbestos is found
Asbestos has been found in all quarters of the globe. It comes from Italy, China, Japan, Australia, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Germany, Russia, The Cape, Central Africa, Canada, Newfoundland, this country and from South and Central America.
The asbestos generally found in the United States, especially in Virginia, the Carolinas and Texas, also in Staten Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, is in appearance like fossilized wood. The veins range in length from a few inches to several feet. The fiber can be split off like soft wood, the appearance being woolly, and when separated, it has no strength or cohesion. It cannot be spun nor even pulped. At one time it was thought it might be profitably used as a filler in paper-making, but actually, it is of no commercial value.
Notwithstanding this wide distribution of asbestos, the only varieties which at present appear to demand serious consideration, from a commercial point of view, are the Russian, the South African, the Italian and the Canadian. The principal claim possessed by the Russian fiber to a place in this quartet is based on the enormous extent of the deposits which have been discovered In East Russia, beyond the Ural mountains, and Russian Siberia. So far, their specimens have been of comparatively poor quality. The yield is used almost entirely in Europe, where lt is mixed with the Canadian for spinning, making taper and other purposes where an inferior grade can be utilized,
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Before the development of the Canadian fields, the Italian asbestos was supremo in the market. For nearly twenty years, Italy has been looked to for the best trades of the fiber. From a point in the northern mountain slope of the Susa valley is taken the floss asbestos fiber, the appearance of which in gas stoves is so familiar. In the same locality is found a fine white powder of asbestos, which serves for paint and other purposes. The mining is carried on at a height of from 6000 to 10,000 feet above sea level.
But the Italian asbestos industry, once so important, is already on the downgrade. The difficulties of mining are very great, and unduly increase the cost of production. The asbestos itself, judged by the latest standards, is of inferior quality: it is not easy to spin, and it does not pulp well in the making of paper. The best grade is extremely from the Italian mines is rapidly falling off. As a matter of fact, Canada contains the great asbestos region of the world, in the sense that while its mines are practically unlimited in productive capacity, the product is of a quality which fully meets the requirements of the newest and most exacting of the innumerable uses that are daily being found for it.
Asbestos manufacturing
The process of manufacture is intensely interesting, more especially from the fact that as the industry is constantly entering upon novel phases, new methods of treatment and special machinery have to be devised. One of its special uses is for wall plaster.
This in a new application which will have a distinct effect in modifying the practice of indoor plastering. Instead of the ordinary tedious and elaborate preparations of studs and stips, and the use of inferior and dust-creating mortar with its after-scoring (which is necessary to give cohesion to the final coat of plaster of Paris), a single coating of the asbestos is laid on. it has a glossy surface that will not crack, as while firm, it is perfectly flexible. It can be put on the raw brick; and a room of which the walls have been built in the morning can, before night, have a smoothly finished interior surface — shining like glass and as hard as a rock.
A kindred application of asbestos is now coming into vogue in the shape of inflammable decorations for walls and ceilings. These are used a great deal for the saloons of steamships. They are embossed in very beautiful designs, and can be treated with gold, varnish, lacquers or any other substance for the enhancement of their ornamental effect.
Firemen clad in asbestos clothing and masks, as are those of London and Paris, can walk through the hottest flame with comparative impunity. Asbestos fireproof curtains have reduced the mortality of theater fires in a very appreciable degree. In torpedoes, the difficulty of dealing with the charges of wet gun-cotton is overcome by enclosing them in asbestos, the employment of which has also, in a great measure, brought the dynamite shell to its present efficiency. Asbestos is made into a cloth available for aeronautical purposes. A balloon made of this inflammable material escapes one of the most terrible dangers to which an ordinarily constructed balloon is liable.
In buildings and other construction
Probably one of the first applications of asbestos in this country was to roofing. To buildings covered with this material, the shower of sparks from a neighboring conflagration involves no danger. The fact that woodwork can, by its use, be made inflammable has come to be an important factor in the insurance of buildings.
One of the largest branches of asbestos manufacture is that of sectional cylinders for pipe coverings; for retaining the heat of steam and other pipes; felt protective coverings for boilers; frost-proof protections for gas or water pipes; and cement felting, which can be laid on with a trowel for the covering of steam pipes, boilers or stills. In some of these cases where it is only necessary to retain the heat, the asbestos is mixed with other substances; but where the protection must be fireproof as well, only asbestos is used. The utility of such covering is well-illustrated in the heating system of railway cars. The main pipe from which the individual cars draw their respective heat supplies by side mains would lose a large proportion of its caloric from the rapid motion of the cars through the air.
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More uses for asbestos
An interesting innovation in this class of manufacture is asbestos sponge. It is not generally known that sponge has great power of fire resistance. The discovery was made accidentally not long ago, and the result was that a consignment of scraps of sponge picked up on the southern coasts was ordered for experimental purposes. The sponge was finely comminuted and mixed intimately with asbestos fiber. The combination was found so successful for any covering which had to be fire-proof as well as heatproof that the material has become standard. Being full of air cells, it necessarily makes an excellent non-conductor.
Another very extensive department in asbestos manufacture is that of packings. Of these there are an infinite number of forms. In these days of high-pressure and ocean records, it is of supreme importance to marine engineers that they should have jointing and packing materials upon which absolute reliance can be placed. In order to meet modern exigencies, every possible form of packing has been constructed, particularly with asbestos and metallic wire, and with asbestos and rubber cores for gland packing. The making of asbestos paper varies from the building up of the thickest millboard to the production of writing paper which, from its indestructibility, is invaluable in case of tire for preserving charters, policies, agreements and other important documents.
To the electrical engineer, asbestos is absolutely indispensable. Many parts of electrical devices and machinery and wiles through which the electric current passes become heated, and were it not for the electrical insulation and heat-resisting qualities which asbestos possesses, the apparatus would be completely destroyed, particularly in the case known to electricians as "short circuiting." For such purposes, it has been found advisable to combine asbestos with rubber and other gums, and this combination is now used universally for not only electrical, but also steam and mechanical purposes.
A considerable part of an asbestos factory is devoted to weaving, the asbestos being first drawn into thread for that purpose. Here again is an apparently endless diversity. There is the fireplace curtain-blower, which, with an auto matte spring-rolled attachment, takes the place in the frame of the fireplace of the less sightly sheet-iron blower; and filtering cloths for many purposes, from straining molten metal to clarifying saccharin juices in beet-root-sugar refineries. A cloth is made for straining and filtering acids and alkalies in chemical laboratories. This is especially useful when the liquid to be treated is of a caustic or strongly acid nature. The filter can be thrown in the fire, and after the residual matter has been consumed the web is as good as new. For filtering purposes, generally asbestos has a unique adaptability, and in tropical countries, it is held in grateful estimation as a cooler and purifier of water.
The newest departure in the asbestos field is the construction of electrothermic apparatus. The heating effect of the electric current is utilized by embedding the wire in an asbestos sheet or pad. The pad is used by physicians and nurses for maintaining artificial heat in local applications, and is said to be already largely used in hospitals. Another application of the same principle is to car heaters. A sheet of asbestos, with the embedded wires, is clamped between two thin steel plates, and the portable heater thus provided, or a series if need be, is connected to the car circuit quickly and easily. It gives an even and healthy heat, and can be so regulated as not to overheat the car.
– George Heli Guy in New York Post
Top photo: Miners at an asbestos mine in Black Lake, Quebec, 1895 – via Musée minéralogique et minier de Thetford Mines. Ad from The Houston daily Post, October 4 1896
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Don Smith says:
My question is was it used in my 1966 Buick? During my restoration, I had to remove an area of crumbling padding underneath the dashboard. It was a brownish pad about 1/2 inch thick and it broke up into dust. Did it contain asbestos?
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I just thought i'd post this thread here, in case anyone would like to post about their experiences during the past Furmeet, 2015-07-24 until 07-26, and maybe connect with other furs who were there, but that one was perhaps not able to catch the contact information of; Alternatively, post about how they feel the meet went.
Alternatively, if people wish to post pictures and/or video recordings of any parts of the meet, i'd love to see them!


