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Other Symbols – After your two highest paying symbols, the scatter and the wild you have a range of other symbols to play for. These include, in descending order the sheriffs badge, gun belt, Stetson hat, boots and spurs, shot of whiskey and the letters A, K, Q, J and 10.
Bonus Spin Feature – Having landed three or more scatters on the reels you will trigger the bonus spins feature. You will be awarded with 12 spins and each win will be multiplied x2 during the spins. During the bonus spins the wanted posters will become sticky wilds and will remain in place for the duration of the spins left. If you manage to land a wanted poster on each of the five reels you will be awarded an extra 5 spins, but this will only happen once.
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Kaljo Põllu (Hiiumaa, 28 november 1934 - 23 maart 2010) was een Estisch kunstenaar.

In 1962 behaalde hij een diploma in de glaskunst. Hij werd directeur van het kunstkabinet van de universiteit van Tartu en richtte in 1966 in Tartu de hedendaagse kunstenaarsgroep "Visarid" op. In 1973 verhuisde hij naar Tallinn, waar hij van 1975 tot 1996 tekenen doceerde aan de Estse Academie voor Schone Kunsten. Het werk van Põllu werd van dan af sterk beïnvloed door elementen uit de traditionele Fins-Oegrische cultuur.

In 2007 gaf de universiteit van Tartu hem een prijs voor het bijdragen aan de nationale identiteit

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Serbitz ist ein Ortsteil der Gemeinde Wiedemar im Landkreis Nordsachsen im Freistaat Sachsen. Das Dorf liegt etwa fünf Kilometer nördlich von Kyhna an der Grenze zu Sachsen-Anhalt. Unmittelbar am Ortsrand von Serbitz wurde Kies abgebaut. Nach dem Kiesabbau ist ein etwa 0,15 km² großer Baggersee entstanden, um den eine Solaranlage gebaut wurde.

Geschichte
Serbitz wurde urkundlich seit dem 13. Jahrhundert mit verschiedenen Namen erwähnt, darunter Zarewiz (1222), Sarewiz (1278), Serwicz (1350), Serewitz (1378), Serewicz (1404), Große Serbitz und Kleine Serwitz (1442), Serwitz beyde (1518), Serwitz  (1551), Gros Serwitz (1560), ab 1623 Serbitz. Im Jahr 1222 war Serbitz Herrensitz von Martinus de Zarewiz.

Der Ort gehörte bis 1815 zum kursächsischen Amt Delitzsch. Durch die Beschlüsse des Wiener Kongresses kam er zu Preußen und wurde 1816 dem Kreis Delitzsch im Regierungsbezirk Merseburg der Provinz Sachsen zugeteilt, zu dem er bis 1952 gehörte.

Am 20. Juli 1950 wurde Serbitz nach Zaasch eingemeindet. Im Zuge der Kreisreform in der DDR von 1952 wurde Zaasch mit Serbitz dem neu zugeschnittenen Kreis Delitzsch im Bezirk Leipzig zugeteilt, welcher 1994 im Landkreis Delitzsch aufging. 1994 erfolgte die Eingemeindung nach Neukyhna. Mit Auflösung der Gemeinde Neukyhna kam der Ort am 1. Januar 2013 nach Wiedemar.

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This document describes the user accounts you will receive when you join the Department of Computer Science. This document hopes to clear up some of the confusion about then to use which account.
In general, most members of the Department of Computer Science make use of services provided centrally by the University and which require UCT authentication credentials, and those provided in-house by the Department which require CS authentication credentials.
Access to most University-wide services requires that you log in with your UCT authentication credentials, which are based on your UCT ID.
A username. This will be your UCT ID - student number, staff number or third party ID number.
Students: Visit one of the SCILAB A, B, C or D computer microlabs with your student card and ask the lab administrator to reset your password.
Staff and third parties: Visit the ICTS Helpdesk with your UCT staff, third party ID card or another form of photo identification, and ask the consultant to reset your password.
Most services provided in-house by the Department of Computer Science require log in using CS authentication credentials.
Graduate students, staff and visitors: As specified by you on your CS Credentials application form, or as determined by the systems administrators.
Graduate students, staff and visitors: By email the alternate email address you supplied on your CS Credentials Application Form, or in person by the Systems Administrators.
Note that while the initial password set for your CS accounts may initially be same, passwords are not automatically synchronised across our two authentication system and will therefore differ overtime unless you manually synchronise them by changing your passwords across both systems when either system requires a password change.


Sending money to friends and loved ones is a big business. And the most trusted name in money transfers is Western Union. They operate in 200 countries worldwide with over half a million agent locations to serve their customers. With such reach, it is no wonder why they are the global leader in money transfer services.
I had the pleasure of speaking with Lee Buchmann, Director of Anti-Fraud Operations, and Claire Treacy, the Global Regulatory/ Risk Communications Lead for Western Union, to learn how they are protecting consumers from fraud and scams.
Western Union began as a telegram service 167 years ago. As consumer needs changes, Western Union evolved into the global leader in money transfer services. Even though money transfers increasingly are digital, cash to cash consumer transfers provide 85 percent of Western Union's revenues.
Today, Western Union operates over 550,000 retail locations. That is more than all of the Starbucks and McDonald's stores combined! Their global network processed an average of 32 transactions every second in 2017. With an average consumer-to-consumer transaction value of $300, those transactions add up to $150 billion in money transfers annually.
Even though the world is increasingly digital, there are still many consumers who need to receive payment in cash. In the United States, nearly 80% of their transactions are initiated on a mobile device. Customers can digitally send money to anyone and that person can visit a Western Union location to receive the cash they need.
Unfortunately, when money is involved, it attracts fraud and scams. And with the prevalence of social media, our personal information and connections are easy to find. Scammers use this information against us to make their scams seem realistic.
The Grandma Scam targets the elderly with a call pretending to be a grandchild in trouble with the law. Often, the scammer will say that they are traveling in a foreign country and the only way out is if money is sent. The scammer takes advantage of the kindness and generosity of grandparents using request of "please don't tell my parents." This line reduces the ability of the target to corroborate the story with the child's parents before sending money.
The scammer preys on friend and family's desire to help their loved one who has a medical emergency. They pretend to be a medical professional who cannot perform the urgent procedure without upfront payment.
In this scam, the "winner" is promised a great prize, but they'll need to pay taxes or fees in order to claim their winnings. Sometimes the scammers will actually send a fake check for a portion of the winnings, but when the target deposits the check it bounces.
Always be careful when buying from websites you are unfamiliar with. In this scam, the victim purchases a product that is never received. Many of these websites are designed to look like popular websites, but the URL is different. With more people using their phones to shop online, it is harder for them to verify the URL because of the small screens on phones and tablets.
The phone calls in this scam are threatening and demand immediate payment. The threat of jail time makes many victims go along with this scam to protect their freedom. The real IRS does not call to collect on taxes due nor do they demand specific types of payment be made.
This scam is particularly dangerous because it affects the victim's bank account and their heart. The scammer pretends to be in a relationship with the victim and would love to be with them. However, the only way for them to be together is to send money. Even when this fraudulent activity is uncovered by authorities, banks, Western Union, or friends & family, the victim often defends the scammer because of the "feelings" they have for each other.
In hindsight, there are many clues that a fraud was happening. The trick is being aware in the moment. The most common warning signs of potential fraud is when a scammer demands payment immediately or when they're offering that seems too good to be true.
If someone is demanding an urgent payment, take a step back and think about it. Most things in life do not require immediate payment. This is especially true if the person requesting payment wants the money through a method that is hard to trace.
The old adage of "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is" is very applicable in this situation. If someone contacts you about a contest or lottery that you won, but you don't remember actually entering one. Similarly, if you find a product for sale at a substantial discount from a website or source that you've never heard of before, it may be a fake product or you may never receive it.
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Western Union is very focused on protecting consumers from fraud. They want consumers to be able to transmit money knowing that it will go to the right person for the right reasons.
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Q: Affine transformation matrix doing translation  Greetings All
I have some test matlab code which can scale and do rotation but the
translation (tl value) doesn't seem to be working.
I expected the entire object to be moved over x=2 and y=0 but it
doesn't move any ideas?
clf; clear all
rp=[0 4 2 -1 0; 0 1 -4 -3 0;0 0 0 0 0] %x-y values
scalenum=2 %scale factor
tx=2;ty=0; %translate values
%
for theta=0:45:90
    tl=[1 0 tx; 0 1 ty;0 0 1] %translation
    rot=[cosd(theta) -sind(theta) 0; sind(theta) cosd(theta) 0;0 0 1];
%rotation
    scale=[scalenum 0 0;0 scalenum 0;0 0 1] %scale
    rt=tl*rp %new translation
    r=rot*rp %new rotation of points
    rs=scale*r %new scale with rotation
    hold off
    plot(rt(1,:),rt(2,:))
axis([-8 8 -8 8])
grid on
pause(.5)
end;

