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BE FESTIVAL - Tuesday - Main Programme 2019
BE FESTIVAL, Birmingham's international festival of arts returns this summer. Come and experience a diverse and exciting range of theatre, food and arts, whatever your taste. Book...
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BE FESTIVAL, Birmingham's international festival of arts returns this summer. Come and experience a diverse and exciting range of theatre, food and arts, whatever your taste.
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Sotteraneo
Dies Irae: 5 Episodes Around The End Of The Species
Sharp, uncanny and provocative in style, Italian company Sotteraneo present their re-staged 2009 show Dies Irae: 5 Episodes Around The End Of The Species. Literally translated as 'Day of Wrath' the show probes how humans archive our 'collective' memory of our past, present and hypothetical future. When you think about it you haven't seen your birth and you won't see your death. The present is a historical tense. The present is a convention. The present is above all space of action. Let's live and celebrate our times and then return to dust. Hallelujah!
Since their first appearance at BE FESTIVAL in 2011, Sotteraneo have appeared in subsequent BE FESTIVAL's and continued to develop work and perform internationally.
Some scenes may contain nudity.
Warning: Trailer contains nudity and flashing images
Tom Cassani
I Promise You That Tonight
At BE FESTIVAL, our first prize offers the winner support to create a new show and perform it at the following festival. Last year's winner, Tom Cassani, returns to perform his latest work I Promise You That Tonight. Blending the rhetoric of a showman, a miracle-monger and a sceptic, Cassani will proselytize, pedal and preach the importance of remaining wary of those who make extraordinary claims.
Lying is done with words and also silence. Turning water into glass, turning waiting into accepting is hard to achieve. None of this is impossible but it's OK to admit that it is hard.
This performance is supported by Arts Council England, BE FESTIVAL and Metal Peterborough and The Garrick Trust
Kiriki Club | 10.45pm
Kiriki Club are a band without borders. Rooted in speak-easy swing, they effortlessly gather grooves from across the globe and wring them into an eclectic exotic brew. This foot-stomping performance will be doubling both as our opening night party and a special teaser for Kiriki's debut album, dropping this Autumn 2019.
Whilst you're booking…
Don't forget BE FESTIVAL have a separate programme of amazing visual arts, exhibitions, talks, workshops and music, every day - and all for FREE!
If you would like to see more, please visit www.befestival.org, and to book onto a workshop please e-mail workshops@befestival.org.
Day Tickets £24 (includes both shows and dinner) or £16 (without dinner)
Day Concessions £12 (without dinner) or £20 (including dinner)
Week Pass £60 (without dinner) or £100 (including dinner)
Weekend Pass £45 (must include dinner)
Please note there is a transaction fee of £2.50 on all payment types. This covers administration costs and postage and enables us to provide a dedicated booking service. This charge does not apply to transactions under £10, group bookings over 50 and school group bookings. We also waive this charge if you are a REP Friend.
Please talk to a member of our BOX office team if you require further information.


With the triathlon season about to kick off, we have linked up with Mark Yeoman, British Triathlon Coach and founder of Viceroys Triathlon club and mySMARTcoach. Mark has represented Great Britain for the past 6 years and has won many races over all distances from sprint to Olympic. Whether you are looking to complete your first triathlon, overcome your apprehension of the open water or are looking for those marginal gains to help you get to the next level, Mark is here to help you all.
Mark, How Did You Get into Triathlon?
I have always had a passion for sport. As I grew up I played a lot of team sports and was fortunate enough to play for Harlequins and Richmond whilst at University. After a series of injuries, I needed a way to keep kit and release my energy stores. Living near Richmond Park, I was ideally placed to start running, so road running became my next focus. I completed four London Marathons with a PB of 3.03 – yes I know… oh so close. Around 2006 some friends were talking about taking part in some triathlons and the rest, as they say, is history.
My first season was very modest with the occasional session here and there, no formal structure or coaching but I had some strong results. So I decided to train over the follow winter and see what I could do. As my training improved, so did my performances to the point where I was winning my age group and somehow after an uncharacteristic panic attack in cold water, I qualified for the World Championships in Vancouver, Canada.
I was completely unaware that you could represent your country in triathlon. I was close to representing England for rugby and that always haunted me, but representing Great Britain killed those demons. Ever since then I have been able to pull on the GBR tri suit with pride. From that point onwards I've worked to the best of my potential and been fortunate enough to have won many races over the years based on a strong swim; bike combination. I love running don't get me wrong, but I'm no whippet.
Why Did You Decide to Set Up Your Own Club and Become a Coach?
Viceroys was set up originally by a group of likeminded people in 2006 looking to train together and share their stories along the way. At the end of the first year through lack of direction the club faded away.
As my own personal results progressed over the next couple of years so did the questions from friends or people around me. So with that in mind I decided to restart Viceroys and provide people with a club to join to be proud of but wasn't intimidating to join in. Clubs can put people off with the over competitive nature of a few, however Viceroys was designed to be warm and friendly and if you wanted to attend all the sessions to improve you could or if you simply wanted to meet up for a coffee and cake ride or chat down the lake after your swim then you could do that too. Zero stress.
Being a passionate PE teacher, coaching was a simple extension to what I was doing and I greatly enjoyed group coaching and tailor making specific, individual coaching programmes and helping people achieve their goals. I have around 30 – 40 athletes on my programme who are looking to either complete their first triathlon through to those wanting to improve or gain selection to represent their country.
Getting guidance through 1-2-1 sessions down at the lake for example or a training program is key to achieving those goals. It's like having someone with you all the time and many of my athletes with call me or drop me an email about a forthcoming session, race or kit advice. Knowledge is about it being passed on and as a coach and experienced triathlete I see this as one of my key roles.
What Would you Say Have Been Your Best Achievements to Date?
Personally or as a coach? Well personally I've been fortunate enough to win a number of races. I'm not the fastest of runners, but can swim and bike well, so if I ever win it would be because I've turned myself inside out over the first two disciplines to give myself sometime to play with on the run. Winning the Olympic distance race at Windsor and then winning the sprint distance the following year would be up there. I've come 6th overall at two world championships having been in a medal position on the run. One day, one day.
As a coach I have no achievements, they all come from my athlete's achievements and their own hard work. I simply show them the way and give them the confidence both mentally and physically to achieve their goals. Of course they will hate me at times when they are completing a nasty bike session, but it's all money in the bank in terms of training. Every week someone will email or call to say how they did in a race and I'm always smiling for the rest of the day. 2015 was however a good year as I helped get 21 athletes selected for either the European or World Triathlon Championships.
Thanks Mark. Over the rest of the year Mark will be providing us with regular blogs to help you have the best season ever. If you have a question for Mark, tweet them to @CycleSurgery and we will regularly answer them in our 'Ask Coach' blog series.


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SIUE Cougar Store Rebuilds Social, Enjoys 50% Growth
Posted by Jason Smallheer on 10/4/16 5:15 AM
Topics: social media, experiential marketing, Marketing to Students
The Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Cougar Store is using social media to not only increase sales, but to also serve as the social hub of the university. Serving students as more than a retail outlet, building engagement through social channels is smart business.
