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Q: Use django ORM with multiprocessing? I have a Django ORM database (mysql or sqlite), and would like to process each row with a fairly computationally intensive operation. What I have right now is something like:
entries = Entry.objects.filter(language='')
for e in entry:
    e.language = detect_language(e.text)
    e.save()

If the database was the bottleneck, I would use a transaction to speed it up. However, the detect_language function is what takes the most time. I could try to run the script multiple times in parallel, but that would introduce a race condition.
I think this could be done with multiprocessing using Pool.map() - the main process fetches the DB entries, the child processes run detect_language. I am not sure how to do it in detail, e.g. whether to save the entries in the child process or in the main process.
Is there anything to take care of when passing ORM objects between processes? Can you give a short example how to use the ORM with multiprocessing?
I've just tied it, and something like this seems to work fine. I am still wondering if there is any caveat here, or if this can be improved performance wise (e.g. batching the DB update):
def detect_and_save(obj):
    obj.language = detect_language(obj.text)
    obj.save()

with multiprocessing.Pool(processes=3) as pool:
    pool.map(detect_and_save, entries)

A: *

*You don't need to pass the full ORM objects - you can just pass the parameter your function needs and save its result to the ORM objects.

*You could use bulk_update (available from Django 2.2 or as a 3rd party library) to save in a single query.

texts = [e.text for e in entries]
with multiprocessing.Pool() as pool:
    languages = pool.map(detect_language, texts)
for e, l in zip(entries, languages):
    e.language = l
Entry.objects.bulk_update(entries, ['language'])


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Home News GB deaf tennis stars earn unprecedented World Championships success
GB deaf tennis stars earn unprecedented World Championships success
Great Britain's deaf tennis players are assured of unprecedented success at the 2nd World Deaf Tennis Championships. The squad of four players selected by the LTA, are set to play for six medals, including at least two silver medals, over the course of the next two days in Antalya, Turkey.
Lewis Fletcher, Esah Hayat, Valerie Copenhagen and Phoebe Suthers will play for medals in men's, women's and mixed doubles events. Fletcher and Hayat are also through to play for the gold medal in men's doubles, and Fletcher and Suthers through to the mixed doubles final. (Lewis Fletcher and Esah Hayat pictured above.)
Hayat and Fletcher beat India's Prasanth Dasharta Hamsabhavi and Prithvi Sekhar 7-5, 6-4 in Thursday's men's doubles semi-finals at Antalya Tennis Club. Fourth seeds Fletcher and Hayat will now play German second seeds Urs Breitenberger and Sebastian Schäffer in Friday's final. They are bidding to go one better than winning silver for Great Britain in last year's Dresse Cup World Deaf Tennis Team Championships at the same venue.
Later on Thursday afternoon second seeds Fletcher and Suthers beat third seeds Schäffer and Verena Fleckenstein 6-3, 6-2 to book their place in Friday's mixed doubles final. They will take on a second German partnership, top seeds Breitenberger and Heike Albrecht in the final.
Lewis Fletcher said:
"It's a nice feeling being in the finals and after last year's Dresse Cup result it shows GB are one of the main contenders. I'm delighted to be sharing these two finals with Esah and Phoebe, but also for making a wise decision on only playing doubles here. It has paid off, but I am keen to go one step further and take the titles in both events.
"We would be the first GB players to do so. We have very much adopted the British doubles system and trusted this, even when things are not going our way. We will see what the finals bring!"
Seventeen-year-old Esah Hayat, who will also contest Friday's boys' singles semi-finals, said:
"I'm really pleased to have made the men's doubles final. We came through some very tough matches and I'm hoping to go one better than last year in the Dresse Cup and get my first men's senior gold medal. I'm also very excited to go out there again tomorrow in the junior singles and doubles events."
Phoebe Suthers has a busy two days ahead. She will contest the girls' singles semi-final and junior mixed doubles semi-final alongside Hayat on Friday, as well as the senior mixed doubles final.
Phoebe said:
"I'm very, very pleased with the mixed doubles result and I couldn't be more delighted to be in the final and to have a guaranteed medal. Lewis and I have brilliant teamwork which makes anything possible. Val and I did extremely well to get to the women's doubles semi-finals and it's all to play for for the bronze medal."
Four years ago Esah Hayat became the first ever World Champion in boys' singles, when the inaugural World Deaf Tennis Championships for individuals was staged on British soil, in Nottingham. Hayat plays Russian Vladislav Abramov on Friday for a place in this year's final.
Phoebe Suthers won the bronze medal in the girls' singles in 2015 and the reigning women's singles national champion plays Japan's Riko Suzuki in Friday's semi-finals in a bid to reach the gold medal match.
Fourth seeds Valerie Copenhagen and Phoebe Suthers will play French top seeds Marine Beney and Lucie Boulestreau for the women's doubles bronze medal after both partnerships were beaten by Japanese team in their respective semi-finals.
For updates and results throughout the Championships, head to the LTA's Deaf Tennis Facebook page or keep up to date via the Championship's official website.
Photo credit: LTA

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The French government has presented its long-awaited labour law reforms ahead of an autumn that many have predicted will be marked by labour disputes and protests.
The reforms slash many benefits and seek to limit some industrial disputes to factory, and not industry level.
"France is a state governed by the rule of law, with social protections, and this will remain so because it is in our nature and our history. But we also have to take into account our situation and the state our country finds itself in, and one thing that characterises today's France is decades of mass unemployment," said Prime Minister Edouard Philippe.
France's trade unions were consulted during the process of drawing up the reforms, but opposition parties have been critical. Many claim the reforms will do little to tackle unemployment.
Compensation for being fired with little justification will be reduced to a maximum of 20 months' wages, but only if you are a long-term employee, although benefits will rise if the layoffs are above board.
Representatives of small and medium-sized companies, and the self-employed, have welcomed the changes.
Another major shift is Individual companies will now be able to negotiate with workers without the intercession of trade unions, reducing the risk of local disputes going national.
Between now and the end of September employers and unions will consult further on the reforms before parliament is asked to approve them.
The reforms were a key part of President Macron's election campaign and his top legislative priority, but some larger employers have already said they do not go far enough.


In Television as Digital Media, scholars from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States combine television studies with new media studies to analyze digital TV as part of digital culture. Taking into account technologies, industries, economies, aesthetics, and various production, user, and audience practices, the contributors develop a new critical paradigm for thinking about television, and the future of television studies, in the digital era. The collection brings together established and emerging scholars, producing an intergenerational dialogue that will be useful for anyone seeking to understand the relationship between television and digital media.
Introducing the collection, James Bennett explains how television as digital media is a non-site-specific, hybrid cultural and technological form that spreads across platforms such as mobile phones, games consoles, iPods, and online video services, including YouTube, Hulu and the BBC's iPlayer. Television as digital media threatens to upset assumptions about television as a mass medium that has helped define the social collective experience, the organization of everyday life, and forms of sociality. As often as we are promised the convenience of the television experience "anytime, anywhere," we are invited to participate in communities, share television moments, and watch events live. The essays in this collection demonstrate the historical, production, aesthetic, and audience changes and continuities that underpin the emerging meaning of television as digital media.
James Bennett is head of area for Media, Information, and Communications at London Metropolitan University. Beginning in April 2011, he will be Senior Lecturer in Television Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Television Personalities: Stardom and the Small Screen and a co-editor of Film and Television After DVD.
Niki Strange is the founder of Strange Digital, a company providing research and strategy consulting for digital businesses and the culture, education, and public sectors. She is also a research fellow at the University of Sussex.


