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Set #2
Mineral Soils conditioned by Man
Anthrosols (AT)
The Reference Soil Group of the Anthrosols holds soils that were formed or profoundly modified through human activities such as addition of organic materials or household wastes, irrigation or cultivation. The group includes soils otherwise known as `Plaggen soils', `Paddy soils', `Oasis soils' and `Terra Preta do Indio'.
Definition of Anthrosols#
Soils having
a hortic@ , irragric@, plaggic@ or terric@ horizon 50 cm or more thick; or
an anthraquic@ horizon and an underlying hydragric@ horizon with a combined thickness of 50 cm or more.
Common Soil Unit qualifiers:
Units characterizing the surface horizon: Hydragric*, Irragric*, Terric*, Plaggic*, Hortic*.
Units characterizing buried horizon(s) or soil: Gleyic*, Spodic*, Ferralic*, Luvic*,
Arenic*, Regic*, Stagnic*.
# See Annex 1 for Key to all Reference Soil Groups.
@ Diagnostic horizon, property or material; see Annex 2 for full description.
* Qualifier for naming soil units; see Annex 3 for full definition.
Summary description of Anthrosols
Connotation: soils with prominent characteristics that result from human activities; from Gr. anthropos, man.
Parent material: virtually any soil material, modified through cultivation or by addition of material.
Environment: Plaggic Anthrosols are most common in north-west Europe; Hydragric Anthrosols in Southeast and East Asia, and Irragric Anthrosols in the Middle East.
Profile development: the influence of Man is normally restricted to the surface horizon(s); the horizon differentiation of a buried soil can still be intact at some depth.
Use: European Anthrosols were traditionally grown to winter rye, oats, and barley but are now also planted to forage crops, potatoes and horticultural crops; in places they are used for tree nurseries and pasture. Irragric Anthrosols occur in irrigation areas where they are under cash crops and/or food crops. Hydragric Anthrosols are associated with paddy rice cultivation whereas Hortic Anthrosols are (mainly) planted to vegetables for home consumption.
Plaggic and Terric Anthrosols in northwestern Europe. Source: Pape, 1970
Regional distribution of Anthrosols
Anthrosols are found wherever people have lived for a long time. Plaggic and Terric Anthrosols extend over more than 500,000 hectares in north-western Europe (See Figure 1). Irragric Anthrosols are found in irrigation areas in dry regions, e.g. in Mesopotamia and in parts of India. Hydragric Anthrosols (`paddy soils') occupy vast areas in China and in parts of South and Southeast Asia (e.g. Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia). Hortic Anthrosols are found all over the world where Man has fertilized the soil with household wastes and manure. The `Terra Preta do Indio' in the Amazon Region of Brazil belong to this group.
Associations with other Reference Soil Groups
Anthrosols occur in association with a wide variety of Reference Soil Groups. Some well-known lateral linkages:
Plaggic Anthrosols are associated with infertile Arenosols and Podzols in areas with periglacial cover sands in western Europe.
Terric Anthrosols are commonly found alongside wetland soils such as Fluvisols, Gleysols and Histosols or with acid/unfertile Albeluvisols, Arenosols or Podzols.
Irragric Anthrosols are associated with typical soils of dry regions such as Calcisols, Gypsisols, Solonchaks and Solonetz, and with Regosols and Cambisols.
Hydragric Anthrosols occur together with Gleysols and Fluvisols in river systems, with Alisols, Acrisols, Lixisols and Luvisols in upland areas and with Andosols in volcanic regions.
Hortic Anthrosols can occur alongside virtually any Reference Soil Group.
Genesis of Anthrosols
Anthrosols have formed as a result of long-continued `anthropedogenic processes', notably
deep working, i.e. below the normal depth of tillage (e.g. in terraced lands in the Mediterranean Region, the Arab Peninsula, the Himalayas and the Andes);
intensive fertilization with organic/inorganic fertilizers without substantial additions of mineral matter (e.g. manure, kitchen refuse, compost, night soil);
continuous application of earth (e.g. sods, beach sand, shells, earthy manures);
irrigation adding substantial quantities of sediment;
wet cultivation involving puddling of the surface soil and man-induced wetness.
Note that soils consisting of unaltered `anthropogenic soil material' (i.e. unconsolidated mineral or organic material resulting from land fills, mine spoil, urban fill, garbage dumps, dredgings, etc.) do not qualify as Anthrosols. Such materials lack evidence of pedogenetic change. Soils in anthropogenic soil materials form a separate group within the Regosols, viz. the Anthropic Regosols.
Plaggic Anthrosols
Plaggic Anthrosols have the characteristic `plaggic horizon' produced by long-continued addition of `pot stable' bedding material, a mixture of organic manure and earth. The man-made character of the plaggic horizon is evident from fragments of brick and pottery and/or from high levels of extractable phosphorus (more than 250 mg P2O5 per kg by 1 percent citric acid).
The formation of (most) plaggic horizons started in medieval times when farmers applied a system of `mixed farming' combining arable cropping with grazing of sheep and cattle on communal pasture land. During nights and in wintertime, sheep and cattle were kept in stables with bedding material of thin sods of heath and/or forest litter. Fresh bedding material was regularly provided until the bedding became too thick and had to be removed. It was then spread out on the arable fields as an `organic earth manure'. This addition of organic earth manure raised the surface level of (only!) arable fields by some 0.1 cm per annum. In places, the system was in use for more than a thousand years, evidenced by a plaggic horizon of more than 1 meter in thickness.
Depending on the composition of the bedding material, the plaggic horizon is black (bedding material from heath lands with Podzols) or brown (from forest litter) in colour. In places, sods from low-lying grasslands were incorporated in the earth manure. This gave the A-horizon a somewhat higher clay content than the deeper solum. Historical records indicate that some 10 hectares of heath land were needed to maintain the nutrient level of one hectare of arable land. Removal of the sods made the heath land susceptible to wind erosion; large tracts of heath land turned to barren shifting sands that went completely out of control (see also under Arenosols).
By and large, arable fields were situated on favourable sites that were well-drained even before acquiring a plaggic horizon. Winter rye on such locations is less susceptible to frost damage; only in densely populated areas were less well-drained soils used for arable cropping. The configuration of arable fields at higher terrain positions and pastures in nearby depressions can still be seen today. The mixed farming system described produced the world's largest continuous area of Plaggic Anthrosols (see Figure 1).
Note that other types of plaggic horizons occur as well, formed for instance by gradually covering peat soils with layers of bagger from drainage ditches with or without additions of organic manure.
Terric Anthrosols
In parts of western Europe, notably in England and Ireland, calcareous soil materials (e.g. beach sands) were carted to areas with acid Arenosols, Podzols, Albeluvisols and Histosols. Eventually these soils turned into Terric Anthrosols with a man-made surface layer of mineral soil material that has far better properties for arable cropping than the original surface soil.
Irragric Anthrosols
Irragric Anthrosols are formed as a result of prolonged sedimentation of silt from irrigation water. A special case are Irragric Anthrosols in depression areas where dryland crops are commonly planted on man-made ridges that alternate with drainage furrows. The original soil profile of the ridge areas is buried under a thick layer of added soil material. The ridge-and-furrow system is known from such different environments as the lowland forests of Western Europe and the coastal swamps of southeast Asia where the ridges are planted to dryland crops and rice is grown in the shallow ditch areas (see also the chapter on Fluvisols).
Hydragric Anthrosols
Hydragric Anthrosols are the result of long-continued wet cultivation. "Puddling" of wetland rice fields (involving destruction of the natural soil structure by intensive tillage when the soil is saturated with water) is done intentionally, inter alia to reduce percolation losses. Puddling makes the surface soil dispersible and produces a surface layer that has uniform aggregates and predominantly vesicular pores when dry. The colour of the puddled layer and low hue mottles and iron-manganese cutans on ped faces and pore walls testify of prolonged reduction of the soil material. In the course of time, a plough pan develops underneath the puddled layer; it has a platy structure and is much denser than the puddled layer.
Together, the puddled layer and the plough pan constitute the `anthraquic horizon'. Horizons below the anthraquic horizon are modified by redoximorphic processes and show differentiated zones of iron and manganese that percolated downward from the anthraquic horizon.
Hortic Anthrosols
Hortic Anthrosols are "kitchen soils". The Hortic Anthrosols on river terraces in southern Maryland, U.S.A., and along the Amazon River in Brazil are well-known examples. These soils have deep, black surface horizons formed in layers of kitchen refuse (mainly oyster shells, fishbones, etc.) from early Indian habitation. Many countries possess small areas of soils that were modified by early inhabitants.
Characteristics of Anthrosols
Morphological characteristics
Anthrosols are differentiated by their anthraquic, hortic, hydragric, irragric, terric or plaggic surface horizon. Horizons of an underlying buried soil may have become incorporated in the - now - Anthrosol. In some cases (notably in Plaggic or Terric Anthrosols) evidence of human activity such as spade marks is still detectable.
Hydrological characteristics
Plaggic and Terric Anthrosols are well-drained because of their thickened A-horizon; most Irragric Anthrosols have an active soil fauna and good porosity. Iron-manganese mottles may be present but are not necessarily indicative of inadequate internal soil drainage; they could just as well be caused by over-irrigation. Hydragric Anthrosols possess a man-made impervious plough pan and are periodically flooded as part of the cropping system. Hortic Anthrosols are well-drained, particularly those near villages that were established on higher grounds; some have developed from wetland soils and have restricted internal drainage.
The physical characteristics of plaggic and terric horizons are excellent: penetration resistance is low and permits unhindered rooting, the pores are of various sizes and interconnected and the storage capacity of `available' soil moisture is high if compared to that of the underlying soil material. `Mild' organic matter in the surface soil stabilizes the structure of the soil and lowers its susceptibility to slaking. The upper part of a plaggic or terric horizon may become somewhat dense if tillage is done with heavy (vibrating) machinery.
Most irragric horizons have little organic matter but many have an active soil fauna. Silty Irragric Anthrosols have good water-holding properties but clayey soils tend to become massive and very hard when dry, and are difficult to till. Hortic horizons are very porous on account of their intense biological activity (characteristically, hortic horizons contain more than 25% earthworm casts), and their high organic matter content.
Chemical characteristics
Plaggic horizons are more acid (pHKCl between 4 and 4.5) and contain more organic carbon (1 - 5 %) than terric horizons. By and large, black plaggic horizons contain more organic matter than brown ones; the C/N ratio is generally between 10 and 20, with the higher values in black soils. Reported CEC values are between 5 and 15 cmol(+)/kg soil; the `total' phosphorus content is high.
Irragric horizons have high base saturation; they may contain free lime and can even be alkaline in reaction. Some irragric horizons are saline as a result of accumulation of salts that were dissolved in the irrigation water.
Anthraquic horizons have a (near) neutral soil reaction when submerged. Under reducing conditions, Fe2+ and Mn2+ may be present in toxic quantities.
Most hortic horizons have a good CEC, acquired after long-continued application of organic residues, and are well supplied with nutrients. They have a phosphorus content (0.5M NaHCO3 extractable P2O5 ) of more than 100 mg/kg soil.
Management and use of Anthrosols
Plaggic Anthrosols have favourable physical properties (porosity, rootability, moisture availability) but many have somewhat unsatisfactory chemical characteristics (acidity, nutrients). Rye, oats, barley, potato and also the more demanding sugar beet and summer wheat are common crops on Plaggic Anthrosols in Europe. Prior to the advent of chemical fertilizers, rye yields on Plaggic Anthrosols were a mere 700 to 1100 kg per hectare, or 4 to 5 times the quantity of seed used. Today, these soils receive generous doses of fertilizers; average yield levels are 5000 kg rye per hectare, 4500 kg barley and some 5500 kg summer wheat. Sugar beet and potato produce 40 to 50 tons per hectare. Plaggic Anthrosols are increasingly used for production of silage maize and grass; in Europe, 12 to 13 tons of dry maize silage per hectare and 10 to 13 tons of dry grass are considered normal.
Plaggic Anthrosols are also used for tree nurseries and horticulture. The good drainage and the dark colour of the surface soil (early warming in spring) make it possible to till and sow or plant early in the season. Soils with deep plaggic horizons in The Netherlands were in demand for the cultivation of tobacco until the 1950's.


