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Searching for the identity of the Missionaries of Africa in Dombe
On December 7, 2013 By Missionaries of Africa - Southern Africa Province (SAP)In Mozambique Sector
I am living now over a year at the Mission in Dombe. I call it charmingly "little Brazil". At the Mission are four different groups: Fazenda da Esperança, Obra de Maria, Pequenas Missionárias Pequenas de Maria Imaculada and the Missionários de África. We the Missionaries of Africa are the only community composed of different nationalities. The others are all from Brazil. Reflecting on the living together with these communities I started reflecting about our Identify (common vision) as the Missionaries of Africa.
Dombe-Mission is a remote and rural place about 5 km from the commercial center Dombe-Sede. It has a secondary school, a clinic, a boarding school for boys and girls and a center for alcohol and drug addicts. The Missionaries of Africa serving 26 Christian communities.
Living at the Mission you see the students, people who are consulting the clinic, but rarely Christians visiting the Fathers. It might be because of the remote location. It might be because we have not yet settled down, because the community was completed at Easter this year. How can our identity as the Missionaries of Africa be reflected in the Parish / Mission? Or does our identity have an integrative impact on the live of the people and the mission personal? If one would define the Missionaries of Africa, you would hear answers like that: they are living in international communities, working in and for the African Church, doing justice and peace and working with Islam. Our basic priority in Dombe is evangelization and building up of Christian communities. Is this part of our identity, when one looks into our priorities? How do our priorities, our identity and common vision go together, when Catechesis is almost forgotten? For me it is via catechesis that we can reach most of the people in the parish community. I digitalized a catechism for adults and a prayer book, printed it and distributed it to the communities. Until now I'm still waiting for a corrective response.
Are we here to follow the will of the people, or are we building up in a constructive process parish communities with the basic ministries functioning? In order to have a living parish we need to build up structures on the organizational level: functioning and living Christian communities, pastoral zones and finally a functioning parish council and an administrative financial body. We are far from it, but on the way to it. We are still on a long road, but we see this lamps lit up. The Christians are willing to work with us and welcomed us. There is a lot of hope among us that we will succeed. Building up of Christian communities is hard work. It is a like a field which needs to be worked in: working the field, sowing, planting and weeding. A farmer is identified as a farmer because of his work. What is our common vision in relation to the work of evangelization? Does our charisma push us to work in this direction?
A community is identified and unified by its common project based on prayer, the experiences of so many missionaries and our documents. Too many visions do not unify a community and a community will not have an integrative and challenging aspect to our surrounding, if we are not united by the common vision (identity) of the Missionaries of Africa. The search continues and thanks to our community project we will see a good united community in their apostolic approach.
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Abstract We report some key results in the theoretical investigations of configurations of lipid membranes and present several challenges in this field, which involve (i) the exact solutions to the shape equation of lipid vesicles, (ii) the exact solutions to the governing equations of open lipid membranes, (iii) the neck condition of two-phase vesicles in the budding state, (iv) the nonlocal theory of membrane elasticity, and (v) the relationship between the symmetry and the magnitude of the free energy.
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In the past year, the killings of unarmed black men by police officers, as well as a mass shooting in a black church in South Carolina, have garnered enormous media attention. The shootings have become touch points in a larger discussion about race relations and racial bias in the United States. Amid the dialogue are references to the privileges that white Americans enjoy solely because of their race.
But in a new study, Stanford researchers found that on an individual level, whites do not think that the privileges extend to them.
The research by L. Taylor Phillips, a PhD student at Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Brian Lowery, the Walter Kenneth Kilpatrick Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford GSB, found that whites exposed to evidence of racial privilege responded by claiming their own personal hardships. Those surveyed didn't deny the existence of racial privileges held by whites as a group, they just came up with other reasons—namely, personal obstacles—why they should be considered differently from that overall group.
How does Lowery explain this? He says, "You like to have nice things. But you don't want to think you got those things as a result of unearned advantages." People feel better about what they have if they believe they have earned those things as a result of hard work, not via birthright. So denying built-in advantages is essentially a form of self-protection.
Stanford researchers found that on an individual level, whites do not think that white privileges extends to them.
Plenty of studies have documented that white Americans have numerous advantages: greater lifetime earnings, longer life expectancies and better access to healthcare and quality education than blacks do. Phillips and Lowery say that despite the persistence of racial privilege in America, "policymakers and power brokers continue to debate whether racial privilege even exists and whether to address such inequity."
The study attempts to answer a hypothesis about why this is so: Perhaps those in power aren't moved to change the status quo because they are unwilling to acknowledge racial privilege even exists. "This acknowledgement … may be difficult given that Whites are motivated to believe that meritocratic systems and personal virtues determine life outcomes," the authors write.
In their research, published in July in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Phillips and Lowery conducted two principal experiments. In the first experiment, they surveyed 185 white people online, using Amazon's Mechanical Turk. The first group read a paragraph about white advantages in American society and then took two surveys, one on beliefs about inequality in America and the second about childhood memories, which contained questions about life hardships. The second group did not read about racial privilege before answering the same two surveys. "In both experiments, we found that Whites exposed to evidence of White privilege claimed more hardships than those not exposed to evidence of privilege," the authors wrote in the study.
There is another possible explanation for these results, says Lowery: "If you go to a poor country, you wouldn't wear expensive jewelry. In certain situations, it's not smart to flaunt." Put in the context of racial privilege: Whites might not want to display their advantages to others.
Still, a second experiment showed that whites can become more comfortable with their privileged status. The researchers found that when whites in the study were asked to complete a self-affirming exercise before taking a survey on American inequality, they would not claim to have undergone personal hardships to the degree that the first group had.
The 106 whites were asked to rank 12 values provided to them and explain what was important about their highest-ranked value. A second group of 128 people were not given this "affirmation" exercise. Participants from both groups were randomly assigned to take similar surveys given in the first experiment—about belief in inequality and about childhood memories; the latter group had mixed in questions about their experiences of hardship, their belief that they personally benefit from privilege, and their support for affirmative action.
Those who went through the affirmation exercise "expressed a significantly higher belief in personal privilege than did those who were not affirmed," the authors wrote. This same group also tended to be more supportive of affirmative action policies.
"We show you can turn off the 'denial' effect," Phillips says. "The self-affirmation task helps people reduce their feelings of defensiveness," which makes them more open to acknowledging their own privilege.