LAKELAND, FLORIDA — Surveillance video was recently released that shows Michael Dunn, a city commissioner, shooting a man who stole a hatchet from a store that he co-owns. Video was released, even while the investigation is still ongoing, because many people wanted answers to this incident.
Sometimes, the videos we watch are useless because there is so much back story that we're unaware of. This video, however, doesn't seem to fit that criteria.
The clip that everyone is talking about can be viewed directly below. A longer video, with numerous cameras in use, is shown further down the page.
I'm pretty comfortable saying that it looks like the thief was making an attempt to leave the store, and I'm also pretty comfortable saying that this isn't a time where I would have fired my gun.
I understand the need to defend one's life, and this isn't one of those cases. I also understand the need to protect one's possessions and livelihood, but we're talking about something here with a value of around maybe $50. Is it worth pulling the trigger and killing someone?
You could argue that this suspect was a bad person and maybe he'd have committed worse crimes down the road, but that's not a determination that you can make in the moment. IN the moment, you're assessing if your life is at risk. That should be the extent of it.
From what I see, the commissioner simply didn't want to see this guy get away and since he was still trying to exit the store, he saw that his only option of stopping him was to shoot.
Update on Shooting Investigation – Release of Surveillance Video On October 4th, Chief Larry Giddens issued the following statement in regard to the shooting that occurred the day prior. "We have received multiple requests for comments, reports, surveillance videos and evidence regarding the shooting at the Vets Army Navy Surplus store. Please understand this is an ongoing criminal investigation. We are working with the State Attorney's Office and the Medical Examiners Office, two wonderfully reputable agencies, to ensure this investigation is done in the most transparent, professional way possible. Until the investigation is complete, it would be inappropriate to comment further." At this time, in the interest of transparency, although the criminal investigation continues to be active, we at the Lakeland Police Department have requested and received the approval of the State Attorney's Office to release all the videos which show the shooting that occurred on October 3rd. Raw files of the videos have been submitted to the State Attorney's Office and media. The clips shown here have been shortened for the sake of time, showing only when activity is occurring. Though citizens may have strong feelings about what is depicted, we ask you to remain patient as our department continues to work with the State Attorney's Office to investigate.


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Swansea SW Wales is a local commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, which serves the Swansea area. It is wholly owned by Bauer Media since they gained control of Wireless Groups local stations in the UK. At around the same time they also acquired Celador, Lincs FM Group and UKRD. Bauer own Kiss, Magic,  Hits Radio, Greatest Hits Radio, Wave 105 (South Coast), GEM Radio (East Midlands) and also Absolute Radio.
 The service was launched on 31 January 2004. It was originally labelled TWG-Emap Swansea and then UTV-Bauer Swansea, but in 2010 changed to Swansea SW Wales. It is transmitted on frequency block 12A from the Carmel, Kilvey Hill and St. Hilary transmitters.
Other transmitters:  Mynydd Sylen transmitter near Llanelli; Carmarthen transmitter, Carmarthen.
Bauer is the multiplex owner and it can be heard as far as Newport in the South East Wales and to the south Western super mare and North Devon coast.

Services broadcast
The following stations are transmitted on the Swansea SW Wales multiplex

References

External links
 Switch Digital information website

Mass media in Wales
Digital audio broadcasting multiplexes
Wireless Group
Mass media and culture in Swansea
Bauer Radio

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Yellow aventurine orgone pendant with OM.
Om (or Aum) is a mystical or sacred syllable in the Hindu, Jain and Buddhist religions. Om is of paramount importance in Hinduism. It is the most sacred symbol in Hindu dharma. Aum (OM) is the sound of the infinite. Aum is said to be the essence of all mantras, the highest of all mantras or divine words. Aum is said to be the essence of the Vedas. You can wear Om Orgone pendant or Om Locket Pendant to have positive energy in your body. Om Orgone pendant brings positive energy and neutralizes negative energies around you.


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Stippling is the process of using dots and very small dashes to create a drawing.
The use of different sized dots and the way they are spaced gives differing effects. For example, you can add a gray tone just by making marks that are regularly spaced in a cluster.
These tiny stipple markings suggest form, shape, depth and contrast.
They also convey light and shadow.
It's a great idea to use the stipple process with fine line drawings, they go together very nicely.
For the illustration of weeds, I dotted my pencil around the stalks and I was very pleased with the resulting picture.
The ground was depicted with the use of stippling and some short dashes as well.
You can use various types of pencil leads to give different effects. A H lead would show a light gray and B pencils give a nice dark tone. The more pressure you apply, the darker it is.
A large stippled drawing would be very time consuming to complete and it requires a lot of patience so make sure you are up to that challenge before you start.
If I was going to create a bigger drawing than the ones shown here, I think I'd use a fine felt tip pen which is what experienced stipple artists use.
You can create dark tones just by increasing the amount of dots in one area.
Alternately, you create lighter tones by spreading them out.
This is really another method of shading that you can choose to use.
You can even map out your next illustration by using a series of small marks, instead of using faint lines.
To create perfect hair for animals, simply combine stippling with lines of all different lengths and thickness.
If you use stippling along with hatching and scribbling, you create artwork that contains all the different shading patterns.
Include the various hatching styles - cross, random and curved hatch as well. Art gets more exciting when you start experimenting and using a different approach.
You can finish up with some very interesting artwork when you mix all different techniques as well as mediums into one piece. Personally, I like using a mixture because it makes me feel like I'm creating something completely original.
If you love drawing portraits, try incorporating this technique into your next piece.
I drew these lips and stippled in the shadow.
Go on an adventure and experiment with how you can use this to your advantage. After all, discovery is half the fun in this hobby!
Depending on the subject I want to re-create, I find it is a lot simpler in some cases to "dot-out" the outline.
The dots are easy to draw over and I don't have to worry about erasing them later.
This teddy bear drawing didn't turn out very well but it was worth the effort just for practice purposes.
At the time of creation, I was experimenting to see what I could produce with some idle dots here and there, so overall, I was fairly pleased with the outcome.
If you decide to use the stippling technique regularly, then you will have added a whole new dimension to your drawings. Congratulations on your bravery to try something different!


We are aboard flight BA 10 to London; just!
We were collected this morning from The Davis Hotel by our friendly taxi driver Mr Kumron, who had dropped us off here on Thursday; he was sitting outside the hotel on a bench in the sun, relaxing with his eyes closed in a meditative state…He sprung into action as I greeted him….
As we checked our luggage in, I waited with baited breath to see how light I have managed to get my suitcase – 14.8 kilos! - I have shed more and more as we have travelled… This means I now have 5 kilos to 'play with'!
This is a good thing – because I have lots of extra 'things to pack' waiting for me in the good care of Amy at the moment… New running shoes, vasylli insoles, kinesio tape and lots of supplements…!
I have ordered Fish oils and magnesium from Matt Shore and he has raced around Eastbourne finding me good quality calcium too… And super food!
John wants me to write a book; I told him that 'girlfriend for a year' is coming out soon; but he has requested another about my life and my work… He said that he had never in his whole life met someone like me; and Arren said 'yes, you have blown my mind; you are ace'.


