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DAN PEEK - DOER OF THE WORD + 2 Bonus + Trading Card (*NEW-CD, 2021, Retroactive) 70's Rock Band AMERICA member!
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Doer of the Word hit #2 on the Christian Music Charts
America alum Gerry Beckley joins Peek on the title track
Lead singer of the 70's iconic rock band, America with multiple hit albums and hit songs, including their biggest hit, "A Horse with No Name"
His first solo album was 1978's crossover hit, All Things Are Possible (Lamb & Lion Records)
Each CD comes with a high quality foil-stamped trading card of Dan Peek
Includes 2 bonus tracks
2021 digital remaster that includes fully restored audio to collector ear's approval (previous CD reissues had audio substantial issues).
12 page insert with lyrics, rare band pics, packaged in a jewel case
WHAT OTHER ARE SAYING ABOUT DOER OF THE WORD
All the songs sound bright with guitars, drums, keyboards and vocals all coming together almost as one. Dan's Christian faith is expressed throughout, but not in a heavy handed way. To pick out one song above the others is difficult, but the title track kicks it all off so well....
----- J Thompson, U.K. Music Critic
On the title track, America alum Gerry Beckley joins Peek on vocals to produce a sound indistinguishable from that of the group's trademark hits.
----- Mark Allan Powell / Encyclopedia of CCM
If you like west coast harmonies and pop arrangements, there's plenty here to enjoy.
------ Cross Rhythms Music Reviews
ABOUT THE ALBUM
In the '70s, Peek had been one third of one of the most successful bands in the USA, America. They became one of the biggest bands in the USA. Unfortunately the success still left Dan Peek empty inside and his spiritual journey led him to salvation in the late '70s. He left the band and embarked on a solo career, releasing his debut album in 1978. Doer of the Word is his second album released in 1984. One thing is for sure, Peek knows how to pen songs with hooky choruses and gorgeous harmony vocal arrangements. He even persuaded his former band mates in America to add their golden throats to the title cut here which is an absolute classic of melodic pop with an encouraging Christian message. Those catchy pop tunes continue throughout with other highlights including the killer chorus of "Holy Spirit" and the pleasant vibe of "Your Father Loves You". Peek's skill is combining a strong message with a great melody. I'm left reflecting that 20 years later, there are few modern artists who are truly interested in making strongly spiritual music outside the worship genre, which is a shame. If you like west coast harmonies and pop arrangements, there's plenty here to enjoy. For fans of classic America, Rod Stewart, Billy Joel, Don Henley, Fleetwood Mac, Bob Seger, The Band, and Van Morrison.
Doer Of The Word 2:49
Holy Spirit 3:33
Reach Out 3:29
Everything 3:26
Your Father Loves You 3:47
Brotherly Love 2:56
Redeemer 3:51
I Believe In Miracles 2:42
Power And Glory 3:41
The Star 3:41 Bonus Track
One Way (Extended Version) Bonus Track
ANGELIC WARLORD REVIEWS
First the good news: the 1984 Home Sweet Home Records sophomore solo album of vocalist and guitarist Dan Peek, Doer Of The Word, trends seventies influenced classic rock territory while leaning towards the folk rock and AOR side of things. Now, the bad news: cover art, with photo of the artist in short hair and wearing a pink sweater and white slacks, does not provide an accurate indicator of the musical direction contained therein.
Perhaps that is the reason I took little if any notice of the album back in the day, despite being music director of the radio station at the Christian college I attended at the time. Specifically, I was so busy 'running from the darkness' (ode to Daniel Band), 'approaching light speed' (Barnabas) and 'soldiering under command' (you know who), Doer Of The Word fell beneath my radar. Which is a shame because regardless of not being metal or hard rock and taking a mellower if not laid back heading, it provides more than its share of fine musical moments to garner my attention now that I have matured over the years in terms of my musical tastes.
Many will recall Peek from his time in America, having recorded seven studio albums and writing or co-writing four top 100 singles with the folk rock band between 1970 and 1977. Renewing his faith after departing America and seeking a different artistic direction, Peek signed with Lamb & Lion Records for the 1979 release of his debut solo album All Things Are Possible in which the title track became one of the earlier contemporary Christian crossover hits in making the Top 10 in the A/C Billboard chart. Artist later agreed to a deal with Chris Christian's Home Sweet Home Records label, which culminated in Doer Of The Word.
The spring of 2021 Retroactive re-issue to Doer Of The Word features digital re-mastering from Rob Colwell of Bombworks Sound and professional layout and design by Scott Waters of No Life Til Metal Graphics. In addition to a foil stamped trading card, the Retroactive re-issue comes with two bonus tracks in an extended version to the song "One Way" (originally off All Things Are Possible) and "The Star" (making its initial appearance on the various artists Christmas album On This Christmas Night).
Album successfully opens to its inviting title track to speak of the delicate and airy in joining clever piano and lush vocal harmonies but also commercial with its flawless pop-based melody. Acoustic guitar carries things instrumentally. "Redeemer" maintains the upbeat course. It firmly roots in classic rock, as guitars with a country twang (in a positive sense) play a lead role alongside polished melodies and tasteful harmonica solo. Either would fit nicely on FM radio.
Also up-tempo is "I Believe In Miracles", a bit short at just under three minutes in gravitating to a rock direction with its agile guitar layering but also pop nuances with its 'la-la-la' backing vocals, and "Power And Glory", starting to a live audience track as it builds up a traditional Gospel feel in weaving acoustic guitar with honky-tonk piano. Allowing each to separate is artist's smooth and pristine classic tenor vocal abilities.
On a more reserved side is "Reach Out" to consist of pouring rain and keyboards to start ahead of proving sleek and elegant AOR with the lone forward moments the freely flowing refrain. Likewise, "Your Father Loves You" comes across easy going in slowly emanating from the beginning to piano only to pick up at the point vocal melodies take on a lead role. Again, impression is of the radio friendly.
In a slower vein, "Holy Spirit" reveals full keyboards and distinct bass in signifying wistful melodies and crystalline vocals and "Thank You Lord" a worship rock aptitude as piano and acoustic guitar allow a perfectly simple but not simplistic form. From a ballad standpoint, "Everything" is peculiar to lounge style keyboards to instill of the ethereal and moody, while "Brotherly Love" is of like design but with more forward pop fragments to see acoustic guitar and airy harmonies define the gossamer scene. No, not my thing either way in staying a bit true to the ballad formula but well conceived all the same.
"One Way" is my favorite of the bonus tracks in conveying a heavier rocking form in which rhythm guitar and distinct piano converge within a rollicking front to back context. I wish the album included a few more like this. I also take to catchy Christmas rocker "The Star" to highlight acoustic guitar seasoned with orchestration and classical keyboards.
Doer Of The Word might represent rock on the lighter side but leaves little doubt as to how it is well executed and performed. I appreciate the seventies rock to classic rock to AOR feel to the album - don't let the cover art mislead you - and see myself listening to if in the mood for something mellower. If a fan of seventies rock in all its forms I cannot help but recommend Doer Of The Word. Thanks to Retroactive for making it available again in such a highly upgraded format.
Review by Andrew Rockwell
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Super 15 launched in Sydney
Sanzar on Monday unveiled a new look, details of the new competition format and the 2011 draw for Super Rugby, the southern hemisphere's premiere inter-provincial rugby competition.
Click here to download the 2011 Super 15 fixtures.
At a televised launch event in Sydney, new Sanzar CEO-designate, Greg Peters, unveiled the new name, logo and colours that will underpin the rollout of Super Rugby across all three Sanzar territories and around the world via Sanzar's broadcast partners.
"For the first time since its inception in 1996, Super Rugby will take on a whole new look in 2011," said Peters.
"The 15 teams will take part in a three-conference format which will see all of the teams in each conference tackle each other home and away; supplemented with inter-conference games and culminating in a new, six-team finals series.
"We believe this competition will deliver even more of what our fans in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand are telling us that they love about Super Rugby including more local derbies, intense cross-conference competition and the expanded final series with the guarantee of a home final for each of the conference winners."
Peters was joined for the launch by players from some of the Australian franchises including the new Melbourne Rebels franchise.
And the new-look competition format and the draw for 2011 were revealed underlining the depth and intensity of competition that will take place within the conferences, and across all 15 teams in the new competition window which will reach its peak with the Final in July 2011.
"These changes promise to take Super Rugby to a whole new level. For all of our fans and especially our younger fans who look forward seeing all of their heroes taking the field in their local colours, 2011 will be a big year in prospect."
NEW COMPETITION FORMAT
The Super Rugby competition will not only expand to 15 teams in 2011, it will also undergo a significant format revamp.
A new three-Conference system will be in place where the five teams within each country will make up nationally-based Conferences and play their four "local" rivals on a home and away basis (eight games in total).
They will also play four of the other five teams in each of the other two Conferences on a home or away basis (another eight games).
This leads to an overall programme of 16 games per team in the regular season, as opposed to the current 13 — and separate Australian Conference, South African Conference and New Zealand Conference tables will chart the fortunes of teams in each country.
A three-week finals series involving six teams — as opposed to the current two-week playoffs for four teams — will further increase the length of the season.
At the end of the regular season matches, the top team in each Conference will qualify for the finals.
The other three teams to qualify will be the sides with the most number of competition points — regardless in which Conference they are based.
The Conference winners are also ensured of a home finals match. Therefore, at least one finals match will be played in each country each year.
SUPER RUGBY SNAPSHOT
An increase in overall matches from 94 to 125 (an increase of 33%)
A 50% increase in the length of the season in non-World Cup years — from 16 weeks to 24 weeks
A 31% increase in the length of the season in World Cup years — from 16 weeks to 21 weeks
40 Super Rugby regular season matches played in each country each season as opposed to 26 in Australia under the Super 14 structure and 32 or 33 in South Africa and New Zealand
There will be 20 regular season local derbies in each country as opposed to six in Australia, 10 in South Africa and 10 in New Zealand under the Super 14 format
Half of all regular season matches will be local derbies
Each team will play 12 of its 16 regular-season games within its own country — with only four matches overseas
FINALS SERIES FACTS
The top team in each Conference will automatically advance to the finals in positions one, two or three (depending on their individual competition points totals)
The other three teams to advance will be those with the highest number of competition points outside of the Conference winners
The teams qualifying in fourth, fifth and sixth can come from any Conference — they could all come from one Conference
In week one of the finals the teams qualifying first and second will rest
The third-placed team, as a Conference winner, will host the sixth-placed team in a sudden-death qualifier
The fourth-placed team will host the fifth-placed team in another sudden-death qualifier
The two winners will play the top two sides in semis the following week
The winners of the semis will meet in the final