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Made in Glasgow by Local Heroes
July 6, 2018 Cecilia Stamp
28 July — 12 August 2018
58 Albion Street, Glasgow
I was delighted to be commissioned by Local Heroes to create a set of lapel pins and statement earrings for the upcoming 'Made in Glasgow' exhibition, opening at the end of July. I've long admired Local Heroes and it's a real pleasure to take part alongside an array of other excellent Glasgow based designers.
Local Heroes in partnership with Glasgow Chamber of Commerce brings together a selection of the city's leading designers for a public exhibition to coincide with the hosting of the Berlin / Glasgow 2018 European Championships.
"Cecilia Stamp's candy coloured, powder coated lapel pins and earrings take their inspiration from Glasgow's subway system - the third oldest underground system in the world. Cecilia utilises the industrial technique of powder-coating to bring her nuanced flair for colour to the pieces and to reflect the aesthetics of industry and transport at the heart of her commission. Wearers can combine the three complementary colourways of yellow, pink and blue with Cecilia's lapel pins and earrings. "Consisting of only a circular line, the Subway network faithfully serves Glaswegians and tourists alike and is a part of everyday life. I wanted to use the language of industry to create a wearable accessible jewellery collection that acts as a souvenir of the city""
Slot Earrings
Each lapel pin and set of earrings are available in pink, yellow or blue. These are available in person throughout the exhibition at 58 Albion Street, Glasgow and also online here.
Find out more about the exhibition over at Local Heroes.
Photography by Caro Weiss.
In EVENTS, COMMISSIONS Tags events, commissions
'Takes on Thomson'
April 29, 2017 Cecilia Stamp
Recently the Alexander 'Greek' Thomson Society got in touch to ask if I'd submit a piece for their 'Takes on Thomson' 2017 project, to mark the bicentenary year of the architect's birth.
For the last year, the society has been making plans for a yearlong celebration of the life and work of Alexander Thomson in Glasgow. As 2017 marks the bicentenary year of the architect's birth, they hope to engage people in an appreciation and discussion of his buildings, surviving and lost, and to commemorate the different ways people experience and acknowledge Thomson's architecture.
I was delighted to be asked to participate - not only to celebrate and be inspired by this visionary architect - but for more personal reasons. I was brought up in 1 Moray Place, Strathbungo, a house which Thomson built and lived in himself. My family moved to Glasgow from London when I was young (my dad Gavin Stamp taught history of architecture at the Mackintosh School at the Glasgow School of Art, hence the move). He founded the Thomson Society in 1991, and it's been very much a large part of my upbringing.
I have always been drawn to the linear, decorative elements to Thomson's work and chose to focus on these for my submission. I designed a pair of rings which isolated two motifs which are widely recognisable and used in his work and gave them a different context.
These pieces are my first venture into 3D printing, which allowed me to achieve concise and crisp lines from the process. Each ring is cast in metallic plastic, making them lightweight, flexible yet durable.
These limited edition rings are available in the online shop for the duration of the project.
You can follow the rest of the 'Takes on Thomson' 2017 project on the Thomson Society's website. The full project will be exhibited and catalogued in 2018.
In COMMISSIONS Tags greek, greek thomson, architecture
Secret 7"
June 7, 2016 Cecilia Stamp
Image courtesy of Secret 7"
Secret 7" is a yearly event that takes 7 tracks from 7 of the best-known musicians and presses each one 100 times to 7" vinyl. I was delighted when Chvrches asked me to submit a design for their track 'Clearest Blue.'
Thousands of creatives from a variety of disciplines submit cover artwork, which are exhibited and then auctioned for a designated charity - this year was for Amnesty International UK.
You can view photos from the sale day in this album (and if you squint hard enough you can see my sleeve on the shelves!)
I'm so pleased that my sleeve raised £102 for Amnesty International! You can read more about Secret 7" and the great work they do here.
In COMMISSIONS, OTHER PROJECTS Tags graphic design, chvrches
9ct White / Engagement
November 5, 2015 Cecilia Stamp
I'm pleased to finally be able to show this beautiful and understated ring I was recently commissioned to make for a surprise engagement.
In COMMISSIONS Tags engagement, ring, 9ct, gold, diamond
April/May
Helsinki Photo Diary
SOLSTICE Fashion Editorial
Herald Fashion Editorial - January 2019
SWD x The Engine Works Glasgow
December Overview
Japan September 2017
POPULUXE Collection Launch - 4.10.17
November + December Overview
A round-up of the upcoming markets and events I'll be taking part in over the next couple of months!
Craft Scotland Summer Show - August 2016
A round-up from this year's Craft Scotland Summer Show - thank you to everyone who visited!
Doublet Designer / Maker Pop-Up
Craft Scotland Summer Show
Really excited to have been selected to exhibit with Craft Scotland for their annual summer show in Edinburgh this August!
Maison & Objet, Paris.
Bronze Geo Necklace


Most of China's wealth is being used to exploit China. For many years, China has attracted an influx of capital, but recently China's outward flow of capital has been escalating. A Chinese research institution showed that 60 per cent of China's annual GDP is being used for foreign capital investments.
The Central Committee for Discipline Inspection's data shows China's capital outflow continues to increase and exceeded $1 trillion in 2012. Reports from international organisations indicate the funds come back to China as direct foreign investments and are therefore eligible for tax incentives.
On Jan 18, Chinese media cited an internal announcement from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. According to their statistics, in 2010, capital outflow was $412 billion; in 2011, it was $600 billion; in 2012, it exceeded $1 trillion. It is expected to reach $1.5 trillion by the end of 2013.
"The capital returns to China as foreign investment capital and is thus available for tax benefits. This is a cost which would not need to have been paid if the money were properly used within China. Subsequently, if these investments produce something, the earnings will be transferred to overseas again, causing yet another loss of wealth.
VOA reported that China's capital outflow usually follows the same scenario. Namely, leaving the country as cash, being used to set up a company in an offshore financial centre and finally the falsifying of ledgers.
Xie said that when Chinese companies buy assets abroad, they typically report a purchase price that is 10 times higher than their real value. They conspire with the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) senior officials to transfer money overseas. Another way to use capital is to purchase patents, which is another common approach.
Fudan University's professor Chen Dingli told VOA that China is "bleeding". Capital outflow by Chinese is only a small portion. The money taken away by foreign investments is 60 per cent of China's GDP.
Renowned economist He Qinglian discusses fake foreign investments, pointing out that for a long time, a good part of China's foreign investments have been fake. Money is transferred overseas by Chinese who register a company and the money comes back as foreign investment capital.
According to the CCP, there are three types of 'fake foreign investments.' The first type of fake foreign investment is Chinese funded enterprises with business entities in Hong Kong, Macao or other foreign countries that come back to establish "foreign investments" with the need for development.
The second is companies built up with domestic funding that come to invest after registering a company overseas and the third type is a domestic Chinese company that registers as a shell company in financial centres overseas.


