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Nasdaq Signs Tech Deal with Hong Kong Exchanges
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) signs tech deal with the World's first electronic stock market, Nasdaq, to upgrade its derivatives market platform by 2018.
By Jagdish Kumar
Hong Kong Exchanges will use Nasdaq Financial Framework architecture for trading, clearing and real-time risk management technologies.
Nasdaq has been a technological partner of the Hong Kong stock exchange since 1994. This five-year agreement enlists Nasdaq to deliver a new multi-asset trading technology engine, a state-of-the-art multi-asset derivatives clearing engine and a real-time risk management solution (Nasdaq Clearing Engine and Nasdaq Real-Time Risk), which will increase performance, speed, flexibility and resiliency of trading and clearing. The upgrade is expected to be completed by 2018.
HKEX Co-Head of IT Richard Leung says "with Nasdaq technology in our derivatives market, we have been able to provide superior capability and a very reliable market infrastructure, which gives high priority to our clients at our exchange".
Further, the new platform will include sophisticated risk management and stress testing needs of Central Counterparty Clearing House (CCPs) and exchanges to manage risk of financial derivatives such as equity, FX, commodities and fixed income asset classes, all under the new Nasdaq Financial Framework architecture.
Nasdaq Vice President and Head of Market Technology Lars Ottersgård, says "HKEX is one of the global capital markets' true innovators; and are committed to the continuous introduction of new technologies to bolster and strengthen the product and services offerings for their clients and partners, along with a rigorous focus on shaping the future of our industry".
During 2016, HKEX daily turnover of stock options at the operator of the Hong Kong stock exchange was 346,040 contracts, an increase of 21 percent, as compared to 286,230 contracts reported for the same period last year.
In futures and options during May 2017, the exchange recorded an increase of 5.5 percent at 820,726 contracts, against 777,576 contracts recorded in April.
Funds raised on the exchange via initial public offerings (IPOs) by companies in the first five months of 2017 was also saw an increase of 15 percent to AUD 52.19 billion, as compared to AUD 45.64 billion raised during the same five month period last year.
With a total market capitalisation of over AUD 6.3 trillion, HKEX is one of the largest exchanges in the world by market capitalisation of listed companies.
HKEX operates a stock market and futures market in Hong Kong through its wholly owned subsidiaries The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK) and Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE).
Nasdaq's exchange technology, including trading, clearing, CSD and market surveillance systems are in operations in over 100 marketplaces across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean.
Through its diverse portfolio of solutions, Nasdaq enables clients to plan, optimise and execute its business vision with confidence, using proven technologies that provide transparency and insight for navigating today's global capital markets.
Known as the founder of the world's first electronic stock market, Nasdaq's technology powers more than 85 marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions.
Nasdaq is home to approximately 3,800 listed companies with a market value of AUD 13.47 trillion and nearly 18,000 corporate clients.
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A recent report from nationally accredited lender network HARP Mortgage Lender quoted a number of analytics in stating that close to 60,000 homeowners in Pennsylvania were able to avoid foreclosure thanks to the Obama Administration's Home Affordable Refinance Program. This figure dates back to the launch of the program in 2009, and takes into account HARP's revision in late 2011.
The HARP program was revised about two years ago, pursuant to allowing a wider range of homeowners to qualify for its benefits. Primarily, thresholds on loan-to-value figures (LTV) were removed from HARP's criteria, thereby allowing severely "underwater" homeowners to qualify for the program.
A severely underwater borrower is one whose LTV ratio is greater than 125 percent, and with the aforementioned restrictions removed, HARP has become more beneficial than ever before for Pennsylvania homeowners.
Statistics from the Federal Housing Finance Agency current as of August 31, 2013 showed that Pennsylvania had close to 1,300 new borrowers – 1,295 to be exact – added to the total number of borrowers who took advantage of the HARP program. These borrowers were all classified as "severely underwater", and would otherwise not have qualified for the program had the pre-2011 restrictions been in place, thus having been put at the risk of a foreclosure or a default.
Separate data from RealtyTrac show that as of September 2013, foreclosure figures in Pennsylvania were 17 percent higher month-over-month and 34 percent higher year-over-year. While this does not paint a rosy picture of the state's housing market, it also means that there are still a lot of borrowers who could preclude foreclosure by refinancing under HARP guidelines.


Associate professor Gwendolyn Dubois Shaw set to lead trip to Cuba this month in order for Penn alumni to experience the country's vibrant arts community. The trip will see the students take in aspects of music, theatre, dance and literature as ties between the US and Cuba continue to strengthen.
Gwendolyn Dubois Shaw, an associate professor in the Department of the History of Art at Penn University, will embark on a trip to Cuba later this month with a group of Penn alumni keen to experience the country's rich culture and arts community first hand.
Shaw and her former students will meet with leading Cuban artists in their studios, attend performances in music, theatre and dance and visit the famous Ediciones Vigia, an independent publishing collective who specialise in the production of handmade books.
It will be Shaw's fifth time visiting the country in the past three years, with her previous trip seeing 22 Penn undergraduate students taken to Havana for an intensive week-long travel course.
"Making these connections for our undergrads and alumni will help poise the University to work with Cuba in a really active and dynamic way."
"It's important Penn has this connection to Cuba because if the University is interested in being active globally, we really have to engage with as much of the globe as possible."
The Penn alumni's' visit comes at an important time for international exchanges between America and Cuba, with formal diplomatic relationships only beginning to be restored by the re-opening of their two embassies in Havana and Washington as recently as last July.
However, with the two countries announcing an agreement to restore scheduled commercial airline services last month, steps are now being taken to strengthen the ties between America and Cuba – a move that Penn fourth-year graduate Kai-Young Chan welcomes with open arms.
"There is much room for intercultural conversations and understandings that could bring inspiring ideas to people of both countries."
"They are curious about the life as a musician and the recent development of contemporary music in the States, since access to recently composed musical scores are limited over there."


