Read small, thought-provoking portions of Dallas Willard's Hearing God and be guided in ways to pray, meditate or reflect– to position yourself to allow God's voice to shape you.
This book is an invitation to learn to pray and listen to God more deeply so that you can conform your will to his. As you begin your journey through the year, talk to God about your motives for reading this book. Thank him that you don't have to earn his approval. Tell him about your desire to grow, and thank him for promising to meet you.
At the bottom of each page is an activity that gives you a place to start in responding to the Scripture and accompanying thoughts. That activity may be to reflect, to pray or to meditate. Responding to what God has said to you in the daily meditation is always important. Simply reading something will have little effect on you. The suggestion is just a place to start, however, and you may find yourself praying about what you reflected on, and times of meditation should usually end in prayer too.
Beyond that, you may feel led to journal. Especially if the reflection raises confusion within you, it can be helpful to write your thoughts down on paper. Also, some prayers are better written in a journal because you need to be as concrete as possible in your ideas. And sometimes God will speak to you through reflection and meditation in a way that's so downright stunning that these thoughts should be recorded and read for several days.
These devotions are not dated; you can start anywhere and move around as you please. The devotions are adapted from Hearing God by Dallas Willard. If you want to read more on these themes, you may want to look for his book.
You'll find a year's worth of devotions here, designed to fill six days a week. We choose to offer six rather than seven for a built-in bit of grace as circumstances do sometimes infringe on our devotional time. But you can use the seventh day to go back to some of the "pray," "journal" and "apply" suggestions you'll find at the end of the devotion.
We pray that as you read these devotions and reflect on God's word, you will be able to hear God and to allow his voice to shape your choices and encourage your heart.
People are meant to live in an ongoing conversation with God, speaking and being spoken to by God. God's visits to Adam and Eve in the Garden, Enoch's walks with God and the face-to-face conversations between Moses and Jehovah are all commonly regarded as highly exceptional moments in the religious history of humankind.
Talk with God about the idea of having ongoing conversation. Tell God what truths you most need to hear from him regularly. Ask God to show you circumstances and places in which this conversation might occur most easily (praying, gardening, exercising, mowing a lawn or cleaning house).
We all knew that Mema had a richly interactive life with God, so her question was not a sign of weak faith or rebellion. Worse yet, we could not explain how we knew when God was speaking. I was caught up in my own experiences of the workings of God's voice, but I did not understand it. I knew only its reality, and I thoughtlessly assumed this was a functioning, intelligible fact in every believer's life.
Understanding that we hear God and how it happens is important so that our confidence is not undermined that we are fully acceptable to God.
Where are you in the process of understanding how God speaks to you? If you believe you've heard God in your life, how did you know that? Why might you have discounted times God spoke to you? Ask God for guidance in pondering this.
In his book Confessions, St. Augustine tells how in a distraught condition he "heard from a neighboring house a voice, as of boy or girl, I know not, chanting, and oft repeating, `Take up and read. Take up and read.' " He could remember no child's game with these words. In tears, "I arose; interpreting it to be no other than a command from God, to open the book, and read the first chapter I should find." He opened to verses that addressed his exact condition (Rom 13:13-14), which was immediately transformed.
The writings of great Christians of the past such as John Calvin and William Law help us identify and respond to experiences of God's speaking, just as Eli helped Samuel. They assure us that the same Spirit who delivered the Scriptures to holy men of old speak today in the hearts of those who gather around the written Word to teach and to learn. They warn us that only if this speaking occurs can we avoid being letter-learned scribes–trying to nourish others' souls out of our own brain, giving them only what we can work up through our own efforts.
List people you could talk to about how they hear God in their lives. Don't dismiss folks who are quiet but communicate a calm sense of the presence of God. Choose one who would be easiest to talk to and approach that person.
Hearing God? Some would say that's a presumptuous and even dangerous idea. But should we expect anything else, given the words of Scripture and the heritage of the Christian church? As Christians we stand in a millennia-long tradition of humans who have been addressed by God. The ancient Israelites heard the voice of their God speaking to them out of the midst of fire (Deut 4:33). A regular place of communion and conversational interchange between the high priest and God was established in the mercy seat over the ark of God (Ex 25:22; Lk 1:11-21).
But the individual with faith among the Israelites also cried out expectantly to be taught by God (Ps 143:10). Isaiah had firsthand experience of conversing with God (Is 6) described this process this way: "Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am. . . . The LORD will guide you continually" (Is 58:9, 11, NRSV).
On the evening before his crucifixion, Jesus assured his little band of followers that although he was leaving them, he would continue to show himself to all who loved him. Judas Thaddaeus then asked just the right question: How would this manifesting take place (Jn 14:22, NRSV)? Jesus replied that he and his Father would "come to them and make our home with them" (14:23).
The abiding of the Son and the Father in the faithful heart involves more than communication or conversation, but it surely does involve these too, in a manner and measure our Lord considers to be appropriate. It is simply beyond belief that two persons so intimately related as indicated in Jesus' answer would not speak explicitly to one another. The Spirit who inhabits us is not mute, restricting himself to an occasional nudge, a brilliant image or a case of goosebumps.
