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Pick against the spread, over/under for Nuggets vs. Clippers on Friday
We go over some of the best betting options for Friday's matchup between the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers.
By Nick Simon@Nick_JSimon Updated Jan 13, 2023, 11:34am PST
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Update: Jokic has been quickly ruled out for this game. The Clippers were 2.5-point favorites but have now become 4.5-point favorites with this news. We still like LA as the ATS pick. The total has moved from 224.5 to 221 and we will still back the under in this game.
The second game of ESPN's Friday night doubleheader tonight brings us to Crypto.com Arena, where the Denver Nuggets (28-13) pay a visit to the Los Angeles Clippers (22-21) at 10 p.m. ET.
Denver has rattled off four straight victories heading into tonight's matchup and remains in a tie with the Grizzlies for first place in the West. The Nuggets last put down the shorthanded Suns in a 126-97 beatdown on Wednesday, a game where they had no problem pulling away in the second half. Nikola Jokic dropped a casual 21 points, 18 rebounds, and nine assists in just 28 minutes of action.
Los Angeles ended a six-game losing streak on Tuesday, taking down the Mavericks in a 113-101 victory. Despite a 43-point effort from Luka Doncic, the Clippers never trailed for the entire evening and maintained control for the duration of the contest. Kawhi Leonard had his highest scoring output of the season, putting up 33 points to go along with nine rebounds.
On the injury report, Paul George (hamstring) will miss his fourth straight game for the Clippers. Luke Kennard is also out for LA. Meanwhile, Jokic is listed as questionable and Adrian Wojnarowski reported that he is unlikely to play while Jamal Murray (ankle) is probable.
Los Angeles enters this game a 2.5-point favorite on DraftKings Sportsbook. The total is installed at 224.5.
Nuggets vs. Clippers, 10 p.m. ET
Pick ATS: Clippers -2.5
Early splits indicate that the majority of the money is on the Nuggets to cover while the total number of bets are on the Clippers. I'll lean with the latter and take the home team to cover. With Jokic's status questionable, the Nuggets may opt to either give him the night off or limit his minutes in this matchup. Meanwhile, the Clips have had a few days of rest and are at a point of the season where they may want to put their best foot to establish some momentum. I'll trust Kawhi Leonard and company to cover at home.
Over/Under: Under 224.5
Los Angeles is the most under-friendly team in the league at 8-13 in O/U's after wins this season. I'll go with the under here again, especially if Jokic is limited.


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Three Macs help teach 500 African children.
Apple has published a fascinating story that looks at how an East African Masai village is using Macs to teach children, even though they don't have electricity.
Over 400 kids attend the school, which runs night and day. The school gets around the electricity problem through use of solar panels, which keep the three Macs going.
The school was launched by retired technology executive, Patrick O'Sullivan, and a team of former Apple employees.
It's all part of a wider effort to raise funds to help teach kids in Africa. He was shocked when he visited the village in 2004 and found adults attempting to build classrooms for their children. He learned that many children of the Masai would never go to school - so he built one for them and equipped it with Macs.
"When you look at the continent of Africa," he observes, "it's no coincidence that there's never been a Steve Jobs or a Bill Gates or a Larry Ellison from Africa. There are millions of them there, but they never got the opportunity to learn. Yet education is the key to choices, to personal freedom. It's everything."


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Needham's favored media are pastel, wood and alabaster sculpture and installations. His pastels are daring ventures into the terra incognita of labyrinthine areas that are accessible to the bold voyager who dares to use the most innovative forms. He has developed over the years a distinctive style, and invites us to partake in his vision quests.
The wood sculptures of Claude Needham are reminiscent of the early Cubist masters in France and Germany as well as some of the smaller works of Henry Moore. Needham uncovers forms that are inherent in the raw woods which come to him.
The same process of "redemption" of found objects that tend to remain unnoticed to the ordinary vision applies to the installation art of Claude Needham—an old flatiron, a ball-and-chain, indefinable pieces of iron from the early industrial age, anthropo- morphic fragments assembled from the discards of daily life—the makings of a post-industrial sculpture.
An ant walking over a sleeping person's chest may have all manner of explanation for the rising and falling of the fleshy ground. Philosophies and religions can grow from rampant speculation as to the "real" significance of the movement under foot (all antie eight of them). When pushed to speak about my art I usually refer to it as a form of breathing. The manifestation of that breath in this world looks like art.
Whether I am drawing a building, crafting a hallway, or sculpting an extended torus I'm involved in portraiture — non-human, but portraits none-the-less.
I love working in multi-dimensions.
My preference at the moment is sculpting in alabaster. The stone works well with hand tools. The involvement with the medium is immediate and protracted enough to form a relationship to the piece.
When it comes to flat art, pastels and printmaking are my preferences. The sculptural quality of pastels allow me to work the piece from a multi-dimensional perspective even though on the surface of it the paper is flat.
My wood sculpture is influenced by Henry Moore, my bronzes are compared to early Bragg, but my alabaster is more reminiscent of Noguchi.
Somewhat anomalous to all of this is my lifetime touch and go fascination with assemblage and found-object sculpture. Some of these are truly weird. Stool with Rubberbands and Hand could probably be used as evidence at a sanity hearing was it not labeled as art. Rusty Box and Wire I, II and III capture something terribly elegant and subtle. To me they are not unlike Tibetan Prayer Wheels. These are to be played as musical devices in addition to any visual merit.
A common thread that weaves through my art is an appreciation of visual stimulation of non-visual perceptions.
I don't have any faith or reliance on the aesthetics of humans. If my motivation for the creation of art was to service the art appreciation of the local bipeds, I don't think I could fight the weight of apathy. My artistic efforts typically stem from a mood of compassion and adoration of the piece that lies veiled in the undeveloped form. Liberating these inherent forms is enough onto itself.
If someone steps forward to caretake and maintain these works once they are complete so much the better. One less "child" for me to keep track of.


