Folks drawn to the substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery field tend to be a humble lot. We shy from drawing attention to the strong work we do. It's important for others to shine that light on us, so the community can see the many positive aspects of addiction work. APNC members, it's time to take advantage of an opportunity to recognize and reward your hard working colleagues, influencers, and peers. Nominations for the Norbert Kelly, Outstanding Program, New Professional, and Outstanding Recovery Ally awards are open.
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Official: Mauro Icardi Completes Permanent Move to PSG From Inter Milan
By Ed - 31 May 2020, 15:47
The worst kept secret in football was finally announced on Sunday. Mauro Icardi signed a contract with Paris Saint-Germain that will keep him at the club until June 30, 2024.
The news was posted on PSG's official website and while the details of the contract were left out by the club, journalists made that information public.
#ICARDI2024
⚽💪 @MauroIcardi 2⃣0⃣2⃣4⃣ pic.twitter.com/TT8UHGR8jY
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) May 31, 2020
According to RMC Sport, PSG and Inter Milan agreed on a fee of €50 million-plus a €5 million bonus. This is actually slightly less than what was reported just a few days ago but still makes Icardi the fifth-most expensive transfer in Ligue 1 history.
⚠ #PSG and Inter have come to an agreement over a deal for Mauro Icardi, RMC are reporting.
Fee = €50m + €5m bonus.
Clubs had until today to come to an agreement over the Argentine with respect to his loan agreement.
— Robin Bairner (@RBairner) May 31, 2020
Icardi spent the 2019-20 season at PSG on loan from Inter Milan. He scored 20 goals in 31 appearances and while his goalscoring did fade in the second half of the season, the opportunity to sign a player of his quality for that low of a transfer fee was too good to pass up.
Icardi's loan initially had a €70 million option to buy clause, so even with the bonus, Leonardo, PSG's sporting director, manager to negotiate a €15 million discount. That money can now be used to strengthen the squad elsewhere.
Unfortunately, the news of Icardi signing almost certainly spells the end of Edinson Cavani's career at PSG as he's out of contract as of June 30, and hasn't received an extension yet. The club's all-time leading scorer will be looking for a new team once the transfer window opens.
Edi's kid just heard the news about Icardi staying. #psg https://t.co/vlGNecEsmK
— PSG Tourist (@PSGTourist) May 31, 2020
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This weekend I was going through old videos on the computer, and decided to upload a few. The first couple are of Dublin and London (well, you can't see London, but she's there!) when they were still little kittens. I forget how small they used to be!
And the third video is of the mice we had before the cats, Moo and Molly. They were good little mice.
Wow, is that first one from a phone cam?
Your cats are awfully cute.