Reread John 14:23 aloud slowly. Shut your eyes and savor the idea of "home." Why would God want to make a home in creatures such as we? Why would you want to have God make a home in you? What does this make you want to say to God?
Sometimes today it seems that our personal relationship with God is treated as a long-distance arrangement in which Jesus and his Father listen to us from afar – maybe nodding and smiling. In heaven, each believer has a "sin" account, which God keeps wiping clean as Christ's death pays each believer's sin bill.
But doesn't a personal relationship involve more than that? A mere benefactor, however powerful, kind, and thoughtful, is not the same thing as a friend. Jesus says, "I have called you friends" (Jn 15:15) and "Look, I am with you every minute, even to the end of the age" (Mt 28:20, paraphrase). It's reasonable to assume that this personal relationship of friends would include individualized communication – words and ideas God communicates uniquely to each friend.
Slowly reread Hebrews 13:5 or another verse printed on this page. Say it aloud to yourself and pause. What word stands out to you? Pause again. Why do you think that word stood out? What might God be trying to say to you to you today?


Kiwi breakdancers are excited about the prospect of the dance sport becoming an event at the Paris Olympics in 2024.
Breakdancing began on the streets of New York in 1970 and now the Paris Games organising team have proposed adding it as a medal event in 2024.
The dance sport featured in the Buenos Aires Youth Olympics in 2018.
It's part of a plan to attract a younger, urban audience to the Olympics.
So could young Kiwi breakdancers be on the podium?
"I know there's been talks within the community here locally and internationally as well for a long time trying to get it to this level. And exposure's just amazing for them if it actually happens," Kent Christensen of The Breaks NZ said.
There's hope it could open doors for breakdancing to become a career for some.
"At the moment, 'cause there's no opportunities, you have to pick up a normal job as well on the side. But any artists wants to be able to do it full-time," Mr Christensen said.
Also on the Paris organising committee's wishlist are climbing, surfing and skateboarding.
All three debut at next year's Tokyo Games, as does karate. But Paris wants to drop the chopping for popping four years later.
Other sports have come and gone from the Olympics. Croquet featured in 1900, and solo synchronized swimming made a brief splash.
But missing out altogether is squash which is unable to win any Olympic love.
How breakdancing's Olympic future will fare is unknown.
"It'll put New Zealand breaking on the world map," Mr Christensen said.
The International Olympic Committee decides if it gets the official nod next December.
A spokesperson for the New Zealand Olympic Committee says breakdancing athletes would follow the same process as all New Zealand Olympic Team members to qualify for the team.
Breakdancing organisations would first need to become aligned to the national federation responsible for dance sports in New Zealand and the national federation would have to meet NZOC criteria, the spokesperson told 1 NEWS.
Then the qualification and selection process and standards for athletes wishing to target an Olympic Games would need to be established.
To be part of the New Zealand Olympic Team, an athlete must demonstrate they are capable of finishing in the Top 16 in the world, the spokesperson said.


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Bobby O'Jay's Net Worth: Know about his Earnings and her Professional Journey
Know all about the King of Memphis Radio.
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Bobby O'Jay was a renowned radio personality in the United States. He is mostly remembered for his exemplary work in the WDIA's Fun Morning Show. These days people are very much interested in knowing about Bobby O'Jay's net worth at the time of his death in 2022.
As per a few sources, the real name of Bobby O'Jay was Joey Louis Jones. He was born on August 8, 1958, in Batesville, Mississippi, United States of America. He enjoyed his early life experiences in Mississippi with his eight siblings. Bobby was the younger one among all the nine kids in the family.
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DJ Bobby O'Jay died at the age of 68 at his work. Bobby took his last breath on May 3, 2022, while he was working at the Memphis Radio WDIA on his show. The sudden demise of Bev was very unfortunate for his family, friends, and fans.
The grief of his shocking demise was expressed by Bev Johnson on the morning show, and that day, only music was played on the station.
In this article, we will share all the important details related to the earnings of this famous person, as well as how his professional journey led him to earn millions of dollars.
Earnings of the King of Memphis Radio
Dj Bobby O'Jay began his career in the radio industry in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1983. In the same year, he later joined an affiliate Radio of iHeartRadio, Tennessee's WDIA.
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He worked for 44 years with WDIA and died while he was serving as a program director of the Radio. He is the real face behind the success of WDIA.
Bobby has accomplished a lot in his radio career. In 2018, iHeartMedia Memphis honored him for his exceptionally great work for the Radio.
Later, he also got nominated for the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2021. Furthermore, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Tennessee Radio.
Radio also released a press statement for his great work so far. It has been stated that The on-air personality and program director of the radio station Bobby O'Jay is the real face behind the name and success of becoming the top-rated morning radio show in Tennesee city.
Dj Bobby made WDIA the first radio station to broadcast content against racial injustice and also talks clearly about African-Americans. When awarded the Hall of Honor, the President of iHeartMedia Memphis stated that no one else can ever deserve this Honor.
The way Bobby worked for the Radio during all these years was exemplary, and the radio community will always remember his contribution. Millions of people liked his show and waited to hear more from him.
If talking about his monetary earnings or net worth from his career, then he was earning millions. According to a few sources, Bobby O'Jay's net worth was expected to be around $1.5 million.
