What is the difference between mere doubting and philosophic scepticism??
It's an entirely different thought process...it's the difference between "just because" and "it's because...".
And the reason I thanked you for that post was because sometimes the simplest questions are the hardest ones to answer.
Good question, and I hope that you find the answer so you can share you epiphany with us all.
Mere (ordinary) doubting is doubt about specific issues (does Esmeralda love me) .
Philosophical skepticism is doubt about whether we have knowledge in certain areas where we think we have knowledge. e.g. whether there is a God, or whether there is anything good or bad. or whether we can know what goes on in the minds of other people (local skepticism) or whether we have any knowledge at all (global skepticism).
Doubting is in my opinion a piece of philosophical skepticism. Doubt is the emotion that leads us to skepticism.
There are historical philosophical movements which are called "skeptical." The word is used to refer to some ancient Greek philosophers "The Skeptics" (the term comes from them.) In general they thought that truth was unreachable in principle.
Later philosophers have been called skeptical as well. The label used in a general way can apply to theories that state limits to our ability to gain truth as well, a softer form of skepticism if you will.
The scientific method recruits skeptical concepts by attempting to falsify rather than prove. Scientific skepticism has obvious utility.
I tend to say of an argument that "I am skeptical" when I can explain why it is fragile, rather than when I only feel it is wrong then I'd say "I doubt it."
Doubting is skepticism, but the question is how how does philosophical skepticism differ from ordinary skepticism? And he answer seems to lie in what are the sorts of things I doubt. In ordinary skepticism, when I doubt, I doubt the truth of certain particular propositions. My former example is that I may doubt that Esmeralda loves me. I am doubting that it is true that Esmeralda loves me. But the object of philosophical doubt is not the truth of any particular proposition, but the object of doubt is whether there can be knowledge in some particular area where it has been thought that there is knowledge. So, for instance, a philosophical skeptic about God doubt whether anyone can know that there is a God. A philosophical skeptic about God can (perhaps paradoxically) also be a fideist who has faith in the existence of God, and believes very strongly that God exists. But who denies, nevertheless, that anyone can know that God exists.The fideist holds that faith, not knowledge, is the chief thing in religion, and so is a skeptic about the existence of God. Not that he does not believe that God exists. He most certainly believes that God exists. But what he does not believe is that anyone can know that God exists. Therefore, we can say that ordinary skepticism is about truth, but that philosophical skepticism is not about truth, but about knowledge.
The difference between mere doubt and philosophic skepticism?
Doubt and skepticism have no necessary differences. To be skeptical of something is to doubt something.
However, there does seem to be some emotional baggage when we use the word "philosophical" - as if philosophy is something apart from more mundane contemplation (whatever that is).
If we are going to differentiate between doubt and skepticism, we should remember that the difference is vague and mostly a manifestation of our need to think of our doubt as somehow more significant than doubting whether or not Jim has a big nose or something like that. If we are going to differentiate between doubt and skepticism, it seems doubt is more general, while skepticism is doubt with a more structured approach.
The difference is not vague. In fact I just defined it. Ordinary skepticism is doubt about whether a proposition is true, for instance whether God exists is true. But philosophical skepticism is doubt about knowledge, for instance, whether it is possible to know whether God exists. So a philosophical skeptic may not be an ordinary skeptic. He may have no doubt that it is true that God exists, for he may have strong faith that God exists. But, since he is a philosophical skeptic, he doubts that anyone can know that God exists. So, the person is not an ordinary skeptic about God, but he is a philosophical skeptic about God. Isn't that clear?
Yes, you provided a definition. One we might accept. What you have not done is shown that your distinction is a necessary distinction.
For example, doubting the existence of God can certainly extend to philosophical bounds, yet you call this "ordinary skepticism" because you limit "philosophical skepticism" to epistemology.
I don't know what you mean by a "necessary distinction". The OP was a question about the distinction between "mere doubt" which I took to mean ordinary skepticism, and philosophic skepticism. The skepticism is an epistemological view. It it the view that knowledge is impossible. So, therefore, when I discuss skepticism, I have to discuss epistemology.
So ordinary skeptics do not doubt that certainty or knowledge is impossible. That is what philosophical skeptics do doubt.
It seems to me that when a person says, in ordinary circumstances that he is a skeptic about God, we take him as saying that he does not believe that God exists. At least that is how I would understand him. But he is not saying anything about the possibility of knowledge that God exists. On the other hand, since skepticism in philosophy since ancient times is the doctrine that knowledge is impossible (global skepticism) or that knowledge is impossible in particular fields; religion, ethics, about the external world, etc. (and this is called "local skepticism" my answer to the question seems to be the standard way in which ordinary and philosophical skepticism is to be distinguished. Doesn't it seem so now to you.
I think it is useful to distinguish between disbelief on the basis of the particular facts, and disbelief on the basis of process or principle. The words are used interchangeably though I agree and it's simple enough to elaborate on a case by case basis.
Thinking there are limits to our ability to understand phenomena of various kinds with various approaches isn't that unusual, and is certainly not restricted to formal philosophy. "Skepticism" these days is rarely used in it's most extreme sense.
When conversing we have a certain amount of responsibility as listeners, to be cooperative in the sense of trying to understand what meaning the other person is trying to convey. As speakers we have a responsibility to be cooperative with our listener, by trying to use language in a reasonable way, and by attempting to head off semantic confusion.
Language is always somewhat ambiguous, does it strike only me as ironic that we are having a conversation about skepticism?
What is the "extreme sense" of skepticism? The OP asked about the difference between philosophical skepticism and ordinary doubt (which I took to be the ordinary sense of skepticism). The notion of skepticism is a very ancient one in Western philosophy, and it very often begins discussion of issues in the theory of knowledge in academic philosophy, since it us usually understood as the view that the achievement of knowledge (for what ever reason) is impossible. Is that what you mean by "the extreme sense"? It is certainly the philosophical sense, which is what the OP asked for. And philosophical skepticism is strong doubt that we knowledge is possible. That is how it has always been understood. Ordinary skepticism is, as I said, doubt about the truth, not the possibility of knowledge, of some common beliefs.
I don't see what is ironic about a conversation about skepticism. What ambiguity do you mean?
kennethamy - I think you missed the point. We can, if we please, accept and use your distinctions - they might be useful. But you have not shown that doubt and skepticism are essentially different, as they are not essentially different given that to doubt something is to be skeptical about it.
What I think I have pointed out is that philosophical doubt (philosophical skepticism) and ordinary doubt (ordinary skepticism) are different, since the former is directed at knowledge, and the latter at truth. And that is one way of tackling what is, after all, a fairly unclear distinction as stated. To doubt something is to be skeptical about it. But doesn't it make a different what you are doubting: in this case, whether it is knowledge, or whether it is truth? Why confuse them by saying they are both doubt-which they are, of course?
What I think I have pointed out is that philosophical doubt (philosophical skepticism) and ordinary doubt (ordinary skepticism) are different, since the former is directed at knowledge, and the latter at truth.
And I do not think you have.
From what I can tell, you have pointed out that we can, if we find use in it, divide doubt into two categories - what you call "philosophical skepticism", which is supposed to be "philosophical doubt", and "ordinary doubt", which is supposed to be "ordinary skepticism".
You say there is doubt about knowledge, and then doubt about truth, and that they are two different things. I agree, we can be skeptical about knowledge, and we can be skeptical about truth. But as to why one such doubt is "philosophical" and another is "ordinary" you have not established at all. From what I can tell, philosophers have a rich history of being skeptical of both knowledge and truth.
And that is one way of tackling what is, after all, a fairly unclear distinction as stated.
Earlier you stated the distinction is not vague.
But you are correct here, none the less. Your division is objectively accurate. But as you say, this division is one way - certainly there are others we could invent that would be equally as accurate.
To doubt something is to be skeptical about it. But doesn't it make a different what you are doubting: in this case, whether it is knowledge, or whether it is truth?
But the thread started did not ask about knowledge or truth - the question was what is the difference between mere doubt, and philosophical skepticism.
In some cases, your division of the two is spot on, and perhaps useful to some discourse. But we can imagine other ways to divide the two, depending on circumstances and the need for making the distinction.
We should not fall into the trap of thinking that one way to divide doubt/skepticism is the only way, or that they are necessarily different in the first place. Philosophers have often doubted both truth and knowledge.
Why confuse them by saying they are both doubt-which they are, of course?
Why confuse doubt by making unnecessary divisions within doubt? If the situation merits a distinction, make one. Otherwise, do not confuse yourself with word play and unnecessary lists of this thing and that thing.
In the corner there is a 6 foot metal pole. Is it a flag pole, or a weapon? I say both. I think I could probably come up with a few other uses.
Similarly, there is doubt. Is it ordinary or philosophical? Is it concerned with truth or knowledge?
No doubt that is true. Philosophers have held that there is no truth, and, also that there is no knowledge. And furthermore, have held that there is no knowledge just because there is no truth. But, that is skepticism about knowledge. The point is that the term "skepticism" is traditionally an epistemic term. Skepticism is the view that knowledge (whatever that is) cannot be achieved. Perhaps in certain areas, perhaps not at all. Philosophers who are skeptical of the truth hold that knowledge of the truth is impossible. And philosophers who are skeptical of knowledge, hold that knowledge is impossible.
The point is that the term "skepticism" is traditionally an epistemic term.
That skepticism often applies to epistemic concerns does not mean skepticism is limited to epistemic concerns. Sure, skepticism often refers to epistemic skepticism, but this does not mean that, traditionally, skepticism has been limited to epistemic concerns. We can be skeptical about whether or not God exists, and not be skeptical about whether or not we can know God exists.
Skepticism is the view that knowledge (whatever that is) cannot be achieved.
Well, of course we can be skeptical about whether God exists. I already pointed that out. That is what I called ordinary skepticism, or skepticism about the truth of the proposition that God exists. And I distinguished it from philosophical skepticism, which is skepticism about whether (for instance) we can know that God exists. If you like, we can call the first kind of skepticism, "truth skepticism", and the second kind, "knowledge skepticism". After all what words we use is far less important than the distinction they mark. As long as we make the distinction, I don't much care what we call it, except, of course, I would like the words to be appropriate for the sake of practicality.
Right, and in being skeptical about whether God exists could rightly be called "philosophical skepticism" as the question is a common one to philosophy.
Don't get me wrong, I agree there is a difference between doubting the truth of something, and doubting whether or not we can know the truth of something.
I object to the arbitrary labeling of one of these as "philosophical" and the other as "ordinary". Your suggestion about "truth skepticism" and "knowledge skepticism" is more agreeable, but I would like to point out that if we accept these, your answer to the original question no longer seems accurate at all because both of these types of skepticism are 'philosophical'.
I think this has become trivially verbal, like arguing about whether something should be called a "lift" or an "elevator" What some people like to call "semantics". Not that all linguistic issues are trivial, but this one is.
I see no reason why "ordinary skepticism" would be more appropriate than your later suggestion, "truth skepticism". You suggested that "ordinary skepticism" was different than "philosophical skepticism", even though both kinds of skepticism are common in the history of philosophy. This is why I like your later suggestions of "truth/knowledge skepticism" - they seem to be accurate representations of the concepts.