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Cryptosat and Protocol Labs Collaborate to Take Cryptography to Space
Macy's and Marks & Spencer's-Backed Platform Debuts to Bring Fashion Brands to the Metaverse
Interchain NFTs are Here: Chinese Culture Studio Rongbaozhai NFTs Successfully Transferred from BSN Open Permissioned Blockchain (OPB) to OpenSea Marketplace
Minterest To Be Deployed On Moonbeam, Furthering Its Vision of Creating a Fairer, More Inclusive DeFi System
Agoric Launches Mainnet Following $32M Private Sale and 100+ Validators to Build JavaScript Smart Contracts For Web3
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Jul 15, 2021, 08:30 ET Mass Exodus from China by Cryptocurrency Miners a Plus for U.S. Companies
July 16, 2021 Brandnew David
NEW YORK, July 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — There is little debate that the crackdown on cryptocurrency mining in China has significantly disrupted the markets and dampened sentiment towards digital currencies. What is more open for discussion is the rationale undergirding Beijing's mandates to shutter the vast majority of its cryptocurrency miners, companies using warehouses of computers guzzling electricity to solve complicated math problems integral to the process of creating new coins and keeping the immutable digital ledger of transactions known as the blockchain. Ahead of the crackdown, 50-60% of all crypto mining activity transpired in China. A top producer of greenhouse gas emissions, Chinese provinces are under directives to slash pollution, for which crypto mining is a contributor. There is also speculation that the People's Bank of China wants to be the first developed nation with its own digital currency, which would mean it doesn't want to compete with Bitcoin. Regardless of the motivation, sweeping legislation has ordered miners out of the country, which will be a boon for the U.S. and Canadian cryptocurrency markets going forward. That's good news for companies such as ISW Holdings Inc. (OTC: ISWH) (Profile), which specializes in mining and portable, renewable-energy powered mining centers. Outside of the mining realm, the China-induced drip also provides an opportunity for companies that embrace, support and accept crypto, such as Overstock.com Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK), PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL), MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR) and Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN).
North America is forecast to become the largest cryptocurrency mining market following about 90% of China's mining capacity being eliminated.
ISWH recently finalized a land lease development deal to move forward with the first phase of a planned 100-megawatt (MW) crypto mining project on a seven-acre parcel of land in Georgia.
The first phase will include at least 20 MW installed across 20 of the latest iterations of Bit5ive's POD5 units, a development expected to generate $10 million in revenue annually.
When at full capacity, the ISWH project is forecast to create $100+ million in revenue each year.
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China Hands North America Crypto-Mining Dominance
Interest in Bitcoin investment and mining has accelerated over the last decade. Understandably so, considering Bitcoin prices have climbed from $1 in April 2011 to $157 in 2015 to a high of $64,859 in April 2021. Currently, miners receive 6.25 Bitcoin for every new block that they mine. With that type of payout, competition has become fierce, as demonstrated by a spike in hashrate, the industry term for the total amount of global computing power mining Bitcoin. However, China's government orders caused a nosedive in hashrate, which recently hit a one-year low as miners in the country were forced to pull the plug on operations.
While non-Chinese miners hustle to capitalize on less competition, Chinese miners head to other countries and look to get back in the game. Almost certainly, hashrate will climb in the coming months as new mining centers are energized. China's mining capacity being cut by 90% is only transitory as miners relocate, including some experts predicting that North America will replace Asia as the largest crypto mining market.
ISW Holdings Inc. (OTC: ISWH) is a diversified holding company specializing in early-growth companies with a portfolio that includes renewable energy, spirits, a healthcare division focused on telemedicine, and a partnership with Bengala Technologies to develop new products for supply chain management. In 2020, ISW Holdings forged a joint venture with Bit5ive LLC, bringing digital currency and crypto-mining support services to ISWH's portfolio for the purpose of mining cryptocurrency with a net zero carbon impact. As it went, the timing was perfect against the backdrop of the Chinese exodus, mining opportunity and demand for green mining technologies.
Bit5ive is an official distribution partner of Bitmain, the industry-leading fabless manufacturer of computing chips and distributor of Antminers (a wildly popular cryptocurrency mining computer) to more than 30 countries in Latin America, Central America and the Caribbean. In addition to a portfolio of mining equipment and management services, Bit5ive has also developed and markets POD5 mining centers and Power Skid 2.5. Cumulatively, POD5 and Power Skid 2.5 offer miners the most efficient crypto-mining infrastructure available today.
Millions in Bitcoin Coming from PA
The JV between ISWH and Bit5ive was initiated in May 2020, and by December, the mining facility in western Pennsylvania was set in motion. The project, which includes Bit5ive technology and Bitmain Antminer s17 units, has been advanced in spite of unprecedented headwinds related to COVID-19 and booming demand for mining equipment. Hashing, or mining operations, are expected to start imminently, according to Bit5ive founder Robert Collazo, as final tweaks are made to optimize operations.
While every miner would surely like to see Bitcoin prices back up near their record high, the price of the crypto is not a deal breaker for mining operations at ISWH. According to ISWH president and chair Alonzo Pierce, management's analysis indicates that the Pennsylvania operations can run profitably even with Bitcoin down in the "low 20k's." Bitcoin currently is trading near a support level around $32,000, leaving plenty of headroom for net income.
The Bit5ive team has made adjustments to raise the hashrate at the Pennsylvania unit to 54,000 terahashes per second. At that rate, it is estimated that the facility will complete enough blocks to produce $500,000 monthly, or about $5.8 million on an annualized basis, in revenue. Collazo, a seasoned vet in the mining space, understands that mining requires constant refinements to maximize efficiency and hashrate, which Pierce says will translate proportionately to reducing operational expenses.
Hockey Stick Revenue Growth
On July 7, 2021, ISWH hit a milestone as it finalized a land-lease development agreement granting the company unabated use of seven acres of land in Georgia. The property was selected specifically because of its ideal setup for crypto mining, including access to energy resources necessary for ISWH to scale the project to more than 100 megawatts (MW) of mining capacity. During the first phase, ISWH intends to deploy about 20 MW of energy to power 20 of the newest generations of Bit5ive POD5 units.
Initially, the project is expected to generate $10 million in revenue per annum. In subsequent phases, the project will be scaled to more than 100 MW, which should qualify ISWH as a "top-five" crypto miner by volume, according to Pierce. At that point, annual revenue is forecast to top $100 million.
The ISWH chief says the mass departure from China has companies reaching out to his team. "We are already fielding calls from mining firms seeking a new home. We are now equipped to handle this at scale. We have the power!" exclaimed Pierce in the news release on the new land agreement.
The POD5 Advantage
Bit5ive is bringing mobility to its cutting-edge POD5 units, which upon a quick glance resemble a classic cargo container. Of course, the units are much more, including thermal management systems and customizable Bitmain computer configurations — all powered by renewable energy sources. Wrapped up in one neat package of high-strength steel, the units have additional benefits where other mining farms may not be able to compete, such as flexibility in installation location, ability to withstand harsh conditions and faster build out or relocation.
Originally developed four years ago, Bit5ive launched a third generation of its POD5 last year. ISWH's partner is on a mission to increase its POD5 operations more than 13-fold this year. The company intends to put 28,000 new miners into operations and add 100 new POD5s to its portfolio, up from eight in 2020, by the end of December 2021.
In a bid to increase revenue and profitability, ISWH and Bit5ive will be sharing their resources and processing power with a group of other miners. A crypto co-op of sorts, "mining pools" are growing in popularity where companies work collectively over a network, an emerging trend resulting from depreciating risk/reward profiles in mining. There are many strong pools to consider, including Bitmain's Antpool, said Collazo in a recent Waypoint Podcast, but the plan is absolutely to join a collective.
Consolidation Always an Opportunity
Only around for a decade or so, the cryptocurrency market is going to be volatile as it experiences growing pains. China may be down on Bitcoin for now, but the free capital markets have strongly embraced it, lending credence to the notion that crypto isn't going anywhere. Pullbacks are part of a healthy market and almost always treated as opportunities as a further vote of confidence for the future of the market.
Overstock.com Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK) has undergone a massive surge in value since bottoming at $2.53 in March 2020 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic to around $100 today. The retailer not only benefited from the e-commerce boom during lockdowns but also from its long-running investment in blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies. OSTK CEO Jonathan Johnson has been a vocal advocate of these technologies, with Overstock a first mover in accepting cryptocurrency payments and launching Medici Ventures to support upstarts focused on blockchain advancements.
PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) has been another pioneer in cryptocurrency, launching services that allow its users to easily buy, sell, hold and transact with crypto. Through its platform, PayPal users can invest in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin. PYPL has also made it so users of its popular mobile wallet Venmo can buy and sell these cryptos. Retail investors flooded PayPal in November, reportedly buying up to 70% of all newly created Bitcoin as the coin was spiking from under $14,000 to near $20,000.
MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR) is the largest independent, publicly traded business intelligence company. It is probably better known as one of the most aggressive buyers of Bitcoin in the world. In June, MicroStrategy bought approximately 13,005 more Bitcoins for approximately $489 million in cash at an average price of approximately $37,617 per bitcoin, inclusive of fees and expenses. As of June 21, 2021, MicroStrategy holds an aggregate of approximately 105,085 Bitcoins.
Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN), a leading cryptocurrency exchange, went public via a direct listing in April 2021. The uptake of cryptocurrencies by retail investors is easily measured by Coinbase, which has seen its user base grow from 32 million in 2019 to 43 million in 2020 to 56 million in April. The company, which serves as a crypto wallet, happens to be the partner of Overstock.com to make cryptocurrency purchases possible for Overstock customers. During the first quarter of 2021, Coinbase reported $1.8 billion in revenue, up from $585 million in the previous quarter, and $771 million in net profit, up from $177 million in Q4 2020.
There's no doubt that China shook the crypto markets in recent months, and while the movement may rattle some companies and investors, it will be looked at as serendipitous by others that recognize cryptocurrencies are here to stay. Indeed there will be a shifting of the landscape as miners fly and boat towards North America, which will be one more market segment where investors can be looking for opportunities as the burgeoning markets evolve.
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Key Scientific Research Base of Technique of Traditional Wooden Architecture State Administration for Cultural Heritage China
Current location:homepage Resource Base Construction Key Laboratory of Urban and Architectural Heritage Conservation of Ministry of Education China
The Urban and Architectural Heritage Conservation at Southeast University is the key laboratory of the Minister of Education in China. Sustained by the School of Architecture, School of Civil Engineering, School of Material, School of Environment and School of Humanity of SEU, the main basis of the laboratory is two national important disciplines of the School of Architecture – Architectural History and Theory and Architectural Design and Theory. The organization of the laboratory started from 2008, and has operated openly in 2012.
The Laboratory represents the achievement of long term researches on related issues in urban and architectural history, theory, practice and education of SEU. Southeast University was set up in 1902. Its School of Architecture built up in 1927 is the first architectural school in higher education of China, and has been in a leading position ever since. From the very beginning when it was established, it has paid attention to researches and practice in urban and architectural heritage conservation, which has become the legacy and tradition of the School, and has acquired outstanding outcomes in practice, researches and education.