A: I'm highly suspicious of
rp=[0 4 2 -1 0; 0 1 -4 -3 0;0 0 0 0 0] %x-y values

If you want to do translation you don't need (x, y): you need (x, y, w), where w is the reciprocal scaling factor. So all your points are at infinity, and translating them isn't going to do much.
rp=[0 4 2 -1 0; 0 1 -4 -3 0;1 1 1 1 1] %(x,y,w) values

should get you somewhere.

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Q: Angular SwPush requestSubscription new or old I use SwPush for handling push notifications in my Angular app. Here is the code:
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
  constructor(private swPush: SwPush) { }

  ngOnInit(): void {
    this.initServiceWorker();
  }

  initServiceWorker(): any {
    if (environment.production) {
      if (this.swPush.isEnabled) {
        this.swPush.requestSubscription({
          serverPublicKey: environment.VAPID_PUBLIC_KEY
        })
        .then(sub => {
          // send subscription to server
          this.http.post(environment.apiUrl + 'pushnotifications/subscribe', sub).subscribe(response => {
            console.log(response);
          });
        })
        .catch(err => console.error('Could not subscribe to notifications', err));
      }
    }
  }
}

Currently, I store the Subscriptions in a database. The issue is, that on each page refresh I send a request to the backend, which verifies if the subscription already exists.
Question:
Is there a way to check if the user allows the Notifications yet or exists the permission already on the browser-side (by Angular)?


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import { Injectable, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { Headers, RequestOptions, RequestOptionsArgs  } from '@angular/http';
import {AuthenticationService} from "../_services/authentication.service";

@Injectable()
export class DefaultHeaders extends RequestOptions implements OnInit {

    static headers: Headers  = new Headers({ 'content-type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8'});
    public static port: string = '';
    public static host: string = '';

    constructor() {
      super();

    }

    ngOnInit() {

    }

    merge(options?: RequestOptionsArgs): RequestOptions {
		if(options != undefined){
			options.headers = DefaultHeaders.headers;
        }

      if(localStorage.getItem('token')) {
          DefaultHeaders.headers.delete('Authorization');
          DefaultHeaders.headers.append('Authorization', 'Bearer '+localStorage.getItem ('token'));
          if(options != undefined){
			options.url =  DefaultHeaders.host + '' + DefaultHeaders.port + '' + options.url;
          }

      }

      var result = super.merge(options);
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        return result;
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Q: MongoDB tree with parent references I'm trying to create a tree to store information ordered by a path, for example:
.../data/cars/toyota
.../data/cars/fiat
The issue I'm finding is the Java syntax itself, how do I create the parents and the childs?
I've read the following links thoroughly but I am still unable to develop what I need in java:
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/model-tree-structures/
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/521713/Storing-Tree-like-Hierarchy-Structures-With-MongoD
Can you please provide me with a simple Java code snippet that allows to create a tree + create parent and create a child for that parent?
Thank you very much in advance.
I am now trying this to create the root:
DBCollection coll = db.getCollection(DataColl);
BasicDBObject data = new BasicDBObject("_id", appId);
data.put("path", null);
coll.insert(data);

and this to create the childs:
    public boolean insertIntoDocument(String appId, String url, String data) {
    DBCollection coll = db.getCollection(DataColl);
    String[] array = url.split("/");
    BasicDBObject obj = new BasicDBObject("_id", array[array.length-1]);
    for(int i = 0; i < array.length; i++){
        if(i == array.length-1)
            obj.put("path", array[i]);
        else
            obj.put("path", array[i]+",");
    }
    coll.insert(obj);
    return true;

A: I ended up finding the answer on my own, hopefully this will help some newbie in the future. This code receives a url such as a/b/c and creates a tree. I use the appId as root, you could use something like user Identifier (each user gets its url), ect.
public boolean insertIntoDocument(String appId, String url, String data) {
    DBCollection coll = db.getCollection(DataColl);
    String[] array = url.split("/");
    String tempURL = appId;
    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
        BasicDBObject obj = new BasicDBObject("_id", array[i]);
        if (i == array.length - 1) {
            tempURL += ","+array[i];
            obj.put("path", tempURL);
            obj.append("data", data);
        } else {
            tempURL += ","+array[i];
            obj.put("path", tempURL);
        }
        if(!elementExistsInDocument(appId, tempURL))
            coll.insert(obj);
    }
    return true;


Not Too late For a Few Resolutions?
I hope it's not too late anyway – because I drew up a new list again this year. I couldn't help it. Making such a list was one of the first habits I formed growing up in a family bent on eternal improvement. In fact, we're all still laughing about the time the family patriarch announced one day in early January that he was bringing all the kids to the doctor to have their nostrils blown out – and that was 90 years ago.
Resolution One, to stop saying how exhausted I am all the time. What is it with us moderns that we dwell so ceaselessly on our level of fatigue? A hundred years ago people didn't carry on about how tired they were, maybe because they were too busy stoking the furnace and boiling the diapers.
Resolution Two, to refrain from getting into a lot of competitive technology talk, like about those apps that supposedly empty the dishwasher and open the canned peas while you're still stuck in rush hour traffic ten miles from home. I mean, I appreciate a GPS as much as the next guy, but shoot me if you ever hear me going on and on about what route it had me take to get to your house just now.
Resolution Three, to stop telling people my dreams. What's harder to sit through than a person saying "So then a guy with a gorilla's head began reciting the Preamble to the Constitution only – no, wait – he only started out as a gorilla before turning into Don Johnson circa 1989"? Most people can't tell their dreams right to save their lives.
Resolution Four: to tell fewer jokes, since I can never tell them the right way anymore. If I really want to tell jokes I'm going to have to start rehearsing them ahead of time so I don't keep putting the punch line in the middle.
Resolution Five: to keep getting my photographs printed. It's just not enough to have them stored in the cloud. I say, put them in an album. Put them in a battered old shoebox even. Sure, there might be a fire, but there might also NOT be a fire, and think about it: your kids aren't going to gather around a computer screen when you're gone to cry over pictures of the old days. The place for pictures is in people's hands.
Resolution Six, speaking of hands: to take better care of my hands, which are showing signs of real wear these days. In my girlhood they looked so smooth and flawless I was forever waving them around my head, hoping others would think so too. Now, they're wizened little monkey-paws. I guess 30 years of furniture refinishing finally took its toll on them.
So weird… I had that same dream… Except in mine I had wizened monkey hands… And Don was telling a joke really badly.
Can you still buy photo albums? Only if Bldg. 19 was still around.
Ha ha ! You're exactly right . Discount department stores are about it !
The one about saying you're exhausted is my pet peeve. And to say how busy you are all the time. In my perception both things say one doesn't have time for people (me). The seventh I struggle with since I am a perfect example of if you don't use it you lose it. A lot of my hobbies are sedentary and it is very difficult to get it back once you lost it. I am working on it. Happy New Year no matter what.
I hear you. Do you know I can't do yoga because I can't get up off the floor again? I have to do a kind of Pilates that you do at a barre, like ballet. My body keeps trying to kind of twist and gnarl over to become a pretzel -and not a soft pretzel either ! what's THAT all about?
"Happy New Year no matter what". I like that and I must remember it for next year's greeting!.
Cousin Becky often hits the nail on the head I find. I like it too; it's got a nice little edge to it doesn't it?
I love this piece. Boiled diapers, crappy dream-tellers, how six undoes seven…whole thing. Total goddess. As usual.
This one had me rolling on the floor. Screaming with laughter is my favorite thing to do.


