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Ayurveda the Science of Life
Modern Ayurveda
By Marjorie Abbott on Wed, 21 Aug 2019
This easy program presents a great deal of information packed in less than 8 hours of knowledge that was gathered by one of the world's most recognized people on spirituality andAyurveda. Cate Stillman dedicates 8 hours of deep knowledge about spirituality and enlightenment that will greatly enhance your life in many ways. You will experience a lot of joy in life and fulfillment, as well as getting rid of the insecurities and frustrations that you might be facing in today's world. It will save you the trouble of having to spend years and years in the schoolsof chakras and energy in very little time that will cover all you need, you will get to know your body's rhythms and how to fix them, how to balance your energy, the ways of healing, yoga practices, ways of eating and even practices you should be doing every day that will correct your body's circadian rhythms for the day. That way, you will become the master of your own body and mind, you will finally achieve satisfaction and fulfillment. You can get all the three tracks and the free mat to practice instantly once you make a successful purchase, that way, you will be able to access the information that you need in no time. Continue reading...
Modern Ayurveda Summary
Contents: Audio Course, Ebooks
Author: Cate Stillman
Official Website: www.theayurvedaexperience.com
My Modern Ayurveda Review
It is pricier than all the other books out there, but it is produced by a true expert and is full of proven practical tips.
Overall my first impression of this ebook is good. I think it was sincerely written and looks to be very helpful.
Fri, 12 Jul 2019
The Ayurveda Experience is a three-step process to becoming more calm, healthy, and happy with a carefully researched 3-step process described in this eBook guide. You will identify your unique personality type and all of the problems and struggles that your personality type faces, and way to live your life so that you will become more satisfied and happier. Most of your problems in life stem from the fact that people do not realize that you are different from them. Since everyone is unique, everyone needs special treatment for their individual problems. There is no such thing as a one size fits all treatment plan for depression or weight or anything else. The Ayurveda Experience takes ancient Indian religion and medicine into account, and your unique person to come up with the perfect plan for you to become as healthy as you could possibly be. Learn your personality and what makes you tick, and then follow the plan to become the best person that you can be, treated the way that you were intended to be treated!
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The Elemental Instructor Of The Gnostic Medic
Last Updated on Sun, 25 Aug 2019 | Occult Medicine
The elemental atoms from Nature are Prana. All the elemental consciousness from Nature is Prana, or life. Therefore, whosoever speaks against the elementals speaks against life, and the princes of these elernentals close the doors to him. Prana is made with the most diverse elemental substances from Nature, which the Gnostic Medic must learn to manipulate.
Protective Water Ritual
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Herbs have been used for healing since time immemorial in cultures all over the world. In herbal medicine, the herbs whose properties alleviate a particular illness or state of mind are taken internally or applied to the physical body externally. However, in healing magick, light and healing energies are transmitted through colour, crystals, herbs, oils and incenses and used as a focus for transferring healing energies to trigger the body and mind's own immune system, through visualisation and telepathic waves. In this way, healing magick is akin to spiritual healing. But many witches without any formal training in either conventional medical treatment or spiritual healing follow the tradition of the wise men and women, the Wicca. These practitioners passed their craft down over centuries, from one generation to the next, but we also all have an innate ability to heal, which tells us how to soothe a loved one's headache or a child's distress. If you do wish to learn more of the craft...
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For example, you may have a white willow tree growing in your yard, but its mere presence will not cure a headache. The bark must be harvested and prepared before it becomes herbal medicine (or refined even further to become aspirin). The same holds true for a wand--unless your focus and intent are melded with the wand's consecrated purpose, it has no more power than a stick in a compost heap.
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Most of these herbs can be bought from any shop which specializes in herbal medicines or botanicals. Make sure the herbs are unadulterated though many shops try to get away with tricks like substituting bay for myrtle and so on. Incidentally, a very good amatory herbal bath sachet to be used before any adventure in love, whether it be an act of witchcraft or a night on the tiles is simply prepared as follows
Hippocrates attacks the mages cure for epilepsy I think that the first people to
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Have projected this disease epilepsy as sacred were men like those who are now mages magoi and purifiers kathartai and beggar-priests agurtai and vagrant-charlatans alazones . These people purport to be extremely reverent of the gods and to know something more than the rest of us. 11. They use the divine to hide behind and to cloak the fact that they have nothing to apply to the disease and bring relief. So that their ignorance should not become manifest, they promoted the belief that this disease was sacred. 12. They added further appropriate arguments to render their method of healing safe for themselves. They applied purifications katharmoi and incantations epaoidai and told people to refrain from bathing and many foods unsuitable for the sick to eat 13. among fish they banned red mullet, black-tail, grey mullet, and eel (for these are the most hazardous) 14. among meats goat, venison, pork and dog (for these are the meats that upset the stomach most) 15. among poultry cock,...
Esbat of the Wort Moon
Last Updated on Wed, 16 Mar 2016 | Herbal Magick
An Esbat of the wort moon is an appropriate time for wortcunning (the knowledge and use of the healing and magickal properties of herbs). Many covens, as well as solitaries, dedicate this night to the ritual charging of herbs prior to their preparation and storage. It is also an ideal time for making herbal spell candles, herbal oils, and incense, as well as performing herb-related magick, and giving thanks and presenting offerings, to the spirits that dwell in and watch over a Witch's herb garden. As you place an offering in the garden beneath the rays of the wort moon bright, the spirits may come forth from their secret hiding places among the shadows and reveal to you the many secrets of magickal herbalism.
Curative Words Mantras
Last Updated on Sat, 13 Jul 2019 | Occult Medicine
Afterwards, Prana or magnetic vitality must be administrated over the solar plexus and over the sick organs with slow magnetic passes and with magnetic insufflations. The magnetic insufflations are performed by inhaling oxygen and Prana and after having mentally charged it with our own vitality, it must be exhaled within a handkerchief and applied over the sick organs of the patient. This act must be accompanied with a powerful concentration of the will and the imagination, united in a vibrating harmony.
To Cause Internal Change
Last Updated on Thu, 01 Aug 2019 | Wicca Spellcraft
Both antidepressants and morphine are useful to the healing process when they are used correctly. Both can be very dangerous to your health if they are used incorrectly. However, I have never seen a commercial advertising the latest designer morphine. Some people do have chemical imbalances that need to be addressed, but mystery drug commercials are not aimed at the sick they are aimed at the healthy for the purpose of causing psychosomatic illness. Each is its own little magickal attack on your mind for the purpose of profit. No matter what you do, you will continue to receive these assaults. You can turn off your television. You can move away from environments that are not conducive to your health. You can stop listening to people who bring you down, but you cannot prevent every potential attack, so you must establish walls to stave off those attacks.
Cunningham John See John Fian
Last Updated on Mon, 26 Aug 2019 | Witchcraft And Wicca
Cunningham, Scott (1956-1993) Prolific Wiccan author and expert on earth and natural MAGIC, best known for his books on magical herbalism, earth power, crystals, gems and metals and the truth about Witchcraft. Born June 27, 1956, in Royal Oak, Michigan, Cunningham lived in San Diego from 1961 until his death in 1993. He began practicing WICCA in 1971. A full-time writer, he authored more than 30 fiction and nonfiction books and wrote scripts for occult videocassettes. The first book he wrote was Magical Herbalism, though it was not his first to be published. That book, Shadow of Love, an Egyptian romance novel, appeared in 1980. Magical Herbalism was published in 1982. Between 1980 and 1987, Cunningham published 21 novels in various genres, six nonfiction occult books and one nonfiction booklet. Besides Magical Herbalism, his credits include Earth Power Techniques of Natural Magic (1983) Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (1985) The Magic of Incense, Oils and Brews (1987) The...
Bible Verses Used By Hexenmeister
Last Updated on Mon, 15 Jul 2019 | Witchcraft And Wicca | 3 comments
Powwowers memorize their charms, incantations and recipes. Several books have served as important sources. The most significant book is Pow-wows, or Long Lost Friend (1820), a slim volume written by John George Hohman, a powwower who lived near Reading. Hohm-an and his wife, Catherine, immigrated to Pennsylvania from Germany in 1802. He was a devout Roman Catholic and a great believer in faith healing, but he proved to be mediocre as a practitioner of it. He also failed at farming. He finally achieved modest financial success by collecting various charms and herbal remedies that had existed for centuries in oral tradition and publishing them as a sort of handbook. The Long Lost Friend, as it became known in powwowing country, was not a book of hexes, Hohm-an emphasized. It was for healing, not destroying. While the book did not make him rich, it remains in print to the present day.
White Witchcraft Today
Last Updated on Mon, 26 Aug 2019 | Witchcraft and War
Herbalism and folk medicine on a relatively low level of disease are also practiced, but quackery is never condoned a witch can tell you when to plant your crops, but will suggest you also contact the county agricultural agent she will give you a cold remedy, but will send you straight to Mayo for anything major.
How to write your own spells
Last Updated on Thu, 31 Jan 2019 | Wicca And Spellcraft | 1 comment
If you have trouble finding some of these magical substances, then maybe you can mail order vireos occult shops. There is a list in the back of this book. You may also find web site on which you can order your herbs online. Once online witchcraft shop I like is called Wizard's Realm. (See magic on the net.)
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Setting the stage for The Burning Times
Mon, 16 Sep 2019 | Witchcraft in America
