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Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) waste, or e-waste, is illegally brought into African states every year. A minimum of 250,000 metric tons of e-waste comes into the continent, and according to the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, the majority of it in West Africa enters from Europe. Developed countries commodify underdeveloped African states as dumping grounds for their e-waste, and due to poor regulations and a lack of enforcement institutions, illegal dumping is promoted. Currently, the largest e-waste dumping site in Africa is Agbogbloshie in Ghana. While states like Nigeria do not contain e-waste sites as concentrated as Agbogbloshie, they do have several small sites.

Two e-waste regulatory institutions exist in Africa: the Basel Convention and Bamako Convention. Because the former institution perceives e-waste as hazardous, it seeks to circumvent adverse public health outcomes that derive from trading EEE. Informal dumping sites burn hazardous materials, subsequently exposing individuals to toxic fumes, contaminating crop production, etc. In particular, Europe and the UK export e-waste into several African states often as donations or second-hand products. African states themselves produce between ~50 and 85% of their e-waste with the rest being imported from developed nations.

Economically, e-waste can carry high value materials which can lead to financial opportunity for some African states. E-waste materials sourced from Africa amounted to $3.2 billion US dollars in 2019, therefore making trading and repairing them economic pursuits for poorer individuals. As such, global trade of e-waste lends itself to a business-like system in certain African states like Ghana. Extracting raw materials like copper is frequently executed by untrained and informal workers that need protective gear and are near localities where children can be exposed. Several economic, health, and political implications derive from the trade of these materials.

Production and Trade of E-Waste

E-waste is categorized as used EEE including refrigerators, cell phones, and computers.

Africa has seen a significant usage of personal computers and mobile phones in the past decade. The continent produced 2.5 kg per capita of e-waste in 2019, which is the lowest rate in the world. 60% of e-waste is imported into the continent, and it is often processed manually with the intent to resell.

The Port of Lagos in Nigeria is a primary location for importing EEE and its capital, Ikeja, stores obsolete e-waste. The United States and Europe deliver EEE daily to Ikeja's marketplace, and approximately 25 to 75% of it is irreparable. The absence of regulatory agencies in developed countries allows them to export into vulnerable checkpoints in Nigeria, thereby exacerbating the growing amount of e-waste. Simultaneously, according to the United Nations Environment Programme, Ghana and West Africa themselves produces 85 percent of e-waste that ultimately remains in Ghana. The same UN programme determined 215,000 metric tons of EEE were imported into Ghana in 2009, with 15 percent being dumped into the Ghana's Agbogbloshie dump site. More broadly, Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania receive e-waste from Europe and the UK.

"Leakage" is used to describe the illegal exportation of waste. The Basel Action Network (BAN) tracked e-waste arriving to recycling centers in ten European countries and discovered 64% of it subsequently being shipped to Africa. Additionally, the BAN identified the UK as the main exporter of EEE to underdeveloped countries. It approximates Europe countries export 352,474 metric tons to developing countries nationally.

Economic Conditions and Impacts

Gold, copper, and other valuable metals and minerals are sought after in e-waste, and despite the environmental and public health effects, people informally work in dumping sites. Agbogbloshie provides work for an estimated 4500 to 6000 people, and byproducts from e-waste have made it a global business. Roughly USD 105 to 268 million is generated by the market while also benefiting 200,000 people. Also in Ghana, aluminum sourced from e-waste is repurposed to manufacture cooking pots and are then sold in the market.

In Egypt, recycling is a market necessity as second-hand and third-hand products are sought out by users. Within the past 8 years, cell phone and computer purchases increased greater than 20 times. The informal sector of its economy collects and moves e-waste, pulls valuable materials out of it, and sells those materials to recyclers among other consumers. Additional materials can be derived from e-waste and recyclers can barter them to companies. Circuit boards and wires can be burned for copper without state interference. In general, although the waste is dangerous to handle, few workers wear protective gloves, goggles, etc.

Environmental and Human Health Impacts

In 2012, a Fieldwork study conducted around Agbogbloshie to assess local concerns about informal e-waste settlements revealed that 96% of respondents perceived a rise in health concerns as a result of the waste settlements and processes. 30% of respondents called into question the breeding of mosquitoes and subsequent rise in malaria risk, while another 40% recalled bodily injury as a result of accidents in the landfills themselves. The burning of e-waste emits toxic particulate matter into the atmosphere from metals and plastics used in devices, cords, circuit boards, etc. Breathing in these toxins often results in respiratory problems for nearby populations. Other symptoms include headaches, skin irritation, gastrointestinal diseases, liver complications, and poisoned fetuses. Chemicals such as mercury, copper, lead, and arsenic leak out of e-waste into soil and water streams, creating an accumulation of harmful chemicals in the ecosystem and its food chains. The expansion of e-waste sites and unsatisfactory waste management practices results in negative impacts on agriculture: space becomes limited for grazing animals and crop production potential.

Local Interaction
A 2021 survey of 216 students conducted at Lupane State University in Zimbabwe reveals that 97% of students were unaware of national e-waste recycling procedures, and almost 64% admitted to disposing of EEE with municipal waste, though aware of its negative health impacts. In Zimbabwe, improper management of e-waste is acknowledged by local populations as a problem, but there are no known efforts to mandate proper management procedures.

Known Dumping Sites
 Olusosun landfill
 Agbogbloshie

Lagos's E-Waste Management
Nigeria and Ghana are among the world's leading cities for electronic waste. Despite bans on importing hazardous waste found in international agreements like the Basel Convention, the Minamata Convention on Mercury, and the Stockholm Convention, fairly relaxed customs systems allow e-waste to travel into Nigeria. Every year, this amounts to approximately 71,000 tonnes of electronic waste imported. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has partnered with Nigeria's National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency to implement a sustainable model for e-waste recycling in order to prevent overflowing landfills. However, scrapping and reselling makes up a large part of how e-waste is managed in the country. Despite hazardous conditions, such as infections and neuro developmental issues, and laws against metal extraction methods, such as burning plastic cables and acid leaching, local civilians run a large informal sector of recycling that is favored by international entities for its evasion of production cost, regulation, and taxation.

In 1977, following an oil boom and subsequent influx of migrants, the city of Lagos founded the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), formerly known as Lagos State Refuse Disposal Board (LSRDB). The poorly managed waste management systems in the 1970s necessitated the establishment of a state-funded institution to monitor waste practices and health implications.

Accra's E-Waste Management
Sub-Saharan African cities, like the capital of Ghana (i.e., Accra) have a deficit of public health infrastructure, including sanitation services and waste management. Despite the Agbogbloshie Scrap Dealers Association (ASDA) showing evidence of how workers can be harmed at the dumping site, workers are defiant to banning it due to employment opportunities. Accra's municipal government, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, are privy to the site's health and environmental risks, but are not proactive about the problems.

Electronic connectors can contain metals including copper, silver, and gold, which is why workers are incentivized to recycle. However, extracting these metals calls for professional expertise and equipment, which workers tend to not possess. One method workers use to remove copper from rubber objects is through burning, which yields harmful smoke.  It has been suggested, through blood samples, that workers heavy metals and other materials concentrated at high levels in their blood stream, in addition to carcinogens. Apart from the actual site's atmosphere being permeated by toxic fumes, people in nearby areas, like the Old Fadama and those working in the business district, are prone to exposure.