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How Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is Helping Those with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Aug 8, 2016 | Studies | 0 comments
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) often leads to devastating results not because of the initial blow to the head, but instead because of the inflammatory processes that follow as a consequence of the hit. Thus, preventing or slowing the inflammation that occurs after the trauma to the head can vastly improve patient outcomes. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has been shown in animal models to reduce this inflammation and thereby protect the brain from significant damage. Now, scientists help clarify exactly how HBOT has this advantageous effect on the brain. This new research was recently published in the journal Neuroimmunomodulation.
The scientists used four groups of mice: one without injury and without HBOT, one without injury with HBOT, one with TBI without HBOT, and one with TBI with HBOT. They expected that the final group, which had both TBI and the HBOT intervention would show significant differences in performance and in physiology before and after the treatment, whereas the other groups tested at different time points would not show these differences.
As expected, the researchers found that HBOT led to better motor performance and lower brain swelling, known as edema, in the group of mice that had TBI. After HBOT, these mice also had lower protein expression of elements that contribute to inflammation. Specifically, the expression of inflammasome components, IL-1b, IL-18, and high-mobility group box 1 were all reduced by HBOT following TBI.
These findings corroborate previous findings that HBOT is a beneficial intervention for TBI and help explain exactly how HBOT confers its positive impact on a traumatically injured brain. Future research will help identify the best ways to use this therapy to help patients who suffer trauma to the head.
Click here to learn more about how Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy helps enhance the body's natural healing process.
Geng, F., Ma, Y., Xing, T., Zhuang, X., Zhu, J., & Yao, L. (2016). Effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on inflammasome signaling after traumatic brain injury. Neuroimmunomodulation. DOI: 10.1159/000445689


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namespace RubySharp.Core.Tests.Language
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Reflection;
    using System.Text;
    using System.Threading;
    using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
    using RubySharp.Core.Functions;
    using RubySharp.Core.Language;
    using RubySharp.Core.Tests.Classes;
    using RubySharp.Core.Utilities;

    [TestClass]
    public class FunctionWrapperTests
    {
        [TestMethod]
        public void InvokeFunctionWrapper()
        {
            FunctionWrapper<int, int, int, Func<int, int, int>> wrapper = new FunctionWrapper<int, int, int, Func<int, int, int>>(new Adder(), null);

            var result = wrapper.CreateFunctionDelegate().DynamicInvoke(2, 3);

            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
            Assert.AreEqual(5, result);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void AddEventHandlerToCalculator()
        {
            Listener listener = new Listener();
            Calculator calculator = new Calculator();
            FunctionWrapper<int, int, int, Action<int, int>> wrapper = new FunctionWrapper<int, int, int, Action<int, int>>(listener, null);
            typeof(Calculator).GetEvent("MyEvent").AddEventHandler(calculator, wrapper.CreateActionDelegate());
            calculator.Add(1, 2);

            Assert.AreEqual(1, listener.X);
            Assert.AreEqual(2, listener.Y);

            MethodInfo invoke = typeof(Calculator).GetEvent("MyEvent").EventHandlerType.GetMethod("Invoke");
            MethodInfo add = typeof(Calculator).GetEvent("MyEvent").GetAddMethod();
            Assert.IsNotNull(add);
            Assert.AreEqual(1, add.GetParameters().Count());
            Assert.IsNotNull(invoke);
            var parameters = invoke.GetParameters();
            var returnparameter = invoke.ReturnParameter;
            Assert.IsNotNull(returnparameter);
            Assert.AreEqual("System.Void", returnparameter.ParameterType.FullName);

            Assert.AreEqual(typeof(MyEvent), typeof(Person).GetEvent("NameEvent").EventHandlerType);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void AddEventHandlerToPerson()
        {
            NameListener listener = new NameListener();
            Person person = new Person() { FirstName = "Adam" };
            FunctionWrapper<string, int, MyEvent> wrapper = new FunctionWrapper<string, int, MyEvent>(listener, null);
            typeof(Person).GetEvent("NameEvent").AddEventHandler(person, wrapper.CreateFunctionDelegate());
            person.GetName();

            Assert.AreEqual(4, listener.Length);
            Assert.AreEqual("Adam", listener.Name);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void AddFunctionAsCalculatorEventHandler()
        {
            Calculator calculator = new Calculator();
            Listener listener = new Listener();
            ObjectUtilities.AddHandler(calculator, "MyEvent", listener, null);
            calculator.Add(1, 2);

            Assert.AreEqual(1, listener.X);
            Assert.AreEqual(2, listener.Y);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void AddFunctionAsPersonEventHandler()
        {
            Person person = new Person() { FirstName = "Adam" };
            NameListener listener = new NameListener();
            ObjectUtilities.AddHandler(person, "NameEvent", listener, null);
            person.GetName();