By this time the positive and honorable aspects of the old religions had been redefined to appear both destructive and evil. Ironically, witches who were once instrumental in guaranteeing continued fertility, good health, and plentiful harvests were suddenly held responsible for sterility, disease, infant mortality, famine, and blight. One reason for this shift was that the monotheism (belief in one god) of Christianity was in direct opposition to the old notion of multiple gods and natural forces at work in a mysterious universe (polytheism). The nature-based pagan approach to life was displaced by rigid allegiance to the one all-knowing God and the one true religion, Christianity. Now the focus was on life after death the Christian concept of heaven (paradise) and hell (eternal suffering) rather than human existence on Earth. Church leaders declared that any form of worship or spiritual power other than Christianity was related to the devil. This narrow view allowed little room for...
Thereby
Last Updated on Tue, 05 May 2015 | Witches Sabbath
The man or woman who, when about to go go forth into the town, would fain be free from danger or risk of an accident or to have good fortune in buying, as, for instance, if a scholar hopes that he may find somerare old book or manuscript for sale very cheaply, or if any one wishes to buy anything very desirable or to find bargains or rarities. This scongiurazione one serves for good health, cheerfulness of heart, and absence of evil or the overcoming enmity. These are words of gold unto the believer. 1. This refers to a small ceremony which I have seen performed scores of times, and have indeed had it performed over me almost as often, as an act of courtesy common among wizards and witches. It consists of making certain signs and crosses over a few drops of oil and the head of the one blessed. accompanied by a short incantation. I have had the ceremony seriously commended or prescribed to me as a means of keeping in good health and prosperity.
Colour Healing
Last Updated on Mon, 10 Sep 2018 | Magic Spells
Colour has long been believed to have the power to influence not only our moods, but our physical well-being. The Babylonians called the healing power of light 'the medicine of the gods'. Healing colours have been used for thousands of years in Chinese treatments and in Ayurveda, an ancient Indian medicine. The Ancient Egyptians wore amulets of coloured stones red to treat disease, yellow for happiness and prosperity, and green for fertility.
Elemental Evolution
Last Updated on Sun, 28 Jul 2019 | Occult Medicine
The incoming tides of 'Monads' are dressed with vehicles when Prana enters into activity. Thus, they express themselves as 'elementals.' These elemental tides devolve and evolve. They descend from heaven, from Urania, and then they ascend again towards the infinite. This flux and re-flux of life eternally resounds with the Chinese 'KUNG.'
White Clear
White can form a focus for all kinds of healing since it is the synthesis of all other colours. It promotes health and healing, integration of mind, body and soul. White light is a natural pain-reliever, and can help to protect against cerebral disorders, increase breast milk in nursing mothers, speed the mending of broken bones and relieve calcium deficiency and toothache.
Last Updated on Fri, 13 Dec 2019 | Wicca Spellcraft
Olive Oil masculine (Planetary association sun Associated god forms Apollo, Brahma, India, Jupiter, Mars, Poseidon, Wotan) Olive oil is associated with healing and good health. It is also used as the base for home protection, luck, and lust-inspiring oils. With and without being blended with essential oils, olive oil has been used for anointing for a long time.
Last Updated on Sun, 25 Aug 2019 | Magic Spells
If you wanted courage in love, you would use a Mars hour on a Friday. If you needed to communicate your feelings, but found it difficult, you could add the energies of a Mercury hour to a Friday love spell. If you wanted a banishing spell for shedding excess weight, you could use the last days of the waning moon cycle when it is in the sky during the morning before it sets. The banishing lunar energies should take away the compulsion to binge that is keeping you from a healthy lifestyle and if you use them at the hour of Venus, this would increase your inner beauty and help to bring you to a state of self-love. Remember that the beginning of the hour is always the most potent.
Pearson gradually became comfortable with her fairy friends. If she talked about their activities, however, she was tormented with blows that left insensitive spots on her skin. Sympson advised her of when the fairies were coming to her and of the fact that they usually arrived in a whirlwind. Sympson also taught her how to use herbal remedies and told her that every year, the Devil took one-tenth of the fairies away to hell as a tithe.
Last Updated on Mon, 26 Aug 2019 | Witchcraft Guide
Today, the resurgence begun in the late 1960s has produced a generation of aware individuals. Many of these folk magicians have also become involved in channelling, psychic healing, herbal medicine, sensory deprivation, holistic consciousness, crystal work, vegetarianism, neurolinguistic programming, meditation, and Eastern teachings. This-along with a big media push-has produced the New Age movement.
Last Updated on Tue, 13 Aug 2019 | Witchcraft And Wicca
One common remedy for fairy-caused illness was the recitation of Christian pRAYERs followed by a measurement of the patient's girdle to see if the fairy had departed the body (see GIRDLE measuring). Other healers diagnosed the patient's urine. Healers dispensed herbal remedies in the form of powders, potions and unguents. They prescribed CHARMs, little prayers comprised of both pagan and Christian elements. They also cast spells. Some folk-magic remedies required procedures on the part of the patient, such as boiling an egg and burying it in an anthill the disease or condition would disappear when ants had consumed the egg. Healers also made use of gems and semiprecious stones, which have a long history as medicinal objects. The greatest natural healing knowledge comes from herbalism, the earliest of all healing systems and one used throughout the world. In Western culture, herbalism had been developed to a high art by the ancient Egyptians, Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks...
Last Updated on Mon, 26 Aug 2019 | Herbal Magick
24th Yule logs are traditionally burned on Christmas Eve to ensure good health and good fortune throughout the coming year. In addition, they symbolize the union of the male and female aspects of the Divine. It is said that to avoid bad luck, holly must be picked before Christmas Eve but not brought into the house prior to this day. The Celtic tree month of Birch (Beth) begins. Buchman, Dian Dincin. Herbal Medicine The Natural Way to Get Well and Stay Well. New York Wings Books, 1996.
Last Updated on Sun, 25 Aug 2019 | Witchcraft Guide
Besides quartz, dozens of other types of stones are being used to promote health, draw love, attract money, bring peace, and to guard against ills of every kind. Many persons aren't aware that quartz crystal isn't the only type of stone called upon to release or to absorb energy.
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1 Ever remember the promise of the goddess, For ecstasy is mine and joy on earth so let there ever be joy in your heart. Greet people with joy, be glad to see them. If times be hard, think, It might have been worse. I at least have known the joys of the Sabbath, and I will know them again. Think of the grandeur, beauty, and Poetry of the rites, of the loved ones you meet through them. If you dwell on this inner joy, your health will be better. You must try to banish all fear, for it will really touch you. It may hurt your body, but your soul is beyond it all.
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The Portus Project represents a key partnership between the University of Southampton and the British School at Rome in a broader, long-term initiative to better understand the maritime port of Imperial Rome and its relationship to both its hinterland, Rome and ports across the Mediterranean as a whole.
At the large scale, the Portus Project brings together researchers and specialists from the University of Southampton, the British School at Rome, the University of Cambridge, and the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma. It has been funded in large measure by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), together with substantial support from the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma, the University of Southampton and the British School at Rome.
Collaborating Institutions and links:
AHRC
British School at Rome
Soprintendenza
Université de Lyon
Ecole Francaise de Rome
Centre Camille Jullian
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Danville to Ask Circuit Court for Casino Referendum Green Light
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The Danville City Council on Tuesday passed a resolution asking a Circuit Court to allow a referendum to be held in the Virginia city this coming November on whether a casino should be built.
City officials approved the resolution a few weeks after the Virginia Lottery Board pre-certified a proposal for the development of a casino resort in the city.
Six out of the City Council's nine members voted in favor of the resolution during a regular meeting that took place Tuesday night. Two councilmen were absent, while one councilman attended the meeting but was not able to vote because he has not been sworn-in since his election in May.
The Danville city attorney will now send the resolution to the Danville Circuit Court where a judge must sign an order for a writ of special election by August 14 in order for a casino question to appear on the November 3 ballot.
The Danville City Council selected earlier this year Nevada-based casino giant Caesars Entertainment Inc. as its preferred casino developer. The major operator wants to build a $400 million casino resort at the site of the former Dan River Mills industrial complex.
Danville is one of five cities in Virginia approved to host new full-scale casinos under legislation passed by state lawmakers earlier this year, with Richmond, Bristol, Portsmouth, and Norfolk being the other four. The gambling venues are hoped to help these five cities improve their struggling economies.
Caesars' Proposed Casino
Caesars plans to invest around $400 million into building a casino complex in Danville, if city voters vote in favor of the casino proposal this coming November.
As mentioned earlier, the property will be located at the former Dan River Mills industrial complex in Schoolfield. It will feature a 500-room hotel, a casino with 2,000 slot machines, 75 table games, 16 poker tables, and a sportsbook, a number of food and beverage outlets, a 35,000-square-foot conference center, and a 2,500 seat live entertainment venue.
The casino complex is expected to contribute $34 million in annual revenue for its host city. It is projected to generate 1,300 permanent jobs paying between $35,000 and $47,000 a year.
If the casino plan clears the November ballot, Caesars will then have to apply for a license from the Virginia Lottery Board. The regulator said last month when it pre-certified the proposal that it would be subjected to a "more in-depth financial vet and suitability review" when the time for that comes.
The Virginia Lottery Board last month also pre-certified casino projects presented by the cities of Bristol, Norfolk, and Portsmouth. The Bristol City Council approved a resolution asking City Court to greenlight a November referendum in mid-July. That city has selected Hard Rock International as its preferred casino operator.
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Q: spring boot 2 + netty + servlet.context-path + not working I am trying to create a spring-boot-2 REST api using spring-boot-starter-webflux and reactive Netty. I am trying to set the context-path as per the new properties to be defined in application.yml defined in Spring-Boot-2.
server.servlet.context-path: /api  # Define the server context path