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Kendrick Lamar wins a Pulitzer Prize
Rapper Kendrick Lamar became the first non-jazz or classical artist to win a Pulitzer Prize.
There's only one word to describe the week Kendrick Lamar is having so far: damn.
Hot off the heels of a Pulitzer Prize win, Lamar scored 15 nominations for the Billboard Music Awards on Tuesday morning, tying with Ed Sheeran and Bruno Mars for the most nods of the year.
The three musicians landed nominations in categories like Top Artist, Top Male Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, and Top Hot 100 Song.
On Monday, Lamar became the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize for his album, "DAMN," which was released in April 2017.
The Pulitzer voting committee called "DAMN" "a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism."
"DAMN" spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard chart and gave Lamar his first Hot 100 No. 1 with "Humble."
Sheeran is nominated for his third studio album, "÷" ("Divide"). His first single from that album, "Shape of You," spent 33 weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard charts.
Bruno Mars scored his nominations for his album and singles from "24K Magic," as well as a remix of "Finesse" featuring Cardi B.
Other top Billboard Music Award nominees included Post Malone (13), Imagine Dragons (11) and Drake (9).
The 2018 Billboard Music Awards will broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 20 on NBC.
Kendrick Lamar is a Pulitzer Prize winner
Pulitzer Prizes Fast Facts
Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer is a thumb in the eye of Trump
El Pulitzer a Kendrick Lamar es una molestia para Donald Trump
Kendrick Lamar: The political performer we need
Kendrick Lamar opens Grammys with a message
Kendrick Lamar wins raves for his 'Power' appearance
Philip Roth, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, dies at 85

