FDA's mandate on the removal of artificial trans-fats of partially hydrogenated (PHO) products as emulsifiers in the food industry has bemused food manufacturers. Non-PHO emulsifiers are designed to make this transition from PHO ingredients to alternatives such as non-PHO emulsifiers easy for manufacturers. Complete transition is expected to be cost intensive as PHO ingredients provided the most economical and highly functional alternatives in the food supply. Identifying these challenges, manufactures in the non-PHO emulsifier market are actively engaged in introducing non-PHO emulsifiers at competitive pricing without compromising quality and shelf stability.
Corbion, a chemicals company started the non-PHO emulsifier production even before FDA regulations were mandated. The company launched its Ensemble emulsifier line of non-PHO emulsifier fats and oils with similar functionality as PHOs. Kerry Ingredients has also launched non-PHO emulsifiers with oxidative stability similar to PHO oils. Cargill, another food giant has also introduced soy lecithins as non-PHO emulsifiers and an alternative to PHO-based monoglycerides and DATEM. As discriminating consumers demand transparency in their food product purchase, non-PHO emulsifier are set to gain momentum during the forecast period. As the F&B sector continues to witness a rapidly transforming labelling claims, the non-PHO emulsifier market is likely to grow at a steady pace in the future.
While the global specialty food market grows at a CAGR of around 8%, demand for specialty food ingredients is likely to surge rapidly in the upcoming years. Emulsifiers play an important role in stabilizing processed foods, and the rapidly growing specialty food market in complementing the growth of the global emulsifiers market. Nevertheless, high stringency of food safety rules and regulations has a huge impact on the development of the food emulsifiers market.
Partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) are one of the primary sources of Trans Fatty Acids (TFAs), consuming which can increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) as well as coronary heart diseases (CHD). As stated by the World Health Organization, CVDs were the main reason for over 45% deaths caused due to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), in 2016. Removing PHOs from human food products can bring down the number of heart attacks and deaths each year, demand for non-PHO emulsifiers in likely to swell in the food industry. In Denmark, banning the sales of food products containing PHOs or TFAs reduced the number of deaths caused due to CHDs by around 50% in past 20 years. This is primarily boosting the growth of the global non-PHO emulsifiers market.
Considering the alarming number of deaths caused due to CHDs, the U.S. Food and Drug Association imposed a ban on the use of PHOs in processed food products. FDA stated that PHOs are no longer 'Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)' to be used in human foods, and the ban will be implemented from June 2018. In addition, 'Health Canada' – the public health department of the government of Canada – prohibited the use of PHOs in human foods by releasing a "Notice of proposal" that mirrors the decision of FDA. As PHOs are banned in both Canada and the U.S., the non-PHO emulsifiers market in North America is expected to grow rapidly in the near future.
Apart from North America, many European countries such as Denmark, Austria, Norway, Iceland, and Switzerland have curbed the amount of TFAs in food products up to the maximum limit of 2g per 100g of total fats. Various guidelines, dietary recommendations, and voluntary measures are being taken in the European food industry to reduce the use of PHOs in manufacturing process food products. This is likely to drive the growth of the global non-PHO emulsifiers market in the upcoming years.
While consumers are becoming more health-conscious, they are relating their food choices to health. Rising awareness about the health hazards of consuming specific food ingredients such as PHOs is triggering the use of non-PHO emulsifiers while manufacturing processed food products. Food manufacturing companies, especially bakery manufacturers, are viewing clean label as about improving the nutritious value of food products. As consumers critically check food labels and nutritional information, which mainly affects their purchasing decisions, food manufacturers are using high-quality food ingredients and maintaining the integrity of their products.
In order to fulfill the demands of label-conscious consumers, bakery manufacturers are making use of non-PHO emulsifiers to produce PHO-free and healthier baked foods. Corbion N.V. – a Dutch food company – conducted its own proprietary research, which focused on the consumer behavior while purchasing bakery products such as bread, as well as processed meat. Corbion came to a conclusion that consumers checked food labels and ranked bread with no artificial preservatives and no PHO the highest. Based on results of the research, the company introduced enhanced baking ingredients such as cake mixes, icing stabilizers, and non-PHO emulsifiers to improve their clean-label product portfolio.
As the 2018 deadline to comply with FDA's ban on PHOs nears, food manufacturers, especially bakers, are intensifying their efforts to find PHO alternatives. Leading manufacturers in the global non-PHO emulsifiers market are focusing on R&D activities to find the most appropriate replacement for PHOs in emulsifiers. The National Sunflower Association stated that the sales of sunflower oil in the U.S. increased from 433 million pounds to more than 510 million pounds in a year by the end of 2017. Based on these statistics, the National Sunflower Association proposed that sunflower oil is the most appropriate replacer for PHOs in emulsifiers.
