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Baku Airport has regional hub ambitions
Posted on January 8th, 2016 by Russian Aviation Insider in Air Transport, Azerbaijan, Trending
Baku's Heydar Aliyev International Airport (Photo by Fyodor Borisov/Transport-Photo.com)
By Tatyana Volodina
Baku's Heydar Aliyev International Airport is well positioned to become into a major regional hub thanks to its geographic location and developed infrastructure. State-owned flag carrier Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), which operates the airport, has agreed with IATA on a comprehensive 10-year development plan for Heydar Aliyev. The plan is to be drafted by late February 2016.
AZAL will play a key role in creating a passenger hub at Baku. "The airport's location is appealing to carriers," says AZAL Vice-President and CEO Eldar Gadzhiyev. "In addition, our carrier operates a mixed fleet of different aircraft types, and is capable of any air operations. We are convinced that AZAL will contribute greatly to turning the airport into a regional hub which, we hope, will be attractive to other carriers as well."
AZAL currently accounts for around 60% of all flights out of and into Heydar Aliyev, but the airport is interested in attracting other carriers. AZAL representative says the airport management is conducting an independent policy aimed at attracting new airlines, and that the parent company does not restrict this activity in any way. The airport is prepared to offer new operators certain optional benefits.
The two most popular destinations for passengers flying out of Baku are Istanbul and Moscow. The Turkish capital has recently become slightly more popular than the Moscow airports. Baku offers flights to 78 destinations in 38 countries.
AZAL says the airport turned into a cargo hub several years ago. Baku offers fueling and maintenance services on aircraft operated by many international cargo specialists. The airport has two cargo terminals with a combined throughput capacity of 120,000 t. One of the terminals handles perishable freights.
Cargo flights are operated from Baku to a number of countries, including China, EU states, and the US. The airport is home to Silk Way Airlines and Silk Way West Airlines, both subsidiaries of the Azeri holding company Silk Way Group. The former operates Ilyushin Il-76s and Antonov An-12s; the latter flies Boeing 747-8s.
Passenger terminals
Baku has two passenger terminals together capable of serving 9 million passengers a year. The terminals are equipped with 17 boarding bridges. With the take-off and landing scheduled in the right way, the airport can even handle up to 15 million passengers a year.
The old terminal's annual throughput capacity stands at 3 million. "When we put the new terminal into operation the old one was already serving 2.9 million passengers a year without any problems: if operated correctly, it can actually serve up to 5 million," Gadzhiyev says. The new terminal, launched in 2014, can serve 6 million passengers per year. "Our current annual traffic is around 3 million passengers, meaning that we have enough throughput reserves," Gadzhiyev notes.
The new terminal of Baku airport can serve 6 million passengers per year (Photo by Fyodor Borisov/Transport-Photo.com)
After the opening of the new terminal the old one started serving all regional flights, which are currently handled in the airport's southern sector. The northern sector is intended for the low-fares flights which AZAL started operating in the fall of 2015, and also for foreign low-fares airlines. In particular, Wizz Air will start flying to Baku in spring 2016.
The new terminal at Baku is equipped with advanced IT solutions. Multinational IT specialist SITA provided consultancy services during construction of the terminal, which has 40 check-in counters and a number of self check-in kiosks. Through check-in services are available to passengers.
"Silk Way Ground Handling provides check-in services to passengers flying to any destinations; the number of transit passengers using Baku is growing steadily," Gadzhiyev says. "The terminal is designed for this; we hope that the airport's transit capacity will even improve in May 2016. Vanderlande, the company which supplied the airport's current baggage handling system, is now working to expand its capacity because the original design capacity for transit baggage was too low for us."
The new terminal, just like the old one, has the arrivals and departures areas separated from each other. The new terminal also has two check-in areas and business lounges. The airport offers free unlimited Wi-Fi.
The airport management is planning to upgrade the old passenger terminal, introducing all the technical solutions used in the new building. "We need to make the two terminals capable of 'talking' to each other," Gadzhiyev says. "SITA has already done a lot for us; I hope the interface between the terminals will be launched in late 2015 or early 2016."
The airport performed exceptionally well under pressure related to the increased passenger traffic during major international events in Baku (including the EuroVision song contest and the 2015 European Games). Passenger numbers are expected to peak again in 2016, when Baku will be hosting an F1 Grand Prix.
An Open Skies accord between Azerbaijan and the EU could help Baku attract more international carriers. The two parties' aviation authorities have been in relevant talks for many years. AZAL's Gadzhiyev says that talks are ongoing, "but both parties understand that the matter should not be rushed, and that the terms and conditions offered to us should be studied closely."
The first airspace liberalization step has already been made: AZAL and Eurocontrol signed an agreement in late November 2015 on setting up an international air traffic management system. This will help Azerbaijan's AZANS air traffic control center use airspace in a more rational way thanks to the EU's assistance with flight planning.
AZANS says Baku handles 120 to 150 aircraft movements every day. On average, 350 aircraft cross Azeri airspace daily, including transit flights. The intensity of flights peaks at between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m., and then again after 5 p.m.
All vehicles at the airport are equipped with tracking devices and only move when cleared to do so by the air traffic controllers.
In 2013, a new 66.5 m tall tower was opened at Heydar Aliyev. Before that, air traffic controllers were housed on the top floor of the new terminal, just 40 m above ground level. An auxiliary tower is nearing completion at the airport; ATC equipment is already being installed, and the new facility is expected to be put into operation in 2016.
Baku houses an advanced air traffic management center, which is also responsible for efficient organization of commercial processes.
The airport has two runways, one measuring 3,200 m by 45 m, the other 4,000 m by 60 m. It is one of the few airports in the world capable of receiving Airbus A380s. Aircraft of the type do not fly into Baku, but a Singapore Airlines A380 performed an emergency landing at the airport after losing cabin pressure some time ago. The airport is equipped with a boarding bridge for A380s. Sonic attack equipment is used for repealing birds.
Other Azeri international airports are in Nakhichivan, Ganja, Lankaran, Zaqatala, and Qabala. All of them are operated by AZAL.
