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Sotheby's anticipated NFT sale suddenly withdrawn by consignor
"Punk It!", the first evening sale at Sotheby's dedicated exclusively to CryptoPunk NFTs (non-fungible tokens), was mysteriously withdrawn at the request of the consignor. As the crowd enthusiastically gathered in New York, and the sale's live-stream opened to viewers around the world, the seller tweeted "nvm [never mind], decided to hodl".
But what does this all mean? Derived from a misspelling of "hold", "hodl" is an acronym for "hold on for dear life" and is used to denote a long-term approach to cryptocurrency investing. This approach advocates for the lasting value of cryptocurrency, rather than the more common approach of quickly selling on assets.
The online NFT community widely celebrated the seller's decision to "hodl". Under the username Ox650d, the seller's follow-up tweet even suggested that the surprise cancellation was in fact a PR stunt to make "punks mainstream". Some, however, believe the anonymous seller had received a cash offer moments before the single-lot sale.
The sale was composed of 104 CryptoPunks, estimated to fetch between US$20 million (£15 million) to US$30 million (£22.6 million). Designed by Larva Labs in 2017, CryptoPunks are one of the most globally popular PFP [profile picture] NFT collections on the Ethereum blockchain. The collection of 10,000 pixelated characters was originally given away for free. No two Punks are exactly alike; for example some wear cowboy hats and smoke pipes, whilst others have vibrantly coloured hair.
"CryptoPunks are the original PFP series that created the template for other NFT projects that have followed," said Michael Bouhanna, co-head of digital art at Sotheby's.
Prices for the crypto collectibles skyrocketed in 2021 as the wider NFT market expanded. In the first six months of last year, transaction volume reached US$2.5 billion (£1.8 billion). The seller Ox650d acquired the huge collection in a single transaction in 2021 for US$7 million (£5 million). Although the market has recently dropped, partly due to worldwide disruptions in supply chains, the least expensive Punk featured in the Sotheby's sale, Punk #7456, was still valued at US$150,000 (£112,000).
"We're not disappointed," remarked Nabyl Charania, an attendee at the auction representing the investment fund Meta4 Capital. "We want the seller to get the price they want—we don't want an antagonistic relationship."
Other attendees were likewise undeterred by the withdrawn lot and continued to enjoy the star-studded afterparty. Celebrities like collector Colborn Bell, rapper Ja Rule, and entrepreneur Farokh Sarmad mingled alongside a live performance by DJ Seedphrase, the newest crypto musician. "It's about the people," explained Anoop Kansupada, an executive at the NFT platform Nifty Gateway. "You couldn't meet these people at the typical Sotheby's sale."
Despite the recent market slump, it seems the hype surrounding NFT collecting continues to grow into the mainstream. One of the biggest breakthroughs for the sector came in 2021, when Beeple's NFT called 'Everydays: The First 5000 Days' sold for a record-breaking US$69 million (£50 million) at Christie's first ever digital auction.
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Parable of the Talents Christ gave gifts to men and expected a return. This means you are required to occupy until He returns. It's time to invade, occupy, influence, and take over. We can no longer sit idly by watching our world sink into moral decay and overcome by false religions. The Church is called to lead change and reform in our nation and throughout the earth.The Kingdom of God is here and now.
Kings are destined for total conquest. This world is desperate for good people like you to enter their kingship as an image-bearer of Christ. Jesus loves this world, and He has made provision for its restoration. You were born a winner. The whole world is waiting for you to exercise your believer's authority to act like a son of God (Romans 8:19).
Every member of the human race, whether he knows it or not, is a member of one of two kingdoms: the Kingdom of God or the kingdom of darkness. There is no middle or neutral ground. Scripture declares, "He that is not with me, is against me" (Matthew 12:12).
As kings (Jesus is King of kings and Ruler of rulers), we need to grab hold of our responsibility by invading this earth with God's purpose.
We have a kingship mandate; establish the Kingdom of God, right here and right now. An understanding of the biblical influence and the kingship of every believer is a must. Kings apply God's Word to the land (Deuteronomy 16 & 17). Scripture uses the terms "salt" and "light" to teach us our responsibility to be proactive, "Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt has lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven" (Matthew 5:13-16).
We provide salt and light around us through kingship influence and by invading our society, and the world with the Gospel of the Kingdom.
We can no longer sit idly by watching our world sink into moral decay and overcome by false religions. The Church is called to lead change and reform in our nation and throughout the earth (Ephesians 3:10). The Kingdom of God is not a future event but is now. John the Baptist proclaimed the coming Kingdom and Jesus announced its arrival (Matthew 3:2, 4:17; Mark 1:15).
Like John Calvin, who went to Geneva to "establish the Kingdom of God in a decadent society," we too must involve ourselves with its establishment. Let's be like John the Baptist and make ready a people for God (Luke 1:16-17) and like Isaiah who prophesied of the anointing's purpose to "repair the waste cities that have been trodden down" (Isaiah 61:1-10).
You are in the Kingdom, and the Kingdom is in you. When you exercise your delegated authority as a king, all other kingdoms must submit. The Kingdom of God can be seen by a demonstration of His Kingship in your life. Jesus said go and tell John the things you both hear and see (Luke 7:18-22). Jesus announced the reestablishment of His Kingship rule and government on earth, and that was only the beginning, now you're involved.
Jesus came as the last Adam to regain all His creation, many sons, and the earth. Now, through His priesthood of kings, He is restoring all things back to Himself. What a profound statement. Jesus had a revolutionary ministry. He preached the Kingdom of God, gave His life for the atonement of sin, birthed His Church, and planted a small seed that would grow and grow called the Kingdom of God. What's beautiful is that you and I, born again believers, can find our place and purpose in life. No longer are we wondering who we are or why we were born. We are a royal priesthood of kings being trained as representatives of His Kingdom government (1 Peter 2:9).
How exciting to know that you are being equipped to rule and reign with Christ on the earth, right here and right now. Throughout history, God has been restoring truth to His Body, getting us ready to take dominion in His name. Just think about this, it took over 20 centuries to get us to a place where we could receive this truth about the kingship of Christ through His priesthood of kings. Jesus will return to the earth as the Lord (Ruler) Supreme for a glorious Church without spot nor wrinkle, not a defeated shadow lost in the umbers of defeat (Ephesians 5:27). You have been liberated and given talents to affect the world around you (Matthew 25:15). Determine in your heart to do something mighty with them.
One day John the Baptist was in prison about to lose his life. He sent two disciples to Jesus asking Him, "Are you he that should come, or do we look for another?" Jesus answered saying, "Go and show John again those things which you do hear and see. The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me" (Matthew 11:3-6).
I was wrongly taught that John asked that question because he was having a bad day. He was in a prison filled with discouragement. But Jesus taught us something important about John's character. Jesus said that John was not like a reed that could be shaken in the wind. John wasn't staggering in unbelief. John knew who Jesus was. He knew that Jesus was the Messiah, the King of Glory. He knew that Jesus was Immanuel, God with us. John sent these two disciples to ask Jesus why He wasn't taking dominion. After all, the entire nation was waiting for the Messiah, who would come and release the nation from the strongholds of Roman rule. Jesus preached about the Kingdom of God continually. Even the Pharisees came to Jesus demanding to know when the Kingdom of God would appear (Luke 17:20). In the days of Jesus' ministry, everyone was looking at Christ's dominion and missed the cross of Calvary. Today, thousands of Gospel sermons are focused on the cross and miss the Kingdom. We need both. Yes, we need both. When Jesus returns will He find faith? Will He find His bride busy about the Father's business? I believe He will.
Possessing God's promises requires a fighting spirit. Don't accept every thing that comes your way. Submit to God, engage all opposition to Christ's Kingship through you: invade, occupy and influence. Then, after you have done all, stand rock solid in your faith refusing to break rank. Christ will not fail. You have been predestined for conquest.
We must stop acting like defeated second class citizens. This earth does not belong to Satan but to Jesus (Psalm 24:1). We are destined for a victorious occupation. Jesus' prayer will be answered and we will see the establishment of the Kingdom of God on this earth (John 17:15-20). You are part of the army of the Lord and the army of the Lord is invincible. It's time to beat your plow shares into swords. You are not cursed, but blessed. Jesus didn't pray the Father to take His disciples out of the world but to protect them from the evil one. He said, "As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world" (John 17:18).
The apostolic is restoring the truth of a kingship people with a kingship agenda. We are not being equipped to escape this world but to change it. Scripture teaches us the power of conquest in the parable of the leaven.
"The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened" (Matthew 13:33).
Notice the leaven didn't give up and quit, it was progressive in its work and destined to take over the entire meal. We, too, as a priesthood of kings, are destined for total conquest.
What an exciting time to be alive. To make that forward shift into kingship start by acknowledging that Jesus has called you to be both salt and light in this world. Don't put your kingship under a bushel. You are a king because Jesus has made you a king. Now let your light shine. You have a bright future. As you step out in faith, know that you cannot fail. The Father is well pleased to give unto you the Kingdom. You are in the Kingdom and the Kingdom is in you. Arise, king, and give Jesus something to rejoice about.
Kingship is your path to a rich life full of success and significance. As life battles against you on your journey to Zion, remember what Sir Winston Churchill Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War said, "Kites rise highest against the wind." You were born to win. You are a king and you were created for dominion (Genesis 1:28). Push to the front of your calling and bring glory to your father. Jesus made it clear, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also and greater works than these shall he do because I go unto my Father" (John 14:12).