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package com.kelvem.common.database.base;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.util.List;

public abstract class DataBaseSession {

	public DataBaseSession(){
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	}

	public DataBaseSession(ConnectionProperty property){
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	public abstract void open();

	public abstract void close();

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Allison Janney Joins MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN
Post author By Nat, the Geek Girl
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Allison Janney has signed on to play Jacob's psychiatrist in the movie adaptation of Ransom Riggs' novel.
MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN has added yet another powerhouse cast member! Award-winning actress Allison Janney has signed on for the role of Dr. Golan, Jacob's psychiatrist who suspects he's peculiar and actually means him much more harm than good.
Dr. Golan is male in Ransom Riggs' book, but the author has no qualms about the change:
Casting news! Now we have the amazing @AllisonBJanney as Jacob's psychiatrist, Dr. Golan. (Bam, gender switch!) So thrilled she's on board!!
— Ransom Riggs (@ransomriggs) March 5, 2015
MISS PEREGRINE'S tells the story of Jacob, a teen who finds himself on a mysterious island where he discovers he is a "peculiar" with special powers. With the help of the titular protector Miss Peregrine, he must work to protect himself and the other peculiars living on the island.
Tim Burton will direct the adaptation, which also stars Asa Butterfield, Eva Green, Samuel L. Jackson, and Ella Purnell.
Janney stars on the CBS sitcom MOM but is best known for performances on THE WEST WING, THE WAY WAY BACK, and 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU. Her most recent theatrical release was THE DUFF.
Tags Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
By Nat, the Geek Girl
Southern California native who likes movies, books (Shadowhunter Chronicles, NA, YA fantasy, Red Rising series), TV shows (The Sandman), and San Diego Comic-Con. I also like to write, but don't get to do much of that aside from on here. I fell into the BTS rabbit hole, and I refuse to leave.
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Клинці́ () — місто обласного підпорядкування в Російській Федерації, адміністративний центр Клинцівського району Брянської області. Розташоване за 160 кілометрів від Брянська. Знаходиться на території української історичної землі Стародубщина.

Населення міста становить 64000 осіб (2010; 67 325 в 2002, 71,2 тис. 1989, 59,1 тис. в 1970, 42,0 тис. в 1959, 40,5 тис. в 1939).

Географія
Місто розташоване на річці Московці (Картава Туросна), лівій притоці Унечі, басейн Іпуті. На північно-західній околиці — ліси.

Історія
Клинці були засновані як слобода в 1707 році старообрядцями-втікачами і названі за прізвищем одного з них. В 1782 році поселення стає посадом, з 1925 року — містом. В роки Другої Світової війни місто було окупованим німцями — з серпня 1941 по вересень 1943 років. 8 жителів міста стали Героями Радянського Союзу.

Герб Клинців затверджено 12 грудня 1985 рішенням сесії Клинцівського міської Ради народних депутатів.

Герб виконаний у формі щита, у верхній частині якого зображено герб Брянської області (у червоному полі золота мортира з ядрами біля неї). У нижній в зеленому полі — шестерня, ткацький човник і бобіна з нитками — символи машинобудування, ткацької і прядильної промисловості міста.

На початку XVIII ст., на місці, де розташовані сучасні Клинці, знаходилися українські села Глухівка та Стодола, які належали місцевому поміщику, вихідцю із значної козацької старшини, Іванові Бороздні. У Стодолах на річці Туросні була насипана гребля та знаходився водяний млин. У 1707-му році Іван Бороздна відвів поруч із Стодолою ділянку для поселення ватаги російських старовірів, що втекли від царських переслідувань з Костромського повіту. Осадчим старостою нової розкольницької слобідки Бороздна призначив одного із старообрядців — Василя Клинцова. По його прізвищу слобода отримала назву Клинці, що збереглася пізніше і за містом. А село Стодола увійшло згодом до складу Клинців, і назва цього району міста збереглася аж до наших днів. Повсякчасно у Клинцях жили як росіяни-старообрядці, так і місцеві українці. Річка Туросна одержала в межах слободи назву Московки, тобто місця, де живуть москалі, тепер ця назва стала у Клинцях офіційною. А сучасна Пушкінська вулиця дуже довго йменувалася Кумпанівкою, у пам'ять про те, що за Гетьманщини тут жили козаки компанійських полків.

З переписної книги «Слобода Клинці», складеної в 1729 році за вказівкою царського уряду відомо, що «слобода поселена на річці Туросне в 1707 році» і що «ону слободу осаджував Костромського повіту палацової Государевої Данилівській волості селянин Василь Афанасьєв, син Клінцов». Про існування слободи Клінцова та інших старообрядницьких поселень на Стародубщині уряд не знав до вторгнення в Малоросію шведських військ. Жителі слободи Клінцова, сусідніх слобід і посадів вели партизанську війну зі шведами. Петро I високо оцінив їх дії у боротьбі з шведами і не тільки простив їм втечу з центральної Росії, а й закріпив за ними Указ 1715 р. землі, на яких вони оселилися.

У 1729 році слобода складалася з 17 дворів, а вже в 1767 році — з 349 дворів. У слободі були широко розвинені різні промисли, торгівля. Місцеві жителі теслювали, виготовляли і продавали цеглу, шили одяг і взуття, робили сани і прості вози, торгували конопляним маслом, прядивом, рогожею, медом, милом.

У 1782 році за указом імператриці Катерини II слобода Клинці отримала статус посаду. З 1785 р. в посаді відкривається друкарня для друкування старообрядницької навчальної та духовної літератури.

Значним поштовхом у розвитку посаду послужила поява в Клинцях панчішної, а потім суконної промисловості.

У 1812—1814 роках купцем Василем Опанасовичем Лихомановим побудована перша суконна фабрика, а у 1832—1834 роках почалося будівництво ткацьких фабрик купцями.

У 1862 році в посаді перебувало 13 суконних, 10 панчішних фабрик, 5 шкіряних і 3 чавунно-ливарних заводів. Посад Клинці в II половині XIX століття перетворюється в один із центрів текстильної промисловості Росії. Клинцівські сукна неодноразово отримували нагороди.

У 1854 році в посаді відкрито поштове відділення з телеграфним зв'язком, в 1882 році — громадський банк, а в 1887 році Клинці були з'єднані залізницею з Москвою, Брянськом, Гомелем, що мало величезне значення для подальшого розвитку посаду.

До 1907 року в посаді Клинці було 28 промислових підприємств, число жителів становило 12 тисяч людей без приміських сіл. Відкрито чоловічу і жіночу гімназії, технічне училище, початкові школи, функціонують 2 міські і одна земська лікарні.