"I think what makes us successful is that we are posting good material," said Anna Pavlik, SIUE Bookstore Department Supervisor. "There's so many pages (out there) putting out repetitive stuff. We are keeping it fresh."
Pavlik said most of their success has come from the use of Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. After going through a name change last year, the Cougar Store had to create a new Facebook page, and give up more than 1,500 followers. However, in less than a year, after starting from scratch, they have more than 700 new followers.
"We are not just saying 'This is on sale or that is on sale,'" Pavlik said, "we also share material from other schools and funny posts."
The Cougar Store's aggressive social media goals aren't being pursued by a staff of interns armed with the latest technology. Instead, Pavlik has taken on the store's social media campaigns alone, using an old iPod Touch as her device of choice.
"It doesn't have the best camera, but it works fine," Pavlik said.
Students are not the only ones engaging with Cougar Store; parents are staying in the loop as well. Posts about FAFSA deadlines have resulted in parents reaching out to the bookstore seeking more information.
"We have some parents who comment on every post we make," Pavlik said.
Cougar Store has found success in advertising its retail offerings as well, marketing special promotions on social media only.
"We tell students they will only hear about what we are doing for a one hour flash sale on Facebook and Twitter," Pavlik said. "We did a sale for $10 crews and $15 hoodies and we had a line outside the building. We even sold out of a t-shirt in minutes."
For National Student Day, Cougar Store has created a Snapchat filter for selfies to be taken around campus and photos booths have also been placed for students to have photos taken with the school mascot. Other events promoted through social media have included asking students to bring an old shirt from another university to exchange for a new SIUE shirt, learning "57 Things to do at SIUE," and reminders about author readings.
"I try to keep all markets in mind when I am using social media," Pavlik said. "Current students, alumni, even future Cougars when we ordered SIUE baby clothes."
About Jason Smallheer
Jason Smallheer worked for MBS from 2016 to 2017. His diverse career includes freelance work, broadcast radio and ski resort marketing. He has a passion for sharing ideas, helping businesses grow and professional development. When not expressing himself through writing, he enjoys time with his family and being outside doing anything that can result in scuffed knees and dirty clothes.
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Indian and Southeast Asian
A gray schist figure of a pensive bodhisattva
GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
USD 80,000 - USD 100,000
Seated in 'Royal Ease' on a cushioned throne with one foot resting on a support and the other drawn up to support his elbow, his right hand raised to the temple while the left holds a lotus, dressed in a dhoti and sanghati and adorned with multiple necklaces, the face tilted to the side in deep thought surmounted by a turban with lotiform crest and backed by a nimbus
22½ in. (57.2 cm.) high
Private Collection, Japan, 1985
Lot Essay
This rare type of 'Pensive Bodhisattva' originates in the Gandharan region during the Kushan period and is of extraordinary significance for further stylistic and iconographic developments throughout Asia, culminating in the iconographic type of a seated Maitreya in Korea and Japan by the 7th century.
In the Gandharan context, historical scenes of the 'Pensive Bodhisattva' generally represent Prince Siddhartha at his First Meditation on life's sorrows. Indian texts relate this episode from Buddha's life, stating that the young Prince Siddhartha was present at the annual ploughing ceremony officiated by his father, as related by Junghee Lee: "During the ceremony Siddhartha began to reflect on how hard and hateful the work was for the bull pulling the plough and for the farmer driving the bull. Then too the prince noticed how the insects flushed out by the plough were quickly eaten by birds, while larger birds ate the smaller. Filled with pity for the difficulty and misery all living creatures experience, Siddhartha began spontaneously to meditate sitting in the shade of a jambu tree, and felt ecstasy in a trance. Throughout the day he sat motionless in the First Meditation while, as the sun moved, the tree's shadow remained over him. When his father found him late in the day, he realized that a miracle had taken place and dismounted from his horse to offer worship to his son." From 'The Origins and Development of the Pensive Bodhisattva Images of Asia,' Artibus Asiae, vol. LIII, 3/4 (1993), p. 312f. and fig. 1. As a free-standing sculpture, in a slanting leg pose, the Bodhisattva generally holds a lotus bud, identifying him as a Padmapani; compare with the example at the Matsuoka Museum of Art, see I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, 1990, vol. II, cat. no. 151. In the Swat Valley context, he may be part of the Maitreya triad.
For a further discussion based on an example of a Pensive Avalokiteshvara from Mathura, see M. Lerner, The Flame and the Lotus, 1984, pp. 30-35, where the author argues for a prerequisite of this iconographic type in the ancient Gandharan region, as the pensive figures invariably wear sandals, a late Hellenistic influence otherwise uncommon in Mathuran sculpture.
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Green's-function formalism for a condensed Bose gas consistent with infrared-divergent longitudinal susceptibility and Nepomnyashchii-Nepomnyashchii identity
Shohei Watabe, Yoji Ohashi
We present a Green's-function formalism for an interacting Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) satisfying the two required conditions: (i) the infrared-divergent longitudinal susceptibility with respect to the BEC order parameter, and (ii) the Nepomnyashchii-Nepomnyashchii identity stating the vanishing off-diagonal self-energy in the low-energy and low-momentum limit. These conditions cannot be described by the ordinary mean-field Bogoliubov theory, the many-body T-matrix theory, or the random-phase approximation with the vertex correction. In this paper, we show that these required conditions can be satisfied, when we divide many-body corrections into singular and nonsingular parts, and separately treat them as different self-energy corrections. The resulting Green's function may be viewed as an extension of the Popov's hydrodynamic theory to the region at finite temperatures. Our results would be useful in constructing a consistent theory of BECs satisfying various required conditions, beyond the mean-field level.
Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.90.013603
Published - 2014 Jul 3
Green's functions
magnetic permeability
Bose-Einstein condensates
Bogoliubov theory
matrix theory
apexes
Watabe, S., & Ohashi, Y. (2014). Green's-function formalism for a condensed Bose gas consistent with infrared-divergent longitudinal susceptibility and Nepomnyashchii-Nepomnyashchii identity. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 90(1), [013603]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.90.013603
Green's-function formalism for a condensed Bose gas consistent with infrared-divergent longitudinal susceptibility and Nepomnyashchii-Nepomnyashchii identity. / Watabe, Shohei; Ohashi, Yoji.
In: Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Vol. 90, No. 1, 013603, 03.07.2014.
Watabe, S & Ohashi, Y 2014, 'Green's-function formalism for a condensed Bose gas consistent with infrared-divergent longitudinal susceptibility and Nepomnyashchii-Nepomnyashchii identity', Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, vol. 90, no. 1, 013603. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.90.013603
Watabe S, Ohashi Y. Green's-function formalism for a condensed Bose gas consistent with infrared-divergent longitudinal susceptibility and Nepomnyashchii-Nepomnyashchii identity. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 2014 Jul 3;90(1). 013603. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.90.013603
Watabe, Shohei ; Ohashi, Yoji. / Green's-function formalism for a condensed Bose gas consistent with infrared-divergent longitudinal susceptibility and Nepomnyashchii-Nepomnyashchii identity. In: Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 2014 ; Vol. 90, No. 1.
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De CEVO (Centrale Examencommissie Vaststelling Opgaven), voorheen Commissie Vaststelling Opgaven (CVO) was de Nederlandse examencommissie.

