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Q: Using google maps via navigation drawer works fine when application starts but reclicking on the tab generates illegal exception error If I replace the fragment, where the map fragment is in (in this code example MyFragment) with a different fragment and then come back, I get an

IllegalStateException

public class Home_Map extends Fragment {

 GoogleMap googleMap;
 FragmentManager myFragmentManager;
 SupportMapFragment mySupportMapFragment;
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
        Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
     View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_home__map, container, false);

     //googleMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true);

        try {
            // Loading map
            initilizeMap();
            googleMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true);

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    return rootView;
}
 private void initilizeMap() {

        try
        {
        if (googleMap == null) {
            myFragmentManager = getFragmentManager();
            mySupportMapFragment = (SupportMapFragment)myFragmentManager.findFragmentById(R.id.map2);
            googleMap = mySupportMapFragment.getMap();

            if (googleMap == null) {
                Toast.makeText(getActivity().getApplicationContext(),
                        "Sorry! unable to create maps", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
                        .show();
            }
        }
        } catch (Exception e) { Toast.makeText(getActivity().getApplicationContext(), ""+e, 1).show();
            // TODO: handle exception
        }
    }

   @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();

        initilizeMap();

    }

   @Override
    public void onDetach() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onDetach();
          try {
                Field childFragmentManager = Fragment.class
                        .getDeclaredField("mChildFragmentManager");
                childFragmentManager.setAccessible(true);
                childFragmentManager.set(this, null);

            } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
                throw new RuntimeException(e);
            } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
                throw new RuntimeException(e);
            }
    }

    }

A: You need to release the memory when changing.
Try to use following code:
public class Home_Map extends Fragment {

    private MapView mapView;

    public static MapsFragment newInstance() {
        MapsFragment fragment = new MapsFragment();
        return fragment;
    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.mapview, container, false);
        // Gets the MapView from the XML layout and creates it

        MapsInitializer.initialize(getActivity());

        switch (GooglePlayServicesUtil.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(getActivity())) {
            case ConnectionResult.SUCCESS:
                Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "SUCCESS", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                mapView = (MapView) v.findViewById(R.id.map);
                mapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
                // Gets to GoogleMap from the MapView and does initialization stuff
                if (mapView != null) {
                     mapView.getMapAsync(new OnMapReadyCallback() {
                        @Override
                        public void onMapReady(GoogleMap googleMap) {
                            googleMap.getUiSettings().setMyLocationButtonEnabled(true);
                            googleMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
                            CameraUpdate cameraUpdate = CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(new LatLng(43.1, -87.9), 10);
                            googleMap.animateCamera(cameraUpdate);
                        }
                    });

                }
                break;
            case ConnectionResult.SERVICE_MISSING:
                Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "SERVICE MISSING", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                break;
            case ConnectionResult.SERVICE_VERSION_UPDATE_REQUIRED:
                Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "UPDATE REQUIRED", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                break;
            default:
                Toast.makeText(getActivity(), GooglePlayServicesUtil.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(getActivity()), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }

        return v;
    }

    @Override
    public void onResume() {
        mapView.onResume();
        super.onResume();
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        mapView.onDestroy();
    }

    @Override
    public void onLowMemory() {
        super.onLowMemory();
        mapView.onLowMemory();
    }
}

And the layout xml file is:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <com.google.android.gms.maps.MapView
        android:id="@+id/map"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:name=".MapsFragment"/>

</RelativeLayout>

Note that you should import android.support.v4.app.Fragment; on both your DrawerLayout file andHome_Map.
Finally use the
fragment = MapsFragment.newInstance();

instead of
fragment = new Home_Map();

in your DrawerLayout.
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Since the Syriza party came to power in Greece's January elections, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has made a point of ruffling feathers in Brussels. His trip to Moscow last week has, however, put some in Europe on high alert.
Analysts have cited Tsipras' comments disparaging Europe's sanctions on Russia, his party's ties to Russian political figures and his recent charm offensive as signs that Greece is not only pivoting away from the European Union but will soon become Russia's "Trojan Horse" in Europe — a means of weakening the union from within. These fears, however, are greatly exaggerated.
Syriza's Russia ties have faced significant scrutiny ever since the party's big electoral win.
One of Tsipras' first meetings as prime minister was with Andrei Maslov, the Russian ambassador to Greece.
It should have come as no surprise, then, that just days before Tsipras traveled to Moscow, he re-asserted that EU sanctions against Russia are "senseless" and a "road to nowhere."
In an interview with TASS, one of Russia's state-owned media agencies, he signaled that he would be willing to put his foot down if the EU was to impose additional sanctions on Russia and that the EU should not take Greece's support for granted.
"Don't think that Greece's position is a given, the situation has changed and now there is another government in Greece. And now you should ask us before you take any decisions," Tsipras told TASS, recounting a conversation he had with European Council President Donald Tusk.
A trove of e-mails released by a Russian hacker group and analyzed by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty shows that both Kammenos and Kotzias have been in communication with Georgy Gavrish, a close friend of Dugin's. Gavrish also lived in Greece for a few years, up until 2013. There has been no evidence to date that Syriza has received monetary support from Dugin or his associates.
In other words, Tsipras' behavior is not without precedent, nor is it without public support.
Warmer relations with Russia may not bode well for Greece's relationship with the rest of the euro zone, and a full pivot to Russia could pose serious problems to its membership of the European Union.
Russia's "offer" to Tsipras — to the extent that there was one — was without substance.
Greece was not granted an exemption from Russia's ban on European agricultural imports, nor was it offered any form of financial aid for its struggling economy.
One headline in the Greek center-left newspaper Efimerida ton Syntakton described the meeting as "gas and some sympathy."
The so-called pivot is most likely posturing. Tsipras, like his predecessors, understands that Greece's economic crisis isn't a burden it can bear alone.
Despite Greek officials periodically referring to Russia as a "Plan B," Tsipras must surely realize that Greece will have to stick with the European Union if it has any hope of emerging from economic crisis.
"Greece is not a beggar asking different countries to solve its financing problems," Bloomberg reported Tsipras as saying. "It's a European problem. For a European problem, a European solution will be found."


Fitzgerald, B.P.; Meyer, S.L.; Affleck, K.J.; Silvia, P.J.
The potential of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist (goserelin acetate), delivered constantly for 28 days via a subcutaneous depot, to induce ovulation in seasonally anestrous mares, was investigated. Two experiments were conducted, in which a range of doses (30 to 240 micrograms/mare/d) was examined. Mares were selected on the basis of lack of substantial follicular development (follicle diameter < 20 mm determined ultrasonically) and low serum concentrations of luteinizing hormone (LH) and progesterone. Constant administration of the GnRH agonist-induced ovulation in anestrous mares, but a dose-response relation was not observed. Furthermore, with identical doses tested in consecutive or alternate years, considerable variation was observed in the ovulatory response. In general, ovulation in all treated mares was accompanied by increased circulating concentrations of LH and a decrease in follicle-stimulating hormone values. Ovulation was preceded by an increase in estradiol and LH concentrations. In mares in which ovulation did not occur, concentration of LH increased during agonist treatment, whereas that of follicle-stimulating hormone either increased or did not change. It was concluded that constant administration of GnRH agonists may induce ovulation in mares during seasonal anestrus; however, percentage of mares ovulating and the lack of reproducibility of effect indicate that this approach is inappropriate for use as a reliable method to manipulate breeding activity in commercial broodmares.


