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Why tonight can clinch the election
(CNN) — Monday night's debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is shaping up as the climactic moment of this presidential campaign — one that will re-shape the landscape until Election Day.
If Mrs. Clinton can put away Mr. Trump, she could come close to locking up the presidency, but if he pulls off an upset, the dynamics of the race will likely shift in his direction. All the marbles are on the line here.
I have been engaged in these presidential debates for the past 40 years, first in debate prep for Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan and since then on television. Like most Americans, I welcome this tradition.
While the formats have never been perfect, these showdowns provide the most revealing insights into the candidates of any conceived. The man who deserves credit for reviving them in 1976, Newton Minow, rightly points out that 78 countries around the world now copy the US debate model in electing their leaders.
Drawing upon polling data, political scientists tend to argue that debates don't really matter in shaping election outcomes but ever since the initial Kennedy-Nixon debates of 1960, I have been among those who beg to differ.
A TV boost for JFK
Jack Kennedy was an underdog in that race, a callow, untested senator challenging a seasoned vice president who had served two terms under one of the most widely admired men in the world, Dwight Eisenhower (over 8 years Ike had an average approval rating of 65%).
Nixon, ever the diligent student (they called him "Iron Butt" in law school), prepared assiduously even as he pressed ahead on the campaign trail. Kennedy relaxed in the sun, studied what he needed, and built up his energy.
Kennedy was also sly: He had a professional make-up artist come to prepare him at home. In the studios, organizers asked if the candidates would like make-up. Kennedy brushed them off, saying he didn't want any. Nixon, his manhood challenged, then swore off too. Guess which one looked like a million dollars on stage — and which one was wan and sweating.
While scholars dispute whether — as legend has it — radio listeners thought Nixon had won, there is no doubt that television watchers made up the vast majority of followers and believed that Kennedy had won. That evening prompted exciting crowds for Kennedy in the days that followed and he charged from behind to win by a whisker. Kennedy later told his press secretary Pierre Salinger that he won the presidency because of television.
Those 1960 presidential debates created a widely accepted view among politicos and relevant to the Clinton-Trump contest: that debates open up more opportunities for challengers than for front-runners and incumbents. President Johnson in 1964 and Richard Nixon in 1968 and 1972 refused debates because they were ahead in the polls.
Debate dangers
Sixteen years passed before an incumbent, President Ford, agreed to debates in 1976 and he did so because he was running way behind his challenger, Jimmy Carter. Ford then proceeded to demonstrate the flip side of the argument that debates can help challengers; he showed how dangerous they can be for a vulnerable incumbent. In the teeth of Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, he insisted that peoples there were free — a gaffe that turned the campaign decisively in Carter's direction. Ford never recovered.
If there was anyone who proved just how helpful debates can be for a challenger and how perilous they can be for an incumbent front-runner, it was Ronald Reagan. I was recruited to be part of his debate team as he took on President Carter in 1980. I didn't know him well at the time and was impressed how hard he worked to prepare.
Walking in, he had a humorous one-liner ready to use against incoming attacks, and he closed with a rhetorical question that was quoted long after: "Ask yourself if you are better off than you were four years ago?" Reagan seized control of the race that night and never looked back.
Yet four years later, when he was the oldest man ever to serve in the presidency, the Gipper often seemed befuddled in his first debate with challenger Walter Mondale. Even though he had been far ahead in the polls, Reagan's campaign suddenly seemed in peril under an onslaught of stories asking whether he was too old for the job. His sense of humor turned things around in a second debate when he promised he would never exploit the youth and inexperience of his opponent. Mondale said he instantly knew the race was over.
And so it has gone in the many debates over the years: Challengers sometimes seize upon debates to catapult up while front-runners and incumbents sometimes stumble and are pounced upon by their opponents and the media. In the first debate four years ago between President Obama and Mitt Romney, Obama was listless and unfocused and Romney was energetic and on target, winning the night. An incumbent front-runner once again showed how easy it is to stumble. Had he not roared back in the second debate, Obama might have been in trouble.
Good news for both sides
So, what does all this history tell us about Trump and Clinton Monday night? There is good news for both sides — but lots of cautions, too.
The good news for Trump is that challengers can upset a vulnerable front-runner through a strong first debate, change the dynamics of the campaign and go on to victory in November — think Kennedy in 1960 and Reagan in 1980.
Hillary Clinton's team is right to be concerned about whether Trump will have a lower bar to clear than she will. By 53-43%, voters in a CNN poll believe she will win the debate. With expectations so much lower for him, Trump doesn't have to beat her to improve his standing; he just has to tie her.
He only has to show that he is presidential, too — that he would have the capacity, judgment and character to take on unexpected crises as well as the daunting problems that go with the job. He doesn't have to show that he has a mastery of every issue but that he has a clear sense of direction and a pretty decent chance of succeeding in office.
To win, Hillary Clinton must not only prove that she is presidential but she must also show that she is more likable. Voters often ask themselves two questions: (1) Will this candidate be a safe, reliable person in the Oval Office? (2). Will I be happy having this candidate in my living room every night for the next four years? She is winning on #1 but struggling on #2. On Monday night she needs to move the needle on #2 — and avoid the gaffes that have plagued some front-runners.
The good news for Clinton is that front-runners like her have usually done well in debates and have gone on to claim the presidency — think Reagan in 1984, George H. W. Bush in 1988, Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996, George W. Bush in 2004, and Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012. That's 7 out of the past 8 elections. That should give her team some reassurance.
History, then, doesn't hold the ultimate answer. But it is often suggestive, and it suggests that Monday night will be one of the most consequential debates we have ever seen. Hillary goes in as the favorite — she is far more substantive — and remains the odds-on-favorite to win in November. Yet, in this most unpredictable of years, Trump has a significant opportunity to change the dynamics of the race. Stay tuned.
David Gergen is a senior political analyst for CNN and has been a White House adviser to four presidents. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he is a professor of public service and co-director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. Follow him on Twitter: @david_gergen. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.
Posted on September 26, 2016 November 18, 2020 Author David GergenCategories opinion
The sobering message for Obama
(CNN) — Almost everything that can be said about Tuesday night's elections has been said, so with some trepidation, a few afterthoughts:
• The verdicts in the 2014 midterm races make it clear that President Barack Obama cannot simply blame Democratic losses on a bad map, as he did Tuesday. (The President passed off the elections as taking place in states least favorable for Democrats "since Eisenhower.")
It should be sobering for the White House that when Obama took office, Democrats had 59 senators and 256 House members; after Tuesday night, they will likely have 45-47 senators and some 190 House members. That is one of the biggest slides in congressional seats of any modern president. Surely, his White House has to take serious responsibility — and look for ways to leave a better legacy.
• This was an unexpectedly big night for the GOP: Predictions for Republicans were already high, but they blew the doors off. Who could have imagined Republicans winning the governorships of Maryland and Massachusetts, winning Senate seats in Obama states such as Colorado and Iowa, and assembling their biggest coalition in the House of Representatives since the 1940s.
Conservatives will likely disagree, but one takeaway for Republicans is that they were well served this year by recruiting conservatives whom voters saw as less hard right than the tea party. Look at Cory Gardner of Colorado: The GOP establishment intentionally promoted him as an alternative in Colorado who — unlike Ken Buck, a tea partyer who lost a few years ago (but won the conservative 4th Congressional District this year) — would appeal to moderates as well as conservatives. Even The Denver Post endorsed him — just as The Boston Globe endorsed Republican Charlie Baker, who wrested the Massachusetts State House from Democrats.
• A bright spot from Tuesday night that needs more attention: The Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University reports Americans will now have at least 100 women in the new House — a three-fold increase over 25 years. Women such as Joni Ernst, Shelley Moore Capito and Jeanne Shaheen also won pivotal Senate races. Past experience says that the more women leaders in Congress, the more likely the two sides will find common ground.
• Tuesday night also witnessed the election of a fourth generation of the Bush family elected to public office. George P. Bush, the son of Jeb, won statewide office in Texas as land commissioner. His great-grandfather was Prescott Bush, a U.S. senator (and almost Ike's vice presidential running mate); his grandfather was President George H.W. Bush; his father was governor of Florida and his uncle was President. Will his dad now declare his own candidacy for the presidency? Tuesday night's results probably make it more likely.
• For this observer, this election night was especially sweet because of the breakthrough victory by a young man I have known and supported for 15 years: Seth Moulton, a Democrat who swept to a double-digit victory as a new congressman from the North Shore of Massachusetts. Seth has three degrees from Harvard and four tours in Iraq as a Marine infantry officer. More than that, he is a model among a rising generation of leaders who I believe can transform our politics. I wrote about him and others of his generation in a recent column on CNN.com. Congratulations, Seth!
David Gergen is a senior political analyst for CNN and has been an adviser to four presidents. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he is a professor of public service and director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Follow him on Twitter: @david_gergen. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.
Posted on November 5, 2014 November 18, 2020 Author David GergenCategories opinion


