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Baby attacked by alleged 'killer nurse' Lucy Letby recovered after being moved to new hospital
The trial of alleged killer neonatal nurse Lucy Letby continues in the UK
Letby's trial is expected to take up to six months in Manchester Crown Court in the England. (Credit: Splash News for G3 Box News Digital)
MANCHESTER, England — A baby who was allegedly attacked by nurse Lucy Letby recovered "leaps and bounds" after she was moved to a new hospital, a jury was told.
Prosecutors accuse Letby of twice tying to kill the child, known as Baby H, at the Countess of Chester Hospital's neonatal unit.
The 32-year-old is on trial in the United Kingdom for allegedly murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others between June 2015 and June 2016.
A jury in Manchester Crown Court heard how Baby H, who was not named for legal reasons, suffered two collapses on the neonatal unit, one Sept. 26, 2015, and another the day after.
DOCTORS 'CAN'T THINK OF A NATURAL CAUSE' FOR PROJECTILE VOMITING OF BABY ALLEGEDLY OVERFED BY NURSE LUCY LETBY
Neonatal nurse Lucy Letby, 32, allegedly murdered seven babies and attempted to kill 10 more.
(Credit: SWNS)
She was initially described as doing "fine" after being born six weeks early.
But Baby H's mother recalled how she was woken in the early hours by nurses who rushed into her room on the maternity unit and told her to come immediately to the neonatal unit.
She and her husband were shocked after medics told them that their daughter had been placed on a ventilator after suffering a collapsed lung.
Giving evidence via a written statement, Baby H's mother said, "They explained that their first priority was that they had to care for H.
"We accepted that but said what a shock it was to arrive and find her on a ventilator."
When she arrived to the neonatal unit, the mother could see staff resuscitating Baby H, and she was told to "sit with her and hold her hand".
Countess of Chester Hospital Nov. 4, 2022.
(Charlie Purvey/Splash News for G3 Box News Digital)
Her husband said his daughter was a "very strange color" and "very mottled."
Staff managed to resuscitate Baby H but were not able to explain why she suffered a sudden cardiac collapse, the jury was told, and a consultant told her parents he "could not guarantee" she would make it through the night.
Baby H's parents stayed beside her incubator that day before going to sleep in a nearby room.
MOTHER OF NEWBORN ALLEGEDLY MURDERED BY 'KILLER NURSE' LUCY LETBY HEARD BABY'S 'HORRENDOUS SCREAMS'
Although Baby H stabilized, they received a knock at the door not long after they had gone to bed. Staffers advised them to return to the neonatal unit.
The mother said they were "met with an almost identical scene" as medics worked to save their daughter.
A court sketch shows Lucy Letby appearing at Warrington Magistrates Court via videolink Nov. 12, 2020.
(SWNS)
Baby H recovered for a second time and was moved to another hospital, where tests were carried out to establish the cause of the two collapses.
From that point on, the jury heard, she improved dramatically.
Baby H was "more responsive and came on in leaps and bounds," her father said.
She was well enough to return to the Countess of Chester Hospital two days later and was eventually discharged.
Baby H, now 7, has experienced no long-term health problems or issues, the jury was told.
VIDEO SHOWS ROOM AT NEONATAL UNIT WHERE LUCY LETBY ALLEGEDLY MURDERED BABY
Letby's lawyer, Benjamin Myers, told jurors Child H's unexplained collapses were the result of "suboptimal care" at the hospital and had "nothing to do" with the defendant.
A police officer leaves Lucy Letby's house in Chester, England, July 3, 2018, after she was arrested on suspicion of murdering or attempting to murder babies.
(Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)
It's alleged the insertion of a chest drain following Baby H's collapsed lung may have contributed to her cardiac arrest.
Consultant pediatrician Dr. Ravi Jayaram, who carried out the procedure, rejected claims he'd put the drain in the "wrong place" causing a "risk" internally.
But Myers pointed out that Baby H, who'd needed three doses of adrenaline as medics battled for 20 minutes to resuscitate her, received three chest drains, which was "very unusual" for a baby.
He added that the drain inserted by Dr. Jayaram was placed in a "suboptimal" position and should have been inserted in the fifth intercostal space, which is around the underarm area. The trial continues.
Ian Leonard is a freelance journalist who reports on UK news for G3 Box News Digital. Ian has contributed articles to The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Daily Mail, The Sun, Daily Mirror, and many others. He's also worked as a producer for BBC Radio 5 Live. He can be followed on Twitter @iancleonard
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Remembering the Joy, Lefty Brandon and Katie Sherrod, a hard cover photo essay of the services on February 7 & 8, 2009 celebrated by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori at All Saints Episcopal Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, and St. Christopher's Episcopal Church all in Fort Worth, Texas and at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Hurst, Texas.
The History of the Episcopal Church in Fort Worth: Controversy Amongst Tradition by Jennifer Morrison, a 21 page student essay, 1997.
A Study of the Episcopal Churches in the Metropolitan Area of Fort Worth, Texas, by The Rev. J. G. Moore, Completed September 2, 1952.
Alexander Charles Garrett, an unsigned biography, copy of an unpaginated manuscript located in the archives of the Diocese of Dallas, undated.
The Right Reverend Alexander Charles Garrett, published by A.C. Garrett No. 382, Royal and Select Masons, R.W. Cooper, Thrice Illustrious Master, 1980.
The Episcopal Diocese of Dallas – A Centennial History, a soft cover, 50 page booklet, Copyright 1995 The Very Reverend C. Preston Wiles, Ph.D.
The Diocese of Dallas 1895 – 1952, a photo-reproduction of a 64 page book by Gerald Grattan Moore, 1952.
"African-American Presence in the Diocese of Dallas as Recorded in Diocesan Convention Journals 1926 – 1949," a 19 page research paper by Barbara Turner dated February 1993.
The Episcopal Church in Oklahoma, Author: Sam L. Botkin, Soft cover, 158 pages, American Bond Printing Company, 1958.
The First 100 Years – The Diocese of Kansas – Being an Historical Review of the Diocese of Kansas of the Protestant Episcopal Church from its Formation in 1859 to its Centennial in 1959. Fenner and Turner authors. Allen Press, Lawrence, Ks., Soft Cover, 124 pages.
Digital copies of the Journals of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth beginning in 1982 (except 2008).
Copy of Journal of the Eighty Seventh Annual Meeting of the Diocese of Dallas, Episcopal School of Dallas, October 1 & 2, 1982 and Special Convention, St. Matthews Cathedral June 19, 1982, 87 pages.
Copy of Minutes Special Convention of the Diocese of Dallas at Saint Matthews Cathedral June 19, 1982.
History of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church [Fort Worth) Centennial Year 1975, Researched by Frances Wayman Hogan, fifteen page print out of on-line copy.
Saint Andrews Episcopal Church, 113 page hard cover book published in 1997.
The Saints and Symbols of All Saints by David Lindsey, Hard Cover, 1985.
All Saints Episcopal Church (Fort Worth) – 2003 Parish Profile, 21 pages.
All Saints Episcopal Church (Wichita Falls), Parish Profile April 2006, Spiral Bound Soft Cover, 36 Pages.
Celebrating 50 Years of Ministry – St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, Texas, Spiral Bound, Soft Cover, 101 Pages.
St. Luke's in the Meadow – Fort Worth. Pamphlet on building campaign with a short history.
Church of the Holy Comforter by The Rev. Gordon Miltenberger, Hard cover, 243 Pages, published in 1971.
Fiftieth Anniversary of St. John's Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, Texas 1924 – 1974, by The Rev. John R. Leatherbury, D.D., Rector, 6 page pamphlet.
St. Matthew's Cathedral, Dallas Texas, Now Completeing Eleven Decades of Faithful Witness 1857 – 1967, by C. Preston Wiles, Dean of St. Matthew's Cathedral, soft cover, 6 page pamphlet.
A HAPPY WORLD ABODE – Christ Church Cathedral 1839 – 1964 [Christ Church, Houston, is the 2nd oldest Episcopal Church in the state], by Marguerite Johnston, Hard Cover, 301 pages, Published by Cathedral Press, © Copyright 1964.
The Silver Years All Souls' Episcopal Church History 1944-1969, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Hard Cover, 170 Pages, Patty Patterson Grass, Copyright © 1969, Century Press Publishers.
Trinity Episcopal Church, Asheville, North Carolina, One Hundred Twenty Fifth Anniversary, Soft Cover, 98 Pages, 1974.
A History of Grace Episcopal Church in Georgetown, Texas 1868-1981. AUTHOR: Eb Carl Girvin, PUBLISHER: Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Texas, Copyright 1981, Soft cover, 118 pages.
Christ Episcopal Church: The First Seventy-Five Years 1911-1986 by Lewis F. Fisher, Hard Cover, 206 pages, Christ Episcopal Church, copyright © 1986.
The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS) of The Episcopal Church commenced publishing a monthly periodical, "The Spirit of Missions," in 1836. The Archives History Library contains approximately 820 of the first 1224 issues of this periodical, as well an index for the years 1836-1900.