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Home Dining Chefs and Restaurateurs Union's First Anniversary Means a Family-Style Feast (Yes, There Will Be Porchetta)
Union's crowd-pleasing porchetta
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Union's First Anniversary Means a Family-Style Feast (Yes, There Will Be Porchetta)
Bruce Kalman's Pasadena restaurant celebrates a memorable first year
Chef Bruce Kalman's Union, Los Angeles magazine's No. 2 Best New Restaurant of 2014, has, by all accounts, had a magnificent first year.
The market-driven Italian restaurant will celebrate its first anniversary with a four-course family-style feast next Tuesday, March 10. Expect both Kalman's crowd-pleasing favorites like his porchetta, polenta, and pork meatballs as well as new seasonal offerings like beet and burrata cappellacci and a fish dish of California sheephead from Wild Local Seafood.
Kalman, who recently announced that he's opening a pasta bar at Grand Central Market, is on a hot streak. On March 11, the day the restaurant actually turns 1, Union will be closed for a private event in honor of its episode of Bravo's Best New Restaurant.
Union, 37 Union St., Pasadena, 626-795-5841. The March 10 dinner is $90 per person (not including wine pairings) with seatings at 5 p.m., 7 p.m., and 9:15 p.m.
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Montebello Villa Hotel's Glass House: A Transparent Beauty in the Garden Hotel
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The city's first work of art that is made of glass, the Montebello Villa Hotel Glass House stands glaring at the lawn of the hotel. It is a one-story edifice created with a toast of fine art and purpose making the hotel's surrounding landscape more alluring and captivating.
Known for its lush greenery, old-world charm, and warm and genuine Cebuano hospitality, Montebello Villa Hotel gives its guests more reasons to love their stay with its newest facility, the Glass House. This was made for special occasions like debut, weddings, anniversaries, intimate celebrations and other affairs of romantic genre. Adjacent to this structure is the hotel's landmark the Bridge of Love giving those special occasions endless romantic vibe.
Alvarez-Borromeo Development Corp General Manager and President Luis Martin Alvarez welcomes guests to the opening of the Glass House. He said it was his dream to build a structure made of glass, something that was inspired by his ventures abroad. With the right supplier, his dream is now a reality, a structure that is perfect for the Philippines' tropical region with its unpredictable weather. The facility can accommodate 150 guests. It would be a spectacular experience wandering inside as you can clearly see the beauty that lies in the landscape outside while being amazed by the glamour it brings inside.
Montebello Villa Hotel is in the middle of renovating its facility. Major renovations started with the upgraded premier wing, which houses two suites and 43 superior rooms. An in-house spa is also expected to be launched next year. The renovation plan is slated to continue for about 3 years, which includes making of new structures and amenities to upgrade its level of elegance. Additional rooms are also part of the renovation plan as well as a fitness facility to boost the hotel's health and wellness activity.
There is a lot to expect from Montebello Villa Hotel as it never ceases to embrace competence and ingenuity. Alvarez-Borromeo Development Corp. is spending about P100 million-worth of investment to boost Cebu's sole garden hotel's facilities in its bid to keep up with the competitive hospitality industry. The Glass House is a unique work of art and this masterpiece will be the hotel's new hotshot for guests.
Here are some official photos of the Glass House, as posted by Montebello Villa Hotel:


After being thoroughly impressed by the previous EP The East Room, I kept a close eye on Far Black Furlong, one of the most promising experimental folk and ambient projects to come out of the UK in recent times. I was, of course, very excited about this new release, and a double one, no less. The self-titled album is actually the first full length release by the band, and for good measure, the first edition of it comes with a bonus disc, containing a reworked version of the Haidd EP, which was released on Barl Fire records in 2006.
The music on Far Black Furlong keeps the middle ground between the electro-acoustic ambient of Haidd and the improvised folk sounds of The East Room. In addition, elements both old and new are added to the mix. Poet Bryony Lees, who appeared on the Full Gathering Moon EP, starts off the album with a reading another of her poems. Now, poetry recitals are always a bit hit-and-miss for me, and I'm afraid I find the reading a bit lacklustre; it distracts from the poem itself, which is actually very good, not to mention mysterious and fitting to the music. During the recital, some new instruments are introduced into the mix as well: flute by Amanda Votta (The Floating World) and hammered dulcimer by John Letcher. Both guest artists add great depth to the soundscapes on this album, and especially the dulcimer has a very prominent role on the album.
The album is constructed as a whole, but it is divided into six seamless movements, each with its own mood. The first one, as said, features the poem, and introduces the mysterious soundscapes the make up the rest of the album. Over the course of it, we're treated to that typical mixture of ambient soundscapes, but with solo roles for many of the instruments. The second track focuses mostly on the dulcimer, while the third has a prominent role for flute and field recordings. It gradually fades into the epic fourth movement, where dulcimer and electric guitar enter into an exciting duet. The fifth, then, features a piece of the wonderful oboe work of Mark Baigent which shone on The East Room. Accompanying it, more of Ian Tengwall's guitar playing, and let's not forget Richard Moult on piano! But, underneath, the current is picking up, hinting at Andy Cotterill's dark ambient waves that dominate the final movement.
I find all of this incredibly rewarding. The musical depth and detail is magnificent, and rewards close listening, yet it is also strong enough to impress on a superficial going-over. Abstract though most of the music may be, there are strong thematic suggestions: the turning of the seasons and nature's cycles, inner and outer landscapes… exactly what I love to hear in music of this kind.
Then, a few words about the bonus disc. The original Haidd was the band's most abstract piece thus far, and in that sense, Haidd 2 is a natural follow-up. In actual fact, it takes the 'ambientness' a step further. The original featured sections of oboe and other instruments, and parts of it were constructed in a way similar to the self-titled album reviewed here. But Haidd 2 is really stripped down, compared to that. Andy Cotterill really took the track apart and moulded it into a massive, but subtle ambient track. Both versions share the forlorn, drifting atmosphere, but the new version intensifies it through a minimalism of sound. The result is quite simply an excellent, detailed half hour drone trip - well worth the extra money for the special edition, in any case!
In short, Far Black Furlong haven't ceased to amaze me so far. If you're looking for thoroughly original music that seamlessly blends acoustics and electronics, folk, ambient, classical, improv, etc., etc. - this is it… Highly recommended, and one of the best albums of the year.