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Sports Culture In Vegas Not Only Exists, It's Immense
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Every once in a while I do a sweep of the Internet to find out what people are saying about a potential NHL team being placed in Las Vegas. Some are positive takes, some negative, that's just fine, but it's the incorrect ones that tend to get me fired up. Here's the latest one…
Las Vegas is a place unlike any other in the United States. That doesn't mean a hockey franchise will be successful there. People go to Vegas on vacation. They gamble, engage in debauchery, drink, and bet on sporting events. A professional team in the midst of all that would confuse things. Plus I don't ever want to see showgirls cleaning the ice during commercial breaks and performing between periods. Lastly, there is no hockey "culture" in that city. Sports culture begins and ends on the UNLV campus during the NCAA basketball tournament. – Nava Brahe, TheSportsFanJournal.com
I've come to terms with the stereotype arguments against Vegas. It's a tourist town, it's in the desert, everyone there does drugs, the stupid "Happens In Vegas" quotes about strippers and paychecks, and whatever else people want to say about Sin City in the comments section of Reddit, ESPN, or any other NHL article.
But this one brings up something completely new that just isn't true.
While it's accurate to say there is not a hockey culture in Las Vegas, it's also a city without a team. Did Columbus, Tampa, Nashville, or even L.A. have a hockey culture before the team showed up? There's not a culture today, but believe you me, there will be when the puck finally hits the ice.
However, I can even let that slide. It's the last part that really angers me. Las Vegas has one of the strongest sports cultures in the world. We love all sports because they are an investment opportunity and a fun one at that. Sports gambling is taboo in this country, so everyone always gets a little nervous when discussing it. But in Nevada, it's 100% legal and because of it, sports knowledge in this city is vast.
Our culture may not be the same as other traditional cities, but to say the culture ends with UNLV is ridiculous. Walk through an off-strip sports book any night of the week and you'll instantly realize that this is absolutely a sports town.
Tourists and out-of-towners think that the NCAA Tournament and the Super Bowl are the only times this place cares about sports. When really it's simply a psychological fallacy (stay with me here). Vegas gets a ton of publicity during these two events because of the gambling aspect. So, when people think of those events, they think of Vegas. When they think of other events, they don't think of Vegas. Therefore, they come to the conclusion that Vegas doesn't care about anything other than those two events.
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By Christian House
I n 1956 the British Surrealist Roland Penrose scrutinised Picasso's extraordinary ability to conjure a picture out of almost nothing. "As though in a trance he makes an image hitherto invisible become real," wrote Penrose. This month, a collection of Picasso's works, presented at Sotheby's in a special online auction, and a new blockbuster exhibition at London's Royal Academy, both highlight the enduring appeal of these enigmatic illusions.
Picasso's Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe : Homme Assis Accoudé, 26-08-1962. 'Picasso and Paper' exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London (25 January – 13 April 2020). Photo © David Parry/Royal Academy of Arts © Succession Picasso/DACS 2020. Exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London and the Cleveland Museum of Art in partnership with the Musée National Picasso-Paris. David Parry/David Parry/ Royal Academy of Arts
The fascinating group of unique works at Sotheby's – titled Pablo Picasso: Souvenirs de Vacances – includes drawings, watercolours, ceramics, cutouts and collages and arrives from the collection of the artist's granddaughter Marina Picasso. The array of creative expression, from across the various periods and settings that shaped the artist's career, is mirrored in the selection on view at 'Picasso and Paper', the RA retrospective described by the Financial Times as a "free-spirited, wildly unusual display of works." Both events illuminate Picasso's unique talent for invoking an atmosphere, a character or an idea with just a sprinkling of marks.
Both at the RA and Sotheby's, we find Picasso driven by an innate understanding of line – its fluidity and flexibility and capacity for disruption and disturbance. Its seemingly limitless potential. Picasso wasn't a colourist, like his great friend and genial rival Matisse, but rather a draughtsman without boundaries.
In the Marina Picasso Collection, we discover works executed in Rome, Avignon, Antibes, Cadaqués and Fontainebleau. And their subject matter is equally diverse: there is a Cubist study of a mandolin from 1910, alongside a whimsical 1915 portrait of a man sporting a marvellous moustache. There are Hockney-esque floral studies, playful pictures of pipes and ceramic tiles of bulls and birds. There is even a picture of Yuri Gagarin, drawn by Picasso in 1961 to celebrate the cosmonaut's landmark space flight.
Pablo Picasso, Moustachu, 1915. Estimate £15,000–20,000. © SUCCESSION PICASSO/DACS 2020
And at the RA, we find Picasso using paper to riff on his great themes – sex, war, mythology and the Old Masters – and to work up some of his greatest compositions, including Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and Guernica (including traumatic sketches of shrieking horse heads). But there are also jovial works dashed off on hotel stationery and the endpapers and margins of books. One of the show's delights is an elegant cut-out of a dove – simple and touching – made when he was a young boy growing up in Málaga. Twenty years later he was still using the scissors, creating cuttlefish, lightbulbs, leaves, guitars and nudes out of newsprint and cardboard.
Over some eight decades, Picasso's drawing life was the foundation on which he built his career, his image, his legend. Just consider all those – sometimes true, sometimes apocryphal – stories of his doodling a mini-masterpiece on a restaurant napkin. His mother burnished the myth, insisting that the infant Pablo's first word was "piz" – a shortening of lápiz, Spanish for "pencil".
For three quarters of a century, the pencil saw him through Blue and Rose periods, Primitivism, Cubism, Neo-Classicism and Surrealism. It was a constant presence through two marriages and countless affairs and accompanied him as he moved from Barcelona to Paris to the Côte d'Azur. For Picasso, drawing was the stuff of everyday life – a form of diarizing – his lines tracked across pots and plates and bowls as much as scraps of paper and canvas, they enlivened mealtimes and holidays, as well as exhibition openings and museum gatherings.
Pablo Picasso, Study for the Horse Head (I). Sketch for 'Guernica', Paris, 2 May 1937
Pencil on paper, 21 x 15.5 cm. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
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© Succession Picasso/DACS 2020
The events at the RA and Sotheby's allow audiences a rare overview of an equally rare flair for experimentation. Here is the work of an artist whose only guide was his intuition. "People don't understand what a line means," Picasso noted. "When you start drawing a line you don't know where it's going to go – it starts and goes on until something stops or makes it turn."
Pablo Picasso: Souvenirs de Vacances. Unique Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso.
10–19 February 2020 | 2:00 PM GMT | London
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We had a wonderful day in the Barrow Media Center learning from author and illustrator, Meghan McCarthy. She is the award-winning author/illustrator of books such as Pop the Invention of Bubble Gum, The Aliens Are Coming, and The Incredible Life of Balto. She shared with every grade level during 3 sessions. Her talk included a close look at her early writing as a child. The students loved seeing that she made lots of spelling errors as a child and drew drawings that looked very much like things that they draw in school. She showed them how her writing and illustrating evolved through High School and College. We learned about her family stories and interests, which inspired many of her books. She showed students how a book is published and walked them through what each step looked like in pictures and videos. I loved seeing how her research impacted both her writing and her illustrations, like making sure the bathing suits were from the right time period in one of her books. Finally, she showed students how to draw the dogs, horses, aliens, and birds in her books. She included her signature "big eyes" in each illustration.
After today, Meghan will speak at the Georgia Conference on Children's Literature in Athens, where I will also be presenting on Techno Poetry.
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The "G." Family of 6 Handmade Watercolor Paper Dolls with Elaborate array of clothing including Masquerade Attire
Original Art, Handmade Paper Dolls, Pretend Play
