Mexico City Tour has the largest fleet of the newest, double-decker, open-top buses in Mexico City. With our 100% panoramic buses you will be able to take in incredible views of the city. You'll be able to recognise them by their red colour. All our vehicles are accessible to people with reduced mobility and feature an access ramp for wheelchairs and adapted seats.
Inside our tour buses you can stay connected via Wi-Fi and keep sharing your experience. We have an audio guide service in seven languages, and an eighth channel just for kids, plus a bilingual guide on every bus who will be happy to answer all your questions. Our Mexico City Tour buses are also GPS enabled to monitor their location, speed and heading.
The Mexico City Tour is committed to the environment and uses low-emissions fuels on all its vehicles. The company has been awarded the ESR® logo as a socially responsible company.
Audio service in seven languages plus a special channel for kids.
Our vehicles have seats and an access ramp for people with reduced mobility.
You'll get a printed guide with all the places of interest near our stops and assorted discounts.
Mexico City Tour has been the official tourist transport service of Mexico City since the year 2000, with open-top buses offering a unique view.
Discover all of Mexico City comfortably with four routes. Just one ticket lets you get on and off any of the four daytime routes as often as you want. All our buses have bilingual guides on board who will be happy to answer any questions.
Onboard the buses you can sign up for excursions and themed routes so you can continue learning about Mexico while enjoying new experiences.
Discover Mexico City with your own custom itinerary.
The Mexico City Tour offers you its Hop-on Hop-off service so you can discover the city at your own pace, creating your own personalised itinerary.
This service lets you get on and off the bus as often as you like at any of our stops for as long as your ticket is valid.
The Mexico City Tour buses have four different Hop-on Hop-off routes, where you will be able to discover everything this great city has to offer: historic city centre route, south route, Polanco horse track-Chapultepec route and the basilica route. Every route will take you to the best sightseeing spots.
With our flexible Hop-on Hop-off service, you decide when to get off the bus so you can explore the tourist attractions in depth before rejoining the route whenever you want at any of its stops. Or if you prefer, you can do the entire route on board while enjoying the comforts of our buses. A different, comfortable and easy way to get to know the city.
Each Mexico City Tour bus has an audio guide in seven languages: Spanish, English, French, Italian, German, Japanese and Portuguese. The audio guide provides information on the route so you can learn about and enjoy the city.
Mexico City Tour is the only one that offers a special audio channel for children aged 4-12 with content suited to kids.
All the routes offer non-stop service year round from 9 am to 9 pm. With our Hop-on Hop-off service, you can get on and off the bus as often as you like.
The buses run approximately every 20 minutes. This frequency can vary depending on traffic or other situations affecting a route.
On Sundays the Mexico City Tour uses alternate roads on some of its routes due to traffic closings on the cycling route from 8 am to 2 pm.
When you board the bus you will be given a printed tour guide with information on all the things to see near the stops on the various routes. The guide also includes discounts you can use on your journey.


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The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation headquartered in Bengaluru, India. The organisation strives to fight issues like hunger and malnutrition in India. By implementing the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in the Government schools and Government aided schools, Akshaya Patra aims not only to fight hunger but also to bring children to school.
The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation feeding millions of underserved children in India. We are committed to eradicating two most critical issues - hunger and malnutrition in India - by implementing the Mid-Day Meal Programme in government schools and government-aided schools. Carrying out the world's largest feeding programme, Akshaya Patra aims to not only fight hunger with nutritious meals but also bring children to school.
In Assam – one of Northeast states in India, we have an ISO-certified centralised kitchen which reaches out to 23,861 children in 546 schools.
Our Kitchen in Assam
With hygiene and cleanliness as our utmost priority, we operate through two kitchen models: Centralised and Decentralised. In the state of Assam, the centralised kitchen began operation in the year 2010.
Guwahati: The centralised kitchen in Guwahati was established in February 2010. This kitchen currently feeds 23,861 school children in 546 government and government-aided schools.
First Centralised Tribal Kitchen in Telangana, Kothagudem
Akshaya Patra's first centralised tribal kitchen in Telangana to serve meals to 30,000 children
Andhra Pradesh's 1st state-of-the-art centralized kitchen
The kitchen will provide mid-day meals to over 30,000 Government school children
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The Detroit Zoo is a part of the captive breeding program that may be the only hope for the Panamanian golden frog's survival. The "assurance population" that the Zoo maintains may someday be able to return frogs to the wild in Panama. The Panamanian golden frog can be seen at the award-winning National Amphibian Conservation Center – a leader in amphibian conservation and research – which houses a spectacular diversity of frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and caecilians.
Panamanian golden frogs are slender with long limbs. Depending on the individual, they may have black splotches over their bright yellow skin. They also change colors while developing, starting off as blackish-gray tadpoles with yellowish spots. When they emerge on land, they become a stunning green with black markings and later switches into the well-known golden color. If you look closely, it might appear that these frogs "wave" to other golden frogs. This species developed this behavior as a way of communicating near fast-moving streams where audible calls may not be useful. The beautiful and once locally revered golden frogs of Panama may be extinct in the wild as a result of deforestation, capture by people for the pet trade and amphibian chytrid fungus. The growing human population in Panama exerts greater pressure on wild ecosystems as areas are cleared for cattle farming and as the use of chemical fertilizers and insecticides in agriculture increases. The chytrid fungus infection that is spreading through Central America (and other parts of the world) is having a devastating effect on this species and many other amphibian species.
Panamanian golden frogs produce a nerve toxin that hurts their predators when attacked.
These frogs are considered good luck in Panama and is that country's national animal.
Mating occurs during the rainy season from November to December. Females will return to streams in the forest to deposit the eggs.


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Войска карабинеров Республики Молдавия () — специализированный государственный орган с военным статусом, подчинённый Министерству внутренних дел, чья миссия, совместно с полицией или независимо от неё, состоит в защите основных прав и свобод человека, поддержание, обеспечение и восстановление общественного порядка, предотвращение и раскрытие преступлений и правонарушений, защита объектов особой важности, предотвращение терроризма и борьба с ним, обеспечение режима чрезвычайного положения, осады или войны.

В мирное время карабинеры выполняют полномочия полиции, а во время войны конкретные полномочия вооружённых сил в соответствии с условиями, предусмотренными законом и действующими нормативными актами. Карабинеры является частью национальной системы общественного порядка, безопасности и обороны.

