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Worldly wear: Davon Okoro's ambitious fashion brand Dépendance Global
Davon Okoro turned his childhood interest in clothing fashion into his own label Dépendance Global. Photo by Marley Nichelle
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Like many kids of his generation, Davon Okoro spent a lot of time in front of the TV. But while his peers were watching cartoons, Okoro was finding himself in the groundbreaking styles and fashions of MTV.
"I grew up in Nigeria and we didn't have much money," he explains. "My mom would go to the thrift store and get us a bunch of graphic tees and jeans." Okoro saw similar secondhand fits flaunted by the stars of MTV and was inspired. "Ever since I was a kid I had a thing for clothes."
His family left Nigeria and moved to Far Rockaway, New York, on Okoro's ninth birthday. Today, he's a second-year nursing student at UVA, and despite pursuing a career in the field of medicine, fashion remains a driving force in his life. In February, he created Dépendance Global, a clothing line of his very own.
Dépendance Global (French for "global addiction") brings together a few of Okoro's most enduring interests: fashion, but also multiculturalism and the nature of addiction. "I'm trying to bring awareness to the concept [of addiction]," he says. "Maybe it's a loved one, maybe it's drugs, maybe it's money, maybe it's work—but we can get so caught up in addiction sometimes that we forget who we are."
The global aspect of Okoro's brand speaks to his own varied and unusual life. The cultures he observed in Nigeria, New York, and now Virginia are all "so different," he says. Likewise, he doesn't want Dépendance Global to be limited to any one place or time, and plans to continue his informal anthropology across the world. "I want to go overseas and see how other cultures live."
Okoro says the name refers to his desire to "branch out. I have so many ideas…Dependánce Global is not supposed to be just about one issue."
A brief glance at his brand's website confirms that neither Okoro nor his clothing plan on being boxed in. He has four products currently for sale online—tees and sweatshirts with creative nods to a variety of influences, from Arabic to basketball to Playboy.
One shirt, "Psychological Pain," was inspired by Okoro's nursing studies. It features a hunched, multiplied figure in apparent agony, lit electric purple by its own neurons. A pain scale from zero to 10 runs up one sleeve, and the back of the shirt reads, "PAIN—THE 5TH VITAL SIGN. YOU ARE NOT ALONE GET HELP!"
"Nursing is about the human body and how the human body works," Okoro says. "It's an art of its own."
Another, called "Black is Beautiful," speaks to Okoro's experience living as a Black man. Darine Stern graces the front of the short sleeve button-up, a reprint of the Playboy cover for which she modeled as the magazine's first African American covergirl. "Growing up, I almost hated my own skin," Okoro says. "Now I know my Black is beautiful."
Virgil Abloh, a groundbreaking Black designer and entrepreneur, is another influence who served as a model for Okoro's self-realization. "When I saw that as a kid, it really motivated me to keep pursuing my dreams," he says. "I never really got to see African Americans in these positions." Okoro also lists Kanye West, Yves Saint Laurent, and Louis Vuitton among his inspirations—although, "I grew up in a very low-income neighborhood, so there wasn't a lot of Louis Vuitton around."
Dépendance Global may still be in its infancy, but Okoro only sees it growing—existing alongside, or maybe even taking precedence over his nursing ambitions. He expects the brand to one day live up to its name, becoming as well known as the projects of his idols. "If you buy a T-shirt, buy a hoodie, I want that to be your favorite T-shirt or hoodie," says Okoro. "I want people to know that this is a brand for every person. It's made out of love."
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The Good / I realized that if I can sit safely in my own house, in front of my own laptop, I am already part of the 1 percent. There is no need for me to feel envy.
The Bad / This scam plays on your emotions in order to have you part with your cash ASAP.
My Recommendation / Avoid this scam and spend your spare moments working with real charities that strive to create positive change, not increase chaos and negative emotions. If you're looking to make money for yourself, look no further than our top recommendation here.
Doesn't it make you mad that 1% of the world's population controls 48% of the world's wealth? Doesn't it burn you that millions of people live in absolute poverty while big-name CEOs take family vacations in the Bahamas and go golfing?
Luckily, there is a non-profit organization that is helping to remedy this economic disparity. This non-profit is battling the corruption and greed of the evil 1%'ers and seeking to redistribute their wealth to the remaining 99%.
This non-profit is called the Wealth Distribution Society (WDS).
How does the WDS intend to address widespread poverty and economic disparity across the world? This organization's sales video initially leads you to believe that the economically disadvantaged will be legally stealing money from big banks and wealthy corporations. How it's possible to legally steal is beyond me.
After a few minutes of 1%-er ranting, however, the announcer (who we eventually learn is named Harry) corrects himself, saying that you won't really be stealing. Instead, you'll be using an "automated tool to access the financial markets." With this tool, you'll be able to generate massive profits just like big-name corporations like Wal-Mart, Shell Oil, McDonalds and Google do.
The announcer then quips how the aforementioned companies generate billions of dollars yet don't give any of that money back to "worthy citizens." Instead, they squirrel away those billions into their own bank accounts. But now, all that is going to change.
I sense a Bolshevik Revolution on the horizon.
"I guess you could call us a charity," he adds.
Apparently, Harry was once a big-time banker himself. He partied, drank, and spent money like it was going out of style. But one day, while on vacation in Cambodia, Harry had an epiphany akin to that of Siddhartha. In short, he saw- no, he realized- the poverty of the world and was moved by it.
And all while just trying to find a place to eat with his girlfriend.
Harry started putting together the Wealth Distribution Society movement that very evening. In a nutshell, this involved taking a binary options auto-trader that he had at his disposal and make it available for use by the general public.
With this binary options software platform at your disposal, you can now make the same level of profits that the corporate fat cats make. You can finally stop worrying about money. And because the software is automated, you don't need to know a thing about the markets. All you need to do is turn the software on and you'll be waking up to piles of money every single day.
Harry states several times that the WDS makes no profit from the distribution of the binary options software. Even more remarkably, the broker that WDS recommends is also working pro bono.
Call me a pessimist, but I had doubts that I would just be able to open a brokerage account and not be obligated to deposit my own money into it. Just as I was thinking this, Harry confirmed my suspicions.
