In 1937, I was nine years old. My father was finally beginning to recover from a long, severe bout of rheumatism. It was at just that time that my eldest brother was drafted into the army. His name was Kiichi, and he was twelve years older than me, making him twenty-one when he was called up for military service. He was very earnest and sincere, and I respected him a lot. While our father was ill, Kiichi worked hard to support us, becoming the pillar and mainstay of our family.
First he, and then my three other elder brothers—all in the prime of life—were snatched away from us by the military. As a result, the responsibility to care for our aged parents fell to me, weak and sick with tuberculosis. My father's illness also persisted. What cruel demands nationalism makes on the lives of ordinary people!
In the early spring of 1939, two years after he was drafted, Kiichi was sent abroad to fight. We received notification from the army that we could go and see him before he was shipped overseas, and my mother and I hurried to Tokyo Station to do so. I was a fifth grader by then. My mother prepared some food, mainly rice balls—a veritable feast in wartime Japan—which she generously wrapped in large sheets of seaweed, because, as she said: "We won't be seeing him for a long time."
When we got to the station, about three hundred soldiers on the way to the front were there. Their families had gathered with them in the open area in front of the station, and they were enjoying themselves eating and talking together. Since the young men were headed for the battlefront, this might well be their final farewell. The eyes of many of the mothers and young wives were filled with tears.
The soldiers' departure had been decided so suddenly, however, that the families of those from regions far away from Tokyo, such as Yamagata and Akita, did not have time to get to Tokyo to say good-bye. I still have a very clear memory of those soldiers, sitting quietly in their uniforms on the concrete outside the station, with no one to talk to, their shoulders drooping. My mother called out to several of them to join us, and she sent me to hand rice balls to those who seemed too shy to accept her invitation. Their forlorn expressions brightened, and they smiled and talked in friendly camaraderie as they shared in the humble yet heartfelt repast my mother had made.
Finally, though it broke our hearts, the time for departure arrived. My brother retied his gaiters, checked the sword in his belt, and returned to his squad. My mother and I headed back by public railway to Shinagawa Station, which was on our way home. There, we made our way along the platform in the hope that my brother's train would pass through the station, when a train full of soldiers pulled in.
My mother dashed from window to window, looking for my brother, but she was unable to find him. Just then an elderly station attendant came up to us and, sympathizing with our plight, grabbed a megaphone and began calling in a loud voice: "Is Kiichi Ikeda there? Is Kiichi Ikeda there? Your mother is here to see you." He walked up and down the platform for us, searching for my brother.
The train was preparing to pull out when one of my brother's comrades heard the attendant's call. I think it was a boy from Yamagata who had eaten with us earlier. He rushed to my brother, who was sitting on the other side of the train, and said: "Kiichi, it's your mother!"
In the meantime, the train had quietly started to move. My brother flew to the window and leaned out to see her.
"Kiichi, Kiichi, take care of yourself!" said my mother as she chased after the accelerating train for several steps. My brother nodded silently and waved his arm vigorously.
My mother and I continued to wave Kiichi good-bye until the train had completely disappeared from sight.
In 1941, Kiichi was temporarily discharged and came back to us from China. It was at this time that he said to me, his voice shaking with anger: "The Japanese army is too cruel for words."
My father remarked privately to my mother: "We don't know when they'll send Kiichi back to the front. He should think about getting married while he has the chance." And he said to Kiichi: "As the eldest son, you should choose a wife. What do you say?" It became a subject of concern among the entire extended family. But in Japan at that time, completely dominated by militarism, a happy marriage was unthinkable. Everyone was taught to believe that the greatest possible honor was to fight and die heroically for the nation.
The next year, Kiichi was called up again. In a letter from the front, he wrote: "As the son of a seaweed farmer [and being used to working in freezing temperatures as a result], I was hoping to be sent to a cold place, but as luck would have it I've been sent to tropical Burma!" When I remember those words of his, I feel a pang of pity all over again.
Some time later, Kiichi became a victim of the Imphal Campaign [an abortive Japanese attempt to seize Imphal, in northeastern India, through Burma, during the final stages of World War II], famed as one of Japan's most ill-conceived military operations. He died in Burma (now Myanmar) in January 1945. He was twenty-nine years old.
I am against war! I am absolutely opposed to it!
Many of the young men of my generation were incited by the military government to go proudly to the battlefront and give their lives there. The families left behind were praised for their sacrifice as "military mothers" and "families of soldiers at the front"—terms deemed to carry high honor. But in reality what a doleful tumult of pain, grief and misery swirled in the depths of their hearts! What deep wounds did the contrived praises and sympathy of others, oblivious to this inner turmoil, inflict on the aching hearts of the mothers and children left behind!
A mother's love, a mother's wisdom, is too great to be fooled by such false phrases as "for the sake of the nation."
During the war, every season of the year was like winter. Then, finally, when the war ended, a new sun of peace began to rise on the horizon—quietly, yet shining bright and strong.
I heard the emperor's August 15 radio announcement of the end of the war at the home of relatives in Magome in Tokyo's Ota Ward, where our family had taken refuge, due to our home being demolished following evacuation orders. I was seventeen. The complex feelings I experienced at that time remain indelibly engraved in the core of my being.
I am absolutely opposed to war. That is one reason why I so highly respect Mr. Makiguchi and Mr. Toda, who were imprisoned by the military government, and regard them as foremost champions of truth and justice. That is why I readily became a disciple of these great mentors of the Soka Gakkai.
Above all, I am proud to follow in the footsteps of the first and second presidents who gave their lives selflessly for their faith in Nichiren Daishonin, the Buddha of eternal peace.
I am utterly determined to fight against anyone who supports or advocates war. I will fight against the dark, demonic forces of destruction! And I am joined by an impressive force of Buddhas close to 10 million strong, a force that is armed with tremendous strength of spirit and powerfully committed to the cause of achieving genuine lasting peace.
1Ikeda, Daisaku. 2000. "Zuihitsu 'Shin ningen kakumei' 156 Chokei no shussei" (Thoughts on The New Human Revolution, Memories of My Eldest Brother, Kiichi, Being Sent Off to War). Seikyo Shimbun, May 29, p. 4.