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The Cervantes celebrate the European Day of Languages in Frankfurt with poets in Spanish, Galician, Catalan, Basque and German
MADRID, 22 September (EUROPA PRESS) - That Cervantes Institute Frankfurt (Germany)...
Dignity and justice calls for investigation of 10 ETA leaders over 'forced eviction policy' in Basque country
He collects it in a lawsuit in the National High Court for the murder of a PP councilor in 2000 ...
The PP denies internal differences over the energy plan and sees the "divisive" voices in the Basque Country and in the PSOE
MADRID, August 4 (EUROPA PRESS) - The PP's Deputy Secretary for...
Urkullu says the Basque Country will comply with energy saving measures and regrets sanctions have not been verified
He reiterates that "the much-proclaimed co-governance could have been patented without excluding from the outset community intervention". ...
Two out of three ETA prisoners are already serving their sentences in prisons in the Basque Country or Navarra
The Interior Ministry informed this Tuesday of the next transfer of 12 prisoners from the extinct ETA to prisons in the Basque Country....
Two canoes, a mobile home and 534 kilos of cocaine for a holiday in the Basque Country
The National Police and the Tax Agency have seized 534 kilos of cocaine hidden in the false bottom of a mobile home sent...
Ernai's young radicals gamble to tear down "Francoist" crosses in the Basque mountains
The cross of Mount Buruntza (441 meters, in Andoain, Gipuzkoa), a cement mass 10 meters high, is no longer visible at its summit...
Prisons transfers eleven ETA prisoners to prisons in the Basque Country and Navarre
The victims' associations criticize the transfer of ETA members who have "a whopping 40 murders" behind them. MADRID, 21 (EUROPE PRESS) The General Secretariat of...
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Preschool sign up is ridiculously competitive in my town. The main program is affordable and there aren't that many morning slots, so people take it seriously. This is usually my husband's territory (I have the babies, he signs them up for preschool - that's just our arrangement), but he couldn't go this year so it was on me.
I showed up three hours early, thinking that would be sufficient to secure a morning class. Incorrect. Parents had camped out at midnight in seven degree weather and stayed out there for 10 hours to ensure the teacher/time that they wanted. What? This is preschool -- not the last chopper out of Saigon.
All of this just seems nuts to me. And I said as much as I assumed my number 91 spot. It became clear that the line was split between the first 40 or so Type A parents and the rest of us slackers who had slept in our own warm beds. My line-mates and I were tsking the process (when you're the player, you gotta blame the game) while the Type A's were smugly enjoying their primo spots. Of course they'd worked (and frozen) for it, but it was still annoying.
I made friends with those around me, my kind of parents whose children are not yet fluent in Mandarin. I joked, "You know, I just don't love my kids enough to sleep outside in the cold for Preschool. For Prince tickets, maybe." My newfound friends laughed. Two women near the front of the line whipped around and seared me with their laser eyes. I fought the urge to moon them. Comments were getting louder. Tensions mounted as morning slots closed. It was all very Sharks and Jets.
As silly as it was, this was first taste of this crazy competitive parent world. I wasn't into it. Look, I love my boys more than life but I don't want to schedule every part of their day. I want them to play, to learn how to be bored, to not have nervous breakdowns by 4th grade.
Ultimately, I got an afternoon slot. My four-year-old will be fine, but it will wreak havoc on my 1 ½-year-old's nap schedule. Eh, we'll figure it out. And maybe, due to the not-so-natural selection of the whole process, the afternoon parents will be a pretty chill group. We slackers and our offspring -- together at last.


