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Retrospective: The Walls sausage ads where men fight dogs
Date: August 29, 2020Author: Richard 0 Comments
In the early 1990s, Walls changed advertising forever. Needing to find a way to differentiate their sausages from the plethora of other meat tubes on the market, they had a revelation. Talking dogs.
I don't know this for a fact, but it seems like that this campaign was inspired by the 1970s Esther Rantzen-fronted show That's Life! The show was a proto-One Show, featuring light-hearted vignettes from across Britain. One such segment was Prince, the talking dog. And his catchphrase: "sausages".
This was the equivalent of a viral video back then. And it lodged in the collective zeitgeist only to re-emerge in the 90s as a way of selling meat. And hey, if Spuds MacKenzie taught us anything, it's that DOGS SELL. The subversion is that the dog will only say "Walls!", not "sausages" – much to the owner's dismay. Here's another:
But over time, the message changed. What was once a peaceful co-existence between man and dog turned antagonistic. The dogs weren't just being disobedient anymore, they were hostile. They actively wanted the sausages now, and in doing so, wanted to deprive man(kind) of having them. And soon things turned nasty.
Round 1 – Walls Kitchen Rumble
This is probably my favourite advert ever. (Sorry Frostie's Kid).
It begins with the family putting twelve sausages on the grill. To be fair, they appear to be a family of at least five, and that's quite a few mouths to feed. But I don't see any evidence of them having anything else with this meal. Just… like two sausages each for dinner is it? Ok.
Anyway, the dog catches wind of the sausages and instantly provokes hostility.
The way he screams, oh god, the way he screams.
The dog is then able to push the man all the way across the floor with its momentum. But the man gets up and does a decent job of putting the dog in a grapple. His family look on in shock, except the wife who cooly looks on, arms folded. She has no sympathy for the conflict.
The bit where Dad tries to poke the dog in the eyes is particularly horrifying.
Other scenes include:
The man being dragged across the floor, leaving deep scratches in the tile floor
The man putting the dog into a full headlock, with the dog attempting to 'tap out'
And, of course, the denouément…
The bit where the man throws the dog out of the window.
Dishevelled, but intact, the man staggers to the table and the sausage feast begins.
It's a thrilling piece of cinema. I'm not entirely sure what the brief for the ad was ("People hate dogs, right?"), but it's a runaway success that surely led to the dominance of the Walls sausage brand as we all recognise it today.
But this was just one ad, of many. And the violence would only escalate.
Round 2 – Walls Balls
First, let's address the elephant. in the room. Walls Balls looks like the most disgusting product ever. "Proper sausage in a crunchy coating" is the porcine pseudo-nugget that should never have been. I don't recall ever seeing the product at the time or since. And frankly: good.
Anyway, we join two young lads tucking into their balls supper. The dogs' ears perk up at the mention of Walls and we see Dad turning down his paper – he knows trouble is afoot.
The dog leaps the full length of the room but is heroically deflected by Dad. The two engage once again, with a truly gruesome shot of the dog… twisting the man's nipples? Harrowing stuff.
After a brief arm wrestle, the dog is distracted by a ball and leaps into a bin. For a time, there is peace again.
Round 3 – The Ultimate Humiliation
I don't have dates for these ads, but it feels like this one came much later.
Everything about it just screams "the year 2000". Our two characters (notice the slowly dwindling family unit in these ads, hmm) step directly off the set of A Pint of Lager and a Packet of Crisps into the kitchen. Presumably, they're just back from a date, when our leading man offers the lady some microwaved sausages. The height of romance.
His dog is immediately furious. And they begin to wrestle into the pantry. He takes a life-changing-injuries bite to the groin, before somehow being stripped of his trousers in a single bite.
The man is, of course, wearing Union Jack boxers. I guess this is meant to be a joke. The dog then wraps up a moistened tea towel and begins to… spank the man?
My first question is why? I don't understand the dog's motivation at this point. In earlier bouts, the dispute was over ownership of the sausages. The dog wanted them and would use violence to obtain them. But now the dog isn't even after the sausages. This is a blood feud.
Anyway, the woman bursts in, sausage sarnie in hand. Observing the scene she decides to call it a night and leaves. The dog bares his teeth at her, but she closes the door before he can attack. And a good thing too!
Again, I don't understand how this was meant to sell sausages. But hey, it was a different time. And we can prove that by looking at how Walls approached advertising a decade later.
Epilogue: Peace
So this is just awful. It's just horrible in every way I can think of from a creative standpoint. And it has a pretty toxic message that the man can't express himself because he's "just a bloke really". Cheers for that, advertising!
I'm glad they're exploring ways of selling ground-up pig flesh that don't involve violence towards animals. But sometimes you turn on the TV and see stuff like this, and it just makes you feel nostalgic. Nostalgic for a simpler time when you could turn on the TV as a family and enjoy a man punching a dog.
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Published on: Oct. 5, 2020, 9:22 p.m.
The Covid-19 election
Horror stories still greet businessmen as soon as they land in Patna
Return of the migrants
While the impact of returning workers on the economy and the state's poor health infrastructure will be the subject of research and analysis in the coming years, how this will impact the politics of the state, particularly electoral politics, in the days to come remains to be seen
By Rakesh Joshi. Executive Editor, Business India
When lakhs of migrant workers started returning to their home states in March after the Centre clamped a national lockdown to tackle the Corona virus pandemic, the only chief minister to oppose their return was Nitish Kumar of Bihar. Kumar was more aware than anyone else that the state just did not have the infrastructure to absorb the influx.
A survey by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) pegged the unemployment rate in Bihar for April at 46.6 per cent, almost double the national rate, and it was only going to be worse with lakhs of workers returning home.
The number of returning migrant labourers exceeded all expectations. When the Shramik trains carrying stranded migrant workers started, the influx of returnees was estimated at less than one million. As the number of trains increased, the estimates were revised to 1.5 million. On a single day, 26 May, 122 trains brought back around 200,000 passengers.
While many migrants decided to trek back home, some returned on buses. According to an official assessment, about three million migrant workers returned home after the pandemic struck. And the returning labourers were angry at the state government for initially leaving them stranded. There was little scope for local businesses to absorb the returnees. The total employment capacity of trade and industry in Bihar is about 1,25,000, estimates Satyajit Singh, president, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry (state unit), which is why such a huge segment of the population migrates outside the state for its livelihood.
The coming assembly election in Bihar, shorn of the usual tamasha, comes with a long list of 'dos' and 'don'ts' due to the raging pandemic. Campaigning will be largely online, though how parties will achieve this due to the relatively low internet penetration in Bihar, remains to be seen. The economic issues that have come to the fore evolve from the misery wrought by Covid-19 – the migrant workers' plight and the poor handling of the pandemic due to the state's tardy health infrastructure. On top of that, Bihar is currently battling the aftermath of devastating floods that displaced 8 million people. The BJP-Janata Dal (United) alliance has sought to blunt the people's anger by appropriating issues like the mysterious death of Sushant Singh Rajput, a Patna lad who made it big in Bollywood, by demanding a CBI probe into it.
Mini-referendum
In normal circumstances, a credible opposition would have given the ruling dispensation, identified with Nitish Kumar and his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi, a run for its money. But, with Lalu Yadav, former chief minister, in jail and in disgrace, it is left to his rookie son Tejashwi Yadav to take the battle to the BJP-JD (U) camp, backed by the Congress and a clutch of Leftist parties. How the votes are cast in Bihar will also be an indicator of the people's mood about the handling of the national economy and the pandemic by the Modi government – a mini-referendum of sorts.
An issue that has significantly contributed to the present state of affairs in Bihar is the de-industrialisation of the state over the years. Take the sugar industry. Once a thriving industry in the 1980s, it is now cited as an example of the state's de-industrialisation. There used to be a time when Bihar contributed 40 per cent of the total sugar production of the country. This helped the agrarian economy and also generated several man-days of farm labour.
Sugar production is now barely 4 per cent, thanks to the apathy of the Kumar-led state government, which, experts believe, has done nothing in the past 15 years to revive this industry. There were 33 sugar mills in Bihar before Independence. The number has come down to 28, of which just 11 are operational; the remaining 17 have been closed.
Kumar and Modi: leading the charge
In 2005, when Kumar first came to power, he had promised that people would not have to go outside the state for their livelihood. However, little has changed, as migrant labourers from Bihar have spread out in the country in states that offered substantially attractive daily wages, like Kerala (Rs1,500 per day) or Telangana (Rs1,200 per day). Bihar's daily wage figures are just Rs300 per day.
According to the state's Economic Survey for 2019-20, Bihar clocked a growth rate of 10.53 per cent in 2018-19, as against the national average of 6.8 per cent. It recorded an average growth rate of above 10 per cent in the past three consecutive years. The main drivers of the economy, which have helped the state register double-digit growth, include air transport (36 per cent), other services (20 per cent), trader and repair services (17.6 per cent) and road transport (14 per cent), according to the 14th Bihar economic survey, tabled in the state assembly.
The BJP-Janata Dal (United) government argues that Bihar, unlike the state of Jharkhand, which bifurcated from it, does not have the benefit of raw materials or minerals to boost its economy. Whatever growth Bihar has logged in recent years is due to public investment, contends Kumar. He also feels that it may be difficult to sustain the growth rates, unless private investment comes in.
However, he is on record as saying that Bihar will not attract private sector investment, unless it gets special status. Another reason for the special treatment for his state is that Bihar lags behind the national average in important economic parameters, such as poverty line, per capita income, industrialisation and social & physical infrastructure. Previous chief ministers, who also failed to build up an industrial base in the state, had also voiced such a demand.
Is special status the only mantra to attract investment? Why should any businessman come to invest in Bihar when, despite Kumar's attempts at streamlining the administration, small horror stories still greet him as soon as he lands in Patna? This is why, apart from low investor interest from within the country, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has, by and large, shunned Bihar – evident in the fact that, for Bihar and Jharkhand, it stood at a tardy $119 million during April 2000-March 2020.
Bihar recently bagged a poor 26th rank (out of 36 states and Union Territories) in the ease of doing annual business rankings, released by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The ranking is based on the business reform action plan (BRAP) 2019, launched by the Department of Industrial Promotion and Internal Trade (DIPIT). It is based on the performance of states on 180 reform points, covering 12 business regulatory areas, including access to information, single-window system, labour and environment, with the larger objective of attracting investments and ease of doing business. Ram Lal Khaitan, president, Bihar Industries Association, attributed the low ranking of Bihar to lack of overall industrial development.
"The BRAP rankings reflect the fact that the level of industrialisation is extremely low in Bihar. There is also a lack of supporting infrastructure, such as transportation and hospitality, which hampers the ease of doing business in the state," he said. "I run around 11 businesses in Bihar across several industries, including plastic, transport and fabrication," Khaitan added. "I can tell from my experience that the facilities provided to businessmen in the state are below par."
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According to a retired, senior state government official, "Almost Rs1,000 crore worth of investment went out of the window, leaving many people unemployed". A year later, the Bihar government's social welfare department came out with a report card, which claimed that, after the introduction of prohibition in the state, "there has been significant reduction in violence against women and girls in homes, public places and during festival and social functions".
Special status validity
It is against such a backdrop that Kumar's demand for special status for Bihar appears as an exercise meant to pass the buck. The Constitution of India does not contain any provision for special category status to a state. It will be difficult for any central government in New Delhi to grant this status to Bihar, while denying it to, say, Andhra Pradesh which, after bifurcation, was saddled with the task of building a new capital. There are exceptions, of course, which can be made on the basis of the fifth Finance Commission's recommendations in 1969, to provide certain disadvantaged states with preferential treatment in the form of central assistance.
This means that the Centre pays 90 per cent of the funds for all centrally-sponsored schemes in a state granted special status, as opposed to those that are not, which pay out 70 per cent. In 1969, Jammu & Kashmir, Assam and Nagaland were granted special category status. Eight more states were added to the list in the following years, including Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttarakhand.
The parameters required for a state to be granted special category include: hilly and difficult terrain, low population density or sizable share of tribal population, strategic location along borders with neighbouring countries, economic and infrastructure backwardness and non-viable state finances.
Bihar has the highest number of backward districts as compared to other states, with 36 out of the 38 districts in the state ranked as backward, reported the Inter Ministry Task Group (IMGT) in 2005. The Bihar CM has argued that since the state is land-locked and is the least developed in the country, its demand is justified since such states are "internationally eligible for special and differential treatment". Moreover, the state is below the national average on multiple parameters of development.
However, an inter-ministerial group formed in 2011 by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rejected the state's demands after examining its plea on the basis of these five parameters. Kumar had then stated that the group had reached 'pre-ordained' conclusions, and that he would continue his demand. Since then, due to its limited revenue receipts, the state government has been dependent on Central transfers and grants for resources.
Small innovations
But all is not lost. Small innovations can help. The state government recently amended the Bihar industrial promotion policy that, for the first time, included wood-based industries in the priority sector. This would help farmers who had taken to agro-forestry and planted species like poplar, teak, banyan and bamboo, on private land.
Bihar can certainly do with more of such innovative amendments in its policies. Instead of parroting a demand which will never be accepted by the centre, the state can seriously tap the business leaders who have emerged from Bihar. Indeed, the state has produced a decent crop of business leaders like Anil Agarwal of Vedanta Resources, YC Deveshwar, former chairman, ITC, Samprada Singh, founder, Alkem Laboratories and CS Nopany, former CMD, KK Birla group of Sugar Companies, to name a few.
Agarwal, whose business empire is headquartered in London, has been saying all along that he was still a "Bihari at heart". He also offered to "explore possibilities" of setting up aluminium, oil & gas, zinc, lead, copper and silver processing units in Bihar. Why has the state not made a serious effort to woo investments from him, including the Rs25,000-crore global university, which he once had in mind for the state?
Anil Agarwal of Vedanta: a Bihari at heart; Photo: Sanjay Borade
Bihar's USP is that it enjoys many advantages over other states. Located in the eastern part of India, the state is neighboured by Nepal in the north, West Bengal in the east, Uttar Pradesh in the west and Jharkhand in the south. This unique location-specific advantage gives it proximity to the vast markets of eastern and northern India, access to ports such as Kolkata and Haldia and to raw material sources and mineral reserves from neighbouring states like Jharkhand and Odisha.
It is one of the strongest agricultural states, with mighty rivers intersecting its fertile land. The percentage of population employed in agricultural production in Bihar is about 80 per cent, which is far higher than the national average. It is the fourth largest producer of vegetables and the eighth largest producer of fruits in India. Food processing, as also dairy and sugar manufacturing, can be easily tapped as fast-growing industries in the state, as can renewable energy. The state has a large base of cost-effective industrial labour, making it an ideal destination for a wide range of industries.
While the impact of returning workers on the economy and the state's poor health infrastructure will be the subject of research and analysis in the coming years, how this will impact the politics of the state, particularly electoral politics, in the days to come remains to be seen. Among the hordes of migrant workers who returned to the state in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, over 1.6 million can cast their vote in the Bihar assembly elections, according to Election Commission data.
This includes about 2,30,000 people who managed to get registered as voters afresh as part of the updating of electoral rolls. So, the return of millions of migrant workers during the pandemic could change the electoral map in large parts of the state in the event of close contests. The issue of migrant workers has been one of the opposition's mainstays, as job losses and lack of opportunities have hit families struggling to cope with the outbreak.
There is another aspect that will come into play. As migrant labourers contribute significantly to the rural economy – almost 30 per cent – through the remittances they send back home, the development has hit the rural economy of Bihar. A weak rural economy can make the state vulnerable to basic factors such as malnutrition, healthcare, literacy, etc. The impact is already being felt as prices of vegetables have plunged due to the fact that purchasing power has been eroded. It will be interesting to see whether these issues take precedence over the traditional caste dynamics that have driven election results in the state so far.