Our beloved DJ Bobby O'Jay was a beloved man of the country. At the time of his demise, the radio declared him a good man, insightful, and a Pioneer for Black Radio. Many people earned money in his life but creating a legacy is not everyone's cup of tea.
All his life, he earned name and fame from Radio. Moreover, a street was named after him to decorate his contribution to society. In July 2022, Bobby O'Jay street was announced as the official street on Union Avenue.
Bobby contributed extraordinarily to the black people residing in the United States. His tenure at Memphis Radio helped them reach the heights of success. His work was remarkable in the industry.
It was Bobby's efforts that black music started to get recognition on White radio stations. His contribution to society through entertainment was forever recognized by society.
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At 6.30 pm on a busy Friday evening Oxford Circus was transformed with two shocking surrealist pink catwalks into an unauthorised sustainable fashion catwalk show.
Extinction Rebellion worked with nine designer collectives and four individual designers to bring their designs to the streets of London. The action was supported by Fair Trade's Safia Minney MBE FARS, Traid's Maria Chenoweth and Dame Vivienne Westwood.
Four swarming roadblocks prevented traffic from nearing the famously busy junction and the public walked the West End streets in clean air and relative quiet for more than an hour.
The action aimed to highlight the excess of 'fast fashion' and offer an alternative of recycled creative remodelling.
According to a recent independent report the fashion industry is set to contribute around a quarter of the world's carbon budget by 2050 on current expansion trends. Textile production is the second most polluting industry on the planet after oil.


What good deeds have you done lately? I am not a person good in giving but Rachel is generous when it comes to donations especially for the needy.
A fortnight ago, I almost did a good deed when I offered my services as a photographer for a Medical Mission Trip to Southern Thailand. However, I didn't manage to go on that trip as I fell sick for almost two weeks. After weeks of food review and chowing on delicious good food, I was downed with severe food poisoning and cough. It was a misadventure and bad luck altogether. However, it won't stop us to continue to contribute and doing good deeds.
We always believe by doing good deeds, we can help and maintain healthier and happier lives. If we are able to help the needy ones, why shouldn't we help?
We donated goods, items and money in the past. We even went to Port Dickson to spend time with children from the orphanages and helped out in an OKU (Orang Kurang Upaya) event in Titiwangsa Lake. This is just a few good deeds we did in the past and we are embarrassed to share this because I know many people out there did more than we do.
Talking about good deeds, we heard Blackmores is doing their part in conjunction with their 80th Anniversary. For Blackmores, turning 80 is not just a mere number but it is a celebration for all people they've help to lead healthier and happier lives through the years.
A total of RM80,000 worth of Blackmores supplements were pledged to 25 old folks homes and underprivileged children homes in the Klang Valley & Selangor in conjunction with Blackmores' 80th Anniversary. The announcement came at the 80th Anniversary tea-party celebration with Blackmores employees held recently at SHELTER, a home for underprivileged children in Petaling Jaya, and was attended by 20 children from the home as well as 18 senior citizens from Rumah Charis with their caregivers.
Committed to the corporate vision of creating a healthier and happier world, Blackmores enjoys an impressive track record spanning across 8 decades in providing quality healthcare products and services to the public.
Also to mark their 80th Anniversary, Blackmores launched their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, the Blackmores 80 Deeds Campaign 2012.
The Blackmores 80 Deeds Campaign 2012 is now open to all Malaysians from 4th November 2012 and will end on 14th December 2012! (Extended!) The Grand Prize winner will receive a 2D/1N stay at Avillion Port Dickson and a Blackmores hamper worth RM800, while the 2nd to 8th prize winner will each receive a Blackmores hamper worth RM800. For more information, please visit Blackmores Facebook at www.facebook.com/BlackmoresMalaysia. All participants must post their deeds online at 80years80deeds@blackmores.com.my or via their social media platform of choice to be in the running for the prizes.
We might not be very active in doing deeds but we did our part as much as we could. If you have been doing good deeds to the society, here's a chance to be rewarded by entering the Blackmores 80 Deeds Campaign now. We believe in good deeds and karma, do you?
I remember the same type of this viral campaign in the internet before. I think it's called pay if forward but I think this one is pre-sponsored so would be a success IMO.
We are more than delighted to post advertorial that encourages good deeds and CSR. Yes, we hope this will be a success!
Blackmores did a good job for their CSR.


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The Republic of Zimbabwe is located in Southern Africa region. Its total area is: 390,580 sq. km (land: 386,670 sq. km; water: 3,910 sq. km).
Its neighboring countries are: in the Northeast and the East: Mozambique over 1,231 km; in the South: South Africa over 225 km; in the Southwest: Botswana over 813 km and in the North West: Zambia over 797 km. Quadripoint with Botswana, Namibia, and Zambia in the Northwest.
Agriculture production: corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs.
Industry production: mining (coal, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), copper, steel, nickel, tin, wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages.
Everyone is in agreement that land reform is an absolute necessity to empower black farmers. However, the abrupt and sudden destructive strategy adopted in 1998 by Mugabé's government led to economic chaos.
Indeed, unemployment skyrocketed 80%. Foreign investment dried out, exports have fallen and most international lenders, including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, cut off Zimbabwe.