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I Can't Believe You're Disabled! Institutional Abuse and Vulnerability
By lauredhel on 2008-02-15 • ( 14 )
More for the disabled-people-are-treated-lower-than-shit files:
From Huffington Post, via disabled_rage:
Police officer in Hillsborough County Sheriff's office has been suspended – for dumping a man with quadriplegia out on his face.
Brian Sterner was brought in on a warrant for a traffic vioaltion. Charlette Marshall-Jones, who didn't believe he was a "real" quadriplegic, grabbed the handles and dumped Sterner out of his wheelchair. He fell like a ton of bricks, terrified and completely vulnerable, and he later found that two ribs were broken. The officer then frisked him on the floor, while another officer in the vicinity appeared to grin and ignore it. The movie:
Disbelief, disrespect, assault with bodily harm, indignity, and the systematic and deliberate stripping away of your humanity, dignity and any physical ability you may have had to resist. Complete and total assertion of dominance.
Maybe think about the next time, parking-space whingers. Not that any of you Hoydenizens are the ones who niggle and grouch when someone takes a blue space and you don't believe that they're really disabled. If you do carp and snark and speculate on their illness or otherwise, you have the same mindset as this officer; just less power.
This is why I am far more wary out in public since I got sick. When I was fit and healthy, I walked from Northbridge to home without turning a hair, I took the subway to 113th St after 1 pm, I travelled the world alone head held high. Now I'm cautious. I felt exposed and vulnerable chewing out a guy in a busy dog-free park for having his German Shepherd out of his sight and out of his control in the children's playground. I back away from things, I mind my own business most of the time. Because while I'm not in a wheelchair, I am physically vulnerable. And I often have the Lad with me too, and if I can't protect him, what use am I?
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Actually, I do carp and niggle at people who use disabled parks if they haven't got stickers. (If they have stickers then it's between them and the RTA of whoever issues them.) I ask them why they are parked there. I report them to parking police. My late partner used to leave stickers on their cars: "Since you have my carpark, perhaps you'd also like my disability". I believe they were really hard to remove.
Fatadelic
My partner gets guff because he's one of the 'walking disabled', ie. his disability is invisible since he has end-stage renal disease. He's often been abused after we have just parked in a disabled spot, even though he has a valid disabled parking permit clearly displayed. He has even, on occasion, flashed the PD catheter emerging from his abdomen as "proof" to people who seemed to believe he had somehow misled the RTA.
On the other hand, in the 12 months he has had his disabled parking permit, I have never seen a car in a disabled parking spot that was not displaying a valid permit. So my theory is the whole 'able bodied people parking in disabled spots' thing is just ignorant people passing judgement on people with invisible disabilities.
M-H: I was pretty much taking that as a SotBO[1] around here.
"Parking-space whingers" = the people who whine that disabled people get all the good parking, and they bet that half the people with blue tags aren't really disabled, because they saw someone walk out of their car once, and they really support that Today Tonight show (or was it ACA?) where the reporters aggressively confronted people with blue stickers who weren't in wheelchairs, and there shouldn't be so many blue spaces anyway, because most times they go to the shops, there's *gasp* ONE EMPTY ONE, though not always, just sometimes, and that's a really good spot a regular person could have USED, dontcha know?
[1] Statement of the Bleeding Obvious
If I remember correctly, there is (or at least was) a genuine problem in Sydney of people having corruptly obtained disabled parking tickets in order to park for free all day every day in the CBD. It meant that genuinely disabled people could not find a disabled parking space in the city when they needed one for occasional significant appointments. There were some badly needed sting operations mounted to distinguish genuine from ersatz disabled sticker bearers so that the CBD parking could actually start to work as intended once more.
But that's no excuse for people to assume that every single person they see with a disabled sticker on their car who can walk is a fake. And certainly no reason for an assault like the one above on someone in a wheelchair.
annaham
God, there are no words for this.
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Frank Calabrese
In WA, the ACROD stickers are now Colour coded to distinquish between wheelchair users, the walking wounded temp holders, and vehicles used by organisations such as nursing homes, patient transport etc.
Re the US, what do you expect when policie depts are run on at county by county status (similar to local Govt here, and not by the state.
Frank, your characterisation of Renewable permits as being "for wheelchair users" is 100% incorrect, and is exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about.
A huge number of Renewable permit holders don't use wheelchairs, or use them intermittently.
In the US, as here, I expect police to respect basic human rights, and I expect them not to assault people.
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[Frank, your characterisation of Renewable permits as being "for wheelchair users" is 100% incorrect, and is exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about.]
Actually, I AM in a Wheelchair, and hold an ACROD permit, and I know that the Grey permit is for those with a PERMANENT disability, of which the majority are Wheelchair users.
Info on permit types here.
http://www.app.org.au/pages/typespermits.htm
Do you have data on "the majority"?
You linked to the same page I did. Renewable permits are for people with "permanent mobility impairment." "Permanent" does not equal "wheelchair".
[Do you have data on "the majority"?]
It's a bit hard when the NDS site is password protected so you cannot access anything but application forms, their Annual Report and permit information.
That video is quite disturbing, how incredibly cruel. That poor man, helpless on the floor. I really have a difficult time reminding myself that most police are good people with good intentions and the highest regard for their fellow citizens.
The other day I was racing for a train to work that wasn't at my usual station because. When I raced up to the platform I realised that they didn't have any ramps, only the longest set of stairs you ever saw. My still sleepy toddler, struggling to put her shoes on was dumped out of her pram (not unlike the video above, ok, kidding, not at all like the video above) and I hauled out all our bags – 3 for me and 3 for her and our umbrella and her raincoat and then I carried the pram and the bags painstakingly up all these stairs with her taking her teensy tiny toddler steps. Anyway, we made it to the train but not in time to buy a ticket. When we arrived in the city we discovered we had to line up for twenty minutes to pay a fine for not having a ticket. I talked my way out of it.
But sheesh I thought, what about the people with a disability, what if they couldn't possibly get up all those stairs at that station? Imagine the inconveniences I thought, constantly having to think which stations they can get access to and which they can't and trying to leave enough time before they needed to be somewhere for the ritual of finding out you can't get to this station so you will need to somehow go to another station etc etc. How frustrating to always be an after thought the way I felt at that station with all the stairs?
Anyway, able-bodied privellege, we're standing in it.
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Yes, and of course, sometimes the driver of the car is a carer, because a disabled child can't drive.
My SIL was in that position, but now SHE's had a stroke, so now she's disabled too. How wonderful!
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Frank, WA always seems to come up trumps with regard to transport – we've had a lot of information about it here in Victoria, because apparently you've built a good public transport system, while ours is crap, so it's news here.
Why do you think that is?
bluemilk: it sounds like a bit of a "click" moment. And that sounds like no cakewalk with the bags and toddler, either: universal disability access means access for parents and carers, too.
I was just hearing reports of the new jumbo IKEA store in Perth. Initial reports suggest that the bollards at the store exit prevent all storegoers from wheeling their trolleys up to their cars. Yet IKEA boasts about its disability access. I'm not sure what's going on there; even if there is trolley access to the ACROD spots, such spots are often full, and a lot of people with less catastrophic or less permanent disabilities can't get an ACROD permit, yet may have trouble carrying their items to their car. Not to mention the toddler-juggling side of things.
I'm awaiting further examination of their accessibility by a friend before I venture down there. And that's one of the hidden aspects of access – you can't just jaunt off somewhere and expect the location to be accessible and usable. You have to plan every move.
On a similar note, I remember all the ridicule and scoffing about the "waste of public money" by able-bodied people when Australia first launched its National Toilet Map. Many of the scoffers will end up with bowel disorders or incontinence in later life. May they see the error of their ways.