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The outlooks of gold analysts are diverse. After reading the latest WGC report, Mineweb is bullish: "Gold demand tops US$100 billion and mine supply remains under threat." John Nadler, however, is bearish, citing the expected "additional 400–500 tonnes per annum" that will result from the exploration boom of the last few years. Tom Barlow even asks, "Are we running out of gold?"
I choose these examples not to pick on these authors. I could have just as easily chosen a hundred other examples: the vast majority of analysts who cover the gold market focus on mine supply as one of the main drivers of gold-price forecasts. I use these examples only to illustrate the ubiquity of this view. However, while analysts need something to analyze — and the mining industry provides many analytical complexities — ultimately, their efforts are wasted. Mine supply has very little influence on the price of gold.
Anyone who agrees that the gold trade is a market would accept the premise that the price depends on supply and demand. Where most analysts go wrong is to analyze gold using what I will call the consumption model. This model counts the current year's mine production plus scrap (and, in some versions, central-bank sales) as supply, and the current year's purchases of jewelry, coins, bars, and industrial gold as demand.
the annual production of the commodity is large in relation to existing, above-ground stockpiles.
Oil is a good example of a commodity that meets these conditions. It is refined and then irreversibly combusted. The oil price must enable the market to clear more-or-less current production with current consumption, buffered only by the oil sitting on tankers and in underground reserves. Reserves cannot do not hold more than a few months' supply, due to the high rate of oil consumption in relation to the storage capacity.
The consumption model does not explain price formation of a commodity where the two conditions are not met, because owners of the existing stocks own much more of the commodity than the producers bring to market. Consequently, they have far more influence over the price than do producers. Gold is the best example of such a commodity: gold is not consumed; people buy it in order to hold it; gold has the largest ratio of stock to annual production of any commodity.
In fact, it is estimated that nearly all of the gold ever mined in human history still exists. This supply grows by only 1 to 2 percent on an annual basis; or, if we look at the ratio from the other side, approximately 50–100 times the annual mine production is held in stockpiles.
The consumption model would hold true if each year's gold were segregated into its own market, with no arbitrage from previous years' markets. But this is not the case: everyone who is buying, selling, and holding forms a single, integrated market. A buyer doesn't care whether he receives gold mined within the past year. Gold miners are competing with all of the holders of gold stockpiles when they sell. Contrary to the consumption model, the price of gold does clear the supply of recently mined gold against coin buyers; it clears all buyers against all sellers and holders. The amount of gold available at any price depends largely on the preferences of existing gold owners, because they own most of the gold.
Looking at the supply side of the market, each ounce in someone's stockpile is for sale at some price. The offered price of each ounce is distinct from that of each other ounce, because each gold owner has a minimum selling price, or "reservation price," for each one of their ounces. The demand for gold comes from holders of fiat money who demand gold by offering some quantity of money for it. In the same way that every ounce of gold is for sale at some price, every dollar would be sold if a sufficient volume of goods were offered in exchange. While some dollar owners are not interested in owning gold at any price, those who are interested have a maximum buying price for each ounce that they might purchase. You can think of their buying prices for gold ounces as their reservation price for holding dollars.
Rothbard provides a detailed, bottom-up analysis of price formation in a market like this. I will demonstrate his model with a sequence of diagrams that show how the dollar price of gold is formed. As a first step, suppose that while gold trading had been suspended for some time, the preferences of some of the gold owners and nonowners changed. Thus, when the market opens, some of them wish to buy while others wish to sell.
Rothbard constructs supply and demand curves using the reservation prices of the individual buyers and sellers. The supply curve at each price is the total amount of gold ounces for sale by all gold owners at or above that price. The demand curve at each price is the total amount gold ounces that could be purchased with the dollars offered at that price (or below that price). The market-clearing price is that point where supply and demand are balanced.
When trading opened, the market participants would converge on market-clearing price. Once a price had been established, all of the buyers offering at or above that price would buy, and the all of the sellers asking at or below that price would sell. Trading would continue until no one wanted to exchange gold for dollars or dollars for gold. At that point in time, the market will have cleared. Supply and demand curves would be as they are in Figure 2.
After trading, everyone has adjusted gold and dollar balances to their preferred levels. The market would show two quoted prices for gold: the best bid and the best offer. The best bid is the price offered by the marginal nonbuyer of gold, and the best offer is the price asked by the marginal nonseller of gold. More trading could occur only if a buyer increased their bid price, or a seller decreased their ask price, for at least one ounce.
Suppose that, from this new starting point, one gold owner lowered his asking price for one of his ounces below the best offer of the most marginal seller. A trade would then take place between the gold owner and the marginal seller. What would the situation be after the trade? The same as before, except that the best bid and best offer prices might be different. The new prices would depend on the reservation price of the buyer of the single ounce. If his reservation price were above the best bid but below that of the next most marginal seller, then the new buyer would become the marginal seller and would set the best offer price. But his reservation price might be much higher — enough to make another one of the existing gold owners the new marginal seller.
The miner is different from other gold owners in that he produces gold, while the other owners bought their gold. But from a price-formation standpoint, it doesn't matter how or where it came from; the miner can choose a reservation price, or not. Most miners do not have a reservation price; they sell at market.
The gold analysts and I agree that, in a market, the marginal buyer and seller set the prices. It is also true that the miner is always a marginal seller because they sell at market. However, the entire population of suppliers and demanders must be considered in order to identify who the marginal buyers are and the price where the trades take place. All of the demanders influence the price through their decision not to offer a higher price. All of the (nonmine) suppliers influence the price through their decision not to ask for a lower price. To sell at market means to sell at the price set largely by those buyers and sellers who do have reservation prices. The problem with the consumption model is that it ignores the influence of the majority of sellers on the price.
How does the presence of sellers selling at market affect the price? The miner's presence affects the supply curve as shown in Figure 3.
Some trades will take place below what was the best bid before the miner entered the market, as shown in Figure 4.
Once the miner has sold his stocks, we are back to the situation shown in Figure 2. What was the freshly mined gold is part of the new buyer's stockpile. There will be a new bid and ask price, which will take into account the reservation price of the person who bought the miner's gold. We cannot say what the new bid and ask will be: either could be above or below the price before the miner sold.
Mine supply is the only supply available to the market, because gold investors are primarily of the buy-and-hold mindset.
If gold buyers typically have long holding periods, then is gold like oil that was burned or corn that was eaten? Is it gone forever and not part of the market?
Every asset is for sale at some price. While many small gold coin and bar buyers have a reservation price that is more than $10 above today's price, they do have a reservation price. There is a point at which other assets (stocks or bonds) or consumption goods (cars or houses) would start to look more attractive than holding the marginal ounce of gold. There can be no doubt that a good many gold owners would become sellers at $5,000, $10,000, or $100,000 per ounce.
Existing stocks of gold don't affect the price because they are not for sale at the current price.
On closer examination, this is not really an argument: it is only a restatement of the definition of price. A price in a cleared market is that quantity of money below which nothing is offered for sale. While this is true, it does not provide any information about what the price will be. As discussed above, the price at which the first mined ounce is sold is set by the marginal nonseller and nonbuyers of gold.
Suppose, for example, that all of the gold owners had a reservation price of $5,000 or higher per ounce, with the buy prices of people holding dollars remaining where they are now. If that were the case, then once miners had sold their gold, gold would be offered at around $5,000 per ounce.
While mining doesn't have much impact on the gold price, the reverse is not true: the gold price has significant influence on the mining industry. The economics of mining explains this. The cost of getting the gold out of the ground is sensitive to several factors, including the grade of the deposit, its depth below the surface, proximity to refining infrastructure, the cost of energy, the cost of labor, and other variables. The marginal cost of mining more gold above current production rises rather sharply. It would not be profitable for the gold-mining industry to increase production enough to have much impact on the total gold supply during any given year.
The consumption model of gold pricing ignores the influence of the majority of sellers on the price of gold. It counts only a minority of the sellers. The consumption model does include "scrap sales" (sales by those sellers whose reservation price was low enough to result in a sale). But the suppliers who did not sell outnumber those who did — by a large margin — and the selling price of those who did sell was primarily determined by those who did not.
 The sole exception that I can think of is a report from Credit Agricole, authored by Paul Mylchreest.
 You must register with the World Gold Council to download their supply and demand data. For a comprehensive set of statistics, including the total above-ground stockpiles, see Gold Market Knowledge.
 The time window of one year is entirely arbitrary — why not one week?
 Some miners sell at a predetermined price because they have entered into hedging contracts. This price could be above or below the market. Other miners (though very few) do have a reservation price. These miners stockpile gold if it is above their reservation price.