Inflation rose from 27% in January 1998 to 619.5% in November 2003 and hit a record 623 percent in January 2004. It has been brought down to 127 percent in February 2005 as a result of the tight monetary policies put in place at the end of 2003 by Central Bank governor Gideon Gono.
In the 1980's, Zimbabwe was recording average annual growth rates of 4,5 percent, which maintained the momentum of growth inherited from the colonial power. But since the controversial land reform engineered by Mugabe, the economy starts shrinking. In fact, according to professor Tony Hawkins of the University of Zimbabwe, the economy has since 1999 contracted by a third at the average of 9% a year. All economic indicators are in the red.
This is not astonishing as the economic driving force - the agriculture - had been hit hard by the Land Reform. Agriculture output is dwindling fast as lands seized from white farmers are less productive.
FOR HOW LONG ZIMBABWEANS WOULD ACCEPT A DISRUPTIVE REGIME?
Watch the video below to hear an (african) nationalistic view about the disastrous economic situation now prevailing in Zimbabwe (more than 3,300% inflation rate on May, 2007).
However, the existing economic disaster that is worsening every passing day, characterized by four-digit inflation rate (3,300% in May 2007) leaves a painful sensation of non-necessary wrack and ruin.
Indeed, a country that used to produce enough food to feed the populations and export surplus is now plagued with severe famine. Several thousands people, common and elite alike, are now fleeing to neighboring countries and particularly into South Africa.
No sober observer cannot deny that the necessary Land Reform had been botched, badly designed and implemented - leading to the current economic and social disaster.
At Africabiz Online, we maintain that It Is Always Better To Build From Assets, Instead Of Starting Afresh From Rubbles. Because that way of doing things first pins down a country development for decades reinforcing the backwardness through the destruction of basic infrastructure and agriculture development; second, it also destroys the international credibility of the country; and third, scares away international investors.
The near future shall tell how long Zimbabweans would accept living under a regime that fails to deliver economic growth that provide jobs up to the demands and social security.
As stated by the author /speaker of above video, the international community would not be the savior. Zimbabweans should do the job themselves, toppling an inefficient regime.
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Click here for updated news and events on Zimbabwe.
Commodities: machinery and transport equipment 39%, other manufactures 18%, chemicals 15%, fuels 40% (2002).
A passport valid for six months beyond sojourn duration and a visa (for some nationalities: check the following link for more), tickets and documents for return or onward travel and an international certificate of vaccination for yellow fever if arriving from an infected area within the last five days are required for entry. All cash must be declared upon entry, otherwise only a limited amount of US$200 in cash can be re-exported. Non-residents are required to pay hotel bills in foreign currency.
Most big names in international air transport form Europe have regular connection with the International Airport of Harare - the capital city. It is also easy to reach the capital cities of the surrounding countries of Southern Africa. There is a daily connection with South Africa.
The railways system is connected to the South African track which is used to import and export goods and commodities.
Zimbabwe is one of the most visited country in Southern Africa. Hotels built, equipped and serviced to international standard are available all over the country for all kinds of tastes and prices. For more on accommodation contact Hotel and Restaurants Association of Zimbabwe listed below. Other listed addresses are for safari and sight seeing planning.


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DC Universe Adds 'Doom Patrol' For Straight To Series Order
May 14, 2018 May 14, 2018 Comic Book Club1
The DC Universe is about to get a little larger: the digital service has announced that Doom Patrol has gotten a direct to series order.
From executive producers Greg Berlanti, Geoff Johns, Jeremy Carver and Sarah Schechter, Doom Patrol will begin production this year for a 2019 debut. The series joins the previously announced live action series Titans, and Swamp Thing, as well as the animated Teen Titans: Outsiders and Harley Quinn.
The 13 episode series will be written by Jeremy Carver, based on DC characters originally written and drawn by Arnold Drake, Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani.
The characters will first be introduced in the fifth episode of Titans, before spinning off into their own series.
Here's the official longline from DC Universe:
DOOM PATROL is a re-imagining of one of DC's most beloved group of outcast Super Heroes: Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Girl and Crazy Jane, led by modern-day mad scientist Dr. Niles Caulder (The Chief). The Doom Patrol's members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find. Part support group, part Super Hero team, the Doom Patrol is a band of super-powered freaks who fight for a world that wants nothing to do with them. Picking up after the events of TITANS, DOOM PATROL will find these reluctant heroes in a place they never expected to be, called to action by none other than Cyborg, who comes to them with a mission hard to refuse, but with a warning that is hard to ignore: their lives will never, ever be the same.
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Home 5 Military Industry 5 The latest Ukrainian mobile radar systems for reconnaissance, surveillance and information collection "Tayra" and "Harza"
The latest Ukrainian mobile radar systems for reconnaissance, surveillance and information collection "Tayra" and "Harza"
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Ukrainian State Enterprise "Specialized Foreign Trade Firm "PROGRESS" (SE SFTF "PROGRESS") promotes the latest mobile radar systems for reconnaissance, surveillance and information collection" Tayra "and" Harza ".
The alternative designation of the systems is – mobile Perimeter Security Surveillance Radar (PSSR).
The systems have been developed by the "PROGRESS" company, in a collaboration with the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Radio Astronomy.