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by The Warehouse|Published January 9, 2021
Descendants of Levi
1 Chronicles 6 Commentary
6 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua, Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi, Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered Meraioth, Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz, Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan, and Johanan fathered Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem). Azariah fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Shallum, Shallum fathered Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak; and Jehozadak went into exile when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers. Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son, Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth, Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son, Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn, the second Abijah. The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.
These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there. They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order. These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of Samuel, son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah, son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai, son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah, son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel; and his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea, son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah, son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah, son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei, son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi. On the left hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch, son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer, son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi. And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
These are their dwelling places according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the clans of Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot, to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands, but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands, Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands; and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities throughout their clans were thirteen.
To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the clan of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities. To the Gershomites according to their clans were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Manasseh in Bashan. To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands. They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities that are mentioned by name.
And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim. They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands, Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands, Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites.
To the Gershomites were given out of the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands; and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands, Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands; out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands, Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands; and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands. To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands, and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands, Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands; and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands, Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.
The list reads of heavy hitters in the work of God. The tribe of Levi was initially set a part to serve God in the desert Tabernacle. They then moved into the priestly role when the Temple was built. Aaron, who was a descendant of Levi would become the first high priest of Israel. From there on out, God required all future priests to come from the lineage of Aaron.
But the list is profound when you think of the names given. Moses was one of the greatest leaders Israel had as God took a murderer and made him a leader. A leader that with struggles and all stayed close to his God. Miriam is listed as well, who was Moses and Aaron's sister is found. Eleazar took over Aaron's responsibilities once he died and it would Ithamar who was instrumental in organizing the worship. All of these played a key role in drawing people closer to God.
When Israel was on the brink of sheer devastation, God rose up Samuel who became a strong leader in the face of such trying times. But with God guiding his life, he was a key player in bringing the people of Israel from devastation to revival.
As David took office, his heart drawn toward music is no wonder he would bring that to the worship of God. Organizing singers and choirs this would become part of people's literal praise in their worship to God lifting their voices.
All of these individuals and so many more listed were a critical component to bringing the things of God to the people. It didn't matter of their background, their failures. Once they had submitted to God and His calling they embraced and made an impact of their generation.
The church today needs such people. People who do not hide behind their problems or excuses but turn to God and are willing to be used. He needs people who will simply put away all their selfish excuses and are willing to sacrifice their own being and will so that others will come to know God on a deeper level. He needs people who are willing to use their talents and yes time toward a greater movement of reaching the lost in such a culture of ruin we live.
Where are you serving currently? Where are you making an impact within your local Body? What is Jesus asking of you?
One particular name that sticks out in this chapter is Hilkiah. An unknown to most people, this high priest played a huge role in three major events during Israel's history.
In 2 Kings 22, this high priest located the lost Book of the Law. This was important for many reasons. During the reign of King Josiah, the nation was ready to turn back to God, but they needed a strong leader. Upon finding this book, the king remembered how far the nation had fallen away from its statutes. He decided to recommit to obedience.
In 2 Kings 23, he joined with Josiah in reforming the nation by burning the false idols that had plagued them for so many years.
Though Josiah is a pretty well-known man, no one ever talks about Hilkiah. However, he filled an important role during a time when Josiah needed support to change the rebellion of Israel. Through their partnership, they joined a reformation that would steer the people back to the Lord.
This is the same today. Though some in the church will get the recognition for being the "face" of the ministry, there is no ministry that can function as a one-man army. The apostle Paul had a team surrounding him. The early apostles did too. Each one of us has an integral role in the functioning body of Jesus Christ.
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In 2002, Anupam Sengupta formed a band called The Karmic Circle
The present economic slowdown, in tandem with job crisis, has fired concepts like side hustle and gig economy with a feisty enthusiasm, receiving overwhelming recognition and acceptance all over the world. Closer home, Indians are chasing portfolio careers like never before under pressing circumstances like student debt, stagnant income, lack of job stability and rising needs and aspirations. Besides, today's generation is more inclined to give in to the philosophy of pursuing passion, with you live only once (YOLO) being its driving force. Also, AI no longer resides on the fringes of society — far from it, it is about to turn mainstream. Diversification of skills across industries is the need of the hour.
We talk to some such people who are pursuing more than one profession, sometimes out of passion, sometimes from need and sometimes just to test themselves.
Vansh Luthra Corporate and filmmaker
Twenty-five-year-old Vansh Luthra, currently based in Prague, is a unique example of a portfolio career holder. Luthra did his under-graduation in media studies from Pune and came to Delhi to work as a public relations professional handling clients like Xiaomi, Netflix and Airbnb, which were start-ups then. Working for a year in the capital, Luthra took admission in Prague Film School to pursue an acting course for two years — something he always wanted to do.
"In my second year in Prague, my father asked me to look for a job in Europe. I got an internship at Delotitte, Prague, for a year," Luthra says. His work and dedication were appreciated, and his boss Senta Cermkova offered him a job in their innovations and start-up segment. Luthra now works on innovation in central Europe and formulates strategies for kids' holistic education. He also teaches presentation skills in Deloitte.
But Luthra never got carried away with working in one of the Big Four accounting firms in the world. He takes his acting very seriously and recently acted, produced and edited a short film titled Crab Apple (a satirical comedy about international relations), which was presented at the 50th International Film Festival of India, Goa, and Lonavala International Film Festival, India. He has been acting for the past three years in commercials in Slovakia, has auditioned in 40 short films here and also for Bollywood films in London. He has also acted in student productions and produced student films. "I gave my heart and soul into student production. These guys lack money, so I decided to chip in and take over the production."
But one can't help but wonder how he manages time for auditions with a full-time job. Besides, there is production work. "I try to go for auditions during lunch breaks. Shootings have mostly happened on public holidays because there are no huge crowds around," he says. " At Deloitte, I work from 9 am to 5 pm. After work, I pursue my hobbies till 9 pm." Interestingly, Luthra has, for now, chosen to stay in Prague instead of trying his luck in Mumbai, because he finds "the lifestyle here beautiful". "I do want to come back to India. But, I want to spend some more time here because Prague is growing in terms of opportunitites — thanks to it for being the place where Spiderman, James Bond and certain episodes of Game of Thrones have been shot."
He says there is a chance he might study psychology later because he finds body languages fascinating. At present, he is writing a script for a short film, shooting for which will start in March.
Anupam Sengupta Maritime manager, musician, writer
In India, taking up music as a career option is still not that popular a practice — uncertainty over means of subsistence often dissuades many from pursuing the passion for music.
Clearly, this was not the case with Anupam Sengupta. In the late 70s, Anupam used to listen to his mother's collections of Elvis Presley and other country music on vinyl. In 1980, a classmate, who played the guitar, shared his elder brother's collections of The Doors, Eric Clapton, Deep Purple, etc. The sound of freestyle Blues rock and long solos touched him somewhere deep inside. "I, too, wanted to play like them as the sound gave me a sense of freedom. Besides, what hit me beyond that was the power of words, the lyrics. From Bob Dylan to Jim Morrison to Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) to Pink Floyd, all had something to say," he says.
Sengupta played the guitar at events and small concerts in Kolkata and, by the early 90s, he realised that music has no language, but lyrics surely do. "And all that I was playing were songs in English — a language that is a part of my social system but not mine." So, he formed a Bangla rock band called Mahakaal but before they could take off, he had to shift to Delhi as a result of a series of family upheavals in August 1997.
Since 1986, he has been into a parallel career in maritime management. In his last job in shipping, he was head of marketing and sales. By 1997, he had quit his 11-year fairly decent career in shipping, come to Delhi and decided to "pursue all things bottled up and undone as his career". In 2002, he got a band together, The Karmic Circle, and they were included in the top 12 in India at the prestigious Levi's Great India Rock by the Rock Street Journal. Accolades are important, but one has to earn to pay bills. Soon, he started teaching music in various schools as a part-time music facilitator. "I also opened a school that exclusively imparts lessons in guitar."
Then the corporate workshop module happened after he took up Sonic Branding (an aspect of the PR/marketing world). Now, he either works directly or through various HR learning and development companies in India. The end users are usually blue-chip corporates. He also has his own company called SoundSense Experiences, where he has worked with corporates like Reliance Jewels, SAP India, and UnitedHealth Group. One of his initiatives, 'Anthems for Teams', helped him interact with new people in varied situations, besides "challenging me in my role as a speaker, facilitator, corporate trainer, where I'm able to leave back something tangible for the teams". "It challenges my leadership ability to drive people towards a purpose, especially when one has to deal with heads of top-end global blue-chip companies," he says.
Sengupta has authored a collection of short stories, The Colours of Sound, based on his real-life experiences, and is writing another expected to be published this year. He also wrote multiple screenplays and directed one of them for a film called Mirza's Friend Ghalib that is available on Amazon Prime International now. His next film, Cottage by The Oak Tree, is in the pre-production stage.
Sangeeta Gupta Environmental engineer, origami craftsperson
Sangeeta Gupta, a 40-year-old environmental engineer based in Delhi NCR, belongs to a time when after school you are trained either to become a doctor or an engineer. "For me, engineering was an easy choice to make because cracking the entrance exam is all it takes, after which it becomes quite easy," she says. However, environmental engineering was not her initial choice; she was allotted that branch of study due to her ranking. "While studying I got fascinated by its multidisciplinary approach." Gupta, who did her post-graduation in environmental engineering from IIT Bombay, currently works with a team of engineers in JACOBS. She handles infrastructure projects in Maharashtra and offers consultancy to clients on waste effluent.
Sangeeta Gupta has opened a YouTube channel to reach out to a wider audience
Gupta has a passion for origami. In this regard, she is influenced by her father, a creative person who excelled in papercraft, and made artefacts from postcards. Gupta's father started by making replicas of things around him such as lizard, square box, table, chairs, tortoise, helicopter, etc. "I remember him making replicas of Bajaj Super scooter, a microscope with adjustable lenses, sewing machine in which the needle goes up and down, computer desktop with keyboard — all these from postcards. However, it was more of kirigami rather than origami as he used a lot of cutting and pasting," she says.
Making a folding chair from a rectangular sheet of paper was the first origami model Gupta learned from her father. "It was amazing to build a table, a chair and sofa in four-five steps, folding papers in effortless artistry," she says.
He taught the Gupta sisters paper ball (inflatable ball) from a square sheet. "It was fun to watch a 2D model converting into 3D by simple folding. There was another easy DIY (do it yourself) activity we learned from him — a paper dog made by three identical square sheets. I often tried this and felt proud, showing my paper-folding skills to my friends," she says.
As time passed, origami took a backseat as Gupta was busy with school, college and her jobs. When she turned 25, the passion for origami and paper crafting rekindled. "I painted a wall-clock cardboard cover and decorated it with swirly roses made from recycled paper," she recalls.
For the past two years she has been extremely active on Instagram, networking with origami professionals and posting her own work on the site. "The number of likes I received on Instagram only boosted my passion for origami," she says, adding that she eventually moved from simpler to complex origami and decided to teach this art to neighbourhood kids, charging a small amount from them.
Gupta observes that charging for her workshops in the neighbourhood was justified because, "Parents send their children to these workshops and pay a certain amount. Had these been for free, people wouldn't take my work seriously." To increase visibility and to reach out to a wider audience, Gupta has also opened a YouTube channel.
Financial analyst, Spanish teacher, writer and
theatre actor
Son of diplomat parents, 40-year-old Varoon P Anand runs three theatre groups, does voice-overs and teaches Spanish. Besides, he also pursues photography. Being a former journalist and financial analyst, he grew up conditioned to a nomadic existence. This allowed him to pick up five languages fluently. Today, he is the Spanish voice of PM Narendra Modi's Mann ki baat. Thanks to his experience as a Spanish teacher, a VO artist and cultural facilitator, he translates and reads Modi's words in Spanish for All India Radio.
Anand is trained in applied economics from Florida State University. In 2002, he was the youngest-ever executive hired by Copa Airlines to be part of a three-member financial analysis team. Soon, Anand realised his true calling. "A year into the job, I realised I would never be truly happy doing this sort of work. It was not until 2006, however, when I had done some work behind the camera that I set foot on the stage at the Theatre Guild of Ancón in Panamá," he says, adding, "The training I got there made me understand a few things: While theatre has just about all the requirements of a full-time job, its primary purpose is to serve the community." The decision to pursue theatre was a difficult one. "From a very early age, I knew I would become a writer in future. Between 17 years and 24 years, I tried to abandon the idea. I did so with full consciousness that I was outraging my true nature and that sooner or later I would have to settle down and write books." Anand did have his fair share of challenges. "Like anyone else, I had uploaded my resume on a portal, but didn't see any success. But, I decided to pursue it through all available avenues," he says.
After eight months of struggle in Delhi, he realised that he would never enjoy being an artist if he was solely focused on it. "So, I decided to apply for a job and insisted that the company should respect my schedule. I should be relieved of my work commitments by 6 pm," he says. For three years from 2011, Anand worked for India Today as a journalist. He also does research on mental health and incorporates his studies into theatre.
Sanjukta Roy
Fashion designer and Aikido
Forty-three-year-old Sanjukta Roy, originally from Kolkata, has been a textile designer for the past 19 years. She started her career as a fashion designer in 2001, and currently has a Facebook page called Sanjukta, where she showcases her quirky designs rendered on gamchas for men and women. She has worked with gamcha, lungi, khadi and natural dyes as well. Earlier, she met customers at her home, but soon realised that, "entertaining everyone at home was not always possible". Her work has been showcased at several exhibitions in Japan, France and Taiwan. Back in India, she has sold her stuff online on jaipur.com.
On her page, you will find an album titled, "Why should women have all the fun?". A click on it and you will find men wearing saris. Roy does not believe that clothes have a gender. Swiss designer Gerold Brenner has modelled for her in saris in the menswear section of her page, and she has also been featured in a few Dutch newspapers.
In case you think Roy lives a glamorous life, you are clearly mistaken. "A lot of young designers think they will get a fancy office where they will sit and draw all day. The reality is quite different," she feels and adds, "When you want to run a small business and deal with a difficult textile like gamcha, you have to go to villages where they have never seen a woman like you. You travel in trains, sit on the top of buses, sometimes get mobbed as well. You are working from 10 am to 8 in the evening. You also need to clean your shop."
Roy also teaches Aikido (a modern Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy and religious beliefs), and she has earned a black belt in France. "It's true that I had to face subtle racism in Europe and sexism in India, where women are still considered physically weak," she quips. Often, she hasn't been taken seriously as an Aikido practitioner.
"I faced a tough time in Varanasi and Kolkata because people couldn't accept a woman teaching Aikido. I struggled to understand how to change at least children's mindset there," she says.
Roy also recalls that her examiners in France were ignorant about India and seemed to wonder how a brown girl will practice Aikido. "I didn't conform to the stereotype of an Indian woman embedded in their psyche, didn't have long hair, was unmarried," she says. "All these challenges made me more determined to hang on."
Roy is currently teaching martial arts in Varanasi and Kolkata. She has always been a physically hyperactive person, and took up Aikido to tame her restlessness. A friend introduced her to Aikido, but initially she was hesitant to embrace it. Roy feels martial art is a way of life, and loves the fact that Aikido doesn't believe in violence. Roy, who started her martial arts journey at Kolkata Judo Club, believes, "Aikido is a never-ending process and continuously evolving like music and dance." She saves up for a trip to France every year just to keep in touch with Aikido practitioners because, according to her, "In India it's just training with 10-15 people in one class, whereas there you have around 100 people."
In future, she says she might delve into the field of linguistics because she can speak multiple languages. She has a good grasp of Japanese, her business has taken her to Japan several times. "Though Japan has its share of problems, I like the people there and feel I have a second family there," she says. Besides, Roy also understands French and her "Italian Aikido teacher communicates with her in it".
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A woman holds a Juul e-cigarette while walking in New York. (File photo: Reuters)
The Associated Press, Chicago Saturday, 24 August 2019
Illinois health officials said on Friday that a patient who contracted a serious lung disease after vaping has died, which could make it the first death in the United States linked to the smoking alternative that has become popular with teens and young adults.
The Illinois Department of Public Health said in a news release that the patient, who was between 17 and 38 years old, had been hospitalized after falling ill following vaping, though it didn't give other information about the person, including the patient's name, hometown or date of death.
On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a news release in which it said 149 people nationwide had contracted a severe respiratory illness after vaping, but that there hadn't been any deaths reported as of then. CDC officials didn't immediately reply to a Friday phone message seeking comment.
The Illinois agency said in its release that the number of people who contracted a respiratory illness after vaping had doubled in the past week, to 22.
"The severity of illness people are experiencing is alarming and we must get the word out that using e-cigarettes and vaping can be dangerous," IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said in the release. "We requested a team from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help us investigate these cases and they arrived in Illinois on Tuesday."
All of the illnesses reported by the CDC were in teens or adults who had used an electronic cigarette or some other kind of vaping device. Doctors say the illnesses resemble an inhalation injury, with the lungs apparently reacting to a caustic substance. So far, infectious diseases have been ruled out.
Health officials around the country have been reporting patients getting sick after vaping, two in Connecticut, four in Iowa and six in Ohio that were announced Friday. They are asking doctors and hospitals to tell state health officials about any possible vaping-related lung disease cases they encounter.
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Golden Sun is a new Chinese restaurant, located where Red Orchid used to be. They have a very large menu with lots of vegetarian options. Feel free to ask for a different level of spiciness or other modifications to your order.
In addition to the usual dine in/take out, they offer delivery and catering.
2012-06-08 20:09:31 The new name of the restaurant is Golden Sun. It is under new ownership. I stopped in and got takeout tonight and am so, so happy. They have a meal special that's an entree, plus rice, plus two spring rolls, plus a small cup of soup. (7.95 for veggie, 8.85 for chicken or pork or beef, 9.95 for seafood.) I suspect the small spring rolls were frozen, but they were still tasty. My entree was delicious. The woman who runs the front of the house is a total dear.
They lose a lot of their business over the summer when the DaVinci High kids go on break. Here's hoping others in town discover the good food and good bargains. I'm a neighbor, so I can walk over there any time. I'm hoping other folks will be willing to make the drive across town, because it's worth it.
2012-06-12 12:23:01 The food is really delicious, and is in many ways better than the equivalent in Red Orchid. Of course, there is a much larger selection of entrees to choose from, but what makes this restaurant different from Red Orchid is the quality of the food. One of my friends ordered the kung pao vegetables and was extremely happy that they actually "had a kick" as opposed to the vegetarian options Red Orchid provided that did not seem to have much spice, even when asked to be extra spicy. I had a similar experience with the meat dishes. I ordered mango chicken because I was not sure what to really expect and was blown away by the blend of the mango with a thick, flavorful broth and the chicken. It was tangy, sweet, spicy all wrapped up in one, and worked well. I'm really happy about the change, especially since it seems like the same workers who worked at Red Orchid work at Golden Sun now.
Edit (2013-06-12): It's alright for what it is. My initial reaction was more to how large the menu was, rather than the food or the service. I am impressed that they now have a service that allows you to order online. That's pretty nifty. The only entree I would suggest for their lunch special is mango chicken. Everything else doesn't have much flavor regardless of how much spicyness you ask for. It's unfortunate also because they increased the prices and their lunch specials only come with steamed rice. I like steamed rice, but there are better restaurants in Davis that offer a)more quantity in their lunch specials, b) more variety in their lunch specials and c) are cheaper or the same price. What made Red Orchid stand out was that they had a 4.99 lunch special and a 3.99 student special during certain hours. It made it crawling with high school children, but as long as you purchased your food to go, it was cheap, efficient and you cannot complain for the price.
2013-03-21 21:57:29 I AM GENUINELY HORRIFIED BY THE SERVICE HERE. DON'T ORDER FOOD FROM HERE. Don't use the online delivery system.
I just ordered food from Golden Sun. I was excited because they had an online ordering system and it was easy to use. I ordered Mongolian Beef and Chicken Chow Mein as well as Egg Custard Buns. The online system is apparently flawed because if you choose Chow Mein they don't let you continue unless you choose a vegetable option. I figured it must be the vegetable option for the noodles since it wouldn't add chow mein to the order any other way but when we got our order there was no chow mein at all.
The vegetable option replaces the chow mein—their online system is not working correctly. (I went back after I ordered to double check this and it does the same thing everytime).
Also, we got egg custard tarts instead of egg custard buns. We paid $2 extra for the buns and got 4 little tarts instead.
Now this is all kind of annoying...but the worst part is when I called to inquire about the order.
The first time I called, a thick-accent man answered who did not hear me/talk loud enough/was surrounded by tons of background noise (loud voices and loud phones) answered and we could not communicate whatsoever. I tried calling back but either he couldn't understand/hear me or I couldn't understand/hear him.
The $2 for the incorrect buns/tarts , however was honestly not fair on top of everything else (we are poor college students so every dollar counts—plus we left a $3 tip!) so I called back 15 minutes later and a different man answered the phone. He spoke very clear and loudly so I was relieved that I could explain the situation to him.
I said that our order was incorrect and tried to explain what had happened with their website. He blamed the whole thing on me, saying that I selected the vegetables (all in an unfriendly manner interrupting me frequently). I was frustrated but tried to tell him that they should look into the website for future customers and he rudely told me "yeah whatever that's our problem" and very rudely dismissed me.
Then he brought up the buns and said he owed us $2, which lifted my spirits. But then he said he would just have to credit them for next time we called. First of all, my thoughts were that we would not call back because our order was messed up. (we also never ever order food in the house—only extremely rarely) Also, I don't really see how they could keep track of a $2 credit. So I said, "Well I don't think we will be calling back again, so I don't think that's necessarily fair..."
He literally interrupted me by SCREAMING "WELL THEN I DONT CARE!" and hung up. I was so confused and shocked. I didn't believe what just happened. I was trying to have a civil conversation.
I thought I might have imagined how cruel he was so I called back and said that I was confused about what just happened and if I could speak to the manager. He literally YELLED (shockingly loud) "I AM THE MANAGER" and then proceeded to angrily yell "I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME." I really wanted my ($2 bun money and my $3 tip...also chow mein) but before I could say anything he hung up on me. AGAIN.