Apart from sunflower oil, many market players are making use of other innovative ingredients such as palm oil, canola, and soy to produce non-PHO emulsifiers. For an instance, Palsgaard – a leading manufacturing company in the global non-PHO emulsifiers market – recently introduced vegetable-based, non-PHO emulsifiers that are gluten-free and suitable for vegans. It produced non-PHO emulsifiers in the powdered format, which can provide better stability, enhanced texture, and shelf life of food products, while reducing the overall cooking cost.


ISLAMABAD – Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan and SECP cancelled the license Non Government Organisations (NGO) 'Save the Children' and 23 others.
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has declared the appointment of Security and Exchange Commission Pakistan's (SECP) chairman void.
Islamabad: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 257 new companies during the month of October 2011.


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Are you proclaiming the blessed name of Jesus?
I have read this passage many times, and I am fully aware of the events that led up to this as well as the events that follow. We, as the Body of Christ, have the good fortune to be able to see these events in hindsight with a very good understanding of what was happening, but something caught my attention today that made me stop and think!
We all know that Jesus split time. All that you have to do is take a look at our calendar to understand this concept.
B.C. and A.D. refer only to Jesus!
Before Jesus came into the world, we also had no opportunity for grace. We had no opportunity to be cleansed of our sins. During this time, those in the know were looking for a Savior to redeem us to God. They were looking for the Blessed One who would come in the name of the Lord! They were looking for the one whom the prophets foretold. Since Jesus has come into the world, lived, was crucified, dead and buried, and was resurrected on the third day, we have the glorious ability to call Jesus the Blessed One because He came in the name of the Lord. We have the ability to praise His name because He fulfilled everything that the prophets had foretold!
He now sits at the right hand of God, the Father, interceding for those who proclaim Him as their personal Lord and Savior!
The events that we refer to as Palm Sunday that are recorded in Matthew 21 show us the pivotal moment in which humanity crossed from looking for the one who would come in the name of the Lord to proclaiming the one who has come in the name of the Lord. Those who went before Him in the procession were announcing His coming just as the prophets had announced it. Those who followed after Him in the procession were proclaiming that He is here! That is a job that the Body of Christ should have been doing ever since this event. We should be shouting, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" We should be shouting, "Hosanna in the highest!" Jesus is Lord!
Is the Lamb your shepherd?
he will lead them to springs of living water.
And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
Isn't it a marvelous picture that these words paint? Every person who has ever lived longs for what these words speak of. Whether they are a believer or not, this picture appeals to everyone.
What I find of interest is that these words do not come in a part of the Bible that is often read. They appear in Revelation. This is probably the most misunderstood book of the Bible, yet it holds the most promise for those who accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. True, Revelation speaks of the judgments of God against the wickedness of man. At the same time, it speaks of the fulfillment of the promises that have been with man since Adam and Eve.
Have you accepted the invitation to enter through this Temple?
The Jews replied, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?" But the temple he had spoken of was his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
It is amazing how the religious authority of the day completely missed the boat. They had been misinterpreting the Scriptures for their own benefit for years. They did not realize that the Savior they were looking for was not a mighty warrior to overthrow their worldly enemies, but a mighty warrior in spiritual matters who had come to overthrow the power of sin and death for all mankind.
They also did not understand, due to their proximity to the events, that Jesus always spoke in parables or examples, and His words were not always what they appeared to be to the world. When Jesus spoke these words, the "Temple" that He spoke of had not yet been glorified. Now, we worship through the "Temple" of Jesus Christ glorified. We have been allowed direct access to God through this "Temple". Before this happened, only the priests could enter the Temple. Now, anyone can enter if they enter through Jesus Christ.
Have you made heaven rejoice?
I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
God does not wish for any to perish. He rejoices when one who is lost is found!
If you have something of value, and you know where it is, you have no reason to rejoice. If that prized possession is lost, you earnestly and fervently seek to find it so that you can return it to its rightful place. You become extremely happy when it is found. You rejoice over the fact that the thing of great worth has been restored!
God is the same when it comes to sinners who repent and turn to Him!
To God, each and every one of us is that prized possession. Each of us are a thing of great worth to Him for He created each of us in His image, yet each of us are unique. In all of creation and in all of history, there is no one like you! Each of us are special in God's eyes. Each of us is that thing of great worth to God. Because we are of great importance to God, then we are of great importance to all of heaven.
Sadly, we are all lost!
Because of our sin, we are lost to God. Even through all of this, He had a plan to redeem us, to restore us to Himself. When we accept His plan, when we accept Jesus as our personal Lord and Savior, we are no longer lost. We have repented and have been found. This makes all of heaven rejoice!
Does this passage scare you?
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Did you catch yourself reading this and doing a quick, personal inventory to make sure that you didn't fall into one or more of these categories?
Did you answer honestly? Did you like your self evaluation?
It is human nature to think that things are either better or worse than they truly are. Did you read this passage and brush it off with the thought that you have it made? Perhaps you read this passage and each word that you read had you squirming because you think you haven't done well enough! In all honesty, if you profess a faith in Jesus and strive to be an obedient disciple, then you probably had some fleeting thoughts that you have disappointed Jesus in some manner! If you are like everyone else who professes a faith in Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, then it is safe to say that not a single day goes by where you don't do something less than perfect.
