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Explore San Diego: Enchanted castle
Posted 9:58 PM, June 18, 2019, by rchenfox5
RAMONA, Calif. – San Diego's backcountry is home to an enchanted castle that is veiled by fog, backed by a mountain and is a keeper of secrets a century old.
This is the stuff of fairy tales. With 27 rooms, this structure in Ramona has been called several things – a castle, a mountain retreat and a haunted house. Legend has it that its original owner, Irene Amy Strong, was a mysterious woman who dabbled in the occult.
"You also will notice the floor slopes and nothing is perfectly square, and that was her intention -- to be very eclectic," said Tracy Zemke, who works for the company taking care of the castle.
Strong designed every square inch of the 12,000-square foot home. Her obsession over details is on full display in one particular corner, the Zodiac Room, where Strong and her niece hand painted with no stencil each sign of the zodiac onto the ceiling.
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"Had she not done it as well as she did, it wouldn't ever have lasted all this time," Zemke said.
Something else that lasted and still works is all the original lighting and radiant heating. The walls are eight feet thick, and the stone and wood were quarried and cut from nearby.
When the castle was completed in 1921, it was used for entertaining. And that hasn't changed.
"We'll do over 100 weddings a year here. This is kind of the hidden gem. It's one of the top locations in San Diego for a wedding," Zemke said.
These days, no one lives in the Mt. Woodson Castle. It's a designated historical place and event venue.
As for the rumor that it's one of the most haunted places in San Diego?
"I have never once experienced anything other than I will tell you that I never feel alone and I never feel afraid here. I always feel welcome. So if Amy's spirit is here, she likes what we're doing," Zemke said.
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Saraceno furthers these notions of interconnectivity through his interactive "biosphere" installations. Inspired by the membrane construction and precise geometry of spider webs, the artist carefully adapts these patterns to create his own webs of networks and spheres at an architectural scale. In the two-part Biospherical work presented in this show, he shapes webbed globes using thin black cords and elastic connectors anchored to various points along the room's ceiling, floor and walls. As viewers navigate these installations, radiating ropes and connection points force them to reconsider their own understanding of the physical space as well as its inherent interconnections; with every touch of a cord, a single reverberation ripples throughout the entire network. Beyond their physical presence, these sculptures also seek to connect disparate realms of existence and knowledge through their various associations, which range from microscopic phenomena of spider web membranes and neuronal synapses within the brain to macroscopic networks of cyberspace and the cosmos.
As part of another biosphere, Saraceno constructs a fourteen-sided exterior using laminated solar panels that absorb energy during the day to power the small interior lamp at night. Like much of his experimental work, this sculpture demonstrates a functional model of sustainability and cohabitation that hinges on systems of interdependency or "synergy" between the natural and social worlds. As this structure works to convert energy into viable sources of light, it offers viewers a glimpse of their their collective capacity to transform the world by collaborating with its design and construction.
The exhibition continues into the rear gallery with two monumental works. Near the back of the space, Saraceno showcases his latest project: a Plexiglas structure powered by an air pump that inflates lattices of glistening foam bubbles. The neighboring 80SW Iridescent / Flying Garden / Air-Port-City both formally and thematically references these simulated bubbles through its eighty transparent pillows that cluster to form a single inflated globe enveloped by black netting. The reflective surfaces of these pneumatic spheres emit different colors depending on the variant lighting conditions of the gallery, which enable them to adapt as fluidly as their natural counterparts. While conceived as two separate works, they are perhaps best understood as one system capable of bridging the microscopic and the macroscopic, as well as the natural environment and our social one.
Born in Argentina, Saraceno currently lives and works in Frankfurt, Germany. Tomas Saraceno on the Roof: Cloud City, his current project at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, opened on May 16 and will remain on view through November 4, 2012. Other current and recent solo exhibitions include Tomas Saraceno – Cloud Cities, Maison Hermès, Tokyo, 2012; Cloud-Specific, Mildred Lane Kemper Museum, St. Louis, MO, 2011-2012; Cloud Cities, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, 2011; Cloud Cities, K21, Standehäus-Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Dusseldorf, 2011; Tomas Saraceno: 14 billion, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden; traveling to BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK, 2010-2011.


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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Commits $6.3 Million to Advance Equity in K-12 Schools
Tags: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Education, Grants, K-12 Education, Student Development
2020| Elementary school children with their teacher | Photograph by Kali9 via Getty Images.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) today announced $6.3 million in grants to four organizations working directly with educators, schools, and districts to design and replicate practices that promote and enable equity, through a focus on improving student well-being and equipping educators with the resources to assess student progress.
"This body of work is about translating equity from aspiration to realization. Each organization is developing resources for educators to support and enable equity at every level of our education system," said Sandra Liu Huang, Head of Education at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. "These grants reflect our belief that student well-being is a critical precondition for equity. In order to ensure equity, we must intentionally design for it."
