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By Observer Staff • 06/12/06 10:39am
While we're waiting for the substantive news of the morning — the imminent unveiling of Eliot Spitzer's tax plan at the New York Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officers in Saratoga Springs — a diversionary campaign update:
Isac just phoned in to say that "some Suozzi person" called and asked him whether he'd be voting for Tom Suozzi or Eliot Spitzer.
Isac responded that it wasn't even a question, since Suozzi isn't on the ballot yet.
The caller, apparently undeterred, pressed on and asked Isac to indicate whether he'd vote for Suozzi if the Nassau executive were, in fact, on the ballot.
"I told him," Isac said, "he's wasting his time."
— Josh Benson
Filed Under: Home, Politics, Politics Daily, Eliot Spitzer, Thomas Suozzi, Saratoga Springs, York Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officers
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"A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop any further without the active participation of women."
Valentina Tereshkova will visit the Science Museum to open the display and attend a gala evening held in honour of her 80th birthday on 15 March.
Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space will celebrate her life and career, from factory worker to international celebrity and women's rights advocate.
Following the unveiling of Tim Peake's Soyuz spacecraft in January, this exhibition marks another key event in the 2017 UK-Russia Year of Science and Education.
Fifty-four years after she made history as the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova will open an exhibition at the Science Museum dedicated to her remarkable life and career.
Tereshkova went from obscurity to worldwide fame on 16 June 1963 when aged 26 she climbed aboard the USSR's Vostok 6 spacecraft, becoming the first woman to fly in space. She returned after orbiting the Earth 48 times over 3 days, logging more flight time than all American astronauts combined up to that date.
The 'First Lady of Space' would never fly again but her mission remains a major milestone in pioneering space exploration. It was another 20 years before the next woman went into space, and Tereshkova remains the only female cosmonaut to have flown a solo mission.
Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space will reveal a compelling life story, from her early days as a factory worker with a great love of parachuting and music, to her career as a prominent USSR politician and global representative. On Wednesday 15 March Valentina Tereshkova will visit the Science Museum to open the display and attend a gala evening in her honour.
On 15 March ArtPointFoundation and the Science Museum will present a unique evening of film and music, to celebrate Tereshkova's 80th birthday. A specially commissioned film entitled 'Legend of Valentina' will be premiered, which includes previously unseen archival footage, and will be accompanied by the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra and acclaimed virtuoso violinist Dmitri Kogan. There will also be an opportunity to see Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space, which represents a continued collaboration between the Science Museum and the Russian State Museum Exhibition Centre ROSIZO.
The National Centre for Museums and Exhibitions, ROSIZO, is a Federal State Budgetary Institution under the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. In cooperation with leading Russian and international institutions ROSIZO arranges exhibitions of Russian art around the globe and implements large-scale projects within the bilateral years of culture. Some of the most recent initiatives include "Palladio and Russia. From Baroque to Modernism" (Museo Correr, Italy), 2014; "Russia-Switzerland" (Château de Penthes - Museum of the Swiss Abroad, Switzerland), 2014; "Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age" (Science Museum, Great Britain), 2015, "Facing the Future: Art in Europe 1945-68" (BOZAR, Belgium), 2016.
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Q: PHP check date & time interval in two different date and time I have date from date 27-11-2021 and to date 28-11-2021 for rent request of an item take example of like car for rent. I need the car for rent on above date. And this car be already rented on
On online car renting service i'm creating a request for car rent on following date.
From - 27-11-2021 and To - 29-11-2021
And this car may be already rented on different dates. Take examples of some date -
From - 25-11-2021 and To - 26-11-2021
From - 27-11-2021 and To - 28-11-2021
From - 26-11-2021 and To - 27-11-2021
So i need to compare and find availability of that car is that available on certain date period or not!
And in one another case if there are many car of same variant if one car is not available then how we will check for another car is available or not?
I need a idea on this in php

A: <?php

//Requested from and to date

$fromDate = strtotime('27-11-2021');
$toDate = strtotime('29-11-2021');

//Note: You have to loop from here for different car variant
//Booked details for car 1 *as per example

$carBookedDetailsArray = array(
    0 => array(
        'bookingFromDate' => '25-11-2021',
        'bookingToDate' => '26-11-2021'
    ),
    1 => array(
        'bookingFromDate' => '27-11-2021',
        'bookingToDate' => '28-11-2021'
    ),
    2 => array(
        'bookingFromDate' => '26-11-2021',
        'bookingToDate' => '27-11-2021'
    ),
);

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$bookingToDate = "";
$bookedFlag=0;

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    $bookingFromDate = strtotime($carBookedDetailsArray[$i]['bookingFromDate']);
    $bookingToDate = strtotime($carBookedDetailsArray[$i]['bookingToDate']);

    if (($fromDate < $bookingFromDate && $toDate < $bookingFromDate) || ($fromDate > $bookingToDate && $toDate > $bookingToDate)){
        echo "Booking Success for Car 1 form ".date('d-m-Y',$fromDate)." to ".date('d-m-Y',$toDate);
        $bookedFlag=1;
        break;
    }

}

if($bookedFlag==0){
    echo "Car 1 is not availble for your requested time";
}

//Note: You have to loop to here for different car variant

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LASTMA, FRSC: Stop the killings - Welcome to Transport Day Online!!!
It was not palatable news recently when we learnt that an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr. Bakare Olatunji was killed by an irate mob following the death of a motor boy in the Apapa area of Lagos state.
According to reports, Olatunji, who was the zonal head of LASTMA, had led a team of officials to the area in a patrol van to arrest erring motorists at about 11am on that fateful day.
It was alleged that a LASTMA van was said to have ran into an assistant driver (motor boy) while he struggled to escape arrest. The boy who died on the spot, was reportedly sleeping by the roadside.
In its reaction, the Lagos state government condemned the murder in very strong terms. The State's Acting Commissioner for Transportation, Prince Anofiu Elegushi condemned the brutal murder of the officer.
Elegushi, who spoke alongside the Chief Executive Officer of LASTMA, Mr. Chris Olakpe and the General Manager of the Agency, Bashir Braimoh, said "Officer Bakare did not lose his life to an accident. No!.
In a similar vein, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said it lost over 70 officers in 2016 to reckless drivers. Corps Marshal of FRSC, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, who made the announcement in Abuja at the FRSC end of the year management strategy session said that the FRSC officials were killed while performing their jobs.
He said that although the figure was lower, compared to the 160 deaths recorded in 2015, the trend was disturbing and needed to be addressed. "Losing 70 personnel is not a joke, may their souls rest in peace. It is sad to note that some killing and maiming of operatives, including those from sister agencies is very worrisome".
Killing law enforcement officers is a serious offence that the government must not condone. Apart from depleting the limited number of road traffic officers, it also brings sorrow to their loved ones.
Jungle justice is definitely not the way forward. We join all well-meaning Nigerians to condemn this trend whereby erring motorists take laws into their hands. Motorists should explore avenues to seek redress whenever they feel short changed.
Management of law enforcing authorities should also strive to improve their working relationships with relevant stakeholders and continue to educate them on how to explore legitimate avenues to seek redress when needed.
LASTMA says it can be reached directly through this phone number 08129928646, just as the FRSC maintains a 24 hours toll free number-122.