A firm specialising in the manufacture of wooden doors and windows has been fined for safety failings after a worker died at its Leyton premises.
Andrzej Rokita, a 55-year-old Polish national, had been with M M Contracting Ltd for only 10 days when he attempted to help his son, also an employee, to remove a large board from the middle of a pile stacked upright against a wall in the workshop on Midland Road, Leyton.
The company's usual system for doing this was for one employee to stand in front of the stack, taking the weight of the unwanted boards on his hands, while a fellow worker pulled out the chosen one from the side. Unfortunately as Mr Rokita tried to support the weight of the leaning wooden panels they toppled over, crushing him and causing fatal head injuries.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated the incident and found that the company did not have a safe system of work for the storage or retrieval of boards. Storing the boards flat on the floor or using a simple purpose-built racking system would have greatly reduced the risk of injury.
M M Contracting Ltd, of Bedford Road, London E17 4PX, pleaded guilty to breaching section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, was fined £26,000 and ordered to pay £9,000 in costs.


Tomorrow starts another semester and I am not really ready for it. Oh, I have the books and the paper and pens, I have my clothes picked out, and am ready in that regard. I even have my monologue ready and a song mostly prepared for auditions this week, so I am light years ahead of last year in that respect. Last year I did not know that you had to walk in ready to go the next day with auditions for the semester's plays and barely got something ready for the audition- didn't even attempt a song though! So I guess on the surface I am way more prepared than I was this time last year.
But in my head I am not ready. Jon is home and Tim is still beaten up from his fall and subsequent knee surgery. Now he is sick with a fever and I really don't want to leave them. I just feel at odds. It seems every semester something happens to make me wonder if I will finish the term. Tim's hernia surgery last summer and then his decision to start remodeling the bathroom the day I started back to school. My feeling of total inadequacy in the fall, my accident when I busted my teeth in the spring, Tim's knee surgery and the repairs to our house after the tree fell on it this summer and now my concern for Jon in finding a job and for Tim since he seems to stay sick and hurting.
Hopefully I will again persevere and get another step closer to my goal, I will let you know what happens!


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Bösendorfer is the world's most exclusive piano. Every instrument made in their workshop in Vienna takes a full year's work and encapsulates the culmination of 185 years of expertise gained since the company was established in 1828. The sound of a Bösendorfer is unmistakable, having grown from the unique Viennese musical culture steeped in the music of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. One of the company's most famous developments is the 290cm, 8 octave 'Imperial' grand, developed around 1900 at the suggestion of Ferruccio Busoni whowas transcribing many of Bach's organ works for piano. The 'Imperial' remains the flagship of Bosendorfer's prestigious piano range to this day.
Many famous musicians have played Bösendorfer pianos throughout the company's existence from Liszt to Oscar Peterson. Bosendorfer retains its prominence today with advocates including Andras Schiff (who chose Bosendorfer for some of his Beethoven Sonata recordings on ECM), Paul Badura-Skoda, and Philippe Entremont. Placido Domingo said: "Sometimes pianists try to sound like singers. Me personally, I try to sound like a Bosendorfer".
All Bösendorfer pianos are made in their workshop in Vienna and the traditional Bösendorfer sound remains. The company now benefits from the marketing expertise of Yamaha, who own Bösendorfer, without losing any of its special qualities and identity as a jewel in the crowns of both Vienna and the piano world at large.
To find out more, please give our piano sales team a call on 0161 834 3281 ext. 604, or pop into our historic piano shop in the heart of Manchester to play Bösendorfer instruments and compare them to other makes such as Schimmel, Bechstein, Steinway and Bluthner. You can also visit the official Bösendorfer website here.
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London Underground workers are demanding that their RMT union calls further strike dates in their ongoing campaign against job cuts, bullying management and for better pay.
Tube workers took part in a successful 48-hour strike over these issues in June.
The issues haven't gone away. But for some reason industrial action seems to have stalled.
The RMT entered into talks with management following June's strike.
But nearly two months later, these seems to be getting nowhere.
RMT activists gathered for a meeting to discuss the campaign on Thursday of last week.
Union officials reported that talks at the conciliation service Acas the previous day had failed to give any guarantees over the threat of compulsory redundancies.
Workers at the meeting described a myriad of disputes erupting across the network.
Some said that London Underground management is leaving vacancies unfilled to save money—adding to the pressure on existing staff.
Many are also worried that their pensions may be the next thing to come under attack.
Time after time, people stood up to ask why the next strike dates had not been set.
However, there is also concern among some workers about their ability to win an argument for taking further action among the workforce as a whole.
Some feel that momentum has been lost and that this will make it difficult to persuade people to take more action and lose pay.
But June's strike showed the potential for this.
The RMT must name the dates and go all out to build a militant, confident campaign to make the strikes a success.
Management at London Underground have gone on the offensive and workers need to do the same.


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VT Feet Type 5 is ideal for small volume and light weight speakers and satelite units. These dampning feet effectively isolate the speakers from the shelf, stand or floor they are resting on.
VT Feet Type 5 allows you to hear the music you like without the speakers generating additional noise that can disturb you sound quality.
Easy to use. Place 4 pieces of VT Feet Type 5 under each loudspeaker as close to the outer corners of the bottom. Remove the lining to expose the mild adhesive that attaches the VT Feet to the speaker. Make sure no other parts of the speaker protrude further down than the part of the VT Feet attached to the speaker. The VT Feet can be removed again without damaging the cabinet finish.
Note: Never exceed the maximum allowed weight for the VT Feet. For the VT Feet Type 5 this means the loudspeaker must weigh less than 10 kg.