These systems can be useful for the customers in the Middle East, North Africa and Sahel region, especially given the large area of desert territory, the length of the borders. At these conditions the systems allow to protect and ensure the security of remote posts and garrisons (Sahara, Sahel), critical infrastructure in remote areas (mining industry, oil and gas industry), automated border protection.
At the same time, in the light of the world spread of the UAVs use for attacks (both in traditional wars and by members of terrorist groups, smugglers etc.), an important feature of the complexes is the detection of various types of UAVs, including small low-flying UAVs.
More about these systems.
The main difference between the two systems is the use of different types of mobile platforms (fully autonomous – "Tayra" or trailed "Harza"), on which the system is mounted and this in order to perform tasks that are traditionally faced by civilian services or military units. This involves reconnaissance, protection of important installations, strategic infrastructure or detection of small unmanned aerial vehicles.
Radar systems for reconnaissance, surveillance and information collection "Harza" and "Tayra" provide all weather, 24-hour security surveillance of a facility's perimeter, territory and approach routes by scanning a full 360-degree sector or a specific sector of interest , detection of moving and slow moving targets, on land or at sea, detection of small-size (low-RCS), low-altitude flying targets/threats, finding out data of detected targets, including azimuth, range, radar cross section (RCS), radial velocity, and Doppler spectrum width.
The main difference between the two systems is the use of different types of mobile platforms (fully autonomous or trailed)
The systems provide the operational capabilities for the following:
– automatic detection and classification of moving targets, including small-size (low-Radar Cross-Section) flying targets while flying at 10-15 to 600 m altitudes, using radar surveillance;
– automatic slew-to-cue of electron-optic (EO) camera sensors based on radar track;
– automatic target tracking;
– display of target icons and radar fields on the surveillance area map (digital map);
– visual/audio alarm signal generation if an incoming target|threat is detected;
– archive search by date, target class or operator's comment.
The results of the participation of these systems in international tenders prove that they an effective, adequate response to the most challenging threat posed by unmanned aircraft that are designed to deal with a wide variety of tasks ranging from reconnaissance, surveillance, and intelligence gathering to surface-to-ground attacks.
A drone threat cannot be neutralized or destroyed before it is detected and its position is accurately localized. But this, as it turns out, isn't so easy to achieve.
The systems provide automatic detection and classification of moving targets, including small-size (low-Radar Cross-Section) flying targets while flying at 10-15 to 600 m altitudes
The Harza and Tayra technology team have been able to handle all the challenges pretty well. Having completed the required trials and evaluation cycle, the "Harza" PSSR has already found markets both in and outside of Ukraine, thus proving its high competitive ability.The larger the Radar cross-section (RCS) of a given target, the easier it is for a radar to detect the target. Relatively large aircraft and UAVs have larger RCS and hence are more visible to a radar. But the threat detection problem is seriously complicated where the threats are modern, low-RCS combat UAVs and especially quadcopter drones built with an extensive use of plastic materials. Furthermore, targets like e.g. quadcopter drones are designed such as to fly at low speeds, making their detection even more challenging.
The new radars are effective against targets in the air, on the ground, and at sea. In particular, it can detect a small, 0.01 sq.m. RCS drone from 7 km, a human being from 18 km, and a vehicle-sized target from 30 km away while being able at the same time to automatically track up to 200 targets simultaneously.
"Tayra" system is mounted on cars or armored vehicles 4×4, equipped with outriggers.
In addition to the radar channel, the operator can use optical and thermal imaging devices to monitor the detected targets – including in automatic mode.
The software allows the operator to coordinate the work of different channels for priority targets, which were first detected by radar.
To determine the altitude of air targets, the radar can optionally be equipped with an additional module.
The radar output data can be integrated with geographic information system (GIS) data to allow all weather, 24-hour security surveillance of a facility's perimeter, territory, and approach routes.
One of the advantages of the perimeter security radar system in the Harza version is its compact design. The system is mounted on a single-axle car trailer, to facilitate fast, low visibility movement.
If needed, the mobile complex can be easily installed as stationary without any changes in its characteristicsThe system, among other things, is designed to protect strategic objects (such as headquarters, communications, warehouses and bases for weapons and military equipment, power plants) from attack by sabotage groups and drones. The Harza system takes just 10 minutes to go from stowed to operational readiness configuration.
In its turn, "Tayra" system is mounted on cars or armored vehicles 4×4, equipped with outriggers. The type of armored vehicle is determined by the customer. "Tayra" can be considered as a reconnaissance vehicle to perform the full range of tasks of combat support for the needs of ground forces or special forces.