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By using renewable energy and hydrogen-based production methods Toyota wants to completely eliminate CO2 emissions from manufacturing and vehicle use by 2050.
Working towards this in the ten years between 2010 and 2020 Toyota plans to reduce the average CO2 emissions from its new vehicles by more than 22 percent.
The challenge is composed of six individual challenges across three areas: ever-better cars, ever-better manufacturing and enriching lives of communities.
Addressing key global environmental issues such as climate change, water shortages, resource depletion, and degradation of biodiversity, the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 aims to reduce the negative impact of manufacturing and driving vehicles as much as possible.
In addition to achieving these long-term targets, Toyota is announcing its Sixth Toyota Environmental Action Plan, which will be enacted between April 2016 and the end of March 2021.
Ever-better cars
With its goal to produce ever-better cars Toyota is aiming to reduce its global average new-vehicle CO2 emissions by 90 percent by 2050 compared to its 2010 global average.
Globally, Toyota is currently launching 14 new engines of all sizes that have greater thermal efficiency to produce fuel economy improvements of more than 10 percent over the motors they are replacing.
In the immediate future Toyota is targeting annual global sales of over 30,000 fuel cell vehicles by around 2020, with at least 10,000 a year in Japan.
In the next 18 months it plans to start selling fuel cell buses, focusing on Tokyo with at least 100 on the road by the time of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Toyota has made 5680 fuel cell patents freely available and is collaborating with other motor manufacturers to support the development of hydrogen infrastructure so fuel cell vehicle uptake can be increased
Toyota is aiming for sales of 1.5 million hybrids annually and 15 million hybrids cumulatively by 2020, with a broader product line-up. It reached the 8 million mark earlier this year and is currently selling 1.1 million hybrids a year.
It is developing more efficient batteries and silicon carbide semiconductors with higher energy density and high temperature durability to improve the range of electric and plug in electric vehicles.
Toyota sees the Prius having a combined fuel consumption of just 3.4 litres/100kms thanks to its more sophisticated powertrain.
The 2016 Prius, which arrives in New Zealand in the first quarter next year, is built on an all new platform – Toyota's new global architecture (TNGA) - which allows for better positioning of powertrain components for a lower centre of gravity, as well as providing the basis for attractive, low-stance designs, responsive handling, a high-quality drive feel, and collision performance.
The body is 20mm lower and the nose is 70mm lower so Prius cuts through the air with a drag co-efficient of 0.24 to help reduce fuel consumption.
The 1.8-litre motor has been completely reengineered with reduced internal friction. Electrical losses in the hybrid system have been reduced by better mechanical alignment of electrical components.
Ever-better manufacturing
Toyota is planning to halve production process-related CO2 emissions per vehicle from new plants and new production lines from 2001 levels by 2020, and roughly a third more by 2030. Reducing the amount of material and the number of parts used with simple and slim production methods will help cut CO2 emissions in manufacturing.
It is developing manufacturing technologies that use hydrogen as a power source, and will begin testing it on Fuel Cell Vehicle production lines by around 2020.
Wind power produced on-site will power Japan's Tahara Plant by around 2020.
Sustainable production technology is being introduced at Toyota's new Mexico plant which will start manufacturing in 2019 so that CO2 emissions per vehicle manufactured are at least 40 percent lower than its global 2001 levels.
From this year entirely locally-produced renewable electricity – wind, biomass and hydro -electricity – is being used at factories in Brazil.
Minimising and optimising water usage is another goal for Toyota's global environmental sustainability, with effective wastewater management and minimizing water consumption.
Through the implementation of Toyota's water management policy, the use of rain water and increase in water recycling is expected to provide a waste water quality cleaner than local river water.
Toyota also wants to establish a recycling based society and systems with a global rollout of end-of-life vehicle treatment and recycling technologies, including designing vehicles for easier disassembly. It will start by establishing two recycling projects in Japan in 2016.
Enriching lives of communities
Finally Toyota wants to establish a future society more in harmony with nature with the rollout of conservation activities beyond the Toyota Group and its business partners with three future-oriented global projects in 2016 around forestry, environmental grants and education.
This has already started with the planting of 8.6 million trees in Hebei Province, China which is suffering desertification.
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The whole terribleness is wrenching.
The awfulness of that August day.
The protracted legal process since those tragic moments.
The toxic mix of clashed relief and rage after the verdict was delivered.
Businesses, communities, lives on now fire.
That moment, that distilled moment of the drama of centuries of racial power and inequity and fear and distrust played out on a street in Ferguson Missouri, that gaping moment when Michael Brown's body finally fell and Darren Wilson's gun stopped echoing its sound of death in the ears of the unwilling witnesses of death winning a battle, we are still in it.
That moment is still with us, like a lingering taste in our mouth, an ache long after a muscle strain, a scar that never relents the memory of the knife's slice.
We are embedded in that moment, that moment is embedded in us, because that moment isn't just about Mr. Brown and Mr. Wilson–though it is profoundly about them.
That moment is about entrenched systems of inequity and injustice and poverty and poor education and a lack of concern for the Least of These, patterns of being that are dug into the soil of our shared lives as deeply as well-driven furrows can go.
We need to be rescued from the rut of racism, and poverty, and inequity.
Why not every man indeed.
We all need to be delivered.
We are all Daniel, here.
Mr. Wilson, Mr. Brown, our system that engenders every instance of violence that we have seen, you and I who are either the oppressors or the oppressed–sometimes both at any given time–we are all Daniel here.
We need deliverance from a system that is a petri dish for growing this sort of racial, class, and communal cataclysm.
But deliverance doesn't come easy.
Any woman who has delivered a baby knows that.
So did Dietrich Bonhoeffer, sitting in prison, awaiting his certain death.
We have been silent witnesses of evil deeds; we have been drenched by many storms; we have learnt the arts of equivocation and pretence; experience has made us suspicious of others and kept us from being truthful and open; intolerable conflicts have worn us down and even made us cynical. Are we still of any use? What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straightforward men. Will our inward power of resistance be strong enough, and our honesty with ourselves remorseless enough, for us to find our way back to simplicity and straightforwardness?
Suspicion, cynicism, guardedness of our own private truths and selves: each of these habits ground and found our society's pattern of injustices.
What we need, says Bonhoeffer, is to find deliverance by way of confession, both personal and communal.
Only by calling a thing what it is–racism, poverty, distrust, fear, anger–only by calling a thing what it is, and acknowledging our tacit and explicit cooperation in a system which kills, can we call a new thing into being.
Only then can we be delivered from evil.
Outpourings of rage and demands for justice were voiced by black people, Latinos, Asian Americans, Arab American Muslims. But posts by white people were few at first and those that I saw were posted mostly by my white activist or academic friends who are committed to putting themselves on the frontlines of any conversation about racial or economic injustice in America. And almost nothing, silence practically, by the majority of my nonactivist, nonacademic white friends—those same people who gleefully jumped on the bandwagon to dump buckets of ice over their heads to raise money for ALS and those same people who immediately wrote heartfelt messages about reaching out to loved ones suffering from depression following the suicide of the extraordinary Robin Williams, may he rest in peace. But an unarmed black teenager minding his own business walking down the street in broad daylight gets harassed and murdered by a white police officer and those same people seem to have nothing urgent to say about pervasive, systemic, deadly racism in America?
They have nothing to say?
There's an invitation to deliverance from evil.
Janee Woods has something to say.
She has something to say about what to do after your confession.
She's got pointers to deliver people from complicity and cynicism to contrition through confession to a life of repentance in motion.
That moment, this moment, ought not define us and yet should: its baseness should no longer be ours collectively; its stark mark of injustice and unrighteousness should be a symbol of that evil from which, like Daniel, we want to be finally delivered.
I can only hope that the jury given this difficult task were privy to more unbiased facts and information than we who are dependent on the media.
Very Powerful, Anna. I was unbelievably happy the night that Barack Obama became our first black president – the whole world was excited! We had a moment when we could have possibly inspired many people -, but instead we have been reminding the world, and ourselves, of the deep sins of our past, that are still very much in our present.