Eind 2009 is de CEVO opgegaan in het College voor Toetsen en Examens.

De CEVO was het regelende orgaan rond de examens. Ze zorgde voor het maken en publiceren van bijvoorbeeld het examenrooster, hulpmiddelen en regels voor de beoordeling van het examen. De CEVO stelde jaarlijks na afloop van het examen de definitieve normering vast en coördineerde het totale werk rond de examens.

Missers
In 2009 werd door de CEVO een vraag uit het havo-eindexamen Nederlands geschrapt. Dit was niet de eerste keer dat de CEVO een fout maakte in het examen. In het vwo-examen geschiedenis werd een vraag over de Noordse Oorlog geschrapt, omdat deze vraag niet bij de leerstof hoorde. In 2007 had de CEVO ook al een fout gemaakt op politiek gebied. In het vmbo-examen maatschappijleer werd een negatief citaat over orgaandonatie geplaatst. Dit citaat zou afkomstig zijn van de SGP. De partij zou hebben opgemerkt dat God het menselijk lichaam niet gemaakt heeft om het te verknippen voor andere mensen. Het citaat was later nergens terug te vinden. De CEVO bood de SGP haar excuses aan. Omdat het citaat pas een maand na de examens werd opgemerkt, werd er geen vraag uit het examen geschrapt.

CEVO

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Kia Sonet Compact-SUV Pre-Launch Bookings Begins: Here Are All The Details
Kia Motors has announced the start of pre-launch bookings for their upcoming Sonet compact-SUV. The Kia Sonet SUV can be booked for an amount of Rs 25,000, starting from 20th August 2020.
The company recently unveiled the sub-4-metre compact-SUV in the country. The Sonet is scheduled to go on sale sometime in early-September, with deliveries to start soon after its launch in the market.
Kookhyun Shim, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Kia Motors India said,
"The Sonet is Kia's answer to customers in the compact SUV segment who want style and substance, quality and features, performance and technology, comfort and safety in one compelling package."
"The Sonet has been engineered and built with Indian inputs and is a global model for Kia from India. India is the first country in the world where the Sonet goes on sale, and with the commencement of pre-bookings, we are confident our smart urban compact SUV will be warmly received in the country."
The Kia Sonet will be the brand's new entry-level model and also the second 'made-in-India' product, following the Seltos. The Sonet has been spied testing multiple times over the past couple of weeks. There have also been reports, revealing the brochure of the Sonet, leaking its specifications, transmission options, features and trim-levels.
As per the reports, the Kia Sonet will be available in two trims: Tech-line and GT-line. Both of which will further come with a number of variants, depending on the powertrain and features.
Talking about the powertrain, the Kia Sonet will be available with a choice of three engine options: 1.2-litre petrol, 1.5-litre diesel and 1.0-litre T-GDI petrol. The 1.0-litre turbo-petrol and the 1.2-litre NA petrol have been borrowed from its cousin, the Hyundai Venue and will produce identical power and torque figures.
The 1.5-litre diesel has been borrowed from its larger sibling, the Seltos. The diesel unit on the Sonet will be offered in two states-of-tunes. All engines will be offered with a choice of transmission options, this includes a six-speed manual, six-speed torque-converter, seven-speed DCT and a six-speed iMT.
The Kia Sonet will also come with a host of features and equipment as well. This includes LED headlamps, LED tail lights, LED DRLs, LED fog lamps, stylish alloy wheels, large touchscreen infotainment system, digital display, cruise control, electric sunroof and a host of others.
Thoughts On The Kia Sonet Pre-Launch Bookings
The Kia Sonet is one of the most-awaited SUVs in the Indian market. Once launched in India, the Sonet is expected to be priced in the range of Rs 8 - 12 lakh, ex-showroom. The Kia Sonet will take on the likes of the Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza, Ford EcoSport, Tata Nexon and also other upcoming models such as the Nissan Magnite and the Toyota Urban Cruiser.
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X-ES Introduces 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor-based VPX, VME, cPCI, XMC, and COM Express SBCs
Home > Comms > X-ES Introduces 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor-based VPX, VME, cPCI, XMC, and COM Express SBCs
Source: Extreme Engineering Solutions
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Extreme Engineering Solutions has introduced its new family of Single Board Computers based on the 4th generation Intel Core i7-4700EQ processor. Rob Scidmore, CEO of X-ES, affirms X-ES's commitment to being first to market with a wide selection of 4th generation Intel Core i7 processor-based products, "We are proud to continue our leadership in the industry by providing a full line-up of embedded form factors based on Intel's latest processor architecture."
X-ES has applied its extensive experience in designing and manufacturing high-performance Intel SBCs for commercial, industrial, and rugged platforms to produce 4th generation Intel Core i7 processor-based products for high reliability embedded applications. X-ES have incorporated the new Intel Core i7 processor on a range of form factors, including 3U VPX, 6U VPX, XMC, 3U CompactPCI, 6U CompactPCI, 6U VME, and COM Express.
"By integrating 4th generation Intel Core i7 processors into some of the smallest embedded form factors and the most demanding of environments, X-ES is highlighting the performance strengths of the new microarchitecture," said Sam Cravatta, Product Line Manager, Intel Intelligent Systems Group. Ben Klam, VP of Engineering at X-ES says, "We are utilising our unique understanding of Intel architecture to provide highly reliable 4th generation Intel Core i7 processor-based products that maximise I/O capabilities, operate at extreme low temperatures, and provide industry-leading cooling for unequalled high-temperature performance."
The new line up of conduction and air-cooled 4th generation Intel Core i7 products from X-ES includes the XCalibur4500 6U cPCI, the XCalibur4530 6U VME, and the XCalibur4540 6U VPX modules, which maximise I/O capabilities and add configurability with two PMC/XMC sites. X-ES have also introduced the XPedite7570 3U VPX and XPedite7530 3U cPCI modules, which are ideal for space constrained aerospace and vehicle platforms that require maximum processing performance and I/O capabilities, with the flexibility of PMC and XMC support. For applications with extreme size, weight, and power (SWaP) challenges X-ES also offers the XPedite7501 XMC and XPedite7550 Rugged COM Express modules.
X-ES recognised the significant maintenance and diagnostics advantages achieved by the remote configuration and management feature, Intel Active Management Technology (Intel AMT), from its use within X-ES's previous generation Intel Core i7 processor-based products. As a result, X-ES is continuing to offer those advantages to its customers by including Intel AMT 9.0 support for its 4th generation Intel Core i7 processor-based products. Further improvements within the 4th Generation Intel Core i7 processor include increased raw processing performance per watt, hardware-based memory encryption with Intel AES New Instructions (AES-NI), and increased floating-point and integer performance utilising Intel Advanced Vector Extensions 2.0 (AVX 2.0). The graphics processing unit in the 4th generation Intel Core i7 processor has also been enhanced, adding additional execution units and up to a 24% increase in raw performance. The 4th generation Intel Core i7 processor also supports OpenCL 1.2, enabling it to perform as a general-purpose graphics processing unit.
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Blasphemy charges dropped against Ahok post-election
By Lyndsey KohApril 27, 2017
Indonesia (MNN) — Last week, we talked about the election for governor of Jakarta, Indonesia that was littered with religiously-tinged attacks. The Christian governor running for re-election, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, had lost to the Muslim candidate, Anies Baswedan. At the time, Basuki, better known as 'Ahok', was facing blasphemy charges.
