Courage, I seemed to think, comes to us in finite quantities, like an inheritance, and by being frugal and stashing it away and letting it earn interest, we steadily increase our moral capital in preparation for that day when the account must be drawn down. He grew up in Worthington, where that city played an important role in shaping his imagination and developing his artistic sensibility. In fact, Jimmy understands that Martha does not love him and gives him false hope. Excellent, peer-reviewed journal contains scholarly essays, including some on Tim O'Brien's writing, reviews of scholarly books, personal essays, original fiction, and poetry on the subject of war. I took a picture, thinking that so much glare would ruin it.
He goes into depth of the incidences that happen, showing the importance of that event while he was… Words 841 - Pages 4 because he loved her so much and could not stop thinking about her. The book is nothing short of a masterpiece. Then I just as promptly set them aside to read something flashy. These recurring events also spring memories of the beautiful lake where Norman used to spend a lot of time with his now married ex-girlfriend Sally Kramer and his high school friends. Maybe just hits a little to close to home, knew many of my friends brothers who served, some lived, some of course did not.
This is memoir, metafiction, magical realism, and a whole grab bag of other literary genres rolled into one. I passed through towns with familiar names, through the pine forests and down to the prairie, and then to Vietnam, where I was a soldier, and then home again. I passed through towns with familiar names, through the pine forests and down to the prairie, and then to Vietnam, where I was a soldier, and then home again. A sad story that encompasses the many different aspects of soldier life during the Vietnam war. My son read this book for school his junior year.
He has formed a voice from this wilderness of human experience and has documented for us all a glimpse into moments of humanity during wartime. One day the Alpha Company leaves for an operation, but even there the lieutenant cannot concentrate and thinks about his distant love. For more reviews of this book as well as many others, visit the Sisters blog at reads like a confession, which, I suppose, in many ways it is. War is a theme in so many books, be they historical fiction, memoirs, alternate histories. In the literal sense O'Brien talks about what different members of a platoon in Vietnam carried. How much needs to be true for it to feel real? In war fiction written by a vet I like to feel that it is fiction drawn on life experience.
It's classified as fiction, but it really is non-fiction in a way. At the end of the story the significance of Pat Lavender is brought to attention. To me, telling a number of short stories and putting them all into a novel is a little bit daring. I think Tim would have said that. It should be said, though, that it is a very narrow viewpoint into the Vietnam experience. In 'the Nam', in the jungle, there was a platoon of young men.
I would do it again if call upon. I have no excuse for this. But the episode is also mentioned in several other stores. For instance, there's a chapter devoted exclusively to telling the story of a man the storyteller killed with a hand grenade and the bloody aftermath. Throughout the story, he builds the characters personalities, and shows us who these people are, through their luggage.
Rereading the comments below, I discovered 35 that Fionnuala had alrady written this Epilogue, lacking only the photo to illustrate it. The last day at the Lodge, Elroy takes him out fishing on a sunny, cold afternoon. This item is also the most representative of war because they showed how stressful the war was because he had to take them to numb himself. Throughout the story, he builds the characters personalities, and shows us who these people are, through their luggage. I found them when I took out the garbage that night and picked them up.
The platoon would follow Lieutenant Jimmy Cross across the hills, valleys, swamps, rivers, mountains, and everything else you could imagine. I survived, but it's not a happy ending. The place seemed to echo with a weird deep-wilderness sound — tribal music — bamboo flutes and drums and chimes. The physical things fill out the story. In the way that sometimes only fiction can encapsulate the truth. During the first block, it was more difficult to determine which lens to look through, and a lot of thought had to be put in when reading the block as a whole. This may be important as it is possible that Kiowa, through the smell of the Bible is escaping from the world and war around him.
These emotions of guilt and loss are still carried by Jimmy Cross after the war. They would walk all day, and. It is a story about the soldiers and their experiences and emotions that are brought about from the war. It does not instruct, nor encourage virtue, nor suggest models of proper human behavior, nor restrain men from doing the things men have always done. P 40 …sometimes remembering will lead to a story, which makes it forever. And the guy drowning in a field of poop? As he points out after an encounter with a dear little old lady leaving one of his book readings, this is not a war story, it's a love story. And j War is hell, but that's not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love.
Rather, he employs this technique in an attempt to get at the heart of the matter. This new copy is not quite as loveworn, but still it is cherished. He said that it was the first reunion he had come to. A volte vivi, a volte morti. O'Brien for working through a lot of angst and for writing so well, and five stars to Mr. I am really glad I read this book and I hope to purchase a copy for my bookshelf, I can absolutely recommend the audio version of this one as the narrator was excellent.


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Japan: Air Liquide completes the construction of the first public-use hydrogen filling stations in Nagoya and Toyota
WEBWIRE – Monday, January 19, 2015
Today, Air Liquide held a ceremony to celebrate the completion of two hydrogen filling stations in the cities of Nagoya and Toyota, located in the Aichi Prefecture of Japan. These two hydrogen filling stations are the first public-use hydrogen filling stations for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles in the central Nagoya area and in Toyota City, respectively. They will make it possible to fill Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles in less than 5 minutes per car, offering an autonomy that can reach up to 500km depending on the model.
The new stations were developed in a collaborative joint venture between Air Liquide Japan and Toyota Tsusho Corp., Toyotsu Air Liquide Hydrogen Energy. Air Liquide Japan was in charge of the design and installation of these stations which were designed using Air Liquide group's expertise acquired from installing more than 60 hydrogen filling stations around the world.
Prior to the ceremony, on January 18th, Air Liquide welcomed Mr. Michel Sapin, French Minister of Finance and Public Accounts at the new Nagoya station. He praised the joint-venture of Air Liquide and Toyota Tsusho as a showcase of innovative partnership and a valuable contribution to the fight against global warming.
Air Liquide is actively involved in the development of the hydrogen energy industry worldwide, already operating hydrogen filling stations for the general public in Europe, including Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Düsseldorf in Germany, and in several cities in Denmark as well as in the United States. Very present in this sector in Japan, the Group has already built three hydrogen stations, in Tokyo, Kawasaki and Saga, currently in test phase.
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China's manufacturing industry is aiming to transform itself from "Quantity" to "Quality". The key strategy is to develop a digital economy, said Li Yizhong, the former minister from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Sunday.
Speaking at the 2018 World Forum on Scientific and Technological Innovation in Beijing,Li said "A digital economy means a deep integration of Information technology (IT) and the manufacturing industry."
"It is the trend of a global economy as well as a national strategy for a high-quality growth in manufacturing and internet development,' he added.
Then, how to develop a digital economy?
Li noted that cutting-edge technologies like big data, internet, cloud computing, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) need to be closely integrated with the manufacturing industry to develop new products and business models.
There are three areas where China's digital economy has developed the most in recent years, Li summarized, firstly, the IT industry has seen a fast growth and contributed 8 percent to the overall GDP growth last year.
Secondly, enterprises have played bigger roles in developing a digital economy. They have realized the significance of the integration between manufacturing and IT. For instance, Alibaba has rolled out an industrial system that integrated the internet and its companies. The IT industry includes telecom manufacturing, communication services, software and the internet industries.
Thirdly, the benchmarks in digitalization have been improved. For example, indoor broadband penetration has reached 86.7 percent while mobile broadband penetration has risen to 86.3 percent, and the internet surfing fee has been reduced by 46.2 percent, which has exceeded the goals set for 2020.
The number of robots used by every 10,000 workers on average has been increased from 23 in 2013 to 50 as of now, which is close to the world's averages. The patents held by every 10,000 citizens on average have doubled since 2013. Moreover, enterprises hold over 60 percent of the overall patents.
He also pointed out the challenges faced by digital economy developments.
Core technologies are still controlled by other nations. The Chinese economic structure is still at the low-end. There are significant gaps between China and other developed countries in chips, integrated circuits, software, and data processing techniques. Ninety-five percent of high-end chips are from overseas. Therefore, technological innovations are vital for developing a digital economy.
Most enterprises lack awareness when it comes to digital transformation. They need technical assistance and support. Their understandings of how technologies could enhance productivity require further education. Meanwhile, tech companies lack the knowledge of the industrial demands.
Li suggested strengthening the communication and education for digital transformation among enterprises and leading industrial enterprises by collaborating with internet giants to develop new applications.
On the one hand, interdisciplinary talents who have both knowledgeable of technologies like big data and have the industrial expertise are extremely scarce. On the other hand, loads of traditional workers have been laid off. In France, 3 million jobs will disappear because of digitalization. While in the Guiyang hi-tech industrial development area, 42,000 jobs were created by the digital economy and related industries, Li said.


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Q: Ignore Certificate Error in Mobile First (React Native) (Android) I'm currently working with React Native that needs to integrate Mobile First. I try to ping the server but it throws this error.
 java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Trust anchor for
 certification path not found.

The server certificate wasn't signed by a CA, but was self signed.
I searched and found that adding the self signed cert to trust-anchor (https://developer.android.com/training/articles/security-config) should resolve the issue. Installing the certificate to the device will do the trick too.
Unfortunately, the certificate itself has issue too so I cannot make it work using the solution above.
I know the proper solution for this is to install a valid and trusted certificate on the server side but we are still in development mode. I'd like to ask if there's a way to just ignore the SSL Certificate Error?
BTW I'm using MobileFirst SDK's function, specifically WLAuthorizationManager.login() and WLAuthorizationManager.obtainAccessToken()

A: If this is your test environment, you can switch over to HTTP instead of HTTPS where certificate validation won't occur. Of course, your server will have to support it too.
If this is your production environment, the only solution is to get a certificate signed by a proper CA chain.