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Land of the Leopards
04.26.2016 | Uncategorized
The world's rarest cats are rebounding in Russia, thanks to the creation of a new national park.
Story by Mike Unwin
Photographs by Emmanuel Rondeau
Crows scatter and a magpie hops into the branches of a Korean pine, chattering excitedly. Something has disturbed their meal. A quick scan of the hillside reveals nothing: just a wind-blown stirring of leaves over the shrinking patches of snow. Birds spook easily up in these winter forests.
Then on cue, a large cat ghosts into view among the dark tree trunks. It pauses to sniff the breeze then pads silently forward over the rocks and fallen logs. It's a leopard: that lithe, low-slung frame and long tip-curled tail are unmistakable—as is the telltale spotted coat, almost invisible against the mosaic backdrop of snow, shadow, and leaf-litter.
But this leopard also seems unlike any that a safari-goer might recognize. Its coat is much thicker, for a start, and its rosettes larger and wider spaced. It is, in fact, an Amur leopard: a separate race confined to the temperate forests of the Amur-Heilong region of eastern Russia and northeast China, where that luxurious pelt is essential protection against snowbound winters. While taxonomists might classify it within the same species (Panthera pardus) as its African and South Asian cousins, even to the casual observer it looks a very different beast.
The leopard steps forward to the roe deer carcass, wedged among the rocks where she dragged her prey two days earlier. She looks back along the trail and coughs discreetly. Three small whiskered faces emerge, and her six-month-old cubs scamper over the rocks to greet her. She steps back and allows them to feed.
It's a heart-warming scene of health and productivity. And yet, although the Amur leopard is admirably adapted to its environment, a fur coat only gets you so far. With just 70 individuals remaining in the wild, this is the rarest wild feline on the planet. This particular family of four constitutes 5.7% of the global population. Small wonder that in 1996 the cat was classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as Critically Endangered. It is an animal on the brink.
Land of the Leopard National Park, Russia
It is also exceptionally elusive, which is why this thrilling encounter is visible only on a video clip. Hidden cameras, set up by a Russian research team, have filmed the leopard family for the benefit of science and conservation. Not only does this provide vital data: it has also produced a wild soap opera, Spotted Family, that has gripped TV viewers across Russia, generating new levels of interest in the cats and concern for their future.
This reality might disappoint any would-be leopard-whisperers, who hope to track one down for their own private viewing. Unfortunately, observing these cats in the flesh is a privilege that not even the researchers—who spend years working with them—can expect. Tracks, kills, territorial scrapings and, now, video images are what they have to rely on.
"This is the only view you'll get," confirms Becci May, Program Manager for WWF–UK, which is working with both the Russian and Chinese conservation authorities. She relates how last year, while hiking through Russia's Land of the Leopard National Park—the cat's last stronghold—she and her Russian colleagues found a leopard pugmark inside a cave. "It was about three days old," she recalls. "It was very exciting."
Observing these cats in the flesh is a privilege that not even the researchers—who spend years working with them—can expect.
The Amur leopard is among the smallest of nine races of leopard and the only one adapted to a cold climate. Males stand some 25 to 31 inches (64 to 78 cm) at the shoulder and weigh around 71 to 106 pounds (32.2 to 48 kg)—about the size of a large German shepherd. Females are about 20% smaller. Whatever its dimensions, this is a formidable predator. Adults take prey as large as full-grown sika deer and wild boar, though will hunt down anything from hares to badgers. Their only serious natural enemy in the forest is the Amur tiger, the largest of all cats, to which they give a wide berth.
Natural enemies, however, are not the leopard's principal problem. Its catastrophic decline during the twentieth century was due to our species. People hunted the cat for its valuable pelt and body parts. They persecuted it as 'vermin' for killing deer and livestock—while themselves hunting out the deer, wild boar and other prey species on which it depended. They felled, degraded, and burned down its forests. And they sliced up its territory with railways, fences and lethal highways.
Today this beleaguered cat occupies an area of just 2,500 square km (965 square miles), an area smaller than Rhode Island. This represents less than 3% of its historic range, which formerly encompassed large swathes of northeastern China and eastern Russia, plus the Korean Peninsula. The last individuals are today confined to the Russian Province of Primorsky, south of Vladivostok, with a handful also surviving in the adjacent Jilin province of northeast China. It is here that the last-ditch battle to save the species is being fought.
Land of the Leopard National Park
Sea of Japan
The good news, however, is that the conservationists at last appear to be getting somewhere. In 2007 the population had fallen to an all-time low of just 35 animals and extinction loomed. Today's accepted figure of 70 and rising, while still horribly precarious, represents a turning of the tide. Russia's establishment in 2012 of the Land of the Leopard National Park—offering food, habitat and security—has been critical to this success.
But now the park is reaching its carrying capacity. And this is why a plan to reintroduce the cat to Lozovsky Reserve, a separate protected enclave to the northeast, could be a vital new step in reviving the animal's fortunes. Leopards died out in this area some 30 years ago. Today the conditions are ripe for its return, with the habitat restored and prey populations burgeoning. A new population here would take the pressure off Land of the Leopard, spreading the genetic load of the species, and could pave the way for further expansion elsewhere. "The first task is accomplished: the wild Amur leopard population is stable and growing," explains Yury Darman of WWF-Russia. "But it is still on the brink. This reintroduction program is a historic moment."
WWF first recommended reintroduction at the International Amur Leopard Conference back in 1996. "It was developed initially as a last resort," explains John Barker, head of WWF-UK's India and China program. Back then the population was considered too small to risk such an uncertain venture. But both the conservation of Amur leopards and the science of reintroducing predators have since moved forward. In 2015 the project—a collaboration between the Russian government and numerous partners, including WWF, IUCN and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA)—finally received the green light. "It's all systems go now," says Barker.
Not that reintroduction will be easy. It will involve taking captive leopards from zoos, as conservationists daren't expose the few remaining wild individuals to the hazards of capture and transportation. Young leopards bred from these captive animals will be raised in a special breeding center inside the reserve, and the cubs chosen for reintroduction must pass rigorous tests, proving that they can hunt in the wild, and that they still retain the "panic response" fear of humans. The facilities are now in place in Lozovsky and scientists hope to have two or three breeding pairs established by the end of 2017. "The biggest challenge," warns Barker, "will be the capacity of the cubs to adapt to living in the wild."
This ambitious project vindicates years of grueling groundwork by Russian conservationists, who for decades have pursued what often seemed a lost cause. Their first challenge was just trying to find out how many leopards, if any, were left. It was a tough challenge: often passing weeks alone, trekking huge distances on snowshoes in search of tracks, sometimes spending the night with only the bows of a spruce tree for cover.
More recently a battery of camera traps, carefully situated along key leopard corridors, have done much of the research work, allowing scientists to identify the cats from their unique individual markings and so monitor their progress. Today, more than 200 camera traps are keeping the remaining Amur leopards under constant surveillance, and all individual cats—their behavior, movements and family history—are well known to the research teams.
The more the scientists have learned, the better they've been able to understand and address the causes of the leopard's decline. Conservation groups such as WWF have been able to support the local teams with funding and expertise. Today, the forests are safe from illegal logging and the deer are returning. Meanwhile, proper training and the latest GPS technology have helped parks staff cut the number of forest fires in half, and rangers—with the help of stiffer federal laws for offenders—are gaining the upper hand in efforts to stop poaching.
In China, where the remaining leopard population stands at just 10–15 animals, things are slowly catching up. In Wangqing Nature Reserve, the cat's last refuge, WWF has been helping the authorities restore forests and crack down on illegal logging of Korean pine, while also reducing poaching and increasing prey populations. And there's a new spirit of co-operation. Six months ago, the Russian government signed an agreement with Beijing University that enabled, among other things, the sharing of camera trap images. "This last year, for the first time, they've really gotten together," enthuses May. "Now they can work out which animals are crossing the border."
Make no mistake: the Amur leopard is still on the brink. With such a tiny population, it can take just one event—an outbreak disease, for instance—to tip the balance back towards extinction. October 2015 saw a setback when a car ran down a male leopard named 'Meamur' on a Russian highway. This individual, who was named by Russian rock band Mumiy Troll, was a national celebrity. More significantly, he was also in his breeding prime. "Meamur was seen as the new king," explains Barker. "It was a great shame."
Another new challenge for the leopards is competition from tigers. The larger cats, whose fortunes are also looking up, hijack leopard kills and have been seen on at least two occasions killing their spotted neighbors. Leopards in some areas appear to be taking to higher ground, leaving the valleys to the tigers. All the more evidence that both cats need more safe room in which to roam.
Ultimately, though, it will come down to people. The communities that make their living in this remote corner of the world must be prepared to share their forests with the big cats. In Russia, it seems, they are already onside. "People here have been living with predators for centuries," explains May, "so there is an existing relationship." And the lives of these leopards, broadcast on TV like those of reality stars, have gripped the nation: even Putin himself has lent public support.
In China, however, people may yet need more persuading. An outreach program in the Heilongjiang region is working to convince locals that leopards are worth more than just their pelts. Meanwhile, conservation cooperatives are helping develop more sustainable harvesting of natural resources, such as Korean pine nuts, and creating employment around the parks—including work as park rangers.
The future for the Amur leopard remains uncertain. "I think it is maybe too early to really use the word success," says French photographer Emmanuel Rondeau, one of very few people to have photographed Amur leopards in the wild. "The right word is hope." But 2016, undeniably, sees a potential for recovery that was unimaginable just a decade ago. If the population continues to rise, and if new horizons such as Lozovsky open up, there is indeed every hope that this most enigmatic of big cats will claw back a firm foothold on the forest wilderness from which it so nearly disappeared.
Mike Unwin is a freelance natural history and travel writer based in the UK. Winner of UK Travel Writer of the Year 2013, his books for both adults and children include A Visitor's Guide to Southern African Wildlife (Bradt), 100 Bizarre Animals (Bradt), and The Atlas of Birds (Bloomsbury).
Emmanuel Rondeau
Emmanuel Rondeau is a filmmaker and a photojournalist specializing in conservation issues. His latest photo stories are mainly focused on big cats, like jaguars in Costa Rica and the return of the lynx in France. His photographs have won awards in numerous international competitions like BigPicture, Nature Image Awards and the Montana International Film Festival.