История
Войска были созданы 12 декабря 1991 года после принятия Парламентом и подписания президентом Закона № 806-XII «О войсках карабинеров (внутренних войск) МВД». В январе 1992 года по приказу министра внутренних дел Республики Молдова, на базе отдельного полка СМЧМ ВВ МВД СССР (вч 5447)  сформирован Мобильно-оперативный полк карабинеров (вч 1001, командиром был назначен Сергей Ганя) и, на базе отдельного полка сопровождения (вч 7481) внутренних войск бывшего СССР, полк сопровождения (вч 1002, командиром был назначен Валериу Чакир), с дислокацией штабов в Кишинёве.

13 марта 1992 года подразделения карабинеров (вч 1002) в первый раз отправляется в регион вооружённого конфликта в Приднестровье.

31 марта 1992 года во время нападения вблизи села Кошница (Дубоссарский район) героически пали в бою, выполнив служебное задание и сохранив жизнь подчинённых, командиры взвода Виктор Лаврентов и Думитру Роман.

30 мая 1992 года смешанное подразделение вч 1001 также отправляется в зону вооружённого конфликта (село Голеркань).

29 июля 1992 года, во время артиллерийского обстрела поста охраны пункта управления Главного штаба МВД Республики Молдова был смертельно ранен солдат Игорь Минескурте (вч 1001).

На основании приказа МВД от 24 августа 1993 года войска карабинеров начинают выполнять задачи по охране и обороне объектов дипломатических, для чего была сформирована вч 1026.

В феврале 1998 года подразделения войск карабинеров участвуют в ликвидации последствий стихийных бедствий в селе Леушень Хынчештского района.

12 февраля 2021 года парламент одобрил в финальном чтении законопроект по которому Войска карабинеров Молдовы до конца 2021 года полностью перейдут на контрактную службу. Также карабинеры вместо полицейских с 1 января 2022 года будут обеспечивать или восстанавливать порядок во время массовых мероприятий.

Структура
Ниже перечислены структурные подразделения Войск карабинеров по состоянию на 29 сентября 2021 года:
 Дирекция оперативного управления
 Дирекция стратегического управления
 Дирекция управления человеческими ресурсами
 Дирекция безопасности и расследований
 Дирекция международного сотрудничества и миссий
 Дирекция снабжения и эндаумента
 Финансовая секция
 Секция юридической и уголовной практики
 Служба документов
 Служба информационных технологий
 Служба информации и работы со СМИ

Примечания

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 Закон №. 806 от 12.12.1991 о войсках карабинеров (внутренних войсках) Министерства Внутренних Дел
 Doctrina militară a Republicii Moldova // Hotărîre Nr. 482 a Parlamentului Republicii Moldova din 06.06.1995

Вооружённые силы Молдавии

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Stalling CEO Worker-Pay Disclosure
Regulators of the Great Depression era could teach their modern-day counterparts a few lessons in how to get things done. Consider, for example, how fast the Securities and Exchange Commission of that era was able to implement the first executive pay disclosure rules, compared to today's bureaucratic foot-dragging.
When Congress required U.S. corporations to start reporting their exec comp figures in 1934, it provoked a huge corporate backlash. One firm wrote, for example, that the public's interest in this information amounted to "criminal curiosity." Another suggested it would do nothing but make the "rank and file seethe with discontent." But those 1930s regulators ignored the pushback and put the law into force in less than a year.
Fast forward to 2010, when the Dodd-Frank financial reform law mandated expansion of pay disclosure to include median worker pay and the ratio between that and CEO pay. The big corporate lobby groups, predictably, threw another fit. Despite research showing that narrower pay gaps are good for business because they lower worker turnover and boost morale, these groups set out to kill the ratio in the rule-making phase.
Unfortunately, in today's Washington, SEC officials appear much less capable ago of ignoring that kind of corporate pressure than they were 80 years ago. When Dodd-Frank turns five years old on July 21, this simple rule will still not be in force. It may be the law of the land, but the SEC has not finalized the regulations to put it into practice.
So what are the brilliant corporate arguments that have stopped SEC officials in their tracks? Here are a few of the most common – and asinine—claims.
1. The CEO-worker pay ratio is too costly and difficult to calculate.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce put out a study last year claiming that for large companies, it would take an average of 1,825 hours, at a cost per company of $311,800, to produce this one number. What a joke. This wage information should already be in company files. But to make it even easier, the SEC's proposed regulation would allow companies to use statistical sampling so they wouldn't even have to enter every single employee's wage into the calculation. If the claims are not exaggerated, investors should be very concerned about why these companies have so much difficulty figuring out what they're paying their own workers.
2. The worker pay part of the calculation should be limited to just U.S.-based full-time workers because that would "provide more useful disclosure."
This is simply not the intent of the law. Section 953(b) of Dodd-Frank explicitly references "all employees." And this is for good reason. Investors have an interest in knowing whether companies are outsourcing to low-wage areas where routine violations of basic worker rights can contribute to political and economic instability. And corporations that turn good jobs into bad ones should have to pay more in compliance costs than companies that maintain a commitment to good jobs.
3. This new disclosure requirement will harm poorer states and cities.
This one is a real doozy. The National Investor Relations Institute, which represents 1,600 U.S. companies, argues that their members will feel so much pressure to have a low CEO-worker pay ratio that they might not expand into low-income areas. Get real. Corporations that refuse to pay decent wages and force their workers to rely on taxpayer-funded social programs are the real threat to poorer communities.
The AFL-CIO, which has fought to narrow the gap between workers and top executives, has pretty much had it with the SEC on this one. Recently, they submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for SEC records pertaining to this rule. They also organized a letter in support of this request signed by 19 organizations that represent investors and the public. In a separate petition to the SEC, more than 165,000 Americans demanded that the commission finally take action.
For five years, corporate lobbyists have succeeded in stalling this simple, commonsense regulation. There are rumors that the SEC may finally take action on August 5. If they do, I predict the corporations that are currently fighting this new pay reporting requirement will eventually accept it as routine—just as they did in the 1930s – and will likely even benefit from it.
This piece originally appeared at Alternet.
Sarah Anderson directs the Global Economy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies.
Executive Pay,
California Debate Over CEO Pay Tax Foreshadows Federal Fight
Abigail Disney testified in support of a California state senate bill to tax large CEO-worker pay gaps before the committee voted to advance the proposal.
War Profiteering Is Real. We Need to End It.
CEOs of major military contractors enjoyed a big jump in the value of their personal stock holdings after the U.S. airstrike that killed an Iranian military leader.
The Threat of War Inflates Stock Holdings of Military Contractor CEOs
As long as the top executives of our privatized war economy can reap unlimited rewards, the profit motive for war in Iran — or anywhere — will persist.
What Obama Can Learn From Scotland
by Kelsey Clark
Gobble Up Poor, Feast on Middle Class
by Bob Lord