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Ocean of Extremes
New York City to Punta Arenas: The Beginning of Our Journey
by Gisela Winckler|June 28, 2019
Co-chiefs for Expedition 383 DYNAPACC Gisela Winckler (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Earth Institute, Columbia University) and Frank Lamy (AWI Bremerhaven)
What brings 33 climate scientists and (paleo)oceanographers from 13 different countries to the end of the world in Punta Arenas, Chile, in the middle of Southern hemisphere winter? It is a very special ship, docked at the pier in Punta Arenas: the R/V Joides Resolution, a unique research vessel that can drill thousands of feet into the ocean floor to collect sediments. Not only does the Joides Resolution have a 180-foot-high derrick for its drilling operations — it is also a floating laboratory with state-of-the-art facilities for micropaleontology, sedimentology, paleomagnetic, physical and geochemical analyses.
The R/V Joides Resolution, docked in Punta Arenas, Chile getting ready to sail to the Southern Ocean. Photo: Gisela Winckler
I am one of the two co-chief scientists leading a two-month expedition to the Pacific Sector of the Southern Ocean. I'm joined by two Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory post docs, Julia Gottschalk and Jenny Middleton. Expedition 383, aka DYNAPACC (Dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current), has been in the works for almost a decade, from the initial idea and site survey cruise, through countless conferences to this moment in Punta Arenas. My co-chief Frank Lamy from Alfred Wegner Institute, Germany, and I have spent much of the past year planning every detail of this expedition, most importantly putting together the team of 33 scientists from a total of 13 countries. I was the last of the team to make it to Punta Arenas — due to flight cancellations and delays in Houston and Santiago it took me more than 50 hours to get from New York City to Punta Arenas, at the southernmost tip of South America — and it feels great to finally meet all the science team and the crew with whom I will spend the next two months.
After a couple of days at the dock bunkering food, supplies and fuel, we sailed through the breathtakingly beautiful Strait of Magellan (which you can see in the video below) on a sunny and not too cold winter day, and then on to the Pacific Ocean. The R/V Joides Resolution is more than 400 feet long, and we have 123 people on board: 33 scientists, 26 support staff members from the International Ocean Discovery Program and 64 crew members.
Why are we doing research in the Southern Ocean? The Southern Ocean plays a powerful role in Earth's climate. It stores more anthropogenic heat and carbon dioxide than any other latitude band on Earth. We know that the Southern Ocean is changing rapidly as the world's climate warms, yet we lack the basic understanding of the processes controlling this important element in the global climate puzzle. A major goal of our expedition is therefore to collect data to improve our understanding of the Southern Ocean's climate engine and its variability today, in the past and, perhaps most importantly, in the future.
A major feature of the Southern Ocean is the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: arguably the most important ocean current on the planet. As it encircles the Antarctic continent, it is the world's strongest ocean current system (it carries more than 150 times more water than all the world's rivers combined), connecting all three major basins of the global ocean (Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian) and isolating the enormous Antarctic ice sheets and keeping them frozen.
The logo for Expedition 383 (DYNAPACC). The shaded region illustrates the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The white stars are the locations we will drill at.
The Southern Ocean also is one of the most remote regions of our planet, and hence it is not surprising that, in spite of its global importance, we do not know a whole lot about this region. To fill this gaping hole, we hope to drill 21 holes, up to 1500 feet deep into the seafloor, at seven locations. Marine sediments accumulate bit by bit, like a layer cake, with the oldest sediment at the bottom and the youngest on top, and record climate variability like a tape recorder. The sediments gathered from the ocean floor will allow us to study how Southern Ocean winds and ocean currents have responded to past climatic changes and how the ocean, atmosphere and Antarctic ice sheets may respond to future warming. A better understanding of the natural variability of this region in the past and its sensitivities will help us to predict the Southern Ocean's role in a warming world, and it will help us to better predict the future of the Antarctic ice sheets and their potential contribution to global sea level rise.
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In a conversation about his new book America: The Farewell Tour, Chris Hedges tells journalist, Hugh Hamilton, the country's institutions and practices rooted in an economic system of capitalism, are unraveling while also making a call for action. Two-part interview.
Why does the US media have an anti-Russian fixation? It's not what the American people want to hear. 71% of the Ronald Reagan-loving, military-obsessed Republican Party approve of Trump meeting with Putin. On the other side, top liberal CNN commentator and former President Obama's adviser, Van Jones has admitted in a video recording that the "Russiagate" story is a "big nothing burger" which Democrats are not interested in. The Russia-fixated, Hillary Clinton-DNC liberal establishment now faces an upsurge of opposition from Democratic Socialists like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, who emphasize the need for populist economics reforms.
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Ted Cruz, Roger Wicker Slam Media for Pushing Dem Gun Control Agenda
ABC's Capitol Hill correspondent Rachel Scott continued her harassment of Republican Senators Thursday in the network's apparent attempt to bully enough Senators into supporting the Democrat's gun control agenda, this time with help from Sky News reporter Mark Stone. However, two Republican Senators were able to turn the tables on both Scott and Stone.
Scott went right into propaganda mode during ABC World News Tonight's segment on the renewed debate over gun control in light of the tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas (gun laws that wouldn't have prevented the gunman from acquiring his weapons in the first place).
"Polls show more than 80 percent of Americans support those policies. But it's far from clear that they can get the ten Republican votes needed," Scott whined before cutting to tape of her chasing after Senator Susan Collins (R-ME).
Since West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin has continued to insist on not voting to scrap the filibuster, Scott hounded Collins to ask if the sixty votes needed to pass gun control are there.
Collins responded that "it's a little bit early to try to predict the outcome."
In her typical smug and condescending tone, Scott announced that "for some Republicans, any talk of reform involving guns is a nonstarter."
During her harassment tour, Scott caught up with Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) to lecture him that the "majority of Americans support some type of action when it comes to gun reform" the and asked if the Republican Party is wrong on gun control.
Wicker did not take her arrogant lectures lying down:
SEN. ROGER WICKER: We need to look at what solutions have worked and haven't worked. So I'm not—
SCOTT: But if the majority of Americans say background checks --
WICKER: Ma'am—
SCOTT: Should be in place.
WICKER: I realize you have a point of view and I've been happy to answer your questions.
SCOTT: It's the point of view of the American people, sir.
Scott then aired footage of Sky News foreign correspondent Mark Stone attempting to debate gun control with Texas Senator Ted Cruz (spoiler alert: it did not end well for Stone):
MARK STONE: Is this the moment to reform gun laws?
SEN. TED CRUZ: You know, it's easy to go to politics.
STONE: But it's important. It's at the heart of the issue.
CRUZ: I get that that's where the media likes to go.
STONE: It's not. It's where many of the people we've talked to here like to go.
CRUZ: The proposals from Democrats and the media inevitably when some violent psychopath murders people.
STONE: A violent psychopath who's able to get a weapon so easily. 18-year-old with two AR-15s.
CRUZ: If you want to stop violent crime, the proposals the Democrats have none of them - would have stopped this.
NBC Nightly News, during their segment on the gun control debate, aired a portion of Stone's exchange that wasn't aired on ABC. Stone despicably and falsely asked Cruz why mass shootings "only happen in your country" and asked Cruz "why is this American exceptionalism so awful?"
Cruz immediately shot back "I'm sorry you think American exceptionalism is awful."
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RACHEL SCOTT: Now on the table, background checks for gun stores, gun shows, and online sales. And red flag measures allowing courts to temporarily remove guns from people deemed dangerous. Polls show more than 80 percent of Americans support those policies. But it's far from clear that they can get the ten Republican votes needed. [TO SEN. SUSAN COLLINS] Are there 60 votes for that?
SEN. SUSAN COLLINS: It's a little bit early to try to predict the outcome, but there's clearly a lot of interest.
SCOTT: But for some Republicans, any talk of reform involving guns is a nonstarter. [TO SEN. ROGER WICKER] The majority of Americans support some type of action when it comes to gun reform. Is your party wrong on this? Are you wrong on this?
SCOTT: And back in Texas, the state's other Senator questioned by a reporter from Sky News.
NBC Nightly News
GARRETT HAAKE: Senator Ted Cruz was pressed by Sky News correspondent Mark Stone.
SEN. TED CRUZ: If you want to stop violent crime, the proposals the Democrats have, none of them would have stopped this.
MARK STONE: But why does this only happen in your country? I really think that's what many people around the world, just they cannot fathom why only in America. Why is this American exceptionalism so awful?
CRUZ: You know, I'm sorry you think American exceptionalism is awful.
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VOLUME XIV, ISSUE 3 - MAY - JUNE 2019
Fickle Consumers Mean Strange Future For FCA
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I was just recently reading the 60th anniversary edition of Autoweek magazine. It was a fun read, to see where cars, drivers, and racing were 60 years ago and where they are today. One story I really liked was about all of the predictions various writers in the magazine have made over the years that ended up being completely wrong. For example, long before cell phones, in the 1970's CB radio sales boomed. CB radios let people in one vehicle talk to people in another vehicle (as long as they were within five miles or less of each other). This was amazing—you could communicate from the car. This was paradigm shifting they thought at the time. The Autoweek story saw a future where CBs would become standard in cars the way an AM radio and a heater had become standard by then.
Of course, we look back with hindsight and can think this was obviously wrong, but back then it wasn't. Hey, I had a CB radio in my car. But the limited range of CB radio doomed the product to becoming a specialty item that is now used mostly by over the road commercial drivers.
This got me to thinking about what the future for us Mopar fans will bring. There are a lot of changes afoot at FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobile). There is a lot of uncertainty about the future of emissions regulations and electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, diesel engines and, last but not least, oil prices and the oil industry. Business hates uncertainty; it thrives in steady, predictable times. Our times are anything but that.
Consumer demand for vehicles is mostly reactive, not proactive. When gas was cheap we drove big, heavy cars with gas guzzling engines. Yes, you could get Chrysler products with the famed slant-six engine designed for the frugal amidst the working and middle classes, but generally speaking, cheap fuel meant big engines.
Then came the first oil embargo in 1973. Within a week gas prices doubled in this country and the economy was crippled. Twenty-five cents jumping to 50 cents doesn't sound like much today, so put it into a modern context. As I write this, the average price of mid-grade gasoline is a few cents over $3.00 per gallon. So imagine the impact on your life, the business you own or work for, and the national economy if by the end of next week gas was over $6.00 a gallon. And not just gas, but diesel fuel that our nation's truck fleet needs to keep goods flowing from manufacturer to stores to you. And also jet fuel for the 87,000 flights per day that crisscross the United States. This is life changing, economy crippling stuff. Hell, the first oil embargo led to the Ford Pinto. 'Nuff said.