In Reading Like a Writer, Francine Prose advised aspiring writers that the best way to hone their craft is to read works of great literature closely, word by word. In her new book, Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, Prose applies that method to the famous young diarist's work. By Prose's measure, Frank's diary has achieved its success not only because of what it documents but also because of her remarkable skill as a writer.
What Prose begins as a literary investigation expands to encompass the history of the diary and its author, as well as its many reincarnations as a musical, a film, a brand, and an inspiration for human rights organizations and classroom curricula. Prose spoke to Vox Tablet host Sara Ivry about the diary and its impact.
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Alliance Research
Here, you'll find some key research from the last two years including research from the Alliance and HerMoney that that focuses on female financial independence, Peak65 – a call to action as the retirement system will be tested like never before in 2024 when we will see the greatest surge of Americans turning 65, and the Alliance and CANNEX's research, the Protected Retirement Income and Planning Study, designed to better understand and forecast retirement income trends.
The State of Women 2022 / Peak65 /
Protected Retirement Income and Planning Study
THE STATE OF WOMEN 2022
In partnership with HerMoney, a digital media company, founded by personal finance expert Jean Chatzky, focused on improving the relationships women have with money, the Alliance released The State of Women 2022 study, that focuses on female financial independence.
After years of making progress on closing gaps, climbing ladders and shattering ceilings, we're learning (and hearing) how the pandemic has set women back. That's why the Alliance and HerMoney went straight to the source.
The State of Women 2022 study, launched in March 2022, is an ongoing series of surveys of the HerMoney community.
Women are taking control of their finances, investments and retirement planning
To learn more about the findings from chapter 1, visit the links below:
Chapter 1 Research Findings
Nearly 3 out of 5 of women worry about money several times a month or more
Less than half of women know how to make their money last in retirement
Inflation Risk is the Top Financial Concern for Nearly Three in Four Women
Two-Thirds of women see a U.S. Recession Ahead, But Plan to double down on retirement savings
Peak 65
Peak 65™
Let's Meet the Challenge of America's Historic Peak 65 Moment With A New Approach to Retirement Security
The greatest surge of new retirees in the nation's history is fast approaching. In a mere two years, the US will have more 65-year-olds than ever before. With more than 10,000 people turning 65 every day, it's a number that will increase to more than 12,000 a day until the nation reaches its Peak 65™ moment in 2024.1 Our nation's retirement system will be tested like never before.
To meet this challenge, we have issued a collective call to action—based on research—to those with important roles to play in providing retirement security for Americans, including employers, public policymakers and financial professionals.
1. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/americans-retiring-increasing-pace-145837368.html
PROTECTED RETIREMENT INCOME
AND PLANNING STUDY
In partnership with CANNEX, North America's leading provider of pricing, data, and annuities product research, the Alliance released the second cut of the third installment of the Protected Retirement Income and Planning (PRIP) Study, a joint research effort focused on both investors and financial professionals, designed to better understand and forecast retirement income trends.
The latest PRIP Study found that in the face of a potential recession coupled with the lingering effects of the pandemic, Americans are seeking retirement income protection.
This second cut of the third installment comes after PRIP 3.0 published in July 2022, which provided insights into perceptions of annuities in retirement planning and the concerns of investors and financial professionals in the current market environment. The third installment followed PRIP 2.0 published in December 2021, which found that investors who were asked to build their own hypothetical $1 million retirement portfolio, said annuities and other income-producing assets were the most favored. The inaugural study published in June 2021, found investors eager for financial protection amid a challenging fixed-income environment and the declining prevalence of private sector pensions. The PRIP studies are an outgrowth of the Protected Lifetime Income Study, an annual, Census-balanced survey of U.S. adults the Alliance sponsored in 2018 and 2020 to gauge consumers' attitudes and behaviors around retirement-income planning.
PRIP 1
To learn more about the findings from the first installment of the Protected Retirement and Income Planning study, visit the links below:
Top 9 Investor Insights
Top 6 Financial Professional Insights
Full Research Results
To learn more about the findings from the second installment of the Protected Retirement and Income Planning study, visit the links below:
Top 6 Investor Findings
To learn more about the findings from the third installment of the Protected Retirement and Income Planning study, visit the links below:
Top 5 Insights
PRIP 3 Chapter 2
To learn more about the findings from the second cut of the third installment of the Protected Retirement and Income Planning study, visit the links below:
To learn more about Alliance for Lifetime Income's research studies, please visit the below links:
Retirement Reset
The Alliance for Lifetime Income's Protected Income Index Study research program, conducted annually from 2018 to 2020, tracked the level of protected and unprotected households in the United States. It provides valuable insights into Americans' attitudes and behaviors around retirement-income planning.
No Normal Retirement Journey Map and Guide
Your retirement journey is unique to you and we know you need a resource that takes that into consideration. That's why the Alliance for Lifetime Income worked with The AgingWell Hub at Business for Impact to help you visualize and plan the various stages, events and decision points along the…
Protected Lifetime Income Index Study
Pandemic's Impact on the Market and Economy Has Rattled Retirement Confidence
Joint poll by Kiplinger and Alliance for Lifetime Income reveals decreased confidence, especially among women, pre-retirees, and those with lower household net worth