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Here's UConn's Official Statement About The Iowa State Mascot Fiasco
Brian Hickey
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UConn sports information director Mike Enright just emailed with an official comment about Iowa State's Cy the Mascot's broken arm. Here's what he wrote (the bold is his emphasis):
The costumed mascot for Iowa State University suffered a broken arm while in the University of Connecticut student section at Friday night's football game between the two schools.
The student in the mascot costume was treated by the East Hartford (Conn.) Fire Department EMTs and examined by orthopedic doctors from both the UConn and Iowa State sports medicine staffs. The student was transported to the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington (Conn.), where he was treated and released and was able to fly home on the school's charter plane back to Ames, Iowa, following the game.
Officers from the Connecticut State Police immediately investigated the incident through a series of interviews with witnesses, including the student in the ISU mascot costume who was injured. The police determined there was no physical altercation tied to the event and no charges were filed.
Instead, it was determined that the injuries were caused when the student in the mascot costumed tripped down the stairs. These facts were confirmed by the student mascot in an interview with the police. In addition, there were no patrons ejected from the game because of the incident.
Officials from both the UConn and Iowa State athletic departments worked together to make sure that the student received the proper medical treatment. Before departing Rentschler Field to return back to Ames, officials from ISU indicated that they were satisfied with the findings of the police.
Previously: Did Some UConn Fans Break The Iowa State Mascot's Arm Last Night?
Did Some UConn Fans Break The Iowa State Mascot's Arm Last Night?
Buried deep in the Des Moines Register's Iowa State/U Conn game story, it's noted that, "On the…


Applying CPI to healthcare flows resulted in little to no areas of waiting at Seattle Children's. The dramatically smaller surgery lobby waiting area has only 30 seats.
The two-story clinic and surgery center provides outpatient surgery, imaging, urgent care and more than 15 specialty services. Parking is located below grade.
Using computer and physical simulation, the registration lobby was right-sized to reflect Children's leaner process, which eliminates unnecessary waiting.
Artwork reflects the flora and fauna of the Pacific Northwest and resonates for patients of all ages, cultures, genders and abilities.
The simplified floor plan allows one-turn access to exam rooms, while vivid hallway colors and artwork provide seamless and detailed navigation through the facility.
Outdoor gardens and a coffee bar give visitors and patients a place of respite.
The integrated delivery process brought the local utility to the table in early design stages, allowing the team to identify incentives and paybacks that lower energy costs by more than $100,000 each year.
Seattle Children's and NBBJ's shared commitment to continuous performance improvement and integrated delivery shaved three months, 30,000 square feet and $30 million off its new Bellevue clinic, proving the theory that the highest quality care is also the most cost effective.
To lessen patient load at its core hospital, Seattle Children's embarked on a plan to offer ambulatory surgical care at a series of regional centers, of which Bellevue is the first. Using Continuous Performance Improvement (CPI) and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) methods allowed the client, design and construction teams to program more service in less space and build it more effectively.
CPI takes a holistic look at the "flows of healthcare" with the goal of identifying the safest, most efficient and family-friendly experience. By evaluating these flows early in the process, the design team selected smarter solutions and integrated them faster and cheaper than a traditional hospital project of this kind.
Before CPI: All healthcare flows would traditionally move through the same door into an exam room that is positioned around a staff work area. This results in congestion and compromises the optimal experience of staff, patients and families.
The project team gave a lot of thought to the experience of taking a child into surgery. The "one piece flow" design concept creates a parent journey focused on easing the mind through use of daylight and calming views and by allowing parents to stay with their child for as long as possible, including the administering of anesthesia.
One of the most significant outcomes of CPI was the decision to connect induction rooms to the operating room. The idea, which was developed during prototype testing, gives peace of mind to parents who can accompany their child until the time of surgery.
Plentiful daylight and artwork that appeals to all ages help alleviate the anxiety of patients and families.
The location of the induction rooms maximize safety and diminish the risk of infection by eliminating the time-consuming journey from traditional hospital room to the OR.
Anesthesiologists sedate patients directly outside the OR, dramatically reducing fees and increasing throughput.
A centralized staff zone in each recovery bay allows greater sight lines. The PACU is divided into two clusters so one side can be shut down when it's not in use.
Listen to Dr. Nicole Pelly, anesthesiologist, give feedback during a post-occupancy review of how the space is working for Seattle Children's.


He wouldn't really make an impact until his fifth feature, 1994's teen study "Cold Water," which premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes. Since then, he's tried on a catholic range of genres and styles, from the hip, in-jokey industry satire "Irma Vep" (starring former wife Maggie Cheung) to the sprawling costume drama of "Les destineés sentimentales" to his massive, muscular terrorist biopic "Carlos." Dividing critics with glossy, playful genre exercises like "Demonlover" and "Boarding Gate," it's as he's settled into the warmer, more traditional forms of his recent work that his reputation has solidified.
The talent: Assayas isn't a stranger to eclectic star casting, but "Clouds of Sils Maria" marks his first flirtation with the Hollywood A-list. French icon and Oscar winner Juliette Binoche (who won Best Actress at Cannes for "Certified Copy," her last leading vehicle to premiere there, "Certified Copy") is a familiar choice for Assayas; the pair collaborated on his acclaimed 2008 family drama "Summer Hours." Far less expected are Kristen Stewart and Chloe Grace Moretz — both American starlets have indie credentials, but are making their first foray here into European arthouse fare. A third well-known Yank in the cast, Brady Corbet, has more experience in this field, having starred in "Melancholia" and another of this year's French Competition titles "Saint Laurent." The international ensemble also includes British actor/composer Johnny Flynn and German "Everyone Else" star Lars Eidinger.
Assayas, as usual, takes a writing credit. The film's editor, Marion Monnier, worked on "Carlos," but is also connected to Assayas via her deft work on three features by his wife, Mia Hansen-Løve. Another returning "Carlos" alumnus is ace cinematographer Yorick Le Saux, better remembered for his work on "I Am Love" and several films by Francois Ozon.
The pitch: Assayas, several of whose films have been multilingual, returns to the English language with this German-French-Swiss co-production. Binoche plays Maria Enders, a well-regarded actress who faces a breakdown when a younger rival (Moretz) plays Enders' signature role in a new film. Stricken and haunted by memory, she retreats to the small Swiss town of Sils Maria, accompanied by her loyal assistant Valentine — played by Kristen Stewart. With the premise evoking shades of "All About Eve" and even "Persona," this female-powered project should provide a plum grande dame part for La Binoche, at the very least; unsurprisingly, given that cast, US rights to the film (which runs a shade over two hours) have been snapped up by IFC Films.
The pedigree: This is Assayas' fourth time in Competition at Cannes, and his first in a decade, having previously entered with "Les destineés sentimentales," "Demonlover" and "Clean." He's come up empty with the jury every time, though the last of those took Best Actress for his ex, Maggie Cheung. (He served on the jury, meanwhile, in 2011, where he was said to be one of the driving champions of eventual Palme d'Or winner "The Tree of Life.") He's been at Cannes for other films too, most recently the non-competing "Carlos" — the project that made him one of the unlikelier Emmy nominees of all time. He was a bit luckier at Venice recently, taking Best Screenplay for "Something in the Air," Binoche, meanwhile, is one of a select group of actors to have won prizes at all three major European festivals.
The buzz: Obviously high on name value alone — the fanbases of Strwart and Moretz will ensure more media coverage of an Assayas film premiere than the director is probably used to. But word on the film itself has yet to circulate. Given its disparate elements and origins, the risk of a Europudding hovers faintly in the background, but critical faith in the director at this point in his career shouldn't be easy to shake, even if his leading lady's English-language output has been spotty of late..
The odds: Having evolved into something of a stylish establishment figure in recent years, Assayas is overdue some major festival hardware — though the all-round starriness of "Clouds of Sils Maria" may work against him if the jury is seeking to endorse more grass-roots artistry. "Carlos" excepted, Assayas' films tend to be better received the closer they stick to home. Jigsaw Lounge's mid-field odds of about 16-1 for the Palme d'Or seem about right, then; Binoche would be a more tempting bet for Best Actress if she hadn't won so recently, though juries aren't always mindful as such history.