У XIX столітті в Клинцях, як і в інших старообрядських посадах та слободах Стародубщини, складається своєрідна місцева культура, що сильно відрізняється як від української, так і від центральноросійської православної культури. Поступово збідніле українське населення з навколишніх сіл відправляється на заробітки до Клинців і оселяється там, поєднуючи українську культуру з місцевою старообрядською.

19 квітня 1918 р. угрупування брянського напряму Армії Української Народної Республіки зайняло ст. Клинці, визволивши її від російських комуністів-більшовиків.

У 1917—1918 Клинці входили до Української Народної Республіки та Української держави гетьмана Павла Скоропадського. В Клинцях знаходився прикордонний пункт Окремого корпусу кордонної охорони Української Держави.
13 грудня 1918 року місто було зайняте більшовиками. За словами краєзнавця Павла Хромченка:

У 1921 році центр повіту було перенесено з Суража в Клинці. Клинцівський повіт Гомельської губернії Білорусі у 1926 році був переданий до складу Брянської губернії Росії. У 1929—1930 роках існував Клинцівський округ в Західній губернії.

У 1922 році посад Клинці було перейменоване в місто. У передвоєнні роки в місті було понад 40 тисяч жителів. У чотирьох середніх, чотирьох неповних середніх і двох початкових школах навчалося 7634 учнів. У місті перебували текстильний і пеньковий технікуми, фармацевтична і медична школи, педагогічне училище, школа ФЗН. Працювали 6 фабричних клубів, драматичний театр ім. Луначарського, Будинок народної творчості, Будинок вчителя і Будинок піонерів.

У передвоєнному 1940 році клинцівські текстильники виробили близько 20 % сукна, що випускалося в СРСР. Машинобудівники налагодили виробництво ткацьких верстатів, раніше закуповуються за кордоном.

У 1941 році розпочалась німецько-радянська війна і вже 20 серпня 1941 р. Клинці були окуповані німецькими військами. За 25 місяців окупаційного режиму розстріляно і закатовано понад 10 тисяч жителів міста.

25 вересня 1943 місто було звільнено 129, 169 і 217 стрілецькими дивізіями 63 Армії Брянського фронту. Війна завдала Клинцям величезних збитків, але місто швидко встало на ноги.

В 2007-му році, на честь 300-ліття заснування Клинців, у місті встановлено пам'ятник Василю Клинцову та засновникам Клинців — старообрядникам.

Промисловість Клинців представлена чотирма підприємствами текстильної промисловості, трьома — легкої, чотирма металообробними заводами, підприємствами будівельної індустрії та харчової промисловості.

У місті Клинці, як повідомляється 13.12.2022, стався потужний вибух, ймовірно, в районі військової частини. Місто розташоване приблизно за 60 км від кордону з Чернігівською областю України. Як пише російська ВВС, у ньому, згідно з даними з відкритих джерел, дислокований мотострілковий полк. Климове знаходиться приблизно за 30 км від українського кордону. Там розташований військовий аеродром, додає російська служба ВВС.

Економіка
В місті працюють заводи автокрановий, поршневих кілець, авторемонтний, телефонної апаратури, велосипедів, бетонний, ювелірний, консервний, м'яких іграшок, комбінати будівельних матеріалів, силікатної цегли, фабрики меблева, трикотажна та швейна.

Освіта та культура
З навчальних закладів діють гуманітарна академія, інститут міжрегіональних відносин, філіал БТУ, технікум текстильної промисловості, педагогічний коледж.

Працює філіал обласного краєзнавчого музею. Місто має футбольну команду — ФК «Клинці».

Видатні місця
 Будівля міської думи (XIX століття)
 Будівля жіночої гімназії (початок XX століття)
 Храм Спаса Преображення (початок XIX століття)
 Будинок фабриканта Баришникова (кінець XIX століття)
 Будинок фабриканта Сапожкова (початок XX століття)
 Будівля купецьких зборів (початок XX століття)
 Торгові ряди (початок XX століття)
 Бюст народного артиста СРСР Є. М. Бєляєва (2007)

Люди
У місті народилися:
 Бєляєв Євген Михайлович (1926—1994) — російський співак (ліричний тенор).
 Макеєнко Володимир Володимирович ( 1965)  — український політик, член Партії регіонів. Голова Київської міської державної адміністрації (КМДА) (з 25 січня 2014 року).

Примітки

Література

 Ігор Роздобудько.  Переселенці на Стародубщину — білоруси та старообрядці. // Стародубщина. Нарис українського життя краю.

Посилання
 Сайт міста
 Галерея та супутниковий знімок
 Сайт футбольного клубу
 Енциклопедія «Мой город»
 Міський портал
 Сайт автокранового заводу
 Історія міста
 Галерея

Міста Брянської області
Клинці
Українські поселення Брянської області
Міста Росії

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Lužice may refer to:

Czech Republic
 Lužice (Hodonín District), a municipality and village in the South Moravian Region
 Lužice (Most District), a municipality and village in the Ústí nad Labem Region
 Lužice (Olomouc District), a municipality and village in the Olomouc Region
 Lužice (Prachatice District), a municipality and village in the South Bohemian Region

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 Lužice, Czech name for Lusatia


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import org.junit.Test;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

public class CalcApiTest {

    private static final String BASE_PATH = "some.domain.com";
    private CalcApi mCalcApi;

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    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        mCalcApi = new CalcApi(BASE_PATH);
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The `<shape>` [CSS][0] data type denotes the specific form of a region. This region is used to define on which part of an element some properties like [`clip`][1] do apply.

In the current specification, a `<shape>`, though designed to denote any kind of form, can only represent a rectangular region, defined using the `rect()` functional notation.

### The `rect()` function

The `rect()` functional notation produces a region in the form of a rectangle.

### Syntax

    rect(_top_, _right_, _bottom_, _left_)

#### Values

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**_top_**

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**_right_**

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**_bottom_**

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**_left_**

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### Interpolation

Values of the `<shape>` CSS data type which are rectangles can be interpolated in order to allow animations. In that case they are interpolated over their `top`, `right`, `bottom` and `left` component, each treated as a real, floating-point number. The speed of the interpolation is determined by the [timing function][3] associated with the animation.