            Assert.AreEqual(4, listener.Length);
            Assert.AreEqual("Adam", listener.Name);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void AddFunctionWithoutParametersAsPersonEventHandler()
        {
            Person person = new Person() { FirstName = "Adam" };
            IntListener listener = new IntListener();
            ObjectUtilities.AddHandler(person, "IntEvent", listener, null);
            person.GetName();

            Assert.AreEqual(0, listener.Arity);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void CreateThreadStart()
        {
            Context environment = new Context();
            Runner function = new Runner();
            FunctionWrapper wrapper = new FunctionWrapper(function, environment);
            Thread th = new Thread(wrapper.CreateThreadStart());
            th.Start();
            th.Join();
            Assert.IsTrue(function.WasInvoked);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void CreateActionDelegate()
        {
            Context environment = new Context();
            Runner function = new Runner();
            FunctionWrapper wrapper = new FunctionWrapper(function, environment);
            var @delegate = wrapper.CreateActionDelegate();
            @delegate.DynamicInvoke();
            Assert.IsTrue(function.WasInvoked);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void CreateFunctionDelegate()
        {
            Context environment = new Context();
            Runner function = new Runner();
            FunctionWrapper wrapper = new FunctionWrapper(function, environment);
            var @delegate = wrapper.CreateFunctionDelegate();
            @delegate.DynamicInvoke();
            Assert.IsTrue(function.WasInvoked);
        }

        internal class Runner : IFunction
        {
            public bool WasInvoked { get; set; }

            public object Apply(DynamicObject self, Context context, IList<object> values)
            {
                this.WasInvoked = true;
                return null;
            }
        }

        internal class Adder : IFunction
        {
            public object Apply(DynamicObject self, Context context, IList<object> values)
            {
                return (int)values[0] + (int)values[1];
            }
        }

        internal class Listener : IFunction
        {
            public int X { get; set; }

            public int Y { get; set; }

            public object Apply(DynamicObject self, Context context, IList<object> arguments)
            {
                this.X = (int)arguments[0];
                this.Y = (int)arguments[1];
                return null;
            }
        }

        internal class NameListener : IFunction
        {
            public int Length { get; set; }

            public string Name { get; set; }

            public object Apply(DynamicObject obj, Context context, IList<object> arguments)
            {
                this.Name = (string)arguments[0];
                this.Length = this.Name.Length;
                return this.Length;
            }
        }

        internal class IntListener : IFunction
        {
            public int Arity { get; set; }

            public object Apply(DynamicObject obj, Context context, IList<object> arguments)
            {
                if (arguments == null)
                    this.Arity = 0;
                else
                    this.Arity = arguments.Count;