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Pharmaceutical Measures to Prevent Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity
Author(s): Hao Liu, Haiyan Wang, Dingcheng Xiang, Department of Cardiology, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou 510010, China., China	Wangang Guo	Department of Cardiology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'An 710038, China., China
Journal Name: Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
Introduction: The anthracycline doxorubicin (DOX) has proved to be one of the most widely used and most effective antitumor drugs since its emergence in the 1960s. However, the utility of DOX is compromised by its potential lethal cardiotoxicity. In this review we summarize development in prevention and management of DOX-induced cardiotoxicity comprehensively.
Background: Strategies to enhance DOX efficacy in cancer cells while minimizing associated cardiotoxicity may prove clinically valuable. Employment of DOX derivatives, including currently available mitoxantrone and epirubicin, has been testified in several clinical trials. Several cardioprotective agents, including dexrazoxane, statins, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, beta-blockers, and etc., have been developed and tested in animal and clinical trials.
Conclusion: Several strategies have been reported on the prevention and management of DOX-elicited cardiotoxicity, and many of them await verification from large scale clinical trials. Dexrazoxane has been approved to prevent and treat side effects of DOX, although concerns still exist that it might increase incidence of some kind of malignant tumors. Promising findings in autophagy, RNA binding protein quaking and statins encourage further research developing strategies by which heart protection and cancer cell killing are achieved simutaneously.
Keywords: Cardiotoxicity, doxorubicin, RNA-binding protein Quaking, statins.
Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Pharmaceutical Measures to Prevent Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity
Author(s):Hao Liu, Haiyan Wang, Dingcheng Xiang and Wangang Guo
Affiliation:Department of Cardiology, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou 510010, China., Department of Cardiology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'An 710038, China.
Keywords:Cardiotoxicity, doxorubicin, RNA-binding protein Quaking, statins.
Abstract:Introduction: The anthracycline doxorubicin (DOX) has proved to be one of the most widely used and most effective antitumor drugs since its emergence in the 1960s. However, the utility of DOX is compromised by its potential lethal cardiotoxicity. In this review we summarize development in prevention and management of DOX-induced cardiotoxicity comprehensively.
Hao Liu, Haiyan Wang, Dingcheng Xiang and Wangang Guo, "Pharmaceutical Measures to Prevent Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity", Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry (2017) 17: 44. https://doi.org/10.2174/1389557516666160621083659
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With great sadness we have to announce the sudden and unexpected death of our dear colleague Sylvie. With her French association APACHE she joined forces with associations from other European countries to enhance the wellbeing of sick children in hospital. When EACH was founded in 1993, Sylvie became a member of the EACH Executive Committee and served from 2004 until 2012 as Coordinator (or Chairwoman) of EACH.
When we all started it needed much courage, power and persuasion to promote the rights of sick children, and these were some of the many qualities Sylvie had. Working as a devoted paediatric anaesthetist, she understood very well the attitude of the hospital staff, but also recognised that a rather unsatisfactory situation for children and their families existed.
From the very first moment of our cooperation Sylvie added her distinctive French touch. She did not shy away from stating her views rigorously, which in turn initiated heated debates that often ended in very fruitful new solutions or compromises. Over the years Sylvie became one of the pillars of our European movement.
Sylvie strongly enhanced the child and hospital movement not only in France but also in Belgium and in Portugal, where her French background helped to build national working groups. Last but not least, it is also to Sylvie's credit that the famous cartoonist PEF created the marvellous illustrations for the ten points of the EACH Charter, which explain at a glance what each particular point is about.
Sylvie was a unique person with a strong sense of social justice. She ardently supported equal rights for women, and she loved the performing arts, most notably classical music and operas. We all will badly miss her sharp witted comments and our rich discussions in all fields of common interest, be it European politics in general or in particular the effects of European health care systems on children.
Although Sylvie was small in physical stature, she had a wonderful, big personality! Her life-long accomplishments we can only admire. Her sudden death leaves us in grief, but perhaps it is also the moment to reflect on all that she was as a person and all that she achieved and say: Thank you, Sylvie, for all the contributions you made towards making life better in this world. Your friends will keep you in their hearts forever! And we convey our deep feelings of sympathy to Sylvie's family.
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Hans-Martin Aerts is the Head of Infrastructure Asia at APG Asset Management.
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In February 2007, Hans-Martin moved to Hong Kong to establish the Hong Kong office of APG and has since been responsible for managing the infrastructure investments in Asia-Pacific.
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Robert joined Burgess Mee in October 2014. He studied Philosophy and Theology at Durham University before completing his Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course at BPP in Holborn.
He trained at Manches LLP and qualified into their family department in 2011. He later worked at Dawson Cornwell before joining Burgess Mee. Robert handles all types of family law work including divorce, matrimonial finance, pre-nuptial agreements, private children matters including international relocation and disputes between cohabiting couples. However, his work has predominantly involved advising clients in complex financial cases often with an international element.
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Educational technology tools create training methods that are innovative and enhance informative and interactive learning sessions.
Through these tools, teachers can efficiently plan their lesions. Students on the other hands stand a better position to receive useful and detailed knowledge as well as insightful feedback.
Through expansion in technology, educational technology tools have been invented to help teachers to plan their curriculum effectively and be resourceful enough to students. Find more information about technology tools at Tutorroom.net.
Every teacher desires to capture students' attention, equip them with knowledge with the expectation of success in exams.
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Evo Classroom Kit: this kit is mean for grade four to eight students. It has various accessories, 12 Evos, and an activity is known as driver's ed to enable students to program certain features such as Evo's proximity sensors.
Nearpod: makes discussions engaging through the use of multimedia displays. Nearpod VR allows teachers to navigate through different 3D concepts. This technology dramatically inspires students' curiosity about the world.
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Student's performance is based on ones' desire to learn, the enthusiasm and motivation a student get when studying. Educational technology tools outlined below play the above role pretty well.
A thorough analysis has been done by Common Sense Education editorial staff to determine the best educational technology tools that were being used in 2017.
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Peekapak: social and emotional learning is well articulate in a tidy and neat package using this educational technology tool.
2. Minecraft: Education Edition: it is one of the most accessible tools to teachers. Students' engagement in collaboration, learning, and creative thinking is excellent with this tool.
3. Adobe Photoshop Express: this is a photo editor that ranks at the top. It is useful for creative projects since it makes perfect pictures.
4. Google Arts and Culture: there is a vast amount of excellent unmatched, contextualized and curated art.
With the robust growth of technology in the education sector, 2018 has been sweet for students who have had access to educational technology tools such as the ones outlined below.
1. Insect learning: this tool enables a teacher to turn any page on the internet into a lesion.
2.Book creator: this is a fantastic tool that allows students to create, share, and publish online books.
3.Newseum: it does best for history and social studies subjects.
4.Sway: this is a uniquely designed platform that provides you with a dynamic presentation, which is almost cinematic with a feel of a digitalized modern website.
Edmodo: it is a learning management system that creates an interactive platform for parents, students, and other colleagues.
2.Kahoot: kahoot makes learning sweet and exciting. Students can answer multiple choice questions.
3.appearing on the screen of their teachers using their own devices. Marks award for speed and accuracy.
Educational technology tools have consistently improved learning both at the classroom level and personal studies for students.
Teachers are no longer burden with the time-consuming task of trying to engage students during lessons. We can only salute the innovators of numerous educational technology tools for such a brilliant development.


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It's a question all Burger King fans in Cheltenham have been asking - when will its new restaurant be open?
The fast food chain is revamping a unit in High Street, between Specsavers and David Clulow, and has teased the public with a sign in the window. It says 'When is burger king opening in Cheltenham' with 'MUST BE SOON' written underneath.
Gloucestershire Live asked Burger King when the shop would open but it was not able to tell us.
Now though, a worker at the site has indicated when the site will be open to the public.
He told our reporter it would be in February.
So that is something for Whopper fans to look forward to as we head into 2019.
Burger King had been at another site in High Street, close to the Regent Arcade, until it closed three years ago.