Fortunately, our perfection is not what is required, especially when you consider what we are capable of!
All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
It is not our perfection. It is not our righteousness that gives us grace. It is a gift and all that we have to do is accept it!
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
If you have truly accepted this gift and have made Jesus your personal Lord and Savior, then you have been washed by the blood of the Lamb. You have been redeemed. You are being transformed and matured into the image of Christ. No matter what you may have been, you are a new creation in Christ. You may have been immoral, but you are being changed. You may have been impure, but you are being changed. You may have been greedy, but you are being changed. No matter what you may have been, grace has been given and you are being changed!
If you truly have accepted Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, then all of your sins have been forgiven. Don't let the enemy tell you otherwise. Don't let the enemy scare you with the thought that you aren't redeemed.
Do you accept the hard teachings?
Far too many people only consider the easy things that Jesus taught, ignoring the things that they find difficult to understand or to put into practice. If you stop to think about this, everything that Jesus said has been difficult for us to put into practice. Human nature simply wants to do what it wants to do! It is a daily struggle to admit that we are sinners. It is a daily struggle to admit that we are not capable of anything on our own. We don't like to admit that even on our best day, we are far from perfect.
John 6:60 catches the disciples asking this question after Jesus tells the crowd something that just didn't make sense from their perspective. Does it make sense to you?
Jesus said to them, "Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.
Even though we have the benefit of two thousand years and much analysis, far too many people still have problems with this concept.
Think about it from this perspective.
What is the most intimate thing that you can do with something? You make it a part of yourself by either eating or drinking it. When this happens, the items that were consumed get broken down into the basic elements that you need and they become a part of you. There is no way to tell where you end and where these elements begin. I don't know about you, but this sounds exactly like what Jesus wants for each of us. He wants each of us to consume Him in such a way that the very life that He came to give has become inseparable from the life that He has renewed within us. Just how do you consume Jesus? How do you make His teachings and His life inseparable from your? I love the simple instructions that we were given in Deuteronomy.
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Focus on the Lord. Focus on the Word. Focus on the teachings even when they are hard. Accept them. Bind them. Make them integral to who you are!
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KCDC On Pool Problem
December 9, 2013 August 5, 2018
Council says it's trying to get ramp in next month
By Alan Tristram
The Kapiti Coast District Council has apologised over the ramp delays at the new Kapiti Aquatic Centre.
And it says it's ' working towards installing the ramp in mid January.'Tamsin Evans, Community Services manager,says: "It is important to realise that is not a simple ramp but a complex piece of equipment.
"The ramp is 15m long, 1.5m wide and made of steel with fibreglass sides. It is modular for easy storage and requires assembly.
Guarantees limited over holidays
"Designers and several suppliers are involved in its manufacture, but can not all guarantee their availability to provide technical support if Council were to install and trial the ramp over the Christmas period," she says.
"If the pool's movable floor was damaged during the installation of the ramp," Ms Evans says, " we would also require input of the specialist floor manufacturer."
Ms Evans also says that unfortunate construction delays and operational restraints beyond the Council's control have led to delays in installing the ramp.
"We regret this and are doing all we can to accelerate the timeframe," she says. "We are working towards installing the ramp in mid January."
Council reassures Disabled
Ms Evans adds: "Whilst we are aware some people have been waiting for the ramp, Council can assure users with disabilities that, with the low-rise stairs, two hoists and a built-in ramp into the Pak'nSave programmes pool, the Coastlands Aquatic Centre is fully accessible to all."

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Brian K. Jones
Eat Your Vegetables!
February 11 - March 11, 2017
Brian Keith Jones earned his BFA in Painting from The University of North Texas in 1998. After completing his degree, he established a studio in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, where he has lived and worked for over 20 years, co-founding the annual Oak Cliff Visual SpeedBump Art Tour. Jones is also widely known for his role in the acclaimed Dallas art duo Chuck & George. The wild, yet symbiotic collaboration of Brian K. Jones and Brian K. Scott influences, and is influenced by each artist's individual work, serving as a constant source of inspiration.
In 2013, Brian K. Jones garnered wide acclaim for his 'Meanwhile, Back in Dallas' exhibition, which featured paintings and animation of the artist as a burning Big Tex. For his upcoming show, Eat Your Vegetables!, Jones applies an over-the-top pop sensibility to further exaggerate the grotesqueness of his trademark caricatures.
(Dallas, TX) Ro2 Art is pleased to present Brian Keith Jones' solo exhibition 'Eat Your Vegetables!,' featuring bright new paintings in various orientations with graphically distorted images. For the new series, the artist follows the story of Little Bloata, a young girl first introduced in his comic UPCHUCK #1, who has difficulty finding balance between the newfound joy eating responsibly and a tendency to overindulge.