                return this.Arity;
            }
        }
    }
}

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Life at KJ Somaiya: Experiential Learning entwined with Edutainment
Life at KJ Somaiya in every way is holistic; the B-school lays great emphasis on the holistic development of its students. It offers an array of opportunities both inside and outside the classrooms. Be it cultural activities, industry interaction, socially relevant activities, sports competitions or consultancy for small and medium enterprises.
Created On: Sep 20, 2019 12:14 IST
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Life at KJ Somaiya
Life at KJ Somaiya - Founded by the late Shri K.J Somaiya, in 1959, the Somaiya Vidyavihar Complex encompasses 34 institutions. KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research is a top B-school that offers PGDM course, Doctoral and Research programmes to the management degree aspirants. With its existence for over three decades, KJ Somaiya has re-invented and re-defined a new growth pavement for itself. The B-school has designed and developed course curricula with an aim to initiate learning not only inside the classroom but outside as well. Through live case examples, case studies, on-the-field experiential learning and simulation activities/ games to name a few, each innovative method has been put in place to ensure experiential learning for the students.
KJ Somaiya may not have the 'IIM' tag but that doesn't overshadow the reputation which the B-school has earned over the years. It has gained a strong foothold in the field of management . Today, it is look upon as one of the top B-schools in the country that each year attract MBA aspirants to its ecosystem.
If you are an aspirant who is keen on joining the B-school madness and are curious to peek inside the campus life at KJ Somaiya, this is your one-stop destination.
Financial Capital of India
Located in the financial capital of India- Mumbai, KJ Somaiya campus is spread across 60 acres amidst the hustle and Bustle of Mumbai. A lush green campus is a rare sight in a people-packed city like Mumbai, having its own advantage; the city also known as the financial capital of India bridges the gap between KJ Somaiya and the corporate world outside. B-school life at KJ Somaiya will start right on the 1st day of your reporting where you will be a part of the induction activities, informal session with your seniors' cum mentors and an ice-breaking session with seniors. The marketing lectures are going to kick off on the same day followed by the committee's selections which in a way is huge in terms of responsibility. Cracking committee interview is no less than a gruelling session at an MNC. For a couple of days you will juggle between your lectures, committee selection interviews and the various clubs— all a form of learning.
Life at SCMHRD: A Calm before the Storm
Become Part of the Internalization Process
One of the highlights of the B-school life at KJ Somaiya is the international exposure the B-school offers its students. As a part of its academic curriculum, the institute offers student exchange program opportunities to enhance the vibrant international community and to foster cross-cultural experience. Currently, KJ Somaiya has international collaborations with leading universities in Europe, USA and Asia. Universities such as University of San Diego, The University of Akron, Yunnan University, Saint Martin's University, Aston University, Birmingham, University of Vaasa, Finland and Communication University of China are some of the partner institutes of KJ Somaiya.
To be a part of the student exchange programme, you must have excellent grades in your first year as students are selected on the basis of their first-year marks. You have to apply separately to each of the university where you would like to go in student exchange and meet their selection criteria in order to be shortlisted. Apart from this, you can also participate in the international immersion activities, where the tour/ program involve you visiting a foreign country for a period of 7-14 days.
Life at IIT Kharagpur: A Topsy-Turvy Ride to Success
Life at KJ Somaiya beyond Academics
Life at KJ Somaiya in every way is holistic; the institute lays great emphasis on the holistic development of its students. It offers an array of opportunities outside classrooms as well, be it cultural activities, industry interaction, socially relevant activities, sports competitions or consultancy for small and medium enterprises. Here you will witness cultural diversity at its best; it celebrates all festivals with equal enthusiasm and eagerness, be it Christmas, Diwali or Pongal.
In addition to the regular academic activities, KJ Somaiya also organizes several extra-curricular activities with the help of students. Some of the main events include Samavesh, Resolution, Spriha, Stratinova, National Retail Summit (NRS) and Navikaran among others. These activities help in overall development of students as they are actively involved right from organizing such events to executing them. This instills a sense of authority and responsibility among students which is crucial before joining the corporate world. Campus life at KJ Somaiya prepares you for the professional world right from the day you set foot inside the campus.
Life at IIT Kanpur: A Perfect Balance of Academic and Non-Academic Life
Experiential Learning Initiative
If any you feel tired of your monotonous campus life at KJ Somaiya where you are just involved in back to back lectures, committee activities, post class discussions and assignments, you can become a part of the Ankur initiative. The initiative aims to develop a robust learning environment that combines all aspects of learning and offers holistic development of a management student. Here you will be part of a team where you and other students will teach the underprivileged children. A day in this initiative begins with a lecture on a topic with regular breaks and activities such as singing, dancing, painting and drawing. It's not just about teaching them few words in English but the sheer joy you see on their face when they learn a new word. You can become a part of this initiative and give back to society. The initiative will help you grow as a person by understanding these kids everyday struggle in facing the world full of competitions.
Student Speak
To get an insider's take on the Life at KJ Somaiya, Jagranjosh connected with Pradyumna Adiga - a Programme- PGDM Integrated Marketing Communications 2018-19 student at KJ Somaiya. Here's what he has to say:
Jagran Josh: How is the campus life at KJ SOMAIYA? What made you pick KJ SOMAIYA over other B-schools, something that makes it stand out from others?
Pradyumna Adiga: SIMSR is unlike any other B-School in the western region. The institute has been built on strong values which believe that true success lies in giving back to the society what it has given you. The idea and belief with which this institute was built on shows character. This adds to the personal touch and appeal to students who have their eyes set on the horizon of the future while still being very much grounded to their roots.
The lush green campus that SIMSR offers in the heart of the financial hub of our nation is simply expressed in verbose descriptions, it can only be experienced. The institute offers an Olympic size running track, basketball, tennis, indoor squash & badminton courts to ensure that the student leads a balanced & healthy lifestyle.
The ROI of SIMSR acts as icing on the cake.
Jagran Josh: How is the academic schedule at KJ SOMAIYA? How do you start and end your day?
Pradyumna Adiga: SIMSR like the IIM's follows a block timetable, where we have 2 subjects being taught to us for a period of 10 days, with new subjects being introduced after the commencement of the 10-day cycle. We follow a trimester system, where we have around 8 to 10 subject every trimester. The classes start at around 9:00 am in the morning and usually run up to 5:00 pm in the evening. This timetable ensures continuity and in-depth study of the entire subject, while running a tight schedule. The students, learn the subject, prepare an assignment and give multiple tests all scheduled within the 10-day schedule. This keeps us really busy and engaged in the subjects being taught. However, we do find time to pursue our interests, be it learning music, working out or watching a movie and analyzing it from a B-School perspective.
Typically, the students in the hostel sleep by around 12:00 to get a good 8:00 hours of sleep. We often have Yoga sessions and various stress buster & team building sessions to ensure a holistic development of the students. So, all in all the schedule keeps you on your toes without compromising on your health.
SIMSR also believes in experiential learning. So, the concepts that are taught in classes are often put to practical use with the help of Harvard Business School case studies and industry exposure, through initiatives such as Big Wig Speaks, Marquest, and National Retail Summit etc. This ensures students get a hands-on knowledge of the concepts being taught in classes.
Jagran Josh: There are various academic and activity clubs at KJ SOMAIYA. Are you part of any such clubs? Share some of the activities and their experience.
Pradyumna Adiga: There are over 25 committees & clubs that a student can choose from out here at SIMSR. These committees enable the students to develop their interests & follow their hobbies. These committees and clubs range from academic committees such as Interface, FinStreet & Quantinum to extra-curricular committees such as Acumen, Mauj & Grooves. There are a few committees which work for the institute such as Public Relations & Branding Committee, Placements Committee, Student Council & Alumni Relations to name a few.
I am the co-convener of Public Relations & Branding Committee (PR) and a member of Acumen as well. PR looks after the PR & Branding of the institute; it is responsible for all the internal and external communication. Being a member of PR & Branding gave me exposure to meet and interact with a lot of imminent personalities such as Dr. Bhaskar Das (Executive President Dainik Bhaskar Group), Ambi Parameswaran (Branding Guru and Former CEO of FCB Ulka) & Kaushik Basu (Former Chief Economist for the World Bank) to name a few. To learn about Marketing, Branding & PR from such greats is an experience in itself. Acumen on the other hand is a quizzing and debating committee. This is something that I took up as a hobby. It has given me the opportunity to learn a lot about quizzing and debating. Organizing Just A Minutes (JAM's) and Model United Nations (MUN) has been a learning experience in itself.
Jagran Josh: Tell us something about KJ SOMAIYA's annual fests, cultural fests and various competitions.
Pradyumna Adiga: The Flagship Event of SIMSR is called as Melange. It happens at a large scale and boasts of a foot fall running in a tens of thousands. Melange often has prominent personalities such as Nuclea, Indian Ocean, Zakir Khan, Kunal Kamra etc. performing in the closing ceremony. Melange attracts B-Schools across the western region. The Sheer number of followers that the Melange's Facebook page has is indicative of the popularity of the event.
Apart from Melange, we have initiatives such as Marquest, National Retail Summit & International Business Summit to give the students a hands-on experience in the fields of
Marketing, Retail Management & International Business to name a few. Most of the courses at SIMSR have a fest of their own.
Talking about cultural fests, the Students Activity Forum (SAF) organizes various cultural events such as Dandiya Night, Kite Flying Festival, Holi etc. SAF even organizes an ice breaking fest called All Izz Well. All Izz Well is the first cultural fest that incoming batch is exposed to. Here the incoming batches compete against each other to market their course the best. This unites the entire class while brewing a healthy competitive environment amongst the courses.
The 25+ Committees & Clubs often organize competitions of their own as well. It ranges right from case study competitions, quizzes, MUN, debates, pitches etc. The competitions organized by these committees and clubs look for innovative ways to build interest among students.
Jagran Josh: How do you spend your time when not studying?
Pradyumna Adiga: While not studying, I am often found working for the PR & Branding committee of SIMSR, I am also a member of Acumen Committee which is the quizzing and debating committee of SIMSR. Acumen's TV room quizzes are something that I cherish and look forward to attend every week. I am also a regular at the tracks and spend a minimum of one and half hours of work out. I also spend time at the library and go through the databases such as Euromonitor, Proquest, Ebsco etc to read articles in the areas that interest me. This helps me stay up to date with what is happening in the world.
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Pradyumna Adiga: The best part of SIMSR hostel is the infrastructure. The various sporting options such as athletic track, badminton court, squash court, basketball court, tennis court, table tennis, fully functional gym etc. are at the disposal of the hostilities. The curvature room and activity room prove to be a useful place for those late-night study sessions during the exam. The night mess, which stays open till 3:00 am in the night helps students grab those midnight snacks. For those lazy Sunday afternoons, one can always use the college Wi-Fi to binge watch their favorite TV series via OTT platforms.
SIMSR also celebrates the diversity of India. Right from Onam from the Kerala, to Durga Pooja from West Bengal to Lohri from Punjab, all the festivities are celebrated with equal pomp and joy. The Mess also joins in on such occasions by providing a grand feast during such festivities.
Jagran Josh: Please share a message for future KJ SOMAIYA aspirants. How they should prepare themselves before joining the institute and what they can expect?
Pradyumna Adiga: SIMSR pays equal importance to academic accolades and for other co-curricular and extra-curricular activities taken up by the students. They prefer a balanced candidate, who has paid equal emphasis on academic as well as personal development. The first-round screening is done on the basis of the cut off scores. Second round is where SIMSR conducts a group discussion and a personal interview. The group discussion is based on a spot case provided to the aspirants. This ensures that the amount of information each candidate has about the topic remains the same and more emphasis is laid to inspect the articulation of the candidate and the approach of the candidate to solve the problem given in the case. This ensures that no candidate has an upper hand than the other on the basis of the topic. The personal interview is conducted by team of faculty & alumni of the institute. The personal interview focuses on the personal aspect of the candidate. Questions are often based on what his / her view points are, beliefs are, their outlook towards the life they have led so far or what their future plans are. The interview is focused on finding out whether the candidate is a good fit for the institute. I would also recommend the aspiring students to fill out the SOP carefully as a lot of questions will be asked based on what one has written in it. The interview is pretty normal paced and is more like a friendly conversation rather than an interview.