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Liquid Biopsy Holds Promise for Precision Medicine
By LRG Science Team|2018-10-30T11:23:07-04:00December 29th, 2015|News, Research|
In a recent release from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), it was reported that researchers have discovered that by analyzing circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) through liquid biopsy that a patient's cancer can be tracked as it evolves and responds to treatment.
The results of the study were published in Nature Communications. Dr. Muhammed Murtaza of TGen and the Mayo Clinic and his colleagues outline a comparison between biopsy results and an analysis of a ctDNA in a patient with breast cancer, following the patient over a three year course of treatment.
Liquid biopsy detects mutations from multiple sites
The findings indicate that ctDNA analysis from blood samples allow detection of cancer mutations from multiple different tumor sites within a patient, and can track how each of them responds.
This type of test, known as liquid biopsy, is a less invasive and less costly alternative than traditional tissue biopsies. This could result in more frequent utilization of this analysis, leading to more accurate information and the selection of the best possible treatment for the patient.
Relevance to GIST
This technology is being looked at for GIST, and seems to be a natural progression, as in GIST research we have identified molecular types that are actionable.
Dr. George Demetri, leading GIST specialist, has supported this type of genetic assessment, indicating its potential to address the heterogeneity recurrent clones at relapse in GIST as a way of sampling the complete spectrum of a patient's tumor rather than biopsing specific parts of the tumor, but has called for further research to assess the efficacy and utility of liquid biopsies.
It will be important to track the current research. This study also heralds the possibility that in the future we will be able to track not only the specific mutations in various areas of a tumor, but also to develop targeted treatments at various stages in a patient's disease.