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, former governor of Jakarta, Indonesia (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
But now, Jessica Gilbertson with Asian Access reports, "They charged him during the course of the campaign, which got dropped the day after he lost the election, interestingly…and he's been fighting it for months throughout the campaign. Even when he submitted his candidacy, they kept having different requirements changed to make sure he can't even put in his candidacy."
Gilbertson goes on to say, "Now, a lot of people are really disappointed. You see on Instagram, they're putting flowers everywhere like a mourning flower, like ones they send to a funeral. They're saying [to] Ahok we're just really sad that you left us when we were just falling in love with you."
The reason several people in Indonesia appreciated Ahok as the capital city's governor was because his leadership was a breath of fresh air from previous patterns of corruption.
"People had gotten used to the fact that if you govern people, you are like the king, you can do whatever you want and corruption was just running rampant. It was just something that was acceptable. Suddenly, [with Ahok] they realized, 'Oh, this is what a clean government looks like,'" explains Gilbertson.
"He was basically just running everything transparently. He showed all the contracts, he just showed people how bad the corruption was by simply doing the job he needs to do."
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These religious attacks in a critical election show the growing influence extremist Muslim groups are gaining in Indonesia — a Muslim-majority nation.
"Indonesia is actually a moderate country in terms of Islam, but there's always those radical elements, of course."
Ahok broke a lot of barriers as a double-minority in Indonesia, being both Chinese and a Christian. "So [radical Muslim] people really feel threatened and they say, 'We have to do everything we can to make sure he is not elected, because if we allow one Christian and one Chinese to hold such an important position, we're afraid it'll become…more of that in the future. So we just have to cut that off in the beginning.'"
But Gilbertson says Jakarta's former governor is still holding to his faith. "I think his future is bright wherever he goes. He's famously said, 'I don't care if a thousand hands are trying to take me down, because I know I just need one hand of the Lord to keep me in my place.'"
As a country, Indonesia has a unique terrain to deal with since it's made up of around 18,000 islands. The landmasses are far-spread and while the government protects freedom of religion, policing all the islands can prove to be difficult.
Asian Access works with Christians in Indonesia, including the outer areas, and Gilbertson says they hear reports of social pressure.
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"Even the Chinese community decided that maybe we should not vote for Ahok, otherwise we're going to be targeted if he's won. Some of the Muslims outside the island of Java really did a big rally and said if you're a Muslim woman and you voted for Ahok, than by right, it's okay to rape you…. The radical element will still happen in the outer parts of Indonesia, and it's still a concern."
But there's good news. The Church in Indonesia is growing, and Asian Access stands witness to that. Often, Indonesian evangelists they work with will start conversations about Jesus by starting with what Muslims read about Him in the Koran. Then from that starting point, they introduce them to Jesus Christ, the Son of God, through the Bible.
"We need to pray for them (the evangelists) because they're the ones being targeted…. We talk to a lot of churches and they all confirm the conversion rate is really high in Indonesia."
Please also pray for the continued growth of the Body of Christ in Indonesia, and for the believers to be bold in witnessing their faith.
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Build a Sociable Tandem Delta Trike.
The term sociable trike refers to the fact that you can site side by side with your partner and enjoy a relaxing ride and chat.
Conversation on an inline tandem is not as easy, but in this configuration, it is the same as an automobile, or living room couch.
The Kyoto Cruiser is very comfortable and even offers fully independent transmissions for each rider. One person is in control of the steering nad brakes, so the trike can also be ridden by one person.
This design is almost like having two recumbent bikes, each one having its own fully independent set of 25 to 36 speeds, just like a regular bicycle. Both riders can use any gear they like, and either one can stop pedalling at any time.
Drive For Free in Your Human Powered Car!
It costs nothing to drive your silent running human powered car. In fact, you can even save money by not needing that gym membership or weekly trips to the gas pumps.
This DIY Tandem Trike handles extremely well at any speed, and can turn a circle in half the width of a city street.
With all the room behind the seats, you can easily add a cargo box, or even a fully enclosed trunk to run errands like grocery shopping.
The plans show you every single step of the build, and it can be done by anyone using only basic tools and bicycle components. There is only one simple machined part that can be made by someone or a shop on a basic lathe.
Ride on The Street or Off The Road in Pure Comfort.
The comfortable recumbent tandem seating allows you and your partner to make that long commute or country drive with ease.
You can add just about any type of seat you like, fomr the simple seats shown in the plans right to a full car seat with all the adjustments.
There is plenty of room for modification in this DIY Tandem Trike Plan, so you can create a human powered velocar that suits your style and requirments.
The dual rear disc brakes offer plenty of stopping power, so you can safely navigate city traffic and enjoy hitting top speeds down that long hill. All of the brake components can be purchased at any bike shope, and they are not expensive.
This Trike Makes a great Base For A full Body.
With the rising cost of gas, and sedentary lifestyles we live, haing a human powered car just makes so much sense.
For those wanting to take the velocar concept further, this trike would make an excellent base for a full or partial body, allowing it to be used in all types of weather and all seasons.
Like all of our DIY Plans, we promote experimentation and personal modifications, and this type of frame lends itself well for many modifications.
To easily adapt to riders of any size and leg length, the cranks can be positioned any plance on the frame by simply adjusting the two bolts that allow the sliding bottom bracket to be moved. This adjustability will support any size or age of rider on either side.
Efficient Human Power That Also Looks Great.
Even with a single rider, the trike runs very well, but with the teamwork of two riders on a single vehicle, efficiency is doubled.
The hill climbing ability of this trike is amazing since you can just gear down, relax and spin away until you have conquered any slope.
Off road riding is fun and comfortable on this trike, and it has been designed to take whatever terrain you feel like riding on, even rough gravel roads and trails.
The steering system can be built using basic hardware store components and steel tubing, and it allows for a full range of turning, while at the same time keeping all moving parts out of the way of leg traffic. The steering system can also be built on either side of the trike.
Add an Electric Motor and Forget Your Car.
That cylinder on the front wheel is called a bicycle hub motor, and it can drive your trike up to city speeds on silent electric power.
Hub motor kits come in all sizes and power outputs, so you can get a little boost up that hill, or completely motorize your trike, making into a true car alternative.
This DIY Trike offers many places to install a large battery bank, so you could add enough electric range for many hours of silent running power assist.
The square steel frame tubing is easy to cut and weld, and out DIY Trike Plans show you every single cut in great detail, so that anyone can build their own tandem trike. Used bicycle components can also be used to save money, and we prmotoe recycleing.
Over Seat Steering and Standard Bike Levers.
You sit comfortably just like you do in your car, and you control everything just like you do on a standard bicycle.
All levers and shifters are placed on the pilot's handlebars for easy access, and the stoker has their own independent gear shifting levers as well.
You can install the pilos steering system on either side of the trike during the buildm, or even offer both riders control over the steering if you like.
Even the rear wheels are built using nothing but washers and some steel rod. That's right, there are no hubs or machined parts on the rear wheels, and they can be easily made by anyone using just a hand drill and angle grinder. The plan is highly detailed.