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In US, restaurants concerned over sales losses due to capacity constraints
According to the Wall Street Journal, restaurants are trying to figure out how to run at a fraction of that capacity.
Though dining rooms across the US are reopening and some customers are returning, restaurants have expressed concern regarding sales losses because of capacity constraints imposed to contain the new coronavirus.
"This business model is fundamentally altered," said John Cywinski, president of Applebee's, which was on the path to opening new stores for the first time in years before the crisis hit. Across the restaurant industry, he said, "There will be a likely contraction as a result of this."
Even as restaurants reopen, many Americans say they do not feel comfortable going out to eat yet. A survey of 2,500 US consumers conducted this month found that three-quarters planned to avoid restaurants or dine out less frequently, according to Wall Street firm Cowen.
Margaret Ganong, a 63-year-old translator from Seattle, said that she is too concerned about being exposed to the virus to linger in a restaurant. She does not like the idea of being served by a masked waiter.
Ganong plans to stick to cooking at home with her husband.
"The vibe of a restaurant will be a bit grim for the foreseeable future," she added.
Some casual-dining chains, such as Brinker International Inc.'s Chili's and Cheesecake Factory Inc., built up to-go businesses during the crisis and say they can come closer to breaking even with fewer diners at their restaurants this year.
One Denny's Corp. franchisee is closing 15 restaurants in New York and laying off 520 workers, according to a notice provided to the state this month.
Meanwhile, an owner of 49 IHOP restaurants in four states cited stay-at-home mandates in its bankruptcy filing this month, Wall Street Journal reported.
A spokeswoman for Dine Brands Global Inc., parent company to Applebee's and IHOP, said that the company sent notices terminating the owner's franchise agreements last month.
Independent restaurants face even greater challenges than sit-down chains because they tend to have less room to cordon off customers and fewer seats to remove.
Camilla Marcus, owner of West-bourne in Manhattan, said that she does not know how to make the restaurant's 1,500-square-feet of communal seating work under capacity restraints.
She is among the owners who formed an association-- the Independent Restaurant Coalition -- to lobby Congress for a dedicated USD 120 billion fund for restaurants and for fixes to federal loans meant to keep businesses afloat during the pandemic.
"Everything we have created to date is gone. It's bleak," Marcus said.
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Are you ready for a paradigm shift in your spiritual practice, one that takes you beyond the ultimately isolating model of solo practice and into a living, evolving field of mutual awakening — whether with one other person or a whole group?
Are you eager to participate in the highest level of adult human development and evolution?
If you answered "yes" to these questions, then it may be your time for a shift of awareness that can open up a whole new reality!
For millennia, most transformational practices have been focused on slowly but surely transforming, growing, deepening and expanding your individual self.
From Buddhist vipassana to Freudian analysis to personal growth seminars… the task has always been to create a more evolved, clear, awake, healed and empowered you, OR to transcend this separate self altogether into a kind of undifferentiated nirvana.
While the individualistic model of growth has resulted in some real developmental advances, and even breakthroughs (especially amongst advanced practitioners), it also has profound limitations.
When you begin to reach those limitations, the old practices and perspectives begin to feel stale. You begin to hunger for deeper communion with like-minded others. You wonder how to really live in an embodied, divine way in loving connection and in relationship.
Slowly but surely, you are no longer as enamored by improving, fixing or enhancing your individual self and your being starts yearning for participation in something wider, more alive and more vibrant.
At the deepest level, you begin to seek an identity that goes beyond your personality that has access to larger fields of energy, insight and love.
From Individual Awakening to Mutual Awakening
This identity can best be described as a kind of shared consciousness where two or more people are both part of a larger field that holds and embraces them. In this way, they literally begin to share awareness.
If you're lucky, you might have had some glimpses of this different kind of spiritual realization in which you enter into a shared consciousness — a higher, divine "We."
When such a glimpse happens, it's as if the floodgates have been thrown open and far more sacred energy travels through your body and mind. There's a kind of electric pulse in the air as the boundaries between yourself and others begin to thin and you learn to merge into a beautiful state of loving resonance.
As you connect with this larger field of consciousness, you also open to more intuitive knowing, grace and creativity. Your collaborations begin to come alive as you, quite literally, begin to feel and think as one.
As it turns out, this emergence into a higher "We" is a natural evolutionary progression, one that is now accelerating as more and more humans continue evolving into a sufficiently advanced state for us to experience it.
Mystics throughout the ages have revealed that our sense of separation is an illusion, and in a very real way we are all part of the fabric of a larger Being.
While this mystical truth may sound wonderful in the abstract, most of us don't feel it day to day, even in our spiritual practices.
But what if that's simply because you haven't learned to cultivate the skills for engaging mutual awakening as a spiritual practice?
What if there are techniques and methods that are evolving, right now — at the leading edge of human evolution — which can make this joyful, ecstatic dance of communion with others a new baseline for your life?
What if the deep sense of aloneness could drop away while the boundaries and barriers that separate you from others soften and release?
Imagine the staggering beauty and love you would begin to feel, moment to moment.
That's precisely what transformational teacher Patricia Albere has been pioneering — a path for advanced practitioners who are ripe to enter into new dimensions of relating and expanding consciousness together.
Patricia's approaches are both unifying and viscerally satisfying — unleashing more creativity, joy and collaborative magic than going it alone could ever produce.
This shift into a "higher We" requires entering a new paradigm, which has been called the "Inter-Subjective Age," "Inter-Being" or the "Era of Unity."
In the process of fixating on the individual self, we haven't honed our understanding or skills for sensing, moving and living in a larger field of shared intelligence.
We haven't learned to awaken TOGETHER, which has actually slowed our spiritual progress WAY down — because we are not accessing the creative and liberating power of the group field.
Harvard developmental psychologist Robert Kegan writes that the highest level of human development is NOT self-authoring — focusing on one's own awakening, healing and individual actualization. Instead, it's about what he calls the "self-transforming mind," where you start to foster and pay attention to the potent space between things.
Your consciousness becomes more flowing and you can begin to locate yourself in multiple dimensions.
As this happens, you become cognizant of many things simultaneously. In this way, mutual awakening practices begin to shift the linear way you may focus your awareness. When you shift from the personal to the collective space, you shift from unidimensional perspectives into a multiplicity of perspectives that also include transpersonal states of knowing.
Mutual awakening is emerging as the wave of the future as more and more of us go beyond sitting on our zafus seeking individual enlightenment, to awakening as an engaged collective or in partnership with a beloved.
But mutual awakening doesn't happen magically… it takes learned skills to cultivate a sensitive, intimate field of consciousness and connection. It also requires a new inner orientation and alignment.
This shift allows you to transform old habits of thought, old views of yourself and ways of relating that keep you feeling separate.
When you learn to lean into the spaces between you and others, and feel the boundaries and edges, you eventually enter into a state of shared consciousness. It's as if we suddenly merge our "bubbles" of self-awareness into one, and we are all on the inside looking out.
Experiencing this doesn't have to be random luck. It's a skill that you can practice and cultivate.
As we hone these capacities and shift our perspectives, we can open to remarkable shared experiences where we deeply recognize each other, unite in spontaneous upwellings of love and surrender into the sacred connection of Oneness.
We begin to revere the Beloved in each other (and in ourselves), as the shimmering dance of the Divine becomes far more present and palpable.
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Building upon more than three decades of teaching (including working closely with Werner Erhard in the early years of EST), Patricia Albere is highly skilled at creating the practices and context for entering into this new level of "We-mysticism."
She personally discovered this new possibility in a mysterious and beautiful relationship with an advanced spiritual adept who was killed four years after their union. While the end was heartbreaking, the experience of a shared and mutual awakening propelled Patricia into the next phase of her spiritual journey.
Out of that journey and Patricia's awakening which occurred through the shared field, she created her larger work — initiating groups to enter into mutual awakening together. The results have been extraordinary, as more people learn to shift into a collective consciousness and experience the joy, creativity and dynamism of this multidimensional level of consciousness.
If you are hungry to go beyond your current practice of awakening and begin to relate to others in a wholly new way that calls your full being into the dance… her virtual Mutual Awakening course was created for you.
Patricia presents a profoundly different paradigm in which to grow. Mutual awakening is designed to take you beyond the current boundaries of yourself… not through a loss of identity (indeed, you actually retain and enhance your uniqueness), but by an expansion of your awareness into a space of shared consciousness.
This doesn't mean you're not still growing individually (in fact, even though you're not focused on it, rapid personal growth does happen) It's about experiencing an enhanced way of connecting with others that takes the focus off yourself and speeds up your process because you're intently focused on the "We" instead of the "me."
The space of "We-mysticism" goes beyond what we typically think of as the "We," which is often still very interpersonal and about an interaction "between people." Instead, Patricia helps people enter into a shared subjective experience where a deeply connected state of being opens up. It's a whole different way to experience one's self and one's development.
Once you've access this shared experience, you can never return to your individual quest for growth and healing. You're instead embarking on a whole new, more expansive journey.
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How to actively create a shared field of awakening that fosters greater human capacity for collaboration, creativity and healing
Ways to deepen your relationship with others by awakening to your greater capacity for connection and receptivity
How to decenter your spiritual practice from your individual body-mind
Ways to sense and experience the larger field
How your participation in the shared field is part of a larger evolutionary shift
Ways to speed up your self-transformation through tapping into the power mutual awakening
The keys to sourcing yourself deeply from the shared essence of the "We"
Ways to increase your capacity for fully entering and showing up in each moment
How your shared participation in the greater living intelligence of the planet gives you more access to the emerging paradigm shift