Type Doppler, pulse
Operational frequency, Hhz 7,9 +/- 0,1
The range of moving targets detection with a probability of more than 90% at antenna rotation rate of 50°/sec., km
UAV (typical RCS 0,01m²) ˃ 7
man (typical RCS 0,5 m² ˃ 18
Car, boat, plane (typical RCS 1 m² ˃ 25
Target elevation coverage, deg. 20 (-5 …. +15)
Azimuth coverage, deg. 360
Azimuth resolution, deg. 2
Accuracy of azimuth measurement, deg. 1
Accuracy of range rate, m/sec 0,1-1
Minimum measured rate, m/sec 0,2-2
Maximum antenna scan rate, °/sec. 90
Coordinate system WGS-84, Radar station, Azimuth/Range
Ability to simultaneously detect and track objects/targets ˃ 200
Operating temperature range, °C -40…..+60
The range of targets detection by optic-electronic channel at day/night conditions, km
man ˃ 7/5,5
car, boat ˃ 8/7
personnel 2
readiness time operational/transportation, min. Not more 10/10
Weight depending on configuration, kg 800…..1500 (+/-5%)
Height of the radar component from platform, m 5
AC, V/Hz 220/50
DC, V 24
Resistance to wind overload while mounted antenna, m/sec 40
Detection and monitoring of targets Automatic, manual
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If Labour really wants to help the poorest in our society they need to stop Brexit
UN Rapporteur Philip Aston's damning report into poverty in the UK was no surprise to those who had been keeping up with events. Anyone who hadn't developed serious social myopia over the years last eight years of grinding austerity couldn't fail to see the results of a deliberate government policy to impoverish those at the […]
by Ian Middleton
UN Rapporteur Philip Aston's damning report into poverty in the UK was no surprise to those who had been keeping up with events. Anyone who hadn't developed serious social myopia over the years last eight years of grinding austerity couldn't fail to see the results of a deliberate government policy to impoverish those at the bottom and push those already below the poverty line even further into the abyss.
Partly in an attempt to end minor abuse of the welfare system, but mostly out of an ideological motivation, the Tories have destroyed lives in the pursuit of an economic policy that even the current chancellor has admitted wasn't really necessary.
The most scandalous statistic shows that many of the poorest people are in work, sometimes doing more than one job, yet they're still unable to climb out of a poverty trap created by a government who claim to want to see work pay, but just not that much.
The report describes a shocking state of affairs that sets many areas of the country in the same arena as those who have experienced natural or conflict derived disasters. People so hungry and poor that they have no choice but to rely on voluntary aid agencies, suffering the ignominy of foodbanks after being effectively abandoned by an increasingly uncaring government.
We all know this, at least those of us who don't have our heads up our fundaments and our mouths stuffed with yellowing copies of the Daily Mail. But it's helpful to have an independent report confirming the situation, throwing our filthy washing on the global clothesline for all to see.
The question is will we do anything about it? The answer is: probably not. At least not while we continue to tear each other's innards out over the entirely ridiculous self-excoriation of Brexit.
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There's little doubt that those who experience much of what the UN report has highlighted probably voted for Brexit. Not because they were stupid or racist or even particularly anti-EU, but because they wanted to see something – anything – change. They saw a way of blowing the whole complacent system apart and they grabbed it. They threw the cards into the air and hoped that when they landed they might get a better deal. When you already have a losing hand whatever you get can't be any worse can it? It seems it can.
Philip Aston himself gave a stark warning during a recent Channel 4 interview, when he noted that all economic assessments now forecast that Brexit is going to have a negative effect on the UK economy. He concluded that it will be "the less well-off that will bear the brunt of it".
With that in mind, any politician that wants to reduce poverty in the UK must then focus on any way this could be prevented. Yet the official opposition party in Westminster seems not to have got the memo.
Instead of using the current chaos in the government to push for the only realistic option to end this madness – that of a public vote on the deal – Labour is still putting that option at the bottom of its to-do list.
Corbyn continues to brief on the idea that a General Election is just around the corner despite evidence to the contrary. Even if it weren't and assuming the equally unlikely outcome of an outright Labour majority Corbyn would still take us out of the EU. It's clear from recent interviews that he has no desire to stop Brexit. Even going as far as to say it can't be stopped.
He continues to not rule out a second vote on the Brexit deal in the same way I don't rule out the ability to spontaneously develop the ability to speak Cantonese next Tuesday teatime.
With his eyes so firmly fixed on an election, predictions that the poor will be worse off no matter what form our exit from the EU takes, seems not to have made a dent on Corbyn's conviction that he can negate the impact of Brexit with a wave of his hand. He fantasises that the EU27 would rush back to the negotiating table to speak to him, even though he and his party have offered no more workable or acceptable alternatives to what we have now.
As the cry for a People's Vote becomes ever more apparent, not only from the 700,000 people who marched last month, but also from within the Labour Party itself, Corbyn continues to turn a tin ear, in exactly the same way the government has ignored the very real poverty highlighted by Philip Aston.
Brexit not only risks putting the poorest in our society at further disadvantage, it also has the potential start a second round of austerity, assuming you believe the current round has come to an end. But this time we could be talking of a generational shift in economic fortunes. As currency speculators have demonstrated in the last week, for those at the very top, economic chaos is a nice little earner.
The clock is ticking as the Conservatives scramble around looking for any way to make Brexit work. Either by cobbling together support for May's fractious deal, or by mounting a leadership challenge which will only serve to muddy the waters further.
The EU have already indicated that they're not in the mood for further negotiation, no matter who is in power. The time has come for Labour to get off the fence and join the fight to prevent the further damage that Brexit will inevitably wreak on all of us. The time to press for an election is when we've cleared away this madness and left the blame for it in the lap of the government.