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InterMat Wrestling – Augsburg alum Wichmann to be inducted into Division III Wrestling Hall of Fame
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Donny Wichmann, NCAA Division III All-American wrestler and long-time assistant coach for Augsburg University, will be welcomed into the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III Hall of Fame during a ceremony in August in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the Minneapolis-based school announced Monday.
The induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, Aug. 3 at 6 p.m. Eastern at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina in Fort Lauderdale to coincide with the 2019 NWCA Annual Convention at the same hotel.
In addition to the official Florida ceremony next month, there will be a closer-to-home celebration to honor Donny Wichmann this Saturday, July 13 from 4-8 p.m. Central at Finnegans Brew Co. at 817 5th Avenue South in Minneapolis. There will be a cash bar and food trucks will be on-site.
Considered one of the top middleweight wrestlers in Augsburg history, Wichmann won 137 matches in his Auggie career, claiming three MIAC (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) individual titles — 1986 and 1987 at 142 pounds, and 1989 at 150 pounds — while earning MIAC Tournament Most Valuable Wrestler honors in both 1987 and 1989, and the most falls award in 1987. Wichmann earned All-American honors with a fourth-place finish at 150 pounds in the 1989 NCAA Division III National Championships.
After completing his on-the-mat career, Wichmann served as an Augsburg men's wrestling assistant coach for 19 seasons. Teams he coached won 10 NCAA Division III national titles, while finishing second seven times, third once and fourth once. In addition, with Wichmann on the coaching staff, the Auggies could claim 134 Division III All-Americans and 34 individual national champions.
Four years ago, the start of Wichmann's toughest challenge …
In late summer 2015, Donny Wichmann received heartbreaking news: he had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Since that diagnosis, Wichmann has undergone surgery to remove the golf-ball-sized tumor from the right size of his brain. After the successful surgery, Wichmann has undergone radiation and chemotherapy treatments to stop the growth of this aggressive brain cancer.
A GoFundMe page has been established to help Donny, his wife Mindy, and their family with various expenses.
Want to know more about Donny Wichmann? Check out this 2015 InterMat feature story about the Wichmanns and their battle against glioblastoma.
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Lifestyle management, education, hypnotherapy, NLP, fitness and stress reduction.
Course design and renovation division of R.D. Zande & Associates. Projects and staff are listed.
Residential drug and alcohol treatment center located in Laguna Beach, California.
Online tour, office hours, client forms, staff profiles, and frequently asked questions.
99 Endurance Plus Fitness Boot Camp Outdoor facility.
Features photos and history of this turn of the century Southern Railway landmark as well as virtual tour of town and information on local businesses.
Includes pictures of apparatus and fire scenes.
Two locations with restaurant, pull tab casino, lounge, and RV park.
Pet health care in Pasadena. Online tour, office hours, client forms, staff profiles, and frequently asked questions.
In 1863, two guns that changed the course of firearms history were first delivered to the U.S. government. These are the Henry and Spencer repeaters. These arms were among the first to use rimfire cartridges.
Includes Camps Saffran, Spencer, and Oest of the Baltimore Area Council.
Stands palomino stallion at stud. Includes sales list, photos, and profiles of horses. Located in Spencer.
The history of a famous quotation widely misattributed to Herbert Spencer: 'contempt prior to investigation.' Study by Michael StGeorge.
40 RV spaces next to lake in Shelton. Full service restaurant on site. Karaoke nights. See menu and contact info online.
Includes officers list, meeting schedule, membership information, trail reports, upcoming events, directions and contact information. Located in Spencer.
This 1/2 mile, oval tracks racing events include NACSAR sanctioned Late Models and Modifieds. Driver roster, point standings, weekly results, past champions, photos and schedule.
Spencer Humm and John Davis entertain as the comedy swordfighting duo Hack and Slash, biographical information, events schedule.
Driver roster, point standings, weekly results, past champions, photos and schedule. This 1/2 mile, oval track is located in Williamson. Racing events include NACSAR sanctioned Late Models and Modifieds.
USA Cycling-licensed Coach Brent Spencer offers training programs for cyclists of all abilities. Visitors will find tips for beginner cyclists and some training articles.
Frankie, Marjo, Spencer and Maggie ~ Old English Sheepdogs living in the US. Frankie appeared in the Seattle 5th Ave production of Camelot.
Alternative health retreats designed to detoxify, nourish and assist the body and mind to reach a more optimum health. Located in Spencer, NY.
Resume, portfolio, contact information, music, videos, and photographs. Located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Spencers own site dedicated to his work, including galleries of his figures, a small painting guide and links to similar sites.
Descendants of William Octavious Spencer as compiled by David Shane Spencer. Features family tree, ahnentafel report, relationship tool and guestbook.
Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 7:30 pm. News, officers, history.
Compiled by Richard Spencer. Includes names Yung, Schroeder, Weitzel, Enders.
Wendy Monaghans ancestral history featuring the primary surnames of Bletcher, Moores and Spencer.
colorado springs firm handling workers compensation and social security disability cases.
colorado springs law firm, offering services for workers compensation, social security, and personal injury cases.
Bob Spencers family tree featuring the surnames Cartier, Jacobson, MacArthur, Roderiguez, Wilson, Friedman, Jones, Rekjevik and Spencer.
law firm focused exclusively on workers compensation and social security disability law, includes services and acceptable cases, fee structure, newsletter, faqs, and related links.
Meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays (1st Tuseday on in July and August). History, officers and general information about the Chapter.
Annual event held in October to benefit the Spencer Mountain Road Volunteer Fire Department. Includes history of the mansion and driving directions.
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An extensive look at his works and some biographical information.
165 Spencer, Nigel - NiGels Crib Autobiographical information.
A young Australian transguy documenting the process of his transition.
santa monica personal injury firm.
a senior community in spencer, iowa.
Paintings of the Savior and the flora and fauna he created.
personal injury firm with multiple offices.
Includes personal information, interests, and news.
Includes pictures, information on Hawaiian music, and links.
Offers personal information, resume, percolator love, and articles.
A young married couple with two sons, Connor and Spencer.
mountain home firm focusing on personal injury, medical negligence, and workers compensation.
California firm specializing in governmental relations, policy/political management, and advocacy on both state and federal levels.
shelbourne falls attorney, offering his clients legal and business advice for entertainment, arts, and media matters.
Includes an account of his principal work and detailed online references, compiled by Randall Whittaker.
Family tree of John F Kennedy, former President of the United States of America, as compiled by Shane Spencer.
law firm offers services for matters including personal injury, criminal defense, disability claims, estate planning and administration, and family law.
Presents a story about the house built in the mid to late 1700s. Proceeds help benefit restoration projects and the fire department. Includes directions.
Worship schedule, staff, directions to the church, news, youth ministry, calendar, fellowship opportunities, and links.
Ancestral history collected from memories, family bibles, census data, cemetery records and individual research. Includes photographs and forum.
Biography for this former Missouri Governor who was initiated at Phi Psis University of Missouri chapter.
Offers personal consultations or by sending a plan of a home or office. Service details, customer testimonials and information on the history and principles of Feng Shui. Based in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
Descendants of Lee Clarkson of Heaton Norris, Stockport, compiled by Spencer Clarkson.
Two survivors spoke of the difficult healing process when 16-year-old, Spencer, opened fire on the school. With video clip, and photograph.
Read an article by Edward Spencer that details the conflict in the Confederate Congress that precluded black Confederate troops.
law firm, with offices in minneapolis and st. paul, offering services for most legal needs of businesses and individual clients, including personal injury, professional negligence, litigation and appeals.
general practice firm, located in spencer, offering services for matters including real estate, family law, criminal defense, estate planning, utilities, and business.
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Descendants of John Spencer Martin, Johann Nay and John Ashcraft as compiled by N L Kotowski from Parkersburg, WV USA.
Incorporating their state theme of Learn from the Past, Embrace the Future. Site offers clickable state map for the 30 local chapters on-line, upcoming State and National Society events, officers, history and photo album of Real Daughters in Nebraska, membership eligibility and contacts, and information on the Lue R. Spencer Genealogical Library.
Demo videos, biography, reviews, photos and contact information for Los Angeles comedian Yul Spencer.
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your guide to the published works of our favorite romance author lavyrle spencer.
Offers details on the casting of Rebecca Spencer in the Las Vegas production of 'The Phantom of the Opera'.
best-selling romance author catherine spencer writes for harlequin enterprises ltd., the worlds largest supplier of romance novels. strong alpha heroes, courageous, intelligent heroines, and emotion-packed plots are her trademark.
News about album reissues by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion from their UK label.
Places in and around L.A. and Hollywood related to Spencer Tracys life and death.
Contains information and photographs of the Spencer family.
Discography for the jazz guitarist and composer.
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A fan presents a filmography and biography.
Features some pictures, and other information about the actor.
A list of homepages about the actors.
novelist, poet and essayist, with a biography and extracts.
Full run of this college cartoon by Peter Zale.
Complete filmography, photograph gallery, and profile.
Harlows Country Gallery, photography of eastern Oregon.
Biography, films, image galleries, and sound clips.
Fanpage containing facts about the actors movies and a signed photo.
Biographical information, repertoire, recordings, and upcoming and recent performances.
Includes biography, filmography, and links.
Filmography, awards and image gallery.
Unforgettable melodies and playing which lift the spirit and excite the imagination.
exaggerated posturing of characters in an editorial manner, executed in pen, ink and watercolor.
oil and crystal paintings feature women, abstracts, and the dark and divine.
News items, filmography and screen captures.
Includes a profile, pictures, fan-art, message board and links.
Georgia based actor. Includes photos, news, showreel, and contact details.
Offers filmography, biography, TV guest appearances and credits as writer.
Located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Includes show profile, reviews and schedule.
spencer, iowa this art council presents monthly art displays from a variety of artisans from the local area.
abstract, expressionistic and impressionist oil paintings on canvas by los angeles artist who also shows work in new york.
Analysis of the Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn film, and links to similar movies.
this georgia-based artists site, bigspence.com, features a digital project portfolio. resume.
Music videos in RealVideo, feature article and chat transcript.
quality faux finish contractors for commercial and residential projects. includes portfolio. based the gap, qld., australia.
annual fan-organized grassroots summer music festival in spencer, massachusetts. site contains band lineup and profiles.
News, biography, discography, audio and video, and tour dates from their US label.
The couples movies released on DVD and VHS. Includes biographies, links and a photo gallery.
Handmade clawhammer and Irish banjos by Marty Spencer. Product descriptions, photographs and audio clips.
Includes news, album reviews, audio downloads, biography, discography, links, and bulletin boards.
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official site of the author of in the bleak midwinter. features bookstore appearances, biography, reviews, and contact information.
a soprano who sings at weddings, events, functions and recitals. biographical details, program and repertoire information and sample tracks.
Jesse Spencers pictures and interview.
Drive-in located in Spencer. See pictures of the drive-in and what is available at the concession stand.
Detailed reviews of the bands albums.
Pictures, fan club and contact information, links to interviews, and a listing of film, plays, and television appearances, for the actress Jacklyn Zeman.
Site dedicated to Luke Spencer, Anthony Gearys character in 'General Hospital'. Extensive picture gallery, news, and background information.
all about jazz biography written by robert spencer.
Interview with one of A.D. Visions voice actors, widely known for his portrayal of Shinji in Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Analytical review of the plot, setting, theme, and structure of the Spencer Tracy film, and links to similar movies.