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An American in England
Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Reviewed by Diane K.M.
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars
This book combines several of my favorite things: travelogues, England, and the charm of Bill Bryson.
It is the book version of comfort food.
So you can understand why I instinctively reached for this audiobook on the the first day of my new job. I wanted something comforting. And humorous. And British.
I was instantly gratified. Bryson begins his book about touring England by describing how intensely Brits will argue about distance and driving routes:
"If you mention in the pub that you intend to drive from, say, Surrey to Cornwall, a distance that most Americans would happily go to get a taco, your companions will puff their cheeks, look knowingly at each other, and blow out air as if to say, 'Well, now, that's a bit of a tall order,' and then they'll launch into a lively and protracted discussion of whether it's better to take the A30 to Stockbridge and then the A303 to Ilchester, or the A361 to Glastonbury via Shepton Mallet. Within minutes the conversation will plunge off into a level of detail that leaves you, as a foreigner, swiveling your head in quiet wonderment ... Give two or more men in a pub the names of any two places in Britain and they can happily fill hours. Wherever it is you want to go, the consensus is generally that it's just about possible as long as you scrupulously avoid Okehampton, the North Circular in London, and the Severn Bridge westbound between the hours of 3 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. on Monday, except bank holidays when you shouldn't go anywhere at all."
The whole book was immensely enjoyable. The plan was for Bryson to take a last tour of England before he and his family moved to America for a few years. (Bryson is from the States, but his wife is British.) He was going to travel mostly by public transportation, because his wife wouldn't let him have the car. (HA!) There did not seem to be a logic to his journey -- instead he went hither and thither as he desired, sometimes jumping on a bus or train if it happened to arrive while he was standing there. A few times he broke down and rented a car or took a cab, but he always gave a good reason.
As someone who has not visited England in more than 15 years (and what a sad realization it was to do the math), I could only relate to a few stops on his journey. But I still loved his meanderings and his musings. And I will continue to find more Bill Bryson audiobooks because they are just so delightful.
Some favorite quotes:
"I can never understand why Londoners fail to see that they live in the most wonderful city in the world. It is, if you ask me, far more beautiful and interesting than Paris and more lively than anywhere but New York -- and even New York can't touch it in lots of important ways. It has more history, finer parks, a livelier and more varied press, better theaters, more numerous orchestras and museums, leafier squares, safer streets, and more courteous inhabitants than any other large city in the world."
"I spent two days driving through the Cotswolds and didn't like it at all -- not because the Cotswolds were unlovely but because the car was. You are so sealed off from the world in a moving vehicle, and the pace is all wrong. I had grown used to moving about at walking speed or at least British Rail speed, which is often of course much the same thing."
"I have a small, tattered clipping that I sometimes carry with me and pull out for purposes of private amusement. It's a weather forecast from the Western Daily Mail and it says, in toto, 'Outlook: Dry and warm, but cooler and with some rain.' There you have in a single pithy sentence the English weather captured to perfection: dry but rainy with some warm/cool spells. The Western Daily Mail could run that forecast every day -- for all I know, it may -- and scarcely ever be wrong."
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And They Called Her Spider
And They Called Her Spider by Michael Coorlim
An assassin called The Spider strikes her targets at will and it's up to consulting detectives Wainwright and Bartleby to stop her. Can the scientist and the fop stop her before she ruins Queen Victoria's platinum jubilee?
This was a kindle freebie. How could I resist a Holmeseque mystery featuring an assassin dressed as a Jester?
And They Called Her Spider is a short steampunk mystery set in an alternate London with all the usual steampunk trappings. However, unlike a lot of steampunk that uses goggles and boilers as set dressing, the steampunk elements are actually important to the tale! How refreshing!
Wainwright, the reclusive inventor, and Bartleby, his social butterfly partner, aren't Holmes and Watson but the y make a good team. The Spider was a capable threat and the way they discovered her origins was very Holmesian. It was an enjoyable little morsel.
The only issues I have with this book is that it was too short. I wanted more of everything! More Wainwright and Bartleby! More Spider! And more of the world they all inhabit! This was just some cheese fries when what I was really wanting was a mountainous brisket sandwich! 3.5 out of 5 stars. I'll be on the lookout for more of Michael Coorlim's tales of the Galvanic Century.
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You Are Sloth!
You Are Sloth! by Steve Lowe
You click on a spam email and wake up a sloth after an all night bender. When people start acting strangely, you team up with Randy the Retard and Cross the Asshole, your friends/neighbors, and start getting to the bottom of things. Can you save the city?
You are Sloth! is a tale of spammers, brainwashing, and drunken debauchery, told in the second person point of view by you, the hapless apartment dweller transformed into a sloth. It's kind of like Kafka's the Metamorphosis, only instead of being transformed into insectoid vermin, you're transformed into a sloth, and instead of being an exploration of the alienation and isolation, it's a collection of dick jokes. Okay, so it's not very much like The Metamorphosis but it is pretty entertaining.
Steve Lowe delivers the chuckles in this slim book. While the situations are funny, dialogue is Steve Lowe's forte. Sloth, Randy, and Cross all have great dialogue that sounds like it's out of a Judd Apatow movie. The spammer's broken English is really authentic if you've every opened one of their ineptly crafted missives.
So yeah, I enjoyed it but I didn't enjoy the shit out it. It wore a little thin after a while and the ending went a little long. Other than that, it was a fun read. How many books have you read that have the phrase "death by bukkake" in them? 3.5 out of 5 stars.


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Scai vânăt (lat. Eryngium planum) este o plantă erbacee din familia Apiaceae, cunoscută sub mai multe denumiri : buruiană de cârtițe, mărăcine, scai albastru, spin vânăt, buruiana zmeului, spin de mucedă, spinul vântului.

Descriere
Scaiul vânăt este o plantă erbacee, perenă, înaltă de 50–60 cm, cu flori violacee dispuse în capitule ovale; răspândită în toate în flora spontană din întreaga țară (în fânețe, pășuni, locuri nisipoase, în locuri necultivate, la marginea, drumurilor și a căilor ferate). Înflorește în lunile iulie și august.

În scopuri medicinale se recoltează părțile aeriene ale plantei, în perioada înfloririi, prin tăierea de la bază în vederea obținerii unui produs cu frunze bazale.

Componenți principali
Saponozoide, printre care saniculasaponozida B, care prin hidroliză pune în libertate glucoză și saniculagenol A, eringiumgenol A, B, C, D, barringtogenol C și ringinol A.

Proprietăți
- fluidifiant al secrețiilor bronșice
- expectorant și antiseptic bronșic
- diuretic

Indicații
Intern în bronșite și tuse convulsivă.

Extern în combaterea artritei și a dermatofitozei (infecții ale pielii capului, la copii).