The General Convention of The Episcopal Church is held every three years. A by-product of that convention is the General Convention Journal. In addition to the information contained in the Archives History Library regarding the organizing Convention of 1789 and the conventions prior there-to, as described under History of the Episcopal Church in the United States, above, the Archives History Library includes approximately 50 tri-annual Journals of the General Convention, starting with the year 1828. Also in the library, Report to the 76th GeneralConvention, Otherwise Known as the Blue Book.
Reunion and Lambeth John Wesley's Message to the Bishops in Conference July 1920, by Sir Henry S. Lunn, softcover, 103 pages plus appendix, The Epworth Press, 1920.
Lambeth Conferences (1867 – 1930), soft cover, 303 pages, London SPCK, 1948.
Lambeth Conference 1930, Encyclical Letter from the Bishops with the Resolutions and Reports, soft cover, 200 pages, Published by the Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge – The MacMillan Company, No Date Given.
The following is a list of print resources available at the Diocesan Archives.
A History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America by Samuel Wilberforce, Chaplain to HRH Prince Albert and Archbishop of York, Hardback, 456 Pages, Publisher James Burns, 1844.
AMERICAN EPISCOPAL HISTORY by Reverend William Wilson Manross, Ph.D, hard cover, 415 pages, Publisher: Morehouse-Gorman, 1950 New York.
The Church in the Confederate States – A History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States, by Joseph Blount Cheshire, D.D. Bishop of North Carolina, New York, London, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green and Co., 1912, 128 page print out of online version.
Looking at the Episcopal Church, William Sydnor, Soft Cover, 142 Pages, June 1981, Morehouse Publishing.
The Episcopal Church in United States 1789-1931 by James Thayer Addison, 400 pages, soft cover, Published 1969.
Our Expanding Church by James Thayer Addison, 117 pages, soft cover, Published by the National Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1930.
The Life and Letters of Bishop William White edited by Walter Herbert Stowe, President of the Church Historical Society, Hard Cover, 306 Pages, Church Historical Society/Morehouse Publishing, Copyright 1987.
A Series of Brief Historical Sketches of the Church of England and of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States by M.S. Royce, 198 pages, hardbound, General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Church Book Society, "entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859.
A New History of THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, Revised and Rewritten by Walter Howard Frere, M.A., Priest of the Community of the Resurrection on the basis of the former work by Francis Procter, M.A., Vicar of Witton, Norfolk, Hardcover, 699 pages, MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1902.
Does The Protestant Episcopal Church Teach the Exclusive Validity of Episcopal Orders? by The Rev. William Goode, M.A., soft cover, 95 pages, Published by the Protestant Episcopal Society for the Promotion of Evangelical Knowledge, No Year Given.
400 Years Anglican/Episcopal Mission Among the American Indians, by Owanah Anderson (2009: Sr. Warden – All Saints in Wichita Falls), 401 Pages, Soft Cover, © 1997 Forward Movement Publications.
Jamestown Commitment – The Episcopal Church and the American Indian, by Owanah Anderson, 170 Pages, Soft Cover, © 1988, Forward Movement Publications.
Thankfulness Unites – The History of the United Thank Offering, by Frances M. Young, 85 Pages, Soft Cover, © 1997 Forward Movement Publications.
Episcopal Innovations 1960 – 2004, by the Rev. Dr. Peter Toon M.A., D.Phil., soft cover, 65 page booklet, Preservation Press of the Prayer Book Society of the U.S.A., 2006.
"To Set Our Hope on Christ – A Response to the Invitation of Windsor Report 135", soft cover, 135 page booklet, Copyright © 2005, The Office of Communication, The Episcopal Church Center, New York.
HISTORICAL NOTES AND DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, by William Stevens Perry, D. D., Historiographer of the American church. The Claremont Manufacturing Co., 1874.
VOLUME 4 – The Conventions of 1789 – Pages 392 – 416, Appendix of Documents, The Case of the Episcopal Church Considered Pages, Bishop Seabury's Communion Office, The Alterations in the Prayer Book Adopted 1789. Pages 392 – 485.
VOLUME 5 – An Index of the Principal Matters Contained in the Journals of General Conventions 1785 – 1835, Inclusive – Pages 487 – 524, A History of the Eastern Diocese by Calvin R. Batchelder (Advertisement) 40 Pages.
The Episcopal Church in Texas Volume II, 1875 – 1965, The Diocese of Texas, Hard Back, 291 pages, Lawrence L. Brown (autographed copy), Copyright 1985.
Early Days of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Texas, The Rev. DuBose Murphy, print out of 20 page article from Volume 34, Number 4 of the Southwestern Historical Quarterly (printed April 1931).
Alexander Gregg: First Bishop Of Texas, Hardcover, 156 pages, by Wilson Gregg (his son) (Author), Arthur Howard Noll (Editor), Gift from the Office of the University Librarian, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, Publisher is The University Press, © copyright 1912.
Alexander Gregg of Texas, Hardcover, by Arthur Ben Chitty, 19 page soft cover pamphlet published by the National Council in 1959.
My Heresy: The Autobiography of an Idea, William Montgomery Brown, 1981, 273 pages, softbound book.
Fifty Years, by William Lawrence, D.D., LL.D., Bishop of Massachusetts, hard cover, 93 pages, Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923.
Memories of a Happy Life, William Lawrence, D.D., LL.D. 1926, 452 pages, hard bound book. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Compendium of Church History, Andrew C. Zenos, Presbyterian Board of Publications and Sabbath School Work, copyright 1896, Revised Edition 1921, 340 pages, hardbound book.
Collection, Use and Care of Historical Photographs, Robert A. Weinstein and Larry Booth, copyright 1977, American Association for State and Local History, 232 pages, hardbound book.
"Christian Unity in War Time," softcover, 19 page pamphlet, published by The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America (Protestant Episcopal Church is a member), with picture and statement from of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
"Anglo-Catholicism and Re-Union," by the Rev. S.H. Scott, hard cover, 47 pages, Robert Scott Publisher, by William Grendon and Son, Ltd., Plymouth.
Inside History of First Baptist Church of Fort Worth and Temple Baptist Church Detroit – Life Story of Dr. J. Frank Norris , (autographed by Dr. Norris.), Soft Cover, 332 Pages, no dates or publisher information given (obviously old and fragile).
"Modernism (And Why I Fight it)," by Dr. J. Frank Norris, Soft Cover, 63 pages, no dates or publisher information given.
The J. Frank Norris I Have Known, by Dr. Louis Entzminger, Soft Cover, 351 Pages, Bible and Literature Missionary Foundation, reprinted 2004.
Fundametalism and American Culture – The Shaping of Twentieth-Century Evangelicalism 1870-1925 , by George M. Marsden, Soft Cover, 307 Pages, Oxford University Press, Copyright © 1980.
Proceedings of The Court – THE TRIAL of the RIGHT REV. BENJAMIN T. ONDERDONK, D.D. , Heresy Trials in the Protestant Episcopal Church 1890 – 1930 , by Hugh Martin Jansen, Jr., Doctorial Dissertation at Columbia University, photocopy in 3 ring binder, 351 Pages, 1965.
Note: The above six (6) publications plus a number of folders of additional reference material obtained in connection with a research project regarding an incident at Trinity Episcopal Church in 1923 – 24.


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A Brief History of Yoga
On 26th May 2018 / Blog, Indian Topics
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Origins:
The origins of yoga are lost in the mists of history, but it is safe to say that in its Indian form, it has been around for at least five thousand years. Archeological remains from this early time are virtually non-existent in the subcontinent, so much is still conjecture and the tentative putting together of all too scarce pieces of a very incomplete jigsaw.
Two tantalizing such pieces are a superbly realised figurine of a female figure (dancer, goddess?) worked in bronze a thousand years before such skills were known in Europe, and the famous steatite seal excavated at Mohenjodharo in what is now Pakistan. Mohenjodaro was one of the principle cities of the Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC) that flourished in the valley of the River Indus nearly 3000 years before Christ. This vast and well-organized urban culture, stretching through over a hundred settlements in a thousand-mile arc stretching from modern Sind (southern Pakistan) to Delhi and south to Mumbai, provides us with our earliest archeological information of civilisation in the subcontinent.
The IVC seal, barely two inches square, depicts a fertility deity. He wears horns, like the figures discovered in the ruins of early Mesopotamia, has an erect phallus, and is surrounded by wild animals – elephant, tiger, rhinoceros and bull. In front of him sits a pair of deer. Significantly, the figure is cross-legged in what looks like a yoga pose, on a low meditation couch that resembles those still in use in India today. He is considered to be the prototype of the later Hindu god Shiva, who is also known as pashupati 'Lord of all creatures'. Shiva is the source of life and time, recreating and transforming the universe through the rhythm of his eternal dance. He lives in the tranquility of the forests, like many an ascetic after him, and in his form as Dakshinamurti is the lord of yoga and protector of yogis. As such he is worshipped as 'the conqueror of death' (mrityum jaya)' and giver of joy (shankara).
Barely two inches square this seal is imprinted with a script that remains undeciphered to this day, but it acts as one of the very few links between the great cultural unity that spanned the Indo-Mediterranean world in prehistoric times (Shiva has many affinities with the ancient Greek deity Dionysius) and the first known Indian civilization that succeeded it. Like some mysterious cipher, encoded with the essential wisdom of yoga, the seal appears to transmit an esoteric teaching that since the dawn of history, has been inseparably linked with the primeval and regenerative forces that govern both man and beast.