Changes in oil supply have coupled with changes in consumer tastes already in ways that have impacted us as car enthusiasts. Gas prices rose steadily from 2003 to 2008, going from about $1.60 a gallon to a peak of $4.72 a gallon by July 2008. This five-year trend changed automotive history. People lost interest in the big SUVs that were the trend in the 1990s as gas prices trended downward for the whole decade. As the 2003-2008 price increases seemed like they were never going to end, consumers moved to smaller, more efficient vehicles and dumped their big truck-based SUVs in droves. The second generation of the Toyota Prius launched in 2004 (this was the first Prius as we know them today, the first generation is hardly recognizable as a Prius), and sales built steadily until plateauing in 2014. Other manufacturers jumped on the hybrid wagon and many gas/electric hybrids are on the market now.
Electric cars became a viable option during this same period of rising gas prices. Tesla comes to mind of course. But there's also the Chevrolet Volt (technically a hybrid, but it can go 70 miles on pure electric power), and Chevy's Bolt, a true electric car. Nissan's leaf, BMW's i3, and even our brand, FCA, has the Fiat electric 500e for sale.
This period, 2003-2008, changed the automotive landscape as dramatically as any period in automotive history. Electric and hybrid technology is mature and here to stay. Diesel engines went from a nasty, smoking, noisy dead-end experiment in the 1970s to a viable low emissions option for today's passenger cars.
Starting in 2011 gas prices began a five-year long downward trend, eventually plunging to below $2.00 a gallon by 2016. Consumers, reactive as always, began ditching their small cars and jumping back into SUVs and a new category, CUVs (Crossover Utility Vehicles). The CUV is a logical extension of consumers love for certain features of big SUVs—high seating position for easy entry and exit, high sight lines, and extra room for people, cargo and luggage—but with a smaller size and better fuel mileage than true SUVs.
CUVs are about as exciting as a refrigerator. They function well, and designers try to make them look attractive, but there's only so much you can do with their ungainly proportions. But most consumers look at cars the same way they do refrigerators, as appliances to accomplish a task. Instead of keeping food cold, four wheeled appliances get you from point A to point B. That's really all that the vast majority of car buyers ask of their vehicles. Remember, if you're reading this, you're an enthusiast, you are not the average car buyer.
All of this brings me to our current Mopar world and its uncertain future. The decline in fuel prices and increase in demand for larger vehicles has already changed the options we have for new FCA vehicles. Gone are the only mid-sized cars FCA made, the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200. They had to go so that their production facilities could be switched to turning out Jeeps and RAM trucks to meet the growing demand for these vehicles. Living in Los Angeles, traffic is a fact of life. My wife's 2016 Prius delivers better mileage in stop and go traffic than it does at 75 MPH on the open road. I once drove it 300 miles round trip, starting in Santa Clarita, looping down to San Diego and back with a lot of traffic at points on the way and the car averaged 68 miles per gallon. Sixty-eight MPG. That's about $13 to cover 300 miles. The appeal of this kind of vehicle to many people who live in the larger cities is easy to see. I would have loved to have a Dodge Dart hybrid in my garage instead of a Prius, but FCA has never gone the hybrid route, so that wasn't an option given my wife's long commute and need for a high fuel mileage car.
All that is left in the FCA brand line is full sized cars, Jeeps, vans and RAM trucks. And recent news indicates that more changes are on the way. In recent meetings with investors, FCA left Chrysler out of their five-year plan entirely, along with a couple of their other brands. And in a way, dropping Chrysler makes sense for FCA, a worldwide company. Chrysler as a brand has only two models of vehicles for sale, the 300 sedan and the Pacifica minivan. And even worse, Chryslers really only sell in the USA; sales outside of the states are almost non-existent. Sedan sales are dying as consumers show an ever growing appetite for CUVs over sedans.
We do know that a next generation platform is coming to replace the current LX/LC/LD platform used for 300s, Challengers and Chargers. But why should FCA bother to make a Chrysler brand car on the new platform? If Chrysler as a brand disappears, unlike some other OEMs, their dealers won't suffer much more pain than changing their signs. This is because all FCA dealers carry Chrysler and Dodge, and almost all of them carry Jeep and RAM as well. So dealers will just sell more of the other brands.
If Chrysler disappears, there won't be much impact on the overall lineup. So they lose the 300, so what? Dodge is still going strong and moving more and more to a high performance, sports car-like brand image. No 300, OK, the dealers will sell more Chargers rather than dividing the sales between the two sedans. And the Pacifica is already available in a Dodge flavor, the Grand Caravan minivan. So again, they'll just sell more Grand Caravans rather than dividing sales between that minivan and the Pacifica. And just like that, poof, there goes Chrysler.
Dodge has a much larger product line than Chrysler. They have the Durango SUV, the Journey (which Dodge calls an SUV but it's really a CUV), the four-door Charger, the two-door Challenger, and the Grand Caravan minivan. These five models pretty much cover the consumer car market. And with Jeeps and RAMs on the same dealers' lots, FCA has a lock on the true SUV and truck market. Right now, FCA can't quite make enough Jeeps to satisfy worldwide demand.
With the United States success at fracking making us once again one of the largest producers of oil in the world, you'd think we'd be safe for a while from rising fuel prices wouldn't you? But you'd be wrong. Demand for oil currently is matching production output worldwide. And demand is rising. But unlike in the past, extra capacity in the world to increase production of oil is disappearing. We're close to the point where all of the oil we can produce will just barely match demand, and demand is growing. The precarious position of the Iran deal has already caused a drop in supply from Iran. Venezuela is a basket case of a county and its production is unreliable on the best of days. And even though the United States withdrew from the Paris accord to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the rest of the world did not withdraw. So the whole world is still working on increasing average corporate fuel economy every year, and promoting electric, diesel and hybrid vehicle production.
Which market forces will win? Will the world's focus on ever more efficient vehicles reduce the rate of growth of demand for fossil fuels enough to keep demand below supply, thus keeping prices down? Or will the move back into larger vehicles raise demand above supply and start another multiple year upward price trend? Who knows? I sure don't.
And what will become of Chrysler as a brand? It will certainly be awkward if Chrysler disappears as a brand from a company named Fiat Chrysler Automobile. But brands disappear -- just ask Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Mercury…or Plymouth. On this one I'd say this is a real possibility, maybe even a probability. I hope I'm wrong and that someday I'll look ruefully back on my lousy prognostication skills. No matter what, buckle up, this is going to be a turbulent ride.
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McNulty first visited New York City in 1985 and settled there in 1988 after being awarded an International Study Grant from the Australia Council. Since then Chris has garnered further accolades from critics, jazz musicians and fans alike. She has collaborated and performed with some of the finest musicians on the jazz scene today including: Gary Bartz, Paul Bollenback, Gary Thomas, Mulgrew Miller, Ugonna Okegwo, John Hicks, Frank Wess, Ingrid Jensen, Terri-Lyne Carrington, Tim Garland, Tom Lellis, Billy Hart, Ed Howard, Jeff Ballard, Dave Pietro, Joe Locke, Peter Leitch, Tineke Postma, James Genus, , Matt Wilson, Jeff "Tain" Watts, David "Fathead" Newman, George Mraz, Kenny Washington, Steve Wilson, Joel Frahm, Gary Versace, David Budway, Harvey S and Tony Reedus. Chris's debut recording in the States, Waltz For Debby (Discovery 1990), received outstanding reviews in several publications and features the official published lyric by Chris of the great Miles Davis classic, "Blue in Green." In 1994 Chris was also honored to be selected as one of the six exceptional new jazz singers on the New York scene to be featured on the Venus recording, "Big Apple Voices"
ARTICLE: RADIO January 2, 2021
Closing Out the Year 2020 With New Releases Plus A Remembrance Of Departed Artists
By MARY FOSTER CONKLIN
Our year end broadcast features new releases from Paola Prestini & Magos Herrera, Lezlie Harrison and Sue Maskaleris with birthday shoutouts to pianists Janice Friedman, Una Mae Carlisle, vocalists Chris McNulty, Katie Bull, Edith Piaf and saxophonist Camille Thurman. Also remembering the many musicians who left us in 2020. Thanks for listening and please support the ...
ARTICLE: RADIO January 17, 2020
My Dear Acquaintance - A Happy New Year
My last broadcast of the decade included several women-penned songs for New Years Eve, with new releases by Boogaloo Joe Jones, Kris Davis and Cathy Segal-Garcia, plus birthday shout outs to Cab Calloway, Una Mae Carlisle, Chris McNulty, Katie Bull, Annie Lennox and Janice Friedman, among others. Also remembering those artists lost in 2019 with a ...
Contemporary Carols by Women and Grammy nominations
This Christmas Eve's broadcast included new releases by Allison Au, Camille Thurman and John Daversa Big Band, with a first look at some Grammy nominees, plus birthday shout outs to Edith Piaf, Bob Brookmeyer and Lil Green , among others. Playlist Geri Allen "Joy and Wonder" from The Gathering (Verve) 00:00 Champian Fulton "Merry ...
By CHRIS MCNULTY
Label: Palmetto Records
Track listing: The Saga Of Harrison Crabfeathers; A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing; What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?; Where Is Love?; You Are There; Stardust; Nature Boy; Yesterday I Heard The Rain; Love Came On Stealthy Fingers; On A Clear Day; With Every Breath I Take; Boulevard Of Broken Dreams.
ARTICLE: YEAR IN REVIEW December 10, 2015
Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases Of 2015
By DAN BILAWSKY
A theme for this year's list? How about "Jazz Unbound?" I initially planned on placing my picks into different categories, as I've often done in the past. But I thought better of it. The releases that caught my ear in 2015 cover the entire spectrum of possibility--winning straight-ahead outings, audacious affairs, dynamic debuts, intimate encounters, stellar ...
ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW July 8, 2015
Chris McNulty: Eternal
By BLAINE FALLIS
Losing a child. The pain can't be explained, although a close personal friend of ours lost their first born during childbirth. After the months of preparation, the painting of rooms, the choosing of a name. In response to their loss, they built a gorgeous rose garden, and placed poetic emblems on the back fence. And our ...
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Album: Eternal
ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW March 4, 2015
Eternal is a work of love and loss, a celebration of life, and a poignant piece of artistic expression. Vocalist Chris McNulty crafted this album as a tribute to her son, Sam, who passed away in 2011. This album took shape in the days following Hurricane Sandy in 2012, as McNulty, with no ...
ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW September 5, 2014
Paul Bollenback: Portraits In Space And Time
Guitarist Paul Bollenback is valued by listeners and musicians alike for his incisive and inventive guitar work, wholly in the tradition while simultaneously branching out beyond the same old same old. His playing has been a key ingredient--in some cases, the key ingredient--in much of organ kingpin Joey DeFrancesco's recorded output, saxophonist Jim Snidero's highly praised ...
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Mulled wines and ciders are fantastic dairy-free, and usually allergy-friendly, drinks to serve at holiday parties. But alcohol isn't always an option for every guest. This mulled cranberry cider is not only top allergen-free, but also alcohol-free. So kids, designated drivers, and others who choose not to imbibe can also enjoy a festive, warm beverage. Plus, it will fill your home with a wonderfully inviting winter scent.
By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, grain-free, nut-free, peanut-free, soy-free, optionally vegan, and vegetarian.
This recipe is adapted from Ivy Kirchberg on AllRecipes. It was shared by a reader as a favorite.
Pour the cranberry juice into a slow cooker. Add the cranberries, orange zest (I like to squeeze in a little juice too), cloves, vanilla, and cinnamon sticks. Stir in the sweetener, to taste.
If you need it quickly, set the slow cooker on high and heat, stirring occasionally, until hot, about 20 minutes. Turn the slow cooker down to low or warm to keep it warm while servings.
If you have some time, set the slow cooker on low, and let it warm for 1 to 2 hours.
Strain the drink to remove any zest and spices before serving.
Sweetener Note: I like to add the sweetener last, since cranberry juice and dried cranberries can vary in sweetness. This range listed seems to cover most tastes, but you might even choose to go with less or more. Give it a taste before adding any sweetener, and then add accordingly. You don't even need to measure!


