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Council Hears That Pretrial Risk Assessment Can Lower Rate of Defendants' Pretrial Misconduct
Also hears that Chief Justice's "Keeping Kids in School and Out of Court" Initiative continues to expand around the state
Keeping Kids in School steering committee chairs, Judge Stacy Boulware Eurie (left) and Judge Donna Groman, present on the connections between trauma, truancy and school discipline practices for court-involved youth. Watch here. Slides are available here.
National expert Dr. Ed Latessa presents on sentencing risk assessment programs, practices, and tools. In October 2016, the Chief Justice formed the Pretrial Detention Reform Workgroup. Watch presentation. Slides are available here.
At its public meeting on January 19 in San Francisco, Judicial Council members heard a report that the use of evidence-based practices in pretrial risk assessment can reduce misconduct and failure to appear rates for criminal defendants.
The report was part of a presentation made by Dr. Edward J. Latessa, a nationally recognized expert on pretrial risk assessment. He explained how assessment tools work and the risk factors often looked at by those tools, which include a history of failures to appear in court, antisocial attitudes and behavior, employment status, and substance abuse. Watch
Last year during her State of the Judiciary address to the State Legislature, Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye raised concerns about the fairness of the current bail system. In October 2016, she formed the Pretrial Detention Reform Workgroup, which met for the first time earlier this week and will study current pretrial detention practices.
"The workgroup will address some tough questions," said the Chief Justice during today's meeting. "Does bail serve its purpose and ensure public safety, and does it penalize the poor? Does it assure people's appearance in court or would a discretionary decision by a judge informed by a robust validated risk assessment tool be as effective?"
Dr. Latessa echoed themes the council heard in a report it received last year about the California Risk Assessment Pilot Project. That report found risk and needs assessment tools in the pilot counties helped predict future noncompliant behavior and informed the courts and probation departments on the best use of supervision terms and conditions.
Keeping Kids in School and Out of Court Initiative
The council received an update from the initiative's steering committee, a judicial branch group created by the Chief Justice and funded through foundation grants. The initiative has helped to convene county teams of judicial officers, educators, mental health workers, probation officers, and other stakeholders to focus on improving court and community practices to keep kids in school and out of the justice system.
The initiative also provides these county teams with technical assistance and outreach tools, which include restorative justice strategies and intervention programs that focus on reducing school suspensions and other forms of exclusionary discipline. The committee also reported that suspensions can result in higher dropout rates, lead to entry into the criminal and juvenile justice systems, and have a disproportionate impact on minority students. Watch
Other items on the January 19 council meeting agenda included:
Restriction on State-Funded Travel to States with Discriminatory Laws: The council approved a policy to voluntarily comply with Government Code section 11139.8. The new statute prohibits state-funded or state-sponsored travel to states that have implemented discriminatory laws after June 26, 2015. The policy conforms the judicial branch to the practice in place for the executive and legislative branches in California.
Court Forms for Proposition 64: The council approved four optional forms to enable petitioner/applicants to file for resentencing, dismissal, and record sealing under the "Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act."
Court Technology Needs: The council approved one-time allocations for the Superior Court of Humboldt County and the Superior Court of Madera County to transition from the California Court Technology Center (CCTC) to their own independent information technology infrastructures. In addition, both courts will be required to perform year-end reviews of their finances to identify one-time funding that could be used to help offset migration costs.
An archived videocast of the entire meeting broken out by topic will be available on the council's meeting information webpage.
Chief Justice's Report to Council
Administrative Director's Report
Calif. Judges Wowed by Tool to Assess Criminal Defendants
Meeting archive (video)


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School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics
Biblical & Historical Studies, Theological Studies & Ethics
Doctoral Degrees (Biblical & Historical Studies, Theological Studies & Ethics)
Life and works of 'Allamah Muhammad Anwar Shah Kashmiri.
dc.contributor.advisor Nadvi, Syed Salman.
dc.contributor.advisor Ebrahim, Abul Fadl Mohsin.
dc.creator Osman, Yunoos.
dc.description Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Durban-Westville, 2001.
dc.description.abstract 'Allamah Anwar Shah Kashmiri (d.1933) was one of the most distinguished Islamic scholars of the Indo-Pak Subcontinent. He was recognised as an authority on 'Ilm al-Hadith (the science of Hadith). His works on Hadith won him the title of Shaykh al- Hadith (an expert in the field of Hadith) and was also acclaimed as a Muhaddith (scholar of Hadith). Although 'Allamah Anwar Shah Kashmiri's speciality was primarily in the field of the science of Hadith, he was equally competent to teach and write in other relevant Islamic sciences such as, al-Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) and 'Ulum al-Qur'an (Qur'anic Sciences), etc. His research and findings sometimes led to him engaging into intense intellectual debates with other Muslim scholars in various parts of India. He had a passion for Hadith and he spent all his life teaching the Sihah Sittah (The Six Authentic Collections of Hadith). Students used to flock to the institutions where he taught and it was considered an honour and privilege to study under him. 'Allamah Anwar Shah Kashmiri's contribution in the field of Hadith benefited and continue to benefit scholars and students alike to this day. To date no systematic study on the life and works of 'Allamah Anwar Shah Kashmiri has as yet been accomplished in the English language. Biographies on him exist in the Urdu language and they are mostly of a popular nature and have generally not discussed in detail his academic uniqueness and peculiarities. Thus, the objectives of this study will be to: 1. Discuss the evolution of the Islamic institutions of Islamic learning in India and what impact it had in moulding and shaping the intellectual pursuit of 'Allamah Anwar Shah Kashmiri. 2. Analyze his literary works and assess his contributions in the field of the science of Hadith and Hadith literature. 3. Examine his unique position and individual stance on matters pertaining to Tafsir al-Qur'an (Qur'anic Exegesis), 'Ilm al-Hadith (the Science of Hadith) and some Fiqhi (legal) issues. en
dc.subject Islam--Functionaries.
dc.subject Theses--Theology.
dc.title Life and works of 'Allamah Muhammad Anwar Shah Kashmiri.
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Miyoshi Umeki (梅木 美代志 Umeki Miyoshi?, or ミヨシ・ウメキ Miyoshi Umeki, 8 de mayo de 1929-28 de agosto de 2007) fue una ganadora del Premio Tony y nominada al Globo de Oro, y ganadora de un Premio Óscar.

Actriz japonesa más conocida por su papel de Katsumi, la esposa de Joe Kelly, en la película Sayonara (1957). También interpretó a la señora Livingston, la ama de casa en la serie de televisión El cortejo del padre de Eddie que en Hispanoamérica fue conocida como Buscando novia a papá. Fue la primera asiática en ganar un premio de la academia.