Harry rationalizes the $250 deposit by saying that this is your money and you can withdraw it anytime you like. Technically, this statement is true- but most brokers add bonus money to your deposit. Many brokers do this automatically, without you even authorizing the "extra" money. Once you accept that bonus money, you're locked into trading options many times over and cannot withdraw even your original deposit.
Incidentally, the "recommended brokerage" that Harry directs you to register with is BeeOptions. And BeeOptions is notorious for its bonus money offers. Furthermore, this brokerage states in very clear terms that, once you accept its bonus money, you are obligated to trade at least 30X your original amount (including your desposit) before you can make a withdrawal.
Is WDS a genuine charity?
My bigger concern is with WDS, which Harry has declared to be an actual charity. Perhaps Harry doesn't realize this fact, but any charity's existence can be checked via the Search for Charities tool on the IRS' website. As far as I could tell, the Wealth Distribution Society does not exist as a 501(c)(3).
Why would there be affiliate codes present in a call-to-action, unless there were affiliate earning money from people signing up with the aforementioned binary broker?
Even on the WDS sales page itself, there is a link at the bottom that leads you to a set of scripted affiliate emails; these emails are all intended to hook prospective customers/traders.
The makers of the WDS movement or revolution or whatever don't hesitate to stoop to new lows when trying to swindle you out of your money. Playing up that they are a charity and that they make no money from their "recommended broker" is almost laughable when you consider that everyone can see the affiliate link displayed at the bottom of their sales page.
And just about anyone can inspect (just right-click on your mouse, then click 'inspect element') a call-to-action button, where the affiliate and sub-affiliate codes are listed.


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I've wanted to visit Le Petit France ever since Running Man filmed an episode there. Korea's obsession with The Little Prince hasn't waned since I first visited the country more than a decade ago, it's popularity a testament to the timelessness of the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry classic. The place was highly populated by tourists, but Ottie and I stayed past a few buses (which frequent every hour) and so found some quiet spots in between for pictures.
Pretty view of the lake.
Noticed these creepy paintings and dolls in the theatre off the main site. I didn't dare go in.
My view of Ottie during the trip.
Sitting on an elephant in a boa constrictor!


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'Musharakah' is a word of Arabic origin which literally means sharing. In the context of business and trade it means a joint enterprise in which all the partners share the profit or loss of the joint venture. It is an ideal alternative for the interest-based financing with far reaching effects on both production and distribution.
'Interest' predetermines a fixed rate of return on a loan advanced by the financier irrespective of the profit earned or loss suffered by the debtor, while Musharakah does not envisage a fixed rate of return. Rather, the return in Musharakah is based on the actual profit earned by the joint venture. The financier in an interest-bearing loan cannot suffer loss while the financier in Musharakah can suffer loss, if the joint venture fails to produce fruits. Islam has termed interest as an unjust instrument of financing because it results in injustice either to the creditor or to the debtor. If the debtor suffers a loss, it is unjust on the part of the creditor to claim a fixed rate of return; and if the debtor earns a very high rate of profit, it is injustice to the creditor to give him only a small proportion of the profit leaving the rest for the debtor.
In the modern economic system, it is the banks, which advance depositors' money as loans to industrialists and traders. If industrialists having only ten million of their own, acquire 90 million from the banks and embark on a huge profitable project, it means that 90% of the project has been created by the money of the depositors while only 10% has been created by their own capital. If this huge project brings enormous profits, only a small proportion i.e. 14 or 15% will go to the depositors through the bank, while the industrialists whose real contribution to the project is not more than 10% will gain all the rest. The industrialists take even this small proportion of 14 or 15% back, because they include this proportion in the cost of their production. The net result is that all the profit of the enterprise is earned by the persons whose own capital does not exceed 10% of the total investment, while the people owning 90% of the investment get no more than the fixed rate of interest which is often repaid by them through the increased prices of the products. On the contrary, if in an extreme situation, the industrialists go insolvent, their own loss is no more than 10%, while the rest of 90% is totally borne by the bank, and in some cases, by the depositors. In this way, the rate of interest is the main cause for imbalances in the system of distribution, which has a constant tendency in favour of the rich and against the interests of the poor.
Conversely, Islam has a clear-cut principle for the financier. According to Islamic principles, a financier must determine whether he is advancing a loan to assist the debtor on humanitarian grounds or he desires to share his profits. If he wants to assist the debtor, he should resist from claiming any excess on the principal of his loan, because his aim is to assist him. However, if he wants to have a share in the profits of his debtor, it is necessary that he should also share him in his losses. Thus the returns of the financier in Musharakah have been tied up with the actual profits accrued through the enterprise. The greater the profit achieved by the enterprise, the higher the rate of return to the financier. If the enterprise earns enormous profits, all of it cannot be secured by the industrialist exclusively, but they will be shared by the common people as depositors in the bank. In this way, Musharakah has a tendency to favour the common people rather than the rich only.
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Heidelberg University: Visualising Cell Structures In Three Dimensions In Mere Minutes
"Scanning electron microscopes are preferred in cell imaging because they provide extremely sharp nanoscale images," explains Venera Weinhardt, a post-doc at the COS and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley (USA). "But this technology takes a good week to scan an individual cell. It also generates an enormous amount of data that is daunting to analyse and interpret. Using soft X-ray tomography, we get usable results within five to ten minutes." High throughput is extremely important for studying numerous cells, according to molecular virologist Prof. Dr Ralf Bartenschlager, whose department at Heidelberg University Hospital is collaborating with Dr Weinhardt on imaging cellular changes associated with viral infections. In tissue, the scientist adds, often only some of the cells are infected. Only those cells provide information on the changes that result directly from the infection. Looking for these cells with a scanning electron microscope, however, is not possible.
The procedure known as soft X-ray tomography (SXT) has already been used to successfully detect single virus particles – called virions – of different types of viruses and their associated changes in cells. Now the researchers used the technology to study cell cultures infected with SARS-CoV-2 from lung and kidney tissue. Soft X-rays allowed them to image complete cells and their structure in three dimensions in five to ten minutes. The researchers were further able to detect clusters of SARS-CoV-2 particles on cell surfaces as well as identify virus-associated changes in the cell's interior. Structures were revealed that possibly enable the replication and spread of the virus.