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Das Pembroke College, vollständiger Name The Master, Fellows and Scholars of Pembroke College, ist eines der 39 Colleges und Private Halls der Universität Oxford. Zu den bedeutendsten Pembroke Studenten zählen der Literat Samuel Johnson, der amerikanische Senator und Gründer des Fulbright Stipendiums, James William Fulbright sowie der Chemiker James Smithson. Der berühmte Schriftsteller J. R. R. Tolkien war zwischen 1925 und 1945 Professor am Pembroke College und hat in dieser Zeit Der Hobbit sowie die ersten beiden Teile von Der Herr der Ringe verfasst. Außerdem studierte William Blackstone, der erste Professor, der Vorlesungen über das Common Law hielt und Verfasser der "Commentaries on the Laws of England", am Pembroke College.

Das Pembroke College wurde 1624 von König James I. gegründet und nach William Herbert, 3. Earl of Pembroke, benannt, der damals in seiner Funktion als Kanzler der Universität Oxford wesentlich zur Gründung des College beigetrug. Die Ursprünge des Colleges lassen sich bis zu den Anfängen der Universität selbst zurückverfolgen. Zu Beginn diente es als Unterkunft für Jura-Studenten und war unter dem Namen Broadgates Hall bekannt. Es wurde schließlich im frühen 17. Jahrhundert, dank großzügiger finanzieller Zuwendungen seitens Thomas Tesdale und Richard Wightwick, zum College erweitert.

Bemerkenswert ist, dass bis 1979 fast ausschließlich Männer zum Studium am Pembroke College zugelassen wurden. Das Pembroke College ist damit aber kein Einzelfall innerhalb der Universität Oxford.

Es ist nicht nur akademisch überaus erfolgreich, sondern kann auch auf viele sportliche Erfolge verweisen. Insbesondere bei den traditionellen Bootrennen gehört das Team zu den besten Colleges in Oxford. Beispielhaft die Olympiasiegerin und Weltmeisterin Caryn Davies.

Aktuelle Leiterin ist Dame Lynne Brindley, vorherige Leiterin der British Library von Juli 2000 bis Juli 2012, Mitglied des Ofcom.

Wappen

Das Wappen des College wurde durch das Amt für Heraldik in England und Wales am 14. Februar 1625 bestätigt. Formal beschrieben:

 3 wilde silberne Löwen auf azurblauem und roten Untergrund, darüber eine Rose nach englischem Muster auf weißem Grund und eine rote dornige Distel nach schottischem Muster auf goldenem Untergrund

Sowohl James I. als Gründer der Universität wie auch der Earl of Pembroke sind hier eingebettet. Die Form, als Vertreter der Vereinigung der Kronen als James I. von England und James VI. von Schottland, wird durch die Rose (England) und der Distel (Schottland) symbolisiert. Die drei wilden Löwen entsprechen dem Bild des Earl of Pembroke.

Bedeutende frühere Studenten
 Abdullah II., König von Jordanien
 Hilarion Alfejew, russisch-orthodoxer Metropolit von Wolokolamsk und Leiter des Außenamtes des Moskauer Patriarchats
 Francis Beaumont, englischer Dramatiker
 William Blackstone, englischer Jurist
 Edmund Bonner, englischer Bischof
 Thomas Browne, englischer Philosoph
 William Camden, englischer Historiker und Antiquar
 Julian Critchley, britischer Politiker
 Caryn Davies, US-amerikanische Ruderin, Weltmeisterin und Olympiasiegerin
 Denzil Davies, Member of Parliament
 William Fulbright, US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Charles Hawtrey, britischer Schauspieler und Komiker
 George Procter Hawtrey britischer Schauspieler
 Michael Heseltine, britischer Politiker
 Walter Isaacson, US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Biograph, Präsident und CEO des Aspen-Instituts
 Samuel Johnson, englischer Gelehrter und Lexikograf, Schriftsteller, Dichter und Kritiker
 Richard G. Lugar, US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Viktor Orbán, Ministerpräsident von Ungarn
 Robert Payne Smith, englischer Theologe und Dekan von Canterbury
 John Pym, englischer Jurist und Politiker
 Radosław Sikorski, polnischer Politologe und Historiker, Politiker und Journalist
 James Smithson, britischer Mineraloge und Chemiker
 Richard Sorabji, Philosophiehistoriker
 Arnold Toynbee, britischer Volkswirtschaftswissenschaftler und Wirtschaftshistoriker
 Honeysuckle Weeks, britische Schauspielerin
 George Whitefield, englischer Geistlicher

Bedeutende frühere Professoren

 Simon Blackburn
 Robin George Collingwood
 John Eekelaar (FBA)
 Charles Harding Firth
 William Conyngham Greene
 Malcolm R. Godden
 Alexander Kacelnik
 Peter J. King
 Martha Klein
 Sir John Richard Krebs (FRS)
 Theo Maarten van Lint
 Robert Reynolds Macintosh
 I. James McMullen (FBA)
 Naci Mehmet
 Edward Moore
 George Rolleston
 Francesca Stavrakopoulou
 J. R. R. Tolkien, britischer Schriftsteller und Philologe, 1925 bis 1945 Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, danach Professur für Anglistik
 Kallistos Ware
 Robin Wilson
 Michael Winterbottom
 Charles Leslie Wrenn, 1945 bis 1963 Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon

Bedeutende frühere Master

 1624–1647: Thomas Clayton (MP)
 1955–1968: Ronald Buchanan McCallum
 1985–1993: Roger Bannister
 1993–2001: Robert Bocking Stevens
 2001–2013: Giles Henderson
 ab 2013: Lynne Brindley

Weblinks

 Homepage des Pembroke Collage Oxford (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

College der Universität Oxford
Grade-I-Bauwerk in Oxfordshire
Grade-II*-Bauwerk in Oxfordshire
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Q: Использование $ и _ в идентификаторах в Java Есть ли соглашения о том, где использовать $ и _ в именовании идентификаторах(кроме использования _ в качестве разделителя слов)? Если да, то в каких случаях использовать эти символы?

A: Есть такое соглашение - Java Code Style (тут оригинал). При возникновении вопросов советую сверяться с ним. По сути же вопроса - использование этих символов не запрещено, но не нужно так делать.
Собственно, можно и по-русски переменные называть, Вам же это в голову не приходит :)
Для разделения слов в названии джависты используют camelCaseWords. Что же до $... забудьте про него, если Вы пишете на java

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A good-humored Draper rolled with the punches as Colbert ripped the new states of "Silicon Valley, the richest state per capita," and "Jefferson, famous for producing 60 percent of the country's marijuana." But after the "Six Californias" plan failed to make it onto the ballot for the second time that year since 2012, Draper redrew the state lines. He emerged last September with a more modest idea: Cal-3, the plan to slice California in thirds, rather than sixths.
Now, the state — and, possibly, the rest of the country — is going to have to take him slightly more seriously.
On Tuesday, the California secretary of state confirmed in a memo that Draper's Cal-3 campaign attained enough valid signatures to earn a spot on the ballot Nov. 6. After more than 150 years of failed partition proposals, California voters will finally go to the polls to decide whether they want to relinquish their monopoly of the Pacific coast and become three new states.
Still, the Cal-3 campaign said the ballot initiative will at the very least give voters an opportunity to express dissatisfaction with the status quo.
In California, the reasons for such an ongoing inner conflict stem most obviously from the state's geographic and demographic diversity and the unique identities of different regions.
The state got closest to dividing itself in 1859, when the state legislature and voters overwhelmingly approved a new "Territory of Colorado" to split southern California from the north.
The proposal for the new state headed off to Washington — but Congress never put it to a vote because it got too busy with the Civil War.
In northernmost parts of California, rebellious souls have been flirting since 1941 with the idea of their own state called "Jefferson," which would mesh with the southern counties of Oregon. For several weeks that year in the town of Yreka, people armed themselves with hunting rifles, created roadblocks on U.S. Highway 99 marking their hypothetical new borders and handed out their "State of Jefferson Proclamation of Independence" to passing motorists. They were angry because they felt that state government was neglecting infrastructure needs in their rural parts of the state.
Throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, lawmakers put forth various proposals to split California in half or in thirds but none ever quite gained enough momentum.
Draper carved out a space for himself in the Silicon Valley after investing in companies such as Skype, Hotmail and Tesla and investing heavily in bitcoin. But in 2012, he turned his attention to reinventing California.
On Tuesday night, Grande, the campaign spokeswoman, pointed to recent rankings from U.S. News and World report showing California ranked 50th for quality of life, 43rd for fiscal stability, 26th for education overall and, specifically 44th in Pre-K-12 education.
But, as Stephen Colbert asked Draper in 2014, "Do all these problems go away when they're divvied up among" separate states?
Grande said the point is that it will be easier for lawmakers to tackle problems when the solutions are tailor-made for their constituents in the smaller states.
But it probably won't come to that. According to the Mercury News, an April poll found that just 17 percent of California voters supported the proposal.


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Lajos Bertus (born 26 September 1990) is a Hungarian football player who plays for Diósgyőr.

Club statistics

Updated to games played as of 15 May 2021.

References
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A couple's first dance. A tradition many girls (and guys) imagine before the big day, or even before the proposal. Sometimes there can be a lot of pressure trying to find the right song. What is the feeling you want to convey? What is the connection the two of you have when this song plays? I'm of the opinion that you don't have to pick a timeless love song for the big day, (what's 'timeless' anyway nowadays?). Here is a happy mixture of songs that are classy, romantic, timeless and fun to get you started.
For the fairy tale princess wedding, nothing says magic like the voices of Celtic Woman. And this non-traditional love song is one filled with beautiful music, mesmerizing vocals and mystical imagery.
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Not many people would think that a guy with that name could create a power ballad as great as this one. But this point of view song has the right amount of romance for ladies and enough heavy guitar riffs for the man in their lives.
You could probably start a bar brawl over which Journey song is the most romantic but this one would be a strong contender.
When it comes to selecting songs that will pump up guests to join on the dance floor, not many can contend with Bruno Mars. While this song is kind of a no-brainer to play at one's wedding, follow it up with the dynamic hit Uptown Funk for extra energy.
Another song that is a great upbeat floor-filler that can be meaningful to wedding couple and has some good lyrics, as well as a great dance beat. I once went to a wedding with this song as the first dance, and later found out the couple met at work.
This song is a classic when it comes to weddings, and it's easy to see why. It has a very soulful element to it and mentions what a lot of people think when they find the one they want to spend their lives with.
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Speaking of choreography, what better excuse to don leather jackets and spandex pants than at a wedding? Too much? Maybe. But I can give a 99 percent guarantee that the entire wedding party will jump at the bit to sing their lungs out during this song.