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Plante medicinale
Apiaceae

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Canadian parliament passes anti-Islamophobia motion
by Nurbanu Kızıl
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by Nurbanu Kızıl Nov 03, 2016 12:00 am
The Canadian Parliament has passed an anti-Islamophobia motion on October 26, amid increasing attacks on mosques and Muslim communities in the country and throughout the world. The motion has received almost no attention from Canadian media outlets, to the dismay of the Muslim community living in the country.
According to reports, it took a while for the parliament to adopt the motion, which was brought up after 70,000 Canadian citizens signed an online petition condemning Islamophobia. The petition was launched on June 8, 2016 and was closed for signature on October 6, 2016.
"We, the undersigned, Citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to join us in recognizing that extremist individuals do not represent the religion of Islam, and in condemning all forms of Islamophobia" the petition read.
However, when the motion was brought to the parliament, Conservative Members of the Parliament prevented unanimous consent, to the dismay of many.
Liberal MP from Mississauga Centre Omar Algabra called Conservative attitude 'troubling,' saying that the motion was a non-partisan, positive and symbolic one.
It's sad that Conservatives denied to give a unanimous consent to a motion in the House of Commons to condemn all forms of Islamophobia
— Omar Alghabra (@OmarAlghabra) October 5, 2016
The Communications Director of the National Council of Canadian Muslims Amira Elghawaby said in an op-ed that the rejection of the motion was followed by a series of Islamophobic acts, including anti-Islam posters posted on the University of Calgary Campus, and vandalism of mosques.
"It might be that some MPs haven't seen the numbers. According to Statistics Canada, hate crimes against Muslims in Canada doubled between 2012 and 2014, while hate crimes overall declined" Elghawaby said in her piece.
According to the President of the Canadian Muslim Forum Samer Majzoub, the motion was reintroduced in the parliament after a series of attacks on the Sept-Îles mosque in Montreal.
Majzoub told the Huffingtonpost Canada that the motion can be attributed to 'true Canadian values' and will open new doors.
Multiculturalism and pluralism are regarded as some of the most important values of Canada, which is recognized as one of the most tolerant countries in the world. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which was introduced by Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the late father of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, guarantees fundamental rights and freedoms for all Canadians.
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Often called one of India's most entertaining and engaging bands, Eka has taken it's unique brand of 'Swatantra Rock' to audiences far and wide within India and internationally.
EKA is based in dil waalon ki nagri, Dilli and comprises of Benjamine 'Benny' Pinto on vocals & keyboards (Ex-Euphoria), Hitesh 'Rikki' Madan on vocals & guitars (Ex-Euphoria) and Lokesh Madan on vocals & bass.
Eka is the winner of the Best Group award, two years in a row at the 2nd & 3rd Annual ArtistAloud Awards.
Eka was also amongst the top 4 finalist for the EC LIVE Quotient Awards 2012 in the 'Best Band' category. The other finalists in this category were Indian Ocean, Parikrama & Euphoria.
Members of Eka are seasoned musicians and have performed at over 2500 concerts in 17 countries and have recorded over 130 songs in various capacities. Some of these performances include the Indo-Pak peace concert at the UN General Assembly Hall, New York, the Great Wall of China and the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, U.S.A.
Eka has also performed at prestigious events including The Times of India Earth Care Awards, United Nations Initiative for Women & Children's Health, International Film Festival of India (Goa), Mountain Echoes Literary Festival in Bhutan, Finale of Bengaluru Habba, Chivas Studio Spotlight and The Great Indian October Fest among others.
The band's highly energetic performances traverse eras connecting with a wide audience instantly. The band has become a keenly awaited act for colleges in big cities and smaller towns alike around the country. Besides colleges, the band regularly performs at leading music festivals, corporate events product launches, industry conferences, awards nights, private events including weddings, roka, sangeet, reception, birthday and anniversary celebrations and select pubs and clubs across India and abroad.
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Self-driving shuttle debuts in high-traffic Virginia spot
26 Oct 2020 By Isabella
MERRIFIELD, Va. — The future of transportation arrived in northern Virginia, looking like a big blue toaster on wheels that seats six and drives itself through the region's notorious traffic.
State and local officials debuted the Relay system Thursday, an all-electric, autonomous vehicle that will provide free shuttle rides back and forth from the Dunn Loring Metrorail stop to the bustling Mosaic District in Fairfax County.
The shuttle is "the sort of thing we'd see in a Star Wars or a Blade Runner movie, without the vertical liftoff," said Mark Webb, chief innovation officer at Dominion Energy, a partner in the project.
It is the first publicly funded electric, autonomous shuttle in Virginia, officials said. Similar pilot projects are up and running in different places across the country, but what makes the Relay shuttle somewhat unique is the environment in which it will operate. While some projects are limited to college campuses or operate in dedicated lanes, this shuttle will mix with real traffic in a particularly busy section of Fairfax County.
"This is not a one-off, not a demonstration in a parking lot," said Kathy McGhee, director of transportation research and innovation in the state transportation department.
She said the project will provide valuable data on basic functions like the vehicle's battery life in a real working environment, the cost of the electricity needed to fuel the vehicle, and how the shuttles operate in an environment studded with cars, pedestrians and traffic lights.
The shuttle is starting off small: While it seats six, only three will be allowed at any one time because of the coronavirus pandemic unless they are all members of the same family. It will run only from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and its speed won't exceed 10 mph (16 kph) , even though it will run on roads with 25 mph (40 kph) limits.
The shuttles do indeed drive themselves, but safety operators are on board and can override the shuttle's autonomous features.
Daniel Carney — a safety operator for Transdev, which runs the shuttles — estimated that during testing he had to override the controls about once for every 2-mile roundtrip loop. The most common issue is the shuttle's inability to steer itself around obstacles.
For example, Carney said that if people do a poor job parallel parking on the side streets on which Relay operates, the shuttle will stop. He then steps in and uses a joystick to navigate around the parked car so it continue on its way.
And the shuttle's slow speed does produce agitation from motorists stuck behind it, said Carney, who will occasionally deal with glares or worse from fed-up drivers who decide to go around the shuttle.
"I just shrug like, 'I don't know what you want me to do about it,'" Carney said. "It's sort of out of my hands."
County leaders said they're happy to be at the forefront of an emerging technology, but that the shuttle also fills a real need of "last mile" transportation, connecting a busy Metrorail site with a retail district that is about a mile away, a little farther than most are willing to walk.
The project is funded with a $200,000 state grant and a $50,000 match from Fairfax County.
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NSR research predicts there will be a global maximum of 200 channels in 3D in 10 years time. It says much of the current hype is only propelled by the determination of flat screen makers to develop a new market but it sees no genuine swelling of demand and believes 3D TV will not exceed niche status.
In addition to detecting little consumer demand NSR says 3D production, particularly of live events, will remain costly and complicated and believes even big pay TV operators will limit themselves to a few channels.
It estimates there will be approximately 200 full-time 3D channels will be carried globally within the coming ten years with the DTH pay as the leading platform. By comparison it says there will be 6,000 HD channels over the same period.