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Actinopus rufipes est une espèce d'araignées mygalomorphes de la famille des Actinopodidae.

Distribution
Cette espèce est endémique du Brésil. Elle se rencontre dans les États de Bahia, du Minas Gerais, de São Paulo, du Mato Grosso do Sul, du Mato Grosso et du Maranhão.

Description
Le mâle décrit par Miglio, Pérez-Miles et Bonaldo en 2020 mesure .

Publication originale
 Lucas, 1834 : « Mémoire sur un nouveau genre d'aranéide de l'ordre des Pulmonaires. » Annales de la Société entomologique de France, ,  (texte intégral).

Liens externes

Notes et références

Actinopodidae
Espèce d'araignées (nom scientifique)
Faune endémique du Brésil

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Well, who can really believe a month is over again? I swear, I only just did my Most Loved for September, now it's time for October one already... crazy! This month was a little tricky to whittle down some products as I have been trying lots of new things and not really using one thing solidly, but there have been some standouts.
Oh, I do love a matte lip product - they are definitely my favourite sort of formula to use and wear as really who wants to faff over reapplying their lipstick throughout the day. Clinique has jumped on the matte lip trend and have brought out the Pop Lip Color + Primer* in a matte formula. and added the new Pop Liquid Mattes*.
Highlighting, strobing and glow are a massive focus in the beauty industry these days - gone are the overly matte and powdery faces, instead there is a focus on embracing your natural skin, and enhancing it to make your skin look brighter, healthier and with that natural glow (and no, I'm not referring to Suzanne Paul's products from the 90s). Estée Lauder has recently released the Genuine Glow collection, a capsule range of five products only available exclusively from Farmers, and man, are they gorgeous!
I feel like a rather bad beauty blogger that I had never used a single Kiehl's product, before I was kindly sent these two to try. It's a brand I've been familiar with for a while as many girls in the UK rave about their range; my Mum is also a fan (especially of the Midnight Recovery Concentrate). I thought I'd do a little review of these two products as I've been using them for months now and I think I've got a good grasp on how my skin responds to them.
Although I buy a lot of big branded makeup, I do like trying out smaller companies and brands i.e. 'indie' makeup. My friend, and amazing blogger Lani (see her blog here) buys and uses some amazing looking products from indie makeup brands that I need to try out. And this is where Beauty School Dropout (or BSD Cosmetics) comes into it - my first foray into indie makeup. They are an NZ owned brand, who manufacture the products in Australia that have only recently launched selling single pan shadows.
CHARLOTTE TILBURY | Hot Lips K.I.S.S.I.N.G Lipstick in Kim K.W.
Welcome to the world of Charlotte Tilbury, Cass. Yes, this is my very first Charlotte Tilbury product and it certainly will not be my last. I have lusted over her range since it launched; Charlotte seems like the most amazing and inspiring woman, and you just have to look at this amazing makeup line she has created just to realise how dedicated she is to the beauty industry. I was very kindly sent one of the latest Hot Lips K.I.S.S.I.N.G (that is really hard to type quickly!) Lipsticks* which were inspired and made with some of the most well-known women of the moment, such as Nicole Kidman, Kate Bosworth, Miranda Kerr, Kate Moss, Cindy Crawford, and of course, Kim Kardashian-West.
It's hard to keep up with all the new beauty brands launching, almost every day I come across a brand I have never heard of before - one of them being PONi Cosmetics. PONi is an Australian brand a small range of cosmetics, including brows, eye products, lashes, and the one contouring kit. All the range is cruelty-free so I was looking forward to trying out some of their products, thanks to ry.com.au who are stockists.
Every single month, I am always left surprised by how many products I finish up. Last month I seemed to finish an excessive amount of things all at once! It also was helped along by the fact that I had a big clean out and I've included some products that had to go in the bin (a bit of old makeup!) So prepare for a longish post, or skip to certain products to see what I thought of them.
September has been and gone in the blink of an eye (how is it already the 5th of Oct?!), so it's time for some monthly Most Loved - a look at products I found myself really enjoying during September.
Almost every beauty brand is bringing out some form of a contour kit - I feel like over the past 6 months it has exploded in the beauty market and I just can't keep up! In Maybelline's latest drop of releases, they brought out their offering of a contour palette - the Master Contour by Face Studio*.