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As you know, we are currently engaged in collective bargaining with Southwest Airlines (SWA) pursuant to section 6 of the Railway Labor Act. During the collective bargaining process, the parties are required to refrain from "self help" until we have been released from mediation and a thirty-day cooling off period has expired.
Federal courts have broadly defined "self help" to include not just strikes and lockouts, but a wide spectrum of job actions designed to place economic pressure on the carrier, including overtime boycotts.
SWA has brought to our attention the publication of a flyer entitled Family Week, which encourages AMFA-represented SWA employees, on a system-wide basis, to spend more time with their families and commensurately decrease their work week to forty hours or less. SWA has taken the position that dissemination of the Family Week flyer constitutes a violation of the section 6 of the RLA. Such RLA violations may subject both AMFA and the responsible individuals to litigation culminating in court orders to refrain from such activity. Any subsequent violations of such courts orders may subject AMFA and the responsible individuals to substantial economic sanctions.
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Rally Draws Crowd to Supreme Court Before Start of "Playground Case"
by Diana Valentine
Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for one of the biggest religious freedom cases to date, Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer. The case will be one of the first for newly minted Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch's and may produce one of the most important decisions of this term.
In 2012, Missouri launched an initiative to encourage the use of recycled tires in an effort to make school playgrounds safer for children. When Trinity Lutheran Preschool requested a grant to participate in the program, however, they were denied. The state has defended its decision by citing the Missouri Constitution's prohibition on state funds going to churches, but Trinity Lutheran's lawyers argue that this violates the Free Exercise and Equal Protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution, discriminating against a religious institution.
This morning, Concerned Women for America (CWA) hosted a rally on the steps of the Supreme Court to help draw attention to the case. Gold balloons reading "fairplay" served as the backdrop for a dozen children holding up signs advocating for the Court to vote in their favor.
CWA's president Penny Nance led off the rally, highlighting the importance of the case and what the court's decision will mean for religious liberty in the U.S. She pointed out the absurdity of the state's denial of the grant to the church, citing the compelling statistic that 90 percent of the preschool's students do not belong to the church, and stating that the playground is open to all children and to the public on the weekends. She also argued that the grant is a public good and that denying it to the church is exactly like denying other public services, such as police or fire protection.
Later, Trinity Lutheran Church's preschool director spoke briefly, asserting, "We are not asking for special treatment. We are just asking to not be treated worse than everyone else."
National Religious Broadcasters Association President Jerry Johnson also spoke at the rally. "People of faith are not second-class citizens," Dr. Johnson stated. "There's a bully on the playground, and it's the state of Missouri."
Additional speakers included representatives from The Heritage Foundation, Family Research Council, Faith and Freedom Coalition, National Association of Evangelicals, and Freedom2Care.
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Diana Valentine works for the American Principles Project.


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Hear 200mph Jaguar XE SV Project 8 wailing like a banshee at Shelsley Walsh
But no right-hand drive for UK
AT A time when Jaguar's best-selling car is an SUV and the company is preparing to introduce an all-electric model to take on Tesla, car enthusiasts might have wondered whether the big cat was losing its bite. Not a bit of it. The British car maker has revealed its most powerful sports car ever, the new Jaguar XE SV Project 8, and says the new super saloon can eat BMW M3s and Mercedes-AMG C63s for breakfast.
In a sign that the XE SV Project 8 is an extreme machine, it costs £149,995 and just 300 will be built. So what's under the surface of the new model?
The car features a 5-litre, supercharged V8 engine that has been tuned to produce 592bhp. That's almost 100bhp more than the most racy model that BMW's M division makes, the M4 GTS, or Mercedes-AMG's C63S.
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Naturally, such prodigious power could wear out the rear tyres after one trip to the village shop to buy a paper and pint of milk. So the XE SV Project 8 features four-wheel drive as standard.
This combination of power and grip makes for dizzying performance. The company says the super saloon can accelerate from 0-60mph in 3.3 seconds. And should buyers take the British-built model to a section of German autobahn without speed limits, they'll find that with a top speed of 200mph, it can leave Germany's finest machinery trailing it its wake.
The task of creating the most powerful Jaguar ever was handed to Jaguar's Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) division, based in Coventry, which also engineered the F-Type Project 7 rip-roaring roadster.
In addition to squeezing as much power as possible from the 5 litre V8 engine that's used widely within the Jaguar Land Rover range of models, SVO engineers set about removing weight from the XE SV Project 8.
Many of the body panels, wings and underfloor have been made from carbon fibre. Its wide track calls for flared wheelarches, and the wheels are said to use silicon nitride ceramic bearings that come from Formula One cars.
The revised suspension features variable dampers which can be lowered when driving on a race track, and the four-wheel drive system incorporates a rear electronic active rear differential, to help give agile handling.
Ironically, the SVO team has some bad news for British petrol heads: Jaguar will only make the car in left-hand drive configuration.
Drivers can choose between a semi-civilised four-seat model, which features lightweight sports seats that have magnesium frames, or an optional Track Pack that removes the back seats, and uses two carbon fibre front seats with racing harnesses and a sturdy cage in the rear.
Mike Stanton, director of the SVO division, said: "The SVO team is full of performance car enthusiasts that are now briefed to deliver motor sport science and soul in what is effectively a four-door supercar."
Ironically, the SVO team has some bad news for British petrol heads: Jaguar will only make the car in left-hand drive configuration. That may not be much of a problem on a flying lap of Silverstone, but when trundling in traffic on the road it is a hindrance to visibility making overtaking particularly difficult.
Jaguar told Driving that the decision was dictated by its desire to fit its most powerful engine into its most compact saloon body; it would only fit in the left-hand drive setup.
That's a shame. Even extreme machines like the BMW M3 GTS and Porsche 911 GT3 RS are available as right-hand drive models. But with so few being built, it's doubtful Jaguar's most powerful car yet will be left gathering dust in showrooms.
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Q: Browser not caching generated images It seems that during some tests, Firefox will not cache images that are dynamically generated (or loaded from the cache serverside).

I tried enabling caching using headers:
$expires = 60*60*24*14;
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But to no avail. I still get a "200 OK" instead of "304 Not Modified".
Seeking an answer using the search on Stackoverflow, i discovered a hint by someone that they would rather relocate the browser to the image directly.
Like:
header("Location: /img/generated/whatever.png");

I don't like the approach because it causes two requests.
Could anyone help me out and let me know how i could just get the browser to cache these files?
The Request URL is not changing and it does not contain any seeds or timestamps.

