Tulsi, also known as 'holy basil', is probably the most widely known and common household herb in the Indian sub-continent. It is considered sacred, and rightly so, owing to its diverse healing properties. Known in Ayurveda as a kind of "elixir of life", it is believed to promote longevity.
Tulsi is considered to be an adaptogen, as it helps in balancing the different properties in the body and helps coping with stress. The leaves of Tulsi are a nerve tonic, in the sense that they help sharpen memory and increase retention power.
Many common ailments like fever, common cold, sore throat, mouth infections, headaches and certain skin disorders can be treated using Tulsi. It has anti-microbial and anti-allergic property, so it is extremely useful for treating bacterial and fungal infections as well as immunological disorders like allergies and asthma.
Tulsi has proven to be useful in treating Heart disorders and diabetes as it helps in reducing the cholesterol level in the body. It is also known to have shown positive responses when used by patients suffering from kidney stones and bronchial disorders.
The best way to use Tulsi is to chew the leaves raw. This helps relieve symptoms of cold, flu, and help in maintaining oral and dental health.
Tea brewed with a few Tulsi leaves can be consumed 2-3 times a day to get rid of sore throat.As a daily healthy practice, the leaves can be brewed in water and used for gargling.
Pounded Tulsi leaves or Tulsi extract can be applied on the skin, thereby utilizing its anti-oxidant properties.
Water with Tulsi leaves soaked overnight can be used as an eye wash to stir yourself free from eye disorders.
Tulsi can also be used as a dressing in meals, in fact, it is used in many exotic dishes of the Thai cuisine.
These are the benefits and usage tips of Tulsi. We will be back next time with another herb and its importance in the world of Ayurveda. Till then, stay healthy and remember to pop a few Tulsi leaves in your mouth every now and then.


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Petoskey City Council members declined Monday to take a position on the labor impasse between Northern Michigan Hospital and Teamsters Union-affiliated nurses, as a local resident suggested they do.
During the council's regular meeting, Petoskey resident and striking NMH nurse Suzanne Holguin asked the council if it would consider adopting a resolution she and other Teamsters affiliates had prepared regarding the strike, urging a resolution to the dispute.
A majority of NMH nurses have been striking since last November, citing a need to address patient-care issues along with wage and benefit concerns. No negotiations have taken place since the strike's onset. NMH officials have said the union's acceptance of the hospital's "final offer" proposed last winter would be the key to resolving the dispute.
"We ask for you to encourage both parties to come together to benefit the health care and the economics of the city and the community, especially after a public petition and some elected officials have done so," Holguin told council. "At least the Emmet County (board of commissioners) did make a public statement for both parties to negotiate prior to the strike."
City resident Gordon Bourland urged council members to make such a statement.
"I think it's time the community does get involved," he said. "I'd like to see that pressure is brought to bring the two sides to negotiation."
City manager George Korthauer noted three written comments on the topic which were submitted to city officials in recent days - one in support of a resolution calling for negotiations and two recommending that the city avoid involvement in strike issues.
Council member Joe Baird said he believed the strike was not the type of issue on which city officials can take an authoritative stance.
"It's my honest opinion that the city of Petoskey and the city council has to remain completely neutral in this matter," he said.
"It's as private matter, not a governmental matter."
"The city council has no authority on business matters, be they private or non-profit," she said. "There is no way we could enter into this matter with any reasonable amount of authority."
Marshall asked if others on the council wished to propose any statements for the city to make on the matter, but none were offered.
Following the meeting, Holguin said her reaction to the council's decision was one of surprise and disappointment.
"You're not taking sides when you ask people to deal with their issues," she said. "You wonder about elected officials when they can't make comments about something like that."
Holguin added that striking nurses will continue taking other steps to make their concerns on the dispute known to area residents, through means such as door-to-door canvassing.
"Patient care issues are the primary reason we're on strike," she said. "People don't seem to remember that."