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HomeBayern Munich NewsNagelsmann explains why Mazraoui currently doesn't play a role at Bayern
Nagelsmann explains why Mazraoui currently doesn't play a role at Bayern
Noussair Mazraoui has only played 44 minutes for Bayern Munich so far. Before the start of the season, the Moroccan was considered a potential regular in the right-back position but now he has to be content with a reserve role. Julian Nagelsmann has now revealed why the 24-year-old has not yet played a major role so far.
Mazraoui was originally signed to replace Benjamin Pavard, who was planned to play in central defense following the departure of Niklas Süle. However, the Frenchman will continue to be used as Julian Nagelsmann's right-back in the new season and has recently impressed there.
Pavard's strong performances are one of the reasons why Mazraoui hasn't really had a chance yet. According to Nagelsmann, there are other reasons that were not really known until now.
Before the Bundesliga game against Borussia Mönchengladbach, the head coach made it clear that Mazraoui still needs time to get used to the Bundesliga: "He's brave in possession of the ball and still has to get used to the pace, including the defense. But recently he has got closer and closer"
Nagelsmann also revealed that the Moroccan also had physical problems: "He lost weight at the beginning, but we got that under control."
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Natural Year Challenge: One Mom's Journey
Are you trying the momsAWARE Natural Year Challenge? Have you started the Food Edition or the Household Edition, then grown discouraged and stopped? You're not alone. Here is some encouragement from a mom named Amy.
I started the Natural Year Challenge the first time you introduced it. I made it through quite a bit but got freaked out by the food cultures. I can see now that I was scared of what I didn't know and was afraid to try. This time, as I walk through the Challenges for home and food, my mindset is very different thanks to your encouraging words on Toxic Talk Tuesday. "It doesn't hurt to try, it's hard, it takes time" are the words I hear echoing.
Ryan and Julie's Story
Ryan and Julie Shellenberger experienced a serious mold exposure from their dream home in Colorado. After numerous visits to doctors, coming away with no explanation for the ill health of their four children and themselves, Ryan and Julie made the connection with water damage in their home. They left the home and everything in it, remediated and sold the home. They are now building a new home, taking special precautions when it comes to toxic mold.
To view the news story and video about the Shellenberger family's toxic mold experience, see the 9NEWS article Toxic Mold Displaces Family.
One Family's Mold Journey
Tiffany's story illustrates the health hazards of water intrusion, as well as the genetic factors involved. (For more information, see our article on Genetic Susceptibility.) It is our hope that by sharing her story, others will make a connection between environment and health.
We finally moved out of our house in November 2009. We lived there 10 years, although our most serious health trials began three years prior. It started with unexplained lethargy and listlessness, gradually increasing in severity to tremors, loss of ability in my limbs, then finally to seizures. I would be in the middle of homeschooling our three children (at that time 8, 6, and 4) and find myself on the floor, barely able to move. I would have to lie there until the "episode" was over or, if I was able, I would crawl into bed.
My eight-year-old daughter would call my husband to have him rush home. He would pick me up off the floor and carry me in to bed.
We did not tell anyone, because we couldn't explain it. Doctors told me that it was mental or sleep deprivation. They would suggest I take psychiatric drugs and sleep medications. I was also told that it was stress from having three children. (Really, how many mothers get seizures from having children? That wasn't an adequate explanation in my mind.) I was also diagnosed with asthma for the first time in my life and developed eye problems, later requiring surgery. I refused to take their prescriptions, telling one doctor that I would not take anything until he found the root cause of what was happening. After all kinds of testing, he could not.
One Military Family's Heartache
To hear Joan's recounting of her family's tragic story, listen to this 51-minute audio interview conducted by momsAWARE's Andrea Fabry.
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Joan, her husband, and their two children were stationed in Hawaii in the spring of 2006. Upon seeing their prospective military home, Joan noticed mold in the cabinets. She mentioned the mold, was dismissed, and thought nothing of it.
Joan was five months pregnant when they moved in, and within six days found herself in the emergency room with severe vision issues. She felt like she was going blind. "It felt like someone put Saran Wrap over my eyes," she says. "Everything was blurry, and there were lights in my vision." Doctors found nothing wrong and sent her home. The vision disturbances continued with no explanation.
After two months in the home, the downstairs bathroom toilet overflowed. Raw sewage covered the carpeting. The housing maintenance workers steam-cleaned the carpets and left. Now seven months pregnant, with her husband deployed to Iraq, Joan requested that the carpets be replaced. "There were things growing underneath," she recalls. She asked to be moved, but her request was denied. The manager insisted this was not his responsibility. "He told me it was my job to clean it up," she says. Leaks from the upstairs bathroom into the downstairs were ignored or improperly fixed.
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"I knew it was mold, but doctors kept telling me I had anxiety. I was sitting in my office and could not remember who I was talking to, or what we were talking about."
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"My daughter started having digestive problems... heart palpitations... coughing episodes... muscle/joint pain... asthma/allergies... Her doctor finally advised me to check for mold in our home."
"...at age 35 or 36 I started to become allergic to everything, and I got asthma at age 36... I went to doctor after doctor after doctor and was desperate for help, but nobody could help me."
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"The entire time we lived in our (mold-infested) house the kitchen sponge would get musty smelling within 3-4 days. It was so strange. I had to buy a pack of sponges nearly every week."
"I have been sick for almost 6 months now and doctors were not able to figure out why. I finally put it all together after going away for vacation for a week and suddenly my symptoms were going away."
"I was skeptical at first that these (natural cleaning) products would work, but they work better than the stuff I buy at the store! We will soon be moving to the personal care products as well!"
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"Both of my sons went downhill quickly and coughed for months... They both lost their ability to read, had profound vision disturbances, and had phenomenal gastric issues."
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"I'm new at this, but today I cleaned my bathroom with baking soda and vinegar. It's much better not having those strong chemical smells afterwards."
"My symptoms persisted and eventually turned into lethargy and depression. At the age of 26, I required a nap every evening after work."
"We all suffered from headaches, hormonal body temperature fluctuations, brain fog, fatigue, difficulty breathing, thrush, rashes, and yeast infections... we vacated our home two weeks ago."
"My daughter has had many blood samples taken to test for everything imaginable and her doctor just seems puzzled. Everything comes back normal."
"In my moldy home if I left the wet clothes in the washer they would get musty very quickly and I'd have to re-wash... Sometimes I'd run a load, go to work, and they'd be musty when I returned that evening."
"The ERMI mold test as well as your helpful articles and Toxic Talk Tuesday programs have helped us avoid a terrible mistake in purchasing a new home."
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"I had been struggling with headaches, head fog, breathing difficulties (unable to get a full breath), constant scalp tingling, migraines, nausea, feeling spacey/detached, and severe itchy skin."
"Our family has been out of our home for 9 months due to mold... I am so scared and weak from all of this. We have lost friends; family members don't understand."
"I started finding myself sitting on the floor in rooms of my house and not remembering how I got there, what I was doing before, or how long I had been there."
"We were having a lot of health problems and had been to the doctor countless times... we had large circles of slimy greenish-black mold on the bathroom ceiling, where it had caved in a few months before."
"We had some water leaks in our home... we never thought we needed to clean out and remove the floor, the ceiling, or the drywall... my two small children and I have remained constantly sick for years in this home."
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Hello, I'm Adrienne and am the Principal Osteopath at Llandudno Osteopathy Centre.
I am 45 years old, married to John and am the mother of two daughters. Osteopathy is my second career following a career in teaching. Re-training is the best thing I could have done as I am passionate about Osteopathy and enjoy going to work each day. I attend a number of CPD courses, mainly in London, and the endless benefits of Osteopathy for a wide range of health issues never ceases to amaze me. The key to this is an excellent understanding of anatomy and physiology particularly with regards to the neuromuscular skeletal system and the interconnections with this and the health issues we see.
I qualified with a first class honours degree from the College of Osteopaths, Keele University, completing the 5-year course in June 2011. I am registered with the General Osteopathic Council (GOSC) and the Institute of Osteopathy (IOs).
Following graduation I worked as an associate Osteopath at Deganwy Osteopathic Clinic for 4 years before setting up my own practice in Llandudno.
I am also registered with many major private healthcare insurers including Welsh Hospitals (WHA), Aviva, AXA and Simply Health. If you are registered with a private medical insurer that is not mentioned here please get in touch as many insurance companies only require you to see a registered osteopath and I can contact them on your behalf.
I am happy to discuss any issues you may have or answer any questions prior to an appointment. I offer both structural and cranial osteopathy. I treat all ages from young babies, children up to the elderly.


'Where's The Revolution' is the brand new single from English electronic powerhouse, Depeche Mode. The single is also the first offering from the forthcoming album, Spirit, which will be released via Columbia Records on 17th March. The 12-track record is currently available to pre-order on digital stores now and the band will also be releasing a 2-CD deluxe version which features 5 remixes (created by Depeche Mode, Matrixxman and Kurt Uenala) and a 28-page booklet of exclusive artwork and photos.
'Where's The Revolution' is a pretty intense track, the deep synths really force the vibe of this song, the lyrics really stir something inside you, especially in today's society of political fuelled hatred and manipulated mainstream media. It's a great track to kick off the build up of the forthcoming album Spirit.
According to the press release; Spirit marks the band's first collaboration with producer James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco (Foals, Florence & The Machine, Arctic Monkeys) and serves as the follow up to the band's blockbuster 2013 album Delta Machine which debuted at #1 in 12 countries. Says Gahan of the release,"We are exceptionally proud of Spirit, and we look forward to sharing it with everyone. With James Ford and the rest of the production team, we've made an album that I believe is truly powerful, both in its sound and its message."