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Favourite Fitness Songs
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In 1953, at the age of ten, a young girl from Oklahoma City with a very unusual voice recorded a novelty song called "I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas". This famous child star, Gayla Peevey recorded this song by John Rox which hit #24 on the Billboard charts in December of 1953. In October of that same year, she performed the song on the one and only Ed Sullivan Show. You can still find this version easily on line and when you listen to it you will hear why she garnered so much attention for a singer her age.
There's an interesting story that follows the success of this tune. Picking up on the popularity of "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas", a local Detroit promoter started a campaign to raise funds to purchase a real hippopotamus for Peevey which they would present to her on Christmas. She donated Mathilda, the 700 pound Nile hippo to the Oklahoma City zoo. Mathilda lived for 50 years!
The singer was on hand once again only a few days ago at the Oklahoma City Zoo to welcome 26-year-old pygmy hippopotamus Francesca who had travelled from the San Diego zoo to her new Oklahoma home.
Truth be told, I wasn't really familiar with this song until one of the caregivers where I work recommended it. My participants get a real kick out of it and most of them know the song. So, when you want to add in a seasonal novelty track to add some variety to your Christmas set list, this is right up there with "All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth".
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FEAST – Art For Cure Exhibition, Suffolk
SEPTEMBER 25th – 28th, 10am – 6pm
Ballroom Arts, Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
PRIVATE VIEW FRIDAY 24th SEPTEMBER 6 – 10pm
FEAST is an exhibition of artists and sculptors inspired by the theme of food, dining and the natural world.
The exhibition is organised by ART FOR CURE, a national charity raising money for leading breast cancer research and support services. Founded by Belinda Gray, after her own breast cancer diagnosis, ART FOR CURE had its first exhibition in 2014. Intended as a one-off art exhibition in Belinda's Suffolk home, ART FOR CURE is now a registered national charity with an event team, board of experienced trustees and over 150 volunteers. The money raised is channelled into national research projects and breast cancer services in Suffolk. The charity has raised over £830,000 through exhibitions at Glemham Hall and Somerleyton Hall in Suffolk, Bankside Gallery next to Tate Modern in London and Peter Pears Gallery in Aldeburgh.
Giles Ward was delighted to be invited to exhibit his distinctive sea life artworks at the exhibition. Giles has created a number of bespoke pieces to celebrate the Suffolk coast's renowned sea food heritage, including 'Suffolk Mackerel' and 'Cromer Shore Crab'. The proceeds from every sale of artwork go directly to support the work of ART FOR CURE. Giles is proud to support this wonderful fund-raising event and has contributed eight paintings to the exhibition.
Ballroom Arts is a new venue for the arts in Aldeburgh, a much loved and famous Suffolk seaside town known for its many cultural connections and stunning shingle beach. This historic building has now been redesigned to provide two venues under one roof. FEAST will be the first exhibition in this new and innovative space and is on from September 25th to 28th. Private View tickets are available at www.artforcure.org.uk
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It came in the mail this week – my shiny Starbucks Gold Card.
Imprinted with my name, this card is more than a high class gift card. It allows me to get my favorite iced soy latte without paying 50 cents for the soy milk. It allows me to get a free refill when I just want straight, black coffee and can stick around to drink it. I can set it to auto-reload any time the balance drops below $10. And every 15th drink is free.
When I go to Starbucks.com I can see the beverages I've purchased represented by stars, being poured into my "cup" onscreen as I watch.
My friend Barbara got hers a couple of months ago. My friend Cyndie has had one forever, I think. I'm in good company as I order my beverage this morning, 100 miles from home, and I know that this card will connect me with another cup just like the one I'm holding now when I land thousands of miles away at the end of this day.
That's the way I like my coffee.
And if I'm honest, that's the way I like my life to pour out, too. No surprises. No variables. I want my non-fat chai to taste the same every time, and I want my day to go just as I've planned it, from sun-up to sun-down.
Even as I sit here drinking my controllable cup of java, I cling to the illusion of a life that can somehow be controlled by my own efforts.
After all, these are MY PLANS. MY AGENDA. MY ITINERARY. Right?
As a card-carrying Starbucks groupie, I am sold on what they're selling.
But as a redeemed child of the Most High God I am still trying my hardest to change the menu. To make substitutions. To have things my way rather than to trust the Way of the One who called me. My tired human nature wants a road without speed bumps, a journey without detours, and membership in a club that requires little human interaction but comes with a sweet, personalized card.
All the privileges of membership.
No responsibility to anyone else but me.
Oh. Okay. Right after I order, God.
I can do that. Do you think they want syrup or an extra shot in theirs?
I put the card back in my wallet.
I throw the empty cup away.
By the power of the Spirit, I am answering the call.


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Q: extract() for class members There's the extract function for generating local variables from an array:
extract(['a' => 10, 'b' => 20]) // $a = 10, $b = 20

What would be a clean solution like the extract() function, but for class members? Obviously I can do something along the lines of:
class User {
  private $user_id;
  private $password;
  private $email;

  public function __construct($params) {
    $this->user_id = isset($params['user_id']) ? $params['user_id'] : null;
    $this->password = isset($params['password']) ? $params['password'] : null;
    $this->email = isset($params['email']) ? $params['email'] : null;
  }
}

Is there a cleaner way to do this?

A: A simple solution that behaves like extract():
foreach($params as $key => $val) {
    $this->$key = $val;
}

A: The cleanest way to do it is to avoid arrays and extract() altogether and pass the constructor individual arguments:
public function __construct($user_id, $password, $email)
{
    // Add validation and default values for each member as needed
    $this->user_id  = $user_id;
    $this->password = $password;
    $this->email    = $email;
}

This way, another programmer1 that reads the code understands from a glance what arguments the constructor expects and what is their meaning.
It also makes the code that uses the class more clear. Compare:
$user = new User($id, $_POST['password'], $_POST['email']);

with:
$user = new User($_POST);

In the first case you don't have to read the code of class User to understand why it fails or produces unexpected results. A quick peek on the content of $_POST is enough to know if the values passed to User::__construct() are the ones it expects.