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Baltimore Council of Social Agencies leads the first effort to develop a central information and referral service.
Health and Welfare Council initiates first attempt to create a comprehensive, computer-based health and human services database for Maryland.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) designates 2-1-1 as the national 3-digit access code for health and human services information and referral.
United Way of Central Maryland (UWCM) convenes 2-1-1 Maryland Task Force to prepare and plan for Maryland's 2-1-1 system.
State legislation establishes 2-1-1 as the primary information and referral telephone number for health and human services in Maryland.
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Branding Mural
HomeHistory of St Aloysius CollegeSAC ArtworksBranding Mural
SAC Branding Mural
The branding mural, created in 2019, is painted along St Aloysius College's walls and buildings on Chancery Lane, from Wakefield to Angas Streets.
It was a collaborative project, planned and painted by a group of St Aloysius College secondary students, art teachers and support staff, working with David and Deanne Riggs from Riggs Digital.
The artwork aimed to reflect the essence of St Aloysius College. Current students were asked to identify the core values of SAC, which were captured in these authentic images that resonate strongly with past, present and future students and the wider community.
The image of Celeste represents growth, emphasising the importance of nurturing the inherent gifts and talents of every student, as well as recognising our responsibility for the stewardship of all of creation.
The image of Elsie drawing is entitled inspiration and speaks of the creativity and imagination that are carefully nurtured through a Mercy education.
The STEM image shows Sarah examining the contents of a beaker in science. This image reflects the mural team's view that STEM is more than a combination of specific disciplines, it is about discovering questions and solving problems collaboratively.
The image of Adilya and Jarran is one of friendship that spans from the early years through to Year 12. We cannot underestimate the power of role modelling and encouragement provided by our senior students.
These images, tied together with a purple ribbon, form the Empowering Bright Futures installation. Embedded within the mural are augmented reality videos produced by students to expand the still images into a powerful story.
McEvoy, P 2019, 'Principal's reflection', St Aloysius College Magazine, p. 3.


Dave Evans, the original singer of AC/DC (before Bon Scott) will return to Australia next week to perform for the launch of the Bon Scott Celebration Concert CD.
Evans was asked by organisers at the last minute to attend the launch after advertised band Screaming Jets pulled out because of other commitments.
Evans will head to Perth next week to do the show with The Party Boys. He now lives in the USA.
In a statement to Undercover, Evans said "I have accepted as this is of course an honour and will be flying out of the USA on the 13th October to rehearse and then to perform at the CD Launch on the 19th October before spending a week in Melbourne, before flying back to the USA as my album SINNER has only just been released here".
Evans was the voice on the very first AC/DC single 'Can I Sit Next To You Girl'. He was replaced by the band's roadie Bon Scott before the band recorded their debut album.
'Can I Sit Next To You Girl' was a Top 40 hit in Sydney, Australia in 1974.