[1905]. The elaborate "G." family - a set of six (6) paper dolls with an extensive original watercolor wardrobe conceived by a very creative individual. Each doll is attired in undergarments, except for baby. Each doll also has a bathing costume. They include: Unnamed Father - 6 costumes and 1.....
17" Handmade Articulated Movable Watercolor Jaunty Gent Pantin
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Made by Hand
[c1870s]. A 17" jointed movable paper doll of what appears to be a Tyrolian gentleman. Penned on his cumberbund is "Andenken (Souvenir)". Jointed at shoulders and knees. String tie mechanisms lifts arms and legs.
2 2-Sided Articulated Dollies Up to Date with 8 Front and Back Costumes
Pretend play, paper dolls, articulation
London: Misch & Co., [1910]. Two (2) 12" card stock articulated or jointed paper dolls that move at the neck, shoulder, hip and knee. The limbs and head are attached to the body form with unique circular inserts. The costume bodices slip beneath the arm joints and the sleeves slip.....
2 Sisters - Naive Handmade Paper Dolls
Made by Hand, Works by Children, Paper Doll, Pretend Play
[1950s]. Two (2) pen and ink and watercolor paper dolls depicting sisters. The older sister is 5" with 9 costumes for school and play. The younger sister is 3 1/4" with 6 costumes. Each includes night ware. Well drawn and colored in an array of 1950s fashions...
3 Uncut Series No. 0100 - 3 Young Girls with costumes
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Childhood Ephemera, Social History
New York NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1911-1913. Three (3) different 10 1/2" x 10 1/2" uncut sheet with a 6" paper doll with 5 costumes and 3-5 hats or wigs for each. Each costume is holding an object and includes a school outfit, party dress, night shirt, a coat and and.....
3 Uncut Series No. 0104 - Mother and 2 children and costumes
New York NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1911-1913. Three (3) different 10 1/2" x 10 1/2" uncut sheet of paper doll with costumes and hats for each. Sheet A is a 2 1/2" infant with 7 outfits a carriage, bath tub and many accessories. Sheet B is a 5" little girl with.....
48 complete sets of Lion Coffee "Nursery Rhyme", "Occupations" and "Doll House"
Paper Dolls, Pretend Play, Advertising to Children, Premium, Coffee
Toledo OH: Lion Coffee, Woolson Spice Co., c1992. This series of picture story cut-outs or paper dolls each have 4 pieces that when constructed create a scene from a "Nursery Rhyme", depict the activities of an "Occupation" or a room in a "Doll House", all with children in adult situations.....
6 Fine Watercolor Children Paper Dolls with costumes and hats and accessories
Paper Dolls,Made by Hand, Watercolor
1890s. The largest is the oldest brother who measures 3". each created with fine attention to detail including trim and accessories on costumes.
7" Dressed Victorian Scrap Paper Doll Sailor Girl with Pond Boat - Lace Paper Ruffles & Red Tissue Paper Sash c1890s
hand made victorian scrap paper doll, girl paper doll pond boat,
A 7" handmade paper doll constructed of an embossed die-cut Victorian scrap bodice of a young girl holding a pond boat. Note the anchor on her sleeve. A heavy card stock body form and legs with red and black watercolor stockings and boots. She is dressed in a tissue paper.....
Advertisement for Chandler's Paper Dolls, or the Latest Paris Fashions
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Childhood Ephemera, Advertising to Children
Boston: Brown Taggard & Chase. A 6" x 4 1/2" single-sided advertisement captioned "hurrah for the Little Folks!" Chandler's Paper Dolls, of the Latest Paris Fashions. The is followed by the list of seven paper dolls produced in 1857. Published by Brown, Taggard & Chase, Nos. 25 & 29 Cornhill.....
Advertising Premium - 3 S&C Die-cut Paper Dolls with Die-cut Clothes - Unused - Promoting Sorosis Shoes Hunters
Advertising to Children, Paper Dolls, S&C
Germany. Printed in Austria: S & C, [1930]. A four-page folded booklet with die-cut heart on the cover exposition one of the paper dolls. It promotes Sorosis Shoes Hunters, most likely a shoe emporium. When opened it reveals three (3) die-cut 4 3/4" paper dolls, each with 3 costumes and.....
Ann Sothern Authorized Edition Paper Dolls, A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Artist
Paper Doll, Social History, Popular Culture, Entertainment, Women's History
Akron, OH: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1943. A 12 1/2" x 10 3/4" uncut paper doll book with two (2) Ann Sothern paper dolls and six (6) pages of costumes. Each costume page has a vignette with an image from a photograph of the actress presumably in character. Pinched waist 1940s.....
Au Bon Marche 3D Movable Die-cut Toddler Paper Doll in High Chair with Toy Wheeled Lamb
au bon marche, mechanical trade card, movable trade card,
A 3" x 4 1/2" advertising trade card for Au Bon Marche department store in Paris. A first glance it has the appearance of a die-cut card of a child in a high chair. By pushing the base upwards and side flaps inward it creates a 3D chair with a......
Bessie Bliss
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Women's History
New York: McLoughlin, c1875. Two-sided printing. 7" cut paper doll with with four (4) two-sided dresses and hats With original envelope with directions for making the doll on reverse of envelope. From the Series No. 2 - Medium Sized Dolls found in the 1875-76 Catalogue of Toys Books, Paper Dolls.....
Betty Sue clothes and playthings to cut out: A Cut-Out Doll
paper doll, women's travel
1940s. Betty Sue, a curly blond with blue eyes, has outfits that include a skating outfit and sled, golfing equipment, and a school dress. There is a cut out suitcase with her name. Measures 10 1/2" x 9 1/2": Whitman Publishing Co. Illustrated: Florence Winship1941. 1 Doll, 4 costume pages.....
Boxed Set - Gentle Gladys with Dresses and Hats. No. 6 of "Dainty Dollies" Series of Dressing Dolls
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Paper Playthings, Childhood Ephemera
London (Printed in Germany): Raphael Tuck & Sons Co., Ltd, [1894]. Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Paper Playthings, Childhood Ephemera A 9 1/22" x 5 3/4" litho on paste board box depicting Gentle Gladys on the cover. Includes the 9" die-cut Gladys with attached head and easel back and her four.....
Boxed Set - Little Friends
Childhood Ephemera, Paper Dolls, Pretend Play, S & C
Germany: Socolu, (S* C) No. 407, c1930s. An 8 1/2" x 6 1/2" litho on pressed board box titled "Little Friends" with acute accents instead of dots on the "i"s. Cover illustration depicts children at play, with one child particularly protective of her doll as others look on. Includes three.....
The Bridal Party Series "The Maid of Honor" Dressing Doll Sheet No. 107. Uncut Sheet. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd.
Paper Dolls, Pretend Play, Wedding Party, Gender Roles
A 9 ¾" x 17 ¾" uncut paper doll sheet c1900. It is The Bridal Party Series "The Maid of Honor" Dressing Doll Sheet No. 107 Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. This set may be more familiar in the die-cut boxed verse, but was among a series of.....
Candy and her Cousins
Paper Dolls, Pretend Play
Chicago: Merrill Publishing Company, 1961. A total of 4, uncut, litho print punch out dolls and their pets. The dolls names are Candy, Patti, Gigi, and Mimi. There are 4 folded costume pages, with each doll having three cut out dress, one winter coat, and various accessories. The skirts of.....
Charming Naive Watercolor Napoleon
Made by Hand, Napoleon, French History
An unknown artist's naive cut-out rendering of 8 1/2" watercolor Napoleon Bonaparte. Executed in great detail to the individual braids on his epaulets to the spurs on his boots.
The Christmas Boy Paper Doll - Two-sided doll with 7 costumes
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Christmas
Germany: Unknown, c1850s. A 4 1/4" two-sided paper boy doll and his seven (7) two-sided costumes that include background scenes. The boys costumes correlate with occupations/activities and include: Arbalist (crossbowman) scholar with a book a masquerade costume a huntsman a professor with a globe an ice skater recreating with a......
Cinderella & her 6 Costumes
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Childhood Ephemera, Social History, Women's History
New York NY: Clark, Austin & Smith, 1858-1860. A 4 5/8" hand colored paper doll and her six (6) costumes. The doll is printed on heavy stock. The costumes are printed on the front with a plain back that slips over the head to keep the costume in place. Believe.....
Dollies on their Travels with their Trunk, Suit Case, Bag, Dresses & Hats
Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, Paper Playthings
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., [1920]. A complete set with four (4) die-cut dolls with their trunk, suit case and bag. They have eight (8) interchangeable costumes and three (3) hats. The dolls are permanently affixed to a two-fold folder with a lithograph of the sand and ocean in.....
Dolly - Box Insert - J. & P. Coats Mending Floss
Paper Dolls, Pretend Play, Advertising to Children, Premium,
New York, NY: J. & P. Coats, c1910. A 3 7/8" x 1 5/8" uncut paper doll sheet inserted at the base of the box for mending floss. It is captioned CUT ME OUT - I Want ot be Your Dolly. Reverse includes a poem and instructions to send 4.....