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in: Episodes, Season 1
What Will People Say?
Air date November 11, 1996
Written by Brenda Hampton
Directed by Duwayne Dunham
Saturday next
See no Evil, Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil
When Eric is seen taking a woman named Abby into the Glenoak Lodge, rumors swarm of Eric having an affair when the truth is that Eric is trying to help Abby who has been abused and threatened by her husband. Matt tries to keep things moving slowly between Mary and her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Simon faces a bully at school and refuses to go to school.
Stephen Collins' wife, Faye Grant, guest stars in this episode.
Danielle Wiener was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her performance as "Gabrielle" in this episode. She is listed as a co-star.
In the episodes, "The Color of God" and "What Will People Say?" helped "7th Heaven" win the Entertainment Industries Council "Prism Award" for addressing the issues of drugs and violence.
When Simon went into the kitchen and asked Mary if pickles and chocolate milk will make him sick, he left the refrigerator door open. In the next shot Mary and Richard are in the kitchen the door was closed. You never saw anyone shut the door.
Quotes[]
Annie: Men who abuse women are such ... cowards!
Jake: (about Abby) You can't keep me away from her. I'll follow her to New York, you know.
Eric: I really wish you would, because I have a friend who's a judge there, and a couple other friends who work outside the system. You know the kind I mean? Bad people who've turned good but occasionally slip up? I'm sure they'll be glad to show you around New York.
Jake [about Abby]: She'll never press charges against me. Never.
Eric: Where the hell have you been, Jake? This is 1996! Your wife doesn't have to press charges, she has two broken ribs. That's enough for the police; they'll press the charges.
Simon: Dad, that lady's husband hits her?
Eric: Yeah. I'm afraid so, Simon. But I don't think he'll ever hit her again.
Mary: (to Eric) You know, you're really getting good at sneaking around, aren't you?
Jake [about Abby]: She's my wife! She'll do whatever I tell her to do.
Eric: Not anymore, she won't.


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Q: Wrong scaling of data in PSTricks plot Consider the following:
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With the data above, the plot is as I want it but I've scaled the data manually from the original data;
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How do I change the  code to get the same output with the original data?

A: \pstScalePoints(1,1){1000 div}{1000 div 7 sub}
\listplot[plotstyle=dots, dotstyle=o,fillcolor=blue]{\data}

and, by the way, minimal examples may be fine!


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Q: presentModalViewController from tab bar in storyboard I am doing the following in viewDidAppear:
SettingsViewController *svc = [[SettingsViewController alloc]init];
[self presentModalViewController:svc animated:YES];

It appears to do something, but it doesn't seem to put the view controller on top.
In my storyboard I have one tab view which launches and I verified the method is being called, but the view controller doesn't display as it should. Do I have to hook up this view controller some how in the storyboard?

A: That's because the storyboard doesn't accept the orders you're giving to your Navigation Controller.
Try this:
- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender {
    if ([[segue identifier] isEqualToString:@"SettingsViewController"]) {
    [segue destinationViewController];
    }
}


People really love to eat hen wings. We'll hook you up with a entrance-row seat and on-demand entry to demos, recipes and endless inspiration. But the industry should cease trying to reside in the past, when most households cooked most meals from scratch. ( countable , uncommon) An instance of getting ready food by using warmth.
This research found that buyers fell into one of three groups: (1) people who love to prepare dinner, and cook often, (2) people who hate to prepare dinner, and avoid that activity by heating up comfort food or outsourcing their meals (by ordering out or dining in restaurants), and, lastly, (three) people who prefer to cook sometimes, and do a mixture of cooking and outsourcing, depending on the scenario.
Hear how his ardour for cooking brought him from his mother's house to some of the world's greatest kitchens. Although many people don't notice it but, grocery shopping and cooking are in a protracted-time period decline. Get recipes, tips and NYT particular gives delivered straight to your inbox.
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On the occasion of the Semaine de la langue française and La Francophonie, Yanick Lahens, the first holder of the French-speaking World President, will hold his inauguration "Write urgent urgency (s), dream of life". This lesson will be followed by lessons in April, May, June and a conference at the end of June. At 6 pm, Collège de France, Marcelin-Berthelot place, 75005 Paris, on invitations, broadcast live on YouTube and on the College de France site.
2014 Femina Award for "Moonshine" (Editions Sabine Wespieser), Yanick Lahens has just published "The bird Parker in the night and other news", a collection of short stories written between 1994 and 2006, which reveal the origin of his novels. She is the author of essays, novels, stories and often award-winning novels.
This musician is originally from Haiti and grew up in New York City and moved to New Orleans. She sings and plays both banjo and cello. At the beginning of 2019 she released her third album "The Capitalist blues" with the collective "Lakou Mizik" in which she explores the jazz and Métis folklore of Louisiana and Haiti. At 8 p.m., The Train Theater, tickets from € 18 to € 22. Other dates: March 21 in Courbevoie, March 27 in Paris.
A young audience inspired by the fantasy world of Tim Burton, Les petites histoires gathers four solo & # 39; s designed by choreographers with different backgrounds: Emilio Calcagno, Anthony Egea, Kaori Ito and Kettly Noël. K. Noël lives in Mali, where she leads the Dense Bamako Danse festival and the Donko Seko cultural center. At 8 pm, House of Culture, tickets from 15 to 27 €. Other dates: March 23 to 27 in Paris (at 104).
On the occasion of the symposium "Hierarchies and policy of the living", Jephte Carmil, visual artist and doctoral student in sociology, will give a lecture "When the barbarians are subjected" around these "barbarians" who present a new topography of the bodies in the inventing space plantationnaire. At 2.30 p.m., Esad Talm (Higher School of Art and Design), 40 rue du Docteur Chaumier, 37000 Tours.
This pianist, laureate of numerous international competitions, presents us a recital by Chopin Liszt. The young woman, born in Aix-en-Provence, invites us to discover the inner, meditative and spiritual Liszt of her poetic and religious harmonies and Chopin's Sonata. 3, one of her last works. At 6 pm, Darius Milhaud Conservatory, 380 av Mozart, Aix-en-Provence.
On the occasion of the Poets Printemps des Afriques and elsewhere, one day a poet, the poet Ferdy Ajax proposes an evening devoted to the poetry and songs of Haiti with the help of the Committee of poets, writers and artist francophones. Last collection published "Montmartre blues". At 6:30 pm, bookstore The skylight of writers, 115 rue de l & # 39; Ourcq 75019.
On the program: reading texts, songs, with Ferdy Ajax, Luc Larbaletrier, Bi Diallo … Lovely Merone is a novelist, journalist, poet awarded by Europoisie and Unicef 2018. At 5.30 pm, Mompezat cultural space, 16 rue Monsieur Le Prince, 75006 Paris.
"Haiti, beyond chaos, libraries for citizenship" is the theme of the conference organized by the Monique Calixte association. Michèle Pierre-Louis, former prime minister, is president of FOKAL Fondasyon Konesans ak libète. A sale of Haitian handicraft takes place for the benefit of the libraries that are supported by the AMC. At 3 pm, CICP, 21 ter Voltaire street, 75011 Paris.
These groups will act as part of the special Afro-Latin carnival ball in the West Indies. The dancer-dancer N & # 39; Bee (Nerlande Bazelais) leads her group of voodoo grooves with energy. Makandal is an Afro-Caribbean jazz band that plays carnival music. From 10 pm to 2 am, the Small Hall of the Villette, 211 av Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris.
Discovering the Printemps de Bourges and voodoo priestess 2008, Moonlight Benjamin published his third album "Siltane" in 2018, turned to voodoo rock and electric music, arranged by Matthis Pascaud. She plays poetry by Frankétienne and Georges Castera. Mars and Braconne guitar festival, at 8:30 pm, socio-cultural space, free entry.
With a large number of guest artists: Roody Roodboy, Melodeek group, Ronald BS (New York), Vens (New York), Big Tom, Bg Love of Flaï … At 11 pm, Espace Pierre Peugeot, 23 André Citroën bd, 93100 Aulnay under Wood.
Around his story "The Lord of the Flies" (editions "The head else", 2018), illustrated by Maïa Mihindou, Jackson Thélémaque gives a musical performance on Saturday 23 at 8 pm and a division of a tea wreath on Sunday at 4 pm. O & # 39; Grand Breton, 18 rue de la Legion of Honor, 93200 St Denis.
On March 26 in Bordeaux, round table with Guy Regis Junior "Haiti: theater for development aid?"
As part of the Africa Week, the writer and director reads his text "From all the earth the great verbilderment". He will participate in a conversation with Emmanuel Poilane from Initiative Développement, Alice Corbet, anthropologist (CNRS) and Pierre-Jean Roca, secretary of SO Cooperation and research engineer at the CNRS. At 8 p.m., Halle des Douves, 33800 Bordeaux.
During a visit to Paris, this Polish professor from the Institute of Romanesque Studies of the University of Warsaw will give two lectures: 26 March on "Black Poles in Haiti. A story that will be forgotten". Second reading on March 29 in Paris on "The spirit of jazz and blues between the poets of the American Renaissance Harlem and the French-Caribbean negritude". On the 26th at 8 p.m., Republic Hall, Bourg-la-Reine. 27 am to 7 pm, scientific center of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 74 rue Lauriston, 75016 Paris.
The Metiskacao duo formed by the composer and guitarist Amos Coulanges and the singer Kecita Clenard offers a musical evening open to other musicians. Métiskacao sings Haiti through his anonymous and recognized poets. Gregoire Chery is a young committed writer, singer and comedian. At 8:30 pm, the apple of Eve, 1 rue Laplace, 75005 Paris.
After the audience prize at the Avignon Off Festival in 2016, Double talks about seeking a balance in identity. Dancer-choreographer Nono and her sister singer Dyna-B live the fusion of contemporary dance / hip hop and live soul music. At 8:30 pm, the Asphodel, 21 rue du Pont Tan, Questembert. Other date: March 30 in Doué in Anjou.
The singer and guitarist Mélissa Laveaux, a Canadian of Haitian descent, visits the musical heritage of her parents' homeland again. The songs of Radio Siwèl, his new album in Creole, are popular resistance songs, years in which the United States occupied Haiti between 1915 and 1934. Space 1789, Alexandre Bachelet, rue Alexandre Bachelet, 93400 St Ouen. Other dates: April 4 in Quimper, April 5 in St Barthelemy d & # 39; Anjou, April 6 in Massy.
In honor of photojournalist Vladjimir Legagneur, who died as part of a report in Port-au-Prince, this exhibition wants to illuminate his work with some twenty snapshots and texts, his own and those that accompanied him. Great Neighbors, Oratory, 74 av Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris.


