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Ninja Divorce — What Happened Between Tyler and Jessica Blevins?
Published Tue May 26 2020 By Kenshinpark
So, suddenly people are all concerned about Ninja and Jessica Blevins' marriage. What really happened? Are they really divorcing, or already divorced? What just happened?
Well, we have been asking the same questions for a past few hours. If you are wondering about the same, then worry not, we got you covered. But before we jump right into the point, let's find some interesting facts about Tyler Blevins, aka Ninja, and Jessica Blevins' relationship.
How Did Ninja and Jessica Blevins Meet?
It's been almost a decade now; the couple met for the first time. Jess and Ninja met at a Halo Tournament in 2010. However, Tyler already had a girlfriend at the time, but still, Jessica thought he was cute. Jess said she did not want him to be disrespectful and reach out, but she would creep on his Facebook every once in a while.
Jessica and Ninja are married for almost three years now and going strong.
Photo Source: Jessica Instagram
In 2013, Tyler broke up with his then-girlfriend and was single again, and surprisingly, after his breakup, he reconnected with Jess over Twitter and asked her out! Wow! So, that was the beginning of their beautiful relationship.
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The couple tied the knots after dating for four years in 2017. But by that time, Jess was already managing her husband. Despite the challenges, Jess understands Tyler, and more importantly, she knows the nature of streaming video games on Twitch as she is a streamer herself.
So, after almost fours of dating and three years into marriage, the two could not ask for more. They seem perfect for each other, and for Ninja, Jess is a goldmine that he could ever ask for. So, despite all these love and understanding between the couples, why "DIVORCE?"
Ninja Divorce - What's The Buzz All About?
Well, apparently, the internet is going crazy over Ninja's divorce, which is nothing more than a hoax. The couple is doing perfectly fine together. But why are people all edgy about the things which did not even happen?
Ninja and his wife, Jessica, celebrate Christmas with their two dogs.
Photo Source: Jessica Blevins Instagram
There are still things the couple complains about like they don't get to enjoy the meal together, or spend time with each other even due to Ninja's hectic schedules. While it's easy for us to assume that Ninja is making easy money, but that's not the case; he works 12 hours straight on a regular day.
The only time the couple gets to spend quality time is between 4 PM to 8 PM, and after that, Ninja goes for streaming while Jess goes on to her managerial duties like replying to emails and stuff. But still, the couple is happy for what they have and making the best out of everything possible.
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So, about the breakup or divorce, as it is trending on the internet, comes from an old YouTube video from 2018. A YouTuber named 'Randy Ronda' with some 118K followers on his channel uploaded a meme video on the platform.
The user apparently also shared it on Reddit from where it got the massive exposure. The video titled "Ninja Night Out 1 & 2," which was purely done for entertainment purpose, peaked so much on the internet as it was shared on Reddit with the title, "Ninja is getting a divorce, here's why."
Watch: Ninja Night Out 1 & 2
The video sees Ninja doing some crazy things, as you can see it for yourself on the above video, the maker of the video, thereby comes with a conclusion "Ninja is getting a divorce," which was supposed to be funny as it was intended, but it took a wrong turn when people believed it without knowing the truth.
So, just in case, if you were worried about Ninja's divorce, you don't need to now. The couple is doing absolutely fine and going stronger.
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The Stop Arming Terrorists Act is a proposed Act of Congress that was originally sponsored by United States Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district Tulsi Gabbard and United States Senator for Kentucky Rand Paul in early 2017 to prohibit the use of United States Government funds to provide assistance to Al Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and to countries supporting those organizations, and for other purposes.

As of November 2017, 14 other lawmakers out of 435 United States House of Representatives have co-sponsored Gabbard's House bill. Paul's Senate version of the bill, on the other hand, has zero cosponsors.

On December 20, 2019, the Senate passed S. 1790, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 became law with § 1228 stating:PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF WEAPONS AND OTHER FORMS OF SUPPORT TO CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 may be used to knowingly provide weapons or any other form of support to Al Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Jabhat Fateh al Sham, Hamas, Hizballah, Palestine Islamic Jihad, al-Shabaab, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or any individual or group affiliated with any such organization.

H.R.608 - Stop Arming Terrorists Act
On January 23, 2017, Tulsi Gabbard sponsored the House version of the bill: "To prohibit the use of United States Government funds to provide assistance to Al Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and to countries supporting those organizations, and for other purposes." There were six original co-sponsors including North Carolina Republican Walter B. Jones Jr. and Virginia Republican and Army veteran Thomas Garrett. Six days prior, Gabbard had tweeted: "The practice of spending taxpayer dollars to fund counterproductive regime change wars must end. It is long overdue we pass the Stop Arming Terrorists Act to prevent terrorist groups like al-Qaeda or state sponsors like Saudi Arabia from receiving cash, weapons, or intelligence."

Cosponsors

S.532 - Stop Arming Terrorists Act
On March 6, 2017, Rand Paul introduced the Senate version of the bill. It did not gather any co-sponsors.

Incorporation into the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
On June 13, 2019, Gabbard secured inclusion of a provision into the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) "to prohibit the use of taxpayer funds to provide weapons or any form of support to al-Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jabhat Fateh al Sham, any individual or group associated with these organizations, or any entity the Secretary of Defense determines may trade or sell arms to terrorist organizations." Gabbard commented: "Unfortunately, in their dogged pursuit of regime change war, leaders in Washington have used taxpayer dollars to fund programs that directly and indirectly support terrorist groups like al-Qaeda in places like Syria. This continues in Yemen where US-support for Saudi Arabia's genocidal war in Yemen has resulted in the Saudis delivering US-weapons to terrorist groups like al-Qaeda, as reported by CNN earlier this year. This is not only wrong, it's illegal for any American to provide money or assistance to terrorist groups like these. The provision I passed today would make these same rules apply to the U.S. government."

Gottheimer amendment
On July 11, 2019, Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5) offered an amendment to add ''Hamas, Hizballah, Palestine Islamic Jihad, al-Shabaab, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps'' after ''al Sham,''.

Senate passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
On December 20, 2019, S. 1790 became law with § 1228 stating:PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF WEAPONS AND OTHER FORMS OF SUPPORT TO CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 may be used to knowingly provide weapons or any other form of support to Al Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Jabhat Fateh al Sham, Hamas, Hizballah, Palestine Islamic Jihad, al-Shabaab, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or any individual or group affiliated with any such organization.

See also
 Military-Industrial Complex
 Terrorism financing
 Terrorism
 Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act
 Timber Sycamore
 CIA activities in Syria