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Hope for people with Alzheimer's and dementia
December 21, 2021 81 0
Alzheimer's disease is one of the newer pandemics. And this pandemic, which will not subside even in a few years, since there is still no complete cure for the disease, in which more and more people are involved.
Alzheimer's disease affects 55 million people worldwide, which will increase to 75 million by 2030 and 132 by 2050.
In Greece, this problem affects about a million people, patients and their families. The number of people with dementia is estimated at 160,000, and those with mild mental retardation (the precursor to dementia) at 280,000.
After two years of impressive action in our country, the Greek Initiative Against Alzheimer's Disease (HIAAD), with the participation of leading clinicians and neuroscientists from around the world, has taken another step.
The "Journey of Hope", as the initiative was called, began in Greece through a series of meetings of specialist scientists with stakeholders, patients and their caregivers. For the first time, so that the latter can find out what they may face in our country in an effective battle with the disease. To keep abreast of new scientific tools with which they can fight it, to keep abreast of the services that can be provided to them in their place of residence. Because for patients and their caregivers, Alzheimer's is an extremely difficult case. Each patient needs one to three dedicated people to care for him every day. People trained to cope with memory loss, confusion,
The first "Journey of Hope" that people from all over Greece could watch on the Internet took place last Saturday at the Concert Hall of Athens. There, the pioneers and key pillars of HIAAD and the Alzheimer's Society of Athens, who co-hosted the event, joined with caregivers and stakeholders in a common pulse of concern about timely prognosis and the best possible treatment for a still-incurable disease.
Speakers – Professor Konstantinos Liketsos, Founder and Director of the Center of Excellence for Medical Accuracy in Alzheimer's Disease at Johns Hopkins University, Nikos Skarmeas, Professor of the EKPA School of Medicine, Associate Professor of Medicine, President of the University Research Center of the Ionian University Panagiotis Vlamos, Dr. Ioannis Tarnanas, Academic Supervisor in Altoida, Washington, D.C. Fellow, Institute for Research and Technology, and nonprofit representative. They met with the public after presenting impressive advances, innovative methods for early detection of diseases, methods of prevention and rules of care.
It was a touching moment when family members, in conversation with Notis Paraskevopoulos, described their daily "battle". Pediatrician Andronica Anastasiu takes care of both her parents with dementia day and night, and her main concern is to preserve their dignity and express her love to them. Retired banker Eleni Pavlopoulou does not miss a minute of her husband's life. "In a reality that is unpleasant in itself, let's find ways for this trip to have a great time," she says. Retired banker Christos Anagnostis takes care of his mother. "Her world is getting narrower, but the important moments remain and give us courage," he said.
The children's questions about how to behave with their grandmothers with symptoms of dementia were also touched. And also what the journalist Rena Kuvelioti said about this disease: "My brain is different from others, but this does not give me any right to see life in black colors every day." He works "12 hours a day", and I am raising two wonderful children. Diversity made me look at life from a better perspective – in terms of gratitude. Every day I wake up happier than before, because I enjoy every moment of ours. It worries me that we are ashamed to talk about our diversity, and while it passes through my heart, I will prove that we can do whatever is necessary. "
Following a remote or live welcome from Education Minister Niki Kerameos, Deputy Education Minister Angelos Sirigos, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Subcommittee on Persons with Disabilities Anna Karamanlis, Secretary of the ND Political Committee Pavlos Marinakis, Governor of Attica Georgios Patulis and President of the National Observatory of Dementia and the Alzheimer's Society Athens Paraskevi Sakka Professor Liketsos spoke about the continuation of the "Journey of Hope" in other cities, in April in Ioannina and June in Heraklion, and presented the two-year activity of the initiative.
"Dementia is the next pandemic, the number of patients doubling every 20 years because the world's population is aging. In Greece, more than 400,000 people suffer from dementia or mild cognitive impairment. This number will double in 20 years. Our actions are based on the following facts: the drugs on the market do not reverse the course of dementia. There are ways to effectively treat the disease, which are not applied in Greece, because the appropriate structures have not been created, but progress is evident. There are prevention options and the public needs to be informed. We are making progress in understanding this disease, but public participation in research is essential. Our goal is to provide the necessary amount of accessible services, improve the quality of care and increase national investment in research. Our vision must be realized. "
Action cards
The maps produced by the initiative, Mr Lyketsos said, show the number of patients in each region of the country. Based on them, services will be distributed, which will be updated with each new forecast. The University of Crete Publications publishes an extremely informative collaborative book When Logic Chases Memory, translated into a Greek Nursing Guide written by Mr. Lyketsos and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins. An inventory of memory clinics, day centers, housing programs for people with dementia in Greece was carried out. Three standard memory clinics of the Alzheimer's Society of Athens and two clinics in Eginitio (A. Politis in psychiatry and N. Skarmeas in a neurological clinic) have been certified based on operating standards verified in the USA. One is in Patras under the direction of Professor P. Alexopoulos, and the approval of others is expected in Crete, Larissa, Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis. The initiative is "launching" pilot programs to support caregivers, organizing training programs for them by the Metropolitan College, supporting the 1102 Alzheimer's Athens Help Line, and creating a Thalo phone support service 212 (87). He also develops research programs and organizes conferences and seminars, and is preparing the creation of the Alzheimer's Center at FORTH, which will integrate research programs in the country.
Prevention and aggravating factors
Mr Liketsos and Mr Skarmeas responded to public questions such as the link between the coronavirus and Alzheimer's disease (worsening due to cessation of activity while investigating the possibility of dementia after a serious illness, they said) and heredity. 5-10% of cases are associated with hereditary factors, while up to 50 genes have been identified, which together predispose to the disease. Mr. Skarmeas spoke about the factors that contribute to prevention: the Mediterranean diet, which is traditionally based on plant foods, legumes, vegetables, fruits, a little meat, fasting, fish, olive oil as the main source of fat, a little alcohol. Exercise, weight control, mental and social performance are important. Aggravating factors include anxiety, depression, traumatic brain injury, diabetes, and smoking.
The initiative has established two awards: the Outstanding Offer, which Mr Vlamos presented to Notis Paraskevopoulos, one of the instigators of the Thalo Method, and the Valuable and Unique Offer, which was given to family members Eleni Pavlopoulou and Christoforos Anagnostis.
Creation of an innovative biobank and grouping of patient profiles
Ms Macharaki and Mr Tarnanas presented the impressive potential of both basic research and bioinformatics. "We have treated thousands of laboratory mice with the approaches we have developed, but none have been successful in humans. Despite significant investment in research in recent decades, the causes of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders remain unclear. In recent years, there has been growing evidence that Alzheimer's is not a disease but a multitude of diseases that vary greatly from patient to patient, so developing tailor-made solutions requires an approach with medical precision, "said Vasiliki Macheiraki. – One of the advances in research aimed at elucidating the causes of the disease is the formation of stem cells from the patient's blood. Stem cells allow us to create three-dimensional organs of the brain in the laboratory, study the mechanisms of manifestation and progression of the disease in them, and try individual methods of treatment. Also important are discoveries in the rapidly developing field of research on extracellular vesicles, which are secreted by all cells in the human body. Today we have the opportunity to isolate from the blood the cerebral vesicles that carry proteins or factors associated with the disease, and get a picture of the progression of the disease in the brain. "
Dr. Ioannis Tarnanas spoke about the revolutionary contribution of digital biomarkers to predicting dementia and patient care. "There are various tools for determining the future risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Both those that collect information about proteins in the blood, and those that collect data on movements, speech and behavior of a person. By analyzing this data with artificial intelligence tools, we can predict risk well before symptoms appear, "says Tarnanas. The information collected through the questionnaires is insufficient. "We also need information that we collect using sensors on our arms, legs, neck, which accurately measure how someone speaks, walks, and behaves. Altoida technology introduces the patient to augmented reality exercises, for example, asks him to hide some objects in real space and then find them at a specific time.
Clinical trials conducted over four years by European universities have collected the results of this exercise, other digital indicators, as well as traditional blood biomarkers, encephalograms, images and brain function of the patient, recorded with great accuracy. It was concluded that there are behavioral signatures that appear very early and reflect any mental dysfunction. A new four-year study showed the same result. We are currently working with Mr Vlamos, who heads the Ionian University's Bioinformatics and Electrophysiology Laboratory (BiHeLab), to organize a five-year study to collect biomarkers, both traditional and digital, that look like toys. Our goal is to create an innovative biobank – today it includes 800 biomarkers and has been approved by the FDA and CE – where different patient profiles will be grouped, and using artificial intelligence models, the clinician can easily categorize the patient. Digital biomarkers are already being used in memory clinics and hospitals in Europe as part of the pan-European RADAR ID program. All that remains is to create an ecosystem of institutions that will spread the use of digital biomarkers in all countries of the world. "
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#NK #US talks #think tank
N. Korea could announce end to nuke talks later this month: think tank
North Korea 12:00 December 13, 2019
By Koh Byung-joon
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea could announce an end to denuclearization talks with the United States when it convenes a meeting of the ruling Workers' Party later this month, a state-run think tank said Friday.
The North said last week it will convene a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the WPK later this month to address "crucial issues in line with the needs of the development of the Korean revolution and the changed situation at home and abroad."
The announcement came as Pyongyang has ramped up pressure on Washington to come up with a new proposal by the end of this year to move deadlocked denuclearization negotiations forward.
"Unless there is a last-minute turnaround, the North is expected to announce its stance on the U.S. that could include the declaration of an end to denuclearization talks," the Institute for National Security Strategy affiliated with Seoul's spy agency said in a report.
The Workers' Party session "appears to have characteristics as an emergency meeting related to leader Kim Jong-un's year-end deadline," it added. "That it did not specify a date but just said that the meeting will be held in the latter part seems to be designed to expect a change in the U.S. attitude but secure a reason for taking a 'new way' otherwise."
The report said that it has been unprecedented that the North has disclosed a plan in advance to hold a plenary party meeting, adding that last week's announcement appears to be intended to "maximize pressure" on Washington to change tack.
Denuclearization talks have stalled since the summit between North Korean leader Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump broke down in February after they failed to match Pyongyang's denuclearization steps with Washington's sanctions relief and other concessions.
North Korea has urged Washington to show flexibility before the end of this year, warning that otherwise, it could give up on negotiations with the U.S. and take a "new way."
On Saturday, North Korea conducted what it called a "very important test" at its Dongchang-ri satellite launch site, spawning speculation that it could be preparing to fire an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
It did not disclose what was tested but noted the test result will have an "important effect on changing the strategic position."
The think tank said the North is expected to announce a "new way" if the year-end deadline passes, adding it will calculate the "right timing" for a provocation so as to make a strong case for "passing the buck" for a failure of denuclearization talks over to Washington.
"For the time being, (the North) is expected to take low-intensity steps, such as resuming nuclear activities or repairing rocket launching sites, but if (the North) takes action, it would be done in a way to demonstrate its strategic position," the think tank said.
The think tank added there is also a possibility of taking steps not strong enough to give a cause for strengthening sanctions, such as firing a stationery satellite in the name of peaceful use of space or disclosing new nuclear weapons or submarines.
North Korea has not conducted nuclear or ICBM tests since late 2017. During a party meeting in April 2018, the North announced a moratorium on such tests as it begun diplomacy in earnest with Washington on dismantling its nuclear weapons.
The think tank said that should the North take a "strong" provocation, it would mean that Pyongyang will give up its hope for an improvement in its relations with Washington next year and plan to wait until a new administration comes in after the November presidential election.
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The first of the top 10 most interesting essay topics about India is population growth and what measures the government is putting into place in order to help contain the massive population growth in such a fashion that it makes living conditions better.
The second of the top 10 most interesting essay topics about India is to focus on the wealthy homes which are being created by thriving entrepreneurs and how this creates a stark contrast between the lower ghettos of major cities and the people who live on the mountain tops literally.
The third is about the educational system offered and how many people can improve their current social standing by getting better education and learning English so that they can work with professional companies for either technological reasons or customer service.
The fourth is to focus on the more impoverished regions and what it is like for them to try and get to school versus those who live in a city.
The fifth is to cover the healthcare that exists in a specific area and whether that healthcare diminishes the overall health of the population in the country and whether the influence of foreign doctors can improve upon the situation.
The sixth is to review the class system and the way that groups are divided from birth with the inability to move forward. You can focus on how many people in the lower ranks have jobs such as sweeping the dirt roads day after day and yet they remain incredibly happy knowing that if they do a good job, based on their religion, they will be able to enjoy a better life.
The seventh is to review different infrastructure plans taking place in the area compared to other areas in the world.
The eighth is to examine the amount of growth seen among the middle-class and especially among those who leave their home country in search of a better job or better education elsewhere. You can examine the effects that this amount of mass movement has on the population in the economy.
The ninth is to review the difference in terms of jobs which remain most popular. You can compare the most popular occupations in this country to another country such as your country and see where there are major discrepancies. You might be able to highlight the massive amount of industrialization or agriculture compared to your area.
The 10th is to focus on the rate of infant mortality. You can highlights the differences between the infant mortality rates in different rule areas versus Populated cities.