According to Dr Weinhardt, the team's success largely hinged on the technology allowing them to study fixed cells, i.e. cells that had been chemically treated to deactivate the virus. Typically, in soft X-ray tomography, like in electron tomography, flat lattice structures are used as holders. When they are tilted, the thickness of the samples can change, making some cell structures appear blurry. "Blind" spots also occur because the flat shape of the holder prevents the cells from being scanned at all angles. Another dilemma is that the samples can adhere to the lattice or spread out, requiring multiple tomograms to visualise the entire cell. "To get around this problem, we switched over to cylindrical thin-wall glass capillaries to hold the samples. During microscopy, the samples can be rotated a full 360 degrees and scanned from all angles," explains the researcher. The team is now working on further refining sample preparation techniques, automating the analysis of the 3D image data, and developing a laboratory version of a soft X-ray microscope.
Funding for the research in Heidelberg was provided by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the European Research Council (ERC) and the "Horizon 2020" Framework Programme of the European Union. The results of the research were published in the journal "Cell Reports Methods".
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Subject: Geneva Conventions, List of parties to the Geneva Conventions, Law of war, Protocol III, Humanitarianism
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The first-ever Geneva Convention governing the sick and wounded members of armed forces was signed in Geneva in 1864.
The First Geneva Convention, for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field, is one of four treaties of the Geneva Conventions. It defines "the basis on which rest the rules of international law for the protection of the victims of armed conflicts."[1] The Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field was adopted in 1864. It was significantly revised and replaced by the 1906 version,[2] the 1929 version, and later the First Geneva Convention of 1949.[3] It is inextricably linked to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which is both the instigator for the inception and enforcer of the articles in these conventions.
Summary of provisions 2
Henry Dunant.
The 1864 Geneva Convention was instituted at a critical period in European political and military history. Elsewhere, the American Civil War had been raging since 1861 and the Battle of Fort Sumter, and would claim some 750,000 lives. Between the fall of the first Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and the rise of his nephew in the Italian campaign of 1859, the powers had maintained peace in western Europe.[4] Yet, with the 1853-1856 conflict in the Crimea, war had returned to Europe, and while those troubles were "in a distant and inaccessible region" northern Italy was "so accessible from all parts of western Europe that it instantly filled with curious observers;" while the bloodshed was not excessive the sight of it was unfamiliar and shocking.[4] Despite its intent of ameliorating the ravages of war, the inception of the 1864 Geneva Convention inaugurated "a renewal of military activity on a large scale, to which the people of western Europe…had not been accustomed since the first Napoleon had been eliminated."[4]
The movement for an international set of laws governing the treatment and care for the wounded and prisoners of war began when relief activist Henri Dunant witnessed the Battle of Solferino in 1859, fought between French-Piedmontese and Austrian armies in Northern Italy.[5] The subsequent suffering of 40,000 wounded soldiers left on the field due to lack of facilities, personnel, and truces to give them medical aid moved Dunant into action. Upon return to Geneva, Dunant published his account Un Souvenir de Solferino[6] and, through his membership in the Geneva Society for Public Welfare, he urged the calling together of an international conference and soon helped found the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1863.[7]
The International Committee of the Red Cross, while recognising that it is "primarily the duty and responsibility of a nation to safeguard the health and physical well-being of its own people", knew there would always, especially in times of war, be a "need for voluntary agencies to supplement…the official agencies charged with these responsibilities in every country."[8] To ensure that its mission was widely accepted, it required a body of rules to govern its own activities and those of the involved belligerent parties.
On 22 August 1864, several European states congregated in Geneva, Switzerland and signed the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field:
The signing of the first-ever Geneva Convention by some of the major European powers in 1864.
Grand Duchy of Baden (now Germany)
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Kingdom of Denmark
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Kingdom of Portugal
Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany)
Kingdom of Württemberg (now Germany)
Norway–Sweden signed in December.
It "derived its obligatory force from the implied consent of the states which accepted and applied them in the conduct of their military operations."[4] Despite its basic mandates, listed below, it was successful in effecting significant and rapid reforms. This first effort provided only for:[9]
the immunity from capture and destruction of all establishments for the treatment of wounded and sick soldiers,
the impartial reception and treatment of all combatants,
the protection of civilians providing aid to the wounded, and
the recognition of the Red Cross symbol as a means of identifying persons and equipment covered by the agreement.
Due to significant ambiguities in the articles with certain terms and concepts and even more so to the rapidly developing nature of war and military technology, the original articles had to be revised and expanded, largely at the Second Geneva Conference in 1906 and Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 which extended the articles to maritime warfare.[10] The 1906 version was updated and replaced by the 1929 version when minor modifications were made to it. It was again updated and replaced by the 1949 version, better known as the First Geneva Convention.[3] However, as Jean S. Pictet, Director of the International Committee of the Red Cross, noted in 1951, "the law, however, always lags behind charity; it is tardy in conforming with life's realities and the needs of humankind", as such it is the duty of the Red Cross "to assist in the widening the scope of law, on the assumption that…law will retain its value", principally through the revision and expansion of these basic principles of the original Geneva Convention.[1]
Summary of provisions
Parties to GC I–IV and P I–III
Parties to GC I–IV and P I–II
Parties to GC I–IV and P I and III
Parties to GC I–IV and P I
Parties to GC I–IV and no P
The original ten articles of the 1864 treaty[11] have been expanded to the current 64 articles. This lengthy treaty protects soldiers that are hors de combat (out of the battle due to sickness or injury), as well as medical and religious personnel, and civilians in the zone of battle. Among its principal provisions:
Article 12 mandates that wounded and sick soldiers who are out of the battle should be humanely treated, and in particular should not be killed, injured, tortured, or subjected to biological experimentation. This article is the keystone of the treaty, and defines the principles from which most of the treaty is derived,[12] including the obligation to respect medical units and establishments (Chapter III), the personnel entrusted with the care of the wounded (Chapter IV), buildings and material (Chapter V), medical transports (Chapter VI), and the protective sign (Chapter VII).
Article 15 mandates that wounded and sick soldiers should be collected, cared for, and protected, though they may also become prisoners of war.