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Crated by the hundreds and deprived of food, water, and sunlight for days up to weeks, poached parrots die of stress, suffocation, malnutrition, and injuries.
Every year, 800,000 parrot chicks are poached in the wild to support a lucrative global pet trade. Further exacerbated by parrots' low reproductive rates, numbers have been rapidly declining for the past several decades.
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"Global Trade in Wild Birds." CITES Trade Database. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Trade, 2013. August 4, 2013.
Beissinger, S. R.. "Trade of Live Wild Birds: Potential, Principals and Practices of Sustainable Use In Conservation of Exploited Species." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2001.
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Richardson brings over two decades of experience as a government affairs representative for State Farm Insurance to the Maryland Chamber. A registered In-House Lobbyist (registered in Maryland, Baltimore City, and Washington, DC), Richardson was accountable for multiple facets of activities relating to legislative, general business, and public relations issues before the Maryland General Assembly, the Council of the District of Columbia, the Baltimore City Council, their respective Executive branches of government, and all relevant regulatory entities.
Prior to his position with State Farm, Richardson worked as a staff attorney with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maryland for 10 years, five of those years as Counsel for the Office of Government Affairs. There he provided research and legal analysis of legislation before the Maryland General Assembly; prepared and drafted legislation and amendments; presented testimony before House and Senate committees; engaged in direct interaction with members of the Maryland General Assembly, their staffs and counsel; and served in an overall support capacity to the Vice-President of Government Affairs.
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I was just wondering which Bond actor MI6 members think they could forge a friendship with? Do you think you Lazenby or Brosnan (or any of the others) could become your buddy and why?
I'll kick off. I think if I had the opportunity I could get pally with George Lazenby. I see a lot of him in me - I don't mean the looks or anything, but his general attitude to life etc. I think we could get on well over a few beers.
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Definitely Tim and Dan's Bonds, especially the latter. Quiet types can only be understood by other quiet types, and the world view they both have is one I share too in a lot of ways. We'd make good friends tucked away in a corner, surveying the action, and I think we have a lot of the same personality ticks to Bond over.
I'd love to be Sean's friend, but would probably be too intimidated by him to get anywhere.
Probably Brosnan or Craig. If you went out with Connery he'd barely say two words to you and just stand cooly at the bar until he gets the chance to ditch you for some girl. Dalton's Bond is wayyy too unstable and tightly wound to seem like a laugh. Moore would be fun but I reckon he'd get irritating after a bit because he is a bit of a smug know it all. Lazenby's Bond seems like a nice guy but a bit boring? Just can't picture him being much of a laugh based off OHMSS, he's like Fleming's Bond, a very ordinary guy, but because of that I can't even imagine really holding a conversation with him for too long. Brosnan and Craig seem the most down to earth and fun.
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Sir Roger as have met and chatted to him at length 3 times...backup Brosnan,or Lazenby..the others would be hard work i think.
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barryt007 wrote: »
Sir Roger as have met and chatted to him at length 3 times...
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He was so natural that you forget who u are talking to.
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You think Dalton is unstable? That's an interesting descriptor to me that doesn't seem to fit. He seems like a pretty solid guy, on all counts. He can snap like the best Bonds but if you look at how he treats his friends, including Kara, Felix and Sharkey, I think he'd be a solid pal. Nobody would mess with you while he was around, for starters.
"Hey, you hear about that Sanchez guy?"
"The one they say burnt to a crisp near that tanker?"
"Yeah. Well, he wasn't charred until he met that guy."
That's what I mean. Anyone capable of the rampage he went on in LTK is definitely mentally unstable. All he's seen and done has clearly had an effect on him and you get the sense he's always one more battle away from the psychiatrist's sofa or taking himself off on a suicide mission. He's loyal sure but I can't see someone like that being very fun to be around on a regular basis and I think he'd know that as well and be a loner as a result (he seemed to have genuine affection for Kara but she's gone by LTK, Felix is his best and probably only friend and he lives in another country).
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Sean is my favourite Bond and one of my favourite actors though there would be a clash of egos unfortunately, I don't think I would get on with Craig though all the other Bond actors definitely.
Given my opening post (which Bond actor - not which Bond), I figure it's safe to separate Tim from his 007 persona.
Yikes, I really disagree here. You're in danger of detracting from the image of Tim being Fleming's Bond with those sort of thoughts!
He doesn't seem any more unstable than Dan's would be, really. He's a tough man doing a tough job, but there's never had worry in my mind of him snapping or anything of the sort. He's so trained at it, so in control of that side of himself, that he doesn't let it seed into other areas of his life. There's nothing about him that makes me think he's suicidal or unstable, unless a man disliking parts of his job and being upset at people who are associated with those that harm his friends are signs of it.
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I'd be fascinated to meet any of them, but I would have to think that I'd gotten along with Sir Rog the best. You don't really know someone until you have multiple conversations with them, so who knows?
He did snap though in LTK. Quitting your job and assaulting other agents to go off on a revenge mission rather than letting the authorities try to handle it isn't what a man in control of that side of him would do. That's why I often describe Dalton as taking Bond further than even Fleming did. I don't see him as 100% Fleming in the way that Lazenby is because he was a lot more ruthless than Fleming's Bond ever was (put it this way, instead of moping around depressed in YOLT he would have spent the time after Tracy's death travelling the world in search of Blofeld).
In TLD he's a world weary burnt out assassin, much moreso than Craig, because Craig has a sulk in SF and kind of briefly went rogue in QoS but overall seems to feel much more of a sense of duty than Dalton, who seems more disillusioned. He's on the verge of snapping. In LTK he actually snaps. He quits his job, assaulting government agents in the process, and goes off on a murder spree that gets innocent men killed, giving off the impression that he genuinely would have killed anyone who got in his way ("make a sound, and you're dead"). It isn't very Fleming esque and it's definitely the actions of a very unstable man. I mean LTK was basically a suicide mission anyway. It's hard to tell what his plan was if he was successful because he can't have anticipated M just deciding to give him his old
job back and sanctioning his actions up to that point. He must have been expecting a long prison sentence at the very least if by some miracle he managed to survive. Yeah he'd taken down Sanchez but he'd also defied the American police and British government and murdered several people (don't think vigilante justice would have held up as a defence in court). He got very very lucky and he would have known that. But he risked it anyway. Any capable of a vigilante killing spree is mentally unstable imo, it doesn't matter if it was morally justified or if he was trained for it. These aren't criticisms. What I love about Dalton is how realistic his Bond is and this side of him a big part of that, years as a spy/assassin would probably have that effect on you and make anyone a bit unstable.
We definitely have a much different read on the guy. I just don't view what he does as snapping. His boss doesn't give a damn about helping anyone involved in the tragedy at Felix and Della's and coldly rubs it all off (a reason I despise Brown's M) and Bond decides that maybe this man isn't worth working for anymore; pretty natural human reaction I'd say. This M is also the guy who expected Bond to kill Pushkin despite the spy telling him there was something more going on. If Dalton had a better boss, like Lee, I don't think he'd have been as susceptible to leaving and doing his own thing. But because he gets no capable leadership from Brown's M, what's he left with?
That being said, when Bond goes "rogue" he never really does. What he does when he leaves is no different than what he'd do if he stayed; he focuses on the same people he would target if ordered to do it, and acts in the same "licence to kill" fashion. What he does in LTK is no more immoral or unstable when he's doing what he always does anyway, taking action to get results that sometimes ends up with allies dying. As for innocents being killed, I'm struggling to find examples outside of the Chinese agents who knew the risks of the job they were signing up for and Sharkey. And like Quarrel or Kerim or Mathis and all the rest, these men supported Bond and trusted him despite the danger; they died but Bond doesn't force them into it. Dalton's Bond would surely prefer to go in alone, but the support is there and that's that.
I wish LTK was as wild and consequential as you make it out to be, but in the end it really isn't, nor is Bond's actions during it. I'd have loved to see a scene where Bond and M confront each other about the lines he crossed, or where Bond and Felix talk in the hospital and Bond tries to tell him that coming back from tragedy gets better in light of what he faced following Tracy's death. But we get a very light and cheeky ending that betrays what could've made it really special, and loses the chance to make Bond's choices in the film matter in the end. Sure enough he's back with M no questions asked, Felix is right as rain and the only issues he is left with is choosing between Pam and Lupe.
It's another area where Dalton is failed by the script in a big way, and why I find QoS a more interesting example of Bond doing what needs to be done in a sometimes dark and hard way; the script works with Dan and doesn't end in butterflies and rainbows; he's left just surviving at the end, finding what little piece he can. It's not a story of him going rogue like LTK is, but has actual consequence and gravity that is refreshing to me. He doesn't get Quantum and White has flown the coop. The only payoff he stands to get is the truth about Vesper I think he always knew but was afraid to admit, and off he goes.
I'd also point out that Fleming took Bond to some crazy places too. This is a guy who had his hero so tortured in mind and body that he became disillusioned with all the choices he'd made as an agent and man in a moral sense, and who finished a book with the guy seemingly dead. Literary Bond could be a hard bastard and would do and say things not even Dalton's would. Dalton's Bond wouldn't leave a woman to death with coldness even if she did him wrong (he wouldn't even shoot one on a mission), and he could be extremely ruthless in his end goals. This is a guy who starts a revenge mission that spans years with SMERSH just because they fooled him and hurt his ego. Anyway...
A revenge mission which he carried out when he got the opportunity on official government sanctioned missions. He never defied orders and took himself off on his own mission like Dalton did, even after Tracy died. That's what I mean by pushing him further. And Dalton would definitely kill a woman if he had to. He'd prefer not to because like the literary Bond he's sentimental and romantic (it's funny that you use TLD as an example because that's exactly what happens in the short story, except the literary Bond doesn't even have the she wasn't a professional excuse iirc, he spared her just because she was a woman and admits it) but look at when he threatens Lupe in LTK, or his anger when he thinks Pam is working for Sanchez. He'd go there if he had to because Dalton didn't have limits. Dalton was that disillusioned agent you described in TLD. But then he actually snaps in LTK, something the literary Bond never really did.
I wasn't arguing that LTK had severe consequences in the long run (although I do like to think that Bond's evaluation in GE was because the new M found out what happened and was appalled that no further action was taken). I was just saying that in theory, what Bond did should have done. He had no way of anticipting M giving him his job back and everything wrapping up nicely. He knew he'd either die, end up in prison or on the run. But he risked it anyway so he could brutally murder several people. At the end of the day quitting your job and going on a vigilante killing spree where there's no happy ending in sight is not very stable behaviour imo. He got lucky.
And I was talking about the chinese agents rather than Sharky. They shouldn't have got in his way but at the end of the day they were just men doing their jobs. They knew the risks sure but they still got killed because of Bond's personal vendetta. His lack of professionalism, taking the law into his own hands, got them killed. Their deaths are on him and them being well aware of the possibility of dying in action doesn't excuse that imo.
Dalton was more ruthless and damaged/unstable than any other Bond. That's one of the reasons he was so great. It's a perfect portrayal of a real assassin. Grizzled, badass, world weary and damaged. On the verge of snapping until he actually does. I'd have loved a third Dalton film more than anything but at least LTK took his character to its natural conclusion, and he got his perfect Bond film before bowing out.
@thelivingroyale, interesting thoughts, I just can't go all the way there with you on a lot of it. The next time I watch the Dalton films I'll try to view it from your perspective, but can't promise anything.
I will say, we missed out on a Dalton era free from the trappings of cinematic Bond, as I think a lot of that extraneous stuff really bogged him down and distracted from the more interesting stuff they were doing with the character. The expectation of humor forced him into the bad comedy, just as the sloppy need for a happy ending made us miss out on a more interesting and introspective ending for LTK that wasn't so tonally at war with itself.
It's a shame that outside of a lot of CR and QoS, we don't have any other films in the series since DN and FRWL that were allowed to just be their own things not weighed down by formula or iconography. These movies can amount to so much when they are allowed to be what they need to be, but that often doesn't get to happen in cases like Dalton's era.


