1. My jacket is maroon and unfortunately we didn't have any maroon felt here at the quilt shop so I decided to match the colors to my scarf which is multi-colored with blue, yellow, maroon, and cream.....blue and mustard yellow were my favorites.
2. Next I made a template out of freezer paper so that I could recreate the same design for another one later. I also made templates for my flower layers (this will make more sense in a little bit).
3. I ironed the freezer paper onto my felt and started cutting.
4. After my headband was cut out, I made a 1/4" seam around the entire thing. This prevents it from stretching too much. I also used the button hole setting on the machine to create buttons holes big enough for some fun wood buttons.
5. I cut open the button holes and hand sewed a button on the opposite end.
5. After I created the basic headband it came to the fun part....embellishments. I decided to do layered flowers. I also chose to use another button and make it the middle of my flower. I hand sewed these embellishments on...and tad-ah a cold weather ear warmer.
6. After I made the first one I wasn't sure how I felt about the width, so I made a smaller one. I decided to do a bow embellishment for this one using both colors.
If you're interested in making these for yourself or others, I have the templates for the wide headband, narrow headband, and layer flowers saved on a PDF (the bow I kind of made up as I went along, just strips of felt folded into a bow). Send me an email at commonthreadsmn@gmail.com and I'll email the PDF to you.


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Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie: the royal sisters' life in photos
Inside the lives of the Princesses of York
By 9Honey|12:27pm Sep 23, 2020
Princess Beatrice
Princess Beatrice Wedding
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Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie's night out on the town
Princess Beatrice, 32, and Princess Eugenie, 30, were seen at Annabel's members club in Mayfair, London on September 22.
It's believed to be the sisters' first night out on the town together since Princess Beatrice returned from her honeymoon, following her secret July royal wedding.
The newlywed's husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, didn't join the outing, it's understood, but Eugenie's husband, Jack Brooksbank, was with the pair for the evening.
The Princesses of York both donned reusable face masks as they ventured into central London amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Eugenie sported a $71 covering by New York-based artist Jenny Holzer, for the Wedel Collective, which features the words "You & Me" printed in a scrolling font across it.
3 of 18Attribution: Instagram
Princess Eugenie congratulates Beatrice on her wedding announcement
Princess Eugenie took to Instagram to share this adorable throwback snap of her and Beatrice in honour of her sister's wedding announcement.
"She's so excited," Beatrice captioned the sweet snap, which showed the sisters when they served as bridesmaids at the wedding of their former nanny in 1993.
"Today the family announced Beatrice will marry Edo on 29th May 2020. Very proud of this moment."
On Friday the royal family officially announced that Beatrice will tie the knot on 29 May, marrying fiance Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at The Chapel Royal at St James' Palace. Afterwards the wedding party will move to Buckingham Palace, where the Queen will host Beatrice's reception.
4 of 18Attribution: PA/AAP
Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie snap pics at UN event
Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie were spotted snapping photos together while at a Commonwealth reception during the United Nations General Assembly in New York. While some fans speculated that the royals were taking a selfie together, others insisted that the sisters looked like they were snapping shots of the ceremony itself.
Royals taking selfies isn't exactly common, with Prince Charles being notoriously anti-selfie. During an appearance last year, Meghan Markle even told a fan who asked for a picture, "We're not allowed to do selfies."
Princess Eugenie's sweet tribute to Beatrice on sibling's day
Princess Eugenie shared a sweet snap to Instagram to honour her big sister, posting an unseen photo from her 2018 wedding.
"Happy National Siblings Day," she captioned the adorable picture.
"And to my big sister, you're the best especially when helping me and my dress into the getaway car."
Why we see more of Princess Eugenie at royal events compared to Princess Beatrice
It's purely down to geography that we see more of Eugenie, 28, than her older sister Beatrice, 29.
Beatrice, who is the ninth in line to the British throne, lives in New York while Eugenie – who is set to marry fiancé Jack Brooksbank in October – is based in London, much more convenient when it comes to attending high profile events.
Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie at the Serpentine Summer Party, June 2018
Beatrice and Eugenie both looked stunning as they attended the Serpentine Summer Party in London.
Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie chose colourful outfits for the fashion event - minus the fascinators the public love them for.
Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank at the Serpentine Summer Party, June 2018
Princess Eugenie and fiance Jack Brooksbank were all smiles as they posed for cameras. The couple will marry later this year at St. George's Chapel.
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Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie at Royal Ascot, June 2018
Dressed in pale blue and white, the York sisters arrived at the Royal Ascot races in a carriage with Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of York.
At the event, Beatrice and Eugenie were seen chatting with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, who made her Ascot debut with Prince Harry by her side.
Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice at Trooping the Colour 2018
The York sisters joined fellow members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for the Queen's official birthday celebrations.
Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie at the royal wedding, May 2018
Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie had front row seats to the nuptials of cousin Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
The sisters arrived at Windsor Castle on Saturday, accompanied by their father Prince Andrew.
Their chic blue dresses were accessorized with subtle head wear -- a cream hat for Eugenie and a strappy headband for Beatrice.
Princess Beatrice attends the Met Gala, May 2018
Princess Beatrice, 29, attended the Met Gala in New York, wearing a floor length gown in a royal shade of purple.
In a rare interview with The Telegraph in 2008, Princess Eugenie spoke of her close relationship with her sister.
"We get on fantastically well, perhaps because we do and think different things," the then-18-year-old said of Beatrice.
"Like all sisters, we have silly arguments about unimportant stuff, but we do love each other to death."
Many of these arguments revolve around clothing - a topic of contention for many sisters.
"I always take her clothes back to school, for instance, which she hates," Eugenie recalled.
"We had a screaming argument over a pair of Converse trainers that I took back, which she said were hers and I said were mine.
"And in the end I realised they were hers when I found mine behind the door."
Naturally, the princesses have their differences. In her Telegraph interview, Eugenie insisted they were like "chalk and cheese" in many ways.
"I tell it as it is. I am shyer at first. Like, at a party I will say to Beatrice as we go in, 'Oh, you go first'," she said.
"But then, when we're actually in, I am much louder and she is far more polite and solicitous."
Their approach to fashion also differs.
"[Beatrice] loves her glamorous dresses and her hair being curly or big - like Mummy's - and I hate volume. I like my hair to be sort of flat," Eugenie added.
"I like just throwing on a pair of jeans and generally being more understated. She is more 'Let's do the glamour'."
The siblings' closeness also extends to their mother Sarah, Duchess of York, who divorced from Prince Andrew in 1996.
"Mummy, Bea and I call ourselves 'the Tripod'," Eugenie told The Telegraph.
"They are my best friends in the world."
Beatrice has previously described her mother as an "incredible" role model and her best friend.
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Q: Add TABLESAMPLE in query My query is
SELECT *
FROM
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  SELECT *,
  ROW_NUMBER() OVER (Order by (select 0)) as rn
) as X
where rn > 1000
TABLESAMPLE(10 ROWS)