What is particularly exciting to us at The Shift Network is that this paradigm shift in spiritual practice also holds great promise for a critical mass of people entering a higher state and then being able to make positive shifts in our world.
As we experience and live from this state — truly experiencing ourselves as part of a larger whole — we collaborate with each other far more gracefully. Like the cells in a body, we start to operate as a stronger whole.
And that may well be the key to building a world that works for all. Mutual awakening can accelerate our collective evolution and produce far more conscious, embodied and fully engaged humans… which is exactly what we need to turn things around.
So, if you're intrigued and want to go beyond the ultimately isolating model of solo practice and into a living, evolving field of mutual awakening (with one other person or a whole group), or you're curious about the highest level of adult human development now emerging — this will be a fascinating and important course for you.
What You'll Discover in These 12 Weeks
Course sessions are on Tuesdays at 5:00pm Pacific.
In this 12-week transformational intensive, Patricia will lead you into new ways of relating and expanding consciousness that unleash more creativity, joy and collaborative magic.
Each weekly, LIVE contemplation and training session will build harmoniously upon the next, so that you'll develop a complete, holistic understanding of the practices, tools and principles you'll need to relate to others in a wholly new way in which you access the deeper potentials of every relationship and moment.
This course has been divided into three modules that each include four weekly sessions. Each module takes you into an essential perspective of mutual awakening, where you will be introduced to new ideas and have the opportunity to experientially embody those ideas through profound paired and small group exercises. As the modules unfold, you will gain direct access to the practices and perspectives that are the living consciousness of mutual awakening.
Module 1: Awakening Mutuality
The Higher We
Reality exists for the purpose of relating. This module will introduce the domain of "intersubjective awakening" or the "Higher We." We'll explore the reality of what some call "Inter-Being" — where two or more people enter into a mutual field of awakening. As this occurs, we experience the receptive and interwoven fabric for human relating. When two or more people enter into awakened mutuality they come in contact with the true source of each other's being. We'll explore a profound new possibility for human relationships that open between us into a space of tremendous creativity and love.
Session 1: What is the "Higher We?" (December 6)
The 20th century has been called the "century of the self." It ushered in an age of subjectivity and individuality. What Sigmund Freud and other early psychologists illuminated was an inner world as vast and rich as the outer world. The 21st century will open up the shared inner world of intersubjective consciousness in the same way that the 20th century opened up the individual inner world of subjective consciousness. There is a vast universe of inner being that is shared between us and is ready for exploration. It's the space where relatedness exists — the space "between us" or "We-space."
Session 2: The Practice of Mutual Awakening (December 13)
The possibility of "awakened mutuality" depends on our individual ability to meet others beyond the constraints of limiting ideas and beliefs. In this session, you will experience the power of the practice of mutual awakening that has become the core principle for developing our capacity to enter into this consciousness reliably. You will be initiated into a powerful practice of awakened mutuality that will be worked with throughout the three months.
Session 3: Evolutionary Mutuality (December 20)
In this new paradigm, mutuality is paramount — rather than focusing only on our individual capacity to be with life and each other from only our 100% sense of responsibility (or in the negative sense, blame). We now begin to pay attention, together, to how we are influencing each other and the mutuality we share. Mutuality is where our souls overlap, the confluence of our consciousness. There is an expansive world to explore when we mutually agree to be consciously related. We'll explore some of the activating principles that turn on the power of our relatedness.
Session 4: The Power of Mutual Commitment (January 3)
In order for awakened mutuality to reach its full potential it must rest on a sacred commitment with each other. In this session, you'll learn to always stay on the inside of relationship and avoid the isolating "us/them" consciousness that so often separates us from others.
Module 2: Understanding "A Higher Order of Human Relatedness"
In this module, you'll discover what this new paradigm is, and how by shifting your attention and focus into this new world, everything in your life can be transformed. A shift in paradigm is entirely different than learning more inside the paradigm you currently exist in. It changes everything — how you experience yourself, the world and what potentials you can actualize. At certain times in human history, certain individuals find the courage to leave one paradigm behind and embrace a new one — to shift from one reality to another. This emerging paradigm of unity and a higher order of human relatedness is where humanity is headed. By being on the cosmocentric edge, the wave of transformative energy that new eras contain lives through you — which is an extraordinary opportunity.
Session 1: What is the New Paradigm? (January 10)
We see the world through a pre-existing paradigm or worldview that shapes our experience of reality entirely. When there is a shift into a new paradigm, the world changes shape, and who we are and our experience is transformed. Our lives and concept of ourselves function on a different plane. The world is on the precipice of a shift into an evolved paradigm. We'll distinguish the elements of a paradigm and the power of a true shift for you and for the world.
Session 2: The Self-transforming Self
Highest Level of Human Development (January 17)
The pursuit of evolutionary spirituality leads to a more connected sense of identity, one that Harvard Psychologist Robert Kegan has called the "self-transforming self." In this session, you'll experience a sense of self that flows through time in a process of ongoing self-transformation.
Session 3: Working With Emergence (January 24)
Most of us have been trained to work through the willful achievement of goals and forwarding of our agendas. In this session you will discover a different way of being in the world in which the living intelligence of our relationships reveals the appropriate way forward for this moment. In this space things occur that are beyond what we ever could have imagined as goals for ourselves. You will learn what cosmocentric care is in relationship to emergence.
Session 4: Unity & Uniqueness (January 31)
We'll explore the five different levels of unity and learn the powerful difference between traditional impersonal unity states and the kind of unity that arises from essential uniqueness and particularity. Teilhard de Chardin, Sri Aurobindo and George Gurdjieff all emphasized that the evolution of consciousness moves towards being more "personal" — but not the usual sense of "personal." What is the spark of divinity, the origination point of our existence that is distinct and utterly unique… and how do we discover that in each other? We'll explore the "soul tincture" of our essence together — which happens to be the root of essential love.
Module 3: Igniting the Power of We-mysticism
Mysticism is the realm of human endeavor aimed at making direct contact with the Divine. The passion of the mystic is to touch the hidden depths beyond the world of appearances. For thousands of years men and women of different spiritual traditions have followed mystical paths into the higher reaches of human potential. Those who had the courage and commitment to embody what they found became harbingers of new ways of being human. In this module, we'll discover a new realm of mysticism that can only be entered into together — in sacred union with the Divine in each other and with something even greater.
Session 1: Sacred Longing (February 7)
The mystic is initially awakened with a kind of discontent, an ache, a longing that begins to burn and drive them into a new relationship with love and with the Divine. How do we recognize this soul-desire in its desire for the sacred in each other and the multiple Beloveds? By surrendering into this longing that has the power to transform and transfigure us so that fulfillment is truly possible, we become capable of something greater.
Session 2: Love of the Truth (February 14)
The mystic is driven by love for the truth and compelled to experience reality directly. In this session, you will learn to recognize and embrace the "love of truth" that brought you to this point in your spiritual journey.
Session 3: Dimensions of Mystical Experience (February 21)
Our mystical experiences are the markers that lead us along the path to awakening. In this session, you will learn the unique characteristics of these experiences and give voice to the realizations and breakthrough insights that have guided you. We'll illuminate the two essential qualities for We-mysticism.
Session 4: Creative Union (February 28)
The Christian evolutionary thinker Pierre Teilhard De Chardin described evolution as occurring through a succession of creative unions that result in new forms of being. In this session, we'll work with the principle of "creative union," and show how it comes to life in this consciousness. We'll practice mystical co-creation and explore the significance for the future evolution of humanity.
The Mutual Awakening Bonus Collection
In addition to Patricia's transformative 12-week virtual course, you'll receive these powerful training sessions with leading visionaries and teachers. These bonus sessions complement the course — and promise to take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.
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THORNTON v SWIRSKI-COWNDON, 2016 ABQB 88
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5.23: Preparation for questioning
5.6: Form and contents of affidavit of records
The Plaintiff, in an Action involving a commercial financing dispute, sought an Order to include the contents of the corporate Defendant's solicitor's file in the Affidavit of Records, and for the individual Defendant ("Swirski-Cowndon") to make certain inquiries of the corporation's solicitor. The Master dismissed the Plaintiff's Application, and the Plaintiff appealed.
The Plaintiff argued that Rule 5.6 applied and that a party must disclose all records it has under its power and control. The solicitor and Swirski-Cowndon argued that the records were privileged. Romaine J. noted that for a party to have power over a record held by a non-party, the requesting party must have a legal right to access it, and must have an ability to enforce compliance by the non-party. Justice Romaine noted that the corporate Defendant's solicitor did not challenge Swirski-Cowndon's right to access the records and, as a result, Swirski-Cowndon had de facto control of the contents of the file, and should list them in her Affidavit of Records.
With respect to obtaining certain information from the corporate solicitor, Justice Romaine noted that Swirski-Cowndon had not been Questioned as a corporate representative, but rather in her personal capacity. In that capacity, and given the allegations, she could be Questioned about what she did as a director or employee of the corporation, but she was not under a duty to inform herself in the same way as a corporate representative. Swirski-Cowndon's obligations were to reasonably prepare herself for Questioning pursuant to Rule 5.23. She was not required to refresh her memory by reference to the evidence of a third party, the solicitor, who she did not control.
In conclusion, Justice Romaine ordered Swirski-Cowndon to add the contents of the solicitor's file to her Affidavit of Records. However, the Court stated she was not obligated to make inquiries of the solicitor with respect to advice he may have given, or to incorporate the results of that inquiry as part of her Questioning.
DEMB v VALHALLA GROUP LTD, 2014 ABQB 554 HONOURABLE PATRICK BURNS ESTATE MEMORIAL TRUST v P BURNS RESOURCES LIMITED, 2015 ABQB 459 ROYAL BANK OF CANADA v KADDOURA, 2013 ABQB 630
FEUERHELM v ALBERTA (JUSTICE), 2017 ABQB 709 THORNTON v SWIRSKI-COWNDON, 2016 ABQB 88