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Gray Sky Over Nature's Sunshine As It Settles FCPA Enforcement Action
By Mike Koehler on August 1, 2009 in Brazil, Consumer Products Industry, Control Person, Craig Huff, Douglas Faggioli, Executive Enforcement Action, Nature's Sunshine Products Inc., Permits / Licenses / Customs / Tax, SEC Enforcement Action
Companies have varying degrees of FCPA risks. Generally, at the high-end of the spectrum is a resource extraction company operating in a third-world country with an unstable government. At the low-end of the spectrum, it would seem, is a Utah-based company which got its start as a small family business selling encapsulated cayenne and other herbs to health food stores.
Yet, as evidenced by the SEC's recent FCPA enforcement action against Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. ("NSP"), even a company with a relatively low FCPA risk profile can run afoul of the FCPA.
As described in the SEC's Litigation Release (see here) NSP, without admitting or denying the allegations in an SEC civil complaint, agreed to pay a $600,000 civil penalty to resolve allegations that it violated (among other securities laws – see below) the FCPA's anti-bribery, books and records, and internal control provisions.
According to the SEC complaint (see here), Brazil was NSP's largest foreign market, but in approximately 2000, the Brazilian governmental agency responsible for regulating nutritional products reclassified certain of NSP's products as medicines, thus requiring a registration process prior to import and sale of the products in Brazil. As alleged in the SEC complaint, NSP's wholly-owned subsidiary in Brazil ("NSP Brazil") circumvented the registration process by making approximately $1 million in cash payments to customs brokers, some of which was later used to pay Brazilian customs officials so that they would allow NSP Brazil to import unregistered product into Brazil. According to the SEC, these payments were booked by NSP Brazil as "importation advances," but without supporting documentation. Thereafter, as alleged by the SEC, NSP Brazil purchased fictitious supporting documentation for the payments.
As suggested above, in addition to the FCPA charges, the SEC complaint also charges other securities laws violations not typically found in an FCPA enforcement action such as fraud in connection with the purchase and sale of securities and false filings with the SEC. These other charges appear to be based on the allegation that NSP, in a prior Form 10-K filing with the SEC, stated that NSP Brazil experienced a significant decline in sales "due to import regulations imposed by the Brazilian government" but which failed to disclose any material information related to the above-mentioned cash payments.
Also charged in the SEC complaint were Douglas Faggioli, the current President and Chief Executive Officer of NSP and a member of its board of directors who during the relevant time period was NSP's Chief Operating Officer, and Craig Huff, NSP's former CFO. The complaint alleges that Faggioli and Huff, as "control persons" of NSP, violated the FCPA's books and records and internal control provisions. In language that is sure to induce a cold sweat for any executive, the SEC generally alleged that both Faggioli and Huff had "supervisory responsibilities" over NSP's senior management and policies, yet as "control persons," "failed to make and keep books, records, and accounts, which in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflected the transactions of NSP" and failed to devise and maintain an adequate system of internal accounting controls. Without admitting or denying the SEC's allegations, Faggioli and Huff each agreed to pay a $25,000 civil penalty.
According to an NSP press release (see here) no "current NSP officers, directors, or employees are alleged to have participated in or had knowledge of any of the improper conduct" alleged in the SEC complaint. The press release also notes that NSP voluntarily disclosed the conduct at issue to both the SEC and the DOJ and fully cooperated in the government's investigation. The press release also states that NSP "anticipates no action by the DOJ" as to the disclosed conduct.
The NSP FCPA enforcement action, and other such enforcement actions against traditionally low FCPA risk companies, should serve notice to all that no industry is immune from FCPA scrutiny.
Avery Dennison Settles FCPA Matter – Is There a Strict Liability Standard for FCPA Books and Records and Internal Controls Violations?
By Mike Koehler on July 29, 2009 in Avery Dennison, China, Indonesia, Manufacturing Industry, Pakistan, SEC Enforcement Action
The FCPA's books and records and internal control provisions, as written, generally state where an issuer "holds 50 per[cent] or less of the voting power with respect to a domestic or foreign firm" the books and records and internal control provisions "require only that the issuer proceed in good faith to use its influence, to the extent reasonable under the issuer's circumstances, to cause such domestic or foreign firm to devise and maintain a system of internal accounting controls…" See 15 USC 78m(b)(6). The section further notes that "[s]uch circumstances include the relative degree of the issuer's ownership of the domestic or foreign firm and the laws and practices governing the business operations of the country in which such firm is located. An issuer which demonstrates good faith efforts to use such influence shall be conclusively presumed to have complied with the requirements of [the books and records and internal control provisions]." Id.
As readers of this blog are perhaps keenly aware – the FCPA, as written, and the FCPA, as enforced, are sometimes two different things.
Such is the case with the SEC's apparent position that issuers are liable (in a way that closely resembles strict liability) for any record keeping or internal control deficiency of any entity (no matter how remotely related to the issuer) in its corporate hierarchy. Although it is sometimes difficult to draw conclusions from negotiated settlement documents, the recent FCPA enforcement action against Avery Dennison Corporation would seem on-point. (See here for the SEC Cease- and-Desist Order, here for the SEC Litigation Release).
"Big picture," and as noted in the Litigation Release, the SEC filed a settled civil complaint against Avery Dennison (a California-based manufacturer of self-adhesive materials, offices products, labels, and graphics imaging media) ("Avery"), charging Avery with violations of the FCPA's books and records and internal control provisions. The SEC also issued an administrative cease-and-desist order ("Order") finding that Avery violated these same provisions.
The alleged violations principally involve Avery (China) Co. Ltd. ("Avery China"), an "indirect subsidiary" of Avery. I wish I knew how to post a flow-chart in this forum, because to connect Avery to Avery China, a flow-chart would indeed be useful. In any event, here is the narrative version as found in para 6 of the Order:
"Avery China is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Avery headquartered in Shanghai, China. It is incorporated under the laws of China and wholly-owned by Avery Dennison Hong Kong BV, which is in turn wholly owned by Avery Dennison Group Danmark ApS, which is in turn wholly owned by Avery Dennison Corporation. The Reflective Division is part of Avery China and is currently part of Avery's Graphics Division. Avery China is overseen by Avery's Asia Pacific Group, an unincorporated group based in Hong Kong within the Avery Dennison Hong Kong BV entity."
As set forth in the Order, the SEC found that: "Avery China's Reflective Division paid or authorized the payments of several kickbacks, sightseeing trips, and gifts to Chinese government officials" with "the purpose and effect of improperly influencing decisions by foreign officials to assist Avery China to obtain or retain business." (See para. 2).
The SEC also found that "after Avery acquired a company in June 2007, employees of the acquired company continued their pre-acquisition practice of making illegal petty cash payments to customs or other officials in several foreign countries." (See para. 3). These findings, which relate to payments to customs officials in Indonesia and Pakistan, and China, are interesting as well from the standpoint that the Order, at various times, refers to these payments as "certain potential [FCPA] violations" (para. 1), "illegal" (para. 3, 16 and 17), "possible improper payments" (para. 15), and "illicit" (para. 17).
The Order is silent as to Avery's participation in, or knowledge of, any of this conduct.
Yet the SEC found that "Avery failed to accurately record these payments and gifts in the company's books and records, and failed to implement or maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to detect and prevent such illegal payments or promises of illegal payments." (See para. 4).
More specifically, the SEC found that:
"Avery's books, records, and accounts did not properly reflect the illicit payments, sightseeing trips and gifts that Avery China made or provided to government officials, and the illicit payments to customs officials in several countries by employees of the acquired subsidiaries. As a result, Avery violated the [the books and records provisions]" (para. 19).
"Avery also failed to devise or maintain sufficient internal controls to provide reasonable assurance that Avery China and the acquired subsidiaries complied with the FCPA and that payments, gifts or sightseeing expenses they provided to foreign officials were accurately reflected on its books and records. As a result Avery violated [the internal control provisions]" (para 20).
Avery agreed to settle the matter by paying approximately $520,000 (disgorgement, prejudgment interest, and a civil penalty) and agreeing to cease and desist from future violations of the FCPA's books and records and internal control provisions.
Notwithstanding 15 USC 78m(b)(6), this sure seems like a strict liability standard for multinational issuers. So long as this is the SEC's position, the FCPA compliance message is clear – multinational issuers will be held responsible for the conduct of all entities within its corporate hierarchy (no matter how remote or indirect) which could potentially implicate the FCPA. For this reason, corporate leaders are wise to fully implement FCPA compliance policies and procedures and audit protocols throughout the entire corporate hierarchy.
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Q: use unserilize for compute lenght array and special value My data was save in database in serialize format.
I want to unserialize data that i get from select query then compute length of this and return index of some value in data.
result of unserialize data is like
Array ( [0] => [1] => 3445 [2] => [3] => 3446 [4] => [5] => 3452 [6] => [7] => 3530 [8] => 3555 )