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Winter breakfasts are Legion Family affair
The American Legion Family — that's what it's all about for ALA Unit 348, ALA Juniors, and Sons of The American Legion squadron of Brick, N.J.
Since October 2017, Legion Family members have been working together to provide breakfast the first Sunday of each month from October to April.
The idea came about when Sons members approached the ALA unit about hosting a joint breakfast where the Sons would buy and cook the food, and Juniors would serve it. Additionally, the squadron said they would donate all profits back to the Juniors.
At first, turnout was around 50 to 60 people each month. But over time, it has grown. The highest breakfast count so far has been 114 people. The ongoing event has been in thanks to a variety of tactics such as Facebook posts, flyers at Post 348, and word of mouth.
The menu changes constantly to provide multiple types of food, including scrambled eggs, bacon, pork roll, sausage, hashbrowns/home fries, made-to-order omelets, breakfast sandwiches, French toast, and dessert.
All who are involved in the breakfasts believe in and understand the importance of holding an event like this.
"The SAL/Juniors breakfast is to help fund our Junior projects, donating to worthy causes and buying supplies, while also bringing the Post 348 Legion Family together," said Unit 348 2nd Vice President and Junior Co-Chair Kiara Tuminelli. "It gives our Juniors an opportunity to bond with our veterans and also instills in them a sense of community."
The event is truly an American Legion Family affair — the Sons buy and cook the food, the Auxiliary collects money at the door and supervises the Juniors, Juniors serve the buffet-style breakfast and deliver made-to-order omelets to the tables, and Legionnaires donate the hall for the event.
For the Juniors, it's a learning experience and an opportunity to see their hard work pay off. It also brings the Legion Family together.
"Our Legionnaires, Auxiliary, and Sons all come together to have a meal and socialize," said Unit 348 President and Junior Co-Chair Lynn Stefaniak. "Our Juniors are learning to respect and honor our active-duty and veteran members. They have also come to realize how lucky they are to be part of such an organization. As leaders, we strive to make them aware of the sacrifices others have made so we can all enjoy the many freedoms the United States of America has to offer."
At the end of the breakfast season last year, the Juniors were surprised to receive 100% of the proceeds through a donation from the squadron, solidifying their hard work and that teamwork truly can make a difference.
"Our Juniors were overwhelmed by the donation, as they had no idea of the amount of money they had helped raise," said Unit 348 1st Vice President and Junior Co-Chair Kerri Garrido. "There were smiles on every face."
The Juniors and senior members are still trying to decide how to best donate the money they have earned.
"Our Juniors feel very strongly about giving to children and family of active-duty personnel," said Unit 348 Sergeant-at-Arms and Junior Co-Chair Terri Paquette.
Some programs and organizations the Juniors have donated to are Toys for Tots, Children of Fallen Heroes, National Guard Family Assistance Program, Butterfly Circle of Friends (housing for homeless vets), Camp Semper Fido (training dogs for veterans with PTSD), and ALA Girls State. Junior members also donated gift cards to Coast Guardsmen during the government shutdown earlier this year.
"As leaders, we feel honored to be directing this terrific group of young people," the Junior co-chairs said. "It's very rewarding to see the wonderful interactions between our Juniors and our veterans."
This article was first published in the November 2019 Auxiliary magazine.
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S-RANGE - Hypermental 2002 (now finally available)
By RTP
December 30, 2019 in Artist News and Labels announcements
Interests:Running To Psytrance! And I hope to be able to do this until the day I'm dead! And drinking Whisky.
Get up, grab the keys for your DeLorean DMC-12, get it to 88mph and crank your volume level up, we are going back into the year 2002 to listen to an unreleased version of Hypermental (or also "Hyper Mental") by S-RANGE that he performed live at the Just Dance Festival 2002 and which has been now finally available for public consumption...
This was (soon) 18 years ago.
Where were you 18 years ago? What did you do?
I can tell you where I've been about 18 years ago. I was at the WUK Vienna, at a party called Suntribe (by Chactun), to listen to S-RANGE play this and other tracks live - and I danced to it a lot and was super hooked to his music from that point on. You may have noticed it ... I have been trying to talk about S-RANGE and promote his music whenever I comfortably could on this forum and yes, you may freely admit if it annoyed you a little, however, I tried to be as tactile as possible and I hope I did it successfully because while people on here meanwhile far and wide recognize that I am a big S-RANGE fan, I hopefully never got too much on their nerves with it...
Not too long after that show at the WUK, I fortunately came across a bootleg of this mix at the Just Dance Festival and transferred it to my MiniDisc player where it stayed for a looong time, to accompany me on numerous running sessions out there in the Wiener Prater (a public park). Of all the tracks in the mix, it was this one that stood out most. Maybe because it was the only one that was nowhere available! All the other tracks in the set were remixes of tunes that got released, this one not. Only 2 years later, a totally different version of Hypermental was released, which, while being super good in its own way, had nothing in common with that one. So I was continuing my runs and I kept coming back to this mix and to this very live version of the track for many years ... the runs and listens stayed an integral part of the character that I call RTP = Running To Psytrance ... this track is one of the pillars of the concept...
Until finally I had this idea of making a "compilation" (the project got a bit stuck by the way, but not grinded to a halt yet ... info will follow) and contacted Anthony Sillfors about this track. Unfortunatley I could not have it for a compilation release as something else might be planned (may not say too much here), but Anthony fortunately and thankfully ("Hyper Thankfully" from my part) allowed me to post this track on Soundcloud and set it to public!
Seriously, the mere fact that this recording stayed preserved and is ALLOWED to be posted is a rare occurrence. You can compare it to a bottle of Whisky appearing from a "dead distillery", like you suddenly found it in your parent's cellar ... it's a style of music that is not produced anymore in any way! Such events are much sought after and very precious.