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This time of year, people are wiped out. As much as we like to paint Christmas as a time of expectation and celebration, scratch the surface and just underneath we'll discover anxiety, frustration, and exhaustion. Even in the churches, or maybe especially in the churches, the picture we paint of joyous preparation and anticipation looks like washed out watercolors by Christmas Morning. God's steadfast love, mercy, and faithfulness is preached, sung, confessed, and prayed about, so then why do we seem to find so little relief in the Church's message that "unto you a child is born," and so on? Why are we so anxious, frustrated, and exhausted? Why are we so wiped out?
When Israel arrived at their breaking point, when they looked around and cried out, "Everything is lost", God reminded them: "I am your portion and your inheritance…" (Num 18:20) Whether they were rich or poor, owned houses and land or wandered the wilderness with no place to lay their head, whether they were a free people or slaves, they were grounded in the Lord's promise.
Our relief when we're troubled can't be found at the end of all our preparations and celebrations, no matter how pious our intent. Our comfort in discomfort can't find traction in others' platitudes like, "We understand what you're going through," or, "God knows your pain and he'll pull you through." Whatever worth we invest in such sayings they can't pull us through suffering and hopelessness. They fall far short of putting us in ultimate solidarity with our Savior.
This time of year, Christmas-time, doing more, saying more, getting others to participate with us in our preparations, won't hold us closer in our relation to God. There is no place for playing games with our hopes or our troubles with God. If there is any hope for us at Christmas time it must come entirely from God to us.
If we're wiped out it's because we've stopped short of God. If we paint Christmas as a time of expectation and celebration, but stop short of the God who lies in a manger, then we stop short of receiving from Him, letting Him be Giver-God in all that He does for us, and we end up alone in silence, waiting for God to do something (Ps 37:7).
Jesus, who is "stricken, smitten, and afflicted" for us, holds us to God through it all. His steadfast love, mercy, and faithfulness comes to us and is given as gift in Him "without any worthiness or merit in us," or preparation. In Jesus, and with Jesus, and through Jesus we hope, and we trust, and we love because we're relieved of our burdens and cares, which God has chosen to remove from us and instead lay in a manger on the shoulders of the Christ-child, Jesus.