Emerald or also called Emerald is a gemstone or precious stone that is green to dark green. Emerald includes beryl silicate minerals (containing beryllium) and the green color is caused by chromium trace. The presence of vanadium and iron accompanying the chromium trace will cause a variety of zones in the green color. Emerald violence is high (7.5 on the Mohr scale).
Emerald is a gemstone of a type of green beryl mineral with trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium. Emerald is an interesting gem because it has the most beautiful, the most intense and the most radiant green that might be imagined: emerald green. Inclusion is tolerated.
In the best quality, the best emeralds are even more valuable than diamonds. The best emerald comes from Colombia, because the green color is more concentrated and crystallized. Emerald has a unique inclusion that is the presence of crystal inclusions in the form of cracks (cracks) or a distinctive gap from this gemstone. Emerald is the most valuable stone in the beryl group. The beautiful emerald green is unmatched in the world of gems. Unlike other beryl gems, Emerald often contains inclusions and other disadvantages. These disadvantages do not appear to be negative aspects of emeralds as they would for other gemstones. Indeed, these shortcomings are considered part of the character of stone and are used to guarantee buyers of natural stone. High quality Emerald producers are Colombia, Siberia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia & Brazil. Stone aura: creates a cool, safe and comfortable atmosphere, maintaining physical and spiritual freshness.
Scientifically, color is divided into three components: hue, saturation and tone. Yellow and blue, green are found adjacent to the spectral color wheel, which is the secondary color normally found in emeralds. Emerald occurs in shades of color ranging from yellow-green to blue-green. The primary color must, of course, be green. gems Only those that are medium to dark in tone are considered emerald. Light-fast gems are known as species, green beryls. In addition, the color must be bright (alive). Gray is a normal saturation modifier or mask found in emeralds. A grayish green color is dull green.
Natural emeralds tend to have inclusions and broken surface cracks. Unlike Berlian, where the standard is enlarged, 10X magnification is used for class clarity, Emerald is valued by the eye. So, if an emerald does not have inclusion it can be seen with the eye (with a normal visual assumption) it is considered perfect. The surface of the stone that does not violate fissures is very rare and therefore almost all emeralds are treated, Oiled is "oiled", to improve clarity. Eye-clean stones of the main living green color with no more than 15% of each secondary color or combination (either blue or yellow) of the highest-order middle-dark tone. These relatively non-uniformity crystals make emerald more likely than other gemstones that will be cut into Cabochons, rather than the shape of the sides.
Many gemstones are green, but Emerald green is the one that is considered the most enchanting. As a mineral, Emerald is a type of beryl group. this type of beryl actually has the colors blue, yellow and red - but only the green color that is cool and calm is what makes it appear parallel to other noble gems.
Uniquely, the majority of emerald minerals are born with natural characteristics such as cracks or fibers so that if you can find one that is good and has a smooth color. This is it! Want to know the price? in the free market an emerald almost perfect and large can be valued above US $ 10,000.00 per carat. As a gemstone, Emerald looks the most elegant and ideal when honed facet models in the form of rectangular pieces or emeralds (emerald-cut), so that he is very loved by men who will feel proud if you can use it as an eye ring with dripped diamonds on the edges. It's great.
Lowest Value: This emerald is so opaque. emerald color is dark and less attractive. This emerald / emerald is small and less cut. Emeralds like this aren't very useful.
High Value: This emerald has clarity (Clarity) that is less than before. However, intense luminous colors and large size make it more valuable.
Top Value: This emerald has better clarity (Clarity). The intense luminous color and large size make it more valuable.


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The Sanitation Triangle
Socio-Culture, Health and Materials
https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/53373/1/978-981-16-7711-3.pdf
Yamauchi, Taro (editor)
Nakao, Seiji (editor)
Harada, Hidenori (editor)
This open access book deals with global sanitation, where SDG 6.2 sets a target of enabling access to sanitation services for all, but has not yet been achieved in low- and middle-income countries. The transition from the United Nations MDGs to the SDGs requires more consideration based on the socio-cultural aspects of global sanitation. In other words, equitable sanitation for those in vulnerable situations could be based on socio-cultural contexts. Sanitation is a system that comprises not only a latrine but also the works for the treatment and disposal of human waste. Sanitation systems do not function by themselves but have significance only through social management. The process of decision-making also largely depends on socio-cultural conditions, and the importance of sanitation needs to be socially acknowledged. The health benefits of sanitation improvement—among the significant contributions of sanitation—also need to be considered in the socio-cultural milieu. Further, the social-culture itself is affected, and potentially even created, by sanitation. In this context, more progress on the improvement of sanitation requires a more holistic approach across disciplines. In this book, we present the concept of the Sanitation Triangle, which considers the interconnections of health, materials, and socio-culture in sanitation, as a holistic approach, and the case studies based on the Sanitation Triangle by diverse disciplines such as Cultural Anthropology, Development Studies, Health Sciences, Engineering, and Science Communication. By the deep theoretical examinations and inter-dialogues between the different disciplines, this book explores the potentialities of inter-disciplinary studies on global sanitation.
Sanitation Triangle; Inter-Disciplinary Approach; Trans-Disciplinary Approach; Co-Creation; Open Access
10.1007/978-981-16-7711-3
Singapore, 2022
Springer Singapore
Global Environmental Studies,
Central government policies

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Q: LogBack - Setting Logging Pattern with App Info I have been learning how to use LogBack Android and I was wondering how do you set the pattern so it always includes certain information without having to pass it in log.error, log.info.
I know setting a pattern is done:
<appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
    <encoder>
        <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5level [%thread][%logger{0}] %m%n</pattern>
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How would I include other information such as UserId (The user that is logged into my application) or DeviceId or other information that is specific to my application?

A: In LOGBack you will accomplish it writing your own custom Layout.
The FAQ from Tony19 states some differences between logback and logback-android but I've searched the logback-android java-doc and the solution-key class LayoutBase<E> can be found. I guess it will work.
Hope it helps!

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The Hush Post, New Delhi: Till now, as many as 107 complaints of sexual harassment of women at workplaces from across the country have been received on the online portal of the Women and Child Development (WCD), Government of India. The WCD Ministry has launched an online complaint management system, titled Sexual Harassment electronic-Box (SHe-Box) for registering complaints related to sexual harassment of all women employees in the country, both government and private.
The ministry had launched the online complaint registration for ensuring the effective implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. Besides, the WCD Ministry has issued advisories to all States/UTs to ensure effective implementation of the said Act for the safety of women employees.
So far, 107complaints have been received through portal 'SHe-box'. All concerned authorities have been requested for appropriate resolution. This information was given by Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Dr. Virendra Kumar in reply to a question in Lok Sabha on Friday.
The ministry had issued advisories to all States/UTs Government to ensure effective implementation of the Act. The Ministries/Departments in Government of India have also been advised to ensure the compliance of the Act from time to time. Ministry of Corporate Affairs along with the industry bodies, Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), Confederation of Indian Society, Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCI), and National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) have also been requested to ensure effective implementation of the Act amongst their members in private sectors.
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 mandates all workplaces which include any department, organisation, undertaking, establishment, enterprise, institution, office, branch or unit which is established, owned, controlled or wholly or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly by government, local authority, government company or a corporation or a co-operative society having more than 10 workers to constitute Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) for receiving complaints of sexual harassment. The Act casts an obligation upon all the employers to constitute Internal Complaint Committee. Section 23 of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 casts responsibility on the appropriate Government to monitor the implementation of this Act.
The Ministry has empanelled organisations for imparting training programmes and workshops in different parts of the country under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013.