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2019 ITTF-Oceania Tour | Tonga
Kevin Wu shines in Guatemala
New Zealand's Kevin Wu has had a series of excellent results in the 2012 Guatemala Junior & Cadet Open.
Kevin was teamed up with LAI Yi-Yao of Chinese Taipei in the Junior Boys Team Event. Both players remained undefeated through the group stage which saw them enter the Semi Finals, and line up against Venezuela. Strong performances continued, and the team booked their place in the final of the event. The final saw their first match against a team outside of Latin America, this time they faced Sweden. Although Kevin was unable to win his single matches, he played a vital role in the doubles match, and with LAI Yi-Yao claiming both singles, the combined team of New Zealand/Chinese Taipei became champions.
The Junior Boys Doubles event saw Kevin lining up again with LAI Yi-Yao (TPE), and following on from their Team Event success, the pair was able to make their way through the draw untroubled, with Kevin claiming his second title in the same event.
With the Junior Boys Singles event remaining, Kevin entered as the number 4 seed, and had strong wins against Swedish, Guatemalan, Honduran and Indian opponents. Kevin has made his way through to the Quarter Final in a match up with GUPTA Utkarsh (IND). In a see-sawing battle, Kevin came out strong taking a two game lead before finding himself down two games to three. Kevin fought back to put the match into a deciding seventh game, but was unable to overcome his opponent, and finished with a commendable Quarter Final placing.
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Gulf Coast energy investment, jobs forecast to reach new highs
by Eric L. Taylor
The Gulf Coast's energy industry was slowed by COVID-19, with reductions to levels of both employment and capital investment.
However, the recently released 2022 Gulf Coast Energy Outlook (GCEO), published by the LSU Center for Energy Studies, found some surprising good news in its analysis of recent years and forecasts.
As some of the most efficient and profitable refineries in the U.S. and globally, capital investment and employment in the Gulf Coast's energy sector have remained strong in spite of the pandemic, with the 2022 GCEO noting that a "relative recovery was underway" by July 2020. However, PADD 3 refineries were dealt a succession of additional blows in the form of adverse weather events Hurricane Laura, Winter Storm Uri and Hurricane Ida.
Now, "a new recovery in the refinery sector is underway, and it seems likely that utilization will hover around levels comparable to those experienced before the pandemic," the 2022 GCEO reported.
The 2021 GCEO predicted $21.7 billion in capital investments due to the uncertainty about the pandemic - about $16.5 billion below the publicly announced amount of $38.2 billion. The realized amount of energy manufacturing investments, however, was more resilient than anticipated, reaching $35.2 billion. While lower than the prediction for 2021, that outcome demonstrated the resilience of the Gulf Coast energy industry and portends continued recovery to prepandemic levels into the near future.
A backlog of capital investments came on line in 2021, reversing the relative lull in activity that occurred from 2018 to 2020. The 2022 GCEO foresaw as much as $190 billion in capital development to take place through year-end 2029, but it also predicted investment to ebb away from chemical activities and toward LNG export facilities as the result of the increasing global need for LNG imports, particularly in Asia. The 2022 GCEO reported, "Total LNG related investments are anticipated to surge to $120 billion, whereas non-LNG investments (mostly chemical-related) are anticipated to grow by $70 billion across the entire [Gulf Coast] region."
Because of the shift toward increased LNG exports, the 2022 GCEO predicted that Louisiana would lead the region in total energy manufacturing capital investment potential with as much as $125.6 billion by 2029. LNG export facilities are expected to represent the majority of energy investment in Louisiana, totaling $86.1 billion. A smaller yet significant level of investment of $39.4 billion is expected in the chemical sector.
Texas investments are expected to be more equally allocated than Louisiana's. The report stated that of Texas' $57 billion in new energy manufacturing investments announced, LNG-export related investments were appraised at $26.3 billion and new chemical/refining related investments at $30.7 billion. The U.S.'s reentry to the Paris Agreement and the implementation of new ESG policies also offer new opportunities for growth and investment through new decarbonization technologies like carbon capture and sequestration, bio-petrochemicals, blue ammonia, blue hydrogen and other biofuels.
The result of the coming investment is expected to be reflected by employment numbers in both states. "Both Texas and Louisiana are anticipated to reach new highs in refining and chemical manufacturing employment over the forecast time horizon," the 2022 GCEO stated. Louisiana's employment is expected to increase about 3.7 percent, or 1,350 jobs by the end of 2022. Employment growth is then expected to slow, gaining approximately 600 jobs in 2023 and 1,000 jobs in 2024.
Texas refining and chemical manufacturing employment exhibits a similar pattern, forecast to increase by 3.8 percent by the end of 2022, reaching 3,900 jobs. In 2023 and 2024, GCEO anticipated Texas refining and chemicals sectors to gain approximately 1,500 jobs and 900 jobs, respectively.
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What do you get when you combine expertise in award-winning new technology development for NASA, Air Force navigation and electronic warfare systems, strategic operations, Air Force communications, and business development? An effective and diverse team whose leadership has distinguished Kokua Support Services Corp. as a Small Disadvantaged Business frontrunner in the DoD systems engineering and technical assistance (SETA) marketplace.
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Sang Tran has built his leadership team on the principles of family, loyalty, trust and commitment. And though Kokua's very high customer satisfaction rating among its U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine clients does result from the depth and breadth of the team's experience, there is more to the company's success than meets the eye. More than the synergy of many professionals focused on the singular goal of excellence. More than its dedicated, committed workforce.
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Michael Ohlhaver is the Director of Operations for Kokua Support Services Corp. where he provides overall direction and guidance to the operational activities of the company and formulates and implements strategies for short- and long-term development to optimize the company's growth and profitability. Mike oversees the company's performance by maintaining highly qualified engineers, analysts, and specialists who provide mission critical warfighter support.
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Does Curiosity Help With SEO?
I just finished the book Curious: The Desire to Know & Why Your Future Depends On It and I highly recommend it. Throughout the book author Ian Leslie points out that curious minds end up being the ones that change the world. He mentions Benjamin Franklin and how he constantly asked the question "Why?" When I quite my day job at as a retail manager the number one reason I walked away was because my superiors could not answer the question "Why?" In fact, they discouraged even asking the question at all.
After studying Google algorithms and how to rank in Google search for over seven years I can say, without a shadow of a doubt, that my curiosity is the reason for my overwhelming success. If I wasn't curious there is no way I would have tried to optimize different keyword phrases. If I wasn't curious there is no way I would have built the business connections I did in different industry. If I wasn't curious I wouldn't have even started the process of learning how the Google algorithm works.
To be successful in SEO and ranking in Google search you must be willing to try many different strategies. No one strategy works. Any SEO "guru" that tells you that he or she has the secret sauce is lying. There is no secret sauce. It is throwing spaghetti against the wall, seeing what sticks and repeating the process daily; sometimes hourly. What works today likely did not work six months ago. What worked six months ago did not work two years ago. SEO is a constant grind and you had better be curious if you hope to rank a business website in Google search.
Over the last several months many business owners have come to me asking why it is that their competition is beating them for specific keyword phrases. Fortunately, these business owners are curious as to why they are losing ground when it comes to Internet search. Most of the time, a lawyer, dentist, orthodontist, real estate agent, mortgage broker or medical professional needs to think outside the box if they hope to rank in Google search. I received an email from a business partner a few days ago and he said it best. He said, "I want to do what no one else in my industry is doing on the Internet!" Bingo. That is the best SEO you can ever do.
If your business is looking to improve in the Google search rankings let your curiosity run wild. What are some different ways in which you can publish content related to your industry. Should you do videos or graphics? Do you have unique photos or pictures you can publish on your website? Are their calculators or tools you can create that will make your website more user friendly? Scour the Internet and see what other industries are doing? Read a few books from entrepreneurs that will allow your mind to wander. If you need help with your Internet marketing or SEO feel free to reach out to me at jwojdylo@gmail.com.
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Are you looking for a healthy snack that is delicious and fun to eat? Sunflower seeds fit that description. These seeds are available all throughout the year and come in a shell that can be cracked with your hand. They are also available without the shells. These little seeds are packed with benefits.
Lets look at the health benefits of sunflower seeds.
Sunflower seeds are packed with vitamin E, providing 49mg per cup, which is a whopping 245% of the recommended daily value. Vitamin E works as an antioxidant, neutralizing the free radicals that cause damage to cell membranes, brain cells, and cholesterol. By protecting these structures in the body, vitamin E also protects the body from inflammation.
Chronic inflammation is considered a major risk factor for chronic diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, heart disease, and some types of cancers.
Sunflower seeds are rich in phytosterols, which are compounds found in nature that are similar in structure to cholesterol. When good amounts of phytosterols are included in the diet, they have shown the ability to reduce LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol). A study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry compared levels of phytosterols in common nuts and seeds. Of all the nuts that are typically used as snack foods, sunflower seeds ranked among the top with 270-289 mg per 100 grams.
Sunflower seeds are a great source of magnesium, with 171 mg per cup, which is 43% of the recommended daily value. Magnesium has shown benefits in the areas of managing blood pressure, reducing severity of asthma, and preventing heart attack and stroke. Magnesium is also essential for bone health and energy.
Sunflower seeds are an excellent source of selenium, providing 106 mcg per cup, which is an impressive 151% of the recommended daily value.
Selenium is a crucial nutrient to our health and has shown the ability to repair DNA in damaged cells and inhibit the growth of cancerous cells.
Sunflower seeds are a good source of copper, which is excellent for promoting healthy skin and hair. Our bodies use copper to produce melanin, which helps give our skin and hair its colors.
Melanin also helps absorb ultraviolet rays, protecting our skin from sun damage.
For the health benefits of chia seeds.
For the health benefits of flaxseeds.
1. "Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Seeds, Sunflower Seed Kernels, Oil Roasted, with Salt Added." Self Nutrition Data. Self Nutrition Data, n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2013.
2. "Phytosterol Composition of Nuts and Seeds Commonly Consumed in the United States." National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine, n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2013.