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The Kenwood was top of the line in its day, with Nav etc but is so slow to repsond and required you to set up a unique user account on the radio in order to customize your settings. When I start my car, it takes about 40 seconds for the radio to start playing and initializes to a home page each time. If you select radio menu, it takes about 8 seconds to get the menu up. Stupid slow and annoying.


Welcome to Silverton's newest amenity, Shangri-La Soaking Pools, located in Smedley's. After a hard day playing in the mountains there is no better way to relax and wind down. Silverton, unfortunately, doesn't have any natural hot springs for us to tap into, so we built three indoor pools, ranging from 99 degrees to 103 degrees, are sure to have the perfect temperature for you. Open year round, the Shangri-La Soaking Pools are the perfect way to make a spectacular visit to Silverton that much better.


Sarah-Jane Butler of the organisation Parental Choice said parents should not be misled by the Government's announcement.
"I think the idea makes a good headline but even now the 15 hours of childcare available is not exactly free as nurseries and child-minders can't provide the quality and safety parents and children deserve for the amount the Government provides.
"So parents shouldn't be misled. There will still be costs to pay," she said.


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SIFA 2018: The Festival House and The Outdoors
By Akanksha Raja
The Singapore International Festival of Arts 2018 takes place at different venues across the Civic District, including Victoria Theatre, its sprawling Empress Lawn, and the Esplanade Theatre.
Nestled comfortably between these locations is The Arts House, dubbed the Festival House. If SIFA 2018 were a living, breathing person, the Festival House is her pulsating heart. It comes alive with a series of dynamic events and activities across its many intimate and versatile spaces: workshops, group dialogues, film screenings, interactive multi-sensorial experiences, and more.
Beyond the Festival House, there are also several programmes taking place outdoors.
Here's ArtsEquator's round-up of top events at the Festival House and outdoor spaces.
Free Outdoor Performances
The must-see event that anchors activities at the Festival House is …Sodade… by Cirque Rouages, the acclaimed French aerial circus, renowned for its whimsical sets and performances. …Sodade… is a wistful fable about love and loss, nostalgia and letting go, retold by musicians performing on a set consisting of a 21-metre long tightrope stretched between two huge twin wheels. …Sodade… will be on show at the Empress Lawn on the first weekend of the Festival (27 –29 April, various timings in the evening.)
Riding on the themes of loss and nostalgia on the same weekend is the music performance 24 Hours in Lapa, composed by one of Australia's trailblazing musicians Tamil Rogeon. The work is inspired by the tragic story of a man shot down by police while celebrating his 30th birthday in Rio de Janeiro. Performed together with Singapore's Metropolitan Festival Orchestra, this 12-part dramatic symphony is shaped around Brazilian rhythms, with undercurrents of electronic music, reflecting on vice and the recklessness of youth. It takes place also at the Empress Lawn, 27 April at 7:30pm.
Another unmissable gig at the Empress Lawn is a one-man show by Cape Verde musician and dazzling guitarist Tcheka. His music draws from several unique influences – Brazilian and African pop, jazz, rock – as well as the non-musical, like anthropology and cinema. Tcheka's style defies any easy definition, drawing inspiration from a myriad of global influences. Catch this musical chameleon at the Empress Lawn on 28 April, at 8:15pm.
Photo courtesy of Sara Matos
Concluding the festival is another free music performance, this time at Singapore Botanic Gardens, by the Duke Ellington Orchestra, which will perform songs by none other than their namesake – one of the most groundbreaking American jazz composers of the 20th century, Duke Ellington. Together with guest vocalists Alemay Fernandez and Nick Zavior, the group channels the legacy of Ellington as they bring back to life his iconic jazz numbers, in this free 75-minute concert that closes the festival on 12 May at 6pm.
Immersive Installations
SIFA 2018 also presents a few immersive art installations to liven up the stately building of the Old Parliament. One of them is the fascinating The Lapse Project by INTER—MISSION, from Singapore, located in Gallery II at the Arts House, 26 April – 12 May. In response to the increasing digitisation of our environment, this installation creates a world made of interfaces where spaces of artistic and cultural significance become editable, and can just as easily toggled on and off, appearing and disappearing at the viewer's will. Through processes of digital manipulation, the multimedia installation 'erases' familiar landmarks that now serve as spaces for the arts around Singapore's Civic District: National Gallery Singapore, National Museum of Singapore, and the Singapore Art Museum. The work explores the relationship between technology and our built environment, memory and legacy through engineering apparent "lapses" in structures, particles, text and images.
Another Singapore art installation is SKY KAVE by multidisciplinary artist Ferry and technical collaborator Rong Zhao. Locate at the Play Den from 8 – 12 May, it offers new ways of connecting with sound – it's a music installation that's visual and tactile. The "Kave" floor is made of platforms with tactile sound transducers—that enables the transmission of sound frequencies into physical vibrations.
Masterclasses/Talks
Aside from art and performance, there are a variety of dialogues, lectures and sharing sessions to enhance the Festival experience. In tandem with the big Southeast Asian premieres of 1984 and Octavia E Butler's The Parable of the Sower, there are book club discussions (26 April for 1984 led by Gwee Li Siu; 28 April for Parable led by Jason Erik Lundberg) on these shows and the novels they are adapted from, that are open to the public, taking place in the Living Room of the Festival House.
Internationally renowned director of Schaubühne Berlin's Enemy of the People Thomas Ostermeier will be giving a talk at the Esplanade Theatre Circle 3 Foyer on the last day of SIFA – 12 May, 2pm. At 4pm, Singapore's own prolific acclaimed playwright and artistic director of Checkpoint Theatre, Huzir Sulaiman, will also speak on disaster relief, humanitarian assistance, and the themes of mortality, faith and fragility that are shaping his preparation for Checkpoint's 2019 Festival commission, Displaced Persons' Welcome Dinner (working title), happening at the Festival House.
Photo by Zakaria Zainal
That's ArtsEquator's taster of events and activities at SIFA's Festival House and outdoors. Sound exciting? That's not all! Find out more about the Festival House programmes here, and the complete programme here.
This post is sponsored by Arts House Limited.