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Steve Schuh, county executive of Anne Arundel County, Md., holds a copy of the Capital Gazette June 29, the day after a gunman killed five people and injured several others at the Annapolis, Md., newspaper. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters)
Catholics remember, mourn victims killed in Capital Gazette shootings
George P. Matysek Jr.
Feature, Local News, News
While Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore offered prayers and support for the families and loved ones of five people killed June 28 at the offices of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, a former longtime sports editor for the newspaper mourned his friends as exceptional journalists who were also good human beings.
A 38-year-old gunman using a shotgun blasted his way into the newsroom in what police said was a targeted attack against the publication.
John McNamara, a sports reporter for the Capital Gazette in Annapolis and an author of two books, was among those killed June 28 in the offices of the newspaper. (Courtesy Baltimore Sun Media Group)
The alleged killer, later identified as Jarrod W. Ramos of Laurel, killed Rob Hiassen, a 59-year-old assistant editor and columnist; Wendi Winters, a 65-year-old writer and editor; Gerald Fischman, a 61-year-old editorial page editor; John McNamara, a 56-year-old sports writer and Rebecca Smith, a 34-year-old sales associate.
Two others were injured in the attack.
Ramos, in custody and charged with five counts of first-degree murder, had a longstanding dispute with the newspaper after the Capital Gazette wrote about a criminal harassment case against him. He sued for defamation, with courts ruling in the newspaper's favor.
Archbishop William E. Lori said he was "shocked and saddened by the terrible shootings at the Capital Gazette."
"We pray for the eternal rest of those who died," he said. "We also pray for their families, friends and colleagues in journalism who mourn their loss."
Gerry Jackson, the sports editor for the Capital Gazette for more than 20 years who now works for the Baltimore Sun, said he is deeply pained by the deaths of his colleagues. He was a friend of four of the victims, considering McNamara in particular to be as close as a brother.
McNamara, an author of two books about basketball at the University of Maryland, worked on the news desk of the Capital Gazette before leaving to work for the Prince George's Journal. Jackson hired him back to cover sports.
"We were a small staff," Jackson said, "and we needed to work with good people who can get along with people really well. John grew up in a big, Catholic family like I did. We talked about how that taught you to get along with co-workers because you learn the give-and-take of putting up with different personalities."
Jackson noted that McNamara was the eldest of seven and a graduate of St. John's College High School in Washington, D.C. One of McNamara's uncles was a Catholic priest, Jackson said.
Jackson did not know McNamara's current parish in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, but noted that he and his wife were active in its pre-Cana program. Whenever difficult situations arose, Jackson said, everyone turned to McNamara for support.
Police walk near the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Md., June 28 after a gunman opened fire there, killing five, inuring several others. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters)
"He was the rock of his family," Jackson said.
Jackson also spoke fondly of three other friends lost in the rampage.
Hiassen was the kind of editor "who would go out of his way if you wrote a column to say how much he liked it," Jackson said.
Winters, who frequently covered community news, was a generous person whom Jackson called the "godmother" of the newsroom.
Jackson recalled how after a colleague had problems with "diabetic incidents" at work, Jackson would take candy from a jar on Winters' desk and give it to his friend. After explaining to Winters why her candy jar was getting low, Jackson remembered, Winters asked what the diabetic friend's favorite was.
"From then on, she always made sure she had Reese's peanut butter cups in her jar," Jackson said. "She was a wonderful person."
Jackson remembered Fischman as a shy, detail-oriented person whom others in the newsroom relied on frequently.
"He was the guy you went to in the office if you had a grammar question or questioned the usage of a word," Jackson said. "He was better than a dictionary."
Redemptorist Father John Tizio, pastor of St. Mary in Annapolis, said his parish community "holds and lifts up in prayer all the victims of this senseless act of violence in our city."
He noted that the Capital Gazette is located on Bestgate Road, not far from St. Mary's mission church of St. John Neumann. He considers it a neighbor.
"Our hearts and minds are heavy with grief," he said. "But in this grief we know our God will help us find healing, peace and strength in our faith and in one another."
The pastor said the victims, the injured, their families, friends and loved ones will be remembered at all Masses the weekend of June 30-July 1.
Christopher Gunty, CEO of Catholic Review Media and a board member of the Maryland Delaware D.C. Press Association, echoed the words of MDDC President Robin Quillon who described the Capital Gazette as "a critical part of the community in Annapolis and in our association."
A police car blocks the road in front of the Capital Gazette newspaper June 29 a day after a gunman opened fire at the Annapolis, Md., newspaper, killing five and injuring several others. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters)
"The staff of Catholic Review Media joins our prayers for the victims and their loved ones, as we witness again the impact of violence and guns on our community," Gunty said. "Let us pray for an end to these kinds of incidents."
Maryland Gov. Lawrence Hogan Jr. ordered flags to be flown at half-staff June 29 in honor of the victims.
"The Capital Gazette is my hometown paper, and I have the greatest respect for the fine journalists, and all the men and women, who work there," the governor said on social media. "They serve each day to shine light on the world around us so that we might see with more clarity and greater understanding."
Jackson and his wife, Nancy M. Jackson, a former reporter for the Capital Gazette and the Catholic Review, attended Mass at their parish church of St. Michael in Overlea the morning after the killings. They have been overwhelmed by expressions of support.
"Keep reaching out to one another and try to see the good in others," Jackson said.
Email George Matysek at gmatysek@CatholicReview.org.
Emily Rosenthal contributed to this story.
George Matysek was named digital editor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in 2017 following two decades at the Catholic Review, where he began as a writer and then served as senior correspondent, assistant managing editor and web editor.
In his current role, he manages archbalt.org and CatholicReview.org and is a host of the Catholic Baltimore radio program.
George has won more than 70 national and regional journalism awards from the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association, the Catholic Press Association, the Associated Church Press and National Right to Life. He has reported from Guyana, Guatemala, Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.
A native Baltimorean, George is a proud graduate of Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School in Essex. He holds a bachelor's degree from Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore and a master's degree from UMBC.
George, his wife and five children live in Rodgers Forge, where they are parishioners of St. Pius X, Rodgers Forge/St. Mary of the Assumption, Govans.