Red Faction: Guerilla Multiplayer Demo now on PSN and Live!
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This just in. I know what I'll be doing tonight when I get home.
THQ and Volition, Inc. today announced the multiplayer demo for Red Faction®: Guerrilla™ is now available for free download on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®Network for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. Developed by THQ internal studio Volition, Inc., Red Faction: Guerrilla is a 3rd person, open-world shooter featuring real physics-based destruction, a story-driven single-player campaign and robust multiplayer options. The multiplayer demo features ten-player Damage Control, an explosive new mode that utilizes Volition's advanced GeoMod™ 2.0 Destruction Engine, to add a new twist to traditional capture-and-hold, point-based gameplay. The demo comes less than two weeks before the anticipated June 2nd launch of Red Faction: Guerrilla on Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3.
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Exploration of Indian Yoga Psychology
A blog on the Transpersonal Psychology of Indian Yoga and the Spiritual Genius of India (another blog of the same author – http://integralmusings.aurosociety.org)
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Psychology of Tantra Yoga
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Evolution of the Vedic Spirit: A Psychological Perspective- II-M.S. Srinivasan
The Upanishadic Epiphany
The Upanishads are the first and the earliest self-expression of the Vedic spirit in its progressive evolution. The Vedas are the creation of the spiritual mind expressing directly through the sensational mentality of the physical being of man. For in the Vedic age, the intellectual-rational mind was not well-developed. When the intellectual mind started developing the spirituals consciousness, it expressed itself though this newly developed faculty. The Upanishad is the expression of the Vedic spirit through the intellectual and thinking mind in the form a compact, luminous and intuitive thought. In this process, the thinking mind of the community opened itself to the influence of the spiritual consciousness and this influence remained as one of the firmly implanted features of the Indian civilisation and culture. Most of the western and Indian scholars viewed the Upanishad as some sort of a radical and revolutionary departure from the Vedic spirit. But in fact there is no such revolt or radical shift in the spirit but only a shift in the faculty and form of expression. These scholars, unable to penetrate behind the mystic symbolism of the Vedic sages, mistook the luminous intellectual clarity of expression in the Upanishad as a sign of spiritual superiority. They tend to forget the fact that Upanishadic sages held the Vedic revelation in highest respect and frequently quoted the Vedas as the highest authority for supporting their own intuitions.
So there is no radical discontinuity between the spirit of the Vedas and the spirit of the Upanishads. In fact there is a smooth and gradual evolutionary continuity, some of the earliest Upanishads like Brihadaranyaka using the same Vedic symbols. The essential experiences, the central spiritual intuitions and the seed-ideas of the Vedas are nowhere denied in the Upanishads but only re-experienced, rediscovered, clarified developed and reexpressed in a different form and through a different mentality.(3)
So between the Upanishadic and Vedic age there is no radical change in the spirit but only a change in the forms of self-expression and in the psychology or mentality through which it is expressed. However we have to admit that there is a definite and gradual change in the psychology and temperament of the Upanishadic religion in the course of time, moving away from the synthetic and life-affirming spirituality of the Vedas and towards an exclusive and ascetic spirituality culminating in the trenchant life-denying formula Brahman Sathyam, Jagat Mithya. "Brahman is Truth, world is an Illusion." How and why this happened is a subject of historical interest which we will not be discussing here. We are interested mainly in the psychological significance of the Upanishadic movement and what light it can throw on the future evolution of the Vedic spirit.
The Upanishadic age begins with the manifestation of a new faculty, reflective and analytical thought, which is dormant in the Vedic age, comes into conscious activity in this age. The spiritual minds of the age, in making use of this faculty to express their intuitions and experiences, open the possibility for this part of human consciousness to receive and express the light of the Spirit. So the Upanishadic spirituality represents the taking up of the intellectual mind and will by the Spirit and creating in it the capacity to receive and express the spiritual truth. This gave birth to a new type of spiritual man; the seer-poet of the vedas is replaced by the sage-philosopher. In this process a predominantly contemplative spirituality with a central emphasis on self-knowledge and on the impersonal aspect of the Reality replaced the more devotional, active, synthetic, theistic, gods-centered spirituality of the Vedas. Much of the positive and prominent features of the Vedic spirituality are pushed to the background For example, the dynamic note with a constant emphasis on sacrifical action, —-harmonious balance struck between heaven and earth or in other words this worldly interests and other-worldly aims—and a wise, compassionate and uplifting hand extended for the spiritual evolution of the secular life of the common man—all these unique features of the Vedic spirituality are to a certain extent veiled, pushed back or even lost in the Upanishadic spirituality, especially in the later Upanishads.
But the contribution of Upanishads to the religious, spiritual, philosophic and psychological thought of the world is something profound and immeasurable. No other scripture in the world has revealed the true nature of the Divinity and its relation to Man with such a striking boldness, clarity and creative force as the Upanishadic epiphany. Its message explodes into the human consciousness as a bombshell of light. The central intuitions of the Upanishadic thought surpass in their originality and creative force all other creative ideas of the human mind.
First major achievement of the Upanishadic movement lies in the luminous clarity and originality of expression in communicating a concrete, living and vivid perception, intuition, experience and realisation of an infinite, eternal and universal Reality, a spaceless and timeless Existence, becoming, pervading and expanding into Space and Time and all that is in space and Time, an essential indivisible spiritual unity upholding the phenomenal diversity of creation and becoming the immortal soul in man. This idea of the Infinite is presented not as a food for speculative thought or as an utopian ideal with no bearing on life but as something to be lived and made real to the consciousness. And the result of such a realisation is Moksha, a total inner spiritual freedom from ego and desire and conscious immortality. For the experience of the infinite unity of the self leads to total release from all bondage formed by ego and desire. Thus the idea of infinity and eternity and the concept of Moksha are psychologically related ideas, the later is the psychological result on the human consciousness of the experience or realisation of the former.
The second intuition of the Upanishad is the identity of the individual self with the universal Self or in other words, individual I and the universal I are one, What we call God or the Divine is our own essential, highest, deepest and inmost Self, beyond Mind, at once universal and transcendent beyond the universe; this highest self of you and me and all beings and the universe is one, a rather One, the ultimate Unity beyond or outside which and without which nothing exists. This self or Atman is the very ground of our being or the BEness or ISness of all that exists or in other words, it is that gives existence to all that is.
The third great intuition of the Upanishad is that the essential nature of this supreme and eternal Existence or Self is an eternal Consciousness with an eternal Force, Devathman Shakthi, inherent in it and the nature of this eternal conscious-force is eternal Delight Ananda. Thus an infinite and eternal Being or BEness whose nature is an infinite and eternal Consciousness Force-Delight is the Upanishadic intuition of the nature of the supreme Reality.
Here comes the most optimistic and hopeful note of the Upanishadic thought which has a living relevance for the future of psychological thought and practice. For, according to Upanishad, highest and the ultimate nature of life is not a sorrowful flame of illusion driven by desire which is finally extinguished in a void, but an eternal delight; delight is the summom bonum of existence; delight is the essence, source, sustenance and goal of human life and experience; world is the rhythmic outflowing of this delight. From delight we come, in delight we live, to delight we return and none can live or breath even for a second without this delight, says Taithria Upanishad. Meditate on the self as "that delight," says the sage of the Kena Upanishad. If we accept this Upanishadic intuition, that the essence of all the experiences of life, whether it is pleasurable, painful or neutral is delight, and base our thought and practice on this intuition, then our whole life acquires a positive, optimistic and hopeful motivation.
The fourth great intuition of the Upanishad is the psychological and spiritual evolution of man. In fact, the modern theories on evolution, the scientific theory of biological evolution of Darwin and the idea of spiritual evolution of Sri Aurobindo and Teil hard de chardin are foreshadowed in the Upanishads. The parable of Aithareya Upanishad hints at a theory of form evolution of Darwin. This parable says that when the consciousness of the divine Self in Man, Purusha, differentiated itself into various faculties like speech, hearing, vision, mind etc. and was trying to find a suitable material form to inhabit, first he was offered some animal forms like cow, horse etc. but the gods — representing the various faculties of consciousness — refuse to enter into them because they are not suitable. And finally when the form of Man is shown the gods are pleased and enter into it. This Upanishadic parable also hints at one of the central ideas of spiritual evolution that it is the evolution of consciousness which determines the evolution of outer material form and not vice versa.
This idea of spiritual evolution of Man, which was developed into a comprehensive luminous vision by Sri Aurobindo, was also hinted in the Upanishad. In the Taithria Upanishad, Bhrigu, the sage, guides the disciple, who is his own son, step by step towards the highest truth. First he asks his son to do tapas which means to concentrate or energies the consciousness on the idea, Annam or Food or Matter is Brahman. From matter everything is born, by which everything we live and into which everything returns. After the discipline has realised this idea in his consciousness he was again asked to do Tapas on a higher principle, life-fore or Prana as Brahman and then again successively on the ideas of Mind, Manas as Brahman, Supermind or Vignana as Brahma and finally Bliss or Ananda as Brahman. The last two principles Vignana and Ananda belongs to the world of the Spirit.
And the individual Man is a microcosm of the Macrocosm. The five cosmic principles — Matter, life, Mind, supermind, and Bliss — forming the five planes, worlds or lokas of the cosmic consciousness of the transcendent self, expresses themselves in the microcosmic individual human being as five distinct sheaths, koshas, each presided over by a unique poise of the divine self in man. They are Annamaya kosha, the physical sheath presided over by a physical being, Annamaya Purusha; Pranamaya kosha, vital sheath presided over by a Pranamaya Purusha vital being; Manomaya kosha, mental sheath presided over by a manomaya Purusha, mental being; and finally the spiritual dimension in man made of the Vignanamaya and Anandamaya koshas presided over by corresponding purushas.
This comprehensive intuition of the Taithria Upanishad has made some lasting and important contributions to Indian psychology and Yoga. First it gives a clear picture of the psycho-spiritual structure of man as a four-fold being with a physical, vital, mental and spiritual dimension; second, it gives a clear clue to the nature and process of the psychological and spiritual evolution of man in the individual and the collectivity. It is a movement from the physical to the vital, vital to the mental and from the mental to the spiritual, an inward subjective movement towards deeper and higher levels of consciousness, with a corresponding change in the vision and values of life; third it indicates the primary means by which this inner psycho-spiritual evolution can be effected, Tapas or concentration or energisation of consciousness.
These are the central intuitions of the Upanishad. Not all these ideas are entirely original. For as we have already said, most of these ideas are already there in the seed-form in the Vedas concealed behind images and symbols. For example the idea of chit or supreme consciousness is imaged in the vedas in the figure of the Light or the Sun. And the concept of Devathman Shakthi of the Upanishads, which became later the chit-shakthi of the Tanthras is already there in the Vedas in the living image of the great Goddess Adithi, the infinite and indivisible Mother of the Gods and in the other Vedic terms like rta-chit or rtm jyothi. And the highest spiritual worlds beyond the heaven of the Mind are described by the Vedic sages as the worlds of "Vast Bliss" Mayas.
This shows that the essential spiritual experiences of the Vedic and Upanishadic sages are not very different. The originality of the Upanishads is not in the newness of its ideas but in the nature and form of its creative expression which tears down the symbolic veil covering the Vedic truth and makes the truth intelligible to the higher intelligence.
But the most important and original contribution of the Upanishad from the point of view of Yogic psychology is that it lays down clearly all the basic principles of the practical psychological discipline by which all these spiritual truths revealed by it can be "realised" by the mind or to be more specific, by the intelligent will, Buddhi. The Upanishadic yoga is predominantly a yoga of knowledge which makes use of the highest faculty of knowledge in man, the Buddhi, the discriminative and intelligent will, to raise beyond the ordinary to the spiritual mind. The yogic philosophy of the Upanishad enunciates three principles: Tapas, Introversion and Renunciation, which became the foundation of later Indian Yoga. These principles are or will be discussed in greater detail in other section of the blog. In short we may say the Upanishadic movement makes the Vedic truth accessible to and realisable by the higher intelligence, the Buddhi.
But for an integral spiritual transformation it is not enough for Buddhi to be spiritualised. The dynamic vital will and emotions in man should also be able to receive and express the Truth. This should be the logical next step in the evolution of the Vedic spirit. And this next step is taken in the great spiritual syntheses of the Gita.
This entry was posted on October 14, 2013 by M.S.Srinivasan in Vedic Yoga.
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Marty DiBergi: Put [the volume] up to eleven.
Exceeding the previous maximum, to an exaggerated degree.
For some people more is always better. Exactly what there is more of can vary. More volume, more power, more pretty, more money, more more. Whichever, this trope is about setting a whole new "most" for anything.
For those who aren't into electric guitar, "Taking it up to eleven" is a reference to the maximum volume setting on a guitar amplifier. In a nice example of Defictionalization, Marshall came out with an amp that went up to 11, mostly in response to the trope being used in This Is Spın̈al Tap. Later, many Marshall amplifiers began to sport 0-20 volume knobs, essentially taking the trope itself Up To Eleven.
Conspicuous Consumption and Absurdly High-Stakes Game often involves this.
Not to be confused with Loud of War, The Same, but More.
What's the difference between a musician, an engineer, and an entrepreneur? A musician says "This amp goes up to 11!" An engineer says "It has the same amount of power, all they did was add an additional designation to divide that power." An entrepreneur says "For the right price I can get you one that goes up to 12." It also exists as an XKCD strip now.
King Kong Bundy has, as a central part of his gimmick, the "five-count". Normal pinfalls go to a three-count; when Bundy pins someone, to show how badly he's beaten them, he holds up a hand and yells "FIVE!", demanding the referee count to five instead. Big E. Langston also used the five-count gimmick during his NXT run.
A fairly common joke on commentary when an opponent gets knocked out cold is that the referee could count to 100 (sometimes even 1000) and the pin would still be successful.
There is a game in improvisational theater called "Toppers", which is this trope.
Lyrically referenced in one of the choruses of the song "Raise Your Voice" from the musical version of Sister Act.
Funny clip from 'This is Spinal Tap' where the musician explains how their special amps go up to 11 instead of just 10.