Thank you emails after a job interview are a great way to make yourself stand out from other candidates. But go beyond the normal etiquette to write a thank you message that will impress them!
Emphasize how your experience and skills align with the position.
Use the notes you took during and after the interview to identify the issues/problems/needs that were emphasized by the different interviewers.
Write a separate note to each interviewer and directly address their individual concerns. Targeted, personalized notes will stand out from the bland notes sent by other candidates.
Allow your enthusiasm for the position and the company to come through in the thank you letter, while maintaining a professional tone.
Generally, keep the thank you note short and simple with four to five sentences that explain your continued interest and how you can meet their needs. Longer notes may be appropriate for some instances, but busy hiring managers will appreciate your conciseness.
Check spelling, proofread for grammar issues, and read the note out loud. Reading the words you have written out loud is a great way to hear the phrasing that needs to be polished.
Customizing the thank you notes may take you a little time, but it is well worth the effort. Hiring managers and their committee members are looking for individuals who are more than just qualified for the job. They are seeking a good fit for their culture. So use the thank you note as another demonstration of your professionalism and future contributions.


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U.S. Restrictions on AIDS-Infected Visitors Challenged : Health: The White House is urged to ease visa barriers. An international conference on the disease is set for next month in San Francisco.
By MARLENE CIMONS
WASHINGTON —
Challenging the Bush Administration's claim that it cannot remove an immigration barrier against AIDS-infected people, two congressmen Tuesday released documents that they said showed that the policy can be changed through executive action.
"Now the Administration cannot beg the question (of travel restrictions) with legalisms any longer," said Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Los Angeles), chairman of the House energy and commerce subcommittee. "Any further rationalization and delay cannot be explained."
But White House Deputy Press Secretary Alixe Glen said the President does not intend to take action because he "continues to believe that the issue of amending or reversing the congressional mandate rests with the Congress." She said, however, that the President would support congressional legislation reversing the measure.
The travel restrictions on people with AIDS have come under mounting global criticism during the past year, particularly as June's international AIDS conference in San Francisco nears.
The law enacted by Congress in 1987 added the AIDS-inflicted to the list of people denied entry because of disease. The Administration, saying it does not have the power to change the law, instead has offered to issue special 10-day visas to enable travelers to attend certain conferences deemed "in the public interest" by the secretary of health and human services. The special visas would not require foreigners to declare whether they are infected with the AIDS virus.
This solution has been attacked as unsatisfactory by many in the AIDS network, who have threatened to boycott the San Francisco conference and other important scientific and medical meetings.
Waxman and Rep. J. Roy Rowland (D-Ga.), a physician and member of the National Commission on AIDS, released a memo Tuesday from the U.S. comptroller general concluding the law that added AIDS to the list of "dangerous contagious" diseases "does not clearly bar" the President or the HHS secretary from "later deciding that (AIDS) infection is not a dangerous contagious disease. . . . "
The memo said the measure--passed as an amendment to a 1987 supplemental appropriations bill--may have been effective only for the fiscal year to which the appropriation act applied.
"If that were the case, its effect . . . might be said to have expired with the appropriation, at the end of fiscal year 1987," the memo said.
Dr. Mervyn F. Silverman, president of the American Foundation for AIDS Research, said the opinion by the comptroller general gives the President "the perfect opportunity to take the high road."
The memo further said control of the list of diseases continues to remain with the secretary of health and human services. Rowland, seeking to clarify the authority, recently introduced legislation that would give the secretary of health and human services power to change the list.
The lawmakers also released an internal memo written by Dr. James O. Mason, assistant secretary for health, to HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan urging that AIDS and six other conditions--including leprosy and several treatable sexually transmitted diseases--be removed from the list because the policy was "outdated." He proposed leaving only tuberculosis on the list.
"Unlike the other diseases on the list, tuberculosis can be transmitted through the air and an infectious person can place others at risk through casual contact," Mason wrote.
As to the other conditions, Mason wrote, " . . . there is no public health value in continued screening. . . . "
He suggested the secretary order the removal of the six conditions other than AIDS, and that the Administration offer a legislative proposal to delete AIDS from the list.


