Sort of knew I shouldn't bring the shortwave. That'll teach me to donate to NPR. Just can't resist a "thank you gift." Will crank it tomorrow.
Wish I hadn't turned on the radio. BBC World Service all there is. Downbeat.
Latest newscast unnerving. Need to concentrate. I blow this deadline, I'm seriously screwed.
Radio getting scary. What's coming out of Washington and Moscow, not to be believed.
Worse. Can't listen any more. Can't not.
BBC now mostly static. What I could make out this morning left me shaky. "Standoff" … "ultimatum" … "hair trigger" … "nuclear alert" … "drills." Threats escalating.
Radio gone silent. Can't write.
Trump traumatized us. Despicable lunatic president. Groundhog day after day, one alarm after another, real-life nightmare.
When I was a kid, most liberals wanted détente with Russia. After Trump got in, a very different approach. (Putin more odious than Brezhnev?) Righteous flamethrowers over nuclear powder keg.
Somehow a zeitgeist switch got pulled. By early '17, the "Russiagate" juice was pulsing like Times Square. Hypnotic.
Oscillating between numbed, frightened, outright terrified.
Supply boat 72 hours late. Still nothing above the water line but sky and birds.
The frenzy of hostility toward Russia made negotiations less and less likely.
Absence of negotiations with Russia made nuclear war more likely.
The frenzy of hostility toward Russia increased the chances of nuclear war.
Brooding. Climbing walls that aren't here. How could this be?
Always wanted to assume that some people I love will live after me.
Hungry. Waves lapping. No boat or plane in sight. No radio sound beyond static no matter how hard I crank.
Better reduce my meal portions again. Cut back on water.
Remembering back to 2017 when Democrats in Congress were quite sanely denouncing Trump for refusing to pursue real diplomacy with North Korea—and many of the same ones were denouncing him for talking with Putin. So party-line clever. Now I'm terrified the world is on fire.
Still nothing. No drop-off. Eleven days late and counting.
Not feeling good. Maybe it's from cutting back on food. Nauseous, dry heaves. Starting to throw up.
Will I see the kids again?
I must have seen hundreds, maybe thousands of cable news hours about how bad Russia is. Doubt even 1 percent—make that 0.1—mentioned the nuclear missiles between us. Minor detail. Careers being boosted, great ratings.
Water everywhere I can see. Almost out of water. So thirsty.
I blame the whole spectrum. It wasn't just the right-wing fanatics and crackpot "centrists." Just as bad were the liberals, progressives. They glommed onto the madness about Russia. Set aside realities for human survival, an analytical sense of what was at stake. The bennies of conformity and received wisdom were just too great, the need for context, history actually, too large. So they fell for or into one of the oldest basic tricks in the books: diverting attention from the homegrown rot, the obstacles to democracy that couldn't be closer to home. Instead, they wrapped themselves around the lightning-rod flagpole of rage at who they were told was our foreign foe. And Russiagate was to stand alone as a supreme offense.
Still no food drop. Prepaid!! Supposed to be absolutely reliable!!!
Sicker. Hardly can move. Need help soon.


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How much of your time do you spend in your body, and how much in your head? In our current cultural climate, it's easy to live a life of the mind and leave your body behind. Losing your body, however, is just as bad as losing your mind, negatively impacting your health and well-being, your relationships, and your overall aliveness.
We have all learned to think about our bodies. We've been fed a diet of ideas about how our bodies should be. Many of these ideas come from industries that profit off of us feeling bad about our bodies and wishing them to be different. As a result, learning to occupy our bodies, is a kind of political act. We need to reclaim our bodies so that we sense and feel them from the inside, rather than imposing a bunch of ideas upon them from the outside about how they ought to be.
You have to experiment and explore to find out what your body wants.
Finally, you start to give your body more of what IT wants, and start to feel better and more alive as a result!
Check out the video for some examples of how the process works!


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Toure Counting on Depth
Having lost yet another player to injury against Oldham in the FA Cup now leaves Liverpool's already thin squad even thinner, but Kolo Toure believes they have the depth to cope.
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Liverpool's ever-growing injury list added another name yesterday when Daniel Agger joined Mamadou Sakho, Glen Johnson, Jose Enrique, Jon Flanagan, Joe Allen, and Daniel Sturridge. Aside from Flanagan, who was filling in for Enrique when he fell injured, every player on the list would be in contention to start were he fit.
For Allen and Sturridge at least there appears an end in sight, with both expected to return shortly, while Agger's injury could turn out to be less serious than suspected. It still makes for a tough situation for Liverpool, with most of a potential starting eleven out injured. Kolo Toure, though, believes the injuries can be overcome.
"It's been a tough period with so many games and we're playing in such a tough league," Toure told the Liverpool Echo. "Everybody in the squad always gives 100% in training and in games and when you do that you can pick up injuries. It's part of the game. We have other players who can step in and play.
"It's not easy when you have to make a lot of changes but that's what pre-season was for—to get everyone used to playing with each other. When the league starts you know that anything can happen. We have to adapt and get on with it. It's really hard to get games here so when you have a chance to play you have to be ready."
After a tough stretch that has seen Liverpool play two matches most weeks since the start of December, at least now there will also be time between games to recover—hopefully lessening the chance of injury. Having advanced in the FA Cup will add another match at the end of the month of course, but even if the top four is the priority, a chance for silverware is never a bad thing.
"It was very important for us to get through," added the Ivorian defender. "These games can be very difficult. Give credit to Oldham as they played very well. They came here and they weren't scared. But I thought we controlled the game very well. We never got nervous which was very important and we are into the next round."
At the end of the first half, a worse fate even than a loss seemed increasingly possible as a nil-nil scoreline and Oldham's defence-first attitude hinted at a replay that would have extended Liverpool's congested fixture list. A few smart substitutions, though, were enough to break the deadlock, and now it's on to the next round—and to having a few days off between matches.
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Hi guys. It's Britt. Now I know I did say that today's post was going to be Margo and the Red Umbrella Part 2, but this little story has got me giggling this morning, so I wanted to share it with you instead. Look for Margo and the Red Umbrella Part 2 on Wednesday.
Welcome. I'm your new Supervisor. Name's Barry Sparks, but you can just call me Sir. Ho ho!
Here at Master Steaks, we're a real team. There's no "I" in team, but backwards, it spells "meat." I always say that. It's my little thing. Course, it doesn't spell meat. Team, backwards. But most folks just appreciate the joke.
And speaking of jokes! Your new co-workers in this factory are a real bunch of kidders. You'd better watch out for Stan and Carlos especially. One time, we discovered my hard hat sitting right on top of a steer's head on its way to slaughter. My hard hat. Ho ho!
And that Belinda in the office, she's a real pistol too. She's called the Food Safety Inspection Agency on us, I don't know how many times. And once she said: "Sir, there's a surprise for you," and it was an audit, when I thought she'd gotten me something for my birthday.
But then, don't think we're not safe in this factory. We're all about safety.
Just look at this sign over here. We've been a whole 19 days without an accident.
I know what you're thinking and let me tell you, if you do ever find a severed finger (or a hand), don't try to be a hero. Just leave it where it is and call for Medical. There's a procedure, see. And don't forget that if you discover a finger, a team member nearby is probably having a lousy day and could use a little cheering up!
Now I know some folks think that there's nothing for them in this line of work. They'll tell you it's dangerous and there's nasty working conditions.
These people just don't know how much fun we have in here. We're a real team at Master Steaks. And as you know, there's no "I" in team. But there's meat!
I can just picture this, just like a scene out of a movie. Brillant again!
Thanks guys! I had fun writing this one.