query is working fine without tablesample clause.
How to add tablesample with given query??

A: Try tsm_system_rows that returns a number of rows instead of a percent of the records.
SELECT * FROM my_table TABLESAMPLE SYSTEM_ROWS(100);

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Here is yet another chance to see Forest Whitaker's versatility at play following his Academy Award winning portrayal of Idi Amin in The last King of Scotland at last year's Oscars. He is not the leading man here. Keanu Reeves is and the hunky actor plays Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) vice cop who spits racist venom onto a gang of Koreans who are responsible for the death of his partner Detective Terrance Washington. He then storms their hide out and shoots them dead. He however rescues two girls that the gang had been peddling to paedophiles.
This makes him a bad cop-turned-good hero of sorts but not everyone is happy that he spits out insults like bullets. Among them is Captain Walker (Forest Whitaker) who is concerned that the rash detective is taking the case too personally. Now, as Captain Walker attempts to convince Ludlow to work within the confines of the law, Internal Affairs Captain Biggs begins following the vengeful lawman's every move.
In order to accomplish his mission, Ludlow recruits fresh-faced Robbery Homicide Detective Diskant to trace Washington's killers through the winding streets of Los Angeles.
Later, when Ludlow and Diskant come face to face with the remorseless cop-killers, they must choose between upholding the law and seeking bitter vengeance. Street Kings director David Ayer wrote the screenplay for Training Day and had his directorial debut with Harsh Times (2006).
Critics have however described this new film as more like L.A. Confidential reduced to a board game.
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The lyrics to ghetto star Bobi Wine's 2007 monster hit Kiwani provide the subject of this new film that hauled in Kampala's glitterati at its lavish premiere last Saturday.
Ordinary folks have a chance to see budding screenwriter and director Henry H. Ssali's take on urban white-collar in Kampala. The story centres on two Wilson Road fraudsters known in local parlance as bafere and the methods they employ to rip off innocent people by way of sophisticated scams.
It also delves into how these crooks spend their deceit-acquired cash on gullible university girls that prefer partying to academics. The film uses real life scenarios of get-rich-quick schemes gone bad, greed, backstabbing, lies and a sprinkling of romance to mirror contemporary Ugandan life in a hilarious way. Kiwani: The Movie has Theatre Factory comic Hannington Bugingo as its leading man playing Kaggwa, a smart conman who never runs out of scenes to con his unsuspecting victims.
Former Coca Cola/MTVbase VJ search runner up Allan Tumusiime is a supporting actor playing Mwesigye, a small-time conman and phone thief. Ugandan pop princess Juliana Kanyomozi rounds off the principal cast and plays Judith, a lovelorn corporate lady who is looking for love on the Internet with disastrous results.
Capital FM's Flavia Tumusiime, KFM's Fred Sakura and Daily Monitor's Full Woman Editor Flora Aduk also form part of this Ugandan production's ensemble cast.
James Bond's first 007 mission takes him to Madagascar, where he is to spy on a terrorist Mollaka. Bond decides to investigate, independently of the MI6 agency. He encounters Dimitrios and his girlfriend, Solange. He learns that Dimitrios is involved with Le Chiffre, banker to the world's terrorist organisations. Secret Service intelligence reveals that Le Chiffre is planning to raise money in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro at Le Casino Royale. MI6 assigns 007 to play against him, knowing that if Le Chiffre loses, it will destroy his organisation.
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1950s teens Danny (John Travolta) and Australian transfer Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) spend their "Summer Nights� falling in love, but once fall comes, it is back to Rydell High and its cliques. As one of the bad boy T-Birds, Danny has to act cool for best pal Kenickie. Despite befriending Frenchy, one of the rebel Pink Ladies, virginal Sandy is "too pure to be Pink,� as the Ladies' leader Rizzo acidly observes. Sandy and Danny split, reconcile and split again amidst a pep rally, dances, drive-ins, and a drag race, before deciding "You're the One That I Want� at the climactic carnival.
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Lauren Fredricks (Jennifer Lopez) is an ambitious newspaper reporter, who has been sent to Juarez by her editor to investigate what has happened to hundreds of women and how the local police and authorities have been covering up the brutal rapes and murders. Lauren looks up her former colleague (and lover) Alfonso Diaz, who now runs the local paper, and they soon uncover one of the hottest stories of the year when they come across the only known survivor of one of these mysterious attacks. The victim is reluctant to speak, but Lauren convinces her to break the silence.
DJay, a streetwise Memphis hustler tries to find a voice and realise his long-buried dreams. DJay wonders what happened to all the big dreams he had for his life. A chance encounter with an old friend, Key, a sound engineer who has always wanted to make it in the music business, spurs Djay. With the impending visit to Memphis of hometown platinum-selling rapper Skinny Black, DJay has to make one last hustle if he's ever going to flow.
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Q: Printing multiple lines at the same time C++ #include <iostream>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
void slowPrint(unsigned long speed, const char *s)
{
   int i = 0;
   while(s[i]!=0)
   {
      cout << s[i++];
      cout.flush();
      Sleep(speed);
   }
}
int main()
{
      char choice;