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import peachbox
import pyspark_cassandra.streaming

class RealTimeView(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.cassandra_driver = peachbox.CassandraDriver()

    def absorb(self, data_descriptor):
        for data_descriptor_entry in data_descriptor:
            self.update_cassandra(data_descriptor_entry['data'], data_descriptor_entry['model'])

    def update_cassandra(self, data, model):
        self.setup_keyspace(model.keyspace_name())
        self.setup_table(model)
        data.saveToCassandra(model.keyspace_name(), model.name())

    def setup_keyspace(self, mart):
        if not self.cassandra_driver.keyspace_exists(mart):
            self.cassandra_driver.create_keyspace(mart)
        else:
            self.cassandra_driver.set_keyspace(mart)

    def setup_table(self, model):
        self.cassandra_driver.set_keyspace(model.keyspace_name())
        if not self.cassandra_driver.table_exists(model.name()):
            print 'setting up table: ' + model.name()
            print model.cassandra_table_cql()
            self.cassandra_driver.execute(model.cassandra_table_cql())
            self.create_cassandra_indices(model)

    def create_cassandra_indices(self, model):
        for key in model.keys:
            self.create_cassandra_index(key, model)

    def create_cassandra_index(self, key, model):
        index_name = model.keyspace_name()+'_'+model.name()+'_'+key + '_index'
        table = model.name()
        cql = "CREATE INDEX " + index_name + ' ON ' + table + '(' + key + ')'
        self.cassandra_driver.execute(cql)

    def set_param(self, param):
        pass

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This Bristol brewery tour visits three different venues, which vary tour to tour. Some examples of potential stops include: Arbor Ales, Moor Beer, New Bristol Brewery, Left Handed Giant, Barley Mow (BBF pub), Beer Emporium. Contact us if you want to know the stops for a particular tour date!
Our meeting and ending points are near public transportation. Come enjoy Bristol's amazing craft beer scene with Brewerism!
Tours include a friendly beer guide, beer samples at each stop, and a light snack. Depending on venues we may add transportation to the tour.
Get in touch to plan a great tour for your group!
"I recently organised a tour for my brother's stag do. Shandin delivered a fantastic tour which was perfect for our needs. A great mix of local breweries and pubs, with just the right balance between geeking out about beer and drinking. Worth highlighting Shandin's level of beer knowledge, she is truly an expert! Highly recommended for beer loving groups."
"The day was perfect weather wise and we all enjoyed the ferry boat ride and the beer tasting. It was an experience and would recommend the beer-loving trip. You do have to walk quite a way between locations and if it were to rain it may not be as pleasant during that part."
"This tour was absolutely brilliant. Everything was organised fantastically brother's and our guides were really knowledgeable about the brewery process and different types of ales. For the price of the ticket, it was a great value and a totally great day."
Fantastic Activity for an Old Hearted Stag!
"Shandin took us around three brilliant pubs in Bristol, where we tasted 10 beers altogether and were able to discuss both the beers themselves, the brewing process and the industry. It was all amazingly well organised from start to finish. I recommend the experience highly to anyone, no matter their knowledge or experience of craft beer!"


Formulated for use between harvests to control odor-causing bacteria, mold and mildew, ProKure G is an EPA-registered ClO2 breakthrough technology. The ProKure G patented vapor delivery system is deep penetrating and designed for use throughout the year.
It is a violation of Federal Law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with the labeling. Read the entire label and use strictly in accordance with precautionary statements and use.
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4. Allow at least 4-6 hours for the system to work.


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Der amerikanische Flachbogen entstand in seiner heutigen Form aus einer Kombination aus dem europäischen Langbogen mit den kurzen und breit gehaltenen Bögen der amerikanischen Ureinwohner.

Das breite Layout der Wurfarme gewährleistet eine geringere mechanische Anfälligkeit gegen Kompressionsrisse, Stringfollow (bleibende Verformung der Wurfarme) oder gegen Bruch. Es ermöglicht folglich gefahrlosere Verwendung von mechanisch weniger druckfesten Hölzern, z. B. Esche, Ulme, Ahorn bzw. sehr kurz gehaltene, handliche Jagdbögen aus höherwertigen Hölzern wie Eibe, Osagedorn und Hickory.

Der amerikanische Flachbogen war zwischen 1880 und 1945 sehr verbreitet, bis er von den industriell produzierten Bögen auf Fiberglas-Basis verdrängt wurde. Mit der Rückbesinnung auf traditionellere Werte seit Mitte der 1990er-Jahre hat eine regelrechte Renaissance des amerikanischen Flachbogens, besonders in den Vereinigten Staaten, stattgefunden. Aber auch unter Europas Bognern findet er aufgrund seines unkomplizierten, fehlertoleranteren Aufbaus und Robustheit immer mehr Anhänger.

Weblinks
Verlag Angelika Hörnig, Publikationen, Bauanleitungen & Informationen rund um traditionelles Bogenschießen
Internetauftritt von Dean Torges, einem amerikanischen Bogenbauer
Amerikanische Seite, die sich der Förderung von diversen traditionellen Handwerkskünsten verschrieben hat

Sportgerät
Bogen (Waffe)
Bogenschießen

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Hurricane Matthew closes in on Florida with 140 mph winds
A deadly Hurricane Matthew steamed toward Florida with winds of 125 mph on Thursday.
Hurricane Matthew closes in on Florida with 140 mph winds A deadly Hurricane Matthew steamed toward Florida with winds of 125 mph on Thursday. Check out this story on naplesnews.com: http://nplsne.ws/2e5yuk6
Associated Press Published 11:04 a.m. ET Oct. 6, 2016 | Updated 11:34 a.m. ET Oct. 6, 2016
A pair of joggers run before sunrise along the surf of the Atlantic ocean Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Forecasters said the first outer rain bands from Hurricane Matthew already have begun to approach Florida as the big storm crosses the Bahamas toward the state.(Photo: Chris O'Meara, AP)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A strengthening Hurricane Matthew steamed toward Florida with winds of 140 mph Thursday as hundreds of thousands of people across the Southeast boarded up their homes and fled inland to escape the most powerful storm to threaten the Atlantic coast in more than a decade.
In Florida, Gov. Rick Scott said the state, its skies already darkening from the deadly storm's outer bands of rain, could be facing its "biggest evacuation ever."
The hurricane picked up steam as it closed in, growing from a Category 3 to a Category 4 storm by late morning.
It barreled over the Bahamas and was expected to scrape nearly the entire length of Florida's Atlantic coast beginning Thursday evening. From there, forecasters said, it could push its way just off the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina before veering off to sea.
About 2 million people in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina were warned to head inland.
As people hurried for higher ground, authorities in South Carolina said a motorist died on Wednesday after being shot by deputies during a dispute along an evacuation route.
Matthew killed at least 29 people in the Caribbean as it sliced through Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas. Twenty-three of those deaths were in Haiti, where the full extent of the death and destruction was still unknown.
As of 11 a.m. EDT, Matthew was 180 miles southeast of West Palm Beach and moving toward the city at about 14 mph. Nearly all of Florida's Atlantic coast and Georgia's entire coast were under hurricane warnings.
Forecasters said the storm could dump up to 15 inches of rain in some spots and cause a storm surge of 5 feet to 8 feet.
"This is a dangerous storm," Scott warned. "The storm has already killed people. We should expect the same impact in Florida."
Patients were transferred from two Florida waterfront hospitals and a nursing home near Daytona Beach to safer locations.
Major theme parks in inland Orlando remained open, but Walt Disney World and Universal Studios canceled Halloween events Thursday night.
The Fort Lauderdale Airport closed to all flights late in the morning.
Deborah Whyte walked her dogs at Jupiter Beach Park in the morning to check the surf.
"We boarded up our house and I boarded up my store" in Tequesta. "And we're just hunkering down and waiting for it," she said.
But others as far off as Georgia and South Carolina rushed to leave.
On Tybee Island, home to Georgia's largest public beach, Loren Kook loaded up his pickup truck with suitcases and a computer late Wednesday afternoon to hit the road to metro Atlanta.
"It seems like a lot of the longtime residents are staying," said Kook, who moved to the coast four years ago. "I've never sat through a Category Whatever. I'll watch it on TV."
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal urged more than a half-million residents to leave their homes, the first evacuation seen in coastal Georgia in 17 years.
Kennedy reported from Fort Lauderdale. Associated Press reporters Terry Spencer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Freida Frisaro in Miami, Jennifer Kay in Miami Beach, Florida; Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia; Martha Waggoner in Raleigh, North Carolina; Jeffrey Collins, Jack Jones and Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina; and Bruce Smith in Charleston, South Carolina, contributed to this report.
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Warm weekend before a chilly start to the week
Weak cold front moves in Friday
Back to near-record heat today
Record-heat streak ends today
Any signs of cooler weather on the way?
Warm, breezy and muggy weekend