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Denmark - Economic and social policy - Law, Act
Act (No. 1508 of 2009) to amend the Active Social Policy Act (No. 946 of 2009). -
Adoption: 2009-12-27 | Date of entry into force: 2010-02-01 | DNK-2009-L-86999
Amends art. 74a, 74c-f and 74i concerning simplification of the administration of unemployment benefits for citizens who move between municipalities.
Denmark - Economic and social policy - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Notification (No. 911 of 2009) respecting special assistance under section 34 of the Active Social Policy Act. (Bekendtgørelse (Nr 911 af 2009) om særlig støtte efter § 34 i lov om aktiv socialpolitik.) -
Adoption: 2009-09-25 | Date of entry into force: 2009-10-01 | DNK-2009-R-84729
Introduces the following 5 chapters:
Chapter 1 (art. 1-2) concerning the scope of subsidies given to the target group - persons with changed revenues and in particularly difficult situations - of this Order.
Chapter 2 (art. 3-4) concerning the lower limit for applying for a rental subsidy according to this Order.
Chapter 3 (art. 5-7) concerning calculation of subsidy.
Chapter 4 (art. 8-11) concerning general provisions and provisions for repayment of subsidy in special cases.
Chapter 5 (art. 12) concerning entry into force.
Notification (No. 710 of 2002) of the Act respecting the legal status of workers upon transfer of their undertaking.
Adoption: 2002-08-20 | DNK-2002-L-62340
Consolidated text with changes through June 2001.
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Adoption: 1998 | DNK-1998-L-68856
Provides for rules governing the consideration and determination of cases by the municipal council, the county council and government authorities.
Notification of the Act (No. 7 of 9 January 1980) respecting the Workers' Cost-of-Living Fund. No. 42.
Adoption: 1988-01-21 | DNK-1988-L-4831
Reprints the Act with amendments to date.
Notification of the Bankruptcy Act [No. 444 of 28 Aug. 1984]. No. 588.
Provisions, inter alia, as to wage debts (s. 95).
Notification respecting the Act [No. 142 of 1955] respecting employees' inventions. No. 131.
Act respecting a workers' cost-of-living fund. No. 7.
Payment of cost-of-living adjustments to certain pensions.
Act respecting the legal status of workers in the event of the transfer of their undertaking. No. 111.
Notification of the Act [No. 101 of 1958] respecting the Social Research Institute. No. 665.
Notification of the Act [No. 151 of 31 May 1961] respecting the copyright protection of literary and artistic works. No. 130.
Incorporates the amendments made by Act No. 174 of 31 Mar. 1973.
An Act to amend the Act [No. 226 of 11 June 1954: LS 1954 - Den. 1, 1956 - Den.1] respecting workers' protection generally (liability of entrepreneur). No. 330.
Amends s. 1 and inserts a new s. 5b.
An Act to amend the Act [No. 158 of 31 May 1961] respecting the copyrighting of literary and artistic works.
Amends ss. 8, 19, 21, 22, 25, 42, 58 and 59.
An Act respecting patents applied for [repeals the Act (No. 107) of 1 Apr. 1905 respecting the protection of patents applied for, cf. Notification (No. 193) of 1 Sep. 1936].
Patents Act. No. 479.
Repeals the Patents Act, as consolidated by Notification No. 361 of 19 Dec. 1958.
Notification of the Act (No. 94 of 19 Mar. 1962, as last amended by Act No. 243 of 7 June) respecting technical co-operation with the developing countries. No. 374.


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United Way kicks off fundraising campaign
by Bekah Noxon | Sep 5, 2018 | UWM In The News
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – One of the metro's largest fundraising organizations kicked off their yearly fundraising campaign Thursday night.
United Way of the Midlands held a party to celebrate their 2018 fundraising and to thank their members to donate time and money.
The celebration had music and games, and the United Way said the event is designed to bring the community together.
"I think its is about bringing together all the people that care about our community. That's all we wanted today was to have a lot of fun. We're fortunate to have 4,500 volunteers and 700 organizations that support our work, and we're celebrating that community effort," said Shawna Forsberg.
The United Way of the Midlands hopes to raise $18 million this fundraising season, all of which they said stays in Omaha.


On 5th - 6th June, a meeting of TEDOM foreign sales representatives took place at the area of the castle in Valeè at Hrotovice.
42 representatives of partner companies from 17 countries worldwide took part in the meeting. The participants of the event were acquainted with TEDOM's export strategy and with the upcoming novelties and innovations in the product range. The meeting also included a visit to the Tøebíè production plant. Partners meetings are an important event for TEDOM sales representatives to exchange views from around the world.


Sir Mick Jagger has officially become an Old Age Pensioner.
The Rolling Stones' frontman celebrated his 65th birthday at the weekend (July 26), meaning under British law he is now entitled to a raft of benefits as a senior citizen.
The singer – said to be worth in the region of £230 million – is eligible to claim £87 a week from the state.
He also qualifies for a bus pass and other discounts.
Jagger has yet to comment on how his new status will affect him, but with a film production company alongside his activities with The Rolling Stones retirement seems some way off still.