However it looks like Webflux, Netty doesn't use/recognise this property defined in application.yml.
If I use spring-boot-starter-web and Tomcat as the default server then it works fine and recognises context-path properly.
Didn't find anything mentioned about Netty's context-path in Spring Boot 2 documentation.
Spring Boot Version = 2.0.3.RELEASE

Please let me know if I missed something or this is the default behaviour of Webflux Netty ?

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Configuring the context path is servlet-specific. when using WebFlux,
  the configuration property was renamed to server.servlet.context-path and only for servlet based deployment.

You can read below thread to how you can deal with context path in webflux, please see comment
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/10129#issuecomment-351953449
Webflux Context path issue thread

A: In spring boot 2.3.x you can set spring.webflux.base-path property

A: It worked for me with
spring.webflux.base-path=/myPath
but only when adding the hint in this comment: https://stackoverflow.com/a/67840678/8376373
which suggests to inject a WebFluxProperties Bean
@Bean
fun webFluxProperties(): WebFluxProperties {
    return WebFluxProperties()
}

A: You can use a WebFilter to work around this limitation:
    @Autowired
    lateinit var serverProperties: ServerProperties

    @Bean
    fun contextPathWebFilter(): WebFilter {
        val contextPath = serverProperties.servlet.contextPath
        return WebFilter { exchange, chain ->
            val request = exchange.request
            if (request.uri.path.startsWith(contextPath)) {
                chain.filter(
                        exchange.mutate()
                                .request(request.mutate().contextPath(contextPath).build())
                                .build())
            } else {
                chain.filter(exchange)
            }
        }
    }

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Along with the vast progress in experimental quantum technologies there is an increasing demand for the quantification of entanglement between three or more quantum systems. Theory still does not provide adequate tools for this purpose. The objective is, besides the quest for exact results, to develop operational methods that allow for efficient entanglement quantification. Here we put forward an analytical approach that serves both these goals. We provide a simple procedure to quantify Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger-type multipartite entanglement in arbitrary three-qubit states. For two qubits this method is equivalent to Wootters' seminal result for the concurrence. It establishes a close link between entanglement quantification and entanglement detection by witnesses, and can be generalised both to higher dimensions and to more than three parties.


Hey I am sure some of you know that blockchain and cryptocurrency is a hot topic in the financial work right now. Previously, I have wrote about what are the differences between Blockchain vs Cryptocurrency and its future. Well, recently we were able to widen our knowledge about this at The BCMY (blockchains.my) Meet Up Summit 2018 that was curated by BCMY Pte. Ltd. held at Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre recently. It was a grand event with about 2,500 people from more than 10 countries such as Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Singapura and Canada.
A brief introduction about BCMY, it's a Financial Technology also refer as FinTech a mobile solution that offers merchant and cryptocurrency payment features. Dato' Azrainuddin bin Zainal is the founder of DinarDirham, BCMY and Blockspace. BCMY is the primary E-wallet for Dinar Coin (DNC) a crypto asset pegged to the real-time gold value.
The mobile solution is an E-wallet equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) smart card to facilitate simple, secured and quick E-payment. The E-wallet is equipped with blockchain technology, giving users the ability to store and transfer assets instantly across the globe.
This gives BCMY users ability to store real gold value in their wallet. What makes BCMY wallet unique is that their wallet is the only wallet that uses NFC which can store multiple assets including DNC offline thus making it more secure.
Keynote by Dato' Azrainuddin bin Zainal, the founder of BCMY Pte. Ltd.
One of the highlight of this event was the keynote by Dato' Azrainuddin bin Zainal where he explained about the revolutionary technology and also the insight on the new product and platform BCMY has to offer.
During the summit, there was panel discussion about The Benefits of Cryptocurrencies Blockchain Technology in our Ecosystem. All the panelists are expertise in their respective fields such as En Nizam Ismail, partner of RHT Law Taylorwessing Singapore from Singapore; Dr Rahayu, Senior Lecturer & Consultant; En Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia from Malaysia; Ms Pandu W Sastrowardoyo, Chairwoman of Board of Director, Blockchain Zoo from Indonesia and moderated by the Founder of BCMY Pte. Ltd. himself. It was an insightful information, refreshing perspectives, and exchanges of thoughts of the panelists.
Besides these there were also many awesome lucky draws prizes for the guests and also entertainment by Fredo and Harith Iskander.
BCMY has received a few awards such as The Swiss Innovation Challenge, the founder of BCMY Pte. Ltd. Dato' Azrainuddin bin Zainal also spoke at a numerous events such as World Blockchain Summit in Dubai as well as World Blockchain Forum in London. BCMY Meet Up Summit 2018 was curated to celebrate BCMY Pte. Ltd. growth and also provide a platform for cryptocurrency key players, users and enthusiasts to meet up, mingle, learn and educate.
Wah there are a lot of crowds from 10 countries. Actually i'm not so familiar with the blockchains.but after read this at least i get some idea what blockchains is all about. Nice sharing.
have heard several times about the blockchain but still didnt really understand about the application. However, your entry briefly explains about it. I will check the website for more detail. thank you for sharing this.