The boundaries which divide life from death are ar best shawdowy and vague.Who shall say where one ends, and the other begins?
As I walk off i hear gun shot..
I fall in to darkness..
My whispers only to be caught by the wind..
"Why?" "Why?" "I love you but now I must go."
The faces turned to the shattered recluse, I care they cry but alas they repeatedly stare in silence, calm down from this pain, now drops the only chance, bring back what i have lost when lost it's not but gone, hold them dear, every meaning has a song, with every song a meaning, the pitter patter of the water drops hitting the sidewalk compose a symphany of whimsical splendour, bring forth, the conjured will i have yet to lose, to find.
feel teh words foolz....FEEL THEM!!!!
not only a lesson but a session.....think......hourly, weekly, tick tock...hm....i am startled by myself.
But if tommorows yesterday whats it yesterday tommorow?
I am a reclusive person...me no likey society...but i r has to.
My love...To make it easier to come to me..
The only thing to keep me from dieing.


I have been on a life long, well actually a quest over the past year to find the perfect way to keep my coffee hot, one of the most important beverages I drink throughout the day, warm. Sit back, get comfortable and get ready to find out the best insulated coffee mugs to keep your coffee warm longer.
One of the more practical ways for bringing hot beverages into the backcountry is via a Hydro Flask Vacuum Insulated Coffee & Tea Mug. The 18 ounces size can easily fit inside your backpack, fits in every cup holder it has met and can keep beverages warm for hours on end.
Figured I would save the best for last, ahh the Camelbak Forge! I have been putting this mug through the paces, taking it with me across the country and back a few times, up many a mountain tops and it is the clear winner when it comes to taking hot beverages into the backcountry and here's why. First of all the Camelbak Forge is the best insulated coffee mugs with a handle as it's essentially spill proof thanks to a super fun trigger activated coffee dispenser. Um, that actually sounds complicated however it's a one of the first travel mug's with a "self-sealing cap and lock-open button combination" and can keep beverages warm for up to 6 hours.
Keep in mind when the brands mention how long these mugs can keep coffee warm the test are usually in a controlled environment, ie an office. When I tested these and where you will end up using them come with a totally different set of challenges, temperatures and conditions.
What I have found is that none of the mugs listed above actually keep coffee piping hot for the time they mentioned especially here in the Tetons, in mid-winter above 10,000 feet. However, that's needless to say, my advise though to maximize these mugs is a simple trick. Run some warm water in your mug before adding in your coffee, your welcome and be sure to support these brands. They are doing it right!
There's something about having a cup of coffee in the mountains that makes it absolutely unbeatable by any café experience in the lowlands. Whether it's the altitude, the clean mountain air, or just a general feeling of being at peace, you can't top a mountainside cup of coffee.
Whether you're in the mountains or not, though, you want to make sure that every cup you brew is of the best quality possible. Above 15,000 feet or at sea level, there's no excuse for brewing sub-par coffee. These five items will help make sure you have the best cup of coffee possible at all times, whether you have the time to brew a good cup at home or you need to grab one on the go.
You might not be familiar with Chemex, but they're consistently rated very highly among coffeemakers for the quality of the coffee they produce. The instructions list eight different steps from grinding to drinking, but the process is actually pretty simple once you get the hang of it. And the coffee is really, really great.
Great coffee starts with high-quality beans and a grinder that releases the full flavors from them. Your tiny electric Mr. Coffee grinder will do the job, but does it really add to the overall coffee experience? You won't know what you're missing until you try out a nice burr grinder; it gives you a better grind and releases more flavor and aroma than a blade grinder.
Pour-over coffee requires hot water, and a kettle makes the process much faster than boiling a pot on the stove. Properly filtered water will make your coffee taste a lot better, too, so combining a quick-boiling kettle with filtration is a great way to improve the taste of your coffee. There are plenty of options out there.
Many coffee drinkers don't realize what they're missing by using sub-par equipment to prepare their brew. Upgrading to a nicer experience isn't cheap, but it will make a huge difference in the quality of your coffee. It's an investment in your morning, which is really an investment in the quality of your entire day. Don't skimp on it!
What are your favorite coffee-brewing implements? Share them in the comments below so we can all check them out.