### Examples

     img.clip04 {
       clip: rect(10px, 20px, 20px, 10px);
     }

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[1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/CSS/clip
[2]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/CSS/length
[3]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/timing-function "timing-function"


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Photo of Aragonite in Processed & Rough Form
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Aragonite is made from calcium carbonate and found near sedimentary rocks.
Colors include clear (when free from impurities), yellow, blue, and even pink.
Aragonite can be found in Turkey, France, United States,the bahamas and many other places around the world.
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The specific gravity [?] for Aragonite is 2.94, it's refractive index [?] is 1.53-1.68, and it's double refraction [?] is 0.155.
Has historically been used in reef systems naturally.
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Eugene Opera Cancels Season Citing Budget Shortfalls
KLCC | By Rachael McDonald
Published January 23, 2017 at 4:15 PM PST
Eugene Opera
The Eugene Opera has cancelled its performances for the rest of the season. The opera cites disappointing ticket sales and a $165-thousand shortfall.
Barbara Wheatley is president of the Board of Directors of the Eugene Opera. She says they're cancelling upcoming performances of West Side Story and La Tragedie de Carmen this spring. Wheatley says the priority is to pay performers and small businesses and to reposition themselves to come back next season.
Wheatley: "We do want to take a good look at everything about the opera, how we've been doing business. We want to communicate better with our community and listen to the community about what they want from us and factor those things into making our plan for going forward."
Wheatley says their most recent New Year's shows sold only 2/3s as many tickets as expected. She acknowledges opera is viewed as stodgy by some, and that there is more that can be done to build new audience for what she calls a lively and exuberant art form. The Eugene Opera is holding two town halls in February to gather public input on its future.
The Town Hall meetings are February 9th and 14th at 6 p.m. at the Eugene Public Library
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The Happiness Diaries #Miles for Minds
Happiness Diaries Episode 22: Bill Fischer (Kings Canyon, Australia)
Bill is recently retired from many peoples dream career: Sportscaster. When he was coming out of school/university gap years weren't a thing, so he's making up for it now exploring the world on the big daddy of adventure bikes while raising funds for a fantastic charity. Set up for real off the grid adventure Bill and his GSA were about to head off on an over 900km offroad stretch between petrol stations when I met them... talk about adventure!
Happiness Diaries Episode 21: Malcolm Brock (Glendambo, Australia)
Malcolm is a fellow motorbike adventurer that I met in a campground on the way between Adelaide and Yulura, the middle of nowhere essentially. Also travelling alone he was at the beginning of a very arduous trek through some very remote routes around central Aus by himself on his BMW GS1200.
Happiness Diaries Episode 20: Mitch Hendersen (Sydney, Australia)
Mitch is one of the athletic trainers for the Australian men's Rugby 7's team and is in process of completing his PhD in Physical Sciences. Easygoing and driven, Mitch is always a delight to be around thanks to his massive and infectious grin, and this constant throaty laugh. Mitch has one of the most interesting diaries to date, might start off a little off-beat but he really opens up, this is a must read!
Happiness Diaries Episode 19: Carlos Denzkel (UK)
Carlos is formerly of the UK armed forces, having moved into property development when his service time came to a close. After some time building a life in England, he realized that now was the best time to explore the world, got a working holiday permit for Australia and began work on solar farms while exploring all the country has to offer. Extremely motivated to succeed, he has moved into a very different career: attempting to build a life and fitness coaching business.
Happiness Diaries Episode 18: Tom Mackay (Buenos Aires)
Tom is an Australian that I met as a 20 year old strolling around Greece. Like me, he's battled with his own mental health issues while also being largely impacted by getting stuck in the cycle of trying to obtain the stereotypical "good life". Since then, Tom has walked across a large portion of India for Beyond Blue, he has continued to travel the world, and he looks to help himself and others discover LIFE though the power of travel. "We are all capable of doing great things and all it takes is one small step to create change."
Happiness Diaries Episode 14: Roland Clarke (Twizel NZ)
Roland is a young adventurer from a small farm town in the UK who has been backpacking and living through New Zealand the last 18 months while he discovers where he wants his life to lead. After a night of chit chat, I'm very impressed with the way he thinks and I'm sure he'll lead a remarkable and happy life. I don't have a photo of Roland, so this one from the Twizel area will have to do!
Happiness Diaries Episode 11: Sam Brightman (Rotorua, NZ)
Sam is going to be a nurse when he gets back home to Switzerland, but for the time being he's done something many people travelling don't have the courage to do: change paths. Self realization is an important part of travel and Simon has done it wonderfully!


What is gesture and why is it necessary to study? Gesture is a river of movement, energy, and rhythm that flows through the figure in any given pose. It is the path of alignment through all of the muscles, bones, and areas of soft tissue that allow the pose to happen. It takes some training and practice to see gesture. If you are having trouble, it is sometimes helpful to mimic the model's pose yourself, to see what the inner workings are.
Begin by scanning the entire figure for gestures that flow through the various forms, learning to see how all of the parts of the figure are connected. In any standing figure, there is a rhythmic line that traverses the figure vertically, from head to toe, smoothly following a path through the anatomy, connecting the musculature of the model's body. Learn to see this axis of energy first so that when you draw, you will be able to forge greater unity among the various parts of the figure.
Tip: When I am doing a long-pose, refined drawing, I don't ever actually draw these lines. I look for them in the beginning, then I look for them periodically the entire time I'm drawing.
In the image above, I demonstrate the concept with red, curving lines. When you are looking for gesture, you want to practice running your eyes up and down the model as if you were a current of some sort, water or perhaps electricity. Think of the process as a scan, like one done by a medical device, as you quickly make your way through the body.