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In terms of boating, the chine is the area of a vessel's hull where the bilge angles up to become the topsides of the hull. The hull is the watertight section of the vessel, above which is the deck and any other superstructure feature. The bilge is the lowest part of a vessel under the waterline.
Hard and Soft Chines
A chine is described as being soft or hard depending on the measurement of the internal angle between the bilge to topside transition.
A hard chine has a smaller interior angle than a soft chine. There are no absolute values for determining a soft or hard chine construction, but angles less than 135 degrees (90/2)+90) are considered hard chines and angles greater than 135 degrees are considered soft chines. A vessel with a 90-degree angle between bilge and topside has a very hard chine.
Types of Chines
Here are a few examples of chine types. A "V" shape chine is constructed by connecting two flat panels at the bottom-most point of the vessel, creating a "V" shape. This is also called a single chine hull. While a simple construction, it is not the most stable.
A 2 chine hull consists of a flat bottom and 90-degree angled sides on both sides. A hard chine model, a 2 chine hull vessel is very stable and features a large capacity for cargo.
One of the more common chine builds, a 3 chine hull features a very wide "V" shape extending from the keel. Then, over 90-degreed sides extend up from the end of the "V".
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Multi-chine hulls are vessels 3 or more chines. Modern hulls on high-speed or rough water vessels might have multiple chine hulls. These can be seen on the hull near the bow.
Multi-chine hulls allow the cross section of the hull that is exposed to the water to be reduced when the vessel is lifted because of the resistance of water in front of the hull. This is also known as planning hull. As a vessel is lifted, less of the hull contacts the water and it becomes laterally unstable. This instability allows a hull to pivot along its length to stabilize a high-speed turn.
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If that looks like a copy-and-paste from the previous post, that's because it is – the last week was mostly spent polishing things up and playtesting.
The new version is, once again, not save-compatible. This is likely to be the case with new releases for the foreseeable future – things are simply changing too much at this point. On the bright side, I don't think any mods are incompatible with this version, though they'll probably need some rebalancing.
You can download the new version using the buttons below. You'll have to reinstall the game, but shouldn't need to enter the activation code again.
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Congratulations Alex on getting this out! I'm going to try it over lunch today haha!!
Hell yes! Been looking forwards to this!
Congratulations on a speedy & efficient release of such an exquisitely feature-rich update. Fractal Softworks ROCKS.
Woots! Time to start up another save. This time I think I'll go with all low-tech ships. Heavy armor, BALLISTICS!
I've been checking your blog every day for a month. Thanks for the hard work! I've got probably 300+ games on Steam/Origin/Impulse/Battle.net and outside of a certain dungeon crawler coming out in a couple weeks yours is the one I've been following the most.
Oh boy, this is gonna be a long night!
Very nice update! A noticeable improvement of the ship AI. It was a blast fighting enemy ships.
Really Really Really good update. Took me 30sec after lunching game to be chocked.
Love it but have a questin. In the cargo menu, in the right bottom there are 6 squers and it says Jettison over. What is that?
Thank you a thousen time for the game Alex!
Yay thanks a bunch. This is truly the best pc game ive ever played, with cool devs that actually care!
@Sebastian: If you drop cargo there, it'll be ejected into space (and gone forever).
Really loving this game so far. I'm very excited to play the new build! The quality of this game is unbelievable.
Just a quick question: would it be possible in a future update to choose which ship you start out with?
@anon: Yeah, that's very likely.
cool, I was just wondering how I was going to entertain myself tonight. Now I know.
Oh my god, that menu music is glorious!
Huzzah! Thanks for another update that will keep me satiate for a while.
Wow, after spending a few hours on it last night I have to say you've done a great job!
I still find it frustrating that I can't flee from engagements with far superior foes and without officer progression or anything there's little point to continue playing with a character after losing a fleet, but I know a lot of these systems will eventually make it into the game..
Love the game but can I have the containers on the ship to get extra cargo space or havent they been put in game yet?
Hmm, weird, thought I took care of that – will take another look. Thanks for bringing it up!
@Farlarzia: Can you post more details in the support section of the forum, if you're still having trouble?
@Vzq: That sounds right, I probably just missed it.
I cannot express just how happy I am at the inclusion of the abandoned storage site and the ability to set rally points from the map.
Also, do you have any timetables for when you plan to add in additional sectors/systems?
Gah, Hounds are almost too good at staying out of range!
Sorted out resolution issues! I agree with Scroll with the hounds! Some times they don't retreat but just wont go close to your ship so you cant kill them!
@ValkyriaL: Short answer: adjusted to fit in with overall vision for game. Will be moddable.
Re: Hounds – yeah, they can be a bit annoying. I recommend Salamanders to take them out – especially with Expanded Missile Racks, it really does make it a lot easier.
Can I buy containers for bigger cargo space yet? If I can how do I buy it?
Great update, the new features really make this a different game. Whereas before you could just buy everything and win but now you really have to be more measured with your approach.
The changes to the sound effects and music give it a much more classy feel too.
Yeah, no longer having issues with hounds at this point. Took on two at the same time and Salamanders made all the difference. I also love that they try to flank you and get behind all the time.
some AI controlled ships seem to saving missiles. Is it possible to order them to shoot missiles as often as possible?
They save them for a good opportunity. If they fired "as often as possible", they'd waste all of them in just a few seconds.
Why doesn't fuel work? i have been flying around for an hour with 0 fuel and i am still running. could you look into this Alex?
Fuel isn't used right now (the current plan is to only have it be used for interstellar travel).
Sorry for all the posts but do you think you could put up a video of how to install mods? It would really help thanks!
Farlarzia, installing mods is very easy, simply extract the files directly in the into the Mods folder within the Starfarer Folder. Atleast that's how its done with every mod I've used.
>They save them for a good opportunity. If they fired "as often as possible", they'd waste all of them in just a few seconds.
but it is hard to tell when is the good opportunity. sometimes, it is better to shoot down all the faster enemy ships as quick as possible; sometimes, you have to shoot all the missile at the same time to overwhelm enemy point defense; sometimes, there is only a few slow enemy ships left, so no reason to keep saving missile; surely, other times, it is better to save missile. it depends on which strategies the players are using, so I think an order to shoot/save missile may be useful or you may make the AI even smarter.
I like that you have made the pirates stronger, they pump out a LOT more Armadas now, but they are still *weak* i think you should make a *Pirate Invasion Fleet* that contains outdated versions of the onslaught, otherwise you just get massive farm by sitting on top of their planet. or would that like be outside of their economical reach?
I agree. I farmed 200000 money buy just siting on there planet with 2 medusa's and selling what i got. Now because of that i have a paragon and soon to have the 3 carrier bays one.
Scroll down all the way to the bottom of the first post – there are instructions there.
Sounds like you've set a weapon group on "alternating" mode without intending to.
New update is amazing! Ai is sweet and accedents add a fun new challange. However fleet cap at 100 is a drag. I'm already maxed out and I feel like my fleet has no variety. I know this is for balance reasons but I have to admit it makes the game less fun for me. Keep up the good work!
Thank you. This is an awesome game. Just so you know it is too easy to auto resolve (let second in command handle it). I can win against equal or slightly better fleets without any causalities.
I wonder if it's of any use, but I found a bug.
If you run out of supplies while attempting to repair at a station, buying more of them while docked doesn't allow further repairs.
I hope you get this game done good, it's very promising!
@Rajamonni: Yep, that's a bug. Fixed for the upcoming bugfix release.
@Michael S: Hmm… yeah, need to do something about that. Not entirely clear what, though – don't want auto-resolve to be particularly *bad*, either. Am going to save the random seed used for it eventually, btw – so that reloading a save will produce the same results.
@Farlarzia: Thanks, I'll take a look.
@Vzq: The AI fleets use the same supply mechanics as the player fleet, and they can (and do!) have accidents. As far as the fleet point limit, in a future release it'll be influenced by your command skill – I think it'll make more "sense" then. As far as the Hegemony fleet – I think that's about the only fleet in the game right now that doesn't have the same limit as the player. Let's just say they have a very good admiral in charge Or, that being near an orbital station they own provides some logistical bonuses. I can see either becoming an actual game mechanic, so I wouldn't look at this as unreasonable, even now. You're at a disadvantage, sure, but it's a reasonable one.
Re: fighter messages – silly question, but you did upgrade to 0.52.1a, right? That was one of the bugs fixed – at least, under one set of circumstances.