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To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests can choose to either self-clean the property or pay the following additional cleaning fee at check-out: EUR 60 for the Studio; EUR 65 for the Apartment, 1 Bedroom. The end of stay cleaning fee is included in this property's rental rate, as displayed at the time of booking for guests booked in the Escapade accommodations. Towels are not included in the room rate for the Studio and Apartment, 1 Bedroom bookings. Towels are available for a surcharge or guests may bring their own. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
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Honda is preparing a new hydrogen electric SUV
Elenor KlingDecember 1, 2022Last Updated: December 1, 2022
Honda has announced that it will build a new hydrogen fuel cell (FCEV) model that will be based on the new Honda CR-V. This new electric SUV will be manufactured in the United States, in one of the most specialized factories of the Japanese company, and will use a curious "dual" technology.
It is striking, at least, that Honda has opted for hydrogen technology after Honda's CEO, Toshibiro Mibe, came to say that Toyota's commitment to the hydrogen car was not feasible. More recently, Honda repositioned itself in favor of batteries as the best technology for reducing carbon emissions.
Perhaps for all this, the announcement of this new electric SUV with a hydrogen fuel cell, which will be based on the recently renewed Honda CR-V, may have been taken by surprise. That is, it will be a hydrogen version of the CR-V, a hydrogen car in the C-SUV segment, and a direct rival to the Hyundai Nexo.
This new Honda SUV will have another particularity and that is that it will be the first production tourism with a fuel cell and plug-in at the same time (a technology like the one used by Stellantis hydrogen vans ). For short distances, by city, the driver will be able to recharge the battery in a socket as if it were a battery electric or a plug-in hybrid. For longer trips, you will have hydrogen, which offers greater autonomy and faster refueling, in a few minutes.
Although this dual technology can be a double advantage when using it, it also means higher costs and a higher price for the end customer. Fuel cell cars have a small battery, similar in capacity to a hybrid car (HEV) to store any remaining energy. However, this approach by Honda raises a larger battery and, therefore, more expensive.
Honda's hydrogen SUV will begin manufacturing in 2024 at its Performance Manufacturing Center in Marysville, Ohio (United States). These are facilities specialized in small-volume vehicles, highly focused on artisan manufacturing and hand assembly. Since its opening in 2016, PMC has been responsible for the production of the Honda NSX hybrid supercar, as well as other Acura sports models and Honda Performance Development race cars.
At the moment the brand has not announced if this new model will reach the European market. It should be remembered that the current Honda CR-V sold in Europe is made in Japan, but the CR-V is a global model and as such is produced in different plants, several of them in America. Nor has it given any information regarding its technical part. Details of this new FCEV version of the CR-V will be announced closer to its launch in 2024.
This new 'zero emissions' vehicle is part of Honda's strategy to reduce carbon emissions from its vehicles. By 2040, it plans that 100% of its sales in all global markets will be battery electric vehicles (BEV) and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV).
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Matthew Vollmer on 21st Century Prose
21st CENTURY PROSE:
WE LIKE WORDS AND VOICES
AND THAT FOR WHICH WE HAVE NO NAME
It's no secret that books are made of words. No writer or reader would dispute such a thing. The notion that words—their selection and placement—matter: it's simply not up for debate. Or is it? Because it seems weird that so many writers seem more interested in foregrounding story—or plot—than the language they rely on to tell that story. Yes, of course, there are plenty of writers who do and have done this, and I'll name a few as a way of explaining what I mean in a minute; I just wish there were more. I hope I don't sound elitist, and I shouldn't give the false impression that I don't sometimes want to burn through something in order to find out "what happens"—I just prefer, for the most part, to experience the kind of narrative fueled by the idiosyncratic manner in which the writer sets words on the page. Too often, I open a book or begin reading a story whose writer seems content to rehearse the familiar—and thus predictable—ways in which words have been strung together and I think, not this again, and toss the book aside. Am I too easily bored? Too demanding? Or is it okay to say that I—as a man who is now inhabiting that space in his life called "middle age"—have begun to sense that time is running out, and that there are only so many books in the world, and that I feel less inclined to read writing doesn't, in some way, exhibit more strenuously the infinite possibilities of what language can do? Because if I really think about it—and believe me, I do—the books and stories that have meant the most to me are those whose words matter as much as, if not more than, anything else. Bottom line: I want the books I read to surprise me. To show me new ways of seeing and thinking. To generate propulsive linguistic energy. To open doors and lead me down new passages, not only into parts of the universe I haven't yet explored, but also to tap into modes of representation that exhibit an artist's idiosyncratic and thus singular experience of being alive in the world.
I doubt that the vision of 21st Century Prose differs all that much from other publishers of literary work in that the central aim of the series is to introduce writers who are making compelling literary art to readers who hunger for the same. What do I mean by "compelling literary art"? Part of me says that I won't know it until I see it, and that any definition I provide will be sadly insufficient. But another part of me says, try anyway, and that's when I'll point to the description of our series, which appears on the University of Michigan website:
The 21st Century Prose series celebrates varieties of forms—of prose that breaks the rules, bends conventions, and reconfigures genre. The books in this series engage playfulness and experimentation without sacrificing accessibility and readability. The voices represented in the series come alive on the page through prose that is at once down-to-earth and also a reflection of an artist at home with his or her improvisations. Life-affirming but convention-defying, the language in these books strives to be both groundbreaking and readable. The 21st Century Prose series listens for and endorses voices that have been marginalized, reports from zones—physical and spiritual and emotional—from which we have yet to hear. Kind-hearted renegades. Things we can't describe but that leave us pleasantly puzzled, forcing us to say, "Listen, just read it."
I more or less wrote that description before I knew that 21st Century Prose would ever exist. Aaron McCollough, Editorial Director for the University of Michigan—and a friend of mine ever since the day we struck up a conversation about the band Guided By Voices in a Literary Theory course at North Carolina State University—asked me if I'd be interested in editing a book series. So I drew up a proposal. I didn't know, really, what I was doing. All I could do was to describe the work I was most interested in, the kind of work I'd spent the last ten years or so reading and re-reading. Which, in some ways, is an impossible task, especially when the stuff I love most defies easy categorization. Is it fiction? Is it an essay? Is it both? The answer I hope to give is: "I don't know" or "I can't tell." It's why I insisted that the word "prose" appear in the title of our series. And it's why I admire Ryan Ridge's American Homes. One could argue that it's a book-length essay, a series of essays, or even a series of fictions. In it, Ridge takes as his subject a series of ordinary things—in this case, the houses of America and their constituent parts, many of which are accompanied by illustrations drawn by the artist Jacob Heustis —and subsequently interprets them in ways that are hilarious, smart, and transcendent. The book functions as a catalog. A dictionary. A list. A series of meditations. A sequence of revisions and re-interpretations. A primer illustrating strategies for thinking about our everyday domestic spaces, and that by look long and hard at the world, we can transform it.
Walter Benjamin famously said, "All great works of art either dissolve or expand their genres." It's idea whose truth I can't shake, in part because it tends to describe the kind of books I most admire: those that can't immediately—or maybe ever—be neatly categorized. I think of Jenny Offill's Dept. of Speculation, of Rachel B. Glaser's Pee on Water, of Mary Ruefle's Madness, Rack, & Honey, of Percival Everett's I am Not Sidney Poitier, of Scott McClanahan's Crapalachia, of Evan Lavender-Smith's From Old Notebooks, of Renata Adler's Speedboat, of Virginia Woolf's The Waves, of Maggie Nelson's Bluets, of Junot Diaz's The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, of Thomas Bernhard's Correction, of Clarice Lispector's The Hour of the Star, of Knausgaard's My Struggle, of Rachel Cusk's Outline, of Stanley Crawford's everything. What these books have in common, aside from the fact that they defy categories, is this: it's impossible to sum them up. You have to experience them. There are no "spoiler alerts," in part because they are not merely story-containers. They are doing something more. Each one exhibits a particular alive-ness to the extent that the books themselves almost seem sentient. One gets the sense that these books know you're reading them. And that maybe they are reading you.
That's the kind of thing 21st Century prose endorses. We want books that can't be "spoiled" if you tell someone else "what happens." And we want to help writers whose books not only reflect reality in new and exciting ways—we want those books to feel, as you're reading them, like living things.
Here are some more things 21st Century Prose might be said to endorse:
Long, rhythmic, voice-driven sentences.
The illusion—often created by long, rhythmic, voice-driven sentences—of bobbing in the wake of an unspooling consciousness.
Short sentences with simple words.
The fantastic, rendered floridly.
The everyday, rendered precisely and surprisingly enough for readers to experience it anew.
The sense that a particular writer is telling a story only s/he can tell, and doing so effortlessly.
Lists!
Digressions.
Improvisation.
Repetition.
Extended meditation.
The locomotion of a fiercely humorous rant.
The flickering disorientation of collage.
The graceful acrobatics of a close and nuanced interpretation.
A voice that—like an unselfconscious kid dancing triumphantly before of a mirror—succeeds in being purely itself.
I like to think that each of the first four books in the 21st Century Prose series represents a singular voice on the page, and that each book represents the kind of thing that only its writer could have made. Each one defies description and summary; each is a book that must be experienced, in part because each is not only about the story it has to tell, but also about the story's language. I could tell you that A Heart Beating Hard by Lauren Foss Goodman is a story of a young woman named Marjorie who works as a greeter at a big box store and ends every day at an Elk lodge where she orders a single Shirley Temple, or that Matthew Derby's Full Metal Jhacket is a collection of fabulist stories that re-imagine moments in history or flash forward to humorously bleak futures, or that Charles McLeod's Settlers of Unassigned Lands unfolds like hallucinatory prose poems about the desolate places and desperate people in America, or that Ryan Ridge's American Homes is a compendium of aphoristic and often hilarious meditations on domestic architecture—but even the best summaries would fail to accurately represent what it's like to experience these idiosyncratic and propulsive voices. So, for the most part, I'll bypass that futile work. Instead, I'll invite you to check the books out for yourself. Visit the 21st Century Prose series at the University of Michigan Press website. Once you're there, click on a book title, and read an excerpt—or the entire thing—for free, thanks to the University of Michigan's "open access" policy, which promotes the idea that the work of scholars and creative artists—human beings whose occupation it is to produce new forms of knowledge and expression—should be available to everyone. Hopefully, as you explore these new works—and maybe even purchase a copy for yourself, or order one through your local library—you'll find a voice you can cheer for: one that, in its own resonant and uncanny way, attempts to get at the heart of its world.
Matthew Vollmer is the author of two collections of stories, Future Missionaries of America and the forthcoming Gateway to Paradise, as well as inscriptions for headstones, a collection of essays. He is the editor of A Book of Uncommon Prayer, which collects invocations from over sixty acclaimed and emerging authors, and with David Shields is co-editor of Fakes; An Anthology of Pseudo-Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, "Found" Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts. His work has appeared in a range of anthologies and magazines, including Paris Review, Ploughshares, Glimmer Train, Tin House, Best American Essays and The Pushcart Prize. He serves as a series editor for University of Michigan Press' 21st Century Prose series and directs the undergraduate creative writing program at Virginia Tech.
Donna D April 22, 2015 at 7:47 AM
I love this so much!
theresa April 22, 2015 at 7:44 PM
A terrific piece -- generous in its expectations and examples.
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Although water has standard freezing temperatures, scientists have found water in its liquid form at temperatures below -40 degrees Fahrenheit. As water grows colder, its molecular structure changes shape, which alters the density of the water and increases its heat capacity. At -55 degrees Fahrenheit, the molecules become tetrahedrons, and that difference in structure changes the way the molecules react to heat and cold.
All things freeze at 0 degrees Kelvin, also known as Absolute Zero. That temperature represents a total absence of heat, and molecular motion stops.