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Electric S-Class will be a liftback
A little more than a month later – on September 2 – Mercedes-Benz will present the S-class new generation. It will definitely be one of the main events of the season, however, in parallel, the manufacturer is preparing another – in many ways similar but still very different debut.
We are talking about Mercedes-Benz EQS – all-electric analog of the S-class. It's not just one of the modifications, which decided to allocate, giving it its own name: the electric car is completely independent model. It is built on a separate platform Modular Electric Architecture and has a unique five-, not four-door body. Therefore, its comparison with diesel flagship brand, belongs rather to the field of ideology and market positioning, not technology.
The development of the EQS is long enough: now the former Daimler boss Dieter Zetsche confirmed the intention to release an appropriate model even in the spring of the year before, and the rumors about the desire of Mercedes to create a competitor to the Tesla Model S started to walk and before. And speaking of Tesla: at the recent photos shared by our spies, Mercedes-Benz EQS test in company with the flagship saloon Elon musk and younger – but incredibly popular – sedan Model 3. Apparently, German engineers set up its new, comparing it with rivals.
Earlier this month, current CEO of "Daimler" Ola Kallenius confirmed that the serial EQS can drive on a single charge up to 700 kilometers – that is not inferior to last year's concept Vision EQS. He will receive a twin-engined four-wheel drive, polnopravnym chassis, battery of its own production with the possibility of fast charging. While we are unlikely to make the mistake of assuming that the new S-class will share its electric counterpart, a number of new technologies in the field of multimedia and security systems.
The opening date of the electric vehicle is not yet named. Earlier, before the pandemic COVID-19 – it was reported that it will go on sale in early 2021. It is not excluded that Mercedes-Benz still expects to meet these deadlines. Entered the market, EQS will compete for customers not only with a big "Tesla" in the same segment mark next BMW 7-series and Jaguar XJ, approximately there is already a Porsche Taycan, which should join related Audi e-tron GT.
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One of the most awaited business quiz in India, the AIMA NMQ has been a regular feature in the calendars of the who's who of the quizzing fraternity in India. Being an annual winter feature, the 16th edition of this prestigious quiz was organized in 4 cities of India- in order Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Delhi. I, Ajay Poonia, was the Quizmaster for all 4, including the National Final at Delhi. Here's a review of the regional final and National Final at Delhi. It was yet another marathon day for me, albeit of quizzes. With a total of 10 quizzes lined up for the day, it was a test of stamina for me as well as the participants, especially from Delhi, who had to maintain their focus throughout the day. In the regional rounds for HR Quiz and the Management Quiz, 5 of the 6 finalist teams turned out to be the same- RINL, RBI, IOC, NTPC and OIL. BSES in the HR Quiz and Maruti Suzuki in the Management quiz were the other 2 teams. 16th AIMA NMQ – Delhi NTPC and RBI took an early advantage in this quiz of 5 rounds. At the end of Round 2 NTPC was at 51 and RBI at 31. And it looked as if these two teams will secure their berth in the National Semi Finals. Even after Round 4 RBI was comfortably ahead of its nearest rivals OIL and IOC. The last round was a fast paced buzzer round where accuracy and speed were the two most rewarded virtues. With NTPC building on their healthy lead to make their way through to the National final, the last segment of the final round became a three way affair for one remaining spot- IOC at 35, RBI at 36 and OIL at 40. 4 questions remained for 10 points each. After 3 questions, the three competitors answered 1 question each. Before the last question, it was 45, 46 and 50. As Ravi Shastri, says it over and over again, it went down to the wire. But in a sudden burst of energy, adrenalin rush and child like enthusiasm, NTPC who had already made their way in the final decided to press the buzzer on the final question much to the annoyance of IOC and RBI. By virtue of sitting pretty on the last question, Oil India Ltd. Qualified as the 2nd team from Delhi. An anticlimactic end to what was gearing up to be a nail biting affair. Final scores- NTPD- 89, OIL- 50, RBI- 46 3rd AIMA HR Quiz The HR Quiz at Delhi had a very different route to becoming a the 2nd nail biting quiz of the day. If the first two rounds were a cake walk for RINL and BSES, the next two were a nightmare for them. While all questions in the first two rounds were answered by RINL and BSES, in the next two other teams made their presence felt by answering the questions. At the end of Round 4, with only 1 round remaining, RINL at 57, BSES at 43, OIL at 38 and NTPC at 36. With lots of points, both negative and positive, on offer in the final round RINL and BSES distanced themselves from the rest to qualify for the National Semi Finals. Final scores- RINL- 87, BSES- 73, NTPC- 44 The Four Semi Finals With two teams qualifying in both the quizzes from each of the cities, in the HR Quiz ICRA from Bangalore and NTPC from Mumbai scraped through narrowly in their Semi Finals while SAIL, Kolkata and Vizag Steel, Kolkata had it relatively easy in theirs. In the management quiz, OIL from Delhi and Godrej & Boyce from Mumbai did not face a stiff competition and neither did TCS and ICRA, both from Bangalore. Our line up for the two National Finals was now complete. 3rd HR Quiz National Final 4 rounds had to be negotiated enroute the title of national champion of the HR Quiz. ICRA took the lead early on in the quiz with NTPC Mumbai not too far behind. ICRA 34, NTPC 21. The 3rd round saw ICRA take a significant lead and almost assure themselves of the title. The quiz from here on became a fight for the 2nd place between NTPC and SAIL. ICRA thus decided to watch sit atop the Qutub Minar and watch the others struggle for points. And as it happened, the struggle for points was an exciting affair for the audience and the quizmaster alike. Final scores- ICRA 64, NTPC- 51, SAIL- 20. ICRA, a team that finished 2nd in Bangalore upped their game when it mattered the most and finished National Champions.
16th National Management Quiz National Final The final of this quiz was the 10th quiz of the day and I thought teams would struggle to maintain their focus. But my concern did not hold much weight as by the end of the 1st of 3 rounds, the scoreboard resembled Manhattan's skyline. With TCS leading at 61, ICRA, their competitors in Bangalore at 53, G&B 35 and OIL at 21. The game had to continue in a similar vein with lots of trigger happy teams manhandling the buzzers in the mad rush to take the advantage going into the final round. The leaders after the 2nd round changed as ICRA was now leading with 83, TCS was pushed below them to 71, OIL climbed one spot to 51 and G&B at 40. The drama, however, wasn't over. The roller coaster ride carried on in the final round where teams were eliminated after each leg, OIL was the first to be eliminated as they found Montegrappa's Pele edition pens a little too slippery to handle, thus letting G&B overtake them again. While at the top, TCS a team that came with the reputation of being the defending champions, found trailing the leaders an uncomfortable position to be in. Thus, in an attempt to win this quiz early on they earned a negative and fell behind to 61. ICRA on the other hand took the game one ball at a time and steadily improved their lead. G&B then had a taste of what the sound of '1st runners up' feels like when they answered a 15 pointer and reached 71, TCS slid further down to 3rd. But TCS was having none of it and immediately got their 15 pointer correct to reach 76. ICRA, still 12 points ahead, decided to test the waters with another 5. With two questions remaining, TCS 76 and ICRA 93. Logically, it wasn't possible for TCS to scale Mt. ICRA but mathematically (and with a pinch of buffoonery daredevilry on part of ICRA) it was certainly possible. TCS took a 15 and lived up to their part of the deal by identifying the four deputy governors of RBI. TCS now 91, ICRA 93. ICRA decided against popular demand from the audience and opted for a 5 pointer. Final scores- ICRA 98, TCS 91, G&B 71. The scoreboard suggesting a much closer competition than it actually was. ICRA thus rounded off the day, as one of their team members said, "with a story to tell their grandchildren". Two national champion titles on the same day for ICRA Ltd.
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Sep 4, 2018 09:58:21 AM NBC FAKE NEWS, which is under intense scrutiny over their killing the Harvey Weinstein story, is now fumbling around making excuses for their probably highly unethical conduct. I have long criticized NBC and their journalistic standards-worse than even CNN. Look at their license?
Sep 3, 2018 05:20:17 PM – President Bashar al-Assad of Syria must not recklessly attack Idlib Province. The Russians and Iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this potential human tragedy. Hundreds of thousands of people could be killed. Don't let that happen!
Sep 3, 2018 02:21:26 PM – According to the Failing New York Times, the FBI started a major effort to flip Putin loyalists in 2014-2016. "It wasn't about Trump, he wasn't even close to a candidate yet." Rigged Witch Hunt!
Sep 3, 2018 01:55:35 PM – I see that John Kerry, the father of the now terminated Iran deal, is thinking of running for President. I should only be so lucky – although the field that is currently assembling looks really good – FOR ME!
Sep 3, 2018 01:39:19 PM – ….The Democrats, none of whom voted for Jeff Sessions, must love him now. Same thing with Lyin' James Comey. The Dems all hated him, wanted him out, thought he was disgusting – UNTIL I FIRED HIM! Immediately he became a wonderful man, a saint like figure in fact. Really sick!
Sep 3, 2018 12:57:10 PM – RT @IvankaTrump: Today, on #LaborDay, let's also recognize the amazing stay-at-home parents across America, who seldom receive the credit they deserve for the invaluable work that they do, as they nurture and raise the next generation of American workers! Thank you!
Sep 3, 2018 12:50:59 PM – RT @WhiteHouse: In July, President Trump announced the Pledge to America's Workers. In little more than a month since, MILLIONS of new opportunities have been created for our workforce.
Sep 3, 2018 10:28:33 AM – Richard Trumka, the head of the AFL-CIO, represented his union poorly on television this weekend. Some of the things he said were so against the working men and women of our country, and the success of the U.S. itself, that it is easy to see why unions are doing so poorly. A Dem!
Sep 3, 2018 07:23:33 AM – The Worker in America is doing better than ever before. Celebrate Labor Day!


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Take a Tree-cation Around the UK
If you love trees and you love the UK, then why not spend this year's holiday exploring some of the most incredible trees the Great British Isles have to offer? We've found the country's most fabulous trees from all around Britain, so take a look at our list and enjoy a UK Tree-cation this summer!
This 'see it to believe it' megatree is thought to have been around since before the last ice age. Situated by the side of Scotland's stunning Lock Fyne measures 211ft tall. But get there fast - the tree's status as the tallest in the UK is set to be overtaken by Snowdonian firs planted back in the 1920s within the next few years.
Thickest
Known appropriately as 'Majesty', Britain's thickest tree is in Kent's Fredville Park and has a circumference of 40ft. The entirely hollow pedunculated oak tree is, however, situated on a private estate, so you'll need to ask permission to visit.
Herefordshire's Croft Castle is home to a sessile oak which holds the record for the greatest volume of timber and measures 3,800 cubic feet, making it not only the country's biggest tree, but also the UK's largest living thing. Historically, Elms were often the biggest trees, but disease has wiped out much of the species. However, a felled wych elm in Staffordshire was recorded as being 16ft thick and 121ft tall, but that was back in 1636!
There are three UK trees vying for position as Britain's oldest. All are yews and all are situated in churchyards. Each tree is thought to be more than 5000 years old and you'll find them in Fortingall Perthshire, Llangernyw Conwy and Discoed Powys. There are many yew trees found in British churchyards and they're believed to have played an important role in the Pagan religion. Many legends surround yew trees and many Fortngall residents believe that Roman Governor Pontius Pilate was born under the shade of their ancient oak.
Believe it or not there are several unique trees in the UK of which only one specimen exists. The Audley End Oak in Essex is widely considered to be the rarest and although several attempts have been made at planting grafts, none have been successful. The tree was planted in the late 1600s and its Latin name is Quercus audleyensis.
Greatest Span
Planted in the mid-1600s, Wiltshire's Corsham Court is the home of the UK's most far reaching tree. The tree, which is on a privately owned estate, spans around 210 ft, practically the size of a football pitch. The tree is so large that many of its lower branches have begun to take root. Shute House in Devin is home to the tree with the greatest unsupported crown. The tree spans 177ft, which is almost three times the size of the St Paul's Cathedral dome.
Fastest Growing
Harcourt Arboretum in Oxford is responsible for housing the UK's fastest-growing tree. The Silvertop belonged to the eucalypt family and grew to 66ft tall in six years, that's around the same height as a seven storey building. Unfortunately fast growers often drop off fairly quickly, too, and the tree died in the winter of 2012.
Nina Slater is a green finger blogger and gardening expert at King and Co The Tree Nursery Ltd, offering the finest collection of semi mature trees and shrubs, hedging and topiary in the UK.
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World Design Forum has recorded several experts interviews in the context of Agenda Stad. This video is a compilation of all the recorded interviews.
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Kapuso shows secure Top 7 spots on the rating chart as 'Darna' drops to number 8
LionhearTV•November 9, 2022
There's no stopping GMA Network shows from dominating the rating chart as they finally secured the Top 7 spots.
Based on the rating reports from Nielsen NUTAM People's Survey, Kapuso shows have recently captured the top 7 spots on the rating board after Darna plummeted to the number 8 spot.
GMA Network's latest feat in the rating game was achieved on October 18, following the good showing of GMA Network Afternoon Prime programs Abot Kamay Na Pangarap, Return to Paradise, and Nakarehas Na Puso, which moved up to number 5 to number 7 position.
On that day, Abot Kamay Na Pangarap registered a rating of 9.1%, followed by Return To Paradise's 8.2% and Nakarehas Na Puso's 7.4%.
Darna, on the other hand, moved two notches down to the 8th position with a 7.0% rating. This is the lowest ranking of the Kapamilya action-hero serye since its pilot on August 15.
Meanwhile, on Friday, October 28, the Kapuso afternoon trio— achieving their all-time high ratings of 11.1%, 9.9%, and 9.4% respectively.
The Kapuso afternoon prime dramas even bested GMA Network's primetime series Start-Up PH, which moved lower to number 7 spot with a rating score of 9.3%.
In the latest NUTAM rating report on Friday, November 4, GMA Network still holds the top 7 spots on the rating board, with 24 Oras leading the pack with 17.5%. Maria Clara at Ibarra followed in second with 12.7%.
Family Feud remains at number 3 with 12.6%, and Abot Kamay Na Pangarap is in fourth with 9.1%.
Taking the number 5 spot is Start-Up PH with 8.6%, followed by the Return to Paradise finale episode in number 6, which scored 8.4%.
And in the 7th spot is Nakarehas Na Puso with 8.2%.