References

Proposed legislation of the 115th United States Congress
Tulsi Gabbard

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BK: Welcome to HxGN RADIO. My name is Brian, thanks for joining us. Today we have Kelly Carwile, senior business analyst and ERP administrator for Entrans International with us to discuss how Xalt has helped improve their business. Thanks for joining us.
BK: I appreciate it. Entrans International is a global leader in tank trailer and oil and gas equipment manufacturing distribution and service. They maintain deep reserves of knowledge, people, resources, and worldwide reach. With over 100 years of experience, Entrans International knew what they were doing. Find out what led them to finding innovative solutions to their customers' problems and their challenge of expanding into new markets around the world. And that's what we're going to talk about. So, tell us about yourself a little bit, what you're doing with Entrans in your role in all that.
BK: Excellent. What have been some of your biggest business process challenges?
KC: I think it's probably getting our manufacturing team all on the same best practices.
KC: Each of our businesses had been run as separate businesses, and then as we acquired, the biggest challenge was being able to use best practices and take a little bit from each of the way that plans were running before, and kind of leverage the same business practices across all three.
BK: How did Xalt help that?
KC: We're able to take their clock-in and clock-outs and dob-ons and be able to have everybody doing the same.
BK: Good. Okay. I'm assuming it's been beneficial. Are you seeing some increase in productivity and stuff like that?
KC: Absolutely, and it gives a view to higher management to be able to key into each area no matter where they are. So, you have one work cell, it's the same in different business units – like why is this one doing better? Why is this one not? And then being able to leverage and make it the same.
BK: Sure. Excellent. Now how did you find Xalt? Let's start there.
KC: Well it came from REV and we used Xalt over there.
KC: Amazing, amazing products. So then once I came to Entrans it was like an immediate need.
BK: So, you pretty much recommended – like this is what we have to use here?
KC: Right, this is what we're doing. Right.
KC: So, you know if we're going to standardise, then this is the product that we need to be able to leverage all the tools that I know are available.
BK: What's been the response?
KC: Yeah. Just everything. A lot of our folks within the organisation consistently submit – you know let's do this, let's do this in Xalt.
BK: – efficiency, I'm assuming things like that.
KC: You know, so it's constantly like welcomed in the company.
BK: Okay. So, creating innovation among the employees as well.
BK: That's what people need, they really do. That's fantastic. What would you like to see going forward? Do you have any desires with how this is going so far? What are you excited about because of Xalt?
KC: I'm really not sure yet, only because I've been doing app designs for the last two years and I'm really excited about some of the new stuff that has come out with them. I know that notifications have been a big thing that's been out for a little bit. But being wrapped into the migration process I haven't been able to leverage all the new tools that they have. So, I'm excited about doing that. And then, also recently I did some new dev on the rest of the AIP piece that they have. So, it's two different platforms and I'm able to seamlessly pass the data.
KC: So that was amazing and I'm excited to do more stuff like that as well, coming in the future.
BK: Well obviously I know you recommend Xalt. What would be one reason you think that Xalt has just changed your – you know everything – for the better? Just one main, top reason for you.
KC: That it's accessible, easy.
KC: I can submit vacation requests if I needed to, sitting on an airplane. And it gives leverage no matter where you are on your phone.
BK: Accessibility is something we all hear quite a bit as far as, I wish it were more accessible and if it's not easily accessible people are moving on something else. Especially in a work environment, you've got to get it done quickly so, awesome. Well, Kelly thanks very much appreciate you sharing all of that and of course more information on Xalt please go to hexagonxalt.com. And again, thank you for being on the show today.
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Speed control mufflers screw into exhaust ports of valves, cylinders and other air equipment to control the actuator speed, reduce noise to acceptable levels and protect the actuator/valve from dirty environments. Air flow is adjusted with a knurled knob and locking nut. Typically, two speed control mufflers are used when operating a double acting actuator and one speed control muffler used with spring return actuators.


In India fasting is considered as a holy practice among different religions on various occasions or auspicious days. Hindus observe it intermittently on several occassions, Muslims in their month long fast during Ramdan and like that in Jain culture during Paryushan.
Now-a-days, these traditions are in decline in Indian culture. Also, there has been a shift in lifestyle more in favor of a sedentary one.
The cause of diabetes popularly projected as insulin resistance, obesity and pancreatic beta cell dysfunction. The pancreatic beta cells are responsible for production of insulin in response to glucose.
In type I diabetics there is no beta cell function, where as in Type II diabetics are is some beta cell function.
In contrast to western population where obesity is very common in India lean diabetics are very common.
So, it is logical to think that something other than obesity and insulin resistance might be playing a role in T2DM in India. It is found that there is dysfunction of Beta cells as well as decline in Beta cell mass in these lean Indian.
A British researcher says existing research indicates intermittent fasting may help those with diabetes and cardiovascular disease, alongside with weight loss.
Fasting can be intermittent, on a given number of consecutive or alternate days. The basic format of intermittent fasting is to alternate days eating "normally" with days when calorie consumption is restricted. This can either be done on alternative days, or where two days each week are classed as "fasting days'.
The review, published in the British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease, found evidence from clinical trials showed fasting could limit inflammation, improve levels of sugars and fats in circulation, and reduce blood pressure.
In addition, the study found fasting bodies change how they select which fuel to burn, improving metabolism and reducing oxidative stress.
Previously, it has been claimed by UK doctors that T2DM can be reversed by severe calorie restriction i.e. just 600 calories per day. The role of calorie restriction was also published in the Diabetologia.
Fasting also appeared to aid those with ischemic heart disease by raising levels of adiponectin; a protein that has several important roles in carbohydrate, lipid metabolism and vascular biology.


Alessandro Baccari Jr. will present a photographic exhibit of two generations of photographers and icons of the San Francisco Italian American community; his father's, Alessandro Baccari Sr. (1888 – 1966) and his own.
This exhibit of photographic images at the Museo Italo Americano has been designed to explore the photographers' development of the creative process and the insights into composition and design.
Each photographic image is dramatically unique and reveals the photographers' original laws of composition.
For the Leonardo da Vinci Society, Alessandro will show additional photos of other important Italian photographers in the Bay Area.


At Winlock Family Dentistry, we aim to meet all of your family's dental needs in one convenient location. Whether you're coming in for a routine cleaning, a smile makeover, or root canal therapy, we've got you covered. From the youngest member of your family to the oldest, our goal is to provide dental care that caters to everyone.
Don't see the service you're looking for listed here or you're not sure exactly what treatment you need? Please give us a call! We'd love to see you for a consultation to discuss your unique smile goals.
A biannual dental exam is the key to maintaining healthy teeth and gums. During this visit, we'll clean your teeth and gums, polish your smile, and check for any areas of concern.
At each exam, an oral cancer screening will be performed. This allows us to detect any signs of oral cancer in its earliest stages, increasing your chances of curing it.
Fluoride is a natural mineral proven to strengthen tooth enamel. After your cleaning, we can apply a larger dose to ward off cavities and safeguard your smile.
Chronic bad breath can be caused by poor dental hygiene, medications, and a number of other factors. We'll assess the root cause of your halitosis and create a treatment plan to correct it.
A dental sealant is a plastic-like coating applied to the surfaces of the teeth to prevent cavity-causing bacteria from accumulating in their small grooves.
We offer personalized athletic mouthguards to protect your teeth during contact sports. We also offer custom nightguards to minimize damage caused by grinding your teeth at night.
Your oral health extends far beyond your teeth. We offer periodontal treatments to fight against gum disease and heal inflamed gum tissue.
Fillings are an extremely common dental treatment and it's likely you'll need one in your lifetime. Our fillings are tooth-colored and blend in seamlessly with your smile.
Need to cover a damaged natural tooth or fill the space left behind by missing teeth? We offer natural-looking dental crowns and bridges to complete your smile.
Dentures are a traditional method for tooth replacement and can treat cases with only a few missing teeth to those who need an entire arch replaced.
Known for their stability and longevity when it comes to tooth replacement, dental implants are small, titanium posts that are surgically placed in your jawbone to serve as replacement tooth roots.
Though it can seem intimidating, root canal therapy is relatively simple. We'll remove the damaged pulp of your tooth, clean your canal, and seal it off to prevent future infection.
Wisdom teeth are often removed to prevent painful eruption or overcrowding. Rather than referring you out to an oral surgeon, we complete most wisdom teeth removals in-house.
While we exhaust all other restorative options before recommending an extraction, sometimes they are necessary to preserve your oral health.
For those suffering from bone loss due to missing teeth, we can perform a bone graft to prepare you for dental implants.
From custom trays to one-size to in-office sessions, we offer a variety of whitening options to brighten your smile and boost your confidence.
Six Month Smiles are accelerated braces that use tooth colored-wires and brackets to give you a straighter smile faster than other orthodontic options. Learn more on our Six Month Smiles page!
Ready to straighten your smile but don't want the hassle of braces? ClearCorrect aligners gradually and discreetly move your teeth into their desired positions.
An alternative to traditional braces is Invisalign. This orthodontic method uses clear, removable aligners to straighten your smile.
If you're looking for a way to achieve a more uniform smile, porcelain veneers can correct tooth shape, shade, and size.
Pinhole gum treatment is a way to fix receding gums without undergoing surgery.
Patients who are self-conscious about having a "gummy smile" may benefit from a gum lift, formally referred to as a gingivectomy. With this procedure, we can reshape your gums for more balance and symmetry with your teeth to create a more attractive smile.
Looking to restore your youthful look? We can reduce fine lines and improve cosmetic flaws with BOTOX® injections and dermal fillers.
Also known as laughing gas, nitrous oxide is a gas administered through a small mask over your nose. This sedation method helps you feel relaxed and at ease throughout the duration of treatment.
For more severe cases of dental anxiety, we offer oral conscious sedation. This small pill is taken before your appointment and allows you to feel the effects before you come in.