Cast your vote in the latest edition of the #LionWorldTales Photo Contest! Your vote will help us select the best "animal fun in the wild" photo for September.
Voting has come to a close for the September round of the 2018 #LionWorldTales Contest. Thank you to everyone who participated by casting a vote for your favorite "animal fun in the wild" photo! We could not be happier to announce that Leslie Mehner's breathtaking giraffe and lion photo has come out on top. Leslie has won two Lion World Travel safari bags, complete bragging rights and has moved on to the final round of the contest where she will have compete for the grand prize, a GoPro camera.
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When I worked as the manager of a fashion label a few years ago the staff were all required to learn how to tie scarves and sarongs in different ways to maximise the uses of this great accessory. You can use it as a headscarf, a bag or turn it into lots of different dress styles. When I got this beautiful Louella Odié Pomfet Sarong, I immediately thought of my favourite top to tie. A total beach look, perfect to wear over your bikini with some denim shorts or long flowy skirt. The back is completely exposed which helps with blistering heat we've been experiencing.
Created by a print-making mother and daughter, with a background in fashion came together to create a unique collection of accessories that show their love for the Island life and Hong Kong heritage.
The colours of the Pomfet Sarong are bright and foolproof for summer. A striking yellow with white polka dots and a deep blue in the form of printed fish make this sarong ideal for beach, junks or barbecues. The size is 100cm x 200cm which makes it an excellent size when it comes to tying dresses, and the feel of the fabric is so luxurious, smooth and silky.
Can we also just take a moment to appreciate the beautiful packaging!
Last month I did a little write up about super fun and hip knit brand Sheep & Stitch about their cool concept and easy to follow step by step tutorials on how to knit your own scarfs, hats and more.
The day I met up with founder Davina to shoot, I modelled 3 of the finished products for her tutorial and here is the 2nd! Now, I know I said the first one was by favourite but looking back at these have made me change my mind! The last scarf I blogged about was a bright yellow cowl and this one is a regular chunky scarf, about 120cm long or so.
I adore the colour of this one (off white/grey), I usually pick very minimal, simple timeless pieces when it comes to fashion and jewellery so this one is right up my street.. And It goes so well with a leather jacket, my favourite type of outerwear during this season, but we didn't shoot it in this season! It was still about 35c when we went out to shoot these, burrr!!
Look on for the free tutorial embedded in this post below! Happy knitting!
Last week, I shot with Sheep & Stitch's founder Davina for one of her new creations this beautiful bright yellow cowl. As we shot around the Tai Ping Shan area in Sheung Wan, she told me a little bit about her concept and ideas for Sheep & Stitch and where it all began.
A dog lover with a passion for creating beautiful knit wear and wanting to inspire other to create their own designs, Davina came up with Sheep & Stitch, a brand and blog that teaches you how to knit your own designs. Her website not only has a shop that sells yarn, bamboo knitting needles, eco friendly shopping bags but knitting kits, perfect for beginners with an HD videos showing you step by step how to knit the piece you've chosen.
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Tennis - Serena Williams aims for milestone 70th win of the season on Thursday
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Tennis - It's been an incredible season for Serena Williams and it just keeps on getting better. 2 grand slam titles, 7 other WTA titles, wrapping up the year end no. 1 ranking for just the third time in her career and breaking the $9 million barrier in prize money for a season.
And she is not done yet. On Thursday, the 32 year old will aim to win 70 matches in a season for the first time in her career when she takes on Russian Maria Kirilenko in the third round of the WTA China Open in Beijing. Serena currently has 69 wins and 4 losses for the year.
If she does reach the milestone, Serena will become only the fifth player in recent times to achieve the milestone. Here is a look at the others who have done the same since 1995. Martina Hingis - 1997 (71 match wins); 1999 (71 match wins); 2000 (77 match wins) Kim Clijsters - 2003 (90 match wins) Justine Henin - 2003 (75 match wins) Jelena Jankovic - 2007 (72 match wins)