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By Roy Rasmussen Updated on December 15, 2022
Where to Find Business Loans for Senior Citizens
By Roy Rasmussen Contributing Writer for Fast Capital 360 Reviewed By Mike Lucas Updated on December 15, 2022
Why Finding Financing Is Easier for Older Entrepreneurs
Finding Business Loans for Seniors
Small Business Grants for Senior Citizens
Other Financing Options
How to Improve Your Chances of Securing Financing
Find Financing for Your Business
Apply to multiple lenders with just one application Learn More
Looking for business loans for senior citizens? Here are some loan and grant resources for older entrepreneurs, along with some tips on how to find the financing you need.
If you're an older "encore entrepreneur" trying to find a business loan, know this: Recent trends are on your side.
The number of seniors running successful businesses is on the rise. In 2017, adults between ages 55 and 64 made up 26% of new entrepreneurs in 201, compared with 14.8% in 1996 and 19.1% in 2007, according to research by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
Moreover, firms run by entrepreneurs who are 55 and older stand a better chance of survival than those run by their younger counterparts, according to a study by JPMorgan Chase Institute. For instance, a company run by a 60-year-old has only an 8.2% chance of going out of business, compared to 11.1% for a 30-year-old.
With Age Comes Wisdom
Seniors enjoy several advantages that give them an edge when it comes to running a business, including qualities that make it easier for them to find financing:
Older business owners typically have more experience managing money and paperwork, making them more conservative with spending and less likely to run into cash-flow problems.
Seniors have an average FICO credit score of 745, according to Experian data from the fourth quarter of 2018. That is 44 points above the national average of 701, making it easier for them to qualify for loans.
Older entrepreneurs have more collateral to qualify for loans than younger business owners, with adults 55 and older consistently having higher levels of homeownership than other age groups since 1989, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. Senior business owners also have the ability to tap into resources such as retirement savings.
These factors and others help make senior business owners attractive to lenders.
Senior entrepreneurs can tap into several different types of loan resources:
Conventional commercial loans
Alternative loans
Other loan products
Conventional loans from lenders such as banks represent a major source of loans for seniors. Typical commercial loans can offer some of the most favorable terms to borrowers.
Small business loan amounts vary by lender, loan type and borrower risk, averaging $663,000, according to data released August 2017 from the Federal Reserve. Borrowers representing lower credit risks can borrow more than those with higher risk.
Terms for business loans usually range from 1 year to 25 years. During the first quarter of 2019, average interest rates on new small business loans from small, midsize and large banks ranged from 5.04% to 6.82%, with large banks tending to charge more than smaller lenders, according to Federal Reserve data.
To qualify for a conventional commercial loan, you usually need a strong credit score and an established record of being in business. Qualifications vary by lender, but as a general rule, if you've been in business less than a year, lenders prefer a personal credit score of 650 or more, and many require 680, according to credit-ratings firm Experian. If you've been in business for more than a year, conventional lenders consider both business and personal credit, placing more weight on your business credit.
Alternative lenders, such as providers of online financing marketplaces, offer another option for senior business owners. Loans from alternative lenders typically involve lower amounts than conventional lenders, averaging about $80,000, according to the SBA. Alternative lenders often offer higher rates than traditional lenders, as a trade-off for willingness to take on the risk of borrowing to lenders with lower credit scores.
Alternative lenders tend to have more relaxed qualifications than conventional institutions, although this can vary. They typically prioritize your business income and your personal credit score when considering your loan application. Some alternative lending products place more emphasis on your business income than your credit. For instance, invoice financing uses your accounts receivable to pay for a cash advance, minimizing risk to the lender and allowing them to disregard your credit score.
If you don't qualify for other loan products, another option available to you is SBA loans, which are backed by the Small Business Administration and offered through a network of approved traditional and alternative lenders.
In return for guaranteeing loans, the SBA requires approved lenders to offer them at a rate not exceeding a set maximum. This makes SBA loans more favorable to borrowers.
The SBA's most primary loan product, the Standard 7(a) loan program, offers amounts up to $5 million. Maximum interest rates start as low as the prime interest rate (which stood at 7% as of Dec. 15, 2022) plus 2.25% for loans exceeding $50,000 with terms less than 7 years. SBA 7(a) rates range as high as the prime rate plus 4.75% for loans of $25,000 or less with terms of 7 years or more.
To qualify for an SBA loan, you must meet certain minimum qualifications set by the SBA, plus any additional qualifications set by your lender, including:
A credit score acceptable to your lender
A personal financial statement dated within 90 days of submission
3 years of business financial statements
Related: Here's Our Guide to the Best SBA Lenders Online
Standard loans are just one category of loan products available to business owners today. Other variations on loans you may wish to consider include:
Business lines of credit, which work similarly to credit cards
Accounts receivable financing (invoice financing), in which you receive a cash advance on the strength of unpaid invoices you are owed by your customers
Merchant cash advances, in which you receive cash in exchange for a percentage of your future sales
Equipment financing, where you receive funds to purchase equipment, with the equipment itself serving as collateral
A loan specialist may be able to steer you towards these and other options appropriate to your business model, revenue level and credit rating.
Grants offer seniors another financing resource. Grants receive support from institutions such as philanthropies. Unlike loans, grants do not need to be repaid.
Some grants may specifically aim to help seniors. Other grants support specific groups such as seniors, women or minorities. Here are some grant resources you may wish to consider:
Grants.gov is the U.S. government's main resource for access to information about grants sponsored by federal agencies. It includes educational resources to help you learn about how grants work and where to find them, as well as a search tool where you can search for grants meeting specific criteria.
GrantWatch
GrantWatch tracks grants from a wide range of resources:
U.S. grants, including federal, state and local grants
Canadian grants
International grants
Corporate grants
Foundation grants
The GrantWatch site's search tool allows you to filter grants by selecting basic criteria. The tool also features advanced search filters.
FedEx Small Business Grant Contest
Each year, FedEx sponsors a grant contest for 10 small business winners. The grand prize winner gets $50,000, plus $7,500 in FedEx Office print and business services. One silver prize winner gets $30,000 plus $5,000 in FedEx services, while 8 bronze prize winners get $15,000 plus $1,000 in services.
To qualify, you must be a U.S.-based for-profit business with less than 99 employees. You must also have been in business selling a product or service for at least 6 months at the time the contest begins for that year.
In addition to grants and loans, there are other ways for senior entrepreneurs to fund business enterprises, including financing options that are not available to younger entrepreneurs:
Get a business credit card or line of credit
Borrow money from family and friends
Seek investors
Crowdfund your business
Take out a mortgage loan, home-equity loan or reverse mortgage loan
Borrow against your 401(k) plan (best done in consultation with a financial professional after exploring other options)
In order to improve your odds of successfully applying for a loan or grant, you can take a number of steps to make your application more appealing:
Write a sound business plan, following the SBA's guidelines and hiring an experienced writer to assist you
Get input from an experienced business mentor, such as those available through the SCORE network
Develop a financial plan to support your business plan, in consultation with an experienced accountant
Take steps to improve your personal and business credit scores, such as keeping your balances low, paying bills on time and monitoring your score
Research lender requirements to find loan products you qualify for before submitting an application
Create a video telling the story of your business to give your application a personal touch
Senior business owners seeking financing have a wide range of options available, including loans, grants and other resources. If you're interested in exploring your funding options, Fast Capital 360 specializes in providing business term loans, SBA loans and other forms of financing such as business lines of credit.
Roy Rasmussen Contributing Writer for Fast Capital 360
Roy is a respected, published author on topics including business coaching, small business management and business automation as well as an expert business plan writer and strategist.
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Q: Accessing the SPAM folder I'm in the process of writing a basic PHP email client. So far I've written a basic POP3 class using fsockopen. It works great so far however I'm noticing a big limitation. The POP3 protocol doesn't have support for folders, which means I can't access the SPAM folder. How do hotmail and yahoo's clients access the SPAM folder? Do they store it on a different non-POP3 server?
I find the SPAM folder is important to include in the client as some undeserving emails end up there.

A: POP3 doesn't have a concept of folders. It's there to access what amounts to your Inbox only. For folders, you need to use IMAP.