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Acarnan is a young man that was brought to be of age faster thanks to Zeus, so that he could avenge his father. He later creates a state after his name : Acarnania.
Acron was a Greek doctor said to have helped many Athenians during the Great Plague. He later request a specific location to install his family tomb, but was turned down by the Senate.
FFXII : Adrammelech is the Capricornus esper, depicted as a lightning dragon.
In II Kings, Adrammelech is a sun god worshipped in the town of Sepharvaim. According to Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal, Adrammelech is the president of the demon Senate, the Chancellor of Hell and supervisor of Satan's wardrobe.
FFVIII : A skull-like monster in Ultimecia's castle.
Commander of the Greek forces during the Trojan war. He was later killed by Aegisthus who had seduced Clytemnestra, Agamemnon's wife.
Alexander the Great was King of Macedonia and one of the most famous conquerors of all time, who is said to never have stayed behind the lines. He becomes King in 336 BC, and swiftly dominates the neighboring regions including large Greek cities. Clever politician and clever strategist, Alexander conquers Egypt and Darius III's Persian Empire before advancing towards India where his army takes on successfully war elephants. He is however forced to pull back because of unrest among his men. He dies from illness in Babylon in 323 BC.
In FFX-2 : Ferocious three-headed creature that attacks the Al-Bhed camp in Bikanel.
Angra Mainyu may be considered as the figure of the Devil in early Iranian mythology. Its name means 'evil spirit' and it is associated with the netherworld. It tries to dry up the earth, but other gods prevent him from doing so. Angra Mainyu then tries to lure Zarathustra away from the good religion by promising him sovereignty on the world. When the prophet turns him down, it unleashes thousands of demons on him, but Zarathustra deflects them all. Although Ahura Mazda is sometimes considered as the sole creator, some texts suggest there is a duality with Angra Mainyu. In Vendidad I, Angra Mainyu creates the sixteen scourges in response to Ahura Mazda's sixteen lands.
From FFIV to FFXIV : One-eyed flying monster.
Equivalent to Angra Mainyu in later Iranian language.
Valkyrie Profile : Lenneth is fighting under the Ases to help them win over the Vanes.
Main clan of the Scandinavian pantheon. They live in Asgard and includes Odin and Thor. They had been at war for years against the Vanes but eventually reached a peace agreement.
Avalon : movie depicting a fictional world where people play a virtual reality game for a living.
After being mortally wounded by Mordred in the battle of Camlann, Arthur is taken to Avalon, his final resting place. Geoffrey of Monmouth regards Avalon to be an island where Arthur recovers from his wounds and from which he returns to the throne. Moreover, Arthur's sword Excalibur is said to have been forged in Avalon. Despite recent discoveries indicating that Avalon might in fact be Glastonbury Abbey, in the Somerset, many historians deny its existence and late tradition simply assumes Arthur was buried soon after the battle.
Means 'dragon' in Avestan language. However, it is described in Avesta as a three-headed being, not fiendish nor human. In later texts, he appears as an arab promoting Judaism (then opposed to Zoroastrianism). He possesses all possible sins and asks yazatas to depopulate the world, which they of course refuse to do.