Official site offers appearance schedule, theatre photo gallery, cabaret reviews, recordings, press releases, biography, contact details and resume in PDF format.
the slick official site of the spencer family ancestral home and garden, where diana, princess of wales was buried. includes an illustrated history and description of this elizabethan house remodelled along classical lines.
Offers a review of 'Weezer' (The Green Album) by Spencer Owen.
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Essentials of Hindu Mantra Sadhana
Posted by Vibhuti Ganesh | Nov 2, 2015 | Hinduism Explained | 36,939 views
Since ancient time till the present era; Mantras have been used as a remedy for nearly every problem. With the increasing number of TV channels in India, the situation is such that you tell about any issue and one out of ten persons, you will find at least one to come out with a handy Mantra to resolve your issue.
The great learned pundits are there on the small screen almost round the clock. Now a question arises, do we really get benefit from those free of cost advice ? I don't think the TV channels will be helpful to you in this respect. They should be more than happy with the increasing TRP and would hardly get time to undertake a survey to find efficacy of such remedial mantras etc.
With a view to verify the effectiveness of mantras, let us try to answer these questions:
Can one mantra be effective for multiple purposes?
What is the source of power of any mantra ?
What is the correct way of using a mantra ?
What matters the most – The sound, the tone and rhythm of reciting a mantra, the meaning of the words used in the mantra, or the procedure prescribed?
By usage of a Mantra can any one be able to escape from experiencing the fructification of Karma?
How does 'offering' of a mantra by a Siddha makes a difference?
One Mantra removes all evil?
One should not need any thing more than mere common sense to reject the notion of 'elixir' kind of a Mantra that can be used to resolve a problem irrespective of nature of problem.
As we accept the low of 'Cause and Effect'; we have to find the likely cause of a problem and then the remedy has to address the cause. In a way, the remedy should be a kind of reversal process of the cause.
We can understand that every problem has to have a particularly related cause and hence, it has to be addressed with a specific process. Thus, a Mantra to increase physical height of a person cannot be accepted as a cure of Cancer.
Hindu mantras like 'Maha Mrintyunjaya Mantra', 'Gayatri Mantra', etc. suffer from the notion of 'One-for-All' remedy and we most humbly do not agree with the belief.
The sanctity of mantras for spiritual upliftment should be maintained and must not be recommended for temporal laukik reasons as trivial as 'securing a job transfer ' or 'begetting children' etc. People indulging in such activities are unknowingly doing a grave disservice to the sacred heritage of Vedas.
Prerequisites for Using a Mantra
The seers who formulated the mantras offered them to their disciples who were well-versed with the prerequisites as a part of the methodology of particular school of spiritual Sadhana. The knowledge of such prerequisites was believed to be so fundamental that its narration, at times, used to be omitted to avoid repetition.
Most of the mantras have been a part of a Stotra or an Upanishad or a fullfleged Sadhana or an Anushthana and were never intended to be used in isolation. However, over a period of time, some of the Pundits started compiling the mantras and formulated books of such collection. At this stage, the brevity was the call and not only the prerequisites, but even the overall purpose and relevance lost their place.
In the modern age, where education and spirituality has turned into an Industry, Astrology, too, has slipped into the hands of commercial people. In absence of honest custodians and the rightful inheritors; mantras are prescribed in most bizarre manner by the commercial astrologers for meeting their selfish means. Needless to say, mantras have become tools in their hands to exploit the greedy and ignorant people.
The Rishis who formulated the mantras also advocated certain procedures to be followed for its right use. This include a formal commitment in the form of 'Sankalpa', some movements and gestures in form of 'Nyasa', creating protective sheath in form of 'Kavacha' and offerings to the Devata in the form of 'Arghya'.
Let us understand the procedure as well as the parts of mantra.
Sankalpa with respect to Mantra Sadhana, means a formal commitment about one's plan of the Sadhana. A statement of sankalpa generally contains one's own identification. This is in the vedic manner including one's full name, one's vedic lineage i.e. Veda, Gotra, Shakha etc. Then follows ones desire to chant the Mantra for a particular duration and in particular number or undertake an Anushthana for fulfillment of a particular wish. The sankalpa is addressed to the Devata of the Mantra. Ritualistically, a sankalpa is taken through Sanskrit. However, as we know the significance of Mental vibrations in Mantra Sadhana, it should be OK to undertake the Sankalpa in one's own language.
Nyasa
Nyasa is an important preparatory stage of Mantra Sadhana. It is in a way a 'warming up' and 'cleansing' session prior to undertaking Mantra chanting. The sadhaka while exercising Pranayama, touches different parts his body either physically or visualize mentally depending upon the type of nyasa he has adopted. There are different types of Nayasa, e.g.Kara Nyasa, Anga Nyasa, Hridayadi Nyasa, Rishyadi Nyasa, Panchatatwa Nyasa, etc. Here, again the primary objective is to augment the process of attaining embodiment with the Mantra and its Devata at psyche level.
Kavacha
'Kavacha' is the imagery shield to be created for the protection of the Sadhaka during Sadhana. It is very important because, the Sadhaka loses his conscious sense of awareness as he transgress into meditative state or altered state of awareness. During such a state he stands vulnerable and exposed to abnormal frequencies and vibrations. The performing of Kavacha protects the Sadhaka from such vibrations. The Kavacha in a way create hypontic layer of self-confidence and keep him comfortable.
Arghya
Arghya is a symbolic gesture of hospitality offered to the Devata. As we offer some tea and snacks and respect to the guest at our home, similarly, here during Mantra sadhana, we are invoking the Devata of the Mantra and suitable welcome is essential. The arghya is normally a mixture of water, milk, curd, flower petals, kumkum, sandal and grains like til (sesame). The mixture is taken in hands in the cavity created by holding two palms together and then poured in the vessel meant for it. The ingredients of Arghya are Devata specific and so is the way of offering it and as such different Mantra Sadhana requires different kind of Arghya. On mental and subtle level, the offering of Arghya signifies surrender of the individual ego at the feet of the Devata.
In addition to the procedure, it is vital to understand the essential parts of a Mantra. Every mantra is suppose to be complete only when it is used with the following six parts, knows as 'Shadanga':
Chhandas
Devata
Beeja
Keelaka
Shakti.
Rishi is the person who originally formulated the Mantra. In vedic culture, Rishi is believed as the seer, a visualizer of Mantra. The prerequisite of naming the Rishi of the mantra before using the same is a humble way of showing gratitude and acknowledgement. This act of acknowledgement is the first step towards dissolution of personal pride and ego. The feeling of gratitude initiates the altered state of mind leading to internal environment congenial to invocation of the Devata of the Mantra.
Devata of the Mantra is the form of the god who is being propitiated. The deveta element engages the visualizing faculty of human mind. Every Devata has its own Shape, Colour, Posture, Gesture, Mudra, Ayudha, and personality. The preceding steps of Rishi and Chhanda prepares the ground for effective visualization of the Devata. The initial utterrance of name of the Devata creates flashes of the visions. Its frequent repetition enables a devotee to contemplate upon the form of the Devata. Ultimately, he forgets his own self and gets unified with the form of the Devata.
Chhandas denotes to the grammatical formation of words in a particular rhythm. The chhanda sets the pattern of words and number of syllables. The formation guides the recitation of the Mantra in a particular way. The pattern activates different points in human brain and further augment the internal psychic environment. Each chhanda has its own attributes to influence the mood of the person reciting it.
Chhandas are classified into two types (1) Varnik Chhand (alphabetical stanzas) and (2)Matrik Chhand (stanzas containing short vowels). Hindu mantras follow the Chhandas of their respective Vedic Samhita and Shakha. Generally a distinct Matrik Chhanda has been preferred by different Shakha in different Samhitas.
Beeja is a single letter of Sanskrit Alphabet and it represent, again, shortest possible form of the Devata. The shape of the Beeja creates the route for the energy to vibrate. Beejam resembles the basic character (tatva) of the mantra. for example jala tatva(soft), agni tatva (hard) etc.
Keelaka means a nail. Now, what is significance of a Nail here with respect to reciting a Mantra? To understand the significance of Keelaka we have to link it with the nail that stops a rotating wheel slipping out of its excel. We know that the energy of a mantra is generated from the mind of the person and its important to keep it centered at a point to save it getting dissipated. This is done through Keelaka. Some people symbolize it with a key of the lock. Thus, a keelaka is believed to be a Key to open the lock of the source of a Mantra power.
Shakti means Power. Shakti means power or energy of the Mantra. This is the power generated through reciting the mantra.
It has to be noted that every Mantra has its own form of Shakti. However, let us admit that today, except the name denoted to the Shakti, we do not know much about distinct forms of the energy of Mantra. The main reason for this omission is attributable to the fact that graphical reproduction of the form of energy vibrations visualized during altered state of mind remains difficult. The second reason for the misconception is that we consider the words 'Devi' and 'Shakti' as synonyms.
Due to this ambiguity, it is quite possible that a Sadhaka of a Mantra may contemplate upon a known form of Devi in stead of the energy vibrations of the Mantra.
Now, it should be clear as to why we don't get the much acclaimed results from reciting a mantra. If we ignore the essential 6 parts, how can we expect the desired effects?
The limitation lies on two parts. First is the ignorance of the doer. The person who undertakes Mantra, does not know the essential prerequisites. Secondly, the limitation lies with the source from where a person receives the mantra. It is quite common now that people take mantra from any source, be it a cheap pocket book being sold at the roadside, any Sadhu or a TV Jyotishi. It is quite possible that the prerequisites are compromised in offering and receiving the Mantra in this manner.
Research on Mantra Sadhana
My objective here is to sensitize the need for conducting a research upon effectiveness of various Mantras. This way, we can assess the effectiveness of different mantras. The research should include the following:
What was the objective of undertaking a Mantra?
Whether Mantra was received from a Siddha or a Guru
If yes – who was the person?
what was the procedure used by the guru to season (siddhi) the Mantra?
What were the conditions followed by the Guru to assess the suitability of the beneficiary?
How many times the Mantra was recited/chanted every day?
What was the duration/period the Mantra was recited?
Whether the Shadangas i.e. Rishi, Devata etc. were performed ritualistically?
Whether Viniyas i.e. Sankalpa, Nyaasa, Puruscharana were performed?
If yes, what was the procedure?
What benefits were observed that can be confidently attributable to Mantra sadhana?
What way the pronunciation and modulation recitation of Mantra or or any instrumental sound used substantiated ? Could it be verified by a
living experienced expert?
Whether the Verbatim meaning of the Mantra signified the expected benefits?
Whether colours were used deliberately i.e., colour of the cloths or the Asana used by the sadhaka
If Mantra was used as a remedy of any disease; was it verified through medical reports?
I wish to have valuable contributions from learned members and visitors of this esteem site so that the science of mantra can be augmented in right direction. I invite suggestions with regard to classification of various kinds of Mantras and its genuine purpose. I wish that we can compile the Shadangas of every Mantra with its dos and don'ts. Let us bring in transparency into this subject. This is the way, we can get back the lost glory to our divine heritage. Let us admit and sensitize as to what can be done and what cannot be done through Mantra.This is the way, we can curb the Cheaters and Thugs who are exploiting the ignorance of poor and needy people.
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This is at least the sixth time this has happened in China over the last two years.
WUHAN, CHINA — A Chinese man has been arrested after chucking some coins before boarding a plane for a little bit of luck.
According to the Chutian Metropolis Daily, the boneheaded incident happened on April 2 at the Wuhan Tianhe International Airport.
Apparently a 31-year-old man, surnamed Xia, was traveling with his wife and 4-month-old daughter.
Looks like his genius mother-in-law told him to throw coins at the plane while boarding for a safe and smooth journey.
What's even funnier, when Xia got to the airport, he realized he only had one coin, so Einstein actually went to a shop to get even more change.
Xia figured that if he chucked the coins in the terminal, he wouldn't be maximizing his good luck, so he waited until he was on the jetway to bless the plane.
Xia then had the good fortune to get detained for 10 days, while his wife and kid flew to Urumqi without him.
This is at least the sixth time this type of idiocy has happened in China over the last two years—and thank god it won't be the last.
At this point, Chinese airlines should just start leaving a big old container of coins for the passengers before each flight. Think of all that good luck.