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GOBO_LINE
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CHINA_SPEED, design treadmill (180 x 68 cm)
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introduction: GOBO_LINE: Tilmann Spengler
text: GOBO_LINE: Dr. Cornelia Oßwald-Hoffmann
BLOCK 40 x 30 x 80 cm at home of some visitors
Installation by Michaela Rotsch, E324 – Munich, 2010
Supposing that everything can be art; supposing that every found object can become art by the context it's placed in; supposing that the artwork is a work structure consisting of a concept and work process in which the products produced make up a materials cache for further materializing, visualizing, and thought processes—then a trifling occasion, a meaningless snippet may suffice to initiate a globally networked and ongoing artwork, suffice to observe its worldwide dissemination, to allow interventions to redirect and re-formulate it.
The origin of Michaela Rotsch's GOBO_LINE is an intermediate space between two actors from the film "Gattaca" (->Start) where—from an invisible micro-domain—perfect people are created in a perfect architecture within perfect environs. This film snippet, first visible in a movie still, is actually immaterial. Not till the artist cuts it out to make it into a two-dimensional object does it take on material existence. What label can you give such an artwork that proceeds from such a situation? This work structure, set up on a global scale, is thus created from a placeless whateverism, an immaterial germ cell. –> arabesque modular designs
Once in existence, Rotsch determines the parameters by the blocks of patterns that are compiled from the snippets from different groups of participants. Since craftsmanship is an authorized essential factor, a certain variable but foreseeable latitude is left for the participants' particular individuality. Each one incorporates his/her own personality according to the way they cut out the snippet and how each places it in the predetermined system.
Each product is an interpretation of Rotsch's predeterminations, which are diversified according to different possibilities.
The arabesquely organized structure of the work is manifest in this line of action. From antiquity on, the arabesque — in western as well as eastern cultural circles — has stood for the principle of "the gap and the circuitous" as well as "adaptation and divergence". In the work process, the basic precept is not deployed linearly, but evolves in circulating movements and constantly new approaches. Once initiated, the snippet is reproduced and resembles a diagram showing the exponential growth in a global "market economy". From their European place of origin, the artist's "arabesque pattern modules" are transferred to other continents and intermeshed with other cultures: the fine-art painting tradition of the occident with the tradition of Islamic Morocco from the Atlas Mountains (Ait Bougmez), (->ATLAS/MAROC – TEXTIL), that of Confucian and Taoist China (Shanghai) (->SHANGHAI/CHINA_TEXTIL) , and of Hinduism in western India (Ahmedabad) (->AHMEDABAD/INDIA_TEXTIL). Different varieties of textile production are hereby chosen: from the individual handicraft in the Atlas Mountains, by way of the masterly copy of workshop skill in India, to the machine fabrication in China—all of which leads to various kinds of divergence from the preset pattern. Via mechanical execution, these are minimal, since a best possible implementation of the model has priority, but at the same time the template is simplified and thus abstracted. During the individual work by hand, the prototype is maximally diversified as the weavers take up their own, traditional range of patterns in an adapted form. This "new pattern" allows self-creations to arise that breach the project's controlled framework and propels the project into the pioneering space of a new cultural form.
From this point, the artist continues to work on two levels. On the one hand, she prompts others from different cultural spheres to go on working with their own available modules and then meshes the results with those from other cultural spheres and places. (->MUSTER_PRODUKTION; ->TAGGED IMAGES; ->BEILÄUFIG.) On the other hand, in actions and exhibitions she constantly goes back to her original module and its revised forms and develops it further at site-specific locations. (->INSTALLATIONEN_RÄUME)
In GOBO_LINE she combines these two levels. The artist re-appropriates the products from other players as material for her own work and arranges them into a coherent installation over two floors at "E324 – Raum für Kunst".
GOBO_LINE is all about planes, lines and paths within a space. The carpet as a "runner" in a room implements the dynamic movement of the line. On the upper floor the wall is instrumentalized as a support for the "textile pattern blocks". In the room lined with carpeting a video loop shows the legs of a runner on a motorized treadmill on which a patterned rug or "runner" is spanned that, when speeded up, blurs the rug pattern to a dynamic colored picture plane. This stage of the ongoing project's materialization reclaims the pictorial from the three-dimensional textile which, for its part, was a further development of the two-dimensional pattern that, for its part, was derived from an immaterial snippet of an ostensibly three-dimensional cinematic blank space.
The staircase wall leads the horizontal movement in the upper room down to a further block of "textile pattern" in the lower room. It is here that the viewer finds the actual treadmill carpeted with a "pattern block", the noise of whose motor resounds through the entire exhibition. The walls are filled, almost flooded, with rugs primarily from China. The treadmill runs at "chinaspeed", as the people from Shanghai call their own fast-paced lifestyle. The masses of "pattern blocks" produced there, driven by the speed of the machine, engulf the products from other places. Only the Indian "runner" that Rotsch mounted on its own wall offers a point of tranquility in this otherwise profusely emblazoned movement.
Michaela Rotsch studied painting at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts as well as in the visual media master class of Prof. Peter Weibel in Vienna. She wrote her dissertation on arabesque organizational structures in painting and film under Prof. Dr. Bazon Brock at Wuppertal University. Her work process is defined by interdisciplinary, intermedial and intercultural projects as well as by installations. These in turn generate process-oriented organizational structures that create room for future thoughts, actions and productions.
Dr. Cornelia Osswald-Hoffmann, April 2010
From the German by Jeanne Haunschild
Esther Donatz
Posted Monday April 12th, 2010 at 05:35 AM | Permalink
Thanks for a great opening last Friday, Michaela! The photos will be posted on the website today (www.E324.de). Have a great start into the week.