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I cannot begin to give my thanks and admiration to Dr Mat and his team, wonderful wonderfull, wonderfull. Sincere and utter thanks.
Over the past six years I consider myself so fortunate to have benefitted from Matthew Ginks' outstanding level of care and expertise. His expert knowledge is demonstrated in very high success rate with patients and his continued research pushes back boundaries and increases realisation of permanent improvement In consultation, his undoubted wealth of knowledge shines through. His very clear explanations and illustrations help the layman to understand exactly what is going on and the best course of action. The care that he shows for the welfare of his patients is eminently obvious in the way in which he listens, takes note and responds sensitively. He always understands exactly how the patient feels and takes this into account. I have always found him to be very responsive and supportive. When a very nasty fractured elbow, was further complicated by going back into AF, even though I was hospitalised a long way from home, he quickly responded to my plea for help. He reassured me when I was in the depths of despair and helped me come to terms with a very difficult situation. On another occasion, I had been called in for an ablation. An emergency in A & E meant that no anaesthetist was available. Undaunted, Dr Ginks suggested a cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation under sedation. He sat on my bed and carefully, with the aid of his phone clearly showed what this entailed and allayed any fears. As a result, a successful ablation was conducted and I remained in rhythm for about a year afterwards. I have great faith in Dr Ginks. He goes to great pains to elucidate in a highly sensitive way and helps to eliminate any doubts. All of this reinforces my firm belief that he truly is a top rate practitioner.
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Dr Matt Ginks is brilliant. I've recently had a consultation with him as I have been experiencing random heart palpitations which I needed checking for my own peace of mind. Matt was great. Really friendly and personable. Matt sat me down and we started to go through what's been happening, again really polite and understanding. Matt then went over the initial ECG results which I had done and said that it looks completely normal but suggested we do an echocardiogram to make sure there isn't anything structurally wrong which I agreed to. After this he reviewed the results and he suggested that the heart palpitations are highly likely to be caused by ectopic beats which are benign. Matt then suggested possible treatment options including beta-blockers (although he said for me to avoid this if I can managed them) and suggested to get a 24 hour tape done just so we can log the palpitations on my record. Overall I cannot recommend Dr Ginks enough. He is very knowledgable, approachable, friendly and polite. He is very thorough with his tests and analysis. If you would like to see a Cardiologist then please consider Dr Matt Ginks.
I had probably been suffering from arrhythmia for quite a long time before I realised that it was making an impact on my life at 67 years, but wanting to be as active as a fifty year old. In contrast to an earlier experience elsewhere, Dr Ginks took a very different approach, empathetic and one of listening and understanding of my ambition to reinstate the active life I had previously valued. Straightforward explanations and illustrations followed and questions answered: it was easy to be led through the process, building confidence that the proposed treatment could be successful and that I would ultimately be able to regain the same levels of fitness of a few years previously as I had enjoyed before. A cardioversion was performed and demonstrated quite quickly that a normal heart rhythm could be reinstated. But it was short-lived and I reverted to AF. This did, however, indicate that a catheter ablation could well work for me and having worked through the risks and the procedure, I committed to undertake the operation. Great outcome: I have maintained sinus rhythm since the ablation and my AF symptoms, specifically breathlessness when taking any strenuous exercise, seem to be a thing of the past. I hesitated to write too quickly – in the immediate aftermath it all seemed a bit too good to believe, but six months down the line, I can say that I feel great and ready for a Munro! My thanks to the whole team at the Radcliffe – but above all to Dr Ginks for his encouragement and ability to build confidence in the treatment he recommended.
At 56 and having had arrhythmia (SVT) twice a month or more for many years and it becoming increasingly troublesome, particularly at meetings after travel - ie stress related - me having to sit in the car until it subsided - I was advised to see Dr Ginks during a annual Health Check. He was extrememly approachable, knowledgeable, informative and re-assuring during a consultation, confirming that this procedure was very normal in todays medicine and quite likely to be successful. Very transparent in his approach. It was easy to diarise both consultation and procedure, and on the day all went smoothly, including my husband being made to feel comfortable staying on-site waiting for me. Two months on, not a murmer from the heart! Job done!
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Over 20 years ago Ron Edmunds decried the fact that we had it backward in our public schools: we had time as a constant and learning as a variable. If a student didn't master the material presented in the allocated time, they failed… time marched on and the information they didn't grasp in the allotted time was never learned and the skills they didn't get in the allotted time was never mastered. Over the years, more and more information was unlearned and more skills were not mastered and, of course, the gap between the "fast learners" and the "slow learners" widened.
How did teachers ever come to rationalize cutting students off before they had ample time to express their understanding of a subject? How did we, as educators, allow a two-tier system to spring up that lets students with parent advocates, enlightened schools, or family means gain access to a basic educational accommodation that is denied students who have the same need but can't get or afford a diagnosis?
I'm unaware of research that supports the idea that educators learn anything additional about students' depth or breadth of knowledge by measuring how quickly they can recall answers or express what they have learned. There are many things that cause one student to finish an assessment faster than another, and it is not always influenced by mastery (with the exception of something like a math-facts quiz).
My comment to this suggested that time constraints on assignments are the tip of the iceberg: the biggest time constraint is the one that suggests students of a certain age should be expected to master a body of material within a fixed time frame we called a "grade level".. . and THIS time frame is reinforced by the standardized testing we do year in and year out. The reason for this "grade level" paradigm is that it was efficient in the day and age when schools were designed to sort the fast learners from the slow learners— but that day is over and HAS been over for decades. If we expect ALL students to learn, we need to recall that Edmund's aphorism was ALL children can learn given sufficient time and appropriate instruction…. unfortunately the qualifying phrases have been dropped from this in our mania to test children using the easiest and cheapest means possible.
My step-daughter who lives in Burke, VT, recently told me that the somewhat shopworn ski resort in their community was recently acquired by "investors from China" who intended to spend lots of money to upgrade the lifts, the condominiums, and build new houses in the region. They were rewarded for their investment with a green card… which seemed like a win-win situation for everyone: the economically challenged North East Kingdom of VT would get jobs, more tourism from Boston and Montreal, and the investors would get to relocate their families to our country.
Under a federal program known as EB-5, wealthy foreigners can in effect buy U.S. immigration visas for themselves and their families by investing at least $500,000 in certain development projects. In the past two decades, much of the investment has gone into commercial real-estate projects, like luxury hotels, ski resorts and even gas stations.
Lately, however, enterprising brokers have seen a golden opportunity to match cash-starved charter schools with cash-flush foreigners in investment deals that benefit both.
Two years ago, Wing set up a venture called the Education Fund of America specifically to connect international investors with charter schools. He is currently arranging EB-5 funding for 11 schools across North Carolina, Utah and Arizona and says he has four more deals in the works.
…he felt he'd be serving society as well as helping himself. The schools he saw impressed him with their rigorous science curriculum and he said he hoped his investment would help nurture a new generation of American entrepreneurs.
Investors with altruistic motives like Mr. Faisal are somehow more acceptable than investors who want to make profit from charter schools…. and those coming into our country with Mr. Faisal's perspective seem to be seeking entry here because they believe that upward mobility is possible in our country and they realize that education is key to achieving that advancement.
At first blush it seems that this is no different than the investment in Burke Mountain Ski Resort: it will bring improved facilities to public education, create jobs, and benefit residents in districts where the $$$ is being invested. But the dilemma is this: charters are competing against public schools and public schools cannot raise $500,000 from foreigners to enhance their facilities or buy new technology or hire additional teachers… so the field is tilted in favor of the privatizers. If we want to be the kind of country Mr. Faisal believes we are, we need to invest in our PUBLIC schools and stop relying on external funding to save the day.
Eduardo Porter's column in today's business section of the NYTimes invites readers to choose the form of capitalism they want to have in the future… and suggests that we are where we are today because of choices WE made in the past.
We show that, under plausible assumptions, the world equilibrium is asymmetric: some countries will opt for a type of "cutthroat" capitalism that generates greater inequality and more innovation and will become the technology leaders, while others will free-ride on the cutthroat incentives of the leaders and choose a more cuddly form of capitalism. Paradoxically, those with cuddly reward structures, though poorer, may have higher welfare than cutthroat capitalists; but in the world equilibrium, it is not a best response for the cutthroat capitalists to switch to a more cuddly form of capitalism. We also show that domestic constraints from social democratic parties or unions may be beneficial for a country because they prevent cutthroat capitalism domestically, instead inducing other countries to play this role.
As any political junkie can see, the highlighted phrases all sound like talking points from the Republican side of the aisle and the business community… while the underscored sections reflect the progressive point of view… which is to say not necessarily the view put forth by the democratic party.
It struck me in reading this article that the charter school business represents the cutthroat side of capitalism. Market based charter schools set in motion the "… relentless dynamics (that send) unheard-of profits toward the prosperous few while threatening the jobs and eroding the wages of the rest" (see earlier posts on the wages paid to CEOs of charter schools and low wages paid to teachers) and does nothing to address the high social costs we have incurred as a result of the cutthroat capitalism that dominates our overall economy.
Charter schools and technology could be combined to address the social ills outlined in Porter's article, but only if the government had incentives on collaboration among agencies and provided funding for those agencies that could break the cycle of dependency. Unfortunately no one is advocating ANY form of cuddly, cooperative capitalism… only the competitive, cutthroat capitalism that our businesses assume is the ONLY way to move forward.
….the child with the smaller brain… will be more likely to become addicted to drugs, be involved in violent crimes, be unemployed and dependent on government benefits in the future.
Furthermore, the child with the shrunken brain is significantly more likely to develop mental and other serious health-related problems.
Researchers said the process of childhood neglect is a vicious cycle because the parents of neglected children were also neglected by their parents and do not have fully developed brain.
However, past research has shown that the cycle can be broken if there is early intervention and families are supported.
Why aren't we doing SOMETHING to intervene? The answer is that intervention is initially costly, potentially cast as "government interference", and fraught with ethical questions.
But NOT intervening is clearly costly— compensatory education programs, Special Education, drug interventions, and incarceration and/or medical treatment for mental illness are all costly.
And NOT intervening doesn't limit "government intervention". Placing a child on an IEP is arguably "government intervention"… and the last time I looked prisons were overseen by the government (though they, too, are being privatized— another sad story). Whenever someone runs afoul of the law, the government will intervene. Isn't it better to intervene EARLY that to wait for a predictable adverse consequence?
And NOT intervening poses ethical dilemmas as well. If one witnesses a mother striking a child inappropriately at a store is there an ethical responsibility to do something? If a doctor is aware that a child is being neglected, do they have an ethical responsibility to do something? Now the tough question: if we neglect the way children are being reared knowing that many appear at their first day of school lacking the emotional nurturance required to learn effectively, doesn't THAT pose an ethical dilemma as well?
We know that early neglect and abuse results in serious cognitive, emotional, and mental problems in the future. Shouldn't we do SOMETHING?
I try not to be a paranoid alarmist… and Diane Ravitch is hardly a socialist left-wing radical… but I am old enough to recall Woodward and Bernstein's mantra: follow the money. And the money that is flowing into Board elections from the private sector is not being invested based on the idealistic notion of providing an equal opportunity for all children to experience success in school… it is being invested to expand the opportunity for making a profit in operating schools. If standardized tests are the metric for school success, it is relatively easy to maintain the level of performance in a school that operates at less than half the cost… especially if those pesky regulations are eliminated… you know, the regulations that require students to attend classes with other children or participate in PE, Art, and Music….
As noted in an earlier post, both Presidential candidates and most Governors, Democrats and Republicans alike, seem OK with the privatization movement. After all, it saves money for them and doesn't alter the student performance as measured by test scores— so where's the problem? The problem is that we have equated school success with standardized test scores and refused to acknowledge the effects of poverty on children and, in doing so, we have limited the scope of schooling and limited the opportunities for economic advancement.
GH: Can you tell me, what campaign issue is closest to your heart?
AR: I've been a First Lady of the State. I have seen what happens to people's lives if they don't get a proper education. And we know the answers to that. The charter schools have provided the answers. The teachers' unions are preventing those things from happening, from bringing real change to our educational system. We need to throw out the system.
"WE know the answers to that"???? Who is "we"???….
And what makes it a "given" that the teacher's union is preventing a "proper education" to take place???
And where is the evidence that "charter schools have provided the answers"???
This article reinforces the idea that public schools are NOT providing "a proper" education and that the whole reason they are failing is because of bad teaching. This idea works for politicians because it allows them to avoid tackling the REAL problem with public education which is the effects of poverty on children. As noted repeatedly in this blog and those of many other educators, our well funded schools that serve children who are NOT raised in poverty do as well as any schools on earth. We CLAIM that we want to provide an equal opportunity for all children but our actions show otherwise.
This article keeps up the "schools are failing" drumbeat… the drip… drip… drip you hear is the erosion of trust in its public schools.
Lovingkindness or High Test Scores?
The Responsive Classroom approach centers on several ostensibly mundane classroom practices. Each morning students form a circle, greet one another, share bits of news, engage in a brief, fun activity and review the day's agenda. The idea is to build trust, ensure a little fun (which adolescents crave) and confront small problems before they become big. Students might welcome one another with salutations from a foreign language. An activity might involve tossing several balls around a circle in rapid succession. Students share weekend plans or explore topics like bullying before lessons begin.
If this sounds obvious or intuitive, it is, but so is being loving and kind. That doesn't make it easier to achieve. Part of what makes the approach effective is that each routine is highly structured, and so replicable, but allows for student input and choice.
It is unfortunate that worthwhile programs like the responsive classroom need to tie themselves to standardized tests. As long as we hold schools accountable based on test scores, most professional development funds will go toward "improving test scores" and not toward things like the responsive classroom. It is difficult for many politicians, school boards and administrators to buy into the notion that teaching abstract and hard-to-measure skills like "cooperation, assertiveness and empathy" will yield high test scores and, after all, high test scores ARE the ultimate measure of success. I daresay that any "failing school" seeking additional funds for the Responsive Classroom as a means of increasing test scores would have that request denied.


