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The Woman Competition
Tom Atkinson
Yes, it's another Frightfest film getting it's official UK release. But this time, it's a really good one.
The Woman caused quite a stir at it's UK premier and was so popular at the Film4 fest, that they decided to show it twice!
It tells the tale of a country lawyer, who upon finding a feral woman whilst out hunting, decides to take her home and domesticate her with the help of his family. Things don't go smoothly though as the woman isn't easily changed…
Director Lucky McKee's harrowing but darkly comic study of the darkness of human nature, The Woman, has polarized opinions since its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The film's journey to the UK has taken in a premiere at FrightFest, where it was one of the most talked about and enthusiastically received films, a UK-wide cinema release and from 17th October 2011, The Woman will be available to buy on DVD and Blu-ray.
To celebrate we have a limited edition cinema poster signed by Lucky McKee and Pollyanna McIntosh AND a Blu-ray copy of the film to give away to one top prize winner, plus 2 runners-up will receive a Blu-ray.
Which British artist sung the song 'All Woman'?
A: Lisa Mansfield
B: Lisa Stansfield
C: Liza Tarbuck
Find out more about The Woman at the official website – http://www.thewomanfilm.com/
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British Curling NCA December Mixed Doubles Tankard
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Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat (photo: Perthshire Picture Agency - Graeme Hart) picked up where they left off last season when they claimed the first mixed doubles title of the season in the British Curling Mixed Doubles Tankard event staged at the National Curling Academy in Stirling.
Their 8-5 defeat of Vicky Wright and Grant Hardie in a final that they took control of in the first half, opening up a 7-1 lead by the fourth of the scheduled eight ends, avenged their only defeat of the round-robin stages and followed a 7-5 semi-final victory over another two of their regular team-mates in women's and men's competition, Eve Muirhead and Bobby Lammie.
Reigning Scottish champions Mouat and Dodds had both been denied a chance to compete at two World Championships last season when the Covid pandemic forced the cancellation of the mixed doubles, as well as the men's and women's events.
However, five-time mixed doubles and three-time men's national champion Mouat, has consistently expressed gratitude for the opportunities that elite players have been provided to keep training and playing in events such as this week's and was delighted to continue in winning ways, his men's rink having won both events they have played in at the September Shoot-Out and the November Classic.
"We were obviously disappointed to miss out on the Worlds last season. It would have been nice to experience that with Jen," he said.
"But this felt like a wee bit of redemption for not getting to play that World Championships, because this event was always going to be tough, playing against great opposition."
While the bulk of their training is with their respective men's and women's teams, they have been playing together regularly in British Curling's mixed doubles league which, played every Friday, brings a different dynamic to training.
"This was a wee bit different," Dodds observed, however.
"Usually we only play two games on the Friday and then nothing until the following week, whereas we've had a succession of three game days this time, so it was a bigger test of your fitness and obviously with Bruce being a skip (in the men's game) he was sweeping a wee bit more than he normally does, so it tested him in particular."
Mouat responded to that teasing in good-natured fashion, acknowledging that the workload is different to that normally undertaken by those calling the shots, resulting in a badly blistered hand.
"My hands are maybe a bit fragile, maybe a bit dainty, a bit cute, so I'll have to toughen them up a bit," he laughed.
He noted, though, that he does have vast experience so knew what to expect.
"I've obviously played mixed doubles a lot, so I realise what sweeping does to your body and the toll it takes, but it's good to know that I'm able to get stones in positions that I want them in when I'm sweeping. As much as it's never going to be the best it could be, because I'm always trying to get better, right now it feels pretty good."
Their target as a partnership is to make that belated World Championship appearance this season and getting the better of their leading domestic rivals was a major step in that direction.
"I feel like we're in a good position," said Dodds.
"We learned a lot even from the Scottish last year and I think we've taken that forward into this year, so I think we're in a good place just now and in control of our tactics and our technical side."
While he has played in four previous World Mixed Doubles Championships, Mouat pointed out that much has changed since he last did so three seasons ago.
"It'll be a bit different to what I experienced, because there aren't as many teams any more and it's groups of 10, rather than seven or whatever it was," he explained.
"So, it'll be more games in a shorter space of time as well which could be quite tough for whoever goes and even if we practise as much as possible I don't think it's just going to be the same as when you get there. Events like this will really help us to prepare for a World Championship."
That remains a medium term goal, whereas their immediate focus is on facing one another with Team Mouat facing Dodds and her Team Muirhead colleagues in the opening match, as another change of dynamics is added to this week's event with British Curling's men's and women's teams facing one another in the December Superspiel which will continue through to the weekend.
"I think the game tomorrow morning will be entertaining since we've been playing together for the last three days, so it'll be good to get to back into teams and even though we're team-mates just now there's a lot of rivalry when we get back in our teams," said Dodds.
The December Superspiel matches start at 9.00am Thursday 17 December and regular updates on the event's broadcast schedule will be available from British Curling's Facebook and Twitter channels and to watch live streamed games from the event throughout the week please visit: www.youtube.com/c/britishcurling
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Eight Legislature photo of Mayor and Councillors
From left to right - Mr Ismael Dalli (Councillor), Mr Thomas Debattista (Councillor), Ms Darlene Vella (Deputy Mayor), Mr Joseph Abela (Mayor), Mr Neil Portelli (Councillor), Mr Christian Pace (Councillor), Ms Anabelle Marmara (Councillor).
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From left to right - Mr Paul J. Pace (Exec. Sec.), Mr Ismael Dalli (Councillor), Mr Keith Darmanin(Councillor), Mr Paul Farrugia (Deputy Mayor), Mr Joseph Abela (Mayor), Mr Francis Agius (Councillor), Mr Lawrence Bonavia (Councillor), Mrs Doris Vella (Councillor).
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From left to right - Mr Maurice L. Mallia (Exec. Sec.), Dr Omar Caruana LLd (Councillor), Ms Maria Doris Vella (Councillor), Mr Lawrence Bonavia (Councillor), Mr Paul Farrugia (Mayor), Mr Francis Agius (Deputy Mayor), Mr Keith Darmanin (Councillor), Mr Ismael Dalli (Councillor).
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Behavioral analysis of NR2C knockout mouse reveals deficit in acquisition of conditioned fear and working memory
Brandon G. Hillman, Subhash C. Gupta, Dustin J. Stairs, Andres Buonanno, Shashank M. Dravid
Department of Psychological Science
Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience
N-methyl- D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors play an important role in excitatory neurotransmission and mediate synaptic plasticity associated with learning and memory. NMDA receptors are composed of two NR1 and two NR2 subunits and the identity of the NR2 subunit confers unique electrophysiologic and pharmacologic properties to the receptor. The precise role of NR2C-containing receptors in vivo is poorly understood. We have performed a battery of behavioral tests on NR2C knockout/. nβ-galactosidase knock-in mice and found no difference in spontaneous activity, basal anxiety, forced-swim immobility, novel object recognition, pain sensitivity and reference memory in comparison to wildtype counterparts. However, NR2C knockout mice were found to exhibit deficits in fear acquisition and working memory compared to wildtype mice. Deficit in fear acquisition correlated with lack of fear conditioning-induced plasticity at the thalamo-amygdala synapse. These findings suggest a unique role of NR2C-containing receptors in associative and executive learning representing a novel therapeutic target for deficits in cognition.