The organizations receiving grants are:
Beloved Community, a New Orleans-based nonprofit, will receive $1.8 million to expand its Equity Audit Tool Suite, which provides schools and districts with more than 180 customized indicators that can be used to determine growth on diversity, equity, and inclusion measures across the areas of governance, operations, curriculum, pedagogy, staff culture, and student culture.
Seattle-based nonprofit Equal Opportunity Schools (EOS), whose mission is to ensure that students of color and low-income students have equitable access to advanced high school academic programs, will receive $1.5 million to scale its Action For Equity Toolkit and Framework, and to pilot real-time tools that help school districts determine their progress toward ensuring equitable access, opportunity, and participation in academically rigorous courses, and the development of anti-racist education environments.
The HEARTS program at the University of California, San Francisco will receive $1.5 million to partner with ETR to develop a HEARTS Institute. HEARTS utilizes trauma-informed, healing-centered, equity-promoting approaches to prepare educators to support trauma-impacted youth and foster staff wellness through addressing burnout and secondary traumatic stress. Racial justice has been central to HEARTS work since its inception. According to research published in School Mental Health, HEARTS has helped schools reduce school suspension rates and incidents of violence through the implementation of trauma-informed practices. The HEARTS Institute will expand this unique, professional learning program nationwide.
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Part of that work is focused on supporting research, programs and organizations that work to advance the understanding and science of how students learn and develop, and support the pivotal role of teachers in supporting a student's academic, mental, physical, emotional and cognitive development.
For more information about how CZI and our grant partners are supporting student well-being, visit chanzuckerberg.com/education/well-being.
About the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
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Are we really caring for one another?
Off Message: attacks from the inside?
Depression is a problem from which Christians are not immune. However the response to and 'treatment' of the malady should be markedly different from those of the secular world.
Amongst the factors which 'can bring on the blues' the 'emotional streams' and hormones running through our bodies and minds can create internal pressures and stresses within us which - if they are prolonged and elevated - can lead to depression.
GRIEF: perhaps through bereavement and/or loss. The term bereavement can be used to describe the 'death of dreams': hopes, plans, ambitions and expectations relating to employment, career, health, relationships can be dashed – and sometimes very suddenly and unexpectedly.
PRESSURE: A degree of stress is both healthy and normal, but if the stress level is high and sustained, then problems will inevitably arise. The pressure will often produce either an anger 'explosion' (in some) or, in other personality types, be 'stuffed down' in the form of denial or suppressed anger. Whichever way depression may well be the outcome (see following).
ANGER: Aside from the anger deriving from stress, anger can also be created in us if, for instance, we do not get our own way ( yet Jesus taught us to 'die' to self) or by someone or something that has hurt us (1 Cor 13 and similar passages give an antidote). Often anger can be totally disproportionate to the circumstances that caused it. 'Road rage' is but one example.
GUILT: Continual and unconfessed sin creates hugh stresses in the Christian. Unfortunately, the Reformers (in their efforts to rid the church of false practises) threw out the biblical practise of 'confessing our sins to one another' (James 5:14). The Bible teaches us that we need to seek to live holy lives in open communion with God and keep 'short accounts' with one another.
However every Christian, to one degree or another, comes to Christ as 'damaged goods'. Problems can come into our lives even before we are born; and we continue to be vulnerable – in a fallen world and in our fallen human nature – throughout the whole of our lives.
Ideally every Christian will have ready access to help from those around them. But sadly this is not always the case. Christian organisations like Ellel Ministries, Freedom in Christ and Derek Prince Ministries offer a wide range of facilities, resources, course and publications ranging from residential retreats, teaching and discipling schools and multi-media materials. These are variously geared towards individuals and groups in a variety of appropriate settings.
What follows is an extract from a teaching letter by Derek Prince on the 'Armour of God'.
The word here translated shield is connected with the word for a door. Its length was greater than its width. A trained soldier could so crouch down and draw his body in that he was completely protected. But he had to be fit and athletic. An overweight man would not be fully protected. Our shield of faith must likewise be complete in all its dimensions. It must cover our total personality — spirit, soul and body.
We must also be so spiritually trained and exercised that we can draw ourselves together within an area that is completely covered by the promises of Scripture. Anything in our lives that is superfluous or self-indulgent will be outside the protection of our shield.
At times the arrows Satan uses against us are "fiery." They have been set on fire. They are designed not merely to wound but also to set on fire whatever they are aimed at. They can start fires of gossip or slander or division in families or even in whole congregations. But the shield of faith — vigilantly and effectively used — will not merely stop the arrows, it will quench them. It will extinguish the flames.
Just as the breastplate of righteousness protects our heart, so the helmet protects our mind – our thought life. The mind is the area in which Christians are most regularly attacked. Inside our minds there is often a continuing war. Satan seeks to insinuate thoughts that will disturb us or distract us or in some other way make us ineffective in our war against him.