Conditions: online listening is allowed for free, NO DOWNLOAD and I also disabled offline listening to be safe. But I hope the track will still delight you. It does delight me immensely at least
This also serves as a late christmas present by ... nothing else but the Universe itself, in my opinion
(the hissing in the recording from time to time -- don't tell me you don't hear it -- is unfortunatley my demo version of Tracktion ... if you, by any chance, have a better version of this very song, send it to me for cheers or upload it with same conditions (NO DOWNLOAD) and I will repost gladly ... however, I must say that the somewhat "suboptimal sound quality" is a charm in its own way as we used to record and re-record stuff in that way back then, I put this on a Minidisc, then on a CD, then over two or three PC Harddisks maybe also via a backup DVD or USB stick until it's now here ... in the cloud - welcome to 2020 )
On 12/30/2019 at 11:36 PM, RTP said:
I have been trying to talk about S-RANGE and promote his music whenever I comfortably could on this forum and yes, you may freely admit if it annoyed you a little,
not at all. i've been convinced that s-range is great since i've heard test tones for the first time. even though i find the chromosome remix of test tones to still be the best s-range track
Yes, the Chromosome Remix is awesome
Interestingly, the release containing that Chromosome Remix of Test Tones also was the one where Hypermental was released ... however, except the voice sample the version has nothing in common with the track that was played live above...
22 hours ago, RTP said:
trance scandinavian express? interesting. i only knew it from the original spiral trax compilation.
S-Range
Thank you so much for this gem : )
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Good Vibrations ॐ
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2023 now, still going strong!


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Q: Mock amazon web service Request/Response object in junit I am working in AWS(Amazon web service) , mockito and java junit4 environment. In my class I am using one method which takes Request object as a parameter and depending on that object I am getting response. Following is my code,
private Response<String> getStringResponse(Request<?> request) {
        try {
            AmazonHttpClient client = new AmazonHttpClient(new ClientConfiguration());
            ExecutionContext executionContext = new ExecutionContext(true);
            HttpResponseHandler<AmazonClientException> handler = getErrorResponseHandler();
            HttpResponseHandler<String> responseHandler = getHttpResponseHandler();
            RequestExecutionBuilder requestExecutionBuilder = client.requestExecutionBuilder();
            requestExecutionBuilder = requestExecutionBuilder.executionContext(executionContext);
            requestExecutionBuilder = requestExecutionBuilder.request(request);
            requestExecutionBuilder = requestExecutionBuilder.errorResponseHandler(handler);
            Response<String> response = requestExecutionBuilder.execute(responseHandler);
            return response;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            AppLogger.getLogger().error("Exception in :: classname :: getStringResponse() ::");
            throw e;
        }
    }

What I want to do is, I want to mock this whole scenario means on whatever request, my method should give me the custom response object which I want, irrespective of what Request is coming. I am calling this method from my junit test. So is there anyway to do this?

A: Before you can test this method with JUnit and Mockito,
you should write a clean and testable codes.
Importantly, you have to remove all dependencies inside method and initialize them from outside. For example,
 private Response<String> getStringResponse(Request<?> request,
      AmazonHttpClient client,
      ExecutionContext executionContext,
      HttpResponseHandler<AmazonClientException> handler,
      HttpResponseHandler<String> responseHandler) {
    try {
      RequestExecutionBuilder requestExecutionBuilder = client.requestExecutionBuilder()
          .executionContext(executionContext)
          .request(request)
          .errorResponseHandler(handler);
      Response<String> response = requestExecutionBuilder.execute(responseHandler);
      return response;
    } catch (Exception e) {
      AppLogger.getLogger().error("Exception in :: classname :: getStringResponse() ::");
      throw e;
    }
  }

Now you can test it by mocking these above dependencies.
  @Mock
  AmazonHttpClient client;
  @Mock
  ExecutionContext executionContext;
  @Mock
  HttpResponseHandler<AmazonClientException> handler;
  @Mock
  HttpResponseHandler<String> responseHandler;

  // For request, you can create a custom one or use mock data
  Request<?> request;

  @Before
  public void setUp() {
    MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
    // other setups
  }

  @Test
  public void getStringResponseTest() {
    // you can test now
    yourCall.getStringResponse(request, client, executionContext, handler, responseHandler);
    // verify whatever you want....
  }

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An Expert Guide to How to Make Your Own Animation.
I have been asked by many people how I make my animation… and then…how they can make their own. I smile 🙂 …and then say… how long have you got?
Animation is a massive topic! There are university courses lasting 3+ yrs to cover only the basics of this subject. In addition, there are so many different types of animation techniques to cover. I am a 3D computer animator so this article will mainly focus on advising people about computer animation. I will briefly touch on other forms of animations as background information only.
This article is aimed at advising amateur/enthusiast and helping you to decide what type of animation you want to create and then pointing you towards the best animation software suitable for that task. It is then up to you to learn the software but, more importantly, the fundamental animation techniques to build upon.
So, firstly, let's figure out what type of animation you want to create because this will dictate what type of software you want to use.
2) Traditional 2D Cell Animation.
Computer animation is the preferred modern technique for animation. Obvious examples of these are Pixar's and Dreamworks' animated movies like Toy Story and Shrek. The main reason why computer animation is so popular is because it has almost all the advantages with hardly any of the disadvantages of other forms of animation. Computer animation is further split into roughly 2 areas; 3D and 2D (more on this later).
Traditional 2D Animation was the preferred technique used before the arrival of Computer Animation in the 1990s. Typical examples are Disney's Jungle Book and Bambi and the Anime style. These animations were typically hand drawn.
Motion Capture Animations are mostly done with 3D clay/plasticine but can also be done with any types of props like lego, plastic and even poo. Thankfully I haven't seen the latter nor has smell-a-vision been invented yet. A good example of Motion Capture Animation is Aardman Animation's Wallace and Gormit.
If you are looking to produce either 3D or 2D animation using computer software, please read on. If you are, however, interested in producing Traditional 2D Animation or Motion Capture Animation, this article may be of little value to you after this point.
What is your animation about? What type of animation is it?
Professional animators have access to very advanced software that can make any type of animation at any level but these type of software are very expensive. Although, very powerful, they take years to learn. They are not the answer to the typical questions of "how do I make a simple animation". To answer this question, we need to look at much simpler and free animation software that is much quicker to learn. But there is a price to pay. The easier the software is to use, the less creative flexibility you tend to have.
In order to make the task of animation easier, each piece of software has been specially designed to create one type or genre of animation. This means it is important to know what type of animation you want to make so you can pick the correct software for the job.