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my php version is 7.2.9 , I made everything that I wanted in database but php can't show the data in site ( I'm using localhost ).
here is the code:
    <?php
    $key = $_GET['key'];

    $terms = explode(" ", $key);
    $query = "SELECT * FORM search WHERE ";

    foreach ($terms as $each){
        $i++;
        if($i == 1){
            $query .= "keywords LIKE '%$each%' ";
        } else{
            $query .= "OR keywords LIKE '%$each%' ";
        }
        echo $query;
    }

    //connection
mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "");
mysql_select_db('search');
    $query = mysqli_query($query);
    $numrows = mysqli_num_rows($query);

    if($numrows > 0){
        while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query)){
        $id = $row['id'];
        $title = $row['title'];
        $description = $row['description'];
        $keywords = $row['keywords'];
        $link = $row['link'];
        echo "
$title

        $description

";
        }
        }
        else{
        echo "No results found for \"$key\""; }

    //disconnect
    mysql_close();

?>

A: You have a couple of mistakes in your PHP/HTML. I'm gonna sum them up here so you can take a look at them:

*

*
$title
$description

 This is wrong HTML. Close your a tag inside the h2.

*You are connecting to you database through mysql, but querying through mysqli. Connect to your database with mysqli. Mysql_ family of functions have been removed in PHP 7

*You have a typo in your query. you have written FORM instead of FROM.

*You are exploding your $_GET variable on spaces. But i doubt if a $_GET variable has any spaces to begin with... Check if this is true.

A: first of all mysql_connect() is not anymore available after php 5. Instead of using mysql use mysqli_connect(). Please how to make connection and query database using php7 here.
https://www.w3schools.com/php/func_mysqli_fetch_row.asp
If still you have problem. Ask for help in comments.
   <?php

    $query = "SELECT * FORM search WHERE ";

    foreach ($terms as $each){
        $i++;
        if($i == 1){
            $query .= "keywords LIKE '%$each%' ";
        } else{
            $query .= "OR keywords LIKE '%$each%' ";
        }
        echo $query;
    }

    //connection
    $conn = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "","search");
    if(!$conn)die("Connection Error");
    $query = mysqli_query($conn,$query);
    if(!query)die("query error");
    $numrows = mysqli_num_rows($query);
    if($numrows > 0){
        while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($query)){
        $id = $row['id'];
        $title = $row['title'];
        $description = $row['description'];
        $keywords = $row['keywords'];
        $link = $row['link'];
        echo "
$title

        $description

";
        }
        }
        else{
        echo "No results found for \"$key\"";
        }

A: You are mixing up mysqli and mysql. I have edited your stuff. Please  try. Don't forget to fix the portion marked [missing]
      <?php
       $key = $_GET['key'];

       $terms = explode(" ", $key);

      foreach ($terms as $each){
        $i++;
        if($i == 1){
           $query .= "keywords LIKE '%$each%' ";
       } else{
          $query .= " description OR keywords LIKE '%$each%' ";
       }
         echo $query;
        }