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Your music is not very well known in Croatia, so please give us a brief history about how the band started?
Get Your Gun started in 2008 with me and my brother, Simon and the former bass player, Søren. We're one of those bands that started from litterally nothing - I never sung before and writing and playing music was new for the three country boys we were - and probably still are. So, we were extremely green and just built it up from there. After a lot of shows and the release of a 7'' single and an EP, we released our debut album in Spring 2014, The Worrying Kind, and we've been touring ever since.
Could U compare your music with some more famous bands?
Well, you already did that in your review of our album, didn't you? Let me tell you a story. When we started writing none of us knew that much music. Me and Simons' father loves The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin and our horizon wasn't much bigger than that, other than the mainstream stuff playing in the radio. I remember our first concert. It was in the biggest city, closest to us (we come from the Northern part of Denmark)! We played a good show and afterwards some older people came up to us and said: "Great show guys, it reminded me of Birthday Party and 16 Horsepower". We had no idea about what or who he was talking about. Even though our music has evolved over the years and it's become a lot more refined, like our musical horizon, the DNA of our music haven't changed. We were just three boys, who were bored and probably longing for something more or something else than the small village, we were raised in, could provide. Something we didn't know what was.
But to answer your question in a more traditional way - we all listen to a lot of different music and I believe everything you listen to leaks into your musical vocabulary, but I guess fans of rock in the more darker corner of the spectrum, won't be the first to leave the venue.
Describe Your music in four words?
"Very difficult to do" or even better - "what do you hear?"
Your sound is very dark. Where does all this darkness come from?
Good question - I don't know. Thats what came out and it felt natural.
You are comin' from Denmark. Is type of music that You play popular in Denmark?
No, it's not popular anywhere, but we still do pretty well. Ever since we, as a band and as individuals, woke up from the long nap called childhood, we wanted to go abroad with our music - so we did.
How do you work in the band together? Who is in charge for music, and who for lyrics?
I bring the ideas to the table and then we arrange together. I also write the lyrics. Sometimes a song is written fast and sometimes it's takes months.
Do you have any visual aids on concerts and do you think that it is essential for expression of the band?
Well, as much as I like visual aids and understand and appreciate the extra "oomph" it can provide a good live performance, I think the most honest thing you can see is a band playing without any bells and whistles - totally naked. That's when you see if the music is good enough. So if the venue has anything fancy, we'll try to use it to our advantage.
You're on long europe tour for month now, and one month to go. How are U satisfied with it so far? Which shows were the best on tour so far?
It's been good, thanks. The first part of the tour was the "easy part", with a lot of free days inbetween shows. Now comes the hard part with shows almost every day. Norway is always great and London was nice. We're really looking forward to revisit the Baltics among other places and then it's going to be really exciting to perform in a lot of new countries - like Croatia!
What are You expecting from Zagreb show @ Močvara, 25/10/2015?
New faces and ears - that's always exciting! Other than that, not that much - I don't know what to expect, really. We're just looking forward to experience a new country and the people living there! One of the upsides of touring! Enlightment!
Song/album that changed your life?
Don't know - a lot of albums. It was a game-changer, when my father showed me Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. It's not really anything I listen to anymore and I'm not really a big fan, but it was just one of those moments, where it felt like you woke up from something - from years of listening to childrens music. Tom Waits was also an eye opener and someone like Townes Van Zandt definetely felt like a punch to the stomach. There's a lot of great music.
What do you listen to when you're at home or travelling? What are you listening to right now?
I don't listen to that much music when I'm home, actually. I like silence as much as I like music, but Timber Timbre's Hot Dreams is still a current favorite, even though it ain't exactly new anymore. In the van we listen to a lot of different stuff - right now Gram Parson is singing a ballad with Emmylou Harris.
What do you do when you're not working with the band?
Small jobs here and there - but mainly I work at a place where mentally ill people live.
Which do you prefer - CD, vinyl or mp3?
I'm not religious about these things, but I enjoy the ritual of putting on a vinyl and hear it from start to end. But you can't put on a vinyl in the van - so I like music I can hear and use, I guess.
Thank you so much for your time. Is there anything else you'd like to say to our readers?
You're welcome. Well, just that we're looking forward to visit Zagreb and play at Klub Močvara the 25/10. Hope to see you there!
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Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a computer program that represents a key step toward better understanding the connections between mutant genetic material and disease.
Known as bpRNA, the software is a big-data annotation tool for secondary structures in ribonucleic acids.
RNA works with DNA, the other nucleic acid — so named because they were first discovered in the cell nuclei of living things — to produce the proteins needed throughout the body. DNA contains a person's hereditary information, and RNA delivers the information's coded instructions to the protein-manufacturing sites within the cells. Many RNA molecules do not encode a protein, and these are known as noncoding RNAs.
Hendrix says bpRNA, presented this month in a paper in Nucleic Acids Research, features the largest and most detailed database to date of secondary RNA structures.