1 The "other programmer" could (and most of the times will) be you, several months later.

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In pursuit of truth and beauty
Category Archives: Movie Reviews
January 22, 2017 Jenny Sullivan	67 comments
Warning: This review contains some spoilers, so only read on if you have already seen the movie, or don't mind finding out some revelations of the plot.
Science fiction is not a genre with which I have much familiarity, and for the most part I avoid it in favour of other movies. Arrival, however, defied both my expectations and what I thought of before as typical conventions, and I think of it now as a film universal in its scope and its reach. This film could be described in so many ways, since the number of its themes continues to expand the longer I reflect. But to me, I think of Arrival most of all as a beautifully filmed meditation on life, on language and on unity.
I suppose that doesn't really help in narrowing it down, so I'll try to be a little more specific. The movie follows a linguistics professor, Louise, (played by Amy Adams) at a time of great global upheaval, after a series of spacecraft have landed at various locations around the world. Louise is tasked with decoding the language of these alien creatures aboard the spacecraft; they communicate, however, through symbols rather than through the spoken word. Over the course of the film, a number of flashbacks are interwoven amid the narrative, which are eventually revealed to be flashforwards, reflecting in a mysterious way the nonlinearity of time as experienced by the aliens and, through their intervention, by Louise as well. These short vignettes of Louise's future life with her daughter were beautiful glimpses of the ordinariness of life, in which the surrounding sounds of nature were crisp and clear, and infused with peace.
January 13, 2017 Jenny Sullivan	Leave a comment
La La Land has recently enjoyed great critical success with its dominant performance at the Golden Globes. In my opinion, this movie deserves every form of recognition it receives. The film was not only visually and musically dazzling, but also dealt deeply with its themes of artistry and integrity.
When it comes to musicals, I feel that the general population is divided into two camps: one which expresses excitement and delight at the prospect of bursting into song, and the other which is more inclined to roll their eyes and complain about an excess of cheese splattered across all the musical numbers. Although I tend to fall into the former group, I can certainly see why many musicals have earned the label of "cheesy," and why they might not be seen as serious films.
I think that La La Land, however, accomplishes an impressive feat, in that it delivers fun and abundant joy to its audience, while still feeling organic and retaining its seriousness. I think it could even be said that La La Land has revived or is in the process of reviving the movie-musical genre. And it does so by reaching into the past. Throughout, the film pays tribute to classic musicals, including a couple of scenes that seemed to me directly reminiscent of Singin' in the Rain. As well, this focus on the past is present in the interests of the two main characters, beautifully embodied by Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. Stone plays an aspiring actress with an appreciation for classic films like Casablanca. Gosling, on the other hand, is a jazz pianist inspired by the "greats," rather than the novelty and artificiality of synthesized music. The whole movie is also infused with the feel of Old Hollywood, from the choreography to the costumes and sets.
January 5, 2017 Jenny Sullivan	Leave a comment
Anna Karenina is a novel that, to my mind, admits of no comparison, and the recent feature film could not boast of being nearly as impactful or masterful as its source material. In this review, I'd like to talk a little about both the book and the movie, which premiered in 2012 and features Keira Knightley, Jude Law, and Domhnall Gleeson (among others).
To proceed justly, I'll start with the novel, written by Tolstoy and published in 1877. In my previous review of War and Peace, I reflected on the tendency of literary masterpieces to appear intimidating and even unapproachable when viewed from a distance. And yet War and Peace is a spellbinding and engrossing work which could hardly be called inaccessible if length is not considered an impediment. Anna Karenina is also deserving of all its renown, and is also very accessible. However, it differs greatly from War and Peace. While the latter is more epic in style with its historical sweep over the Napoleonic wars, Anna Karenina is a novel focused primarily on relationships and individuals; on love.
May 12, 2016 Jenny Sullivan	Leave a comment
The new live-action Jungle Book is not a movie I would have professed myself overly excited to see. I recall watching and enjoying the Disney animated version (and from time to time find myself singing about the necessities of life, bare as they may be). However, that particular movie does not hold such a place of reverence in my mind, as it does for others of my generation. When I first heard about this new 2016 Jungle Book film, I supposed it was primarily intended for children. Yet the buzz around the movie sparked my interest, and after watching a startlingly thrilling trailer, I decided the movie was worth a watch.
My experience with the film completely subverted my initial expectations, starting with this one: it is not only a children's movie, or maybe not even for children at all. I was certainly startled on numerous occasions throughout my viewing experience. The tiger (voiced by Idris Elba) is frankly quite terrifying, and really makes for a powerful adversary. (If anything, this movie reinforced my fear of tigers, and made me feel more warmly towards bears, as a result of Baloo, who was lovably voiced by Bill Murray). Shere Khan, the tiger, aptly points out to the wolf pack who have adopted Mowgli as their own, that Mowgli is distinctly unlike them. Mowgli is a human, a young boy who will soon become a man, and as such, he does not belong in the jungle but among his own kind.
April 7, 2016 Jenny Sullivan	One comment
A little while after watching the movie "Her," I still find myself pulled in by the images and ideas sown throughout the film, which haunt me as though they appear on a hologram like those in the movie's slightly futuristic setting.
Perhaps all this (the word "haunt" in particular) sounds like a negative rather than positive description, but negativity is not at all what I mean to evoke. "Her" was utterly compelling, and I found it so from start to finish. I know this to be the case, because I actually had a snack sitting beside me for half of the movie that went completely untouched (this is unheard of!) Yet, as suggested by my opening statement, "Her" wasn't always easy to watch. At some points, it was uncomfortable and even unpleasant. However, this sort of experience is not something that should be eradicated from art. Rather, it is and can be a meaningful aspect of art; one might go so far as to say that this can be necessary for art.
I could expand on this idea a lot more- of the difficulty of art (both in understanding and in the experience of receiving)- but there are so many things which I want to discuss from this film, so perhaps this "difficulty" should be the subject of a future post. Suffice it to say that a thing does not possess value based on its digestibility: that is, how easy or hard it is, or how pleasant it is. The latter would be the case if pleasure were synonymous with value, or if pleasure alone were capable of providing fulfillment; yet neither one of these aligns with reality. Art strives to capture something real and transcendent; it seeks a holistic vision of the universe, to unite different aspects of experience. If it remains merely at the level of pleasure, the result might be a final product designed only for entertainment or escapism. Good art- true art- might be uncomfortable simply because it is true. The experience might have uncomfortable moments, but these are necessary in order to lead to another subsequent moment, or to a profound insight which would not be possible without the "unpleasantness."
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The movie "Groundhog Day" is about Groundhog Day (February 2nd) and only about Groundhog Day, Groundhog Day repeating hundreds, even thousands of times. Groundhog Day seemingly without end. This is the literal content of the film. In another sense though, the movie is about a lot more, transcending the limits of this one infinitely finite day.
Bill Murray lends his comedic subtlety and dry charm to the role of Phil Connors, a weather reporter inflated with ego and his grandiose career aspirations. Forced for the fourth time to travel to a small town and take part in its February 2nd festivities, he encounters another Phil: the famous groundhog itself. After the end of the day- a boring, banal, dreaded and even dreadful day for Phil (human Phil)- he wakes up the next morning to find it is not the next morning at all. Instead it is the same morning that ought to have been behind him. Phil is stuck in an inexplicable time loop, unable to escape this one day- February 2nd- unable to move into the future.