      //connection
        $conn=mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "");
        mysqli_select_db($conn, 'search');
       if($result= mysqli_query($conn, $query)){
          $numrows = mysqli_num_rows($result);
       }

        if($numrows > 0){

            while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)){
                $id = $row['id'];
                $title = $row['title'];
                $description = $row['description'];
                $keywords = $row['keywords'];
                $link = $row['link'];
                //echo "
$title

                //$description

";
                echo '
' . $title .
                '
' .  $description . '

';
              }
            }
             else{
              echo "No results found for \"$key\""; }

           //disconnect
            mysqli_close();

           ?>

A: Here's the Full working Example TESTED at my end (Last night I wasn't at my work machine and couldn't test the code.Later I created a small db and Tested it. I had searched with the dummy key 'ram mary albert' in my example
    <?php
        $key = $_GET['key'];

        $terms = explode(" ", $key);

        $qu1 = "SELECT * FROM search WHERE ";
        $qu2 = "order  by id ASC";

        $conn=mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "");

        mysqli_select_db($conn, 'search');

        for($i=0; $i< count($terms);  $i++){

          $query = $qu1 . " keywords LIKE '%$terms[$i]%'  "  .  $qu2;

          echo( $query . "
" );

          $resulter= mysqli_query($conn, $query);

          while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($resulter)){;

                $id = $row['id'];
                $title = $row['title'];
                $description = $row['description'];
                $keywords = $row['keywords'];
                $link = $row['link'];

                $EscLink='\'' . $link . '\'';

                echo ('' . $title .  '
' .  $description .
                '

');

           } // Close While
         } // Close for

         //disconnect
         mysqli_close($conn);

         ?>

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The Norris Titans entered the B-2 District softball tournament in Nebraska City on Thursday, October 4th as the second seed and defeated the Platteview Trojans 12-2 in a run rule 4 inning game. Platteview took an early lead 2-0 in the top of the 1st inning but Norris answered with 3 tallies to take a 3-2 advantage in the bottom of the frame when Kenzie Roy singled, stole second and was driven home by Olivia Ozenbaugh's double. Ana Krueger followed with a 2 run homer to give the Titans the 3-2 lead. Roy's 3 run homer in the next inning highlighted a 5 run Norris 2nd inning. Winning pitcher Taylor McMurray retired the last 11 batters she faced in cruising to the 12-2 Titan win.


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Effects of pressure on cerebrospinal fluid formation: nonsteady-state measurements in dogs
F. H. Sklar, J. Reisch, I. Elashvili, T. Smith, D. M. Long
Neurosurgery - Ped
Family & Community Medicine
Effects of pressure on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) formation were studied in dogs with a recirculatory spinal perfusion tracer clearance technique that does not require steady-state conditions. The data permit statistical analysis of the relationship between the rate of CSF formation and pressure for individual animals. Most animals showed no statistical relationship between CSF formation and intracranial pressure (ICP) and/or cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP). In this study, a disturbance of cerebral blood flow (CBF) autoregulation may have been present in five animals on the basis of CPP reductions, and four of this latter group showed formation to decrease with increasing ICP. It is suggested that CSF formation is normally pressure insensitive. With impaired autoregulation of CBF, formation may follow CBF and CPP passively.
R277-R284
American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
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Sklar, F. H., Reisch, J., Elashvili, I., Smith, T., & Long, D. M. (1980). Effects of pressure on cerebrospinal fluid formation: nonsteady-state measurements in dogs. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 8(2), R277-R284.
Effects of pressure on cerebrospinal fluid formation : nonsteady-state measurements in dogs. / Sklar, F. H.; Reisch, J.; Elashvili, I.; Smith, T.; Long, D. M.
In: American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol. 8, No. 2, 01.01.1980, p. R277-R284.
Sklar, FH, Reisch, J, Elashvili, I, Smith, T & Long, DM 1980, 'Effects of pressure on cerebrospinal fluid formation: nonsteady-state measurements in dogs', American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. R277-R284.
Sklar FH, Reisch J, Elashvili I, Smith T, Long DM. Effects of pressure on cerebrospinal fluid formation: nonsteady-state measurements in dogs. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 1980 Jan 1;8(2):R277-R284.
Sklar, F. H. ; Reisch, J. ; Elashvili, I. ; Smith, T. ; Long, D. M. / Effects of pressure on cerebrospinal fluid formation : nonsteady-state measurements in dogs. In: American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 1980 ; Vol. 8, No. 2. pp. R277-R284.
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Serien gavs ursprungligen ut som en miniserie i fem delar av Dark Horse Comics 1998. Miller utnyttjade här varje tvåsidorsuppslag till sin fulla bredd. När serien gavs ut som serieroman 1999 var det i liggande format, där varje sida bestod av två sidor (ett uppslag) från miniserien.

Serienromanen utkom på svenska 2007, utgiven av Egmont Kärnan.

Utmärkelser
 Eisner Awards: Best Limited Series, Best Writer/Artist och Best Colorist 1999

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Berryz Koubou is an all-girl J-pop group within Hello! Project. Its members are Shimizu Saki (captain), Tsugunaga Momoko, Tokunaga Chinami, Sudou Maasa, Natsuyaki Miyabi (sub-captain), Kumai Yurina and Sugaya Risako.
Ishimura Maiha, a former member, graduated in October 2005 to continue her schooling full-time.
They went on indefinite hiatus on March 3, 2015, essentially disbanding.
I loved all of their songs in Inazuma.
Ryuusei Boy and Maji Bomber were amazing.
I like Berryz! Their songs are the best in H!P!