      cout << "================================================================================\n";
      slowPrint(80, " \"Words being said\"\n\n");
      cout << "================================================================================\n";
      cin >> choice;

      return 0;
}

So I was wondering if I could somehow print line 19-21 at the same time. Instead of just having the first "===..." print out, then the slow typing from line 20, and lastly the end of the code.
Or is there a way to even output both of the "===" bars and then slow typing the line between them.
Please help if you can!
Thanks.
(You might be confused on how this is worded but it's hard to explain. I can try and explain more in depth if needed.)

A: One way to print fancy things to a terminal screen is to use escape sequences. If you've ever wondered how your keyboard tells your computer about arrow key inputs, even though there are no explicit ASCII keys for those operations, escape sequences are the answer.
Escape sequences are begun with the escape character, or ASCII value 27. To move the cursor up, you need something along the following lines:
char esc(27); //You need to initialize the escape character by calling its ASCII value
std::cout << esc << "[1A" // This line moves the cursor up.
          << "\r"; // This line moves the cursor all the way back to the left.

So, in order to get the output you want, try the following for the body of your main:
char choice, esc(27);
std::cout << "================================================================================\n\n"
          << "================================================================================"
          << esc << "[1A\r";
slowPrint(1, " \"Words being said\"\n\n");
std::cin >> choice;

return 0;

There are many escape sequences that can be used to control your terminal. For instance, try printing the following escape sequence followed by some other text.
"[1;31m"

See the following link for more escape sequences.
http://ascii-table.com/ansi-escape-sequences.php


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China State Media: 33 Coal Miners Trapped Following Blast
China's mining industry has long been among the world's deadliest
Published October 31, 2016 • Updated on October 31, 2016 at 7:06 am
Chinese state media say 33 miners are trapped after a gas explosion ripped through the shaft in which they were working.
The Xinhua News Agency says the condition of those underground isn't known.
Citing local officials, it says the blast ripped through the mine in the sprawling western region of Chongqing shortly before noon Monday.
Stories that affect your life across the U.S. and around the world.
Biden Takes the Helm as President: 'Democracy Has Prevailed'
China's mining industry has long been among the world's deadliest, although safety improvements and the closure of smaller, more dangerous mines have reduced the death toll in recent years.
China is the world's largest producer and consumer of coal but has announced plans to shutter more than 1,000 outdated mines. The head of China's State Administration of Work Safety said this year that struggling coal mines might be likely to overlook maintenance.