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Lava Beds
National Monument California
Caving at the Lava Beds
Cave entrances can take many forms; from walk-in entrances like Valentine Cave, to entrances that are only accessible by ladders or ropes.
Kenneth Ingham
What You Need To Know Before You Go Caving
Before entering any cave you must be "screened" for white-nose syndrome. If you have boots, clothing or gear that has been in a place where bats roost (caves, mines, buildings, bridges, etc.) outside of Lava Beds National Monument, please leave these items at home. This is an effort to prevent the spread of white-nose syndrome, a deadly fungal bat disease.
Most information you need to know is contained in our caving brochure.
Learn what it means to cave safely and cave softly, and put these ethics into practice during your visit.
Current Cave Closures
Juniper-Hercules Leg Caves
Labyrinth-Lava Brook Caves
Thunderbolt (Northern portion connecting to Labyrinth-Lava Brook)
Sentinel Cave
Sunshine Cave
Big Painted Cave (Closed Due to being in the burn area)
Symbol Bridge (Closed Due to being in the burn area)
Unless noted above, the reason for these cave closures are for the purposes of protecting hibernating bat colonies in the monument. The closures are in accordance with the park's white-nose syndrome (WNS) Response Plan, which calls for targeted cave closures aimed at protecting significant bat hibernation sites. These closures target caves where populations of Townsend's big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii) and other bat species congregate during the winter hibernation season. The intention of these closures is to provide bat populations with undisturbed hibernation and to prevent the possible introduction of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (the fungus associated with WNS) fungal spores during the time period when bats are most susceptible to WNS.
Exploring the Caves
Many of the developed caves contain trails through the cave and stairways or ladders into the cave. Most of the developed caves are located along Cave Loop, a 2-mile road near the visitor center. Just a short walk from the visitor center, Mushpot Cave contains exhibits and is the only lighted cave at Lava Beds. Developed caves are divided into three groups based on their varying levels of difficulty in the hardest section of the cave: least, moderate, and most challenging.
Caves come in all sizes, shapes, and colors. Easy caves are typically defined by high ceilings and smooth floors.
Jesse Barden
Least Challenging
These caves have relatively high ceilings and smoother floors or trails. At the very least you should use the following gear: flashlights, sturdy shoes, and head protection.
Least Challenging Caves:
Mushpot
Heppe
Big Painted
Symbol Bridge
Paradise Alley
Moderately challenging caves may require some stooping and have uneven floors.
Moderately Challenging
These caves may involve stooping through low sections and/or rough floors. Additional safety gear is recommended for the more difficult spots, including: cave maps, compass, kneepads, and gloves.
Moderately Challenging Caves:
Golden Dome
Indian Well
Balcony & Boulevard
Most challenging caves have low, crawling passages and are often easier to get lost in than caves in the other two categories.
Most Challenging
These caves have some portions which require crawling. Using all recommended safety gear will protect you from injury.
Most Callenging Caves:
Lava Brook
Hopkins Chocolate
Hercules Leg
How The Caves Were Formed
Lava Beds National Monument sits on the north face of the Medicine Lake Shield Volcano. The lava tube caves found here were created by flows of smooth lava 10,500 to 65,000 years ago. As the lava flowed it began to cool and solidify on the top and sides. Once the eruption ceased, the tube emptied and drained, and a new lava tube cave is left behind. As the rock cooled, the inner surface of the tube cracked and collapsed, producing openings to the surface.
If you wish to see a lava tube form today, you can take a peak into Lava Beds past by viewing a video of a similar volcano which erupted recently enough for people to be able to capture it on film.
Home To Live In
After cooling, these lava tubes became homes for unique cave life to thrive. When exploring, you may be lucky enough to spot some cave creatures, such as a cave cricket, rubber boa, millipede, or bats. These creatures are not poisonous or dangerous to humans, treat them with respect.
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5 SPFL Players Who Should Have Made the Scotland Squad
By Sean Martin
With Sunday's Euro 2016 qualification draw placing Scotland in a particularly difficult group, Wednesday's friendly against Poland in Warsaw has taken on a new level of meaning.
Gordon Strachan's side were drawn alongside their upcoming opponents in Group D, where they will also face Germany, the Republic of Ireland, Georgia and Gibraltar.
The forthcoming game against Adam Nawalka's men—who boast Bayern Munich-bound Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski as their star player—now represents an early testing ground for both coaches before qualifying gets under way in September.
Until Sunday, the match was simply a chance for Strachan to continue to solidify the improvement the national side has made under his leadership.
Now, however, it is unquestionably a chance for him to begin the process of selecting squads geared towards making it to France two years from now.
As such, there is little logic in selecting the likes of Gordon Greer—the 33-year-old Brighton and Hove Albion defender who will almost certainly not play a part in the tournament should Scotland get there.
Debate also surrounds the presence of Aston Villa right-back Alan Hutton. The former Rangers man has lost much of the pace which characterised his best years and has not featured at all for Villa's first team this campaign.
Celtic utility man Charlie Mulgrew continues to be a victim of his own versatility. Although classed as a midfielder in Strachan's squad announcement—and he has indeed performed admirably in a holding role for both club and country this season—his best position is surely centre-back.
There is also a derth of attackers in the squad, and with 20 of the 24-man squad for Wednesday's match playing their football in England, Strachan continues to apparently place more faith in the quality of England's second tier than Scotland's first.
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Pelican Lake is a lake in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the town of Sioux Lookout and in Unorganized Kenora District in Kenora District, northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is about  long and  wide and lies at an elevation of . The town centre of Sioux Lookout is on the east shore of the lake, the railway point Pelican on the southwest, and the Canadian National Railway transcontinental main line (a line used by Via Rail's transcontinental Canadian trains) crosses the lake and runs along the west shore.