how can I compute array length and return index of special value?
in my code length of value false number
$str = $row->cur;
$str_len=unserialize($str);
print_r($str_len);
$str_length=count($str_len);

A: Use count($arr) to compute array length of array $arr, and array_search($needle, $arr) to get the index of a value ($needle) you're looking for in the source array ($arr).
<?php

$arr = ['', 3445, '', 3446, '', 3452, '', 3530, 3555,];

$arrayLen = count($arr);
echo 'array length : ' . $arrayLen; // 9
echo PHP_EOL;

// return index of value
$needle = 3452;
$index = array_search($needle, $arr);
echo 'found value ' . $needle . ' at index : ' . $index; // found value 3452 at index 5

Update:
If you want to count only non-empty values in your array, you can use array_filter():
// Count only non empty array entries
$arrNonEmpty = array_filter($arr, function($element) { return !empty($element); });
$count = count($arrNonEmpty);

array_filter() invokes a callback function (an anonymous function in this case) to filter and return all non-empty values in the source array.
Updated: You can play with the code here

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We were tasked with creating a piece of art using Watson to bring to light something obscured by history about Marie Curie as part of Art with Watson: Hidden Portraits project. Together with typographer Sean Freeman, we created something special.
For Marie Curie's portrait, we used Curie's own words to magnify the difference between the subject's public and private personas: To the public, she was as cold, detached scientist (blue script), while privately Watson revealed her as a loving mother (red script).
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But the younger Mr. Annan continued to receive as much as $2,500 a month from Cotecna until February 2003 as part of a "no compete" agreement, according to chagrined U.N. officials, who have said for years that the payments ended in late 1998.
Yes, well, as Norm Coleman points out, it isn't just a perception problem. Putting the most favorable construction on the U.N.'s admission, Kojo Annan lied to the organization and concealed the fact that he was receiving up to $30,000 per year from the principal firm that inspected "humanitarian" goods shipped under the Oil for Food program–goods that were often substandard, if not non-existent.
As a lawyer, I find the "non-compete" payments intriguing. What unique skills or proprietary information did Kojo have that made a non-compete appropriate? What extraordinary circumstances warranted a four-year non-compete–an unusually long term–given that Kojo only worked for Cotecna for two years, from age 22 to 24? What was the geographic scope of the agreement, and what activities was Kojo prohibited from carrying out? What did Kojo actually do during the four-year term of the non-compete?
Or, more bluntly: what is the evidence that this was a legitimate non-compete agreement, rather than a bribe? And if it was a bribe, what was Kojo Annan in a position to deliver to Cotecna?