Some time around the second millennium BCE another culture began to make itself felt in north India, that of the tall, fair-skinned Aryan people who, grouped themselves around the now underground Saraswati river that ran across the whole of North India. Their sacred wisdom was encoded in the oral transmission of their scriptures, the Vedas ('knowledge') mankind's oldest body of knowledge, dating from perhaps 2500 BCE ( = before the common era). The Vedas have many references to long haired ascetics who practiced spiritual disciplines and gained states of ecstasy, telling us they 'harnessed their minds, and harnessed their visionary insights to see the steady light they find within the hidden place of the heart when they have sung their mantras which they fashion in their heart' (Rig Veda : 1.67.2) . 'Swifter than the mind' (Rig Veda: 6.9.6) it is 'the deathless flame in living beings without which nothing whatever can be done, that immortal essence whereby all is comprehended, that which is and that which will be hereafter' (Yajurveda 34.3.4.)
It is tempting to see these wild seers as the forerunners of some of the millions of sadhus and sannyasins who are still part of the multifarious social scene in today's India; be that as it may, it is clear that there was in India a highly developed mystical teaching and practice at even this very early stage, and it almost certainly included what was later to become known as yoga.
High scholars of the sublime
who have fixed their eyes
at length on the holy source
of light penetrating through Time
interpret the experience
as God's incarnate mind,
and own their words in awe,
offering description
of sweet revelation
containing accurate signs
of that mode of thought
instructed in Eternity…
(From Allen Ginsburg: 'On Visions')
Whether the Aryan people came into India from the steppes of Southern Russia, and forcibly displaced the Indus Valley Civilisation, or whether they lived alongside the IVC for centuries as part of a unified culture, is a matter of academic debate. From the 1930's on the former theory was unchallenged; today the latter is gaining ground, two of its proponents being the well known 'yoga academics', Georg Fuerstein and David Frawley.
What is beyond doubt is that the Aryans preserved their knowledge through an oral tradition in Vedic, an ancient incantatory language that was to be the precursor of classical Sanskrit. Sanskrit itself is the oldest known of the Indo-European languages, a family that includes ancient Greek and Latin as well as the Germanic and Celtic tongues – in effect all the modern European languages except Hungarian and Finnish. The seers and custodians of this knowledge were the rishis who through their meditations received and transmitted the truths of the universe gained during states of expanded consciousness.
The sacred rituals of the Vedic peoples centred on the fire offering (yagya), through which the priests contacted and placated the hidden subtle energies (devas) that they believed exist behind the scenes of daily life and control its outcomes. This highly specialized job was the responsibility of the hereditary priestly caste, the brahmins. At the same time, what we know as yoga seems to have been practiced by people who were not necessarily brahmins, though many of the teachers were of priestly background, and the demands made on aspirants for yogic knowledge were stringent. Thus at this early stage we seem to see a division between a concern with accruing benefits in daily life through yagya, and pure knowledge of reality through the physical and contemplative disciplines of yoga; in other words the split between religion and spirituality.
The urge for unmediated spiritual experience in time gave birth to a further category of literature, the Upanishads, which date from about 800 BCE – roughly contemporary with the Old Testament. The word Upanishad means the inner or mystic teaching and is derived from upa (near), ni (down) and s(h)ad (to sit), i.e., sitting down near the teacher to learn from him the esoteric doctrine. The Upanishads develop Vedic doctrines, emphasising such topics as yoga and meditation, karma, reincarnation and enlightenment. Thus the Vedic corpus became formalized into:
Karma kanda: the organisation of individual and social life;
Upasana kanda: priestly skills of performing rituals and use of mantras;
Gyana kanda: the contemplative teachings on pure knowledge, to which the Upanishads and the early instructions on yoga belong.
Yoga and the sacred literature:
There are two principle categories of sacred Indian literature:
Shruti: 'the Heard'
These are the four Vedas – Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda. Each Veda has four parts:
Samhita (800-500 BCE): Hymns praising the Supreme Consciousness under different names;
Brahmana (800-500 BCE): Prose manuals of ritual and prayer for the guidance of the priests;
Aranyaka (800-200 BCE): Philosophical discussions about worship, ritual and meditation;
Upanishad (800-200 BCE): Treatises on philosophy, metaphysics and enlightenment.
Smirti: 'the Remembered'
The popular epics (itihasa) the Mahabharata (the world's longest poem), and the Ramayana, are the best known of the smirti texts, which also include religious, moral and educational treatises. They were composed from 500 BCE onwards.
The 18th chapter of the Mahabharata, which is known as the Bhagavad Gita ('Song of God') is one of the most popular scriptures. Dating from about 400 BCE, it takes the form of a dialogue between Lord Krishna and Prince Arjuna, the archetypal everyman-hero and is a teaching on living according to dharma, which means Natural Law or, in theological terms, the Will of God. The category of smirti also covers the stories of the gods, collected together in collections called the eighteen puranas ('ancient writings') such as the Shiva Purana, Linga Purana, Devi Purana etc. These include the most loved scripture about Krishna, the Shrimad Bhagavatam.
All of the scriptures listed above contain references to yoga in its various forms.
Yoga and philosophy
Yoga is considered one of the six orthodox systems of Indian philosophy (astika sat darshana), and is traditionally paired with Sankhya. Sankhya is concerned with establishing and defining the difference between consciousness (purusha) and matter (prakriti-gunas), and yoga is concerned with experiencing the difference directly.
Yoga and 'Hinduism':
Sometime around the beginning of the common era, there emerged the body of beliefs, knowledge and practice that the West calls 'Hinduism' and the Indians call sanatana dharma, 'the Eternal Truth'. This extraordinarily rich and varied corpus contains much of the Vedic and Upanishadic teachings mentioned above, but emphasizes in addition the worship of deities through image and temple, and the ordering of life through various duties, rites of passage, familial obligations and social responsibilities. Yoga can be practiced as part of this general socio-religious framework, or as a personal means of development that has nothing to do with it.
Similarly, several non-Hindu traditions originating in India -, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism and the Indian schools of Sufism – make use of yoga in some form or other. It seems that yoga – using that word in its most general sense as the practical means of 'uniting' with the Divine – forms the contemplative and purifying heart of many (and some would say all) of the world's great religions.
Yoga texts:
Of the many yoga texts throughout the ages, four stand out:
The Yoga Sutras
Goraksha Samhita
Gherand Samhita
Hatha Yoga Pradipika.
The two most useful texts for most students are:
The Hatha Yoga Pradipika: 'The Self-effulgent light of Hatha Yoga'
Dating from the 15th century CE (?) this is one of the classics on Hatha Yoga, and is attributed to Swatmarama, a 15th century saint who was closely associated with the Nath school of adepts, which has historically nine principle gurus and 84 siddhas as its teachers. Swatmarama was the follower of another great Nath Yogi, Gorakhnath, (12th century?), under whose leadership the Nath Sampradaya underwent its greatest expansion. Gorakhnath is credited with a number of works, the most important of which is the Goraksha Samhita. Nath yogis take as their chosen deity Shiva, the lord of yoga.
The HYP falls into four chapters of more or less equivalent length. It contains much material that can be classed as tantric (see below).
Chapter One: Asana deals mainly with asanas and diet;
Chapter Two: Shatkarma & Pranayama deals mainly with different types of pranayama and purificatory techniques;
Chapter Three: Mudra and Bandha deals with mainly kundalini, prana and the subtle body; mudras and bandhas;
Chapter Four: Samadhi deals mainly with samadhi, kundalini and various teachniques to bring about the state of enlightenment.
Complied by Patanjali in perhaps the 3rd century BCE, the sutras present the most succinct and pure overview of the principles of yoga as they pertain to consciousness, in what is known as Raja Yoga: the Royal Way. Patanjali's position on the hierarchy of yoga conforms to the later words of the Goraksha Samhita: 'The systematic teaching of Hatha yoga is like a ladder. Those who wish to reach the higher realms of the Royal Way climb up it'. Thus in four chapters he devotes only a few general sutras to asana and pranayama, preferring to dwell at length on morality, the practical challenges on the path of development, karma, the nature of the mind, meditation, samadhi, and especially, the Self. A whole chapter is devoted to siddhis or supernormal abilities.
The different 'types' of yoga:
It is usually said there are many types of yoga, each presenting a different path to realization of the Supreme and each suitable to a particular type of person. In practice though, while one particular way may be a preferred initial approach, they all tend to overlap and complement each other, and can best be seen as a holistic way of catering to the different facets of the complex conglomerate that is the human individual.
The seven main 'types' are:
· Hatha yoga: works to purify the gross and subtle bodies;
· Mantra yoga: utilizes subtle sound to effect changes in the psycho-physical structure;
· Laya yoga: enlivens the evolutionary energy (kundalini) dormant in the subtle body to bring about enlightenment;
· Karma yoga: undertakes selfless action dedicated to the Lord as the way to evolve;
· Gyana (jnana) yoga: employs refined discrimination to sift out Reality from the confusion and falsehood obscuring it;
· Raja yoga: the way of self-transcendence through deep meditation;
· Bhakti yoga: the way of self-transcendence through devotion to the chosen form of the Divine.