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Crazy. I see they offer a pre-sell on a blu-ray drive. ETA.... October... DOH!
I guess you can count that out on a MBP redesign.
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It will be sorely missed if they really are discontinued.
If they switch, they will most likely be like the new Air's keyboard, which is supposed to be even better
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Thanks for the amazing insight.
Can you repeat after me? "I am unique! I am my own person! I can think freely! I wont ever repeat what someone else has already said!"
Now, where's my iSaw...?
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Or maybe there will be LCD screens on each key on the keyboard, so that keyboards with foreign languages now is software and not hardware (meaning that you can change your keyboard's language any time you want). Furthermore, this will allow the keys to display whatever colour you want, and naturally be backlit (because LCD screens glow... duh).
That's just wishful thinking, however.
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The magnetic latch may also be an obvios feature, and I believe they will make 1920x200 the standard resolution in the 17" model.
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Only the 2.5GHz MacBook Pro's are with 6MB L2 cache.
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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the UK has changed its advice on Tunisia, opening the country up to Brits again and bringing it into line with several other countries—including the U.S., France, Italy and Germany.
Changing the advice is the easy part. The harder part will be convincing the British visitors Tunisia lost to rival Mediterranean destinations, including Spain, to return.
The FCO said that since the terrorist attack in Sousse in June 2015, in which 38 tourists were killed, the UK government had been "working closely with the Tunisian authorities to investigate the attack and the wider threat from terrorist groups. The Tunisian government has improved protective security in major cities and tourist resorts."
The FCO still warned against travel to the south and west of the country, where it borders with Libya and Algeria respectively. "Terrorists are still very likely to try to carry out attacks in Tunisia," the Office said in a statement. "Security forces remain on a high state of alert in Tunis and other places. You should be vigilant at all times, including around religious sites and festivals."
A state of emergency is currently in effect in Tunisia, having imposed in November 2015 following a suicide attack on a police bus.
"The Foreign Office came to the conclusion that it is again safe to travel," Peter Fankhauser, Thomas Cook CEO, told analysts at the company's third-quarter results. "We are setting up a really good-quality offer for Tunisia and this is going to take some time. I suppose that we are going to start during the winter season, but more towards the spring."
"We are delighted to receive this news still in time for last minute summer holiday bookings and the winter season," Mounira Ben Cherifa, director, Tunisian National Tourist Office in the UK, said. "We will be communicating with all of our tour operators to see how quickly we can get airlift reinstated."
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The organization reported that Tunisia recorded 2,833,781 tourist arrivals, up 29.4 percent on the year for the period from January 1 to July 10. European tourists accounted for 17 percent of total arrivals, but saw a 22.7-percent increase. France ranked first with 228,094 tourists, up 43.1 percent, followed by Germany (67,912 tourists) and Italy (40,113). The British also returned to Tunisia, with 11,955 arrivals reported, despite the FCO advice.
According to a report by the Central Bank of Tunisia, tourism revenues at the end of April 2017 posted a slight increase of 5.2 percent, compared to a 46.4 percent increase in non-resident inflows. Tourism revenues amounted to Dinars 491 million, below 2015's Dinars 783 million.
As the Mediterranean recovers from the spate of terror attacks, competition for visitors is set to rise, with Tunisia having been left behind while countries such as Spain have taken advantage of their safe status to attract guests, with RevPAR rising alongside. Spain's hotel operators have taken the opportunity to upgrade their offerings, attracting higher-paying guests.
Thomas Cook gave hope to hoteliers in Tunisia, reporting that Turkey, where the tourism sector was adversely affected by political instability, terrorist attacks and coup attempt in 2016, was making a strong recovery since stabilizing. "The pick-up in demand for Turkey we reported earlier in the year has continued, as customers are attracted to the quality and value on offer," the CEO said.
Fankhauser added that Thomas Cook was "experiencing pressure on margins to Spain in what is a competitive environment." If demand can be buoyed for Tunisia, operators and hoteliers alike can benefit.
Katherine Doggrell is an editor at Hotel Analyst, the U.K.-based news analysis service for hotel investors.
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Manitowoc public schools considers grade realignment, celebrates awards | Mark Holzman
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We in the Manitowoc Public School District are proud of our strong traditions, but we believe it's time to tweak one tradition: the grade levels at Lincoln High School.
Since 1936, Lincoln has served 10th- through 12th-graders, while ninth-graders have attended our junior high schools. Declining enrollment has provided us with the opportunity to review our current grade alignment and move our ninth-grade students to Lincoln, our sixth-grade students to Wilson and Washington, and our kindergarten students to neighborhood schools. These moves would provide our students with more opportunities to participate in academic and co-curricular programs, and would increase staff collaboration and district efficiency.
The community is invited to a listening session tonight (May 15) to hear a presentation about the grade alignment plan and ask questions. The session will be at 7 p.m. in the Wilson Junior High School auditorium.
The Manitowoc Public School District Board of Education may discuss and vote on the plan at its May 22 meeting.
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One tradition that is here to stay is celebrating our wonderful staff for their care and concern for our youth and their tireless efforts to prepare students for college and career paths. Last week, our staff celebrations increased as we recognized National Teacher Appreciation Week.
I want to proudly thank our teachers for all you do to inspire our students to learn, grow and achieve their dreams. Many teachers go above and beyond their classrooms, spending extra hours with students before and after school and picking up extra items for their classrooms.
We are fortunate in MPSD to have dedicated staff who choose to stay and grow their careers in our district. Last week, we hosted our annual Quarter Century Club and Retirees dinner. We inducted seven new members to our Quarter Century Club, which is composed of employees who have worked for MPSD for 25 or more years.
Thanks to Christopher Glandt, Cindie Hoefner, Lisa Rathsack, Diana Ruedinger, Darlene Rydzewski, Renee Siikarla and Timothy Smith for their 25 years of compassionate, dedicated service — and hopefully many more years to come.
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We also are proud of recent awards for our district, including Lincoln High School receiving the Advanced Placement (AP) Advisory PaceSetter Award.