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Sufi commentaries on the Qur'an
The Sufis have commented on the Qur'an in different ways. Let's explore some of these esoteric commentaries. 1. CORRESPONDENCE Shaykh al-Qashani is according to me one of the most interesting Sufi commentators on the Qur'an. It so happened that I've seen his commentary in a second-hand bookshop and I almost bought it, although I cannot read Arabic. This commentary is wrongly being attributed to shaykh Ibn al-'Arabi. Shaykh al-Qashani however belonged to the school of shaykh Ibn al-'Arabi. Shaykh al-Qashani makes use of the method of tatbiq. His method of interpretation of the Qur'an consists of making correspondences. These correspondences connect the macrocosm with the microcosm. The shaykh explains the Qur'anic verses in terms of spiritual psychology and stages of…
Samuel Johnson, on a visit to friends, which took place in 1781, was to disappear for much of the day. The friends with whom he was staying, were reluctant to ask him where he had been, but, after a silence of several minutes, he explained that when he was a young man and still was living with his father at home, his father was on a certain day very ill. His father, unable to get out of bed, asked Samuel to go to Uttoxeter and look after his bookstall that he used on market days. However, "my pride prevented me," said Johnson, and "I gave my father a refusal." He further explained that he had today taken "a post chaise…
People say that when Iblis was cursed, he was so excited and overcome by the intensity of his joy that he filled the whole world by himself. Some asked him: 'How can you act this way seeing that you have been driven from the Divine Presence?' He replied: 'By this robe of honour the Beloved has singled me out; neither an angel who has been brought near, wears it, nor a prophet who has been sent forth'.
The inner school of the Sufis
A Chishti shaykh once pointed out to me how it can be observed that the inner school takes place. The dervishes then sit in the shape of a crescent opening up to the light of the 'star', their shaykh. And indeed afterwards it was easy to recognise. The subject that is discussed cannot always be judged at face value. I remember that once in my presence the shaykh discussed several things, but all of them dealing with worldly matters. I was feeling rather disappointed having made a long travel to attend. At that very moment the shaykh brought up a new subject, also having to do with outward things, but at the same time I did not only realise that…
The Perfume Seller
Just suppose you are able to make an interview with shaykh Fariduddin 'Attâr. What would you ask him? Perhaps some of your questions are similar to the ones as given below: Q: What has been your profession? A: I have written my poems in my "dâru-khâne" wherein I combined the selling of drugs and perfumes with the practice of medicine. Q: It is said that one day a dervish called at your dâru-khâne, your dispensary and asked for alms, but you were too busy with your patients to care for him and gave no reply. Hence you took no notice of him on his second polite demand, the dervish remarked: "You are so busy amassing wealth here. How will you…
The sufi interpretation of the letter Alif
Hakim Tirmidhi calls the science of letters ('ilm al-huruf) the science of the friends of God ('ilm al-awliya). Shaykh Ibn al-'Arabi gives it lots of attention by writing about it in his second chapter of his masterpiece "The Meccan Openings". The alif (the letter a) is isolated in writing. This means that it cannot be written connected to the letter following it. The alif thus symbolizes the transcendent, unqualified essence. The downward stroke of the alif symbolizes universal manifestation from the highest state of Being to the lowest one. Shaykh ad-Dabbagh has been a so-called ummi, an illiterate, just like the Prophet has been called ummi. The shaykh was not truly illeterate, but in his case ummi implies that he…
Listening and Understanding
In the early 9th century, when the Muslim mystics organised their Sufi brotherhoods or orders, they adopted music as a support for meditation, as a means of access to the state of grace or ecstasy, or quite simple as 'soulfood', in other words, something that would give new vigour to a body and soul tired by the rigours of the ascetic life. In Sufism the sama' (meaning literally 'listening') denotes the tradition of listening in spiritual fashion to music, chanting and songs of various forms, all ritualised to a greater or lesser degree. The very meaning of the word sama' suggests that it is the act of listening that is spiritual, without the music or poetry being necessarily religious in…
Who are the just?
A man who cultivates his garden, as Voltaire wished. He who is grateful for the existence of music. He who takes pleasure in tracing a root of a word. Two servants playing, in a café in the South, a silent game of chess. The potter, contemplating a colour and a form. The typographer who sets this page well, although it may not please him. A woman and a man, who read the last tercets of a certain canto. He who strokes a sleeping animal. He who justifies, or wishes to, a wrong done him. He who is grateful for the existence of a Stevenson. He who prefers others to be right. These people, who don't know one another, are saving…
The independent man
Many hundreds of years ago there were two man of Kabul who fell upon very hard times. They lost all they owned and suffered great hardship and poverty. So great was their misfortune that, try as they might, they could not improve their position. Always something happened to them to cause them a setback. Great were the bodily hunger and distress of mind, which they suffered. Grief and sorrow lay upon them like a heavy cloud. One day one man said to the other: 'We have suffered much and have toiled hard, yet there seems no hope of improving our lot. Let us leave this country and seek our fortune elsewhere. Surely that would be a wise move. The good…
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Kim Jong Un reaffirmed "determination to denuclearize" to ROK envoys: KCNA
North Korean leader also praised inter-Korean cooperation, affirmed Sept. summit plans
Colin Zwirko
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told a team of South Korean special envoys in Pyongyang for talks on Wednesday that he was still committed to denuclearization, state outlet Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Thursday.
Kim said it is his "personal will to completely remove the danger of armed conflict and horror of war from the Korean peninsula and turn it into the cradle of peace without nuclear weapons and free from nuclear threat," according to the KCNA article.
But he also "repeated his vow of determination to denuclearize and said that the north and the south should further their efforts to realize the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula," according to a Korean language version of the report.
Notably, the English language version left out the part of the sentence which said Kim "repeated his vow of determination to denuclearize."
The report mentioned that the delegation, which was led by head of the presidential National Security Office (NSO) Chung Eui-yong, delivered a letter to Kim from South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
Kim, after reading it, "expressed his thanks to the President for sending the good personal letter which expressed a firm will to wisely overcome many challenges in the future, too, and open a bright future of our nation while appreciating the fresh advance in the relations between the north and the south."
Kim Jong Un and President Moon are set to meet in Pyongyang later this month for their third summit this year – their first the landmark April 27 Panmunjom meeting on the South side, and their second a secret meeting on the North side of the Joint Security Area (JSA) a month later.
The KCNA report did not include the date of the planned summit, which was announced Thursday morning by the Blue House to be a three-day affair from September 18-20 in the North Korean capital.
Instead, the report said Kim "exchanged wide-ranging opinions with the special envoy delegation over the schedule for the Pyongyang summit meeting due in September and its topics, and came to a satisfactory agreement with it."
Kim Jong Un shaking hands with Chung Eui-yong in Pyongyang on September 5 | Photo: KCNA
The DPRK leader alluded numerous times in the KCNA report to hope for further enhancing inter-Korean projects, highlighting the achievements he sees the two having accomplished so far this year.
Listing these, Kim said "the reunions of separated families and relatives were realized and north-south military talks and the work of setting up a joint liaison office progressed well after the historic Panmunjom meeting."
He also mentioned making "technical contacts in various fields," likely in reference to cooperation already underway over roads, railways, and environmental issues such as deforestation.
Kim also praised Moon personally, saying he "highly appreciates and always feels grateful to President Moon Jae In for his sincerity and hard-work for the DPRK-U.S. summit, the first of its kind in history."
The North Korean account of Wednesday's meeting in Pyongyang said the South's delegation met with Kim at the WPK Central Committee headquarters.
Kim Yong Chol, vice-chairman of the WPK Central Committee, was also present alongside Kim Jong Un, and met with the ROK envoys earlier in the day together with chairman of the DPRK's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country (CPRC) Ri Son Gwon.
Chung and the other South Korean envoys returned to Seoul directly aboard a government jet late Wednesday evening following the day of talks in Pyongyang.
Featured image: KCNA
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told a team of South Korean special envoys in Pyongyang for talks on Wednesday that he was still committed to denuclearization, state outlet Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Thursday. Kim said it is his "personal will to completely remove the danger of armed conflict and horror of war
Colin Zwirko is an NK News correspondent based in Seoul.
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