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collects the music and arts criticism of Keith Powers
Jan 1 Angry America, searching for a healthy aesthetic
Arts Commentary, Boston, Classical Music, Essays
A performance at José Mateo's Dance for World Community, in 2016. Max Rottersman photograph
"An orange-haired miscreant assumes power. Lechery, lies, and greed become the norm. Most of the people react in anger. Others revel in his anti-social behavior, and mimic it."
This could be the summary of today's news. It's actually a program note for "Roman de Fauvel," staged this fall by the Boston Camerata. "Roman de Fauvel" tells the Medieval tale in song of the orange-haired beast who abuses his subjects. Not hard to draw the modern connection.
It was performed beautifully by this distinguished ensemble. The Camerata has a long history of needling contemporary politicians, and the program felt cathartic for some. It also seemed sadly futile.
There could be no easier target. The brilliant programming got wasted on such a simpleton.
It took less than five minutes, decades ago, to figure out that he is a narcissistic, spoiled loser. No need for any more proof. Let's move on, artistically, at least.
Robert Levin, pianist and musicologist, said about great art, "A mirror is being held up. Do you not recognize yourself?"
In today's mirror we all look the same. Angry.
Angry at him. Or angry to show unity with him. Angry with the system. Angry even with those we agree with—if they're not angry in the way we want them to be. So much of this anger feels justified, it spills into places where it isn't justified. Like music.
Music needs to be a healthy aesthetic. Venting is not enough. We need to see the complexity of the problems. Let music be the better place. More inviting, less predictable, not intimidating. We yearn for leadership, and it must come from the arts.
The divisiveness of this age swallows up too many good things. It has also, curiously, made some things possible. "The heightened contention in America has fueled the intensity and the immediacy of diversity work," says Aiden Feltkamp, emerging composer and diversity director at the American Composers Orchestra. "Social justice and diversity aren't interchangeable, but they do go hand-in-hand."
But direct action, for the arts, is mostly impossible. We're shooting people in our society—music can't do anything about that. We've created hate zones at our borders. Music won't ever do anything about that. We're destroying our environment, one piece of plastic at a time. Music can't do much to stop it.
But being inclusive, challenging our own art-form, extending its reach outside of the normal, mostly privileged locations—that we can continue to do.
The Sphinx Organization has already doubled the participation of black and Latin musicians in American orchestras—in two decades. Castle of our Skins, an enterprising collective based in Boston, embraces all musics and performers, and extends idea of the concert hall in vigorous ways. Over the next two years, Yo-Yo Ma's Bach Project will blend performances of the Bach cello suites with social programs and inquisitive discussions around the globe. José Mateo's Dance for World Community brings tens of thousands to Cambridge each June for a day of dance—and social activism. Not protest. Energy.
Women writing and talking about music are making changes. Nobody who covers classical music can be unaware of the insights of Anne Midgette of the Washington Post, or Amanda Cook at I Care If You Listen, both of whom work with talented teams. Natasha Gauthier has done it for decades. Nadia Sirota's Meet the Composer broadcasts have opened doors. Many other composers—Sarah Kirkland Snider, Caroline Shaw, Paola Prestini—not only produce their music, they talk about it, get invested in the process, and thus encourage others.
More than anything, this is a plea for optimism. Not all music needs to be tied directly to social causes. But music needs to look outward—confidently—and lead in that way.
Be alert. Be wise and inventive, and speak to the best of the audience. Never underestimate them. The very existence of an audience means you're already part-way there.
How have we always communicated in art? By documenting, with honesty, and, when possible, with insight. But documenting. If we're all this angry, just say so. Don't say it angrily. Don't add to the festering mix. Keep a fire burning, but let's just not burn ourselves in the process.
If great art is going to hold up the mirror, we need it to show what's behind us, not just our own face.
Roman de Fauvel, Anne Midgette, Amanda Cook, Paolo Prestini, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Caroline Shaw, Robert Levin, Sphinx Organization, Castle of our Skins, Yo-Yo Ma, José Mateo, Dance for World Community
Jan 15 Music of John Harbison: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Jan. 10; Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Jan. 13
Jan 1 CDs from 2018, with much appreciation
©2018 Keith Powers
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Australian Solar Energy Society and Renewable Energy Costs
Renewable Energy Costs Decreasing – Interesting Times Ahead
The Australian Solar Energy Society [AuSES] executive and Board members are fully aware that 2012 and 2013 will be a chaotic time of change for the world community as far as our economic relationship with energy goes.
Fair Price for Solar Energy
John Grimes, CEO of AuSES at the National Conference Dinner last December made the point that a fair price for solar is the main objective for the industry in the short term, but governments are basically running behind reality.
The price of fossil fuel is set to rise dramatically in 2013 as many peak oil economists are predicting and this will herald a new era for the world. Renewable energy costs are becoming very competitive, with the result that our energy supplies will undergo constant change from now on.
Renewable Energy Costs Changing the World
Due to comparatively low renewable energy costs in mainstream energy supply, it is set to continue expanding dramatically over the next few decades and continue on way past the end of this century.
Renewable energy costs are now so competitive, as Ray Wills of SEA has pointed out, that within two years (and arguably right now), depending on what figures are used, we will see that the world has already changed for all time. However, some government bureaucrats, academics and many analysts may still be unaware of how renewable energy costs have decreased. Therefore it is imperative that state of the art knowledge to passed through to these decision makers.
New World Economic System
The old world economic system has been faltering for a while now but many prominent politicians and financial institutions seem hell-bent to restore 'business as usual' as soon as possible.
This of course it is impossible and the real winners in the near future will be those who realize that renewable energy costs have changed for the better and start to embrace a new world economic system that replaces many of the failed constructs developed in the 20th century.
It will not be easy. Communication is the key and the saviour will be the internet.
The way people do business has already changed due to the dissemination of information over the internet. Gone already are the large adverts for automobiles. They are all on the web. Real estate has also gone this way, as has a great deal of consumer product merchandizing.
The transition from offline to online advertising can be expensive and therefore solar-e has initiated the Get Solar Campaign.
Ishaan Khanna – Incoming President AuSES Western Australia
Ishaan Khanna
In Western Australia, a sign of change is the appointment of Ishaan Khanna as the new WA President of this AuSES branch. He represents a new younger professional intake into the organization.
Ishaan Khanna works as a Senior Engineer within the Smart Grid Development Branch at Western Power Corporation, a transmission and distribution utility, in Perth, Western Australia.
He graduated from the University of Pune, India with a Bachelor of Engineering degree and completed a Masters Degree in Engineering from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
His employment experience includes working as a networks engineer for HCL Infinet, a large networking services company in India and as a planning engineer for Unison Networks Limited, a New Zealand electricity utility.
He also worked with a global engineering consulting firm, AECOM, as a Power Systems Engineer, serving transmission and distribution utility clients worldwide.
Ishaan's recent experience has been in areas of demand side management applications utilizing Smart Grid and Home Area Networks (HAN), hybrid stand-alone power systems and studying the impact of distributed generation on electricity distribution network. His previous experience has been in areas of project management, asset management, system modeling/simulation, reliability and network planning.
Transitioning to Renewable Energy with Smart Grids
Without smart grids the smooth transition to a higher percentage of renewable energy in the electrical system will be very difficult indeed. Therefore a man like Ishaan is the type of key person needed for this smooth transition to a cleaner energy economy and the utilization of more solar energy in our communities and electricity grids as renewable energy costs fall.
Renewable Energy Costs and The International Solar Energy Society
Over the last 50 years the International Solar Energy Society, now represented in Australia by AuSES, has been at the cutting edge of progress. It embraces not only a generation change within its organization but also staying at the cutting edge of solar matters.
From our perspective, at www.solar-e.com nothing has changed – it has simply speeded up. But in many ways history of the society has been left behind as a building block of the present has been created on these solid foundations of ethics and expertise.
A new exciting and period of change is already with us. Those who do not like it are holding back process. Thanks to the decline in renewable energy costs a new era has already begun and the old world is being quickly left behind.
We just need key legislators and champions of industry to realize it and get on board. The train is leaving the station!
See other related articles on this site which may interest you: energy consumption growth peak oil solutions and carbon tax
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Posts tagged Matt Damon
Stella Artois Encourages You To Buy A Lady A Drink
Now from the sound of the title you might have said I have done that in the past. Well Stella Artois is looking to change it up a bit. After reading what they are doing you might be encouraged to follow their lead.
Water has played an important role in the Stella Artois brewing heritage for more than 600 years, and is an essential ingredient in the Stella Artois that is brewed today. Yet 663 million people lack access to clean water – a global crisis that disproportionately affects women, who spend millions of hours a day collecting it. Stella Artois has again partnered with Water.org to drive awareness of the global water crisis, and calls on consumers to help leave a legacy as the generation that ends this crisis, once and for all.
The "Buy a Lady a Drink" campaign was first launched in 2015 to utilize Stella Artois' global footprint to help positively impact this important issue. Last year the campaign focused on women's long journeys for clean water. This year, the campaign showcases the positive impact that access to clean water can have, while inspiring consumers to leave a positive mark on the world.
"I've seen how the lives of women and their families can change when they get access to clean water," said Water.org Co-Founder Matt Damon. "Access to water is access to education, access to work, access to the kind of future we want for all humankind. Thanks to our partnership with Stella Artois, this year's 'Buy a Lady a Drink' campaign helps us tell this story – and gives consumers the chance to help us change it."
"Water.org is committed to making clean water accessible so everyone in the world has the opportunity to prosper," said Water.org Co-Founder and CEO Gary White. "We're proud to partner with Stella Artois again this year to help us change more futures around the globe."
This global, multi-channel partnership launches today with several opportunities to engage in the effort. New Limited-Edition Chalices Designed by Local Artists in Kenya, Peru and Haiti. Today, Stella Artois will release a new set of limited-edition Chalices designed by three artists from Kenya, Peru and Haiti: Daniel Cortez Torres from Peru, Wini Awuondo from Kenya and Michele Manuel from Haiti. Each design represents the specific water problem faced by women in their country.
Consumers can purchase one of the exclusive Chalices for $13 at Amazon.com. For every Chalice sold in the U.S., Stella Artois will donate $6.25 to Water.org, up to 90,000 chalices, to help provide five years of clean water for one person in the developing world.
"Water is woven into the very fabric of Stella Artois – it has allowed us to leave behind a proud brewing legacy, and we want others to have that same opportunity to leave a mark on the world," said Ricardo Marques, vice president, Stella Artois. "Thanks to our continued partnership with Water.org, we have been able to change the lives of more than 290,000 people in the developing world through access to clean drinking water. Small actions, like the purchase of a Chalice, can have a big impact."
Stella Artois and award-winning director Crystal Moselle kicked off the brand's partnership with Water.org at an exclusive brunch to launch the brand's first-ever documentary program at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. To further underscore the power of water and inspire social action, Stella Artois has commissioned 2015 Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner Moselle to create a three-part documentary series showcasing the impact of the global water crisis on women and their communities in Haiti, Kenya, and Peru. The films will be produced in partnership with Stella Artois, and with advisory support from Water.org. The series will debut to coincide with World Water Day.
Moselle gave attendees a first look at the series' manifesto video inspired by her recent experiences in Haiti with those affected by the global water crisis. Attendees also participated in an interactive discussion around the power of storytelling through film with Moselle, Academy Award and Emmy Award winning producer Fazeelat Aslam, and the co-directors of "Catfish," Henry Joost and Rel Schulman.
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Viking History
Filthy Barbarians or Dapper Danes?
Posted by Sons Of Vikings on April 30, 2021
Viking Hygiene, Grooming, and Personal Presentation
To some, Vikings were nothing but hairy barbarians with tangled beards and deplorable manners. They are pictured at feasts throwing animal bones at each other, still covered in the mud and blood of battle, and the only water that touched them was sea spray. But this pop-culture image comes from the misconceptions of 150 years ago, misinformed by Ancient Roman propaganda referring to entirely different people. Archeology and even medieval written records paint a very different picture of Viking hygiene, grooming, and personal presentation. This information, in turn, tells us a lot about the Vikings' self-image and values.
Those Damn Sexy Clean Vikings
Medieval English chronicler John of Wallingford wrote about the Anglo-Saxon slaughter of Vikings that happened in 1002,
"The Danes made themselves too acceptable to English women by their elegant manners and their care of their person. They combed their hair every day, bathed every Saturday, and even changed their garments often. They set off their persons by many such frivolous devices. In this manner, they laid siege to the virtue of the married women, and persuaded the daughters, even of the nobles to be their concubines."
It is a hell of a thing for Medieval English chroniclers to admit that one of the reasons they hated Vikings was because their own wives and daughters couldn't resist their cleanliness.
Other Anglo-Saxon writers agreed with him. Even when Vikings were coming in peace, they were a threat to the local balance of the sexes because they tended to outshine their competition. This was not just because of their attitude, build, or wealth (all considerable factors, of course), but because of the attractive way they presented themselves.
Some Vikings took this to a high level. In the sagas, we find honorific names such as Thorfin Skull-splitter and Erik Blood-axe. But we also see names like Sihtric Forkbeard (for his meticulously plaited facial hair) and Olaf Peacock (for his bright clothes and charisma).
Archeological finds have revealed that Vikings had a preoccupation with grooming. Tweezers, ear cleaning implements, and other personal care items have been recovered in large numbers at Viking sites.
Above all, combs were so common as to be considered "a universal possession" amongst the Vikings (Price, 2020, p. 123). These combs vary considerably in size and specifications, showing a range from the ordinary property of the humble to the valued personal treasures of the wealthy. They could be made of wood, bone, ivory, or – especially – antler. The teeth of some of these combs are fine enough not only to groom hair or beards but also to pick out nits or other problems people do not like to talk about. Many of these combs were decorated, and some bear runic inscriptions. The combs were often carried in small wooden cases to protect their fine teeth while the Vikings were on the move. Vikings were even buried with their combs. The production and trade of combs and other personal care items were hallmark industries for Vikings across the Northern Arc and to the West.