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Fortnite plays host to three of Christopher Nolan's big flicks this week
One day, when you ask someone when and where they first saw some of the biggest and best flicks to-date, they might answer Fortnite. Yes, you read that right – Fortnite, Epic Games' immensely popular videogame. That's because the developer's just announced the battle royale game's soon to play host to three of Christopher Nolan's movies in-game. Seriously.
In a post on the Fortnite site listing a bunch of upcoming Party Royale content, Epic Games announces the 2010 big-hitter and Academy Award-winning movie Inception will be played in-game this coming Friday (June 26), for players in certain regions. For those based in other parts of the world, you might get the chance to watch one of Nolan's other huge films: Batman Begins or The Prestige. Neat.
The film viewings will feature as part of the multiplayer game's Party Royale mode, which is a "new experimental and evolving space," Epic says on the page. In addition, the upcoming spread of events includes "Diplo Presents" live (virtual) shows, with guests like Thomas Wesley, Young Thug, and Noah Cyrus.
It's not quite clear how the movie screenings will work just yet, but it'll likely be the same – or similar – to the way it recently debuted the next trailer for Christopher Nolan's latest action thriller, Tenet.
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Love's Double Victory (Jn. 3:1-5, 10; Mk. 1:14-20)
by Susan B. W. Johnson
Susan B. W Johnson is pastor of Hyde Park Union Church in Chicago.
This article appeared in the Christian Century January 15, 1997, copyright by the Christian Century Foundation and used by permission. Current articles and subscription information can be found at www.christiancentury.org. This material was prepared for Religion Online by Ted & Winnie Brock.
Much of the training in nonviolent change consists of self-purification and the cleansing of hatred from the heart of those who would change the hearts of others.
We cannot be fishers of men and women if in our hearts we are haters of them. This truth draws together the lectionary passages from Jonah and Mark. It also reveals a nonviolent ethic: love even your enemies; become fishers of them. We will not win people to our convictions if we despise them.
Much of the training in nonviolent change consists of self-purification and the cleansing of hatred from the heart of those who would change the hearts of others. Nonviolence does not mean merely withholding the desire to kill. In its genuine manifestation, nonviolent action assumes that we cannot change others unless we are working on ourselves.
There are about ten weeks between the January 20 commemoration of the birth of Martin Luther King Jr. and the April 4 anniversary of his assassination -- fewer than 80 days between his 39th birthday and his dying. This time has become a uniquely American pre-Lenten period, a time for self-examination and atonement related to issues of race and class, and issues of freedom and nonviolent activity. A pre-Lenten focus on our faith in nonviolence may help us meld our hearts more fully with the undying love of the One who let himself be buried in darkness and death before rising in victory.
In the civil rights era, methods of nonviolent resistance and social reform were cultivated, tested, debated and refined. Experiments in pacifism were not entirely new to American soil, but the fight for civil rights became a highly visible proving ground -- not for the kind of pacifism characterized by sectarian "apartness," but for nonviolent methods of persuasion and dissent which engage a reluctant but dominant society.
Nearly 30 years later, we have barely kept the experiment with nonviolence alive. We seem to know less about how to communicate our differences, our anger, our demands. As a nation we are mired in the hypocrisy of mere civility; we are falsely soothed by the marketing of diversity; we are increasingly incapable of all but the crudest formulations of where our fights really are. At the fringes, gangs and militias give violent expression to an alienation fed by this national paralysis. Sadly, although the dominant culture abhors and fears such violence, we have little idea how to oppose it.
I remain deeply indebted to the nonviolent ethic and faith of Martin Luther King Jr., who proclaimed the gospel by his firm foundation in nonviolent resistance -- from his acceptance of jail and beatings and threats of death, to his refusal to hate a church whose moral laxity deeply disappointed him. In his letter from Birmingham Jail to white clergy, he resolved that he would, neither hate them nor wait for them, but would continue to test them and oppose them nonviolently. He would love the sinners but hate their sin.
In an Advent sermon aired on Christmas Eve 1967, King remarked how "happy" he was that Jesus had not said, "Like you enemies," because there were some people that "I find pretty difficult to like . . I can't like anybody who would bomb my home. I can't like anybody who would exploit me. I can't like anybody who would trample over me with injustices. I can't like them. I can't like anybody who threatens to kill me day in and day out."
But he could love them, he said, and King articulated what was at stake for him in loving those whom he could not like, those who would be so much easier to hate. "We will not only win freedom for ourselves [through nonviolence], we will so appeal to your heart and conscience that we will win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory." King believed that to abandon nonviolence was to lose not just the double victory but any victory. "Hate is injurious to the hater as well as the hated," he said. "Hate is too great a burden to bear."
Jonah is the story of two prophets, a biblical Jekyll and Hyde. There is Jonah the reluctant prophet. Despite his efforts to escape duty, he is conveyed by a great fish to Nineveh so that he can prophesy to the people. And there is Jonah the self-righteous prophet, who is so angry and disappointed at God's mercy toward the guilty that he would rather die than see their repentance and new life. We are not told the origins of Jonah's reluctance to serve, but serve he did, as a doomsday prophet. Jonah became so enthralled with his role that he looked forward to the awesome destruction and fiery punishment of God's people. When the people of Nineveh repented and turned toward God, Jonah remembered why he never wanted to be a prophet in the first place -- God's mercy. God's mercy would spoil everything.
There is not one among us, even the most peaceable human being, who has nothing to repent. Once there were gatherings in church basements around the country of blacks and whites, all repenting together of the hatred they possessed and violence they could do to the white people who would attack them during street demonstrations. But they also gathered to research the racism they fought, and to take direct nonviolent action against it -- a kind of "in their face" loving of one's enemies.
To this end Jonah sat in the belly of the whale, and because he still could not understand it, he sat under a castor bean tree until he could hear that God loved even people who didn't know their right hand from their left, until he could believe that the prophet comes with doom and the fisher with a net, because God loves the people. We cannot be the fishers of men and women if we hate them.
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Father Shay Cullen is an Irish Columban missionary who has worked in the Philippines since 1969. In 1974, he founded the Preda Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to protecting the rights of women and children and campaigning for freedom from sex slavery and human trafficking.
Global warming can be stopped
A man checks his rice paddy crop damaged by drought in Kuta Cot Glie in Indonesia's Aceh province on March 2. Global warming is causing more frequent droughts. (Photo: AFP)
Published: March 03, 2021 07:12 AM GMT
Each of us can find a way to be involved in saving the environment in our community
One of the most famous and committed protectors of the natural world and defender of the planet is David Attenborough.
He gave a speech online to the members of the UN Security Council on climate change and security in the last week of February. Climate change is disrupting our world and the temperature has risen by one degree Celsius and it will not go back. There is no going back, he said. We have reached a point of no return and that is a security risk to the planet and to every nation. We can stop it rising higher.
One of the grave security risks is the increase in number and severity of natural disasters that is turning millions of people into victims of droughts where rice fields are turning to deserts in one part of the world and becoming permanent lakes in others. The devastating fires around the globe have driven thousands from their homes and killed millions of animals. Wildlife is fast disappearing. Many people are so complacent to see birds flying and fish swimming in the sea that they cannot imagine them going extinct. Many species are already diminished or extinct because of us and our fossil fuel-based lifestyles.
In Surigao in the Philippines, thousands have been driven into shelters as their homes are flooded and crops destroyed and livestock killed by the latest typhoon. Millions of poor are the worst affected. Climate refugees are becoming the greatest security threat as millions are displaced by natural disasters. The hunger and poverty force them to head for the rich nations and besiege their borders begging for help and work. Their numbers will continue to surge.
Besides, the rise in carbon dioxide emissions from coal plants and vehicles is making the earth warmer. Vast tracts of marshlands in Siberia and near the Arctic Circle are melting, releasing billions of tons of methane into the atmosphere. This, too, is adding to the blanket of gas that is insulating the planet and preventing the heat from escaping while the sun beats down roasting everything on the planet.
Winters are already harsher, colder and more prolonged as happened this year again in the northern hemisphere reaching as far south as Texas in the US, cutting the electric power grid and people almost dying of cold as one child did. This is unheard of in many years.
Nothing like this increase in global temperatures has happened for millions of years and when it did, the earth was uninhabitable, even animals could hardly survive, and thousands of species became extinct. It's happening again all because of we humans, the species with the big intelligent brains who should know better. We do know better, but a good choice does not always follow the facts.
Many politicians and corporate bosses, especially in the developed economies, refuse to face and admit the truth of global warming and dangerous climate change simply because of corporate greed, the love of comfort and money and to retain political power and economic growth. David Attenborough tried to convince the Security Council of this fact.
The near absence of political will and the blindness of denial are allowing the planet's temperature to creep upward to the maximum allowable temperature increase of 2C before even greater disaster will occur. Even this one-degree increases, the experts say, is already a calamity. An increase of 0.75 degrees is causing the death of the coral reefs — the life-giving food of thousands of species of fish upon which millions of families depend for a daily meal.