Article 16 mandates that parties to the conflict should record the identity of the dead and wounded, and transmit this information to the opposing party.
Article 9 allows the
For a detailed discussion of each article of the treaty, see the original text[13] and the commentary.[12] There are currently 196 countries party to the 1949 Geneva Conventions, including this first treaty but also including the other three.[14]
List of parties to the Geneva Conventions
St. Petersburg Declaration of 1868
^ a b Pictet, Jean S. (1951), "The New Geneva Conventions for the Protection of War Victims", The American Journal of International Law 45 (3): 462–475,
^ "Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field. Geneva, 6 July 1906".
^ a b 1949 Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
^ a b c d Davis, George B. (1907), "The Geneva Convention of 1906", The American Journal of International Law 1 (2): 400+
^ Baxter, Richard (1977), "Human Rights in War", Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 31 (2): 5
^ See Dunant, Henri (1862), Un Souvenir de Solferino (1 ed.), Geneve: Jules Fick
^ Sperry, C.S. (1906), "The Revision of the Geneva Convention, 1906", Proceedings of the American Political Science Association 3: 33,
^ Anderson, Chandler P. (1920), "The International Red Cross Organization", The American Journal of International Law 14 (1): 210,
^ Encyclopædia Britannica, s.v. "Geneva Conventions", http://search.eb.com/ (accessed 10 March 2009).
^ Encyclopædia Britannica, "Geneva Conventions".
^ "Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field. Geneva, 22 August 1864". The American National Red Cross. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
^ a b Pictet, Jean (1958). Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949: Commentary. International Committee of the Red Cross. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
^ "Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. Geneva, 12 August 1949.". The American National Red Cross. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
^ "States party to the main treaties". The American National Red Cross. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
Chandler P. Anderson, "International Red Cross Organization", The American Journal of International Law, 1920
Richard Baxter, "Human Rights in War", Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1977
George B. Davis, "The Geneva Convention", The American Journal of International Law, 1907
Jean S. Pictet, "The New Geneva Conventions for the Protection of War Victims", The American Journal of International Law, 1951
Francis Lieber, "INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE FIELD", Lincoln General Orders, 24 April 1863.
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I pray "to discern in the Master's manifold teachings the divine oneness of his matchless life" and I pray this for all in our Truthbook family, as well.
180.5.2 Divine truth is a spirit-discerned and living reality. Truth exists only on high spiritual levels of the realization of divinity and the consciousness of communion with God. You can know the truth, and you can live the truth; you can experience the growth of truth in the soul and enjoy the liberty of its enlightenment in the mind, but you cannot imprison truth in formulas, codes, creeds, or intellectual patterns of human conduct. When you undertake the human formulation of divine truth, it speedily dies. The post-mortem salvage of imprisoned truth, even at best, can eventuate only in the realization of a peculiar form of intellectualized glorified wisdom. Static truth is dead truth, and only dead truth can be held as a theory. Living truth is dynamic and can enjoy only an experiential existence in the human mind.
My point? Truth is not meant to be anything other than living and experiential. When you dogmatize, institutionalize, codify and create creeds for the theories of truth, it will die, and well should, since it is only "intellectualized."
we all have ears, we can all hear, and we all interpret what we hear according to our life experiences and the functioning level of our mental faculties.
What exactly are you referring to when you say "hear?" A voice?
Unfortunately, it is not about interpretation. And yes, we all have ears to hear, but "we" all do not choose to listen. There is a multitude of mortals who do not to listen and a multitude more who refuse to listen. Those who do hear are the ones who are being led by the Spirit. Those who do choose to listen are the ones who hear the voice of the indwelling spirit.
109.5.2 It is sometimes possible to have the mind illuminated, to hear the divine voice that continually speaks within you, so that you may become partially conscious of the wisdom, truth, goodness, and beauty of the potential personality constantly indwelling you.
So let's not mislead those who stop in for the truth. Those who have the ears to hear, let them hear the truth.
After we gave out life to God the Spirit has been driving us to do God will because we are growing to be come one with him, and we don't look for the devil in the detail because he just does not matter to those of us that have given our life over.
Hear what we are saying not what you in fear think you hear.
J.Barry, you know how it is. When we learn something through adversity, we don't want to forget it so that we won't have to go back and learn that lesson again.
"And the genuine lovers of truth will be slow to forget that this powerful institutionalized church has often dared to smother newborn faith and persecute truth bearers who chanced to appear in unorthodox raiment."
I believe that Kreneep is trying to make sure that our fledgling faith, which has begun to blossom because we have embraced this beautiful new revelation, doesn't get smothered. (And my concern is that truth bearers who chance to appear in unorthodox raiment are not persecuted by our well-meaning brethren.") It is an act of love that is being performed. Whether you can appreciate her methods or not, Kreneep is manifesting courageous loyalty to her highest ideals.
I hear what you're saying, Gerdean, and can agree with you only up to a point. It isn't unorthodox raiment that's being demonstrated here, nor a person's courageous loyalty that I have a problem with. It is the childish twisting of another's words to make it sound like they are saying/meaning something different then they wrote. It is the not so subtle insulting of the person instead of discussing the topic. It is the lack of respect for another by writing words with the intention of negating the person. How any one person, especially in this cyberspace realm where we have no way of knowing the person behind the words, can feel qualified to cast dispersions about another's relationship with their Creator and then hold themselves up as an example of spiritual enlightenment...and expect others to simply to take them at their word when their written word holds a fairly high level of animosity...it's just beyond my comprehension.
I have been guilty of stepping on another's toes, of being insensitive and at times, downright rude...but at some point, if I had a point I truly felt was worthy of consideration...I had to be quiet, step back and look at my motives and how I was presenting what I was saying. I still fail at this on occassion...we all do. But in order for any discussion to progress, in order for there to be any hope of an understanding, even if that understanding is simply to disagree with a particular thought of another...we have to learn to engage the brain before we engage the mouth...or in this case, the keyboard.
We all know plenty of televangelists, along with many everyday church-goers, who utilize this type of behavior by beating people over the head with the bible scripture; these are the very persons, the "leaders" of churches that KP is railing against. I see very little difference in her approach and usually pass over much of what she writes as nothing more than venting. We all have the need to vent at times but when it is consistantly consistant it does get old...kinda like a beautiful tinkling bell that continues far too long and eventually sounds like clanging.