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The PVmet-500-M4 station is a unique modular platform to configure the most comprehensive weather station. Multiple high end pyranometers and weather sensors can be combined as a turnkey soltion for PV monitoring applications. This low cost station is compact and simple to install and to connect to any inverter or SCADA system. PVmet is an innovative sensor platform for PV monitoring applications, which is developed by Rainwise Inc. and provided by EKO.
PVmet-500-M4 weather station comprises a powerful electronic interface to connect all sensors and convert the output to a Modbus data string (RS-485 Modbus interface - Sunspec® certified).
Standard measurement parameters are (PV back-panel temperature, Relative humidity, Barometric pressure , Ambient temperature, GHI Irradiance, wind speed and direction (Ultrasonic) and prcipitation). Optional parameters are Irradiance (POA), additional back-panel temperature). EKO offers 5 different pre-configured PVmet-500 systems.
PVmet series are turn-key, easy to install and can be deployed under harsh environmental conditions. EKO provides a unique radiometer calibration compliant to the international standards defined by ISO/IEC17025/9847.
Various mounting options are available, including the Mono Mount. The PVmet is supplied with a detachable mast section that can be bolted to an existing structure.
All electrical connections are made using screw terminals. Standard sensors are factory installed. As a user/installer the only connections required are power and communication pheriphirals to connect the weather station.
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Q: Insert differing javascript dependencies into index via grunt? In my gruntfile I've defined an array of javascript files I need to insert into the index, they include dependencies (jquery and etc) plus the files that make up my angular app (controllers, services, etc).
This array I use in a task which combines them and minifies them so that I have one single final js file, which is good for production but for dev work I'd prefer the files to be inserted individually for easier debugging.
Is there a grunt plugin which would allow me to:

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*insert each script from the array separately into the index

*insert the minified script into the index

*easily switch between the two, such that I don't need to go in and manually delete each script and then add the minified script, thus I could insert the full scripts in the task that builds for dev and insert the concatenated scripts in the build for prod task.

I've found a few plugins (fileblocks and injector) which would seem to do what I want but I couldn't get them to work so if you could also provide an example of how to configure the plugin for the build dev and build prod tasks.

A: I finally found a grunt plugin which does what I want grunt-file-blocks, while initially it didn't seem to work for me I had misread the documentation and the author was so kind as to help me.
Basically what I did was mark in my index.html where I wanted to insert the js depencies like so
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<!-- fileblock:js blockName2 -->
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And then in my Gruntfile.js I set up the task:
fileblocks: {
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    files: [{
      src: 'index.html',
      options: {removeFiles: true},
      blocks: {
        'blockName1': { src: arrayOfDevDepenices },
        'blockName2': { src: arrayOfDevDepenices }
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      blocks: {
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        'blockName2': { src: arrayOfDistDepenices }
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    }]
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And now with a simple grunt fileblocks:dev I can set up my depencies in the index for dev work, while with grunt fileblocks:dist I prepare the index for going into production.


With the company report submitted and the area heats just around the corner, yesterdays meeting was a key one. The aim of the meeting was to get the Dragons Den pitch and stand design finalised.
The meeting started off with Billy explaining what was required of the students and who was going to be going into the Dragons Den pitch. It was decided, due to their roles, Billy as MD, Tom W as Finance Director and Lily as HR Director were the 3 best suited to speak. With this, Billy, Lily and Tom W headed down to the computer room to produce a PowerPoint focusing on the top 5 points they would like to convey to the judges. The criteria states that they only have 4 minutes to fully explain their product, what they have done, what they have learnt and how they have developed as a team throughout the process, so it is a lot to fit into such a small-time slot.
The other students remained with me to decide on their stand design.
From the feedback at the last trade fair, the judges said the stand looked too much like a 'homeware' product than a child focused learning tool. With this, I asked the students to do some research into creative ways they could make their product link back to their objective of making learning fun.
After a little time to throw ideas around, the students decided on a 'kids market stand' design like the one pictured on the left.
With this decision made, the next challenge was to work out how we could source the items required to make it as colourful and realistic as the photo.
Luckily, Bradley Stoke Community School is not just a Senior school but also a Junior school. Billy and James, took the initiative to head to the Junior school with a rough drawing and list of what we needed to source. It was a random list of items with everything from a small shopping trolley to a play cash register and stuffed animals to link with our Phonic Farm characters.
Once Billy and James got to the Junior school, they managed to catch the headteacher who was more than willing to help them out. She had everything they needed – even the shopping trolley! She also had a perfect unit, which is very similar to the one in the image, which would become their 'stand'. It is split into 8 and has baskets in each box, the students quickly used this as inspiration to have each of their 7 pick n mix items in a box making it an interactive buying experience for the customer.
There is still a lot of work to bring the stand together with various labels needing to be produced from identifying which item is in which box and the 3 steps of the process. Some items also still need to be sourced such as a whiteboard for prices and bunting to place between our two roller banners.
Without sounding bias, I think this stand design has a lot of potential. It is colourful, creative and aligns with the student's vision of making a child friendly product which helps make learning fun. It will be interesting to see how the judges take it, especially now as it is so far from the design we presented at the last trade fair.


These yellow beach towels would make a perfect match to the sunny beach adventure. Pleasing to the eyes soothing to touch, these fluffy pure cotton beach towels are worth buying. The cozy comfy long towels will match with any swimwear, while after the long splashing and dashing in the water, these quick absorbent beach towels will be the ideal treat to keep your body dry and clean.


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IHSAN, a 'one stop shop' for quality and accountability
As part of their commitment to quality and accountability, Islamic Relief Worldwide has developed a 'one stop shop' quality and accountability framework. Called IHSAN, which means excellence in Arabic, the new framework integrates the various internal and external standards that guide the agency's work: the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS), Accountable Now, the Code of Conduct of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Humanitarian Inclusion Standards, Results-based Management and PMD Pro. The pilot phase of the new quality management system was rolled out at the beginning of August
Based on employee feedback, the new system introduces unique quality management concepts and practices. The main drive behind the agency's decision to revamp its quality management was many-fold, namely:
Establish a common quality framework for all field offices;
Provide guidance to country offices to implement policies and procedures;
Support compliance with the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS) and other principles and standards;
Facilitate capacity-building and continuous improvement by identifying areas of strengths and weaknesses, areas of work and resources to invest.
The framework is overseen by the Ihsan Governance Committee to champion and provide strategic support towards the improvement of quality, accountability and learning across Islamic Relief Worlwide's International Programme Division and all field offices, programmes and operations. It is supported by the Global Standard Leads, which act as technical leads for standards in order to provide capacity-building support to field offices. Country offices report against eight themes or standards and the data is collected with a new mobile data collection system called the Kobo Toolbox and analysed with Microsoft's Power BI. Results, tools and best practice are shared on the extranet, on a new dedicated paged called ISHAN Knowledge Management Site.
Self-assessment – a key element for excellence
Country offices are biannually required to undertake a self-assessment against the eight themes referred to as standards. Each standard includes indicators, which explain in practical terms what it looks like to meet the standard's requirements. Examples of evidence are also collected to ensure accountability.
The eight standards are:
Governance, Leadership and Strategic Planning
Managing Physical and Financial Resources
Networking & Partnership
Within each standard, there are three levels (Minimum Standard, Good Practice and Best Practice). The levels are built so that there is a clear logical progression from indicator to indicator at different levels. Each indicator in each standard refers to the CHS and Accountable Now, and comes with an action plan that encourages field offices to think through the necessary steps to reach the highest score (Fully Met). Evidence can be shared via the Kobo Toolbox, which will then be used to support annual verification against the CHS.
Once all self-assessment scores are submitted, the Programme Quality Unit gathers and analyses the findings. Global, regional, and country level reports are produced, as well as additional summaries per standard. The data extracted from the IHSAN findings will be used to identify areas of improvement so appropriate decisions can be made at the organisational level as to the areas and/or country offices in which to invest. The system ultimately supports capacity-building initiatives at Islamic Relief Worldwide and its field offices to improve the level of performance in the weakest areas. It also provides long-term strategic support to offices that are lagging behind in terms of human resources and/or technical capacity.
For more information, please get in touch with Mayumi.fuchi@irworldwide.org (Global Programme Accountability and Learning Lead).
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Mindfulness and Wellbeing: A Shift of Emphasis from Treatment to Prevention
In recent years, there has been an awareness of mindfulness-based approaches to stress reduction, along with evidence on its benefits towards...
BY Hitendra Solanki
Humanitarian Response is More Effective When it Acknowledges, Builds on and Strengthens National Capacity
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together" – African proverb When a crisis happens, the humanitarian industry...
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We carry specialty extra-long length watch bands for men's sizes 16mm to 22mm. We also offer various buckles options such as goldtone, silvertone, rosetone or deployant clasps for select styles.
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There is no Dojo listed in Totland Bay. This page shows 20 Martial Arts Schools found within 18 Miles of Totland Bay. Based on the information available from these Dojos, Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Kick Boxing, Tai chi, Kung Fu, Wushu & Goju Ryu Karate are the most offered Martial Arts in Totland Bay area. Most of these schools offer self defense classes for men, women and children near Totland Bay.
Chart based on information available from Martial Arts Schools in Totland Bay area.
Distance is shown approximately from the downtown area of Totland Bay. For a list of Martial Arts Schools near you, Search with your complete address. Click on a Dojo name to view details. Clicking on 'Map' next to a Dojo will show the school on the Map.
See Martial Arts Schools in places nearby Totland Bay: Freshwater, Yarmouth, Milford on Sea, Lymington & Sway.
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This year is the year of the snake and while snakes and people sometimes have relationships which are at odds with one another snakes have enjoyed a special place in the world mythology of all cultures for about as far back as we can remember.
The most popular snake in western mythology is going to be "that guy" mister apple tester snake in Eden but if we peer back into Anthropological time we notice that the snake was often a symbol of divine feminine power like the Minoan Snake Goddess.
"In the Sumerian and the Old-Babylonian literary tradition the snake was a wise creature and an expert for miraculous herbs of the eternal youth and immortality. A similar idea is contained in the Cretan myth about Glaukos, where the snake knows the herb of rebirth and resurrection." (http://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/minoan_snake_goddess.html) Also, the Egyptians had the snake Goddess Kebechet.
See, snakes are not so bad! In fact they are very powerful and have lived in human mythology since before we had writing. The snake is so important that she gets her own whole year in the Chinese tradition and the Coiled Power of the Kundalini is often depicted as a snake.
Snake energy is often depicted as feminine, sensual, slow then striking and plumbing the crevaces, the nooks and crannies only to then reemerge and lay sunning herself on a warm rock. My, isn't this woman's snake energy just beautiful?
So 2013 as a Water Snake year holds with it the power of curiosity, sensuality, graceful movement and striking when the time is right. How are you going to key into your sensual and curious self? How will 2013 be about exploration for you?
I particularly love how the Thoth deck depicts the snake eating its own tail, called the Ouroboros. "The Ouroboros often represents self-reflexivity or cyclicality, especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself, the eternal return, and other things perceived as cycles that begin anew as soon as they end. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros).
The Tarot's World card very clearly is the end of a major cycle and usually comes up in a reading when a client has really finished through a particularly long and important chapter in her life, like the snake though this is only a cycle and a new chapter is about to begin with its own lessons, joys and mysteries.
The Wheel of Fortune also can depict a snake which can depict the idea of the cyclical nature of things. The snake can also be seen as a figure 8 infinity symbol known as a lemniscate.
Both of these symbols have a deeper esoteric meaning that I encourage you to research if you are so inclined but the ancients had, I think, a better understanding of cyclical time and cyclical lives than we do in the west with our past present future or beginning middle end story ideas.
And if we look at quantum physics and time, we find that our ancients are in fact, right. Mathematically there is no reason why we perceive time like we do, it is known as the Arrow of Time but it is perception it is not really how time works! Science does not yet know why we perceive time as a linear function. The ancients and many indigenous cultures knew/know this. I have a theory on Tarot built on that idea (a blog post for another time).
But if you don't care for any of that and just want to get your Chinese horoscope on then I found this lovely little website, have fun!