This method for structure and organization is essential for a personal development plan After that YesFiltering all kinds of stimuli from the environment around you. Know what you want to get out of this post and what you want to change because this is the first step to positively change your life and business. It also requires that you have the willpower to go through with the schedules you have set for yourself. The subconscious and conscious mind.
Practicing it without cheating because what you do is still genuine and in you are really interested in it. And enjoy doing it. Improving your knowledge with the help of self improvement techniques can give you the success you desire to have in your life. I highly recommend that you check out this site Find pictures/images that represent your destination. Developing your skill sets will not only make you a better asset to your occupational field but it will also add a since of fulfillment knowing that you are making a deliberate attempt to become the best you possible.
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Through observant the natural surroundings, we tend to see our own reflection. The sky contains the planets and stars; the world and ocean alone contain a diversity of existence that continues to evolve and amaze us. New discoveries of plants, insects and animals happen each day! Perceptive even one little a part of the nature will provide us insight into however we are connected to each animate thing through universal consciousness. Poets of all cultures highlight deep truths by perceiving the flow of water, the energy of the sun and the power of a mountain.
A prototypical cousin of the mountain, the inspiring tree roots deeply into the bottom as its branches extend toward the sky. Trees are robust however versatile, and usually quite resilient. A tree cooperates with and sustains different natural forms like birds, mammals and insects. Trees breathe vitalizing oxygen into the globe and every one the life forms them as they exchange greenhouse gas for oxygen. Insects and vines could destroy a tree, yet it keeps on giving, breaking down into nutrients to assist other life forms. Because of its many beneficial qualities, a tree may be viewed as the ultimate instance of selflessness.
Reflect on your balance with others. How do you cooperate with your family, friends and society in general? However do you feel once the winds of modification blow through your life? What ways in which do you offer to and receive from others? However do you support others?
The Sun Salutation encompasses a range of poses, but they all indicate the intensity of the sun, that is the epitome of fire. Whereas fire will destroy, it also refines and is the precursor to renewal. As the sustained of all life on earth, the sun is that the focus of the many world traditions and religions.
While playacting the Sun Salutation, it is difficult to think of anything but the flow of the poses; we are forced to remain in the moment. We build heat and purify our system as we seek enlightenment, for what's higher consciousness however permitting ourselves to be full of light?
Fire quickly transforms all it touches. However does one feel regarding changes that you simply can't control? What are your goals for private transformation? However does one categorical the fireplace of your ideas and passions?
The moon is frequently connected with ladylike vitality. As the effective partner to the sun, the moon is very natural and responsive. As it experiences its month to month stages, the moon influences life here on earth, prove by the tides. The sun and moon are of focal significance to Hatha yoga, its name being gotten from the sun (Ha) and moon (Tha). Yoga helps us to orchestrate their contradicting energies with the goal that we can carry on with a healthy lifestyle. The moon mirrors the sun, enlightening the night sky and those parts of our mind that we attempt to stow away under the front of obscurity. As the moon influences water here on earth, it likewise impacts the feelings that might be enslaved for the sake of rationale.
Do you relate to your feelings? Do you change like the tides? Is it true that you are ready to comprehend your feelings? Do you feel good investigating them? As you shelter one side or the other in Moon Pose or Half Moon Pose, would you say you are abstaining from feeling a feeling you consider as "negative"? What might it take to build up a more noteworthy feeling of mindfulness about apparently negative feelings? Frequently, negative feelings give the chance to peer more profound inside of an issue and investigate baffling parts of our own passionate and otherworldly scene. As you practice Moon PoseHealth Fitness Articles, let yourself get and be interested in the experience.
Everyone has heard of yoga and knows of it as a series of postures to stretch and rejuvenate your body. What is Bikram yoga and what differentiates it from other forms of yoga?
Bikram yoga is a specific style of yoga founded by Bikram Choudhury. Otherwise known as "hot yoga", Bikram yoga, named after it's founder, is fairly advanced yoga moves done in a one hundred and five degree room with humidity at fifty percent, so you will most definitely be sopping wet when leaving.
The origin of this type of yoga is spiritually derived from Hinduism and regionally from Yoga College of India. Bikram yoga consists of 26 asanas or postures and two breathing exercises.
The word asana translates to the word "seat" which refers to the spirit in relation to the divine. Asanas are intended to lead back to sitting in meditation. Asanas are meant to improve your muscle flexibility and strength.
These moves, called asanas, are supposed to be practiced together with pranayama, or slow breath work for maximum benefit. Your breaths should be through the nose, not the mouth, and should be slow, not forced, and totally natural. To receive maximum benefit from practicing asanas, all tension and tightness in the body should consciously be let go.
A glass of water before practicing asanas enhances the experience and asanas should not be done on a full stomach. The practice of Bikram yoga is meant not only to improve muscle strength and flexibility, but also to establish a balance of our physical beings in relation to the divine.
Yoga is a path to attain a balance of the body, mind and spirit. Yoga can, if done correctly, be a means to control the ongoing complaint in all of our lives, stress. Optimum health is the ultimate goal for everyone of us. Health does not just refer to our physical beings but also to our mental attitudes and spiritual growth.
Bikram or hot yoga addresses emotional as well as physical well being and flexibility. When I visited my daughter in California, she signed me up for my first experience with hot yoga. Being in my fifties, I was a little concerned about the prospect of being a complete amateur at any kind of yoga and the possibility of being the oldest participant in the class.
When I entered the flaming hot classroom, it was clear to me that, to my relief I was not the "oldest one" in the class room. I was happily surprised at my ability to do so many of the postures. My self realization during the hot yoga class was my need to "stress" or hurry up at all times.
Constant focus on slowing down the breath and only breathing through my nose was a challenge for me. The heated room was something I thought I would not be able to tolerate. It did add to the yoga session and is probably one of the reasons I did not have aching muscles or pulled tendons the next day.
During some of the postures, I was keenly aware of my need to improve my balance and my sense of my physical position in space. For ongoing achievement of balance, I have been practicing the art of yoga via an instructional DVD in my home.
Particularly useful to me, in addition to the improvement of balance is the yoga reminds me to slow down and relax the tension in my body. The concept of the heated room in Bikram yoga is to diminish the risk of injuries and to allow you to go deeper into each posture.
The perspiration experienced during hot yoga enhances the release of toxins. The postures consist of warm up poses that can be done prior to a yoga class. There are standing poses and seated poses. The twist yoga poses have the purpose of strengthening your back, toning the abdomen and helping with digestion.
I would like to share a secret about yoga and its real purpose. Perhaps, you already know what it is.
After all, isn't all knowledge 'hanging' somewhere in some collective consciousness? Often, learning is remembering, or recognizing something distantly familiar.
As a cohesive, practical system, yoga was developed over five thousand years ago. Why did it take this long to become popular? Five thousand years! There have been many yogis throughout history, but never was the system so widespread as it is today. Is there something about yoga that stunted its growth in the past?
Ancient yogis recognized powerful effects of this practice on one's physical, energetic, and mental constitutions. As a service to the world, the rishis of the past sent out a wish into the future (a mental projection of sorts) that whenever the planet needs this ancient wisdom, it would re-surface.
And like a seed planted long ago, yoga popularity has germinated, sprouted, and now become a beautiful bloom with all of its traditions, styles, and variations. Obviously, the need is here and now. The world needs its message. Why? What is so special about yoga? What did ancient yogis foresee?
They saw Ego. Yes, a huge ego, growing into billions of faces and invading hundreds of cultures. The ego, or the sense of separateness, is an essential part of the mind. It places us in the infamous human predicament: ensuring our physical and mental safety, but robbing us of the continual experience of inner peace.
As a protective mechanism, the ego continuously strengthens itself through physical training of the body, conditioning and education of the mind, securing a 'comfortable' place in the world socially and financially, and so on. Basically, the ego always looks out for itself, even at the expense of others.
When dealing with other egos, there may be conflict. If unregulated, conflict may grow into war. History has shown how prevalent wars have been in 'solving' ego's problems.
However, when dealing with the natural world, which has no ego and doesn't consciously wage war, there is consistent, on-going abuse, overuse, and destruction.
As a conscious human being living in today's world, you already know the damage caused by the constant onslaught of human ego-driven activity on our precious planet.
This is where yoga comes in. But what does yoga have to do with nature and the ego? Well, everything, really.
What is yoga, anyway? Union. Right? Union of everything: body, breath, mind, inner self, and every other living and non-living thing in the entire existence: rocks, plants, animals, other humans, every thing.
Yoga is a realization that there's Oneness behind everything and this Oneness is who you are. This Oneness is inexplicable in words or thoughts, but one feels it anyway, when, suddenly but often enough, one peeks beyond the mind's constant chattering.
This experience of Oneness, of yoga, of lasting inner peace and happiness, is the opposite of Ego, the sense of separateness.
In fact, yoga, and absolute happiness, are experienced only when the ego is clear, or, to use the language of yoga, purified. Once the ego is pure, yoga happens naturally.
This may seem unexpected for some of you, but, as a science and a practical system, yoga primarily deals with the mind. It may begin with the physical conditioning of the body – postures and sequences to gain physical control, but all to get a handle on the mind. According to yogic wisdom, to control the mind perfectly is the most difficult task in the universe.