Murshid Samuel L. Lewis, aka Murshid S.A.M. (Sufi Ahmed Murad), dubbed 'Sufi Sam' by newpaper columnists in San Francisco in the 1960's, was a forerunner of universal religion and unitive mystical experience in our time. Along with his mentors Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan, Swami Papa Ramdas, Mataji Krishnabai, Sensei Nyogen Senzaki, and other illuminated souls, he sought to answer the cry of humanity by the sharing of spiritual teachings and practices, as well as by his own awakened presence.
As a soil scientist and horticulturist concerned with feeding the world's hungry, he endeavored to improve the quality and quantity of food production planet-wide by promoting organic gardening, seed exchange, sea water desalinization and desert reclamation.
1915: His interest in Eastern Philosophy and World Religions blooms when he visits the booth of the Theosophical Society at the San Francisco World's Fair.
1916: He studies non-Euclidean geometry and mathematical philosophy with Professor Cassius Keyser of Columbia University, who later introduces him to Dr. Alfred Korzybski and thus to General Semantics.
1919: At 23 years of age, he returns to California to live and work with a community of Sufis in Fairfax. They have come together to study and practice the teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan, the Sufi teacher and musician from India. Samuel will embrace and develop these teachings throughout his whole life.
1920: He begins Zen study with Sogaku Shaku, a disciple of the Rinzai Zen Buddhist Abbot Shaku Soyen. When Sogaku Shaku is assigned to teach in Hawai'i, Samuel continues his study with the Zen monk Nyogen Senzaki.
1923: At the age of 27, he receives spiritual initiation from Hazrat Inayat Khan, the first person to deeply touch and awaken his heart.
1925: During a spiritual retreat in Fairfax, Samuel receives inner initiation from Khwaja Khidr, often identified with Elijah and known to Sufis as "the Green Man of the Desert." This initiation leads to appearances by all the prophets in turn, culminating with Mohammed.
1926: As a result of the preceding experience, Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan conducts a series of six interviews with Samuel at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Hollywood. He is appointed "Protector of the Message" by Hazrat Inayat Khan who dies the following year. Nyogen Senzaki, aided by Samuel, opens the first official Zendo in America in San Francisco. Samuel introduces fellow Sufi student Paul Reps to Nyogen Senzaki, and the book Zen Flesh, Zen Bones results from their collaboration.
1930: He travels to New York and receives Dharma Transmission from the Zen teacher Sokei-An Sasaki. The vision of the world's future is opened to him, including the rise and fall of Germany and Japan. These visions are recorded in his Book of Cosmic Prophecy.
1937: Samuel studies the Yoga of Ramana Maharshi with Paul Brunton.
1945: He is awarded a Certificate of Service by Army Intelligence (G2) for top secret clairvoyant work. During the War, he "saw" Rommel's troop movements in North Africa, and submitted reports to G2.
1946: In the inner world, Hazrat Inayat Khan turns Samuel over to Mohammed and Jesus for guidance. He begins world food and peace concentrations.
1956: Samuel carries out a seed exchange program during his first voyage abroad. In Japan, he enters Samadhi in the presence of Roshi Sogen Asahina, and is appointed "Fudo, Protector of the Dharma." In India, he receives initiation from Swami Papa Ramdas who gives him the mantra Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram. This mantra will later inspire many of the Dances of Universal Peace. In India and Pakistan, he is initiated into various Sufi orders, including Chisti and Nakshibandi.
1960: During his second trip abroad, he is initiated into the Rifai and Shadhili orders in Egypt. In Pakistan, he is publicly recognized as a Murshid by Pir Barkat Ali of the combined Chisti-Kadri-Sabri orders. Pir Dewwal Shereef of the University of Islamabad appoints Samuel as his American representative.
1961: He meets with India's President Radhakrishnan. He studies with Swami Ranganathananda of the Ramakrishna Order. He visits Papa Ramdas and Mataji Krishnabai at Anandashram in South India.
1962: He returns to the United States. At this point in his life, he considers his work in America to be like that of Moineddin Chisti who brought Sufism to India many centuries earlier.
1966: Samuel is ordained "Zen-shi" by Korean Grand Master Kyung Bo Seo.
1968: He meets Pir Vilayat Khan, a son and successor of Samuel's first Sufi teacher Hazrat Inayat Khan. Their meeting is of signal importance, for it leads to the revitalization and spread of Sufism in the West, which had been divided and ailing since Hazrat Inayat Khan's death in 1927.
1969: Samuel travels to New Mexico and stays at Lama Foundation for a week, teaching spiritual dances, giving darshan, watering the garden, etc. He visits several other intentional communities between Questa and Santa Fe. It seems that this journey marks a major turning point in his life and work. After many years of rejection by the academic community, he is paid to travel in the fully-accepted role of teacher and guru. He teaches various communes and family groups how to dance together. When he returns to Lama one year later, the dancing has spread through the Taos Valley north into Colorado and south to Albuquerque.
At Lama Foundation he finds a place where his own teachings are being practiced. Lama's view that spirituality is made real by practical application, is his own message. Samuel and Lama find friendship and common ground in their universal and eclectic approach to spiritual practice and realization.
On December 28th, shortly before sunrise, Samuel slips and falls down the front stairs of his home, suffering a severe concussion. He is taken to the hospital in a state of shock. For two and a half weeks he is in and out of coma, sometimes unconscious, sometimes delirious and incoherent, and sometimes perfectly clear and rational.
On January 15th, at the age of 75, Samuel dies at Chinese Hospital in San Francisco. His body is taken to Lama Foundation, north of Taos Pueblo, and buried in a sacred ceremony. His gravesite is known as the Maqbara.
The Maqbara of Murshid Samuel Lewis, like the shrines and dargahs of Sufi teachers in the East, is a place of baraka, of blessing, of peace. Nestled on Lama Mountain, it is a place of pilgrimage where we can reconnect with spiritual reality, recharge our batteries, seek an answer to life's problems.
Upon seeing Sunseed at the writer's guild theatre one Saturday morning in 1973, I saw Murshid Samuel Lewis and cried tears of joy. I had seen a real human being! for the first time. I went to the Mendocino camp and one morning was blessed with a vision of him in the morning dance circle with Moiinudin Jablonsky. Later at a camp in 1975 at Lama I made a pilgrimage to his Makbara, and upon approaching it, I heard distinctly behind my head:"AKlak Allah," and again "Aklak Allah." I circumambulated the makbara and went down the hill where I came across Iqbal Lews and told him what I had heard, but did not know what it meant. He directed me to the library and I opened his comentary on the gathas to the page which illuminated the practice of the presence of God. I have practiced this from time to time. On MURSHID SAM BE BLESSINGS!
This was early in my experience of the Dances of Universal Peace. I decided to go to Lama to a dance camp. Then I did not know very much, only that I was inspired by the dances and curious about the experiences I had while dancing. I packed my large tent, my two children, then probably 4ish or and 9ish, (they are now 19 and 23) got on a plane , took a drive, and eventually, there we were on this mountain. I had no experience with intentional spiritual communities or with a dance camp of this nature. But it was great and all went well that whole week. I participated in as many scheduled events as I could. The kids were off on their day and were having a good time.
I decided to experience "darshan" one afternoon and scheduled a darshan time. I had no idea what that was. So there I go up this path to this little building. Inside I go and there is Wali Ali. It is quiet and still. I sit across from Wali Ali who is seated. We don't talk. He just looks at me and after a few seconds says, "Joy!" He said a very short statement and I think it was that my essence was about expressing joy.
I walked out of the little building and up another path and came upon Murshid Sam's gravesite. The pile of rocks was amazing and beautiful. I had never seen something quite that wonderful as a resting place for someone.
I came to kneel at the foot of this beautiful resting place. I was feeling all this gratitude for Murshid Sam. My heart felt happy. I had a small heartrock in my pocket and felt compelled to lay in on the stones. As I laid the heartrock in place, I felt the distinct unmistakeable weight of a hand on my shoulder. It was steady, calm and strong. I had an immediate knowing it was Murshid Sam.
I have felt so blessed by Murshid Sam. I can't explain it with any logic, so forget that, if you expect me to. Every now and again, I feel Murshid Sam's presence. I don't get why it happens, but only at times it does. I am truly grateful. I thank you for this opportunity to share my story of Sam in this venue. And to all his beautiful mureeds, thank you for all you do.