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De nonen (Latijn: nonae) zijn in de Romeinse kalender de negende dagen voor de Iden (inclusief) van de maand.

Voor de maanden maart, mei, juli en oktober betekent dit de zevende dag. Voor januari, februari, april, juni, augustus, september, november en december is dit de vijfde dag.

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Bucket lists make me nervous.
What happens if you don't finish the list?
What happens if item #4 isn't what you thought it would be?
a list of things already done.
the weekend Katherine ran the Chicago marathon for Parkinson's research.
So here's the deal ladies.
I love the ice cream eating photo!
Yes - Mine would be a reverse bucket list. Went thru a period of to many "I am going to" situations that did not get done. So decided to list my accomplishments instead of what I want to accomplish.
What a great idea! I love coming to visit your blog, you keep it real! Love that.
Great idea! My reverse bucket list really makes me smile! Love the picture of your Dad and Grandson! Sweet! Have blessed day dear friend, HUGS!
Have to say...this made me sit up and take notice. Life is just a series of drops in the bucket isn't it? I had just never thought of it that way until you so wisely pointed it out to me.
P.S. I have a wonky circa early '70's HUD home. My kids try to talk me/us into moving, but I tell 'em, the roots go straight to the center of earth.
My hsband always asks e what is on my list. I don't like the thought of a bucket list either. I like your take on it.
The picture of your grandson and his great grandfather is precious. I love your hoe.
Hmmm.... well there is definitely something "behind" me and I wish I could lose it so it wasn't on my bucket list or my reverse bucket list.


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› International action on the digital economy
International action on the digital economy
Grant Wardell-Johnson and Andy Hutt discuss European Commission and OECD plans for cross-border coordination in taxing the digital economy.
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In the last week both the European Commission and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have announced the next phase of their plans for cross-border coordination in taxing the digital economy.
On 16 March, the OECD released its interim report "Tax Challenges Arising from Digitalisation". This report reflects consensus achieved between more than 110 member countries, and recognises that the existing tax framework has two key features requiring change in order to adequately address the digital economy. These are:
the nexus rules about the jurisdiction(s) in which a taxpayer is deemed to have a taxable presence; and
the profit allocation rules about how a multinational's profits are allocated between the different jurisdictions in which it is deemed to have a taxable presence.
There is not yet consensus among OECD members about exactly how these features should change, and what interim measures countries may adopt pending the OECD's target of achieving a consensus-based long-term solution in 2020. The OECD also notes that some of its initiatives to combat base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) are already resulting in certain multinational enterprises changing their structure to improve alignment with their real economic activity.
On 21 March, the European Commission released its package of proposals for a "Fair and Effective Tax System in the EU for the Digital Single Market". The package includes proposals that the European Council should issue two directives on the taxation of the digital economy, such that:
Each member state would amend its tax law to treat an entity which has a "significant digital presence" in the member state as having a taxable presence ("digital permanent establishment (PE)". A digital PE would include a website or mobile application with revenues, users or digital services customers in a particular member state exceeding certain thresholds.
Until the member states have legislated the digital PE concept, they would each apply a digital service tax (DST) from 1 July 2020 at the rate of 3 percent of revenues derived from customers in that member state. Only groups with global revenue above EUR 750 million, and European Union (EU) revenue above EUR 50 million would be affected. The DST would apply to the supply of advertising space, marketplaces for transactions directly between users, and the transmission of collective user data. It would not apply to digital content services or certain financial instrument trading platforms.
The logic behind the European Commission's proposal is that significant value can be created by the interaction with, and contributions to certain digital platforms by residents of a member state. Therefore applying the principle that tax should arise in the jurisdiction in which value is created, it is appropriate for the platform to pay tax in member states where its users live.
In order for the proposals to take effect, consultation must first take place with the European Parliament. The European Council would then need to unanimously adopt the final directive wording in order for it to take effect.