Build Your Own DIY Human Powered Vehicle.
This plan offers a real alternative to the fuel hungry SUV, and can be ridden for fun and to do errands like grocery shopping.
You can add a cargo box or even a trailer and do some serious cargo moving with your human powered team, or with the addition of an electric assist motor.
The Kyoto Cruiser DIY Sociable Tandem Trike is an easy to build velocar that can really improve your life, and you can take pride in saying you built it yourself.
If you have been looking for a way to leave the car parked more often, then this DIY Trike is the perfect solution. Build your own sociable tandem trike for the cost of a few tanks of gas. You will enjoy building this trike as much as riding it.


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Why Guns At A Young Age?
By Aaron Serrano BRONZE, Wayne, Pennsylvania
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Aaron Serrano BRONZE, Wayne, Pennsylvania
The news is nothing but sadness. Everyday the same thing over and over again. Nothing but killing and street violence. Some people ask why? Why does this happen. Why must this go on and on. Well it is all due to the age limit of guns.
Most teens are killed by gun violence. Too many teens are joining street gangs in cities. Teens should not be able to acquire guns in anyway. It is to easy for anyone to receive a gun. For example once someone turns 18 and they buy a gun what is stopping them from give the gun to a little brother or sister? Nothing and this is what happens.
Guns should not be sold at the age of 18. The age limit should be raised because at the age of 18 people are still young and crazy. If it was raised people would have more common sense. The age limit should be 30. At the age of 30 people have lived their life to see what other people are doing with guns and think its sick and horrible. But 18 year olds just want to buy it to be cool then get angry and shoot someone. Too many people are dying.
Gun are also used in bank robberies. If the age limit was raised people would have 30 years to think about what they are going to do. As to a 18 year old just wants money so the person get a gun and want to put it to use. Guns are not toys but teens treat them like one.
Guns are also used as self-defense too. It is fine to have a gun as self-defense. It is fine because if there is someone shooting in public and hurting people it would be handy to have one to protect others too. As long as the gun is registered and use correctly it is no harm to the environment. A gun should never be fired until fired upon.
Guns should not be sold to 18 year olds. Guns are not toys nor are they to be messed with. Guns should only be sold to people over the age of 30 . They should be sold at 30 because people will be acting like adults.18-Year-Olds Can Now Buy Guns in South Carolina
May 9th, 2008 by funderberg
Columbia (AP) - People as young as 18 can now buy and own handguns in South Carolina. Governor Mark Sanford signed a bill into law Wednesday to lower the minimum age from 21.
?People who are old enough to fight and die in the military should be able to purchase handguns, and the bill will put our laws more in line with those of other states,? Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer said.
The law went into effect immediately.
South Carolina is one of 18 states ? and the only one in the South ? that had set 21 as the age for handgun ownership, according to the National Rifle Association. The group says Wyoming has no handgun age requirement. In Montana, it?s set at 14; in Vermont, 16.Rep. Mike Pitts, a Laurens Republican and retired police officer, had filed the bill to
help out a national gun wholesaler located in Lexington County where employees younger than 21 were filling orders over the phone. A legal opinion by state Attorney General Henry McMaster had said that was not allowed because of their age and Pitts argued it would cost half the company?s workers their jobs.
Pitts said gun retailers will still have to comply with state and federal firearms laws.
He said he sees no need to change the minimum age of 21 for a concealed weapons permit in South Carolina.
© James M., Glendale, AZ
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Moose_CinnamonRoll BRONZE said...
on Nov. 6 2015 at 3:10 pm
Moose_CinnamonRoll BRONZE, Plaquemine, Louisiana
I understand why you say "The age limit should be 30," but my father is 43 years old and he recently bought me a new gun for hunting purposes. I am not going to join a gang, I'm not going to kill anyone. It's not about the age either, it's about how that person was raised. If the parents did not teach their kids about guns not being toys, it doesn't how old that person is, who says they wont buy a gun for their child's protection. My parents taught me guns are not toys and I haven't ever shot anyone because of the way i was raised. So I feel like it has nothing to do with the age limit on how old you have to be to buy a gun.
Bill G. said...
on Mar. 18 2009 at 3:02 am
Great job by such a fine young man.
You present a topic that our country has not taken serious enough and the statistics prove so. They continue to make the attempt to outlaw weapons when in fact, they should be taking the advice you have presented and raise the age. Having a license to carry a weapon at such a young age or even purchase one is irresponsible on our lawmakers part not necessarily on that of the 18 year old. I have carried a licensed weapon for several years now however, I waited till I was in my 30's to do so. I whole hardily agree with your views above....Great job and keep the cause going.
Jen K. said...
on Mar. 13 2009 at 10:50 pm
Great job, Aaron!
Kim D said...
on Mar. 13 2009 at 7:19 pm
Tremendous and, sadly, timely insight about a very serious issue facing this nation. You presented your argument well. I have no doubt that you would serve your community well in a leadership position. I look forward to your future submissions!
Kristi S. said...
Great editorial
Denis said...
Very good article.
Clear, concise yet passionate arguement. Very impressive from a young man. I applaude his maturity. A good understanding of the sanctity of life and the consequences of action by the young. Well done.


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Play therapy is a therapeutic process where the child chooses objects, symbols, or types of play to express their inner concerns or work through particular problems. It is done with a trained child therapist who is skilled in interpreting the child's play and who assists in promoting growth and change.
The child therapist is trained to read the metaphors of the play and observe emerging patterns. The child expresses unconscious thoughts, fears, anxieties, and wishes which helps them process or resolve thoughts and feelings that have become "stuck." Generally, this happens in subtle ways, with effects noticed in the child's daily functioning.
The main goals are to help the child enhance self-esteem and build the child's coping resources.


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Ending workplace discrimination against LGBT people should be the next fight in the LGBT rights movement
Thanks to a 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court decision issued earlier today, same-sex couples across the entire United States of America can now enjoy the same legal right to marry that heterosexual couples have long enjoyed. To put it mildly, this is a huge victory for love and equality in America.
However, in 32 states, some, if not all, LGBT workers, can legally be fired simply because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity:
In 21 states (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming), all workers can be fired on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
In 3 states (Arizona, Missouri, and Montana), state employees cannot be fired on the basis of sexual orientation, but state employees can be fired on the basis of gender identity, and private-sector workers can be fired on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
In 5 states (Idaho, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio), state employees cannot be fired on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity, but private-sector workers can be fired on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
In 2 states (New Hampshire and Wisconsin), all workers cannot be fired on the basis of sexual orientation, but all workers can be fired on the basis of gender identity.
In 1 state (New York), state employees cannot be fired on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity, and private-sector workers cannot be fired on the basis of sexual orientation, but private-sector workers can be fired on the basis of gender identity.
If the source I linked to above has inaccurate and/or outdated information, please leave a comment on this blog post with accurate information for a particular state.
While it is a huge victory for the LGBT movement to secure marriage equality in all 50 states, the fight for full equality for gays, lesbians, bisexual people, and transgender people is far from over. The next big fight in the LGBT rights movement should be to push for laws prohibiting public and private employers from firing people based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum wants to make income inequality even worse
Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) announced yet another bid for the Republican presidential nomination earlier today. This time, he's trying to appeal to working-class voters, saying that "working families don't need another president tied to big government or big money".