A: You might try the other way around. If you do not want to relocate your browser. You might rewrite your URL using .htacess or/and mod_rewrite or other webserver dependent modules. As example the following URL:
http://sub.domain.com/img/gen/<param>/.../<paramN>/image.png

will be forwarded (without client side redirection) to your script having the param values in the URL. This means you will have only one request.
Examples to do something like this can be found here:

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A: What you are missing here is last modified header in your reponse header. ex Last-Modified:Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:07:48 GMT. you can solve this by using this line with your headers.
    header('Last-Modified: ' . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s') . ' GMT');

The reason why you should have this because the browser uses last modidfied header to compare if the file is not modified thus no need to re download the file. :


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'Wings' and other silent films set in WWI:
often the drama is about returning home
The silent film 'Wings' is all about airplanes.
So it's fitting that I'm posting this preview of the film (which I'm accompanying this week in Concord, N.H.) from an eastbound JetBlue Airbus 321 somewhere high above Nebraska.
Actually, the altitude is now exactly 34,793 feet, according the readout on the seatback video screen in front of me.
I'm heading home after accompanying a William S. Hart drama, 'The Cradle of Courage' (1920), last night at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum in Fremont, Calif.
Before I get to 'Wings,' a few thoughts about the Hart drama, which was unusual. Unlike so many of his features, it's not a Western. Instead, it's about doughboys returning home to city life (in this case, San Francisco) after World War I.
And with the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day coming up next weekend, I was glad for the chance to see this rarely screened Hart opus, in which our hero gives up his pre-war occupation as a crook to become a policeman instead. And the 16mm print at the Niles Museum was a stunner: sharp, with great tonal values throughout.
'The Cradle of Courage' offers a strong dose of life as it was lived in the nation's cities a century ago. The settings are real and grim, including many exterior shots filmed on location in the city by the Bay. Dialogue in the intertitles is filled with antique argot and colorful tough-guy slang.
A not-so-young soldier William S. Hart (he was over 50 at the time) wanders the streets of old San Francisco after returning home in 'Cradle of Courage.'
But it's especially powerful as a reminder that those who served in what we now call World War I often faced fresh battles upon returning home. And that's worth remembering as we approach the centennial of the day the guns went silent.
You can see that same dynamic in other World War I movies of the silent era. It's in 'Wings' (1927), which I'm accompanying this Wednesday, and also 'The Big Parade' (1925), which I'm doing music for on Sunday, Nov. 11 at the Somerville Theatre. Both have powerful and bittersweet "returning home" scenes.
My own homecoming later today will involve mostly getting licked by two dogs. So as centennial of Armistice Day approaches, it's worth remembering how so many did not have it so easy.
And one way to remember those who served, and to honor their sacrifices, is to take in a movie such as 'Wings.' I think a mainstream film aimed at a general audience captures some of the excitement and also the dread of the war in a manner quite different from any history book or documentary.
Well, this week, you can see for yourself. More info about our screening of 'Wings' at Red River Theatres in Concord, N.H. is in the press release below. Hope to see you there!
MONDAY, OCT. 15, 2018 / FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Epic silent film 'Wings' (1927) on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at Red River Theatres
Story of U.S. aviators in World War I won first-ever 'Best Picture'; screening to feature live musical accompaniment
CONCORD, N.H.—It won 'Best Picture' at the very first Academy Awards, with spectacular airborne sequences and a dramatic story that still mesmerizes audiences today.
'Wings' (1927), a drama about U.S. aviators in the skies over Europe during World War I, will be shown on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at Red River Theatres, 11 South Main St., Concord, N.H.
The screening is in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Armistice of Nov. 11, 1918, which ended the "Great War" and which led to our modern observance of Veterans Day.
Showtime is 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 per person, general admission.
The screening, the latest in Red River's silent film series, will feature live accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis, a New Hampshire-based composer who specializes in creating music for silent films.
The show will allow audiences to experience 'Wings' the way its makers originally intended: on the big screen, with live music, and with an audience.
'Wings,' a blockbuster hit in its original release, recounts the adventures of U.S. pilots flying combat missions behind enemy lines at the height of World War I in Europe. 'Wings' stunned audiences with its aerial dogfight footage, vivid and realistic battle scenes, and dramatic love-triangle plot.
'Wings' stars Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, and Richard Arlen. The rarely-seen film also marked one of the first screen appearances of Gary Cooper, who plays a supporting role. Directed by William Wellman, 'Wings' was lauded by critics for its gripping story, superb photography, and technical innovations.
'Wings' is notable as one of the first Hollywood films to take audiences directly into battlefield trenches and vividly depict combat action. Aviation buffs will also enjoy 'Wings' as the film is filled with scenes of vintage aircraft from the early days of flight.
Seen today, the film also allows contemporary audiences a window into the era of World War I, which was underway in Europe a century ago.
" 'Wings' is not only a terrific movie, but seeing it on the big screen is also a great chance to appreciate what earlier generations of servicemen and women endured," accompanist Jeff Rapsis said. "It's a war that has faded somewhat from our collective consciousness, but it defined life in the United States for a big chunk of the 20th century. This film captures how World War I affected the nation, and also shows in detail what it was like to serve one's country a century ago."
Rapsis, a composer who specializes in film music, will create a score for 'Wings' on the spot, improvising the music as the movie unfolds to enhance the on-screen action as well as respond to audience reactions. Rapsis performs the music on a digital synthesizer, which is capable of producing a wide range of theatre organ and orchestral textures.
"Live music was an integral part of the silent film experience," Rapsis said. "At the time, most films weren't released with sheet music or scores. Studios relied on local musicians to come up with an effective score that was different in every theater. At its best, this approach created an energy and a connection that added a great deal to a film's impact. That's what I try to recreate," Rapsis said.
'Wings' is about 2½ hours long. The film is a family-friendly drama but not suitable for very young children due to its length and intense wartime battle scenes.
'Wings' (1927) starring Clara Bow, Buddy Rogers and Richard Arlen will be shown with live music on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. at Red River Theatres, 11 South Main St., Concord, N.H.
Tickets $12 adults, general admission. For more info, visit www.redrivertheatres.org. or call (603) 224-4600.
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Joining me today is my dear sister in Christ and fellow podcaster Kay Carswell! She is the co-host of Deception Detection Radio and she just started a brand new show called Soul Preppers. She will share with us the reason why she started a second show and the vision she has for it. We also discuss the role of spiritual warfare in the end times. We look at the 4 key components of a believer's spiritual battle plan, including the one battleground we must engage in daily!