Home History of Cosmology - Views of the Stars Meissner, Christian. 1805. Astronomische Hand-Atlas. Fig. XXXII (Taf. 30).
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Title Meissner, Christian. 1805. Astronomische Hand-Atlas. Fig. XXXII (Taf. 30).
Creator Meissner, A. G. (August Gottlieb), 1753-1807.
Description While Bessel's parallax was celebrated in 1838 as the most successful triumph, Struve and Henderson were also recognized for their work that year. Henderson's choice was Alpha Centauri, in the left front hoof.
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05 December: Twice As Much and Vashti: Coldest Night Of The Year
I have to give credit to the wonderful Come To The Sunshine podcast for alerting me to this lovely track. I don't know so much about Twice As Much, but "Vashti" is Vashti Bunyan, who, in the present century, has enjoyed a revival of interest in her long-forgotten music.
Coldest Night Of The Year, featured on the 1968 Twice As Much album That's All, was written by one of the finest songwriting teams in the history of pop: Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. How could it not be brilliant?
04 December: Shana Lynette: Mr Russian Please Don't Shoot Down Santa's Sleigh
In you want bizarre, there's plenty of gold to be found in the decades-worth of Christmas music recorded by the misguided. This Cold War gem seems to have been committed to tape in 1983, and probably didn't do very much to thaw out relations - for musical reasons, if nothing else.
Could this possibly be the same Shana Lynette...?
03 December: Ray Conniff Singers: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
I do have a penchant for this type of just slightly re-arranged versions of Christmas chestnuts. It's almost tipping over to the "aren't we clever?" side, but because they do sound like they're really enjoying recording it, it works. This is from the 1959 Christmas With Conniff album.
02 December: Brook Benton: Soul Santa
What would a soul singer like Brook Benton bring us but a Soul Santa? This 1971 single by the Rainy Night In Georgia singer is beyond cool.
01 December: Joe Loco Quintet: Jingle Bells
Welcome to this year's Advent Calendar, even though this first entry is backdated, because the first few days of December were quite busy for me.
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(1274–1329). King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329, Robert the Bruce is revered by the Scots as a national hero. With a decisive military victory in 1314, he freed Scotland from English rule. He is also called Robert I.
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Edward I regarded the new king as a traitor and made every effort to crush a movement that he treated as a rebellion. Robert was twice defeated in 1306. He became a fugitive, hiding on a remote island off the Irish coast. Within a year he returned to Scotland and began gathering supporters, and together they won back one stronghold after another. At last, in June 1314, the English and Scottish forces met in the great Battle of Bannockburn, which was to decide the fate of Scotland.
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Robert proved to be a wise king and during his reign, from 1306 to 1329, was called "good king Robert." Almost all of his reign had passed, however, before the English government recognized his position. Fighting between Scottish and English forces continued until Edward II's successor, Edward III, decided to make peace in 1328. The treaty finally confirmed Scotland's independence and established Robert as King Robert I.
In his later years Robert longed to go to the Holy Land to fight in the Crusades, but he suffered from ill health. When he realized that he would die without fulfilling his desire, he asked Lord James Douglas to take his heart to the Holy Land. After Robert died on June 7, 1329, in Cardross, Scotland, Douglas put his heart in a silver casket and carried it to the Holy Land. Douglas died in battle, but the heart was recovered and brought back to Scotland, where it was buried in Melrose Abbey.


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Early cave photos
I started trying to take photos in caves in the early 1990's and sometime in 1996 I got access to a slide scanner at Syracuse University. Here are a few early shots that I liked, even though the photographic and scan qualities are quite embarrassing!
Duncan Mercer in Aran View Cave, Co. Clare, Ireland (Easter 1994).
Going over the lip of the short pitch in Valley Entrance, Kingsdale, Yorkshire, UK (June 1994).
Paul Turner about to abseil down the short pitch in Valley Entrance, Kingsdale, Yorkshire, UK (June 1994).
Photography workshop at the 1994 Cavers' Fair, Long Churn, Yorkshire, UK (June 1994).
Bruce Davis in Otter Hole, near Chepstow, UK (1993).
Andy in Caullaun 1, Co. Clare, Ireland (Easter 1993).
Nicola Wilkin in Alderley Edge copper mine (Engine vein), Cheshire, England (1992).
Laura in Carlswark Caverns, Derbyshire, England (1992).
Paul Turner climbing a cascade at the bottom of Alum Pot, Yorkshire, England (September 1992).
Originally at http://www.phy.syr.edu/~simeon/vpp/photos.