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PHILIPPINES: Bible Most Read Book
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A readership survey by the government's National Book Development Board revealed that 72 percent of those surveyed said the Bible was their most read book in the past year.
Evangelical Bishop Noel Pantoja, chairman of the Philippine Bible Society, welcomed the "good news." He said the survey only showed that the Philippines is "a God-fearing nation ... despite all the trials we have."
Catholic Bishop Arturo Bastes of Sorsogon said the news "is very rewarding, especially for me, because my very special ministry in the church is to promote the Bible among our people. This means that the collective efforts of all persons engaged in the biblical ministry have borne fruit."
Bishop Bastes, who used to head the Episcopal Commission for the Biblical Apostolate, revealed that the Philippine Bible Society used to have a campaign to sell copies of the Bible in different Philippine languages at about US$1 each. He estimated that over the past 10 years 10 million copies of the Bible have been distributed to Filipino families.
"If families have an average number of five members, 50 million Filipinos have a chance to read, pray and share their insights of the Bible," said Bishop Bastes. "The Bible is indeed the most read book in our country. By the power of the Word of God, may the Philippines be transformed into a real Christian nation."
CARE OF THE EARTH: Catholic institutions to divest from fossil fuels
In their campaign to address climate change, 40 Catholic institutions have committed to divest themselves of more than $5 trillion worth of investment in fossil fuel companies, The Global Catholic…
CHINA: Pope Pushes for Diplomatic Breakthrough
Pope Francis is leading a determined push to fundamentally alter the relationship between the Vatican and China which, for decades, has been infused with mutual suspicion and acrimony.
ASIA: Religious Persecution Is Worsening
Religious freedoms are steadily being eroded across large parts of Asia and religious fundamentalism is on the rise, a United Nations' special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief has warned.


The advanced copy of the report of the third Intergovernmental Expert Group Meeting held in Vienna on 25-28 March 2014 on the revision of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners is now available. It has been tabled at the 23rd session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Crime Commission) in May 2014.
reiterating that any changes to the Standard Minimum Rules should not lower any of the existing standards, but should improve them so that they reflect the recent advances in correctional science and good practice.
The report gives a summary of the meeting's deliberations including the outcome of the text agreed to specific Rules and those discussed but not yet agreed.
Read a blog by PRI's Policy Director, Andrea Huber and Programme Officer, Olivia Rope on the meeting.


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Thanksgiving is a day to indulge in all things food and family. Your pets are part of your family. It's a no-brainer that you want them to be around during your Thanksgiving celebrations. However, if you think the holidays are stressful on you, you should think about your pet's perspective. The period between Thanksgiving and New Years can be puzzling and nerve-wracking from a pet's perspective. With endlessly ringing doorbells, bowls of forbidden candy, days of non-stop cooking, and gifts that can not be touched, the holidays can be stressful your pet. Pet's don't like to deviate from their normal routine. Understand that holiday activities may stimulate stress, tempt or confuse your pet. It is important to plan ahead so you and your pet can share in the holiday joy together.
Some pets may be excitable or frightened by large groups of people and a lot of noise. Older dogs and pets with more particular personalities may prefer to avoid contact with your guests. This is when planning comes in handy. If your pet feels stress, provide a quiet room or space that they can retreat to. Before the day, condition your pet to go to the space. Then on the day, give them plenty of exercise. After greeting your guests, lead your pet to their quiet spot, play some soothing music and leave them alone with their favorite toy. If company is staying overnight, provide a sleeping spot in your room or ask your guests to respect your pets personal space.
Before introducing your dog to guests, make sure they know their basic sit and stay commands. When your dog has learned these actions, invite a friend over to help you train them with new people.
Have your friend walk toward your dog.
If your dog gets up from his seated position, have your friend turn around and walk away.
Command your dog to sit again.
Ask your friend to approach again.
Continue this training until your dog stays seated upon your friend's approach. At this time, give him praise and attention – and maybe even a treat.
Training should come with a reward whether it be encouragement or a small treat. This will encourage appropriate pet behavior around new people.
Territorial dogs need to be deconditioned well ahead of time. If your dog likes to bark a lot, train them with the doorbell. Place your dog on a leash and stand near the door. Have a friend stand outside and ring the doorbell 10 times in 20-second intervals. While the door is ringing, have your dog focus on a handful of treats. Encourage the focus with phrases like "Say Hello," and then use that phrase (and a lot of food rewards) to indicate your friend is a good visitor and welcome in your home. If your dog acts up when company is over, lead them to their safe spot and leave them there so they can destress.
Puppies and social dogs may not tolerate isolation well. Plus, you may want some extra protection for dogs that you may not have time to train before Thanksgiving. Keep a leash on your pets and keep them close to you as family and friends come through the door. Keeping them on a leash is also an effective way to prevent them from running out the door. Make sure your pet is always wearing their identification tags, especially during the holiday season, just in case they escape.
Meals are very confusing for dogs. People gather in pack-like formation around an elevated surface full of alluring odors. During the holidays, strangers are invited to the feast while our dogs are denied food entirely. Plus, not everyone is a dog person and may not appreciate a damp muzzle prodding at their leg for a piece of turkey. Before the day, begin to station your dog at a spot during family meals and quiet times. Make sure the spot is close enough to the table so they feel included, but not so close that they will be underfoot. Have them lay in a bed with their favorite chew toy or bone. Before mealtime, satiate their appetite by feeding them their food. Then when mealtime arrives, encourage them to lay quietly.
You know the drill; cook, clean, shop, wrap, lather, rinse, repeat. If you're feeling the holiday pressure, don't take it out on your pets. Remember that to them, it's just another day. If your holiday plans involve any sort of deviation from the routine and whose don't, plan for your pet's comfort ahead of time. The best way to ensure a happy pet and owner is to tucker them out. Before your guests arrive, take your dog on a long walk or schedule some free play to ensure that they are tuckered out prior to mealtime. Take your dog to the park or pull out their toys for an hour or two before guests are expected to arrive. If you tire them out before the holiday commotion, they will be less energetic for the rest of the evening. Plus, the pet-focused interaction allows you the chance to unwind and bond with your pet.