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The Royal Tenenbaums is one my favourite movies and I have watched it a whopping total of four times. I've been delaying in writing this review for quite a while, precisely because I like the movie so much. I want to be able to do it justice and to give a compelling recommendation so that a reader or two just might be tempted to go out and see it themselves.
Then again, it is, in thinking about it now, a movie that almost eludes description, because it is so very unique. If you do go out and see the movie, perhaps you will at first have the feeling that it is unlike anything you have ever seen before. It's possible that such a claim is a bit of an exaggeration, but it is certainly true that The Royal Tenenbaums is unconventional. This unconventional nature, however, is at the heart of its charm. This is a movie that isn't afraid to be what it is.
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In some ways, Bridge of Spies was just what I expected and hoped it would be, based on having seen the trailer in the movie theatre. However, this did not in any way impinge upon the deep resonance and powerful impact of the film. Bridge of Spies is exciting, intense, well-written and well-acted. But more than these, more than anything else, it is powerful. And this power resounds from the movie's setting of 1957 into our own age.
Put simply, Bridge of Spies (as suggested by the title) is an espionage thriller. And don't worry if you're fond of literal meaning: there is, in fact, an actual bridge that plays a crucial role in the movie. More specifically, Bridge of Spies centres around the efforts of Jim Donovan (played by Tom Hanks), who, despite being only an insurance lawyer, is asked to defend a Soviet spy caught on American soil. From there, the proceedings transform into a tense hostage negotiation, concerning a young American pilot shot down in Soviet Russia.
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Brooklyn is a beautiful film, and the more I think about it the more this word seems the best and most appropriate to describe the movie: beautiful. It is a real film, authentic and honest, compassionate and perfectly paced.
What is Brooklyn about? It is set in the early 1950's and follows a young woman named Eilis (played by Saoirse Ronan) who leaves her small hometown in Ireland for the better opportunity of Brooklyn, New York. As time passes, Eilis grows in confidence, pursues her aspirations of becoming a bookkeeper, and falls in love. However, when she returns to Ireland, she is torn again between two worlds, and a love triangle develops as well, throwing into confusion all that once seemed certain and forcing her to decide how she wants her future to unfold.
The Revenant is not a film that is always easy to watch. But this, for me, is one of the reasons why it is such a great and momentous movie.
If you know anything about The Revenant (which is nominated for a total of twelve Academy Awards), you are probably aware that poor Leonardo DiCaprio (playing the American explorer, Hugh Glass) is left for dead by his compatriots and then must embark on an epic quest for survival. The highlight of the movie's trailer (and certainly one of the highlights of the movie itself) consists of Glass rasping out this memorable line: "I ain't afraid to die anymore. I done it already."
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World Health Organization: Corona Virus will infect 66% of World's Population
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Rome — Feb. 16, 2020: In a meeting held at Geneva, Switzerland, on Covid-19, the technical name for the Corona virus, world experts in epidemiology predict that at a mininum, the virus will infect two-thirds of the human population throughout the entire globe, on account of this that humans have no natural antigens against the virus.
Though the mortality rate of the Corona Virus was initially estimated very low, in comparison with other devastating plagues such as the Black Death (50-100%) and the Spanish Influenza of 1917 (2.5%), the World Health Organization has moved the estimate for the Chinese virus to 1.5%, which will result in the horrific and apocalyptic scenario of 45 to 50 million deaths world-wide in the next year or so.
Deaths in Italy are expected to be 400 to 450 thousand persons, alone.
Reports of deaths spread to France and Africa this week. In regions without proper nutrition and medical care mortality rates are expected to be much higher. Four persons, so far, outside of China, have succumbed to Corona Virus: A Chinese tourist in France, yesterday; one citizen of the Philippines; one more in Hong Kong, and one in Japan.
There now 67,178 known cases in all the world, according to the World Health Organization, 1,523 confirmed deaths in China and 8,582 known cases of confirmed recovery.
The virologist, Hilary Capua, of the One Health Center of Excellence, at the University of Florida is urging everyone not to panic, since panic will increase not only the spread of the disease but also the neglect of proper treatment of those infected, and thus cause higher mortality rates.
Antonio Socci, writing today in the Italian Newspaper, Libero, in his editorial on p. 5, points out that this new plague shatters the false ideology of Environmentalism which presents Nature as all good and never harmful. He specifically reminds everyone of the falsehoods on this matter coming out of the Vatican:
It is the Bergoglian Church itself which opened the doors to this idea: one recalls the unbelievable ritual for Pachamama (Mother Earth) held in the Vatican and amazingly even in Saint Peter's during the recent Synod on the Amazon.
And a little further on, in the same article:
Hence, the Corona virus should lead us to abandon the idyllic vision of Nature which today is leading to an irrational veneration of Mother Earth.
I myself cannot fail to notice that this virus has struck the two greatest enemies of Christ on Earth: the Chinese government which is attempting to exterminate the Catholic Church from its nation by the most vile violations of human and religious liberty; and Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the fully deliberate and wilful collaborator with China in that destruction and the promoter of pagan idolatry in the Church throughout the entire world.
There is no doubt, therefore, that God has sent this plague to rid the world of His Enemies, and to show His burning Anger against them.
FromRome.Info advises everyone to follow the instructions given by the Health Authorities in their own nations and to ask your local pastors for dispensation from all fasts and abstinence in Lent, so that your immune systems will be better prepared to resist the coming epidemic. Thankfully, for many of us, living in countries with good Health Systems the mortality rates will be lower. Those of African heritage should take extra precaution because they lack 60+ genes, which the rest of us have, for immune defense, and thus are expected to suffer higher infection rates. — Also those with compromised immune systems, say from HIV infection, will suffer massively higher rates of mortality.
Let everyone, therefore, make a good confession and be prepared to meet their Maker.
CREDITS: The Featured Image is a photo of the Corona virus by Fred Murphy of the Center for Disease Control, in the USA, and is in the public domain.
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Michael Dowd says:
Surely the hand of God is now be manifested in His wayward world.
On the deaths in China government figures are totally bogus. All deaths at home, where most occur, are not tallied in the official figures.
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Important Information On The New Virus affecting the world.
That's right. The best place to quarantine is the Immaculate Heart of Mary. She is the only Refuge for every christian where no evil shall touch them. Never was it known that anyone who fled to Her protection, implored Her help, or sought Her intercession, was left unaided…
Mary Anne says:
We can't forget to put on the armour of God, our sacramentals. " The St. Benedict medal is effective in curing bodily afflictions especially as protection against contagious diseases. " National Catholic Register 3. What You Need to Know about St. Benedict and his Medal.
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RemnantchildofMary says:
If the predictions are right, isn't there a biblical prophecy about 2/3 earth being destroyed by plague?
Zechariah 13:8:
And there shall be in all the earth, saith the Lord, that two parts thereof shall be cut off and perish; but the third shall be left therein.
Paul Dale says:
2/3 – 3/4 will be destroyed by fire. The three days of darkness. God's chastisement of the world. I weep to think of the billions of souls who would descend into hell in an instant.