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Superfighters Deluxe is a 2D brawler-shooter-platformer in which various gameplay systems interlock to create "absurd action movie chaos." The levels are semi-randomized and contain many objects that can be moved, destroyed, used as cover, set on fire, wielded, thrown, and/or dropped on enemies. Learning to adapt, improvise and use the environment to your advantage is key to survival.
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This in-depth educational program, which features a video module, downloadable slideset with slidenotes, and a series of ClinicalThought commentaries, illuminates expert perspectives on biosimilars with a specific emphasis on their application in the oncology, rheumatology, and gastroenterology specialties.
In this video module, a multidisciplinary panel of expert faculty discuss the use of biosimilars across oncology, rheumatology, dermatology, and gastroenterology specialties.
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2Wheel Chick: One day one photo - 19: Hockey goes Pete Tong!
So I have a new hobby for this autumn and winter - hockey. As mentioned before, it was mainly to give me a different focus in sport, and have a bit of a break from the whole cycle (excuse the pun) of bike training and racing etc.
It's going a bit slow, as I have a lot to learn given that I haven't done hockey since I was at school. I am still trying to remember the rules - even how to hold the stick! Sometimes I get a touch of the ball when we do a mini match. A lot of the time I don't. It is not that people don't want to involve me, but more that when the ball comes my way I try and hit it but miss, or I run away from this fast approaching solid object on the relatively smooth astroturf.
When I was at school we played on grass and without any form of protection. I remember being hit on the bridge of my nose by a girl when she meant to strike the ball but missed and hit my face instead. She apologised, I said it was okay and we just played on like nothing had happened.
In this day and age of health and safety everyone wears shin pads and a mouth guard, and is a fast game on astroturf. You also get 3-D shots, i.e. people lobbing the ball high into the air and could easily land on your head if you were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Fortunately I haven't had the chance to "head" a hockey ball. Unfortunately, I have not done well in finding the obligatory shin and tooth protection (only the goalie wears a helmet). I couldn't manage to mould the gum shield into the right shape for my mouth. So when I wear it it doesn't stay properly in place, and when I try to force it into position it just presses at the back of my throat and almost makes me want to vomit. So I haven't been able to wear it.
I always thought there was something a bit odd about my shin pads, and now I have found the problem. They really are odd. When I thought I was buying a pair of size XS shin pads from Lillywhites in Piccadilly Circus, I had actually been given one XS pad, and a medium sized pad. And that's why there was something a bit silly looking about the fit. I was once told by an orthopaedic surgeon that I had different sized legs, so had attributed the imbalanced look to that. But in fact the label confirmed that the sizes were not the same.
So as well as me needing to find another mouth guard, I need to also find a new pair of shin pads as it was more than a month ago when I bought them and I have worn the pads a number of times.
I haven't actually played that much hockey, but this hobby is already beginning to get expensive. Hopefully, over the coming weeks I will find my hockey nirvana.


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Who is eating his/her tail? You answer that question, and this won't be an issue. Drop concepts.
Who wants to drop concepts?
ETA: the GIF makes it vivid and visceral, though!
Jake, is this your personal experience? Have you dropped concepts?
Last Edit: 15 Nov 2015 15:40 by Jake Yeager.
For example, yesterday the thought "I don't get it" arose. That is, I just didn't understand this awakening thing or this whole process. The thought was laced with emotion, primarily confusion. Right after the thought arose, i inquired "Where am I?" Then, there arose a sense that there is nothing to "get," that the notion that there is something to understand is false. Thus, "i" dropped the concept that awakening is about understanding a.k.a. "getting" something.
The concept that is currently in the process of being let go of is that awakening is dependent on conditions, such as needing to eliminate tension from the body, to awaken chakras, to eradicate thought.
Right after the thought arose, i inquired "Where am I?" Then, there arose a sense that there is nothing to "get," that the notion that there is something to understand is false.
These all appear to me to be thoughts.
Thus, "i" dropped the concept that awakening is about understanding a.k.a. "getting" something.
Which is also seems to me to be a thought.
Last Edit: 16 Nov 2015 16:13 by Chris Marti.
1. Chris and Jake are defining "thought" differently. Both Chris and Jake are making valid points.
2. In my experience, it is possible for thinking to happen in the absence of identification as self. From such a lens, "all of this is happening" without any sense that it's happening to me. From this place, there can even be writing and speaking. The words "I am not here" can be spoken sincerely; the words are spoken as a real-time report rather than an ontological assertion or an attempt to permanently invalidate other lenses. The words are coming out, but there is no feeling that they are coming from "me." It's even possible for this to happen without identifying as a disembodied watcher or witness who is standing by observing all this, and even without identifying with "pure knowing." (Both of these postures, which are very common and normal, are really just kicking the can of self further up the road.) The lens I'm describing is a nonpersonal, nonautonomous lens. If this is what Jake is describing, I think he's onto something valid. I would add that access to this lens tends to be developmental, meaning that in order for it to become one's baseline, many other lenses will probably have to be accessed and cultivated first. Attempting to leapfrog stages is more likely to result in delusion than wisdom. "Baseline" in this context means whichever meaning-making system operates most often during the course of a day. We all have access to many meaning-making systems, and we don't lose access to (or stop spontaneously operating from) lenses that developed earlier, even after having baselined a developmentally higher lens. After all, from a postautonomous point of view, none of this is up to us anyway. Consider too that "developmentally more advanced" does not mean better, any more than elder adulthood is "better" than young adulthood. If anything, all developmental lenses together can be seen as an ecosystem where every niche is filled; and it must be this way for the entire system to function normally.
3. Acknowledging that non-identified thinking can happen and is a developmentally advanced lens is very different from saying that this lens not only happens and is valid, but is the best lens or the Right Way to Be. I would find that a highly questionable assertion given the nature of knowledge as I understand it. By that, I mean that it isn't possible to stand outside of experience in order to evaluate experience; even the subjectively compelling feeling of certainty, as in "my god, this is Absolute Reality," is itself an experience, and we are as likely to be mistaken about this as anything else.