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To wear or not to wear: WHO's confusing guidance on masks in the covid-19 pandemic
WHO's guidance on wearing masks during the covid-19 pandemic does little to clear up public confusion, say Aileen Lai-yam Chan, CC Leung, TH Lam, and KK Cheng
The panic buying of masks seems to have spread faster than coronavirus. Face masks have sold out and been in short supply in many countries, despite media reports that the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends against healthy people wearing them. Amid the confusion, we studied WHO's interim guidance (dated 29 January 2020) and found that on the question of "to wear or not to wear a mask," its recommendations seem inconsistent. We took a look at the recommendations point by point and found that it was easy to see why public confusion has arisen:
The advice begins by noting that "Wearing a medical mask is one of the prevention measures to limit spread of certain respiratory diseases, including 2019-nCoV, [since then renamed SARS-CoV-2] in affected areas." This statement seems to set the scene for the organisation recommending mask wearing as a protective measure for the wearer, as well as for source control of the infection.
However, in the next sentence the guidance notes that "the use of a mask alone (bolded by WHO) is insufficient to provide the adequate level of protection and other equally relevant measures should be adopted. If masks are to be used, this measure must be combined with hand hygiene and other infection prevention and control measures to prevent the human-to-human transmission of 2019-nCov." The reference here to "protection" suggests that the main purpose of wearing a mask is to protect oneself. It's worth noting that "being insufficient" does not mean being of "no use." A healthy diet may not be sufficient to prevent heart attacks, for example, but one normally would not qualify dietary advice like this. "Other equally relevant measures" suggests that wearing a mask works equally well as other measures, such as hand hygiene. And, in fact, there is evidence that masks do provide protection in community settings when worn.
The guidance goes on to say: "Wearing medical masks when not indicated may cause unnecessary cost, procurement burden, and create a false sense of security that can lead to neglecting other essential measures such as hand hygiene practices." Not having established at this point whether wearing a mask is indicated or not, the guidance places the emphasis on cost, rather than effectiveness in a way that does not seem appropriate. If face masks are effective, of course people would be prepared to pay for them. WHO's fears of potential procurement burdens have been borne out in countries that have found their healthcare staff are running low on face masks, yet should this not be governments' responsibility to manage? It's also debatable if wearing masks engenders a false sense of security. Judging from the panic buying of hand sanitizers and soap, as well as masks, it seems like people are not neglecting to take other precautionary measures even if they're wearing a mask.
"Furthermore," as the guidance continues, "using a mask incorrectly may hamper its effectiveness to reduce the risk of transmission." This statement also suggests that a mask is effective if adopted correctly. Furthermore, if WHO has concerns about an effective preventive measure being used inappropriately, this can be dealt with by education (the excellent WHO video on washing hands is an example of this being done well).
Under a section titled "Community setting," WHO has further advised that "individuals without respiratory symptoms … should maintain distance of at least 1 meter from any individual with 2019-nCoV respiratory symptoms…" Two studies published around 80 years ago provided the basis for this suggested distance, which has driven hospital infection control, but more recent evidence suggests that droplets can travel further than two meters. This advice, while unambiguous, is also likely to prove difficult in many situations. It is especially challenging in urban settings where people are crowded closely together and it is often unclear as to who is infected or has symptoms. A recommendation that cannot be realistically met may generate a constant sense of insecurity in the wider population, which results in aversive behaviours, including discrimination against people who are seen to be at a higher risk of having the disease. There have been reported incidents of racial discrimination since the onset of the outbreak.
This same section goes on to note that "a medical mask is not required as no evidence is available on its usefulness to protect non-sick persons." This is not an accurate summary of existing evidence, as there have been trials on the community use of masks by a non-sick person that showed they reduced influenza or flu-like illnesses in the community. These evaluated mixed interventions with hand hygiene and masks and the evidence suggests that when used together they are effective. Commentators have noted that trials that fail to show masks' effectiveness in protecting wearers may be accounted for by low compliance, which is likely to be a smaller problem in the covid-19 pandemic.
"Individuals with respiratory symptoms" are told in WHO's guidance that they "should wear a medical mask …" Although there is less evidence to guide us on this specific scenario, it does point towards masks having a benefit for source control. Qualitative research, however, has found that people might avoid this precaution for fear of the stigmatisation and discrimination it might attract. Evidence from patients in China also suggests that asymptomatic patients in the early stages of covid-19 can still infect other people. So how do we ensure that people without obvious symptoms will not infect others? If everyone wears a mask, could it reduce stigmatisation and discrimination, and help to achieve the goal of source control? As asymptomatic "virus shedders" may be fuelling community transmissions, the widespread wearing of masks could be an effective method of source control.
Relatives or caregivers to individuals with suspected covid-19 who have mild respiratory symptoms are told that they "should wear a medical mask when in the same room with the affected individual." This recommendation would seem to indicate that wearing a medical mask can protect the wearer. It is backed up by some evidence of how to prevent household transmission.
Similarly, WHO advises that healthcare workers "should wear a medical mask when entering a room where patients suspected or confirmed of being infected . . . " are being cared for. Again, this suggests that wearing a medical mask is highly effective in healthcare workers, a conclusion that is supported by trials.
Finally, WHO concludes that "Cloth masks are not recommended under any circumstance." This warning is perhaps based on the results of a trial comparing cloth masks with medical masks for healthcare staff in high risk hospital settings in Vietnam, which cautioned against recommending them for healthcare workers. It's unclear how relevant this finding would be in community settings, especially if the objective is source control. There has been an unfortunate lack of research into cloth masks and no randomised controlled trials seem to have been done on them in community settings. However, homemade cloth masks (although not found to be as effective as surgical masks) have still been shown in laboratory tests to reduce source transmission and block external aerosols.
Evidence points to surgical masks as the superior option, but with their critical shortage and the need to prioritise them for healthcare workers, the public's use of a cloth mask could help to limit the spread of infection, even if there are only modest benefits in both self-protection and source control. Cloth masks are reusable and there is greater potential for their mass production. It is untested in this context, but so are some of the other social distancing measures being taken (such as the closures of schools) and cloth masks are arguably more practically feasible.
WHO is providing important leadership in the current pandemic. On mask wearing, however, its interim guidance seems to generate confusion and would benefit from urgent revisions that clarify these inconsistencies. During a global health emergency, which WHO have proclaimed covid-19 to be, the public rely on having clear and consistent guidance from those in a position of authority. Unfortunately, WHO's advice on the use of masks does not meet this need.
Aileen Lai-yam Chan is a retired senior lecturer in arts and communication at the City University of Hong Kong.
CC Leung is an honorary consultant of the Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association.
TH Lam is chair professor in community medicine and Sir Robert Kotewall professor in public health at the University of Hong Kong.
KK Cheng is a professor of public health and primary care at the University of Birmingham. Twitter @KKCheng4
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Guide to the Papers of Margaret Scott
Manuscript Name Papers of Margaret Scott
Extent 28cm (2 boxes)
Abstract Collection of correspondence, notes and manuscript drafts of Tricks of memory : poems (1980), Visited (1983), The black swans (1988) and The baby-farmer (1990).
Collection of correspondence, notes and manuscript drafts of Tricks of memory : poems (1980), Visited (1983), The black swans (1988) and The baby-farmer (1990).
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Scott_(author)
Margaret Daphne Scott was born on the 20 June 1934 in Bristol, England. Writer, poet, novelist and humourist, Margaret Scott migrated to Australia with her first husband, Michael Boddy, in 1959. From 1966 to 1989 Scott taught in the English Department at the University of Tasmania. She left teaching to become a full time writer. In 1986, after the death of her second husband, legal scholar Michael Scott, she bought and restored a house on the Tasman Peninsula in southern Tasmania. This inspired her poetry and her love for her home and surrounding area led to her being asked to write Port Arthur : a story of hope and courage. In the 1990s Scott became well known for her erudite appearances on the television shows World Series Debates and Good News Week.
In 2005 Scott was chosen for the inaugural Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women and also received the Australia Council Writers' Emeritus Award. Scott, who suffered from emphysema, died at her home on the Tasman Peninsula.
Margaret Scott died on 29 August 2005 in Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania.
Scott was awarded:
Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships, Writers' Emeritus Award, 2005, and the Centenary Medal, For outstanding contribution to Tasmanian literature.
AustLit : The Resource for Australian Literature, February 2007.
Access: Open Access
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Copying: Copying of material authored by Margaret Scott for private study and research is approved.
Papers of Margaret Scott, Academy Library, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 42, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
The collection was acquired from Margaret Scott in a single instalment in 1987.
Special Collections holds further material relating to Margaret Scott:
PR 9619.3 .S371 M3 1994 - Margaret Scott reads her poetry at the Australian Defence Force Academy Library on 7 September 1994
Australian poetry, Tasmania, poets, Australian poets, women poets.
Margaret Scott 1934-2005
Correspondence with publishers, literary editors, Vivian Smith, Susan Hampton, Kate Llewellyn, Peter Pierce, Tim Thorne, Gwen Harwood, Judith Rodriguez and Barbara Giles, 1975-1986
Manuscript and annotated typescript drafts of unpublished material, includes two children's plays 'The minstrel and the king' and 'A dragon for King Cambuscan', and an introduction to Effect of light : the poetry of Tasmania (c1985)
Manuscript and annotated typescript drafts of talks, reviews, lecture notes and tutorial notes
Manuscript draft of The baby-farmer (1990)
Manuscript drafts of poetry and prose, 1948-1967
Manuscript and annotated typescript drafts of poems, c1967-68
Manuscript, annotated typescript and typescript drafts of poems for The black swans (1988)
Manuscript, annotated typescript and typescript drafts of poems for Visited (1983)
Manuscript, annotated typescript and typescript drafts of poems for Tricks of memory (1980)
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Coinciding nicely with this week's Free Download of Scriabin's Poème tragique, BBC Radio 3's Composer of the Week programme follows the life and career of the Russian pianist and composer.
As we reach the 100th anniversary of Scriabin's death, Donald Macleod explores the Russian's life, from his first piano lessons with Nikolai Zverev to his untimely end caused by septicaemia. The week's episodes take us through his professional life, from his appointment to the Moscow Conservatory to his time spent travelling Europe, as well as discussing the effect of his personal life on his music.
The final episode in the series, broadcast on Friday, studies the works he wrote shortly before his death, several of which were left incomplete.