It's time for Labour to pick a battle it can win, one that might even help them win power in the long term. It's time for Corbyn to back a People's Vote.
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After cleansing, apply the Luminous Mask over your face. Peel off after 20 minutes. Gently pat the rest of the essence onto your skin.
Take an appropriate amount of the Luster Ampoule and apply evenly on your skin.
At the end, use the Eyes Under Corrector around your eye area.
After two weeks of use and using it 3 times a week, I have decided that the Anti-Dust set is good, but not my favorite. The Luminous Mask is packed with milky essence, and even after 20 minutes my mask was still wet. After removing it, my skin couldn't absorb the essence properly and was a sticky layer over my face. I ended up rinsing some of it off, but afterwards my skin was honestly glowing and it brightened up my dark spots! However, I couldn't apply the ampoule and eye cream afterwards as my skin wasn't absorbing it properly. Instead, I used them the morning after, and you can ration out the portion to make them last for a few days. The Luster Ampoule wasn't very special, but it went into my skin easily. I did like the Eyes Under Corrector, which was a thick and creamy yellow paste that actually moisturized my dry under eye and left my skin bright. However, I probably wouldn't purchase this pack again.


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Mala Adiga was appointed as Policy Director to incoming First Lady Jill Biden, an announcement from the Biden-Harris Transition Team said Nov. 20, 2020. Photo: State Department
President-elect Joe Biden announced some new members of his White House senior staff, including an Indian American.
Mala Adiga, advisor for the Biden-Harris presidential campaign will be joining the White House senior staff as policy director to First Lady to be Jill Biden. Adiga, who served as a senior advisor to Dr. Jill Biden in the past, was one of two senior White House appointments announced Nov. 20, 2020. The other was Carlos Elizondo as White House social secretary.
"These diverse, experienced, and talented individuals demonstrate President-elect Biden's continued commitment to building an administration that not only looks like America, but is also ready to deliver results for working families on day one," a press release from the Biden-Harris transition team said.
"I'm proud to name additional members of our team who will help deliver the change America needs in these difficult times. Their dedication to overcoming the challenges facing our country today are rooted in their diverse backgrounds and experiences. They will serve the American people and help build back better, creating a more just, equitable, and united nation," Biden said in a statement.
"Today's appointees are respected leaders who will bring a commitment to serving the American people each and every day. They will support our work to build an administration and White House that represents America and delivers results," said incoming White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain.
Prior to serving as the senior policy advisor on the Biden-Harris campaign, Adiga was Director for Higher Education and Military Families at the Biden Foundation.
During the Obama-Biden administration, Adiga served in several senior positions — as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Academic Programs at the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs; in the Secretary of State's Office of Global Women's Issues as Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the Ambassador-at-Large; and as Director for Human Rights on the National Security Staff.
Prior to that, she was Counsel to the Associate Attorney General in the Department of Justice.
Her relationship to the Bidens goes back to the Obama-Biden 2008 presidential campaign in which she also served.
Before that campaign, she was a litigation associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago and clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Philip Simon in the Northern District of Indiana.
A native of Illinois, Adiga is a graduate of Grinnell College, the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, and the University of Chicago Law School.
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What Do Constitutional Privacy Protections Look Like Around The World?
All across the U.S. on 4 July, thousands of Americans gathered at Restore the Fourth rallies, in support of restoring the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and to protest the recently-disclosed information regarding NSA spying on American citizens. Demonstrations took place in over 100 cities, calling on the U.S. government to respect the privacy rights of citizens in America and individuals around the world. With all this talk of constitutional protections to against unreasonable…
The UK Communications Data Bill is no more
Privacy International welcomes the absence of a Communications Data Bill in the Queen's Speech. The Communications Data bill was originally set to significantly expand the powers of communications surveillance in the UK and set another bad standard globally. Because of the work by Parliamentarians, a concerted effort by civil society groups and some within industry, this expansion was avoided, for now. However the Queen's Speech did include a mention of new proposals: In relation to the…
The Brussels Privacy Declaration
Today is Data Privacy Day, which commemorates the 1981 signing of the Coucil of Europe's Convention 108, the first legally binding international treaty dealing with privacy and data protection. It is celebrated all over Europe, as well as in Canada and the United States since 2008. To mark the occasion, Privacy International, together with other prominent privacy and digital rights organisations, is launching the Brussels Declaration. It urges Brussels parliamentarians and European governments…
Sweden's Foreign Minister declares his support for principles to protect privacy in the face of surveillance
At the first major discussions on internet governance since the Snowden leaks began in June 2013, Sweden's Foreign Minister has called for the establishment of principles to define the application of existing human rights obligations to the digital realm. Noting that the Snowden revelations have given birth to "a new debate about surveillance and privacy", Foreign Minister Carl Bildt acknowledged that internet governance is being challenged, as some States operate vast surveillance systems…
Stormy Harbour: EU urges US to make personal data transfers safer
We, and other privacy advocates, havecriticised the poor provisions of the so-called Safe Harbour agreement, which allows free transfers of personal information from European countries to companies in the United States that have signed up and promise to abide by its Principles. Now the European Commission, prompted by the recent mass surveillance scandals, has published an investigation into this agreement which provides overwhelming evidence that it is not fit for purpose. It urges the US…
Risks From Large (Health) IT Systems
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Positive indications for health privacy in England
We very much welcome today's announcement by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt that people will be allowed to opt out of having their medical records shared in the NHS England centralised information bank. The move is an important one for data privacy and patient choice, and has been a key objective of Privacy International in our collaboration with the new medConfidential (which launched yesterday). A month ago, NHS England (and the Director of Patients and Information) was refusing to offer any…
PI in Slate: "Privacy for the Other 5 Billion"
Below is an excerpt of an article that recently appeared on Slate, written by our partner Kevin Donovon, a researcher at the University of Cape Town, and Carly Nyst, Head of International Advocacy at Privacy International: "Move over, mobile phones. There's a new technological fix for poverty: biometric identification. Speaking at the World Bank on April 24, Nandan Nilekani, director of India's universal identification scheme, promised that the project will be "transformational." It "uses the…
Peaceful Protester's Personal Data Removed From Extremism Database
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On International Data Privacy Day - who is reading your emails?