We've been having absolutely gorgeous days. Taking advantage of all the huge mounds of snow before it all melts away.
Hope everyone is having a fun filled weekend too!!
I love that last photo! What a hoot! I remember being that small, and crawling around in the snow for hours...Thanks for the trip back!
Wow that snow is beautiful! I wish I had more of a chance to experience it!
I just love a bright and snowy day!
the boys look like they are having a blast with their dad!!


Genealogist, copy editor and writer Martin Fischer will give a presentation called "Write It! Tips for Saving and Sharing Family History in Written Form" at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, at the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois meeting at Temple Beth-El, 3610 Dundee Road, Northbrook, Ill.
The JGSI meeting facilities at Temple Beth-El will open at 12:30 p.m. for those who want to use or borrow genealogy library materials, get help with genealogy websites or ask genealogical questions from genealogy expert volunteers before the main program begins at 2 p.m. For more information, see jgsi.org or phone 312-666-0100.
In his presentation, Marty Fischer will discuss the many different forms genealogical writing can take, describe the writing process and explain how to organize a piece of family history writing. He will offer tips on writing problems to avoid and suggest possible topics family historians may want to write about.
His presentation will include a brief introduction to the pre-writing techniques of outlining, mind-mapping and stream-of-consciousness rough drafting. He will also explain the value of focusing on a topic by creating a thesis statement and share a few examples from his own family history.
Martin Fischer has been doing family history research since the 1970s and created an extensive family history website, martinfischer.webs.com, which he started in 2004. The vice president of publicity for the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois, he is also a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, International Society of Family History Writers and Editors, St. Louis Genealogical Society, American Copy Editors Society and the Editorial Freelancers Association.
Fischer has written articles for the St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly; Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy; Morasha: The Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois newsletter; Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly, Archives.com and Chicago Tribune.
He works part-time as a copy editor for the Chicago Tribune's Production and Design Studio and as an adjunct faculty member of the City Colleges of Chicago. Until a couple years ago he also taught introductory college writing and sociology courses for the University of Phoenix.
At each regular JGSI monthly meeting, its "help desk" operates from 12:30 to 1:55 p.m. Member volunteers access online databases and answer genealogical questions one-on-one for members and visitors as time allows.
The JGSI library has more than 800 volumes of interest to Jewish family historians. Many are available for borrowing by JGSI members for a limited time. All are available for perusing from 12:30 to 1:55 p.m. at each regular monthly meeting.


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DWM 284 (17 November 1999) Children and Doctor Who, Auton 3, The Time Team 5, Michael Jayston, The Myth Makers Archive, The Also People, The Company of Thieves 1
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Baker or McGann? McGann or Baker? Choose you favourite cover! The Phantom Menace magazines and books that have come out with a choice of cover have presumably influenced DWM 283, the magazine's 20th anniversary edition. Since I received the eighth Doctor cover version in my subscription, my collectors' instinct forced me to find a Tom Baker cover. And it wasn't easy! I had to make a special trip to London, and after visiting over a dozen newsagents, I eventually found the elusive Mr Baker. Boy, am I glad there weren't eight covers!
The anniversary issue showcases 24 commentaries from fans who share their thoughts and feelings about growing up with Doctor Who and fandom during the 1980s. The feature cleverly uses Beatles song titles as headings; and you'll have fun trying to identify all the characters in the splendid Sergeant Peppers-style collage on page 6.
For the third time this year, the features of a pretender claiming to be the Doctor appears on the cover. Joining the ranks of Jim Broadbent (#274) and Rowan Atkinson (#278) as wanna-be Doctors is Mark Gatiss (#285), who is playing the Time Lord in BBC2's celebrative TV special. And, yes, he does look the part...
And speaking of wanna-bes, the other 'forgotten' Doctor, Michael Jayston, is interviewed again (he previously appeared in the DWM 1986 Winter Special). I still find it unusual that Jayston is never included in lists alongside the other eight actors; the Valeyard is the Doctor after all...
Wendy (Zoe) Padbury gives her last ever interview, having decided that she's done all she can Doctor Who-wise. It is sad in a way that some of the stars of the show (Colin Baker being another) are growing weary of this aspect of their careers, but then I guess it was only inevitable...
New Adventures author Lawrence Miles gives a very controversial interview on the subject of re-writing Doctor Who mythology (in the books). Controversial or not, the magazine needs to interview more of the writers of the books. And why is there no photo of Miles? I wanna know what this guy looks like!
Destiny of The Daleks is the Archive in the anniversary issue; an ideal choice since that story has also reached its 20th anniversary. The Myth Makers Archive features some terrific new behind the scenes photographs; we now know what the sets and actors of The Myth Makers look like! Seeing images like these reinforces my opinion that behind the scenes pictures are by far more interesting than shots of posing actors.
#283 showcases the second strip illustrated with Roger Langridge's unique style, as the Doctor finds himself trapped in a bizarre world in TV Action!, but I feel that some of the cameo references would go over the heads of many New Zealand readers unfamiliar with all the many British pop icons who appear.
This item appeared in TSV 59 (January 2000).
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A potter (identified as Perenge) crouching down making a large clay pot on the ground, supported by a ring of earth.
Morton, Chris. "Zande pot making" Southern Sudan Project (in development). 03 Jan. 2006. Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://southernsudan.prm.ox.ac.uk/details/1998.341.702/>.


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Q: how to remediate CVE-2022-42889 in graphdb-free-9.11.1 We using graphdb-free-9.11.1. To remediate CVE-2022-42889, Can we replace commons-text-1.9.jar with commons-text-1.10.0.jar?