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We were inspired by the story of Minister O'Malley who, acting without the knowledge of his government, in 1966 announced free secondary school education for all children in Ireland. The announcement had not been approved by the Department of Finance, but Donogh knew once word was out, there was no going back. In O'Malley's eyes, free secondary school education was a human right. Today, Ireland has one of the highest rates of second-level completion in the EU.
This one act of monumental courage represents a pivotal point in Irish history and had major consequences for social mobility and cultural change.
The ad features extracts from the Minister's speech and is delivered by his real son, the actor Daragh O'Malley [Withnail and I, Sharpe, Silent Witness]. Daragh delivering his father's speech on the shoot was magical and it felt like we were there 53 years ago. It was an emotional moment for Daragh, who said it was one of the proudest moments of his career.
The campaign depicts true acts of courage by Irish people and helps reconnect customers to the idealistic roots of insurance, reminding them that Allianz is there to support them when they face big and small choices that impact on their lives.
As the largest insurer of schools across Ireland, Allianz Ireland is proud of its deep and long-standing connection with Irish education, insuring over ninety percent of primary and over fifty percent of secondary schools across Ireland. Sean McGrath, CEO, Allianz Ireland said. "With one statement, Minister O'Malley made free secondary education — an idea that had been circulated and debated, though never fully realised — a reality. It can be easy to overlook the huge courage it took to announce this, but he believed this would help us overcome poverty and once announced, it could not be taken back. Free education has been a core element of our society's evolution."
The campaign will be launching across TV, OOH, digital, sponsorship & PR.
Donogh's full speech has been recreated here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoqV1JRHwCs&feature=youtu.be
For more information and sources:
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Here we highlight 5 ways you can support dementia research, driving forward better care today and taking us closer to a cure tomorrow.
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Here we highlight 5 ways you can support research, driving forward better care today and taking us closer to a cure tomorrow.
The National Institute of Health (NIHR) has launched a new campaign to raise awareness of research for all. You can support the campaign using the hashtag on your social media channels.
For research to be successful we need people from all walks of life to get involved, support the campaign, spread the word and drive us closer to a cure.
The journey towards better care and treatments for people living with the condition today and in the future relies on volunteers like you. To test new treatments or gather information about dementia, researchers need people with and without the condition to take part in research studies. It's well known that one of the key reasons research projects fail is because they struggle to find participants. Join Dementia Research is a network supported by Alzheimer's Society that matches people who are interested in dementia research to studies taking place in their area. This could be as simple as completing a short survey or giving blood or if you are interested, taking part in a clinical trial. It's entirely up to you.
We support research towards understanding the causes of dementia, improving care and developing new treatments for the condition. It's vital that everything we fund is of the best quality and highest relevance to people affected by dementia.
If you're living with dementia today or have current or past experience of caring for someone with dementia then join our Research Network and help us to make sure we are supporting research that is important to you.
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Stay up to date with all the latest news and progress in dementia research with our monthly bulletin and our research magazine, Care and Cure. We also share interesting blogs about vital areas of research as well as events, news and the latest work of the Alzheimer's Society to support research that will benefit everyone affected by dementia.
Alzheimer's Society has united with Alzheimer's Research UK as Charity of the Year for the 2019 Virgin Money London Marathon. We're aiming to raise £3.5 million through this special year-long campaign to lead the charge towards a cure.
The Dementia Revolution is a unique opportunity to power the most ambitious dementia research endeavour the UK has ever seen. We need you to support the campaign by signing up to volunteer or run for the revolution.
I took care of my husband through his dementia and it is a truly dreadful experience for all concerned. At his death I donated his brain to the research programme, and on my death mine will be donated also , I am willing to take part in any trials, and would be honours to do so.
If i ever get this like my mom had you can use my brain for further research .However having said that you can bury the rest of me in a eco-friendly non toxic, biodegradeable casket.