In discussing the paintings, Brian K. Jones admits that labeling the work as Pop Art is, "fraudulent in itself," for neither the character nor his comic exist in popular culture – rather the series is more a regurgitation of his previous work; however, by introducing a "Pop Art Spin" to the already stimulating imagery, the complex compositions in contrasting colors create a nearly explosive sensory experience -- paralleling the narrative portrayed within the series.
Dallas native Brian Keith Jones earned his BFA in Painting from The University of North Texas in 1998. After completing his degree, he established a studio in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, where he has lived and worked for over 20 years, co-founding the annual Oak Cliff Visual SpeedBump Art Tour. Jones is also widely known for his role in the acclaimed Dallas art duo Chuck & George. The wild, yet symbiotic collaboration of Brian K. Jones and Brian K. Scott influences, and is influenced by each artist's individual work, serving as a constant source of inspiration.
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The extra-constitutional (and thus unconstitutional) "bailout" and "stimulus" programs of the Bush and Obama administrations during the present economic crisis bring to mind Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whose failed interventions turned a recession into the Great Depression, according to Robert Higgs, Senior Fellow in Political Economy at the Independent Institute. Yet, further back in U.S history, one can find a vastly superior approach to dealing with economic fluctuations – one that brought the country phenomenal economic growth during the first century and a half of its existence.
"As recently as the major recession of 1920–21, the government took a hands-off position, and the downturn, though sharp, quickly reversed itself into full recovery," Higgs writes in an op-ed for the Christian Science Monitor.
Many questions are being raised about the stimulus package's contents and efficacy. Hardly anyone, however, is asking the most importation question: Should the federal government be doing any of this?
The elites of the U.S. empire are leading Americans down the road to ruin by overextending the government both fiscally and militarily. The French did the same in the years after World War II when they tried to retake Indochina and suppress Algerian independence. The British did the same when they invaded Egypt in 1956. The U.S. will follow suit if it "does not retract its informal overseas empire, reduce the bloated defense budget, and act with more humility overseas," writes Ivan Eland, director of the Independent Institute's Center on Peace & Liberty.
More than half of the discretionary spending in the federal budget is for military-related purposes. This pool of funds should and will become a large target for Obama's future fiscal restraint, according to Eland, although cutting it to proper size is at odds with Obama's proposal to bolster the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan.
Announcement: "Book TV" on C-Span 2 will be airing last month's Independent Policy Forum, "Assessing the Bush Presidency and the Obama Promises," featuring Ivan Eland, Ron Paul, and Richard Shenkman, Feb. 16, 8 AM and 8 PM Eastern Time.
Leaders of the People's Republic of China are blameworthy for many misdeeds, but the U.S. recession is not among them. In fact, contrary to the claims of some pundits and politicians, China has actually helped the United States with respect to the current economic mess, as Alvaro Vargas Llosa explains in his latest syndicated column for the Washington Post Writers Group.
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Happy Valentine's Day to everyone. I do love my readers you know. I especially love it when you leave comments. It lets me get to know you a bit, and lets me know what posts you enjoy the most.
Here are a few links for your web surfing pleasure this weekend.
Once again, Dana at Gluten Free in Cleveland has a delicious looking recipe—Orange Almond Pound Cake. I haven't tried it yet, but I want to soon.
Cooking By Numbers is a site that lets you mark off what items you have in your frig and cabinets, then it gives you recipes. I know there are similar sites, but I thought this one might be less well known.
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Ultrasonic non-destructive testing (NDT) technology has been widely used for defect inspection of concrete structures in civil engineering. However, most of the current data processing methods can only provide qualitative information regarding the existence of concrete inner defects. In this study, an ultrasonic inner defects inspection approach with a high-resolution imaging method which combines travel time tomography (TTT) and reverse time migration (RTM) is proposed for concrete and concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) columns. TTT estimates a reasonable distribution of ultrasonic velocity over the cross-section of the concrete and CFST columns from the first arrival time of the ultrasonic transmission signal. The velocity distribution is used as an input of the initial model for RTM to image the defects inside the concrete and CFST column cross-sections with a high resolution. Numerical experiments demonstrate that the air cavity inside the concrete and CFST columns, and the debonding between the concrete core and the steel tube of the CFST column can be identified clearly, and that the location, size and shape of both defects can be determined accurately. It is concluded that the proposed defect detection approach with a high-resolution imaging method is efficient for the non-destructive inspection of concrete and CFST structures using ultrasonic waves.