However, Rick Santorum is not a real champion of the working class.
For starters, Santorum has a long history of taking far-right positions and making offensive remarks on various issues, especially on social issues like abortion and marriage equality. For example, Santorum has staunchly opposed marriage equality, going as far as to claim that legalizing same-sex marriage would lead to people marrying dogs, which is absolutely false and absurd. On LGBT rights in general, Santorum has claimed that the Boy Scouts allowing openly gay people to join the Scouts would "murder" the organization, another absolutely false and absurd claim. On abortion and reproductive rights, Santorum has staunchly opposed the idea that women should be able to make their own decisions about their reproductive health, going as far as to say that survivors of rape who get pregnant via rape should "accept what God has given", effectively saying that he thinks that women should be forced to carry an unwanted fetus to term.
When it comes to economic issues, Santorum's "appeal" to working-class Americans is phonier than a $3 bill. For starters, Santorum supports eliminating the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and instituting a flat federal income tax rate. I have two things to say about this ridiculous idea. First, a flat income tax would make income inequality, already a serious problem in this country, even worse, because the wealthiest Americans would receive most, if not all, of the tax cuts from a flat income tax. Second, who the hell would be responsible for collecting taxes if the IRS were eliminated?
Rick Santorum is a phony and a far-right crackpot who would make an absolutely horrible president.
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Bhuaigh Comhionannas!
AUTHOR'S NOTE: The title of this diary is in the Irish language; the English translation of the title is "Equality wins!". I am providing an American English language version and an Irish language translation of my article. The translations are courtesy of Google Translate, because I have no actual working knowledge of the Irish language.
NÓTA AN ÚDAIR: Is é an teideal an dialann i nGaeilge; Is é an leagan Béarla-theanga an teideal "Equality Wins!" Tá mé ag soláthar leagan Meiriceánach Béarla agus aistriúchán Gaeilge de mo earra. Is iad na haistriúcháin caoinchead Google Translate, toisc go bhfuil mé aon eolas ag obair iarbhír ar an nGaeilge.
A strong majority of voters in the Republic of Ireland have voted to ratify an amendment to the Irish Constitution that will allow gay and lesbian couples to enjoy the same right to marry that heterosexual couples currently enjoy. With all 43 Dáil (lower house of the Oireachtas, the Irish national legislature) constituencies having counted votes, there were a total of 1,935,907 valid votes cast in the marriage equality referendum. Of those valid votes, 1,201,607 votes were cast in favor of marriage equality, and 734,300 votes were cast in opposition to marriage equality. Rounded to the nearest hundredths of a percent, 62.07% votes were cast in favor of marriage equality, and 37.93% of votes were cast in opposition to marriage equality. As only a simple majority is required to ratify an amendment, marriage equality is officially law of the land in the Republic of Ireland.
This is an historic victory for supporters of equality for two major reasons. First, the Republic of Ireland will now and forever be known as the first sovereign country to approve marriage equality in a public referendum. Second, the Republic of Ireland is an historic stronghold of the Catholic Church, which has aggressively defended discrimination against gay and lesbian couples and has strongly opposed all efforts around the world to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.
Irish voters have bravely stood up to the Catholic Church and other supporters of discrimination by voting to ratify the marriage equality amendment. Love has won in Ireland!
Tromlach láidir na vótálaithe i bPoblacht na hÉireann tar éis vótáil leasú ar Bhunreacht na hÉireann a chuirfidh ar chumas lánúineacha aeracha agus leispiacha chun taitneamh a bhaint as an ceart céanna chun pósadh go taitneamh a bhaint as lánúineacha heitrighnéasacha láthair a dhaingniú. Le gach 43 Dála (teach íochtarach an Oireachtais, na hÉireann náisiúnta reachtas) dáilcheantair a bhfuil vótaí a chomhaireamh, bhí iomlán de 1,935,907 vótaí bailí a caitheadh sa reifreann chomhionannais pósadh. As na vótaí bailí, bhí a caitheadh 1,201,607 vóta i bhfabhar comhionannas pósadh, agus cuireadh chaith 734,300 vóta ina gcoinne comhionannas pósadh. Slánaithe go dtí na chéadú gaire de faoin gcéad, bhí chaith 62.07% vóta i bhfabhar an chomhionannais pósadh, agus bhí 37.93% de na vótaí arna gcaitheamh i gcoinne comhionannas pósadh. Toisc go bhfuil ach tromlach simplí de dhíth leasú a dhaingniú, tá comhionannas pósadh hoifigiúil dlí ar an talamh i bPoblacht na hÉireann.
Is é seo an bua stairiúil do lucht tacaíochta an chomhionannais ar dhá chúis mhóra. Gcéad dul síos, beidh an Phoblacht na hÉireann anois agus go deo ar a dtabharfar an chéad tír ceannasach chun comhionannas pósadh cheadú i reifreann poiblí. Dara, is é an Phoblacht na hÉireann ina dhaingean stairiúil an Eaglais Chaitliceach, a bhfuil a chosaint aggressively idirdhealú in aghaidh lánúineacha aeracha agus leispiacha agus tá láidir i gcoinne gach iarracht ar fud an domhain chun ligean lánúineacha aeracha agus leispiacha chun pósadh.
Vótálaithe na hÉireann a sheas cróga suas go dtí an Eaglais Chaitliceach agus lucht tacaíochta eile idirdhealaithe ag vótáil an leasú chomhionannais pósadh a dhaingniú. Grá bhuaigh in Éirinn!
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Refusing to provide a certain type of product is not the same thing as refusing to serve customers because of who they are
In the wake of Republican-controlled state governments in Indiana and Arkansas passing religious discrimination laws, right-wing bible-thumpers have tried to frame small businesses who refuse to bake cakes containing messaging that LGBT people would find highly offensive. The bible-thumpers are doing this by trying to order a cake containing anti-LGBT messaging and, when the business refuses to make such a cake for them, claiming that the business is discriminating against them.
Azucar Bakery, a Denver, Colorado small business that makes cakes and Peruvian-style desserts, was the target of a bogus legal complaint for refusing to make a cake that contained offensive anti-LGBT messaging. Bill Jack, an anti-LGBT bigot from Castle Rock, Colorado, tried to order a cake from Azucar Bakery that featured icing depicting two groomsmen with a red "X" over them and messages claiming that homosexuality is a sin. Marjorie Silva, the owner of Azucar Bakery, refused to write the messages that Jack wanted on his cake, and Silva offered to bake a cake that contained no messages whatsoever and give Jack a pastry bag and icing so that he could decorate the cake with bigotry himself. Jack filed a state civil rights complaint against Silva and Azucar Bakery, and the Colorado Civil Rights Division rejected Jack's complaint, ruling that Silva and Azucar Bakery did not discriminate against Jack. Azucar Bakery is selling t-shirts with anti-hate messages printed on them; you can buy the t-shirts here.