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EU – Nathalie Loiseau to attend the General Affairs Council (Luxembourg, 16 october 2018)
European Affairs Minister Nathalie Loiseau will attend tomorrow's General Affairs Council in Luxembourg.
The ministers will make preparations for the next European Council meeting on October 18. Ms. Loiseau will state our expectations on the issues of migration, internal security and external relations. She will also ask for the next European Council to send an ambitious message on the fight against climate change ahead of the COP 24 in Katowice and in the wake of the IPCC report.
The ministers will discuss the status of the rule of law in Poland and the respect for European values in Hungary. The Commission and the Council presidency will inform them of the steps to be taken in the procedures instituted under Article 7, paragraph 1 of the Treaty on European Union.
With respect to Poland, the minister and her German counterpart will jointly reaffirm our support for the Commission's efforts and our wish to hold a third session of Poland's hearing at the next General Affairs Council, following the two sessions on June 26 and September 18. As for Hungary, the minister will express France's wish that the Council take up – as part of an effective and impartial process – the request it received from the European Parliament in its resolution of September 12 to rule on the existence of a serious violation of European values on the part of Hungary.
The ministers will review the work underway on the post-2020 multiannual financial framework. Ms. Loiseau will reiterate our priorities on the major negotiating challenges (the Common Agricultural Policy, the EU's own resources excluding national contributions, the abolition of rebates).
In the so-called Article 50 format, the ministers will examine the status of negotiations on the United Kingdom's withdrawal as elucidated in chief negotiator Michel Barnier's report. In this regard, they will prepare for the upcoming discussion of heads of state and government on October 17 which should determine the possibility of concluding a withdrawal agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom and prospects for their future relationship.
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Nord Stream 2 - Q&A from the press briefing (19 Mar. 2021)
European Union - Jean-Yves Le Drian's participation in the EU Foreign Affairs Council (22 Mar. 2021)
European Union - Jean-Yves Le Drian's participation in the informal joint meeting of foreign and home affairs ministers (via video conference, 15 Mar. 2021)
European Union - Covid vaccines - Q&A from the press briefing (3 Mar. 21)
European Union - Franck Riester's participation in the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers (Trade) (via video conference, 2 Mar. 21)
European Union - Clément Beaune's participation in the informal meeting of European affairs ministers (video conference, 23 Feb. 2021)
EU – Jean-Yves Le Drian attending Foreign Affairs Council (Brussels, 22 Feb. 2021)
European Union – Meetings held by Jean-Yves Le Drian and Clément Beaune with Ylva Johansson, European Commissioner for Home Affairs (Paris, 12 Feb. 2021)


Mr Amos Dembe, a Makerere University staff was on Monday thrown out of the staff assembly after he was found armed with a pistol gun.
The Makerere University academic staff association vice chairperson, Mr Edward Mwavu asked the police officers around to disarm Mr Dembe after learning he was carrying a gun. Mr Dembe is an internal auditor at the institute of public health, Mulago.
Mr Mwavu said that they could not continue with the meeting if one of their staff was armed.
"Officer, one of our staff has a gun and I am requesting you to disarm him immediately or you take him out of our meeting," he directed.
Mr Dembe on hearing that, walked out. He was escorted by the Officer in Charge at Makerere University Police Station, Nickson Okello.
Mr Okello said that Dembe is a security operative and he was not aware that he (Okello) is a staff at Makerere asserting that ISO is going to investigate further.
"He is a security operative only that some people are in uniform while others are in plain clothes, but all I can assure you is that his gun is lawful," Mr Okello said.
Meanwhile, Mr Dembe returned to the meeting after dropping his gun in one of the offices in the Main building.


For the corn relish: Add the milk and 2 cups water to a 3- to 4-quart pot and bring to a simmer. When it's at a simmer, stir in the butter, salt and sugar; give it a few minutes until the butter has melted. Place the corn in the pot, cover and cook until tender, about 45 minutes. Remove the corn and cool down enough to handle, and then cut off the kernels with a knife. (Hint: it will be easier to remove the kernels off the cob if still warm.) Mix together the corn, vinegar, cilantro, shallots, garlic and salt and black pepper to taste in a large bowl.
For the coulis: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. As that is working, mix together the oil, vinegar, shallots, garlic, peppers, tomatoes, cilantro and some salt and white pepper in a large bowl. Make sure to coat the ingredients evenly with the oil. Place on a baking sheet and roast for about 20 minutes, and then transfer to a blender and mix until smooth. Strain through a fine mesh strainer. Set aside.
For the crab cakes: Turn the oven down to 350 degrees F. Mix together the breadcrumbs, mayonnaise, cilantro, egg, onions and peppers in a large bowl. Let sit for 5 minutes while you open and drain the crabmeat. Once the crab is drained of all excess liquid, fold it into the breadcrumb mixture. Form into 8 equal crab cakes. Heat oil to 350 degrees F in a saute pan, and then sear the crab cakes until golden brown on both sides. Transfer to the oven to for 10 minutes.
To plate this dish, we use an 8-inch round white plate. First, place a small amount of the corn relish in the center. Place the browned crab cakes directly onto the corn. Finally, spoon a few ounces of the coulis around the corn and serve.


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ZENG Ming
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Felmay Records
The music of Kunqu is a virtual treasure chest of classical Chinese music but much neglected by contemporary scholars and musicians. It is the eldest form of Opera, and has influenced deeply other form of Opera like Peking Opera.
ZENG Ming is a recognized master of Kunqu flute. His combination of contemporary concert bamboo flute techniques with the "early music" style of the Ming dynasty, brings the beauty of Kunqu music into sharp relief. To record an anthology of unaccompanied Kunqu flute music, however, has never been attempted before by any other flutist, the results are astonishing.
Kunqu music is originally composed to accompany the singing of drama poetry, to enhance feelings of joy, sadness, bravura, as well as depict landscapes and scenic beauty. This music has survived for five hundred years because of the elegant and sophisticated poetry of its lyrics, appreciated more widely as works of literature. In stage performance, audience members are more often mesmerized by elegant stagecraft, beautiful costumes, soaring vocalization, and flowing choreography. But the intrinsic beauty of Kunqu music frequently goes unrecognized and unexplored.
The bamboo flute is the obligatory accompaniment for singing Kunqu, it must support the singer, but not be overpowering, Zeng Ming is a skilled accompanist, but he is also able to bring out the unique flute style of Kunqu, as well as his superior artistry. ZENG Ming is a recognized master of Kunqu flute. His combination of contemporary concert bamboo flute techniques with the "early music" style of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), brings the beauty of Kunqu music into sharp relief. To record an anthology of unaccompanied Kunqu flute music, however, has never been attempted before by any other flutist, the results are astonishing.
The Chinese bamboo flute dizi is a deceptively simple instrument: a bamboo tube 37-41 cm in functional lengths sizes depending on the required range. It has a blowing hole; a membrane covers an hole down from the blowing hole; the membrane is very delicate and when the flute is blown the membrane vibrates to give the flute its distinctive timbre and penetrating sound. Dizi is the only instrument in the Chinese orchestra that does not require amplification when played with full orchestration.
ZENG Ming, is a master of Kunqu Opera flute and bamboo flute who performs in Asia, Europe, and North America. He graduated at the Jiangsu Province Opera Institute, with a specialization in Kunqu opera flute, when he was 20 years old. He studied with famous dizi flute masters ZENG Yulin, LIN Keren, YU Xunfa and ZHAO Songting. From 1993 to 2005, he performed as First flutist of the Jiangsu Province Kun Opera Troupe while Associate director of the Opera Ensemble. He further specialized in traditional Kunqu flute music under the guidance of great Kunqu masters Chuanyue Ni and Chuangang Xue. From 2006 to 2008, he was professor of chinese bamboo flute at the Jiangsu Drama Institute, and invited teacher for chinese flute and Kunqu music at the University of California, Berkeley.
Since 2009, he is professor at the Jiangsu Institute of Educational Science, Jiangsu Institute for Education. In 2012, he was invited by the University of music of Geneva , for a collaboration with the famous international Pipa Master Yu Lingling, together, they gave Masterclasses, workshops and performed as duo and solo for Kunqu Opera music and Chinese classic music in Europe.
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Alex had his senior photos taken today. Oh dear, I think I'm in for an emotionally tough year! I'll get the previews in about two weeks so I can select the ones for purchase. I think most of them came out pretty good, so it will be a tough choice. We got them to take one of the head shot photos of Alex with a laptop. He's got it open, appears to be looking at something on the screen, but has his head turned toward the camera like he's trying to look at you but just can't tear himself away from the screen. It pretty much sums him up perfectly!