4. Irrespective of whether a thought is personal or nonpersonal, any kind of evaluation that places one phenomenon above another is a function of thought by most reasonable definitions. I believe this is Chris' point, and I concur.
5. Sometimes we evaluate the truth of what someone is saying by how confident they sound as they say it. I am wary of this heuristic for spotting truth, as it tends to give too much weight to something I like to think of as "narcissistic certitude." If anything, I now use narcissistic certitude as a red flag to indicate that someone is either deluded, manipulative, or simply overplaying their hand. When I find myself behaving with narcissistic certitude, I like to do some soul-searching and ask myself why I so desperately need to be right about this.
Yes. That's well said, Kenneth.
There's just no way to actually get outside of experience. There is no such thing as true objectivity. That is a chimera. It's really enticing, and a cool idea, and something we tend to aspire to at various times. But it's just not possible. We use terms like "dis-embed" and "objective observer" and "the witness" to explain and describe a set of lenses we can practice and try on, but they aren't outside of experience. They're part of experience. This doesn't mean there is a permanent "I/me/mine" but permanence doesn't exist anywhere anyway, so why would the "I/me/mine" be different than any other impermanent object?
Chris and Jake are defining "thought" differently.
Last Edit: 16 Nov 2015 18:46 by Chris Marti.
We use terms like "dis-embed" and "objective observer" and "the witness" to explain and describe a set of lenses we can practice and try on, but they aren't outside of experience. They're part of experience.
That is one of the reasons I'm working on a new transcend and include step. There's so much confusion in worlds like thoughts, feelings, states, stages, lenses, lines, structures. They point to sometimes different, sometimes the same, but always interrelate and here comes the confusion and lots of misuderstanding.
I'm experimenting with new metaphors (like channels and bandwidth) and together with Katia we're experimenting with visualization that both will catch the one major meaning for each concept and show interrelations between them.
As I've said on Facebook: we are trying to visualize several 4-6 dimensional non-linear functions in 2-3 dimensions.
Consider too that "developmentally more advanced" does not mean better, any more than elder adulthood is "better" than young adulthood. If anything, all developmental lenses together can be seen as an ecosystem where every niche is filled; and it must be this way for the entire system to function normally.
Another way to put it, what is "better" — seeing a shirt as a bundle of shapes, distances and colors OR as a blue shirt that produces pleasant feelings OR as a tool for making a necessary impression on today's meeting to be better heard.
All are valid, some include other, some are more useful for particular moments in life.
Last Edit: 17 Nov 2015 03:58 by Egor Azanov.
Missed this pointer on the first read.
Yeah, inquiry is a thought, e.g., "Where am I?" or "What am I?" that destroys other thoughts IME. In the "end," when the only thought remaining is the inquiry, the inquiry is also destroyed, at least according to Ramana and Bassui.
The thought 'who am I?' will destroy all other thoughts, and like the stick used for stirring the burning pyre, it will itself in the end get destroyed. Then, there will arise Self-realization.
Last Edit: 19 Nov 2015 12:56 by Jake Yeager.
In my version there is no attempt being made to eradicate thoughts. Rather, there is a deep realization of the what and the how of thoughts. Likewise, there is no attempt to eradicate the sense of self. Rather, there is a deep realization of the what and the how of the sense of self. Maybe the results are the same, maybe not.


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If imitation is the highest form of flattery it would seem Shawn O'Connor has paid Phil Stone quite the compliment. O'Connor's latest mailbox stuffer, the so-called 'Discovery of Truth', seems designed to be a dead ringer for the Discovery Islander. Take a closer look, folks – the real DI's not out for another week. And yes, there are laws against this kind of imitation in publishing, where it's commonly called 'plagiarism' and is considered a breach of journalistic ethics liable for copyright infringement.
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Born in Hokkaido, Japan in 1979. Graduated from Osaka University of Arts, Photography Department in 2003. In 2002, while a student, Okada received FUJIFILM PHOTO SALON The New Face Prize. He completed a PhD in arts at Tokyo Polytechnic University in 2008 [Dissertation : Wrist Cut A photographic exploration of identity]. In the same year, he won the 33th KIMURA IHEI commemorative Photography Award with his work "I am"(AKAAKA ART PUBLISHING). "I am" was introduced in many ways by press in Japan and internationally, receiving high acclaim. In 2010 Okada released book "ataraxia"(SEIGENSHA) and iPad / iPhone application "ataraxia [photo theater]"(Excite). He also took special photographs for the official guidebook of the film "Norwegian Wood" in 2010 (KODANSHA). The film is based on the novel by Haruki Murakami and directed by Tran Anh Hung. Other books include "Platibe" and "Cord"(2003, both books published by Mado-sha). Okada is the most expected young and spirited photographer in Japan, drawing high attention also from abroad.


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Motorway, which allows car sells to compare offers and find the best deals, has raised £2.75m in Seed funding.
LocalGlobe, co-founded by father and son duo Robin and Saul Klein, and Marchmont Ventures led the round.
Zoopla's founder Alex Chesterman, Duncan Jennings (founder of VoucherCodes.co.uk) and early Spotify backer and co-founder of Student.com Shakil Khan also participated.
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There will be a second collection on 26th/27th January following all the masses, for 'Serving the Homeless.' This is our local ecumenical Charity which supports Homelessness projects in Southend. We were able to spend over £15,000 on projects last year which helped individuals out of homelessness.
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40,000 people were evicted by private landlords in 2017; 4 out of 5 were 'no-fault' evictions, i.e. where there was no complaint against the tenant. They were evicted because they were low income tenants and the landlords could charge more rent if they evicted them.
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Joining the TRIP team this month are two new AmeriCorp VISTA Volunteers. Claire Pitts and Mary Rynasko will be spending the next year as an Outreach Support Worker and a Program Support Worker respectively.
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Claire Pitts is a recent graduate of Alfred University with an Interdisciplinary Art major and a Dance minor. Though she loved living in a small town for the last four years, she missed her home in Troy and found herself excited to return at the end of her senior year. Claire states, "There is a creative and innovative energy in Troy that refuses to fade. I became a VISTA to encourage that energy to grow! I grew up guided by parents who were always involved in local non-profits, and it rubbed off on me in a big way. This year, I am looking forward to acquiring a skill set that will be helpful to not-for-profits. Already, I am excited about seeing some of TRIP's current plans come to fruition. Troy is a beautiful place and I'd love to help its residents feel good about living here!" Claire makes sound and performance art and specializes in site-specific, modern dance. She has no website, but can provide links to some pretty silly dances she's taken part in.