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Hillman, B. G., Gupta, S. C., Stairs, D. J., Buonanno, A., & Dravid, S. M. (2011). Behavioral analysis of NR2C knockout mouse reveals deficit in acquisition of conditioned fear and working memory. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 95(4), 404-414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2011.01.008
Behavioral analysis of NR2C knockout mouse reveals deficit in acquisition of conditioned fear and working memory. / Hillman, Brandon G.; Gupta, Subhash C.; Stairs, Dustin J. et al.
In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Vol. 95, No. 4, 05.2011, p. 404-414.
Hillman, BG, Gupta, SC, Stairs, DJ, Buonanno, A & Dravid, SM 2011, 'Behavioral analysis of NR2C knockout mouse reveals deficit in acquisition of conditioned fear and working memory', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, vol. 95, no. 4, pp. 404-414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2011.01.008
Hillman BG, Gupta SC, Stairs DJ, Buonanno A, Dravid SM. Behavioral analysis of NR2C knockout mouse reveals deficit in acquisition of conditioned fear and working memory. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 2011 May;95(4):404-414. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2011.01.008
Hillman, Brandon G. ; Gupta, Subhash C. ; Stairs, Dustin J. et al. / Behavioral analysis of NR2C knockout mouse reveals deficit in acquisition of conditioned fear and working memory. In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 2011 ; Vol. 95, No. 4. pp. 404-414.
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37TH DREAM: Swallow's Nest Mandala Revisited / "All The Little Birds"
Swallow's Nest Mandala Revisited / "All The Little Birds"
This morning while reading at our local newspaper's website just before 7 a.m., I noticed this headline for an evening musical event. For some reason -- unclear to me but significant in its outcome -- I clicked on the headline to read more. These days I rarely go to any events in the evening because I go to bed very early so that I can wake up between 4 and 5 a.m. without needing an alarm clock and get 8 to 9-1/2 hours of sleep. For that matter, I rarely go to live music events or public gatherings, preferring to spend my social time in walking and in meeting with friends daily at breakfast time.
There was something compelling about the intensity of the gaze of the young woman next to young man in the news article's photo, and the mention of "Child Ballads" drew me in further. Next I clicked on the link to Anaïs Mitchell's website, while musing that she was likely named after Anaïs Nin. There I found myself moved by the fascinating shifting nature of the image on the cover of the album she had recorded with Jefferson Hammer. Entering the website, I clicked on "Media" and went to her videos. I scrolled down, and the words "Mad River Rising" caught my eye, as I had spent some time years ago near the Mad River in Humboldt County in Northern California. What also caught my eye was the name "Daniel Houghton" as the director of the video and that the animation was done by students at Middlebury College in Vermont. On my mother's side of the family are people named Haughton who came from Ireland to Canada to New England, and I idly wondered if Daniel Houghton were a distant relative. I also thought of bev and her new stringed instruments from Vermont.
This is a classic example of how I am drawn into the internet by chance clicks that lead me places I never expected to be -- where I feel things I never expected to feel, where things I never expected to heal can begin to heal through the creative efforts of others.
Before I left to meet with my friends, I had watched the first half of the video and found myself in tears but didn't want to be late for my friends.
I didn't realize how much I had needed the relief of unexpected tears in these few days after the anniversary of my father's death in 2003 and the anniversary of yet another time that my Richard nearly died but was resuscitated in 2008. He lived for another month -- just long enough for me to be able to visit with him in the ICU before he died in the afternoon of April 20, 2008.
The pattern now seems to me to be of four little birds.
Watching this little animated film today was healing for me on so many levels. I take heart when I see what younger creative people are doing with their energy these days. Although I won't be able to stay up late to hear Anaïs Mitchell and Jefferson Hammer in person, I am grateful to have discovered them today through the magic of the internet.
Anyway, six degrees of separation in action.
Sabine -- Yes. Lovely and strange. Fills me with wonder and gratitude. I'm still a little teary. In a good way.
The music and the animated movie are wonderful. Yes, so good to see such works being created by young people.
This has been an odd week for me too. For most of last weekend, I felt the need to let go of my emotions for awhile. There were a couple of things that got me thinking about my dad (who also died on St. Patrick's Day 1999 at the age of 69), and also of Don who was becoming increasingly ill in March 2008. I wondered if I would be up to playing at the St. Patrick's Day jam that our celtic group had planned. Fortunately, there is something about making music that lifts the spirit so much that all turned out well.
Your description of "chance clicks" on the internet is so familiar. There is a certain serendipity about some of these explorations!
bev -- Good to know that you made the decision to play at the St. Patrick's Day jam. For me, those decisions are important turning points, and I find that I have unexpected inner resources as a result.


When the books of the twelve Minor Prophets in the Bible were ordered, an effort was made to place them chronologically. However for a few of them, namely Joel, Obadiah and Jonah, that placement was not very accurate.
Jonah was certainly the earliest of the recorded Prophets, and should have been placed before Hosea. Jonah was a memory in the days of Jeroboam 1 (2 Kings 14:25) and Hosea began his prophesying closer to the end of Jeroboam's long tenure as king of Israel. Obadiah wrote when Jerusalem was already destroyed, and therefore should have been placed much later in order, after Zephaniah and before Haggai. Chapter 3 of Joel shows that the prophet wrote after the Assyrian deportations and before the fall of Jerusalem. Therefore he should have been placed in order next to Nahum.
If we could reorder the Minor Prophets, we should have Jonah, then Hosea, Amos and Micah, who were all contemporary with Isaiah, then Nahum and Joel who both seem to have been not long before Jeremiah and Ezekiel, then Habakkuk and Zephaniah who were both in the days of Josiah and contemporary with Jeremiah and Ezekiel, then Obadiah, and then after the time of Daniel we have the post-captivity prophets Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.


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Biz optimism falls to four-year low
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FILIPINO companies' optimism on the economy dropped to a four-year low in the second half of 2019 despite bullish prospects in terms of revenue and profitability.
The Philippines ranked 10th are record low, among the 32 countries surveyed for the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR).
Data showed the Philippines posted a 67 net optimism rate, the lowest since the first quarter of 2016 and 17 percentage points lower than the 84 percent recorded in the first half of 2019.
Optimism dropped the past six months even as 57 percent of the companies surveyed have grown their revenue by more than five percent in the last 12 months.
Two-thirds of firms retained an optimistic or very optimistic economic outlook for the Philippines but this is down 17 percentage points from the first half of 2019.
Expectations of the mid-market to grow revenue have slightly decreased from 70 percent in the first half of 2019 to 68 percent in the second half, while profit expectations have decreased from 80 percent to 71 percent.
Revenue and profit expectations both declined -- although more modestly in comparison to the fall in optimism -- and both remain strongly positive at around more than 70 percent.
The IBR said 44 percent of mid-market companies in the Philippines expect their exports to increase even if expectations have actually decreased from 59 percent in the first of 2019 to 44 percent in the second half.
Export intentions declined by 15 percentage points to 44 percent although it remains almost double the 2015 to 2018 average.
However, this is below the Asean average and moving in the opposite direction to the emerging trend in Asia - Pacific.
Investment intentions are mostly down from first half of 2019, although a majority of firms still expect to increase investment expenditure over the next 12 months.