The AP award honors Lincoln for excellent student performance and participation in the 2017 College Board Advanced Placement Exams.
More than 10 percent of Lincoln students took AP tests and 89 percent of those students scored a 3 or greater on their exams.
AP exams are rated 1-5, and scores of 3, 4 or 5 are typically accepted to college and universities for college credit.
Franklin Elementary and Washington Junior High schools were honored as Wisconsin Title 1 Schools of Recognition for their success in closing student achievement gaps. It is the fourth consecutive year both schools received state recognition.
Franklin and Washington will be among 135 schools statewide recognized during a May 21 ceremony at the state capitol.
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All of our MPSD schools, K-12, were recognized as the district was named for the second consecutive year among the nation's "Best Communities for Music Education."
The Manitowoc Public School District is among only 20 school districts in Wisconsin and 583 districts nationwide to receive the honor.
The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) recognizes outstanding efforts by teachers, administrators, parents, students and community leaders who have made an exceptionally high commitment and access to music education.
Music is a highly valued part of our curriculum, starting in our elementary schools. Our high school musicians represented MPSD well on May 5 at State Solo Ensemble performing 35 entries that were selected for the statewide music competition. This month, we will be showcasing our K-12 students at our final concerts of the year. We welcome the community to attend any or all or our choir, band and orchestra events, including the following:
May 17: Wilson grades 7-8 bands, Wilson auditorium, 7 p.m.
May 18: Jazz Tracs, Lincoln auditorium, 7 p.m.
May 21: Lincoln High Band, Lincoln auditorium, 7 p.m.
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May 28: Memorial Day Parade featuring MPSD marching bands
May 29: Jazz in the Park, Two Rivers Central Park bandstand, 6 p.m.
June 1: Spotlight Concert: Lincoln High choirs, Lincoln auditorium, 7 p.m.
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Mark Holzman is superintendent of the Manitowoc Public School District and can be contacted at holzmanm@mpsd.k12.wi.us or 920-686-4781.


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ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO: Actor Michael Vlamis chats aliens and more – Exclusive Interview
The actor also talks about playing an alienated extraterrestrial
By ABBIE BERNSTEIN / Staff Writer
Posted: January 31st, 2019 / 12:36 AM
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In The CW's new Tuesday-night series ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO, three extraterrestrial siblings try to conceal their alien nature from the locals. Michael Vlamis plays Michael Guerin, the most disaffected of the three. Unlike his brother Max Evans (Nathan Parsons) and sister Isobel Evans-Bracken (Lily Cowles), Michael was not adopted by kindly parents as a child, but instead was left to be raised by institutions and foster care. He still resents this, even though they're all adults now, and Michael is as protective of his family as they are of him. Michael's life is further complicated by the fact that he's in a passionate off and on affair with one of the military men trying to find evidence of aliens in Roswell.
Vlamis, originally from Chicago, co-wrote and starred in the miniseries VLAMCARTER. He has appeared in a variety of film and TV roles, but Michael Guerin in ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO is his first series regular turn.
When The CW holds a press event in the former Tower Records building on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, the space has a variety of replicas of ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO sets. There's part of a crashed spaceship, alien orbs, and the local diner. Vlamis seems pleased by the décor as he talks about playing Michael.
ASSIGNMENT X: Had you ever wanted to play an alien before getting ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO? Had you ever thought about it?
MICHAEL VLAMIS: I had not spent that much time thinking about playing an alien, but I had spent a lot of time thinking about playing this exact [type of] character, which reminds me of that Matt Damon GOOD WILL HUNTING-type guy – really smart, misunderstood, tough kid, drinks a lot, gets in a lot of trouble, but a really good heart. And that's what this guy is.
AX: Besides Matt Damon, were there any other characters or performances that you sort of looked to for inspiration on this?
VLAMIS: Not exactly. I didn't study Matt Damon in that role, I just knew that guys like that, underdogs, Michael B. Jordan in FRUITVALE STATION, or even Stallone in ROCKY – I've always been attracted to underdog-type guys, and that's how this guy feels. It seems like he's got the weight of the world on his shoulders, because you expect a guy with great test scores to go off to college. He doesn't care about that. He doesn't care about what everyone else cares about. He just wants to figure out what the hell he's doing here.
AX: And where he's from, and whether he can get back there?
VLAMIS: Exactly. And just who he is, who his parents are, who anybody is in his family.
AX: Michael seems fairly overwhelmed by what's happening around him. Can you say how much he's affected by the return of his ex-love in the pilot, and how much he's just affected by feeling over-protected by his brother and sister?
VLAMIS: Oh, man. I think everything goes hand in hand for this character. I think Michael Guerin is someone who's looking for connection and a place, whether that's in love or family, and he feels like he's lost everything. And right now, even though maybe some people are coming back into his life, he still feels like he's at a loss, which is why his main goal is to find his alien home.
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AX: Did you spend any time before shooting with Nathan Parsons and Lily Cowles, who play your brother and sister? Did you guys go through any kind of a "Let's go out to lunch and figure out who we are," or did you just get thrown in the deep end?
VLAMIS: We got thrown in the deep end immediately, but we also got thrown in the deep end as friends immediately. And the chemistry was so strong that, after meeting them for two-and-a-half weeks on the pilot, I had my birthday party, that was back in March, though, now, which is coming up again, but they actually threw me one of the best parties I ever had in my life, and I had known those people for three weeks. And that's pretty special. I think it just goes to show what the chemistry is like on set with the cast.
AX: Michael's super-power is telekinesis, right? He can move objects without touching them?
VLAMIS: Telekinesis, exactly. Which I can't control that well, which you know from the pilot.
AX: A lot of times, television superpowers are added later in CGI. Michael's look like they're done practically on set …
VLAMIS: They were.
AX: Is that fun for you, going, "Hey, I made a table move"?