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extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) int A;

Meanwhile, within the dll, another source file B.cpp wants to use and modify this value. I am wonderring how to declare the variable within B.cpp before using it.
extern "C" int A; ?

If in this case, how does compile recognize between declare and definition?
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It's definitely ill-formed.

A: Per [basic.def]/2.2, a declaration of an object at namespace scope is a definition unless:

it contains the extern specifier (9.2.1) or a linkage-specification19 (9.11) and neither an initializer nor a function-body,
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19 Appearing inside the brace-enclosed declaration-seq in a linkage-specification does not affect whether a declaration is a definition.

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extern "C" int A; is a declaration.
extern "C" int A = 0; is a definition.
The below defines A and B, and declares C: the effect is the same as it would be without the extern "C" block, except that the entities declared have C linkage instead of C++ linkage.
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extern extern "C" int A; ?

extern "C" can be used as a block:
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A: The declaration needs to be in a header file like A.h or other code files cannot use it. The dllexport is especially useless without a header file. You probably want some kind of DLLEXPORT macro so you can define it to dllexport and dllimport as necessary. See pretty much any Windows DLL code.
Then in a cpp file you include the header. That allows your code to use the variable which is declared extern.
In one of your cpp files you include the header AND then define the variable using the same type and name and no extern. The linker will then put the data storage for it into the same module as the rest of that cpp file and all other uses of the name get linked to that definition.
However, just like private member variables in C++ it is a bad idea to expose global variables in a DLL. It is much better to hide access to them behind function calls.

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French renewable independent power producer (IPP) Total Eren said on Monday that it had concluded the acquisition of NovEnergia, a southern European power firm, after the approval of all stakeholders and clearance from Portuguese regulators.
Total Eren said the deal will diversify its portfolio of renewable assets and expand its presence in Southern Europe.
NovEnergia has an installed capacity of nearly 670 MW in Portugal, Italy, France, Spain, Poland and Bulgaria. The company is one of the largest and most-important producers of renewable energy in Portugal.
Other bids for NovEnergia came from the north American Fund Contour Global and Finerge and from Datang, a Chinese state-owned energy firm.
Carlos Pimenta, one of the founders of NovEnergia said that the sale process was "very intense and competitive and that the value of the company, of its employees and growth potential, were all recognized by the winning bidder, and all main contestants".
Total Eren did not disclose how much it paid for the deal, but said NovEnergia is valued at more than €1-billion in terms of its enterprise value.
It said NovEnergia will increase its asset base, reaching more than 2,200 MW of renewable energy power plants including solar, wind, hydro, in operation or under construction worldwide. It is targeting 3,000 MW by 2022.
French oil and gas major Total holds a 23% stake in Total Eren.
The acquisition marks Total's return to the Portuguese market after a decade away, having sold all its petrol stations to Spanish group, Cepsa.


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Simpson's work was included in the 'Music for Spaces' composition series on BBC Radio 3, and has been frequently featured on London's art radio station Resonance 104.4 FM.