The stories behind great photographs almost always involve an element of chance. Steve McCurry knows this well. He made his name in Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion in 1978, but says it was "coincidence" that he found himself working as a photographer there. "I hadn't really planned doing that kind of work but I just sort of fell into it, then got intrigued and ended up 25 years later having been there 20 or 30 times."
He has won numerous awards in his career since, and created iconic, unforgettable images, such as the green-eyed Afghani girl he photographed in 1984 for the cover of National Geographic. But he maintains it's all unplanned: "When you leave yourself open to experience a place, magically things happen. Some of the best situations I've photographed are things I've kind of stumbled upon " I don't really think it's much more complicated than that."
Indeed, the image on the right, taken in Sri Lanka in 1995, was a "surreal vision, these little shapes" that McCurry only spotted while driving past, but perhaps it serves as the best metaphor for his technique. "It's a unique way of fishing," he says. "But I was struck by how quickly they can catch fish."
Farmers the world over have a close affinity with water, regardless of whether they have too much or too little of it. But cranberry producers have a closer relationship than most. During the normal growing season, the marshy wetlands where cranberries are cultivated require about an inch of water per week. The bogs are also flooded twice a year: once in winter, to cover the vines with water and protect them from frost and dry winds; and again when it is time to harvest the berries.
It is the harvest flood - which takes place anytime from September through to November - which is the most spectacular. The bogs are covered in up to a foot of water, to allow the ripe berries to float to the surface for gathering.
But why go to so much trouble? Cranberries hardly seem worth the bother; they're small and taste rather tart, after all. But this versatile fruit can be both good for us (its saintly juice is high in antioxidants and fights bacteria) and rather bad for us (when put to more sinful use in a Sea Breeze or Cosmopolitan).
And this week the cranberry takes on perhaps its most important role, as the US prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving Day on Thursday. The cranberry is a native of New England, where the Pilgrim Fathers began the custom of Thanksgiving by celebrating their first harvest in 1621, and cranberry sauce is now as much a part of the traditional menu as that other American native, the turkey.
One telephone, dirt roads - and a 200-strong orchestra. Keith Laidlaw discovers how classical music is changing lives in one Amazonian town.
One of the dictionary definitions of the word "baroque" is "extravagant or bizarre". This is the one that seems most fitting when applied to the idea of an orchestra made up of native Chiquitano Indian children playing Vivaldi on the edge of the Amazonian jungle. They are from the small town of Urubicha in north-east Bolivia, about 150 miles from the country's border with Brazil. Despite having only dirt roads, a single public telephone and, until last year, no meaningful electricity supply, the town has its own touring orchestra.
The story starts over 300 years ago, at the end of the 17th century, when a group of Jesuit missionaries travelled to this area intent on spreading the word of God to the natives. They came not only armed with bibles, but also carrying a wide variety of musical instruments including string, woodwind and brass. Their hunch, that the language of music was a more effective way of communicating the teachings of God than prayer and preaching alone, proved correct. Indeed, the Chiquitanos they met proved to be adept musical students, learning to build instruments as well as play them in the European style. Eventually, some even began to compose, writing requiems, fugues, sonatas and - in at least one case - an entire opera in the Baroque style the Jesuits taught.
Unfortunately, this harmonious relationship came to an abrupt end in 1767. The Jesuits had stood up for the local people being forced to work in the region's gold and silver mines. (omega) But, rather than give in to their demands, the area's rulers, representing the interests of the Spanish Crown, decided that they had had enough of the do-gooding missionaries interfering in their affairs and promptly expelled them, killing off the brief flowering of South American baroque.
Almost a century later, in 1856, missionaries returned (this time from the Franciscan order) and founded the town of Urubicha, but it took rather longer for classical music to make a comeback in the Guayaro region. It was the arrival of Father Walter Neuwirth in the 1960s that made the difference. While the first missionaries had been seeking to connect the locals with God, Father Neuwirth was desperate to reconnect the locals with each other and reverse a decline in the community which had seen many former residents leave to start new lives in the city. So, in 1989 he enlisted the help of a young Bolivian violinist and conductor called Ruben Dario Suarez Arana, who had attended the Cordoba State Conservatory in Argentina, to start teaching a few local kids part-time in Urubicha in the church grounds. The lessons grew more popular and eventually, in 1996, the town's school of music was officially opened.
Now, in a town with a population of just a few thousand peasant farmers, the orchestra numbers over 200, and has performed at venues across South America, as well as visiting France and Spain. It hasn't been easy, however. Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in Latin America, and towns such as Urubicha certainly reflect this. Money is tight here, making it difficult to buy things such as strings for violin bows, never mind the instruments themselves. But the woodwind and brass sections are usually equipped through donations from better-off orchestras abroad, while the stringed instruments, such as violins and cellos, can be made by local craftsmen.
Suarez Arana has since been asked to help neighbouring towns and villages form their own schools of music and, with the aid of teachers who are graduates from his first school, the orchestra in Urubicha has become the catalyst for a musical renaissance in the region. Learning to play an instrument may not solve the problems of poverty the children will still face, but it certainly helps to teach them that, with the right attitude and a bit of effort, miracles can sometimes happen.


Alex Revell's short stay with MK Dons, having signed a deal at the stadium:mk last season but he wasn't able to help keep us in the Championship, is over with the experienced striker taking up and offer with League 1 rivals Northampton.
Karl Robinson brought in the striker in February with him scoring four-goals in 17-matches for the Dons.
Revell, signed from Cardiff, has played for the likes of Brighton, Rotherham and Leyton Orient previously, with him leaving at the end of his short-term deal with MK Dons to join Northampton.
He was being linked with his former Cardiff and Orient boss Russell Slade at Charlton but has signed for Northampton in a deal that will officially kick-in on 1st July, with him signing a two-year contract at Sixfields.
Cobblers boss Rob Page is quoted by the BBC as saying.
'Alex is a fantastic signing for us and I am delighted to welcome him to the club.
32-year-old Revel will probably be most fondly remembered for his penalty save against Preston in a one-one draw when the striker had to go in goal!