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Jan Wiggert placed her hands on Trapper, a 19-year-old gelding, during a reiki session. Horses willing to accept the flow of energy through reiki will generally stand without restraint during the therapeutic sessions.
When equine reiki therapists talk about a flow of energy, they are not referring to the effort it takes to round up cattle, jump over rails, run a gymkhana pattern or travel over miles of trails. They are talking about a universal life force that can aid in relieving stress and discomfort.
Jan Wiggert, owner of Wiggert Equine Training Center near Holmen, has been attuned to second level reiki and uses the therapy on her family's show horses.
She and her daughters show their Arabian and part-Arabian horses at regional and national level competitions, and Wiggert often gives their horses reiki sessions before they compete.
Before her daughter, Stephanie Eckelkamp, competed at the Arabian Horse Association's Canadian National Championship with Fames Harley Girl, the mare received reiki sessions. The horse and rider team returned home with three national championships, three reserve national championships and three top ten placings.
Wiggert also uses the complementary healing technique on the animal patients coming in to the veterinary clinic where she works.
The therapy is administered through the gentle touch of the reiki practitioner who has been attuned to the healing method. A person becomes attuned to reiki through a centuries-old rite that passes the energy flow from master to acolyte.
Those attuned to the energy force generally report feeling a mild tingling sensation in their palms as they rest their hands on the person or animal they are treating. Many will also report their palms become warmer as they administer reiki.
Because it involves a simple laying-on of hands, reiki is a noninvasive therapy. Despite its simplicity, the therapy has been credited with easing tension, promoting deep breathing and stimulating the flow of the person's or animal's energy.
In humans, the therapy has been credited with helping people overcome stress, break unwanted habits or conditions such as smoking, overeating and alcoholism. Equine reiki practitioners claim it can have similar benefits for horses. In addition to calming horses, the stress relief provided by the therapy is said to help horses overcome vices such as cribbing and windsucking.
Advocates claim reiki can only help; it can never hurt. It aids the mind, body and spirit in removing various toxins and blockages in the energy pathways. The goal of reiki is to restore normal energy flow to these pathways by dissolving blockages created by stress, resentment, anger and disease. The complementary therapy assists the body's natural ability to heal.
Practitioners emphasize that reiki isn't a substitute for skilled veterinary care, but say treatments lowering stress levels, making medical health care more effective.
Before they begin a reiki session, reiki practitioners ask the horse's permission to administer the treatment. Practitioners ask permission by approaching the horse's muzzle with both hands held forward and open to the horse. The horse will indicate its willingness for a reiki session by moving its nose toward the hands or stepping toward the practitioner.
Reiki practitioners will place their hands at specific sites on the horse's body known as chakras. The seven major chakras or energy pathways in the body are the root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, crown and the forehead. While reiki energy can flow to the recipient wherever the practitioner places her hands, most therapists will focus on those vital energy pathways of the body.
The practitioner will keep his or her hands on one spot until the horse indicates a release by yawning, licking its lips or chewing or by lowering its head and eye lids. Some horses might also produce more stomach noises.
Reiki practitioners feel animals tend to be great clients for energy work because they have no preconceived notions or skepticism that can get in the way of the energy flow as can be the case in humans.
Horse owners wanting to become reiki healers can approach a reiki master to receive the attunement and begin their journey along the path of the universal life force.


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Bright flash of light marks incredible moment life begins when sperm meets egg
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Video Shows Orb of Light When Sperm Meets Egg Sparking Conversation About When Life Begins
Scientists at Northwestern University in Chicago say they witnessed a burst of zinc fireworks at the moment when a human sperm joins an egg.
According to LifeNews.com, scientists believe the flash of light signals the moment human life begins.
"We discovered the zinc spark just five years ago in the mouse, and to see the zinc radiate out in a burst from each human egg was breathtaking," said Dr. Teresa Woodruff, a professor at Northwestern. "It was remarkable."
According to their research, the flash happens when the sperm enters the egg and triggers calcium that then releases zinc from the egg. To see the zinc, researchers added small molecule probes that lit under certain conditions.
"These fluorescence microscopy studies establish that the zinc spark occurs in human egg biology, and that can be observed outside of the cell," said Tom O'Halloran, the study's other senior author.
The research also said that "over the last six years this team has shown that zinc controls the decision to grow and change into a completely new genetic organism."
Scientists also said the intensity of the flash of light could indicate the egg's quality and the viability of the embryo. This could mean that doctors could use that research in the future to determine what eggs are best for in vitro fertilization.
"Often we don't know whether the egg or embryo is truly viable until we see if a pregnancy ensues," said Dr. Eve Feinberg on Northwestern's website. "That's the reason this is so transformative. If we have the ability up front to see what is a good egg and what's not, it will help us know which embryo to transfer, avoid a lot of heartache and achieve pregnancy much more quickly."
https://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/video-shows-orb-of-light-when-sperm-meets-egg-sparking-conversation-about-when-life-begins.html


Madison Fenton with her bottle baby, Capriole's Rosie Goatie.
Below, Madison preps Rosie & her 2006 kid, Madi's Carbon Copy, for the Wild West Weekend, July 2006.
Madison is 7 now, and Rosie is 2.
Maddie admires Rosie's blue ribbon.
Maddie has become a first rate showman !


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Q: Go sort a slice of runes? I'm having trouble sorting strings by character (to check whether two strings are anagrams, I want to sort both of them, and check for equality).
I can get a []rune representation of the string s like this:
runes := make([]rune, len(s))
copy(runes, []rune(s))

And I can sort ints like this
someInts := []int{5, 2, 6, 3, 1, 4} // unsorted
sort.Ints(someInts)

But rune is just an alias for int32 so I should be able to call
sort.Ints(runes)

However, I get the error:
cannot use runes (type []rune) as type []int in function argument

So... how do I sort a slice of int32, int64, or int*?
EDIT: I did get my runes sorted, but boy, this is ugly.
type RuneSlice []rune

func (p RuneSlice) Len() int           { return len(p) }
func (p RuneSlice) Less(i, j int) bool { return p[i] < p[j] }
func (p RuneSlice) Swap(i, j int)      { p[i], p[j] = p[j], p[i] }

func sorted(s string) string {
    runes := []rune(s)
    sort.Sort(RuneSlice(runes))
    return string(runes)
}

So basically if you have a slice of whatever, you'll have to wrap it in a type that implements  sort.Interface. All those implementations will have the exact same method bodies (like sort.IntSlice and sort.Float64Slice). If this is really how ugly this has to be then why didn't they provide these WhateverSlice wrappers in the sort package? The lack of generics start to hurt very badly now. There must be a better way of sorting things.

A: Use sort.Sort(data Interface) and implement sort.Interface, see the examples on package documentation.
You cannot use rune which is int32 as int. Check the comment of int.

int is a signed integer type that is at least 32 bits in size. It is a
  distinct type, however, and not an alias for, say, int32.

A: Note: Go 1.8 will introduce helpers for sorting slices.
See issue 16721 and commit 22a2bdf by Brad Fitzpatrick
var strings = [...]string{"", "Hello", "foo", "bar", "foo", "f00", "%*&^*&^&", "***"}

func TestSlice(t *testing.T) {
    data := strings
    Slice(data[:], func(i, j int) bool {
        return data[i] < data[j]
    })
}

A: Just as a point of comparison, here's what things might look like if the sort interface were slightly different.  That is, rather than the interface being on the container, what would things look like if the interface were on the elements instead?
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "sort"
)

type Comparable interface {
    LessThan(Comparable) bool
}

type ComparableSlice []Comparable

func (c ComparableSlice) Len() int {
    return len(c)
}

func (c ComparableSlice) Less(i, j int) bool {
    return c[i].LessThan(c[j])
}

func (c ComparableSlice) Swap(i, j int) {
    c[i], c[j] = c[j], c[i]
}

func SortComparables(elts []Comparable) {
    sort.Sort(ComparableSlice(elts))
}

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Let's try using this:

type ComparableRune rune

func (r1 ComparableRune) LessThan(o Comparable) bool {
    return r1 < o.(ComparableRune)
}

func main() {
    msg := "Hello world!"

    comparables := make(ComparableSlice, len(msg))
    for i, v := range msg {
        comparables[i] = ComparableRune(v)
    }

    SortComparables(comparables)

    sortedRunes := make([]rune, len(msg))
    for i, v := range comparables {
        sortedRunes[i] = rune(v.(ComparableRune))
    }

    fmt.Printf("result: %#v\n", string(sortedRunes))
}

Here, we define a Comparable interface, and we get our type ComparableRune to satisfy it.  But because it's an interface, we've got to do the awkward boxing to go from rune to ComparableRune so that dynamic dispatch can kick in:
    comparables := make(ComparableSlice, len(msg))
    for i, v := range msg {
        comparables[i] = ComparableRune(v)
    }

and unboxing to get back our runes:
    sortedRunes := make([]rune, len(msg))
    for i, v := range comparables {
        sortedRunes[i] = rune(v.(ComparableRune))
    }

This approach appears to require us to know how to do typecasts to go back and forth between the interface and the dynamic type of the value.  It seems like we would need to use more parts of Go---more mechanics---than the approach that uses the container as the interface.

A: There is, in fact a soft-generic way to do what you want.
Check out the following package:

https://github.com/BurntSushi/ty/tree/master/fun

especially the following file:

https://github.com/BurntSushi/ty/blob/master/fun/sort_test.go

Example of how it is used:
tosort := []int{10, 3, 5, 1, 15, 6}

fun.Sort(func(a, b int) bool {
    return b < a
}, tosort)

There are lots of other interesting fun generic algorithms implemented through reflection in that package.
All credits go to @BurntSushi.