Nearly one in four Swedes who use broadband">mobile broadband has complained to the provider about the service received, according to findings from the Swedish Quality Index.
In addition, many customers have learned that it does not help to complain, according to the Swedish Quality Index (Svensk Kvalitetsindex, SKI).
SKI analysed how satisfied consumers were with their various telecommunication services, including broadband, mobile telephone, fixed-line telephone, digital TV and mobile broadband.
The most satisfied mobile customers were clients of Halebop and Telia, with Telenor coming in last. For fixed lines, Telia also came out on top, followed closely by Tele2.
The telephone and computer industries are accustomed to receiving many complaints. The survey found that customers who use mobile broadband are both the most unhappy and complain the most.
In addition, customers in all domains have experienced not receiving help when they encounter problems.
"This year, the industry gets a massive fail when it comes to complaints. Nearly 20 percent feel that complaints are not resolved or taken care of, although the majority make contact with the supplier," wrote SKI.
SKI noted that it is worthwhile for suppliers to invest thoroughly in taking care of those who complain, since non-complaining customers are significantly more satisfied than those who have problems.
"The operators have much to gain from more effective management of complaints," wrote SKI.
SKI's research is conducted by the Swedish Institute for Quality (Institutet för kvalitetsutveckling, SIQ) and the Stockholm School of Economics. It is also part of the pan-European EPSI (European Performance Satisfaction Index) Rating programme, which collects data in nearly 20 countries.


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Syria: No Word on Four Abducted Recorders
Press Release : Violations Documentation Center, 9 December 2014
First published 9th Dec 2014
Exactly a year has passed since the disappearance of Razan Zaitouneh, co-founder of Violation Documentation Center and prominent Syrian human rights activist, lawyer and casualty recorder. Zaitouneh was abducted at gunpoint from the VDC offices in Eastern Ghouta, Damascus along with her husband, Wa'el Hamada and two other activists conducting casualty recording, Samira Khalil and Nazim Hamadi. Violation Documentation Center (VDC) is a member of Every Casualty's Casualty Recorders Network and has been responsible for recording and publishing extensive casualty information from the Syrian conflict.
Every Casualty, in conjunction with the Violations Documentation Center, members of the Casualty Recorders Network, and the signatories of the press release which follows, call for their immediate release.
A Year On, No Information on Zaitouneh, Colleagues
(Geneva, December 9, 2014) -- The prominent Syrian human rights defenders Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Khalil, Wa'el Hamada and Nazem Hamadi – the Douma Four—remain missing a year after their abduction, 57 organizations said today. The four were abducted in Duma, a city near Damascus under the control of armed opposition groups. They should be released immediately, the groups said.
On 9 December 2013, at about 10:40 pm, a group of armed men stormed into the office of the Violations Documentation Center in Syria (VDC), a Syrian human rights monitoring group, in Duma and abducted Razan Zaitouneh, the head of the center, and her colleagues – Wa'el Hamada, who is also her husband, Samira Khalil and Nazem Hamadi. The four human rights defenders have not been heard of since.
The armed groups exercising de facto control over Duma include the Army of Islam, headed by Zahran Alloush, which is part of the Islamic Front, a coalition of armed groups. The groups should immediately release the four human rights defenders if they are in the groups' custody, or work toward ensuring they are released unharmed and without delay. Countries that support these groups, as well as religious leaders and others who may have influence over them, should also press for the immediate release of the four activists and for an end to abductions of civilians.
Razan Zaitouneh has been one of the key lawyers defending political prisoners in Syria since 2001. Since the beginning of the crisis in 2011, Razan Zaitouneh has played a key role in efforts to defend human rights for all and protect independent groups and activists in Syria. Along with a number of other activists, she established the VDC, which monitors human rights violations and records casualties in Syria, and co-founded the Local Coordination Committees (LCCs), which coordinates the work of local committees in various cities and towns across Syria. She also established the Local Development and Small Projects Support Office (LDSPS), which assists non-governmental organizations in besieged Eastern Ghouta.
As a result, both the Syrian authorities and armed opposition groups threatened her. She had been receiving threats for several months before her abduction. She described some of these threats in an article she wrote in the online news outlet Now Lebanon. She had also informed human rights activists outside Syria in September 2013 that local armed groups in Duma were threatening her. In April 2014, Razan Zaitouneh's family issued a statement holding Zahran Alloush responsible for her and her colleagues' wellbeing, given the large presence his group maintains in the area.
Samira Khalil has been a longtime political activist in Syria. The Syrian government had detained her between 1987 and 1991 for her activism. She later worked in a publishing house before shifting her efforts to working with the families of detainees and writing about detention in Syria. Before her abduction, she was working to help women in Duma support themselves by initiating small income generating projects.
Wa'el Hamada was also an activist before the uprising in Syria. When peaceful protests first broke out in the country in 2011, the government detained and later released Hamada. He is an active member and co-founder of the Local Coordination Committees and the VDC. Before his abduction Wa'el Hamada was working to provide desperately needed humanitarian assistance to the residents of besieged Eastern Ghouta.
Nazim Hammadi, a lawyer and poet, was one of the most prominent volunteer defenders of political prisoners before and after the uprising in Syria. He contributed to founding the Local Coordination Committees and also worked to provide humanitarian assistance to residents of Eastern Ghouta.
Razan Zaitouneh and her colleagues appear to have been abducted and arbitrarily deprived of their liberty as punishment for their legitimate activities as human rights defenders. Such actions are prohibited by international humanitarian law and are contrary to international human rights standards. The armed groups in control of the area and the governments who support them should do everything in their power to facilitate the release of Razan Zaitouneh, Wa'el Hamada, Samira Khalil and Nazem Hamadi.
Signatories:
1 - Alhaqanya Organization for Law firm and Law, Egypt.
2 - Alkarama Foundation.
3 - Amnesty International.
4 - Arab Network for Human Rights Information, ANHRI.
5 - Assyrian Human Rights Network.
6 - Badael for sustainable peace in Syria.
7 - Caabu – The Council for Arab-British Understanding.
8 - Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS).
9 - The SKeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom.
10 - Women's Studies Center – Palestine.
11 - CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation.
12 - Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies.
13 - Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR).
14 - Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights.
15 - Euro Mediterranean Human Rights Network, EMHRN.
16 - European Women Initiative.
17 - Every Casualty, UK.
18 - FemmeS pour la Démocratie.
19 - Fraternity Center for Democracy and Civil Society.
20 - Freedom House, USA.
21 - Front Line Defender.
22 - Gulf Center for Human Rights Studies, GCHRS.
23 - HIVOS - Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries.
24 - HRDAG - Human Rights Data Analysis Group.
25 - Human Rights Watch, HRW.
26 - Humanrights.ch / MERS- Swiss.
27 - Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR).
28 - International Media Support (IMS)
29 - International Service for Human Rights – ISHR.
30 - Kesh Malak Organization, Aleppo Syria.
31 - Kurdish Organization for Human Rights in Syria (DAD).
32 - Lawyers for Lawyers, Netherland.
33 - Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH).
34 - Local Development and Small Projects Support office (LDSPS).
35 - Maan Organization for Supporting Women Issues.
36 - No Peace without Justice, NPWJ.
37 - Nuestra Aparente Rendición Association.
38 - Pax Christi International.
39 - PAX for peace, Netherland.
40 - RAW in WAR (Reach All Women in War).
41 - Swedish network for democracy and HR.
42 – The Syria Campaign.
43 - Syria Justice and Accountability Center (SJAC).
44 - Syrian Association for Citizenship.
45 - Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM).
46 - Syrian Center for Studies and Legal Researches.
47 - Syrian Human Rights Network (SHRN).
48 - Syrian Liberals lawyers Association.
49 - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, UK.
50 - Syrians for Citizenship State.
51 - Syrian Women's Network
52 - The Day after Association (TDA).
53 - The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
54 - The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation, Sweden.
55 - The World Organization against Torture (OMCT).
56 - Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria CCSDS
57 - Violations Documentation Center in Syria (VDC).
Violations Documentation Center is a member of the Casualty Recorders Network, an international network of casualty recording practitioners, organised by Every Casualty. For more information on the work of VDC and other recording organisations around the world click here.