The Cotswold Country Park and Beach – visit 'the beach in the country'. The swimming area is fully supervised by experienced lifeguards and elements of the visitor experience include a Europlay kids playground (new for 2017!), a volley ball court, BBQ stations, a training climbing wall and an extensive grassed area for relaxing. Deckchairs, windbreaks, Water Walkers, pedalos, rowing boats and Mini–Port themed electric boats can all be hired on site.
The Beach is serviced by the newly refurbished Beach Shack Café offering a smokery and BBQ service, wraps, drinks and ice creams.
Planning Solutions has also introduced the brand new Wibit Aquaventure, with 20 separate action packed obstacles to overcome (photo above is illustrative). On the North Lake in addition to the Wibit Aquaventure visitors can also try out kayaking and stand-up paddle-boarding.
The Lakeside Building is the main reception point and now incorporates a Pizzeria (with a wood fired pizza oven) and Gelateria. On the second floor of the building – offering panoramic water views – an attractive room is available for social functions, education groups and private parties.
Find out more about the Cotswold Country Park and Beach.


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Philippine COVID-19 Vaccine Roadmap
By Sec. Carlito Galvez
A vial with Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in a medical room before being used for a vaccination in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, FILE)
From a paper delivered during the Dec. 10 webinar, "Health and Economic Outlook for 2021—Sparking Hope: Will a Vaccine see an end to the Pandemic?" conducted by the Philippines Graphic-BusinessMirror, in partnership with the Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP).
This morning, I will discuss the Philippine COVID–19 roadmap. We will also discuss some of the highlights of the government's vaccine development program and present the Philippine COVID–19 National vaccine roadmap. We will also discuss the ongoing public and private partnership that we have undergone lately.
We have more or less 200 vaccines being developed and more or less, we have 12 undergoing clinical trials. As we have seen, BioNTech–Pfizer takes the lead with the roll out in the UK and most likely, there will be a rollout in Canada. We are also looking at Astra Zeneca to follow in the UK, and Johnson and Johnson. There are other vaccines that have already been approved for limited use like the Sinovac, SinoPharma, the CanSino, the Gamaleya and the other vaccines in Russia.
As you can see, there is an ongoing shortfall based on the capacity that had been produced by the different vaccine companies. And more than 80% of this capacity has been pre–booked to the 15% of the population, meaning countries like us will be fighting for more or less the 18%. And considering that some of the clinical trials have been delayed, most likely the capacity will be further reduced.
More than 3.7 billion capacity have been pre–ordered by rich countries. The US, UK, EU and Canada procured more than their population. We can also say that Canada has procured more than six times its population. The US procured three times its population.
The rest of Southeast Asia is now actively planning, including the Philippines. For us, we have already 2.6 million doses reserved from Astra Zeneca and now we have ongoing negotiations with five manufacturers and it will also include another four more. Then we have reserved more than US$1 billion from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank.
During our negotiation with ADB and World Bank, initially, they were reserving US$300 million but it was expanded to US$500 million each. The Secretary of Finance is also reserving P73 billion from ADB, Landbank, and from different GOCCs. About P72.5 billion had been allocated for vaccine procurement in the bicameral Congress.
EQUITABLE ACCESS
The roadmap is based on the need for equitable access with regard to the vaccine, particularly with the poorest of the poor. This is in accordance with President Duterte's guidance. And he wants to have all Filipinos vaccinated, rich or poor.
He (Duterte) is also always looking, during the UN Convention and also during the ASEAN Convention; he is appealing, he is making it his clarion call that no one is safe unless everyone is safe. So with that, he is calling for humanity— that poor countries like us should be given equal access to the vaccine.
As to the Vaccine Roadmap Strategic Framework, our main consideration is basically safety and efficacy. This is absolute. It cannot be compromised. We can also look at the sensitivity of handling different vaccines, considering that some of the vaccines are having sub zero, –17, –20 and –80 handling requirements. We also considered the world supply and demand, the timing and the timeline of the distribution will be dependent on the availability of the supply. And of course the cost and complexity of the supply chain requirements. We will have some concept of prioritization and distribution and this will also be dependent on the results of the clinical trials.
In our strategic roadmap, we have seven processes which include: 1) scientific evaluation and selection, 2) access and acquisition, 3) procurement and financing, 4) production, shipment and storage, 5) distribution and deployment; 6) implementation of nationwide vaccination and assessment, and 7) evaluation and monitoring.
This is a parallel process, it is not a series process. This means that we are doing the different stages at the same time so that we can conserve resources and time. Our desired end–state objective is to have a safe, equitable, and cost effective immunization for 60% to 70% of the Filipino population. And the main objectives for this include: containing pandemic, full recovery of our economy, saving more lives, and also going back to normalcy. We would like to sustain the immunization program from three to five years, considering that there are still many variables; there are many uncertainties on the production of the vaccine.
There are updates on the different stages we are having now. The vaccines expert has already produced the list of different possible vaccines that we have to procure and negotiate for. Now, we are on Stage 3 on the process of gaining access through diplomatic and other means and the procurement process and financing process being done by the Department of Finance.
The DOH is now gearing for the implementation of nationwide vaccination and using our ongoing vaccination of rubella and measles and the polio vaccines as some sort of assimilation exercise. And then we are undergoing continous evaluation and assessment and monitoring by the DOH, DOST and the vaccines expert panel.
Brazil is closer to getting its first COVID-19 vaccine, as phase 3 trials for a shot made by Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac have surpassed the 50% efficacy threshold imposed by the country's sanitary agency, said Covas Dimas Tadeu Covas, director of the Butantan Institute. (AP Photo/Carla Carniel)
This is the basis of the roadmap for the potential roll out of the vaccine: While we are doing assessment, planning and preparation, we are looking at the possibility that we will have a vaccine, more or less 3 to 5 million of either Sinovac or Gamaleya. The negotiation is still ongoing. I just came from a dinner meeting with the Chinese ambassador and the meeting was very fruitful. More or less, there is some sort of an assurance that we will be having a Chinese vaccine by March.
And also, we are continuing negotiations with Astra Zeneca. This Friday I will talk to Gamaleya. More or less, Astra Zeneca has given an allocation of more or less 15 to 20 million in a span of one year.
We are now negotiating with Pfizer and we have already signed with the COVAX facility. (Led by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Global Alliance for Vaccine Initiatives (GAVI), and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), COVAX is a coalition that will facilitate the equitable access and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to protect people in all countries.—Ed.). And we have also signed a Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA) with J&J, Novavax and Moderna. We are looking at a majority of the vaccines, considering the limitation and the shortfall that we had earlier.
The best–case scenario is that we will be having a vaccine rollout, the majority of it will be at the end of the second quarter or the middle of the third quarter.
The worse case scenario—if there is some inability to get the vaccine— would be the fourth quarter of 2021 or the first quarter of 2022. This is the way we project this to the media so that the people will not be expecting. But the government, the administration of Mayor Duterte, is looking forward to us having the vaccine, really, in the first quarter, despite the limitations that we have.
There are phases of the roadmap with critical activities, meaning the critical activities that might fail or succeed in our campaign for the vaccination. So this is just an illustration of how we plan for the nationwide unprecedented vaccination of more or less 75 to 80% of our population.
There are critical timelines. By end of December, we have to finish stage 1, 2 and 3, meaning the contracting and the financing should be completed because if we are not able to complete contracting and financing, most of the pre–ordered vaccines will take three to six months before the balance vaccine will be delivered.
The COVAX facility has assured us that 20 million people will be vaccinated. But there is an attached clause to the COVAX: that we will have only 3 million in July and the 17 million will be at the end of December or early January. So with this, we need to add more, different strategies so that we can get more access by using the bilateral, tripartite and multilateral arrangements.