The wise and effective solution of any problem demands that the mind shall be free from bias, passion, and all other purely personal prejudices which might interfere with the disinterested survey of the actual factors that go to make up the problem presenting itself for solution.
The solution of life problems requires courage and sincerity.
Only honest and brave individuals are able to follow valiantly through the perplexing and confusing maze of living to where the logic of a fearless mind may lead.
Here is page full of answers to Suffering from the Urantia Book.
Just copy and paste in Browser and enter.
It is the childish twisting of another's words to make it sound like they are saying/meaning something different then they wrote. It is the not so subtle insulting of the person instead of discussing the topic. It is the lack of respect for another by writing words with the intention of negating the person.
TRY TO READ THIS ONE IN FULL.
This has gone past the ridiculous into the absurd.
Talk about reading into and twisting someone's words.
I did not in anyway say that JBarry was anything. Nor was I insulting him or anyone. I did not twist his words nor was I trying to make what he said something different than he wrote. I was defining the word "driven" and pointing out that anyone who feels they must DO something to serve God rather than BE, is not understanding the teachings of Jesus, nor the Urantia Book. I hardly think that is a "not so subtle insulting of the person instead of discussing the topic."
What is happening is, you expect me to do those things so you don't even read the full context of my post (as you say) and assume that what I am saying is personal or against someone, when in actuality, I am discussing, from my point of view, the topic and trying to drive home the truth of the matter as found in the Urantia Book . I am, in no way, trying to insult anyone contrary to your judgmental observation. It is because you do not take the time to read what I am saying. Why does Gerdean know what I am saying? Why does Iris (Bonita) know what I am saying? Maybe they read my posts in full and understand where I am coming from.
I can assure you, JBarry, I am not looking for "the Devil in detail", and I do not believe I am over-analyzing anything, but what I am looking at is someone's understanding of what they are talking about and when I find that they may be missing the point of truth (which many are), I address that. It may offend, it may anger, it may enrage someone to hear the truth, but to twist MY words and say that I am intentionally trying to insult anyone or am full of animosity is an outrageous untruth.
I did not say or twist anything you said. I did not say that you "meant" ambition or even said the word. You totally misread or could not understand what I said.
You people continuously degrade me by misunderstanding what I am saying and looking for ways to either openly or privately, subtley and sarcastically call me "evil, the devil, Caligastia, rude, cruel, derelict", and many other things not worth my time to repeat, and then say it is beyond your comprehension??? Well it is beyond mine, how the so-called Urantian community existing on this forum is so full of people who do the same thing they accuse me of doing and act like it is OK when it comes hidden behind their pseudo-intellectualisms and are not called out about it.
It has become almost impossible to speak any truth in any way on this forum because I am constantly met with someone trying to say that I am like "a clanging bell" and now I discover they "usually pass over much of what [I] write as nothing more than venting." If my "venting" were full of lies and personal woes and vendictive insults then believe me I wouldn't read them either.
How unfortunate that those who should have the ears to hear don't listen because they think someone is just "venting".
I repeat what I say often hoping that someone who does have the ears to hear will. Jesus had to repeat Himself many times and still He was not understood, still those who should have ears to hear missed most of what He said.
Maybe, instead of passing over what I have written, you could find the truth, which is quite visible, instead of thinking I have said something that I have not. Maybe you should look at what you and the many others who have insulted me, calling me things that if I were to say them to anyone I would be deleted and suspended.
Thank you for your sense of truth and actually hearing what I have been saying. Thank you for realizing that I am not, by any means, trying to judge, insult or ridicule anyone for what they believe, that I am only trying to be a beacon to the detour that the revelators have expressed so emphatically throughout the Urantia Book and to which only a few have really understood because I see the cliff coming and would rather not see the majority go over that cliff. But, if they are unwilling to hear what the Spirit has said and is saying through the very Book which they idolize and hold as THE Truth unveiled to mankind, then who am I to think they would listen to me? There were very, very few who would listen to Jesus and they crucified Him.
...I still wish you peace.
We all do it...it wasn't meant as an insult. But it does become tiresome after awhile.
About 10 years ago a very intelligent and loving woman and I were walking along, discussing something forgettable, when she turned to me and said with complete frankness, "You have no filter between your brain and your mouth". Well, I was struck silent...for possibly the first time in my life. Had to give that statement some hard looking at for a good long time. Eventually I realized that she was right...and hopefully I've gotten somewhat better at weighing my words. But there are still times when I step into my own pile of poo poo. But...it's progress and not perfection.
Again...we all do it at one time or another.
the "drive" you speak of is called "ambition". That is not an attribute of the spirit, it is an attribute of the flesh. Being driven by ambition is in no way congruous to the establishment of the Brotherhood of man or the Kingdom. It is, however, one thing that keeps us from being led.
So yes you did and your posting responce just now is all-in all tip-pickle of how you beat people up here and act like you are the one being attacked.
I can not imagine that you are so blind to your actions that you don't see how you are treating people here, thus i can only guess that it all is intentional and you are one of those people that likes to create drama, as long as you are the one winning.
"G" has defined you many time, and i have attempted to see the other side of where you are coming from, but your skill in dialogue is unpleasant, judgmental, unfair one sided and untrue to most of us here...you come across as if... we don't agree with you than we are idiots.
My God woman what has happened in your life to think shearing love like that is acceptable.
It is not loving nor is it acceptable.
you have repeated you skill of attack so well that i know it is of no use to hope for a honest and open dialogue with you so just like another post we came to heads on i will walk away.
it just is not worth it to deal with you.
Human life, in partnership with God, is such a fine teacher. I have been known to say, "I learn s l o w l y, but I do learn."
Even when we go the extra mile, and many here on this thread have, my experience has taught me that there are times when we must simply walk away from a situation. And, if this walking away is a good thing, a sense of deep peace replaces the agitation that was being felt during the closing stretches of what became a painful path.