A recently released report from the Russian Interior Ministry showed two major trends on Russian roads in 2013. According to statistics, traffic accidents as a result of drunk driving declined throughout the year, but at the same time, the overall number of traffic violations was up.
According to a combined statistical report published by the Russian traffic police service, 68.2 million road traffic violations were registered in 2013, up 4.7 percent over the previous year.
Business daily Kommersant reported that motorists paid a total of just over $1 billion in fines.
According to the traffic police service, speed cameras caught 35 million speeding violations – up 22 percent from 2012.
Vyacheslav Lysakov, a State Duma Deputy who works on legislation related to drivers said the increase in speeding violations is partly due to the growing number of cars on the roads: "Every year the number of drivers increases by 2.5 million," Lysakov said.
The report also showed that 590,200 cases of drunk driving were registered in 2013, down 3.4 percent year-on-year. In the last four months of 2013, the number of drunk-driving incidents fell dramatically – by 14.8 percent.
Lysakov said that stricter punishments for drunk driving played a role in the decrease. In August 2013, a rule came into force establishing a maximum allowable blood alcohol level, which means that not all of those pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving were fined.
Additionally, in September, a regulation came into force that fines and strips drunk drivers of their licenses at the same time. "The notion of possible accumulated margin of error has been introduced," Lysakov said, speaking about the first law.
Lysakov noted that motorists could expect tougher laws soon. "Under the planned amendments, drunk driving might even become a criminal offense," he said.
Viktor Travin, president of the Committee for Motorists' Rights Protection, is not convinced that the decrease in drunk driving and the increase in overall violations are unrelated.
"It is hard to believe the statistics, because traffic police officers are now being replaced with speed cameras, but the equipment can only measure the speed of a vehicle, it cannot test the driver for alcohol," Travin said.
"A lot depends on the number of inspectors on the roads. The figures give an indication of the work done by traffic police but say nothing about the drivers. I have talked to traffic police officers; they say the number of drunk driving motorists on the roads has not declined."