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Daemons were a loosely-defined class of divine beings that could be either good or evil. They had many different functions in Greek popular religion, but were above all connected with human life and destiny.
Illustration showing the souls of Hesiod's Golden Race as daemons, by John Flaxman (1755–1826). From Ernst Beutler (ed.), John Flaxman's Zeichnungen zu Sagen des klassischen Altertums (Leipzig: Insel, 1910)
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Were daemons gods?
In Greek religion, a daemon was a kind of divine being, but it is difficult to say exactly what a daemon was and how it differed from a god (or, in Greek, theos).
What did daemons look like?
Daemons were often indistinguishable from gods (indeed, the terms were sometimes used interchangeably). However, the Greeks also believed in more ghostly, phantom-like spirits, some of whom had the ability to change their shape.
Were daemons evil?
Unlike the demons of modern Abrahamic religions, Greek daemons or spirits were not always evil. They were often associated with misfortune, but some could also be benevolent.
The world of Greek religion and mythology included beings whose exact relationship to gods and mortals is difficult to define. Such beings were most commonly called "daemons," a broad term that encompasses various creatures with various functions. Daemons existed alongside other supernatural or divine beings that were sometimes described as "spirits" or "phantoms."
For the Greeks, daemons or spirits could be benevolent as well as malevolent. They were most commonly linked with misfortune and the allotment of destiny, but their roles were never strictly defined. Some daemons were associated with the souls of the dead or with divine forces that acted as intermediaries between humans and gods. But other supernatural beings of Greek lore were more similar to demonic spirits or evil, inhuman creatures.
Though ubiquitous in Greek popular belief, daemons and spirits had virtually no mythology. Nor were they generally worshipped in traditional cult, the way the gods were worshipped. Instead, they were most familiar from tall tales and folklore, where they appeared as strange and mysterious beings that haunted the many facets of everyday life.
Etymologically, the term "daemon" (Greek δαίμων, translit. daímōn; pl. "daemones/daemons," Greek δαίμονες, translit. daímones)—from which the English word "demon" is derived—is usually thought to come from the Greek verb δαίω (daíō), meaning "divide, distribute," and ultimately from the Indo-European deh₂-(i-), meaning "cut, divide."[1] This may reflect daemons' connection with the allotment of destiny: in Greek mythology, every human life was imagined as a thread, which was cut once the preordained moment of death arrived.
Daemon, daemons δαίμων (daímōn), δαίμονες (daímones)
[DAHY-muhn], [DAHY-muhnz] /ˈdaɪ mən/, /ˈdaɪ mənz/
A daemon could be many things. In the most general sense (and as implied by the meaning of their name), daemons were regarded as divine beings who oversaw and doled out the destinies of human beings. They came to represent any change in fortune, good or bad, though they were mostly associated with misfortune and death.[2] But their nature, attributes, and significance also changed over time.
In the earliest Greek texts (the Homeric epics), daemons tended to represent any divine force that could not be precisely identified by mortals—generally a force influencing mental phenomena, such as delusion or insanity. [3]
At this early stage, daemons were broadly indistinguishable from the gods (even, sometimes, the Olympian gods) and from personified divine forces. Indeed, the words δαίμων (daímōn) and θεός (theós) functioned as synonyms throughout Greek history. But daemons, unlike gods, were almost never seen as "anthropomorphic," or exhibiting human qualities; rather, they were unpredictable and impersonal forces that affected human life.
Over time, the concept of daemons expanded. For Hesiod, who lived not long after Homer, daemons were the souls of the dead—specifically, the souls of the original race of human beings, who had been fashioned from gold. This "Golden Age" had lived in peaceful bliss before dying out and being replaced, in succession, by the Silver Age, the Bronze Age, the Age of Heroes, and, finally, the wretched Iron Age.[4] These gentle spirits, writes Hesiod,
are kindly, delivering from harm, and guardians of mortal men; for they roam everywhere over the earth, clothed in mist and keep watch on judgements and cruel deeds, givers of wealth; for this royal right also they received.[5]
These ideas would be further developed by writers throughout the Classical period (490–323 BCE). During that era, authors continued to imagine daemons as the souls of the dead,[6] while adding that they could also be dreaded punishers of evildoers. In fact, daemons were sometimes equated with fearsome divine figures of vengeance, such as the Erinyes (the "Furies")[7] or the Alastor.[8] Sometimes, these various ideas were combined: for instance, it was said that the soul of a person who had been murdered could take revenge upon their murderer.[9]
The concept of a "personal daemon," which accompanied every human and gave them either good or evil fortune, was also fleshed out during the Classical period (though it was known even earlier).[10] Thus, a fortunate person was described as εὐδαίμων (eudaímōn), "having a good daemon," while an unfortunate person was referred to as κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn), "having a bad daemon."
Over time, daemons were also increasingly viewed as distinct from the gods. For the philosopher Plato, a daemon was a divine being that each human possessed, and that acted as an intermediary between humans and gods.[11] Other philosophers, seemingly combining the Platonic daemon with earlier versions of the concept, made the daemon identical with the human soul.[12]
Xenocrates, a pupil of Plato, made the distinction between good and evil daemons;[13] this idea was adopted, in turn, by many religious and philosophical schools, including the Stoics and the Middle and New Platonists.
Eventually, all of these concepts would be adopted by the Christians, for whom daemons came to be defined exclusively as evil or harmful spirits—that is, "demons."
There were other spirits known to the ancient Greeks who were neither daemons nor gods, but who nonetheless had supernatural powers. They may have even been immortal; at the very least, they lived for a very long time, like nymphs. The Greeks did not have any single term for these beings; sometimes they called them εἴδολα (eídola) or φάσματα (phásmata), "phantoms."
These "phantoms," unlike daemons, were almost always evil or malevolent. They included beings such as Lamia and Mormo, "bogeywomen" known for eating children; the hideous Empusa; and the nightmare-inducing Ephialtes. The angry or restless souls of the dead (the so-called "ahoroi") could also be included in this group. Hecate, as a goddess of the Underworld and all things relating to witchcraft and the dead, was sometimes viewed as their leader.
These phantoms—who were much more demonic than the daemons—were often imagined as having a physical form. They were almost always repulsive and were sometimes shown as half-human and half-animal. However, certain beings (including Lamia and Empusa) were said to have the ability to change their shape; they would take on the appearance of beautiful women to lure young men to their beds so they could devour them.
In addition to grotesque, spectral phantoms, some of the spirits that the Greeks feared were ancient personifications of various forces—forces such as the Keres (κῆρες/kêres), or "Dooms." For Hesiod, it was Pandora, the first woman, who had released these Keres into the world of human beings when she opened her infamous jar and let them escape:
But the rest, countless plagues, wander amongst men; for earth is full of evils, and the sea is full. Of themselves diseases come upon men continually by day and by night, bringing mischief to mortals silently…[14]
Other spirits were not necessarily so sinister. The souls or ghosts of the dead, especially dead heroes (ἥρως/hḗrōs), could also be divine or semi-divine spirits. They could influence the world of the living, bringing either good or evil fortune. In some cases, these "heroes" could even do physical harm to the living.[15] Very often, they were also thought to possess prophetic powers.[16]
Pandora by John William Waterhouse (1896)
Daemons and spirits were not usually worshipped by the Greeks, at least not in the same way as gods. Only one such being, the daemon known as the Agathos Daemon ("Good Daemon"), was honored in traditional cult: in sanctuaries of Dionysus and during banquets, it was customary to pour the first libation of wine to the Agathos Daemon (who in iconography was represented as a snake).[17] In addition, the philosopher Socrates would sometimes make sacrifices to his personal daemon.
The more sinister spirits or "phantoms" were not worshipped in cult, though they were very important in popular belief. Various charms and amulets were believed to protect against them (not unlike the charms still used by some people today to protect against evil spirits). These spirits were sometimes also invoked in magic.
Due in no small part to the influence of Christianity, the daemons and spirits of ancient Greek religion and myth usually appear in modern pop culture as frightful and malevolent demons. Phantoms such as Lamia and Empusa later became vampires and succubi in European folklore. When these mysterious beings appear in contemporary adaptations of Greek mythology, they are almost always associated with the dark world of monsters, witchcraft, and death.
Pierre Chantraine, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque(Paris: Klincksieck, 1968), 1:247; Robert S. P. Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden: Brill, 2009), 1:297.
E.g., Aeschylus, Persians 601ff, Seven Against Thebes 812, Agamemnon 1175; Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 76; Antiphon, Tetralogy 2.3.4; cf. Pindar, Pythian Ode 5.123.
E.g., Homer, Odyssey 12.295, 14.488. Daemons were rarely held responsible for physical actions in the Homeric epics (but see Homer, Iliad 15.468, Odyssey 12.169).
Hesiod, Works and Days 109ff.
Hesiod, Works and Days 122–26, trans. H. G. Evelyn-White.
E.g., Euripides, Alcestis 1003, Rhesus 971; Plato, Republic 5.469a–b, 7.540c.
Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 1048ff; Euripides, Medea 1389.
Aeschylus, Persians 354, Agamemnon 1501.
Plato, Laws 9.865d–e.
E.g., Pindar, Olympian Ode 13.28, 13.105; Sophocles, Trachinian Women 910–11; Euripides, Medea 1347; Plato, Phaedo 107d. Some earlier examples of this concept (from the Archaic period) can be found in Theognis, Elegies 1.161–64, and Heraclitus, frag. B119 Diels-Kranz. We see a similar idea in the Roman concept of genius.
Plato, Symposium 202d–e; cf. Phaedo 107d–e, Republic 617d–e, 620d–e.
Philo, On the Giants 16; Plutarch, On the Obsolescence of Oracles 415f, 419a.
Xenocrates, frags. 23–25 Heinze.
Hesiod, Works and Days 100–104, trans. H. G. Evelyn-White.
E.g., Pausanias, Description of Greece 6.6.7ff.
E.g., Plutarch, On the Obsolescence of Oracles 431e–32e.
Aristophanes, Knights 85, Wasps 525; etc.
Daemons and spirits appear in many ancient sources, often under very different guises and with different interpretations. They are already present in the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey (eighth century BCE), where they usually represent unrecognized divine forces that influence human life (especially mental phenomena). By Hesiod's time (eighth/seventh century BCE), daemons were increasingly associated with death and the souls of the dead.
Beginning in the Classical period (ca. 490–323 BCE), daemons and other spirits became increasingly important as forces governing human life and fate. In the tragedies of Aeschylus (ca. 525/524–ca. 456/455 BCE), for instance, avenging spirits often play an important role. Daemons are also thought to guide human fortune in the works of Pindar (ca. 518–ca. 438 BCE), Sophocles (ca. 496–406/405 BCE), and Euripides (ca. 480–406 BCE). In the comedies of Aristophanes (ca. 450–ca. 385 BCE), we encounter colorful phantoms of popular belief such as Lamia and Empusa.
In philosophical texts, especially those of Plato (ca. 429–347 BCE) and his successors, daemons are reimagined as personal divinities and intermediaries between gods and humans. Plato's teacher Socrates (469–399 BCE) famously claimed that he was guided throughout his life by the voice of his personal daemon. Soon, the study of "demonology" was born, with thinkers like Xenocrates (ca. 396–314 BCE) differentiating between good and evil daemons. Later writers, including Philo (ca. 20 BCE–ca. 45 CE) and Plutarch (born before 50 CE, died after 120 CE), increasingly conflated daemons with the human soul.
Other accounts of daemons and spirits, including those arising from popular belief and superstition, can be found in the writings of later authors such as Pausanias (ca. 115–ca. 180 CE) and Philostratus (ca. 170–ca. 240s CE); Philostratus' Life of Apollonius of Tyana in particular contains a handful of fascinating references to the nightmarish spirits of Greek popular belief, including empusas and lamias.
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Burkert, Walter. "Daimon." In Greek Religion, 179–81. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1985.
Maul, Stefan, Karl Jansen-Winkeln, Herbert Niehr, Maria Macuch, and Sarah Iles Johnston. "Demons." In Brill's New Pauly, edited by Hubert Cancik, Helmuth Schneider, Christine F. Salazar, Manfred Landfester, and Francis G. Gentry. Published online 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e309270.
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Israeli team to compete in the Giro d'Italia cycling race
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, centre, bicycling with retired cycling champions Ivan Basso and Alberto Contador in Jerusalem. (Courtesy of the Giro)
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israel has been named one of four wild card teams to participate in the prestigious Giro d'Italia cycling race.
The first three stages of the three-week bike race
will be held in Israel starting in Jerusalem on May 4.
The four wild card teams were announced Monday. Thirty teams will participate in the race.
The wild card invitations are offered to teams that do not generally race at the Grand Tour level. This is Israel's first professional cycling team, though only five of the 24 riders are Israeli.
This year's race is the first time that any leg of cycling's Grand Tour races – the Giro, the Tour de France and the Spanish Vuelta – will take place outside of Europe, and just the 12th time the Giro had gone outside of Italy in its 101-year history.
Previous starts outside of Italy include the Netherlands, Denmark, Northern Ireland and Belgium.
The race will bring more than 175 of the world's best cyclists to Israel along with tens of thousands of tourists and cycling enthusiasts.
Stage 1 will be a 6.3-mile individual time trial in Jerusalem, passing the Knesset and ending near the walls of the Old City. Stage 2, in the North, will start in Haifa with riders pedaling 103.8 miles down the Mediterranean coast to the Tel Aviv beach. Stage 3, in the South, will cover 140.4 miles through the arid Negev from Beersheba to Eilat on the Red Sea.
The route will pass the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial as part of a tribute to Gino Bartali, an Italian cycling champion credited with saving hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust. While ostensibly training in the Italian countryside, Bartali, who won the Giro four times and the Tour de France twice, would carry forged papers in the frame and handlebars of his bicycle to Jews hiding in houses and convents. He also hid a Jewish family in his cellar.
In 2013, years after his death in 2000, he was recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem.