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EPSRC Reference: EP/I000917/1
Title: National Centre for Statistical Ecology - beyond 2010
Principal Investigator: Buckland, Professor ST
Wood, Professor S Townley, Professor S Blackwell, Professor PG
Freeman, Dr S Browne, Professor WJ Scott, Professor E
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Centre for Env Fisheries Aqua Sci CEFAS Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust Marine Scotland Science
Scottish Crop Research Institute (The)
Department: Mathematics and Statistics
Organisation: University of St Andrews
Starts: 01 October 2010 Ends: 30 September 2015 Value (£): 1,035,861
Statistics & Appl. Probability
12 May 2010 Mathematics Prioritisation Panel May 2010 Announced
The National Centre for Statistical Ecology (NCSE) has established itself as an international centre of excellence, with a reputation for producing ground-breaking research. It was founded in October 2005, supported by a five-year multi-disciplinary grant from EPSRC, with nodes at the Universities of Cambridge, Kent and St Andrews. We now seek to build on this success by bringing together those active in developing statistical ecology methodology in the UK, to form a world-leading coordinated team. In this way, we can bring the best expertise to bear to solve key problems facing ecologists and wildlife resource managers, and maintain the UK's record of internationally-leading research in the field. We will build on the experience gained within NCSE for working effectively on joint projects within a geographically distributed Centre. This will involve regular meetings supplemented by video- and tele-conferences as well as video-seminars. Annual workshops will bring all members of the Centre together for research and learning. The planned research will span six broad themes, covering biodiversity monitoring, spatial and spatio-temporal models for ecological communities, stochastic models for population dynamics, movement models, and overarching new statistical methods and diagnostics. Current perspectives regarding loss of biodiversity are largely driven by results from the monitoring of specific sites, which typically are not representative. Further, it is usually assumed that individuals of all species are equally detectable, which is far from the case in most surveys. The research of one of the themes will develop indices for use in quantifying regional trends. In another theme, methods will be developed to describe the non-linear dynamics that are a feature of forest insects and zooplankton populations. Only recently have statistical methods been devised which take account of features such as animal movement and the interactions between different species; this is important for instance in determining the development of coral reefs. New methods developed by the grant investigators are allowing for greater complexity in stochastic models, which properly account for randomness. This is especially important when populations reduce in size. Common to the themes of the proposal is increasing realism in modelling, combined with the ability to match these developments with appropriate analytical, computational and inferential tools.The Centre will be run by an Executive Committee, chaired by the Director, which will meet regularly (usually by videoconference). The committee will select the Director annually from its members. An International Advisory Panel will provide the wider perspective. The new Centre will have post-doctoral research assistants at the Universities of Bath, Kent, Sheffield and St Andrews. In addition there will be annual appointments of cohorts of research students throughout the Centre, through which we will seek to maintain research activity in all six research themes. The Centre will link 8 university departments and 5 external agencies. We will endeavour to recruit and train the next generation of researchers in statistical ecology, foster the development of user-friendly computer software to ensure that the methods developed are readily available to the community, train scientists from the user community through a wide range of workshops, and provide a forum for our researchers to interact with the international community through the series of International Statistical Ecology Conferences, instigated in 2008 and organised by NCSE. The research of the Centre is timely and vitally important. It will ensure that national and international decisions regarding pressing contemporary issues, such as the effects of anthropogenic changes on the environment, as well as those of climate change and alternative energy generation, are made using the best possible science.
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It took five minutes for Swamiji to perform the pada puja for Amma on Guru Purnima. It took 10 minutes for him to chant Amma's 108 Names and, handful-by-handful, to cover our Guru's Feet in flower petals. Five minutes after that, all Mother's swamis and swaminis had garlanded Her, and so had both of Her parents — whom She then rose to embrace.
So it took basically 20 minutes for the rituals of Guru Purnima to be accomplished.
But the day had not ended. It was just beginning.
From the chair where She sat for the rituals, Mother moved forward to a low peetham near the front of the stage. There, after prostrating to the thousands of people in attendance, She delivered a satsang on the nature of the Guru. In that talk, She spoke of lessons She had learned from her own mother, Damayanti Amma. "Though she didn't have any spiritual understanding, she was able to guide me," Amma said. Damayanti Amma might give some strict directive, and Amma would find a spiritual principle in it. For this reason, Amma explained, She sometimes calls Damayanti Amma Her guru.
For the rest of Wednesday, the 24th of July, Guru Purnima, Amma showed (as She has so many times before!) that She took this lesson to heart.
After 10 minutes' guided meditation, She again stood, the low peetham was exchanged for the darshan bench, and She sat and began hugging.
Hugging is work? One remembers a reporter back in America, who, hearing of "The Hugging Saint," said, "Hugging? Who couldn't do that? Heck, I could hug people for a living…" He changed his song after he watched Her.
Throughout, Amma smiles, scolds, comforts, jokes, advises, laughs, cries… gives whatever response is suited to the person in Her lap at the moment. And along with all this, She is conferring with an AIMS Hospital official sitting to Her right, beside the bench, and acknowledging the presence of a devotee who has the privilege of handing Her prasad from Her left side — a different devotee each minute-and-a-half. She is listening to the live bhajans being sung, leading applause for the little child who sings for Her, and hurling a handful of sweets at the tabla player who has missed the beat. Her ever-watchful eyes are attending to everything going on in the hall: an elderly man has no place to sit comfortably, and She calls a brahmachari to lead him to a chair; some people are being told it is too late to join the queue and She sends word to let them come to Her; a devotee from far away finds no place to sit on the stage near Her, and She directs some ashramites to move, making space for such visitors. All this, and every few seconds a new person in Her lap.
This goes on until all who have come for Her darshan have been hugged. On this Guru Purnima day, that meant 10 straight hours. Evening bhajans were held while the hugging continued, and at 9:00 the arati lamp was being waved in front of Mother, still on the darshan cot, while She washed Her Hands before feeding a child its first rice.
Less than half an hour for the rites of honouring the Guru; 10 hours for the Guru to bless and serve Her children.
But never mind; Amma was getting Her Heart's desire. For here is something else that She said in Her Guru Purnima satsang: It is better to get worn out rather than rust away. This is what Amma desires.