We have ongoing negotiations from G to G with different listed countries. We capitalize on the good relations that we have particularly with Australia, China, Russia, South Korea and even Singapore, Israel and also the US. On the tripartite, we were able to succeed on having a tripartite agreement with the government, Astra Zeneca, and the business sector and it gathered 30 major business tycoons who participated in the tripartite agreement. This tripartite agreement has a long term effect considering that in the future when the vaccine is made commercially available, this might be used in order to control the vaccination by the DOH. And also in the multilateral, we are now in the finishing touches on unlocking the fund from the ADB and the World Bank. All the necessary procedures have been undertaken and more or less coming this December 15, we can access the fund, more or less US$1 billion.
VACCINE DEPLOYMENT
Based on the President's guidance, we will give equal access to the poor and indigents and we will prioritize the frontliners, the soldiers, healthcare workers and the essential services. Considering his guidance, all Filipinos should be vaccinated, except for those who are not volunteering.
We have a strategy that is geographical and sectoral which are also based on the recommendations of the private sector, particularly former Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit, that our strategy should aim to contain immediately, contamination and transmission, and at the same time reduce death.
We considered what we call geographical. We will concentrate on the focus areas. Those who emerge as one of the most contaminated or what we call the epicenter of the pandemic. Then also we prioritize by sectoral. As we have said we will prioritize the health workers, the vulnerable and the poor communities. And then we can have multiple strategies wherein there is a private, public partnership wherein the public will concentrate on the priority areas and sectors while the private will concentrate on their workers, their consumers and market and their donation to the Philippine government. The main purpose of this concept of the deployment of vaccines is basically to immediately contain the virus, thus providing consumer confidence and full economic recovery as soon as possible. We have seen that the country has been badly damaged by the pandemic with the contraction of our GDP to –16%.
A nurse from a hospital in Leuven, Belgium holds a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)
There will be priority by geographic region. CALABARZON and Region IV A are the priority. We will see that the NCR, Region 3 and Region 4A will be a Metro Manila region so that we will deploy Pfizer or we will deploy one vaccine in that geographical area. So there will be probable priority areas by geographical region based on the confirmed cases that we have tracked.
As directed by the President and delineated by the framework of the DOH, our priority will be the frontline health workers to be followed by indigent senior citizens and the remaining senior citizens and the remaining indigent poor population and the uniformed personnel which comprise more or less 25 million.
With the private public sector arrangement, we can expand this prioritization by allowing the private sector to buy—through a tripartite agreement—the vaccines and access to vaccines where we can vaccinate teachers, both the public and private, and other government workers. The LGUs can also do that and also the essential workers from the business sector like for example the agriculture, food industry, transportation, tourism and the other sectors that have been badly punished by the pandemic. And also we include overseas Filipino workers and also the seafarers and the other remaining workers. This is more or less 10 to 11 million so our target for next year is to cover all priority sectors so that we can minimize death and at the same time we can normalize our economy.
As a way forward, the President has already approved the Advance Market Commitment. Based on our law 9184 (Government Procurement Reform Act), we are the only country not allowed to have Advance Market Commitment and because of this, we cannot make advances. That is one of the reasons why our procurement has been some sort of challenged.
We were able to have the Advance Market Commitment approved by the President so now we are having advanced market commitment negotiations with other companies.
The President also approved that we will have a portfolio of vaccines with different platforms with different countries. This is to hedge the possible risk because of uncertainties in efficacy and safety.
And also he approved the private public tripartite agreements with the government, private sector and the vaccine company at no cost to the government. And also, to the issuance of Executive Order 121 giving the Food and Drug Administration the authority to issue emergency use authority.
Normally the authorization from FDA will take six months but now it can only take 21 days to 30 days without any bypass on the process. The process of having the evaluation by the vaccine expert panel, by the ethics review board and the FDA is still intact. The only change in the process is that most of the timeline has been reduced to about one month.
So these are based on the ranking given by the vaccine expert panel. These are the possible vaccines that we are now negotiating with—the Chinese vaccine, with Novavax, Johnson and Johson, the Gamaleya, Astra Zeneca, Pfizer, Moderna and also with Cansino and other possible vaccines that are ready for the market. Most of these vaccines are now applying for FDA and five of these vaccines will undergo clinical trial including the Sinovac, Johnson and Johnson, Gamaleya, Astra Zeneca and also Clover. These are the five companies that will be undergoing clinical trials in the Philippines by early January or late December.
Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Elliot Ibanez (left) receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine given by LAFD paramedic Anthony Kong at Station 4 in Los Angeles. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)
And the modes of financing that we have set the direct procurement under Republic Act 9184, the different ancillary consumables like syringes and the mobilization of additional personnel and also other consumables and other products will be undertaken by the SDBM.
Multilateral loans ADB and World Bank will be undertaken by DOF. The good thing here is the ADB and the World Bank have very stringent qualifications for releasing funds so the President is very, very clear that the transaction will be clean considering that these very highly reputed organizations will make sure that the procurement will be clean. Meaning ADB and the World Bank will be our financial manager and at the same time, procurement agent. And also we have bilateral loans possibly with UK or China and also the private public sector tripartite agreement. So I have said earlier that ADB had already reserved more or less US$300 to US$500 million. World Bank has also reserved us US$300 to US$500 million because of our good credit rating and also the Department of Finance already allocated P73 billion for the vaccines.
So this is our preparation for the December 16 logistics. We all know that there is a great preparation for procurement, manufacturing, transport to country and in country distribution, shipment and delivery to endusers.
So on December 16, we will be having a nationwide logistics summit. It will be handled by the Boston Consulting Group and also by the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF) under Bill Luz and also Paolo Borromeo. And we will be handling different models of this so that we will have some sort of lessons learned from countries like UK, US and also Canada and other countries.
The preparation, especially the Oplan Warp Speed and also the roll out of UK will also be taken up in this with several different factors particularly important. This is the physical assets of Cold Chain, the security, the bio refrigeration, data and technology meaning tracking data and communication considering 66% of all Filipinos are willing to be vaccinated and also the mobilization of frontliners. So this is the magnitude of our preparation right now, preparing the logistics of the nationwide unprecedented immunization of more or less 25 to 35 million Filipinos next year.
We will be creating a vaccine war room. We will have continuous strategic planning and then we will have the operation management in the prioritization and allocation, the administration and POD of mobilization and distribution and supplies and also communications and public updates. We will also take up with the ITC requirements, the dashboard that we will be requiring and also the funding and the budgeting, legal and the regulatory factors.
And this is the configuration of our preparation with the war room, with the DOH and we will transcend this to the LGUs so that they can prepare the regional classification of prioritization and at the same time, we will get the LGUs involved. Today, I will be speaking with the different LGUs and so with the National Peace and Order Council in Malacanang and we will be discussing the possibility of how the national government and the LGUs will work together in this very unprecedented initiation program.
As the President has said, we are not safe until everyone is safe. This is the continuing clarion call of President Duterte for global equal access to the vaccines in the UN and ASEAN Conventions.
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Historically, maps of land ownership have often been made by the powerful to keep tabs on the powerless. The Domesday Book was drawn up by William the Conqueror as a swag list, counting up the spoils of his invasion as he handed out patronage to his baronial mates. French plans cadastreaux – maps of local land ownership, nowadays available to view in every town hall in France – were started by Napoleon as a means of taxing land.