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Best Foods for Halitosis and Gingivitis
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM · March 4, 2019 · Volume 45
The best and worst foods for bad breath and gum inflammation.
Yeah, saturated fats produce an inflammatory response. Yeah, inflammation is "recognized as one of the key underlying [causal] factors in periodontal disease." And so, that could explain why moderating people's intake of meat and dairy could promote periodontal health. But plant-based diets don't just offer lower levels of saturated fat, cholesterol, and animal protein, but also higher levels of complex carbohydrates, and dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytochemicals. So, we don't necessarily know what the mechanism is. Yes, saturated fat intake is associated with the progression of periodontal disease, but at the same time, dietary fiber intake may be protective. But you don't know either way …until you put it to the test.
The effect of dietary intervention in a randomized, controlled trial. At seven months of age, more than a thousand infants were randomized, about half to a lower saturated fat and cholesterol intake to see if they get less heart disease when they grow up. They're still just in their 20s, but as children and adolescents, those randomized to the healthier diets ended up with better saliva production. They had them chew on like wax cubes, and those randomized since infancy to the better diet produced more saliva. And "[s]aliva is essential for the maintenance of oral health;" for example, clearing out sugar and acid faster off the teeth. What they think happened is that "the greater increase of salivary flow was due to the greater intake of fibre-rich food"—whole grains, vegetables, fruit, and berries that require "more chewing which in turn is known to" boost saliva production. So, maybe their bodies were just used to putting out more? In other words, "in addition to general health benefits, dietary fibre may have benefits on oral health as well"—but not necessarily the fiber itself, but just the act of chewing itself.
That reminds of me of this study, in which a single high-fiber meal was able to reduce bad breath for hours. Bad breath is caused by these gaseous sulfur compounds produced by a certain type of bacteria that are concentrated on the back of your tongue. And so, when we eat, the reason that bad breath gets better may be due to a kind of "'self-cleaning' of the mouth while chewing food." And so, it makes sense "that foods that need to be chewed more intensively have a stronger self-cleaning effect [on the back of your tongue] than foods that require less chewing." But, you don't know…until you put it to the test. Two very similar meals, but one had a whole grain roll, more fiber, more chewing, and a raw apple and jam, where the other was just white bread with jelly and cooked apples—less chewing. Then, they just measured the halitosis compounds in people's breath at two hours after the meal, then eight hours. And, even after the low-fiber meal, bad breath levels dropped, but in the higher-fiber meal they dropped significantly more, and stayed way down even eight hours later.
So, the reason a high-fiber diet may improve periodontal disease may be from the fiber, the lower saturated fat intake, or just the chewing. But there's another possibility. Maybe it's the nitrate-containing vegetables. We know "the ingestion of dietary nitrate [in the form of greens and beets] has been proven to exert many beneficial and clinically relevant effects on general health," including maintaining good blood flow and reducing inflammation in general. So, hey, might improved circulation to the gums and anti-inflammatory effects benefit periodontal patients? Let's find out: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial of repeated consumption of…lettuce juice? Why lettuce juice? That sounds so disgusting. Not to worry, though, "to improve patient acceptance," the lettuce juice was seasoned by a "chamomile-honey flavour" and sweetened with Splenda. That just sounds worse!
But it worked. "This clinical intervention trial demonstrated an attenuating effect of dietary nitrate on gingival inflammation. Check it out. In the placebo group, most of their teeth had no gingivitis, about 60 percent. But 40 percent did have mild gingivitis with almost no moderate gingivitis. And after drinking two weeks of placebo lettuce juice—I don't know if that sounds better or worse—no real change, as you would expect. In the lettuce group, they started out a bit worse. About half their teeth had mild or moderate gum disease. But then, after two weeks of actual lettuce juice, significant improvements. No more moderate disease, the mild disease rates were cut in half, and three-quarters of their teeth had no gingivitis at all.
"In conclusion, our findings suggest that the ingestion of [greens and beets] may be a clinically useful adjunct in the control of chronic gingivitis," and all sorts of chronic disease. What's good for the mouth—not smoking, a healthier diet—is good for the rest of our body. So, many dental professionals, who may see people more frequently than their doctors, should be counseling patients on living more healthfully. And, indeed, nearly all dental hygienists surveyed said they thought they have a role in helping patients improve their diets, yet that's not what happens at all. Ask the patients. and less than one in ten said they got dietary advice from their dental professionals. Why? Because "although dentists were motivated to include nutrition in their clinical care, most felt unqualified to provide dietary guidance." That never stopped doctors!
But, it's true, nutrition is neglected in dental school, just like it is in medical school. And in most cases, all people got were like biochemistry of vitamins—the Krebs cycle all over again, as opposed to applied, clinical nutrition. I mean, it's really not rocket science. Or is it? Get it? "[W]hy dietary nitrate is hard to 'beet'."
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Non-food inflation highest in five years
Is a US recession near? Making the call is trickier than ever
German supply chain law: Boon or bust?
What does inflation have in store for businesses?
As inflation soars, Egyptians offered loans to buy books
Shipping-cost drop a 'smoking gun' foretelling inflation to cool
Food inflation in October also rose to 5.22%, still a year-on-year low of 7.34%
The non-food inflation ticked up to 6.48% in October – the highest in the last five years – thanks to a surge in demand owing to reopening of the economy, supply crunch, disrupted supply chain and depreciation of the taka, according to the latest data of state-run Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
The latest figure is 1.48% year-on-year high as it was 5% in the corresponding month last year. Earlier in September this year, non-food inflation was 6.19%. The country in August 2016 logged the highest 7% non-food inflation.
In October, food inflation rose to 5.22% from 5.21% in September. It was 7.34% in October last year.
According to the BBS report released on Monday, a spike in both non-food inflation and food inflation in October drove up the general inflation to 5.70% from September's 5.59%.
General inflation in October last year was recorded at 6.44%.
To gauge the non-food inflation, BBS records the price hikes in clothing, housing, and other household spending, while food inflation covers price spirals for staple rice, flour, sugar, fishes and eggs.
Dr Fahmida Khatun, executive director at Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), said price spirals of food and non-food items in the international market, depreciation of the taka leading to costlier imports and supply crunch contributed to October non-food inflation.
On swinging up food inflation, she said food supply in Bangladesh usually witnesses a crunch just before the winter leading to edging up food prices.
Other researchers and economists also attributed the release of pent-up demand by consumers causing a demand surge and disrupted supply chain owing to Covid funk to the general inflation spike.
BBS said October overall inflation in rural areas stood at 5.81%, up from 5.71% in September. The rate was 5.5% in urban areas, up from 5.25% in September.
Food inflation witnessed a downtrend to 5.62% from 5.74% in rural areas, but an uptick in urban areas to 4.31% from 4.03%. Non-food inflation saw an uptrend in both areas – to 6.17% from previous 5.84% in rural areas, and to 6.89% from 6.65% in urban areas.
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Honor Enriches…
…let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you.
—The Charge of the Goddess
Here continues a series of blog entries undertaking to examine each of the eight qualities that our Great Mother advises us to cherish in our hearts.
What Is Honor?
Definitions feel more emphatic when a word retains its nature for more than two millennia, especially in this bleeding-edge society where yesterday's newest invention equals tomorrow's midden-filling. Honor/honour is defined (and has been defined since BCE Rome) "dignity or reputation." As is my habit, I dug a little deeper, chasing definitions of the definition, and find that dignity means "worth (or worthiness), proper, fitting." My fellow BTW initiates may take particular note of those two words: proper and worthy—both used within our core ceremonies to identify someone newly become one of the Wicca.
One's reputation is built upon others' experience. Everything you do and say creates your reputation; nothing you do or say is likely to improve a poor reputation except possibly a sea change in one's words & deeds over considerable time.
Keep your word
Making promises is easy; keeping them often hard. Think first, before you give a promise, even to a child (especially to a child, children remember broken promises!)
Pay your debts
Whether monies owed are a formal, paper-recorded commitment or merely a nod or handshake to a friend who covers one's lunch tab the day before payday, cold hard cash is as memorable a broken promise as there is. As an indicator of anyone's trustworthiness, the earthy reality of gelt/wampum/dough/scratch/valuta speaks volumes, silently.
Be on time
"Pagan Standard Time" is a poor attempt at humor. It is not funny. Public circles or sabbats or events that start 60 to 90 minutes after the published starting time induce low regard for aught that names itself Pagan—religions, traditions, faiths: Witch, Lodge Magic, Druid, Asatru, Voudon, Heathen, Wiccan, Troth, Thelema, etc.
Doubtless other examples will occur to my readers, but I believe those are enough to sharpen my point. In societies around the globe and across thousands of years, honor/honour is a commodity valued in actual noble metals.
Norse and related societies paid weregild penalty in compensation for murder & manslaughter
Celtic peoples recorded in brehon law how "honor price" was to be calculated and paid
A man's standing, known as dignitas, was a social asset in Republican Rome
Today as much as yesterday, Asian societies rely on the virtual lubrication of face
Honor Without
Today, the highest honor given to ordinary people in the USA is the Congressional Medal of Honor. The very name of this highest civilian recognition—the Medal of Honor—imparts some small sense of the respect given to recipients, and the worth of those recipients to be so honored.