The primary inflow is the English River which comes over the Frog Rapids from Abram Lake at Frog Rapids Narrows at the south end of the lake. Another significant inflow is an unnamed river at the northwest of the lake, arriving from Botham Bay on Big Vermillion Lake. The primary outflow is the English River over the Pelican Falls to Lost Lake (Ontario) at the northwest corner of the lake, which flows via the Winnipeg River and the Nelson River to Hudson Bay.

See also
List of lakes in Ontario

References

Lakes of Kenora District


These are the Sisters Mercurio circa 1940 something, Mom (with the Mink) would be able to figure it out.Only she and Aunt Theresa, standing right behind Mom, are still alive.
My Aunt, Ellie Mercurio DiFiore, the imp kneeling on the right in the foreground, passed away in her sleep yesterday at the age of 83. We shared a birthday and the dogged frugality that led me to quilting in the first place. It was Ellie who taught me to thread and run her factory model Singer and gave me free run of her sewing room when I was only 7 years old. Anything went as long as I didn't use her good scissors or sew my fingers together. I can't remember making anything useful but I do remember loving how neato different fabrics looked seamed together and pressed flat in her steam press. Mom is in poor health now and cursed me out long distance for getting my siblings and Father to scour her room for hidden cigarettes and dispose of them while she was in the hospital. It's hard to be a good daughter from 800 miles away.
I am sorry to hear about your loss. I had a great grandmother like your aunt. She gave me all of her scrap fabric (although I managed to cut up a skirt in progress once) and let me use her extra pair of "big" scissors.
I'm sorry about Aunt Ellie Mercurio DiFiore. What a wonderful picture of the sisters. Looks like you come from good stock.
I'm so sorry to hear about your Aunt, but I, personally, think that you sound like a *terrific* daughter at ANY distance!


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Tempted to cheat on a written exam? Artificial intelligence is 90% certain to nab you
by University of Copenhagen
Combining big data with artificial intelligence has allowed University of Copenhagen researchers to determine whether you wrote your assignment or whether a ghostwriter penned it for you—with nearly 90 percent accuracy.
Several studies have shown that cheating on assignments is widespread and becoming increasingly prevalent among high school students. At the University of Copenhagen's Department of Computer Science, efforts to detect cheating on assignments through writing analysis by way of artificial intelligence have been underway for a few years. Now, based on analyses of 130,000 written Danish assignments, scientists can, with nearly 90 percent accuracy, detect whether a student has written an assignment on their own or if a ghostwriter composed it.
Danish high schools currently use the Lectio platform to check if a student has handed in plagiarized work with passages copied directly from a previously submitted assignment. High schools have a harder time discovering if a student has enlisted someone else to write the assignment for them, something that happens to a more or less systematized degree via online services. The case of the SRP, a major written assignment in the final year of Danish high school, is particularly telling. Because the assignment counts for double, students have gone as far as tendering out their writing assignments on the Danish classified website, Den Blå Avis.
"The problem today is that if someone is hired to write an assignment, Lectio won't spot it. Our program identifies discrepancies in writing styles by comparing recently submitted writing against a student's previously submitted work. Among other variables, the program looks at: word length, sentence structure and how words are used. For instance, whether 'for example' is written as 'ex." or 'e.g.,"" explains Ph.D. student Stephan Lorenzen of the Department of Computer Science. He, along with the rest of the DIKU-DABAI research group, recently presented their findings at a major European AI conference.
Prior to setting the trap, an ethical debate
The program, Ghostwriter, is built around machine learning and neural networks—branches of artificial intelligence that are particularly useful for recognizing patterns in images and texts. MaCom, the company that provides Lectio to Danish high schools, has made a dataset of 130,000 written assignments from 10,000 high school students available to Ghostwriter project researchers at the Department of Computer Science. For now, it is still a research project.
Stephan Lorenzen doesn't think that it is unrealistic for the program to find its way into high schools in the not too distant future, as schools must constantly stay apace with technological developments to address authorship verification. "I think that it is realistic to expect that high schools will begin using it at some point. But before they do, there needs to be an ethical discussion of how the technology ought to be applied. Any result delivered by the program should never stand on its own, but serve to support and substantiate a suspicion of cheating," believes Lorenzen.
Police and fake news
Ghostwriter's technological foundation can be applied elsewhere in society. For example, the program could be used in police work to supplement forged document analysis, a task carried out by forensic document examiners and others.
"It would be fun to collaborate with the police, who currently deploy forensic document examiners to look for qualitative similarities and differences between the texts they are comparing. We can look at large amounts of data and find patterns. I imagine that this combination would benefit police work," says Lorenzen, who emphasizes that ethical discussions are needed here as well.
The artificial intelligence used by researchers at the Department of Computer Science to detect cheating on assignments has a wide range of applications. It has already been used to analyze Twitter tweets to determine whether they were composed by actual users or penned by paid imposters or robots.
The ghostwriter program uses what is known as a Siamese neural network to distinguish the writing styles of two texts. The network is trained on large amounts of data to learn from representations of writing styles, which are then compared.
When a student submits an assignment, the network compares it against their previous assignments. For each previous assignment, the network provides a percentage score for writing style similarity against the new assignment.
In the end, a weighted average of these scores is calculated using a calculation that also takes other factors, such as delivery time, into account. This final score is presented as a percentage and indicates the similarity between the new assignment and the student's writing style.
The research group behind the result is the Danish Center for Big Data Analytics-driven Innovation (DIKU-DABAI). The group is headed by Professor Stephen Alstrup.
Finding the freelance cheats
More information: Detecting Ghostwriters in High Schools. www.science.ku.dk/presse/nyhed … _in_High_Schools.pdf
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Loneliness. A concept with which Raphael Laurent is very familiar. He's lived a solitary life for 36 years, shunning the excesses of the local vampire clan - until he spots Lord Aleric Vane, the handsome and dissolute third son of a duke. For three years Raphael has watched from a distance, for only when he is near Aleric does the hollow, empty ache in his chest ease.