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Publié le 18 Juillet 2020 par Bernard Duyck
Publié dans : #volcanic activity, #Sismologia
Activity of Copahue, Raung and Turrialba - earthquakes in Grindavik.
Sernageomin raised the technical alert level of Copahue in Amarilla on July 17 at 3.30 p.m. local time.
During the previous months, the seismicity was marked by numerous VLP earthquakes, in relation with the rise of magma to more superficial levels; in addition, in recent days, signs have been observed on the surface, with the emission of particulate materials associated with a column of gas from the active crater, and incandescence. The satellite images indicate a decrease in the volume of the crater lake ... all these signs testify to my presence of a volume of magma at a superficial level.
An area of 1,000 meters in radius around the crater is considered as a possible assignment area.
Source: Sernageomn OVDAS
Copahue - 16.07.2020 - ash plume - Mayores Sin Limites video / twitter
Copahue - 07.16.2020 - video noticias NQN
The Raung alert level on the island of Java was raised to 2 / waspada on July 17.
Today, between 0 and 6 a.m., a total of 26 brown plumes were observed between 50 and 200 meters above the crater.
The seismicity of July 17 is characterized by :
- 98 eruption earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-17 mm and a duration of 40-155 seconds.
- 83 non-harmonic tremor episodes with an amplitude of 1-5 mm, and a duration of 38-399 sec.
The PVMBG recalls the ban on going down into the crater, and camping within a radius of 2 km in the center of the crater, due to the danger of volcanic gases for life.
Sources: PVMBG & Magma Indonesia
Raung - seismicity at 17.07.2020 - Doc. Magma Indonesia
In Costa Rica, a passive emission occurred at Turrialba on July 16, 2020 at 12:09 p.m., accompanied by an ash plume 200 meters above the crater; it lasted 2 minutes.
This episode was followed by several other very diluted shows during the day.
A peak in the CO2 / SO2 and H2S / SO2 ratios was recorded overnight, before returning to values similar to those of yesterday.
Source: Ovsicori
Turrialba - 07/16/2020 / 12:09 - Ovsicori webcam
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake occurred 4.1 km from Grindavik, on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland.
It was preceded by another of magnitude 3; 2. Both were felt in Grindavik and Reykjanesbaer.
The persistent seismic activity is, according to the IMO, in relation to the deformation due to magmatic intrusions in the earth's crust.
Sources: IMO & mbl, is
Reykjanes peninsula - 07/18/2020 - earthquake magnitude at 07:50 - Doc. IMO
Grindavík with Mount Þorbjörn in the background. - Doc. mbl.is / Kristinn Magnússon
News from Soufrière, Pacaya, Lewotolok, Merapi, and Kilauea.
Activity of Santiaguito, Suwanoejima, Langila and Etna.
Activity of Kilauea, Soufrière of St Vincent and Sabancaya.
News from Merapi, Kilauea, Copahue and in the Reykjanes Peninsula.
Activité du Copahue, du Raung et du Turrialba - séismes à Grindavik.
Activité du Stromboli, du Sangay, du Bulusan et de Nishinoshima.