EZStrobe provides graphical and interactive model verification (debugging) by animating the graphical model representation within Visio. Using animation provides insight into how the model really works and increases our confidence that it is indeed correct. EZStrobe animation uses special graphical elements (such as counters) and attributes (such as color, line thickness, bold text, etc.) to represent the dynamic state of the simulation (e.g., the current content of queues and the number of ongoing activity instances) and the events that take place during simulation (e.g., when an instance of an activity starts or ends, when a queue receives resources, or when resources flow through links). ACD animation elements are described below.
Animation in EZStrobe is controlled through the EZStrobe Simulation Controller shown below. This controller appears only when an EZStrobe simulation is run, and then only if the Animate and enable breakpoints option is turned ON in the Model Options form.
The Begin button in the EZStrobe Simulation Controller starts the animation.
The visual speed of the animation depends on the position of the Animation Speed slider and can be decreased or increased while the animation is going on.
If checked, the Next event option pauses the animation at the next event. When the next event is reached, the simulation will pause immediately.
Notice that the Begin button changes to Continue, and the current simulation time is displayed below the progress bar. The Continue button allows a paused animation to resume running.
While an animation is paused, or after it has ended, it is possible to right-click any activity or Queue in the ACD (the network) and inspect the current values of most associated statistics.
The displayed statistics should always be up to date. In some rare instances it may be necessary to force an update by clicking the Update Node Statistics button.
A right-click on a Queue node brings up a context menu with queue statistics as shown on the left below.
A right-click on an Activity node, brings up a context menu with activity statistics as shown on the right below.
Keep clicking the Continue button.
Turn ON the Clock Advance option.
Turn ON the Time option.
This can be done whether the animation is ongoing or paused.
Turn OFF the Animate option.
Specify a future time and turn ON the Time option to pause when that time is reached.
Once the simulation is paused, it is possible to turn ON the Animate option, and (a) continue or (b) view the animation step-by-step as above.
Click the End Model button.
Changing any aspect of a model, such as editing the parameters of a Queue or Activity, while the simulation is running has no effect. Changes will be ignored until a new simulation run starts.
Note: If animation is of no interest, it is best to turn off the model option to Animate and Enable breakpoints prior to running the simulation, rather than to turn off the Animate option in the Simulation Controller. The simulation will run up to 10 times faster this way.
The visual elements of an EZStrobe animation are best explained by example using a small fragment of a paused ACD animation, such as the one below.
The thick red border on DumpBucket indicates that one of its instances is terminating.
The 20 on the top right shows the terminating instance's ID (the first intance has ID 0).
The 1/21 in the top middle indicates that DumpBucket currently has only 1 active instance (the one terminating) and that a total of 21 instances have existed since simulation began.
The blue thick border on SwingEmpty indicates that a new instance of SwingEmpty is starting (this happens while an instance of DumpBucket is terminating).
The 20 on the top left of the activity indicates the starting instance's ID (the first instance has ID 0).
The 0/20 in the top middle indicates that there 0 instances of SwingEmpty taking place (the one currently starting does not count until after its duration has been sampled), and that a total of 20 instances have existed since simulation started.
The thick line used for the link that connects DumpBucket to SlInTrk indicates that 2.5 resource units are being sent to the Queue.
The 5 at the top of SlInTrk indicates its current content (before the 2.5 units are received).
If the Continue button is pressed on the controller, this link's line thickness will return to normal, SlInTrk's border will turn thick, and the number on top will be updated to 7.5.