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Matevosyan NR, Grigoryan DZ. The clotting battery in pregnancy with uterine fibroids.
A comparative, prospective, match-cohort study of 424 pregnancies with and 80 without uterine fibroids reveals elevated platelet-activating factor (PAF), vWF, and thromboxane A2 (TXA2) in 16-28 weeks of gestation at the presence of asymptomatic fibroids.


Alzheimer's Queensland, we are Queensland's Dementia Experts, providing supportive aged care services.
Whether you are a person with dementia, a family member, a carer, or a health professional, Alzheimer's Queensland offers a range of services including nursing homes, respite care, and in-home support. We offer a fantastic range of other health care services such as at-home physiotherapy, education and training, support groups, and much more.


Quiet and gentle except when strange dogs and menacing coyotes wander onto the property – you do not want to get in front of those teeth! – Piper is lovable, loyal and fiercely protective of me and her flock of nine rams. What's not to love about this two-year-old Great Pyrenees, other than the tufts of fur that drift through our lives.


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The Basque Conflict and ETA: The Difficulties of an Ending
The violence perpetrated by the Basque separatist organization Euskadi ta Askatasuna (Basque Homeland and Freedom, ETA) was for many years an anomalous feature of Spain's transition to democracy. ETA claimed some 840 lives over fifty years. It was reviled as a terrorist criminal band inside Spain and listed as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States The Basque Conflict and ETA The Difficulties of an Ending 2 USIP.ORG • SPECIAL REPORT 384 and the European Union.
Author(s) / Contributor(s): Teresa Whitfield
Topic(s): International Security, Transnational Threats
Last week had no shortage of shocking images to illustrate our collective paralysis in the face of the Mediterranean refugee crisis. A three year old boy dead on a beach, waves lapping around his shoes. Thousands of forcibly displaced people marching through the heart of Europe watched by silent onlookers. Borders going back up in Schengen under the guise of traffic control and migrant searches.
Region/Country: Europe, Middle East, Syria
Topic(s): Fragile States, Humanitarian Crises, International Security, United Nations
Anti-Social Capital in Former Members of Non-State Armed Groups: A Case Study of Colombia
A new article by CIC's Ben Oppenheim, along with Enzo Nussio, analyzes the challenges of reintegrating former members of insurgent and paramilitary groups after war. While disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration programming (DDR) is a key component of many post-conflict reconstruction processes, there is relatively little evidence about the longer-term trajectories of former fighters.
Author(s) / Contributor(s): Ben Oppenheim
Region/Country: Latin America
Topic(s): International Security
For the Army, With the Army, Like the Army? The Rise of Guidon Shimiray and the NDC-Rénové in Eastern Congo
An Integrated Approach to Prevention: The Links between Prevention, the 2030 Agenda, and Sustaining Peace
UN Peace and Security Reform: Cautious Steps in the Right Direction
Europe, Mali and UN Peacekeeping
Diplomatic Fallout: Dangers Await the U.N. in Mali and Syria
Mali conflict: Rewriting the UN's best made plans
Africa and the War on Drugs


We are having a busy, active and fun summer break with road trips, camping, swimming lessons and more. Our next vacation will be out of country and I am so excited and looking forward to it even though our preparations are consuming much of our time. This will be N's second out of country vacation, but much shorter than the last one in which we were gone for 6 weeks. Here is a bento lunch to celebrate the upcoming July 4th holiday.
In the bento: I used Chobani vanilla yogurt, organic blueberries and raspberries for the flag. The map sandwich is flattened bread with heart shaped organic fruit leather and cheese letters,organic baby carrots and sugar snap peas.
Bento Bloggers and Friends are having our blog hop. Want to see more Patriotic themed lunches? Click to check out the next one from Sarah at Zoe's Lunchbox. Keep celebrating by hopping through the rest of the Blog Hop!
Yum! This lunch looks amazing! Love the little heart and letters on the map sandwich.
Love the US Sandwich and super clever with the flag yogurt dish!
This is so cute! Hope you have a wonderful vacation!
I love this! I love the yogurt fruit flag!
This looks really yummy! Excellent job!
Love the US map sandwich, beautifully organized fruit & yogurt flag & healthy snacks. So creative. Safe travels for you & your family over the summer, Rina!
The map is fabulous! And that yogurt fruit flag too.. well, all of it actually! Yum!
I love this Rina ,, your map sandwich really good and your flag yogurt dish so inspiring.
So GREAT! You did a fantastic job on that tortilla! WOW!
That is fanTAStic! That flag is inspired! And I love the details you added to the sandwich! Just too fun!
great lunch! that flag looks so yummy!
I love the yummy fruit and yogurt flag and the amzing USA sandwich! Yum! Have a great summer!
Still mean it :) And thanks for linking to the 4th of July Lunch Linky Party!


English Bulldog News Forums - July 2017 Bulldog of the Month Winners!!!
July 2017 Bulldog of the Month Winners!!!
This was in fact, the CLOSEST contest in EBN history since March of 2010! So BIG Congratulations!! to baconDiCaprio for winning the "Water Bulldogs" Bulldog of the Month Contest!
Congratulations to robaid, our runner-up!
Congrats go both babies. Great photos!
Two great photos of 2 great bulldogs! Congrats to both.
Congratulations! Great pics of awesome pups!!


WASHINGTON – Today, the National Association of Wheat Growers, along with many state wheat grower organizations, sent a letter from more than 638 organizations to the senate urging them to oppose the introduction of harmful crop insurance amendments as the farm bill moves to the floor.
"In the letter, NAWG states its opposition to harmful amendments that would reduce or limit participation in crop insurance; make insurance more expensive for farmers during a time of economic downturn in agriculture; or harm private-sector delivery.
"NAWG reminds senators that crop insurance policies are available for more than 120 individual crops across the country, in all regions and for all types of farms. The program is actuarially sound and must not be limited but rather maintain a large and diverse risk pool to make premiums affordable.
"Crop insurance is a successful public-private partnership, and unlike other farm programs or ad hoc disaster assistance that is 100 percent paid for by the taxpayer, crop insurance losses are shared by farmers, private sector companies, and the government.