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George Wodicka Hook Mountain Half Marathon & 5K
Sunday, June 5, 2022 • Congers, NY • Course Map
Hundreds of runners flock each year to this small town that lies just an hour's drive north from New York City for the annual springtime running of the George Wodicka Hook Mountain Half Marathon & 5K, which takes runners on a scenic, hilly course through Rockland Lake State Park and Hook Mountain State Park, just outside Congers.
Named for George Wodicka, a local running enthusiast and active member of the local Rockland Road Runners running group who lost his battle with cancer in 1996, the half-marathon is a tribute to what race organizers remember as his sage advice on running, and his knowledge of how to guide runners — whether experienced or novice — to success.
Described by the event organizers as "very challenging and scenic," the half marathon course begins at the South Parking area of the park, and takes runners around Rockland Lake for the first few miles of the race before beginning the turn eastward toward the race's second half, which unfolds along the banks of the Hudson River.
The race is made up of both paved roads and trails, and the second 6.5 miles of the race are its most challenging, taking runners down Hook Mountain to the trail along the river to the turnaround point, from which runners must return back up the trail toward the finish back at Rockland Lake.
The 5K portion of the race, by contrast, is open to runners and walkers and is largely fast and flat, and takes runners along a course around the lake.
Located along the Hudson River in the state's southeastern corner, roughly 40 miles north of New York City, Congers typically sees June temperatures that average between the high 30s and the low 60s, while precipitation amounts average just under 4 inches for the month.
On race day (June 5), the average low is 43ºF and the average high is 62ºF.
2021 George Wodicka Hook Mountain Half Marathon Results (Virtual)
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See the race route map for the George Wodicka Hook Mountain Half Marathon here.
$30 – $40 for the 5K
To reserve your spot in the 2022 running of Congers' George Wodicka Hook Mountain Half Marathon or 5K race, register online at RunSignUp.com here.
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Yuva Brigade is an organization formed by like minded individuals who intend to do something good for the country. We have Students, people from IT sector, people working in industries, Bankers, Entrepreneurs, farmers and from many other sections of the country. Everyone has come together with the common intention of working for the country so that we leave behind a glorious, inclusive and a strong nation for our future generation.
As children of mother Earth, it remains the primary duty of us to protect her geographical richness.
we have decided to work in the society amongst the youth who are the future of the country.
Billion Minds, One Ambition, strong nation for our future generation.
Yuva Brigade established itself in the year 2014, since then the organization.
Yuva Brigade established itself in the year 2014, since then the organization the worked on various platforms and has excelled in each of them with outstanding results.
It has left no stone unturned in delivering the proposals given by the Prime Minister on various aspects to the last man in the society.
Below are the details of the projects undertaken by Yuva Brigade with a clear vision in making the country not an inch less to being "VishwaGuru".
Yuva Brigade took up the initiative to cleans the old and worn out Temple tanks all over the state and had named it 'Jal Jeevan'. By cleaning over 90 Temple tanks in Karnataka and a few in Goa and Kerala. Over 35 tanks are now filled with clean water which was earlier blocked due to plastic dumping. We take the pride in being pioneers to such an initiative and being appreciated by the Prime Minister himself.
Not just conservation of water, Yuva Brigade has planted over ONE LAKH TREES under the project named PRITHVI YOGA in the state.
The organization virally spread the state to stop the usage of Plaster of Paris for Ganesh Chathurthi and conducted workshops on how to prepare the Clay Idol. We have also supplied thousands clay idols to various districts of Karnataka thereby encouraging the use of Eco- Friendly Ganpati.
We also took up the initiative to clean up river cauvery in the kushalnagar area which was toxicated due to the garbage dumping by the localites. Yuva Brigade called it "MYTREE" which included plantation of trees in the banks. The event was symbolic and included volunteers from Tamilnadu thereby giving a message that both the states should stop quarrelling and rather should try to save the lifeline cauvery.
We have been the representatives of the state in support of ONE RANK ONE PENSION collecting over a lakh signed petitions in its support.
In providing moral support to our guardians we collected the emotions people have on Indian Army made a documentary of it naming it SHOOT YOUR EMOTIONS, Dedicating it to those who have shot their emotions fighting for the country.
We were the first in the country to celebrate the victory of 1965 war or THE WAR OF TANKS as a public program thus delivering the valor and courage shown by the Soldiers to the audience.
Other than this, we have been celebrating the victory of Kargil War and have been in close touch with the families of soldiers who have sacrificed protecting us. Today over 70+ Kargil Vijay Diwas programs are conducted throughout the state.
We celebrated the 14th of February 2016 as SWACHCH PREM, where the volunteers went to colonies of the labor class and cleaned the roads and drainages of those areas.
Yuva Brigade, known for its out of the box thinking celebrated Raksha Bandhan as EESHANYA BANDHAN with the people of North East living in Karnataka. Spreading the message of the strong bond that lies between the South and North East India.
Year 2017 is very special for Yuva Brigade's Sadbhavana wing. A series of programs by the title "JAATHIYA SANKOLE KALACHONA BANNI" which translates to welcoming of all to bring oneness and break the fences of caste.
A strong foundation of Nationalism is to be laid on the future citizens. In accomplishment of that Yuva Brigade has given adequate amount of time and energy in introducing the true heroes of our country.
Also, we have been introducing heroes like Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh, Azad, Sardar Patel etc. to the society by celebrating their birthdays as public programs.
On occasion of Sister Nivedita's 150th anniversary we introduced her life through a documentary created completely by volunteers of Yuva Brigade. The video is being taken to schools and colleges acreoss the state therby introducing this patriotic, spiritual giant to the generations to come.
In accomplishing the vibrant ideas of our dynamic PM, Yuva Brigade has given its fullest to make his ideas reach the last man of the society.
We have conducted a series of Public Programs named BLACK AND WHITE and CASHLESS DUNIYA through which we have delivered the entire idea of Demonetization, its advantages and the total idea of Cashless economy to the public.
In support of SWACHCH BHARAT we have cleaned over 50 forts and historical monuments calling the initiative as SWACHCH SMARAK SUNDAR BHARAT.
In collaboration with ICICI we have been providing skill training for a span of 3 months with food and accommodation given free. Also they will be given jobs once training is complete.
Over the past few days we are intensively busy training people on shifting to Internet Banking and e-wallets and supporting the P.M for a digital India.
All these just in a span of two years, with the grace and energy given by the man himself. He being the source of Energy to all of us.
This year his birthday was celebrated as VIVEKA DRISHTI NAVABHARATHADA SRISHTI under which volunteer eye donations by public were made.
Also we celebrate Sept 11th as DIGVIJAY DIWAS the day he represented the India at the world level.
Yuva Brigade has been celebrating Dec 25th as ROCK DAY in the remembrance of Swami Vivekananda meditating on the rock at Kanyakumari.
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Krzysztof Peucker  (ur. prawdopodobnie w 1662 w Królewcu, zm. 3 listopada 1735 w Reszlu) – niemiecki rzeźbiarz okresu baroku.