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Jan Van Bragt (1928–2007) was a scholar of Japanese religion and philosophy at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture in Nagoya, Japan, where he served as its first acting director in 1976.

Biography
Born in 1928 in Sint-Antonius-Brecht, Flanders, Belgium, Van Bragt joined the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at the age of 18, was ordained a priest in 1952, then earned a master's degree from the Congregation's seminary, where he taught philosophy while doing doctoral research on Hegel at the University of Leuven, which awarded him a doctorate in 1961. He left right away for Japan, where he spent 18 months learning the language and another 18 months as an assistant pastor at Sakai Catholic Church near Osaka before beginning further academic work at Kyoto University.

He had earlier studied at Kyoto University (1965–1971), and later translated into English one of the master works of Kyoto School philosopher Nishitani Keiji, Religion and Nothingness (University of California Press, 1983). He was also a key member of the Japan Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, serving as its president from 1989 to 1997.

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Le plaqueminier du Japon (Diospyros kaki, Thunb., 1780) est un arbre de la famille des Ébénacées, genre Diospyros, originaire de Chine, principalement cultivée pour son fruit, le kaki ou plaquemine. Il est parfois appelé figuier caque ou kakier et plus rarement plaqueminier kaki.

Étymologie
Le terme kaki a été emprunté au  (du chinois ), kanji prononcé kaki (prononciation kun'yomi, typiquement japonaise), et pour l'arbre, de l'expression kaki no ki,  arbre du kaki.

Plaquemine vient de l'algonquin piakimina (1682, lett. de M. de La Salle) désignant le plaqueminier de Virginie (Diospyros virginiana) en Amérique du Nord.

Diospyros vient du grec ancien Διος πυρος (Dioscoride 3, 141), dios « dieu », « Zeus », et pyros, « blé », soit « blé de Zeus » (pour l'histoire de diospyros voir ce terme).

En chinois, l'arbre se dit  et le fruit .

En coréen, on le nomme  Kamnamu et le fruit est le Kam.

Histoire

Le plaqueminier du Japon a été domestiqué en Chine du sud, où on rencontre des traces de fruits cultivés au néolithique. Il y est mentionné depuis . Deux centres de domestication séparés ont été mis en évidence par la génétique : la Chine et le Japon, centre secondaire, où il serait arrivé au . La biodiversité des cultivars est impressionnante (plus de  nommés au Japon dont le  comprend ). Les deux centres possèdent des variétés astringentes (PCA) et non astringentes (PCNA).

Le père jésuite Matteo Ricci lors de son séjour en Chine l'évoque pour la première fois en Occident : Joseph Banks, le botaniste du premier voyage du capitaine Cook en 1768, est crédité de l'introduction de Diospyros kaki en Europe.

Dans Species Plantarum, tome 2 (1753), Linné introduit le genre Diospyros et traite deux espèces connues de lui à cette époque, D. lotus et D. virginiana. La première description botanique de l'arbre est l'œuvre d'un collaborateur et ancien élève de Linné, Carl Peter Thunberg, qui séjourna au Japon, à Dejima, en 1775-1776.

La culture ne commence en France qu'à partir du milieu du .

Description

C'est un arbre pouvant mesurer jusqu'à  de haut.

Les feuilles caduques, entières, elliptiques sont grandes, un peu coriaces, vert foncé, brillantes au-dessus, un peu tomenteuses dessous. Elles virent au rouge à l'automne.

Les fleurs s'épanouissent sur les jeunes pousses de l'année. Elles peuvent être, sur le même arbre, de trois types : hermaphrodites (stamino-pistillées), mâles (staminées) ou femelles (pistillées). La pollinisation est faite par les insectes.