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La Réserve naturelle de Ranvikholmen  est une réserve naturelle norvégienne  qui est située dans la municipalité de Asker dans le comté de Viken.

Description
La réserve naturelle est située sur l'îlot de Ranvikholmen directement à l'ouest de la réserve naturelle de Tofteholmen (sur l'îlot de Tofteholmen), au sud de la ville de Tofte.

L'ensemble de Ranvikholmen est protégé pour prendre soin de la flore, de la faune et de la géologie de l'îlot, ainsi que des zones de nidification pour les oiseaux marins. Certaines parties de l'île sont constituées de gabbro rocheux, ainsi que de roches sédimentaires qui, lorsqu'elles sont altérées, fournissent un bon sol pour les plantes.

Une colonie de phoques communs vit sur Tofteholmen, Ramvikholmen et Mølen.

Voir aussi

Notes et références

Liens externes
  Ranvikholmen  naturreservat Miljødirektoratet - Site Naturbase

Lien interne
 Liste des îles de Norvège

Aire protégée de l'UICN - catégorie Ia
Aire protégée créée en 2007
Aire protégée dans le comté de Viken
Réserve naturelle en Norvège
Asker
Île de Viken

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Menno de jong at Sullivan Room
Author Jaro
Tue 12 Jun 12
Saturday night at the Sullivan Room is an experience all unto itself . That's why when someone like Menno de Jong comes to play you go both for the DJ and the atmosphere that the Sullivan Room gives to the music that flows through it. For those of you who don't know Menno, he is one of Holland's legendary young trance producers whom Armin van Buuren is quite big fan of. A few Saturdays, he along with Rory James and Ali Mahmud delivered a performance unlike most others that the city had to offer.
Around 1 AM I spoke with a calm, cool and collected individual who was ready to make these die-hard trance fans dance like no other DJ they'd ever seen before. Much to the collective delight of the audience Menno wasted no time getting down to what he does best, making you move. Each song throughout his set was absolutely heart-racing. As the night passed on and on Menno went into classics for this small yet energetic, die hard trance crowd. Some track that he dropped include "Concrete Angel' (John o'Callaghan remix), "Afterthought" (Parker and Hanson Remix), 'Resurrection" by Paul Oakenfold and of course his own and one of his most loved tracks "Turtle Paradise" an amazing classic and a welcome addition to the set. He had no issues making the club not only bounce all night, but even keeping it open just a little past the time that most of the other places in Greenwich village have closed and people have gone home for the evening.
Alternating between the floor and the booth I got a killer vibe from everyone inside, some people were long time fans of the DJ while some others (like a few friends of mine there) had only ever seen and heard him for the first time ever. Needless to say, everyone all around was impressed, especially me who'd been looking forward to seeing this DJ live since he blew away his two sets at ASOT500 in both Den Bosch and Sydney just a year prior. It was truly great to have Menno help us keep up what has already been a stellar season trance season packed with big DJ names just a month before, leading right into EDC New York just the week after and what is now sure to be an amazingly uplifting summer. Surely I among many others will be delighted to see Menno for a party like the one at the Sullivan Room again hopefully not too long from now.
Just before Menno actually came to New York, I had a chance to speak with Kristina Sky on Twitter as she was getting ready for a few upcoming gigs, particularly A State of Trance Invasion: Las Vegas. She was also kind enough to send me her latest collaboration with Menno which is called "Signals". You can listen to this great uplifting track here to see more of what's going on in Menno's mind as trance continues to make it's way on New York's most wanted list.
See you on the Dancefloor.


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BnC Mix 039: Sinistarr
March 13, 2019Peter Merritt
While most of his releases have been on UK DnB and bass music labels like Metalheadz, Exit Records, Hospital, and 20/20 LDN, Jeremy Howard AKA Sinistarr is unapologetically Detroit to the bone. His music fits in as comfortably at a Chicago ghetto-tech and juke party as it does at a Bristol jungle rave or LA beat music showcase, and his deep techno and electro roots shine through clear as day in his productions and DJ sets. This raw Midwest approach to the sounds of British uptempo bass music and American hip-hop creates a diverse and unique sound unlike any other in the scene. Sinistarr truly stands alone as a pioneer in bending the often rigid and intimidating "rules" of traditional drum and bass. While the hybrid sound of footwork, jungle, halftime DnB, beats, and hip-hop is now relatively accepted in the drum and bass community, that wasn't always the case, and Sinistarr was a trailblazer in changing that dynamic and loosening up the decades-long establishment of strict "DRUM AND BASS ONLY" rigidity in the DnB scene.
Coming off a big year of touring the world and some great releases on a few up-and-coming labels like Beat Machine Records and Booms and Claps favorite Unchained Recordings, Sinistarr is poised for a very successful 2019 with tons of cool projects in the works. Today happens to be his birthday, and we couldn't be more excited that he's decided to grace us with a phenomenal mix of sounds he's feeling to celebrate. Anytime you hear the infamous "LET'S MOVE" Slick Shoota sample straight out of the gate, you know you're in for a ride. Sinistarr covers all the bases on this one, from bangin' drum and bass rollers to some huge unreleased beats from the likes of Canadian all-stars OAKK and Groves. Without further ado, we're proud to present BnC Mix 039: Sinistarr. Happy Birthday, Jeremy!


To add some style to your home and update its look, you don't need to spend the time and money involved in a full renovation. Adding an updated look doesn't always require you to tear down walls, replace flooring, or do anything else quite so drastic; sometimes just a few simple changes to your home's accessories are all that's needed. Consider a few ways to add a new look to your home with simple accessories.
Old blinds and outdated curtains can look very dull and drab and make your space seem old and drab as well. Window dressing usually isn't very expensive; you might try simple curtain panels for a lighter look that's very affordable; these are a good choice if you like having fabric drapes but find your current curtains are a bit heavy. Roller blinds are also usually affordable and come in a wide range of colors and fabrics and can give your space a clean and modern look without interfering with other pieces in the room.
If the walls of your home seem just a bit drab and flat, try putting up bead board. Bead board paneling can be cut to fit the lower third of your wall and nailed or glued in to place, right over the current drywall. Add a chair rail at the top of the bead board, and you have an instantly updated look that gives your walls texture and style.
Crown molding at the top of the walls can draw the eyes up and make the space seem larger; crown molding also has a certain regal style that can make your home seem more lavish and stately. Opt for the largest or widest crown molding you can afford to ensure it catches the eyes and adds that style to your room that you want.
Sometimes just changing door handles and doorknobs can be all that's needed to add a new look to your home. For a classic look that goes with any décor, try matte black door handles for all your rooms and your entryway door. You can even use matte black handles and knobs in the kitchen and bathroom, since they work well against wood cabinets while still coordinating nicely with stainless steel or any other type of appliance. For a fun look, add oversized, faux, matte black hinges to room doors to match. If you don't like black, you can also check out other options from retailers like The Lock and Handle.


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DGA Awards Sets 2020 Schedule
Fox 2000 Buying Hitchcockian Thriller Novel 'The Woman In The Window'
EXCLUSIVE: Fox 2000 is closing a deal for screen rights to The Woman In The Window, a hot new novel that was written by A.J. Finn (a pseudonym for a book editor at a major publishing house, I hear). The deal happened just as an auction for the book rights is underway. The novel has elements of The Girl On The Train and Hitchcock's Rear Window and has a strong role for an actress.
Anna Fox lives alone in the New York City brownstone that once housed her happy family. She suffers from agoraphobia and is separated from her husband and daughter. She spends her days chatting online with strangers, watching old movies, drinking to excess and spying on her neighbors. This gets interesting when the Russell clan moves in next door. Watching the bond between the parents and their teen son makes her long for her own reunion with her own family, but that changes when she observes what seems to be a shocking act of violence. The housebound woman must confront what she saw, or whether she has become unhinged.
ICM Partners is brokering the deal. Right now the book is in the middle of a publishing auction, which should be decided shortly. Busy week for Elizabeth Gabler's Fox 2000, which reportedly also acquired the untitled spec about a female talk show host to star Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson, with Scott Rudin producing.
Voltage Pictures Ups Narine Garibyan To Creative Exec


J- Law is Turning Up The Heat With Her New Dew!
Personally, I like to think she stole the look from me seeing as I added bangs to my situation like last week.... but there's no denying she pulls off the look like whoa!
It's not been confirmed whether or not the dew is a wig yet BUT it is most likely the style we will be seeing her in for her new movie where she plays a Russian Spy.