Życiorys

Przed przybyciem na Warmię działał w Królewcu, skąd najprawdopodobniej pochodził. Podaje się też, że przed, a najpóźniej w 1711 pod wpływem jezuitów ze Świętej Lipki porzucił wyznanie luterańskie i przyjął katolicyzm. Przypuszczalnie w okresie między 1711 a 1715 przeniósł się do Reszla. Jego żoną była Urszula. Informacje o małżonkach występują już w dokumentach z lat 20. i 30. XVIII w. Miał syna i trzy córki.

Na Warmię trafił w wieku 50 lat, stąd przypuszczenie, że mógł mieć liczniejszą rodzinę, która nie cała z nim przybyła na nowe tereny. Syn Krzysztof (późniejszy zakonnik o imieniu Robert) urodził się w 1701 (nie wiadomo czy w Reszlu, znane są jednak dane o tym, że jako 15-latek uczęszczał do reszelskiego kolegium jezuickiego, a rok wcześniej do przedostatniej klasy tamtejszego gimnazjum). Najstarsza z córek – Elżbieta, w 1724 wyszła za Jana Chrystiana Schmidta, reszelskiego rzeźbiarza, praktykującego w warsztacie ojca. Była matką jedenaściorga dzieci, w tym późniejszego kanonika dobromiejskiego Franciszka Schmidta oraz rzeźbiarza Chrystiana Bernarda Schmidta. Dwie młodsze córki to Katarzyna i Anna. Krzysztof Peucker zmarł w wieku 73 lat, jego żona natomiast 4 sierpnia 1759 w wieku 84 lat.

Szkoła i wykształcenie

Przyjmuje się, że uczył się i praktykował w warsztacie Jana Krzysztofa Döbla w Królewcu. Tam też współpracował z nim jeszcze w ostatnich latach XVII w.

Działalność

Pierwsze informacje o jego dziełach dotyczą już działalności po przybyciu na Warmię. Wcześniejsze prace powstałe w Królewcu nie są znane.

Samodzielnie rozpoczął działalność na zamówienia jezuitów z kościoła w Świętej Lipce (bazylika Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Świętej Lipce) już w 1698 (ołtarz św. Anny), chociaż w 1699 podpisywał się nadal jako "Peucker in Konigsberg". Wykonał wówczas ambonę (z figurą Marii w zwieńczeniu – 1699–1701), ołtarze św. Ignacego Loyoli i św. Franciszka Ksawerego oraz św. Stanisława Kostki i Michała Archanioła (1702).

W latach 1712–1714 spod jego dłuta wyszedł największy w tej świątyni ołtarz główny z figurą św. Jana Chrzciciela. Poświadczone są też prace Peuckera dla katedry fromborskiej (bazylika archikatedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny i św. Andrzeja we Fromborku). Z okresu 1724–1725 pochodzi ołtarz maturalny, zaś z lat 1734–1738 stalle chórowe. Należy dodać, że nie był on autorem projektów tych dzieł, jedynie ich wykonawcą.

Dziełami jego autorstwa były ponadto:
 prawy ołtarz boczny kościoła w Chwalęcinie (Sanktuarium Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego w Chwalęcinie) z 1730, a najprawdopodobniej też główny z 1728.
 ołtarz główny (1725–1726) i Najświętszej Marii Panny (1722) w Krośnie (Sanktuarium Maryjne Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny i św. Józefa w Krośnie), a być może też ołtarz Matki Boskiej Szkaplerznej z 1722.
 ołtarze boczne, późnobarokowe z 1721 w kościele pw. św. Katarzyny w Płoskini (kościół pw. św. Katarzyny w Płoskini).

Pod koniec życia, w 1735 ufundował ołtarz do kościoła w Kadynach (Zespół klasztorny Franciszkanów w Kadynach) przeniesiony do kościoła w Opinie. Powstał on w jego warsztacie, niestety rzeźbiarz nie doczekał jego nastawy.

Przypisuje się mu ponadto: cztery ołtarze w kościele jezuitów w Grodnie (z lat 1707–1709), ołtarz różańcowy w kościele parafialnym w Jezioranach (ok. 1710) z figurą Marii Immaculaty, ołtarz główny w kościele w Stoczku Klasztornym (1712–1713) i w Wozławkach (ok. 1725), skąd pochodzi też jego ambona.

Bibliografia
 Baranowski Andrzej Józef, Barok wileński na artystycznej mapie Europy Środkowej, "Biuletyn Historii Sztuki" 2011, nr 3/4, s. 281–340.
 Smoliński Mariusz, Rzeźbiarz Jan Chrystian Schmidt: rola Warmii jako prowincji artystycznej w XVIII wieku, Olsztyn 2006, OBN, s. 22–26, 298.
 Bełza Marta, Tajemnice ołtarza w św. Lipce. Zabytki regionu, "Gazeta Wyborcza" 2011, nr 189, dod. "Olsztyn", s. 2.
 Przeracki Jerzy, Artyści działający na Warmii w XVIII wieku (Krzysztof Peucker, Jan Chrystian Schmidt, Chrystian Bernard Schmidt, Krzysztof Sand, Jan Witt, Jan Ignacy Witt, Jan Antoni Frey, Piotr Andrzej Kolberg i Józef Joachim Korzeniewski), "Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie" 2011, nr 3, s. 441–499.

Ludzie związani z Reszlem (I Rzeczpospolita)
Niemcy w I Rzeczypospolitej
Niemieccy rzeźbiarze
Rzeźbiarze polskiego baroku
Urodzeni w 1662
Zmarli w 1735
Ludzie urodzeni w Królewcu