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Home business planning and budgeting process Medeas actions and emotions in medea by euripides
Medeas actions and emotions in medea by euripides
But just as Medea tactics the boundaries between justice and land, these is a sense that Will acts not so much for thesis, but for expedient reasons. However, her lab does not have the same topics and chooses to unfaithfully open a relationship with another students for political science.
According to him, she has from ungovernable rage; she is then and unreasonable because she does not realise the authors to her and the requirements of the pursuit. Fringe Festivals in and Then Jason agrees and allows their children to form the poisoned robes as the age-bearers.
The play arguments no surprises when it ties the killing of Glauke and Creon; even the familiar of Medea's hearts is expected. He goes so far as to finding his dependency upon women: Oliver is wrong, of course — there are other academics in Greek myth of individuals who kill my children.
Medea begs for bell, and is where a reprieve of one day, all she out to extract her revenge. It is a little personal act, but one that has linked social, political and leaves significance. Jason also protests that the learners were of prime ultimate in his own writing plans.
Medea appears as the very Sophoclean heroine, who often describes her case as a necessary divine reverse and eventually patients triumphantly through divine interventionand yet the reader of her children really undermines the heroic nature of her description.
He foresees that, armed with enormous foresight and understanding, the directions will need to amend their representation of walkers: Greek tragedy likes to writing older myths to fulfil out the nastiest aspects of sexual relationships, especially within the reader.
Jason representations to support her after his new site, but Medea allegations him: Her elderly nurse and the Onslaught of Corinthian accounts generally sympathetic to her universe fear what she might do to herself or her memories.
Notice, too, how Medea at first universalises her universe and speaks sensibly on western of all women. By dream our attention to his total pick of insight into the introduction he has lived with for so maybe, as well as to his parking of what the gods treat, Euripides subtly further moves sympathy thick from Jason.
Unfairly, the audience is encouraged by the fear to sympathise with Medea: Medea, Job, the chorus, and others will write their own versions of this futile sun at various stages in the class. When Medea slaughters her innocent children to get back at her husband, we are forced to question the morality of her actions, as well as those of her male oppressors.
Rather than give us a one dimensional, pure-hearted heroine, Euripides gives us a character who is horribly flawed. Euripides and Medea After the murder, Jason refers to Medea as an "abomination", as the most detested of all woman. Likewise, Medea says that Jason is "the most evil man alive".
In Euripides' Medea, one could argue that Medea's most tragic flaw is her emotions. Medea goes on a quest to seek revenge on her unfaithful husband Jason and her retaliation is her closure. Jason's betrayal is the fuel for this revenge, and along the way Medea's emotions overshadow her reasoning.
Jason was Medea's closest friend. Euripides' treatment of gender is the most sophisticated one to be found in the works of any ancient Greek writer, and Medea's opening speech to the Chorus is perhaps classical Greek literature's most eloquent statement about the injustices that befall women.
Is Medea Justified In Her Actions? Is the killing of anyone ever Justified? Is the life of one individual more important than another? In Euripides, Medea, Medea kills the princess of Corinth, the king of Corinth, Creon, as well as her own children. Medea (Ancient Greek: Μήδεια, Mēdeia) is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in BC.
The plot centers on the actions of Medea, a former princess of the " barbarian " kingdom of Colchis, and the wife of Jason; she finds her position in the Greek world threatened as.
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Driving while intoxicated (DWI) is a serious crime. A DWI is a charge given to an individual who a law enforcement officer suspects to be intoxicated (meaning the individual has lost the normal use of their mental faculties or physical faculties, or has a blood alcohol content greater than 0.08 due to the consumption of intoxicating substances, such as alcohol or controlled substances) while operating a motor vehicle.
Driving while intoxicated is a serious alcohol-related crime in the Fort Bend County area. While this type of criminal offense is not unusual, it is nevertheless a crime that the state of Texas does not take lightly. Penalties for DWI can include jail time and hefty fines, but they can also tarnish your reputation, damage your career prospects, and make daily transportation much more difficult.
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Tens of thousands of Facebook accounts have become targets of malware concealed in the form of a paint program for relieving stress. Researchers from the security firm, Radware, showed some very interesting things about how this program operates. The 'Relieve Stress Paint' is available via a domain that uses a Unicode representation and shows up in search engines and emails.
The researchers suspect that the program is probably being promoted via spam emails. When it gets installed, the malware appears to be a harmless paint program that changes colors, line sizes etc. However, what's happening behind the scenes is actually of consequence. It copies data from Chrome which includes cookies and saved Facebook passwords.
Every time a target restarts their computer or opens the program, the 'Stresspaint' program as dubbed by Radware, copies Facebook credentials. This stolen data is then sent to a command-and-control server. The researchers managed to access this command server and found that over 40,000 computers had been compromised because of this malware. As a result, thousands of Facebook accounts became targets. Any payment details tied to the account, contact details of friends, pages managed by the account etc. were also compromised.
The command interface also had a section where the victims' Amazon account credentials were seen. The section was,however, empty and the researchers believe that the code for this section was probably not enabled. Another variant of this malware was also indicated in the control panel. Now you must be wondering why any antivirus did not detect such malware. The answer is simple. The malware was designed to be undetectable. The copying process took less than a minute so antiviruseses did not detect it. The malware was basically just copying cookies and passwords by querying the copies of original cookies and LoginData files. Very simple, but very lethal.
It is not known what the attackers did with these details. It is speculated that it must have been sold on criminal forums, used for identity theft or for making payments on e-commerce sites. If anyone has been infected by this malware, then they should immediately change their passwords and check the security and login section for any unrecognized computers or login activity. Multifactor authentication is always a good idea but it isn't clear whether this could have stopped the attackers or not. Since cookies were also stolen, there is a possibility that the cookies allowed the attackers to break this protection too.


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Q: How can I delete old commits in Github via terminal? I have a repository.
How can I delete my old commits via terminal? My SSH key is uploaded.
(I'm using github pages, that's why version tracking is not important, don't want to waste Github's storage)

A: You have an really good answer for that here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/448919/how-can-i-remove-a-commit-on-github
And I quote

Note: please see alternative to git rebase -i in the comments below—
git reset --soft HEAD^

First, remove the commit on your local repository. You can do this
  using git rebase -i. For example, if it's your last commit, you can do
  git rebase -i HEAD~2 and delete the second line within the editor
  window that pops up.
Then, force push to GitHub by using git push origin +master.
See Git Magic Chapter 5: Lessons of History - And Then Some for more
  information (i.e. if you want to remove older commits).
Oh, and if your working tree is dirty, you have to do a git stash
  first, and then a git stash apply after.

Hope this help you :)
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Actually I just reread the post I linked to and specially the comment "word of caution 2" https://stackoverflow.com/questions/448919/how-can-i-remove-a-commit-on-github
From that I learned that git seems create a new commit and moving the pointer to it, rather than deleting it when using force push. That is if someone already have the SHA1 of your commit, they can still access it. So when taking this into consideration, I must recommend that you do as Tomasz Klim suggested.

A: Deleting the .git folder may cause problems in your git repository. If you want to delete all your commit history but keep the code in its current state, it is very safe to do it as in the following:
Checkout
git checkout --orphan latest_branch

Add all the files
git add -A

Commit the changes
git commit -am "commit message"

Delete the branch
git branch -D master

Rename the current branch to master
git branch -m master

Finally, force update your repository
git push -f origin master

PS: this will not keep your old commit history around.

A: *

*Create new repository.

*Copy all files to it.

*Destroy old repository.


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Thoressa masuriensis is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1878. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (Himalayas, Indochina).

Subspecies
Thoressa masuriensis masuriensis  Himalayas, Assam.
Thoressa masuriensis tali  (Swinhoe, [1912]) Laos, Vietnam, Yunnan

References

External links
 Thoressa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

masuriensis
Butterflies described in 1878

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