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China Given Another Reason to Abandon Proprietary Software — $2,200,000,000 Lawsuit
Posted in Asia, Free/Libre Software, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Ubuntu, Windows at 11:22 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: China may no longer be able to use proprietary software from the United States without paying, which is great news for GNU/Linux and other Free software
LAST WEEK we wrote about Ylmf OS, which is a Ubuntu-based Windows XP clone that we mentioned later on in this post and also this morning. Here is some new coverage.
Ubuntu Linux Clone Looks Like Windows XP
Now, the next logical question: Do businesses and consumers want an Ubuntu Linux release that essentially looks and feels like Windows XP?
Hmmm… In The VAR Guy's own home his kids already move seamlessly between Windows XP, Mac OS X and Canonical's more traditional Ubuntu user interface. The "myth" that desktop Linux has a difficult learning curve is just that… a myth.
And besides, it doesn't sound like Ylmf OS is pushing beyond China anytime soon. Still… you never can tell how software will potentially go viral across the web.
Microsoft is pressuring China and hinders its use of proprietary software, but Microsoft is not alone. China has just been sued with a price tag of over $2 billion for copyright violation. It used proprietary software against the law, just like Microsoft China [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].
An American company has filed a $2.2bn (£1.4bn) lawsuit in the US accusing Beijing of stealing lines of code from its internet filtering software.
There is Free (as in Freedom) filtering software that they can use, but the intent may be considered malicious. Maybe this pressure from West will further push China towards Free software. █
CIO Prediction: Novell to be Acquired in 6 Months
Posted in Boycott Novell, Interview, Microsoft, Novell, Ron Hovsepian at 10:52 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Opinion that Novell will not endure as a standalone company this year; new interview with Ron Hovsepian
LAST WEEK we argued that some time in 2010 Novell is likely to be acquired or merged. Several days later, CIO UK published this list of predictions, which include the following:
June: The silly season begins in earnest. Google and Microsoft buy some companies you've never heard of. Novell is acquired.
As we wrote last week, it is possible for Microsoft to acquire Novell, but this might not be the best strategy.
Another UK-based publication has just published this first interview with Ron Hovsepian in a very long time. Here is an important question that he answered at the end:
How does the interoperability agreement with Microsoft relate to the IWM launches? [The Microsoft/Novell Partnership announced in 2006 gives interoperability and virtualisation solutions for firms using both Windows and Linux]
The agreement means that Microsoft can run their virtualised applications on our environment and we can run ours on theirs.
I think it works really well. Our core assumption is that customers are Microsoft customers and have multiple Java technology stacks. So in a virtualized environment, this relationship allows us to support and optimise those workloads.
This puts us in a stronger position than competitors such as Red Hat for example.
So our strategy is built on that assumption of heterogeneity. Where firms have multiple technology stacks, we can optimise and build security and governance into them.
Microsoft could do that too. A couple of years ago it was argued that Microsoft could buy the WordPerfect lawsuit along with Novell. █
Comments Are Back
Posted in Boycott Novell, Site News at 10:25 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Restoration of the site's function – a quick update
The Wiki can now be edited again and comments be posted provided one is logged in. The rating system is still a tricky one to resolve (all requests are channeled via the same IP address), so it might be the case that only registered (and logged in) visitors can participate in this.
For those who don't know what we're talking about, here is some background:
Boycott Novell DDOS; Perhaps Time for Authorities to Ban Microsoft Windows
IDG: "Businesses That Dumped Microsoft", "Microsoft is Ruining Smartphones and Tablets for Everyone" (see bottom part)
We still experience periods of unavailability (denial of service), but they are tackled within minutes. █
Microsoft Under Fire: Open Source Software Thematic Group Complains About EIFv2 Subversion, NHS Software Supplier Under Criminal Investigation
Posted in Europe, Free/Libre Software, Microsoft, Standard at 10:11 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Public documents and operations that Microsoft helped subvert are continuing to draw fire
SO MANY times we have already covered complaints about the EIF (version 2), which lobbyists of Microsoft helped change. See references in the links below.
European Interoperability Framework (EIF) Corrupted by Microsoft et al, Its Lobbyists
Orwellian EIF, Fake Open Source, and Security Implications
No Sense of Shame Left at Microsoft
Lobbying Leads to Protest — the FFII and the FSFE Rise in Opposition to Subverted EIF
IBM and Open Forum Europe Address European Interoperability Framework (EIF) Fiasco
EIF Scrutinised, ODF Evolves, and Microsoft's OOXML "Lies" Lead to Backlash from Danish Standards Committee
Complaints About Perverted EIF Continue to Pile Up
More Complaints About EIFv2 Abuse and Free Software FUD from General Electric (GE)
Patents Roundup: Copyrighted SQL Queries, Microsoft Alliance with Company That Attacks F/OSS with Software Patents, Peer-to-Patent in Australia
According to this new post from CMS Wire, the Open Source Software Thematic Group is another complainer we have not yet mentioned. We missed it. Here is the letter of complaint, which we append at the bottom. The post also says:
The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure offers ten recommendations for improving the version 2 and preserving "a strong definition of 'open standards and specifications' in a way that patent cartels do not qualify for the gold standard."
These ten recommendations are:
1. Align the EIF 2.0 with the new General Principles from the Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations (ISA) document, which calls for technological neutrality and adaptability, openness, reusability, privacy and personal protection of data and security.
2. Improve interoperability terminology to once again align with the ISA's definition rather than the new watered down one.
3. Market Order and public constituency by creating better functioning markets with increased interoperability.
4. Deletion of Chapter 3 and its empty talk.
5. Administrative principles such as not tasking public administration with lobbying for political support of interoperability efforts.
6. Avoid capture and dilution of interest with weak phrases and definitions.
7. Adjust to public administrative needs.
8. Open standards, not open concepts, by reinstating the proper definition of open standards.
9. Open assessment and continuum to allow government bodies to assess where an offering falls on the "openness continuum".
10. Problem-oriented approach by focusing on identifying and solving interoperability problems.
Other Organizations Speak Out
Other organizations have also expressed their strong concerns, such as the OW2 Consortium and the Open Source Software Thematic Group.
We previously wrote about what Microsoft had done to the NHS [1, 2, 3, 4], which is Britain's national healthcare organisation. There is another scandal there and it relates to those who supplied software (iSoft is a Microsoft partner).
The Financial Services Authority has confirmed that it is starting criminal proceedings against four former directors of iSoft Group plc – the major provider of patient records software for the NHS's National Programme for IT.
It said at that time that commercial director Steve Graham, and another employee, had been put on special leave following a company investigation into accounting irregularities in 2004 and 2005.
iSoft shares collapsed in the wake of that news and in September 2006 it emerged that the Department of Health had bailed out the struggling software firm with £82m of taxpayers' cash.
Earlier today we wrote about a possible lawsuit against Microsoft in Italy. Clearly, justice has a way of catching up sooner or later. █
Open Letter to the EC about Open Standards and Interoperability
From: "Stefane Fermigier" <sf-AT-nuxeo.com>
To: lwn-AT-lwn.net
Subject: Open Letter to the EC about Open Standards and Interoperability
Message-ID: <20091123163926.DDB8B5AAF6@gateway.nuxeo.com>
Archive-link: Article, Thread
our Open Source Software Thematic Group became deeply concerned two weeks ago
after we learned that the European Commission was preparing a new version
of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) with definitions of
interoperability, open standards and maybe even open source completely
void of any substance, allowing any proprietary software vendor to claim
being compatible with the new guidelines.
This concern was, to our knowledge, first publicised by Glyn Moody in his blog:
http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/...
To react and try to protect the useful and actionable definitions contained
in EIF v1, we've just written an open letter to Commissioner Kallas and Mr
Garcia Moran:
http://www.gt-logiciel-libre.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/...
Other useful references about this subject include:
- http://action.ffii.org/eif from our friends as FFII
- http://www.ow2.org/view/Events/OpenLetterIEF from our friends at OW2
Our original announcement (in french) is here:
http://www.gt-logiciel-libre.org/2009/11/lettre-ouverte-e...
S. Fermigier, Chairman
System@tic Free / Open Source Software Thematic Group, aka GTLL
Gartner Group Acquires More Microsoft Boosters
Posted in Deception, Microsoft at 9:20 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Armchair pay-to-say marketing people are growing in size and adding more Microsoft bias to their ranks
THE Gartner Group is inherently corrupt because it is reviewing the same companies that pay it a lot of money (see prior links for detailed evidence). So it is not surprising that Gartner is now buying another group that works the same way — a group that receives money and jobs from Microsoft in exchange for its promotion of Microsoft [1, 2]. IDG announces:
Gartner Inc. said today it is acquiring enterprise IT advisory firm the Burton Group for $56 million, just one month after it announced it was buying AMR Research for $64 million. But if Gartner is attempting to consolidate the IT analysis industry, it may be playing a game of whack-a-mole.
Analysts across the board are emerging as independent brands with their own followings, and there's a general view among IT analysts that the number of independent analysis firms is on the rise, even if no one is really sure on the number.
This article is quoting 'Microsoft Enderle'. It calls him "an independent analyst" and says that he "believes the Web is filling the need for analysis on tech trends, and is making it easier to compete with Gartner." No, he is putting Microsoft advertisements and revisionism on the Web, as he acknowledges in his private discussions (now leaked) with the company [1, 2]. █
IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: January 6th, 2010
Posted in IRC Logs at 8:39 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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Apple's #1 Product: Fake Hype
Posted in Apple, Deception, Marketing, Microsoft, Novell, Vista 7 at 8:25 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Apple is controlling coverage of its products not just by censorship of blogs but also fake 'leaks'
APPLE — like Microsoft and Novell — is faking enthusiasm. Apple employs so-called 'evangelists' and uses all sorts of other mechanisms to get people excited or simply fake an expression of excitement, hoping that it would become infectious, even viral. It's probably effective, but that's beside the point. Some companies are paying famous people to stand in line, pretending that they are interested in some new gadget or imaginary products comprising just 0s and 1s (software can be duplicated infinitely and thus easily distributed, unlike hardware). Deception presents an ethical dilemma and pushes the envelope on legal grounds in the UK (ASA).
It is almost comical that Apple is deliberately 'leaking' information while taking down a blogger who genuinely leaked information not according to their schedule of fake ones. Yes, Apple took down at least one independent Mac Web site which decided to spread truths, not just rumours. That was in 2008 and there are still examples at present.
Microsoft too is deliberately 'leaking' stuff (downloads and information). Ethical or unethical? Either way, those companies knowingly lie to their customers. And in any case, more information about this can be found here.
Controlled leaks are almost always the solution to a problem.
It ought to be recognised that many so-called 'leaks' are fake (there is concrete proof) and similar tricks are being used to sell an illusion of scarcity, Vista 7 downloads being an obvious and recent example that we covered a year ago. █
"FSF did some anti-Apple campaigns too. Personally I worry more about Apple because they have user loyalty; Microsoft doesn't."
–Bradley M. Kuhn (SFLC)
Windows Mobile Suffers Another Defeat Amid Linux Triumphs
Posted in GNU/Linux, Google, Microsoft, Windows at 7:29 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Another sign that Sony Ericsson may shift more focus to GNU and Linux after Xperia X2 launch gets delayed, then downscaled
WO weeks ago we wrote about Windows Mobile (version 7) being delayed along with Xperia X2. Well, it turns out that Xperia X2 will altogether be dropped from the UK market, symboling the continued collapse of Windows Mobile (market share down about 30% in just one year).
From The Inquirer:
AFTER AN UNDERSTATED launch event back in November, it seemed that the high-end Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 phone was due to land in the UK well in time for Christmas.
At the event the company admitted that it was still polishing the code and streamlining the Panels interface introduced by its predecessor the X1, but that we were assured that review units would be sent out within the week, running the release version of the Windows Mobile 6.5 overlay.
As we showed in December, Sony Ericsson is gradually exploring Linux and Free software. Maybe it is having second thoughts about Windows. References that we add below may help understanding of this situation (from 2008-2009, more recent items listed first). █
[1] Android phone sports 8.1-megapixel camera
Sony Ericsson announced its first Android phone, along with a "UX" user interface targeting social networking. The Xperia X10 offers from 8 to 16GB of flash storage, a four-inch touchscreen, and an 8.1-megapixel camera with face recognition and geo-tagging, plus the usual 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS features.
[2] Sony Ericsson announces its first Android handset: the XPERIA X10
Available in "Luster White" or "Sensuous Black", the 119mm x 63mm x 13mm device weighs 135g and features a 4in, 480 x 854 capacitive touchscreen display.
[3] Sony Ericsson's first Android phone highlights Microsoft's shortcomings
"Microsoft is being squeezed from one end by this open source approach from the likes of Android, Symbian open source, Maemo and LiMo, and squeezed from the other by RIM and Apple, which offer closed environments that users are very happy with," she said.
[4] Sony Ericsson preparing netbook launch?