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St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church
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Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever!
"Proclaiming and celebrating the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ as the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church"
St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church of Bridgeville, Pennsylvania
We are a parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America: His Eminence Metropolitan JOSEPH, Primate; His Grace Bishop THOMAS, Bishop of the Diocese of Charleston, Oakland and the Mid-Atlantic.Our parish is dedicated to the spreading of the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ, through the Church He established - the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church - The Orthodox Christian Church.
Our community was formed in 1920 when the first immigrants from Syria, bringing with them their deep love and devotion to the Orthodox Faith, arrived in Bridgeville. A blacksmith shop was purchased and converted to a church, which served the Bridgeville community for approximately 25 years. A small group of dedicated members funded the purchase of a small lot in a residential area where the present facility is located and initiated construction of a new church in 1947. It was completed and dedicated in 1950.
Years later, the residential house next door was purchased and now serves as the Educational Center for our Church School. Today, our church has grown to 125 families with faithfully dedicated choir, under the direction of Rick Daller, who sing in the traditional "a capella" style of singing, characteristic of Orthodox Christian worship.
We invite you to explore the Orthodox Christian Faith and to join us in worship, proclaiming and celebrating the Ancient Christian Faith in our contemporary world. For further information on the Orthodox Christian Church, please contact our pastor, Fr. Jason DelVitto @412.221.2277, email: frjason1@verizon.net. or access our website option "About Orthodoxy."
If you have any questions, you can email St. George at info@stgeorgebridgeville.org.
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I once heard a saying "never question a burning bush if it speaks truth".
When I heard M.T. Keshe in an address to the ambassadors of the world, I was reminded of this saying. What was being proposed was a technology, yet undeveloped in our scientific world, with such huge potential that I said to myself, "I have to take a look at this." The proof would be in the pudding.
So with determined dedication I started listening and learning about Plasma in a form, utility, and application not yet proven. It was called the "Blueprint Teachings," Mr. Keshe's gift to the world of more than thirty years of wisdom and accomplishments in this field. You must understand that in these beginning moments there was virtually no additional information on the "how to" part of the procedure other than the fundamental principles. There were no reference textbooks or online data resources. It was purely experimentation in the rough.
as it is called: a set of copper coils, formed and coated in a specific way to produce Nano particles, which would benefit the body and relieve it from pain and physical ailments. And it did, just as Mr. Keshe said it would. Now we had created some credibility.
Soon a group of like-minded individuals, open-minded people worldwide started to share and compare their notes. We found it was possible to observe the plasma field as it was released into a glass of water and then frozen. Now we had visible proof. The results were so amazing that at this point I said, "I am all in".
In one of the Blueprint Teachings, Mr. Keshe made a passing comment that if you could build a big enough unit in a particular configuration, and go inside of it, it would have huge benefits to the human condition. Plasma is not about healing or curing an issue in the body but bringing about a natural state of balance that allows the body to make its own repairs. This potential stuck with me, but it seemed a monumental task to accomplish this. And the question remained, of course, whether it would do what he said it would. As my skills developed and grew through working with the materials, I reached a point where I was willing to take it on, well, maybe. I figured that a small prototype would be practical to figure out how to handle 5-foot long coils, which at the time was a big step. We could then see if there was actually a field that supported investing ourselves in further development.
Once Mini was complete I wondered, "Now what about the field? Yes, the field!" One aspect of the plasma is the ability to actually feel the energy coming off the coils.
There is no external power source, no batteries, just a self-generating and replenishing source of energy.
My partner at the time, Belinda, had a very acute ability to sense the field, and she perceived that this was the most coherent field she had experienced since we started our journey working with plasma. "Velvety" was one of the words she used to describe it. You can create large fields of energy but without the coherence it does not bring the body back into balance.
It was also interesting that as Mini grew older the field grew larger, beyond the size of the unit itself. And then in a moment of contemplation I asked myself what would happen if we put an injured body part into the unit — still attached to the body of course. I had torn some knee ligaments a few months earlier and reinjured them a couple of times because I find it difficult to sit still. There remained a lingering discomfort after a day's activities, so with a little twisting and turning, I got my knee into the unit and the results were very interesting. In two nights the repair was significant. Next in was Belinda's ankle that was broken several years ago. Screws and plates were still in place. It had healed well but a residual discomfort remained after an active day. Two consecutive times in Mini and that condition was greatly improved.
Now we had enough proof so I decided to take a BIG jump into the unknown.
But divine guidance and persistence prevailed and the big unit became a reality. I still have to pinch myself sometimes to realize the extent of the potential that was accomplished here. It was like giving birth to a newborn child, not knowing how large this potential may grow up to become. But one thing is for sure, it has a promising future!!!
I am happy to say I am the individual who gave life to this entity. We named it, Miracle. Notice I said "it". He or she does not seem appropriate because the plasma is an androgynous field, meaning it does not have positive or negative aspects. It may be a stretch for some to conceive but there is a consciousness to this field. We use the word energy all the time but what is energy? One simple explanation is that it is information being carried on a wave..
I am actually adding this paragraph several weeks after composing the main part of this story.
I had a very unique experience with Miracle recently that I wish to share it. I had been busy constructing another unit and had not been at the center where Miracle is living for a week. I stopped by the center one morning and decided to take the time to go into Miracle for a recharge. Within moments of being inside, I was enveloped in a loving cocoon of energy. Although the words were not audible, it was as if it was saying, "I miss you. Where have you been?" And the tears just started to flow uncontrollably.
Many individuals really never get to experience the feeling of this type of love in their life. It is beyond our earthly understanding. Some people who have near-death experiences, or as a result of advanced meditation training, have experienced it. I experienced this many years ago as a result of days of continued meditation. I suddenly clicked into another reality in which I was just pure mind and was somewhere in the Void. I was spoken to and given a message then. This time I also experienced this love. After I clicked back to this consciousness, whenever I would think of the experience, I would start to cry. It lasted for about five days. The tears were coming from my soul. I was remembering or reconnecting to the Source from where we all originated. This experience with Miracle was the same feeling and as I am putting this into words, I am using up a tissue box remembering this connection.
So, for me, the contemplation that arises is: Did I give life to Miracle or did Miracle give life to me?


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Objectives: This study evaluated 3 novel questions in a prospective clinical cohort of women undergoing evaluation for suspected myocardial ischemia: 1) What is the relationship between depression and cardiovascular costs? 2) Does the relationship vary by definition of depression? 3) Do depression-cost relationship patterns differ among women with versus without coronary artery disease (CAD)? Background: Comorbid depression has been linked to higher medical costs in previous studies of cardiovascular patients. Methods: A total of 868 women presenting with suspected myocardial ischemia completed an extensive baseline examination including cardiovascular risk factor assessment and coronary angiogram. Depression was defined by: 1) current use of antidepressants; 2) a reported history of depression treatment; and 3) Beck Depression Inventory scores. Direct (hospitalizations, office visits, procedures, and medications) and indirect (out-of-pocket, lost productivity, and travel) costs were collected through 5 years of follow-up to estimate cardiovascular costs. Results: Using the study criteria, 17% to 45% of the women studied met study depression criteria. Depressed women showed adjusted annual cardiovascular costs $1,550 to $3,300 higher than nondepressed groups (r = 0.08 to 0.12, p < 0.05). Depression-cost relationships also varied by CAD status, with stronger associations present among women without evidence of significant CAD. Conclusions: Depression was associated with 15% to 53% increases in 5-year cardiovascular costs, and cost differences were present using 3 definitions of depression. The results reinforce the importance of assessing depression in clinical populations and support the hypothesis that improved management of depression in women with suspected myocardial ischemia could reduce medical costs. © 2009 American College of Cardiology Foundation.