Mary Edwards Walker, MD, sole woman ever to receive the Medal of Honor She wore it throughout her lifetime.
As the previous sentence demonstrates, it is impossible to speak or write of the concept of honor/honour without using the very words we employ to define it. Alas, such circular definitions may limit comprehension of a new concept—but the notion of honor, of worth, of respect are enacted on playgrounds every day. Our culture may value individual honor/honour above the sociodynamic face of many other cultures, yet we adopted the concept into English almost as soon as, historically, we encountered it (early 19th century, per dictionaries). Children & adults alike grasp the relationship concept of saving face or losing face—in the classroom, in the courtroom, in the conference room, and in the bedroom.
Honor Within
Quotes say so much about this topic, and so vividly, that the many voices speak louder than mine:
…honour is a possession of soul…
—de la Barca, The Mayor of Salamea
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
—Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
For titles do not reflect honor on men, but rather men on their titles.
—Machiavelli, Dei Discorsi
The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself.
Beyond that, I note that one's self-esteem translates into French as amour propre—a phrase which translates idiomatically to self-esteem, but when dissassembled into amour/love and propre/clean, appropriate, or particular to oneself. My own take on this concept reminds me of moment in Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden:
"Tha doesna like this one and tha doesna like that one. How does tha like thysen, then?"
(Translated from the Yorkshire dialect: "Thou dost not like this one and thou dost not like that one. How dost thou like thyself, then?")
This entry was posted in About Wicca, British Traditional Wicca, Ethics, Initiatory Wicca, Musings blog…, Paganism, principles, Wicca, Witchcraft and tagged BTW, Ethics, Goddess, Wicca, wiccan virtues on April 12, 2017 by Deporodh.
Compassion Shares…
As has become my habit, I begin with the word itself. Its medieval meaning in old French is defined as sympathy or pity…from a Latin word having the same meaning, and that originates from from the Latin word roots, com "together" and pati "to suffer." At its root, compassion is constructed from Latin roots meaning to suffer together.
When it comes to suffering, our first thought is of bodily suffering: ill health, injury, and death.
New Zealand spontaneous funeral procession
New Orleans jazz funeral procession—marching band & horse-drawn hearse
In our mundane lives, there are commercial sympathy cards to send after a death. Like compassion, the roots of the word sympathy mean a community of feeling, from the older Greek language rather than Latin. Wakes & funerals, memorials & "celebrations of life"—all of these human mourning rituals center around sharing the suffering, expressing the grief, supporting the most-stricken. Suffering together. Empathy is a term often used today to describe this sort of fellow-feeling.
Compassion Without
To paraphrase Albert Schweitzer (writing in Kulturphilosophie, 1923), "Until we extend the circle of our compassion to all living things, we will not ourselves find peace."
"The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another." ~ Thomas Merton 1968
Fellow-feeling is not limited to the compassion humans show other humans:
The very first Society for the Prevention of Cruety to Animals was founded in the UK in 1824. There are now dozens, perhaps hundreds, of SPCA organizations aro und the globe.
International Bird Rescue was founded in 1971 to address the plight of oiled birds and animals fouled by oil spills at sea and along shore.
Notecards of sympathy for accident or illness are popularly known as get-well cards. And so commonplace are they that commercial publishers routinely stock co-worker cards, family-member cards, accident cards, illness cards, etc.
Guest housing at no cost is made available by hospitals for family supporting inpatients having major treatment therein. In February 2014, I stayed in such when I was my sister's driver and "coach" for a total knee replacement hours away from my home and hers.
Hundreds, even thousands, of organizations non-profit or religious or community-based, exist to support every sort of ailment, accident, ecological mishap, and ever-diminishing wild lands and wildlife. The fact that so many exist is tribute to the generosity of human spirit.
Potlatch mask dancers
It is community that makes grief in the face of death & tragedy bearable. "Crying together" as an author described it, sharing memories and faux pas, hearing tales from friends or family that bereaved others had never heard. Whether the community of death takes the form of an Irish wake, or Tlingit funeral potlatch, a New Orleans jazz funeral or the ballyhooed first responder's death-on-duty funeral with its national attendance and miles-long procession of firefighter and LEO vehicles—it is the community, that fellow-feeling, that supports the spirits when one's own are at their lowest ebb.
Compassion in the Occult
One of the first things witches use magic for is healing. They are often asked to aid non-witches, and within the many traditions of Wicca, word will spread rapidly when a serious illness or injury affects one of our own. I have personally done healing work, alone and with a full coven, for the benefit of witchy-kin with colon repair, thyroid cancer, heart attack, and a diabetic struck ambulance-hard with influenza. In my turn, I received considerable magical support when I suffered a disabling stroke ("cardiovascular accident") at the young age of fifty…and a week following my admittance to hospital (where I spent 5 days), I was able to attend the planned first of a series of Intro to Wicca classes long-planned. I have seen my share of intentional miracles. It is less than a year since I burned my candle on behalf of another well-known witch stroke-struck, and I'm happy to say that person was a scant two days in hospital and much faster rehab.
Because birth families usually control the handling of body disposition and public funeral rites, often in religious formats far removed from Wicca, Witches usually hold their own "crossing rites" for their dear departed—circles in which a deceased coven member is mourned, remembered, waked, and sometimes offered the opportunity to share departing messages through divinatory tools or a mediumistic coven-mate. Quoted below is a short segment of the closing to such a crossing rite, penned at the outset of 2001, and used by me in both personal and public crossing rites since then.
Of body & bone, of earth & stone, of things once owned, be free!
Of blood & tears, of weary years, of ancient fears, be free!
Of passions tamed, rage unrestrained, of ancient pain, be free!
Of words unspoken, visions broken, of memory's token, be free!
—©2001–2017, D. Snavely
Compassion Within
"…. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …" Desiderata—M. Ehrmann, 1927
Mundane life is full of dark. "News" headlines are virtually written in blood. Turn on the radio during drive time and chaos from the next block to the next continent will swamp you. Our own human natures find gloom more seductive than the greatest joy, unless we choose to let it go. Memorable disasters, death anniversaries, worrisome woes, those downers make up far too much of everyday gossip. Seek out your own compassion, share it when and with whom it you feel it's needed…and spread the rest of it like balm on your own spirit.
This entry was posted in About Wicca, British Traditional Wicca, Ethics, Initiatory Wicca, Paganism, principles, Wicca, Witchcraft and tagged BTW, Ethics, Goddess, Wicca, wiccan virtues on January 11, 2017 by Deporodh.
What Is Power?
First, given that the word power has acquired so many meanings over the centuries, I'll state that there are actually two senses employed in this post, the dictionary defines:
1 —physical strength or force…
2 —the capacity to direct or control…
Gerald Gardner uses the first meaning—energy or force when he describes witch power.
"Witches…believe that the power resides within their bodies…; this power they believe exudes from their bodies…."
—Witchcraft Today, G.B. Gardner
Gardner speaks separately of will-power when he discusses power, making it clear that the bodily energy-as-power is distinct from the mental control-as-power that witches must use to direct and control the power raised from their bodies. Small wonder Gardner employed the term will-power for the second meaning when speaking of how witches manage the first meaning.
Now, as to what is meant in the Charge? Given the pairings and contrasts within that text, I take power to mean the capacity to direct energy. After all, She has already listed strength in the initial paired qualities, "beauty and strength." Thus, when She uses the word—in this context'—power must mean the second meaning—control, what Gardner calls will-power.
Power Without
Power is thought, in today's materialistic world, to be a synonym for energy. Once again resorting to the dictionary, I find an interesting distinction:
energy (n.) 1590s, "force of expression," from Middle French énergie (16c.), from Late Latin energia, from Greek energeia "activity, action, operation," from energos "active, working," from en "at" (see en- (2)) + ergon "work, that which is wrought; business; action".
Used by Aristotle with a sense of "actuality, reality, existence" (opposed to "potential") but this was misunderstood in Late Latin and afterward as "force of expression," as the power which calls up realistic mental pictures. Broader meaning of "power" in English is first recorded 1660s. Scientific use is from 1807.
Power-as-energy is what Gardner meant when he spoke of "witches raising energy from their bodies"—but power-as-control is how Gardner describes how a Witch High Priestess puts power-as-energy to use in working magic.
Power in the Occult
Anyone who has experimented with sensing auras—what some occultists refer to as the subtle body—will likely recall their surprise at the discovery that their hands, deprived of sight, find a sensation of presence some inches away from skin-to-skin contact with another person. Such "aura-sensing" exercises are among some of the basic energy-sensing experiments that my coveners undergo. Tangible energies of living beings may be discovered by such simple means—human, dog, cat, tree, and even stone. Power-as-energy is what's being sensed. Growing or moving power-as-energy is an intermediate exercise. All of which steps lead to the coven raising power from our bodies to empower our magical workings. Back to power-as-control—a common term among modern Pagans is "power-over"—and not all Pagans today know whence the term derives. It's from Starhawk, whose The Spiral Dance was first published in 1979, the same year that Gardnerian Wiccan priestess (and NPR journalist) Margot Adler first published Drawing Down the Moon. In the very first chapter of Spiral Dance, Starhawk says, in small part:
"… There is the power we're all familiar with — power over. But there is another kind of power — power from within. … that doesn't depend on depriving someone else."
—The Spiral Dance, Starhawk
There it is, the Neopagan origin of the phrase "power over" or control. And there, power-from-within, is Starhawk's term for Gardner's power-as-energy that we sometimes simply give to the gods at a Sabbat.