In the Viking honor culture, personal worth was essential. This personal worth was reinforced by words and actions, the clothes you wore, the rings on your arm, and the jewelry you and your family displayed. It was also reinforced through cleanliness and personal grooming. In the Grágás book (the Medieval compilations of old Icelandic law codes), we find harsh penalties for throwing dirt on someone or doing anything that would cause him or her to become soiled or unpresentable. Why? Because this was considered an assault on the dignity of that individual.
We find this association of cleanliness with dignity in Eddic poetry. For example, in Havamal (Sayings of the High One), we see that cleanliness and confidence make the man, not money:
"Washed and fed a man should ride to the Assembly
Though he may not be very well-dressed,
of his shoes and breeches he should not be ashamed,
nor of his horse, though he doesn't have a good one"
(v. 61, Larrington translation).
Similarly, in Rigsthula (Rig's List), being dirty or unkempt is equated with being subservient. By contrast, free people (even those of modest means) styled their hair, trimmed their beards, and took pride in their clothing.
When, Where, and How did Vikings Bathe?
According to numerous sources, Vikings washed, performed dental hygiene, and combed their hair every morning. This was not only a habit of the fastidious but was an acknowledgment of the power of Fate fundamental to the Viking world view. As the Eddic poem Reginismal states,
"Combed and washed every thoughtful man should be
And fed in the morning
For one cannot see where one will be in the evening
It is bad to rush headlong before one's Fate." (v. 25)
This form of bathing would have been a simple "sponge bath" from a basin, most likely. The serious washing of the week took place on Saturdays. Even now, the name for "Saturday" in Scandinavian languages roughly translates to "washing day."
The Saturday bath was a communal experience, often undertaken on a riverbank or hot spring. In the famous love story of the Laxdæla saga (probably the third favorite saga of the Vikings, based on the number of surviving manuscripts), the hero Kjartan is sure to time his visits to the hot spring to coincide with Guðrún and her ladies. However, according to multicultural accounts, this communal bathing was a Platonic affair where the sexes self-segregated.
Wash day also encompassed laundry, most likely. As the Arab geographer, Ibn Rusta noted, the Vikings' clothes were "always clean" (Lunde & Stone, 2012, p. 163). Viking Age buildings that provided privacy for bathers or a space to wash clothes have been found near hot springs and other suitable locations throughout Iceland and Scandinavia.
Mornings and Saturdays were not the only times Vikings bathed. According to the sagas, Vikings bathed before battle or any serious undertaking. Offering water for bathing and a clean change of clothes was part of the essential duties of hospitality that formed a cornerstone of Norse culture (see Havamal v. 2-4).
Washing of the dead was an essential part of burial (according to Arab geographer Ibn Fadlan). However, in the stories, some ghosts came back from the otherworld unwashed and with their battle wounds still bleeding (as in Helgavitha Huldingsbana II).
The Vikings were probably acquainted with saunas from their neighbors, the Finns, the Sami, and the Balts. Saunas have been used in the Scandinavian region for thousands of years and were invaluable in the dark, cold winters. While no Viking saunas are widely known, various other manmade pools and huts for hot bathing have been discovered from that era. The Russian Primary Chronicle mentions the Viking queen of the Rus, Olga luring some of her husband's killers into her bathhouse or sauna and there steaming them to death.
Toothbrushes and Toilet Paper? Other Aspects of Personal Cleanliness
The Vikings' oral hygiene was pretty good. Many Viking skeletons have surprisingly good teeth, even by modern standards. This may be due in part to their low-sugar diet (aside from honey and fruit). Vikings also used toothpicks and cleaned their mouths (as Ibn Fadlan mentioned). Like other European peoples of the time, they may have used fibrous hazel twigs or the like to make simple toothbrushes. Some skeletal remains have been found with tartar build-up and gum disease, of course, though the same could be said for people today. Missing or chipped teeth from trauma would have been a significant problem with the Viking lifestyle, too.
Vikings used moss collected from the dense forests that surrounded their settlements to use as toilet paper. Some of this moss has been recovered from latrine sites in Viking settlements, allowing very dedicated archeologists to study the dietary habits of the people who lived 1000 years ago.
Why Were Other European Peoples Less Cleanly than Vikings?
Ancient peoples in the Roman Empire prided themselves on cleanliness. They spent long hours (and large amounts of revenue) in grand public bathhouses. The ruins of these bathhouses can still be found, even as far away from the Mediterranean as Britain. So why did Medieval Europeans not keep up the customs of their ancestors? The answer is somewhat complicated.
First, we must consider that our modern tendency to shower at least once a day becomes far more difficult without running water. When the water must be drawn bucket by bucket (and then either used cold or warmed over an equally labor-intensive fire), what takes us 5-10 minutes can take an hour or more. Even in our time, whenever people are camping, "in the field" on deployment, or suffering a power outage, cleanliness standards typically bow to practicality.
As the Roman Empire fell on hard times in the West, the public money, organization, and impetus towards public baths quickly fell by the wayside. Most places in Europe had little room for luxury spending in the chaos and decline of the Migration Era (often known as the Dark Ages). Meanwhile, most men and women put their effort into survival and neglected anything non-essential to those goals.
But there may have been another reason, too. Along the way, attitudes towards bathing changed in much of mainland Europe. In the crucible of the Dark Ages, Christianity was heavily influenced by monks – many of whom embraced an ascetic lifestyle of self-denial. As scholar Giusto Traina explains:
"The excess of personal hygiene, which had once distinguished the Roman from the barbarian, was now held in contempt and condemned as a symptom of sin and lasciviousness. Moreover, in Celtic areas [the western fringes of Europe], baths were associated with ancestral therapeutic practices, now considered forms of paganism" (2009, p. 77).
So, this is not to say that non-Viking medieval peoples never washed, but that washing was significantly downplayed and deprioritized in their society. A variety of unusual hang-ups about cleanliness arose, such as the idea that it was unhealthy to be too clean or that washing certain parts of the body (such as too near to the eyes) could be dangerous. These ideas and practices varied from place to place. Hygiene has always been a relative concept. As we shall see, not everyone was impressed with the Vikings' cleanliness.
But what about that "spit bowl" story?
When some people think about Viking hygiene, they immediately think of the disgusting scene in the movie The 13th Warrior ...or the similar scene in the Vikings tv series. Both of these scenes are based on an account from a 10th-century Arab diplomat Ibn Fadlan who was the inspiration for the 1999 film. Though Fadlan was highly impressed by much of what he saw, he found Viking hygienic practices revolting. "They are the filthiest of God's creatures," he said, acknowledging that Vikings indeed washed their bodies, cleaned their mouths, and combed their hair every morning ...but did so from a shared, communal basin bowl (Lunde & Stone, 2012, p. 47).
As valuable as Ibn Fadlan and other Arab geographers are to the historical record, their testimonies still must be taken with a grain of salt. Assuming the account is not (grossly) exaggerated, it would mostly prove that Vikings were not exactly germaphobes. Ibn Fadlan was witnessing Viking merchants on the road. His mission was to the Bulgars along the Volga, not the Rus in Kiev (Kyiv). So, these Vikings may have been making do with what they had on hand. Moreover, Ibn Fadlan was a sophisticated man from the capital of the wealthiest empire in the world at that time, so he was used to palace standards. He was also comparing Viking hygiene to Islamic standards of ritual purity (which specify only washing in running water). In any case, it is a reminder that standards of cleanliness have always been relative.
Vikings valued their appearance and cleanliness, they spent time, effort, and wealth on it, and they were about as clean as they practically could be during that time. Vikings equated daily combing, grooming and cleanliness with self-respect ...and personal presentation with honor and self-worth.
According to some literary clues, their daily cleaning may have been a daily acknowledgment of Fate. To whatever degree that may be true, the archeological record is clear that these practices were important to them.
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Sons of Vikings is an online store offering hundreds of Viking inspired items, including Viking jewelry, Viking clothing, Viking hair accessories, home decor items and more.
To learn more about Viking history, we recommend our 400+ page, self titled book that is available here.
Rodgers, D. & Noer, K. Sons of Vikings: History, Legends, and Impact of the Viking Age. KDP. The United States. 2018.
Price, N. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings. Basic Books, New York, 2020.
The Poetic Edda. Larrington, C. (translator). Oxford University Press. Oxford. 1996, 2014.
Lunde, P. & Stone, C. (translators). Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North. Penguin Classics. London. 2012.
Traina, G. 428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire. Princeton University Press. Princeton. 2009.
Frankopan, P. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World. Penguin Random House. New York. 2015.
The Saga of the People of Laxardal (K. Kunz, translator). The Sagas of the Icelanders (editor, Thorson, O. & Scudder, B.) Penguin Books, New York, 2001
Vikings seduced women across Europe. Nordic Culture. 2018. https://skjalden.com/vikings-seduced-women-across-europe/
The Russian Primary Chronicle: The Laurentian Text. Translated by S. H. Cross & O. Sherbowitz-Wetzor. Medieval Academy of America. Cambridge, MA. 1953. https://www.mgh-bibliothek.de/dokumente/a/a011458.pdf
Short, W. R. Health, Grooming, and Medicine in the Viking Age. Hurstwic. 2021. Hurstwic: Health and Medicine in the Viking Age
Danish comb: Courtesy of the Museum of South Western Jutland. https://www.sydvestjyskemuseer.dk/en/museums-archives/viking-museum-of-ribe/
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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS DRIVING THE FUTURE OF WELLNESS
2020 is a special year at Cooper Aerobics as we celebrate our 50th anniversary. It's an important milestone for us, so let's celebrate together. Whether you've been a part of our research at The Cooper Institute, a patient at Cooper Clinic, a member of Cooper Fitness Center, a guest at Cooper Hotel, a client at Cooper Spa or Cooper Wellness Strategies or have purchased our vitamins over the years, we are celebrating all things Cooper in 2020.
Our family-owned and operated business opened its doors in 1970 with Dr. Kenneth Cooper's singular vision to improve the quality and quantity of people's lives through prevention. Today Dr. Cooper—known as the "father of aerobics"—is 88 years old, still seeing patients and speaking across the globe sharing his proven philosophy that exercise is medicine and fitness is a vital sign. He works alongside his son, Dr. Tyler Cooper, who is also a practicing preventive medicine physician and serves as President and CEO.
If you ask millennials today about life without exercise, most look surprised and typically answer, "Of course I work out." They don't know any differently and certainly find it hard to fathom that most people didn't exercise or many with health conditions were advised not to do so under their doctor's care...that is until Dr. Cooper's fitness revolution in 1970.
Join us throughout 2020 as we celebrate with stories from those who have chosen to become healthier—and with a public event in downtown Dallas in October!
"My wellness journey began 10 years ago with my executive physical at Cooper Clinic; it inspired me to change.
You cannot lead an organization without taking care of yourself first. Cooper now operates our corporate wellness program and we meet each employee where they are to begin a healthier, longer life."
Kristin Wall
LWCC President and CEO, Cooper Wellness Strategies client
MILESTONES BY DECADE
Aerobics—The Word that Changed the World
Prior to opening the doors of the original Cooper Aerobics Center, preventive medicine pioneer, Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper, develops the 12-minute and 1.5-mile fitness tests and the Aerobics Point System while in the U.S. Air Force working with NASA. He also created a worldwide fitness revolution with the publication of his international best-selling book Aerobics.
To advance research on the benefits of aerobic exercise, Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper establishes The Cooper Institute 501(c)(3) in June and Cooper Clinic in December.
Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper uses his aerobics program to lead the Brazilian soccer team to a World Cup victory.
The Journal of the American Medical Association publishes The Cooper Institute's landmark study scientifically proving being fit—as measured by the treadmill stress test—decreases the risk for all-cause mortality by 58 percent.
Mirroring the preventive medicine model used at Cooper Clinic, Dr. Tyler Cooper spearheads corporate wellness consulting to help provide corporations and organizations across the country with healthier leaders who in turn run healthier companies.
Cooper collaborates with PepsiCo to eliminate trans fats from the Frito-Lay® snack line, creating an international wave other companies have followed.
The Cooper Institute develops the Healthy Zone School Program and debuts it in partnership with the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas. Today, Healthy Zone School Program has touched more than 159,000 North Texas students across 199 schools.
Despite this grand evolution throughout the past five decades, the culture and standards at Cooper Aerobics have remained the same. Our core values unify us in our pursuit to help people live better-quality, longer lives.
SUCCESS IS A TEAM EFFORT
Cooper Aerobics has grown to heights never imagined in the early days of 1970. But like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's first steps on the lunar surface, it was the company's ability to look to the future and evolve that got us where we are today. The secret to our success is no secret at all. It was one man's vision, determination, faith and focus to make us all healthier.
We still remember where we came from. Thank you to all current and former teammates who make Cooper Aerobics a family and for your commitment, dedication and hard work.
Cooper Aerobics Center Dallas
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A Roadmap for U.S. Postal Service Electrification
There are many unanswered questions regarding Oshkosh Defense's $6 billion contract with USPS, including whether an electric prototype or a "swappable" drivetrain even exists. Yet there are ways to achieve electrification of the USPS fleet and avoid living with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's ham-handed decision for decades to come.
U.S. Postal Service Awards Delivery Vehicle Contract to Oshkosh Defense
The contract, which calls for putting 50,000 to 165,000 Next Generation Delivery Vehicles into service over 10 years, includes electric powertrains as well as internal combustion engines.
Corporate Fleet Electric Vehicle Acquisition Strategies
Despite limitations in some fleet applications, most companies are open to the idea of adopting electric vehicles (EV) to make their fleet operations more sustainable by reducing their carbon footprint and reducing GHG emissions.
Chevrolet Bolt EV Patrol Car Hits the Streets in Md.
Sgt. Richard Hartnett, technical services & electric vehicles project manager for the Hyattsville Police Department in Maryland, believes his agency has the first Chevrolet Bolt patrol vehicle in the country.
Smith Electric Vehicles Awarded GSA Schedule
WASHINGTON - Smith's all-electric, fuel- and emissions-free commercial trucks are now available for purchase by U.S. government agencies and military forces.
GSA Schedule Now Includes ZAP Electric Vehicles
WASHINGTON - GSA qualification expedites the acquisition process and is an endorsement that would facilitate the sale of ZAP vehicles to government agencies and enhance market visibility and access.