Locate the Z-Wave Interfaces area and expand your Z-Wave Controller section. Open the Actions menu and choose Import Node Info from Controller and Scan Devices.
Click the Start button. Your Hometroller will now import your device information from the Z-Stick. When done, you'll receive an acknowledgement such as "Finished with Z-Wave device synchronization". Your Z-Wave devices may now be monitored and controlled from the HomeTroller!
In the web interface, open the VIEW drop menu, then click on Device Management.
Click Show All in the upper right hand area of the page to see a list of all your devices.
To edit the name, location and other properties of any device, click the name in the Name column.
To control the device, use the buttons in the Control column.
In the web interface, go to your Device Management page and click on the device you wish to configure.
Click on the Z-Wave tab.
Here you have the following options: Rescan, Remove Node, Test Connectivity, Optimize, Full Optimize and Audit This Node. Associations can also be set here.
Expanding the Settings section will allow you to change the wake-up interval for battery operated devices. Here you will also see many settings for different parameters depending on the device.
For devices that support associations, there will be an Associations section beneath the Settings section. Here you can set up companion switches to work with Z-Wave associated master switches.


The annual total must add up to 100%.
These weights will be communicated directly to the department chair via the Annual Performance Weighting Form (APWF, see Appendix A). The APWF should be turned in directly to the department Chair and should not be included with the FAAR or used with peer review if a department has a peer review process. The APWF will be submitted by September 1, when August 16 is the start date of the contract period for that APWF review period. As appropriate and justified, any faculty member can request that his/her APWF be amended for that review period. All changes to the APWF must be approved by the department chair and the dean. Any modifications must be approved no later than May 15 of the review period. Chairs will submit their own APWF directly to the dean.
.2 Each departmental faculty member, including the chair (see §6.2.1 – .3), will make available to fellow department members for peer review the Faculty Annual Activities Report (FAAR, see Appendix A), syllabi for all courses taught in the evaluation period, and other materials designated by the department, but excluding data from student course evaluations (see §6.5.1.4). These materials will help to ensure transparency of the review process and may be used for peer review if peer review is part of an approved department evaluation plan.
.3 In accordance with the approved department evaluation procedures the chair will write an annual performance review (APR) for each faculty member that includes the assignment of the faculty member to one of the four levels (0 – 3) listed above in §6.1, determined according to the department's defined procedure. In addition to assigning an overall level, the APR should include individual numbers (0 – 3) indicating evaluation levels for teaching, professional activity, and service. In each instance, a copy of the review shall be provided to, reviewed with, and signed by the faculty member prior to the chair's consultation with the dean. Any changes made to the merit level assigned to a faculty member by the dean in accordance with §6.2.2.2 will be identified and appended to the faculty member's APR.
.4 When the University awards sabbatical or other leave to a person for a semester or a year, it recognizes the person's contribution to the institution. The merit level of a person on leave shall be the whole number rounded average of her or his last three merit awards. If there are fewer than three such merit awards, the person will be placed at merit level 1. The person may, however, elect to participate in the annual evaluation process for consideration of higher merit. In such cases, the person must complete the departmental requirements for peer review and include a report on progress made and accomplishments completed during the leave period. The department will determine the precise means of evaluation of the person on leave. The final annual performance review, including placement on level 0 – 3, will be produced by the chair and submitted to the dean. Participation of the person on sabbatical leave in the annual evaluation process does not replace the report requirements attached to the awarding of the sabbatical leave.
.5 If no money is appropriated for salary increments in a year or in successive years, the next salary adjustment will be based on the average merit level attained since the last year in which salaries were adjusted.
.6 In departments using a peer review process, the chair reviews all members of the department after the peer review process is concluded; therefore, the chair should not participate in the departmental peer review process as a peer. Department members will review their chair anonymously in the areas of teaching, professional activity, service, and administration on a separate form distributed from and collected by the dean. (See Appendix A, "Department Chair Evaluation Commentary" form.) The chair will provide each of the documents specified in §6.2.1.2, which department members will then consult for their evaluation of the chair.
.7 In order to provide formative feedback for tenure track faculty, two years prior to applying for tenure, departments will conduct a pre-tenure review on that individual. The exact procedures for this review will be developed by the department and approved by the dean.
.8 The teaching, professional activity and service percentages an individual faculty member chooses for merit pay consideration may not reflect the criteria that are used in that person's college for tenure and promotion deliberations. Individuals who will be applying for tenure and promotion in the future should keep this in mind as they select their percentages.
.9 Different disciplines, departments, and colleges may have varying definitions of what constitutes professional activity. Individuals should familiarize themselves with these expectations.
.1 The individual department plan, approved by the dean, offers the most accurate means for assigning individual faculty members within the department to the various levels of 0 to 3. Except for rare instances, it is not the dean's responsibility to adjust the rankings within the department.
.2 The dean's primary function in the evaluation process is to ensure equitable scoring across departments and in rare circumstances within a department. When the dean determines that a department is out of line with the college norm, the dean will, in consultation with the chair, raise or lower the department's score, retaining internal departmental ranking. While recognizing that level 3 merit will likely be spread across departments, the dean will not use a quota system to limit the number of 3s in any one department. Part of the dean's role is to ensure that individual faculty members are compared with their colleagues across campus to determine their merit level and they are not penalized if they happen to be in a department with many outstanding colleagues. Should the chair disagree with the dean's recommendation, the Provost will review the materials and rule in the case. In rare cases, should the dean determine an inequitable ranking within the department, the dean will discuss the matter with the chair. Should they fail to reach agreement, the matter will be presented to the Provost, who will rule in the case.
.3 The dean will incorporate results from department chair evaluation commentaries submitted by department members in the writing of special assignment performance reviews (SAPR) for chairs and others with special assignments.
.4 If, as a result of actions described in §§6.2.2.1–3, an individual's score is changed after the individual has signed the APR completed by the chair (§6.2.1.3), the dean will write to that individual, explaining the change.
.1 Any faculty member may submit to the dean, with a copy to the chair, a letter of exception regarding any portion or all of the APR completed by the chair, and/or any portion or all of the dean's letter of explanation. The individual is entitled to a written reply from the dean. If dissatisfied with any portion or all of the written reply, the individual may submit a further letter of exception to the Provost, with copies to the dean and chair. The individual is entitled to a written reply from the Provost.
.2 Any chair or other person with a special assignment may submit to the Provost, with a copy to the dean, a letter of exception regarding any portion or all of the SAPR completed by the dean. The individual shall be entitled to a written reply from the Provost. If any individual's APR or SAPR is not received by the stipulated deadline (see §6.6), the individual retains the right to file a letter of exception once the evaluation is received. The deadline for submitting letters of exception in these cases will be set by the dean or Provost as appropriate.
.3 In a case where the dean has changed a faculty member's merit evaluation score from what was submitted by the department chair, the faculty member may appeal by writing a letter of exception to the Provost. The individual is entitled to a written reply from the Provost.
.4 At the request of a faculty member, department chair, the dean, or the Provost, the dean or Provost shall schedule a conference with the parties to examine the causes of their differing judgments. The dean or Provost shall summarize in writing the points discussed in the conference and outline the positions taken by the parties, including the dean and/or Provost, with respect to those points. All parties shall sign and retain copies of the summary. Nothing in this provision shall preclude an individual's right to pursue appeal through the letter of exception provision (§§6.2.3.1–3).


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Thatcher's Britain comes to squalid life in Ray & Liz
by Ken Eisner on July 10th, 2019 at 11:31 AM
Starring Ella Smith. Rating unavailable
"They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do."
Thus wrote Philip Larkin, poet laureate of mid-century English neurotics. If he'd known Richard Billingham's parents, he might have been even more blunt.
In fact, Larkin's father was a brutal autocrat whose Nazi sympathies didn't keep the family home from getting bombed in the war. From what we see in Ray & Liz, the artist turned filmmaker's strangely intoxicating first feature, Billingham's tower-block flat wasn't much more inviting.
Jumping between three time frames, the movie is mostly set in that cluttered, animal-strewn three-roomer dominated by obese, heavily tattooed Liz (Ella Smith), who spends her days chain-smoking, assembling jigsaw puzzles, and threatening every member of her family.
Much ire is aimed at the passive Ray (Justin Salinger), who's been collecting cigarette stubs on the street since being swindled out of his dole money.
There's also plenty of frantic yelling at their two small sons—introspective Richard and mischievous Jason—and at Ray's mentally challenged brother (Tony Way).
The unemployed couple also has young lodger (Sam Gittins) who delights in adding torment to the already troubled family.
In such bleak surroundings, with only a sad electric fire providing warmth, these aggressions pass for entertainment and, indeed, some of this distinctly nonnostalgic look back at Thatcher's England in decay is darkly funny—as if Terence Davies's Distant Voices, Still Lives was played for harsh laughs.
The novice director grew up in the well-named Black Country, west of formerly industrial Birmingham, and he's less forgiving than such past-ills cataloguers as Ken Loach and Mike Leigh. But he's not condemning anyone, either. He has the detachment of someone who grew up rough and became a world-respected photographer, notably for the unsparing photos of his parents, who greatly resemble the actors playing them at various, time-jumping stages.
Later (and earlier, in the jumbled narrative structure), when the desiccated Ray is on his own, with insects and empty beer bottles his only company in that same, almost vacant apartment, Liz is played by Brit-TV reality "star" Deirdre Kelly. That and the '80s songs on the soundtrack are among the few nods to what you might call audience pleasure.
Like his warts-only photographs, the movie is beautifully shot (in a squarish 16mm format) and offers both claustrophobia and a muted but insistent respect for the human need to do more than survive.
By the way, the next line in Larkin's parental poem reads, "They fill you with the faults they had and add some extra, just for you." Or, as writers call it, good material.
Video of Ray & Liz - first trailer (dir. Richard Billingham)