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"Consciously or unconsciously every being is capable of healing himself or others. This instinct is inborn in insects, birds, and beasts, as well as in man. All these find their own medicine and heal themselves and each other in various ways. In ancient days the doctors and healers learned much from animals about the treatment of disease.
 What is Spiritual Healing in Islamic Sufi Tradition?
Islamic sufi tradition is rich in the practice of spiritual healing. From earlier Biblical and Quranic apostles to Muhammad, the last messenger of God and then later passed down to sufi masters - spiritual healing has always been part of golden heritage and lineage of the sufis.
The Sufi healing method is an Islamic healing method using Divine spiritual power practiced exclusively by the Sufis for centuries. The basic principle in Sufi Healing is that the True Healer is God Himself, the Sufis only act as mediators.
The sufi healers are spiritual teachers within Islam and one of their responsibilities is to maintain and transmit the hidden, deeper knowledge contained in the Holy Qur'an. For the sufis, the supreme object of life is to serve and obey God, to emulate His divine attributes, and thereby to earn His pleasure. Among the service to humanity, that which the Sufis consider superior to most others is the healing of the sick. Their method is called the Sufi Healing (credit).
1. Faith - but not in the context of belief subset or theology which is mind-centric, but heart-centered faith and intuitive knowing, based on deep gnosis.
2. Sincerity - the quality that is connected to the yearning and calling of the human heart. Working on the inner heart, its polishing and getting rid of the rust.
and 3. Self-examination - deep look and recognition of the self, its shadow.
Sufi healing modalities involves with purification, breath work, rhythm, deep intuition, deep listening, presence and holy glance of the master, sacred words and its vibration.
Spiritual healing in sufi tradition acknowledge the Divine as The Highest Source of Healing and the healer works as a conduit between The Source of Healing and the one who needs healing. The very word "spiritual" in the context of spiritual healing refers to the divine nature of the energy, which comes from One Invisible, Unseen All Intelligent Source. The healing energy from This Source is available to all.
By its universal embrace Islam accepts all the enlightened beings, the messengers and prophets as God send. The Quran declares (2:285), "... make no distinction between one and another of His messengers." And among the chosen messengers and prophets sent over different period to humanity, one gift that was bestowed upon them was the ability to heal spiritually.
Sufi spiritual healers inherited the methods that God's messengers were using, and from one generation to another (through heart to heart transmission) have practiced these methods up to the present time. In the Islamic tradition, healers utilize both medicinal remedies and spiritual means. The spiritual techniques follow esoteric scientific principles which utilize the patient's latent energy and the power contained in the devotions and supplications and meditations of the prophets, messengers, and "wise men" of God.
Prophet Muhammad alluding to the inner heart once said, "Surely there is in the body a small piece of flesh; if it is good, the whole body is good, and if it is corrupted, the whole body is corrupted, and that is surely the heart." The center of human conscious is the inner heart. One of the main characteristics of sufi healers is that they work with this inner heart. Pir Murad, a sufi saint once commented, "Restoring one dead heart to the eternal life is better than restoring life to a thousand dead bodies." A great sufi master Bayazid al-Bistami said, "A single atom of God's love in one's heart is worth more than a hundred thousand paradises."
Prophet Muhammad was once in a session where he was curing people through spiritual methods when he was asked whether or not remedies should be sought from medicines. He said, "Yes, you must seek remedy from medicine, because whatever disease God has created in this world, He has also created its remedy as well. But there is one disease for which He has not created any remedy, which is old age (and death)."
Each and every prescribed Quranic verse has its unique healing property which differs from those of other verses. One of the major characteristics of sufi spiritual healing is the use of the healing properties of sacred verses of Quran. In the holy tradition, the Prophet Muahammad mentioned the healing properties of particular verses and sections (surah) of the Quran for different remedies.
1. Wayansurkum AAalayhim wayashfi sudoora qawmin mumineena.
"And God shall heal the inner heart of the believers."
2. Ya ayyuha alnnasu qad jaatkum mawAAithatun min rabbikum washifaon lima fee alssudoori wahudan warahmatun lilmumineena.
"Mankind! there has come to you a guidance from your Lord and a healing for your hearts, and for those who believe a guidance and a mercy."
3. Yakhruju min butooniha sharabun mukhtalifun alwanuhu feehi shifaon lilnnasi.
"There issues from within the bodies of the bee a drink of varying colors wherein is healing for mankind."
"And We sent down in the Quran such things that have healing and mercy for the believers."
"And when I am ill, it is God who cures me."
6. Qul huwa lillatheena amanoo hudan washifaon waallatheena la yuminoona.
"And declare that the Quran is a guidance and healing for the believers."
1. Allahumma rabba al-nnas adhhibi al-ba'sa ishfi anta al-sshafi la shifa'a illa shifa'ula shifa'an la yughadiru saqaman (O Allah, O Lord of Mankind, remove the affliction and send down cure and healing, for no one can cure but You; so cure in such a way that no trace of illness is left). - Whenever God's Apostle paid a visit to a patient, or a patient was brought to him, he used to recite this aforementioned prayer.
2. As'alu Allaha al-azem rabba al-'arshi al-azem an yashfiyane (I beseech Allah, the Great, Lord of the Mighty Throne, to heal me).
3. A'udhu bi izzati Allahi wa qudratihi mimma ajidu wa uhadhiru (I seek refuge and protection in the august might and power of Allah from the pain and illness I am suffering from and I am afraid of).
Peace and blessings be upon all the messengers and prophets of God. May the Source of all Healing heal you within and without. Allahu Shaafi. God is the Real Healer.
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Talk Radio Rules Blue Dog States
There's a showdown at the House Energy and Commerce Committee corral. Seven Blue Dog Democrat members are banding together, and if they don't get their way, they can gun down the health care bill.
The Blue Dog Seven are spooked by pressure from their constituents and recent polls that show American's approval of Obama's health care initiative has dropped below 50 percent for the first time.
Drive across the seven states they represent: Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio, Tennessee, and Utah, turn on your car radio, and you'll know why public opinion has changed. According to Pew research, 22 percent of Americans get their news from talk radio. And conservative talkers have been lying to their listeners about what's in the health care bill.
Lies from Sean Hannity like, "If you don't have private insurance the year that this bill is passed, you can't get that later on from your employer." Lies from Rush Limbaugh that the bill would "outlaw individual private coverage." Lies provided in talking points from the Republican National Committee like "Democrats are proposing a government controlled health insurance system, which will control care, treatments, medicines and even what doctors a patient may see."
Tell a lie often enough, and people will believe it.
And there is nobody there to call them on their lies. Nobody there to set the record straight. Nobody to push back against the propaganda that corporate radio promotes in its own political self interest. In the Blue Dog Seven states, just three stations broadcast any kind of progressive talk. Three progressive radio stations in seven entire states. But Sean Hannity "freely" prevaricates on dozens of radio stations; Rush Limbaugh deceives people on 98 in those seven states alone. 98 publicly owned frequencies where public debate comes second to selling ads for Snapple.
Special assistant to the President for Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy, Susan Crawford told Broadcasting and Cable magazine, "The administration understands the important role traditional terrestrial broadcasting continues to play."
Maybe they should be listening to FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, who says in Broadcast Blues, "If you're concerned about health care or you're concerned about the environment as your number one issue, fine, but a piece of advice from me, is you better make media reform your number two issue, because you won't get anywhere on number one without media reform."
Former Republican Senator Trent Lott had it right when he said Conservative Talk Radio is running the country. There needs to be a showdown, but it's the 1996 Telecommunications Act that should be gunned down.
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Swastikas appear on billboards for Democrats, store in Klamath Falls
Updated: Nov. 05, 2020, 4:02 p.m. | Published: Nov. 05, 2020, 4:02 p.m.
Klamath Falls swastikas
By Becca Robbins, Herald and News
At least two Klamath Falls billboards were vandalized with swastikas and symbols linked to white supremacists and neo-Nazi beliefs.
The green spray-painted graffiti was discovered the morning after Election Day on Main Street billboards for the Klamath County Democrats and Grocery Pub.
Multiple swastikas were painted on the billboards, as well as the numbers "1488." Those numbers are a common white supremacist symbol referencing a future for white children and an homage to Adolf Hitler.
According to the Anti-Defamation League, "the numbers form a general endorsement of white supremacy and its beliefs."
Klamath Falls Police Chief Dave Henslee said symbols like those on the signs will not be tolerated in the city. Once notified of the graffiti, he sent code enforcement to cover it up. If KFPD identifies the person responsible, Henslee said the person will be charged accordingly, likely with criminal mischief.
Klamath Falls Equity Task Force member Joey Gentry said the vandalism is an example to her of why it is necessary that the city consider a resolution to declare racial inequality a public health crisis in Klamath Falls. For those who don't experience racism on a daily basis, public displays of hate symbols are proof that racism does exist in the city, said Gentry.
"I hope that our community sees this as an opportunity to notify our councilors to take a personal stand against racism and oppressive actions," she said.
The timing of these symbols appearing the day after the election cannot be ignored, she said, noting her belief that people with racist tendencies have been emboldened by President Donald Trump.
She said she was physically sick when she heard about the hate symbols and that it serves as motivation to her to continue what she's doing, from activism with the equity task force to protesting racial inequality and police brutality downtown since May.
"I see it as both evidence and continued motivation to do the work that we're doing," Gentry said.
Gentry, a member of the Klamath Tribes, wasn't surprised that neo-Nazi beliefs exist in Klamath after her experiences protesting downtown. She said she's had people drive past her and other protesters and yell "white power" at her and her group.
"I've seen the escalation and the vitriol and the hatred that people in our communities view towards us," she said.
Although she knows there are racist beliefs in Klamath Falls, she said she's also been encouraged by the support she's received while holding her signs downtown.
Gentry said many people can agree that the spray-painted symbols are unacceptable; she hopes the vandalism will open up conversations about more subtle forms of racism that also need to be stopped.


Bud Light Esports is looking for some athletes. On Monday, the beermeisters announced that they would be joining the 21st century of sports entertainment by starting their first ever esports program. The program takes a similar approach to that of Red Bull, where individual esports pros will be highlighted and promoted.
Those selected to the Bud Light All-Stars program will host Twitch streams throughout the summer, participate in eSports events, and appear in a behind-the-scenes series from Machinima. Additionally, the Bud Light All-Stars will compete in a three-round elimination tournament at TwitchCon 2016 in October. Bud Light says this tournament will be "unlike anything seen before"; each round will feature "surprises," while there will be some level of community interaction, according to the press release.
This will all culminate in a contest held at Twitchcon 2016 in October, where the five pros will compete in a triple-elimination tournament to decide "which All-Star will have risen above the rest." How exactly they will determine that when the players play different games remains to be seen.