VLAMIS: It's amazing, because the coolest thing is when I affect an actual other person, because we have an amazing stunt team on set. I push someone, and a guy is going flying twenty feet into a wall, with no padding. No pads. He's just hitting concrete. And these stunt guys are that good, to make it look that believable and that real, and that has been the most fun. Because when I get to do something like that, I have a genuine reaction of what I just did, instead of just doing it in post.
AX: And for your own stunts, do they let you do anything, or does it have to be your double?
VLAMIS: I do pretty much everything. The stunt team gave me a nickname, "NPV," on set, "No Pads Vlamis," because I like the pain, and I think it adds to the performance [laughs]. But there are a couple times where I got thrown against a truck maybe fifty times in a day, and the body's really bruised and sore, but I wouldn't have it any other way, because it looks more organic that way.
Michael Vlamis as Michael in ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO – Season 1 – "So Much for The Afterglow" | © 2019 The CW Network/John Golden
AX: ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO shot its pilot in Albuquerque, and then moved to Santa Fe for the rest of the season. Had you gotten to work in either of those cities before this?
VLAMIS: No, that was my first time. Albuquerque was nice. Santa Fe, where we shot the rest of the show, I've got to say, I lean toward Santa Fe. Better food, better art. It was nice, it was beautiful.
AX: Had you seen the original ROSWELL series before? Did you have any thoughts about that?
VLAMIS: I had seen the original series, but I did not go back in and watch it again for this, because I knew we wanted to take a fresh take. So we honored what was created and what was written originally, from the books, but it's definitely our own fresh spin that I think the fans are going to really enjoy.
AX: Are you a fan of sci-fi?
VLAMIS: I am, yes, so it's been a lot of fun. I didn't know I was going to be doing this. It was a pleasant surprise.
AX: Do you have anything else coming up that we should know about?
VLAMIS: Yeah. I produced and starred in my first feature film, 5 YEARS APART, with Chloe Bennet, from MARVEL'S AGENTS OF SHIELD, and we're submitting to festivals now, so that should be coming out sometime in the near future.
AX: And what would you most like people to know about ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO?
VLAMIS: That it is a hell of a good time.
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The 10th annual Hororata Highland Games were held on Saturday 7th November and attracted a crowd of over 8,000 people on a day that was heavily overcast. Fortunately, the forecasted rain held off until after the event.
Bands parading in the main arena.
Ten years ago, the Hororata community came up with an idea to raise funds and spirits after the devastating September 2010 earthquake and as a result the Hororata Highland Games were born. The Hororata Highland Games have developed to become a special event that celebrates Hororata, the greater Canterbury community, traditional Highland activities, and Scottish traditions.
The Games have a rich tapestry of culture surrounding unique and entertaining competitions such as the Kilted Mile. Each year the organisers do a wonderful job of refreshing the programme by introducing some new features. This year it was the inclusion of over 40 of New Zealand's oldest cars including some with a Scottish heritage, and the Scottish farmyard.
Some of the vintage cars on display.
Two vehicles with a Scottish heritage were a 1905 Argyll and a 1912 Albion
The number of Clans represented at the Games continues to grow with 17 in attendance in St Andrews Square this year.
Clan Donald Canterbury members manning the Clan Donald tent were joined by Tom McDonald and Lynnette McDonald from Auckland and Roz McKechnie from Dunedin. We had a steady stream of visitors and were successful in recruiting 13 new members (including several family groups).
Pictured in front of the Clan Donald tent are Margaret Donald, Brent Tomlinson, Lynnette and Tom McDonald
Clan Donald member, Sheila Cuthbertson gave a spinning demonstration in the Clan area.
The ancient game of Kubb attracted a lot of interest and participation. The objective of the game is to knock over the wooden blocks (kubbs) by throwing a wooden baton.
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Apr 15, 2011 Issue
Inside AFP
Announcing the "AFP By Topic" Mobile App
MATTHEW J. NEFF
Am Fam Physician. 2011 Apr 15;83(8):874.
We are pleased to announce the new free mobile app for "AFP By Topic." This app allows you to quickly access the best current information that AFP has to offer on the most commonly sought topics from virtually anywhere using almost any Web-enabled mobile device. The " AFP By Topic" app can be downloaded from the Android Market (https://market.android.com/) now, and will be available soon at the App Store (http://www.apple.com/iphone/apps-for-iphone/). At press time, the date of the App Store availability was uncertain.
"AFP By Topic: Editors' Choice of Best Current Content" makes the best content from AFP Online for 45 clinical topics available in one place for your convenience. The editors update these collections continually to ensure that they remain as current and useful as possible. These collections include pertinent AFP articles and departments, summaries of practice guidelines from major medical organizations, patient education handouts, articles from Family Practice Management, and the American Academy of Family Physicians' Metric practice improvement modules. To aid in answering clinical questions, the content in each topic collection is organized into categories, such as screening and diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and complications.
How to Navigate the App
The main page of this application is a menu of the clinical topics included in "AFP By Topic" (Figure 1A).
Clicking on a topic takes you to a menu screen of the categories within that particular topic (Figure 1B).
Clicking on a category takes you to a menu screen of all content within that category (Figure 1C).
Clicking on any of these items launches a Web browser and displays the selected content (Figure 1D). An Internet connection is required to view the content.
Screen shots of the "AFP By Topic" mobile app.
We hope this app is the first of many AFP-related apps. It's another way we are striving to improve the usability of the vast collection of clinical resources available on the AFP Web site. If you have ideas for additional apps, suggestions for topics to add to the "AFP By Topic" collection, or general comments for making AFP Online work better for you, please let us know by e-mailing us at afpedit@aafp.org.
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Paul Brunton Philosophic Foundation homepage > Notebooks of Paul Brunton > Category 19: The Reign of Relativity > Chapter 1: The Cosmos of Change
The Cosmos of Change
The universe comes, exists, goes, comes again, and repeats this cycle. Man does the same until he breaks the illusion of common experience and penetrates into the reality behind it all and behind himself.
The discovery of relativity leads to the conclusion that we know only the appearances--and partial ones at that--of an incomprehensible creative Mystery.