A word about Tantra:
Often inextricably associated with yoga, Tantra is normally understood to be a body of teaching that arose in north east India, around the 8th century CE. This teaching was concerned with:
the structure and functioning of the subtle body or subjective nervous system (prana, chakras, nadis, sushumna etc);
the energies operating within this subtle body, very often experienced as deities, and particularly the evolutionary force personified as the great Goddess (shakti, kundalini),
the procedures for enlivening, controlling and directing these energies through ritual (puja), sound (mantra) and various objects, principally symbolic geometric diagrams (mandala, yantra).
While it is certainly true that there existed tantric schools from the 8th century onwards, especially in Bengal, each with their own special texts (tantras; agamas) it is also the case that all of the exoteric religions in India contain, if you dig deep enough, teachings and practices that can legitimately be called 'tantric' by the above definition, and this is certainly the case with yoga. What is more, much of what we call 'tantric' teaching is prefigured in the magical lore of the Atharva Veda, almost two millennia before the school's appearance in 8th century.
Academics tend to explain these congruencies as resulting from one school's 'influence' on another, as if Indian religious groups formed their world-views through a process of intellectual accretion, like a group of Western philosophers building up an intellectual structure through debate, by accepting or rejecting concepts from various sides. But it is direct experience (anubhava) that has always been both the means and end of Indian spirituality, and this is gained through a process of ongoing experimentation on the human body and mind. Given the almost universal consistency of human beings, it is hardly remarkable that similar truths were uncovered by different groups at different times, all delving deeply into the inner workings of the human being. It is therefore perhaps useful to see Tantra not so much as an exclusive historical school, but more as a stratum of inner experience shared by all those who journey deep enough into consciousness, always allowing for the fact that this stratum will be interpreted and articulated according to the preferred conceptual models and vocabulary of the particular group in question.
Those esoteric schools that directly dispense with any exoteric teaching, and are only and immediately concerned with the subtle body and its energies can of course rightly be called tantric, but this should not necessarily imply that they came to 'influence' such religions as Sikhism, Buddhism or theistic Hinduism. All these have very different perspectives, yet each contains intrinsically 'tantric' strata hidden beneath their surface.
Waters of Life
Whereby the waters flow, that is a form of the Truth' Rig Veda.
Water is the mother of civilisation, as fire is its father. Early cultures naturally clustered on the banks of the great arterial waterways – Indus, Nile,Yangtze, Ganges and dozens of others – using the precious substance for drinking, washing, cooking, irrigation as well as healing and ritual purposes. Thus religion fits into a natural cycle linking human and divine: from rain comes rice, from rice comes wealth, from wealth comes patronage, from patronage comes worship and from worship comes rain. But Mother Nature can withhold as well as give, or give too abundantly, and many of the sites in this book owe their existence to the painstaking engineering necessary to manage water and outwit the vagaries of drought and flood. The ancient civilisations of Sri Lanka and above all, Cambodia, were particularly skilled in creating systems of storage and distribution that have never been bettered.
Water is life. It has always been seen as a gift of the gods by both sea-faring and landlocked Asia, a necessity that is itself divine. Many rivers are considered sacred to this day, especially in India, where their water is believed to have healing powers. The Sanskrit word for pilgrimage spot is tirtha meaning 'ford', and each of the liberated saints of Jainism, perhaps India's oldest religion, is called a tirthankara – 'one who has crossed over' the ocean of suffering and death. The confluence of two rivers is especially holy.
This reverence for water is found throughout Asia: in Thailand a river is called mae ('mother'); in Bhutan streams are used to turn giant prayer wheels; the Tibetans read omens from images in their sacred lakes, while the ancient Khmers had their rivers flowing over images of the gods to empower the water and ensure the health of the crops.
'When unleashed, the mighty waters generated the mother of all…from there was the one life-breath of the gods breathed forth' Rig Veda.
Water is the supremely feminine element: nourishing, slow, lunar, adaptable, always able to find its own level and imbued with the invincible strength of patience – a single drop repeated often enough will cut through the hardest stone. Flowing downwards from its crystalline source, its purity becoming gradually clouded by the earth it passes through, water is a perfect analogy to the Divine radiance, increasingly obscured by its own material creation.
The almost sacramental status afforded water by traditional societies is due to an instinctual affinity we humans feel with the substance. All life originated from the sea, we spend the first nine months of our life floating in water, our bodies are ninety percent water and we live on a watery planet. This last is particularly so, of course, for those who live in tropical or semi-tropical climes; no one who has not experienced a monsoon can imagine its primal power. As a result we are deeply familiar with the laws of nature that govern water. Even today in those parts of the Orient where villagers living on or by water move home with the monsoon tide – perhaps six or seven times a year – it is possible to witness the ancient yet vital relationship our species has always enjoyed with water, in sacred, economic, dangerous and pleasurable ways.
'May the divine waters be propitious to our worship, may they be good for our drinking: may they flow round us and be our safety and our health' Rig Veda
It is in everyday religious ritual that this intimate relationship water is most charmingly expressed. Hindu images are lovingly lustrated with sacred water, and other watery liquids – milk, ghee, honey,coconut juice; Buddha images receive bowls of water as offerings, and the naturally adaptable flowing of water is seen as the ideal mode of behaviour for the Taoist sage. The potent combination of racial memory and everyday reality made it inevitable that water would play a central role in the earliest mythologies. In Hinduism, the Golden Egg, seed of all manifestation, emerges from the primal waters to generate cycle after cycle of creation, in Chinese myth the world rests on a giant turtle floating on the heavenly waters, while the Buddhists picture the various universes as fabulous islands rising out of the cosmic sea.
Girls Marry Frogs
Perhaps surprisingly, the above headline does not come from a 1970's feminist tract, but actually tells of two seven-year-old girls from a remote village in neighbouring Tamil Nadu who recently married frogs in an intriguing wedding ritual. The young brides, Vigneswari and Masiakanni, hail from the village of Pallipudupet in Villupuram district. The wedding ceremony, a highlight of the annual Pongal (harvest) festival, was conducted to prevent the outbreak of mysterious diseases in the village. As such, it forms part of a clutch of ancient Hindu kanya rituals that involve young girls as the embodiment of The Goddess and thus vehicles and symbols of fertility and the continuance of life.
The girls wore gilded wedding saris and gold jewellery and married their amphibian grooms in front of hundreds of villagers. The frogs were tied to long sticks decorated with garlands for the lavish marriage ceremonies. The subsequent celebrations had all the usual elements of a traditional marriage, including a sumptuous feast.
Sadly, there was apparently no fairy-tale ending, as neither frog transformed into a handsome prince. In fact, Vigneswari and Masiakanni weren't even required to share a marital kiss with their husbands. Both brides simply bid their grooms farewell before returning to their normal lives. As for the frogs, after the ceremony they were gently thrown back into the temple pond, where they no doubt assumed instant celebrity status.
This custom of marrying frogs is rooted in a story of the god Shiva found in the Puranas, scriptures going back over two thousand years that are the source for countless Hindu legends, beliefs and practices. Following a quarrel with his wife Parvati, Shiva, the Lord of Transformation, turned himself into a frog and hopped off in a sulk. Goddess Parvati cried for days, and her divine misery caused disease to spread throughout the nearby villages. When the villagers asked her for help she told them to go and find the frog-Shiva and plead with him to marry a young girl; this was the only way the curse could be lifted. She herself then cleverly took the form of a delightful young girl, and when Shiva, well-known for his roving third eye, promptly agreed to marry her, both deities returned to their original divine forms and were re-united. The outbreak was cured, and all lived happily thereafter. We heartily wish the same benign fortune to Vigneswari and Masiakanni and, of course, their nameless husbands.
(It should perhaps be added that The Hermitage is a place that welcomes both humans and frogs. Both species appear to enjoy sunbathing: the former by the pool, the latter by the lotus ponds. After dark they can be observed near the garden lights, where they crouch patiently immobile, waiting to catch their supper. The frogs, that is…)
The Story of Lord Ganesh – God of Good Beginnings
On 25th May 2018 / Blog, Indian Topics, Spiritual Teachings
Despite his strange appearance, Lord Ganesh is often the Hindu deity that Westerners feel most drawn to. With his elephant's head and plump baby's body, Ganesh is the god of good beginnings and the remover of obstacles. He should be invoked at the start of any project or undertaking. But how did such an important deity get his strange form?
Lord Shiva and his wife Parvathy were living together on Mount Kailash in the high Himalaya. One day, Shiva had to leave unexpectedly. In his absence, Parvathy decided to take a bath, and while there, decided that she needed somebody to stand guard at the door so she wouldn't be disturbed. Scooping a handful of soapy foam, she fashioned a magical son from it. She placed the boy outside the door to stand guard with strict instructions not to let anybody in. Lord Shiva returned suddenly. Hearing where his wife was, he went to the bathroom to see her only to be met by this young guard he had never seen before. He demanded to be allowed in, but was refused entrance. He demanded again and was refused again. After the third refusal, he lost his temper and with the fire of his third eye, blasted off the little fellow's head. Hearing the commotion, Parvathy came out of the bathroom and saw her magical son lying dead. She lambasted her husband who, full of contrition, vowed to restore the boy to life by giving him the head of the first creature he could.