The oceans are under threat, too, not only from overfishing but because they are absorbing all the CO2 they can and are becoming more acidic. Global fish stocks are threatened as a result. There will be more massive crop failures, droughts, floods, rising sea levels, greater forest destruction and massive population migrations.
The prices of food commodities are increasing at an alarming rate and, as production drops, famine could once again kill millions in some countries in sub-Saharan Africa. It is not only war but war against nature that is endangering the world population.
If it sounds all gloom and doom, it is, and we have to take serious action to stop it. The deadline is a tipping point of global temperature that when reached could make the warming irreversible and perhaps it already is.
If we humans continue destructive behavior, such as destroying forests and burning fossil fuels in coal plants to make electricity and populating the world with billions of methane-making cattle, we are making big trouble for ourselves and the rest of humankind.
The forests are threatened not only by greedy humans in Hungary, the Amazon and Southeast Asia by logging and growing soya and raising cattle for beef but also by disease due to the warmer temperature where tree-destroying diseases and insects thrive. The billion cattle are releasing methane, a greenhouse gas dangerous to the planet.
Committed environmentalists march, demonstrate and petition seeking to protect the nature. We can all be environmentalists. We, too, can change our community to be more climate-friendly by protecting our local environment, speaking out against logging, planting trees, recycling, and establishing organic food gardens to feed ourselves and eat less meat. Each of us can find a way to be involved in saving the environment in our community.
Irish Father Shay Cullen, SSC, established the Preda Foundation in Olongapo City in the Philippines in 1974 to promote human rights and the rights of children, especially victims of sexual abuse. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official editorial position of UCA News.
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The Award Ceremony was held during the ACVP/ASVCP Annual Meeting, November 14, from 5:00pm to 6:30pm ET.
The Barbara Jean Thompson Service Award is given to Foundation volunteers who have provided outstanding service to the Foundation.
The 2022 Barbara Jean Thompson Service Award was presented to Dr. Francisco Carvallo-Chaigneau.
Francisco R. Carvallo obtained his veterinary degree from the Universidad Austral de Chile in 2001. He then completed a Doctorate at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, in the Department of Animal Pathology of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics. After a brief stint at Universidad Santo Tomas in Talca, Chile, in 2008 he completed a veterinary pathology residency at the University of Connecticut, followed by a postdoctoral fellow at Pfizer in Groton, Connecticut. In 2011 he received veterinary pathologist status from the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP). In 2012 he moved to the University of Chile, where he served as an assistant professor for a period of one year and then held the position of school director at the Universidad Santo Tomás, Talca campus. In 2014, he joined the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory system (CAHFS) in San Bernardino, from the University of California-Davis, as an assistant professor in veterinary diagnostic pathology. In
2019, he joined the Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech as a clinical associate professor, where he does diagnosis, research, and teaching. He has developed a main interest in respiratory diseases of different species, particularly cattle and horses. He has numerous presentations at international conferences and forums, as well as various publications in impact journals in veterinary diagnosis. He is also a founding member of the Latin Group of Comparative Pathology and the Chilean Society of Veterinary Pathology, in which he currently serves as vice president.
On separate posts, you will find the recipients of Pathology Trainee and Scholarship Awards, Journal Award, Best Diagnostic Exercise Award, Bruce Williams Award for Sustained and Exemplary Service to the Foundation and its Faculty of Discussants, and John M. King Award for Outstanding Lifetime Dedication to Veterinary Pathology Education.
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For Wildness and Anarchy second edition Kickstarter campaign is live!
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New book: The Cull of Personality
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Introduction to Anything Can Happen.
Books, essays, and intros.
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Quiet can often be a bad thing. Quiet here, however, means I've been really fucking busy!
So here's a quick update on what's happening.
First off, did a lengthy interview with the fine folks at Final Straw Radio recently. You can listen/download that in two parts.
Part one is here: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2017/10/01/kevin-tucker-on-anarcho-primitivism-pt1/
Part two is here: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2017/10/08/kevin-tucker-on-anarcho-primitivism-pt2/
Next up, Anything Can Happen is out now! This is a collection of essays from Fredy Perlman, originally published by Phoenix Press in 1992. Fredy has been a massive influence on me and the essays contained here are no exception to that. Working with Lorraine Perlman to work out all the now age-old errors and typos in some of the circulated manuscripts was an honor and a privilege. I'm really proud of how this one came out and to have written the introduction for it, which you can read here.
To purchase: click here.
Black and Green Review no 5 is in the final stages. I should have the pre-order information up within the next week or so. Those will mail out before the new year. This one is a serious banger, a year in the making. Our largest issue and the most content. I have some heavy hitters in this one. If you want to keep up on that, I strongly encourage signing up on the Black & Green email list.
My second book of essays and more is coming out alongside BAGR no 5 or quickly thereafter. Gathered Remains: Essays on Wildness, Domestication, Community, and Resistance. I'm finalizing that alongside no 5, so more info and pre-orders will be up sooner than later, but I'm really stoked to get this out there.
My first book, For Wildness and Anarchy, is now sold out. The second edition is under way, lots of editing that should have been done more diligently the first time, but, what can I say, the 2000s were a very DIY, "get it out there immediately" time. Live and learn. That should be out early 2018.
I had a first while working on this issue of BAGR, an essay getting way too long! When I was only about 15% through my flow of references and argument, it quickly became apparent that this massive undertaking was a book, not an essay. Mind you, my last two major essays for BAGR were both in the 27K word range (roughly 80 pages in print each), so my delineation is pretty liberal. But considering what this book, Of Gods and Country: The Domestication of our World, is covering, it's more likely that it would grow beyond what I had slated than not.
And it's covering a lot: the rise of religion as a diversion of our existence as grounded individuals within wild communities into tribal identities as surplus building hunter-fishers or garden/flock/field tending farmers. In the process, the restructuring of the world necessitated the creation of "Others" and, in the process, of the group identity. We see very early on in the domestication process how the patterns of xenophobia, nationalism, and a destructive relationship with wildness emerges with patriarchy and increasing hierarchy and specialization.
In short: it's a book about religion, patriarchy, and nationalism subverting the stories we tell ourselves as otherwise innately egalitarian people from a militantly spiritualistic anti-theist.
There are a slew of other projects in various stages too, but as soon as no 5 and Gathered are off to the press, I'm 100% back on finishing Of Gods. Then onward from there, maybe a night of sleep too at some point.
On why I'm not publishing much online these days...
So I've always been a fan of getting my work as widely available as possible, as quickly as possible. Never did the copyright thing. Mostly did a lot of zines and pamphlets with the intent that they'd be copied cheaply and handed out. So putting essays online used to make a lot more sense since people would print them out and distribute them.
Not so true anymore.
What happens now is that everything posted online just becomes more "content" for clicks, likes, or whatever it is. How much of it actually gets read and digested is increasingly less debatable: Nicholas Carr deflated much of that mythos a while ago, but many others have loudly proclaimed as well, and rightfully so, that when we're trying to read something on a screen, the amount of other pieces intentionally competing for our attention often win.
While putting anything online is now the way of the world, it means increasingly less. A lot goes into this work, my hope is that a lot can be taken from it. I'll continue to post some things online, but my work has been gravitating more towards much larger and in depth topics. Not only do I not encourage trying to read some of my newer work, essays like 'Hooked on a Feeling' and 'Society Without Strangers' (BAGR 3 and 4, respectively), on a computer, I'm not even prone to sharing them on there. I'm not interested in producing content. This isn't for clicks, likes, or even sales: it's about the depth and the arguments.
Sharing them on social media because of the title or having read a chunk or two is meaningless. A flash in the pan. Social networks aren't where things go to die, it's where they just flutter around lifelessly for a cycle on the news feed and then fade away forever. No interest.
It is increasingly likely that the projects I'm working on, most of which are books or for books, just won't end up going online. At least not directly. I do what I can to ensure it's all accessible, but there's clearly a technological problem going on in this society. I don't think we'll do anything about it just by throwing more content at it to not get digested.
Doing online fund raising and things like that, they take too much work and maintenance. They're built for content creators. Not interested. That said, all of this work, including Black and Green Review and all Black and Green Press projects, take a lot of money. If you support what I'm doing and want to help out, that's awesome. You can donate via paypal here by clicking here. Otherwise, you can use the info on the contact page and send a letter or email.
Really, the most important thing is spreading the word, reading and engaging it. Pick up the books, help get them out in the world. Talk about them in real life.
All for now.
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Według danych INE z 2010 roku miejscowość zamieszkiwało 36 osób. Powierzchnia miejscowości to 26 km².