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Every time I transmit on my marine SSB radio, my autopilot goes whacko. The installer says my radio is fine, and I should just "live with it." Is it time to deep-six the radio and get a satellite phone?
Does your autopilot go mad when you transmit?
Every time I transmit on my marine SSB radio, my autopilot goes whacko.
Is it time to deep-six the radio and get a satellite phone?
Radio is still the only communication method where a party-line of operators can at once share with all listeners the information they transmit. With a satellite phone, there is no party-line. The U.S. Coast Guard and other rescue agencies throughout the world continue to improve their Global Marine Distress Safety System (GMDSS) SSB digital and voice emergency alert capability. SSB email through SailMail continues to be a reliable way of staying connected via the Internet, no matter where in the world you cruise. So keep the radio on board!
The problem with the autopilot is common. Snapping some ferrite beads on autopilot heading sensor leads may help, but each radio band you dial in may affect the autopilot in a different way. With enough shielding and wire-lead-beading, you might be able to keep the pilot from getting hammered by your SSB backstay antenna just feet away.


millions," the 1949 film, "eskimo hunters." "alaska centennial" and "alaska highway." watch alaska weekend saturday and sunday, july 21 and 22, on the c-span networks. at c-span.org. or listen with the free c-span radio am. -- app. >> house speak speaker paul ryan joined the american enterprise institute today for a discussion on populism and identity politics. speaker ryan talked about how new media and technology have contributed to a rise in tribalism, which he said runs counter to the more traditional republican beliefs. this is about a half hour.
mr. ryan: hi, everybody. jonah: probably wondering why i called this meeting. so, we're going to do this very quickly. because we don't have a lot of time. mr. ryan: whose water is this? yours or mine? jonah: that is yours. as some of you may know, steve hayes of the weekly standard has left town for a year to live in spain and so i needed another cheesehead to hang out with. [laughter] i picked this guy. as arthur brooks sleesk the american enterprise institute as president, i thought we could really use another physical trainer. so we had him come here.
mr. ryan: with relativism, we have challenges to go and relegitimate. the -- we all have our roles we play. for us is relimit government and the agenda we put through is to do just that and open the space up as much as we can so those can come back and can regrow the right stuff. jonah: i warned you there was an elephant in the room that we couldn't avoid talking about it. my own personal view is that president trump is not the cause of all of our problems, but there are a lot of aspects of our presidency and there are symptoms as i keep telling the people on the left, donald trump is not hitler. hitler could have repealed obamacare. [laughter] mr. ryan: that is really good.
we kind of return power back to individuals and communities, which is what our ageppeda is doing irrespective of pop you lift rhetoric that is out there. jonah: there is -- i agree with you. edmund burkee said the school of mankind, you have to show people are healthy. but at the same time, you know, you alluded to this earlier about how we used to think politics is fundamentally left-wing and now there are big chunks of the sort of common section right for want of a better term, who are practicing in kind identity politics. and it takes different forms and many of them i think pernicious and some sort of silly. what can and should we do to actually push back on it?
gets this is because of the erosion of civil society. people no longer feel that the community they live in feel they are respected, well loved and retreat to virtual communities that are satisfying. places like facebook which has great things going for it, it's not great for creating new communities. mr. ryan: make money off the dark emotions. jonah: you get people telling you, rather than disagreeing with you, you self-select and find people who agree with you. ribe ryan we were talking about that. math on web sites and cable news that are basically saying in order to survive this business model, hits, clicks and ratings, you better project back to people that you want.
mr. ryan: that is not what insecure conservatives alt-right national pop you lift blood and soil people not what they think. only people like me can grasp these concepts can agree with me. and you have these industries going through transformation and telling people what they want to hear and this is the challenge. jonah: it does make sense. someone wrote a book about that. and one of the things i impress upon people, one of the most radical things in the constitution doesn't get taught which is getting rid of titles and know built.
than we were before and these judicial fights put us in that area. those judicial fights, he will ss, one red state democrat goes, maybe three follow. i think he's going to get in. but 20 years ago, he probably ould have gotten 65, 70 votes. we are back to tribealism. conservatives are what we just described. we are going to have this, but hat the lesson, judicial ack tivism and at least we are arguing about the constitution. 10 years ago we didn't have those arguments but we do now.
feelings about trade. we don't have to get too deep, but the president is not supposed to have this power on trade. how goes the project of clawing back the power that the founding fathers. mr. ryan: trade is the most work we have to do. 100 years ago they passed laws that gives so much discretion and what president is going to reduce their power. this is a project that is going to take a long time but we have been serious. one of the first bills i put on the floor in this session is the rains act, major rules and regulations. onah: that was in my paul ryan binge. mr. ryan: we have final say-so on laws. that is one of the most important things to reign in the administrative state.
and mitch, who has done a very good job of this, get good judges on the bench. don't think this isn't on the front of our minds. it is. we are legislating this way but we need a bigger vote count to get it to the president's desk. and the president does support these bills. where we do have an issue is on trade. the president has had a lot of discretion on trade. i wrote the t.p.a. law. the t.p.a. law was one example recently where we got more legislative power. not as much as we would like, but we claude back a like from the administration on trade. we are making progress not as fast as we would like.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) joined the American Enterprise Institute for a discussion on political philosophy and constitutional principles in an age of growing populism and identity politics. Speaker Ryan talked about how new media and technology have contributed to a rise in tribalism, which he said runs counter to the more traditional Republican beliefs in classical liberalism. He also advocated for a return to civil society in contrast to the prevailing "zero-sum" mentality now prominent in American politics.