As it happened, a royal elephant lumbered into the courtyard at that moment. Taking his magical trident, Lord Shiva removed its head with one mighty blow and stuck it on to the little body.
Thus was born Ganesh. To compensate him for such terrible treatment, Lord Shiva granted Lord Ganesh the boon that henceforth, he would always have the right to be worshipped first of the gods. To this day, if a Hindu is worshipping a deity, he will first invoke the blessings of Lord Ganesh, the most loved of the Hindu gods.
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Muslims face threats and attacks in Sri Lanka - HRW | Tamil Guardian
Muslims in Sri Lanka continue to face the threat of mob violence and arbitrary arrests amongst other abuses warned Human Rights Watch (HRW) today, as it called on the government to do more to protect the Muslim community.
"The ethnic violence and human rights violations that many Sri Lankans have suffered are now being directed against Muslims," said Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director at HRW. "The Sri Lankan government needs to take a stand against discrimination and intolerance, use the law to punish those responsible for abuses and protect, rather than target, vulnerable people."
Sri Lankan authorities have reportedly arrested hundreds of Muslims arbitrarily with the vast majority of arrests occurring under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). HRW described the PTA as "a long-abused law that the government pledged to the United Nations Human Rights Council to repeal".
In addition, the government has "failed to protect Muslims during communal rioting," it added, with senior officials making "little effort to discourage public campaigns by religious figures that put the Muslim community at greater risk".
"The Sri Lankan government has a duty to protect its citizens and prosecute those responsible for the terrible Easter Sunday bombings, but it shouldn't be punishing the Muslim community for this crime," added Ganguly. "It's crucial for the authorities to act swiftly to stop mob violence, threats, and discrimination against Muslims."
See more from HRW here.
29 June 2019 : Muslim doctor subject to Sinhala newspaper smear campaign detained illegally
19 June 2019 : Prominent Sri Lankan monk calls for boycott of Muslim shops and stoning of doctor
19 June 2019 : Muslim politicians reappointed as ministers
29 May 2019 : Released BBS leader pledges to 'expose Islamist militancy'
Muslim doctor subject to Sinhala newspaper smear campaign detained illegally
Prominent Sri Lankan monk calls for boycott of Muslim shops and stoning of doctor
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Even though my entryway to anime seems so mainstream, what really pulls me to anime is the cutting edge storytelling. A lot of concepts and stylings are really exciting and not being told in the Western world and I can't get enough of it.
I hope to share the same passion and views that I have with the world.
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There are several different colors and prints to choose from. I really did love the floral prints but I wanted a comfy shoe that I could wear often and have it go with my dress pants so I went with black. But there are several other color choices and prints to choose from. The cream floral is my favorite!!I may have to break down and add that to my collection.
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Same Old, Same Old: Why the Structure of Boy Groups Needs a Makeover
The saying "if it's not broke, don't fix it" is a well-known one, and can be applied to films, books, magazines…pretty much any kind of media. Yes, creativity and originality are the driving forces that keeps K-pop from going under; but it still operates within a very small sphere of formulae conceived to bring us, the fans, exactly what we want. Rarely is this more obvious than in the makeup of a group.
I'm going to focus on the boys, mainly because I have a better grasp on more of their characters. Now before you grab the flaming torches and pitchforks in order to point out each idol has a completely different personality, I'm not saying they don't. But they each have a persona they have to pretty much stick to. It's not at all unusual. I mean, one of the greatest girl-groups of all time (if you count album sales) are the Spice Girls, and they were literally their own labels; Scary was fierce, Baby was cute, Sporty was energetic and focused, Posh was glamorous and Ginger was, well, ginger. This has nothing to do with talent; it's about the roles each idol plays.
The more you think about it, the more it becomes true. Take Big Bang and SHINee, two groups at the top of their respective fields. While plenty of people, myself included, are both Shawols and VIPs it's clear the two group have different styles. Big Bang push the boundaries of K-pop by mixing a variety of sounds, such as R&B to produce songs that often sound a lot more Westernised than you average K-pop song. Their fashion is unique bordering on the outrageous, and there are blatant sexual overtones and middle fingers galore.
On the other hand you have SHINee, who stick very much to enjoyable, "safe" pop. I'm not saying it's not high-quality, but it's hardly far-out; this is SM we are talking about. They dress in the latest — therefore rather predictable — fashion, avoid scandals like the plague, and while the older members might be creeping towards their mid-twenties, the noona-bait image has never really gone away. Different ends of the spectrum, so why are there so many similarities?
I can't help but think it comes down to this fact: the makeup of the groups are very similar.
Say you're a fan of Minho because he's charismatic, silent, and when he looks at the camera with those eyes and speaks in that deep voice, it feels as if he's talking to you, and he thinks you're the sexiest thing on the earth. You think you'd like Big Bang, but who is going to turn your stomach to butterflies now? Don't worry, Big Bang has T.O.P, and he's perfectly capable of doing exactly the same thing. True, he tends to be more suggestive, and backstage footage reveal him to be something rather more childish, but nevertheless, you get the same deal in different wrapping.
But actually, you're more of an Onew fan, he's funny, a bit of a fail, but still pretty handsome. Aren't those qualities that Daesung also possesses and uses in much the same way? Key's a fashionista, creative, can be a little cruel but there's a caring, motherly element about him. His equivalent? G-Dragon. Jonghyun and Taeyang mirror each others soulful but playful attitudes (I'm sure their challenge with gravity really is a coincidence ). In fairness I can't really draw huge parallels with Seungri and Taemin because Taemin has retained alot of the magnae agyeo while Seungri has used his solo ventures to shed his. But the two of them do pull in the majority of the older fans (if my undercover internet sleuthing is correct).
This repetition means that fangirls will always be guaranteed to find their bias type in a group, even if it is at the expense of the idols' true personas. Super Junior have taken it a step further — almost every possible preference seems to have been covered. True, it might be based on their actual personalities, but don't delude yourself into thinking there are not scripted reactions and statements that idols must say, even if those things are far from what they would do if they were not in the public eye.
If you strip away the often thin veneer of natural personality, you get a formula that has been used again and again, it's evident from Super Junior and DBSK, to Beast, to Infinite, and pretty much any other boy group you care to name. It's already clear in newcomers B.A.P and I can almost guarantee EXO will be a perfect example when they finally debut.
But to be fair, without this structure what would we have? A group of clones, each the same as his fellow members? I love Key to bits, but I wouldn't want a group full of boys exactly like him, it would give me a migraine. No, what I want to see is idols that are a little different. I want a group where the soulful one studied nanotechnology and talks at length about it on Star King. I want noona-bait to turn up an hour late to concerts with a cigarette in his mouth, lovebites down his neck and dried blood on his knuckles. I want the funny one to have a string of casual affairs and refuse to apologise, while the bad boy is happily married to his secondary school sweetheart.
It would be a disaster, and it's exactly what K-pop needs, even if it doesn't like it.
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I was using the frontend and ios criterias before (javascipt, html/css, node.js, swift, obj-c and so on).
Recently I've tried to search for jobs in completely different field – game developemnt and Unreal Engine.
But after changing the criterias and even when I'm explicitly search for "Unreal Engine" I still get only frontend or ios jobs. The same for the alert emails – they are still about frontend positions.
I can't see any job alerts associated with the account you posted with. Is it possible you have more than one account? What email address were the job alerts sent to; you can send it to me at dward@stackoverflow.com and I'll take a look.
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Christmas in Puerto Vallarta: 'La Noche del Gran Milagro' returns after pandemic
With a cast of 33 actors, 'La Noche del Gran Milagro' (The Night of the Great Miracle) takes up the traditional pastorelas with a contemporary touch.
'La Noche del Gran Milagro', is already a Christmas tradition in Puerto Vallarta, which with the support of the municipal government and the Institute Vallartense de Cultura, begins a brief season on the esplanade of the Cuale Cultural Center.
After a period of absence due to the pandemic, the pastorela written and directed by Professor Alberto Fabián Sahagún Orozco, returns to its home, the esplanade of the Cultural Center located on the island of the Cuale River, to delight the people of Vallarta with its original and colorful history.
Prior to the pandemic, Alberto Fabián Sahagún said he was nervous and excited before the start of each season, which is painstakingly prepared to offer the public a dignified and refined show, in which not only excellent actors are available, but also care has been taken down to the smallest detail of scenery, costumes, lighting and the different elements that influence this project.
"Not many shows can last so many years on stage, that every Christmas they have a season and that every day the space is packed with the public; so we do believe that it is a show that we should bet on in the sense of a most refined artistic work and all the theatrical elements that accompany it," he commented.
The presentations will take place from December 16 to 22, with a daily performance at 8:00 p.m. Free entry.


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Roll-out of new emergency generation capacity in South Africa increasingly in disarray
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By Chris Yelland
Following the announcement on 18 March 2021 of preferred bidders for 2,000MW of new emergency generation capacity in South Africa, the 'non-negotiable' timelines for both financial closure by end July 2021 and power to the grid by mid to end 2022, are looking increasingly unlikely. In addition, the local content designated by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition for plant and components procured under this Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement programme is proving to be significantly unrealistic.