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Our goal is to provide quality, easy to use language flashcards in as many languages as possible, especially the lesser known languages. This idea came when I was studying the Azeri language and had to create my own language flashcards. As I was hunting for images to use with my flashcards, I wondered how many people around the world were doing the exact same thing in a different language.
After gathering over 1000 images I decided to begin translating other languages using the same word lists. Click on the Languages tab to see the current list.
This task is much larger than my time, energy, and financial resources allow, so I am opening up the development of further languages, proofreading, and image collecting to YOU! If you would like to see additional word lists and languages available, contact me and we can work together to make it happen!
To find or create images that very clearly represent the word and are "culture neutral" so they aren't offensive or make it necessary to get many different pictures for every language.
To work with teachers/language schools/publishers to create lists that complement existing coursework. I don't want to start out as a "learn a language in a box", but as a tool to help serious language learners expand their vocabulary.
To do all this in a way that is easy to use, inexpensive, with versions that are easy to download where high-speed internet is unavailable.
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Q: Is it possible to have a ASP.NET MVC MasterPage that has webforms User Controls which cause PostBacks? I'm pretty sure the answer is going to be no here, but I just want to be sure. As you can probably guess I'm in progress of converting a web forms project over to ASP.NET MVC. Thus, I have a web forms master page and a MVC master page. The user controls (.ascx) render fine in the MVC Master page, but the post-backs essentially do nothing.
The best solution I know of is to have partials instead of user controls for the MVC master page. And then have an abstract controller that any controller that uses the MVC master page inherits from. Not exactly DRY, but it's the only thing I know of at this point. Any better ideas?
Thanks!
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A: You're correct - postback from a user control just won't work in a Mvc environment.
What I have done in a similar project is to gradually migrate the UserControls over to Partials called from MVC or from within webforms.  [shameless plug]  I have written about how to call RenderPartial and RenderAction here: http://www.blog.clicktricity.com [/shameless plug]

A: Controls to postback such as submit buttons would work fine; anything that renders __doPostBack would not work, such as <button>, <a> (or LinkButton), <input type="button" />, etc.
Also, not sure of all the context, but consider the Html.Action MVC 2 syntax (if using MVC 2) as a way to achieve it too, which may be better depending on what's going on within the control.

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Madeline Tiger's recent collections are Birds of Sorrow and Joy: New and Selected Poems, 1970-2000 (2003), The Atheist's Prayer (2010), and From the Viewing Stand (2011). Her work appears regularly in journals and anthologies. She has been teaching in state programs and private workshops since 1973 and has been a "DodgePoet" since 1986. She has five children and seven grandchildren and lives in Bloomfield, NJ under a weeping cherry tree.


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Roaring Youth Of America Today Need Rapid Defense Against Lies And Deceit Before All Is Lost
June 29, 2018 Sorcha Faal Sister Ciara, Sorcha Faal
Roaring Youth Of America Today Need Rapid Defense Against Liberal Lies And Deceit Before All Is Lost
"There is no Pravda in Izvestia, and there is no Izvestia in Pravda"—or in English—"There is no truth in News, and there is no news in Truth"
Popular saying among Russian people living under the tyrannical rule of Soviet Communists
Special Report from Sister Ciara
When people ask me what year future historians will mark as the beginning of the end to the present state of journalism in the United States, I unequivocally tell them it will be 2016—specifically the months after the 8 November 2016 presidential election when the two most powerful newspapers in America—the Washington Post and New York Times—officially began employing "fact checkers" to assure their readers that what they were being told was the truth.
Both the Washington Post and New York Times (as well as every other leftist-liberal news media organization in the US) were left broken and stunned by the election of President Trump due to the outright rejection of the masses of American people believing anything they wrote—and whose reaction to this rejection saw the New York Times change their motto to "The Truth Is More Important Now Than Ever", and the Washington Post changing theirs to "Democracy Dies In Darkness".
After changing their mottos, both of these American newspapers, also, began employing "fact checkers"—with their being followed in doing this by other liberal-leftist publications and news media outlets, including tech giants like Google and Facebook—but with none of them telling their readers and/or viewers that the concept of using "fact checkers" for news stories was pioneered by the Soviet Russian Communist newspapers Pravda and Izvestia over a century earlier.
Pravda was the official newspaper of the Soviet Communist Central Committee, while Izvestia was the newspaper of record for the Soviet Union—and whose names (Pravda is the Russian word for "truth", and Izvestia is the Russian word for "news")—gave rise to one of the now most famous sayings among the Russia people who lived under the cruel tyranny of these communists—"There is no Pravda in Izvestia, and there is no Izvestia in Pravda"—or as translated into English, "There is no truth in News, and there is no news in Truth".
Until the final collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, both Pravda and Izvestia waged a continuous battle against the flood of information flowing to the Russian people from the West—and who in countering what the West was saying, provided for all of their news articles communist trained "fact checkers" who told what the "real truth" was—to include their daily exhaustively documenting and proclaiming that Western news organizations were nothing but "conspiracy theorists".
The "straw that broke the camels back" for Pravda and Izvestia, and, in fact, led to the collapse of the Soviet Union, was the 1979-1989 Soviet-Afghan War—about which these two communist "fact checked" newspapers daily extolled the triumph of—but whose truth of was seen differently by the Russian people who saw over 100,000 of their sons, brothers and fathers come home gravely wounded and in military coffins—and whose truth of the West, not the communists, told the truth about.
If guaranteed a job, nobody is inspired to work. Corruption in system. Emphasis on military and defense spending over consumer goods- bread lines and food shortages. Soviet Afghan War- economically drains satellite nations country. Supporting satellite nations drains economy. Hatred among different nationalities (ethnicities) in empire.