In recent years, concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) columns have been widely employed in high-rise buildings and longspan bridges due to their advanced mechanical behaviors such as higher load-carrying capacity and more ductility under dynamic excitation, compared with normal reinforced concrete (RC) structures. However, various types of defects, such as cracks, air-void, honeycomb and debonding between concrete reinforcement in concrete structures and CFST members impose a huge threat to the structural safety . For example, the interface debonding between concrete core and steel tube of CFST member affects the mechanical behavior of CFST members due to its negative effect on the confinement of steel tube on concrete core and finally decrease the load-carrying capacity and ductility. Therefore, the detection for concrete core defect and interface debonding between concrete core and steel tube of CFST is an emergent concern in civil engineering and represents a more challenging task due to the inaccessibility of concrete core covered by steel tube and the electromagnetic shielding effect of steel tube. Ultrasonic technology has been widely used in nondestructive testing (NDT) and evaluation of concrete structures in civil engineering owing to its high resolution [1,2]. In addition to achievement in ultrasonic testing hardware development, significant progresses have been made in ultrasonic data processing and interpretation for defect detection . Traditional Ascan analysis methods, such as time-frequency analysis [5,6], wavelet analysis [7,8], time-of-flight (TOF) analysis  and etc., can be used to analyze signal characteristics and qualitatively detect defects in concrete structures. Xu et al. proposed a piezoceramic lead zirconate titanate (PZT) based active interface debonding detection approach for CFST members and verified the performance of the approach experimentally, but it is still a challenging task to detect the location and dimension of the interface debonding [7,10]. Most of these A-scan data analysis methods can detect the existence of defects in concrete structures but the quantitative evaluation is still a challenging task. From B-scan or C-scan data, ultrasonic imaging techniques can characterize the inaccessible defects embedded in concrete structures.


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Buddha's view on sexuality
In contemporary society (apart from religion) sex is mostly seen as something pleasurable, which is done even without considering childbearing.
As far as I can see, Buddha taught extensively to lay people how to treat each other friendly & compassionately, but omitted the bodily intimacy aspect of it.
It's largely sensual desire that binds human couples together, and I am not merely referring to appearance, but also the craving to be touched etc. (as it's always correctly pointed out in the suttas: Pleasant feelings at the 5 sense doors)
Q1: Did the Buddha remain silent on these matters because of a specific reason?
Q1.1Was the Buddha even concerned about sexual objectification & did he suggested perhaps sexual repression?
Dhammapda 242 states:
Unchastity is the taint in a woman
Q2: Could it be that a majority of Buddha's teaching are timeless, but few are open for change, due to different societal context etc.? (e.g., 3rd precept)
Q3: In the above quote, isn't it a bit biased to state that it's ONLY a woman's taint? Why not a man? Why focus overly on women? Back in those days, there were probably fixed gender roles, but I believe society should progress & should rather acknowledge individuality even among the genders. It seems that the Buddha is over-generalizing, or did the miss the boat?
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There are two levels of Teaching, for the common people, and for professional seekers of Nirvana.
To first, Buddha taught no-nonsense ethics, chastity etc. Sex for procreation, faithful marriage, these kinds of things. Going mostly by his basic principle of "what leads to peace and harmony is good, what creates causes for potential conflict is bad" - applied to the social norms of those days.
To the second, he taught universal principles operating at cosmic scale. Natural evolution ("dependent origination") emerges as cyclic self-perpetuating tendencies. These self-perpetuating tendencies culminate in arising of sentient experience. Information trapped in these tendencies identifies some elements of this experience as "self". What in reality is a perpetuating part of the tendency (its capacity for continued existence) in sentient experience arises as something subjectively desirable. This includes sexual attraction.
Therefore, breaking through the charm of seemingly pleasant, and correctly attributing its nature to the self-perpetuating tendency for continued existence, is an appropriate component of practice leading to liberation from the trap of subjective experience.
It's largely sensual desire that binds human couples together,
I think the Buddha would disagree with the above. In AN 4.55 and AN 4.53, the Buddha says it is having the same faith (goals), the same morality, the same sacrifice/generosity and the same wisdom that binds human couples together.
Since the 1960s sexual revolution, the amount of sex has enormously increased and the amount of "binding of couples" has enormously decreased. This appears to show that it is not largely sensual desire that binds human couples together.
Historically, it was obviously family, children & religious norms that bound couples together.
"Unchastity" is merely a translation of a word (duccarita), which most generally simply means "misconduct". The English word "chastity" can mean "celibacy" (which in Pali is "abrahmacariyā") but it can also mean "the state or practice of refraining from extramarital sexual intercourse", which is what Dhp 242 is obviously referring to.
AN 6.52 says: "Itthī puttādhiṭṭhānā: Women have sons as their support/mainstay". In other words, women should not use sexual intercourse as their support/mainstay or social refuge.
No. It is a timeless religious teaching the people should not have extramarital sexual intercourse. Anyone that believes extramarital sexual intercourse is not unwholesome & not harmful and a life-style possibly will not attain the Noble Path. MN 115 refers to what is possible and impossible as says:
They understand: 'It's impossible that someone who has engaged in bad conduct of body, speech, and mind, could for that reason alone, when their body breaks up, after death, be reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.
The Buddha taught (DN 31) parents have a duty to arrange the marriage of their children. Therefore, in the 3rd precept, the word "protection" means this, namely, children and particularly a daughter is "protected" by her family until she is married. The Buddhist Commentaries are also very clear about this (which the monk named Yuttadhammo posted somewhere on this forum).