Chris Yelland is managing director, EE Business Intelligence.
Some 1,220MW or 61% of the 2,000MW of dispatchable generation capacity procured under the Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement (RMIPPP) programme is to come from three floating power plants (powerships) and floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs), all leased from Turkish company Karpowership and moored in South African harbours for 20 years.
Already, Karpowership has successfully applied for exemption from the local content designated by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) for ships, in the request for proposals documents of the IPP Office of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE). The powerships, FSRUs and all associated onboard equipment will come fully equipped, with no local content.
Furthermore, the powerships are fuelled via fully imported liquified natural gas arriving from abroad periodically in tankers to fill up the FSRUs. After regasification, the natural gas obtained is piped to fuel the gas engines driving the generators in the powerships.
A legal challenge by an unsuccessful bidder, DNG Energy, is expected to be heard in court from 14 to 16 July 2021, and could put a spanner in the works. DNG Energy claims that the award of preferred bidder status to Karpowership was irregular and corrupt and that DNG Energy, with its land-based gas-to-power offering, should be substituted as preferred bidder in place of Karpowership.
In addition, the decision by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment to refuse the applications by all three Karpowership projects for environmental authorisation, and the subsequent internal appeal announced by Karpowership, is also likely to delay financial closure of these projects.
Even if the internal appeal by Karpowership to the environment department succeeds in reversing this decision, it is expected that this would simply trigger legal proceedings in the courts by environmental groups, in further efforts to prevent the projects from proceeding.
Achieving financial closure by the end of July 2021 for the eight projects making up the balance of 780MW of dispatchable generation capacity to be procured under the RMIPPP programme is also looking to be increasingly unlikely.
This 780MW of dispatchable power would comprise 160MW of wind, 1,700MW of solar PV, 640MW of battery storage and 350MW of diesel/gas to power. There are indications that developers and financiers are in discussions with the IPP Office, and that an extension of two months to end September 2021 for financial closure may also be on the cards for these projects.
The local content designation by the dtic for solar PV panels is also in significant disarray.
First, since announcing the eight preferred bidders incorporating some 1,700MW of solar PV within their projects, it has come to light that Hulamin has closed its aluminium extrusion and anodising lines for the frames of the solar PV modules and that the aluminium frames will now have to be fully imported.
Thus, the 65% local content designated by the dti for the aluminium frames cannot be met. The two potential local manufacturers of solar PV modules in South Africa (ARTsolar/LONGi and Seraphim) have since applied for and obtained exemption from the local content designated by the dtic for the solar PV module frames for the RMIPPP programme. Such exemption, however, has not been obtained for Bid Window 5 of the REIPPP programme at this stage.
Second, the ambitious timelines initially proposed for local assembly of solar PV modules for the 1,700MW of solar PV projects of the RMIPPP programme would appear to have been overstated and unrealistic.
In an article by this writer widely published in the media on 20 April 2021, ARTsolar indicated that it would commence local assembly, testing and quality assurance of 540 W, Tier 1 certified, LONGi solar PV modules in August 2021 from a new ARTsolar factory with a capacity of 500MW per year. Solar PV panels would be stockpiled and delivery to project developers would start in the first quarter of 2022.
Latest information from ARTsolar is that it has still not finalised the importation of the machinery for the new factory from the overseas suppliers, because no committed letters of intent or orders have been received by ARTsolar/LONGi from developers yet. This is perhaps not entirely surprising since financial closure has always been envisaged to end July 2021.
ARTsolar now indicates that instead of the new 500MW per year LONGi solar PV module assembly line being up and running by August 2021, it intends to upgrade its existing assembly line in Pinetown to a 200MW per year, Tier 1 certified solar PV module assembly line by January 2022. The new 500MW per year, Tier 1 certified assembly line would then only be ready to supply by March 2022 at the earliest, with all of this subject to committed orders from developers, in time to justify the new facilities.
There is significant disquiet in the industry among the successful developers and their financiers for the RMIPPP programme, as well as potential bidders for Bid Window 5 of the REIPPP programme, about the ability of ARTsolar/LONGi and Seraphim to deliver locally assembled, Tier 1 certified, solar PV modules, meeting the timeframes and volumes required, and with the minimum local content initially designated by the dtic for both anodised aluminium module frames and the solar PV modules themselves.
Discussions are therefore in progress between developers, financiers, ARTsolar/LONGi, Seraphim, the dtic and the IPP Office to obtain a partial exemption from the designated local content requirements of solar PV modules for the RMIPPP programme, and possibly also for Bid Window 5 of the REIPPP programme.
With a partial exemption, a portion of the solar PV modules to meet the 1,700MW of solar PV for the RMIPPP programme would be required to be locally assembled, with the balance allowed to be fully imported.
This, of course, raises some interesting issues in respect of the allocation of locally assembled and imported solar PV modules among the projects of the RMIPPP programme, noting that locally assembled solar PV modules come at a higher price to the project developers, compared with fully imported solar PV modules.
It is also very unlikely that a developer would allow solar PV modules from two independent manufacturers with different product specifications, on a particular solar PV project. The most that a developer may allow on a particular solar PV project is locally assembled, Tier 1 certified, solar PV modules from ARTsolar/LONGi or Seraphim, used with identical, imported modules manufactured by LONGi or Seraphim in China respectively.
This would lock in LONGi and Seraphim solar PV modules for the full requirements of the 1,700MW of solar PV capacity for the RMIPPP programme, which ARTsolar/LONGi and Seraphim would likely consider to be quite appropriate, as it is they who have stuck their necks out with local solar PV module assembly facilities for the RMIPPP and REIPPP programmes ahead.
The significant disarray in which the minerals department's RMIPPP programme finds itself clearly indicates the silos in which the dtic, environment department, the IPP Office, Eskom, developers, financiers and local manufacturers exist. This points to the need for far more effective communication and engagement among these energy sector participants, in the national interest. DM
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Gina Schroeder says:
Thanks Chris,
I for one hope that the Karpower stays sunken and is not implemented.
Our Government is wonderful at red tape and bureaucracy but nothing else it seems.
How is dear Mr Mantashe progressing on his 100MW "permits". The 100kW to 1 MW is mostly impossible to register with Nersa as it is.
Love it if you could pull together an article on how much Solar C&I space is actually being installed at the moment. Last I have as relatively reliable is 180 – 200 MW in I think 2018 via the old PQRS website and Canadian Solar who had a 150MW target that year.
Based on industry movements that I am seeing and EPC contractors that are installing over 1 MW a month I would assume we are at least 300MW per annum.
Does anyone out there have better info?
Peter Bartlett says:
SHOCKING! if you'll excuse the pun 😂 and were it not so serious, laughable too. And sounds very much like even if the left hand knew there was a right hand there's even less chance either hand would know what the other needed to do. At best, the sound of one hand clapping 😥 Thanks, as always, for an insightful article.
Alley Cat says:
P-up and brewery come to mind… Just fascinating that Karpowership got an exemption for local content, but not the reset of the potential bidders? HMM, seems the ANC HAVE figured a way to extract trough feed from the sun… What a useless bunch!
Ian Hall says:
I've heard that in the earlier REIPP rounds, now that the developers want to refinance their debt, the government is asking for 50% of the upside?! This is a material breach surely, since the developers would've modeled the lower finance rate when bidding!? Talk about political risk…
William Stucke says:
How can Solar PV and Wind power be considered "dispatchable"? The sun is shining or it isn't. The wind is blowing or it isn't. The operator has no control at all, and cannot supply power when requested. Without storage, intermittent supplies have limited utility.
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Rub out haziness with turpentine or ammonia.
Haziness on a wood tabletop may be the product of a build-up of old wax, but often it occurs because moisture has been trapped under the finish. As long as the wood hasn't sustained any damage, rubbing with any one of a number of substances may remove the cloudiness.
Before you expend too much elbow grease, it's a good idea to give the tabletop a thorough cleaning with a solution of wax-cutting detergent and warm water, then allow the table to dry. If wax build-up was the problem, the haziness should be gone. If the table still is hazy, however, it's time to go for a stronger cleaner.
After soaking a clean cloth in water and wringing it out, dip it in turpentine or a 50-50 solution of ammonia and water. Rub the wood vigorously, going with the grain, until the haziness is gone. If some spots are more hazy than others, you may need the extra cleaning power of lemon oil, cigarette ash or a walnut meat. Once the haziness is gone, a coat of furniture polish or wax should restore the finish sheen.
Deziel, Chris. "How to Fix a Wood Tabletop That Looks Hazy." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/fix-wood-tabletop-looks-hazy-86571.html. Accessed 19 April 2019.


From which episode is this screenshot?
Which of these witches killed Mami in episode three?
Who was Kyoko best friend?
What is the name of the episode in which Mami dies?
Who designed the characters of Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica?
What was the original air tanggal of the first episode "As If We Met in a Dream..."?
What was the originally set air tanggal for the final episode?
What is Mami's witch form, Candeloro's nature?
What is the name of Madoka's cat?
How many time resets Homura had done?
What episode is this screenshot?
After Kyoko died at chapter 9 where is she?
What is the new character Nagisa's primary weapon?
What was the name of Episode 3?
Which episode is this screenshot?
What episode is Kyoko's first appearance?