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Malaria stalks Myanmar's poor as healthcare crumbles
Via My Sinchew.com, an AFP report: Malaria stalks Myanmar's poor as healthcare crumbles. Excerpt:
In a sleepy, rural settlement in the far north of army-ruled Myanmar, farmer Tu Raw anxiously cuddles his young son and baby daughter, both coughing and feverish with the symptoms of malaria.
About half of the villagers in this remote corner of Kachin State are suffering from the mosquito-borne disease, but medical supplies provided by the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC), a Christian group, ran out two weeks ago.
"We are waiting for medicine," said the 29-year-old, shaded from the fierce tropical heat by his wooden hut, as chickens squawked nearby.
Tu Raw, whose name AFP has changed for his safety, does not know when the next batch of malarial drugs will arrive and he owns no means of transport to get to the nearest clinic in Waimaw township.
In military-ruled Myanmar, saying anything seen as critical of the authorities can have serious consequences.
"We wait because we don't have enough money," said the worried father, who has resorted to the traditional method of vigorously scrubbing the skin to relieve pain, leaving maroon, whip-like marks on his three-year-old boy's back.
Malaria is the country's most rampant disease, infecting up to 10 million people and possibly killing tens of thousands each year, according to Frank Smithuis, a malaria expert who has been in Myanmar for 16 years.
Many struggle to get the help they need, particularly in rural border states such as Kachin that are home to marginalised ethnic minorities.
A local co-ordinator at the KBC said his group only had the resources to assist about five percent of the Kachin population in the fight against malaria.
"There are many people we can't reach and it's getting worse," he said. "It's linked to poverty. Most of them can't even afford mosquito nets."
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Why was Brad Keselowski docked points?
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He's won here twice before, and it's where he'll continue to try to claw out of a sizable points deficit from 31st in Cup Series standings. Keselowski revealed that the penalty stemmed from a tail panel on his RFK Racing No. 6 Ford that had been repaired.
Why did Brad Keselowski penalize?
NASCAR announced Thursday morning that they have assessed a major penalty to Brad Keselowski and the RFK Racing No. 6 team after discovering that the team had modified a single-source supplied part for the Next Gen car.
RELATED: Brad Keselowski driver page | RFK Racing team page That punishment included 100-point penalties in both the driver and owner standings, the loss of 10 playoff points, a four-race suspension to crew chief Matt McCall and a $100,000 fine. After Thursday's ruling, those penalties have been upheld.
What part was modified on Keselowski?
Brad Keselowski, RFK Racing receive L2 penalty for Atlanta part modification.
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Level 2 (L2) Penalties may include, but are not limited to: Modifications to Next Gen Single Source vendor supplied parts and/or assemblies not rising to an L3 Penalty. Failure to meet the engine seal requirements. Major external engine parts, not part of the long block, that differ from what is required by the Rules.
Just like any other sport, there are certain actions that are not allowed throughout a NASCAR race that can result in a penalty, fine, or suspension. One type of suspension can result from one driver intentionally crashing into another driver's car to wreck it.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR issued steep penalties against Brad Keselowski and his new race team on Thursday for illegally modifying a supplied part on the Next Gen car. Keselowski was docked 100 driver points and the No. 6 Ford team docked 100 owner points.
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The infraction was discovered after NASCAR had taken Keselowski's No. 6 back to their Research & Development Center following the Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway earlier in March. Keselowski has been docked 100 driver points and 10 playoff points, and RFK Racing has been docked 100 owner points.
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Buddhist rock-cut temples and structures were often located near trade routes and became stopovers and lodging houses for traders. Next lesson. Architecture of the Buddhist World, a projected six-volume series by the noted architect and scholar Vikram Lall, represents a new multi-disciplinary approach to this fascinating subject, showing how Buddhist thought and ritual have interacted with local traditions across the Asian continent to produce masterpieces of religious architecture. Stupas A stupa refers to a mound-like structure that contains some relic of Buddha or . Among the most-renowned monuments are many cave temples hewn from rock (of which those at Ajanta and Ellora are most noteworthy); the Sun Temple at Konarak (Konarka); the vast temple complexes at Bhubaneshwar, Khajuraho, and During the period of Maurya, these buildings were constructed for prayer and as a resting . 255 when the Mauryan emperor Asoka established Buddhism as the state Religion of his large empire. Download Free Architecture & Buildings PowerPoint Templates and Themes. Contents When the Gupta empire crumbled in the 6 th century CE, the eastern region of Bihar and Bengal, historically known as Magadha, appears to have remained unified whilst numerous small Rajput principalities sprang up to the west. Q. Case study: Monastery at Likir, Ladakh 3. The beginnings of the Buddhist school of architecture can be traced back to B.C. Gupta Cave Shrines. • The railing and fence was used to indicate the importance of any religious monument. Buddhist Architecture. • The Sun windows at the ends became Buddhist Monasteries. The Great Mauryan ruler Ashoka embraced Buddhism (as a part of shraman tradition) and the immense Buddhist missionary activities that followed during his rule paved the way for the development of Mauryan sculptural and architectural styles. 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Cave Architecture – Out of these, there are 12 Mahayana Buddhist caves (caves 1-12), 17 Hindu caves (caves 13-29) and 5 caves of the Jain faith (caves 30-34). Understanding the architecture of Buddhist monastery at Likir, Ladakh Guide: Pratyush Shankar Contents: CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1. D B Taraporevala Sons & Co. Bombay. Inside the shrine, ritual sculptures were placed such as a Shiva linga (phallus) and the walls were richly decorated with more carvings showing scenes from mythology.Notable examples are found at Udayagiri in … When the Gupta empire crumbled in the 6 th century CE, the eastern region of Bihar and Bengal, historically known as Magadha, appears to have remained unified whilst numerous small Rajput principalities sprang up to the west. The temple will celebrate its 90th anniversary since its inauguration by expanding. This is the currently selected item. ... Free Zen Buddhist Temple PPT Template May 25, 2017 March 12, 2020. A notable trait of rock-cut architecture is the crafting of rock to imitate timbered and carved wood. ; King Ashoka patronized the shraman tradition in the third century BCE.. It was also used to symbolically indicate sacredness. Q. Write a note on the Satvahana Rock cut caves (200 words) OR. Cave 6 has a rectangular columned hall off which smaller halls open, each with two cells. It was during Mauryan period that Buddhist architecture … You can use these Architecture & Buildings PPT in Your Projects and presentations. Buddhist Architecture in Ladakh CHAPTER 2 1. Post Ajanta architecture pattern as masterly demonstrated in Ramesvara cave was not used exclusively for Hindu caves in the complex. Beliefs made visible: Buddhist art in South Asia. Buddhist Architecture In India . Evolution of Buddhist architecture Question:-Stupas, viharas and chaityas were built for religious purposes, however soon they took shape of elaborate architecture with embellishments.