In the clamor about innovation in the legal profession, a singular idea is striking a chord.
Real innovation, some are saying, will not consist of new ways to perform the chores of 20th Century lawyering. Instead, real innovation will focus on new ways to solve people's problems. Maybe not every legal problem requires a lawyer. Maybe not every question implicates the Magna Carta.
Outside the justice business, the great new companies of the 21st Century — Amazon, Apple, Uber — are chucking 20th Century models out the window. They are reinventing what they do and getting things done cheaper and faster than ever before.
Society has gotten way more complex. Demands for law-based outcomes have exploded —especially in low-dollar personal contexts like healthcare, housing, domestic affairs, veterans rights, social security, disaster recovery, and consumer financial issues. But legal outcomes continue to be delivered for the most part in the same old ways.
Innovations are coming, but before now they have focussed mostly on how lawyers work, and not so much on customer experiences.
partnerships between LANC and North Carolina's members of Congress to ensure delivery of veterans benefits.
LANC catches problems aborning and finds solutions that bypass the legal system. They take lawyers out of the picture.
LANC receives high volumes of requests for services in low-dollar kerfuffles. It has developed expertise in subject matters that not many private lawyers can match such as personal housing issues, foreclosure prevention, consumer issues, veterans benefits, healthcare, domestic violence, natural disasters. LANC's perspectives on the system (high-volume, low-dollar) are unique. Its solutions are innovative.
Government support and private philanthropy (institutional and personal) for LANC is a good investment in justice system innovation. LANC needs a lot more support than it gets.


This article is about the violinist Alexander (Sasha) Schneider. For the German painter and sculptor Rudolph Karl Alexander Schneider, see Sascha Schneider.
Alexander Schneider (21 October 1908 – 2 February 1993) was a violinist, conductor, and educator. Born to a Lithuanian Jewish family in Vilnius, Lithuania, he later moved to the United States as a member of the Budapest String Quartet. He died in Manhattan, New York City, at the age of 84.
Alexander (Sasha) was born Abram Sznejder. At 13 he almost died of tetanus after cutting his knee in an accident. The tetanus distorted his joints and recovery was long and painful. Sasha left Vilnius in 1924 and joined his brother Mischa Schneider in Frankfurt, after securing a scholarship to study violin with Adolf Rebner, the principal violin tutor at the Hoch Conservatory.
In 1927, Alexander became leader (concertmaster) of an orchestra in Saarbrücken. It was at this point that he changed his name. The orchestra director wanted him as leader but wanted a German-sounding name. Abram took Schneider as a surname because his brother Mischa had already selected it. Alexander appealed to him as a first name. In 1929 he was appointed leader of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk Orchestra in Hamburg. In 1932, he lost this job as a result of the ongoing Nazi campaign against Jews - soon the time would come to leave Germany.
At this time, the Budapest String Quartet, whose cellist was Sasha's brother Mischa, lost their first violinist. Although the quartet had not yet left Germany, they spent a lot of time out of the country, were self-employed, and the Nazis had not yet caught up with them. For Sasha to join them was an ideal arrangement all round. Their existing second violinist, Josef Roismann, switched to first and Sasha joined as second. This was because Roismann was already comfortable with the other players whereas Sasha would need time to learn their repertoire and style.
In 1934 the Nazis made threats to the quartet and they left Berlin for Paris the next day, never to return to Germany again – even on tour. When war broke out in 1939 they happened to be on tour in the United States. They all obtained permission to stay and from then on made it their base.
Later on, Schneider felt the need to develop himself as an independent musician so he left the quartet in 1944, full of energy and ideas. He was offered a conductorship of the Metropolitan Opera, and leadership of the Pro Arte and Paganini Quartets but turned them down. He toured with Ralph Kirkpatrick and he formed the Albeneri Trio with Benar Heifetz and Erich Itor Kahn.
In 1949 Schneider formed the Schneider Quartet to perform and record all eighty-three of Haydn's quartets. This was not completed because its sponsor, the Haydn Society, ran out of funds. The same year he recorded Bach's complete Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin (BWV 1001-1006) for Mercury Records.
He studied with Casals in Prades. There he persuaded Casals to participate in the 1950 Prades Festival to honour the two hundredth anniversary of Bach's death. He supported Casals in further Bach festivals at Prades and Perpignan. Later he would conduct Casals' oratorio The Manger (El Pessebre) in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, during the Festival Casals de México, recording it in 1973 in Puerto Rico.
Schneider was a very sociable man with a wide circle of friends. He worked hard to promote chamber music with free or subsidized concerts.
In 1956 the Budapest String Quartet persuaded Schneider to rejoin them. They had tried two other second violinists (Ortenberg and Gorodetzky), neither of them able to reach Schneider's high standards, and Roismann had refused to continue with anyone else. Schneider had remained in close contact with the quartet and he stood in for Ortenberg or Gorodetzky when they were ill. Now it was agreed the quartet would operate part-time with Schneider and he would continue his independent career. They finally disbanded in 1967.
Schneider was the Artistic Director of the Schneider Concerts at The New School (New York City), from 1957 until his death. Under the auspices of the New School, Schneider and his manager, Frank Salomon, founded the New York String Orchestra, a year-end seminar-performance for young string musicians, in 1969.
In addition to the Budapest String Quartet, he played with a number of other chamber groups, among them his own string group, and the Brandenburg Ensemble.
He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1988.