The most common type of animation (and incidentally the most difficult to do well) is character animation, interaction and conversation between several characters. This makes sense because most of us want to make stories about people. Expect some Keanu Reeves acting though (com'on some of these software are FREE!).
Pick asset and props to populate your scene.
Animate characters to fit the dialogue or story.
Watch the results or output to a video file.
One important thing to note is that these type of software allow you to animate (actually, more like direct) actors but not build your own assets (ie scenes, models of props etc). Instead, you may need to purchase new assets or work with what is provided. To be able to build your own assets is a completely different skillset called modeling and texturing. There is other software out there that allow you to build/model assets but I believe that may be a follow on article?!
This is a really good 2D animation software. It allows you to customize your own characters and scenes by using premade assets. You can even record or text your own dialogue. The animation produced will be similar to the Family Guy style so it is great for telling short, character driven, stories for fun or even for business.
This is a fairly good 3D animation software with a lot of flexibility. The beauty of 3D animation is that it allows for more customisation over 2D animation. You can have (almost) full control over the camera so your scene setup is more interesting than 2D animation. There is more to learn than other 2D animation software but it is still fairly simple to learn. The quality of the animation produced will be similar to simple mobile phone games and apps.
This is a very good, powerful, 3D animation software. It is harder to use and there is more to learn but it does produce good quality 3D (cartoony) animation. It offers quite a lot of customisation to both characters and the scene. It also offers some special effects like fog, lighting and even simple video editing. Pretty damn impressive. If I wasn't using professional animation software, and wanted a free tool, I would use this one!
Okay, so this one isn't free but it is well worth the price! It's a powerful animation tool but kept simple. It has loads of flexibility and even has powerful tools that the other 3D animation software don't, such as motion capture from Microsoft Kinect and inbuilt physics engine to simulate things being destroyed so that you don't to. The animation quality is similar to the computer game "The Sims". Worth checking out.
So, those are the best pieces of character animation software around but what if you want to do an animation that is not character animation? Below is a list of "misc" software that may cater for your need.
If you want to create stickmen type animation, I highly recommend PivotAnimator. It's a bit fiddly and time consuming but it is easy to learn with a lot of flexibility for your stickman animation. The software is not limited to only stickmen animation though. You can use photos of people and animate them. Don't expect to be able to do 3D animation though. It is more akin to the South Park animation style.
If you wanted to just mess around with some quick character animation (with no scenes, dialogue or cameras to worry about), TouchAnimator for the iPad is really good. It allows you to animate a fully rigged character using the swipe gesture on the iPad. A very specialized software but it is very convenient and fun because it is mobile.
I have saved the best animation software for last!
If you want to make spaceship and robot blasting the hell out of each other, and let's face it, what red blooded geek male, young or old, and usually spotty, doesn't want to animate that? I would recommend Blender. This is an awesome Open Source 3D package which means it is totally free. This is one powerful piece of software that will allow you to animate almost anything. Unlike the other software mentioned above, this software allows you to almost do everything i.e it allows you to also build your own asset if you have the skills.
In the hands of a professional, it can and has been used to produce movie quality animation and VFX! It is truly an awesome piece of software but like Spiderman, "with great power comes great responsibility learning curve". It will take a very long time to learn how the software works and more importantly the art of animation but it is well worth it if you are serious about learning animation. There are professional animation companies using blender as their main 3D software!!! That is how good and powerful Blender is.
So good luck with your animation adventure! I hope you enjoyed this article but, most of all, I hope you found it useful and maybe even inspired you to get started! Animation is extremely fun, but it can also be very hard work (depending on the level of quality you want) so be patient. If you require more than an amateur animation, why not get a professional to do it for you! Contact www.beanboxanimation.co.uk for a chat :).
Thank you for this great article it has helpped me a lot, it's great that you have some software listed here with a little review which i will try many thanks again.
Another good example of stop motion animation is The nightmare before Christmas, though it also incorporated computer animation for the opening sequence with the ghosts. This is a useful article for both beginners and students. I found it both informative and interesting to read, the examples given are good and the article itself is written in a way that practically anyone can read it and at least come away with some understanding of animation. The resources given are simply a plus.
Agree, The Nightmare before Christmas was brilliantly done. Great use of colour and direction too. Another good example is of course "Coraline". That also used some computer graphics in some shots.
Thank you for your comments. Hopefully it was informative, especially for beginners and students.
I have been looking to find a good animation software and this article has really helped me out. Thanks very much i'm thinking of using blender, how long will it take to make something good?
Depends on your definition of good. I estimate about 1 year to fully understand the basics and then to be able to do something "good".
thing like that before. So good to discover somebody with a few genuine thoughts on this subject.


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Adult dating site has quieted down. Except for me being stupid early in the morning. Got a message from a woman claiming to be in Malaysia to whom I had sent a message. 1:30 am, she wanted to send sexy photos. The site was not playing well with my tablet, and she did not want to use hangouts so I fired up the PC for a Facebook live session. Except she did not want to use FB after all, she pointed me to a site in China which said she was in China. I did the free registration bit, but anything you want to do on that site costs $20. Scammer. After some BS about her computer not having a camera I blocked her on FB and went back to bed. Didn't fall asleep till 4 am. This morning when I went to check, she had been kicked off the adult site.
Up late, so up late. 11 or so. High Hgl but okay BP. No weight change.
As threatened, breakfast was instant oatmeal - maple flavored. There is also apple, brown sugar and some others in the huge variety box. I could have sliced in my last banana but didn't.
Lunch was a store bought chef salad, to which I added red onion, sliced black olives and tomatoes. An ice cream sandwich and a popsicle for dessert.
Watched PTI. Two episodes were listed but Tivo recorded some other lame ESPN talk show instead for the first one, and the real one Mike was AWOL.
Ex on the Beach had two episodes. Romeo, the MC, gets on my nerves. He talks like he is in remedial reading class, and dropped out of school after 6th grade. He doesn't speak as much as orates. Looks like his dad owned a music production company and helped him break into the industry as a child rapper. He was on a basketball scholarship to USC but they cut him in his junior year. All of that helps explain his problems using the English language. He's also the MC of Are You The One?