About 68 percent of business surveyed intend to invest in research and development, followed by employment (67 percent), technology (63 percent), plant and machinery (53 percent), and new buildings (53 percent).
"The latest figures are beginning to reveal the global slowdown in economic growth. On a positive note, mid-sized firms in the Philippines remain very much optimistic about their expansion," said Ma. Victoria Españo, chairperson and chief executive officer of P&A Grant Thornton.
Firms are increasingly concerned about a shortage of orders.
When asked to identify the biggest constraints to domestice growth and expansions, 40 percent of Filipino mid-sized firms cited reduced demand for their products and services, up 5 percentage points to 40 percent, the same as the second half of 2018 and the highest in three years.
Around a third of those surveyed view the availability of skilled workers and labor costs as business constraints, lower than global and Asean averages.
about 27 percen of Filipino medium-sized companies surveyed said financial constraints were a barrier to expanding their business internationally, while others also cited rule of law and corruption (26 percent) and tax codes and compliance (25 percent) as barriers.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and CAREC Institute jointly organized a workshop for CAREC member countries to share their experiences in implementing the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), which entered into force in 2017.
The workshop served as a platform for developing implementation roadmaps toward full compliance of CAREC countries with their TFA commitments.
During the workshop, CAREC countries shared ongoing activities designed to achieve TFA compliance, and identified priority areas where challenges are encountered and technical assistance is required.
Poul Hansen, technical expert from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), provided guidance in preparing national trade facilitation roadmaps anchored on the WTO TFA and shared international best practices.
CAREC countries developed and shared preliminary strategic implementation roadmaps using an integrated national and regional approach, and reflecting short- and long-term plans to comply with the TFA provisions.
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Q: Проверка работоспособности приложения Есть ли какой-нибудь удобный и быстрый способ проверки работоспособности написанного приложения в разных версиях операционной системы Windows?
Существуют ли какие-нибудь другие способы помимо средств виртуализации (VirtualBox, к примеру )?

A: Обратной совместимостью занимаются разработчики ОС, потому некоторые программы старых версий все же получается запустить в режиме совместимости.
Кстати, для тестирования сайтов существуют сервисы, которые дают оценку работы в разных браузерах.
A: Наибольшие сложности могут возникнуть с приложениями, которые работают с реестром или файлами по системным путям. При включенном UAC могут быть довольно большие проблемы с работоспособностью.
Для таких тестов есть Application Compatibility Toolkit (описание возможностей тут).
Ну чеклист Designing UAC Applications for Windows Vista.
Также серьезные проблемы возникают при использовании сторонних библиотек, версии которых, на клиентских компьютерах могут отличаться, тут помогут системные требования и локальное тестирование на все новых версиях библиотек.
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Associate Professor, Wageningen University
Aarti Gupta is Associate Professor with the Environmental Policy Group at the Department of Social Sciences in Wageningen University, the Netherlands.
Prior to coming to Wageningen, she completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship with Columbia University's Center for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO), based in Washington DC; and a Global Environmental Assessment Fellowship for two years at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Her research focuses on global environmental governance, including anticipatory governance of novel technologies and the (contested) role of science and knowledge therein, as well as questions of transparency and accountability, with an empirical focus on climate, forests, and biosafety. Publications include guest edited special issues in Ecological Economics and Global Environmental Politics, and the co-edited volume Transparency in Global Environmental Governance: Critical Perspectives (MIT Press 2014).
She has also supplemented this academic journey with working outside of academia, including with international and non-governmental organisations, such as the United Nations Development Programme in New York, Oxfam-Novib in the Hague, and Transparency International in Berlin.
At Wageningen, Aarti coordinates the "Governing Climate Futures" research theme within the Environmental Policy Group. She is also the co-founder of the REDD@WUR network, an interdisciplinary network of over 80 researchers working on the interface between climate and forest governance.
Internationally, she is Lead Faculty in the Earth System Governance research alliance, the largest social science research network on sustainability, and currently one of six Coordinating Lead Authors developing the ESG New Directions Science and Implementation Plan for the next phase of activities (2018-2028). She is also an Associate Editor of the journal Global Environmental Politics, and a member of a 15-member Academic Working Group on International Governance of Climate Engineering.
Aarti holds a PhD in Environmental Studies from Yale University. Her disciplinary background is in political science and international relations, as well as science and technology studies.


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Selma DVDs: All high schools in America will receive copies
By Andrea Towers
Atsushi Nishijima
As part of a "Selma for students" initiative, every high school in America will receive a free DVD of the Oscar-nominated film based on Martin Luther King Jr.'s march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.
The announcement came from director Ava DuVernay, who spoke at a United Nations event on Thursday. In addition to the free DVDs, companion study guides will also be available. Teachers can find those by visiting http://bazaned.com.
"Our Selma filmmaking journey has had many highlights, but to me, the response from students and educators has been the most magnificent part of the experience," DuVernay said in a statement from Paramount Home Media. "To think that this triumphant story of dignity and justice will be available to every high school in this country is a realization of many dreams and many hopes. I applaud Paramount on this extraordinary effort, and salute the teachers who will provide classes and context on the work of Dr. King and his comrades to the young minds of our nation."
Selma, which won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Original Song, is currently available on Digital HD and arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on May 5.
Lorraine Toussaint,
David Oyelowo,
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Mark Ruffalo marks July 4th with celebratory Captain America meme
Zendaya on MJ's high-flying Spider-Man: Far From Home scene
Dwayne Johnson to receive Generation Award at MTV Movie & TV Awards
Sweet Valley High movie update: Jessica Gao takes over as writer
Sarah Michelle Gellar sends Cruel Intentions costar Selma Blair a steamy throwback birthday kiss
Jada Pinkett Smith will receive 2019's Trailblazer Award at the MTV Movie & TV Awards
Inside Alien: The Play, the high school production going viral for its scene-stealing Xenomorph
Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights director surprise high school performance of musical
High school movie drama queens: A power ranking
Cruel Intentions cast spills all the details on making the seductive teen drama
Seth Rogen says Beyoncé got a standing ovation at The Lion King premiere for 'just existing'
Queer Eye's Fab 5 take over Jonathan's high school in season 4 trailer
All the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, ranked
Katee Sackhoff returns to space in first trailer for Netflix's Another Life with Selma Blair
Anthony Mackie emailed Marvel to land role: 'Yo, I'm the black dude from 'The Hurt Locker''
All the women who have played Ariel in The Little Mermaid
All the projects coming to HBO Max, WarnerMedia's upcoming streaming service
All the evil spirits of the Conjuring universe, ranked


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I just got off the phone with Dr. K's office, and things sound positive.
It was a bit surreal asking for my HCG levels again, and this time being excited that they are so low.
My level on Friday was 151, which is a quick drop. I'm hoping to continue that trend when I repeat the blood draw this Friday, October 5th.
The nurse said that once I hit zero (or less than five, which they consider zero…), I will likely have a period and normal ovulatory cycle. I am still a little unclear if that means we can start up with meds again right away, like when my next period shows up, or if we will need to wait until a full cycle passes and then start up once my next period shows.
Anyway, that's my quick update. I hope you all are having a magnificent Monday!
I believe most Dr's want you to have a full cycle before you start again. So it would be on your Next bleed.