God has taught me personally many lessons in this area. When I was first born again, I was continually assailed in my mind by depression or discouragement. I saw that I needed some effective protection in that area.
When I read Paul's list of armour in Ephesians 6:13-18, I realised that it was the helmet of salvation that I needed. But then I said to myself: "I know that I am saved. Does that mean that I already have the helmet of salvation or is it something that I need to get after salvation?"
As I pondered on this, I saw that the Christians in Ephesus to whom Paul was writing were already saved. Yet Paul still instructed them to take the helmet of salvation. Clearly, therefore, I needed to do the same. But what was this helmet of salvation that should be the protection for my mind?
Fortunately, I was using a Bible with cross references in the margin. The cross reference to Ephesians 6:17 was 1 Thessalonians 5:8: ". . . and as a helmet the hope of salvation." That Scripture revolutionised my thought life. If pessimism was my problem, then optimism was the logical solution.
I set myself to seek out – and in many cases to memorise – passages of Scripture that provided me with a basis for strong, continuing optimism. Today my mind is effectively protected!
Up to this point all the items of equipment in the armour of God have been solely – or primarily – for purposes of protection or defence. Only at this point does Paul turn to weapons of attack. For this there is a logical and practical reason: if we attempt to attack before we have secured our defence, we are unprepared for the enemy's counterattack and we are likely to become casualties. This is one main reason why some Christians are wounded and become casualties. We will turn now to the two remaining weapons.
This sword can be used for both attack and defence, but it is primarily a weapon of attack. Someone has said, "The best defence is attack" – and this is often true in the spiritual realm.
The word here translated word is rhema, which usually denotes a word that is spoken. It is not the Bible in our bookshelf or even on our nightstand that is effective. But when we take Scripture in our mouth and proclaim it boldly through our lips, then it becomes a sharp, two-edged sword.
Note, too, that it is "the sword of the [Holy] Spirit." We can take God's Word in our mouth, but it only achieves its full effect when it is the Holy Spirit within us who actually wields it.
The perfect pattern of how to use the sword of the Spirit is provided by the encounter of Jesus with Satan at the time of His temptation in the wilderness. Three times Satan approached Jesus with a temptation and each time Jesus drove him back with the same phrase: "It is written" (Matt 4:4; 4:7; 4:10). Jesus used no other weapon but the rhema – the spoken word of the Lord. God has made the same weapon available to each Christian. It is important, however, to bear two things in mind.
First, Jesus had already been "filled with the Holy Spirit." (Luke 4:1). It was the Holy Spirit in Jesus that directed Him in the use of the sword.
Second, Jesus – like every Jewish boy of His day – had memorised long passages of Scripture. When Satan confronted Him, He did not need to consult a concordance or go to a library. He had already stored up the Scriptures in His memory. Surely we today need to do that just as much as Jesus did!
This seventh weapon is not listed in exactly the same way as the previous six, but it is definitely needed to make the equipment of the Christian soldier complete. Of the previous six items, only the last one – the sword of the Spirit – is a weapon of attack, and even the sword is effective only as far as a soldier's arm can reach.
But this seventh weapon of all prayer is subject to no such limitations. We may fairly call it our ICBM – our intercontinental ballistic missile. Focused prayer, directed by the Holy Spirit, can reach across continents and oceans and strike with unerring accuracy at any target assigned to it. Undoubtedly it is the most powerful and the most effective of all the weapons in the Christian arsenal.
Like the sword previously mentioned, this weapon of all prayer depends on the Holy Spirit for its effectiveness. It must be prayed "in the Spirit." (Eph 6:18) God does not commit such a weapon to Christians who are guided only by their carnal desires and emotions.
All prayer includes many different kinds of prayer – such as those listed in 1 Timothy 2:1: supplications, prayers, intercessions and giving of thanks. It is not a solo instrument to be played by one Christian on his own. Rather it is produced by an orchestra of many instruments blended together in harmony by the Holy Spirit.


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Within that mission, we believe that God has always desired to take people on a spiritual journey. Heartland explains that spiritual journey through a series of steps that believers spend their life pursuing and chasing. These four steps are the basis by which all ministry takes place at HC.
It is our desire to see all people walk into life-giving relationships with Jesus and others. We absolutely believe that life with Jesus is the best possible life that anyone could ever choose and want to do everything in our power to help people understand the importance of that decision. We do our best to create environments in our weekend experiences to help people to begin a relationship with Jesus and to truly know God.
We often say that salvation in Christ frees you from the slavery of sin. But you can be free from slavery but still have the mindset of a slave. What follows salvation is the process that every individual must take to truly become free, spirit, soul and flesh. We believe that real life change happens in the context of relationships and Heartland is a place where we want you to find authentic community and connection.
When you find freedom, it's then that you are restored to the original intent for what God created you for and it's here that you are truly able to discover purpose. We don't want people just to be free, but we want them free to move into their purpose. We intentionally try to create environments where people can become better and discover mission in their lives.