MDC Deputy Treasurer and Member of Parliament for Kuwadzana East Chalton Hwende has been remanded in custody to 20 March 2019.
He is being charged for plotting to overthrow a constitutionally elected government. If found guilty he may be sentenced to 20 years in prison without the option of a fine.
His lawyer Harrison Nkomo is reportedly trying to apply for the urgent filing of bail papers at the High Court.
The police took his passport as they arrested him onboard before disembarking the Air Namibia airplane it touched down in Harare.
Hwende joins a list of MDC MPs who have been arrested over the January 14 violent protests.


You might recall that Thomas Piketty told us all that capitalism was on its last legs, again, and that we needed to have that glorious revolution, again.
The particular worry this time was that capital was growing in relationship to GDP. Instead of said societal capital being 200%, or 300%, of GDP it was rising to ever higher multiples, perhaps 400% and so on. This could only mean that inherited capital was going to become ever more important as a determinant of positions in life, as was true in the 18th and 19th centuries, so tax the capitalists now and tax 'em good.
We're living longer lives these days, we're working for fewer decades of them and thus people are rationally saving for their expected golden years. Thus capital as a percentage of GDP rises - not to produce inheritances, but to produces incomes in retirement. And rises by potentially at least more than 100% of GDP.
We can't see that this is a problem and we most certainly cannot see that this is an argument for greater taxation of capital. Quite the reverse in fact, people saving for their old age should be encouraged, not specifically taxed.
So much for the most recent French call for revolution then, eh?
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62             :   // Map register alias to the callee saved Register.
65             :   // Reserved registers in the current MF.
70             :   // Compute all information about RC.
73             :   // Return an up-to-date RCInfo for RC.
85             :   /// before any other methods are used.
89             :   /// registers in RC in the current function.
96             :   /// registers come last.
102             :   /// allocatable registers.
106             :   /// mode because the GPR super-class is not legal.
112             :   /// overlaps PhysReg, or 0 if Reg doesn't overlap a CalleeSavedAliases.
120             :   /// Get the minimum register cost in RC's allocation order.
122             :   /// the registers in getOrder(RC).
127             :   /// Get the position of the last cost change in getOrder(RC).
130             :   /// same cost according to TRI->getCostPerUse().
135             :   /// Get the register unit limit for the given pressure set index.
137             :   /// RegisterClassInfo adjusts this limit for reserved registers.


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Senior Kolby McSpadden blocks a shot by Mckinney North's Todd Jones.
Katie Dolberry, Staff Writer
After a 44-41 overtime loss to McKinney North (12-13, 1-3 in district) last Friday put an end to its undefeated district record, the boys basketball team (11-9, 3-1) looks to keep their first place position, tied with Mckinney North and Princeton, as they travel to Denison to play the Yellow Jackets (12-13, 1-3) tonight at 7:30 p.m.
"It just was a killer," head coach Kyle Herrema said. "We controlled the game throughout. We just had a couple of breakdowns in terms of defensive execution late. I give them credit too, they had some shots. We dared a couple guys to shoot the basketball, that we didn't think were great shooters. You have to adjust to the time, and knowing the situation and we didn't adjust to that. We had a couple execution errors at the end the regulation that would have put it away for us and we just didn't put it away. I feel like when they come to our house, it's gonna have a different outcome."
The Leopards regrouped on Tuesday with a 73-44 comeback win over Wylie East (13-14, 1-3). The team led the whole game, and was able to hold a player who generally averages 18 points a game to just 3. The team shot over 40 percent from the three point line.
"The defensive mentality was incredible," Herrema said. "I love the confidence of how we shot the basketball. We shot the heck out of it."
According to Herrema, the key to a win against Denison will be containing Denison's number 22, Tarrence Gaines and number 20, Nate Uber.
"We have to play with our composure," junior Carson Holden said. "[we have to] play how we play, not playing scrappy. We would have thought it'd be an easy blow off win but since they did be North, which we lost to, we have to take it more seriously and act like it's a game against North.
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The Kaissa Beach is a modern and luxuriously designed complex situated in a beautiful location- right by the seafront with a great view of the sea and distant mountains. Kaissa Beach is particularly suited to families and has a traditional Greek style and colourful architecture. Each apartment is well equipped surrounded by attractive gardens with flowers and palms.
We were in the apartments - Eleni - a 10 minute walk to the Kaissa but we enjoyed that. Food varied and fine - ate out alternate days. Room spacious and clean. Lovely beach nearby so didn't use pool. All staff friendly and helpful.
Loved being there, it's so beautiful and family orientated the food is divine too! Couldn't complain was abit chilly asked for some more quilts which we got. The cleaner became very fond of us and it was like talking to family lovely people!
Third time in Crete and as usual we loved it. It was our first time at the Kaissa and the facilities were just what we expected. Loved being so close to the sea.
The room was a bedroom, living area and kitchenette though we only used the very useful fridge. It's great having space and not just a hotel room.
Friendly staff and altogether a good time.
Two things did take away from the experience slightly. We could see the pool bar from our balcony and that was fine but some nights the very noisy drinking sessions went on way past midnight. Didn't spoil our sleep because our bedroom was the other side, but others were not so fortunate. A definite closing time would be helpful.
The other issue was the evening meal. We're probably just fussy because many people piled their plates but we found the food unappetising and unappealing. It didn't have the variety that we saw in the other two places we've stayed at but, as I said, perhaps we're fussy. They did a lovely stifada! Shame it wasn't every day lol.


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Seawatcher / Lighthouse (AR3600)
At this point on the coast lies an old and abandoned lighthouse. Nobody seems to know why it was abandoned; perhaps it became obsolete when better navigation techniques were developed. Be careful, however, since this part of the coast is rather dangerous. Wolves, hobgoblins and sirines inhabit it and they can be quite annoying.
Note: In the original game, this map was unnamed (but usually called the Lighthouse). In the EE, it's called Seawatcher.
1 - Ardrouine
You'll meet Ardrouine here. She'll tell you that some worgs have trapped her son in the ligthhouse (#2), and she'll ask you to help. After defeating the worgs, when you return to Ardrouine, you'll receive 60 gp, +1 Reputation, and 500 xp.
2 - Lighthouse
You'll encounter a few worgs in the lighthouse's courtyard, which you'll need to defeat for Ardrouine (#1). There isn't any way to enter the lighthouse or the adjacent buildings.
3 - Arkushule
The gypsy Arkushule will offer to read your palm for 10 gp. If you let her, then she'll describe your childhood accurately, but after that she'll see something and panic, and she'll try to end your reading early. If you let her go, then she'll refuse your money and flee. If you keep pressing her about what she saw, then she'll attack you. Arkushule is worth 600 xp, and you'll find a Mage Robe of Cold Resistance and a scroll of Burning Hands on her corpse.
4 - Safana
Safana (CN, Human Female, Thief) is a seductive thief from the lands of Amn. She'll tell you that she has a map showing where the pirate Black Alaric hid his treasure before being captured, and she'll ask you to join her because "some sort of creature" is guarding it. The treasure cave is located to the west (#7), and you're not required to have Safana with you to loot it.
5 - Pallonia
When you approach this spot, the astrologer Pallonia will come up to you. If you're polite to her, then she'll give you accurate predictions about Amn and Neverwinter. If you're not polite, then she'll leave.
6 - Sirines
At these two spots you'll run into a trio of sirines. In the western encounter, one of the sirines will be named Sil, and she'll call your party "dirty land folk," but otherwise the two battles are exactly the same.
Sirines cast Improved Invisibility and Dire Charm, and they use bows for ranged damage. There are two basic ways to deal with them. You can have a bait character drink a Potion of Magic Blocking and then you can use that character to distract the sirines while the rest of your party pelts them with ranged attacks. Or you can just attack them. If you can disrupt their spells then they won't cast anything, and if one of your characters does get charmed, then you can have the rest of your party run away until the effect ends.
Sirines (including Sil) are worth 2000 xp each, and they'll drop up to five Arrows of Biting plus a Pearl when they die.
7 - Treasure Cave
Inside this cave you'll have to deal with flesh golems and traps, but you'll also find Black Alaric's treasure: an Antidote, a Cloak of the Wolf, ten Darts of Wounding, an Elixir of Health, a Manual of Bodily Health, a Potion of Absorption, a Potion of Infravision, a Wand of Paralyzation, and 312 gp.
Note: You'll need magic weapons (+1 or better) to damage the flesh golems.
Another Note: In the original game, the flesh golems would respawn if you rested in the cave, making it a good place to grind xp. But in the EE, you're much more likely to encounter carrion crawlers.