Les individus sont généralement monoïques à fleurs mâles et femelles séparées sur le même arbre, mais il existe aussi des cultivars dioïques. Lorsqu'une fleur femelle n'est pas fécondée, le fruit se développe quand même, mais ne contient pas de pépins. On parle d'espèce parthénocarpe.

Les fruits sont de grosses baies globuleuses déprimées au sommet, rappelant un peu la forme des tomates, de couleur rouge orangé à maturité. Ils portent à leur sommet les restes du calice persistant. La peau est fine. La chair est juteuse, légèrement fibreuse et sucrée à maturité. Avant maturité, elle a dans la plupart des cultivars un goût âpre et astringent dû à la présence de tannins. La peau est revêtue d'une pruine blanchâtre.

L'espèce est soit hexaploïde (2n = 6x = 90), soit nonaploïde  (2n = 9x = 135).

Variétés

Au Japon, on recense plus de  cultivars de kaki, et en Chine plus de .

« Sharon » est le nom commercial du fruit du cultivar « Triumph » dont l'astringence de la pulpe est éliminée chimiquement.

Commercialement, selon leur teneur en tanins on distingue trois types de fruits.
 Ceux dont les fruits ne peuvent être consommés que mous (dits astringent) : « Hongsi », « Hachiya », « Kōshū hyakume », « Fuji », « Tanenashi », « Hiratanenashi », « Tone wase », « Saijō », « Dōjō hachiya », « Gionbō », « Sheng », « Ormond ».
 Ceux dont les fruits peuvent être consommés durs (dits non astringents) : « Fuyu », « Dan gam », « Jirō », « Taishū », « Hanagosho », « Izu », « Sousyū ».
 Les types à chair très foncée parfois même marron chocolat et au goût plus prononcé. Ces fruits nécessitent une pollinisation et peuvent être du premier ou du deuxième type selon les cultivars : « Chocolate », « Coffee cake ».

Distribution
L'espèce est originaire de Chine. Il croît dans les provinces de l'Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang.

Il est largement cultivé en dehors de la Chine, y compris à Taïwan, et en particulier au Japon, où il est naturalisé dans certaines régions.

Culture
La fertilité du kaki est très élevée. L'éclaircissement des fruits permet de réduire l'alternance. En Californie, des arbres de la variété « Hachiya » donnent jusqu'à  par pied.

Lors de sa première année de plantation, le plaqueminier demande un arrosage très fréquent (environ un jour sur deux).

Les fruits des variétés de kaki sont presque tous parthénocarpiques. De plus, même si les fruits sont fécondés, les semis donnent de très mauvais porte-greffe.

Le meilleur porte-greffe est le Diospyros lotus et, à un moindre degré, le Diospyros virginiana.

Utilisation

Fruit
Le fruit est communément appelé kaki. Sa texture rappelle la datte crue.

Le fruit mûr contient du glucose (jusqu'à 20 %) et est riche en vitamine C, . Le kaki est un des aliments les plus riches en zéaxanthine, pigment orange trouvé aussi dans le maïs et le jaune d'œuf, et à ce titre probablement intéressant pour prévenir la DMLA. Il est consommé nature à l'état frais. Il convient qu'il soit parfaitement mûr et même un peu blet. Il peut aussi être séché à l'instar des figues et peut servir à préparer des confitures et des desserts.

Feuille
La feuille séchée est utilisée en tisane : le thé de feuille de plaqueminier.

Bois
Le bois du kaki est très dur et rappelle celui de l'ébène, qui appartient au même genre botanique.  Il est également utilisé pour la fabrication de panneaux de meubles en Chine, en Corée et au Japon.

Espèces voisines
 Ébène, Diospyros ebenum.
 Diospyros embryopteris, originaire de Chine, cultivée également en Inde et Thaïlande, Malaisie et Indonésie, pour faire des teintures
 Diospyros hainanenses, sur l'île de Hainan, où elle est consommée par les Li et dans la province du Guangdong, en Chine
 Plaqueminier lotier ou faux lotier, Diospyros lotus.
 Plaqueminier de Virginie, Diospyros virginiana.