Cut the Cake Bakery, a Longwood, Florida small business that also makes cakes, has been subjected to threats and negative online reviews for refusing to provide bigoted televangelist Joshua Feuerstein with a cake decorated with anti-LGBT messaging. After Feuerstein uploaded a video of his phone call with Cut the Cake Bakery to YouTube, Feuerstein's bigoted followers posted negative reviews of Cut the Cake Bakery online and left phone messages threatening the owner of the business, Sharon Haller. Cyndol Knarr, Haller's daughter, has launched a GoFundMe campaign to support Cut the Cake Bakery; you can donate to that campaign here.
What the bible-thumping bigots in this country don't understand is that refusing to provide a certain type of product, in this case, cakes decorated with hateful messages that gays, lesbians, bisexual people, and transgender people would find highly offensive, is not discrimination, so as long as their policy to not provide certain types of products is applied equally to all customers. What is discrimination is when a business refuses to serve customers because of who they are, such as the Walkerton, Indiana-based pizza parlor Memories Pizza publicly refusing to cater to the weddings of same-sex couples because the people who are getting married are of the same gender. Business owners have the right to refuse to manufacture and/or sell a product that they don't want to provide to anybody, whether it be because the product in question conflicts with their values or otherwise.
I strongly oppose this effort by right-wing hate mongerers to frame small businesses who are unwilling to sell anything with bigotry and hate speech on it.
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With a stroke of a pen, Mike Pence legally eliminates Hoosier Hospitality
Hoosier Hospitality has been legally eliminated in Indiana. I'm not kidding.
Mike Pence, the far-right Republican Indiana Governor, signed into law a religious discrimination bill that, among other things, will allow business owners to refuse service to gays, lesbians, and other groups of people because of the owners' religious beliefs.
The effects of the religious discrimination bill on Indiana's economy are already negative and far-reaching. Gen Con, the largest tabletop game convention in North America, stated its intention to move the convention from Indianapolis to an as-of-yet-unspecified location in another state or country prior to Pence signing the religious discrimination bill into law. Additionally, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is looking to move its scheduled 2017 General Assembly from Indianapolis to a location outside of Indiana. The NCAA, which is headquartered in Indianapolis, has signaled that they'll hold the 2015 Final Four in Indianapolis (presumably because moving the Final Four to another venue on nine days notice would be a logistical nightmare, if not virtually impossible, for the NCAA), although the NCAA has publicly condemned the religious discrimination legislation, and it's possible that the NCAA may refuse to hold future NCAA championships in Indiana and move the NCAA headquarters to somewhere outside of Indiana.
Also, a special note to Democrats and progressives regarding religious discrimination legislation: Don't use the Republican/conservative framing by referring to the legislation as "religious freedom" legislation, as all you're doing by using their framing is reinforcing the right's narrative. Refer to it as religious discrimination legislation, as that's what it is: it allows business owners and other types of employers to discriminate against others based on religious beliefs of the business owners and employers.
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ULB Haryana JE Merit List 2019 and Cut Off Marks: ULB Haryana invited online application for the recruitment of 117 Junior Engineers (Civil/ Mechanical/ Electrical/ Horticulture) on a contract basis. Application procedure has been already completed. ULB seems to be busy in scrutiny and evaluation of the applications submitted by the applicants of the state.
Candidates who have applied online are looking for the release of ULB JE result 2019. The ULB Haryana Junior Engineers merit list will be published as soon as evaluation procedure will be completed. Candidates will be able to check merit list and ULB JE cut-off marks list on the official website of ULB as no other mode will be made available.
3 How to check ULB Haryana Merit list?
Note – Reservation and age relaxation criteria followed by Government of Haryana or Haryana Staff Selection Commission will also be followed for various categories of the candidates.
JE Merit list is under processing and will be out soon. ULB will notify candidates about the release of merit list through its online portal. Candidates should regularly visit the ULB, Haryana website to that they do not miss a single update related to result.
As no selection exam was conducted under this recruitment process, result/selection will be purely based on the merit of the candidates in academics. Selected candidates can be posted anywhere in the state irrespective of preferences filled by them.
How to check ULB Haryana Merit list?
Candidates have to start by visiting the official website of ULB Haryana (https://ulbharyana.gov.in). They can also visit the link/ Pdf shared below to access the merit list.
A list of the all the latest news will appear on the screen. Candidates have to click on the Junior Engineer merit list option given in the list.
Merit list will be displayed on the screen. Candidates can search their names or registration number in the list.
Once candidates have found their names in the list they can download the merit list for their personal record and future references.
Merit list will decide whether a candidate is eligible for the post of JE or not. The merit list will be published as a PDF file that will indicate the names of the candidates provisionally selected, application number/ registration no., post name, father name of the candidates, mother name, gender, date of birth, category, address, and few other details. Merit list may also include instructions related to the next round of the selection criteria.
Like other selection procedures, cut off also plays an important role in selecting a suitable candidate for the post of Junior Engineer in Urban Local Bodies, Haryana.
Merit list will be prepared on the basis of the cut-off marks. Cut-off marks are the minimum qualifying marks that a candidate requires to pass/qualify an exam. Cut off marks will be decided by ULB Haryana itself to select the candidates. Candidates scoring less than the cut-off marks will not be given place in the merit list.
ULB Haryana JE cut-off will vary categories-wise. Official cut-off marks for all the categories will be updated here once it will be made available on ULB website. Therefore, those who are looking for the cut off and merit list can also check it here on this page easily.
Candidates whose names will be there in the merit list will be shortlisted and called for verification of documents. The final selection of the candidates will be made after the completion of document verification (DV).
Candidates will be intimated about the DV round through email and official website. They must be present at the prescribed DV venue on time. Candidates reporting late or without required documents will be disqualified.
Once the verification procedure will complete, final merit list will be published online. Selected candidates will be intimated through emails or website about the appointment.
On the day of document verification, it is compulsory for all the provisionally selected candidates to carry their original documents the specified venue. Candidates will be notified about the details of required documents to be brought to the verification venue through official website or email.
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Brain Circuitry Behind Cigarette Cravings Revealed
By Tanya Lewis 2013-01-28T21:52:51Z
Scientists have found that brain regions involved in self-control play a role in cigarette cravings.
(Image: © Teen smoking photo via Shutterstock)
Addiction to cigarettes and other drugs may result from abnormal wiring in the brain's frontal cortex, an area critical for self-control, a new study finds.
Drug cravings can be brought on by many factors, such as the sight of drugs, drug availability and lack of self-control. Now, researchers have uncovered some of the neural mechanisms involved in cigarette craving. Two brain areas, the orbitofrontal cortex and the prefrontal cortex, interact to turn cravings on or off depending on whether drugs are available, the study reports today (Jan. 28) in the journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The researchers scanned the brains of 10 moderate-to-heavy smokers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measures brain activity by changes in blood flow. Researchers measured activity while the participants watched video clips of people smoking as well as neutral videos. Before viewing, some subjects were told cigarettes would be available immediately after the experiment, while others were told they would have to wait 4 hours before lighting up.
When participants watched the smoking videos, their brains showed increased activity in the medial orbitofrontal cortex, a brain area that assigns value to a behavior. When the cigarettes were available immediately as opposed to hours later, smokers reported greater cravings and their brains showed more activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. The researchers hypothesize that this area modulates value. In other words, it can turns up or down the "value level" of cigarettes (or other rewards) in the first area, the medial orbitofrontal cortex. The results show that addiction involves a brain circuit important for self-control and decision-making.