No. It is not biased at all. The question simply shows a misunderstanding of women and being beguiled/fooled by the modern social engineering or sexual exploitation of women. Women are different to men. Women have wombs and biological & psychological mechanisms created for both child bearing & controlling of families (nest building). There have been many scientific studies done on how sexual promiscuity affects female "bonding" instincts. Unlike men, in my experience, once women veer down the perilous path of sexual immorality or sexual promiscuity it is difficult for them to return to a state of wholesomeness. Women can develop "sexual addiction" in a manner which is a quest to over rejection & regain power. There are many studies & theories on this, such as merely this example: Female Sex Addicts: Using Sex for Power and Control. Even when such women eventually get married & have children, they will generally maintain the wrong views about sex, which they will impart to their children, who are then likely to commit sexual misconduct. Thus relationships in society, which we witness today in the West, often fall apart.
One should be aware, for example, it is reported 25% of Western women, over the age of 40, are using some type of antidepressant. Women are simply not designed by nature for sexual promiscuity because, as the Buddha taught (in AN 6.52), women have the strong tendency towards "domineeringness" and thus, in my experience, they generally struggle to admit wrong doing once they commit wrong doing. If one has any experience with women, one will find they get very angry, very upset & even very shattered when they are accused of serious wrong doing. If one examines Radical Feminism, for example, it will be found Radical Feminism rarely blames women for their problems and generally exclusively blames men for female problems. Any competent psychologist can explain this, such as this video called One Clinical Mistake That Can Heighten a Client's Shame.
Women are nearly twice as likely as men to be taking the medications, the report found, with antidepressants used by 16.5 percent of females compared to just under 9 percent of males.
Over the past decade, people have increasingly treated depression with medication: Starting in 1994, the number of antidepressant prescriptions written by doctors went up 400% over a 10-year period. And today, about 15% of women take an antidepressant. Among women age 40 to 59, that number is nearly 23%, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Woman's Day: Depression is common among American women, and antidepressant use is on the rise. Yet women tend to keep both a secret. Why aren't we discussing this more?
In summary, per MN 115, anyone that believes extramarital non-committed sexual intercourse is a lifestyle possibility will not attain the Noble Path. This is because they will not be free of the hindrance of sexual desire and have insufficient loving-kindness & compassion to empower their practice.
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There are several suttas outlining the premises for a healthy partner relationship, according to buddhism. See samajivina sutta for instance: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.055.than.html, or sigalovada sutta: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.31.0.nara.html
The third precept advice against adultery among other things, but to my understanding the specific actions considered harmful vary with different interpretations of the suttas.
However, if one look beyond the specifics, one could say that the gist of the third precept is to refrain from hurting relationships with sexual actions. Going into specifics of what is prohibited, what is permitted, with who, where or when, risks clouding the purpose of the precept.
I would argue that this principle in its essence is still valid in today's society.
Are you asking why the suttas doesn't correspond to your values of societys progress, or gender equality? I am not looking to debate these things, but i do wonder why you expect several thousand years old suttas to match contemporary ethics.
Hi Erik! I think the last question is interesting because it helps to understand what the Dhamma is (in its timeless quality) and what its contextual applications are (which depend on the cultural zeitgeist). Or is this application timeless as well, independent of cultural changes?
In contemporary society sex is mostly seen as something pleasurable
Or not, perhaps it depends on who you ask.
craving to be touched etc
Perhaps, but even in ordinary society there are many, many forms of non-sexual social "contact".
Did the Buddha remain silent
I don't think so. You might like to read Bag of Bones or something like that, the doctrine is all pretty explicitly anti-sensuality -- including the stories of the Buddha's resisting Mara's beautiful daughters, and the beautiful servants in his palace -- it (anti-sex) is explicitly in the Vinaya (the rules of Discipline for all monastics).
Could it be that a majority of Buddha's teaching are timeless, but few are open for change, due to different societal context etc.? (e.g., 3rd precept)
As it happens, yes :-) -- i.e. I think that the 3rd precept changes on Uposatha days when laypeople practice "8 precepts" instead of "5 precepts" (more in this answer) -- perhaps (on Uposatha days) to be more like the Sangha.
In the above quote, isn't it a bit biased to state that it's ONLY a woman's taint? Why not a man?
I too find that strange.
I even questioned that once, here ...
Questioning the translation of AN 8.15, "Misconduct is a woman's stain"
... asking whether that's really the right translation. I'm told the translation is correct.
If you find it incredible, another possibility is that the text might be "corrupt" i.e. altered.
In an answer to this topic -- Can the Buddha ever be a woman? -- I found a long analysis comparing a sutta to its equivalent agama. That analysis showed -- quite credibly IMO -- that the two were slightly different and that in that case it was the agama which seemed to be the more reliable -- and the sutta had had some "women are inferior" ideology added later.
But who knows.
Some modern sensibility is to be egalitarian, there are limits to how universally true that is (e.g. in all societies).