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SANTA CLARA, California, Jan. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- In a time where major data breaches have become a routine feature of the news cycle, consumer digital trust is at once an intangible and highly consequential metric for any organization conducting business online. For most businesses, building or losing digital trust can have a profound impact on the bottom line.
Frost & Sullivan invites you to join our Digital Transformation expert, Jason Reed, for the webinar "Digital Trust in the Age of Normalized Data Breaches" on January 22, 2019. With a focus on 10 major global markets, this session will show the results of groundbreaking research that quantifies this difficult-to-measure concept and outlines the business implications of building or losing trust. Additionally, it will outline key areas that can help build consumer trust in online brands and services, and highlight proven methods to improve business outcomes.
"Consumers gravitate toward businesses that they feel are responsible stewards of their personal information, and there are some notable misconceptions in the business community about how much consumers trust organizations," explains Reed.
The degree to which business leaders' perceptions of their customers' trust aligns with consumer reality.
What makes (or breaks) consumer digital trust in organizations.
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With so many land management software vendors in the industry today, you need to be sure you make the right decisions when choosing one. The decision should not be made on just price, but on the comprehensive functionality, it provides as well.
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YooMedia launch interactive TV channel with Five
YooMedia, the UK interactive media group, has launched a new channel called YooPlay TV, in a joint venture with broadcaster Five.
YooPlayTV, available on Sky satellite television, features a mix of participation and interactive entertainment including the Puzzle Time and Cash Quiz formats, previously piloted on the Avago channel.
It will also feature an extended version of the daily Brainteaser quiz show, which runs on Five, produced by Endemol.
Five will promote the extended version during and after the daily lunchtime broadcast. The extended version will run through the afternoon and early evening on YooPlay TV.
"We are delighted by the prospect of both developing the YooPlay brand through the launch of this channel and the regular broadcast of our own participation TV show," said Neil MacDonald, group managing director of YooMedia. "The opportunity to host an extended version of the UK's most successful format of this type and to work with partners such as Five and Endemol is an added bonus for YooPlay TV."
Jonathan Lewis, head of commercial development at Five, said Brainteaser has proved to be a real interactive success story. He said "the logical next step was always to extend this winning format onto other platforms".
The agreement with Five is for an initial pilot phase, with an option to extend the arrangement into 2006.
YooPlay also provides an interactive games portal on satellite, terrestrial and cable television, making it the only such service currently available on all four main digital platforms in the UK.
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I track my net worth monthly on NetworthIQ. From the last update in Dec. 2008 until end of Feb. 2009 my net worth increased $3,008. Most of that is due to increased cash balances. We sold a car, I got some bonuses and stock purchase via work. Our retirement accounts have been going down though.