Sony Ericsson appears set to launch a netbook. Sorry, smartbook – the phone firm's micro laptop seems likely to be as much phone as portable PC.
[5] Sony Ericsson Xperia drops Windows for Android
An Android-based version of Sony Ericsson's first Windows Mobile smartphone, the Xperia, has appeared online, prompting speculation that an official unveiling could be just around the corner.
[6] Check Out Sony Ericsson's Android UI
Word leaked over the weekend about Sony Ericsson's first Android-powered smartphone and it looked like a winner. Well, today we've learned that the company will be layering on its own custom user interface on top of the Linux-based OS, and it also looks pretty good.
To recap, the smartphone is code-named "Rachael" and it is expected to be the next generation in the company's Xperia line. Reports say it will run on Qualcomm's zippy 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, and it will have 3D graphics, a whopping 8-megapixel camera, and it will be capable of 7.2 Mbps downlink speeds.
[7] Sony Ericsson Using Drupal
Sony Ericsson's first Drupal web site was officially launched yesterday at the JavaOne conference. The site, called Sony Ericsson Labs, is a community website to shares application concepts with everyone who is interested in mobile applications and where new ideas can begin to take shape.
[8] Sony Ericsson Inches Closer To Android Phone
Ever since Sony Ericsson joined the Open Handset Alliance, Android fans have been wondering when the company would release a smartphone with the Google-backed operating system. An executive gave some more details Friday indicating fans may not have to wait too much longer.
[9] Sony Ericsson to make Android phone
Rikko Sakaguchi, Corporate VP at Sony Ericsson, said it's the company's aim to "develop a handset based on the Android platform", according to his OHA membership statement.
[10] (Video) Ubuntu Linux Running On Sony Ericsson P990i
Apparently "Wizolabo" managed to get a copy of Ubuntu Linux running on the Sony Ericsson P990i, which features a 240 x 320 TFT touchscreen display, 2.0-megapixel camera, 64MB RAM, 128MB Flash memory, 60MB built-in memory, 802.11b Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, a music player, and USB 2.0 connectivity. Video after the break.
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Subject, text and location of markers installed as part of the New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative.
Louise Massey Mabie sold millions of records, lived in Hondo Valley and is commemorated as country music's first rhinstone cowgirl on one of the 75 women's history markers.
The Historic Women Marker Initiative of 2007 captured the public's imagination. It has received international attention for its ambitious goal of telling women's history in New Mexico on some of the state's 650 Official Scenic Historic Markers. Before 2007, perhaps three markers mentioned women at all.
The lives of the only known female Buffalo solider, one of the world's most famous artists, and unsung heroes like Sally Rooke who gave her life at her switchboard warning Folsom's citizens of a wall of water approaching their town are honored on 75 women's history markers.
The first phase of the Initiative concluded in 2010. Ten more markers were installed in 2015 and an additional 25 are expected to bring their numbers to an even 100 in the coming years. The program is a partnership of the New Mexico Women's Forum, HPD, CPRC, New Mexico Department of Transportation, and the public. The 2006 legislature made the initial 65 historic markers possible.
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Gary Neville: FIFA president Gianni Infantino 'the worst face' for the 2022 Qatar World Cup
United News Team November 20, 2022
Gary Neville believes FIFA president Gianni Infantino is "the worst face" to represent the Qatar World Cup after his controversial monologue on Saturday and wants the governing body to "clean up its act".
Infantino delivered an extraordinary hour-long speech in a pre-tournament press conference in Doha in which he declared "today I feel gay" and "I feel (like) a migrant worker" before taking aim at European critics of Qatar.
Ahead of Sunday's opening game of the 2022 finals between the host nation and Ecuador, Sky Sports pundit and former England defender Neville heavily criticised Infantino, labelling him as a "terrible face for football".
He told beIN Sport: "I've been all around the world with Manchester United: to the Middle East, the Far East, to Asia, Africa and Australasia and there's no doubt we should be taking football all around the world.
"But he's a terrible face for football, that guy (Infantino). Some of the things he said yesterday were inappropriate and shouldn't be said by him. He should be statesmanlike, he should be bringing people together, he's the global
representative of football, not answering to one or two nations which he seemed to be doing yesterday. He's got to rise above it.
"Some of his language yesterday about, 'I'm a migrant worker, I'm disabled' is an absolute scandal, he shouldn't be using that type of language. He shouldn't be using those phrases in my opinion.
Sky Sports' Gary Neville has criticised FIFA president Gianni Infantino after his controversial pre-tournament press conference
"I think FIFA is a poor representation of what football is, which is a beautiful game enjoyed by communities from Brazil to Bury, from Bolivia to Peru, to everywhere. I have to say that FIFA needs to clean up its act.
"It's been bad for so long and my personal feeling with Infantino is that he's effectively put himself back into power for four years, there's no independence.
"We've got to have independence and democracy. He elects himself back into position and I think he's the worst face to represent the Middle East, Arabs, Muslims and the Qatar World Cup."
Infantino has received the support of more than 200 associations around the world to run unopposed as FIFA President, in what FIFA has stated is a democratic process.
FIFA said on Friday the 52-year-old Swiss lawyer was the only person to enter the race by the time the deadline passed – exactly four months before election day on March 16 in Kigali, Rwanda.
Infantino won a five-candidate race in 2016 to replace Sepp Blatter, and was re-elected unopposed in 2019. He is now set to stay in the job beyond the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
At the end of Saturday's press conference, FIFA's director of media relations Bryan Swanson said: "I've seen a lot of criticism of Gianni Infantino since I've joined FIFA, in particular from the LGBTQ+ community. I am sitting here in a privileged position, on a global stage as a gay man here in Qatar.
"We have received assurances that everybody is welcome and I believe that everybody will be welcome in this World Cup.
"Just because Gianni Infantino is not gay does not mean he doesn't care, he does care. You see the public side, I see the private side and we have spoken on a number of occasions about this. I thought long and hard whether to mention this in this news conference, but I do feel strongly about it.
"We care at FIFA about everyone, we are an inclusive organisation. I have a number of gay colleagues, so sitting here I am fully aware of the debate and I fully respect everyone's right and everyone's opinions to think differently, I get it. But I also know what we stand for and when he says that we are inclusive, he means it."
'This World Cup underpins how dirty the game is'
Sky Sports News' senior reporter Melissa Reddy dissects FIFA President Gianni Infantino's 'astounding' statement
Sky Sports News senior reporter Melissa Reddy in Qatar on Infantino's press conference:
"What absurd, offensive, misleading thing did he not say? This is extraordinary and unlike anything I've ever heard before.
"You do not know what it feels like to be gay, Infantino, you do not know what it feels like to be disabled, you do not know what it feels like to be African and you cannot conflate being discriminated against because of red hair and freckles to any of the groups you've referenced have experienced. You cannot negate their experience by just saying you 'feel' what they feel.
"It is an absolutely astounding address from the FIFA president and it's probably even more astounding that he is being re-elected unopposed after being able to say stuff like this. He's also taken the fact that Qatar recruits from the poorest countries in the world, millions who have nothing and bring them to do what human rights groups call modern slavery, he's saying that's OK because they get paid more than they do at home.
Chief Football Writer for The Times Henry Winter believes the statements made on the eve of the World Cup by FIFA President Gianni Infantino were offensive to football fans
"This is misleading, disrespectful, offensive, it's damaging to the cause to try to get better rights, better conditions for these workers to try and improve the human rights situation here.
"He talks about the hypocrisy, I do not think Infantino is the man to speak about hypocrisy. I do not think whataboutism is the correct route for a FIFA president to try and enforce change.
"If we all get stuck on what's happened before or what's going on elsewhere and we have to stay silent because of that, we'll never bring about any effective change. We'd all just never say anything ever because no country is untouched and untainted, but we're here for the World Cup and on the eve of the tournament, this is what we are getting.
"He says it will be the best World Cup in history, I think this will be the World Cup that really underpins just how dirty the game is."
'Infantino spoke almost like Trump'
Kaveh Solhekol reacts to FIFA President Gianni Infantino's press conference ahead of the Qatar World Cup
Sky Sports News chief reporter Kaveh Solhekol in Qatar:
"It was a very bizarre performance from Gianni Infantino. Some of the things he was saying were absolutely ridiculous and at times it seemed like he'd almost developed a Messiah complex. The problem FIFA presidents have is they fly around the world, meet a lot of head of states and after a while they start to think and act as if they are a head of state as well.
"I got the feeling today he was talking almost like he was Donald Trump. Some of the stuff he was coming out with was dividing and ruling, it almost seemed like he was trying to stoke tensions between Europe and the rest of the world.
"If people in that room, 400 journalists, if we had microphones we would have interrupted him during the speech to correct some of the mistruths he was coming up with. I've seen some extraordinary press conferences in my time and that was one of the most extraordinary I've seen.
Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has branded Gianni Infantino's comments as 'outrageous' after FIFA president's controversial speech
"It's insulting for a FIFA president on the eve of a World Cup to say he feels like a migrant worker when we know for a fact many of the migrant workers, who have built the stadiums and infrastructure, were getting paid as little as £1 an hour often to work and live in absolutely terrible conditions. I could not believe what I was hearing.
"It's insulting to compare getting bullied at school to living and working in the conditions some of the migrant workers have had to live and work in in Qatar over the last 12 years.
"He started off by saying, 'Today I feel gay'. That is insulting when he is in a country where being gay is against the law, it is criminalised and FIFA has decided to bring the World Cup here when they keep telling us football is for everybody."
2022 World Cup draw
Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands
Group B: England, Iran, USA, Wales
Group D: France, Australia, Denmark, Tunisia
Group E: Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan
Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia
Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon
Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, South Korea
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Possible human remains found in area where Brian Laundrie items were located, FBI says
Posted at 12:38 PM, Oct 20, 2021
NORTH PORT, Fla. — The FBI says its investigators have found what appear to be human remains in an area in Florida where personal items belonging to Brian Laundrie were located Wednesday morning. The 23-year-old man is a person of interest in the death of his fiancée, Gabby Petito.
"Earlier today, investigators found what appears to be human remains, along with personal items such as a backpack and a notebook belonging to Brian Laundrie. These items were found in an area that up until recently had been underwater," said Michael McPherson, special agent in charge of FBI Tampa during a press conference Wednesday.
Authorities have not confirmed whether the remains belong to Laundrie.
Steven Bertolino, an attorney for the Laundrie family, released a statement, saying Brian's parents, Chris and Roberta, went to the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in North Port to search for their son Wednesday morning.
The lawyer says the FBI and the North Port Police Department were informed of Laundrie's parents' intentions and the agencies met them at the park. After a brief search off of a trail that Laundrie reportedly frequented, the attorney says, "Some articles belonging to Brian were found."
The FBI confirmed that "items of interest" were located at the Carlton Reserve in connection with the search for Brian Laundrie. The agency added that it has an evidence response team processing the scene and that portions of the reserve are closed to the public.
"Our evidence response team is on scene using all available forensic resources to process the area. It's likely the team will be on scene for several days," said McPherson. "I know you have a lot of questions, but we don't have all the answers yet. We're working diligently to get those answers for you."
Aerial views of the scene showed that authorities had set up a tent in the area and many law enforcement vehicles were present.
Additionally, a medical examiner's office in Sarasota was called to the park where the search for Laundrie is underway, a spokeswoman for the office confirmed to WFTS.
Petito, 22, was reported missing on Sept. 11 after she didn't return from a cross-country road trip that she went on with Laundrie, visiting national parks in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.
This combo of photos provided by FBI Denver via @FBIDenver shows missing person Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito. Petito, 22, vanished while on a cross-country trip in a converted camper van with her boyfriend. Authorities say a body discovered Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, in Wyoming, is believed to be Petito. (Courtesy of FBI Denver via AP)
The woman's remains were later recovered near the Spread Creek Dispersed Camping Area in Wyoming on Sept. 19. Her death was ruled a homicide and the Teton County coroner has said she died by strangulation.
Authorities say Laundrie returned to Florida without Petito after their trip, but he then disappeared, and law enforcement has been actively searching for him.
FILE - This Aug. 12, 2021 file photo from video provided by The Moab Police Department shows Brian Laundrie talking to a police officer after police pulled over the van he was traveling in with his girlfriend, Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito, near the entrance to Arches National Park. (The Moab Police Department via AP, File)
According to the FBI, a federal arrest warrant has been issued for Laundrie related to his alleged activities following the death of Petito. Specifically, the warrant is for violating a federal statute over the "use of unauthorized access devices."