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Aerojet Rocketdyne Names Jerry Tarnacki to Lead Space Business Unit
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Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), today announced that Jerry Tarnacki has been appointed as the senior vice president of the company's recently formed Space Business Unit.
In his new role, Tarnacki will report directly to Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and President Eileen Drake. He will oversee all NASA programs, defense and commercial launch systems, advanced space and launch strategy programs, and in-space propulsion system programs supported by sites throughout the country, and will be based out of the company's West Palm Beach, Florida, facility.
Tarnacki first joined Aerojet Rocketdyne in December 2015 as vice president of Quality & Mission Assurance. Over the past 14 months, he has led efforts to stand up a new operating system across the enterprise and instill a culture of quality and metrics-driven continuous improvement throughout the organization.
Prior to joining Aerojet Rocketdyne, Tarnacki garnered more than 30 years of diverse leadership experience in the aerospace and defense industry through the U.S. Air Force, General Electric Aircraft Engines, and United Technologies Corporation's Pratt & Whitney division, where he held four different vice president positions, including leading a multi-billion dollar Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) business which consisted of 18 plants in eight countries.
Tarnacki's career began as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force (USAF), working as program manager for the Rocketdyne ATLAS MA-3 engine overhaul program and launch services contract at the Los Angeles Air Force Station, now known as the Space and Missile Systems Center. While there, he received the USAF Roland Obenland Engineering Memorial Award for top engineering performance. Tarnacki served two tours for the USAF, continued his commitment in the Air Force Reserve, and retired in 2002 as a lieutenant colonel.
"After conducting an extensive internal and external search, I couldn't be more pleased to name Jerry to this key leadership role for our company," said Drake. "Jerry's impressive background includes a unique variety of leadership positions in the areas of MRO, Manufacturing; Quality; Supply Chain; Environmental, Health & Safety; and Continuous Improvement. On top of that, he's a proven team leader and strategist who is laser-focused on customer satisfaction – the perfect person to lead our Space organization in this exciting and pivotal time in Aerojet Rocketdyne's legacy."
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Protect Your Unit: Week 3 Picks Thread: Instant Karma's Not Gonna Get You
Most of this week's news was off the field. And depressing.
By Gary Stephen@GarySJNE Sep 12, 2014, 9:01am EDT
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(DISCLAIMER: This contest is for entertainment purposes only. No actual money is being wagered.)
The two big stories in football this week have nothing to do with the games.
First, the NFL is still dealing with the fallout of the Ray Rice situation. After video of Rice's domestic violence incident surfaced, the public became outraged at the mere two-game suspension. Rice was later suspended indefinitely, but it became evident that the league office has long been aware of the footage, leading to a PR fiasco for the league. Some are even calling for commissioner Roger Goodell to resign. As usual, the most insightful comment was from SBNation's Spencer Hall:
To demand morality from the NFL is to ask ontological questions of an ATM. It has no ears, and only one response: please insert card.
The same criticism has been applied to the NCAA after this week's other piece of news: the lifting of sanctions against Penn State for the Jerry Sandusky scandal. What the NCAA should have been done to Penn State is a subject of no small debate, and there may not be any good answer. But the raucous celebrations in State College, complete with chants demanding the return of the Joe Paterno statue and the restoration of his 409 career wins, make me think the NCAA needn't have bothered.
Fittingly, Penn State faces Ray Rice's alma mater Rutgers this weekend, in Piscataway. Both teams are in a celebratory mood: the Nittany Lions are free from sanctions, while Rutgers - the school where all this happened -- is playing its first game as a member of the elite Big Ten Conference. Is this game even more off-putting than UCF-Penn State? I say yes.
And what might be even more off-putting, at least for Bulls fans, is Louisiana Tech's Thursday night blowout of North Texas. For the second straight week, the Fightin' Skip Holtzes crushed a pretty good G5 team. EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG.
With that in mind, let's see who everybody chose this week:
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Created in 1990, Looe Key is named after the HSM Looe, a British ship that wrecked in 1744. Located just five miles from shore, it takes just over half an hour to get there by boat. Looe Key became a National Marine Sanctuary in 1981, following in the footsteps of the Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary that was established in 1975. Both areas were incorporated into the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, which was designated in 1990.
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In August 1994, the R/V Columbus Iselin, a research vessel owned by the University of Miami, ran aground on Looe Key and damaged approximately 164 m2 of living coral and a larger area of reef framework. In 1997, the University paid $3.76 million in natural resource damage claims to NOAA. In 1999, a restoration project involving placement of limestone boulders, pouring of concrete, and reintroduction of benthic species was undertaken by NOAA and its subcontractors.
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Five facts about Rick Lagina, Know about his brother, series, Oak Island
First Published On: January 24, 2018
by Jessica Gomez
One of the most popular reality stars, Rick Lagina currently appears in the History Channel reality series The Curse of Oak Island with his brother Marty Lagina. Today we present you five facts about the popular personality with huge fans following, Rick Lagina.
Rick Lagina is a retired U.S postal worker and later he began to appear in the History Channel reality series. He has obsessed with the mystery of Oak Island when he was just 11 years old. Here's in detail, five facts about the life journey of Rick Lagina.
Five facts you need to know about Rick Lagina
Rick Lagina was born in United State but he didn't disclose any further information regarding his parents, and wife. Previously, Rick worked as a postal worker and after retirement, he started working on the show The Curse of Oak Island.
Rick Lagina- Appeared in a TV series with his brother Marty Lagina
Rick Lagina rose to fame after he appeared in the TV series The Curse of Oak Island with his brother Marty Lagina. Rick received the mystery of Oak Island in 1965 of Reader's Digest and at present his is gaining huge popularity and fame from the series The Curse of Oak Island.
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Rick Lagina- TV series The Curse of Oak Island
Well, talking about the series, it is based on solving the Oak Island mystery with the help of the experts and sophisticated technology. It is an active reality television series which was first premiered in Canada in History.
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And the Lagina brothers became fascinated with the island after reading the January 1965 issue of Reader's Digest magazine and later on, they were approached by Prometheus Entertainment to do a show.
Rick Lagina- Became obsessed with Oak Island in 1965
As mentioned above, Rick became obsessed with Oak Island in 1965 when he was 11 years old. He became interested in the treasure of Oak Island.
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He even read out an article in the Readers Digest- an article tells about the legend of treasure being buried there, the body traps and wood timbers. And this personality, Rick got fascinated by the thought of treasure being buried on the island.
Rick Lagina- Has a HUMBLE personality
Well, the facts might be true or false but it is said that Rick was raised in a close-knit family. The family is from Kingsford in northern Michigan so this might be the reason for Rick being humble.
He is the only guy who sees the world in black and white. Well the term black and white has another meaning: honor is everything and when you commit to something, you will see it through the end
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Binance Strengthens Stronghold In Kazakhstan Amid Massive Crypto Adoption
The world's largest crypto exchange Binance further strengthens its position in Kazakhstan after receiving a permanent license from the AIFC Financial Services Authority (AFSA) on Thursday. The license allows the crypto exchange to operate a digital asset platform and offer custody services in the country.
Binance Receives Permanent License from Kazakhstan's AFSA
Crypto exchange Binance on October 6 received a permanent license from the AFSA to operate a digital asset platform and offer custody services at the Astana International Financial Center. Binance began to work on crypto adoption and regulation in Kazakhstan in May, it has since increased its presence massively in the country.