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Joan Ross is organizing this fundraiser to benefit Kenya Drylands Education Fund (Kenya Drylands Education Fund).
Let's make a difference together! I'm raising money to benefit 14 year old Catherine Letipo (her story is below) in northern Kenya for Kenya Drylands Education Fund (KDEF), and any donation will help make an impact! This is the same non-profit, just a different name, that you all so generously donated money to to purchase "opportunity kits" (menstruation kits that allow girls to stay in school.) Thank you in advance for opening your heart and contributing to Catherine's education.
More information about Kenya Drylands Education Fund (Kenya Drylands Education Fund): Kenya Drylands Education Fund's mission is to offer educational opportunities to Marsabit and Samburu County students, to raise awareness of women's health issues, and to promote gender equality, thereby increasing the odds of women and men acting together to make important contributions to the vitality of northern Kenya. KDEF has three educational initiatives: to provide reusable sanitary pads, underwear, and soap to primary school girls; to raise sponsorships to cover secondary school tuition for talented students; and to facilitate a mentorship program for Kenyan girls and boys to learn about life skills, reproductive health, and the value of remaining in school.
Catherine's story:
When I contacted Sarah Hadden, co-founder of KDEF, regarding starting a GoFundMe for a scholarship she was literally on her way to the airport to fly to Kenya to attend one of KDEF's mentorship programs. She informed me that all the scholarship slots had been awarded for the start of the school year in January 2020. I asked if there was anyway we (you and me) could sponsor a girl at this late date and she immediately contacted their Kenya Country Director and he said yes, there was a girl, Catherine, who had just been told by her father that she would have to drop out of school and forget pursuing her high school education because her father had lost everything.
After 18 months of severe drought, the rain finally started falling at the joy of the pastoral communities of northern Kenya. The kinsmen could finally return to their homesteads after having been gone for 18 months herding their cows, camels and goats to find water. Catherine, 14 years old and the only girl in her village to get a secondary school education, had just passed (with flying colors) her Primary School exam. Catherine wants to become a nurse.
When her father returned home she received the very sad news that her older brother had died, and that bandits had stolen all of her father's livestock. Because of these tragic events Catherine was told she could no longer pursue and education.
And this is where we- you and me- come in! Please join me in sending Catherine to Primary School. The Kenya Drylands Education Fund (KDEF) offers a High School Scholarship Program to promising secondary school students from vulnerable, impoverished families in Marsabit and Samburu Counties in northern Kenya with resources they need to complete four years of study in high quality boarding schools, without distractions or want for food, clothing, supplies, and safe housing. Secondary school is expensive, especially for families living on less than a dollar a day. A four -year scholarship provides for full-board tuition, uniform, bedding, books and sanitation supplies for girls.
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What I aim to do here is not only show you my meal changes and exercise regime, but also show how my mental state altered. I'll share how I overcame my negative thoughts and barrelled through plateaus.
I gained all of this knowledge through a thirst for understanding. As my wife will attest, I absolutely must know everything even if it doesn't concern me. It's my nature. I can blame and thank my parents for this. As a child I hungered for understanding and often asked questions of how and why. Before long I was asking things they didn't know the answer to. Instead of dismissing it or making something up, my parents instilled in me a simple mantra: look it up.
This was long before the Internet became popular and ubiquitous so all I had was a dictionary, an odd assortment of encyclopaedias and the school library. The skills and knowledge gained were invaluable and formed my love of words and reading.
The Internet exploded my world and now the guys I train with often refer to me as Google, as I generally have the answer or insight required for the topic at hand.
So when I turned this skill to weight loss my bull-crap detector worked overtime. I tried several diets that I fully understood the science of, but ultimately they failed because they didn't take into account the psychological impact. They also failed to understand the starting point that a lot of overweight people find themselves in.
My meals consisted of mostly eating take-out, snacking on chocolate and washing it down with litres of soft drinks and tubs of ice-cream. You can't instantly go from that to fresh fruit and veggies, healthy snacks and controlled portions. That is why the majority of diets fail and are a waste of your time.
I want to mention right off the bat that this is not a diet book. To me, a diet is a short-term change to reach a desired goal in less than two months. This journey took me nearly a decade and I am still changing things to get better results. It took that long because of all the trial and error, the research required and figuring how to alter the mental conditioning I'd spent nearly three decades building.
I can guide you into doing this far quicker, though I expect it to take years, not months. Lasting change takes time but if you follow the ideas and plans in this book, then you will see some quick results.
I am not a medical professional so I implore you, if you have any conditions or food intolerances then seek their expert advice first. Everything in here works for me, but my body is not the same as yours. I am living proof that the process works, and should work for the majority, however your life is unique and nothing can take everything into account. Even so, everyone can gain some benefit from a lot of these pages.
I'm looking forward to helping you achieve your goals.
AJ Watson (Tony to his friends) lives with his wife Barbara in the great state of Victoria, Australia.
AJ is a certified Life Coach and continues to expand his skills to assist others not only duplicate his successes but to clear any mental barriers people place upon themselves.
Tony has obtained a Bachelor of Computing and although he has a love of technology, he can't help dreaming of worlds with vicious creatures and powerful metaphysics. He uses this imagination to write sci fi/fantasy novels.
Tony is an experienced martial artist competitor and instructor, having won multiple national gold medals and assisting others to do the same.
In his spare time, among other things, Tony dabbles in computer graphics and GMs many role play games with his family and friends.