We often say that "we were created to make a difference with a group of people who are making a difference." Once we are saved, freed and then restored, finally we are able to walk in the fulfillment and pleasure of God's purpose for our lives. We believe that every person that walks through the doors of Heartland is called to be a minister and that each one of us were created to fill a role in the kingdom of God!
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President Sisi attends the opening of a military-owned chemical plant headquarters in October 2019. (Photo from the Facebook page of the president's spokesman)
Hardened and Brittle: Egypt's Authoritarian Fragility
12/18/2019Timothy E. Kaldas
At the core of many states' decisions to maintain close ties with Egypt's ruling government and its president Abdel-Fattah El Sisi is their confidence in the strength and stability of his regime. At a time in which the region is rocked with turmoil, many foreign powers take comfort in the ostensible quiet Sisi has managed to impose on Egypt (albeit through brutal means). This expansive consolidation of power has been carried out through a strategy of patronage to a handful of individuals with whom he is personally close, including members of his family. While this helps guarantee the loyalty of those holding influence, it comes at the expense of a more diffuse and truly stable institutional system. Sisi's grip on political power at this time is strong, but the manner in which he has consolidated and organized this power also makes it very fragile and sensitive to unexpected shocks.
We see this convergence of strength and fragility in materials such as knife blades. The hardness of the steel of a knife comes with potential tradeoffs. Soft steels, which require frequent sharpening, are resistant to chipping and breakage if they come into contact with hard materials such as bone. Alternatively, hard steels can hold their sharp edges for far longer if used carefully. However, if during usage, these harder steels strike other hard materials, they will chip or break. With an increased hardness, the steel becomes more brittle and fragile.
States, like knives, range in malleability and hardness. More malleable ones are far better equipped to deal with unexpected shocks. A hardened system has the advantage of being able to move very quickly and decisively. For example, many diplomats have privately credited Sisi's exceptional authoritarian grip on power as the reason he has been able to do what his predecessors all failed to; namely lifting subsidies on a number of goods, particularly energy. Such reforms have been elusive to past regimes that were more responsive to the public. Furthermore, power upon which the regime depends is concentrated in a relatively small circle. All of this adds to the regime's hardness and thus fragility.
Dismantling State Institutions
Sisi's active effort to dismantle state institutions and to undermine their autonomy has contributed to the state's overall fragility. While the Egyptian judiciary has long been seen as the most independent among Egypt's civil institutions (having on occasion taken firmly independent positions, such as accusing the Mubarak regime of electoral fraud), its enthusiastic support for Sisi, its active participation in an enormous roundup of political dissidents, and its supervision of a series of sham elections has damaged that credibility for much of the public. As its credibility and popularity has declined, Sisi has also worked to place it under his direct authority, undermining its legal autonomy. First, Sisi's allies used legislation to increase his powers of appointment of high court judges and this year his appointment powers were enshrined in the constitution. Now Sisi sits at the head of a new body that oversees the entire judiciary and over which the president has veto power.
Following the coup, Sisi was able to govern without a legislature until the end of 2015, when the newly-elected body became primarily composed of pro-regime parties aligned with the "For the Love of Egypt" list organized by former intelligence officer Sameh Seif al-Yazal. This bloc won every single seat set aside for parliamentary list candidates. The purpose of the former officer's work was to deliver a docile legislature and he succeeded, while a handful of independent MPs managed to get elected. These parliamentarians have been attacked and disciplined repeatedly by the pro-regime majority.
The parliament itself proposed a constitutional amendment that further weakened its own powers despite already functioning as a rubber stamp body. The new amendment created an upper house in which the president could appoint one third of the members, diluting the power of the elected MPs and further increasing the power of the president. Another amendment extended Sisi's term in office, allowing him to pursue a third term, potentially leaving him in power until 2030. In addition to this, Mada Masr reports that the president has tasked his National Security Agency with delivering an even more compliant parliament next year by eliminating the handful of independent MPs present in the current one.
Dismantling Civilian Centers of Power
Through legislation, the judiciary, and interior ministry, Sisi has seriously constricted Egyptian civil society, passing a draconian NGO law that severely restricts the activities of NGOs and their potential sources of funding, allowing the state to strangle organizations critical of the government. While some of the most carceral elements of the law were softened this past year, the restrictions largely remain intact. A variety of human rights defenders have been arrested, imprisoned, and banned from travel, with many having their assets frozen.
Even the private sector appears an untenable source of independent civilian power in Sisi and his allies' view. Under Mubarak, the civilian business elite had a fair amount of policy influence, often used to serve their personal financial interests. Today, this group has largely been politically marginalized.[1] Aside from sidelining the business community politically, the military has aggressively expanded its economic empire and in the process has deterred investment on the part of domestic and foreign investors. Since the IMF bailout in 2016, the non-oil and gas economy has contracted nearly every month according to the purchasing managers' index, and foreign direct investment has been stagnant and well below targets. What FDI does exist has largely been directed to the oil and gas sectors as well which are directly tied to the government. Privately, the business community is awash with stories about military companies interfering in private business affairs.