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More Than One Story: The Jameel Prize
September/October 2016 PDF
Written by Juliet Highet
We live in times when culture matters, it seems, more than ever. Civilizations come and go, but what remains is their art, architecture and literature—their heritage. As a farsighted and increasingly influential award for today's art and design, the Jameel Prize is encouraging creativity that celebrates the heritage of our times, counterbalancing news of conflicts with other stories, tales that draw on art's universal themes of beauty, exploration and transformation.
Every two years, the Jameel Prize is awarded for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition, encouraging artists to explore how long-established practices of Islamic art, craft and design can powerfully inform modern expressions. In doing so, the prize promotes dialogue about the role of Islamic culture in an era of sweeping change both in historically Islamic regions and beyond.
Courtesy Ghulam Mohammed
Ghulam Mohammed is the first artist from Pakistan to win the Jameel Prize. Above, is his untitled collage of intricate texts in Urdu (the dominant language of Pakistan) layered on wasli paper.
One such location that is no stranger to cultural dialogue is Istanbul, one of the world's oldest crossroads of cultures, and on June 7 the Pera Museum in that city hosted the ceremony announcing the fourth Jameel Prize. The Pera Museum blends its holdings of Ottoman and Orientalist art with changing contemporary art shows, mirroring the interchange of tradition and modernity of the prize. Some of the work of the 11 finalists, selected from 280 entries, was huge and startling. But the 2016 prize went to Ghulam Mohammed, a young artist from Lahore, Pakistan, for five small, intensely intricate, delicately textured works of paper collage.
First awarded in 2009, the Jameel Prize was founded as a cross-cultural partnership between Art Jameel, an arts and culture initiative in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, and the Victoria and Albert Museum v&a. in London, which also exhibits traditional and contemporary art. This year was the first time the prize was announced and the art of the finalists shown in an exhibition away from the v&a. This helps "widen public appreciation of the role played by Islam's great cultural heritage as a source for our own times," emphasizes Fady Jameel, president of Community Jameel International, a social-enterprise organization with projects in Saudi Arabia and around the world, including the Jameel Prize. He adds that rich and varied Islamic traditions are shared by more than a billion people across a huge area from Africa to Indonesia, and many more countries around the globe.
Usman Javaid/ V&A
In a single process that can take months to create at single work, Gulam Mohamed cuts letters from antique books and reapplies them in layers on handmade wasli paper. "You have to be cool, calm and patient, breathing deeply," he says.
Courtesy Ghulam Mohammed, V&A
Collage on wasli paper
It was his father, Mohammad Jameel, who sponsored the redesign of the v&a's Islamic Middle East Gallery in 2006, when it was renamed the Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art. That same year, Art Jameel established the Jameel Prize with an award amount of £25,000. From the start it has attracted entrants from around the world: The fourth cycle saw entries from five continents.
The prize's exhibitions have attracted international viewer attention, too, touring venues as diverse as San Antonio, Singapore, Moscow and Morocco. The inaugural prize exhibit, in 2009, traveled to six cities in the Middle East and North America, and the 2011 show toured four venues in France, Spain and the us.
Mohammed, who graduated just three years ago from Lahore's Beaconhouse National University, is the first Pakistani artist to win the prize. Born in a remote village in Balochistan, he won a scholarship to Beaconhouse. "It was a miracle," says Mohammed, who studied international contemporary art as well as Mughal miniature painting and calligraphy, all of which influenced his own work.
To create his art, Mohammad visits antiquarian bookshops in Lahore, where he buys texts in Urdu (the dominant language of Pakistan) and uses them to create three-dimensional artworks. Using a process that can take two to three months for each work, he cuts out individual letters, pastes them in layers onto handmade wasli paper, and sometimes embellishes them with gold and silver leaf. It's intense, concentrated work with results no larger than an average hand.
"If you create miniatures with tiny details, you have to be cool, calm and patient, breathing deeply," says Mohammed. "It's a kind of meditation, in which the process is very important. It's cathartic, and I feel very relaxed."
The Jameel Prize can contribue to expanding our collective ideas of what global visual culture looks like.
–Hammad Nasar
The Jameel Prize 4 panel of six judges was headed by the director of the v&a, Martin Roth, who praises Mohammed for his "excellence of concept and execution." He says he is happy the prize has been won "by such a promisıng young artist at the beginning of his career. The award has always been thoroughly international in character, open to artists and designers of any nationality or creed, whose work is inspired by Islamic cultural tradition."
The Jameel Prize is "the work of many hands," comments Tim Stanley, senior curator for the v&a's Middle Eastern Collection, who was responsible for developing the award and for curating all four editions. "It has drawn on the knowledge, wisdom and generosity of our network of nominators as well as our judges. It has grown, too, through the willingness of hundreds of talented artists and designers to participate. As a result, the prize can now be seen as an informal commonwealth of practitioners and commentators on their work."
The 2016 shortlist included "not … just a diversity of practices from sound to film to minimalist sculptures, but also evidence of a growing confidence in the artists, many with strong reputations in the global art world, to assert their multiple identities—both contemporary and rooted in Muslim cultures," notes Hammad Nasar, one of the judges and head of Research & Programs at Asia Art Archives in Hong Kong. "This is a welcome development, and it suggests that plat-forms such as the Jameel Prize can contribute to expanding our collective ideas of what global visual culture looks like."
Suna and Inan Kirac Foundation / Pera Museum
The Jameel Prize 4 exhibit at the Pera Museum.
London-based curator, writer, publisher and judge Rose Issa, who has championed the visual arts and film from the Arab world and Iran for the last 30 years, says the prize is helping to move the art world away from its Western orientation. "For many years the focus for the international art world was on Western art," she says. "The only books available on contemporary art focused on the same thing; the only references in art education were to Western modernist art. That is changing. It's very exciting now. The museum curators and gallerists know that if they stick to the Western model, they are going to be very local, and not global.... Alternative modernities are happening everywhere—in China, India, South America and so on."
Equal in value to the influential Turner Prize for contemporary art, the Jameel Prize is certainly worth winning, but like other art awards, the value is not just financial. Because of its two-year international touring agenda, the prize ensures global exposure and prestige that translate into further opportunities for creative commissions, exhibitions and recognition.
Mahnaz Fancy, editor of Dubai-based Canvas magazine, calls the partnership between Art Jameel and the v&a a "cultural diplomacy mission." The award "serves as a platform for negotiating stubborn cultural polarization between the so-called Western and Islamic worlds," she says.
Inan Kirac Foundation; Pera Museum
The Jameel Prize 4 exhibit showed 11 finalists works in additional to the five winning works by Ghulman Mohammed.
Roth agrees, calling the prize "a comment space for everyone, a safe environment, supported by an intellectual, academic framework. Artists can hold a mirror to themselves, asking questions in a neutral space."
The scope of the Jameel Prize makes it unique, and defining its artistic parameters was a challenge, says Venetia Porter, curator of Islamic and contemporary Middle East art at the British Museum, who collaborated with Stanley to initiate the prize. "As scholars of Islamic arts, we clearly understood the complexities of this term 'Islam.' Should one, could one talk about a 'contemporary Islamic art'? This [dilemma] became even clearer when the criteria for selection began to be formulated."
In the end, the prescription for prize entries called for a clear link with "traditional practices of Islamic art and craft," referring to "objects, ceramics, textiles, carpets, metal-work, glass, woodwork as well as architecture … created from the seventh to the 19th century in countries that were at any time under predominately Muslim rule."
Alternative modernities are happening everywhere.
– Rose Issa
"Right from the beginning, we didn't call the [submitted] work 'Islamic art'—it's not about that," explains Stanley. "Some artists are from Islamic countries but aren't Muslim. For the first prize, we had a Jain, an Armenian jeweler from Istanbul and an Orthodox artist from Lebanon."
For the 2016 prize, British-born artist David Chalmers Alesworth, who lived immersed in the culture of Pakistan for more than 20 years, submitted "garden carpets," re-embroidering carpets of Baluchi and Iranian origin. Lucia Koch from Brazil offered what she called "architectural interventions" created with screens that characterized Brazilian homes from the 16th century when Portuguese settlers brought Islamic traditions with them to the New World.
The diversity of this year's shortlisted entrants also frequently reflects social and political concerns, such as work by CANAN, an artist whose work is informed by her position as one of the leading defenders of women's rights in Turkey: Using the visual language of Ottoman miniatures in photography, performance and textiles, she entered a painting titled "Resistance on Istiklal Street." Iranian artist Sahand Hesamiyan takes elemental Islamic geometric and architectonic forms and transforms them into steel sculptures such as "Nail," which alludes to the Crucifixion.
As its legacy, the Jameel Prize is already providing "a much-needed contextual dimension and bridge across the divide between the Islamic craft heritage and contemporary practice, [and] it actually complements the rapid development of contemporary art from the region," Fancy writes. On tour the prize gives emerging and mid-career artists an international audience, as some 172,000 people attended the first three prize exhibitions. This year, for the first time, prize organizers have produced a comprehensive catalogue featuring essays by both shortlisted artists and designers as well as academic contributors.
Nicelle Beauchene Gallery
Jameel Prize winner 2009, Afruz Amighi, "1001 Pages."
Jameel Prize winner 2011, Rachid Koraïchi, "Les Maitres Invisibles" ("The Invisible Masters").
Jameel Prize winner 2013, Dice Kayek, "Istanbul Contrast."
Submissions for the prize are from both artists and designers, and it welcomes work that is not just "fine art." This means architectural submissions, too, which, like product designs, interact with craftsmanship such as calligraphy and graphic design. This is especially important as Islamic craft heritages are threatened in areas of conflict, by falling tourism and from competition with inexpensive manufactured alternatives to artisanal works.
By engaging in media such as carpets, metalwork and inlaid marquetry, for example, today's artists give work to traditional craftspeople, encouraging the survival and evolution of those skills. Indeed, the 2013 prize highlighted fashion when the Turkish label Dice Kayek drew on Ottoman sartorial style for its winning entry, "Istanbul Contrast."
With this inclusive approach, the Jameel Prize, says Venetia Porter of the British Museum, "stands as a testament to artists and designers who, in a myriad of subtle ways, encourage us to look at the world from another angle — a place where politics take second place to human aspiration and creativity." A place where always there is more than one story.
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Juliet Highet
Trained as a photographer, Juliet Highet lived in East and West Africa as well as India. In Nigeria she began writing and later edited magazines and books from the UK. Widely published on travel, the arts and culture, she is the author of Frankincense: Oman's Gift to the World (Prestel, 2006) and a specialist in traditional and contemporary Arab, African and South Asian cultures and heritage.