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Belarussians / Ukrainians
Latvian Belarusians and Ukrainians are, respectively, the third and fourth largest ethnic groups in the country. The communities have similar history, most notably in regard to the second half of the twentieth century.
Belarusians have lived in south-eastern Latvia for several centuries. Trade connections over the shared river Daugava date back to Medieval period. Similarly, there have always been small Latvian communities in Belarus. Latvian Belarusians still form a considerable proportion of the population near the border of Belarus. There were up to 37 thousand Latvian Belarusians before World War II.
Today Latvian Belarusian community has grown three times because of massive migration during the Soviet period (1944-1991). Thus, there are 80 thousand Belarusians, but for many of them ethnic affiliation is more a matter of ethnic roots than of identity. Only a fifth of Belarusians retain knowledge of their native tongue. They rarely speak the language in the family, since most Belarusians live in mixed families where the Russian language dominates. Rīga hosts a small Belarusian language school, as well as several cultural societies. Belarusian cultural societies are found in Rīga, Ventspils, Daugavpils and Liepāja.
Latvia is home to 60 thousand Latvian Ukrainians, half of which speak Ukrainian. A thousand lived in Latvia in 1897 as soldiers or students at Rīga Polytechnical Institute. The rest settled in Latvia during the Soviet times. Today, half of Latvia's Ukrainians live in Rīga, the others being dispersed across other cities. Rīga hosts an Ukrainian secondary school, whose graduates are equally fluent in Ukrainian and Latvian. Latvian Ukrainians are the second best educated community after Latvian Jews, however have the least rate of naturalization. The majority of Latvian Ukrainians live in mixed Ukrainian-Russian families.
Latvian Ukrainians promote their culture through the Latvian Ukrainian Union and the Cultural Society "Dnipro" (after the biggest river in Ukraine). Latvian Ukrainian children's choir is also named "Dnipro". Ventspils, Rēzekne, Liepāja, Daugavpils and Vangaži host Ukrainian cultural centres.
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Een ongelovige is iemand die geen religie aanhangt of iemand die in de ogen van een ander de verkeerde religie aanhangt.