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<TITLE>HPL_indxg2l HPL 2.0 Library Functions September 10, 2008</TITLE>

Name

HPL_indxg2l Map a global index into a local one.

Synopsis

#include "hpl.h"

int
HPL_indxg2l(
const int
IG,
const int
INB,
const int
NB,
const int
SRCPROC,
const int
NPROCS
);

Description

HPL_indxg2l
computes  the local index of a matrix entry pointed to by
the  global index IG.  This  local  returned index is the same in all
processes.

Arguments

IG      (input)                       const int
        On entry, IG specifies the global index of the matrix  entry.
        IG must be at least zero.

INB     (input)                       const int
        On entry,  INB  specifies  the size of the first block of the
        global matrix. INB must be at least one.

NB      (input)                       const int
        On entry,  NB specifies the blocking factor used to partition
        and distribute the matrix. NB must be larger than one.

SRCPROC (input)                       const int
        On entry, if SRCPROC = -1, the data  is not  distributed  but
        replicated,  in  which  case  this  routine returns IG in all
        processes. Otherwise, the value of SRCPROC is ignored.

NPROCS  (input)                       const int
        On entry,  NPROCS  specifies the total number of process rows
        or columns over which the matrix is distributed.  NPROCS must
        be at least one.

See Also

HPL_indxg2lp,
HPL_indxg2p,
HPL_indxl2g,
HPL_numroc,
HPL_numrocI.

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A member of the European Union over 37 years, Ireland is one of those countries that can boast a relatively stable political situation and this translates into improved economy by way of healthy business opportunities. Ireland is definitely a land of opportunities for those looking for an ideal location for their start-ups or for business expansion. That's primarily because of the convenience associated with the steps to be followed for formation of a company or a corporate entity in the country. Moreover, Ireland has been previously voted as the world's best country to do business and this further assures the fact that formation of a company here is hassle-free.
The internet is turning out to be the most profitable marketplace today. E-commerce is on an upwards trend with excellent opportunities for business. Ireland has enacted the right laws to support setting up online company Ireland with ease. However, it is not as easy as opening an email account. There are laws to be followed to avoid getting into trouble with the government and other regulatory authorizes.


Highly-original Numbers-Matching 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster. Rally Red / Black, White Top, 41,357 original miles, all-original interior, numbers-matching 327/350hp V8, original M21 four-speed manual transmission, rally wheels, side pipes, rear luggage rack. Protect-o-Plate, original window sticker, original tank sticker, original owners manual all included.
Only three owners from new and never fully restored, this 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster is a stunningly well-preserved example of C2 production. It is a numbers-matching Roadster that is presented in factory-correct colors and is almost entirely original. This Corvette is also one of the most well-documented examples we've come across, with the original window sticker, tank sticker, dealer invoice, warranty booklet, Protect-O-Plate and owner's manual included with the car.
According to the original window sticker & invoice, this Corvette - Serial No. 194677S108646 - was delivered new to Wooley Chevrolet outside Salem, Ohio, dressed in Rally Red over Black. It was originally purchased by one of the salesmen, who owned then this Corvette for over 40 years before parting ways in 2008. The car then changed hands just one other time, when this Corvette was purchased by the most recent owner at Barrett-Jackson's Scottsdale 2009 auction for $110,000! It has been cared for by the same owner ever since.
This Corvette has never been fully restored, although it has benefited from a new white top and one professional repaint in correct Rally Red. It retains the original L79 327ci / 350hp Turbofire V8 engine and highly-desirable Muncie M21 close-ratio 4-speed manual transmission driving the original 3.70 rear end. This Corvette's interior is completely original with black vinyl upholstery, superbly preserved wood rim steering wheel and AM/FM Radio. The car rides on its original 15'" Rally wheels, which are wrapped in White Line Firestone tires with disc brakes providing stopping power. Although not factory-original, the side-exit exhaust and rear luggage rack are period-correct and were installed by the first owner.
This Corvette is arguably the finest non-restored C2 Roadster we've come across, and is hands-down one of the best-documented examples available anywhere. It would be a fantastic addition to any collection. Don't miss out. Call 425.562.1000 for more information or stop by the Park Place LTD showroom in Bellevue for a personal viewing.
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Q: Javascript match a string which start with a specific char from the set of chars and end with same char using Regular Expression I need to achieve a particular task in javascript, in which my goal is to match the string which starts with a char from a specific set of characters like vowel and ends with the same character where the length of the string is greater than three.
so far I have done the following code that starts and ends with the same character but doesn't know how to specify it that the first char is from the specific set of character:
function regexVar() {