To what the main and true purpose of Pravda and Izvestia was, and this is VERY important for you to know, was to keep the too numerous to name ethic groups that made up the Soviet Union constantly at war with each other—with the communists always declaring that it was them, and them only, who were able to keep violence and hatred from destroying everyone's lives—and today in America is known as "identity politics".
So, and in my knowing the history and facts about Pravda and Izvestia, my concerns were raised, in July 2016, after reading an article written by the popular American satirist and author Scott Adams (creator of the famous Dilbert cartoon character) titled "When Persuasion Turns Deadly"—and whose chilling words of what was occurring in the US included his warning:
You might have found it funny that I endorsed Clinton for my personal safety. But it was only funny by coincidence. I did it for personal safety, and apparently it is working. Where I live, in California, it is not safe to be seen as supportive of anything Trump says or does. So I fixed that.
Again, I'm completely serious about the safety issue. Writing about Trump ended my speaking career, and has already reduced my income by about 40%, as far as I can tell. But I'm in less physical danger than I was.
The backdrop to all of this racial tension is that Trump was winning the persuasion war by making citizens afraid of external threats from illegal immigrants and terrorists. That was a strong formula because people respond to fear.
But Clinton's team – including social media and the liberal-leaning mainstream media – responded by defining Trump as a literal Hitler.
A Hitler-like leader in your own country is even scarier than external threats. Persuasion-wise, it is a winning formula for Team Clinton, even though the case is built on confirmation bias, not fact. (Trump has never mentioned race in a negative way.)
So now we have a situation in which Team Clinton has scared citizens into thinking the threat to their lives is mostly domestic, coming from Trump, Trump supporters, and anyone who looks like them.
People who are scared will act. And we see those actions now in terms of violence against police, violence against Trump supporters, and death threats to bloggers such as me. And we already have one attempted Trump assassination.
With my being an historian who knows that the thesis (a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved) Scott Adams put forth about America's social-political culture veering towards violence always has an antithesis (exact opposite) to provide one the truest picture of what's actually occurring, it didn't take long for me to find it—and was a stunning poll, just prior to the 2016 US presidential election, showing that if teenagers in America were the only ones allowed to vote, Trump would win in a landslide.
Even to this past week, though, the leftist-liberal now "fact checking" mainstream media elites are still failing to comprehend the great historical significance about this antithesis—and as best exampled by the Huffington Post in their 28 June 2018 article titled "What Do The Teens Know About This Tweet That We Don't?"—and wherein they express great puzzlement and consternation as to why a Tweet they can't understand is being shared and re-Tweeted by hundreds-of-thousands of American teenagers—and whose simple words are:
I'm not a party guy but I'd be down if someone threw a real roaring 20's party for 2020. Like real tuxedos and all. Not shirtless dudes with a bow tie. Like a real Gatsby party with everyone fully dressed like the era. — Karter Machen® (@macheemach) June 23, 2018
Actress Betty Field dances the Charleston during a poolside party scene from the 1949 movie The Great Gatsby.
With these confused so-called "fact checking" journalists at the Huffington Post being like their fellow American liberal-leftist propagandists who know nothing of history at all, historians, such as myself, know exactly what's now occurring with these teenagers—whose lives, you must remember, have been marked since birth by near constant war and the 2007-2008 economic collapse of their nation that destroyed the livelihoods, jobs and security of their parents—but whose emergence into adulthood during the Trump Era are now seeing concrete overtures being made for world peace, while at the same time their nation's economy is booming.
As everything under the sun is nothing but a continuous repetition of cycles, what is today occurring with these American teenagers has its exact counterpart in the youths of the 1920's—who, from 1902-1921, watched as their parents were crushed under a sustained onslaught of economic recessions and depressions, and whose fathers, uncles and older brothers died and were left wounded by the hundreds-of-thousands on the battlefields of Europe in World War I.
In 1923, though, the American teenagers of that time saw the election to the United States presidency of Calvin Coolidge—who, aside from being the only US president to be born on their nation's founding date of 4 July, is known as the "Forefather of American Conservatism"—and whose brand of governance committed to the annihilation of communist-progressive liberalism has continued for nearly 100 years—and as best exampled by President Dwight Eisenhower, President Ronald Reagan and President Donald Trump—under whose reigns has seen Americaexperience their greatest periods of peace and economic prosperity.
As President Trump is facing today, so too did President Coolidge have to face down the liberal-leftists of his time—who labeled themselves as the "Anarchist Movement" and threatened to dismantle the United States social and economic structure in the early years of the 20th century—and who were more than a band of drum-beating twenty-somethings hoping to inspire change through marches and interviews, they were out for blood—and who saw the massacre of America's elite ruling classes as the only sure path toward what they claimed was human equality and opportunity—but whom against, in 1924, President Coolidge unleashed J. Edgar Hoover, the most feared in history Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation—who then rounded up and imprisoned over 10,000 of these domestic terrorists to end this threat.
With President Coolidge keeping the United States at peace and unleashing his nation's economy to its fullest potential, and his FBI Director Hoover destroying these communist leftist-liberals, the American youth at that time joyfully threw their nation into a period now known as the Roaring Twenties—that was a decade of great economic growth and widespread prosperity that saw the United States became the richest country in the world—and whose unrestrained youth danced and celebrated their prosperity all the way through.
The freeing of American youth to help President Coolidge to "Make America Great Again", however, could not have been accomplished without the destruction of "yellow journalism"—that is a pejorative reference to journalism that features scandal-mongering, sensationalism, jingoism or other unethical or unprofessional practices by news media organizations or individual journalists—and was the creation of the all-powerful American newspaper barons Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst—and whose counterparts today are the New York Times, Washington Post, and every other liberal-leftist mainstream media organization, whose sole goal is propaganda, not truth.
Battling against these "yellow journalists" and their all-powerful American media barons to keep the truth flowing to the youth of America, were the "muckrakers"—whose sole mission was to serve the public interest by uncovering crime, corruption, waste, fraud and abuse in both the public and private sectors—and whose use of the new technologies of the time (radio, electronic printing presses, etc.) put them on an equal footing with the propagandist liberal-leftists intent on destroying the United States.