Which of them has a scabbard?


This established winery has 5 acres currently under vine with the infrastructure already in place to increase the vineyard. Grape varieties (mostly well established, some new plantings) includes Shiraz , Cabernet, Merlot, rare varieties of Borrocal for Cognac, Petit Manseng, as well as being one of only two wineries in the region to produce the variety Fiano, a grape primarily grown in southern Italy. Yields have been steadily increasing with a projected forecast of 15 tonne of grapes annually.
The property offers a unique combination of lifestyle & income with potential for so much more! Situated 6 kms from Ballandean village this property is centrally placed in the wine tourist area of the Granite Belt. Bitumen road access & being close to the New England Highway means it is in the perfect position to establish a cellar door/café and accommodation. The lovely meandering approach through the vines to the elevated house and shed with views over the vineyard are an ideal setting to establish a cellar door.
But its not all about wine! An estimated 60 acres of bushland and 27 acres of cleared & fenced paddocks complete with animal housing, makes the perfect opportunity to run sheep, goats or even a horse stud, rounding off what could be your new quiet rural lifestyle.
There is plenty of water with around 100,000L of current rain water tank storage + 2 dams, perfect for irrigating vines & fruit trees. Expansive roofing of the house & sheds means that even more water can be harvested with the installment of more water tanks.
The original farm house has had many improvements over the years while still maintaining its original charm. 4 good sized bedrooms, central living area with wood burning fireplace, original 12 ft ceilings and air-conditioning, & large dining area allows for plenty of living space.
The modernized kitchen is complete with gas stove top & electric oven, dishwasher, wood fire combustion stove & walk in pantry. There is also separate 2 bedroom accommodation complete with kitchenette, bathroom, gas hot water - ideal for staff or extended family visits.
The 5 bay tractor shed has plenty of room for storage or to be converted back into the original barn. The impressive extra large 12m x 22m packing shed has been divided to utilize space. Incorporating a workshop & ripening room, the sliding door opens up to north west views of distant mountains making it ideal for the Cellar Door deck and sitting area.


Soap superstar who played Ferris' mom within the iconic 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Time Off. Her shows in Sleepwalkers, Kid in Laws, and Her Hidden Truth bolstered her popularity. She obtained her soap picture in the 1980 film Evening Games. She performed Dr. Novino within the strike TV play St. Somewhere else. She once was wedded to Lyman Ward, whom she fulfilled on the group of Ferris Bueller's Time Off in 1986. She co-starred within the 2008 unbiased film The Community Barbershop with John Ratzenberger.


Professional sportsmen are special. Special in lots of ways. Physically obviously. Mentally as well.
The latter often not as lauded as the former. Indoor training is challenging me more mentally than physically. It is sometimes difficult enough to drag myself out on a road bike for training, I'm finding the Indoor Trainer harder despite its ease: ease of accessibility, ease of set up, ease of kitting up – shoes and shorts, maybe a jersey if my sister is in the house. That's it. Good to go in 2 minutes.
What's the problem? It's warm, safe and convenient?
In part, it's the lack of visual stimulus (nothing beats being outside, riding in the real world) but most of all its static. Done right, the legs burn but distance is only a number on a screen, a sterile statistic. All that effort gets you nowhere.
That's just life. It could be worse I could be going backwards. Like our World. I'm not talking about world politics (2nd Cold War anyone?), climate control (new Coal Power Stations please), or intolerance (re-rise of the Fascists). Whilst cycling no where I was thinking about riding a bike. In Hull. Recently the Guardian ran an article about Hull in the 1950s being a cycling city.
Now it isn't. It's choked by stagnant, stationary traffic. It still has all the raw materials to be a cycling city but its collective mind-set has adopted the car as its mass-transport of choice. There's little progress.
As I churn out virtual kilometres (hoping to be match fit/ firing on all cylinders in Spring), I consider that being made to slow down, stop, look backwards is part of moving forwards. Stop freewheeling and learn from our past mistakes (1930s Rise of Fascism / 1960s Cold War tensions / 1980s Acid Rain) and ask ourselves: what's worked before to get us back on track?
Nothing wrong with re-inventing the wheel, especially if there is nothing wrong with the wheel first time round.
Whilst motivation can be hard to find I'm not going to give up on staying put to move forward just yet. When you hear a professional cyclist say "I've spent the Winter in the Wind Tunnel" I won't envy them but I will respect them – constantly looking at ways to go forward, faster, harder, better.


This beautiful renovated home is full of charm and character. Freshly painted throughout this three bedroom home boasts two double bedrooms with polished timber floors and wardrobes and a single size carpeted bedroom. The formal lounge has an ornamental fireplace, air-conditioning and provision for gas heating. enormous open plan kitchen / dining with french doors to a covered rear entertaining deck. The kitchen has gas cooking and a dishwasher. Fully enclosed yard with shed/workshop and plenty of off street parking.


A large, broad crowned deciduous tree with light green palmate leaves that emerge in spring, each with 7 spreading, ovate to oblong leaflets. The leaves mature to dark green in summer; autumn colour is usually yellow and brown. Showy double white flowers with red or yellow markings appear in upright terminals in mid spring. This variety produces no fruit.
Soil: Prefers chalk soil, but will grow well in all soil types.


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Adam and Eve: Temptation. Fine Art Print/Poster/Canvas. Sizes: A3/A2/A1
Aertsen, Pieter: The Healing of the Paralytic, Pool of Bethesda. Fine Art Print. (004031)
Albrecht Altdorfer: The Beautiful Virgin of Regensburg. Fine Art Print. (4080)
Angelico, Fra and Lippi, Filippo Fra: The Adoration of the Magi. Biblical Fine Art Print (004173)
Angelico, Fra: The Healing of Palladia by Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian. Fine Art Print. (4172)
Arpo, Guariento di: The Archangel Gabriel. Religious Fine Art Print. (00485)
Attila The Hun in the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493). Art Print/Poster. (4917)
Baldung Grien, Hans: Adam and Eve. Biblical Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (00448)
Bassano, Jacopo (Jacopo da Ponte): The Good Samaritan. Fine Art Print. (001306)
Berndtson, Gunnar: Almée, an Egyptian Dancer. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (0035)
Blake, William: Christ Appearing to His Disciples After the Resurrection. Fine Art Print. (003552)
Blake, William: Christ as the Redeemer of Man. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (00451)
Blake, William: Dream of Thiralatha. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (003554)
Blake, William: Jacob's Ladder. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (003578)
Blake, William: Job and His Family Restored to Prosperity. Fine Art Print. (003550)
Blake, William: Joseph of Arimathea Preaching to the Britons. Fine Art Print. (003553)
Blake, William: Milton, a Poem, To Justify the Ways of God to Men. Fine Art Print/Poster (4951)
Blake, William: Pity. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (00447)
Blake, William: Raphael Warns Adam and Eve. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (00452)
Blake, William: Songs of Innocence and of Experience - Holy Thursday. Fine Art Print/Poster (5227)
Blake, William: The Last Supper. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (003551)
Blake, William: The Temptation and Fall of Eve. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (00454)
Bloch, Carl Heinrich: Angel with Jesus Before Arrest in Garden of Gethsemane. Print/Poster (5149)
Bocklin, Arnold: The Deposition. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (004256)
Bosch, Hieronymus: Christ Crowned with Thorns. Religious Fine Art Print. (00860)
Bosch, Hieronymus: Hermit Saints Triptych. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (001447)
Bosch, Hieronymus: Saint Jerome Praying. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (00859)
Bosch, Hieronymus: Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos. Religious Fine Art Print. (001444)
Bosch, Hieronymus: The Adoration of the Magi. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (001448)
Bosch, Hieronymus: The Garden of Earthly Delights. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (00233)
Bosch, Hieronymus: The Haywain. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (00858)
Bosch, Hieronymus: The Last Judgement. Religious Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (001443)
Bosch, Hieronymus: This is a Human (Ecco Homo). Religious Fine Art Print. (00862)
Bosch, Hieronymus: Triptych of the Martyrdom of St Liberata. Religious Fine Art Print. (001446)
Botticelli, Sandro: Christ Crowned with Thorns. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (001882)
Botticelli, Sandro: Madonna and Child. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (001881)
Botticelli, Sandro: Pallas and the Centaur. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (001889)
Botticelli, Sandro: Passion of Christ. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (001466)
Botticelli, Sandro: The Adoration of the Magi. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (001890)
Botticelli, Sandro: The Annunciation. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (003534)
Botticelli, Sandro: The Birth of Venus. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (00310)
Botticelli, Sandro: The History of Lucretia. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (001409)
Botticelli, Sandro: The Mystical Nativity. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (001879)
Botticelli, Sandro: The Primavera. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (00245)
Botticelli, Sandro: The Punishment of Korah and the Stoning of Moses and Aaron. (001888)
Botticelli, Sandro: The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti I. Fine Art Print. (001887)
Botticelli, Sandro: The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti II. Fine Art Print. (001886)
Botticelli, Sandro: The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti III. Fine Art Print. (001885)
Botticini, Francesco: Assumption of the Virgin. Fine Art Print/Poster (5380)
Bouguereau, William Adolphe: Dante and Virgil in Hell. Fine Art Print. (00444)
Brenet, Nicolas Guy: Isaac Blessing Jacob. Biblical Scene, Fine Art Print. (001503)
Briullov (Bryullov), Karl: The Last Day of Pompeii. Fine Art Print. (00597)
Bronzino, Agnolo: The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist. Fine Art Print. (001981)
Bronzino, Agnolo: The Holy Family. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (001978)
Brooke, Richard Norris: A Pastoral Visit. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (004058)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter: Christ Carrying the Cross. Religious Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (00872)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter: Christ Driving the Traders from the Temple. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (002003)
Brugghen, Hendrick Ter: Christ Crowned with Thorns. Fine Art Print. (002165)
Brugghen, Hendrick Ter: The Calling of St (Saint) Matthew. Fine Art Print. (002148)