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Leaked EU Data Directive amendments show alignment with Regulation, though vote is less certain
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Google Transparency Report for second half of 2012 shows European government attempts to access private data at an all-time high
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Francophone West African Civil Society Organisations Demand Better Privacy, Personal Data Protections
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European Parliament committees threaten wholesale destruction of privacy and data protection rights
Just over a year ago, vitally important reforms to European privacy and data protection laws were proposed. Now these reforms, which will affect the rights of half a billion Europeans, are being watered down in their passage through various European parliamentary committees as MEPs succumb to an unprecedented industry lobbying onslaught. There is now irrefutable evidence of the impact of this lobbying, thanks to a technology-powered research method comparing corporate lobby documents with the…
Deeply Troubling Aspects Of UK's National Pupil Database Removed
Compulsory data on every state school pupil in the country can now be used for research "promoting the education or well-being of children in England", according to UK Department for Education. The Department's response to the highly worrying National Pupil Database (NPD), released in late May, is far narrower than previously suggested late last year, with none of the deeply troubling aspects being included in the final proposals, and existing definitions of terms remaining unchanged. The…
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Audit And Consent: Health Databases In A noSQL World
Privacy International welcomes the news that the UK NHS Data Spine is being replaced. We have fundamental privacy concerns about the existing infrastructure, and the proposed changes have the potential to enable the necessary privacy protections to be implemented in a meaningful way. Core elements of the NHS Spine, the technological infrastructure underpinning the Service that cost the Government over £12 billion pounds, will be have to be replaced after numerous failures. The interfaces…
Amazon and eBay lobbyists found to be writing EU data protection law in copy-paste legislation scandal
A European privacy group claimed today that dozens of amendments to the new Data Protection Regulation being proposed by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are being copied word-for-word from corporate lobby papers, with MEPs frequently failing to even remember their own amendments. Max Schrems, of the website and campaign Europe v Facebook, noticed striking similarities between proposed amendments and lobby papers written by representatives of Amazon, eBay, the American Chamber of…
A paucity of privacy: Humanitarian, development organisations need beneficiary data protection policies
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1989 - Cambodia Trust established in Calmette Hospital, Phnom Penh to provide artificial limbs (prosthesis) to victims of Cambodian conflict. Many amputees as result of landmines.
1994 – Cambodian School of Prosthetics and Orthotics established. Known as CSPO, it is initiated by the Founder Director – Carson Harte – and the Deputy Director – Anne Henriksen. Cambodia Trust engages with 4 other Non-Government Organisations (NGO's) to establish school and ensure adherence to international standards.
2000 – Cambodia Trust establishes a Regional Office in Singapore to facilitate the development of a Strategic Plan for the establishment of schools of prosthetics and orthotics in the region – replicating the CSPO model. This period of strategic planning was entirely funded by The Nippon Foundation of Japan – one of several donors in the development of CSPO then the sole funder of the Strategic Plan.
2001 – Strategic Plan submitted to Nippon. Proposal included the establishment of 3 schools of PO in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and The Philippines. Myanmar had been a first choice – but had been de-prioritised due to visa difficulties for foreigners at that time.
2002 – Cambodia Trust gains ISO 9001:2000 certification. One of the first NGOs in the world to gain this status and the first NGO in Cambodia.
2004 – Sri Lankan School of Prosthetics and Orthotics (SLSPO) opens in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2010 – Philippine School of Prosthetics and Orthotics (PSPO) opens in Quezon City, Manila, The Philippines.
2014 – New Strategic Plan Developed – key objectives being development of Social Enterprise for Sustainability and research. Social Enterprise objective led to formation of Exceed Social Enterprises (ESE) and research objective led to formation of Exceed Research Network (ERN).
2014 – Name change from The Cambodia Trust to Exceed Worldwide. After many years of operating as The Cambodia Trust, it was time to embrace the regional and global profile of the organization.


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    /// Readable R
    template<typename R>
    auto operator()(R&& r) const KA_NOEXCEPT_EXPR(src(fwd<R>(r)))
        -> decltype(src(fwd<R>(r))) {
      return src(fwd<R>(r));
    }
  };
} // namespace ka

#endif // KA_SRC_HPP

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