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The Rev. Janie Koch Sermons 11 Jun 2022 6 Minutes
There's a story written by a brilliant, moral fiber of our American South. An author of significant renown who, upon hearing about the death of a neighbor, said, "I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying that I approved of it." This witty man of significant depth of character, two fathoms deep to be precise, who also said, "good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life." This Mark Twain wrote of a young, homeless boy named Huckleberry Finn and a runaway slave named Jim. Huck played several tricks on Jim, but it was his last ruse in which he told an elaborate lie to Jim that caused a significant fracture to their friendship. And in the aftermath of this lie and attempt to make amends, Huck faced a crisis of conscience.
Click here for the lectionary reading for today, July 11, 2021.
I must admit that this Gospel reading has caused great difficulties for me this week. While we know this story well, the one where John the Baptist is executed, there is more to it than meets the eye. After reading this Gospel passage over the course of this week, what struck me first was a very simple question: Where is Jesus? In all of our Gospel passages, Jesus is the prominent figure, the one who offers parables in order to teach the lessons to groups of people, the one who travels the waters, the one calling his disciples, the one feeding the thousands, the one flipping the tables. You get my point.
But this Gospel passage is different. This is the only Gospel passage in what we call "Ordinary Time" — these months between Pentecost and Advent — that does not feature Jesus as the central "character" of the story. As a matter of fact, our lectionary reading cycle moves through a three-year period, and today is the ONLY day in a three-year lectionary cycle that Jesus is not in fact front and center. Why this passage of the Gospel of Mark? Why is it told in the form of a flashback? Why is THIS story so incredibly important that we need to give the beheading of John the Baptizer the main stage story?
Let's get a little context of the relationship between Jesus and John. John was miraculously conceived by Mary's cousin Elizabeth, and remember that Elizabeth was past child-bearing age. When Mary visited her precious cousin, the baby leapt in Elizabeth's womb with the recognition that Mary was the God-bearer, the Theotokos, to the savior of the world. Matthew recorded Jesus as saying there was none higher than John, and it was he who baptized Jesus in the Jordan river. John lived an ascetic life consuming locusts and honey for nourishment and wearing a camel-hair shirt. He intimately knew the Old Testament writings, and had no fear of speaking the words of Truth to all who would listen. He proclaimed the One, the Messiah, who would save the world and of whose sandals he would not be fit to tie.
And it was this strong-tongued man who repeatedly denounced the incestuous relationship of Herod Antipas, the King of our Gospel reading today. I won't go into the gnarled and mangled family tree of this monarchy. Suffice it to say that it was Herod the Great, the father of our Herod this morning, who ordered all the male children slaughtered in the hopes that baby Jesus would be amongst the butchered. Herod Antipas had married his niece, and it was John the Baptizer who repeatedly denounced this marriage as horrifically sinful. John's prophetic voice infuriated Herod's niece-wife, but there was something about John that Herod appreciated, something about his passion that the King felt affinity for, and he wanted to keep close.
But, Herod put himself in a position of vulnerability. Drunk at his birthday party and turned on by an erotic dance from his step-daughter Salome, he unknowingly sealed the fate of John. There is a moment that Mark writes, "The king was deeply grieved." However, this drunken and powerful fool made a promise to a slutty girl who was manipulated by her revenge-seeking, psychopathic mother. Mark continues in writing, "yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he did not want to refuse her." He sacrificed the precursor to Jesus, the man who listened to God, the baby who leapt in his mother's womb.
Returning to Huck for a moment, when the authorities come looking for the runaway slave, an inner battle rages within the heart and mind of Huck. Tormented by the memories of Tom Sawyer's Aunt Polly who attempted to train the unruly ruffian to be a cultured young man of Southern gentility. Should Huck turn Jim in as the runaway slave he most certainly is, or should he lie and cover up the fact that he knows Jim's whereabouts and thus offering Jim an opportunity for freedom? But Huck moves through this moral war zone weighing one choice against the other. But what plagues him is the slowing awareness that Jim is actually a living, breathing human being. A man of faith and love and laughter. I'll offer you the chance to discover what Huck chooses on your own.
What happens to us when we ignore our conscience? What happens when we engage with what we shouldn't or deny engaging with what we should? Regret. Shame. Fear. Secrecy. Lies. Heartbreak. Illness. Anger. Some would say if we ignore the nudge of God, the thump will quite likely get our attention.
We do not live in a vacuum. As much as we would like to deny the notion that what we do, what we choose does not affect anyone else, that no one will see and no one will know and no one will find out, the shadows of darkness will always be brought into light. Some day. Some how. All will be known. All the regret and shame and fear and secrecy and lies and heartbreak and anger…it will come forward. And there are instances of significant aftermath, of horrors so profound when the conscience is rejected that this aftermath reverberates throughout the generations. I believe that even the air and earth and water holds the grief of the rejected conscience.
Some of you may have been following the news lately, the atrocious story of the children found in mass graves along the border in Canada. Close to 1,000 nameless remains have been found so far at religious residential schools, familiarly understood to be boarding schools. Hundreds more schools are being investigated as close to 200,000 Indigenous children went into the residential school system, but a fraction of that number came out.
Bp. Steve Charleston is a retired American Episcopal bishop who served the Diocese of Alaska and now lives in Duncan, OK. He wrote on June 30: "Canada now is our conscience, as more children's graves are revealed, and many more perhaps yet to come, the ghosts of those unlived lives, those innocent and gentle lives, standing silent sentinel over us all, waiting to see what we do: witnesses to our past, prophets to our future. What will we learn? It is more than repentance that we need, more than mere apologies, more even than the shock and awe of our own cruel history. Canada now is our conscience, where we all stand on unmarked graves, no one exempt from their silence, no nation better than another, but all complicit in what has been done, and all challenged to define what comes next. If communities of faith have a calling, surely it is to exile racism from every human heart, if not for the sake of our own children, then for the memory of those whose childhood was lost to an arrogance that spared none before it."
So, the question now hovers in the heavy air around us: What will we do now? What will we do when we walk a knife's edge with our own conscience? What will we do when the conscience is rejected and broken? When we stand witness to that annihilation, will we keep walking, keep talking, keep acting as if nothing is amiss, hoping it falls into the mass grave quietly? Praying that the regret and shame and fear and secrecy and lies and anger go down silently with it?
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The?MS604114CEFG#01?is another highly rated TOTO toilet?of the Ultramax II range. For home use, this product is ideal with a whole range of user friendly features that ensure cleanliness and performance are a given. Whilst researching?around?for?similar products from this manufacturer to use in comparisons, this is quite clearly one of the more popular options for consumers. That can be put down to many reasons, not least of all its functionality, flush, and design.
We always look for both the positives and negatives in our reviews to give a much more thorough overview of a toilets capabilities. Listed below are our findings.
This is a model which plays its part in saving water. It's WaterSense approved and will only consume one point two eight gallons per flush. That's tiny when you compare to some of the older style options, and when the masses have similar products installed in their homes, the amount saved every year will be rather significant.
This model features in our top toilets list, which looks at all round performance from many points of view. This can range from value for money, through to user comfort, flush power, and design. To find out why it lands in that list, you will have?to read it.
The height is noted as universal height by the manufacturer which should be high on your list of priorities when shopping anyway. After all, who wants to be uncomfortable in their bathroom visits? I know I don't, so a good height for sitting down is always welcome.
The flushing system used is actually a double cyclone system which is very effective in cleaning the bowl and removing waste. If you're looking for something that has a better chance at being clean and bacteria free, this combined with its SanaGloss surface will do a fantastic job towards achieving that. This also means it can often be somewhat quiet in its operation. Great news for late night bathroom visits.
For additional comfort reasons, it has an elongated bowl which gives plenty of leg room whilst seated. If you've ever sat on a square or large round loo, you will appreciate that small design changes like this can make all the difference.
A nice modern design that comes in cotton white color. Should really blend in with your average households lavatory decorations, paint, and tile combinations. Simple, minimalist look, but it really does work.
Plenty of consumer feedback and ratings can be found all around the web from plumbing forums, to retailers. The majority of said feedback does tend to be positive at this moment in time which is always a good starting point.
For some, this may be a bit too expensive. It should be noted that there are plenty of great options in the industry that can be found at half this price. However, when you go down the budget ladder, you can expect to lose some quality and performance too. So really, this will come down to user preferences.
Overall, a great toilet that can work well in the home setting. A simple flushing system with minimum water consumption can be a worthwhile investment for anyone overhauling their bathroom design. But, as always, we recommend comparing it with its numerous competitors before you buy.