In de islam wordt een onderscheid gemaakt tussen ongelovigen enerzijds en joden en christenen anderzijds, die zij, samen met de moslims, mensen van het Boek noemen.

Leden van een joodse, christelijke of islamitische familie of gemeenschap die niet langer het geloof aanhangen waaruit zij voortkomen, worden soms ook afvalligen genoemd.

Andere begrippen
Het begrip ongelovige wordt soms gelijkgesteld met begrippen als heiden of het islamitische kafir. Er zijn echter verschillen tussen deze begrippen.

Zo kan het woord heiden duiden op iedereen die geen geloof aanhangt, maar ook op andersgelovigen of enkel op mensen die een niet-abrahamitische religie aanhangen in het bijzonder; de uitdrukking een heidens geloof draagt dan ook volstrekt geen interne tegenspraak in zich. Diverse vormen van heidendom, waaronder het neopaganisme, kunnen zelfs uitdrukkelijk als vormen van geloof worden gezien.

Het Arabische woord kafir wordt wel geïnterpreteerd als ongelovige, afvallige, maar ook hier hangt het weer van context en cultuur af wat er precies wordt bedoeld. Door sommige moslims wordt het woord vertaald met ondankbare, mede omdat in de Koran ook de duivel (Iblis) een kafir wordt genoemd.

Zie ook
Evangelisatie
Goj
Heiden
Kafir
Kennis
Secularisering
Vrijdenkerij
Weten

Religieus persoon
Kentheorie

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Among web applications one the basic features you might need is a fullscreen mode.
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When Paulina was about 4 months old, she was not drinking properly, so her pediatrician at the time decided to place a NG-tube without any previous diagnostics to find out the cause for Paulina's insufficient drinking. A few months later, everyone was recommending that we should consider a PEG-tube and we decided to get one for Paulina. Half a year later, we sought help at a German hospital for the first time, but we were put off and were told her weight was still too low and so on. We visited this hospital two more times but no one there took any action and so we lost almost two years. At our last visit there, it became clear to us that if we kept going to this hospital, Paulina would never learn how to eat. She had been on total enteral nutritional support via the PEG-tube for two years. Then we got in touch with "NoTube", started the tube weaning in October 2013 and Paulina has been tube-free since May 2014. She has become a completely different child. She does not vomit anymore, she has made unbelievable developmental progress, she is more active, she is happier and on some days she eats even more than her twin brother. It was a long, hard journey and sometimes we became desperate and would have preferred to cancel the whole wean but with "NoTube", the great, lovely, patient, supportive, best tube weaning team ever, we made it! We are sooooooo happy that you exist and that you have helped us to become a normal family.


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Autonomous taxi trial carrying passengers begins in Tokyo
A venture firm and a major taxi company on Monday began a trial of passenger-carrying autonomous taxi services with an eye on launching the full service around 2020 when Tokyo hosts the Olympics and the Paralympics.
ZMP Inc., a Tokyo-based developer of autonomous driving technology, and Hinomaru Kotsu Co., said they are the first in the world to offer autonomous taxi services to fare-paying passengers in the test through Sept. 8.The initiative comes as automakers and other businesses at home and abroad compete in the development of autonomous vehicles. General Motors Co. and Waymo, a spinoff of tech giant Google, have started tests on public roads in the United States, while Nissan Motor Co. and DeNA Co. conducted tests on a ride-hailing service in Yokohama, near Tokyo, in March.
In the trial by ZMP and Hinomaru, a minivan equipped with sensors and other autonomous technologies makes four round-trips a day on a busy 5.3-kilometer route between commercial facilities in Tokyo's Otemachi and Roppongi districts.The autonomous technology will start, stop and turn the vehicle but a driver and an assistant will be on board to ensure safety. Passengers will unlock the door and make payments through a smartphone app, paying 1,500 yen (about $13) for a one-way ride.
Passengers were chosen in advance with about 1,500 people competing for just 96 rides, underscoring the high public interest in the technology.A 45-year-old male passenger from Tokyo's Toshima Ward who got in the first autonomous taxi on Monday morning said, "It was such a natural ride that I almost forgot it was a self-driving car. I felt the advancement of technology."A news reporter who went on a test ride near the Imperial Palace on Saturday also said the driving was remarkably smooth overall, particularly when merging into traffic and turning at an intersection.
But he also said he felt there was room for improvement in other areas, noting that the braking was somewhat abrupt causing his body to lean forward when the vehicle came to a complete stop.In a ceremony marking the trial, Hinomaru Kotsu President Kazutaka Tomita said, "We can take a precious step forward (for autonomous driving) today."Autonomous driving services are viewed as a way to address the shortage of drivers in Tokyo and the increasing demand for taxis among foreign visitors to Japan.The companies plan to hold test drives on a second route later this year, connecting Haneda airport and central Tokyo.
Hopes for self-driving taxis are also high in rural areas, where many taxi companies have been going out of business due to aging drivers as well as a decline in the number of people joining the industry, according to industry experts.
Hinomaru and ZMP said they plan to ask local taxi firms facing shortages of drivers to form a syndicate with them, a move aimed at reducing the cost of introducing the new system.
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Well-established as one of the most unique and iconic destinations in our sport, the world's premier show jumping series returns to the US continent bringing Olympic-level sport to the world-famous Miami Beach on America's East Coast.
Welcome to Miami Beach
The world's premier show jumping series returns to the US continent bringing Olympic-level sport to the world-famous Miami Beach on America's East Coast.
Fans can enjoy spectacular scenes as riders jump literally next to the glittering Atlantic Ocean, and Miami Beach will provide the perfect backdrop as the world's top horses and riders compete to gain valuable points in the overall Championship season battle.
The world's premier show jumping series returns to the US continent for the seventh year running and guests can enjoy thrilling sporting entertainment as top American riders compete against the best international riders in this phenomenal location. Don't miss this incredible sporting event!
The Longines Global Champions Tour and GCL of Miami Beach is truly an event and location like no other. With the arena just metres from the glittering turquoise waters of the Atlantic Ocean, horses and riders compete alongside swimmers, kite surfers, sunbathers and beachgoers in one of the most spectacular settings in sport. The venue is a favourite for competitors and spectators alike, and previous LGCT Grand Prix winners have included Katrin Eckermann, Edwina Tops-Alexander and Pieter Devos, while GCL winners have included the home team Miami Celtics, Prague Lions and the Berlin Eagles.


We've been here before: algorithm changes on major platforms affect brand visibility. What was a previously effective channel becomes, overnight, a barren wasteland.
Does that mean we should focus just on owned channels? Or is there still a place for organic social media in a modern marketing strategy?
How has organic reach in social media declined?
We're all used to using social media to reach and engage with people, for marketers they also come with one main problem: you don't own the platform.
Each platform can (and will) change the rules. You only have to think about the regular updates that each social media network undergoes to see this in practice.
Facebook, in particular, has undergone some serious updates, which have seen organic impressions for brand pages plummet. Back in 2012, 16% of a Facebook Page's fans were seeing each post. By March 2014, this dropped to 6.5%. Now reach is at less than 2% and it seems only a matter of time before this drops to zero.
For brands that invested time and effort in nurturing their Facebook community, this has been a real challenge. They've gone from their posts regularly appearing in their fans' News Feed, to seeing these organic impressions dwindle to almost nothing.
The real danger for marketers is that, without your knowledge, your main channels to your audience can be cut off. Based on this, it's no surprise that in 2018, 14% of all marketers now think that organic social media is the most overrated marketing tactic. Back in 2015, this was only 12% of inbound marketers.
Is it time to abandon organic social media?
This is clearly a dramatic, all or nothing stance to take. But for most marketers, ignoring the potential reach and audience engagement opportunities through social media are too big to ignore.
Eat24 might have abandoned Facebook. But by 2017, the company returned to the platform because it was still an important channel to for the business to reach its fans.
If Facebook (or any other social media channel) genuinely doesn't work for your business, then it's right and proper to sideline that channel for one that is more effective. However for many marketers the key to engaging with their audience on Facebook is to adapt the tactics that they're using. What worked in 2012 isn't going to work now. But having a modern approach to organic social media can still deliver results.
At the same time, investing your efforts into digital channel you own, like your website and your blog, has to continue to be a complementary tactic to any paid or earned channels that you use. Creating content that you control, such as blog posts, eBooks and interactive tools will continue to grow your inbound traffic, leads and your customer base long after they are first published.
Originally published 7July 2015. Updated 8 February 2019.