That's what I thought… the nurse I talked to may have just not looked at my chart or something. She was talking like we were starting up with meds in a week or something. Gah!
Mostly they suggest that you have one cycle before starting to try again so that you can better calculate dates and where in your cycle you are etc.


1965-ലെ ആഡിസ് അബാബ കോണ്‍ഫറന്‍സിന്‍റെ റിപ്പോര്‍ട്ട് ബുക്കിന് ഫാ. ഡോ. വി. സി. ശമുവേല് എഴുതിയ ആമുഖം.
Malankara Church History till 1990 / Fr. Dr. V. C. Samuel Sabha Valarunnu (Indian Church History) / Fr. Dr. V. C. Samuel Adhuneeka Bharata Sabha (Indian Church History) / Fr….
Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches: A Movement Towards Church Unity / Fr. Dr. V. C. Samuel Source: The Star of The East, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1982 July-Sept.


We are one of Cornwall's key creative industries organisations, a National Portfolio Organisation part funded by Arts Council England and Cornwall Council.
Our support is delivered through programmes which can touch everyone's lives, including affordable managed workspace, skills development, a rural touring scheme, investment in projects bringing together professional artists and communities, being a creative hub, helping the cultural and tourism sectors to work more closely together, supporting young people to enter the creative workforce, international partnerships and many more.
We aim to be greater than the sum of our parts.
Creative Kernow is a charitable company limited by guarantee with a board of unpaid trustees.
Creative Kernow (formerly Cornwall Arts Centre Trust or ACT) was set up by arts activists to save the old City Hall in Truro from being sold for a supermarket site, to campaign for the creation of a proper arts venue for Cornwall and to promote performing arts events in the Truro/Falmouth area.
In 1990 the Hall for Cornwall campaign was set up independently, led by former ACT board members, and our key funders asked us to concentrate on our arts development role, running a programme of about 100 events a year across mid-Cornwall through the 1990s, and growing our work of network support for the creative sector.
By 1997 the old City Hall had been rescued from developers and reopened as the Hall for Cornwall, so ACT started to reduce its promoting work and gradually focused more on sector support.
We made our first successful European Social Fund bid, running a mentoring programme based around business planning skills for small businesses. This was followed by the establishment of Cornwall Arts Marketing with our first grant from the European Regional Development Fund.
The European Objective One programme started – a key factor in the growth of Cornwall's creative sector over the next few years.
Carn to Cove was established, supporting rural communities in Cornwall to promote events in their local venues.
Creative Skills was set up – the key skills development agency for the creative industries in Cornwall, running Open Studios Cornwall and providing advice and training, funded mainly by the ESF programme. Creative Skills established ArtsMatrix on behalf of the Arts Council, with employees right across the SW region – this project was passed back to ACE in 2006 and was run by Plymouth College of Art for a few years. Cornwall Arts Marketing bid successfully for more than £3 million of ERDF funds for its work on raising the profile of Cornwall's arts sector.
Supported by the new Creative Kernow sector agency (whose name we have adopted as the agency has closed), ACT began work on our long-term flagship project to develop offices and studios for the Creative Industries.
We purchased the recently redundant old Grammar School in Redruth from Cornwall County Council and after some refurbishment began using the buildings as offices and studios.
Our site, formerly known as "The Old Grammar School", was rebranded as Krowji, which is Cornish for workshop or shed. We raised funds from ERDF and the Regional Development Agency and appointed architects to begin the long process of redevelopment.
FEAST was born – an Arts Council funded programme which invests in community and artist-led projects and events in Cornwall, acting as an advisory group and invigorating local festivals.
Cornwall Arts Marketing evolved into the European Regions of Culture Campaign which then moved into Cornwall Council's creative team in 2010.
We received planning permission for Phase I Krowji Redevelopment – the main challenge then was to raise the commercial funds needed to match our potential European grant.
We successfully raised £1.4 million from Triodos Bank and private investors for Phase 1 of our capital scheme, enabling us to submit our ERDF application in the spring of 2013 – this was recommended for approval subject to negotiations on land and highways conditions, so we were able to press ahead with the appointment of a project management team.
Our Cornwall 365 cultural tourism project was awarded £340,000 by Arts Council England for a three year programme of work to improve collaboration between the culture and tourism sectors.
Our ERDF application for £1.9 million was formally approved and work on Phase 1 finally commenced on site in March.
On 5th June we opened our new Percy Williams Building with 50 new studio spaces.
ACT was rebranded as Creative Kernow, a name which we all agreed better reflects what we do now.


Secretary Pruitt was a hero to me because he dispelled the unfounded basis for many of the last president's environmental policies. He cleaned the swamp. He instituted new, environmental-friendly and realistic initiatives and asked his staff to follow EPA's mandate, not their personal political preferences. He was a courageous man doing battle with an entrenched bureaucracy, for which I give him high praise.
I was saddened to read that Representative Beyer, my representative in Congress, is so misinformed about Secretary Pruitt.


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Was Bhakti Movement Anti - women?
By K.V. Ramakrishna Rao, B.Sc., M.A., A.M.I.E., C.Eng.(I)., B.L.,
odern scholars have perceived, conceived, debated and interpreted Bhakti movement differently – reactionary (implying diehard, retrogressive, regressive), sectarian (conveying partisan, cultist, non-conformist), counter-sectarian (against other sects, groups. communal), ideological, feudal, anti/non-Vedic, anti/non-Brahmanic, anti-women and so on1. The saints who were previously considered as reformers are dubbed as cult leaders, sectarian gangsters, sectarian leaders, sectarian heads, political agents and so on2. Here, the anti-woman aspect is taken up for study.
About the role of women in the Bhakti movement, certain interpretation has been given that the movement –
Curtailed progress and freedom of women.
Took away their rights considerably.
Women were considered ignoble, contemptible and inferior.
Thus, they were treated badly.
Males dominated relegating women to background.
Even Bhakti literature was operated to achieve such ends.
Religious scriptures were employed to sanctify such move and so on.
In short, it was a movement directed to suppress and oppress Indian / Hindu women. Reliance is placed upon the very words of the saints, religious leaders and others. Kabirdas, Tulsidas, Surdas, Kesavdas, Gurunanak, Dadu dayal, Shankaradeva, Chaitanya and others were depicted as such oppressors and suppressors, who are hitherto considered as reformers, revolutionaries and torch bearers of equality, egalitarianism and ultimate utopian society3. This contradicting, conflicting and negating interpretations are not only intriguing but also interesting to a researcher to analyze the issue critically and investigate the facts of myth and reality leading to such interpretations.
To tackle the issue directly, the famous sati is taken first, as it has projected as the most heinous crime committed against womanhood. Incidentally, it is an accepted fact that sati became prominent with the invasion and the rule of Muslims. History books too faithfully record Purdah system, sati, child-marriage, restriction on the liberty of women etc are the effects of Delhi Sultanate rule and the interaction of Islam with Hindu religion. Therefore, one can note that the cited effects had direct bearing on women of India, which are now interpreted as social evils.
What is revealed in the incidences of Sati and Jauhar?
It is evident that most of the modern writers, journalists and researchers have confused the issue of Rupkanwar without knowing the meaning of and difference between the words and concepts of sati and jauhar.