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[Archive] Melee Back Room
Ruleset Changes V1.1
Thread starter roboticphish
roboticphish
Smash Cadet
Hello to all!
I am Roboticphish, acting project manager for the rules and at-large committees, and it's my job to push this project along. To remind you all, every six months there will be a maximum of ten amendments submitted for analysis by the rules committee (the '5'). They individually vote on each of those submitted amendments, and any amendments which pass are then passed onto the members of the at-large committee (the '25'). That is the stage we are currently at with our first three submitted amendments. This thread will function as the discussion grounds for the changes, which I have outlined here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZpKbo4AKXOh3H51k4HDgg4_rXUoTm2rBi9VgubAWwvI/edit?usp=sharing
Please review it. There are three submitted amendments. The first is a coaching clause, allowing coaching between sets of grand finals. The second amendment concerns clerical changes to wording of the original document, and it is broken up into three sections. When you submit your vote for this section, please note that each of the sections of this amendment must pass separately. All three need not pass, but any section which does not have the required number of votes will not be adopted. Finally, the third amendment includes a colorblindness clause, allowing players to request that their opponent change colors in order to accommodate colorblindness (most frequently red/green).
The 5 opted to go with easy and simple amendments for the first time through the process, just to get everyone's feet wet with how it works. The next amendments under discussion are going to be the 7 minute timer and UCF, so we take a big chomp at the big questions soon. For now, please follow the link below and make sure to cast your vote. You will be given two weeks maximum, and I will start hounding you down after one week, to get your votes submitted. Please be punctual and timely to save everyone trouble. Thank you all for your efforts, and let me know if there's any other way I can help facilitate your discussion.
VOTE HERE:
https://goo.gl/forms/FI2406LXVWN7cLcK2
For your reference, the current and full text of the rules can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14MtvwnEGWXcRytFaTnTtT8ASfojicArU1sveFaXeMmA/edit?usp=sharing
emilywaves
Smash Apprentice
Just to be clear - the new amendment for coaching is to allow for coaching in the case of a GF reset? Can you outline the rationale behind that?
Outside of the reasons coaching shouldn't be allowed in general, this doesn't seem very consistent to allow it only for a reset.
emilywaves said:
The rationale is that mid-set coaching shouldn't be allowed under any circumstances, but even though both players are playing back-to-back sets in a GF situation, they should still be treated as though they are separate sets. Coaching is still allowed between tournament sets in all other parts of the bracket, so the rationale is based on keeping consistent.
SleepyK
Banned via Administration
i guess since you technically couldn't avoid someone coaching between two other sets in a double jeopardy case?
SleepyK said:
roboticphish said:
Ah got it thanks
Nihonjin
Striving 4 Perfection
Amsterdam, Holland
Change the rule to "No coaching during matches.".
I don't see any reason why third party interference somehow becomes acceptable just because there's more than one set. That's as irrelevant as the amount of games being played. It's still a single match between two competitors that signed up for a tournament where they're compete on their own.
I'm not necessarily expecting people to try and use semantics to circumvent the spirit of the no coaching rule. But it's probably better to make it loophole free and to be clear with the terminology.
I suggest we stick with these terms:
Game ~ A single fight between two competitors
Set ~ All games within a best of 3, 5, 7 etc. between two competitors
Match ~ The entirety of games and sets between two competitors in one sitting until one player moves on to the next round/wins the tournament
On a more general note, I want to encourage all of the 25 to not just silently vote what you think is best, but to engage in a conversation with all of us and explain the reasoning behind your vote.
The whole point of having all of us together like this is so that we can share viewpoints and come to a consensus. Or at the very least, so we can make an informed decision after having our thoughts and reasoning challenged by our fellow members.
I suggest we have all post what votes we're leaning towards with our reasoning and have discussion over the next few days before we submit anything. Anyone else in favor of that?
Nihonjin said:
I originally agreed with the spirit of your argument, especially since this seemed like a technicality. Overall I don't think there is a clear answer since allowing 'mid-match' coaching goes against banning 'mid-set/game' coaching. But given that there are breaks between GF sets at national tournaments, it seems the coaching piece is back into play. People are allowed coaching after a winners/before a losers set even if they're playing the same person, and the only difference is the amount of time between sets in this case.
PracticalTAS
Amendment 1: Coaching between sets of grand finals
Yes. Players are already allowed to take a bathroom break, water break, recollect themselves, etc. Either we eliminate that or we allow mid-GFs coaching.
Amendment 2: Clerical changes
Yes. Honestly probably should not need to be discussed, but I can see us wasting time argiung about the match/set distinction.
Amendment 3: Colorblind clause
Yes. Should be a no-brainer.
When are we going to get to the good stuff (7 minute timer and UCF)?
(Also roboticphish it's "Yea" not "Yay" lol)
TheCrimsonBlur
LA, CA near Santa Monica
We (the 5) have a meeting scheduled for tomorrow evening to discuss further amendments. Expect a lot more to be coming down the pipeline in the coming weeks.
These first 3 were some of the easiest to get consensus on, and good tests for the system at large.
Having said that, I don't think coaching between GFs is clear-cut at all. I'd love to see active discussion on that amendment in particular.
Dr Peepee
Ancient Light
I don't like the idea of someone else coaching between both sets of GFs for the same reason as I don't like it other times when two players are sitting down together. I want sets to be 1v1 at that point. But I do have to admit that it's a different case where we can allow breaks between GFs, though in my experience the breaks aren't always the same length if any so that feels difficult to weigh accurately to me. I'm not very sure of my position on the issue and I'd certainly welcome any discussion there.
Nintendude
Smash Hero
I think Amsah brings up an interesting point with the concept of a "Match" with Grand Finals being a case where a Match and a Set are not necessarily the same thing. The question I'd then ask is when are players entitled to breaks? Is it between sets or between matches? How long of a break is a player entitled to?
A non-GFs example would be when a player loses in winners and then is asked immediately to play again in losers. A player could reasonably argue that they are entitled to a break to refresh themselves and receive coaching before the upcoming set. If we treat sets in GF the same way then I think coaching should definitely be allowed between sets, but if we expect that players must play both sets of GFs without getting up then that suggests to me that it should be banned.
Personally, given the possibility that a set can last 30+ minutes, I think players should be entitled to a short break just as they would between other sets in bracket, and that they may choose to use this break to receive coaching.
R3N0
I never thought about the GF coaching rule.
I think I am in favor of allowing coaching in between sets of GF (if there is a reset).
My reasoning would reflect the same as some others in the thread: You are allowed to take a break, gather yourself etc after each MATCH. Despite the matches being sequential they are separate matches. You have to go through all the motions in the reset, character / double blind / stage etc. etc. Things can possibly change between GF matches.
In between match coaching is YAY.
Mid set coaching is NAY
Mid game coaching is a HARD NAY.
Clerical Amendments + Color Blind Amendment is a YAY from me.
Reno highlights a good point. Because a reset is also a new set, out of game decisions get a new cycle (character select, stage striking, set game plan). It seems to me these are critical decisions that coaches have the most influence on (I can walk thru a set game plan with my player before they walk up, but I cannot coach them anymore after that).
I don't think many of us argue against coaching with these types of tips. Most people get miffed at coaching when it affects play style from game to game in a noticeable way. In this way we can all understand the frustration of set reset + coaching when it changes gameplay from set 1 to set 2. But as a few explained before me, this type of coaching (after a set but before the next rematch) is allowed in all parts of bracket currently. The only difference is GF has a chance of being 2 sets.
Being coached in between sets that aren't GF isn't a problem because you have no idea what their next opponents habits will be or what your coachee's weaknesses will be. So rather than tailor made advice on how to beat the person you'll be playing in the next 2 minutes, it's just general advice. Not to mention it's utterly impossible to monitor, let alone enforce.
If the main reasoning is that people can also get coached in between non-GF sets and it should thus be allowed, does that mean that we're allowing people's entire 20 men entourage on stage to coach? Because that's what they have available to them in between any other set. But if we're limiting them to an arbitrary number of coaches, then that defeats the argument entirely since we're now limiting the freedom in between sets of GF compared to other sets.
It seems a bit absurd to me.
Can someone explain something to me. If you're in favor of coaching inbetween GF sets, why not allow it in between games? What's the difference? Because to me it seems unfavorable for the exact same reasons.
1) Not everyone has a coach.
2) It fundamentally changes what should've been a 1 on 1 into a pseudo team effort.
What about losing in winners finals -> coached -> go to losers finals -> win -> coached -> grand finals
Then you are getting coached vs the same person.
There are timers for when sets become DQ's (5-10mins leeway standard for most tournaments before DQ).
There is nothing stopping a legion of coaches to hop on stage because yeah, you can interact with a ton of different people.
We can say that if someone requests coaching they remove themselves from the stage and return within 5 minutes. It's the same courtesy afforded to anyone who needs to use the bathroom right?
1) Everyone could get a coach or ask a friend for advice before / after sets.
2) It is a 1on1 effort once a match starts.
It's about consistency. I think allowing mid GF coaching is consistent with largely unenforceable "no coaching at all"
Relic of the Past
For Syndicate we ended up including that coaching between sets of grand finals was allowed, as it seemed the most consistent to me if coaching between sets is allowed in general. Players are, or at least should be, allowed a break between tournament sets, including grand finals in case of a bracket reset. It's hard to enforce that they don't talk to anyone between sets.
Of course I do get the sentiment that, even with a bracket reset, grand finals feels like a single match as many players don't actually take a (significant) break and get right back into it. Technically there are two separate sets however and, as has been pointed out, the players could very well have played each other just a few sets earlier and received coaching between that set and grand finals.
If we end up considering two sets of grand finals as one match, then coaching shouldn't be allowed. That still leaves the question of players getting a break or not and it being virtually impossible to enforce that they don't talk to anyone for coaching if they do. Personally, I don't think it's practical and I don't view it as that problematic if players take some time gearing up for the second set as if it were any other upcoming set.
Separate post for a separate issue:
I think the colorblind clause indicates good sportsmanship, but is ill-defined otherwise.
- It doesn't specify what steps players are reasonably expected to take to accommodate the colorblind person.
- It doesn't specify the penalty for not indulging the request. Does someone get DQ'ed if they refuse to change their preferred color to something else?
- For team colors the colorblind person and their partner can just change their own color. No need to ask their opponent.
- How do we accommodate players with other handicaps? Can people with hearing problems demand a high volume?
The bottom line is that this gets dangerously close to code of conduct. If we want to enforce rules it should be more specific, if we trust people to not be jerks it probably shouldn't be in the ruleset.
R3N0 said:
There are opponents in between and there's a ton of downtime in between, both players have time to mentally reset and switch up their gameplans, even review their own sets in some cases. It's not at all the same as coaching mid match.
Then we get the same problem I've pointed out 7 years ago. Not everybody has access to dedicated coaches. Do we want to endorse an unfair unearned competitive advantage when we have the ability to keep things equal?
Not if you're foreign, don't speak English and/or are universally disliked for whatever reason (which happens).
The match never ended. When a bracket gets reset you don't move on to the next round, you're still in Grand Finals playing against the same opponent.
Coaching is either favorable or unfavorable. Whether we can completely enforce it isn't really relevant. There are plenty of rules we can't entirely enforce throughout the tournament.
Should we compromise our values and explicitly allow certain kinds of cheating in Grand Finals because people are able to cheat at earlier stages of a tournament and not get caught, for the sake of consistency? How is that any different from what you're arguing?
By the way, "No coaching during matches" given the terms I laid out earlier is actually consistent. It allows for coaching between matches, not sets. It's not at all ambiguous or contradictory.
As for the color blindness issue, is it possible for people to have conflicting preferences for their color blindness?
HyugaRicdeau
Baller/Shot-caller
Slippi.gg
DRZ#283
There are multiple kinds of color blindness, and in theory they could conflict with one another. I think in that case we'd just have to work that out case by case or have them wear tags (although if they play Sheik/Zelda/M2 that's also a problem).
Marc said:
Agreed on most of your points which is why I wanted to vote no on this one. The amendment itself outlines what players can request but has no action items set. In most cases, the color blind player can change their own color, whereas the amendment stressed putting the onus on the opponent. I've heard of only a single case where the color blind player needs their opponent to change and that's on dreamland and their opponent has to be blue (but this is what I've heard from a color blind player, uncertain if this is across the board).
For what it's worth, I submitted the colorblind clause amendment (written with the help of r/smashbros), and it's much shorter now than when I submitted it. Here's my original wording:
A player may request that their opponent(s) take steps to make their character(s) distinct in order to accommodate color blindness, or if their color is indistinguishable from either the other team color or the stage background. The following steps should be considered, and individually executed if they would aid in accommodating the requesting player:
If their opponent's color is difficult to see on a given stage background, a player may request that they switch to a clearly visible color.
If in Doubles, a player may request that the opposing team switch colors so that they may distinguish between teams. (in the case of colorblindness this will usually result in the two teams wearing the Red and Blue colors).
If their opponent is playing Ice Climbers, a player may request that their opponent wear a tag in order to be able to distinguish between the primary and secondary Ice Climbers.
If their opponents on a Doubles team are both playing Sheik/Zelda or are both playing Mewtwo, a player may request that their opponents switch colors to allow the player to distinguish between them. If the player cannot distinguish between his opponents with any team color, they may request that one of their opponents wear a tag.
If their opponents on a Doubles team are playing the same character (which is neither Zelda/Sheik nor Mewtwo), a player may request that one of them wear a tag in order to be able to distinguish between them.
Perhaps it should have used stronger language, but the "action items" were in the original proposal and subsequently removed.
If UCF passes, we could also add a code in to hide tags during Sheik/Zelda upb, which would dodge that issue.
PracticalTAS said:
One of the biggest issues the 5 had with the full wording of the amendment was that several of the bullet points had nothing to do with the condition of colorblindness. In the case of the ICs, the darker colored climber is always the player-controlled climber, and colorblindness would not take away from the ability to distinguish the two. In addition, the inclusion of tags does not help to solve issues stemming from colorblindness, as one of the characters is always a lighter shade. Asking one of the players to wear a tag does not solve the issue of being able to distinguish between colors, only between players. Finally, if a character is difficult to see on a given background, that is not an issue stemming from colorblindness, any more than wearing camouflage to blend in with your surroundings could be taking advantage of colorblindness. If the intention of the amendment is to allow a provision wherein someone suffering from clinical colorblindness needs to be able to distinguish between friend and foe, the currently submitted wording covers that. Giving the amendment more teeth was seen as interfering with the metagame too much.
Gtown_Tom
New England Melee TO
Rankings Team
Guess I'll chime in on everything. Given what's already been discussed, the circumstances which occur and our allowance of coaching between other sets leads me to believe that allowing coaching between match 1 and match 2 of grand finals (which I believe should be treated as different matches instead of one longer, continuous match) should be permitted, though I won't rehash what's already been combed over above.
The clerical adjustments to the sections on match procedure are no-brainers imo and should be supported.
On the colorblindness issue, the wording I have some reservations about (also for reasons listed above) but I think in those rare cases adding this new section to accommodate these players is fine.
GimR
GimR, Co-Founder of VGBootCamp
NNID
VGBC_GimR
Coaching between sets of grand finals
Players should most definitely be allowed to be coached between grand finals sets. They count as completely separate wins in rankings and all other in between set coaching is allowed. If the 2 sets aren't treated differently in any other regard they shouldn't be treated differently here. I do think there should be a time limit (Unless there is another specified time limit between sets already in the ruleset. Might be good to at least reference the timer or where it is in the rules).
clerical changes
Can we just call it round? lol. Either way I'm For a change.
color blind clause
I'm all for helping color blind people out. Totally fair.
TaFoKiNtS
I'm fine with coaching between grand finals sets. It's hard to regulate people who want to take a breather or go to the bathroom to see whether they are getting advice on their phone or talking to random people. I'm a proponent of allowing people coach between sets.