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"The term drone is thrown around in a haphazard manner these days. Originally, drone referred to an unmanned aircraft preprogrammed with a flight plan, in which the aircraft would fly in either a straight line or around in circles until the engine would run low on fuel, and then the drone would land.
A true unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, is preprogrammed prior to flight to do a specific set of tasks on a specific flight path. These are usually shaped like an airplane and are typically only used in military situations, with some exceptions of course.
- How is the drone controlled?
- How far can the drone fly before losing signal from the controller?
- What do you want to use your drone for?
- How long can the drone fly until it needs to refuel?
Další informace najdete v plném znění článku na výše uvedené adrese.
Článek na dané téma publikoval 23.březen 2015 "Eurodeník".
"Ať už dobrý nebo špatný, každý má nějaký názor na drony, malé bezpilotní letouny, které se dostávají v poslední době do popředí zájmu. Definice dronu se mnohdy liší, ale shodné je to, že se jedná o dálkově ovládaný stroj, který je využitelný v mnoha odvětvích. Zde je 10 nehod dronů, které nutí k ostražitosti vůči těmto strojům.
"Během kampaně Křesťanské a demokratické strany v září 2014 havaroval Parrot AR drone před německou kancléřkou Angelou Merkelovou. Bezpilotní letoun byl pilotovaný německým členem Pirátské strany jako způsob protivládního protestu. Nikdo nebyl zraněn a nic poškozeno, ale situace zvýšila obavy ohledně dalších takových útoků prostřednictvím dronu".
"From conceptualization to actual application, drone manufacturers have taken the theories of sci-fi movies and books and turned them into real-life applications, giving birth to the phenomenon of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Drone makers worldwide have been significantly influenced by the accelerated technological developments and advancements in the field of smart electronics."
"Predicted to play significant roles in business, civic, and military affairs, drones are at the forefront of a smart-generation technological shift. They capture the fancy of many, from hobbyists to surveyors, tech leaders, tech-savvy enthusiasts, tech investors and business and decision leaders worldwide."
"In this article by Business Insider's premium research service, BI Intelligence has covered some of the most recognized and famed global drone makers. It includes both established and startup companies, giving you an all-inclusive overview of the diverse, trending, and explosive industry of Miniature Pilotless Aircrafts."
"Below is a list of public and private companies that are the current biggest players in the drone industry."
"The drone mega-trend is here to stay and evolve. Almost every industry and field will be impacted by the presence and usage of drones in one way or the other in the coming future. "
Mark LaFay publikoval článek, zaměřený na ovládání / řízení dronu.
"Actually flying it! Controlling a drone can happen in a number of ways. First and foremost, you must understand how flight controls work.
At the basic level, your drone is equipped with a receiver. The receiver receives information that tells it what to do. You tell your drone what to do using a transmitter. Since the dawn of remote control flight, receivers and transmitters have communicated using radio frequencies (RF).
• GPS provides accurate position data for your drone. It also allows for some pretty slick auto pilot features.
• Wi-Fi provides the ability to transmit heavy amounts of data to and from the drone within a specific control radius.
• Bluetooth provides another method for transmitting information to and from the drone.
• 900Mhz/433Mhz provides longer range communication at a slower data rate.
The additional communication methods have opened the door to some pretty awesome drone flying features. Some drones have thrown out remote control with handheld transmitters and replaced them with smartphone and tablet controls. Flight controls are a major differentiator between drones and a very important feature to take into consideration when choosing a drone!"
"Most drones come with an RC transmitter. RC controls are very basic and typically only offer directional control. RC transmitters provide control of your drone for a much greater distance than a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection.
Most drones will come with an RC transmitter designed specifically for them, although RC transmitters can be interchangeable, so you can use a third party RC transmitter if you want. If you are going to use a third-party RC transmitter, make sure you verify that it is compatible with your drone or the matching receiver can be installed in your drone.
Your drone should come with documentation to specify which transmitters are compatible with it. If you can't find the information in your operating manual or online, then you may want to hold off on purchasing a transmitter. An incompatible transmitter will only be useful as a paper weight, or contemporary art." .... pokračování na výše uvedené adrese.
Silent Arrow delivery drone wins government military contract.
29 November 2017 byl publikován na portálu"suasnews" článek pojednávající o výběrovém řízení / test na vojenský dron.
· Reduce current resupply costs by an order of magnitude and not compromise the position of those being resupplied through noise or the need to recover or retain the delivery platform..."
Troch netradičně začnu citací poznámky, kterou napsal autor portálu "beginnerflyer" a autor toho ( a řady dalších ) článků: DAMIEN.
"Hi! My name is Damien. I created BeginnerFlyer.com to provide newbies with honest, straightforward, and insightful reviews on consumer RC drones. I also write tutorials and educational articles on the topic. The best way to reach me is to send an email to Damien@BeginnerFlyer.com. Thanks for stopping by!"
"In the following sections, you're going to learn everything you need to know about how to fly a drone. While the experts make it look easy, the truth is that flying a quadcopter for the first time can be quite a challenge! But don't worry, because you're going to learn all the steps, from A-Z, on how to successfully fly a quadcopter. And the best part is that you'll have complete control over your device. With that being said, let's get started!"
"Important Note: For the sake of the following tutorials, I'm going to assume that your transmitter is setup in the following fashion: the yaw and throttle are controlled by the left joystick, while the roll and pitch are controlled by the right joystick. Some transmitters are setup backwards to this configuration, which is why I thought I'd bring it up."
The left joystick controls "Yaw" and "Throttle". In other words, it allows you to fly your drone at a specific height, as well as rotate your drone along its central axis. Before we go on to talk about how to fly a drone, let's look at yaw and throttle a little more closely...."
"When learning how to fly a drone, one of the first things you need to master is the takeoff. After all, you can't much with your drone stuck on the ground!
Here are a few simple steps that you can follow to perform when learning how to fly a drone and taking off:..."
"The term "Hover" refers to a drone's ability to remain in a fixed position mid-air. As a beginner, achieving a steady hover will be a challenge. Fortunately, with enough practice, you'll have it mastered in no time!
To learn how to fly a drone, a hover it successfully, perform the following exercise: ...."
"Once you've become comfortable with taking off and hovering, it's time to graduate to a more complicated step – maneuvering your drone in a specific direction (don't worry, it's not that hard). When learning how to fly a drone, you're going to use the right joystick to control all left, right, forward, and backward movements. Here are a few simple steps that you can follow to learn how to fly a drone in the direction of your choosing: ...."
Things can get a little tricky when you're learning how to fly a drone and it's facing you. Why? Because all of the controls will be reversed: ...."
"A Beginner's Guide to Multirotor Systems & Flight Proficiency".
18 kapitol obsahuje návod "jak ovládat svůj dron", který najdete na portálu "uavcoach", s podtitulkem "A Beginner's Guide to Multirotor Systems & Flight Proficiency".
"In this guide, you'll learn how to fly a quadcopter (or any other multirotor drone).
Our goal is to give you a guide that will take out all of the guess work – from going through a pre-flight checklist, learning the controls, controlling your quadcopter's flight pattern, and even some advanced techniques."
Autorem knihy DRONY je: Stephan zu Hohenlohe, 160 stran, vazba lepená.
Komentář k ukázce připravuji. Odkaz bude publikován na tomto blogu (http://drony.akamonitor.cz ).
1.a 2. června 2018 budou v plzeňském areálu DEPO2015 k vidění stroje těch nejvýznamnějších výrobců dronů – DJI, Gryphon Dynamics, Robodrone Industry, Flydeo, Flyability Gimbal a další.
Připravuje se zábavný den pro celou rodinu. Nenechte si ujít jedinečnou show, které nemá v České republice obdoby.
Chcete se stát součástí DronFestu, jedinečné události, která nemá v České republice obdoby? Pak kontaktujte na e-mailu: cholinsky@plzen.eu.
Fintan Corrigan publikoval 11. 10. 2017 na portálu "dronezon" článek s názvem: "Quick Drone Parts Overview Along With Handy DIY Tips".
Plné znění článku najdete na adrese"
"All drone parts and components are vital for you to enjoy a smooth safe flying experience. Knowing the parts of a drone will give you extra confidence as a drone owner. You will know which components to inspect on a regular basis and the drone parts which are easy to replace or upgrade.
Knowing your drone components will also assist you greatly in getting to the bottom of any flying issues.
This article will provide you with a great overview of all the drone components you will find on a modern day consumer and professional drone.
The excellent diagram of the drone components and the listing of drone component parts comes from an article called anatomy of a drone by MakeZine. I have added extra information and explanations along with tips for each UAV component."
Fintan Corrigan publikoval 29. 5. 2017 na portálu "dronezon" velmi cenný článek na téma: "How Do Drones Work And What Is Drone Technology"
"Drone technology used in various popular Quadcopters. What is a drone and how do drones work is answered here in very easy to understand language. Drone technology is constantly evolving as new innovation and big investment is bringing more advanced drones to the market every few months. In this article, I will discuss UAV technology on one of the most popular drones."
"Unmanned aerial vehicle technology and science in the widest aspect covers everything from the aerodynamics of the drone, materials in the manufacture of the physical UAV, to the circuit boards, chipset and software which are the brains of the drone."
"In only a few months since writing this article, some new and highly advanced drones such as the DJI Mavic, Phantom 4 Pro and Inspire 2 have come to the market. The fast pace of drone technological innovation is tremendous. I've included these latest drone technology advancements in the below article. So it is right up to date including the links."
"A typical unmanned aircraft is made of light composite materials to reduce weight and increase maneuverability. This composite material strength allows military drones to cruise at extremely high altitudes. Drones are equipped with different state of the art technology such as infra-red cameras(military UAV), GPS and laser (military UAV). Drones can be controlled by remote control system or a ground cockpit."
"Below we examine the science and drone technology behind the DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ UAV. Another terrific article is a drone components overview. This gives you a breakdown of the individual components seen in most drones.
"Personally, I am much more interested and fascinated in the drone technology and its uses in everyday life to assist different businesses, professions and for the hobbyist. Up to a few years ago, quite a big of the technology from military drones made their way into the consumer and business drones."
"In the past 2 years, we have seen massive investment in drones especially in the business and consumer drone sector. Drone technology and innovation are really leaped forwarded in the past 2 years."
Cituji z textu článku:"The DOT is tasked with approving at least five projects" by Sean O'Kane 25. 9. 2017.
"President Trump will put a new program in place that could accelerate and increase the number of drone tests across the United States, according to a new memorandum released by the White House. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot program, as it's called, will allow US cities and states to partner with tech companies to draw up at least five trial programs around the country over the next three years. Each program will have to be reviewed by the Federal Aviation Administration."
"These trial programs could be used to test everything from delivering goods to night flights to flying drones beyond a pilot's line of sight to sense-and-avoidance technologies and more, according to the Department of Transportation."
HOW DO DRONES WORK AND WHAT ARE THEIR MAIN FEATURES?
In order to understand better how drones fly and work, we need to know something basic about the construction of a typical drone.
A drone is made from different light composite materials in order to increase maneuverability while flying and reduce weight. It can be equipped with a variety of additional equipment, including cameras, GPS guided missiles, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), navigation systems, sensors, and so on.
Most drones are ready-to-use, however, some people like building a drone themselves using kits.
When it comes to commercial drones for entertainment, they have a short control distance and can fly just a few minutes. On the contrary, the advanced drones which are used in the military or mapping are able to hover for hours in the air and be controlled from a great distance.
Drones are used in many areas and what's more, there is no end when it comes to their possibilities. Therefore, the areas of applications are numerous today and there is the growing use of drones all around the world.
In addition these main areas of application, drones are also used in engineering, construction and pre-construction work, aviation, maritime, marketing, real estate (both residential and commercial), insurance, utilities, mining, meteorology, education, and more. Today, many government agencies, private companies, and other institutions have their private drones.
Classification of the drones may sound impossible, due to the fact there are a lot of different models, with different features, sizes, and price. The only way we can classify them is by size.
Drones are extremely popular nowadays, however, their popularity is going to be increased in the near future.
Nowadays, drones are extremely popular and they have countless applications. However, in the future, they are going to be much better, so they will have even more applications. Even today, drones are used for transporting goods to remote locations, for surveillance and etc. In the future, we can expect to see drones that can do this much better.
Features that drones have now are going to be upgraded as well.
The materials, used in the manufacturing of drones are going to be changed as well. Paired with more efficient electric motors, future drones will fly longer and be able to reach higher speeds.
As you may believe, future drones will be used in surveillance, even more than today. Extremely small drones will be able to pass enemy lines and gain valuable information about the enemy army. "
Dronstagr.am je určený všem fanouškům létání s dronem. Na síti lze najít nepřeberné množství profesionálních i amatérských videí a fotografií, které ukazují svět z trochu jiné perspektivy. Nabízí neokoukané záběry na města, pláže, sopky, ale i svatbu.
Dechberoucí záběr zachytil na příklad uživatel DroneCopters, který se nebál s dronem vlétnout přímo nad kráter aktivní sopky na ostrově Réunion, aby zachytil nebezpečnou žhavou lávu přímo uvnitř sopky.