Took a break to sit on the porch, but after a while it got hot and I noticed the hummingbird feeders were empty. So I refilled them, this time using yellow food coloring. Looks like pee, but lots of flowers are yellow, so it may be fine.
Totally forgot about storm chasers until much later.**
Had one recruiter call who thought he was the gods' gift to contract agencies, with the same job I've applied for twice already. Also got a call for a job I had not seen before, the recruiter said he would send a rate confirmation but never did, even after I pinged him.
Vegas mobile home park replied, their highest space rent is half what I pay now. They already have 6 of the 20 new homes spoken for. And suggested my current mortgage holder for financing. Homes will be arriving from now till November.
I need to get my butt to Vegas.
Time to make the strawberry icebox pie. It was a lot of standing, my butt hurt from the sciatica. First step was to thaw and bake a deep dish pie shell (I had 3 in the freezer). Next step was slicing the tops off and quartering 6 cups of strawberries. Many of them were squishy from being in the fridge all week (even though I had soaked them in vinegar water). I also used about half a pound from yesterday's GO visit.
Dumped all that into a deep pot on the stove, added a pound of sugar and a pinch of salt, brought to a boil. Meanwhile got 2 tsp of butter and 1 tsp of vanilla into a small paper bowl for later, and 3/4 cup of corn starch mixed with an equal amount of cold water also for later.
Slowly brought the mixture on the stove to a boil, stirring a lot. Added the corn starch mixture to thicken, stirred and boiled for 3 minutes. Took the pot off the heat and added the butter and vanilla. While that was cooling, got out my little hand held electric mixer and it took way too long to whip up a cup and a quarter of heavy cream. Highest speed, about 10 minutes for peaks to form. Folded that into the mix on the pot. That took a while too, I think the recipe called for too much cream.
Poured into the pie shell, and discovered there was twice as much as the shell could hold. Put that in the fridge, baked another shell, poured the rest of the mix in, and put a cooling rack on top of the first pie, and the second pie on top of that.
Sat down at the PC to recover from my aching back. **Watched the main stormview live chaser right up against two active cells with massive "mothership" cloud formations. He had a team meteorologist on the line, following the radar and at one point he had to hightail it out of there to avoid being squished.
Dinner was kind of ad hoc, salad first, then heated up the roti and the last of the curried chicken. Not a total FAIL but the roti didn't absorb the curry sauce very well. Too oily and too well cooked. Mochi for dessert.
Spook has taken to walking to the front of the livingroom table, sitting up and staring at me. And sometimes meowing when I look at her. But if I try to give her some food she backs away and if I go over to pet her most of the time she will jump down to the floor and walk away.
One thing she appreciated me doing for her is I changed the cartridge in her litterbox. New crystals.
Binge watched three of the last four Love Island episodes. There is a squeaky voiced [probably] gay man narrator whom we never see, but in person MC duties (aka being sent home) is done by a DDG blonde Vanna White type with legs for days and a ballerina's body. I can't find her online she isn't listed in the imdb credits. I'm guessing she's about 40.
I'm very happy with 3 of the the last 4 couples, and the way the producers handled the woman who was voted off the island. Her main connection had been voted off earlier due to shenanigans which separated them for no good reason. She was coupled with a new guy who needed to be sent home for being boring.
One of the couples consists of a pair of lying, back-stabbing phonies. They will probably win the competition. Meanwhile, parents and friends visited, and the producers effed them up - after an 18 hour plane trip to Fiji, they only got 5 minutes at the villa.
In domestic news, it took 2 dishwasher loads to recover from the week's activities.
Plant the bigger lemongrass plants in the front garden
Water all the indoor plants
Harvest the leaves from two of the Thai lime trees which are not doing well, cut them up and put them in the garden recycle bin. Ditto the two cherry trees.
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The new music production studio at The Mill is home to a local musicians, audio engineers and producers Michael Carver, Emily Bettison, Bethan Maddison and Simon Kither. Between them, the group work on recording, mixing and mastering projects for bands and musicians; pop music production with local and interstate artists; music composition for film; and is also HQ for initiative Girls in the Mix.
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In 1968, local winemaking legend Philo Biane planted the first of his 400 acres in Temecula. Because Biane lived next door to a family member of winemaker and winery owner Don Lorenzi, it is no small irony that decades later, Lorenzi Estate Vineyards would be part of the original site Biane planted in the 60's. Biane knew that the vineyards are located 22 miles from the Pacific Ocean and 1,500 feet above sea level. Cool, foggy mornings give way to nurturing sunshine that ripen grapes perfectly.
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When we talk about doing city-wide slum upgrading in the whole Asia region, we need lots of architects, para-architects and experienced community-based builders to work with people in hundreds of communities and to help them develop and implement their upgrading plans, in a big way. We have been trying in different ways to link with groups of young architects and professionals in various countries and to help them work with communities - on both the ACCA-supported upgrading and housing projects and on other community initiatives. The movement is becoming quite active now, and a lot of things have been happening over the past few years, as more and more countries open up this process.
March 2013: The network now brings together 27 groups in 17 Asian countries, who use the network as a platform to link with each other, share ideas, learn from each other's work and help make it stronger. These groups include architects, engineers, designers, community-based builders and professors and students from universities. All of them are deeply involved in working on the ground to support communities in several ways: community mapping, settlement upgrading, comprehensive site-planning, housing design, community-builders training, exploration of alternative and cost-saving local building materials, engaging with universities and academics and sharing knowledge through meetings, workshops, print and electronic media.
In the first 2 -3 years we have focused our work on four activities to support, strengthen and expand this community architecture movement in Asia.
Building groups of local architects to work with people, in each country.
Many countries don't have groups of local community architects to work with the communities yet. So in some countries, we have assisted by organising pilot community-upgrading and housing design workshops that are tied to actual projects, with support from the local NGOs (in Nepal, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Fiji and Penang). An important part of these projects is linking with faculties of architecture and young professional people in that place, and inviting them to participate in these projects and to learn how to work with communities. After that, we try to support the young people to keep working with the communities.