Power Within
Looking once again to the dictionary for assistance, innate power—as a natural ability—produces many synonyms: ability, capability, capacity, faculty, gift, skill, talent…. Faculty strikes the truest note, to my mind. The Oxford Dictionary gives its first (earliest) meaning for faculty as "An inherent mental or physical power."
So…coming back to the Goddess' instructions, what does She mean when she tells us to have power within us? She means, as I understand Her, three things—matching the threefold meanings of power.
Husband the energies of our bodies (power-as-energy), and put them to good use.
Choose wisely when employing power-as-control.
Employ our native faculties (power-as-capacity) to the best purposes of all.
This entry was posted in About Wicca, British Traditional Wicca, Ethics, Initiatory Wicca, Paganism, principles, Wicca, Witchcraft and tagged BTW, Ethics, Goddess, Wicca, wiccan virtues on July 2, 2016 by Deporodh.
Strength Abides…
What is Strength?
Charles Atlas, mid-20th cent. bodybuilder
Victorian performer
Strength is a quality—being strong—which may apply to individual humans or animals or objects, groups of humans or animals or objects, or even entire tribes or species or categories of objects. Among humans, definitions of strength or strong cover a gamut of meanings, from the ability to wield ergs that move tonnes, to the inner qualities that enable humans to endure privation and withstand hardship, to the stalwart temperaments displayed variously as stubbornness, loyalty, and tenacity. Families or tribes or entire peoples may be called strong, with any of the meanings of the term.
Strength Without
(Thuja plicata)
coast redwood
(Sequoia sempervirens)
Natural strength exists in the world around us, in the boles of trees, the solidity of stone, the force of floods, the vigor of wildlife, and the extremes of weather. From the Stone Age onwards, humankind has used the strength of stone in structures and tools and weapons. Flint or obsidian blades, cobble and thatch homes, slate pathways, slung stones—we value the strength of stone, just as we use its mountains and crags as landmarks for our travel.
The climax species of conifer that once comprised the backbone of the widespread coastal temperate forests of western North America (cedar and redwood) depict their own "pillars of strength." Whether coniferous or broadleaf, mature climax forests feature such wondrous pillars, be they the pictured cedars and redwoods of western lands, or the oaks, beeches, maples, and birches of eastern ones. These sturdy columns support huge widespread foliate canopies which, astonishingly, act as solar engines to renew our air, circulate our water, distribute chemical nutrients, and shelter our wildlife.
Scots river in flood
Greek mythology, in the Labors of Hercules, tells us how he used his strength to re-route two rivers in flood through the Augean Stables to clean them out in a single day. The "force of floods" required all his Herculean strength to manipulate, while accomplishing what even he could not perform in one day, moving a veritable mountain of manure.
Pillars of Hercules (Straits of Gibraltar)
View from Gibraltar lighthouse across the straits to Jebel Musa, N. Africa
Even today, the Atlantic passage to the Mediterranean Sea which we call the Straits of Gibraltar, are also known as the Pillars of Hercules, just as they were known to Phœnician traders and Greek sailors. Two mountains bracket the gap through which the Atlantic replenishes the waters of the Mediterranean, the rock of Gibraltar at the southern tip of Spain, and Jebel Musa, in Morocco at the northern tip of North Africa. Given that Hercules' fame arose from his strength and tenacity, the Pillars of Hercules were and remain symbols of both.
Strength in the Occult
Uruz rune
In the previous blog in this series, the Pillar of Strength is described as the pair to the Pillar of Beauty, with the Pillar of Wisdom between the two. Rather than repeat kabala material, let me turn to another significant strain of esoteric lore, the Norse runes. Runes, like scripts everywhere, were known only to a few at first. The art of writing was generally considered magical, or at least sacred, during its early days within any culture.
In the mythology of the Norse, Odin (often called All-Father), chief of the gods of the Norse pantheon, hung for nine days on Yggdrasil (the mythical World-Tree that connects the Norse three realms: underworld, earth, and overworld) to obtain the knowledge of the runes, or writing, and share them with his followers. These 24 runes of the futhark are both the alphabet of the Norsemen, and were—and are—used extensively for divination and in magical inscriptions. (Why futhark? because the first six runes are the letters: F, U, TH, A, R, and K. A close parallel to our word alphabet, which derives from the Greek names of the first two letters, alpha and beta.)
Aurochs bull reproduction from skeletal find
The Uruz rune is often known as the rune of strength: this second rune of the futhark, Uruz in the futhark of Old Norse represents the letter U, and means aurochs, the primitive giant, wild Eurasian cattle.
Sketch comparing bull aurochs & bull cattle
human of ~5'9″ for scale
Aurochs, especially bull aurochs, were fearsome animals, about 150% of the size of a modern beef bull, with shoulder heights of seven to upwards of nine feet. Although ancestor to modern domestic cattle (the last aurochs died in Poland in 1627 CE), aurochs were not tractable, being hunted rather than raised.
Strength Within
Strength of mind is exercise, not rest. —Alexander Pope
Humans use strength of mind to determine our purposes. We use our strength of will to hold constant to those purposes. And we use our strength of body to act on those purposes. The common trait among them all—following Pope's epigram—is the exercise of our minds to select among options consciously, to hold fast to those decisions and to select course(s) of action that make those choices come to pass. Just as the Goddess advises us to have strength within us, so do our gods advise us to choose our intent: "An it harm none, do as thou wilt." Opt to do, or not to do, a familiar concept.
Do, or do not. —Yoda, Star Wars
Finally, there's strength of character. Our gods also advise us to be responsible for what we do, "As thou dost give, so shall ye gain." What goes around, comes around; equally familiar as Newton's third law, "for every action there is an opposite reaction." Strong characters reflect self-knowledge, own errors, redress wounds, enable trust…absolutely foundational needs for any magic worker.
This entry was posted in About Wicca, British Traditional Wicca, Ethics, Initiatory Wicca, Paganism, principles, Wicca, Witchcraft and tagged BTW, Ethics, Goddess, Wicca, wiccan virtues on May 31, 2016 by Deporodh.
Beauty Shines…
Here begins a series of blog entries undertaking to examine each of the eight qualities that our Great Mother advises us to cherish in our hearts.
Frau Van Eyck
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
This oft-repeated phrase was rebooted into popular vocabulary by its reference as most of the title of a surrealistic episode of the Twilight Zone (1960), "Eye of the Beholder," almost a century after it was first framed in these words in a 1878 tale by an Irish romance novelist (Molly Bawn, Margaret Wolfe Hungerford). The sentiment goes back to Shakespeare and millennia further back into ancient Greece. To explicate the phrase, beauty is a subjective judgement made individually.
Our society thinks of beauty, first of all, as a trait of the female of our species. Today, supermodels, from 1960s' Twiggy to 1990s' Imam, are held up as "beauties." Historically, women in power are regarded as role models for fashion—Queen Elizabeth I ("Good Queen Bess"), nicknamed Gloriana, overturned female styles from the dark hues and blocky silhouettes of Queen Mary Tudor, her predecessor, to the whites and pale tints, lace trims & ruffs, and floral decoration throughout her reign, bringing a brightness into fashion.
In today's world, beauty is made cheap. From glamour and fashion magazines of the past century to today's reality television shows, ordinary humans are "discovered" and made famous…at least for their allotted 15 minutes of fame. In these fora, human physical attractiveness is valued higher than almost any other human quality, mental or physical—exposing such "beauty" as very nearly valueless. Empty beauty becomes a goal in itself, or a tool to enable instant wealth or fame or both. And advertisers tout everything from the lowest-cost cosmetics to the highest-cost cosmetic surgeries in these same media.
The word "beauty" itself is introduced into English in the 13th century from Old French, by way of the Norman Conquest, deriving ultimately from Latin. It is defined in its earliest English meaning as
"the quality (or aggregate of qualities) in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind of spirit."
—Merriam-Webster New Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition
Yes, it's a long-winded definition, necessarily so. Abstract concepts are always difficult to define by comparison with anything concrete, where one can see or touch or point at it and say, "see? that's XXXXXXX."
Princess Kate in wedding gown
Bust of Nefertiti
Many dictionaries resort to defining such words with a synonym for the word, making it easier on the compilers but much harder on the readers who may not know the meaning of the synonyms any more than they knew the word they looked up. An example of such definitions might lead to beauty: handsomeness: attractiveness: charm: charisma; glamor; beauty—a circular puzzle with no definition.
Royal beauties of past & present:
Princess Kate, wife of the UK royal heir, Prince William, and,
Nefertiti, the only female pharaoh of ancient Egypt
So, looking at the definition as simply as possible, beauty is the aspect(s) of anyone or anything which pleases the senses or the spirit. Beauty lifts human hearts or souls; it attracts our eyes, ears, noses, mouths, or hands by giving pleasure. The word beauty supplanted the pre-Conquest word wlite (Old English/ Anglo-Saxon), defined as beauty or splendor.
"sun in splendor"
Me, I find splendor a meaningful alternative to the much overused, not to say abused, modern usage of the word beauty. Beauty attracts the senses or the spirits, and a brilliance or shining or vividness is among the most common qualities that attract. And, lo, the very word splendor derives from the Latin to shine. In heraldry, in fact, a sun in splendor is depicted with eight or sixteen rays surrounding a central disk having facial features, thus:
Beauty Without
Splendor, shining, brilliance—all of these qualities are cherished in the world around us. Sunsets and sunrises, rainbows and moonshine, mountainous vistas reflected upon still and moving water, brilliant swathes of spring wildflowers—all of these are among what we call beautiful.
As interest in natural history arose in the 18th century, the term "picturesque" came into use, referring to natural vistas worthy of being painted. Young ladies of rank were universally educated in drawing and watercolors to record images and scenes for themselves and others, similar to the way the Kodak Brownie camera enabled early 20th century families to collect snapshots of people and places, just as smartphones and digital cameras enable today's youth to populate such web sites as Shutterfly, Flickr, and Pinterest with places and people and events.