Dismantling the Press
Finally, the military and other security agencies have bought, co-opted, and intimidated the lion's share of Egypt's media industry, as they have gone as far as to purchase film and television production companies. While this has allowed the state to control much of what is broadcast into the homes of Egyptians from Egypt, it has also increased the public's desire to turn to alternative outlets outside the country and the government's control. It is suspected that this is part of the reason the president's son Mahmoud El-Sisi, who had been tasked while at the General Intelligence Service with controlling the media, has now been dispatched to Moscow for a post at the Egyptian embassy there. The last remaining independent press outlet in Egypt, Mada Masr, had its office raided and a number of its journalists briefly detained after publishing an investigative report on the son's reassignment.
The Cost of Consolidation
This consolidation of political, economic and media power in the hands of a small group of supporters of the president has significantly increased the fragility of the regime. The lack of a deliberative body in the form of parliament has allowed for unstudied and ill-advised decisions to be taken based on the preferences of the president, with no effective debate around the wisdom of those decisions. Sisi's megaprojects have been and continue to be extremely costly with the actual accounting often being fairly opaque. His needlessly accelerated Suez Canal expansion used up a large amount of hard currency at a time when the country was suffering from an acute shortage. Few if any independent observers are convinced by the prudence of his massive New Administrative Capital project, which is projected to cost at least $45 billion and, like the canal, is being overseen by a military-owned company.
The broad repression of criticism in parliament, in the press, and in public has removed all feedback loops between the regime and the public. This dynamic resulted in the regime going into crisis mode over the public response to a series of viral Facebook videos, with the president addressing the criticisms, the Minister of Defense making an unusual series of public appearances, and the media being awash with pro-Sisi programming. It also resulted in a few thousand protestors throughout the country being perceived as an existential challenge to the regime, when a more permissive environment could have allowed for such protests to pass as a natural expression of discontent in response to austerity measures.
In this instance the regime was able to quell the protests through a massive crackdown, arresting over 4,000 people. However, it is only a matter of time until the next spark sets off a larger round of protests that may not be put down as easily.
In 2011, the military's perceived distance from the president allowed them to cast aside Mubarak, imprison a few ministers and business leaders who were close to him and, ultimately, maintain its own power. Today, Sisi is far more deeply intertwined with military leadership, meaning their fates are more likely to be linked. Furthermore, the erosion of institutions' independence undermines the effectiveness of projecting blame onto them to quell discontent. Efforts to reprimand ministers by parliament, after the latest protests, were ineffective.
Additionally, with no independent political parties permitted and much of the country's civil society severely repressed, there are no spaces in which political expertise can be built and alternative leadership fostered. When Sisi ceases to be president there is no mechanism for a peaceful transition of power as witnessed in Tunisia, nor is there space for credible alternatives to be groomed. Fear of a transition, despite its inevitability, has compelled Sisi to take actions that all but ensure that when that day comes it will be chaotic.
Sisi's sharp hardened blade may have cut down his opponents and concentrated power in his hands but when it hits an even harder challenge, it may not merely chip but break entirely. The steel of the regime must be tempered so that Egypt's government can withstand the transitions that Egypt requires and deliver the flexibility that is needed to advance the wellbeing of the public and overcome unanticipated challenges as they're encountered. Until that happens the risks associated with the regime's fragility are both substantial and unsettlingly unpredictable.
[1] El Tarouty, Safinaz. 2015. Businessmen, Clientelism, and Authoritarianism in Egypt. New York. Palgrave Macmillan


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PAS Ulama equates criticism of monarchy to attacks against Islam
Tuesday, 27 Apr 2021 03:25 PM MYT
BY RADZI RAZAK
Pasir Puteh MP Datuk Nik Muhammad Zawawi Nik Salleh speaks to the media in the lobby of Parliament in Kuala Lumpur July 19, 2018. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — The PAS Ulama wing asserted today that insults and attempts to smear the monarchy was tantamount to attacking Islam and the country.
Wing chief Datuk Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh said this was because the Yang di-Pertuan Agong was the head of Islam under the Federal Constitution.
"Looking at the concept and practice of the monarchy system enshrined in the constitution, it is clear that the importance of preserving and respecting this institution as it is a clear symbol of the protection of Islam and the preservation of its sanctity. It is understood from that, this rude act and insult to the monarchy system in fact invites an evil attack on Islam in this country.
"Insults to Islam must be opposed so that the dignity and sanctity of Islam is preserved," he said in a statement today.
The statement was on comments made on the social media that were seen to be critical of the monarchy.
On April 23 police arrested graphics designer Fahmi Reza for a post on social media involving the Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah.