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I am Dario Tomada, a political detainee for the past one year and three months at the Manila City Jail. I was arrested on July 22, 2010 in Manila. I was accused of being one of the "John Does" in the multiple murder case against Jose Maria Sison and Satur Ocampo. I think it was because in 1989, I was the Secretary General of the regional peasant organization in Eastern Visayas and head of the alliance of farmers for genuine land reform in Leyte.
I come from a peasant family, a farmer-tenant and the seventh of nine children. Knowing the suffering of the peasantry, I got involved in the fight for land reform during Marcos time and continued hence. Earlier, in 1986, I became the Vice Chairman of the Organization of Peasants for Leyte. Later when the regional peasant organization for Eastern Visayas was formed, I became the Secretary General. During my term, we won many cases against landgrabbing. Wesucceeded in lowering land rent. Through our campaign "Balik Uma" (back to the farms) we transformed foreclosed and untilled lands into productive farms.
In 2005, OBL was imposed on the whole Eastern Visayas region. Known "berdugo" (butcher) Gen. Jovito Palparan headed the military campaign. With OBL, the region had a taste of all kinds of human rights violations – extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, arrests, torture and detention. My family was immediately victimized. In 2005 unidentified men believed to be military agents shot at my brother-in law, Salvador Ycoy. The gunmen thought Salvador was me.
Fortunately, he survived the attack. Knowing that I was the target because of my involvemenwith the peasant struggle, I went to Manila. I volunteered to be an organizer of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas or KMP (Peasant Movement in the Philippines). But in July 2010, the military arrested me.
Around 11:00 pm, five men who introduced themselves as policemen, picked me up. They were not in uniform. They immediately blindfolded me and tied my hands at my back. They started interrogating me. They bombarded me with questions. If they didn't like my answer, they punched my body. They collared me and hit my chest and back. They later tied my hands to my cot. On one hand, they threatened to harm my family. On the other, they offered me a big amount of money to be a "state witness." They also wanted the names of the people I know in the movement in Visayas and in Luzon.
The interrogators asked me if I knew Joma Sison and Satur Ocampo. Later I found out that I was one of the "John Does" in the multiple murder case against Joma and Satur. With me in same case is Oscar Belleza, ViceChairperson of the alliance of peasants for land reform.
During the interrogation, somebody came and stopped the questioning. He said I would be turned over to the police after a medical check up. It took several hours before I was led blindfolded into a car. During the trip, the men, who introduced themselves as priests and my savior, removed my blindfold. They told me that they were from the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) and they would turn me over to the police. They brought me to the CIDG in Camp Crame. On the same day, I was transferred to Camp Karingal. I was in Camp Karingal for three months. After three months I was brought to the Manila City Jail where I am now detained.
Dario Tomada's story was read by former political prisoner, Luis Jalandoni. Jalandoni is now the chairperson of the negotiating panel of National Democratic Front of the Philippines in the ongoing peace talks with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines.