We find so many such incidences of which some famous ones are noted here as follows:
Samyogita, the daughter of Jayachandra married to Prithwiraj, sacrificed her life when Prithwiraj was killed by Mu'izuddin Muhammad of Ghur5.
When Chitor was besieged by Alauddin Khilji, Padmini and other women preferred heroic death to a disgraced existence by plunging into jauhar (self-immolation)6. Col. James Tod narrates:
"But another awful sacrifice was to precede this act of self-devotion in that horrible rite, jhar, where the females are immolated to preserve them from pollution or captivity. The funeral pyre was lighted within the 'great subterranean retreat' in chambers impervious to the light of day, and the defenders of Chitor beheld in procession of the queens, their own wives and daughters, to the number of several thousands. The fair Padmini closed the throng, which was augmented by whatever of female beauty, or youth could be tainted by Tartar lust. They were conveyed to the cavern, and the opening closed upon them, leaving them to find security from dishonour in the devouring element "
When Sultan Bahadur shah of Gujarat (1534-35) sieged and sacked Chitor, hundreds of Rajput women under the leadership of Karnavati, burnt themselves in jauhar7. The incidence is described by Tod as follows:
"The infant Udai Singh, was placed in safety with Surthan, prince of Bundi, the garrison put on theor saffron robes, while materials for johar were preparing. There was little time for the pyre. The bravest had fallen in defending the breach, nor completely exposed. Combustibles were quickly heaped up in reservoirs and magazines excavated in the rock, under which gunpowder was strewen. Karnavati, mother of the prince, and sister to the gallant Arjun Hara, led the procession of willing victims to their doom, and thirteen thousand females were thus swept at once from the record of life. The gates were thrown open, and the Deolia Chief, at the head of the survivors, with a blind and impotent despair, rushed on his fate. Bahadur must have been appalled at the horrid sight on viewing his conquest (1533/1534) "
When Akbar directed Asaf Khan I to invade Rani Durgavati, she fought courageously against the Muslim army. But, when her army was defeated and she herself was injured in the battle, she preferred to die than to be caught by the alien forces. She stabbed herself to death to save her honour.
Here, some important questions arise:
1. Why women should fight with Muslim armies?
2. Why they should self-immolate themselves or jump into fire etc., after getting defeated or they were surrounded by the Muslim army?
3. Why such incidences should have been recorded by the Muslim chroniclers and European travellers and administrators?
4. Why historians and history book writers prominently record the incidences of sati and jauhar, but keep silence about the cause, reason and circumstances leading to such incidences?
5. What was the mod psychology behind the self-immolation of more than one woman even up to thousands as has been faithfully recorded, even though they were not married?
It is evident that interpreters of Bhakti movement have not gone into these details before accusing the saints as oppressors and suppressors of women. But without mincing the words, the questions are to be answered. An attempt is made as follows:
1. History proves that most of the north Indian women had to face and experience the scourge and violence of the Muslim invasion in one way or the other. The Rajaput women virtually fought with them in the battles to save their kingdoms, royal rights and honour.
2. The habit and obsession of the Muslim army had been to capture, kidnap and abduct Hindu women after their victory. Their target had been on the civilian women also, irrespective of their martial status. After their sexual exploitation, they used to enslave them in their houses to do domestic work, sell as slaves and dump in harems. Therefore, when Muslims treated Hindu women in such a disgraceful and dishonourable manner, they had no other way but to die with honour and also teach a lesson to the abductors, kidnappers and womanisers sending warning to other women to follow the suit. The temples constructed in their memory become immediate attraction sending shock waves in the minds of the Muslim rulers and administrators, particularly who had indulged in such sexual abuses.
3. These incidences had been unique in the history of the history of women affecting the offenders considerably. As they were treating women as inferior to men, they could not imagine and digest the valour, courage and preparedness of Hindu women to fight and die. Therefore, the chroniclers recorded them faithfully.
4. The European writers were enthralled to find the incidences and initially, they thought that only witches were hunt and burnt at stakes as in inquisition. In Christian society, women were not given equal status with men. In fact, women's becoming saints or ordained to become so was unthinkable. When they tried or attempted to project so, they were hunted, declared witches and burnt at stakes (think of Joan of Arc etc.,). But, when the European scholars could notice that Indian women could fight the invaders, equally educated, compose poems, become saints, preach religion and so on, they could not digest. Because, in the medieval period or even up to 19th century, women becoming saints was unimaginable in the western society. Therefore, they decided to misinterpret the facts and that is what happened in the historiography. The Muslim chroniclers too could not assimilate the facts. That is why the period was dubbed as medieval period.
5. As the Mohammedan invaders had been particular in defiling the honour of the Indian womanhood, the Indian women were given importance in the society, because, it becomes the duty of their counterparts to protect them at any cost. Thus, they were elevated to Godhead so that others followed their actions, deeds and exemplary character. Moreover, the johar incidences sent shock waves in the minds of lecherous Muslim invaders, rulers and officials at one side and throwing challenge to their religion at the other side with cropping up of more and more sati temples. It was a psychological attack on the Muslims by the Indian womanhood.
Why a woman should die for her honour or chastity?
Women, particularly modern women ask many courageous, thrilling and affecting questions. Why should I marry? Why Should I bear children? Why should I have family? Why should I work for others? It is not known as to woman wants preserve her chastity forever by doing so otherwise. But, they should answer why woman should die for honour or should have died so?
Women should deal the issue without mincing the words. Chastity is definitely like her life for any woman, whether it has to be treated as a biological, moral or social entity or issue.
Biological entity: It is fact that chastity is a biological entity that is why it is preserved and honoured by all in aspects. Chastity is purity i.e. sexual purity and therefore, its breaking with the bondage with a single man is regulated and even sanctified. Even in monogamous system of society, for maintaining such purity, single male is prescribed. Of course, polyandrous society is exceptional and uncommon. Anyway modern woman too wants to preserve her chastity at any cost, otherwise, there would not be so much hullabaloo about aids and AIDS propaganda against AIDS propagation.
Moral entity: This aspect of treating chastity is more ethical, virtuous and moralistic. When biological entity treatment of chastity ceases or ignored, moral code is imposed to what extent the chastity of woman can be treated comes under concern. As morality, moral values and virtues vary from society to society, social aspect of treatment of chastity comes into play.
Social entity: Societies have different types of marriages acceptable to their manmade code, system and established la later. It is connected with civil, cultural, political aspects too.
Modern entity: The modern, neoteric and developing concept of chastity boils down to freedom of sex presented in different expressions - freedom of sex, vaginal freedom and so on. As they are out of context, they are not discussed, as they are irrelevant for the material period taken for study.
Therefore, the issue has been more crucial to be dealt with instead of subjecting it to ideological interpretation tainted with political, communal or religious orientation. Ultimately, if the entire issue boils down to the preservation of chastity of Indian womanhood, can anybody interpret differently making compromises in this regard?
The Political Conditions of the Material Period and its Impact on the Indian Society:
During the period of 13th to 16th centuries, it is a fact that the rulers adapted and adopted suppressive and oppressive methods and even atrocities heaped against Indian womanhood. Taking away women, even they were married, forceful marriages, sexual exploitation, selling the captured kafir-women as slaves, dumping in harems and other woman related atrocities and heinous crimes were order of the day. This anti-woman attitude had resulted in the most retrograde, regressive and degenerative social evils like sati (self-immolation), jauhar (mass-immolation), child marriage, purdah, excommunication of affected women and their families, separation and disintegration of families, widowhood, orphans, formation of new caste groups, caste rigidity, and so on. Such sociological problems led to the economic problems because of division of properties and landholdings, breaking of traditional industries, destruction of certain arts and crafts.