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The link provided about AN 8.15 appears to be a Cultural Maxist forum with transgenders & radical feminists moderating it. Unlikely an objective answer will be found there. Regards
I asked there partly because I wanted to understand for myself or verify why Ven Sujato translated as he did: which, he was kind enough to explain here. I don't know a user on this site who can do that. But anyway -- I don't think that's to do with gender.
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Drivers stopping to give money to panhandlers in Wichita, Kansas could face a fine of up to $500 fine and a possible 30-day jail sentence thanks to a new ordinance approved by city council.
The ordinance prohibits people from stopping to exchange an item with a pedestrian on certain city streets. Pedestrians are also prohibited from approaching cars to exchange any item.
Wichita city council members have approved new ordinances to deal with safety issues caused by pedestrians standing on shoulders, medians and crosswalks to ask for money or rides or other items from passing cars. The new rule affects arterial streets, main traffic ways, roads within a defined "congested area" of downtown Wichita and roads with speeds of 40 miles-an-hour or greater.
Repeat offenders are also subject to probation in addition to the fine or jail sentence.
Deputy police chief Troy Livingston told the council Tuesday that there has been a 15 percent increase in pedestrian accidents from 2015 to 2016. He said people have been using medians, crosswalks and shoulder areas for purposes that were not designed or intended.
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Clementine is in a rut. Overshadowed by her indomitable female relatives – her stern, politically correct mother, Claude, her foulmouthed racist grandmother Mac, and her sassy, brassy aunt Maddy — she spends her timing making props for the Drama school (for a pittance) and for her lover Kurt's art Happenings (for free). Months after graduation, she is still stuck in the Soup Kitchen which she shares gladly with her housemate, Angus, and less gladly with a horde of free-loading 'guests'. Even her friendship with Jack, her one-time drama teacher, is thrown into jeopardy when a male student accuses him of sexual harassment. When Clem returns early from a visit to her ailing but outrageous grandmother and discovers Kurt and one of his more dangerous disciples 'locked in earnest discussion, their bodies radiating lust', she comes to the conclusion that the situation has to change. Homicide seems like a tempting option, but she opts instead for flight. In a moment of bravado Clem books a plane ticket to Paris and accidentally embarks on a picaresque series of misadventures with unsuitable foreigners, which drives her to the brink of insanity and eventually makes her take stock of who she is and what she really wants out of life.
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Actress Felicity Huffman talks about the daily supplement that changed her life, and why Aspen is her happy place.
Huffman has that rare quality that makes complete strangers feel at ease. She's warm, funny, and utterly unpretentious in conversation (In response to how she manages to look so youthful at 56, she says, "I don't know. I have a sister who deals with it by using what she calls 'pluck and deny,' so I guess that's my answer, too.").
Although they've acted together onscreen, Huffman and Macy now share a real-life role as the spokescouple for Renew Life probiotic supplements, which is something of a passion project. Probiotics—live microorganisms that help beneficial bacteria to flourish—can improve everything from digestion and immunity to mood, memory and sleep. Cultured foods such as yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut and kombucha are excellent sources of probiotics and can be consumed in place of, or in addition to, supplements.
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A new all-day dining bistro in Hampstead aptly named "Café Hampstead" has an interior totally made for those perfectly styled Instagram pics.
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The space is bringing some serious soul back to Hampstead Village, by serving up authentic and delicious food alongside fine cocktails and wines in a open atmosphere.
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Q: How to redirect a user with javascript while using ratchet? Normally to redirect a user in a website using javascript I'd use window.location.replace("newpage.html"); however I've found that when using Ratchet this doesn't work. Does anyone know of a good way to make a ratchet application change pages using javascript?

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Measurements of net fluxes and extracellular changes of H+, Ca2+, K+, and NH4+ in Escherichia coli using ion-selective microelectrodes
Shabala, L and Ross, T and Newman, IA and McMeekin, TA and Shabala, SN, Measurements of net fluxes and extracellular changes of H+, Ca2+, K+, and NH4+ in Escherichia coli using ion-selective microelectrodes, Journal of Microbiological Methods, 46, (2) pp. 119-129. ISSN 0167-7012 (2001) [Refereed Article]
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This study introduced the use of a non-invasive ion-selective microelectrode (MIFE) technique to study membrane-transport processes in bacteria. Net ion fluxes and changes in the extracellular concentrations of H+, Ca2+, K+ and NH4 + in adherent bacteria, isolated from cultures at different growth stages (exponential, late exponential, and stationary phases), were monitored. With the exception of Ca2+, a significant (P = 0.05) difference was found in the magnitude of net fluxes of the ions measured from bacterial cells at different stages of the population growth curve. The magnitude of the H+ response was glucose-dependent with maximum changes occurring at the highest concentration. There was a progressive increase in H+ extrusion followed by a gradual return to zero at late stationary phase. Measurements of net ion fluxes crossing the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane, demonstrated here for the first time, may offer insight into underlying mechanisms of ion transport kinetics. Applications of the non-invasive ion-selective microelectrode technique in microbiology are discussed. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.