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TED Talk: Never give up - big wins for the planet are possible | Christine Milne
Elspeth Vaughan
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By, Christine Milne, UNEP Global 500 Laureate awardee, 1990
I have been an environmental activist all my life.
But it is hard to think of a time when things have been more dire than they are now.
Raging fires and floods, cyclones- have been devastating the planet and people from California, to Australia, France to Bangladesh, and Somalia.
I often speak to young people whose whole life have only experienced loss.
Loss of coral reefs, loss of forests, loss of Arctic ice and the ever-diminishing chance of achieving 1.5 degrees.
They march for the climate, they march against more coal mines and gas. But it's gut wrenching when they turn and they say to me, 'is there really going to a liveable future.'
I don't know what to say to them.
But what I can say is, never, ever give up. Adopt optimism of the will because you never know when the dam wall will break.
Unlike the younger members of our community, and like many of you, I have been around long enough, to see some great global environmental wins.
When the world came together, for example, to sign the Montreal Protocol to protect us all from the UV radiation and the hole in the Ozone layer. I've watched the signing of the Madrid Protocol to protect Antarctica for all time, and of course the movement for the decommissioning of dams and the brining down of the Elwha Dam in the US.
I'm particularly lucky because I have been part of some big wins for the planet, especially in my home state of Tasmania. It's been upfront and personal for me as I was part of the campaign to stop a hydro-electric dam on the Franklin River in Tasmania.
I was also a part of leading the campaign against a multinational pulp mill at Wesley Vale in 1989, and the doubling the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area a year later in 1990.
I know what it feels like to have a big win for the planet.
It's what inspires and sustains me.
From my own experience, I know that a small group of committed people can change the world and I want those young people who are now despairing to feel exactly the same way.
But you don't win them all. At least, not the first time around. And this is where Lake Pedder, the gift of hope to the next generation comes in.
Most people, including the majority of Australians who live outside Tasmania, have no idea where Lake Pedder actually is.
Credit: Lindsay Hope
Formed at the end of the last Ice Age, it is a magnificent, alpine, glacial outwash lake in the south west of Tasmania, now in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
It was surrounded by mountains and framed by sand dunes and a most exquisitely beautiful, pink quartzite beach, long enough for light planes to land on. Its remoteness contributed to its pristine wild beauty, and it was a favourite getaway for those who were prepared to make the pilgrimage.
When in 1967, the state government announced its plans to dam and completely submerge Lake Pedder, to feed a hydroelectric dam, a global movement of artists and scientists, musicians and nature lovers from all over the world rallied to protect it.
This was long before colour television, the internet, the huge marches and advertising that form part of the modern environment movement. This was one of the first environment campaigns in the world. There was no environmental activist handbook, and despite our best efforts, the decision to dam and flood Lake Pedder was confirmed.
As the deluge of water flowed in and the beach was swallowed by the rising water of the impoundment, people collected sand and the unique Pedder pennies, small quartzite stones rimmed by ferromanganese, that are very specific to the lake.
It was a final gesture of defiance, and an expression of faith that the struggle was not over. That one day the sand and the Pedder Pennies would be returned to the shore.
The fight against the flooding of Lake Pedder was unsuccessful. But it inspired a whole generation. It led to the formation of the United Tasmania Group, the world's first Green Party. The ethic of putting environmentalism at the centre of politics was born. Now, there are Green Parties in more than 90 countries around the world, and it all started rippling it Lake Pedder.
Fifty years later, it's time for Lake Pedder to be the flagbearer of a whole new global movement.
So many of the Earth's ecosystems have been overexploited, damaged, degraded, as a result of overfishing, logging of forests, mining, major pollution incidents and agricultural chemicals. It has got to a point where we as a human community are struggling to be able to feed ourselves and to clean water.
It's time to recognise when we, or those who have gone before us, have made some very bad calls, and we need to go back and undo it, repair it or restore it.
The United Nations has recognised just how urgent this problem is and it has declared the whole decade from 2021 to 2030 as the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration.
A decade dedicated to halting the degradation of ecosystems across the planet in order to end poverty, address global warming, and prevent mass extinction. Lake Pedder is a prime candidate for ecosystem restoration. And the timing is perfect because it coincides with the 50th Anniversary of the inundation of the lake.
There are those who say that it can't be done, that after fifty years under the water, who knows whether the beach will still be there, or whether vegetation will be able to re-establish.
Science has provided the answer. Earlier this year we sent down a submersible craft and it found the beach and the dunes exactly as they were, covered by just a few millimetres of sediment.
Dr Anita Wild, a specialist ecologist has also confirmed that the peat soils, so necessary for revegetation, are also intact. She found that draining the 242 sq km impoundment will result in more streams and more habitat for creatures like platypus.
Of course, the drawdown of water will have the be managed carefully. We have to make sure there's not going to be additional erosion. We have to be quite confident that we're not going to see a degradation in the peat soils. Managing visitor numbers during the restoration will also be vital, to make sure that the Earth is given its best chance to heal itself.
But the good news is, from an ecological perspective Lake Pedder can be restored.
Some people argue that there are more urgent threats, like addressing coal mines and stopping new gas wells, than reversing a decision that was made 50 years ago.
But it is not a question of Either Or, it's And.
We need to protect what's left and restore what's been degraded. There is room for everybody's activism in restoring nature, not just those who've been involved in environmental campaigns before.
The great thing about restoration is that it's a healing process. It brings people together, it provides local employment, it inspires people, gives people hope that we can actually put right the wrongs of previous generations.
It gives hope that we can get ecosystems functioning again. Without functioning ecosystems, we have less food, less clean water, and less resilience as the planet heats up.
The situation with the global environment is dire, and there's a lot of doom and gloom. But Lake Pedder is a victory story in the making.
Whether you're a young person looking to be part of your first positive environmental campaign that's really positive, or whether you're a baby boomer wanting to leave something better for your grandchildren, or even a traveller who's keen to get 'hands on' in a restoration project – there's room for all of you.
We didn't save Lake Pedder the first time around. But we never ever gave up.
And I look forward to the day when I can walk onto the beach in Lake Pedder and tip on the sand and the Pedder pennies that I have, that have been given to in trust by those who didn't live long enough to see this day.
They never gave up on the restoration of Lake Pedder, and neither have I.


Tavistock Festival 2019 builds on the 15-year legacy established by our retiring chairman, Christopher Kirwin, with an exciting programme including a variety of daytime and evening arts events and exhibitions in a number of local venues. Within the festival period we will hear the South West Chamber Choir, Mount Kelly Choral Society, Devon County Youth Brass Band, a concert for children, as well as instrumental lunchtime concerts and talks, an artists' market and a singing workshop. This year's festival is just after Easter and welcomes a new chairman, Dr Sean Sweeney, whospent many years as a music director of schools, orchestras and choirs, as well as twenty years as a headteacher. For more festival details see our April/May issue or contact Dr Sean Sweeney on 01822 610769.


Hey Everybody welcome to my Blog!
I'm so excited to share with you guys the three main ingredients that are required in every skin care regimen no matter what type of skin it is. Obviously I'm taking about Vitamin A, B and C. All of these three vitamins are not only important but are vital for the skin's functioning and maintenance.
The only way topically to maintain a beautiful and youthful looking skin is to keep up the use of vitamin A, B, and C in your skin care regimen. Many products would have a mixture of different ingredients and I love it but the problem there is that there is a very low percentage of the vitamins in these products which does not help the skin at all.
Vitamins A has many other names such as retinol, retinoic acid, retinoid, tretinoin. What it does is it helps the healthy cell growth from the basal layer of the skin by boosting the exfoliation of the flat, dead cells by this you get fresher, plumper looking skin also it helps improve the texture of the skin, brightens up the skin and fight age spots and ageing signs such as fine lines and wrinkles.
Vitamin B is an important and sometimes neglected vitamin in the skin care regimen as it builds the strength, hydrates and calm the skin. With the past few years I have been taking Oral vitamin A which did help a lot with my acne but did make my skin photosensitive and sensitive to other cosmetics. Using the Vitamin B serum I felt instant strengthening of my skin, my skin isn't as sensitive and it feels great.
Vitamin C is important part of skin care.It is filled with anti-oxidants that balance the skin's free radicle damage. now not going too deep into scientific words free radicle damage is when atoms of the skin are un-stable as they lose there electrons to another atom and this leads them to steal an electron from another atom which leads into a domino effect. Practically this happens due to ageing, pollution, stress, hormones and all other things that depreciate the structure of the skin. Anti-oxidants such as vitamin C have extra electrons that they give to the unstable atoms which makes it very beneficial for the skin, making it look healthier, plumper. Vitamin C also helps with the production of collagen and helps reduce damage of harmful UV rays.
I love concentrated products of vitamins for my skin so I know what I'm putting on my skin rather than a pile of product with so many ingredients.
If you've liked my post please like & comment below what are you're favourite products in topical vitamins, I'd love to try new things.
To read my previous Skin care blog Top 5 skin care essentials please click the link.


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