All existence is stamped with these two characteristics--a coming-to-be and a passing-away. Where is the reality in, or behind, them?
Once we understand the true nature of Mind, and the universal law of Karma under which it operates, we can understand why the cosmos, as a series of dependent evolving mental images, has no end and no beginning and must be as eternal as Mind itself.
We live in a cosmos wherein infinite being is forever expressing its own inexpressible self. But as the limitations of it are done in time space motion and form, we are in a never-ending never-successful process.
Maya is inexplicable: Reality is ineffable.
Because the world-thought issues ultimately from the World-Mind, it cannot be wholly excluded from Reality. It may even be called Reality because it is the ground of everything else, yet is itself derived from Nothing.
Nothing that is to be found in space and that exists in time can continue in perpetuity. It will, it must, disintegrate and disappear.
All things are either changing or will be affected by change: physical things like peas and mountains, mental things like impressions and imaginations. Is there no unchanging element at all in this ever-changing world?
The region of real power, real knowledge, is not in duality, not in the contrast of good and evil, light and dark, but in THAT which transcends them. Can we gain access to it?
We live in the Real--all of us--but only few know it.
This is a paradox of existence: that the Real is beyond the illusory and yet the illusory is derived from the Real.
Only when one stands upon this mystical mountaintop does one begin to see how, in a made universe, there cannot be the pleasurable, the joyful, and the sweet alone. Wherever there is birth there must be death; wherever there is a possible pleasure there must be a possible pain. The recognition of the unpleasant things may sound quite inhuman, and in a certain sense it is; but then, it was not a human being who fashioned the universe.
The notion that the world is not what it seems to be, that it is an appearance quite other than the reality behind it, is a true one. But it ought not to be misused to support escapism, apathy, the sense of futility and of the uselessness of life. Fit it to the other half of truth, that the Reality from which the world (which includes oneself) is derived, is divine, with all the wonderful meanings of the word. The correct consequence should follow--inspiration and invigoration.
The upward spiral course of the line of Eternal recurrence reveals the relativity of this phenomenal world, not only in time but also in space, and in a kind of substance--from which it is formed.
If there is one thing that is forever what it is, itself unchanging and unaffected, it cannot be found in this world of time and space.
The world is seen and man must live in it. But he can do so deceived by the feeling of its reality, or awake to the reality itself, which hides behind the appearance.
The unseen energy from which atomic physics derives the universe is beyond investigation by scientific apparatus. But the first effect is not so exempt. The split atom reveals itself in the cyclotron as nuclear particles which have definite form. From them the universe is built and thus matter appears. Energy form--matter--this is the sequence but where is mind in all this? Consciousness and intelligence exist in man. He is only a part of the universe. The whole is greater than the part (that is, mind). Therefore mind exists in the universe (that is, Nature). Careful analysis combined with its opposite, profound meditation, shows using the knowledge derived from atomic physics, this universal mind to be none other than the unseen power--God.
If the world is unreal, as Advaita asserts, it nevertheless does appear. As Brahman it does not appear; this is the function of Maya. Brahman, however, is the reality underlying the unreal appearance of Maya.
The world appearance
The world is not illusion: it is relative, or an appearance, a changing phase of reality. Nor is it purposeless. It exists to evolve the individual entities to their goals.
There is a view that human existence is a kind of sleep-walking, that it is God imagining himself to be man but that one day he wakes up and discovers his real nature: this is a view which needs deep careful consideration before summary rejection.
Both philosophy and metaphysics and even some religions agree in calling the universe an illusion. But they do not all agree in their attitude towards it. Only philosophy draws attention to the fact that even if its existence is an illusory one, it is still there, for we are aware of it. Mental denial does not lead to physical non-reporting of it by the five senses. It is better to admit this existence and to put it in its proper place rather than to say it is nothing, that it is not there.
We are trapped in the world of time, embedded in our earthly selves, limited by this five-sensed body, and entirely deceived by the seeming reality of things into believing it to be the final reality.
There is no thing, be it as vast as a sun or as small as a cell, which is not subject to the law of opposite polarities and which therefore does not manifest itself in two entirely contrary ways. Yet man, because his senses are so limited, sees it in only a single way. It is this incompleteness which creates his illusion that the thing really exists in time, is measured in space, and is shaped in form.
Not only is this world not the real world, it is not even its shadow, but only the shadow of its shadow.
The world does exist, we are surrounded by it, and usually we apply the term to something that does not exist. It will be more correct to translate the term Maya not by "unreal" but by "not what we think it to be." We must not deny the existence of the world--that would be lunacy--but we must try to get a correct understanding of its hidden nature.
It is a mistake to translate the Sanskrit term lila as play in the sense of sporting idly. The correct meaning is play in the sense of a theatrical show.
"All the world is but a dream," sang the Mahratta mystic, Tulsidas, thus echoing the misunderstanding which has stamped mystical thought throughout India.
A "delusion" is wholly false and untrue, whereas an "illusion" has some kind of basis beneath it.
There is no need to insult intelligence by denying existence--whether the world's or the body's--but we can try to understand that there are different forms of existence and only one formless essence of it.
The world-illusion: it projects the unreal but hides the real.
Here is the essence of both the Theory of Relativity and philosophy's development of it. Two men standing on two different planets moving at different speeds and at disproportionately different distances from the same object at the same instant of time, will differently perceive this object and differently estimate both its character and the measure of the forces working upon it. How can it be said that one of these results is wrong and the other right? Both are correct, for both must be what they are from their respective standpoints. But the same object and the same forces cannot at one and the same time possess contradictory measurements and properties. Therefore these men are not really dealing with it but with their own observations of it. On the other hand, two entirely different objects may produce two entirely similar sets of sense-impressions, as in the case of the meteor called shooting-star and a genuine star. Hence the things and forces in the world are not really the world-in-itself but what we individually see and experience as the world. All that we really know of them in the end is the picture which forms itself out of our sense-impressions, and this picture alone has genuine existence. Anything beyond it has only a supposed existence. But these impressions when thoroughly analysed are found to be only forms which the mind has unconsciously made for itself, just as a dreamer unconsciously makes his dream world for himself. The world of man's experience is always entirely relative to the individual man himself. All that he sees and smells lies wholly within his consciousness and not outside it.