Does the name Ned Ryerson ring a bell? If you are a fan of the movie "Groundhog Day," it does. Ned is the insurance salesman famous for his "whistling belly button trick in high school" who hounds Phil Connors, portrayed by Bill Murray.
Ned is not a sympathetic character. His quest to rekindle a past acquaintanceship so he can sell life insurance quickly reveals Ned to be an annoying, insistent, clueless, and poor salesman. When Phil ultimately socks Ned in the side of his face, it's hard to feel that he didn't have it coming.
Ned's most egregious sin is telling Phil things that Phil doesn't want to hear. Repeatedly. In his quest to make a sale, he ignores Phil's clear lack of interest – until Phil's punch ends their final conversation.Ned is spam in human form.
In the few minutes he spends with Phil, he spouts an unrelenting stream of self-serving and unwanted messages in the direction of his prospective customer. Had Ned gotten Phil's permission to make his pitch, his outcome would undoubtedly have been less painful, and perhaps even successful.
Goldin describes permission marketing, a term he is credited with coining, as "the privilege (not the right) of delivering anticipated, personal and relevant messages to people who actually want to get them.
That's a lesson Ned learned the hard way.
Ned does at least one thing right. Almost. When he approaches Phil, he goes to great lengths to convince his old classmate that they know each other; hence, Ned's references to his "whistling belly button trick" and his senior-year case of shingles.His approach didn't work this time.
But he was on the right track, because people are more likely to be receptive to marketing messages that come from people they know and trust. Even so, despite years of evolution in email marketing, recipients too often still find the infamous and anonymous senders named "No-reply" and "DoNotReply" turning up in their inboxes. That's not a good thing.
Ned and Phil are indeed high school classmates who haven't seen each other in many years; however, Ned makes no effort to find out what Phil's been up to. He doesn't ask Phil if he's married, has children, owns a home or what he does for a living – all things that would figure into a well-thought-out life insurance proposal.
The takeaway for email marketers who don't want to be like Ned is to craft content that speaks to what your recipients need, not what you want. That means learning about your customer and providing information that is useful to them.
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Highest fares in Western Europe
Action for Rail, a campaign by rail unions and the TUC, has compared average earnings with monthly season tickets on similar commuter routes across Europe. The analysis looked at a UK worker onan average salary who is now spending 13% of their monthly wages on a£357.90 monthly season ticket from Chelmsford to London. By contrast, the average amount of salary going on a monthly season ticket for a similar journey is just2% in Italy, 3% in Spain, and 4% in Germany. Even in France, which is the closest to the UK for cost, commuters still spend nearly a third (30%) less on season tickets than their counterparts in the UK.
The comparably high costs of the UK's privatised railways are reflected by public opinion. A separate new poll for Action for Rail of 1,719 British adults by YouGov found that:
61% say train services in the UK are bad value for money
62% think that fares would be cheaper if train companies weren't trying to make a profit
62% support public ownership of train operating companies
The findings come as rail campaigners and workers plan to hold protests at over 60 stations around the country against fare rises and in support of public ownership. The government points to regulated rail fare rises being capped at the rate of inflation. But Action for Rail says the public will pay for this cap through taxes amounting to£700m over the next five years. Research shows that more than double this (£1.5 billion) could be saved over the same period if the rail franchises up for renewal were returned to the public sector. Researchers at Transport for Quality of Life have estimated that this could fund a 10% reduction in season tickets and other regulated fares from 2017.
Rail campaigners, passengers and rail unions will be outside King's Cross main line station at 8am tomorrow (Monday 4 January) handing out mock tickets to passengers, which highlight the high costs of fares and privatisation and call for public ownership of the railways.
TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said: "It's hardly surprising that UK passengers think rail travel is bad value for money. They are shelling out far more of their income on rail fares than their counterparts in Europe. Years of failed privatisation have left us with exorbitant ticket prices, overcrowded trains and ageing infrastructure. It would be nice if ministers woke-up to this reality instead of allowing train companies to milk the system at taxpayers' and commuters' expense."
ASLEF general secretary Mick Whelan said: "Taking the railways back into public hands is a popular policy. The vast majority of voters –Conservative included – are fed up with paying sky-high fares so the privatised train companies can take their slice. Commuterst ravelling into London from Kent and Sussex know their £5,000 a year season tickets would be much cheaper under public ownership."
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: "Today is national rail rip off day when, along with the looming Christmas credit card bills, the British public awake to another kick in the teeth from the greedy private train companies. We would urge everyone to join with the trade unions to end the money making racket on our rail tracks in 2016."
TSSA general secretary Manuel Cortes said: "Profit made on passengers in the UK is not reinvested here, but repatriated to Germany, France, Belgium and Hong Kong to subsidise journeys of passengers there. We need arailway for the future – that means a publicly owned rail service operating in the interests of British passengers, with every penny made in profit reinvested in the railways or in cheaper fares for passengers."
Unite national officer for passenger transport Bobby Morton said: "European state-owned rail companies provide excellent services and cheaper fares as part of coherent national economic strategies. The UK government's ideological reliance on the profit-hungry private sector has been a disaster – and the majority of the public wants the railways taken back into public ownership."