After returning from Her US Tour, some of the first things Amma talked about were the devotion, surrender and self-sacrifice of Her American children.
Amma then told one anecdote about a television reporter who asked Her if She ever gets bored doing the same thing day after day. Amma repeated Her response to the disciple and devotees assembled. Amma said, "If the river gets bored by flowing, if the sun gets bored by shining, then Amma also gets bored." Amma added that She doesn't know the word "boredom." She sees everyone as Her own Self.
After that Amma said that there are many stories from the US Tour that She wants to share, but that She is saving them for another time.
One could hear the excitement in the temple bell as it sounded — three times in quick succession. It hadn't rung thus in more than two months. Three bells means Amma. Amma had returned from Her US Tour.
Actually, the scene was much the same as it was back in May — hundreds of Amma's children packed around the stairs to Her room, waiting. But whereas in May everyone was waiting to say goodbye, this time, it was to say hello.
Soon Amma's car pulled into the courtyard. Within moments She was moving through the sea of disciples and devotees towards Her stairs. For those at some distance, Her progress could be marked by a single red flower, which Amma twirled over Her head. Once on the stairs, She took the video camera from the ashram photographer and began filming the crowd. Her smile was contagious.
Many devotees were calling out "Amma! Amma!" Then one lady shouted, "Amma, bless me with discrimination!" Amma's wit was sharp, "If you are eating in the dark, do you put the food accidentally into your eyes, into your ears? You have discrimination for such things. Why can't you use it in other circumstances?" Amma beamed at everyone for a while longer and then walked into Her room.
A few more moments, a few more laughs, a few more smiles. Then Amma disappeared behind Her curtain.
When little kids get together, being little kids, each is immersed in his or her own wants. After all, "Let me!" and "I want to!" and "Me first!" are some of the first sentences children learn.
It was really no different in Rhode Island when the little ones gathered for the "Children's Puja" while the older folks were in the hall for Amma's puja before Devi Bhava.
They really did try to raise their hands and take turns when they were asked to suggest names for Amma that could be used in their chanting. The adults would, of course, hear Swamiji chanting "Om Sri Matre Namah" and would reply "Om Parashaktyai Namah," and then he would say "Om Sri Maha Ragnyai Namah" and then they would respond as before. But those Sanskrit chants are hard for kids to pronounce — never mind to understand! So for their puja, they make up names of Amma: "Om Amma Who Gives Us Chocolate" was one, and "Om Amma Who Hugs and Kisses Us" was another. And there was "Om Amma Who Snuggles Us." And more. And everyone had an idea — or two or three — and trying to remember to take turns and be polite was a little hard.
With the Names finished, it was time for Devi Bhava.
One of the adults draped a small girl in a red sari; a felt crown was placed on her head.
Another child garlanded her, and a third child held a cheerful pink parasol over her. Beside this Little Amma knelt another youngster, holding a small dish of sandal paste; another child was ready to hand her prasad — banana pieces or Triscuits. In front, to the sides, knelt other children, in "the lap position": they would help the "devotees" in the line approach Little Amma, receive her darshan, and move away.
Little Amma reached out for the first child in the queue, and everything changed.
She grew still and calm; the others did too. They stayed quietly in a line that just naturally formed, and they watched her with the same kind of intentness with which they watch the real Amma when they're moving towards her in the darshan queue.
Little Amma pulled the first child close, rubbed his back, whispered something into his ear, touched a bit of sandal paste to his forehead, looked into his eyes, handed him a piece of banana, and gently pushed him away as she reached for the little girl just behind him.
You had to be there to experience what was happening: little kids, moments ago vying for the privilege of dressing up like Devi, calling out "My turn! Me now!" came to the soft embrace of another child, and mysterious expressions came over their faces. Every few minutes, the Little Amma would get up, shed the sari and crown, and join the queue for darshan while another child would be transformed into Devi, and begin giving darshan. The new Little Devi would stroke whoever came to his or her embrace (even if it was someone with whom a tussle had been occurring just a moment before) and you could see that neither was remembering the competition; both were really living their parts.
You can't help wondering, watching this miracle of the children, what would happen in the adult world if we could be so simple and innocent, could see and be Amma, the way the kids did.
The people ranged around Amma on the grassy hillside at Rhode Island's Bryant College joined in the laughter, and the man kept gazing.
This is the last of the five U.S. Summer Tour retreats; perhaps that (along with the binoculars!) is why Mother's mind turned to distance, to separation; soon She'll be leaving Her American children, to return home to India.
More laughter; then a few soft smiles at the children nearby, and Mother and all those gathered grew silent, and meditated.
Amma visited Iowa for the first time on the fifth of July, a Friday, the day after America's Independence Day. Of the people who filled the hall, many had met Amma before, but the majority had not, and almost a thousand new children came to Mother that morning.
Most of Mother's new children looked very much like Americans all over the country, but one stood out dramatically because of what he wore on his head: the full, formal feather head-dress of a Native American Indian Chief.
And that's exactly what he was: Chief Wambli Sah Pah, whose name means Black Eagle, had come to present Her with an eagle feather from the Indian people. The eagle feather is one of the greatest honours that we give to a person, the Chief explained, for it represents the eagle that goes to the Great Creator for help and healing.
Sah Pah, Chief of the Ponca tribe from the Nebraska/Missouri area, has worked very hard for his people: thirty years ago, the American government terminated his tribe, but he underwent severe austerities and sacrifices and interacted with the government in Washington DC to restore recognition for his tribe; this recognition was ultimately received in 1990.
And now he had come to meet Amma. We're developing our spirituality like it used to be in our culture, and I just came to present this (eagle feather) from the Indian people in honour of Her being here, and to ask that the Spirits continue helping Her as She helps the people.
So saying, he approached Amma for Her darshan. Standing, he leaned forward and held out to Her the single black and white eagle feather. She took it, touched it to Her forehead and kissed it, and then opened Her arms to him. He leaned down for Her embrace, and two great hearts touched.
After his darshan, the Chief drew a comparison between Amma and the highly respected healers and spiritual leaders of his tradition: You look at our spirituality and this spirituality and it's very similar, because you have holy people that can heal and they can bring together people, and our medicine people can do the same.
Chief Sah Pah was clear about his respect for his own people and tradition, and for Amma: I think we're all one people, we all believe in the Great Creator. She's like one of our Medicine People. You know we have Medicine People that heal within our tribes, and that's the honour we give to Her, as a person that brings enlightenment and healing —spiritual healing and physical healing and mental healing to the people around the world. So we're thankful for that.


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