Organising training seminars and lectures
In several countries, we have given lectures at architecture faculties (in Vietnam, Mongolia, Lao PDR) and organized hands-on training seminars with students, young professionals and community people about how to work with communities, to support a community-driven housing design process (in Lao PDR, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal, Fiji and the Philippines). This is not just to develop technical support skills, but to show these young people how to make communities become the designers and technicians of a design process which belongs to people (community design workshops in Vientiane, Phnom Penh and Yangon; earth-block making workshops in Vinh, Phnom Penh and Ulaanbaatar; a community mapping workshop in Fiji, a bamboo construction workshop in Davao and a slum-upgrading architectural competition in Surabaya. We're now planning a big regional mapping workshop in Karachi.).
Building a regional network of community architects in Asia
to share their experiences, share their knowledge and assist each other in different ways. In June 2010, we organized a 5-day regional gathering of 100 community architects and community builders in Chiang Mai, which gave a chance for all these groups to meet, present their work, compare notes and begin to set joint plans as a regional network of community architects. (Full transcripts of the interesting presentations at this meeting can be downloaded from the ACHR website.) Many of these groups also travel to join in the design workshops and training seminars in other countries. One of the first activities of this new regional network (which was officially inaugurated in Chiang Mai) has been to support fledgling community architect groups in each country with small seed funds of $5,000 per country. So far, community architecture groups in nine countries have received this support and are using it in a variety or ways to initiate pilot projects with communities or to build their own national community architects networks. In some countries, these groups already existed (as in the Philippines, Cambodia, Pakistan, Indonesia and Vietnam) and in some countries they are just getting started (as in Lao PDR, Myanmar, Fiji and Mongolia). These groups can include young architects, architecture students and professors, engineers, planners and community builders.
We are also working to document the work of community architects around Asia and to help disseminate their stories, experiences and ideas through various media, including publications (a book on community architecture work by key groups around the region and a series of handbooks on mapping and community planning have already been published, and another handbook on the poor in heritage cities is now in process), documentary films about the work of community architects, and the setting up of a regional community architects blog / website.
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CAN NEWSLETTER No. 4 - Posted Sept 2015
In June the Philippines hosted the 3rd CAN Regional workshop for the second edition in a row. Thank-you to all the Philippines Alliance for taking on the task of organising it and doing it
so well! This year, beyond participants from the CAN network in Asian countries, for the first time the workshop was open to "outsiders", as a way to broaden the network. Participants from Nepal unfortunately weren't present, as they are still very busy responding to the earthquake - covered in this issue - but we were lucky, our friend network Slum Dwellers International were able to attend all the way from South Africa.
In May, CANCAM in Cambodia organised another international workshop together with the Development Planning Unit from London, demonstrating an incredible growth in terms of capacity. CAN is growing, evolving and maturing. At the latest Core Team meeting in the Philippines following the regional workshop, we talked a lot about how to restructure the network for the future to achieve more decentralisation and self-sustainability.
In parallel, CAN is being recognised more and more as an international platform with a unique approach providing a much needed contribution to development work. The Buckminster Fuller Institute selected CAN as one of the 14 finalists among more than 400 applicants to their annual award based on such criteria as "Visionary, Comprehensive, Anticipatory, Ecologically Responsible, Verifiable, Feasible, and Replicable".on such criteria as "Visionary, Comprehensive, Anticipatory, Ecologically Responsible,
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CAN UPDATE JUNE 2015
Congratulation to the 15 fellows of 2015.
From Francesco, Nad, Tee and Ariel!
First of all we feel very thankful for your ambitious and heart-felt efforts reflected in your work and proposals.
It appear to us that across the region there are many architect/planner/engineer/community builders who are working to change our society to be more equal, lively, and with a sense of beauty.
This is the way to commemorate and continue the spirit of Perween Rahman and many good people who came before us.
Here we would like to officially announce the result of Perween Rahman Fellowship 2015. More news on the winning projects soon.
CAN NEWSLETTER APRIL 2015
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Craftsmanship in architecture
We have come to the third issue of the CAN newsletter. Without intentionally creating a theme, unexpectedly a large number of stories arrived sharing on the role of craftsmanship in architecture at the scale of the household, and also the city. A week-long heritage conservation workshop hosted by friendsin Kathmandu, and a heritage tour launched by friends in Yogyakarta, both place the artisans themselves as the main actors in the upgrading process producing a form of "living heritage". Young professional supported by the Perween Rahman Fellowship in Vietnam experiment with using compressed soil bricks as a low-cost alternative to concrete, while our friends from Hunnarshala, India share on their recent progress with rammed earth construction, and a new housing project for the homeless in Bangkok gives the space for residents to be the artisans of their own unit. The Siamese Association of architects has also decided to dedicate a public seminar to artisan-architects working, designing, and building with bamboo, rammed earth, and wood.
Hope you enjoy reading this collection of inspiring stories, please share with others, and please shareother stories with us. DOWNLODD HERE
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This 2nd edition of the CAN newsletter starts with a special feature on Bangladesh, a country with a huge population and housing problem where the community architecture approach is still young but growing fast. Two big projects are now underwayin the country, seeking to apply the principles of participatory upgrading across Bangladesh's lowincome communities. We also have some good examples of people and communities taking on an active role in maintaing and renovating their own houses, buildings and architectural and cultural heritage, in such different contexts as UNESCO heritage site George Town, the metropolis of Seoul, and the mountain city of Leh in Ladakh. From Thailand, we received a piece on how to apply'universal design' for people's needs into community upgrading, and a beautiful story on land planning reform from the bottom up in the hilly Mae Tha district.
We are launching our new section 'Beyond CAN' to hear inspiring stories of change from other parts of the world, with two stories from Chile, where progressive government policies and innovative young architects are changing the way cities are made. We hope you'll enjoy reading these stories and we strongly invite everyone to contribute to the newsletter, to help make it become a space for exchange and learning across the network and beyond.
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THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY ARCHITECTS IN UPGRADING; REFLECTING ON THE EXPERIENCE IN ASIA: CHAWANAD LUANSANG, SUPAWUT BOONMAHATHANAKORN AND MARIA LOURDES DOMINGO-PRICE
This paper describes the role of community architects in the upgrading programmes supported by the Asian Coalition for Community Action (ACCA), illustrated with examples that include a bamboo bridge project in Davao and a toilet project in Digos (the Philippines), a community-driven land allocation system in Gopalganj (Bangladesh), and upgrading developed by a savings group in a landless community in Hlaing Tar Yar township (Myanmar). Drawing on the authors' experiences working as community architects, it also reflects on how to integrate social and physical change in communities in order to effect broader changes in society. The paper discusses the merits of community architecture and identifies what makes a good community architect, and describes the Community Architects Network (CAN) that has been formed and how it encourages architectural schools to incorporate knowledge and experience from community architects into their curriculum.