"Windor Castle from the River"—Turner
Bridal Veil Falls, Multnomah Falls, Oregon
The 18th century UK landscape at left contrasts with the US photograph at right, at the same time as they are both picturesque. Both have qualities of light that attract the eye, that glow or shimmer or shine. It is not only landscapes that draw our eyes in this way.
Moonbow over island of Hawaii
Symmetry and brilliance provide instances of uplifted emotion and indrawn breath as we indulge our gaze thereon
Beauty in the Occult
16th century depiction, Jewish Tree of Life
"Pillar of Beauty" Watkins Glen State Park, NY
The foundation taught in the kabbalah (Jewish medieval mystery tradition) or cabala (Christian renaissance mystery tradition) or qabala (Hermetic magical tradition) concerns the Tree of Life, depicted as ten spheres interconnected by 22 pathways, key among which are the three vertical pathways called (reading from left to right):
the Pillar of Beauty
the Pillar of Wisdom
the Pillar of Strength
Beauty, here is set in contrast to Strength, with the "middle pillar" being Wisdom.
Whichever spelling of kabbalah one chooses to use, most Western Mystery Traditions have, for more than twelve hundred years, employed concepts from the mystical Tree of Life and its components:
Freemasonry terms these upright pillars—Beauty, Wisdom, Strength—as "the pillars on which the lodge stands," so intrinsic a foundation principle of Masonry that these pillars are referenced in esoteric Western traditions of every sort. In the 18th century North American British colonies, a great many of what today are called America's "founding fathers" were Freemasons; one can only presume that such a Mason named the physical feature in New York state called the "Pillar of Beauty" (illustration, vintage postcard, right).
Tarot's major arcana or greater trump cards comprise a total of twenty-two card (numbered zero through twenty-one), mirroring the 22 pathways among Tree of Life. Given that these trionfi cards, as they are known in the earliest surviving tarot decks (such as the Visconti-Sforza), it is not known with any certainty whether the greater trumps number 22 for that reason, or for some other. The kabalic references depicted in more modern tarot decks, such as the Rider-Waite or Universal Rider decks, derive from esoteric teachings that associate the greater trumps with the kabala over the prior century and more.
major arcana II,
High Priestess,
Rider-Waite deck, 1900 CE
The Tarot's High Priestess card (number II of the greater trumps) traditionally depicts the High Priestess seated between the Pillar of Beauty and the Pillar of Strength—implicitly displaying the High Priestess herself as the Pillar of Wisdom.
(The B & J shown on the pillars in the card illustrated here refer to the Hebrew initials for each pillar, transcribed into Latinate letters.)
all-seeing eye on US $1 bill, obverse
Masonic symbols appear throughout our U.S. symbology; even today the "all-seeing eye" or the Eye of Providence (a common Masonic symbol) appears above an unfinished pyramid on the obverse of the one-dollar banknote printed by the U.S. Mint.
"No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace
as I have seen in one autumnal face." —John Donne
This classic quote speaks to the quality of beauty that transcends surfaces and the modern insistence on youthful appearance. Donne uses the word grace to evoke in his reader's minds the qualities that embody the inner beauty of wisdom, courtesy, kindness, goodness, nobility, and so on.
True beauty is found in the spirit, and shines for all to see. When the Goddess tells us to have beauty within us, She evokes this greater beauty which benefits each of Her hidden children for themselves—and also for everyone else around them. The Wiccæ know (as do all wise magic-users) that knowledge begins within; Pythagoras' mandate Know Thyself is the first instruction to any magician. Thus, we all are charged to seek out one's own "beauty within" and to cherish its growth in each of us.
Lumpers and splitters
Witches on Their Native Soil
Once upon a time nobody in Britain said out loud that they were a witch. After all, the Witchcraft Act of 1735 made it a crime to claim magical powers or practise witchcraft, with a year's prison sentence if convicted under the Act. After a couple of centuries, in 1951, Britain repealed the Witchcraft Act, and replaced it with the Fraudulent Mediums Act. It became at least possible to admit one was a witch—although, as one of the mid-20th-century known witches wryly commented, "Witchcraft doesn't pay for broken windows."
First Out of the Closet
Gerald B. Gardner was first to publish about witchcraft as a religious survival, and out himself as a witch. He published the non-fiction title Witchcraft Today in 1954, sketching his interactions with a sub-group within a particular lodge of Co-Masons, which eventually had led to his 1939 initiation into "the brotherhood of the Wica." In this first book about Witchcraft, Gardner attempts an observer's voice. His amateur archeologist's enthusiasm for the believed discovery of a Murray-type religious survival is evident in its pages, stirred into Gardner's own life-long interest in matters occult and magical. As a result, it takes some reading to cull his reporting of witch beliefs and witch practices from his own amalgamated studies and opinions.
Gardner went on to publish The Meaning of Witchcraft in 1959 with a less "outside" voice. He gave many news interviews to papers, radio, and TV, sometimes to his fellow witches' dismay. At one point, a coven of his fractured over the issue of publicity. The tabloid press (the paparazzi of his day) once planned to ambush a coven meeting at the Five Acres nudist club, though the attempt was foiled. Over the course of a dozen or more years, Gardner brought in a good many witches, several of whom founded covens in locations across England and into Scotland, and many of which continue in practice today.
Another Early Public Witch
Another "public" witch, Sybil Leek, lived and worked in Burley into the early 1960s, proprietor of antique shops in the region. (Incidentally, Burley itself is situated less than eight miles from the Mill House in Highcliffe, where Gardner had been initiated.) Leek's notoriety as a witch led eventually to her being asked by her landlord to vacate her lease; news reporters and tourists had created that much nuisance in Burley.
Author of the 1964 book A Shop in the High Street, about antiques, Leek was invited by a US publisher to tour in the States. During that visit, Leek also appeared (April 13, 1964) on an episode of the CBS TV show To Tell the Truth. Taking permanent residence in the USA, Leek's Diary of a Witch was published in 1968, though her witchcraft had long been fodder for her TV and newspaper interviewers. Less well known is the fact that Leek, like Gardner, founded (at least one) coven which also continues in practice.
Leek used deliberate inaccuracies that have caused many to discount everything she said. For instance, in the case of her birth year, those inaccuracies continue to haunt her biographers. (Professional astrologer Leek considered her accurate birth data tantamount to exposing herself to personal or psychic attack, and hence maintained secrecy in that and other matters.) Her secretive ways, whatever her reasons for them, have rendered the witches of her heritage suspect in the eyes of some other witches.
Other Counties Heard From
Other strains of witchcraft were also known in the England of the 1950s & 1960s: Cochrane's Craft, Horsa Coven, Coven of Atho, The Regency, and so on. The public witches leading those groups were often at odds, sometimes vehemently. One Charles Cardell, who connived with a woman who called herself Olive Green to infiltrate Gardner's witch practice, coined the term "Gardnerian" as an insult to the witchcraft that Gardner passed on. Its cheerful adoption by its targets was a lovely instance of transformative magic.
Wicca vs. Witch
Despite recent assumptions that it was Gardner who supplied the word Wicca based on the Old English word wicca, it was already circulating as a term applied to Witches throughout Britain. The Old English (Anglo-Saxon) word wicca translates witch, in the male gender (the female form is wicce). Anglo-Saxon 9th century surviving documents use both as well as wiccian (to bewitch) and wiccecræft (witchcraft).
By the late 1960s, the label "Wicca" had been adopted by religious and magical practices entirely unrelated to British Witchcraft. Examples include the women-only Goddess spirituality called Dianic, the teachings of the Frosts and their "Church and School of Wicca," and generations of bootstrap witch covens relying on what was available in print for their instruction. In North America today Gardner's Witchcraft has come to be known as British Traditional Wicca (in Europe it remains simply Wicca or Initiatory Wicca), of which Gardnerian Wicca is probably the best-known single Tradition.
Witch or Wicca, in Britain's occult circles of the twentieth century, a witch was a witch was a witch. Gardner was a Witch. Leek was a Witch. Cochrane was a Witch.
The Balkanization of the Craft
Nowadays, a Witch is a Wiccan is a Gardnerian Wiccan is a Hokey-Pokey line Gardnerian is a Yukon line Gardnerian is a Southpaw Yukon line Gardnerian is a Panama Gardnerian who used be a Southpaw Yukon line Gardnerian… and so what? When the Yukon line Gardnerians teach their students that the Southpaw Yukon line Gardnerians are neither Gardnerians nor even Wicca, they do the whole of the Witch priesthood no favors.
Taxonomy, the Art of Labelling
Lumpers and splitters are opposing factions which place individual examples into categories. The lumper–splitter problem occurs when one needs to separate individual examples into groups or categories. Natural history is the source of the term lumper and splitter, used by Charles Darwin himself to describe the factions that arose while scientists worked to classify the variation among and within biological species.
A "lumper" is an individual who takes a gestalt view …, and assigns examples broadly, assuming that differences are not as important as signature similarities. A "splitter" is an individual who takes precise definitions, and creates new categories to classify samples that differ ….
—Wikipedia article "Lumpers and Splitters" Emphasis mine
Alas, among humans, that same issue of distinguishing and identifying becomes a means of exclusion and cliques, of one-true-wayism and division, of shunning for naught as much as shunning for aught.
I see splitters among the Wicca choosing corners in which to isolate themselves, when their choices of action do no service to the Wiccæ; it appears to me as isolationist as the UK's recent Brexit vote, and as segregationist as the Transvaal and South African policies of apartheid.
I have found much more experiential evidence to support my lumpish view of Wicca (remembering always that by Wicca I mean British Traditional Wicca or Initiatory Wicca). And on my generous days, I find it in me to feel compassion for those Yukon line Gardnerians who so haughtily paint themselves into a small and lonely corner of the witching world.
May the gods preserve the Craft.
This entry was posted in British Traditional Wicca, Initiatory Wicca, principles and tagged exclusion, fundamentalism, lumpers, Pagan, splitters, Wicca, witch, Witchcraft on September 2, 2015 by Deporodh.