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This paddle will bring also bring you under a few bridges and a double tunnel that at one time supported railway tracks. There is a bit of a rapid as the creek forces into the narrow tunnels, providing a fun place to stop, get out and float through.
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Paddling Turkey Creek requires a permit from Eglin AFB. You can acquire one by calling the Jackson Guard Natural Resources Facility at (850) 882-4164 or (850) 882-4165.
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Free faces unprecedented demand. And it clearly exceeds the internal objectives of the new entrant who was forced to review its system information A to Z to take into account such an influx of users. Xavier Niel suggested the figure of 3 to 4 million requests for information received from the first day of launch. He promised the arrival of a customer area worthy of the name within a few days for the owners of the package € 2 can block certain options.
He also explained that Free has voluntarily delayed by one week marketing of smartphones. The first objective is to catch up today. Niel has been repeated, most problems arise because the servers in charge of number portability is currently overwhelmed. They can only handle 30 to 40 000 requests per day. However, things could get better soon. Server capacity GIE should be increased by the end of the week and be able to handle 80 000 portages per day. Indeed, this is not the quality of the offer of Free Mobile which he said that some people have backed off and returned with their operator. A phenomenon still limited if we are to believe the words of Stéphane Richard, who speaks of "dozens of people" in an interview in Europe 1.C 'is today the main problem according to Niel Free Mobile which currently has several Hundreds of thousands of subscribers, but he declined to be specific. He acknowledged that he could also be some isolated cases of SIM cards that were not reached their destination, which is normal for him based on the volume generated: "We have customers who like us, but we do not forgive not much. " He forgot to mention but a computer failure for Free with street number ending in 0, which means that the SIM cards do not always have been sent to the correct address. For example, some SIM instead of being sent to 90 arrived at 9 ...
Contrary to what some suggest, Xavier Niel said the Free Mobile network is "open and running significantly." If you do not see some Free Mobile terminals, it would be linked to the "3G cell respiration." "The more people there are on a 3G cell, unless coverage is extended," adding that this is specific to UMTS technology.
By cons, he acknowledged problems with Bouygues Telecom for the exchange of MMS, but he was confident that the operator he likes so much work to correct that anomaly as soon as possible.
Another topic discussed: fiber optics. Operators actually began in 2006. To date, 'Paris is not covered 100%. Niel said more investment than its competitors. Citing figures from ARCEP, in 2010, Orange has committed 80 million euros, SFR 120 000 000 216 000 000 and Free. To speed up, Xavier Niel felt that the various market players must work together "in harmony" in sparsely populated areas. In this regard, he felt that the public demand for optical fiber "was not there yet."
He then makes a distinction from the competition by saying that Free had growth activities and non-performance: "The percentage of sales that we invest is 37%, all of our cash, against 13% for Orange , 12% in SFR, Bouygues Telecom 6%. "
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Are there any restrictions on frame size?

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Are there laws regulating home birth midwives?
Nevada currently only regulates certified nurse-midwives (CNM). No other type of midwife is regulated. This has both risks and benefits for consumers. Anyone can legally call themselves a midwife and practice in Nevada and they wouldn't be breaking any state law in doing so. Since not everyone is regulated, it's important for parents to choose a midwife wisely. Before chosing, interview a prospective midwife and ask for educational background, clinical experience, number of births attended, and references.
How many births has April attended?
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What if I decide to have medication during labor?
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Will I need to see an OB/GYN during my pregnancy?
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Will I get an ultrasound during my pregnancy?
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What are the benefits of using water during labor and/or birth?
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How long does the midwife stay after the birth?
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If, for any reason, the mother and baby are not doing just fine, we stay until the situation is resolved or go with one or both of you to the hospital.
What about the birth certificate? Social Security Number?
Your midwife will complete a "Registration Of A Live Birth" form and send it in within 10 days of the birth. One of the questions on the form is for assigning a social security number at birth. We can check "yes" or "no." If you choose "no," you must then register the child for a social security number by the age of sixteen. Approximately 3 weeks after the registration of the live birth you can visit VitalChek and order the official, state-documented birth certificate.