It is, of course, almost impossible for a non-mathematical brain to be able to comprehend processes which are essentially mathematical. However, I cannot agree with the criticisms that the ancient philosophical form of this doctrine was no more than a guess. Certain mental powers of insight into the nature of things were developed by a few ancient philosophers through concentration and reflection. By the exercise of these powers they arrived at a result which is different only in form, but not in essence, from the modern theory of Relativity.
Whatever the universe be in human experience, it is, in important ways, like a dream. That is, we must grant existence to a dream world as an indubitable fact because it is a perceived and experienced world; but at the same time we must refuse its form ultimate existence, and hence enduring reality, because it is neither perceived nor experienced after we awake from sleep. This twofold character of the dream world also belongs to the familiar and so-called real universe. It is plain, yet paradoxical at the same time. For this reason, ancient Tibetan philosophers declared the world to be both existent and non-existent. To the unenquiring mind it vividly is what it seems to be, but to the awakened insight of the sage its form presents itself like a more enduring version of the transient form of a dream world. Both forms are thought-constructions. Both have Mind as their underlying "substance." Therefore Mind is their reality. Apart from Mind the world could not even exist, just as apart from the dreamer his dream could not exist.
When the analysis of his life is made he sees that it sums up as (1) a series of changing experiences through which he passes physically and (2) another series through which he passes mentally. Impermanence is stamped upon them. However welcome at first, they are disenchanting in the end.
In this matter of the real and the illusory, it is not enough to hear or to read about what is real; it must also be known by experience following intuition, which itself offers glimpses.
The world is not as real as we ordinarily see it: but neither is it as illusory as some metaphysicians see it. For insofar as it is an illusion there must be something behind it to create the illusion.
The world-illusion not only obscures the Reality behind it but deceives us into thinking of the Many as being Real, instead of being One.
When the old worn-out phrases about Brahman and maya are parroted from Shankara it is better to answer simply, "So what!" For still things remain the same as before, all the denunciation of the world has been merely maya and does not change its very real presence and actuality to us. The same applies to the other persons and individuals. Is it not better to say that the ego, with its body, emotion, and intellect, is part of the person's experience than to deny it altogether?
In itself the universe is not eternal, but its intermittent appearances are. If it were eternal, there would then be a pair of supreme realities--the Divine and the Material, God and Matter--each separately existing.
When they come out of their dreams and studies, these pedantic dismissers of the universe of their own selves still find the world and the body waiting for them and still confronting them with problems and cares.
To say that the world is maya is to say that it is changing, dependent, relative, mysterious, and illusory.
A thing becomes an illusion only when its reality becomes inferior to a higher reality that has already been found. Until then, it is still a reality. Only the sage has the strict right to call this world an illusion. If anyone else does so, such talk is mere babble.
Are the lake waters and massive Alps which present themselves to my gaze nothing but an illusion? Do those terrible wars and tragic events through which the human race has lately passed deceive us about their reality?
We think we are experiencing a real world, but that is because we know so little and are deceived so easily. For we know only the appearances of things, see only the illusions of the senses.
Without an immeasurably swift vibratory movement of the flashes of energy which constitute it, our illusion of a world around us could not exist.
The actions and movements of figures on the cinema screen are optical illusions. The screen really registers thousands of individual still photos. The illusion of motion is created because the eyes cannot register each picture separately, the speed of release per second being too high for its own power to do so. Thus the sense organ deceives us into thinking that the actors are moving, when really each and every photo shows them still. If the reels of film were turned just slowly enough to depict each photo separately, the illusion of living movement would disappear altogether.
The senses tell us that a star is only a speck. Reason corrects their judgement and tells us that it is an object of immense size.
The world's reality is only apparent, its eternality is only relative. Its true nature eludes the senses, its timeless essence eludes the mind.
What the Hindus call maya is what the Westerners often call "illusion"; it is also what Gandhi called "appearance," Fichte called "idea," and Schopenhauer "representation."
The world as it appears to our eyes is not the same as the world as it would appear to the eyes of a two-dimensional being.
We live in different worlds which interpenetrate each other, for there are simply different levels of consciousness. This is as true of the so-called dead as it is of us and it explains the coexistence of heaven and hell.
It is more careful to admit that our experience of the world is both real and illusory than to dogmatize that it is only illusory.
All things are relative to other things and are subject to change. Every object which seems completely real is only so for a limited time and in a certain form.
It is truer to say that the world is an appearance than that it is an illusion, an experience rather than an unreality.
Philosophy does not advocate belief in the orthodox Christian theory that the universe was created from nothing, nor its related notion of a sudden first creation, which is an equally untenable assumption. There is no moment when the universe has not existed, either latently or actively, and consequently there will be no moment when it will not continue to exist, either latently or actively. This is so because the world does not arise by a sudden act of creation but by a gradual process of manifestation. Since there is no particular moment in the universe's long history when it could be said to have been first created, it has never had a beginning and consequently will never have an end. It has never been started so it can never be finished. It is eternal and self-sustaining because it is the body of God, who is eternal and self-sustaining. Creation begins and ends nowhere and nowhen. The conception of the universe which presumes to assign a date to creation is a nebulous one and will vary with the mere caprice of the "dater." He will hatch out a creation theory to suit himself, depending therefore on human temperament and taste. Philosophy repudiates the mentalistic theory as generally interpreted, for external Nature is not regarded as unreal. It is a fact that our experience of the world's appearance is ephemeral but our experience of the world's existence is essentially real. It follows therefore that those who would turn the world into an illusion to which no value should be attached are compelled to recognize its presence and evolve their theory to account for it. The truth is that the cosmos is truly a self-revelation of the World-Mind. It is spun out of God's very self. Thus instead of an absentee God, we have an everywhere-present one who is the very essence of the world.