Naturally, faith daughters and sons know that the relationships here and now that just cannot seem to be harmoniously realized will find their time and place in the not too distant future. I have been known to say, "Sorry we can't seem to understand one another here and now ~ I feel certain there is a table for two reserved for us on the mansion worlds and I look forward to taking up the journey with you then and there."
Just a couple of days (daze?) ago, I too knew for certain that it was my time to release myself from attempting to communicate directly with our beloved sister KP (and I was actually condemned for referring to her as a sister!). And when it was communicated to me that she does not believe that Michael or I have the slightest sense of spiritual experience where relationship with God is concerned, I was absolutely sure that it was time for a time out and told her so.
As I witnessed this thread continue to twist and turn, instead of staying entangled in it, I spent precious hours in study, prayer and worship, calmed, uplifted and assured especially by the following section of The Urantia Papers. I encourage all of us to read/listen to it (here or via your favourite text format) all the while allowing its teachings to unify our thinking/doing/being.
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Kreneep -- this is not the "woe is me" site, nor is it the "it's all about Kreneep" site. You may wish to reread your last post yourself; it was only about how discriminated upon you feel and had nothing to do with the purpose of the site. Work those feelings out privately.Posts must relate to the TUB and its teachings; disparaging other posters for their apparent ignorance and utter lack of wisdom is unacceptable. This is a final warning; you do have the capacity to contribute in a positive fashion so exercise it please.
I think this whole frackass started because one thinks his interpretation of the UB is better than the other.
It's becoming no different from the sprouting of many Christian sects with their differing interpretation of their infallible Word of God.
Greetings and happy day to all Okay...it must be time to be more light hearted. So lets take a deep breath and laugh a bit..it is good for ya. Ah that feels better.
God is so wonderful...all this disagreement stuff will fade under the beautiful light of love and truth over time...everyone is a bit right and everyone is a bit wrong sometimes... It really is about showing each other the respect and love we are taught in The Urantia Book. It teaches us that we are not to step on others..we are to light them up with truth until it makes the incorrect ideas and ways drowned out. I really love the way Jesus taught folks...it was so loving and I sure hope I can be that way every chance I get.
Wisdom indeed. Worship is awesome and feeds us in a way that lives forever. I really love paper 100. Good stuff.


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Jumbo Package: Why Alabama is still an underdog to Georgia
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Happy Friday, everyone. Much is being made of Alabama's underdog status on Monday.
College football betting: Why is Alabama an underdog against Georgia?
Metchie isn't the only injury Alabama is dealing with. The Crimson Tide are currently dealing with injuries to starting offensive linemen Emil Ekiyor Jr. and Chris Owens. A key reason for Alabama's success in December was the performance of the offensive line. They did not allow Bryce Young to be sacked. The status for both players is unclear as we approach gameday, but Georgia's defense can certainly take advantage of any weak links on the line.
On the Georgia side, it has to be feeling good about its performance against Michigan in the semifinal. Georgia was absolutely dominant, but the most important takeaway from that game has to be the performance of quarterback Stetson Bennett.
Alabama is a CFP underdog. History suggests that should terrify Georgia
Dial remembers using some "yummy rat poison" in 2009. Players heard, repeatedly, about how Tim Tebow's Florida had "the greatest offense to ever set foot on a college football field." They heard it, and convinced themselves it wasn't true.
"We kinda looked at it as a joke," Dial said. "Like, 'we can't wait to go out there and kick their ass.'"
Alabama's offensive line likely found similar motivation last month after hearing from all fronts just how unblockable Georgia is. Hopefully still being an underdog despite a 17 point victory in Atlanta will provide some additional fuel.
A mattress mogul has bet big on the Tide as a hedge against a promotion.
'Mattress Mack' bets $1.2M on Bama to win CFP
Mattress Mack said Georgia (-3) being listed as an early favorite got his attention and created a promotion at his stores tied to Alabama.
"We've done a lot of these promotions in the past and with a game with this much attention, wanted to be a part of it," McIngvale told ESPN. "[I] was surprised to see Alabama as a 3-point underdog. They have good name recognition and brand awareness for fans, so this comes with a good, high perceived value. Anyone who buys a mattress before the game gets their money back if Alabama wins."
This is nice, because a lot of those mattresses won't be returnable if that happens, at least in Alabama.
Mack bet his $1.2 million on the money line, meaning that he picked Alabama to win straight up. His payout will be $1.5 million if Alabama wins, meaning that he eschewed a three point cushion for a 25% greater potential payout.
At least one SEC coordinator is very impressed by Jameson Williams.
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"It all depends on what Alabama offense shows up," an SEC coach said. "Is it the one that played against Auburn, or the one that played against Georgia the last time? It appears the quarterback's getting more and more comfortable, and they've got a talented running back."
A greater emphasis on the run game, behind an improving offensive line, also could make sense with Metchie out. But Williams, who had 184 receiving yards and two touchdowns in the SEC title game, will remain the focal point for Young and Alabama's offense.
"He's the best one in all of college football, and I don't know that it's close," an SEC coordinator said. "He's [incredibly] fast. He's that good. He's special."
It's still incredible to think that Williams left Ohio State because he wasn't likely to start. Most every mock draft has him going ahead of the guys who started over him.
Alabama players think that the losing streak to Alabama hanging over Georgia's head won't be much of a factor.
Bama: Past success vs. UGA means nothing now
"They come to play their best game, and we do, too," Mathis said. "So I really don't think about all the past stuff. I'm just real about what's in front of us now. I can't really speak on the past things we've done against those guys. It's the new year, new team that we're playing."
Alabama wide receiver Jameson Williams had seven catches for 187 yards and two touchdowns in the SEC championship game win over a Georgia team that had given up just seven touchdowns total on defense in its 12 regular-season games.
"... I feel like there's a lot of pressure on both teams," Williams said. "There's a lot of pressure on those guys to get the 'W.' There's a lot of pressure on us to beat a team two times."
That may be the case, but there is one fella in a visor who is keenly aware of it, coachspeak or not. And yes, that fella copied Alabama.
Kirby Smart's ultimate end game: Winning it all against Alabama
Shortly after Shane Beamer was hired to join Smart's staff at Georgia in 2016, he noticed something familiar about the way his new boss was structuring his program.