The permanent license means Binance has become a regulated crypto platform in the country. It will offer exchange and conversion services, deposit and withdrawal of fiat currencies, storage of cryptocurrency assets, and exchange trading.
Binance Asia Director Gleb Kostarev said:
"We welcome the intention of Kazakhstan to become a leading player in the field of new digital technologies and the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The government has made significant changes to the legislation and the regulatory environment, thereby setting the highest compliance standards for cryptocurrency platforms in the republic."
Crypto Adoption in Kazakhstan
After receiving preliminary approval from the AFSA in August, Binance has worked significantly to contribute to crypto adoption in Kazakhstan. In fact, Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced the development of a regional hub by Binance.
Furthermore, Kazakhstan has also presented a draft law on crypto mining in order to efficiently regulate crypto mining. The government has also completed a test run with banks and crypto exchanges to legalize crypto transactions.
On Monday, Binance signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Financial Monitoring Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The exchange will work to identify and block illegal crypto assets, as well as crypto related to money laundering and terrorism financing.
Binance has expanded the Binance Law Enforcement Training Program in Kazakhstan. It will help the country fight against cyber and financial crimes.
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Commonwealth Games or A Trigger for Breaking United Kingdom
Glasgow is hosting the 20th edition of the Commonwealth Games and there is a big expectant and proud nation behind it, Scotland. These games have been meticulously planned and have been projected as the best ever. Only the time will tell if they live up to the expectations. Approximately 4500 athletes from 71 nations will take part in these games, which start on 24th July and run until 3rd August. Normally, Australia is the dominant nation in these games and it will be surprising if they dont do the same this time. India pipped England to second spot last time in Delhi and Canada finished fourth in the overall medals tally.
Apart from being a sporting event these games hold a big political significance this time around. These games might have a big hand in breaking the United Kingdom. United Kingdom was formed initially, by an act signed by England and Scotland in 1707. Later on, Ireland came into the fold as well. At the present moment, United Kingdom mainly includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Alex Salmond, Scottish First Minster representing Scottish National Party, has called for a referendum on 18th September 2108. In this referendum, the Scottish voters will vote whether the country should become independent or not.
Couple of years ago when London hosted the Olympic games there was a great sense and a wave of being British.People were proudly wearing the British colours and one could see the extravagant feelings of being proud about it on the faces and also in the behaviour patterns of every age group. London Olympics in 2012 brought the country together. Leading up to the games, United Kingdom had suffered from declining global authority, had suffered from a severe financial crisis and above all had a population that had been disjointed and were divided over immigration issues, ethnicity issues. Capital London and other major towns had suffered riots only a couple of years ago and were fresh in people's minds. Olympic Games did what no other government could have done, it did what the no other preacher could have done, it did what was all thought as an ideal scenario, creating a feeling of Proud to be British.Sport does wonders and all one has to do is organise it properly and fairly.
Alex Salmond took a big cue from those days and has announced a date that will be just after the Commonwealth games and just before Scotland hosts Ryder Cup. Every nation that hosts a global event successfully has a wave that sweeps through it and its known as nationalism. Brazil hosted the just concluded FIFA World Cup 2014 and there was evidence that the whole country was supporting the team on field. Some protests were organised against the event but that is natural in a country, which has a big divide between rich and poor. He would be hoping similar feelings of nationalism sweep across Scotland after these Games and help his YES campaign to gain momentum and give him a majority decision in the referendum.
I am at no point saying that the Scotland has a population, which is not proud of being Scottish. They are as proud as one would expect towards his or her own country. The only thing here is the timing of the referendum. It seems like a very clever ploy to ride on the positive nationalism that sweeps a country after hosting a major event. It is a great ploy if you want to see an Independent Scotland. It is also 700 years ago that the Battle of Bannockburn took place and is seen by the Scottish as a landmark victory in their First War of Independence.
Whatever the end result be in the referendum, these games will be the games that will be seen by the history as the games, which either broke the Union or the ones that bonded the union together. Time will tell and its not too long to go, when the Scottish people vote for or against independence. On the other hand, there are voices in other parts of United Kingdom that are saying that every citizen should be given a vote to decide the fate of the Union. One can't keep everyone happy and that is life.
Like in the games, may the best one win.
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Encouraging the opportunities for women in tech
8th October 2015	News
In the latest of a series of opinion articles from our PCR Women of the Year Awards 2015 judges, CompTIA's Nancy Hammervik looks at the importance of encouraging opprtunities for women within tech…
In the last decade, technology has shifted from a support and back office function to something that underpins all aspects of business. Once the remit of the IT department alone, every member of an organisation now uses technology every day for work and leisure.
As such, far from being isolated coding in a cubicle, a job in IT now means working with different people in different departments of a business to help them do their jobs more easily and effectively.
These new aspects of IT require new skills that many women have in abundance, such as good communication, empathy and diplomacy. Indeed, women in IT find that they are actually well suited to their jobs. Last year, CompTIA found that 73 per cent of female IT professionals believe that their job makes good use of their talent/skills (much higher than the percentage of men who thought so).
With the changing role of IT, jobs in the sector have diversified hugely. A career in IT can now mean anything from cyber security to data science, project management to product marketing, app development to user training. There really is a job role to suit anyone.
The high demand for IT skills means that there are plenty of jobs available for those starting out in the sector, and that they pay well. In fact, a recent report found that one in six cyber security professionals earn over £100,000 – nearly four times the national average wage.
There is no doubt that we are making progress attracting more women to the industry, but we still have work, calling attention to the tremendous opportunity. The media has great power in influencing young people's life choices. The popularity of programmes such as Silent Witness and CSI led the number of people applying to forensic science courses in the UK to double. Imagine what a similar programme featuring female IT professionals could do to spread the message about diversity within technology.
Role models and examples also need to be seen on the ground level, where they can have a direct influence on young women. This is exactly what CompTIA's Dream IT initiative aims to do, providing female IT professionals with the tools needed to inspire the next generation, and young people themselves with career resources and guidance.
We also need to do more to celebrate and publicise the achievements of women who have made their mark on the Industry. UK schemes like WiSE and Girls in Tech have done a stellar job of raising the profile of technology as a career that women excel in, and shouting about the biggest female stars in the sector.
Kudos to PCR for celebrating the women who are making a difference and congratulations to this year's Women of the Year winners!
For more information about the PCR Women of the Year Awards, including ticketing and sponsorship oppprtunities, visit www.pcrwomenoftheyear.com.
Nancy Hammervik is Senior Vice President, Industry Relations at CompTIA.
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Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine (KSUCPM) inducted two new members into the College's Hall of Fame Society: H. John Visser, DPM, class of 1978 and Lawrence A. DiDomenico, DPM, class of 1987.
The KSUCPM Hall of Fame recognizes distinguished alumni who display dedication to the College of Podiatric Medicine and contribute to achievements within the podiatric medical community.
H. John Visser, DPM has been a board certified diplomate with ABPM since 1989, and Lawrence A. DiDomenico, DPM has been a board certified diplomate with ABPM since 1993.