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Robert Svensson: Career Locations 1999-2007
Robert Svensson
Photo: FIVB
Home Town Huddinge
Resides Stockholm
Web Site beachvolley.se
FIVB 9th (2 times) $22,513
FIVB C&S 4th $2,800
Europe 5th � 200
CEV 27th � 0
CEV Under Age 5th � 200
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 19th 25th 27th 29th 33rd 35th 37th 41st 57th
1999 FIVB C&S 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150.00 3.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 FIVB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 5.0 296th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2002 FIVB 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 21.0 146th 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
2003 FIVB 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,937.50 109.0 100th 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 0
2004 FIVB C&S 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $500.00 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 FIVB 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,000.00 90.0 102nd 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 0
2005 FIVB 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 $12,125.00 325.0 74th 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0
2006 FIVB 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,450.00 313.0 90th 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0
2007 FIVB C&S 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 $1,900.00 48.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 FIVB 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 51.0 172nd 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
(271st) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 $25,312.50
(407th) 981.0 1 6 1 6 0 0 11 0 1 20 3
1999 CEV Under Age 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 � 200.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 CEV 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 � 0.00 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
(632nd) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 � 200.00
(655th) 13.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
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Andreas Gilbertsson 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,938 197.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 1 9 1
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A craving for homemade ice cream doesn't mean you have to shell out hundreds on yet another kitchen appliance. Save cash and counter space with this two-ingredient recipe.
In a large Tupperware container—ideally square shaped for the increased surface area—mix yogurt with the protein powder until you get a smooth mixture.
Spread a thin layer of the mixture onto the Tupperware. The thinner the layer, the faster it will chill.
After an hour, take it out, and give it a churn. Mix your protein-packed mixture with a spoon or, better yet, a fork to break up potential clumps. Stick it back in the freezer for 30 minutes.
Complete Step 4 a few more times until the mixture reaches your preferred consistency.
Remove the ice cream from the freezer, get a scooper out, and serve yourself a bowl of healthy ice cream!
Notes: Consider melting a square or two of dark chocolate and pouring that on top of the ice cream. It'll congeal on impact, creating a delicious chocolate shell.
You can make this recipe with casein too. If you do, be sure to use a bit over 1/4 cup of casein, since it will absorb a lot more of the moisture from the yogurt than the whey does.
Try this with different flavors of whey, and consider adding some extra flavoring to the mixture. Cinnamon or vanilla pods would mesh well with this ice cream.
To heighten the banana flavor, mush a ripe banana in with the yogurt and whey.
You could use 0 percent Greek yogurt to make this too. However, bear in mind that 2 percent—or even full-fat—yogurt will yield a creamier batch.


So apparently being pregnant and then having a baby means I cannot maintain a blog - or at least not 2 blogs (see: www.teamosullivan.blogspot.com). In case anyone is wondering we are doing well and enjoying new baby time. I'm thinking I will do a post soon about having a baby in Taiwan from an expat's perspective in case there are others in our shoes. And as we start to get out again more there will be more fabulous Taiwan pictures and stories to tell!
Your local Italian place in Taiwan may not have pepperoni pizza, but there's a good chance they will serve a seafood pizza. Often with a sprinkling of corn for good measure.
All you can eat buffet hot pot - how can it get any better? You pick your soup broth, veggies, proteins, sauces and then add some side dishes (dumplings, salad, lo bao gao) and finish off the meal with some mochi or ice cream. Delicious!
Last weekend our good friends Scott and Mini got married. It was a wonderful mix of Taiwanese and American culture. We were especially lucky to be a part of the ceremony that takes place at the bride's home. To start the show Scott had to pass three tests (drinking some nasty tea, sorting corn kernels and soy beans, and finally writing "I love Mini" in Chinese characters), profess his love for Mini loudly and then the couple kneeled infront of Mini's mom and I assume asked for permission to get married (this part was not translated for us but was the most emotional, even for me and I didn't even understand it!).
I was given the role of what Mini said translated roughly to "spirit guardian". My job was to block the sun using a bamboo circle. I did this when they left the house and then again when she went into the church. After that she was fine to be in the sun again.
Jeremiah was the official chauffeur. We carefully squeezed all of Mini's dress into our small backseat.
With our cars decorated in traditional red bows traffic was a bit more forgiving to our caravan than they normally would be. On the way to the church and the reception groomsmen lit firecrackers in the street.
The ceremony at the church was much like we were used to a home, though because few people are Christian in Taiwan a church ceremony is uncommon. We moved on to the reception, where like the other Taiwanese weddings we've been to there was more food than we knew what to do with; though the addition of a dance floor and garter toss made it uniquely their own.
Thanks Scott and Mini for letting us be a part of your special day!
Need a quick escape from a burning building? In Taiwan you won't find ladders or stairs, rather you will see a system of ropes and posts. We practiced this at school and found it to be a bit of a lengthy process if you haven't done it before. Basically a rope is looped around your chest and you lower yourself from a post that hangs out the window or on a balcony. The fire fighters were careful to remind us if you do this to keep your arms down (so the rope doesn't slide up and off!).
Jeremiah volunteered to test the system out - I'm happy to report he made it to the bottom safely!
Dragon fruit innards are sometimes white and sometimes this amazing purple - impossible for me to tell from the outside. This purple is always a shock when I cut into one. When the fruit is perfectly ripe we love it, get it just a little off however and it tastes pretty flavorless, especially compared to other fruits in Taiwan.