So what can you do if you are having suicidal thoughts? First of all, know this. There is help. There is hope. Don't try to go it alone.
Culture paints a lovely, fairytale-like picture of the holiday season, doesn't it? Children dressed in matching outfits, sipping hot chocolate by a fire, opening a mountain of gifts in an orderly fashion while happy moms and dads watch with peaceful smiles. No unkind word escapes anyone's lips and no one dreams of fighting with a sibling.
When we're young, we're more open to making friends and throwing ourselves wholeheartedly into being with them. There was lots of time – hours and hours to spend goofing off at sleepovers, hanging out at the mall, playing sports, and talking about boys. All that activity builds a close relationship.
So where do we turn when the gusts of unsettledness come our way? And how can we hush its force when we find ourselves waking up at 3 a.m. and can't go back to sleep? God's word has time-tested helps for us to fight off the enemy.
You may have them too—emotional camouflage and cover-ups that hide what's on the inside. It's possible you've worn them so long you don't realize you're still hidden behind the façade. The only way to throw off the disguise once and for all is to remember we can't reflect the glory of God while wearing a mask.


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California school shooting victim attended Rockwood School District
Posted 10:35 pm, November 17, 2019, by Jeff Bernthal, Updated at 09:18PM, November 17, 2019
WILDWOOD, MO - When the news about last week's school shooting at a California high school broke, Eureka High School student Payton Deakin had no idea how much the shooting would hit home. One of the two victims killed was a former classmate. 15-year-old Gracie Muelberger once attended Fairway Elementary in the Rockwood School District with Deakin.
"I was in shock," she said. "I couldn't express my emotions. It was so strong because I was so close to her. It just hurt a lot."
Former grade school classmate Isabella Cabbabe said it doesn't seem possible her former friend's life could be taken, "For the past few days it really hasn't left my mind. It's a terrible thing and I hope that her family is okay," said Cabbabe.
She and other former classmates are trying to remember the good times including swing set competitions and basement parties.
"I just remember her being super happy all the time," said former grade school classmate Zoe Martin. "I mean any time you would meet her, she would give off this energy."
Her former classmates also hope to send a message to Gracie's family and friends in California.
"I want her family to know that it will be okay and that she has so many people around her that loved her so much," said Deakin. "She's in a better place."
Gracie's family has started a GoFundMe page to help honor her memory.
The principal at Fairway Elementary is Dr. Lorinda Krey. She released the following statement to the school community:
"I'm so sorry to share such sad news. We will do anything needed to support our Fairway community as they learn about this and mourn the loss of this sweet girl and former Eagle. As word is spreading, I'm receiving many texts and emails from staff who had Gracie and her brothers in class, as well as parents in the Fairway community."
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Sloan Projects is pleased to present The Dust of Sunlight: Exene Cervenka, Journals and Collages 1974-2015, curated by Kristine McKenna. On view June 6 through July 04, 2015.
For her first solo exhibition in Los Angeles in eight years, musician and artist Exene Cervenka will exhibit selected collages from the past decade, including a triptych from her current series in progress, The Singularity. An inquiry into the merging of man and machine that is occurring at an ever-increasing rate, The Singularity marks a decided shift in Cervenka's approach to collage. Works of the past two decades have primarily been loose compositions comprised of found objects, images, and text; The Singularity, on the other hand, falls within the tradition of the obsessively intricate, densely woven collages of Bay Area collage pioneers, Bruce Conner and Jess.
Conceived as a kind of cautionary tale, and executed in muted colors, The Singularity collages look decidedly different from Cervenka's previous creations, but they share the same roots: the raw materials include old advertisements, vintage business journals, mail order catalogues, and old newspaper clippings.
Curated by Kristine McKenna, the exhibition will also include four of Cervenka's journals dating from the years 1974 – 1985. Largely created while Cervenka was traveling the U.S. as a touring musician, the journals offer a bittersweet glance at what musicologist Harry Smith referred to as "the old weird America." Cervenka caught the tail end of it when she began traveling in 1976, and her journals evoke a lost America of two-way roads, mom & pop stores, seedy bars, and wide-open spaces. The pages of the four journals on view will be turned each day throughout the exhibition.
Born in Chicago, in 1956, Cervenka is a founding member of critically acclaimed band, X, and country quartet, the Knitters. She's released six albums as a solo musician, maintains a practice as a spoken word artist, and has published two volumes of poetry. Her artwork has been exhibited widely throughout southern California and New York, and is the subject of Magical Meteorite Songwriting Device, an artist's monograph published by Perceval Press in 2007; out of print for several years, the book recently went into a second printing by Perceval. Copies of the book as well as her catalogue America the Beautiful, will be available for purchase.
Kristine McKenna is an American journalist, critic and art curator. She wrote for the Los Angeles Times from 1977 through 1998 and was one of the first mainstream journalists chronicling the early L.A. punk rock scene. Her profiles and criticism have appeared in Artforum, The New York Times, Artnews, Vanity Fair, The Washington Post and Rolling Stone. McKenna was co-curator of Semina Culture: Wallace Berman & his Circle, a highly influential group exhibition that opened at the Santa Monica Museum of Art in 2005. In 2010 she co-founded Foggy Notion Books in Los Angeles.


As a high school student considering her options, Bay Gammans '18 recalls searching the internet for "majors where you get to travel the world." She found anthropology—drawn not just to the travel opportunities but also to the ways the major embraced different viewpoints and cultures.
Since coming to Wheaton to study anthropology and film and new media studies, with a minor in journalism, Gammans has actively sought opportunities to travel the world, and to learn about other cultures. The summer after her sophomore year, she spent a month in Tanzania on a fieldwork-based course led by Professor of Anthropology Donna Kerner. The following spring, she studied in London—taking advantage of her location to take short trips to nearly 10 other European countries during her time abroad.
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Gammans discovered she enjoyed teaching while working at a secondary school in Tanzania. One of her lessons involved a letter exchange between students in Tanzania and the United States—a project she hopes to introduce to her pupils in Malaysia.
Gammans completed an anthropology thesis on how after-school programs in her hometown of New Bedford, Mass., are impacting economically disadvantaged students whose first language is not English.
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Pablo León Hakimian (ur. 11 listopada 1953 w Kairze) – duchowny ormiańskokatolicki,  biskup Buenos Aires oraz egzarcha apostolski Ameryki Łacińskiej i Meksyku od 2018.

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Święcenia kapłańskie przyjął 14 sierpnia 1981 i został inkardynowany do eparchii Buenos Aires. Pracował w kilku stołecznych parafiach. W latach 2002–2003 był administratorem eparchii aleksandryjskiej.

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4 lipca 2018 roku został mianowany przez papieża Franciszka eparchą diecezji Buenos Aires oraz egzarchą apostolskim Ameryki Łacińskiej i Meksyku. Sakrę otrzymał 29 września 2018 z rąk Krikora Bedrosa XX Ghabroyana.