    var re = /(.).*\1/
    return re;
}

console.log("obcdo".test(s));

let suppose the specific set of chars is the vowel

(a, e, i, o, u)

in this case:

abcd   ----> false
obcdo  ----> true
ixyz   ----> false

A: You need to use a character set to ensure the captured character is one of the ones you want, backreference the first captured group at the end of the pattern, not the third group (your pattern doesn't have 3 capture groups), use ^ and $ to anchor the pattern to the start and end of the string, and repeat with {2,} rather than * to make sure the whole string is at least 4 characters long:
/^([aeiou]).+\1$/

const re = /^([aeiou]).{2,}\1$/
console.log(
  re.test('abcd'),
  re.test('obcdo'),
  re.test('ixyz')
);

A: You can use this pattern
/^([aeiou]).+\1$/i

*

*^ - Start of string

*([aeiou]) - Matches a,e,i,o,u any one of that. (group 1)

*.+ - Match anything except new line.

*\1 - Match group 1

*$ - End of string

let startAndEnd = (str) =>{
  return /^([aeiou]).+\1$/i.test(str)
}

console.log(startAndEnd(`ixyz`))
console.log(startAndEnd(`abcd`))
console.log(startAndEnd(`obcdo`))

A: If we are taking the set of vowels then,the regular expression for words beginning and ending with the same vowel is:
var re = /(\ba(\w+)a\b|\be(\w+)e\b|\bi(\w+)i\b|\bo(\w+)o\b|\bu(\w+)u\b)/g;

A: function regCheck(string){

    let re = new RegExp(/^(a|e|i|o|u).*\1$/g);
    return re.test(string);

}
regCheck('aewxyzae')

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One of the last Victorian face-to-face event was held on 6 March in celebration of International Women's Day. It was very pleasing to see over 70 industry colleagues and friends who made their way to the venue early in the morning. And what an enjoyable morning it was! We were indeed privileged to be able to listen to the insightful and informative presentations of four inspiring women. It was an opportunity to catch up with one another post-event, and there were notable quotes, literature recommendations, professional and future industry-focused thoughts to take away.
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On Day 9, I had a unsweetened almond milk porridge with supplements for breakfast and a buffet lunch at Lord's Cricket Ground, reasonable portions, nothing overly-indulgent. I did have 2-3 quality street chocolates which were a prize.
I listened to approximately 30 minutes of my health supercharger audio.
For supper, I had 3 vegetarian Japanese dumplings, and a chicken kyatsu curry (breadcrumbed and fried chicken) with rice and green vegetables, including some seaweed.
In the evening I had a half a protein shake and caved to eating 3-4 Belvita softbakes, which are sugary biscuits basically, with chocolate chips, supposedly a 'breakfast' replacement. This was around 10.30pm at night. At 11pm I listened again to the health supercharger and took off my headphones after I had already fallen asleep, so I don't know for how long.
For breakfast on day 10, which is today, I had porridge again, a larger bowl than normal, but still with unsweetened almond milk. I had the last softbake as well.
I had 2 further quality street chocolates as snacks during the day. I felt that they were sickly sweet and not tasty at all really. This could be a good sign that my body is really changing if I am rejecting chocolate as being revolting. That would be helpful.
Interestingly, I didn't post that outside of shops I might normally go into for grazing purposes, I started to visualise a gigantic monster in the shape of a giant, really large excrement chasing me away at the door, to the point of frightening myself, which was kind of fun, and also a great deterrent from going into the stores and a) spending money unnecessarily and b) eating too much rubbish.
For lunch I had a very large jacket potato with coronation chicken and a very sickly rocky road / brownie, which I felt both sick and disgusted about. That and the Belvitas, I definitely regret. I did leave one half of the skin of the jacket.
In the afternoon, I picked out another chocolate, but by the end of the day, I had put it back in the box as I didn't want it. Progress there, if not perfection.
That was the dietary stuff over the last couple of days.
Physically, I can still feel the effects of the back and biceps workout, particularly the biceps part.
I am getting distorted body image thinking, believing I am suddenly much more fat either than I was, or in opposition to any progress I have made. I believe the antidote to this to be relaxation and visualisation of a better outcome.
Spiritually, I said a few prayers this morning and today.
Mentally, I would say that I've not been thoroughly confident or particularly happy today. I did listen to some of my self confidence supercharger earlier. I feel a bit tired, though I did sleep around 8-9 hours.
Looking at these beliefs, I can put into better perspective what I wrote above about how I've been feeling and how I've been experiencing my last couple of days.
My conclusion is that I need to work on leveraging out those negative and unhelpful beliefs, using a belief changing process. Rather than try to tackle them all at once, I will choose two of them, and make a video, hopefully this evening of a belief changing process that uses the idea of compelling futures to generate a real decision that is motivated not only by thought and logic, but by a strong instinctual and emotional aspect. I will also incorporate a spiritual aspect, a little like the 'white light' visualisation in the Visual Squash exercise, which one could say has a spiritual element to it.
I also identified some "beliefs to adopt" during the Away Day at Lord's. This time, I also included evidence, because beliefs often need 'legs' and identifying the legs – the evidence – including imaginary evidence – that supports the beliefs, it can re-inforce the beliefs.
It's important to note that beliefs are just an imaginary structure. That's why we can choose them and change them. They are helpful only in as far as supporting thinking, feelings, actions and behaviours that are desirable. However, they are imaginary constructs, no matter how real they appear.
I've delivered and continue to expect to deliver excellent value in important areas.
I can offer smiles and make people smile because I'm a terrific communicator.
I can show up and perform well in spite of myself, which anyway is good.
I've achieved so much and I deserve to be extremely successful.
I'm a high energy, high performing, high functioning MIRACLE MAN.
I have an empowering character and persnoality.
I'm highly skilled in quantitative, social research and publication.
I won't list the evidence for each of these, but I found at least 3 pieces of evidence supporting each and found the exercise empowering.