PAS lodged police reports over the matter, leading to Fahmi's arrest last week.
Nik Zawawi, who is also the Pasir Puteh MP, said PAS Ulama strongly condemned mockery of the monarch in any form including caricatures.
"It is very worrying when all forms of insult to the monarchical System today are defended and supported on the grounds of the right to freedom of expression.
"The right to freedom of speech has its limits, be disciplined and don't be rude. Islam gives the right to freedom but Islam also sets its boundaries, which is on good things and virtue only," he said.
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Regulation of the metal transport protein divalent metal transporter-1 (DMT1) may contribute to the uptake and detoxification of iron by cells resident in the respiratory tract. Inflammation has been associated with an increased availability of this metal resulting in an oxidative stress. Because proinflammatory cytokines and LPS have been demonstrated to affect an elevated expression of DMT1 in a macrophage cell line, we tested the hypothesis that tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interferon (IFN)-gamma, and LPS increase DMT1 expression in airway epithelial cells. We used RT-PCR to detect mRNA for both -IRE DMT1 and +IRE DMT1 in BEAS-2B cells. Treatment with TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma, or LPS increased both forms. Western blot analysis also demonstrated an increase in the expression of both isoforms of DMT1 after these treatments. Twenty-four hours after exposure of an animal model to TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma, or LPS, a significant increase in pulmonary expression of -IRE DMT1 was seen by immunohistochemistry; the level of +IRE DMT1 was too low in the lung to be visualized using this methodology. Finally, iron transport into BEAS-2B cells was increased after inclusion of TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma, or LPS in the media. We conclude that proinflammatory cytokines and LPS increase mRNA and protein expression of DMT1 in airway cells in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, both -IRE and +IRE isoforms are elevated after exposures. Increased expression of this protein appears to be included in a coordinated response of the cell and tissue where the function might be to diminish availability of metal.


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Premier Doug Ford provided Niagara West with an early Christmas present Wednesday morning – committing to the long-awaited West Lincoln Memorial Hospital rebuild.
Ford, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Christine Elliott, Minister of Infrastructure Monte McNaughton and Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff were all part of announcement which included several components.
While a $500,000 commitment to the capital planning process for the rebuild and following through on an old Liberal promise for $8.6 million in infrastructure upgrades were part of the mix, his comments on the rebuild itself is what everyone wanted to hear.
"We're going to build you a new hospital, right here," Ford told those at a press conference.
While everyone wants to know when the shovel will go in the ground, Ford said that was premature as there are still major steps in the planning process to execute, but he said it will be as fast as good planning will allow.
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During the early 1760s, Neolin, a spiritual leader of the Delaware Indians, gained favor among many native societies in the Ohio Country. Dismayed by the Indians' reliance on English and French manufactured goods, Neolin called for the natives to adopt more traditional Indian practices. Rather than using the musket to hunt and fight, Neolin encouraged his followers to use the traditional bow and arrow instead. He also demanded that his followers forsake alcohol. By turning their backs on their native customs, he said, Keesh-she-la-mil-lang-up, the Master of Life, would not allow them to enter heaven. Indians must return to their traditional ways if they hoped to receive the Master of Life's blessing and to succeed against the English settlers traveling into the Ohio Country at the end of the French and Indian War.
Many scholars believe that Neolin's message greatly influenced Pontiac, a leader of the Ottawa Indians. Pontiac agreed with Neolin that native tribes needed to end their reliance on Europeans and unite together against English settlers. But he refused to give up muskets. Pontiac believed that there was little hope for the Indians if they returned to more traditional means of fighting. In February 1765, Neolin urged his fellow Native Americans to end an uprising that later came to be called Pontiac's Rebellion. According to Neolin, the Master of Life had ordered the Indians to lay down their arms.
In the early 1800s, Tenskwatawa, the Shawnee Prophet, spread a message similar to Neolin's across the Ohio country once again.
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Tenskwatawa - The Prophet
Barrett, Carole, Harvey Markowitz, and R. Kent Rasmussen, eds. American Indian Biographies. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2005.
Hurt, R. Douglas. The Ohio Frontier: Crucible of the Old Northwest, 1720-1830. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1996.
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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and University College London have rebuilt a human thymus, an essential organ in the immune system, using human stem cells and a bioengineered scaffold. Their work is an important step towards being able to build artificial thymi which could be used as transplants.
The thymus is an organ in the chest where T lymphocytes, which play a vital role in the immune system, mature. If the thymus does not work properly or does not form during foetal development in the womb, this can lead to diseases such as severe immunodeficiency, where the body cannot fight infectious diseases or cancerous cells, or autoimmunity, where the immune system mistakenly attacks the patient's own healthy tissue.
In their proof-of-concept study, published in Nature Communications today, the scientists rebuilt thymi using stem cells taken from patients who had to have the organ removed during surgery. When transplanted into mice, the bioengineered thymi were able to support the development of mature and functional human T lymphocytes.