It's the presence of technology that brings to mind all of the other people that contribute to our thought processes. And as we bring to mind all these other people, they occupy us. They move in, wrapping us in our shirts and pants, surrounding our feet with socks and sneakers. Separating us from the earth and the air. From the sunlight itself. As if in some kind of magical transformation, language itself becomes technology, guiding us, saying for us what we wish to say, putting words into our mouth that we ourselves did not invent, with meanings we're not really sure of.
How then, can we learn to speak those inner thoughts that hide deep within us in the early morning hours, just before we open our eyes and begin to absorb again, humanity upon the face of the earth.
How do we find the blend between inner thought, and the movement of our lips and our tongue and the phraseologies and the complexities of speaking our mind? How indeed? And yet, once the process begins, it flows with a certainty and dynamism we ourselves can only marvel at. And a splendor as deep as this hole in the ground that I see before me.
At some time, in the long distant past, humans walked here; dug that hole, stood and bickered, and cried and fought here where I stand now on the top of the magic mountain in the Bay du Prony.
As I look around myself at the clouds and the plants and the mountains in the distance, as I listen carefully to the song of the birds, and hear at great distance, with a softness I can barely discern, the sound of the river floating up out of the valley, I turn my eyes downward.
At my feet, a pit, square, dug deep. What was it for? The earth still piled in mounds about it. Why did they dig here? Who was it that stood where I stand now and watched others sweating down below to create this pit. As far as I can see, the pit has no purpose other than housing some slipper plants, busily waiting in the morning sun for some ants to come by and drop in.
Straight sides in hard earth, dug with a great deal of effort. Maybe three meters deep.
So too, it is with our language. Strange, unknown people toiled down through the millennia to construct, for whatever reason, a system, a way of digging deep into the earth of our mind. Creating here sharp edges, there piles of debris flung from the depths of mind into the air by a million million tongues.
Each and every moment we try and speak what is in our inner heart, we must shift and shove and rearrange these well worn words so that somehow, miraculously, out come the thoughts, the mind images, the understandings that we wish.
Little wonder that it is hard on a day to day basis, surrounded by people and places and technology and things, to say what we think and what we wish to say. To voice the knowledge from deep within us. Knowledge of inner positive truths.
Out come all the banalities, the cliches dug from within by all the sweating efforts with the shovels of the past.
Further and further into the distance, as we walk through life, our attachments to that hole in the earth, that well from which sprang our first words and all they meant to the people who created them, become looser, until finally, like an illusion, they vanish into a hyperspace of history while we ourselves are surrounded by confusion of the mind.
Must we shield ourselves from what lies within?
We do it to ourselves, that much is clear. As clear as the people who dug that pit, once were here on the top of the magic mountain, sweating, digging with shovels, hard muscles pounding into the earth, with words, no doubt in French, proclaiming what they must do. And perhaps, on some deeper level, even knowing why they had to do it.
We arrive back at the center of the magic place that is within us, that we create by our own being.
Walk right into that center and stand there looking into our own history, turning this way and that, from within this deep and powerful vortex of being. And from within we see a pattern, an unfurling that spreads out in harmonies like a fractal design, ever changing, ever rearranging, forming beautiful patterns of life and awareness, everywhere that we look. Fractal patterns drawing the within and the outside together. And we find words to say this pattern, as we stand here.
The Hum - of harmony as we observe the world around us together.
Expanding out from my heart as the Holy Spirit to do God's work here on earth.
It is the moment of harmony as I observe the work of God.
And you will. For the cycle continues. Love, joy, peace, harmony.
And from what source in the deep Earth do we find the words for all that ancient and Christian mythology, for all that human emotion?
There is, around us everywhere, a pattern that is indeed the deeper source of all these words.
It is a drawing together of the sunlight and the elements of the earth, the drawing in of the power of being.
It is the mixing together of the energy of the sunlight and the elements of the earth with ancient memories of becoming.
It is the unfurling of this becoming as awareness here on the surface of the earth.
And it is the propagation of that awareness down through time.
It is the OM, the drawing together of the elements of being, the memories, the sunlight, the oxygen, the food and drink.
It is the mixing of these, the Mani, the precious jewel of creation in the fusion of these within our focal point of being.
It is the Padma, the awakening of awareness in the joy of becoming and the expansion of this joining into all the forms of awareness that flower upon the surface of the earth in every form, as plants and animals, as our sight and mind and our awareness itself. It is all of the avenues awareness walks in its cycle of eternal awakening.
It is the Hum that propagates awareness through time to become the future and the past.
This natural pattern, this bringing together, this mixing, this unfurling of awareness and this carrying on through time, becomes a series of loops and counter-loops of thoughts deep within us, weaving together every aspect of its own creation. Touching each other as individuals touch their fingers, as man touches plants and makes them grow where he wants them to grow, in patterns he wants them to be in. As nature itself touches the plants and blows the seeds on the wind, carries them in the stomachs of birds and clutched in the feet of insects.
Here is the pollination of creation, the constant cycle of bringing together, of joining, of unfurling and propagating.
And thus the words reveal themselves, emit themselves, spread themselves out upon the planet as the very plants and animals, as concepts of awareness threading through time in delicate, glorious orchids of conception.
Yes, we wish we could speak these words with each other, that we could bring them forth and somehow harmonize, join together, as a common thread of awareness in chaos.
How we wish we could harmonize that thread with the words themselves; speak them and hear them so that we might walk out upon the earth upon the magic mountain at the head of the Bay du Prony, look out over the valley of life and see the river and see the trees and see the clouds in the sky and know that from the deepest levels of being to the words I speak into the dawn sky, that I am the power, and the glory and the way.
To be the consciousness of Earth come alive and standing here admiring itself in all of its glory and all of its beauty; a tapestry of becoming of which I am is the fiber and the pattern of being is created by my passage.
As words create a tapestry of understanding down through the ages in every language in every mind, so too, they reflect the beauty and splendor of the natural words, of natural phraseologies, of natural understandings.
The presence, the form, the distribution of each and every plant, and every rock, and every grain of sand, is itself an expression of the language of becoming, the revelation of the thread of awareness as it moves through chaos.
No chaos here in the natural patterns around me on the magic mountain.
No chaos as I run to the very top where I have my magic center. No chaos here, but a pattern of being reflecting all and each of every interaction down through the ages. And from the center of my own magic mountain, from the center here, upwards through the sky and the pattern of clouds that spread out around me in all directions, and below me to the pattern of the earth and the magma as it moves beneath my feet. From this crustal being, from this interface, we create and are created by the thread of awareness as it loops again and again through the infinity knot of Om, Mani, Padma, Hum. Love, joy, peace, harmony. Wanting, achieving, unfurling outwards in all directions, harmony, carrying on to the next infinity knot.
Thoughts woven into knots that weave into fabrics that clothe the Earth in new patterns of awareness.
So I call out my words from the center of the top of the magic mountain. I say, to the sky and to the Earth, to the river and all that I see, "speak to me, that I might understand, once and awhile, in the great confusion of words in my mind, in the great technology of language, help me then to understand once and awhile, what I am and where I am going and how I have come to be here. Allow me just a few moments in my life to stand upon a magic mountain and look out and be the planet aware of itself."
Only through my language can I achieve this splendid and wondrous sensation. Truly, I doubt that the plants and the birds can understand or feel what they are. That they are the thread of awareness in chaos unfurling itself upon the planet. That they are awareness itself. I don't think they can see themselves the way our language can see us.
The reason I think this, is not through some deep mythical union between myself and the birds. It is the realization that I myself can't see it almost all of my waking and all of my sleeping life. Yet I know it to be the truth for I have seen it myself, here on my magic mountain.
Soon I will be back on the Moira, sailing away. But I will know the magic mountain is here, and the secrets it has shared with me will remain. One day I will return and put my feet, again, in its center one more time.
So it is that I know the other creatures can't formulate this deeper vision. This vision is a creation of something outside of it, something that can leave and return, moving through time to recreate itself in words. It is a vision created on another layer, another level.
It is the language mind of man. Able even to step aside and record itself. It is the language mind of man. It the formation of words. It is the mysterious tunneling through time of phraseologies and meanings and understanding and sentences, and fashions of thought.
As that pit in the ground, far behind me now, was constructed long ago, so it is this structure of words, dug into the deeper realms of knowing long ago, that enables us to perceive from another level, the thread of awareness in chaos.
It is concepts, transformed from birds and orchids, into words and measurements of places and things. It is these we use to survey ourselves and our own awareness from afar. Words and measurements and illustrations are survey points that allow us to look out over the textures of our lives and provide such a delightful complex and confusing panorama that is truly unavailable to the other creatures.
Language guides us in ways we, as animals, cannot fathom.
Sometimes we speak of God, and follow him. But God is a word. We speak of the word of God, but the word of God is defined as a book of words called the Bible. It is language that is evolving and changing us - as we were once changed by the myriad forces of becoming - unseen unfelt, untouched - vectors of evolution.
And now, our own tool, our own language, evolves at the speed of light all around us. We sense this with awe. Yet we have such a difficult time perceiving it.
I descend from the mountain into the valley, into the real world of technology and social complexities. I sense myself leaving this higher understanding and knowing it is right to leave it.
One cannot dwell forever in the center of being or on the top of the magic mountain in the Bay du Prony. For the heat comes up in the middle of the day and there is work to be done.
We follow along the pathways we ourselves have created, creating more as we go, yet not realizing in our pain, and our torment and our grief, that it is we ourselves who are creating these patterns of awareness. Not realizing we create them with words with our language.
That it may, like a magician, befuddle us as well as lead us on.
The mysteries we create are the mirrors of our own minds, creating their own confusion. We hide what we already know - that we are awareness walking on the face of the Earth. We hide this snugly between the gilt-edged pages of black leather bound books. And between a vast puzzle of words and concepts. Hide ourselves from ourselves; the father the sun the holy ghost - the awakening spirit of the earth.
We create myths to mystify ourselves, to suffer them for our own entertainment, for our own learning.
Or is it for something else?
Are we masters of our own destinies? Yes, but masters of OUR destinies - those we create together. You and I as individuals are no more able to escape the technology of sneakers or shirts, you are no more able to escape the technology of culture than you are able to escape the meanness and the beauty of your own words and the thoughts that flow through your head and the images imprinted on your mind by each and every action you experience.
You and I follow the paths as they are laid out because they are more convenient than stumbling through the brush. Why go to the bother of climbing a mountain through the underbrush when there is a clear path to the top, made by people who have come this way before?