A: As of November 2020 at least, https://golang.org/pkg/sort/ offers to use a custom Less function passed as a closure. The code below has the desired effect:
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "sort"
)

func main() {

    s1 := "eidbaooo"

    runeSlice := []rune(s1)

    fmt.Println(string(runeSlice))

    sort.Slice(runeSlice, func(i, j int) bool {
        return runeSlice[i] < runeSlice[j]
    })

    fmt.Println(string(runeSlice))
}

Output:
eidbaooo
abdeiooo

This can spare you the full interface implementation.


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Fagan rushes for 260, Air Force beats Colorado State 27-19
Army holds off Air Force 17-14, 11th straight win at home
By John Kekis Nov. 03, 2018 03:38 PM EDT
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Army is in rarefied air and coach Jeff Monken is impressed. The third wheel in the annual round-robin series with service...
Air Force travels to Army; revenge on the mind
By John Kekis Nov. 02, 2018 01:56 AM EDT
Rypien slices Air Force in Boise State's 48-38 win
By Dennis Georgatos Oct. 27, 2018 10:58 PM EDT


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Imperia GP struts its retro hybrid stuff in Belgium
Feb 21st 2011 at 5:43PM
Imperia GP – Click above for high-res image gallery
The modern automotive era has seen more retro brands revived than we can remember. Marques like Bugatti, Spyker, Abarth and Mini are perhaps the most prominent among them – to say nothing of counteless resurrected model nameplates from the Volkswagen New Beetle to the Dodge Challenger – and each has brought its classic caché back from the dead with a modern take on the original. Imperia, however, plans on doing one better.
Active throughout the first half of the 20th century, Imperia is back with retro styling along the lines of a Morgan or Wiesmann, but with a decidedly modern twist: it's a hybrid. Propulsion is provided by the combination of a 207-horsepowr 1.6-liter turbo four and a 134-hp electric motor. Such a small package driven only by the electric motor can hit 62 from a standstill in a solid six seconds, or just four with internal combustion kicking in.
The product of some three years of development, the first pre-production prototype was recently unveiled at its home Belgian Auto Show, and is set to hit the market shortly with a 90,000-euro price tag, or 120,000 euros for the first edition. Take a closer look in the gallery below and in the press release after the jump.
[Source: Imperia via WorldCarFans]
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Imperia Automobiles, a concept
The Imperia Automobiles project is clearly ambitious
It involves nothing less than creating a new vehicle concept, implementing new technologies, and at the same time introducing a new approach to driving and the pleasure it brings.
It is ambitious too because this vehicle aims to join a stubbornly exclusive segment where quality standards are very high.
And it is even more ambitious because Imperia Automobiles is proposing a world 1st in the sector, both a small revolution and an incredible evolution.
The design of this vehicle hinges on three remarkable requirements:
* Environmental concern, through motorisation based on Plug-in hybrid engine technology supplemented by path-breaking autonomy in electric mode.
* The pleasure of sport driving, obtained through high-level performance.
* Attention to design, conveyed through its neo-retro lines inspired from Imperia history that will seduce the most demanding amateur.
3 parameters, 1 solution
There are vehicles that at present offer one, or even two, of these characteristics. The originality and relevance of the Imperia Automobiles concept rest in the fact that it is the only one able to meet all three of these requirements at the same time. The Imperia is indeed a world first.
In keeping with the times, the Imperia project is part of a major trend in today's world which, quite rightly, is concerned more and more with the environment and sustainable development. It also enables its potential purchasers to satisfy their taste for technology oriented towards pleasure and aesthetic refinement whilst still making a socially-responsible gesture.
PowerHybrid Technology
Propulsion that really moves things forward
The motorisation of the Imperia GP roadster relies on a technology developed exclusively for this vehicle. The first sports car considering the same strong environmental concerns only propose the pure electric propulsion, which drastically limits their range of action.
Imperia, for its part, offers unlimited range the moment it switches to the thermal engine in case the batteries go empty. In hybrid mode, the batteries can also preventively be recharged when the vehicle is in motion.
The principle of PowerHybrid® propulsion according to Imperia
During a journey, the driver can decide at any time, via a selector, the type of propulsion required: electric or hybrid.
Using another control, the driver decides whether he/she intends to run the batteries down completely (in order to recharge them on the mains, having reached the destination), or wants to keep a reserve to be used when entering urban traffic.
These functions enable you to optimise your use of the Imperia GP by adapting to circumstances.
Cheap energy with no direct emissions
The Imperia GP offers yet another pioneering exclusive feature on its market segment: it is the only hybrid car that can be recharged from the mains, simply via a 220V power socket.
Full charge is obtained in 4h30, for an unbeatable cost per kilometer ratio (€ 0.034/ km on day tariff, € 0.016/100 km on night tariff).
Environment and Performance
Pure speed. Really very pure
The Imperia Automobiles offer is radical: a vehicle whose consumption and CO2 emissions are comparable to those of a Smart ForTwo, whilst still guaranteeing outstanding performance easily rivalling makes with an established reputation, like Ferrari or Porsche.
Imperia Automobiles manages to square the circle in two ways. By designing a very lightweight vehicle on the one hand, and by harmoniously combining in parallel the two motorisations, thermal and electric, on the other.
Our design minimises well-to-wheel nuisances, that is from primary energy. Consequently, the Imperia GP roadster emits very little CO2 overall (and even zero direct emissions in electric mode), en thereby plays an effective part in fighting global warming. Following European regulation R101 for Plug-in hybrids, the mixed consumption -petrol and electricity- of the Imperia GP barely reaches 1.9 l/100km plus 11.5 kWh/100km and the CO2 emissions are below 50 g/km! In a more rigorous well-to-wheel philosophy, the environmental mission is also here completely fulfilled.
Performances that make other sports cars green with envy
Sports performances are not being left behind.
The Imperia GP accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 6.0 seconds in purely electric mode, and in 4.0 seconds in hybrid mode. The kilometre time trial clocks in at 22.5 seconds. The Porsche 911 Carrera S itself cannot boast as much. Specialists will appreciate it.
We wanted to prove that a socially- and environmentally-responsible approach does not rule out the finer pleasures in life!
Rediscovered pleasure
The success of resurrected cars like the New Beetle, the Mini, or more recently, the commercial triumph of the new-look Fiat 500, bear witness to this: Neo-Retro Design is definitely in fashion. In addition to the aesthetic pleasure afforded by the lines, which stand out from the current standards commonplace in today's vehicles, you can also detect nostalgia for a time when the car was still a magical object, the vector of a rediscovered freedom.
With wings separate from the engine hood and its fluid lines, the Imperia GP celebrates the return to a concept where elegance is no longer sacrificed for efficiency, and where these two parameters are harmoniously integrated. Its vertical radiator grille is a fine example of this. Although it might suggest an aerodynamic weakness, it houses a mobile inlet device that regulates the flow of air into the vehicle.
This characteristic gives it a better penetration ratio than many contemporary cars.
The design of the Imperia results from a close collaboration between Green Propulsion and the designer Denis Stevens.
Sensual pleasure without luxury. Or with.
The sporty character of the Imperia GP is also reflected in its deliberately austere interior. Amateurs and those nostalgic for purely sports driving will discover a level of pleasure that sometimes seems lessened by the different electronic "support" systems that more ordinary vehicles are filled with.
On board the Imperia GP, the driver becomes the pilot again.
These devices are available, however, as several option packs.
IMPERIA GP
Layout 4 in line turbo
Maximum torque 260 Nm
Maximum power 156 kW
Gearbox 5 speed
Type Induction
Layout 1P96S
Nominal voltage 355 V
Capacity 31 A.h
Range on batteries > 70 km
Maximum power 3 kW
Net plug 220 V 16 A
Charging time 85% in 4h 100% in 5h
Chassis Steel spaceframe including safety cage
Body Composite
Suspensions Double wishbones
Rims 18 inches alloy
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