Adbuction of Hindu women by Muslims:
About this topic, the examples given are only illustrative and not exhaustive, as the Muslim chronicles contain very detailed description of such incidences.
Muhammad bin Tuglaq was notorious for enslaving Hindu women:
"The sultan never ceases to show the greatest zeal in making war upon the infiedels……Everyday thousands of slaves are sold at a very low price, so great is the number of prisoners" 8.
Ibn Battuta's eyewitnesses account of the sultan's arranging the enslaved girls' marriages with Muslims on a large scale on the occasion of the Id, confirms the statement of Abbas:
"First of all, daughters of Kafir (Hindu) Rajas captured during the course of the year, come and sing and dance. Thereafter they are bestowed upon Amirs and important foreigners. After this daughters of other Kafirs dance and sing..the Sultan gives them to his brothers, relatves, sons of Maliks etc. On the second day the durbar is held in a similar fashion after Asr. Female singers are brought out…….the Sultan distributes them among the Mamelike Amirs. On the third day relatives of the Sultan are married and they are given rewards. On the sixth day male and female slaves are married. On the seveth day he (the sultan) gives charities with great liberality"9.
Ibn Battuta writes:
"At (one) time there arrived in Delhi some female infidel captives, ten of whom the Vazir sent to me, but he was not satisfied. My companion took three young girls, and I do not know what happened to the rest"10.
Thousands of Hindu women11 were captured in the minor yearly campaigns (Ibid, p.180) of Froz Shah Tughlaq, and under him the Id celebrations were held on lines similar to those of his predecessor12.
In all cases, the Hindu women were converted to Islam. Except the women, who were kept as wives, all others were sent harem, nauch groups etc. Therefore, their condition must have been unimaginable after separation from their fathers, mothers, brothers and other relatives, particularly, from their husbands, babies and children.
Muslims followed No Code of Conduct in the Battles, Invasions, Raids:
The Hindus had a code of conduct of war and battles, which are perhaps similar to modern day international war code. Was / battle was allowed only from dawn to dusk with clear announcements made. Civilians were never attacked, particularly, aged, women and children never touched. The wounded were always spared, but, it is evident that Muslims never followed such code – they attacked at any time; sieged forts and palaces without warning; hounded and killed the wounded; women were chased, abducted and carried away. The famous fight of Rana Pratap Singh can be remembered here. Therefore, the Hindus had to loose many battles.
Caste rigidity and Problems of Women:
The Hindu society had been torn into pieces, because of the frequent raids and abduction of Muslims without any morality or moral values. Even the married women were not spared. This had created an indelible impression of the atrocities of the Muslims in the minds of Hindus. However, there were some attempts to take such Hindu women back into the fold, because, she was required to take care of her babies and children, who were longing for mother's love and affection.
Alberuni records a number of restrictions imposed upon reconversion to Hindu religion13, but he probably noted only the extremely orthodox view in this regard. On the other hand, Devalasmriti14 and other similar works15, lay down liberal rules for the reconversion of men and women who might have stayed with the mlechhas for even as a period of twenty years. Therefore, it is evident that Dharmasastras were amended for and against the acceptance of such women, leading to the formation of new caste groups with rigid rules.
Mohammedan Law Imposed on Hindus:
It is fact that the Muslim rulers imposed Mohammedan law on the Hindu subjects adversely and administered through Kazis. The official language and proceedings were in Persian in most cases. The Hindus hated this and thus, regional languages were promoted during the Bhakti movement.
"Through Bhakti the Hindu faith of each region found some of its most honoured expression in the regional language. Recorded expressions of the Bhakti spirit during centuries of Islamic attacks on Hinduism became a strong link for each region with the past"16 (emphasis added).
In fact, the modern scholars interpreted that the factors of language, caste and region played a crucial role in dividing the people. But, it may be noted that the same dividing factors united Indians. Though the languages were different, the same songs / bhajans were sung by all. The saints hailed from different castes, they were respected by all. Though, they were from different regions, they travelled throughout India and were welcomed. Received and treated well by all. Here, women played a role in respecting all with their inherent qualities and promoting harmony.
Direct effects on Women:
The physical and psychological effects on the Indian womanhood during the material period were harrowing, appalling and deplorable and above all inexplicable.
1. The rulers differentiated Indian / Hindu and Muslim women (Muslim women were given privileged treatment, while Hindu women treated badly, Purdah was imposed on Hindu women also, while the dancing of Hindu women was encouraged, the dancing of Muslim women restricted and banned, the nauch groups increased with deserted and forsaken women).
2. Hindus laid specific instructions about the movement of their women (visit to places of worship, going to the houses of relatives and friends, drawing of water from the wells, rivers, washing of clothes at tanks, rivers, participation in religious and social functions, gatherings and traditional fairs) etc.
3. Their movement outside house was restricted or even banned (Muslim women were banned from going outside their homes. If they wanted to go, they were accompanied with their male relatives or servants. Even visit to toms was restricted and banned. But there was no official restriction on the movement of Hindu women).
4. Even inside home was not safe, because of frequent raids, attacks and forceful abduction and kidnapping of women (some male had to be present to take care of, thereby regular work, and livelihood of the family affected considerably).
5. The marriages between Hindu women and Muslims, even, if they are aliens were encouraged and promoted by the rulers. In most of the cases, the married women were sold to harems (Muslim rulers, officers, soldiers and slaves married Hindu women according to Mohammedan law, they also conducted fairs to buy women slaves, thus slavery encouraged. This indirectly led to the abduction of Hindu women, increase of harems, selling of abducted and kidnapped women etc).
6. The children born to such women and the women themselves were neglected by the exploiters and in turn by the society (invariably, they turned out to be tyrannical, despotic, cruel and criminal. Malikafur is the best example. He was a Hindu, but after converting into Hindu, he was the man who inflicted worst injury and destruction physically and psychologically on Hindus)
Indirect Effects on Women:
1. The psyche of women was very much affected adversely (virtually, they had been terrorized. They felt that there was no guarantee for their honour in the society).
2. Their urges, ambitions and drives were shattered (they could not participate in their traditional activities of learning and other avocations. Female illiteracy increased).
3. Their normal lives, day to day activities and freewill were attacked (as their participation in all social, economical and religious activities were restricted, they lost all their freedom).
4. All their rights were curtailed and even appeared to have been abolished ().
5. They had to behave puppets, handmaids and slaves of rulers and the ruling class.
The Interaction Between Hindu and Muslim Women:
Except few Muslim women who came along with the invading Muslims, most of the others were Hindus and they were abducted or carried away during their raids, attacks and seizures. Royal and ruling classes married women by force, authority and compulsion. Thus, the Hindu women played important role in the interaction between Hindus and Muslims, as Hindu women and converted Muslim women.