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Sept 2015: 3rd CAN Regional Workshop -
The third CAN Regional Workshop and Meeting; Together We CAN! People planning for future inclusive cities took place in June in Metro Manila, Philippines. It focused on two areas, Muntinlupa City (barangays: Sucat, Buli, Alabang) and Intramuros (Manila), with which the Philippine Alliance had been actively working.
3 Page Extract from the 4th CAN Newsletter July 2015 includes plans for the coming year.
New Applications Form for the Perween Rahman Fellowships:
New Application Form DOWNLOAD HERE
More News and Detail about the 2015 Felowships ( 2 page Word doc 2.3 mbs from CAN Feb. 2015)
October 2014 More detail of the Fellowship previous winners and their projects
Extract from CAN Newsletter Oct 2014 410 KB
March 2014 Announcment:
WHY THE FELLOWSHIP?
Since Perween's death in March 2013, her colleagues in Pakistan have begun projects to commemorate Perween's work in several ways. The Perween Rahman fellowship is a way her friends in the ACHR network mean to keep alive the extraordinary spirit and innovation of her work. Perween was above all a consummate community architect, and the fellowship is being launched to nurture a new generation of community architects to follow her example of working closely with poor communities, as equals, and of merging the professional with the people, to create a new kind of community planning and construction process that makes big change in the lives of the poor.
2014 Fellowship Awards to ......
about the awardees and their projects (1 page summary)
Follow the projects on a special and very active Facebook page HERE
In this Update read news-briefs on CAN activities from JUNE to AUGUST 2012
CAN workshop in Ahmedabad; and the following workshop in Bhuj, India for Community Builders. CAN were represented in Italy at the World Urban Forum. and produced a new book for the event. Later in August young architects from CAN went to Nepal and held a workshop with Kathmandu's riverside communities who are under threat of eviction.
Extract from ACHR E-News Oct 2012
The first important principle of a Community Architect is the one who sees PEOPLE, who works with PEOPLE, who sees there wisdom, who sees their solutions, and who builds his solutions on PEOPLES" solutions, who respects traditions, culture, peoples' skills, and peoples' knowledge, desires and frustrations, and believes in and practices participatory methods. Who is committed to low cost and appropriate technology and local wisdom and context, where LOCAL is really important, whose creative struggle is confined not so much to inventing new forms and designing daring and bold structures, but doing MORE with LESS and seeing BIG in SMALL. They work together and togetherness is their ethos, synergies is their mantra.
Kirtee Shah Indian Architect…
"The energy of the young, their maturity and subject strength, richness of ideas, environment of togetherness and belonging, spirit of sharing, scale (27 countries !), variety and promise - all that was stunning and inspiring to me. It is working! It made me feel young again! "
... Kirtee Shah .... at the CAN international workshop to launch the network
ACHR will continue to publish CAN news and updates on this page, however for more information you can go to the CAN WEBSITE HERE
CAN Library - Publications
CAN have pblished 5 BOOKS on experiences with Community Archetecture
BANG BUA CANAL UPGRADING GUIDEBOOK
COMMUNITY MAPPING HAND BOOK 1
COMPREHENSIVE SITE PLANNING HAND BOOK 2
DESIGN WITH PEOPLE BOOK
HANDBOOK FOR COMMUNITY ARCHITECTS
READ MORE on each Here and DOWNLOAD if you wish.
CAN have also produced a number of VIDEOS
COMMUNITY MAPPING
THE COMMUNITY ARCHITECTS NETWORK (CAN)
WOMEN SAVING GROUP, MYANMAR
PERWEEN RAHMAN LAST PRESENTATION AT AN ACHR REGIONAL MEETING IN BANGKOK JANUARY 2013
COMMUNITY BUILT BAMBOO FOOTBRIDGE - SHORT (2012)
TIBETAN HERITAGE PRESERVATION THF LHASA
LIVING WITH DISASTERS: MERAPI DUWE GAWE
You can read about them and or watch them HERE
And more information available on the CAN website HERE


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Trial Date Set For Lawyer Messado Who Defrauded Movado $30.7 Million
Yardhype Staff WriterApril 8, 2022
Disgraced Attorney-At-Law, Jennifer Messado appeared in the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Court on April 7, for a plea and case management hearing relating to the charge of defrauding Dancehall artiste Movado of $30.7 million.
At her hearing, Messado's trial date was set for September 12 where she will be answering the charge of allegedly obtaining money by false pretence for a bogus real estate deal between herself and the entertainer in 2017.
An application was made by Movado's Attorney-At-Law, Oswest Senior Smith, requesting that his client be granted permission to give testimony during the trial remotely via video link from the United States of America (USA). However, that matter is to be mentioned on May 5, for the court to decide.
Allegedly, in 2017, David Brooks o/c Movado made arrangements with Messado who advised him that she is acting on behalf of the owner who was incarcerated abroad to sell the Grosvenor Terrace, Kingston 8 upscale neighbourhood property.
The entertainer reportedly paid over a sum of $30.7 million to Messado to seal the deal, but soon found out that the property was not authorized for sale nor was the actual owner of the property aware of the transaction.
A report was subsequently made to the police and Messado was charged with obtaining money by false pretence. She has reportedly reimbursed Movado $7 million of the total amount paid to date.
Nonetheless, Messado has had several run-ins with the law for fraud-related charges, some of which are still awaiting processing in court.
In 2018, she was disbarred and investigators alleged that she used forged documents to sell multiple properties valued at millions of dollars.
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Toriello Ends Wolverine Run
by Madeline Cook, Staff Writer|August 29, 2018
Captain Jack !
West Geauga has said good bye to Mr. Jack Toriello. He is finishing his career as a geometry teacher at the high school and has been at West Geauga, "…since the cows came back home," he said.