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Determining when one period gave way to another or, in fact, naming a period is always a tricky matter. This is especially so when it comes to contemporary events. Processes are still going on and it is not yet evident what conclusive outcome, if any, is going to take shape. Nonetheless, it is already possible to look at postcommunism in Central and Eastern Europe with some perspective, and to reach some tentative conclusions. The first is that three periods or stages have unfolded. In the opening phase there was near-messianic enthusiasm and redemptive hope. Then came a time of differentiation when views became nuanced. The third period is characterized by introspection mixed with disenchantment.
The first stage, roughly 1989–1995, was inspired by the astonishingly rapid collapse of the communist systems. What appeared to be a bold attempt at reform embodied in Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of glasnost and perestroika turned into a tsunami of change. Within a few years, the Soviet party-state was disestablished. Moscow-supported puppet regimes in Eastern and Central Europe were replaced by reformist and democratically elected governments headed by former dissidents. German reunification symbolized, perhaps more than anything else, the demise of the Soviet ideological and strategic hold on postwar politics.
All this was achieved with hardly any violence (Romanian and Yugoslav developments apart). Communist hegemons bowed out of power, sometimes even elegantly, promoting the belief that a world historical development was under way, heralding the ultimate victory of democracy and the free market over anachronistic totalitarianism. Francis Fukuyama's The End of History articulated an almost messianic belief in the march of history. He gave an intellectual, quasi-Hegelian veneer to deterministic notions of what was happening and reversed Marxist determinism while sustaining some of its methodological assumptions. At the same time, less sophisticated views of a universal march of democracy were articulated by political actors, scholars, and journalists in both the West and in former communist countries. They shared the belief that, absent communist totalitarianism, each "liberated" country would develop toward Western-style democracy with a multiparty system, free elections, a free press, and market capitalism. There would be ups and downs, surely, and not all countries would develop at the same speed and with equal success. But there was hardly any doubt about the outcome.
Initial developments gave sustenance to these beliefs: elections did bring to power leaders committed to Western democracy. Far-reaching reforms did privatize, in different ways, state-run economies. Yet few people paid sufficient attention to signs of troubles ahead.
Basic differences between developments in the Soviet Union and such countries as Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia were often ignored. It is obvious that the very possibility of democratization in the latter countries depended on what happened in Moscow. But they also had indigenous dissident movements that fought for change from below and had mobilized public opinion, creating a political counterculture that eventually triumphed: Solidarnosc (Solidarity) in Poland, the Democratic Forum and the SDS Liberals in Hungary, and Charter-77 and "People against Violence" in Czechoslovakia. These movements evoked the memories of 1956 or 1968, and their leaders, many of whom suffered persecution and prison under communism, negotiated the transition out of communism. The Soviet case was different. Even though Gorbachev's reforms were at least partially inspired by the ideas of dissidents such as Andrei Sakharov, change was initiated from above, from within the Communist Party. Even if a more radical reformer like Boris Yeltsin finally trumped the more careful Gorbachev, it was always the former apparatchiks who eventually came to power. The Soviet Union had no Lech Walesas or Vaclav Havels. No former dissidents or prisoners became ministers or presidents in Moscow, in contrast to Warsaw, Budapest, and Prague. Instead, there was an internal bureaucratic shift in the Kremlin. "Reformers" defeated "hard-liners." The Baltic countries and also—up to a point—Georgia were different, however, because in them dissidents did take office. In Moscow, it was a new cadre of bureaucrats that oversaw reforms.
Missing Diversity
IN THE triumphalist, postcommunist mood—it sometimes resembled a Walpurgis Night in which all cats are gray—observers often overlooked how diverse anticommunist coalitions were. Being anticommunist did not automatically mean being a democrat. The victorious anticommunist camps of 1989 were made up of democrats and liberals, social democrats and conservatives, nationalists and religious fundamentalists, anti-Russian chauvinists and—yes, frankly—semi-fascists and anti-Semites who sought to expiate (somewhat) their sordid pasts by posing as freedom lovers. Few, at that time, thought that Alexander Solzhenitsyn, a courageous anticommunist, was also a fierce Russian chauvinist of the old school. Eventually it became clear that most countries in Central and Eastern Europe harbored their own local Solzhenitsyns.
Eastern or Central European anticommunism was also coupled with—if not dominated by—strong nationalist anti-Russian sentiments. Solidarity's immense popularity derived partly from a deeply ingrained anti-Russian nationalism linked to Roman Catholicism. This was one reason for its enormous resonance in Polish society. Similar sentiments, though probably less radical and with different colorations, played roles in Hungary and Czechoslovakia and were also evident in the Baltic republics (especially Lithuania) as well as in Georgia.
Enthusiasm for rapid marketization obscured the impact of reforms on social strata that would suffer from the abolition of some of the safety nets provided by communism: retirees, workers in rust-belt, Soviet-style industries, provincial residents. Not everyone was a winner in the postcommunist paradise.
Finally, the chiliastic atmosphere immediately after 1989 often blinded analysts to the fact that there are no shortcuts to democracy. It does not emerge overnight, automatically, and it is not enough to have an elite committed to democracy and markets. After all, democracy in countries such as Britain and France took centuries, and the United States needed a civil war to abolish slavery and another century to enfranchise fully its black population. The political histories of Germany, Italy, and Spain show how complex, tortuous, and sometimes murderous the transformation toward democracy can be.
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*Shlomo Avineri is Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Recurring Visiting Professor at the Central European University in Budapest. His latest book (in Hebrew) is Herzl: An Intellectual Biography.
Posted by Reflection Cafe at 9/03/2008
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