Got no oven? Learn how to cook this melt in your mouth Yema cake dessert. Made simple and no baking required. Dive in and satisfy your guilty pleasure. This is one of Mama's Guide original version of the famous yema cake everybody loves.
This Yema Cake recipe is just perfect for everyone to try. I've watched a couple of Youtube videos and read a few website about it. The rice cooker technique is an epic fail for me. Well in my case and the rice cooker we have. It burned the bottom of my pancake. The bottom of my cake became jet black after following "Panlasang Sabog" video. I don't blame them, maybe its because of my rice cooker? But for me that rice cooker style is not worth trying. It really depends on a certain type of rice cooker. .
This recipe is made from steam heat. I guess this is the safest way of not burning the bottom part. You will place your rice cooker basin on top of another pan with boiling water or you can use a round lanera too. Steam type Yema Cake.
3. Add in Hot cake mix, water and vanilla extract.
4. Using a whisk or fork, mix it together until it becomes lumpy and smooth.
5. Grease your rice cooker stainless bowl and place a round aluminum foil to cover the base. Grease top of the foil with oil/butter too.
6. Pour in Hotcake mixture.
8. Your pan cake mix should be cook when toothpick comes out clean from inserting it in the center of your pan cake.
9. Once your cake is cooked. Let it cool and and run a knife along the edge to loosen it when you put it upside down. I used my hands to gently loosen it up.
2. Stir approximately 10 mins or less. Hint that its already cooked: your yema covers the back of your spoon. Don't overcook yema or it will be hard when cooled. You should be able to pour it evenly on your cake once it is cook. So it will have a perfect glossy finish.
3. Top it with grated cheese.


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Nick Dunn was a force at the plate, running an impressive .529 batting average with an OPS of 1.476. The infielder went 9-17, getting a hit in every game he played, two of them being doubles and one being a home run. Dunn also stole 2 bases and was walked 5 times last week. The sophomore out of Maryland started every game for the Terps in his first two seasons, and his collegiate resume already consists of a 2016 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American, 2016 Big Ten All-Freshman, and 2016 Third Team All-Big Ten honors.
On the mound, Tony Locey contributed significantly to the Whitecaps' dominance over Cotuit on 7/25 where Brewster posted a 9-0 win. The right-hander pitched 8 shutout innings, racking up 6 strikeouts and allowing only 2 base runners to get into scoring position. The Georgia Bulldog freshman appeared in 16 games in his first season, going 2-4 with 37 strikeouts.


Vincent Turner's startup Planwise is a San Francisco based software company that aims to help its users make better financial decisions. Sometimes buying a car or a house can lead buyers into a complicated mess of resources aimed to help but in the end, they may end up confusing buyers instead of helping. Of course, those aren't the only events that may affect finances, and Planwise is built deeply to list many potential events.
Planwise utitlizes a browser based or mobile app as a tool to help you analyze your current finicaial situation as well how your finances may look in the future. It's a free tool that can even be used anonymously in which you fill in finacial details.
It's a robust tool that is a practical solution to figuring out how your current situation may be affected by future events or actions.
How long have you been involved with the internet?
Since the beginning! My father bought an Apple 2GS, in 1978, the year I was born! Apparently we learned to program before we could write, but I can't really program (no, html/css doesnt count) so this must have sprung from the well of urban legend. I will say though, computers ruled our house. We had the internet in 1991. Yes, 1991, in Australia. It was all text based, used for chat, email and downloading 'The Big Book of Mischief' otherwise known as the Anarchist's handbook. You would literally be jailed for downloading this 'ebook' now. I remember dad thumbing through the almost 100 pages of 'how to make explosives' and tearing out Nitroglycerin, as being too dangerous, and in a roundabout way condoning every other thing in there. Needless to say we had a fun and loud few years with that book.
My brother was writing basic games in the quest genre from his mid teens, my first real step into the tech world was in 1997 when me and a school mate set up the first map based real estate sales site in Australia. 1997, almost 10 years before google maps hit the scene. We were tracing over maps from the street directory, making them images and attaching properties by x/y co-ordinates from an access database. We charged $150 a property and were making a couple of grand a month as 19 year old kids.
We were fortunate enough to meet a guy who had some crazy ideas about text messages in 1999, .. and shifted our focus to that. I designed and patented a messaging technology, that got us about $2m in venture funding and ended up being implemented at a few major banks in Australia.
I start when I wake up, I've got in the habit of no alarms. Sleep until you stop, then get up and go. The only exception is if I have an early flight, but I tend to avoid these. We have recently done a seed round at Planwise and have added 6 people to the team so my home office has been outgrown. I love our new place. It's right in the heart of SOMA, in San Francisco. It's modest, we share it with another tech company. There is an office dog and we work around a great big desk. Coming into the office to work with my team is one of the things that really makes my day.
Scooter time! I can't recommend this mode of transport enough! Trust me, it will change your world. Take everything you hate about cars (owning, gas, insurance, traffic, parking, registration) and it will turn every negative into a positive. Nothing brightens any day at the office, like scootering up into the chill SF air on the way home.
Best ideas, comes in two parts. Having the little idea is 95% of the time while asleep, I wake up, think more about it in a half awake state, write it down, then pass out again. However, this isnt the important part really. The important part is when I develop ideas more fully.
My process literally consists of working on the subject matter and then taking the laptop or notebook to bed (or the office couch) and actually falling asleep while still thinking about the idea. I then drift in an out of light sleep making further notes as required.
Just about all the product and strategy breakthroughs at Planwise have come about via this process. If you can make it work for you, I highly recommend it.
I tend to have a lot of windows open but nothing unread. My work has two gears.
First gear is interacting with everyone else and second gear is producing something in isolation, a burst of production without distraction. Often I will go to a cafe for 3 hours for this output.
However 'my desk' is a very fluid concept. Right now, I'm typing this from a desk in a development office in Bulgaria. We don't outsource all our development but as a startup I've learnt that you need to be open to pragmatic solutions. A visa delay (thanks US government!) is causing bandwidth issues, so we have a development relationship here to keep things pumping out.
Back to my desk, when I am at a desk it's basically my laptop, mouse and watch (it gets taken off while working).
My mum will kill me, but I really don't have one. I tend to read a lot of smaller things that couldn't be called books. I remember enjoying Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card – about the same time I started my first tech company – Sorry mum.
Not sure where to begin on this one – ok, big ideas – I actually think that most people don't have big, truly big, ideas. The confidence stopping people from pursuing ideas also affects the size of the idea. But in answering the question directly, I dont feel I put my life on hold. This IS my life.
Quite a lot as an entrepreneur you hear from people 'wow, I don't know how you do what you do' as in chasing your dreams, throwing away the safety net etc. But I look around me every day and see people doing things that I don't know how they do. From people who are doctors, to deep sea divers and all the way to people who are happy to sit in traffic an hour each way each day.
Understand your strengths, and share these with other companies. I can't recommend enough taking on 1 – 2 advisor roles with other companies. You will end up learning from them. The other more practical bit of advice is get everything else off your mind as best you can. Issues at work are exacerbated when there is issues at home (money, relationships, etc). Try as best you can to ensure these are actually and mentally separated.
Hard to pick a biggest one but the guy who got me across the line in my darkest hour in August 2011, was a guy called Tim Crommelin. I met him at a festival 2 years ago, via a customer at a Deli I used to work at when I was 17. He had spent 4 years out in the valley, and helped me through the early stages as an adviser and when it seemed no one else would, he put his hand up to put enough money in to keep the show going. I have to thank my father too, he has backed me without reservation in every startup venture I've done.
Twitter is best, @vinaeco – also about.me/vincentturner. Hit me up with any questions relating to startups, software or UX design and I'll happily do my best to respond. I'm stoked to be advising some amazing companies, one that is making great progress is etool.net.au – helping builders & architects to design carbon neutral and energy neutral housing. Awesome space.
I can say one thing to people, go and find a real problem. Not just one with money attached to it. People are inspired to be part of something bigger than themselves.