He must not let the Ashtavakra Samhita be misunderstood. It does not preach mystic idleness and indifference. The world is there for both sage and student, and both must work and serve--the difference being mental only. Illusionism is not the doctrine except as an intermediate stage towards truth, which is higher. One must participate in God's work by assisting evolution and redeeming the world, not squat idly in peace alone.
Although we live in a world that is basically unreal--if we define reality as that which never changes, which ever was, is, and will be--we have to live in this world as if it were real, substantially real. We are compelled to do so, because we find ourselves here and we have to be active here. What it amounts to is that the maya of the Indians has to be treated as if it were Brahman, but we can only do so safely if we know the Truth.
The Hindu metaphysicians write off the Universe as our own fault, because we are deceived by the power of illusion, while our personal ego receives the same labelling: it is a fiction. At the same time they propound the teaching of a constant series of reincarnations in other forms which we have to undergo. Thus, their idea of immortality takes a different shape from the Christian one. We forget what we suffered and enjoyed, only to fall into new memories and new resurrections. Thus they deny we have any personal ego at all, yet go on behaving as if it is really there. The serious man may be forgiven his bewilderment. He is promised liberation (from the existence which at the same time is denied) if he rises to a height not only of incredible moral virtue but also of incredible psychological subtlety and semantic penetration, while we too have to go on attending to the earthly matters which are quite illusory.
There is a wide assortment of smiles. They can be prompted by traits as far from each other as hypocrisy is from sincerity, as selfishness is from compassion, as the falseness of treachery is from the realization of truth. They may look alike; this is an indirect, remote, but not unconnected illustration of the teaching that the universe is in reality not what it appears to be.
Of what use or help is it to tell the enquiring Westerner, "The Hindu sage does not see the world; he sees only Brahman!" If he does not see the world, then he does not see food in front of him, nor even his own body--both being parts of the physical world. Such statements merely create confusion for others. The Greek philosopher saw the world but understood it for what it really was. He did not need to deny its existence.
The status of the world is contradictory. It is a thing because it exists but a no-thing because it is only an appearance. It is like the hazy twilight, which is neither day nor night, yet in one sense day but in another night. It is like a dream, which is real enough while we are within it but unreal when we are not.
Alice in Wonderland: "You're only one of the things in his dream. You know very well you're not real," said Tweedledum. "If I wasn't real," Alice said, "I shouldn't be able to cry." Interrupted Tweedledum: "I hope you don't suppose those are real tears?"
The Hindu doctrine of world illusion is itself an illusion because it denies its own experience instead of admitting but reinterpreting (that is, understanding) it.
The first momentous discovery with metaphysical implications of the first order towards which science arduously laboured its way was that matter is in the end only an illusory appearance. The next great discovery of a similar character has already begun and it will finish with the corollary that time and space are also in the end illusory appearances. But as the world in which we live and the only one which we ordinarily know is a material, temporal, and spatial one, it follows that mankind is beset by the profoundest illusions. Thoroughly to understand the significance of illusions, however, is to understand that in the end it is the working of the Mind alone that plays these tricks on man and clothes the world for him in matter, time, and space. If therefore he wishes to free himself from these three universal illusions he must achieve conscious control of the mind's activity. This he can succeed in doing through Yoga; concentration on a single thought theme or object, when persisted in to the bitter end, stops such mental activity and thus the illusions which accompany it also stop.
The relativity of things, ideas, and experiences should not be used to assert that one thing is as good as another, one truth as valid as another. That would be idiotic. All is illusion but all is not equally illusive.
When the meaning of relativity is only half-understood, and its place in the scheme of things wholly misunderstood, then all statements are equally true, or equally untrue.
The doctrine of relativity has a grave danger of its own. When we see that numerous standpoints may rightly exist, we may claim despairingly, "Beauty, truth, and righteousness have no real existence but only an imagined one."
The sceptics who deem this world-appearance impenetrable, who would say that the only truth is that there is no truth, only opinion, are honest but not fully informed.
All knowledge presupposes both a subject and an object, the two thoughts "I" and "another."
From one standpoint Relativism reveals all knowledge to be but a bundle of illusions.
Such is this relativity of all things to their knower that because the world we experience is our mental world, we never see the world as it really is in itself or as a being who was observing it from outside would observe it. The consequence is that we never see the world without unconsciously seeing the world mixed up with the self. The "I" plus something other than the "I" constitute our field of consciousness. We never know the world-in-itself but only the world-in-a-state-of-interaction-with-the-self. We never know the self-in-itself but only the self-in-a-condition-of-interaction-with-the-world. Such are the actual and compulsory conditions of the so-called experience of the world and our so-called experience of the self.
What does experience mean in the light of this analysis? It means not only that the world in itself is never known in isolation but also that the "I" is likewise never isolated.
Can the observer who sees, the knower who knows be himself made an object to be perceived? No! says the intellectual; Yes! says the mystic philosopher.
In the awareness of a thing, a scene, or an event there is awareness inside time and space, and hence inside their limitations. The subject is present, tied as ever to an object; the observer is involved as always with the observed.
Whoever claims to possess an absolute knowledge of Truth is suspect. Without going to the opposite extreme and agreeing with French novelist Anatole France that "all is opinion," and without proceeding to his dry conclusion, "My opinion is to have no opinion!" we may grant that the personal status of a man and his particular standpoint lead to the kind of "truth" he attains.
The spectacle of this world is subject to change, but the spectator himself never changes. These constant transformations are plainly to be seen but he who sees them is deeply concealed.
If the relativity of human knowledge is so striking a fact, how then, it will be asked, can philosophy be of any service to the quest of truth? It can only destroy the intellectual positions of others but cannot establish an absolute final position of its own.
To take the world as it really is demands a profound insight which arises as all the old dualisms dissolve.
If anyone proclaims it to be Truth, then it must be portrayed as living truth, something with a living God behind it.
As a man grows more aware of philosophy's truth, he grows more aware of the ephemeral nature of things.
Both the subject and object of consciousness are only one.
Man sees the world all right, but seldom sees himself in the act of seeing the world.