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Neil Hopkinson (ed.), Lucian: A Selection. Cambridge Greek and Latin Texts. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. ix, 239. ISBN 9780521603041. $34.99 (pb).
Though far outside the classical canon, the influence of Lucian of Samosata upon Western literature is unquestionable. One simply has to read Erasmus, Rabelais, or Swift. Yet even in 2009, and with two decades of contemporary scholarship reevaluating the literary merit of the Second Sophistic, commentaries, let alone a seminal commentary to his corpus, are sorely lacking. Hopkinson's current edition for the Cambridge green and yellow series thus attempts to fill a marked gap in classical scholarship. For undergraduate and graduate students -- the primary targets -- this edition and commentary is much needed. We finally have an adequate reading text that reflects current models of Imperial Greek literature. However, as welcome as this edition may be, it has some noticeable gaps of its own. Although it is canvassed with the classical tradition, excellent philology, and a good understanding of the textualist culture of the second century, a presentation of how Lucian transforms the classical tradition and the Attic fetishisms of his time is often missing. And if we miss the joke, or to what end a classical myth is comically parodied and reinvented, then we miss Lucian.
Hopkinson's edition contains seven works: The Dream, You're a Literary Prometheus, The Ignorant Book Collector, Praise of the Fly, Sigma vs. Tau: the Court of the Vowels, Timon, and Dialogues of the Sea Gods. Accordingly it is a fine selection of Lucian's comic and satiric writing. Accompanied by a concise preface to current models of the Second Sophistic, this is a useful introduction to Lucian for both students and scholars.
The text itself is nearly indistinguishable from Macleod's OCT. Overall this is not a bad thing. Macleod constructed a usable text. But in light of Bompaire's new Budé and Nesselrath's lengthy, scathing review of Macleod's work, any editor of Lucian needs to address these scholars. While Bompaire and Nesselrath are not entirely absent, Hopkinson never critically positions himself (or defends Macleod) in context. In fact, nowhere does the reader glimpse the editorial controversy -- established by Nesselrath -- that still haunts the last Oxford edition.
Beyond this, one cannot pass serious criticism upon Hopkinson's linguistic observations. His Greek is impeccable. He is, however, a conservative critic. There are places where established conjecture seems quite preferable to manuscript readings. As Shackleton Bailey once brought Sir Richard Bentley back into the text of Horace, a uniquely critical text to Lucian is possible. An editor still has the opportunity to affect this text. Unfortunately I do not see Hopkinson's mark on the Greek.
The real criticism rests with the commentary. Although Hopkinson's notes are full of keen philological comment and understanding of Greek culture, his analysis is often limited, if not incomplete, when it comes to Lucian's comic voice. This unfortunately stems from his general approach. "A Callimachus or an Ovid seems to invite learned comment, but Lucian does not . . . The apparatus of scholarship feels somehow awkward when applied to these effortless compositions. For my part I have tried to evade the charge of pedantry by keeping the notes brief," Hopkinson says in the preface (p. vii). It is one thing to evade pedantry. It is quite another to ignore the humorous mechanisms of Lucian's seemingly simple prose. The few following observations may illustrate this.
The most pressing issue is that too often we find detailed mythological and literary comments that fail to illuminate Lucian's comic writing. Yes, we need to recognize the Greek tradition at Lucian's fingertips, whether this is Theocritus, Aristophanes, or Herodotus. But without any notion of how Lucian reworks this material, we simply have lots of paint on the canvass, but no picture.
To give one example, and there are many, in the eighth Dialogue of Sea Gods Lucian recasts the myth of how Poseidon saved Amymone from a lustful satyr, resulting in the creation of an eponymous spring. Hopkinson gives a complete account of the myth's appearance in Greek literature, and then simply notes that Lucian's version is lacking the satyr and has an "uncharacteristically frenzied" Poseidon (p. 213). Nowhere does Hopkinson recognize that Lucian's mythic recycling is a comic travesty of a divine affair. Thus, as accurate as his philological comments may be, they do not accentuate Lucian's travesty, nor even bring out why the dialogue is funny.
Similarly, numerous jokes and important Lucianic words lack comment. In The Ignorant Book Collector, after sarcastically comparing the man to Hesiod, Lucian claims that the Muses would have nothing to do with him, that they would bestow lashes μυρρίνηι and μαλάχης φύλλοις instead of δάφνης. In conjunction with the sexual accusation of an impure mouth, Hopkinson fails to see the comic, invective charge of effeminacy. μυρρίνηι is "unexplained" and μαλάχης is ignored (p. 123).
In You're A Literary Prometheus, when comparing his own literary composition to the artistic talents of the mythic Prometheus, Lucian explains that his goal is entertainment and play. Here the pun in παιδιά goes unnoticed. In defining his hippocentaur, Lucian programmatically exploits the linguistic connection between gaming (παιδιά) and intellectual activity (παιδεία). In Greek they are separated by only an epsilon! This is fundamental to understanding Lucian's creation of the comic dialogue, not to mention how it works. It is intellectual entertainment. Go ask Erasmus.
The metafictional consciousness of Lucian's work receives no comment either. Whether a piece depicts a theme from contemporary Antioch, Fifth-Century Greece, or involves a talking rooster, Lucian's text refers to itself as a rhetorical and even performed composition. In The Dream, for example, Lucian describes his tear-soaked introduction to sculpting as the prelude (προοίμια) to his art (τέχνης). Predicated upon his tears, this word underscores the rhetorically fabricated and performed biography that ensues. Similarly, important terms such as σχῆμα, σκηνή, and πλάσμα, which explicitly refer to the stage and rhetorical composition, riddle Lucian's corpus. Yet Hopkinson is unconcerned with how these words function and invigorate, both comically and satirically, Lucian's writing. The Syrian is always commenting upon the second century, always commenting upon the job. This self-consciousness is another seminal aspect of the humorous, inner workings of the comic dialogue.
In terms of a classical text, a classical commentary, and as a reader for students of classics, Hopkinson's edition is very usable. Lucian is linguistically and culturally well situated in the second century. However, we must remember the words of Ewen Bowie: "Lucian developed a form of rhetorical entertainment very different from the standard declamations . . ."1 Indeed, Lucian's text is something different, and thus requires something more than the usual commentary. You can isolate and throw the weight of the classical tradition at him. Yet, if his parodic recycling and the mechanisms of his humor are absent, then you have only scratched the surface of Lucian. Unfortunately, the vast majority of Hopkinson's comments are reminiscent of the much-respected, yet older approach of Bompaire; it is a rhetorical stitching together of classical literature and myth. A greater sensitivity to the complex nature of comedy and the comic dialogue would have made this work stronger. After all, as the saying goes, "drama is easy, comedy is hard."
1. Bowie, E. 2007: "The Ups and Downs of Aristophanic Travel," in E. Hall and A. Wrigley (Eds.), Aristophanes in Performance 421 BC-AD 2007: Peace, Birds, and Frogs. London: p. 34.