While researchers have previously rebuilt other organs or sections of organs, this is the first-time scientists have successfully rebuilt a whole working human thymus. The study, which was mainly funded by the European Research Council (ERC),* is an important step not only for further research into and treatment of severe immune deficiencies but also more broadly for developing new techniques to grow artificial organs.
Sara Campinoti, author and researcher in the Epithelial Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory at the Crick says: "Showing it is possible to build a working thymus from human cells is a crucial step towards being able to grow thymi which could one day be used as transplants".
To rebuild this organ, the researchers collected thymi from patients and in the laboratory, grew thymic epithelial cells and thymic interstitial cells from the donated tissue into many colonies of billions of cells.
The next step for the researchers was to obtain a structural scaffold of thymi, which they could repopulate with the thymic cells they had cultured. For this, researcher Asllan Gjinovci developed a new approach to remove all the cells from rat thymi, so only the structural scaffolds remained. They had to use a new microvascular surgical approach for this, as conventional methods are not effective for the thymus.
Asllan says: "This new approach is important because it enables us to obtain scaffolds from larger organs like the human thymus, something essential to bringing this beautiful work to the clinic."
The researchers then injected the organ scaffolds with up to six million human thymic epithelial cells as well as interstitial cells from the colonies they had grown in the lab. The cells grew onto the scaffolds and after only five days, the organs had developed to a similar stage as those seen in nine-week old foetuses.
Finally, the team implanted these thymi into mice. They found that in over 75% of cases, the thymi were able to support the development of human lymphocytes.
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Roberta Ragazzini, another author of the paper, adds: "The fact that we can extensively expand thymic stem cells taken from human donors into large colonies is really exciting. It makes it possible to scale up the process with a view to build 'human size' thymi."
Paola Bonfanti, senior author and group leader at the Crick and professor in the Division of Infection and Immunity at UCL says: "As well as providing a new source of transplants for people without a working thymus, our work has other potential future applications.
"For example, as the thymus helps the immune system to recognise self from non-self, it poses a problem for organ transplants as it can cause the immune system to attack the transplant.
"It is possible that we could overcome this by also transplanting a thymus regrown from cells taken from the thymus of the organ donor. We are confident that this may prevent the body attacking the transplant. The research behind this is still in early days, but it is an exciting concept which could remove the need for patients to take immune suppressors for the rest of their life."
The researchers are continuing their work rebuilding thymi to refine and scale up the process.
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I carry around a list in my head of all the things I need to do in a day. Before I had kids, this mental list dictated my day. It kept me focused on all the tasks I needed to complete, and I would methodically move from one to the next until they were done. I call this practice, "sticking with the plan," and Greg occasionally makes fun of me for it whenever it veers into neuroses.
Much of "the plan" even revolves around them these days: fixing their breakfasts, packing their lunches, playing with them, helping with homework, etc. And yet, there are also those pesky other things that must be done: quiet time, laundry, mopping, cooking, emailing, budgeting, errand-running, and so forth. My kids are not always on board with that other list. And frankly, that's not always a bad thing. In fact, their indifference has managed to get me to do something that all of my husband's loving jabs could not: cultivate the discipline to break from the plan when needed.
My children have taught me that sometimes a tea party is more important than a mopped floor, and that curling up with two babies and a pile of books can and should be the first priority of many days. They have taught me that most of my tasks are really not that important at all, and certainly not too important to be interrupted several times to take care other others.
And they have taught me to watch birds.
A couple of days ago, I was walking from the family room to the bedrooms, probably carrying a pile of items to be distributed to rooms along the way, when I caught sight of Luke sitting on the living room floor, gazing out the window. He was situated between the glass and the sheer white curtain, just a gauzy outline of a five year old. Out of amused curiosity, I stopped and asked him what he was doing.
It was a question whose answer held a strangely moral dimension for me that day. My mental list had been very prominent in my thinking, and I had been zipping through it, check-check-checking things off. And yet, suddenly, watching birds seemed like more than a suggestion; it seemed like the right thing to do.
And so I settled in behind the curtain, cross-legged against the glass, and watched the crows fly from tree to tree. I watched a blue jay chatter on a branch, and smaller birds zip in between "the cord lines," as Luke calls the telephone wires. We laughed together at each unexpected flight and each avian interaction, wondering aloud what the birds were saying to each other. I totally forgot what it was that I was supposed to be doing, and can't remember even now, because I knew somehow that I was doing something that mattered so much more.
I was looking at the birds of the air and realizing that they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet my heavenly Father feeds them. Are Luke and Anna and Greg and I…are we all…not much more valuable than they?
Sitting there, I was thankful to a God who not only took care of birds, but who gave this overly-driven mama a kindergartner who was delighted by them. I remembered fondly how, even at less than a year old, he would be fixated by the smallest outline of a winged creature flying through the sky. We would laugh at the way he would ignore all of the large, bright toys we were waving in his face to point and grunt excitedly at the pinprick of a bird so far overhead that we adults had missed it.