The Hindu diaspora in western Canada can be traced back to the migration of South Asians during the early nineteen hundreds. The earliest known Hindu immigrants were a small group of Punjabi men that arrived in British Columbia between 1900 and 1908 (Botting and Coward 35). Upon their arrival the immigrants were granted full British citizenship by the federal government which enabled them to vote and aided their ability to find work. This was significant as the first immigrants had left their homeland and families in search of work to provide funds to purchase farmland in Asia (Ibid. 36). With this intention the early immigrants had only planned to stay in Canada temporarily. However, within a few years the initial plan changed as the temporary settlements the first immigrants had built in Canada became permanent.
By 1907 the population of south Asian immigrants had grown substantially. The men had started to use their income to bring their wives and children permanently from south Asia to British Columbia and had begun to create their own lives in Canada. As the population of immigrants grew the Anglo Saxon inhabitants began to perceive them as a threat. The Anglo Saxons came to believe that the south Asians would overwhelm their population due to the immigrants cultural and religious diversity and began to pursue a means to ban south Asian women from entering the country. The Anglo Saxon population believed that if the south Asian women were denied entry to Canada the men would have no way to start a family and set down roots (Gupta 61). The Anglo Saxon inhabitants started to raise their concerns nationwide through newspapers, petitions, and rallies. The issue drew to the forefront in 1907 when the federal government voted in favor of revoking all the British citizenships they had granted to south Asian immigrants (Ibid. 60).
By 1908, the provincial government had followed suit by suspending the right of all south Asian immigrants to vote in municipal and provincial elections. At the same time, the provincial government denied the same immigrants the ability to serve as school trustees, on juries, in public service, holding jobs resulting from public work contracts, purchasing crown timber, as well as practicing the professions of law or pharmacy (Botting and Coward 36). However, this was not enough for the Anglo Saxon inhabitants as the immigration of south Asians had yet to be deterred. Later in the year, the demands of the Anglo Saxon community were met with the immigration policy known as the continuous journey stipulation which required immigrants to purchase a ticket from one's country of origin through to Canada (Ibid). At that point there were no shipping companies with the capability to cover both the Indian-Hong Kong and Hong Kong-Canadian portions of the trip making the purchase of a continuous ticket impossible. The continuous journey stipulation succeeded in cutting off the immigration of south Asians for decades to come.
In 1919 amendments were made to the immigration policy in an effort to allow legitimate wives and children to join their husbands and fathers in British Columbia (Ibid. 37). The Canadian government demanded that the legitimacy of the wives and children be proven by certificates of marriage or birth. However since no formal records of such a nature were retained by the south Asian governments prior to 1924 only a minority of women were able to immigrate on these grounds. As a result, between 1920 and 1940 only 144 women and 188 children arrived in Canada leaving the south Asian immigrant population in British Columbia static until 1950 (Gupta 61). South Asian immigrants were not openly welcomed into Canada again until the 1960's when Canada experienced a shortage of qualified professionals and blue collar workers. In response the first large group of Hindus immigrated to Canada from the north Indian province of Uttar Pradesh. This initial movement started a new wave of Hindu immigrants to Canada from former British colonies. Over the next decade Hindu professionals immigrated mainly from East Africa, South Africa, Fiji, Mauritius, and Guyana; while a number of blue collar workers came from Trinidad (Buchignani 212).
The current problems faced within the Hindu diaspora in Canada no longer center on immigration issues but on the retainment of the traditional practices of the Hindu religion itself. By 1991 the Canadian census stated that the Hindu population in Canada had risen to 157,010, of which the greatest concentrations were found in greater metropolitan Toronto and Vancouver (Botting and Coward 35). The majority of the population in the two centers were separated into two distinct age categories, below the age of 15 or between the ages of 25 and 44. With these demographics the diasporic family structure has become different from the traditional structures found in south Asia. Conventionally the grandparents and parents would share the role of educating the children in the customs and traditions associated with the Hindu tradition. In the Canadian diaspora grandparents usually do not live with the family (if they even reside in the same country as their family) which has left a rift in the religious education of the younger generations (Ibid. 45). The second and third generations of Hindu immigrants in Canada have three primary sources for the attainment of education surrounding their traditional languages, culture, and religious knowledge. The first of which is their immediate family, the second is their participation in heritage and cultural programs, and thirdly on trips to India (Pearson 438). As heritage and cultural programs are not widely popular and trips to India are not always possible, Hinduism in the diaspora has come to rely heavily on the family home devotions of its followers as well as the guidance of the guru to transmit the religion to younger generations.
In India the guru plays a pivotal role within the Hindu tradition. The guru was given the responsibility of interpreting the scriptures for the community. As Hinduism places an emphasis on the sacred experience rather then the sacred text, the guru became a driving force for the movement. The guru allowed for the continuation and adaptation of the tradition within the growing postmodern world (Botting and Coward 41).
As many Hindus are involved in Canada's fast paced culture, time constraints have affected their ability to fully carryout daily devotional practices. In order to provide the worshiper with the ability to carry out their daily devotions family gurus have simplified the devotional practices. One new aspect of devotional worship known as the guru-mantra was brought about to replace the traditional practice of chanting Sanskrit texts (Botting and Coward 44). As the younger generations have not had the chance to memorized sacred texts and languages the same way their parents had, gurus have replaced this with the practice of chanting the guru-mantra 108 times 2 to 3 times a day (Ibid. 46). The institution of the guru-mantra has proven to be effective in Canada however it does raise questions regarding the simplification of the tradition. With such dependence on the guru one may find Canada's future form of Hinduism to more closely resemble that of India except with a greater dependence on the priestly cast (Botting and Coward 46). It has also been argued that without the second and third generations learning the sacred languages and texts as deeply as their parents they may have lost their ability to see the importance of the devotional lifestyle outside of Hinduism's major rituals such as naming, marriage, and death (Pearson 430). However, it is important to note that the third generation has exhibited the most interest in rediscovering and restoring the practices of their grandparents (Botting and Coward 38).
While individual practices held within Hinduism have been more easily carried over in the Canadian diaspora public rites have not. One such case can be found in the Hindu death rite. Often Hindu communities in Canada do not have their own temple equipped with the means to carry out such a ritual to the standards of law (Ibid. 42). In Canada family and friends of the deceased are often forced to perform the death ritual at a funeral home with the necessary facilities for cremation. At the start, an invocation to Visnu may be offered followed by a mantra from the Upanisad. Next ghee will be placed on the body, a drop of water will be put in the mouth, and flowers are offered while the body is being placed in to the casket. Funeral homes in Canada will not allow for the eldest son to fully perform the havan as it requires offerings to be made to the fire God Agni who bears the dead to the eternal realm. However, the mantras for the havan are said even if the fire offering is unable to be made (Ibid. 42). The funeral pyre has become the cremation furnace which requires a mechanical lift to place the body into the furnace. In India the family and friends of the deceased would have traditionally placed the body on top of the pyre. As the furnace has its own ignition mechanism the ghee no longer plays a role in the actual ignition of the pyre. The restructuring of the death ritual to fit Canadian standard's has left it abstract, removed from the mourners, and at a loss for its great symbolic and theological meaning (Ibid. 43). In an effort to reclaim some of the portions of the death ritual lost when it is held in a funeral home Hindu communities in western Canada are building their own crematoriums to allow them the ability to properly carry out the ritual (Ibid. 44).
Within the last century the Hindu diaspora in Canada has evolved to fit its ever changing environment overcoming political and social pressures to find its place in the fabric of Canada. With the movement currently in its third and fourth generations removed from its initial immigrants, its ongoing success in Canada will center on the traditions ability to reach individuals and families in a meaningful way while maintaining the sacrality of the tradition. The continued growth of the movement will also depend on the tradition's ability to maintain the interest of its younger generations with the threat of secularization and consumerization in Canada.