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Cabanatuan è una città componente altamente urbanizzata (HUC) delle Filippine, situata nella Provincia di Nueva Ecija, nella Regione di Luzon Centrale.

Cabanatuan è formata da 89 baranggay:

 Aduas Centro (Aduas)
 Aduas Norte
 Aduas Sur
 Bagong Buhay
 Bagong Sikat
 Bakero
 Bakod Bayan
 Balite
 Bangad
 Bantug Bulalo
 Bantug Norte
 Barlis
 Barrera District (Pob.)
 Bernardo District (Pob.)
 Bitas
 Bonifacio District (Pob.)
 Buliran
 Caalibangbangan
 Cabu
 Calawagan (Kalawagan)
 Campo Tinio
 Caridad
 Caudillo
 Cinco-Cinco
 City Supermarket (Pob.)
 Communal
 Cruz Roja
 Daang Sarile
 Dalampang
 Dicarma (Pob.)

 Dimasalang (Pob.)
 Dionisio S. Garcia
 Fatima (Pob.)
 General Luna (Pob.)
 Hermogenes C. Concepcion Sr.
 Ibabao Bana
 Imelda District
 Isla (Pob.)
 Kalikid Norte
 Kalikid Sur
 Kapitan Pepe (Pob.)
 Lagare
 Lourdes (Matungal-tungal)
 M. S. Garcia
 Mabini Extension
 Mabini Homesite
 Macatbong
 Magsaysay District
 Magsaysay South
 Maria Theresa
 Matadero (Pob.)
 Mayapyap Norte
 Mayapyap Sur
 Melojavilla (Pob.)
 Nabao (Pob.)
 Obrero
 Padre Burgos (Pob.)
 Padre Crisostomo
 Pagas

 Palagay
 Pamaldan
 Pangatian
 Patalac
 Polilio
 Pula
 Quezon District (Pob.)
 Rizdelis (Pob.)
 Samon
 San Isidro
 San Josef Norte
 San Josef Sur
 San Juan Pob. (Acofa)
 San Roque Norte
 San Roque Sur
 Sanbermicristi (Pob.)
 Sangitan
 Sangitan East
 Santa Arcadia
 Santo Niño
 Sapang
 Sumacab Este
 Sumacab Norte
 Sumacab South
 Talipapa
 Valdefuente
 Valle Cruz
 Vijandre District (Pob.)
 Villa Ofelia-Caridad
 Zulueta District (Pob.)

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Comuni della provincia di Nueva Ecija
Città delle Filippine


WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States withdrew from a "hypocritical and self-serving" United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday over what it called chronic bias against Israel and a lack of reform, a move activists warned would make advancing human rights globally even more difficult.
Washington's withdrawal is the latest US rejection of multilateral engagement after it pulled out of the Paris climate agreement and the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
It also comes as the US faces intense criticism for detaining children separated from their immigrant parents at the US-Mexico border. UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein on Monday called on Washington to halt its "unconscionable" policy.
"Look at the council membership, and you see an appalling disrespect for the most basic rights," said Haley, citing Venezuela, China, Cuba and Democratic Republic of Congo. .
Among reforms the US pushed for was to make it easier to kick out member states with egregious rights records. Currently a two-thirds majority vote by the 193-member UN General Assembly is needed to suspend a member state.
The US is half-way through a three-year term on the 47-member Geneva-based body and the Trump administration had long threatened to quit if it was not overhauled.
When the Council was created in 2006, US President George W. Bush's administration shunned the body.
Under President Barack Obama the US was elected for a maximum two consecutive terms. After a year off, Washington was re-elected in 2016 for its current third term.
The council last month voted to probe killings in Gaza and accused Israel of using excessive force. The US and Australia cast the only "no" votes.