GOVERNMENT has resorted to command interventionist measures, including using law and order instruments and intimidation, in an increasingly desperate bid to control spiralling market forces fuelling currency volatility and a wave of price increases.
The move shows that hardliners in the corridors of power — particularly those based at the ruling Zanu PF's headquarters in Harare — are gradually gaining an upper hand over reformists as turmoil over monetary, fiscal and currency policy engulfs the market.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Finance minister Mthuli Ncube are the key proponents of reform, while Zanu PF heavyweights like secretary for administration Obert Mpofu and other former ministers now redeployed at the party headquarters are resisting the current measures.
Yesterday, police detectives went around interviewing and intimidating private players and individuals over currency and price issues, signifying a radical departure from government's economic reform agenda.
"While Mnangagwa and Ncube want reform, some Zanu PF leaders are resisting and are influencing government from the party headquarters as they hold sway on policy — they claim the party is superior over government — to intervene in the market through committees, law enforcement agents and intimidation," a company executive interviewed by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) detectives in Harare yesterday said.
Since taking over power in a military coup last November and in the aftermath of the July 30 general elections which he marginally won, Mnangagwa has positioned himself as a reformer who supports a market-based economy in sharp contrast to his predecessor Robert Mugabe who upheld a command economic model with disastrous consequences.
To reinforce his reform posture, Mnangagwa appointed the market-friendly Ncube who was running the Quantum Global Research Lab AG in Switzerland, while also lecturing at the prestigious University of Oxford in Britain.
A former chief economist at the African Development Bank, Ncube was also a respected professor of banking and financial markets at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.
When Ncube landed from his former base in Geneva, he hastily pronounced a fiscal and currency reform agenda, but no sooner had he settled in than he found himself on a collision course with some senior government officials, monetary authorities and Zanu PF mandarins stubbornly resisting reform.
Ncube's fiscal measures, which came soon after Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya issued his monetary policy on September 28, triggered turbulence in the market, with exchange rate volatility escalating and prices spiralling.
In reaction, senior Zanu PF officials have also registered their displeasure at his policies, saying they were not consulted before the reforms were implemented.
"We were not consulted and we think the current problems are tell-tale signs of teething problems of the new arrangement which Zanu PF is working to resolve. I think government is used to coming up with policies after their deliberations which it then pronounces.
"You will realise that Zanu PF did not have a working system with permanent people, but the situation is different now and we have a functional structure that must be consulted before any policy pronouncement," Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu said recently.
Law enforcement agents have been trying to control black market forex dealers and private sector players as government resorts to desperate interventions. CID detectives yesterday visited some companies enquiring on forex issues.
Efforts to get comment form the police late last night were unsuccessful.
CID moves are in addition to heavily armed police teams which have in recent weeks been roaming around the streets of Harare hunting down black market forex dealers.
Zanu PF youths have also been protesting over prices increases, claiming "illegal foreign currency trading" was "the major source of the problems bedevilling our economy".
Last Friday a gang of rowdy suspected Zanu PF youths also tried to burn and shred products belonging to Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) — publishers of the Zimbabwe Independent, NewsDay, The Standard and Southern Eye insert — over newspaper cover price hikes.
The chaos came as Imara Asset Management, which provides among other things investment services, this week said Mthuli Ncube was confusing the market through conflicting policy pronouncements.
"Conflicting signals from the Minister of Finance during the week he was in Bali however and post the monetary policy and transitional stabilisation programme have unfortunately further undermined his and the authorities' credibility," Imara says in its latest investment report.
"At Chatham House in London the Minister appeared to agree that the value of an RTGS$ was different from the USD.
Imara also expressed concern over the unsustainable levels of government expenditure.
"Whilst he made it clear that government needed to slash its own spending to reduce the budget deficit, the first and only policy announcement he gave was to increase taxes," it says.
"The imposition of a 2% tax on all non-cash money transfers came as a surprise to all and we suspect it followed little if any consultation. The announcement was followed by widespread panic and heavy criticism from all sectors of the economy to the extent that the Minister was forced to announce a number of exceptions to the tax which in practice may also be unworkable or administratively burdensome.


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Josef Prušák (3. prosince 1873 Chrudim – 22. února 1921 Praha) byl český právník, profesor trestního práva a děkan právnické fakulty Univerzity Karlovy.

Život a dílo
Narodil se do rodiny soudce. Josef postupně navštěvoval gymnázia v Chrudimi, Německém Brodě a pražské Akademické gymnázium, pak absolvoval právnickou fakultu české Karlo-Ferdinandovy univerzity a byl také na krátkých studijních pobytech např. v Halle či Lipsku. Poté vstoupil do služeb justice, ale zároveň se věnoval teorii trestního práva a roku 1900 se v něm na základě práce O příčetnosti osob mladistvých a jejich trestání habilitoval. O sedm let později byl jmenován mimořádným a roku 1911 řádným profesorem trestního práva a trestního řízení. Stal se členem České akademie věd a umění a mezi roky 1914–1915 byl také děkanem právnické fakulty.

Profesor Prušák byl pozitivistou, zároveň ale ve svém díle zdůrazňoval sociální aspekty trestního práva. Napsal mj. studii Kriminální noetika, v níž vyložil svou koncepci systému trestní vědy a jejích základních pojmů, nebo Rakouské právo trestní, díl všeobecný, první skutečnou českou učebnici trestního práva hmotného. Učebnice procesního práva Československé řízení trestní, platné v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku vyšla těsně před jeho předčasnou smrtí.

Pohřben byl do rodinné hrobky na Vyšehradském hřbitově.

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Externí odkazy

 Československé řízení trestní platné v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku – dostupné v Digitální knihovně UKB
 Kriminelní noetika – dostupné v Digitální knihovně UKB
 Rakouské právo trestní. Díl všeobecný – dostupné v Digitální knihovně UKB
 Soupis pražských domovských příslušníků 1830–1910, Prušák, Josef *1873

Děkani Právnické fakulty Univerzity Karlovy
Vyučující na Právnické fakultě Univerzity Karlovy
Absolventi Právnické fakulty Univerzity Karlovy
Čeští profesoři práva
Čeští právníci
Narození v Chrudimi
Narození v roce 1873
Narození 3. prosince
Úmrtí v Praze
Úmrtí v roce 1921
Úmrtí 22. února
Muži
Pohřbení na Vyšehradě


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Tag: BMS World Mission
Happiness from BMS World Mission
Picture the situation, you're part of a (fairly old) Christian Mission Society, and you have a healthy financial update to publish.
Do you, a: Publish another report, which people may not actually read.
Or do you, b: Release a video of your staff dancing, with the main updates included.
In the case of BMS World Mission they went with this…
Happy – The BMS financial update video 2014 from BMS World Mission on Vimeo.
I may pay more attention to finances if only there was more dancing in the world
(I imagine there is a PDF file somewhere with lots and lots of numbers for people who like that sort of thing)
A look at sending money overseas
Snippet of an interview with David Kerrigan, General Director of BMS World Mission, on having a Christian perspective on sending money overseas in the light of Godfrey Blooms comments on sending aid overseas:
What do you think of using terms like "Bongo Bongo Land" to refer to countries that receive aid?
I think that, irrespective of what Godfrey Bloom actually says, the reality is that that kind of phrase betrays a very old world attitude of superiority towards the rest of the world. And whilst he may say it is not in any way overtly racist, it is a coded comment for a disparaging view of developing countries or countries simply a long way from the UK.
What should Christians make of it?
I believe that we should have absolutely no truck with that kind of perspective on other parts of the world. Irrespective of whether they are economically poorer than ours, culturally different from ours or speak a different language, we are all part of humankind and respect between nations and between peoples is fundamental to a Christian worldview.
What about the substance of what he was saying: that aid sent to the developing world ends up paying for designer sunglasses and apartments in Paris?
If we were being ruthlessly honest, we could go back in history and find examples where the UK and other countries did give aid to dictatorships and turned a blind eye as to how that was used. Perhaps in BMS' experience, the worst example of that was in Zaire (now D R Congo) where billions of pounds were given to President Mobutu over many years. He spent that money hiring Concorde to fly him to and from Paris with suitcase loads of cash for shopping expeditions. I don't believe that kind of abuse is happening today and I would say that DfID is far more accountable and demands the same level of accountability from its partners.
Read the rest of the interview over at bmsworldmission.org
Weekly Round Up: The Will It Blend Edition
Bit of a mixed bag this week, its a bit of a blended mix if you will:
A while ago, a number of bloggers were watching with their head in their hands as the SPCK chain of bookshops were sold to St Stephen the Great Charitable Trust. This move led to a number of tragic tales coming from the former chain of book stores. "The Watcher" has provided a handy reminder that the saga isnt over yet. In the interests of fair play, please feel free to check out the St Stephen The Great homepage.
Did you hear the joke about the guy that said he was going to blow up Robin Hood airport? The joke itself wasn't funny, but the punchline is actually quite serious. Crimperman asks if Twitter is now a place where humour should be avoided?
BMS World Mission have announced their new website, it looks pretty but could the blogs were updated more often?
And finally… (for the Doctor Who fans out there)… Can a Dalek blend?