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The organiser of AVEX International, the Automatic Vending Association (AVA), has announced that the show will return to the NEC in 2017
AVEX International – the UK's largest biennial vending exhibition – was previously hosted at the NEC but relocated to Manchester in 2015. Following the move, feedback from visitors and exhibitors indicated that the NEC was on reflection the preferred location, resulting in the organiser's decision to return to Birmingham next year.
Commenting on the return, Rosie Mills, Exhibition and Events Manager for the AVA, said: "Whilst we had a great show in Manchester, we know that the NEC is the right venue for our event. The experience of our visitors and exhibitors is of utmost important to us, so when they told us that they found the NEC much easier to travel to because of its central location and accessibility, we listened. Our experience of working with the NEC has always been extremely positive; they have a brilliant team working behind the scenes so we know we will be in capable hands."
Since AVEX International was last at the NEC, there has been an exciting development on site, which Jenny Wright, Business Development Executive at the NEC, believes provides an added draw for organisers, visitors and exhibitors.
She said: "Resorts World Birmingham offers visitors to the NEC campus the opportunity to work, rest or play outside the hours of an exhibition on site, which wasn't an option when AVEX International was last hosted here. We know that everyone involved in the show is really excited about experiencing this new element to our offering for the first time. We look forward to welcoming them all back and are confident that we can help deliver the biggest and best show yet."
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Julia Volchkova - Moments In Time
Edd Norval
People retreat from the world, the hustle and bustle, the bops and beeps, ringtones and sirens, in the hope of finding something. Not many people know what exactly it is, and that isn't really important. The fact is, solitude is seen as the path. For Julia Volchkova, born in the heart of Siberia, finding herself far away from the world was an everyday reality and in her paintings, it shines through in her deeply meditative style.
Nizhnevartovsk looks like a typical Soviet city. Bleak, concrete, lacking any real sense of cultural expression. Yet, her outlook and expressive style seems deeply indebted to the land she grew up in. While it may stifle many - it will also set some free.
Transcendence is that 'unknown' that many people seek, even though they might not know it as that, or know anything about it at all. Choosing to paint figures that are deeply spiritual, either by their garb, expression or just overall presence, Volchkova too seeks transcendence through her images - from her home, from earthly confines, from daily life.
Some people are happy to return to the same seat at the same bar, day after day. Others, by mistake or design, force themselves to look further afield. From the heart of Siberia comes these paintings that are like vivid snapshots, the kind you'd see on Time or National Geographic covers, imbued with a sense of unreality and imagination. They're the work of a dreamer who dared to dream and whose dream the world wanted more of.
Isolation was a gift for her. Now, living and working in an interconnected world, Volchkova's message reflects the changing circumstances of her life. On her philosophy she said, "My purpose of creating street art is to build connections among the people around the world and tell them to be kinder, more open-hearted and helpful to each other."
It is Asia that seems to have most deeply captivated Volchkova, with many of her artworks appearing there and many aspects of Asian culture, of which she has extensively researched, appearing in her work. It is these experiences, gained through travel, that have reinforced her own artistic perspective and personal worldview, shaping a holistic and unique voice that permeates her street art.
Volchkova's message is powerful, especially in a post-modern era where everything has a label - a phenomena that is said to celebrate our differences, yet only exaggerates them. Rather than add to this discourse, she has chosen to bask in the things that draw us together, the things that go well beyond cultural practices or superficial features. Her paintings aim to tell a universal story, one that we are all a part of.
Peter Howson - Living Horror
Peter Howson's depictions of life and living are often seen as grotesque - but it's more than just how they look.
Vesod - Futurism For Now
Vesod combines his familial heritage with academic thought in order to create his exploratory murals.
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Mohamed L'Ghacham captures intimate family moments that we've never seen, yet feel familiar.