And I looked out the window again…and realized that it was.
Sometimes it's so easy to see why the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
How do your children–or any children–draw you closer to God?
So sweet, Ann! I love the innocence and earnestness of kids!
I've titled my life "Girl Interrupted" as my plans are always derailed. Although I complain that I can't even finish a thought in my head, I am oh so glad to be the Girl Interrupted–especially by Jesus Christ himself, as my plan ascend to the heavens would never pan out.
Ha! I can totally relate. And I love that you point out that you are also interrupted by Christ. Perhaps the discipline to be interrupted is more valuable than I thought!
"… cultivate the discipline to break from the plan when needed." Love this line!
And I also love the story of your time behind the curtain. Kids are a wonderful blessing. One way mine point me to God, now that they are both in college, is through talking about the books they are reading. Reading what they have recently read is a great way to get a conversation going, and since they both like to read Christian writers, the conversations get biblical really easily.
Oh, Tim, I can't WAIT until we can read and talk about the same books! I so hope that happens! Even now that they are old enough to really understand and enjoy plots, I've enjoyed sharing books with them. I anticipate it only getting better over time!


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JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company [NYSE:OSK] and a leading global manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telehandlers, recently opened a new service center in Hiram, Georgia. The 14,400-square-foot, eight-bay Atlanta-area facility joins the growing list of JLG® service centers that includes facilities in Houston, Texas; Riverside, California; Hagerstown, Maryland; and the Rock Hill, South Carolina opened last year.
The new center will inspect, maintain, and repair all brands of lift and access equipment at the facility or on location at a customer's job site. The list of services includes quarterly and annual ANSI-required mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) inspections, preventive and planned maintenance, light and heavy repairs, and mobile service for customers who preference on-site service of their equipment.
"We provide comprehensive service for JLG and non-JLG branded equipment to help maintain the overall health of our customers mixed equipment fleets," said Andy Tacelosky, JLG Industries chief operating officer. "Strategically located centers like our newest location in Atlanta enable us to respond quickly to the needs of our customers and their customers, increasing the amount of uptime of their machines, which boosts productivity and drives down total cost of ownership."
In addition to its twelve service bays, the Atlanta-area service center includes a wash bay, four ten-ton overhead cranes and fully-equipped mobile service vehicles. The center sits on seven acres of land that includes 4.4 acres of on-site equipment storage.
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Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger Just Tied the Knot at a California Ranch
Say hello to Mr. and Mrs. Pratt!
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Mr and Mrs. Pratt! Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger have officially tied the knot, according to People.
Photos obtained by the publication show the bride, 29, from behind in a form-fitting white gown with a tulle cape skirt trailing down its back and a long white veil.
People reports that the Guardians of the Galaxy star, 39, and Schwarzenegger said their "I dos" at San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California, before a crowd of family and friends that included Schwarzenegger's famous parents, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver.
Also in attendance was Pratt's 6-year-old son, Jack, whom he shares with ex-wife Anna Faris, and family pal, Rob Lowe.
"Everyone just looked so happy," a source told People of the pair's nuptials, which the insider said featured "Lots of flowers and greenery everywhere. It's a very romantic setting for a wedding."
The outlet also gave fans some insight as to their reception dinner menu, which reportedly boasted lots of homegrown fare. "They are using only local food. It's a lot of fresh vegetables," the source shared. "They didn't want the menu to be too heavy, or rich. It's more of a light summer menu. For dessert, there are lighter options as well like raspberries, blueberries and red currant."
People previously reported that the twosome, who were first spotted together in June 2018, would likely have a religious ceremony: "God is going to be a part of this marriage," the insider told the magazine in January 2019.
The duo got engaged that same month.
Pratt announced the news on Instagram with a sweet photo of himself embracing his bride-to-be that showed off her cushion-cut engagement ring. "Sweet Katherine, so happy you said yes! I'm thrilled to be marrying you," he wrote at the time. "Proud to live boldly in faith with you. Here we go!"
Katherine celebrated ahead of her nuptials with pals that included Oprah Winfrey at a bridal shower hosted by her mom, Maria—a.k.a the couple's matchmaker—in April 2019.
"They never had a typical relationship. It very much helped that Chris already knew Maria," an insider explained to People in January. "They didn't have to take things slowly because they were getting to know each other's families. Katherine's family instantly treated Chris like a family member."
Pratt also made an appearance at the event per People, where he toasted his future wife. "Katherine lit up when Chris arrived. He also gave a sweet toast. They were adorable together and he wanted her to have all the attention."
The Avengers: Endgame star split from Faris, 42, in August 2017.
She game the couple her blessing following Pratt's engagement post, however, writing, "I'm so happy for you both!! Congratulations!"
Here's to raising a glass to the happy pair!
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