How Important Is Body Composition?
Serotonin Plus Blog How Important Is Body Composition?
Let's take a look at a 24 year old running back in the NFL, 5 feet, 11 inches and 215 pounds. The Body Mass Index ("BMI") of that person is 30.0 Now, change the person to a 62 year old doctor, 5 feet 11 inches, 215 pounds. The BMI is 30….the same as the football player.
Now, let's have both men take off their shirts and compare: Most likely the football player has 6-pack abs and muscles bulging everywhere as opposed to the doctor that has a large amount of fat in his abdomen and chest area. If we placed both men on our Inbody composition scale, the football player is likely to have a percentage body fat of less than 10% whereas the doctor may well be in the 40-plus percent body fat.
Our bodies are composed of water, muscle, bone/cartilage, fat, hormones, gases, etc. Having a low body fat percentage is much healthier from a cardiovascular standpoint. We should all strive to have a low percentage body fat. How to get there? Well, the formula sounds simple to understand, yet challenging to follow: Dietary plans based on high protein/low carb/low fat and exercise to increase muscle mass.
During your long-term weight control journey it is important to monitor your body composition in addition to the weight alone. PLEASE come out and visit us for your FREE monthly body scans. Knowing your body composition provides much more information as to how your approach is working.


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Laura-Mary Carter "I'm hoping to tour in the USA – I can go to strange towns and meet some characters"
We speak to Laura-Mary Carter, one half of guitar-shredding duo Blood Red Shoes, about her new alt-country EP, Town Called Nothing.
by Steve Hunting
Sonic PR.
Formed in 2004, Brighton-born duo Blood Red Shoes have notched up five albums (the sixth is out in January), two acclaimed EPs and appearances at festivals around the world.
Now guitarist Laura-Mary Carter has just released her first solo work, the six track 'mini-album' Town Called Nothing. We caught up with Carter to talk about Nothing, Nowhere and her inventive approach to drum samples.
What made you decide to make a six-song EP rather than a full album?
I decided to make an EP because I thought it would be a cool thing to do first to introduce me as a solo artist.
I needed to find my feet as I've been known for my guitar playing and making rock music [with Blood Red Shoes] for so long. As this EP shows a totally different side to me, I guess I just wanted to put this out first and then follow up with a more cohesive album.
The brilliant Ed Harcourt produced and played on the EP. How did your association with Ed come about?
I'd made quite a few demos of my songs already before Ed got involved. I just wanted them to sound better – I got to know Ed through a mutual friend, and it was suggested that he'd help on four songs. So we did a day of pre-production and went to RAK Studios for a day where we recorded live with guitar, bass, drums and one song where Ed played piano.
What happened after that session?
I took the recordings away and worked on them myself. I'm really confident in knowing when something sounds right to me, so I just kept going and trying things out until I was happy.
And of course, more followed.
Yes, I recorded two more songs during lockdown above a pub and used a chair and stick to create drum samples as I wasn't able to record 'proper' drums.
Ed had a major impact on the title track, 'Town Called Nothing'.
He really helped to get the ball rolling – he's amazing at piano, and added such a great feel to the song. He told me to speed the song up as it was [originally] a bit slower, and I'm really glad he did.
So, a full LP is in the pipeline?
Yes, I'm writing it at the moment. When I write songs, I always have to record them straight away or I forget them. I did have about 40 songs that I made rough demos of on an iPad. Unfortunately, I lost the iPad at the bottom of a mountain, so the only songs I managed to remember were the ones that made it on to the EP.
I don't think I was ever meant to stay in one place, but if I had to, it would be Nothing, Arizona
Will the LP follow a similar sonic direction to the EP?
I definitely think it will have some Americana vibes, but maybe a bit more stripped down and raw.
You wrote the title track first, then found out there actually is an abandoned town in the USA called Nothing. Serendipity.
I've actually been to Nothing, Arizona more than I'd like to admit. I know there's nothing (ha, ha) there but a sign and some derelict outhouses, but apparently two people live there (at its height, four) but I have yet to see or meet them. The story goes that a drunk guy named the area, and there was a gas station or shop, but it all didn't work out and became a ghost town.
You have a well-known predilection for never being in one place.
I've heard the land is up for sale, so I'm praying my music goes well so I can get some money to build a house there. I don't think I was ever meant to stay in one place, but if I had to, it would be Nothing, Arizona. I'll send you a postcard!
Is it tough deciding whether new material should be for you or Blood Red Shoes?
Actually, a few solo songs have ended up on Blood Red Shoes records already. I initially thought they would be good enough solo songs, but then thought no, this will be kick-ass for the band. It's not worked the other way around though, but at the end of the day they are still my songs. You just kind of figure what works for what and honour that.
Any plans for a solo tour? I can see the tour T-shirt: Monday – Nothing, Arizona. Tuesday – Nowhere, Oklahoma...
I like that idea! I'm desperate to do some solo shows and am really hoping to do a tour in the USA with just me and my guitar because I can go out to strange towns, play some dive bars and meet some characters. That sounds like my kind of fun.
Laura-Mary Carter released her debut solo EP Town Called Nothing on 3 December 2021.
Ghosts on Tape, the new album by Blood Red Shoes, is out on 14 January 2022.
Laura-Mary Carter


As the festive season arrives, we speak to the staffing and RPO experts on the hiring outlook of online businesses. Here's a look at festive staffing so far.
As the festive season unfolds and high consumer confidence increases, many online businesses have already announced their plans to hire contractual/seasonal workers. This year's festive season hiring outlook is kicked-off with a strong start as shared by Teamlease. Rituparna Chakraborty, President, Indian Staffing Federation, shares, "Online retailers giants like Amazon (50,000) and Flipkart (30,000) have already hired about 85,000 people. Another 70,000 new jobs will be added over the festive season."
From August to January, when India celebrates a range of festivals, including Raksha Bandhan, Ganesh Chaturthi, Id-e-Milad, Diwali, Christmas and New Year, e-commerce companies sell goods worth around Rs 10,000 crore. The sector currently employs around one million people.
Konika Chadha, Head of Search- Financial and Consumer Markets, Korn Ferry Professional Search and RPO shares that, "Demand for contractual or temporary workers has soared by 20 - 30 percent as compared to last year.
While there is demand for roles at the junior level in delivery and customer relations, there is also demand at the mid-management level in finance, operations, and digital marketing. Till some time there exists a war for talent between the e-commerce and mainstream segments. However, today with multiple sub-sectors evolving within e-commerce, we can witness a war for talent within these sub-sectors. Konika shares," We have seen a change in customer trends in not only using more e-commerce services for retail, but there is an increase in demand for food delivery as well. During the festive time, we also see a rise in seasonal workers in metros, who come from tier 2 and three cities and take up temporary employment.
Konika shares that online companies are hiring in all departments and primarily in Supply chain /Logistics. Contractual workers are employed to handle sales, Operations (Packaging, Delivery, Logistics, Dispatching, Order Fulfillment, and Warehousing Facilities). The food delivery companies have engaged thousands of delivery partners this year. While Fintech companies are hiring for Backend Developers, Java Developers, QA Testers, DevOps, Backend Frontend Testers, Products, Business Analysts with a salary cap of INR 20-50 LPA. E-commerce has ramped up hiring by 45% in segments such as warehousing, fulfillment, technology and last mile delivery.
While there is a massive demand for contractual workforce in e-commerce during the festive season, the study found that the same role experience higher attrition levels between 18 -30 percent. Rituparna shares, "There is a fierce competition between for the talent within e-commerce firms which leads to frenzied hiring saddles companies with costs that last beyond the festive season and hence, the costs of facilities/incentives is raising the CTC to unreasonable levels.
With the onset of festival season, People Matters brings you a series of articles based on massive hiring in e-commerce. This article covered the hiring trends among e-commerce industries during festival season. Stay tuned for the next article in this series that covers the trends in salaries, rewards, and incentives offered to these seasonal workers.