Poetic text today, in an era of interdisciplinary connections, may seem a stagnant phenomenon. Avant-garde poetic practice opens up the experience of contiguous art forms, while versification itself undergoes notable changes. A familiar poem may converge with other genres directly and can implicitly borrow their technique and optical effects. New Chinese poetry is particularly susceptible to the influence of the latest concepts of modern art. It gives enough material for contextualizing it while considering other forms of culture and avant-garde practice. Such contextualization can apply an analysis paradigm for performative word art as developed by Tomáš Glanc in the context of Czech and Russian neo-avant-garde. It perceives experimental poetry as one performing a word shift thus making the word labile. Avant-garde strategies encompass intervention, transgression, construction of new relations between word and image, exploration of the text's corporeality and its esoteric dimension, work with its spatial dimensions, double or triple coding. Examples of this phenomena abound in Greater China in the works of Ouyang Jianghe, Yang Xiaobin, Ouyang Yu, Xia Yu, Chen Li, Xu Bing, Wuqing, Xiao An and many other experimental artists. Their creative use of word shift principles shows how performative strategies are adapted in contemporary Chinese poetry keeping in mind the specific hanzi (character) medium that constitutes their basis. It seems both a continuation of a long-existing tradition and a radical exploration of 'iconic turn' in the field of language.
Over the past few decades, the advancement of various new technologies has reshaped contemporary Chinese art. From the first video artwork created by Zhang Peili in 1988, contemporary Chinese art engaging with new technologies, such as 3D printing and head-tracking tech, provides variant ways of our interaction with new sciences, technologies, and other forms of matter, yet has been underappreciated. What is the signification of technologies applied in contemporary Chinese art? How technologies effect on the development of contemporary Chinese art? How technologies reshape the relationship between artists and their social conditions?
To answer these questions, the paper will focus on analysing artwork created by Zhang Peili since the 1980s. It will investigate the different methods in which contemporary Chinese artists have deployed new technologies of body representation. It will argue that Zhang produces a wider social spectrum to deconstruct the society by communicating with newly-emergent technologies that bridge video, installation and performance. I will point out how Chinese new media artists develop artistic approaches of digital technologies to explore new possibilities of presenting artists' individual subjectivities in reaction to the social landscapes where dramatic changes are occurring.
In a transcultural perspective, the paper will connect Merleau-Ponty's idea of the body within phenomenology of perception with Guanzi's Daoist conception of the body. I will show how Chinese contemporary artists communicate with technology and the strategies it re-constructs our bodies.
This paper examines the heteronormativity reproduced through the performative-installation and video Sperm, 2006, by female artist Xiao Lu and the erasure of the female and feminized body in the later work of male artist Ma Liuming, using a lens of biopower (Foucault, 1976, 1977, 1980).
In 2006 in a group exhibition at the Kanga Hotel, Yan'an, PRC, contemporary artist Xiao Lu asked male audience members to participate in her performative-installation by donating their sperm in order that she could undergo IVF treatment. The installation comprised empty vessels and a silver refrigerator ready to receive donations. No-one participated. She documented the emotional debates that the installation prompted between artists, gallery staff, the public and herself beginning in the gallery and continuing into the evening in a hotel room. The gallery-based performance and its documentation are both parts of her artwork titled, Sperm, 2006. With this work she presents herself as a woman who is produced by the dominant discourse constructing women as 'reproducers' (Greenhalgh, 2010:40) but also resists biopolitical control (Foucault, 1976, 1977, 1980), aiming to challenge the regulation of births that prevents her as a single woman from accessing IVF treatment in the PRC. The second part of this paper, compares Xiao Lu's 'woman' to the disappearance of the female body and feminized persona of male artist Ma Liuming (Fen Ma Liuming) in his more recent work. In this analysis, Ma (often characterised as having a transgender performance persona) can be understood as reproducing a form of heteronormativity in China. The artist uses his masculinity and his ejaculating body to construct himself as part of an ongoing – male – bloodline that actually renders the female body invisible.