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require 'logging'
require 'wrappers/python'
require 'env-vars/pipenv'

function pipenv(){
  assert_set_env_is_up_to_date

  local pipenv_command=$1

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    if [[ "$PATHS_PROJECT_WORKSPACE_SETTINGS_PIPENV_PIPFILE" -nt "$PATHS_PROJECT_PIPENV_INSTALL_FLAG_FILE" || "$PEMBA_PIPENV_PIPFILE" -nt "$PATHS_PROJECT_PIPENV_INSTALL_FLAG_FILE" ]]; then

      if [[ $pipenv_command == "update" ]]; then
        warn 'calling pipenv update, not sure yet if this is the right thing to do here'
        _pipenv update
      elif [[ "$PATHS_PROJECT_WORKSPACE_SETTINGS_PIPENV_PIPFILE" -nt "${PATHS_PROJECT_WORKSPACE_SETTINGS_PIPENV_PIPFILE}.lock" || "$PEMBA_PIPENV_PIPFILE" -nt "${PATHS_PROJECT_WORKSPACE_SETTINGS_PIPENV_PIPFILE}.lock" ]]; then
        warn 'calling pipenv install, not sure yet if this is the right thing to do here'
        _pipenv install
      else
        _pipenv install
      fi

      touch $PATHS_PROJECT_PIPENV_INSTALL_FLAG_FILE
      return 0
    else
      return 0
    fi
  fi

  eval "_pipenv ${*}"
  fail_if "Failed to execute: ${*}"
  return 0
}

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  _ensure_pipenv_installed

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  debug "exec [$PIPENV_BIN ${*}] in [$PATHS_PROJECT_WORKSPACE_SETTINGS_PIPENV_HOME]"

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is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Kokone Nata. It has been serialized on the Pixiv website since February 2019, with its chapters collected into five tankōbon volumes as of October 2022. An anime television series adaptation by Pierrot premiered in October 2022. A television drama adaptation is set to premiere in April 2023.

Characters

Hayate is a 20-year-old university student majoring in economics. He gets embarrassed whenever he becomes clumsy. He loves animals and enjoys reading.

Shun is a 17-year-old high school student who is athletic. He tends to pretend whatever clumsy action he has done was made on purpose. He enjoys playing sports.

Mima is a 27-year-old salaryman who is seen as a mascot by his co-workers. He tends to be unfazed and oblivious whenever he becomes clumsy. He is childhood friends with Motoharu.

Sōma is a 19-year-old vocational student studying at a vocational design school. He tends to be positive whenever he does something clumsy.

Igarashi is a 27-year-old author and a friend of Mima's from elementary school. He is described as a genius who can be clumsy as well.

Asami is Shun's older sister and the owner of the cafe Hayate and Sōma work at.

Sōta is Mima's superior at work and Sōma's older brother.

Production
While the manga series is in full color, Kokone Nata can color one page in about 30 minutes so she can finish the coloring work of 19 pages within one day.

Media

Manga
Written and illustrated by Kokone Nata, Play It Cool, Guys started as a series of illustrations published on the author's Twitter account since May 11, 2018, before being serialized as a web manga on Pixiv on February 23, 2019. The manga has also been serialized on Pixiv's Pixiv Comic service. As of October 2022, five tankōbon volumes have been released by Square Enix under its Gangan Comics Pixiv imprint. In North America, Yen Press is publishing the series in English.

Volume list

Novel
A novel adaptation written by Shino Kaida, titled Cool Doji Danshi: Connect It Cool, Guys, was published by Square Enix on March 21, 2020.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on April 22, 2022. It is produced by Pierrot and directed by Chiaki Kon, with scripts written by Makoto Uezu, and music composed by Masato Nakayama. Eri Taguchi is handling the character designs and serving as chief animation director. The series premiered on October 11, 2022, on TV Tokyo, AT-X, and BS11. It will run for two cours, and will consist of 15-minute episodes. The opening theme songs are  by Mafumafu and  by Syudou. The ending theme songs are "Flash!" and , both performed by PICG, a unit composed of Chiaki Kobayashi, Koki Uchiyama, Yūichirō Umehara, and Shōya Chiba. Crunchyroll licensed the series.

A two-episode spin-off anime, titled Petit Cool Doji Danshi no Hitokoma, premiered on NTT Docomo's  streaming service on March 21 and March 28, 2023. It is produced by Aqua Aris, with Yū Hayata directing and providing the character designs, and Mao Emura writing the screenplay.

Episode list

Drama
A television drama adaptation was announced on February 24, 2023. It will be directed by Hiroaki Yuasa, Yuka Eda, and Akina Yanagi, based on a screenplay by Hiroyuki Komine. The series is set to premiere on April 15, 2023, on TV Tokyo. Yuta Nakamoto of NCT 127,  of JO1, Dori Sakurada, and  were cast to play the main roles.

Reception
In 2019, the manga was ranked 16th in Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook for best manga series in 2019 for female readers, placed 7th in Pixiv and Nippon Shuppan Hanbai's Web Manga General Election, and was placed 16th in the Next Manga Awards.

Notes

References

External links

2023 anime ONAs
Anime series based on manga
Comedy anime and manga
Crunchyroll anime
Gangan Comics manga
Japanese webcomics
Josei manga
Pierrot (company)
Slice of life anime and manga
Television shows written by Makoto Uezu
TV Tokyo original programming
Webcomics in print
Yen Press titles


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Home » Lifestyle » Hold Up — Kevin Hart Just Starred in a Music Video About His OWN Cheating Scandal?
Hold Up — Kevin Hart Just Starred in a Music Video About His OWN Cheating Scandal?
When envisioning the music video for "Kevin's Heart" off his new album KOD, J. Cole decided to cast the song's titular muse — even if the song is about said muse's cheating scandal. Released on April 24, the video follows comedian Kevin Hart as he grapples with his highly publicized infidelity, both dodging judgmental bystanders and tempting flirts.
In an emotional Instagram video in 2017, Hart admitted he'd made a mistake and apologized. "At the end of the day man, I just simply have got to do better," Hart said. It appears he has since repaired his relationship with his wife, Eniko Parrish, and the couple also welcomed their first child late last year. The very end of the music video mirrors Hart's tearful sentiment as clouds form the words "choose wisely."
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Q: How to request paginated or filtered data from WFS 2.0? I want to download a data set from a WFS 2.0 server via HTTP GET, with curl for instance.
$ curl -X GET http://example.com/wfs/?service=WFS&request=GetFeature
&version=2.0.0&typeNames=example:layer&srsName=urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

The layer is served as GML and contains about 400,000 features. The server limits a response to 100,000 features. CQL is not supported. The GML file contains such a node with each feature:
<gml:Point gml:id="P416" ... >

As far as I understand this id cannot be used to apply paging via a &FILTER parameter.
How can I download the whole data set with curl - maybe with multiple downloads?

A: Often even if filters or pagination are not supported, you can use the BBOX parameter to query features limited to a specific region. Via trial and error this can give you all the data. Just slice the area of interest into BBOXes that return less features than what the WFS is limited to.
For example &BBOX=395000,5815000,400000,5820000 for a part of Berlin in EPSG:25833.

A: The key section of the WFS spec is 7.7.4.4 Response paging which gives an example:
<GetFeature service="WFS" version="2.0.0" count="100"
  xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs/2.0"
  xmlns:cw="http://www.someserver.com/cw"
  xmlns:fes="http://www.opengis.net/ogc/1.1"
  xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2">
  <Query typeNames="cw:MyFeatureType"/>
</GetFeature>

So for you case you should change the count argument to 100000 (or possibly 99999 - depending on how strict the limit is). The response you get will include a next attribute which is the url of the next request, keep requesting the next urls until you get a response that doesn't have next set, that is the last one.

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