Which, amongst so many conflicting teachings, is the true one? Their effect upon the thoughtful seeker is to produce bewilderment. But he who understands the relativity of ideas may move through them all with unruffled detachment.
Man himself is an evolving and therefore a changing entity. His perceptions and his understanding are growing in range. How then dare he claim that any of his knowledge is final, any of his truths absolute?


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Q: Mac OSX : how to close the user's session from my app programmatically? Is it possible to close the user's session from my OSX app programmatically ?
Thanks for your help.

A: skill -KILL -u `whoami`

This should logout the current user, though there might be better ways of doing this.

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Each year, all North Carolina students who plan to participate in athletics or cheerleading must undergo a state-mandated screening examination. Physicians in the New Hanover-Pender County Medical Society, in concert with New Hanover County Health Department and the school systems, have for many years offered free screenings for New Hanover County athletes and cheerleaders at designated times.
The waiting area for students is the Health Department's parking lot, near the Auditorium entrance. The students from each school are called in, as a group, in the order listed. There is no need to arrive more than 15 minutes early. Before beginning an examination, physicians are required to see the two-page medical history, emergency information, and parental permission forms which are available in the schools and at the Board of Education. These forms must be completed and signed by a parent or guardian before the exam is begun. Forms may also be downloaded at www.nhcs.k12.nc.us (Go to Parents > Athletics > Athletic Pre-Participation Form). Rising ninth graders should list the high school that they will attend in the fall.
If there are questions, contact the student's school, the Medical Society's Executive Director, Bonnie Brown (910-790-5800; E-mail: MedicalSociety@NHPCMS.org), or the NHC Schools lead Athletic Trainer, Matthew Triche (910- 251-6100 x 270; E-mail: matthew.triche@nhcs.net). Please note that it is inappropriate to call the Health Department for information.
The Medical Society and Health Department physicians, staffs and administrations are pleased to be able to donate their time, expertise, and facilities to serve the community's children – and their parents.


Last month, it appeared that Scrooge, the Grinch, and the Wet Bandits from the movie "Home Alone" were conniving to steal Christmas from investors.
December 2018 was the worst closing month for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index since 1931, and the year ended nearly 20 percent off its highs in September. But since December 26, the stock market has gradually regained its footing, helping ease investors' fears. Despite these gains, the market's herky-jerky behavior is making investors nervous. For example, on the day after Christmas, the Dow Jones Industrial Average completely reversed course, and had its biggest one-day points gain in history, adding over 1,000 points.
After a couple of months of extreme volatility, our clients are asking the obvious question: What should we do?
Don't Allow Your Emotions to Overtake Your Plan.
Our role as wealth advisors is to keep our clients on the right course. We want to discourage them from making decisions that will result in the permanent loss of capital, derail their long-term investment strategies, and more importantly, their overall financial plan.
We don't know many investors who like losing money. But we also believe it's important to step back and acknowledge that the pain of losing a dollar exceeds the joy of gaining a dollar. And this pain can drive investors to make strange decisions.
Look Ahead, Not Back. And Consider the Fundamentals.
It's not uncommon for investors to think about their portfolio's value at its highest point. Even though many stocks have increased consistently in recent years, when prices drop, we begin to worry. Just because the stock is trading below that previous high, doesn't automatically mean it's below its fair value. Here's a good example: Despite its poor performance in December 2018, the Dow Jones Industrial Average grew almost 6,000 points from December 2015 – just three years ago.
Investors need to be careful that they don't view a stock's high price as an anchor that has no impact on its future. If they do, they may hurt future performance by holding onto "losers" for too long or being reluctant to sell winners at a prudent time. The past is the past; we help our clients look to the future by carefully considering current fundamentals in the investment landscape.
Don't Overvalue Daily Reports of the Market's Ups and Downs.
With news alerts and information available at a moment's notice on our phones, some people can suffer from information overload. When there is a significant event or an abundance of news about a particular stock or industry, people may make major decisions based on a short-term event.
Bad news is always more eye-catching. If the stock market drops by more than 2 percent in one day, it usually seems more newsworthy than if the market climbs by 2 percent. Avoid the temptation to react to short-term events. Instead, investors should remain focused on making financial decisions based on research and their own unique situations.
Finally, Be Patient. When the Dow Jones Industrial Average is dropping hundreds of points, it's human nature to want to take drastic action. But that's usually not the right decision.
One of Warren Buffet's most famous quotes is "The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient." We certainly believe this to be true. Future money is often made, and lost, during volatile times. That's why it's important to have a sound, long-term financial plan and investment strategy in place.
The plan serves as a map to guide you when the ride gets bumpy. Our investment portfolios are designed to preserve capital as well as achieve growth. With proper planning, we make sure that our clients' cash flow needs are coordinated with their investment strategy. That way, we don't have to pull from the growth assets when the stock market is down.
Recently, one of our clients remarked that markets are like escalators when they are rising and are like elevators on the way down. That really a good way to view how markets often move.
There are more escalators and elevators to come. Avoiding some of these common wealth-destroying mistakes and sticking to your long-term plan is the best path to achieving your financial and life goals.


Massachusetts State Police are warning drivers who are travelling on I-195 near Seekonk.
Route 195 westbound prior to Exit 1 in Seekonk has a massive pothole.
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The location was perfect and so is the family. Hoover Forest Preserve in Yorkville, IL is a very popular place for portrait sessions, and this is the location John chose. John, a senior at Yorkville High School, is a member of the Madrigrals, loves history, is hoping to study education at Illinois State University of Michigan State, and will miss his friends the most after graduation. He is well on his way to the next season in his life!
We happened to stumble upon Jay, a forest preserve employee, (and one we also blogged about) as he was burning the very invasive honeysuckle bushes. I took advantage of the situation and tried something new. Portraits in the smoke! John was very agreeable, which I certainly appreciated!
A family session is included with our senior sessions, too! Each family can choose to have their session at a different time so the senior has the spotlight, or have their portraits taken at the same time as the senior session. The Harker family chose the same day!
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