"We literally implemented everything Alabama did, from the weekly schedule with the coaches to the practice schedule to the weight room program to whatever," said Beamer, now South Carolina's head coach. "It was identical. He didn't have to say, 'This is what Alabama did.' You knew it. A lot of stuff we used even had the Alabama logo on it and was copy and pasted with the Georgia logo on it."
For the Bulldogs, imitating Alabama was not only the sincerest form of flattery, it was the most efficient way to try to close the gap on the greatest dynasty in the sport's modern era.
Lest any Georgia fan try to argue this point again, there's your proof.
Dan Wetzel notes that Georgia has run out of excuses.
There are no excuses for Kirby Smart and Georgia to extend Bulldogs' title drought, even with mighty Alabama in the way
The title drought is almost inexplicable. Georgia has, and has had, everything it needed to win multiple titles. It just hasn't.
Worse for Bulldog fans is that while their team wasn't winning it, nearly everyone around them has been. Instate or border-state rivals — the kinds of teams neighbors, coworkers or cousins root for — have dominated the sport.
Alabama (7 national titles), Clemson (3), Florida (3), Florida State (3), Auburn (1), Tennessee (1) and even Georgia Tech (1) have all won it all.
That Georgia Tech bit has to sting. Speaking of Georgia Tech, recent transfer Jahmyr Gibbs has turned some heads.
Jahmyr Gibbs is practicing with Alabama this week after transferring from Georgia Tech. He's working "good on good," and a source said he's giving the defense fits.
"He's a freak," the source said.
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"I'm talking about when you go to strike a block and they're coming off the ball and I go to use my hands — five points of contact to strike him and knock him back," he explained. "He's so explosive from his legs, from his hips, to his hands, to be able to create separation and then disengage and get off of guys and go make plays.
"What I mean by that, he strikes and gets that head going back, and then he separates and he can go make the play."
We are very glad that he is ours.
Last, the AJC is especially homerific right now.
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Jeff Sentell: Three combined touchdowns from George Pickens and Brock Bowers
The why: You need your best players to make plays in the red zone in this game. Alabama will try and limit what these two talented pass catchers can do, but the ability of Bowers and Pickens will prevail for the Bulldogs.
Connor Riley: Nolan Smith gets 2.0 sacks
The why: This fits as bold seeing as how Georgia didn't sack Bryce Young once this season and the junior outside linebacker has 2.5 sacks this season. But Smith has been at his best in Georgia's biggest wins this season against Florida and Michigan. Smith made his feelings on this game clear and perhaps he'll have some tears of joy after this performance.
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What is the biggest "weakness" of Alabama's football team that UGA must exploit up in Indianapolis?
Brandon Adams: The lack of running game
Why: "The Crimson Tide obviously found quite a rushing attack in its Playoff win vs. Cincinnati – collecting 301 yards on the ground. However, Alabama was only 10th in the SEC in rushing yards per game this season. If UGA can take away the running game, it will make containing Bryce Young and Jameson Williams a lot easier."
Call me silly, but if Alabama made this game and Bryce Young won himself a Heisman despite that 10th ranked running game, maybe that isn't much of a key here. It amazes me that a major news outlet sponsors this brand of homerism. You certainly see nothing like it in Alabama media.
That's about it for today. Have a great weekend.
Roll Tide.
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HomeLatest NewsGulfQatar Latest NewsQatar Prospers in spite of blockade by Gulf neighbors: Report
Qatar Prospers in spite of blockade by Gulf neighbors: Report
February 20, 2020 MEO Staff Qatar Latest News
Qatar prospering under Blockade by Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Bahrain. A sea, air and land blockade the four Arab states imposed on independent-minded Qatar more than two and half years ago appears to have failed.
Now the feud, which has divided key U.S. allies and complicated President Trump's ambitions in the region, might be strengthening the country of nearly 2.9 million people in the Arab Gulf, the Washington Times said in a report.
In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain moved to punish Qatar for what the allies said was support for a range of Arab opposition groups in the region, from dissident liberals to the conservative Muslim Brotherhood. Qatar's diplomatic and trade ties with Iran, while Tehran was directly challenging Riyadh and Washington, were clearly the root of the tensions.
Qatar has refused to bow to the pressure, and International Monetary Fund forecasters now say Qatar's annual growth rate in real gross domestic product will slightly outpace those of neighboring Saudi Arabia and UAE.
The gas-rich emirate has a sovereign wealth fund valued at $320 billion.
"We are not a poor country," said Ahmed Al-Khalaf, CEO of International Projects Development Co., a food importer. "After Saudi Arabia closed the land border to trucks and the UAE prevented ships from sailing here from the container port at Jebel Ali, we could have flown in caviar by airplane and fed our people with that."
The largely Sunni Muslim country will host the 2022 World Cup, and the quadrennial event is expected to be a bonanza for the construction and tourism sectors.
The wealth has helped Qatari leaders pursue a food self-sufficiency campaign while diversifying their trade relationships to replace Gulf neighbors that imposed the embargo. In 2018, American, Chinese, South Korean and other investors placed new bets on Qatar. Turkey, Iran, India and Pakistan rose in place of Saudi Arabia and the UAE as sources of imported consumer goods.
"We didn't take the caviar route," said Mr. Al-Khalaf. "Planes moved quickly to airlift vegetables, fruits, meat and the required dairy products. And at the same time, we stepped up investment in local food production."
Qatar's harsh climate, sandy soil and water scarcity challenge its food security, especially for growing vegetables. Mr. Al-Khalaf is tackling those issues at his company's farm in Al Khor, where hydroponic greenhouses yield lettuce, mint, eggplant and tomatoes.
"Qatar is now meeting 30% of its requirements for vegetables, and if we can get full support from the government, we can make that 80% within three years," said agronomist Fahd Bin Salah, whose farm has expanded from about 5 acres in 2017 to 74 acres today.
The government has not released figures for the cost of its food self-sufficiency campaign, but the Qatar National Vision 2030 forecasts a state outlay of $16.4 billion for infrastructure and real estate investment over the next four years.
Before the blockade, Qatar imported about 60% of its pharmaceuticals from Saudi Arabia and the UAE and 80% of its dairy products from Saudi Arabia, according to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Doha.