Prior to some of the scans, study participants were exposed to transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS. This non-invasive method excites or blocks neural activity by inducing weak electrical currents in a particular region of the brain. When the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex was deactivated using TMS, there was no difference in brain activity between those who watched the smoking clips and those who watched neutral videos; those two groups also reported similarly low cravings for cigarettes.
The blocking of this brain region cut off the link between craving and awareness of cigarette availability, suggesting that suppressing the area could reduce cravings brought on by impending access to the drug.
"This is something that we've all been working on, trying to find the target in the brain that you could hit and cause somebody to stop smoking," study researcher Antoine Bechara, a neuroscientist at the University of Southern California, told LiveScience.
Scientists will quibble over the exact brain areas that are the most important targets, Bechara said, but he thinks transcranial magnetic stimulation is a useful approach. "It gives hope to be able, in a noninvasive manner, to help people quit smoking," Bechara added.
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Sample Essay on Gender and Human Sexuality — Sex and Modern Life
Wednesday, 15 January 2020 / Published in Psychology Homework Help
Gender and Human Sexuality — Sex and Modern Life
Sex education courses are considered very important since they enlighten students aboutissues associated with sex and sexual health. The society should encourage every person, especially children, to be knowledgeable about sex, sexual practices, child sexual abuse, and sexually transmitted illnesses. Sex education courses assist young people to comprehend the impact of sex in their lives. Sex education debunks myths associated with sex and widens their scope of understanding. Sex education also plays an important role in reducingthe incidents of sexual abuse as young people learn to differentiate between good and bad touch. Sex education courses are a good source of sexual health compared with other sources like pornographic material and the Internet, which have a lot on information that can mislead the younger generation. Appropriate education imparted in students helps them in preventing sexually transmitted diseases and other sexual problems when they grow up. However, sex education can conflictwith some religious beliefs. Students can be confused if theinconsistenciesbetween what is preached in the religious books and what is taught as part of sex education are not addressed. In several schools, sex education is regarded as an extracurricular course and not a basic one,making teachers and students lose interested in it (De n.p.). Additionally, many teachers tasked with teaching sex education are not specialists and have inadequate qualifications to impart knowledge on sexual health. Wrong information is dangerous and leave a wrong impression on students.
Today, the most prominent issue in regardto sexuality is gay marriage. Certain religions perceive sex as a sacred act between a man and a woman, which should only take place within marriage. Other religions perceive some forms of sex as shameful or sinful or emphasize that sex was intended for procreation. Some religions also stress on control over an individual's sexual desire and state the period and circumstances in which sexuality can be expressed (De n.p.).Even in this modern day, gay people still face discrimination and harassments. They are treated as "different" and not socially acceptable. The debate on the acceptance and legality of gay marriage has been going on for quite some time. In 2015, gay marriage was made legal in the United States. Recent times have seen more open support for gay or same-sex marriage throughout the world, but there is a long way before gay sex or gay marriage becomes an acceptable norm in all society.
The subject of gender and human sexualityplays an important in the society. Unlike the sex of an individual, which is defined by physical attributes, gender isdefined by the role an individual plays in the society. By observing the environment and his/her surrounding, a child learns to identify himself/herself as either male or female. However, the definition of gender is a controversial area among theorists. They disagree on the extent that biology, nature, and the society have on shaping or defining an individual's gender. Gender can me more just males and females. Some cultures also accept genders of other categories. Psychological theorists place a lot of emphasis on sexuality as an important source of influence on the human personality. Inpsychoanalytic theory,Sigmund Freud believed that life develops around anxiety and pleasure. Tensions resultfrom the accumulated libido (sexual energy), and all pleasuresoriginate from its discharge.Id, which is one of the three parts of the human personality identified by Freud, is represents libido and instincts. Psychoanalytic theories attempts to understand the complex structure of the human personality.Although psychoanalytic theories can be unscientific, they help explain the complexities of gender and human sexuality. The cognition theory states that what individuals think and view is very significant to sex and sexual behaviors. The sociological theory focuses on ways through which the society or culture nurtures human sexuality. Therefore, each society controls its members' sexuality, and the basic institutions influence the principles that regulate the sexuality of the society. Moreover, proper sexual behavioris defined by culture. This subject is important because sexuality is part of what makes people human. Procreation and sensual pleasure makes human sexuality notable.
Further studieson the field ofgender and human sexuality will lead to better clarity on the complexities of human motivation for sexual behavior.These studies will also enhance disease risk prevention and may throw light on the evaluation of the manner in which sexuality transformswith age. Clear information will be also offered on social and psychological l factors that shape sexuality and the growth of sexually "healthy" adults.People will also be able to understand and address the cause and effects of early marriage, sexual bullying, intimate-partner violence, sex trafficking, and gender norms (De n.p.). Awareness through such studies may also encourage the society to be more accepting of other gender individuals.
Schools play a major function in the implementation of effective sex education to young people. Numerousresearches indicate that effective sex education in schools averts sexexperimentation by young people. Such programs encourage young people to protect themselves while engaging in any form of sexual act.
De, Arpita. "Pros and Cons of Sex Education in Schools." Onlymyhealth, 9 April 2015, www.onlymyhealth.com/sex-education-in-schools-pros-cons-1310535352. Accessed 19 May 2017.


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Langport b&b, guesthouse and hotel accommodation
Langport in Somerset
Visit Langport and the surrounding villages and stay in bed & breakfast accommodation:
Langport, Somerset. Much the best part of this little town, which has a long-established glove industry and was formerly celebrated for its eels (gleaned from the ditches of Sedgemoor), is on its hill-top from which through traffic is discouraged. Here is the so-called "hanging chapel" spanning the road, built in the 15th century as a tradesmen's guildhouse, and the fine church, with an east window of medieval stained glass (of which there is very little in Somerset), a 12th-century Norman tympanum and splendid tie-beam chancel roof. From the churchyard there is a great view over the plain to the South; across the road rather a pretty whitened Roman Catholic church. And only 1 mile East along this road is the church of Huish Episcopi, which has one of the finest towers in Somerset and a Norman doorway remarkable for its terracotta colour caused accidentally by fire.
Langport dates from the Anglo-Saxons and grew up round a fordable place on the River Parrett. It was the scene of a decisive battle in the Civil War.
Nearby towns: Bridgwater, Glastonbury, Ilminster, Martock, South Petherton, Street, Taunton, Westzoyland, Yeovil
Nearby villages: Aller, Ashcott, Athelney, Baltonsborough, Butleigh, Charlton Mackrell, Chedzoy, Compton Dundon, Curry Mallet, Curry Rivel, Drayton, Dundon, Edington, Fivehead, Greinton, Hatch Beauchamp, High Ham, Horsey, Huntworth, Hurcott, Ilchester, Ilton, Isle Abbotts, Isle Brewers, Kingsbury Episcopi, Kingsdon, Knole, Lambrook, Long Load, Long Sutton, Middlezoy, Montacute, Muchelney, North Curry, Othery, Pitney, Shapwick, South Petherton, Stawell, Stocklinch, Stoke St. Gregory, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Sutton Mallet, Tintinhull, Walton, Weston Zoyland
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