With the entire business model of the leftist-liberal Democratic Party in America being to keep Democratic constituencies poor and then give them money looted from non-Democratic constituencies, and with the Roaring Twenties bringing them to near extinction, by late 1929 they struck back by collapsing the entire economy of the United States and creating a nation of paupers whose death toll from starvation during the Great Depression has been estimated to be over 7 million—and is critical to note and understand as one of the most influential elite liberal-leftist spokesman in the US, Bill Maher, is, likewise, now calling for the American economy to be destroyed so that President Trump can be thrown out of power.
Standing as the last sentinels on the bulwarks of sanity to keep this from happening are the "muckrakers" of today—of which me and my Dear Sisters of Sorcha Faal are proud to be part of—but whose forces are rapidly dwindling due to the unrelenting assault on truth these modern day "yellow journalists" are seeking to destroy at all costs.
Should we fall, you should know, YOUR last line of defense will be gone, President Trump will be thrown from office, Israel will be attacked and destroyed, and constant war and economic collapse will be the only future ahead of you.
THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN THOUGH!
And it is entirely IN YOUR POWER, not ours, or anyone else's, to keep this from happening—and like my dear departed parents did, in 1943, when they held my 6-year-old young hand while creeping from farmhouse to farmhouse in the Nazi-controlled French countryside outside Parislooking for a kind heart and friendly face to protect them and their children from certain death, so too am I today looking for a kind heart and friendly face to open their door unafraid for me and my Dear Sisters.
Your kind and generous gift today will not only allow us and our mission of truth to survive, but will, also, and hopefully, keep the hopes and dreams alive of these American teenagers whose only wish in their young war and economically deprived lives is to be able to dance—and I, for one, have devoted whatever years our Lord has allotted to me to make sure happens!
With God,
Our needs today are dire indeed, but, if every one of you reading this gave just $20.00 today, our budget for the entire year would be met! So, before you click away, ask yourself this simple question….if your knowing the truth about what is happening now, and what will be happening in the future isn't worth 5 US pennies a day what is?
(Please note that those who respond to this appeal, in any amount, will receive, at no charge, Sorcha Faal's June, 2018/July, 2018 lecture series to the Sisters of the Order titled "Total War: the Collapse of the United States and the Rise of Chaos: Part 77". This is another one of the Sorcha Faal's most important lectures dealing with the coming timelines of war, famine, catastrophic Earth changes and disease as predicted by ancient prophecies.)
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Kurt and Albert were strangers to each other, until they were bound by two things: an advocacy close to their hearts, and a relationship that started with a dish they craved one fateful night - Kadyos.
Kurt recalled how, in 2013, he went searching for a group where he could do HIV and AIDS-related volunteer work. . "What popped out first when I searched for one on Google was LoveYourself, so I checked out the details and inquired if I could volunteer. Every day I followed up on my application status. Then, I was given a project to check how dedicated I was to the organization's cause." With a few other applicants, Kurt produced a video of Mr. Gay Philippines to raise funds for LoveYourself. Then, he became part of batch Impetus.
Albert, on the other hand, just stumbled upon LoveYourself early in 2014. "It just appeared on my Facebook feed. I barely read the details, but what I do remember was that the post was about a Summer Camp activity. I wanted to attend the event for a change and meet new people with whom I can be more of myself. I just usually hang out with my colleagues at work," he shares.
After participating in the event, Albert figured he liked the environment of the community and was inspired to join the advocacy. He attended the orientation under batch Sensation. A month afterwards, he met Kurt.
First sight. It was July 2014. The first encounter was a calm one. No sparks flew. Kurt was busy organizing a LoveYourself event, and Albert, then a newbie, mostly hung out with his fellow new volunteers. . Only a few messages were exchanged through a mutual friend.
Second sight. They chanced upon each other again in October 2014. A few pleasantries were exchanged. That's about it.
Third sight. Months passed without anything significant or foretelling happening between the two lovers-to-be. It was only a year after when they saw each other again, in July 2015. It was, once again, through a co-volunteer's actions that their fate became somehow sealed.
Albert's batchmate Rod Olete invited him and Kurt over to his house for dinner. He prepared Kadyos, a popular Ilonggo stew consisting of pork, pigeon peas, and jackfruit. Fate had it that Kurt and Albert were both craving Kadyos at the time.
Kurt sat beside Albert, and as a discussion on relationships ensued, Kurt couldn't help but be mesmerized by Albert's views. He felt drawn to Albert. "As I sat beside him and listened to him that night, it was already a "kilig" moment", recalls Kurt. Kurt had the courage to ask Albert out not too long after that night. While Kurt saw this occasion as a date, Albert simply saw it as a simple meet-up.
Albert, on the other hand, had issues running through his mind at the time. Albert admits that he had a set of ideals and standards when it came to searching for that "special someone", and he is aware that these standards weren't particularly doing any good for him. "I told myself I will try to just get to know someone without the standards that I am looking for and see if it will work", says Albert. And this resolve allowed him to get to know Kurt even more, and the two started going out more often.
Albert was quick to remind him, "I wanted to test his patience, and assess how serious he was to get into this relationship." Albert thought to himself that a lack of seriousness while dating wasn't a good sign. For him, being in a relationship demanded more seriousness; so if one couldn't be serious while dating, it definitely is an indicator of how the relationship will turn out to be.
Albert and Kurt have been thankful to LoveYourself, not just because it allowed them to cross each other's paths, but because they were able to extend their love beyond themselves as a couple towards a wider community.
Kurt is currently the lead of LoveYourself's Communications Committee, which handles all internal and external correspondences to members, friends, and partners of the organization. Kurt says being in a relationship with a co-volunteer has bolstered his determination to lead the committee and be a volunteer, and has given him the boost to further help people. "After all, you're helping the same set of people together. You, as a couple, have the same cause, and you move people together," he says.
Albert emphasizes the volitional aspect of the relationship: It's a responsibility, but at the same time, it's not an obligation one should feel coerced about. It's about being selfless towards the relationship and to one's partner while also about finding time for oneself. "Time and space for yourself is always important even when you're in a relationship. Even when you're in love with someone, you still have to love yourself," says Albert.


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