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Daniela Wegener (* 16. Mai 1974 in Neuwied) ist eine führende Vertreterin der neonazistischen "Freien Kameradschaften" in Deutschland, die mehrfach als Rednerin bei extrem rechten Aufmärschen und Kundgebungen aufgetreten ist. Sie war Vorsitzende der Hilfsorganisation für nationale politische Gefangene und deren Angehörige (HNG).

Führende Aktivistin der "Freien Kameradschaften"

Daniela Wegener wurde erstmals im Jahr 1997 im Umfeld der neonazistischen "Sauerländer Aktionsfront" (SAF) aktiv. Auch ihr damaliger Ehemann Markus Wegener, mit dem sie seit 1997 im hochsauerländischen Olsberg wohnte, agierte im extrem rechten Spektrum um die SAF. Nach dem Unfalltod der bisherigen Anführer Andree Zimmermann und Thomas Kubiak stieg sie zu diesem Zeitpunkt als "Kameradschaftsführerin" in der Region auf. Die Neonazis rund um Wegener treten unter wechselnden Namen auf, darunter als "Nationaler Widerstand Hochsauerland", "Nationale Opposition aus dem Hochsauerland", "Freie Nationalisten Sauerland/Siegerland", "Nationale Opposition aus dem Hochsauerland/Siegerland" und "Freie Kameradschaft Hochsauerlandkreis".

Wegener hält engen Kontakt zu den führenden Neonazis insbesondere in Nordrhein-Westfalen wie Siegfried Borchardt oder Christian Malcoci. Sie organisiert Treffen und Schulungsabende sowie Gedenkveranstaltungen an die beiden Gründer der SAF und andere (neo)-nazistische Anführer wie beispielsweise im Sommer 2000 eine Demonstration zu Ehren des Hitler-Stellvertreters Rudolf Heß in Meschede oder Kranzniederlegungen auf den regionalen Soldatenfriedhöfen. Sie setzt sich aktiv für inhaftierte Gesinnungsgenossen ein und startete eine Reihe von "nationalen Initiativen" für die Freilassung von unter anderem unter Mordverdacht in Untersuchungshaft sitzenden Neonazis.

Bis zur Geburt ihrer Tochter arbeitete sie als Zugbegleiterin bei der Deutschen Bahn, aufgrund ihrer Neonazi-Aktivitäten wurde sie im Oktober 2002 aus der Eisenbahnergewerkschaft TRANSNET ausgeschlossen.

Seit etwa 2004 wohnt sie zusammen mit ihrem Lebensgefährten Claus Cremer, dem Landesvorsitzenden der NPD, im Bochumer Stadtteil Wattenscheid. Zur Landtagswahl 2005 in Nordrhein-Westfalen traten Cremer auf Platz 3 der Landesliste der NPD und als Direktkandidat in Bochum und Daniela Wegener auf Platz 10 der Landesliste an. Ein Verfahren wegen Wählertäuschung gegen Wegener, Cremer und Marion Figge (NPD-Kreisvorsitzende aus Hessen) vor dem Amtsgericht Medebach, bei dem ihnen vorgeworfen wurde, auf einem Infostand in Brilon die notwendigen Unterstützungsunterschriften zur Teilnahme an der Landtagswahl im Hochsauerlandkreis durch Täuschung erworben zu haben, wurde im Februar 2006 eingestellt.

Im Juli 2011 wurde sie Vorsitzende der "Hilfsorganisation für nationale politische Gefangene und deren Angehörige" (HNG), welche als mitgliederstärkste Organisation des bundesdeutschen Neonazismus gilt. Am 21. September 2011 wurde die Organisation durch einen Erlass des zuständigen Bundesministers des Innern Hans-Peter Friedrich verboten.

Rednerin auf Kundgebungen

Daniela Wegener tritt bundesweit bei Kundgebungen und Demonstrationen als Rednerin auf, so z. B. beim Rudolf-Heß-Gedenkmarsch am 16. August 2003 im nordbayerischen Wunsiedel. Überwiegend ist sie in Nordrhein-Westfalen als Anmelderin oder Rednerin aktiv, so z. B. erstmals bei einer Demonstration der Bürgerbewegung pro Köln gegen den Verfassungsschutz am 9. März 2002 in Köln, einem antiamerikanischen Aufmarsch am 20. März 2003 in Essen, am 5. Juli in Hagen oder einer Kundgebung gegen die Wehrmachtsausstellung am 20. September 2003 in Dortmund.

Zudem trat sie als Rednerin bei einer Neonazidemonstration in Gelsenkirchen am 10. Juni 2006 auf, die als einzige der für die Zeit der Fußball-WM 2006 angekündigten Neonazidemonstrationen durchgeführt und weltweit medial beachtet wurde.

Einschätzung der Verfassungsschutzbehörden
Wegener wurde von 1999 bis 2001 in den Jahresberichten des Landesamtes für Verfassungsschutz Nordrhein-Westfalen zum Teil namentlich erwähnt, zunächst im Zusammenhang mit der SAF: "Ungewöhnlich ist bei dieser Gruppierung, dass hier eine junge Frau aus Olsberg eine maßgebliche Rolle spielt" (2000). 2001 wurde sie als  "Führungsaktivistin" bezeichnet.

Literatur
 Andrea Röpke, Andreas Speit: Mädelsache!: Frauen in der Neonazi-Szene. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3861536154 (S. 107, 108, 145)
 Andrea Röpke, Andreas Speit: Braune Kameradschaften. Die militanten Neonazis im Schatten der NPD. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 978-3861533658 (S. 90, 104–105)

Weblinks
 Jan Spreuk: Daniela Wegener. "Am liebsten mit weißer Kapuze" - Eine Neonazi-Führerin unter der Lupe. Lotta Nr.14 Herbst 2003. (PDF; 139 kB)
 Michael Klarmann: Frauen auf dem Vormarsch. Anstieg der "Kameradinnen" in der rechtsextremen Szene. Telepolis vom 26. Februar 2005.

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Everyone's been fascinated during recent years about delving into their ancestry and family history.
I did a little work on ancestry.com and it wasn't too hard to trace my ancestry back to some people who fought in the United States Civil War, and then to some who fought in the Revolutionary War, which was pretty cool, since it qualified me to join the Sons of the American Revolution.
But then, I kept going and found that I am, among other things, descended from King Edward III of England and his son, Edward the Black Prince of Wales, and that Geoffrey Chaucer is my 16th great-uncle.
Actually, using some basic statistics and probability, the chances are very likely that you are related to someone famous from the Middle Ages (about 400 A.D. to 1500 A.D.) or earlier, in whatever region of the world your ancestry comes from.
As an example, let's assume you were born in 1980, and that on average, a new generation comes along every 25 years. Then, each of your two ancestors would be descended from two more parents, and so forth. So, a century before, in 1880, that you would have 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 ancestors, or 2 to the 4th power, which would be 16 great-great-grandparents.
Add another hundred years to trace back to 1780, and the number of spots to fill in your family tree would equal , or 256 potential ancestors.
In 1680, the number of spots to fill would increase to , or about 4,000 potential ancestors.
Just for fun, go another 50 years to 1230 A.D., making the exponent a nice round , which is over a billion ancestors.
But in 1230, there were only about 400 million people living on Earth. What does that mean?
It means that there are LOTS of people over-counted in that family tree, because the lines actually come back together over and over. Not just because second, third, and fourth cousins marry each other — if you go far enough in time, everyone is technically a cousin to everyone else.
So, this means that you are you are descended from a lot of different people by a lot of different lines of inheritance — lots of VERY DISTANT cousins marrying each other — no matter what your ethnic background is. There are a billion slots that have to be filled in on the ancestral tree, and only 400 million people to put in them, so a lot of people have to be filling multiple slots on your ancestral tree.
Does this mean you are descended from every person who was alive in 1230 A.D.? No — depending on your ethnic background, your ancestry could be focused on groups in the Americas, or south Africa, or southeast Asia, China, Japan, and so forth, since those groups did not largely mix with other groups worldwide until later in history; and plus, there were many people alive in 1230 A.D. who don't have living descendants today.
But if you know some of your ancestors were from Europe or around the Mediterranean, then the odds are that anyone who was alive in 1230 A.D., lived in Europe or around the Mediterranean, and has living descendants, is likely one of your ancestors, including all of the Holy Roman Emperors, and the peasants they ruled; William the Conqueror and many of his knights; Lady Godiva; Pope Innocent III; and so on. Basically, everyone you read about in the history books; the conquerors and the conquered, the famous and the unknown — if they had descendants, there's a pretty good chance they're one of your ancestors.
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