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You took that picture? It is gorgeous! I want to frame it and put it up in my house…for real.
Annie: Yep! I took it when we were walking back to the car, after your marathon. I will gladly make you a print of it.
I think that is an apricot tree. Ya know… popcorn popping on the apricot tree.


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Not quite so Mr. Vidal
When, on Monday morning in Peru, 4,000 diplomats from the world's 196 countries start their mammoth session to negotiate a new legally-binding global climate deal, they will know they are in the last chance saloon. COP 20 in Lima is the last full meeting before Paris in a year's time, when the deal is due to be signed. If countries cannot bury most of their differences on the major issues by Friday week, then the chances of a meaningful agreement next year are slim.
The result of failure would be that developing countries are condemned to unchecked climate change for another generation, and the UN process which relies on consensus to get results is fatally undermined.
Whether climate change continues unchecked or not depends upon what we 7 billion human beings do. And changing what we 7 billion humans beings do is rather more dificult than enacting some "legally binding" treaty full of vaporous emissions and hot air.
This is the statist delusion in full flight. If we just pass a law then everything will happen. Works so well when we try to ban drugs or shagging for money, doesn't it? And why would anyone think that it will work with people trying to keep warm on a winter night?
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Matthew L December 1, 2014 at 7:51 am
It's a shame they don't use the conference to agree on a global carbon tax, then no country would be at a competitive disadvantage.
Ljh December 1, 2014 at 9:15 am
If you call over eighteen years of no warming by official stats "unchecked climate change"………
Ljh: What do you get when you combine a periodic variation with an underlying increasing trend?
bloke (not) in spain December 1, 2014 at 9:58 am
"What do you get when you combine a periodic variation with an underlying increasing trend?"
A good way of selling bull-shit.
PF December 1, 2014 at 11:27 am
Matthew L
What you get is not one single accurate forecast (from 10-15 years ago) having been delivered – and upon which the whole scientific "consensus", and "action to be taken" (to avoid "C"AGW), was based.
Depends on what length of time you have chosen as both your period and that used to estimate the trend.
Over a thousand year span, for example, things look a bit more complicated.
VftS December 1, 2014 at 11:46 am
'Whether climate change continues unchecked or not depends upon what we 7 billion human beings do'
Bollocks. It's been changing for +3.5 billion years all on its own.
Squander Two December 1, 2014 at 12:15 pm
I am reminded of the way Dubya was blamed for rejecting the Kyoto Protocol. Clinton signed it, but Congress rejected it, so he was not authorised to do so. He signed it anyway. Much celebration, even though his signature was meaningless, as it couldn't be enforced in the US. Bush merely pointed out that Congress had rejected it years earlier, and for this was blamed for making some sort of change. It was never about the law (there was none) or its effect. It was all about the signature.
It is interesting to me that the people who claim to be all sciency about this are the same ones who believe that you can change the world's climate with signatures.
Mr Ecks December 1, 2014 at 12:52 pm
If ISIS want a high-profile target for their (imaginary) dirty bomb–then that fucking green freak-show would be ideal. Even if the radioactive micro-aggression had zero effect on them the word ~~"radiation" would cause them all to expire from eco-placebo induced fright.
The world warmed from 1977 to 1997. It hasn't warmed since.
What did mankind do to stop it?
We held a long series of conferences in exotic locations for politicians and others to attend (all expenses generously paid).
Perhaps the conferences themselves have been stabilising the climate, in which case we need to keep having them. Hence we do not want an agreement for that might end the conferences.
Far fetched? Yes, but at least it correlates with the observed facts, which is more than can be said for any prediction coming from the IPCC.
bloke (not) in spain December 1, 2014 at 2:08 pm
What gets me about the gerbil worming fruitcakes is they're such bloody hopeless tacticians.
Look, they called the Great Global Warming Horror back when? 70s or so? It played well for a bit because temperatures were indeed rising. But they've plateaued for the last 18 years?
The shrewd move would have been, around the 10 year mark when it was obvious it wasn't a transient phenomenon, to have done a "Whoops, we may have made a slight boo-boo here. We'd better go back, check our sums." Kept schtum for a while & then, if the temperatures started to creep back up they could return to the stage with "Yep. We checked our sums & the math & the evidence says the Gerbils are indeed Worming."
Worst they lose is a decade or so or "action on global warming". In the long run, hardly make any odds
The way they've played it, they're in danger of destroying all credibility. Whatever happens, whatever they say they've probably set back any prospect of a global consensus a lot more than a decade. Possibly scotched it altogether.
JeremyT December 1, 2014 at 2:16 pm
Whether climate change continues unchecked or not depends upon what we 7 billion human beings do
I take that to suggest we prematurely end the current Holocene warm period. To do that we need to end the 100,000 year cycle by vaporizing Jupiter and Saturn. Doable, but it's going to cost.
I thought Copenhagen was our last chance. Or was it Doha? I forget.
Squander Two December 1, 2014 at 3:28 pm
That would actually make a pretty good slogan: "A last chance every day." I'd buy one.
MC December 1, 2014 at 3:30 pm
"The result of failure would be that developing countries are condemned to unchecked climate change for another generation"
Phew, glad I live in the developed world. I didn't know climate change was so GDP-sensitive…
Matthew L December 2, 2014 at 5:40 pm
A few months ago that 18 years was 16 years, just as an observation. I wonder how long it'll be in a year.
The real answer of course is that because of natural variation you can show a "pause" if you're careful about picking your end-points. If, on the other hand, you stick to reality:
http://www.skepticalscience.com/graphics/Escalator_2012_500.gif
I didn't know climate change was so GDP-sensitive…
It's not, but the ability to adapt to it is.
PF December 2, 2014 at 6:31 pm
There is no picking of end points – I think you may have missed how it is calculated?
As I understand it, and you experts can correct me if I am wrong:
As of today, how far back can one go before that best correlated line describes an up trend (to today). Ie, whilst not an up trend, there has been no increase over that period. There is no cherry picking – other than picking "today" at this end of the series!
Hence, yes, if temperatures drop over the next few months, then that 18 years could easily increase more than those few months, depending on what the data looked like?
And yes, FWIW, I totally understand the step change argument, but of course 10-15 years ago "C"AGW (and all the supporting models) wasn't predicated on any pause…
And if there is no C in CAGW, then the "disaster cost" of that economics equation somewhat changes.
Squander Two December 3, 2014 at 10:31 am
The claim that the cessation of warming is a pause that can be accommodated by the models is based on a circular and contradictory argument. You start with the assumption that temperatures are going to increase as dramatically as you said they would, then you can point to the recent lack of increase and call it a "pause" and show how it fits in with the long-term trend. Bit it only fits in with the long-term trend based on an end date way way in the future and a future hypothetical temperature based on the models that predicted there would be no pause.
What scientists do when they make a prediction that is then repeatedly and consistently disproven by the real world is change their hypothesis. What climatologists do is stubbornly insist that their demonstrably wrong prediction was actually correct because it didn't really mean what it unequivocally meant.
Feynman must be spinning in his grave.
(Incidentally, I believe the current cessation probably is a pause, but that's just a guess. Until temperatures actually increase again, it's a cessation. Who knows? Maybe it'll be a peak.)


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