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He "never intended to go to Canada," but a colleague of his, Andy Thompson told him, "Canada is where the action is." The hiring process in the late 60s was far less formal than today. Thompson dispatched letters on Burns' behalf and Burns received two offers, one from the University of Saskatchewan and another from UBC. Burns looked at the mean annual temperatures of Saskatoon and Vancouver and it was an easy decision for him to go to UBC.
Burns recalls that "1968 was the high-water mark of student radicalism." Students occupied the faculty club, brought their dogs to class and generally "attack[ed] the institution". He recalls two students in particular at the heart of the student movement - Carey Linde and Mike Harcourt. Though there were contentions between the radicals and the conservatives, Burns notes that the atmosphere at the law school was very congenial.
Burns served as the Dean of UBC Law from 1982 to 1991, a role which he says involved being "a representative of the faculty to both the University and the Bar." At the time "the reputation of the law school was absolutely critical," in particular as the Attorney General was then musing the closure of one of British Columbia's law schools.
According to Burns, the role of Dean has changed over the years. Now, Burns says, "the Dean has a much larger fundraising role," whereas most of the decisions are left to faculty committees. As Dean, Burns was assisted by three Associates: Jim MacIntyre, Joost Blom and Liz Edinger.
Burns relates an interesting and little known tidbit about British Columbia in the early 1980s. When he became Dean, he says, there were three "power figures" in the province: Gordon Shrum, Klein, and Nathan Nemetz, the Chief Justice of British Columbia.
In 1993, Burns was appointed Chair of the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform, and remains in this post today. Burns received an Alumni Award for Research from the Allard Law Alumni Association in 2007 for his research achievements that have advanced the Faculty's reputation as a leading research institution.
For more, read Profile of Peter Burns from The Advocate, 59 (2001).
Listen to Allard Law History Project Interview with Peter Burns, Part 1 and Allard Law History Project Interview with Peter Burns, Part 2.
View UBC Legacy Project Interview with Peter Burns.


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Østlandsposten
Østlandsposten is a Norwegian newspaper that published "The Phantom" daily strip to 2019.
"The Hit Men" ?, 2004 November 23, 2004
"The Connoisseurs" November 24, 2004 March 29, 2005
"The Viper God" March 30, 2005 August 9, 2005
"The Locust God" August 10, 2005 December 6, 2005
"Stripes" December 7, 2005 April 18, 2006
"Temple of the Gods, Part 1: The U-Boat Mystery" April 19, 2006 September 4, 2006
"Temple of the Gods, Part 2: Return to Eden" September 5, 2006 January 9, 2007
"The Crime Apprentices" January 10, 2007 May 12, 2007
"The Jungle Trek" May 14, 2007 September 11, 2007
"The Return of Chatu" September 12, 2007 January 4, 2008
"The Doorman" January 5, 2008 May 7, 2008
"The Mozznappers" May 8, 2008 September 5, 2008
"The Voyaging Canoe" September 6, 2008 January 6, 2009
"Graffiti Phantom" January 7, 2009 May 27, 2009
"The Patrolwomen" May 28, 2009 September 25, 2009
"The Drill Boss" September 26, 2009 January 26, 2010
"Justice for the Python" January 27, 2010 June 3, 2010
"Crocco Island West" June 4, 2010 September 30, 2010
"The Hunt for the Unknown Commander" October 1, 2010 January 31, 2011
"The Death of Diana Palmer Walker" February 1, 2011 June 6, 2011
"The Phantom at Sea" June 7, 2011 October 5, 2011
"Terror Cells of New York" October 6, 2011 February 2, 2012
"The Trail to Gravelines Prison" February 3, 2012 June 8, 2012
"Chatu's Fate" June 9, 2012 November 2, 2012
"The College Kid" November 3, 2012 February 12, 2013
"A Detente with Crime" February 13, 2013 June 18, 2013
"The Den of Tigers" June 19, 2013 October 16, 2013
"Mexico's Phantom" October 17, 2013 March 1, 2014
"The Phantom Lion" March 3, 2014 October 20, 2014
"The Aeronaut" October 21, 2014 July 6, 2015
"The Immortal Man" July 7, 2015 November 5, 2015
"The Crusader's Treasure" November 6, 2015 April 6, 2016 last strip missing
"Jungle Mystery" April 7, 2016 August 4, 2016 first strip missing
"The Hit Men" August 5, 2016 December 9, 2016
"The Connoisseurs" December 10, 2016 April 8, 2017
"The Viper God" April 10, 2017 August 23, 2017
"The Locust God" August 24, 2017 December 19, 2017
"Stripes" December 20, 2017 May 7, 2018
"Temple of the Gods, Part 1: The U-Boat Mystery" May 8, 2018 September 8, 2018 last ten strips missing
"Temple of the Gods, Part 2: Return to Eden" September 10, 2018 October 24, 2018 started from the strip of August 5, 2005
"The Crime Apprentices" October 25, 2018 February 22, 2019
"The Jungle Trek" February 23, 2019 June 22, 2019 last nineten strips missing
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