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When compared to migrants of other religious denominations, Hindus have had a varied past with respect to dispersion from India. The British Empire and their subjugation of India allowed Hindus to migrate to Britain, the Caribbean, Europe, and eventually North America. Waves of Hindu immigrants arrived in various countries throughout the nineteenth century creating a global Hindu Diaspora. Today, there are Hindu communities in over 150 countries (Shepherd, 2) with a significant concentration in India.
Utilized as slave labour, Indians (including Hindus) were originally shipped to numerous regions under British rule (e.g. Fiji, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad, and Malaysia). Hindus in these regions would later fuel a "secondary Hindu diaspora" in places such as Western Canada (Rukmani, xiii). During the colonial period, lack of formal immigration policies slowed the arrival of Hindus into Britain. The small numbers that did arrive were sailors, or those considered to be high-caste Hindus, such as students and professionals. Systematic exploitation of India continued for several decades until the voices of independence gained momentum. India regained its independence in 1947, and a subsequent labour shortage in post-WWII Britain opened the gates for mass immigration from India. Members of the Muslim, Sikh, and Hindu faiths migrated to Britain in large waves during the 1950s and early 1960s, with the Hindus being the "last to open proper places of worship" (Rukmani, 61).
The Netherlands and Portugal also have Hindu populations which resulted from colonial implications. Surinam, previously Dutch-Guyana, gained its independence from the Dutch in 1974 and "80,000 to 100,000" Surinam Hindus subsequently migrated to and settled in the Netherlands (Rukmani, 62). Hindus from Sri Lanka (Tamil) and various Indian states also have a presence in Netherlands, but their populations are paltry when compared to the Surinam Hindus whose Caribbean style of Hinduism dominates the Netherlands. Portugal, a country which had direct connections in India via Goa, saw large populations of Indian Christians (approximately 20,000) arrive after the Portuguese mandate ended in 1961. However, the earlier presence of Hindus in Portugal can be linked to Mozambique, which was a colony of Portugal from 1507-1974 (Rukmani, 65). Mozambique gained its independence in 1974 and the "Africanization Policy" which followed brought approximately 5,000 Hindus to Portuguese shores (Rukmani, 65). Other significant Hindu populations in Europe can be found in Germany and France. Hindus in Germany and France are mainly Tamil Hindus who had fled from Sri Lanka due to the civil war from the mid-1980s and 1990s.
The presence of a Hindu Diaspora in North America has been somewhat slow-coming due to heavy immigration restrictions. Between 1907 and 1922, approximately seventy Hindus had been granted citizenship to the United States (Chandrasekhar, 30). In Canada, East Indians had been arriving at the rate of "2,000 per year," but these immigrants were mainly farmer Sikhs from the state of Punjab who had been brought to Canada by companies who had advertised the positions overseas (Chandrasekhar, 30). Among these Sikh immigrants were small populations of South Asian Hindus who settled mainly in California after encountering racial antagonism. In 1909, the Canadian government aimed to limit Indian immigration through a multi-pronged strategy which involved the implementation of a "continuous voyage clause," reprimanding Canadian companies for advertising positions overseas, and charging immigrants exorbitant taxes to remain in Canada (Chandrasekhar, 29).
Similar movements in the United States arose around this same time and a handful of cases with significant importance were presented to the U.S. Justice Department. Two specific cases were the U.S. v. Balsara (1910) and U.S. v. Mazumdar (1913). Balsara and Mazumdar argued that they were Caucasians and were therefore allowed citizenship under the Naturalization Legislation of 1875 (Chandrasekhar, 33). The Naturalization Legislation allowed "those to be considered white persons eligible for citizenship to the United States." A major centre of argument was the interchangeable definitions of "Caucasian" and "white person." The Supreme Court allowed for Balsara and Mazumdar to be considered "white persons," and subsequently opened the gates for immigration. However, in the infamous case of U.S. v. Thind (1923), the Supreme Court upheld the "understanding of the common man" in the belief that the East Indians could not be associated with Caucasians (Chandrasekhar, 31). Several thousand Hindus and Sikhs returned to India in the period following the Supreme Court decision regarding the Thind case (from 1920-1940). Chinese immigrants in this period were also subject to similar discrimination due to the military efforts of China, but were granted naturalization privileges in 1943 which set quotas for Chinese immigrants allowing them to enter the United States. After Pearl Harbour, Indian assistance in the military operations against Japan provoked similar arguments in favour of easing regulations on East Indian immigrants. Under Harry Truman in 1946, a "modest quota" of 100 immigrants per year was allowed, and further American liberalization of immigration policies were to follow. In the period 1947-1965, approximately 6,000 East Indian immigrants (a small proportion being Hindus) entered the United States under the quota system (Chandrasekhar, 33). However, mass immigration into the United States did not begin until 1965 when immigration laws were sharply revised.
Over 1.8 million immigrants entered Canada in the 1990's, 7% of whom were Hindus (Statistics Canada 2001). A majority of these immigrants settled in Ontario, where 73% of Canada's Hindu population resides. In total, there are 292,200 Hindus in Canada (growth of 89%, 1991-2001), and somewhere between one and 1.3 million Hindus in the United States (growth of 105.87%, 1990-2000) (Anand, 12). With the anticipated retirement of the Baby Boomers in North America, Hindus are in a unique position. In comparison with the median ages of other religious denominations in Canada, Hindus are one of the youngest and most educated religious groups in the country. While the median age of Anglican, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Jewish, and Greek Orthodox populations are well above 40 years of age, the median age of Hindus in Canada is 31.9 years (Statistics Canada 2001). The median age of the total population in Canada is 37.3 years of age. In the United States, high-school and post-secondary completion indicators show that Hindus show a focus towards education. Over 87% of Hindus have completed high-school and 62% have attained post-secondary education compared to 20% for the total U.S population (Anand, 11). Young and educated Hindu professionals are found all over Canada and the United States, and their buying power is increasing. The average household income in Hindu communities is 54.5% higher than the average U.S. household income. Hindu households earn an average of $US 60,093 compared to the average U.S. household income of $US 38,885, a difference of well over twenty-thousand dollars (Anand, 11).
As the Hindu population continues to grow, a major source of concern is the preservation of Hindu culture. To combat the dilution of Hindu traditions, many temples have been constructed as a result of Hindu-community lead initiatives. Many reasons exist for the construction of temples. These include the religious needs of a growing Hindu population, the availability of capital within the Hindu community, and a concern for the first generation of American born Hindus. The first Hindu temple in the United States was constructed in San Francisco in 1906 by the Vedanta Society (Anand, 13). As of 2003, there were 1,000 temples in the planning or construction stage of development, with approximately 200 operational temples throughout the United States (Anand, 14). Architectural designs of the temples being constructed mimic the designs of temples in India. The Hindu Jain Temple in Monroeville, PA and the Sri Venkatesvara Temple in Penn Hills, PA respectively demonstrate the architectural differences between northern and southern Indian temple structures. Furthermore, Hindu temples function as a link between Hindu communities in North America and India. Activities such as fundraising for social development and welfare projects allow American Hindus to remain central to the development of India. Total foreign contributions to India in 2001 totalled $955 million, with $315 million coming from Hindu donors in the United States. It is predicted that the global Hindu Diaspora has contributed over $97 billion through "social and economic non-profit organizations" (over 25 years, 1975-2000) (Anand, 5).
Several theories have been developed with respect to the "process of transplanting" Hindu traditions. In the wake of a growing Hindu Diaspora, a three step process has been theorized by T.S. Rukmani, Hindu Studies Chair (Concordia University). Rukmani identifies the process of religious and social modification that Hindus undertake when living outside of India. The first step in the process is a heightened awareness of religious belonging. Many non-resident Indian Hindus who comprise minority populations in Europe and America report a greater awareness of their religion. Step two is institutionalisation, or the building of temples. Temples create a "collective solidarity and common identity" for Hindus and appease concerns regarding the loss of Hindu traditions. The final step in the process is religious and social modification. India is a very different world than those of developed Western countries and may be more conducive to the practise of certain rituals and beliefs. For example, external factors in Canada such as weather may postpone the celebration of an astrologically important day, and local belief systems in Canada do not frown on women working outside the home. As a result, religious beliefs and social structures are modified to reflect the environmental stressors, but overall traditional beliefs tend to be upheld (Rukmani, 67-70).
As world events create downward pressures on immigration regulators, the global Hindu Diaspora is expected to continue its growth. India is gaining a reputation for its strong professional English-speaking workers. Furthermore, a growing concern about the state of Islam has highlighted the relatively non-abrasive beliefs of Hinduism which some believe is much more cohesive with American traditions.
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