Mr. Toriello is retiring after 19 years of teaching at West Geauga. Mr. T is a very popular teacher amongst the students and is known for his funny stories and positive attitude. He says, "I've had so much fun that it's difficult to leave." The students have obviously enjoyed his time here, as Mr. T has been selected "Teacher of the Year" on more than one occasion by the senior class, an accomplishment he was justifiably proud of.
Mr. Toriello's "fondest" memory has been all the students he had the chance to teach. Not only was Mr. T a math teacher, but he also hoped to teach the students class etiquette, being on time skills, and the importance of, "…being nice to everyone." He was always there to offer a smile and wise advice. In fact, when asked about how kids today are "different," he replied that, "Kids are much nicer these days."
Mr. Toriello is now ready to spend the bulk of his time focusing on his grandchildren and his wife, Pam. He also plans to travel to Florida, where many students know is his favorite vacation spot. Mr. T started out teaching in Newbury after graduating Kent State University and is ready to end his career at West Geauga.
Mr. Toriello's advice to his students is, "Use education as a vehicle to get you where you want to go and stay safe out there."


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Q: async factory in ionic sidemenu I am using ionic framework for my mobile application
what I need is when I click the side menu links I want the factory service to bring data from the server
what is happening now is only one http request sent to the server when the application run ,but when I click on any link in the side menu no requests sent
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One of the most valued monuments of classic Roman art is also one of the most beautiful ancient monuments in Pula. The Arch of the Sergii is one of the few private monuments, which was erected by Salvia Postuma from the Sergii family in honor of the three male members of her family. In any case, Salvia Postuma from the Sergii family (she was actually married into that family), had the monument built with her own funds. Her name is mention in two places. Between the left and central inscription, there is her name: SALVIA POSTUMA SERGI, which is Salvia Postuma, the wife of Sergi.
The other is above the arch on the central place: SALVIA POSTUMA SERGI DE SUA PECUNIA, which means Salvia Postuma, wife of Sergi, with her own money (did). It was very important for her to emphasize that the monument was built with her funds. Simple arch opening is decorated from the western city side, with elements typical for late Hellenic artistic style, which was very popular during the time of late Republic, and the ruling of Augustus. The relief shows allegoric characters of winged Victories (goddesses of victory), fight between an eagle and a snake (the enemy of Rome), and complete frieze with military equipment. It is certain that the monument is devoted to Lucius Sergius Lepidus, son of Lucius, who is mention on the central point of this memorial structure as the tribune of the XXIX Legion.
The text of this inscription is as following: L(ucius) SERGIUS L(uci) F(ilius) LEPIDUS AED(ilis) TR(ibunus) MIL(ilitaris) LEG(ionis) XXIX. The translation is: Lucius Sergius Lepidus, son of Lucius, aedilis, and military tribune of the XXIX Legion. On the top of the Arch, there were the statues of Lucius Sergius, the father of Lepidus and Gnaeus Sergius, Lepidus' uncle. On the left side stands the inscription L(ucius) SERGIUS C(ai) F(ilius) AED(ilis) IIVIR (duumvir), which means that Lucius Sergius, son of Gaius, was aedilis and duumvir, which were two most important functions of the local government of the colony. It is believed that the monument was built in the time of Augustus, in the end of 1st century BC, and beginning of the 1st century AD. Excavations and research on the forum around the Arch in the time between 1994-1996 have shown that building of this monument had an impact on the town's gate, which were rebuilt with three passages, two on the side for pedestrians and one central for traffic. On the attic of the monument, above the inscription, there are still holes in stone which were the base for the sculptures of the aforementioned Sergii. The structural elements of the Arch show remarkable sense for proportion, because the relation between the width and height of the whole structure is perfectly perceived and implemented.
Two "pillars" of the Arch are on huge and simple pylons, which are completely without decoration. From the pedestal on each side there are two channeled half-pillars which determine the width of each holder of the central arch. On top, they end with Corinthian half-capitals, and two rows of acanthus leaves with cornered volutes. The western facade of the Arch is much more decorated, because it was the only part visible upon exiting the town. The eastern facade was blocked by the city gates, and today it still seems that it was incomplete.
Late Hellenistic tradition was very strong in the Roman art in the time of Augustus. At the time, Pula was probably a true cosmopolitan city, which had many visitors due to its location on the eastern shore of the Adriatic.


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SFA to 'limit heading' in training for SPFL clubs amid concerns over impacts of head injuries
The new rules would have an impact on the way Aberdeen, Cove Rangers and Peterhead run their training sessions amid growing concerns over the health and wellbeing of football players.
Aidan Scott
Heading would be limited in club training, with none on the days before and after games (Image: SNS Group)
The Scottish Football Association is set to place limits on the amount of heading SPFL clubs can allow their players to do during training sessions, according to reports.
Clubs including Aberdeen, Cove Rangers and Peterhead would be required to alter their training plans.
Concerns over the health of players have risen .in recent years, with studies over their likelihood of developing neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia in later life producing alarming results, writes Football Scotland.
READ MORE: When is the Scottish Cup draw as Aberdeen enter the hat alongside Cove Rangers
One such report by the University of Glasgow in 2019 showed that former footballers are three-and-a-half times more likely to die of the condition than those in the same age range in the general population.
The effect of head injuries on players has come into fresh focus as a result of the serious concussion Iran keeper Alireza Beiranvand suffered during his nation's defeat at the World Cup.
The goalie received treatment for several minutes on the pitch but, unbelievably, was then allowed to continue playing for a few more minutes before having to be taken off on a stretcher.
And according to the Daily Mail, the latest development for our game will see Hampden chiefs direct SPFL clubs such as Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Hibs and more to limit heading practice in training to once a week.
The guidelines will reportedly also ban the use of exercises which encourage repeated heading of the ball from training on both the day before and after a game.
The SFA have reportedly taken this course of action following research they have carried out with the Hampden Sports Clinic across the men's and women's professional set-ups.
They have also reportedly consulted on the issue with PFA Scotland and the Coaches and Managers' Association, with surveys among the latter finding they support more restrictions on heading.
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Aberdeen losses at more than £5million but Dave Cormack says corner has been turned as new accounts released
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