Many times, Hindu women had to encounter with Muslim women, because of the political and social compulsions imposed upon them. Whenever, any Muslim ruler, officer, soldier or other adducts, buys or marries and bring Hindu women, their wives must have known the fact. As long as the Hindu women were used for the sexual gratification and then left for household work, the Muslim women must have kept quite happily. How their natural jealousy worked against the atrocities of Muslims is interesting to study.
After conversion, because of the traditional brought up, they must have been obedient and faithful to their husbands. However, they must have also understood and realized the restrictions imposed on them, exploitations continued and atrocities inflicted in the name of religion. Therefore, as Muslim women, they must have been put up with all disgrace, shame and humiliation.
The concept of chastity among Hindu and women differ considerably. Traditionally, chastity was considered as a paramount virtue of women in India and the rites, rituals and ceremonies were codified, conducted and solemnized accordingly. But, the Mohammedan concept of chastity of women appears to differ considerably because of sanctified polygamy, talak (divorce), marriage after talak, prevalent of harem, etc. The concept of chastity related to "one man – one woman" had been totally absent in the scriptural, philosophical, theological and social levels. Thus, the acts of sati and johar would have also affected the Muslim women considerably.
Historians glorify that Muslim rulers married so many Hindu women and so on and present such instances as a great unifying force of Hindus and Muslims. But, they do not mention or record as to how many Muslim women were married to Hindus reciprocally to promote such lofty ideology.
The Hindu Attitude towards Muslims and Vise versa:
It is a fact that Hindus never accepted the rule of the Muslims in spite of their usurping, conquer, victory and so on. Politically or according to historical interpretation, they might have ruled India. But, they never conquered the hearts of Indians or ruled them as a social entity. The political regimen, domination of Muslim rule and religiously biased administration only resulted in the vulgar material life, looting of Indian wealth from every source, immoral social snobbery, degradation of traditional values, religious fanaticism, fundamentalism, communalism and terrorism, and ultimately the "We can do anything on Hindus" – attitude, In fact, they never ruled Indians in its entirety and totality. Even during the material period, except the marked area on the maps shown in the modern history books, one can find most of the India was still under the rule of Indians. The Muslims dubbed Hindus kafirs (unclean/non-believers/heathens/infidels) and Hindus considered them as mlechas (foreigners). The Hindus never agreed for the marriage of their women with Muslims. No mediaeval Hindu, however low in social status, liked a marriage with a Muslim, though of royal blood, as in Hindu eyes the mere touch of a Muslim was defilement or pollution17. The rulers allowed Hindus living in their Islamic State provided they were to pay tax and accept the status of zimmis (inferior citizens) subject to conditions. To counter the restrictions imposed on Hindus18, the Bhakti movement adopted effective way as explained below.
Was there any Spiritual Abuse during Bhakti Movement?
Spiritual abuse is an inherent damage inflicted on the spirit of the affected through Spiritual violent methods. This is more than psychological or emotional abuse in some cases considering the damage done. Spiritual violence affects deep than any other psychological violence. It involves the shame experienced when everyone in the community is aware of the violence, and when they too are implicated as victims of the violence. Spiritual Victimization may be based on race, color, or other forms of identification with that community, and it includes the abuse suffered from a history of genocide or persecution or aggression, but in Indian context all factors worked together in attacking women as explained above.
They were not subjected to any spiritual or psychological methods, as they had been the victims of violence, aggression and attack. The Bhakti movement, in fact, assuaged the feelings of women to forget their horror and terror and become normal, so that they can continue their duties according to their will as before. It had mainly worked in preserving and protecting their honour and restoring their rights.
Thus, she could come out of her house, join with others and participate in the social gatherings and functions. Singing the gory of God through bhajans and kirtans gave ample opportunity for such group activities. It had created awareness among them to realize their strength. They too could compete with male saints and become popular in the Indian society. Thus, there was no spiritual abuse against women through Bhakti movement, as it did not suppress them but elevated them. The Bhakti movement had been the most non-violent formulated with great care and applied against the violence. This is achieved mainly through defense mechanism as explained below.
The Defense Mechanism Worked:
The Defense mechanism of Hindus worked effectively through the Bhakti movement achieving immediate expected results through their gurus. All the above principles of Bhakti satisfy the needs of the devotees fulfilling their requirements at different exigencies. The Defense mechanism is nothing but the instinct of protecting oneself from the inflicting danger or threat posed by anything affecting his life and day to day activities, which was exhibited in the following ways:
1. Repression: It is the forceful ejection from consciousness of impulses, memories, or experiences that are painful and generate a high level of anxiety.
The victims of Muslims, in the name of Islam were many. Therefore, the affected were consoled and calmed with advice to relief from the traumatic experiences. Slowly, they were cautioned to be restrained and controlled. The weaker ones are assuaged with advice and the stronger ones with future action. They were made to forget the past and come to normalcy.
2. Regression: The act of retreating, moving backward or returning to earlier levels of development.
The morally and otherwise injured were asked to be patient at their respective places waiting for better times.
3. Projection: The action of ascribing one's own traits or attributes to others.
The inflicted were consoled by comparing with others and take solace. They were also characterized with others so that their raging, pressurized and boiling feelings were brought under control.
4. Identification: The process of recognition or reacting one situation in the same manner in which one reacted in a previous situation or associating oneself closely with a group or cause.
The old examples were cited to be followed. They were asked to rise to the occasion just like their Gods / Goddesses and heroes / heroines.
5. Fantasy: The process of imaging objects or events in terms of imagery. In its normal range, it serves both a creative and adjustive function.
Temporarily, this process soothed their urges, drives and impulses. With inspiration of their heroes and Gods, they started getting mental strength.
6. Compensation: The process of engaging in substitute behaviour in order to make up for social or physical frustration or a lack of ability in a certain area of personality.
The inbuilt or inherent character or strength of persons were identified, recognized and chosen for action.
7. Sublimation: The redirection of socially unacceptable impulses into acceptable or more acceptable channels.
All members were encouraged to come out with their contribution according to their participatory levels.
8. Reaction formation: The development of a personality trait, which is the opposite of the original, unconsciousness, or repressed trait.
As only non-violence was perceived, preached and practiced, instead of violent, non-violent actions effected for the benefit of the people, society and nation.
9. Aggression: A hostile attack directed against a person or thing, or vigorous pursuit of one's goals for achieving anything in society or nation.
Here, instead of physical aggression, aggression of love and non-violence was followed with the opponents and adversaries. Singing songs was the effective way of venting out feelings and calm down.
10. Retribution: Expressing and transforming affected impulses to others. It is not taking vengeance, but teaching a firm lesson to the opponents, because of the sufferings inflicted.
They showered love and affection in such a way that the perpetrators of crimes and atrocities themselves ashamed of their activities. The abducted and converted Hindu women serving or living with the Muslim women must have done much in this regard.
Here, anyone can notice as to how the affected, injured, hurt, wrecked, impaired and concerned men, women and children were psychologically treated with the processes of Bhakti. Had they not been dealt with so or otherwise, the defense mechanism would have made them to react and oppose leading to counter-violence. Therefore, the leaders of Bhakti movement had handled the situation and connected people so cautiously for the welfare of the nation.