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One for the co sleepers.
Opeie woke up around 6-9 times last night. I didn't get to bed until 10:56, and yeah it's a reasonable bed time - but with that amount of wakes & feeds you know your not getting a deep, relaxing recharge.
Yesterday while I was working at Seth's school I was talking to a teacher who i admire - i really find him an interesting person , we were talking about various things and I mentioned my strong belief in Attachment theories , and nurture . He agreed and said that you can tell the children who've been left to cry as babies, not been picked up or had much attachment in their early years. This I completely agree with .
He gave me a book to read called 'The well balanced child' - which I will report back on.
( sadly ) it's not forever .
.... I'm learning to enjoy being woken every hour or more .


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Carrie Deanna Mohr and Riley Lynn Ahlness announce their engagement.
Parents of the couple are Pat and Deanna Mohr and Lynn and Jane Ahlness, all of rural Hanska.
Carrie is a 2009 graduate of Cathedral High School, earned a bachelor's degree in 2013 at MSU-Mankato. She is employed as a registered nurse at Sleepy Eye Medical Center. She is also pursuing her graduate degree to become a Family Nurse Practitioner.
Riley is a 2008 graduate of New Ulm Public High School and a 2010 graduate of South Central College in Mankato. He is a co-owner of R&C Application and is also engaged in farming.
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Crucial global climate fund facing 'massive challenges'
Published on 09/08/2018, 9:12am
Political divisions between rich and poor countries make the board of the UN climate fund 'extremely difficult to work with', says green growth chief
The Green Climate Fund was set up to help developing countries change their energy systems and cope with the effects of climate change (Photo: Commons)
By Megan Darby and Karl Mathiesen
The future of the UN's major climate fund hangs in the balance, with a looming cash shortfall and a boardroom locked in conflict.
That is the assessment of international green leader Frank Rijsberman, in the most candid high-profile interview on the Green Climate Fund (GCF) since its board meeting collapsed last month.
Rijsberman is head of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), which elected former UN chief Ban Ki-moon as its president this year. The GGGI has worked closely with the GCF to help developing countries bypass development banks and gain "direct access" to climate finance. He told Climate Home News he wanted the fund to succeed but it faced "massive challenges".
Its most pressing issue was the need to convince governments to put in more cash, when the projects approved for grants or loans so far have barely started work.
"They need a replenishment faster than they will be able to show results, meaning they will have to be replenished based on goodwill and intent, which is difficult," said Rijsberman.
Tensions between rich and poor country board members came to a head in July as they tried – and failed – to agree a process for raising fresh funds.
The GCF in numbers
Governments promised $10.3 billion in start-up capital, but Donald Trump is refusing to deliver $2bn of the US pledge. The pot has lost another $1bn in value due to currency fluctuations.
The board has committed $3.5bn to 74 projects worldwide. That leaves $2.8bn to play with. At the recent rate of approvals, that could be used up within a year. Drumming up a new round of pledges is expected to take at least that long.
Last year just $144.7m was disbursed. The target for 2018 was $900m, but the fund has stopped reporting this metric on its portfolio dashboard. Instead, it publishes the more flattering value of projects "under implementation", which stands at $1.4bn.
But the fund's problems run deeper than the immediate cash crunch, says Rijsberman, due to its unique governance structure. A core principle of the GCF is to give developed and developing countries an equal say in board meetings, unlike donor-driven funds. Their divergent interests in how best to invest makes conflict all but inevitable.
"A normal board comes together to run the organisation and the only interest they have is the good of the organisation and the mission of the organisation," said Rijsberman.
National board representatives are typically drawn from the ranks of climate negotiators. "Here a lot of the political discussions [from UN climate talks] spill over into the board, which makes the board extremely difficult to work with," he said.
Decisions are made by consensus, which gives every board member veto power. "If the consensus is not coming forward for some reason, you actually block the entire fund," explained Liane Schalatek, a regular observer from the Heinrich Boell Foundation.
Countries who insisted that the @GCF Board should be made up of climate negotiators – you got what you asked for. https://t.co/KsBwyBQfMf
— Paul Bodnar (@bodnarclimate) July 4, 2018
This has proved unwieldy, with many policy decisions deferred due to lack of consensus. Proposed alternative ways of decision-making have likewise been blocked.
Where there are policy gaps, staff from the fund secretariat improvise, an official from a development bank told CHN. "They are making stuff up as they go along, due to lack of clear guidance from the board," said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"A full root-and-branch assessment is now needed" before governments put in any more money, the source added. "Contributors can't sign blank cheques. Everyone knows that."
Analysis: 8 takeaways from the Green Climate Fund meltdown
Through this turbulent time, the fund secretariat is rudderless. Executive director Howard Bamsey quit with immediate effect at the board meeting, citing 'personal reasons'.
The board has started to look for a successor to Bamsey, a fund spokesperson said, but has not yet advertised the job. Deputy chief Javier Manzanares is running the show until a permanent replacement is found.
In the past, the fund has struggled with recruitment to its headquarters in Songdo, South Korea. Bamsey's replacement will have the sensitive tasks of fundraising, fixing governance and administrative problems while navigating boardroom politics.
Bamsey once held Rijsberman's position at the GGGI, but the Dutchman ruled himself out. "'Why would you think I would be interested?… I think it's extremely difficult to get anything done," he said. "I don't know of any other similar mechanism where the board have so much overbearing influence on everything. So the freedom, the flexibility, the authority of the secretariat is extremely limited."
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The fund's troubles come in a critical year for UN climate talks, with ministers due to finalise the rulebook for the Paris Agreement in December and discuss how to ramp up action.
UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa told the Thomson Reuters Foundation "it will impact on the general atmosphere" if the GCF cannot resolve some of its issues by then. She offered no specific suggestions for reform, but urged finance ministries to get involved in the discussion.
That echoed a plea for political intervention from Laurence Tubiana, a key architect of the Paris Agreement, in an article for the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
The French diplomat, who now leads the European Climate Foundation, stressed the GCF's unique role in helping the world's poor tackle climate change.
"The GCF was born for a reason. Poor countries lack faith in the multilateral development banks. This was the fund to solve that. And while projects aren't being funded fast enough, those that have been funded have been innovative and impactful," she wrote.
She called for investment in the fund's board and the appointment of a strong director to make it "effective and decisive".
Rijsberman said that, despite the fund's importance, there are high-level conversations being held contemplating the failure of the fund to fulfil its mandate.
Personally, he said, he wants to remain optimistic. "I don't want to contemplate that it will fail because it is such a critical part of what the world needs right now."
Australian selected as head of the Green Climate Fund
Green fund woes loom over upcoming climate talks
Board meeting turns 'toxic' as UN climate fund runs low
Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon to lead global 'green growth' push
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Floral prints are considered to be mostly girlish ones but guys can rock them with style, too. How to incorporate floral prints into your groom's attire to look stylish and dapper? Here are some ideas you may try, let's take a look.
A floral tie in a matching color scheme or a bow tie is what you need to add a bit of elegance and stand out but not too much. Whether it's dark and moody or bright and colorful, it's a nice idea and usually easy to match. Keep in mind that you shouldn't be wearing more than two different prints and the existing ones should look nice with each other.
A floral shirt is a more daring idea but it's very eye-catchy, so I bet you won't regret that decision. One more idea to add a unique feel to the look is rocking a floral vest for those who want a three-piece outfit. Choose a floral vest in a bright color or colors to stand out a little bit.
If you are a very daring groom and want something really special, a floral suit is your choice. You may say it's weird but more and more grooms try such a solution for their weddings and they get a very memorable look. Get inspired and add a whimsy touch to your outfit!
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