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   <p>Another one for PN-6.</p>   </blockquote>
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I am getting the following error.
System.Xml.Xsl.XslLoadException
XSLT compile error. Any help?

A: It is because you haven't defined the xsl namespace. Change
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to
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You also need to add an 'atom' namespace in order to make your 'for-each' and 'value-of' directives work, and you probably want to disable output escaping on your title fields to make the tags within them show up as markup. I suggeest this:
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1.1 Articoli su Rivista
Dystocia in the canine species is a common problem, and elective cesarean sections (C-sections) have become more frequent in breeds that are at risk. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of C-section and contributing factors and to compare data on elective and emergency C-sections (e.g., regarding stillbirth). Using a questionnaire, a total of 423 bitches of 80 breeds and their 899 litters were included. The mean number of litters per bitch was 2.1 ± 1.1 litters. The overall rate of stillbirth was 6.7%. Of all litters, 194 were born via C-sections (21.6%), of which 35 were declared as elective and 159 as emergency due to dystocia. Significantly more C-sections were performed in either small litters (1-2 pups) or large litters (>12 pups) (p < 0.001). Bitches that have had prior C-sections had a 4-fold increase in the risk of successive C-sections (RR = 4.54 (95%CI 2.56-7.70; p < 0.001). Furthermore, primiparous bitches of advanced age had a significantly higher incidence of emergency C-sections (p = 0.004). Stillbirth was significantly higher in emergency C-sections compared with that in elective C-sections (p = 0.003). Also, timing of intervention had a significant impact on stillbirth in emergency C-sections (p = 0.025). Within a breed-specific evaluation, significant differences were observed between breeds regarding incidence of C-section and stillbirth. Lesser-known breeds were represented in the population, and the results showed that the Norwich Terrier had the highest (51.6%) and the Gordon Setter had the lowest (4.8%) incidence of C-section (p < 0.001). The inclusion and evaluation of lesser-known breeds regarding incidence of C-section is of importance as it shows that certain breeds without phenotypical traits such as brachycephaly may also have an increased incidence of emergency C-section and stillbirth. We further conclude that more importance may be given to the age at first parturition concerning the occurrence of dystocia and the decision making regarding possible elective C-sections.
Incidence and concomitant factors of cesarean sections in the bitch: A questionnaire study
Schrank, Magdalena;Contiero, Barbara;Mollo, Antonio
Dystocia in the canine species is a common problem, and elective cesarean sections (C-sections) have become more frequent in breeds that are at risk. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of C-section and contributing factors and to compare data on elective and emergency C-sections (e.g., regarding stillbirth). Using a questionnaire, a total of 423 bitches of 80 breeds and their 899 litters were included. The mean number of litters per bitch was 2.1 ± 1.1 litters. The overall rate of stillbirth was 6.7%. Of all litters, 194 were born via C-sections (21.6%), of which 35 were declared as elective and 159 as emergency due to dystocia. Significantly more C-sections were performed in either small litters (1-2 pups) or large litters (>12 pups) (p < 0.001). Bitches that have had prior C-sections had a 4-fold increase in the risk of successive C-sections (RR = 4.54 (95%CI 2.56-7.70; p < 0.001). Furthermore, primiparous bitches of advanced age had a significantly higher incidence of emergency C-sections (p = 0.004). Stillbirth was significantly higher in emergency C-sections compared with that in elective C-sections (p = 0.003). Also, timing of intervention had a significant impact on stillbirth in emergency C-sections (p = 0.025). Within a breed-specific evaluation, significant differences were observed between breeds regarding incidence of C-section and stillbirth. Lesser-known breeds were represented in the population, and the results showed that the Norwich Terrier had the highest (51.6%) and the Gordon Setter had the lowest (4.8%) incidence of C-section (p < 0.001). The inclusion and evaluation of lesser-known breeds regarding incidence of C-section is of importance as it shows that certain breeds without phenotypical traits such as brachycephaly may also have an increased incidence of emergency C-section and stillbirth. We further conclude that more importance may be given to the age at first parturition concerning the occurrence of dystocia and the decision making regarding possible elective C-sections.