Thus, more and more temples were built, renovated and consecrated; pilgrimages and tirtha yatras increased with the list of 12 Jyotirlingas, 51 Saktipitas, 108 Vaishnavaite holy places, and so on; festivals hitherto celebrated in the past or restricted to one particular area was made to be celebrated at all places; and the national consciousness was roused with the ordinary people. Thus, the Bhakti movement had been an all India phenomenon and not restricted to any particular area, language speaking people or followers religion of India with the participation of women. All the steps taken clearly indicate that the movement was for promoting, preserving and respecting the Indian womanhood taking all their affecting factors into consideration.
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The Muslim chronicles Tarikh-I-Firuz-Shahi, Tarikh-I-Mubarak-Shahi, Babarnama, Chachanama, etc.,and their translations abundantly explain the political, social and religious conditions during the 13th to 16th century period. As there are many examples, only some are quoted because of space constrain.
1. R. Champakalakshmi, Text and Context: Colonial traditions and Religious Communities in Pre-Modern South India, Tamilnadu History Congress Endowment Lecture delivered on Oct.24, 1999 at Vaniyambadi, pp.18-38.
2. R. Champakalakshmi and S. Gopal (Eds), From Devotion and Dissent to Dominance: The Bhakti of Alwars and Nayanmars, in Tradition Dissent and Ideology, Essays in Honour of Romila Thapar, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1996.
3. Rekha Pande, The Bhakti Movement – An Interpretation, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, Goa (48th session), 1988, pp.303-304.
4. Col.James Tod (records that this information was provided to him by Sir G. Grieson), Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, Motilal Banarasidas, New Delhi, 1971, Vol.I, p.300-301, f.n.No.4.
5. James Tod, Ibid, Vol.II, pp.725-727.
6. Ibid, Vol.II, pp.310-311.
7. Erskine, Babur and Humayun, Vol.2, p.48.
Tod, opt.cit, Vol.II, pp.363.
8. Shihabuddin Ahmad Abbas, Masalik-ul-Absar, p.580.
9. Ibn Battuta, p.63
Hindi translation by A.A. Rizvi in Tughlaq Kalim Bharat, Part.I, Aligarh, p.189).
10. Ibn Battuta, p.123.
11. Shams Siraj Afif, Tarikh-I-Firoz Shahi, Calcutta, 1890, p.265.
12. Ibid, p.360.
13. Edward Sachau, Alberuni's India, pp.162-163.
14. M. N. Ray (trs), Devalasmriti, Published by Anandarasama series, Poona, in J.B.O.R.S, 1927.
15. P.V. Kane, History of the Dharmashastra Literature, Vol.II, pp.390-91.
16. Seling S. Harrison, India: The Most Dangerous Decade, Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1960, p.53.
17. A.L.Srivatsha, Akbar the Great, Political history 1542-1605, Shivlal Agarwala & Co.P.Ltd., Agra, Vol.I, p.113.
18. The Hindus who agree to pay jizya were allowed to live and work in the Islamic state with the following conditions. The operation started with Khiljis (1290-1320 CE) and pursued by other Muslim rulers:
1. They are not to build any new places of worship.
2. They are not to repair any old places of worship which have been destroyed by the Muslims.
3. They are not to prevent Muslim travellers from staying in their places of worship.
4. They are to entertain for three days any Muslim who wants to stay in their homes, and for a longer period if he falls ill.
5. They are not to harbour any hostility or give aid and comfort to hostile elements.
6. They are not to prevent anyone of them from getting converted to Islam.
7. They have to show respect to every Muslim.
8. They have to allow Muslims to participate in their private meetings.
9. They are not to dress like Muslims.
10. They are not to name themselves with Muslim names.
11. They are not to ride on horses with saddle and bridle.
12. They are not to possess arms.
13. They are not to wear signet rings or seals on their fingers.
14. They are not to sell or drink liquor.
15. They are to wear a distinctive dress, which shows their inferior status and separates them from Muslims.
16. They are not to propagate their customs and usages among the Muslims.
17. They are not to build their houses in the neighbourhood of Muslims.
18. They are not to bring their dead near the graveyards of the Muslims.
19. They are not to observe their religious practices publicly or mourn their dead loudly.
20. They are not to buy Muslim slaves.
Here, Hindus include both men and women. Even if men were to follow the conditions, imagine the resulting practical difficulties and sufferings of the Hindu women. The condition of Hindus living as second or inferior citizens at certain parts of India, whereas others living normal, must have embolden them to activate Bhakti movement quickly on all India basis. From this, one can understand how the Bhakti movement effectively codified to nullify their conditions, but through non-violent means.


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Summary: Tong, a transgender girl who is a member of the Fantastic Four's Future Foundation, is a young member of a highly evolved species known as 'the Moloids.' In a charming, understated scene in FF #6, Tong announces to her siblings that she identifies as a girl. "I have a girl inside me," she says to her siblings. "I tried to be a boy like you, but there is no boy here, and I do not wish to be a boy any longer." Her brothers gather around her, embracing her in a group hug of unconditional love and support.
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Important Issues: Tong announces her identity as a transgender girl in FF #6. The initials in the title of this book stand for "Future Foundation" -- a group affiliated with the Fantastic Four.
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While struggling to figure out how to defeat Dr. Doom, save the world, etc., Tong discovers that she is, in fact, a girl. After donning a dress, she makes this announcement to her 'brother's' (explanation for scare quotes below), and throughout the rest of the series she is identified as female. (Read more)
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The Kevin Durant Rule
When Kevin Durant switched from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Golden State Warriors in a highly scrutinized move, it led to significant changes in certain aspects of the way NBA contracts are drawn. The CBA, passed in 2017, allowed teams to create incentivized contracts for certain "designated players." This rule was seen as a reaction to Kevin Durant and other superstars' departure from their teams through free agency. It was unofficially named "The Kevin Durant Rule."
Kevin Durant's move not only angered OKC fans, with words like "sellout" and "glory hunter" flying around, but also NBA owners who felt that the NBA was allowing the formation of a "super team" in the Warriors. This phenomenon is generally discouraged in American sport, with fans and owners preferring teams to compete on equal footing rather than moneyed teams hogging all the big stars. The situation with Durant was so contentious that Warriors CEO Joe Lacob was forced into a cheeky apology, and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver also expressed reservations to the deal.
In order to avoid a similar scenario in future, the NBA passed a new CBA with various stipulations that changed the handling of contracts for veterans. The owners were seeking to keep superstars like Durant put in one team by incentivizing long stays in one team. The new CBA allows teams to offer better deals to their players than other teams are allowed. This is only applicable provided they meet certain requirements. A player should have played in the league for eight or nine years and has to be resigning with the team that they played for in their rookie year.
The player must also meet one of three criteria related to performance. First, they must have appeared in an All-NBA team the previous season or in two of the preceding three seasons. Second, they must have won an MVP award in the preceding three seasons and finally they should have won defensive player of the year in at least one of the last three seasons.
Teams can offer players who meet the qualifications a starting salary that is in the range between 30 and 35% of the NBA salary cap. The contract extension can last a maximum of five years following the expiry of the current contract but teams are only allowed to negotiate for the contract one year before expiration of the present contract. Teams can have a maximum of two designated players under these new terms.
Ironically, Kevin Durant is no longer eligible for incentives under the rule because he just moved to a new team. Another Warriors superstar Stephen Curry could earn $209 million in five years after free agency in 2018 if the warriors should choose to designate him. This is $76 million more than the maximum contract that competing teams are allowed to offer him.
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