"Ironically, their actions ended up encouraging us to build this dairy [industry], which we had up and running within five months," said Ramez Al-Khayyat, 35, whose company, Power International Holding, is overseeing the construction of Khalifa International Stadium, one of the main venues for the World Cup.
Videos of the Al-Khayyat family's "cow lift," which brought the first 4,000 of the current herd of 20,000 dairy cattle in cargo planes, became an iconic image of Qatar's resilience in the face of the blockade. The family's Baladna dairy farm now meets 60% of Qatar's needs. "Before 2017, it wouldn't have been worth the marketing costs to compete with Saudi brands," said Moutaz Al-Khayyat, Ramez Al-Khayyat's brother and a co-founder of the dairy operation.
Aisha Al-Buainain, a 28-year-old Doha account manager and mother of two, said it is reassuring to be able buy Qatari-produced milk, yogurt and cheese.
"It's hard to explain to people outside how hard it was for us emotionally that the blocking states did that to us during Ramadan," she said, referring to the monthlong Muslim religious observance. "The supply situation is more than back to normal. What remains difficult is interruption of regular communications channels like WhatsApp and FaceTime audio. I can't call my relatives in the Emirates on my iPhone."
This winter, Qataris began to hope the embargo may be fading. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the Emirates sent soccer teams to Doha for Arabian Gulf Cup games in December, effectively violating their own travel ban. In a symbolic move last week, the UAE agreed to resume postal services with Qatar. Indirect services resumed Feb. 9 with mail transported to Qatar via Oman, the Reuters news agency reported.
The Trump administration, which has forged a close alliance with Saudi Arabia but has been rebuffed repeatedly in efforts to settle the regional feud, sent Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin to the Doha Forum in December. He praised Qatar for combating illicit financing of terrorism.
"We hope they can work out their issues amongst themselves because I do think there are bigger regional security issues that everyone needs to be unified on," Mr. Mnuchin told forum attendees.
The U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Jan. 3 benefited Qatar diplomatically. It is one of the few countries with cordial relations with Iran, the Arab Gulf states and the Trump administration.
"After the Soleimani killing, even Saudi Arabia wanted to de-escalate with Iran," said Giorgio Cafiero, head of Gulf State Analytics, a Washington business and security consultancy. "Qatar's role as a mediator no longer looks like such a terrible thing. The Saudi leadership knows it needs to reprioritize, and the time has come for finding new and pragmatic strategies to deal with real security dangers rather than throwing resources at fabricated threats such as Qatar."
Saudi Arabia was feeling the pinch of the blockade too, Mr. Cafiero said. Desperate to diversify the economy amid low oil prices and an uncertain fossil fuel future, Saudi leaders have been wooing global investors to boost their domestic economy.
"Their neighbors in Qatar could be doing that instead of buying more real estate in Western capitals or shares in international airlines," Mr. Cafiero said.
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Work begins at new proton beam therapy centre
Proton Partners International, the world's leading developer of high energy proton beam therapy centres, has officially marked the start of work on its fourth UK-based oncology centre.
The turf cutting event for the £35 million cancer treatment centre in Liverpool, which will be known as The Rutherford Cancer Centre North West, took place today at the Knowledge Quarter (KQ Liverpool) in Paddington Village.
The Rutherford Cancer Centre North West will bring the most advanced treatments in cancer care to Liverpool and the region, including high energy proton beam therapy as well as latest technology to deliver radiotherapy, chemotherapy, imaging and diagnostics.
Conventional cancer treatments will be available from 2018 and high energy proton beam therapy will be available from 2019.
The centre will treat up to 500 patients a year and treatment will be available to medically-insured private patients, self-paying patients and patients referred by the NHS.
Mike Moran, chief executive officer of Proton Partners International, said: "As someone born, raised and schooled in Liverpool, I'm genuinely thrilled Proton Partners International will be part of this exciting new chapter in the city's history, which will put the whole region at the vanguard of innovative cancer treatment.
"There is a growing need for proton beam therapy treatment around the world, as it has been shown to deliver significant results for patients. Its effectiveness at lowering side effects compared with traditional radiation treatment, is transforming the lives of many thousands of cancer patients. The Rutherford Cancer Centre North West will be equipped with the best technology available."
Joe Anderson, Mayor of Liverpool, said: "Today marks an important phase for Paddington Village and sets the tone for what will be a very busy year for this Mayoral Development Zone. Tenants such as Proton Partners underlines how much this site is attracting interest in the life sciences sector and once complete will further cement Liverpool's reputation as a world-leading innovation district."
Colin Sinclair, Chief Exec of KQ Liverpool, said: "We are delighted that Proton Partners International have chosen Liverpool ahead of other UK locations and that this state-of the art- facility will be available to the people of the North West. It is also further proof that the city region's offering in health, science and tech truly is world-class."
Anthony Hollander, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research & Impact, University of Liverpool, said: "We welcome Proton Partners International to Liverpool and look forward to building our relationship in key areas of interest from oncology to Personalised Health and HealthCare Technologies."
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Rosina Lozano
Rosina Lozano is a historian of the United States with a particular focus on the American West, Latino/a/x history, and Comparative Race and ethnicity.
Lozano joined the Princeton faculty in 2013 and has taught courses including Becoming Latino in the U.S. (Latino History); Urban Latino History; Borderlands, Border Lives; Comparative Race and Ethnicity in the United States; History 500; and a History 400 course called Sound, Immigrants and the American West. She plans to teach courses on the history of immigration and migration; the undocumented; and race, empire, and education in upcoming semesters. Lozano is a faculty adviser in Whitman College and won the Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award in 2019.
Her first book, An American Language: The History of Spanish in the United States, offers the political history of Spanish from the end of the U.S.-Mexico War, when the Spanish language became a language of politics as Spanish speakers in the U.S. Southwest used it to build territorial and state governments.
At Princeton, Lozano is associated with the Program in Latino Studies, the Program in American Studies, the Program in Latin American Studies, the Princeton-Mellon Urban Studies Program, and the PIIRS-sponsored Migration: People and Cultures Across Borders research group. Her current research seeks to explain how two very different groups, Indigenous peoples in the Southwest and ethnic Mexicans, have collaborated and clashed with one another across history.
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