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Happiness Deconstructed
Andrew Siegel, MD Blog #104
What causes us to experience the emotion of happiness? Certainly, under the right set of circumstances, our bodies release a "cocktail" of "happy" chemicals including serotonin, dopamine, endorphins and numerous other elusive mediators of the mysterious mind-body connection. But what is the root source of this reaction—what sets this biochemical cascade of happiness into motion?
There have been several recent articles on the subject of happiness in the New York Times—Gary Gutting and Elizabeth Weil have both opined on the determinants of happiness. Reading them has provoked me to wax philosophical on the topic
I begin with a quote from Martha Washington that I believe to be factual: "The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions and not our circumstances." Every human has a happiness set point that is probably largely genetic in basis. When "favorable" events occur and the "threshold" is surpassed, our happiness sense is triggered; with "unfavorable" occurrences, the threshold is not achieved and not only is happiness not triggered, but unhappiness may be prompted.
We bring that set point (disposition) into any and every situation that we face. For example, when I recently found out that my daughter (who is completing her junior year in college) was accepted into a paid summer internship program in the field in which she desires to work (marketing/fashion), I was elated, both from the practical standpoint of her obtaining a solid position aligned with her career desires, but also from the vantage point of my being happy for no other reason than because of her being happy. The Yiddish term "naches"—meaning happiness at another's success—was brought into play here. On the other hand, when earlier this week I received a letter from a lawyer about a copyright infringement based upon two Google images that I used for my educational videos and blogs, I became quite distraught and unhappy, and felt a sullen heaviness of my jaw line, blunting any possibility of a smile.
As Gary Gutting articulated in his New York Times article, there are a number of factors that determine our happiness or lack thereof, and I will highlight them in boldface. Happiness typically demands that we are sufficiently free of physical and emotional suffering. I deem this to be largely true, with rare exceptions, as some remarkable people even in the most dire of circumstances—such as being confined to a concentration camp or being severely physically compromised—are able to maintain happiness and meaning in their lives. There is much wisdom in the words of Nietzsche: He who has a 'why' to live for can bear almost any 'how.'
Luck certainly plays a prominent role in determining our happiness—the good fortune to be healthy and to be born into a family of reasonable means that can provide basic necessities. Although money cannot buy happiness, it can buy food, shelter, medications and security, all of which can help us to be rendered free of suffering. As my father's friend Stuart Goldsmith stated so succinctly with regard to money: "It's not so good with as it's bad without." In other words, as desirable as it is to have means, it is even more desirable to avoid not having means.
Pursuing meaningful and fulfilling work that is satisfying to both the individual and society at large is an important determinant of happiness. Unfortunately, there are many meaningful and fulfilling sources of work that do not provide a sufficient means of earning an adequate living, many of these occupations being in the creative arts. On the other hand, there are many sources of work that provide sufficient means to earn an adequate living, but are unfulfilling—what comes to mind are the many unhappy lawyers I know of who have left the profession for more satisfying work. The challenge is to find work that provides both meaning and sufficient means. Although much of my work can be routine, repetitive and even monotonous at times, my profession certainly brings me moments of great human connection where I have been able to truly help someone in terms of his or her quality and quantity of life, and making such a difference brings with it a heady sense of happiness and satisfaction.
I'm not sure of the source from which I co-opted the following lines, but I appreciated it enough to have it framed and displayed in my office. It is a parable about one's personal sense of the meaning of their work experience. Three stonecutters building a cathedral in the 14th century were interviewed regarding their work. The first stonecutter replied with bitterness that he is cutting stones into blocks, a foot by foot by three quarters of a foot. With frustration, he describes a life in which this is done over and over, and will continue to do it until he dies. The second stonecutter is also cutting stones into blocks, a foot by foot by three quarters of a foot, but he replies in a somewhat different way. With warmth, he tells the interviewer that he is earning a living for his beloved family; through this work his children have clothes and food to grow strong, and he and his family have a home, which they have filled with love. But it is the third man whose response gives us pause. In a joyous voice, he tells us of the privilege of participating in the building of this great cathedral, so strong that it will stand as a holy lighthouse for a thousand years. Clearly, one's perspective and disposition can affect one's sense of happiness.
Human connection and love is a sine qua none for happiness: our spouse, our children, other family members, and friends. It is in the company of others that we are often most happy, although we need to be reasonably intrinsically happy in order to be happy in others' presence.
Pleasure—defined as immediate gratification of one or more of the five physical senses (but also aesthetic feelings directed towards art, beauty and nature)—is an obvious determinant of happiness. In my opinion, pleasure is not so much derived from things and possessions as it is from activities and experiences. In the words of Graham Hill: "Intuitively, we know the best stuff in life is not stuff at all, and that relationships, experiences and meaningful work are staples of a happy life."
The "little things" that pique my senses (sensual happiness) provide more "happiness fuel" than possessions such as a fancy car or jewelry including, for example, the following: a bike ride on a beautiful and sunny afternoon with birds chirping and the fragrance of honeysuckle; walking on the beach seeing and hearing the waves crash at your feet while inhaling the scent of the sea and hearing the gulls; rolling on the carpet frolicking with my English Springer Spaniel; a great massage; reading an engaging book; laughing; watching a movie lying on the couch in comfortable well-broken in jeans and a cozy old sweatshirt with my leg intertwined with my wife's; a very early weekend morning on a gray and sullen, Seattle kind of winter day, clacking away on my computer keyboard, articulating my thoughts into the written word while my family sleeps safely and peacefully upstairs; drinking a St. Pauli Girl beer from a frosty mug when I'm so thirsty that my mouth is parched; listening to beautiful music; watching my youngest daughter sing and perform; hitting a perfect, soft approach shot on the green; crafting a delicate drop shot on the tennis court; etc.
What can make many of us happiest is when we can overcome an issue or circumstance that previously made us very unhappy. I digress with a short anecdote to illustrate this point. I am a recreational doubles tennis player who participates in a U.S.T.A. league. Several years ago, my team won first place in the men's 4.0 league in Bergen County and had to compete against the first place team in Essex County in order to determine who would go to the regional play-offs in Syracuse. When I arrived at the outdoor courts in Essex County, I was introduced to our two opponents. One player had been on the doubles team that had beaten my doubles team 6-0, 6-0 the previous year. The other opponent was an aggressive, incredibly unpleasant plaintiff's attorney who had represented a party that had sued me in a medical malpractice case that went to trial on two occasions; I had prevailed in both of them but, nonetheless, they had proven a source of great frustration, anger and annoyance for me. I didn't recognize him at first, but it soon became readily apparent who he was. So, my opponents were a player who embarrassingly "double-bageled" us on a previous occasion and a vicious, relentless plaintiff's attorney who had caused me indescribable angst. The match became much more than a match, and in a grueling victory of 6-4, 6-4, our win became the deciding match in propelling our team to the regional matches. I was hyper-focused and single-minded, as the need for that win became of exaggerated, all-consuming importance and the victory never tasted sweeter or brought me a greater sense of happiness and justified retribution and redemption for all that had gone before. It was with the greatest of delight that evening when I sent off an email to the attorney, informing him that it was an absolute pleasure having prevailed in both the court of law as well as the tennis court…yes, I am perhaps guilty of a little schadenfreude.
I end this composition with a quote from Viktor Frankl that nicely sums up some of the salient features of happiness: "Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen: you have to let it happen by not caring about it."
And yes, you may have gleaned something about my general feelings about lawyers!
Andrew Siegel, M.D.
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Stress and fatigue impact on patient safety. Staff experience stress when they feel unable to cope with work demands or the work environment. Stress impacts productivity, to the detriment of physical or mental health (1).
Accumulated hours and non-standard shift patterns can contribute to errors. Time pressures in places with lower staffing levels can lead to "missed care" (Ball 2013). Nurses are often in situations where they must conceal their emotional state. They may have little routine support for this "emotional labour"(2).
Some organisations have devised programmes, and changed staffing patterns to reduce fatigue (3).
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has developed a healthy workplace toolkit to support health care employers and RCN workplace representatives .
The indicators in the toolkit can be used to carry out a health check of workplace practices and identify areas for improvement. The toolkit also provides organisations with a range of signposts to sources of help to support making improvements.
1. RCN (2015) The case for healthy workplaces. Healthy workplace, healthy you.
2. Sawbridge and Hewison (2011). Time to care? Responding to concerns about poor nursing care (PDF 146KB). University of Birmingham. Health Services Management Centre.
3. Scott LD et al. (2010) An interventional approach for patient and nurse safety: a fatigue countermeasures feasibility study, Nursing Research, 59(4) Jul-Aug, pp.250-258.


Yoga is a known stress buster, but it's also one of the most effective workouts for fighting stubborn fat stores, especially the ones that crop up after age 40.
Most weight gain is not simply a matter of too many calories taken in for the calories spent. Most weight gain is just symptomatic of serious underlying causes. When each of the eight areas of health listed in this article become out of balance, then these tend to be the major causes weight gain.
But successful weight loss isn't only about the physical, there's the mental aspect, too. In fact, these aspects of yoga could be the most potent for weight loss.
Yoga helps us mentally unwind by assisting to lower the hormones that are released in the body when we're stressed. Stresse is, unfortunately, a chronic state of being for many, especially in our cities. Studies have shown that when we're stressed out, angry or upset we tend to engage in "food-seeking behaviour", and most of us don't make the most sensible food choices in those situations, reaching for the chips instead of an apple. The body takes all those extra kilojoules and distributes them as fat in the abdomen, contributing to weight gain and increasing our risk of disease.
Yoga could inspire you to become a more conscious eater, choosing healthy, natural foods which fuel your body's energy. Paying attention to the body's signals on your yoga mat, and distinguishing these from your thoughts and emotions, can help you listen to your body's rhythm of when to eat and how much, as well as help build your intuition in other moments of your day.
Poor food choices, opting for convenience over nutrition, often contribute to weight gain. Becoming aware of the present moment and practising mindfulness can help you enjoy every bite of food creating a sense of fulfilment, instead of grabbing anything on the go thereby leaving yourself feeling unsatisfied.
Yoga can help you make changes in your life and importantly, sustain and support those changes. The ancient yogis have a word, tapas which is Sanskrit for "heat", and refers to the fire, discipline and dedication that fuels the practise of yoga.
This principle can be extended to the rest of your life to overcome inertia or dullness and change dysfunctional, self-sabotaging habits. You may find that without making a particular effort to change things, you start to eat better, exercise more, or are finally able to keep off excess weight.
1.Surya Namaskar: Suryanamaskar can do to your body what months of dieting cannot. And it can do to your mind what no spiritual discourse can. Read more about Sun Salutation.
2.Warrior Pose: Begin in High Lunge with your right leg forward. If you are in correct stance, your right knee should be directly over your right ankle. Your right toes should point straight ahead and your left toes should be pointed 45-60 degrees away from your body.
Make sure your right heel is in line with your left heel, then engage your legs by pressing through your feet. Bring your hands to your hips, squaring your hips and shoulders straight ahead. Then, relax your shoulders down your back and gently draw them together.
3.Cobra Pose: Lie on your stomach with your toes flat on the floor and forehead resting on the ground.
Learn more yoga beneficial yoga poses from Art of Living website.