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Nazanin honoured for 'courage under fire'
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has received an award for courage under fire for the bravery she has shown since being detained by Iran's Revolutionary Guards five-and-a-half years ago.
She was a colleague at the Thomson Reuters Foundation for five years before being taken, writes Monique Villa, formerly chief executive of the Foundation.
I was honoured that Bill Browder, the banker who became a thorn in Russian President Vladimir Putin's side, asked me to hand over the Magnitsky Award for Courage Under Fire to Nazanin's daughter Gabriella, seven, during a ceremony in London last week. Gabriella read a message from her mother.
The photo shows Gabriella with her father, Nazanin's husband Richard, and me.
Watch the video of the ceremony here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvq4JIYPlpA ■


Adults Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy by Region , 2013. Percent of adults on ART as of end 2013 (of adults 15 years and older living with HIV). Estimated Number of Adults Living with HIV on ART = 12.1 million. SOURCE : Kaiser Family Foundation, based on UNAIDS, Gap Report; 2014.
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New Guidelines, Strategies, and Drugs for Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy 2013 -. charles b. hicks, md professor of medicine duke university medical center durham, north carolina. from cb hicks, md, at chicago, il: may 20, 2013, ias-usa.


SILENT WITNESS ACTRESS LIZ CAR 'ONE DAY' – Charity Sweets by Sweet causes Ltd.
Liz Car who plays the character Clarissa has shown all of us the hurdles that are faced by someone with a disability. Clarissa takes us into her world and admits in the programme of her fear, shown on the 29th and 30th January series 21 BBC 'One Day', which anyone can surely relate to, it was one word she uses to describe the fear she felt as she arrives at the care home which is being investigated, the one word she feared the most was abandonment.
This programme gave us an opportunity to look into an unprofessional care home and how people with disabilities were disgracefully treated. This drama may not have covered everything in the two-part episode but it gave us that chance to see their side of the story and how abled people can make them feel less human.
Let's hope this powerful programme has done some good, given at least one person in the world some understanding how it must be like to be disabled and the day to day difficulties they have to face whether it be a carer, hospital, relative or some inspiration to someone who is coming to terms after an accident.
No one deserves to feel any different and be hidden away.


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iMore at Macworld|iWorld 2013: TWiT
Tuesday morning we woke up early and headed over to Blue Bottle for some state-of-the-art-of coffee. If you like coffee and you're ever in San Francisco, it's simply a must-visit. When Apple events are in town, the line out front of Blue Bottle is often a long and filled with geeks as the lines to get into the sessions.
Once we were fueled up, we drove up to Petaluma to the TWiT cottage. It's about a 60 minute drive from San Francisco, and if you've ever heard of a little movie called Star Wars, you might recognize the area you pass by as Skywalker Ranch country, where George Lucas lives and works. Sadly, no Wookies, Ewoks, Hutts, or Storm Troopers could be seen from roadside.
We got to Petaluma early so hit up Hallie's Diner for breakfast. It was good and the staff was friendly, immediately asking if we were there for TWiT. I guess our geek-force betrayed us. At around 10:30, we headed over to the TWiT brick house.
Tech News Today was still shooting when we arrived, with Sarah Lane and Iyaz Akhtar talking about the future potential for DRM-free box with Tom Merrit who, sadly, wasn't in studio today.
Pretty soon we set up for MacBreak Weekly and I got to feel what it was like sitting at the table in real life, as opposed to as a disembodied head floating above it. In a word, spectacular. Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko and I then spent the next couple of hours talking about everything Apple.
Following the show, our producer, Chad Johnson gave us a tour of the TWiT facilities, which look like something out of Industrial Lights and Magic. There are a bunch of sets upstairs in the main studio, along with a few offices and a kitchen. Downstairs there's a tricaster room and a server room. TWiT's brains.
Alex gave us a tour of Pixel Corps, which shares the same building. Pixel Corps looks like Seal Team 6 of video production. Almost any way of pushing motion pictures through digital pipes is there, and they're continuously working on ever more bleeding edge, absolutely McGyver-like solutions for doing it better. You can almost see them grabbing a pack of cameras, laptops, and interconnects and jumping out of planes while Alex yells "Go! Go! Go!""
On the way back from Petaluma, we stopped off on both sides of the Golden Gate Bridge to take in the sunset. No words can do that justice, so...
I did manage to sneak an epic meta shot of Martin doing one of his epic "The Stance" self-portraits. (Note the iPhone and Gorilla Pod in the foreground).
Martin took a bunch more photos with his Canon 5D Mark III, both at TWiT and at the bridge, as well as some video of me hijacking the MacBreak Weekly set and going on the tour. Look for it soon, right here!
Tomorrow we're heading out to Cupertino. Again, I'll blog about that later, or you can follow me on Twitter to watch it unfold in real -- sometimes farcical -- time.
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