Beach Volleyball superstar and Olympian, Mariafe Artacho Del Solar is at the top of her game. Off the back of her gold medal win at the Australian Championships right here in Manly, we catch up with Mariafe to find out what's next.
Mariafe, congratulations on your win! How did it feel to win the championship in Manly 2017?
It's always extra special winning at home, I love coming back to Manly and playing, and of course winning is the ultimate goal. Playing in front of friends and family is a very unique feeling that I love. Also, it was my 2nd consecutive Australian title too so it was a big one to win. I'm originally from Peru and moved to Sydney when I was 11. My beach volleyball career started in Manly, my brother signed me up for a 4-a-side social in and we won the event that summer. After that I said to myself 'I love this! This is what I want to do with my life'.
Tell us about how you prepare for a big event? Do you change your diet at all?
I don't really have a set routine, I listen to my body's needs and fuel it in a nutritious and healthy way. If I'm feeling like pasta then I go for a healthy spaghetti bolognese with lots of veggies, if I need something lighter then I'll just go for a protein and some veggies.
How important is the right nutrition in your recovery from a big game?
I think it's critical, especially after every game you want to get your carbs in and recover to be able to back up and perform at 100% again. Beach volleyball is very physically and mentally demanding so recovery is very very important. What we put into our bodies is going to come out in the way you play; the better you fuel your body the better you'll feel moving around the court.
You've achieved so much already in your career, what's the next goal for you?
My short term goal is to qualify for the World Champs in Vienna in July, then to qualify on the Gold coast for the Commonwealths in 2018, and then obviously, Tokyo in 2020.
What was it like competing in Rio?
It was epic, it was definitely an experience I wont forget. Beach volleyball was the number one sport in Rio, the arena was incredible. The whole thing was amazing, I learned so much being a part of it, on and off the court, what it takes to be a top athlete and Olympic medallist. I took so much out of it and it gave me so much motivation for when I came back to Australia.
How do you balance your training and 'normal' life?
My training takes all my time and volleyball is always my priority, but I do have some 'normal' time; I have a boyfriend in Queensland so we do the long-distance thing. Balance is really important, I have to make sure I'm physically, mentally and spiritually balanced – mind, body and spirit is critical. I put a lot of focus on sport. I love all sports and I do mix it up, I sometimes play a quick game of tennis or going for a walk on beach is my favourite thing to do.
I like everything, I love all the fresh salads. My favourites are the brown rice, sweet potato and spinach salads, I love the hot foods too, the chicken patties and lentil burgers! It's so fresh and delicious and it fills you up, it's nutritious and you just feel so good after.
Any advice for readers wanting to play volleyball?
Manly is the best place to start, unfortunately it's the only beach with nets so head to Manly, there's always people playing there. It's such a good sport to get involved in, it keeps you fit, it's really social and it's just so much fun. It doesn't hurt when you dive and culture is really high energy, you'll have a lot of fun so get involved!
Sporting hero: Roger Federer – he's just the whole package, so professional and such a gentleman.
3. Set yourself goal and don't stop until you get it, don't let anything get in the way of your dreams.
If you want to follow Mariafe's journey then check out her Instagram.


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Q: Server ip with multiple domains / but only 1 user on /etc/passwd I have access on a server that is running multiple domains on it, but when i check the /etc/passwd file i see only 1 user available ? is it mean that each user have his own linux instalation ? virtual machine or what ?
Example :
(domain1.com) and (domain2.com) and (domain3.com) they all have the same remote ip address but when reading the /etc/passwd file of (domain1.com) i see only the user of (domain1.com) not (domain2.com) and (domain3.com) etc..
Can someone explain to me ? Thanks.
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named:x:25:25:Named:/var/named:/sbin/nologin
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The mission feeds 700 people a day. After helping so many, it was mission staff who asked for help when their truck for supply pick-ups broke down, leaving their food pantry growing thin.
TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - After their van broke down, the Cherry Street Mission got two new vehicles donated to help their growing number of clients.
Lourdes College donated a van. Then, St. Lukes Hospital also donated a van. They got new tires from Hercules tires in Findlay. Staff says the combined gifts total $30,000-$40,000.


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