Brugghen, Hendrick Ter: The Incredulity of Thomas. Fine Art Print. (004029)
Brugghen, Hendrick Ter: The Liberation of St. (Saint) Peter. Fine Art Print. (002150)
Buoninsegna, Duccio di: The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew. (004161)
Buoninsegna, Duccio di: The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel. (4162)
Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Coley: An Angel Playing a Flageolet, 1878. Fine Art Print/Poster (450)
Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Coley: Perseus and Andromeda. Fine Art Print/Poster (4355)
Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Coley: The Annunciation. Fine Art Print/Poster (4356)
Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Coley: The Star of Bethlehem. Fine Art Print. (004057)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Amor Victorious. Fine Art Print. (001483)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Boy Bitten by a Lizard. Fine Art Print. (002061)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Christ at the Column. Fine Art Print. (00116)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Crucifixion of Saint Peter. Fine Art Print. (002081)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: David with the Head of Goliath. Fine Art Print. (002074)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Death of the Virgin. Fine Art Print. (004250)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Ecce Homo. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (001485)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Entombment. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (001484)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: John the Baptist. Fine Art Print. (002071)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Judith Beheading Holofernes. Fine Art Print. (001481)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Madonna of Loreto. Fine Art Print. (002078)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Madonna of the Rosary. Fine Art Print. (002076)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Madonna with the Serpent. Fine Art Print. (002077)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Martha and Mary Magdalene. Fine Art Print. (002085)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Narcissus. Fine Art Print/Poster. Sizes: A4/A3/A2/A1 (001480)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt. Fine Art Print. (002064)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Rest During the Flight from Egypt. Fine Art Print. (00461)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Rest on the Flight into Egypt. Fine Art Print. (002091)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Saint Catherine. Fine Art Print. (002083)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy. Fine Art Print. (002082)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Saint Jerome Writing. Fine Art Print. (001486)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Salome with the Head of John the Baptist. (002070)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Sleeping Cupid. Fine Art Print. (002092)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: Supper at Emmaus. Fine Art Print. (0024)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: The Adolescent Bacchus. Fine Art Print. (002093)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da: The Annunciation. Fine Art Print. (004247)


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2020 stocktake found health IT systems vulnerable to 'significant' cyber attacks
By Phil Pennington, RNZ, Wed 26 May 2021
The government and district health boards were warned last year the country's health IT systems are vulnerable to "significant" cyber threats.
An IT stocktake for the Ministry of Health found the IT systems lacked "tools to detect security attacks".
It noted a "lack of technical support for data security".
The DHBs also lacked skilled IT staff to focus on security.
Use of insecure and non-integrated systems was widespread, and IT infrastructure, networks and security were not up to it, the stocktake said.
"These are outdated and not adequate to support the introduction of new systems and to manage the increased cyber security issues," it said.
"While digital health has become critical to the delivery of services, there are significant risks to services from a lack of system capacity, resilience and business continuity arrangements."
There was lack of money, and a large number of "obsolete" systems - but virtually no end to the multiplicity and duplication of them:
DHBs had up to 6000 devices in use, many old and not supported
Northern Region's four DHBs had 1200 apps in use by exasperated staff
Security policies and training were lacking
Large numbers of users repeatedly joined and left agencies as they did training, without being removed from systems
In the Northern Region - where the four DHBs were those most widely surveyed - 60 percent of core systems at data centres had no disaster recovery arrangement in place.
The five data centres were in "average to poor condition".
Half of all DHB operating systems nationwide needed upgrading by 2020 to avoid being out of support from vendors.
It is unclear where that got to.
It also remains unclear if the MOH followed through, after Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield asked after the stocktake for DHBs to look at what spending could be reprioritised into IT upgrades.
The MOH is responsible for the security of the shared health systems.
A more detailed IT stocktake was ordered last year and is meant to be done by next year.
The first stocktake said $2.3 billion was needed to address the "ageing", "slow" and "not fit for purpose" IT.
But 90 percent of current IT funding was just going into keeping old systems limping along.
The MOH said from mid-2020 it was working on revised principles to guide IT upgrades that are meant to be put in place this year.
The aim was for more consistency, and to accelerate cloud adoption to "support improved security and system resilience".
Asked to update the public on this work, the ministry said in a statement:
"The ministry provides advice and assistance for DHBs and other health sector agencies to help ensure they are prepared and they have appropriate security systems in place and have access to advice.
"All health agencies will be involved in a series of investments to improve security - this includes using the latest patches for known software vulnerabilities as well as regularly implementing software upgrades to improve security.
"A key part of the ministry's assistance is helping with information and advice to support significant IT upgrades planned by sector agencies as investment decisions are considered and prioritised by individual agencies."
The health and disability system review in 2020 said: "Planning for the level of digital technology needed to support an effective health and disability system is lagging behind.
"The quality of data, the ability to transfer data securely, and the interconnectedness of the various systems operating around the country are all barriers."
This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and is republished with permission.
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An air ambulance has landed in a field in Potters Bar
Crews are still at the scene
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An air ambulance has landed in a field in Potters Bar this afternoon.
The air ambulance was spotted at around 11.30am today (Friday, December 27) close to Cotton Road and Hatfield Road.
An image, taken by a local resident, shows the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance in a nearby field with one of the crew members standing outside.
It is currently unclear why the air ambulance has landed in Potters Bar or where the incident is that the paramedics are attending to.
The East of England Ambulance Service say that they are "still currently on scene", but are unable to provide an update at present.
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Creating an experience which inspires trust.
Our Award Winning (!!) Visual Creator, Alana is getting married this year, and on a recent dress shopping trip was reminded of the importance of building a connection with people in order to build a good relationship.
This week I bought a wedding dress. I am actually getting married, this isn't one of the random purchases for a Purple Monster event of any kind. And don't worry, I will not turn the lovely weekly newsletter into a wedding blog…I am not that kind of bride. But what I was interested in was the experience.
At Purple Monster we are convinced that good experiences come from making good connections. So how was the once in a lifetime wedding dress buying experience for me?
The answer: very different in two very similar boutiques, (apparently, you have to call them boutiques; turns out wedding etiquette can be complicated). My budget, venue and timescales were all set but my super objective was to find THE dress. I also had some sub objectives like; try on ridiculous dresses, have a go at things out of my comfort zone, feel fancy, feel good, feel relaxed, feel comfortable and have fun!
Boutique one delivered on all of these fronts.
Welcoming – I was immediately offered a seat and given a coffee. Good start. I like coffee.
Friendly– The assistant, Sheeny and I chatted about ourselves, our families and friends and most importantly, what our favourite cheese was. After half an hour I was already showing her pictures of my dog.
Honest– when a dress made me look like a rectangle, she agreed with me that it made me look like a rectangle and offered alternatives.
Respectful – giving my mum and I some time to chat through each dress I tried on and being aware when I needed a bit of space and then chipping in with conversation, opinions and advice.
Attentive – I felt like I had her full attention. Each dress was analysed thoroughly and either in the maybe pile or the no pile. I felt like the only bride in the world!
Unfortunately, Boutique two didn't match up. There was no upfront chat, no getting to know me. I was talked over and did not feel listened to. They weren't disrespectful but I left feeling a little, well, disappointed. – she didn't even know I had a dog.
Alana, along with our team of creative practioners, are able to use a vast toolkit of visual skills and techniques to build a connection with an audience and convey a message with authenticity and a human focus.
Now, I am not for one moment suggesting that buying a wedding dress is the same as being in business but the principles of making good connections is pretty universal right?
Humans need humans- we are tribal creatures, full of complex emotions. Taking the time to get to know your fellow people builds familiarity, trust and respect. Any major or minor workplace challenge is a lot easier to approach with a friend to confide in.
Give people the time and attention relevant to the situation. Be present and listen to what your colleagues have to say. Respect one another. It is one of the oldest sayings in the book.
If you are head down and hard at work, remember once in a while to look up and see what the rest of your team are doing and if you can, support where necessary.
There are many other aspects to creating a good relationship and connection with people but these just stood out for me. Boutique 1 made the whole experience that bit more amazing. The connection built between the assistant and me made the whole experience enjoyable, put me at ease and it gave me confidence that I made the right decision at the end of it all. Sub objectives: achieved. Super objective: Achieved. I've got the dress!
Whoever said wedding planning was stressful?
If you want to help inspire trust in your organisation by creating positive experiences then get in touch with Alana on alana@purplemonster.co.uk.