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Ep.1 DANCING & THRIVING WITH ANXIETY
From dancing on the cement floors of a makeshift studio in her hometown of Texas, to earning her Masters in Broadcast Journalism from USC, Maritza Navarro is a creator, a dancer, and a journalist with a unique talent for crafting real stories into moving ideas.
She is a story producer for a Viceland documentary series on alternative cures for mental health issues, and her recent short film "Space for Growth (and Cuts)" Won Best LGBTQ Film at the 2018 Paris Short Film Festival & Special Mention at the 2018 March on Washington Film Festival.
Beyond her accomplishments, and creative highlights, Maritza has been the choreographer of her own lifelong dance with anxiety.
This interview was one of those rare and sacred moments in my life, as it was an opportunity to connect with Maritza, and just be in the presence of someone who is being so courageous, and so vulnerable that you can't help but to reflect on your own life, and become inspired by her resilience, and how she discovered her inherent strength from her greatest hardships.
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A glimmer of hope beneath devastation: post-tsunami Japan
Written by Ben Hodgkiss. Published on August 3rd 2011.
MOMENTS after the train doors open I'm confronted by a mass of people patiently waiting to access Hyper Japan 2011, the UK's biggest J-Culture event. Not put off by the hordes, I make my way past dozens and dozens of people dressed as favourite animé characters, or in a deliberately affected and Japanese style; I couldn't describe it to you per se, but you'd know it if you saw it. Gathering more and more dirty looks with every footstep forward, the event's future attendees are told to expect a long wait as capacity has been reached and they have been forced to operate a one in one out system. With excuse mes and pardon mes, I make it inside the door and collect my pass, the space is a heaving hive; cosplayers, fetishised merchandise, movie posters, strange gadgets and contraptions, sushi stands, Kawaii creatures and characters, imported dresses, comic books, floor to ceiling. I gather a map and make my way to my destination – Yet I Still Dare To Dream, a photo exhibition aiming to raise continued awareness for the parts of Japan hugely devastated by the Tsunami that hit early this year on March 11th.
His reason and desire for curating this show, was to cast a light on people's hopes and dreams months after, to remind us that once the media and public have moved onto their next story, things don't go back to normal and people have to continue rebuilding their lives, making the best of the circumstance they find themselves in.
Studying the information displayed as somewhat of a refresher or introduction before the actual display, I was taken aback by the magnitude of the disaster; the affected area compared to almost the entire east coast of England. Washed up artifacts lay beneath the information, which detail the events unfolding and the amount of lives lost, giving: a child's toys, notebook, broken ornaments, things you might find about your home, devoid of their original context yet given new meaning when picked from the vast and sprawling debris that was one the idyllic coastal town of Shichigahama. Witnessing the before and after photographs of the devastation I'm sure everyone is familiar with, I saw a peaceful provinces laid to waste, it was hard to believe I was looking at the same locations, the mangled contortions of mother nature's unbiased makeover, new cruel and wicked shapes, twisted metal cargo containers ripped in two, cars under cars under ships, uprooted trees, submerged geography, destroyed communities. Almost teary-eyed, I exclaimed slow drawn out expletives under my breath.
Speaking with the photo exhibition organizer and son of the shores of Shichigahama, Angus Miyaji, he told me his reason and desire for curating this show, was to cast a light on people's hopes and dreams months after, to remind us that once the media and public have moved onto their next story, things don't go back to normal and people have to continue rebuilding their lives, making the best of the circumstance they find themselves in. His words are pertinent, resonating with me hours later as I sit writing this piece, pondering the previous days news of the Oslo bombing and shootings.
As mentioned previously, hope is the key concept. The photos are not intended to stir sadness in those who lay eyes upon them, but rather a sense of optimism, giving their side of the tragic and notorious world story as well as their own personal hopes. Everyday people of simple means – a carpenter, a petrol station worker, a postman, a lady expecting her first child, a mother of two, a four generation family and a Canadian lady working in the town – strive in the face of adversity to get the derailed carriage back on the tracks and the show back on the road. Never has the word normal or the concept of normalcy sounded so positive or been used so romantically, aspirationally, inspirationally or matter of factly. With each photo and brief introduction, light is shed upon the great changes that these people have undergone and the highly surreal events they have had to endure; normal lives torn apart by an abnormal, unforeseen, unprecedented force. Standing in front of the exhibition, considering what I had read and the images I had seen, letting the information slowly resonate, I was felt positive about what I had learnt, that the people documented were now looking forward and aspiring to live better lives having being dealt misfortune.
Extending my best wishes, thank yous, all the bests and handshakes, I make my way amongst the witch hunters, backwards Dracula, gothic lolita's, babydolls, the plainly dressed, the supportive parents, the event employees, the child stuffing his face with sushi, the people waiting in line for the bathrooms and I was made to understand that everyone is fighting a battle of some kind or another, big and small, (this is not to make light of the magnitude of the Tsunami's catastrophic iron fist) and that everyone at some point will fall but what is most crucial to take away from this and what was demonstrated on these walls is that it is the way in which one gets back up that is what is most important.
HYPER JAPAN 2011 was held on Friday 22 July, Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July 2011 at Olympia Two in London.
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People think of many things when they think of altars. For some the concept of an altar is familiar, something they can visualize, something they nurture every day. For others it is something distant and meaningless. Yet I believe that we are using altars more than we realize, and that understanding our lives and our spaces in the context of this re-purposing of terms will help us become more connected to the lives we live and the work we do in our homes and offices.
Think of your home as an altar. It represents what is most important for your life, your body, and your spirit. On a traditional altar an object may symbolize the most sacred things in your life. The same is true of your home. Not just the objects in your home, but its spatial organization reflects what is most important. There is a kitchen dedicated to nourishment for the physical body. There is a bathroom devoted to cleansing the body externally through bathing rituals, and internally through the body's natural processes. There is a bedroom devoted to rest and intimacy, and a living room for nurturing community. When children are brought into the world, space is created for them. A child's room usually reflects a parent's hopes and dreams for the child, helping the young person thrive.
Do you have an area in your home dedicated to your work? Is there a room, or even a corner in a room that reflects your creativity? Is there an object on your altar that represents your work, your creative and professional dreams? If there is, wonderful! Let's take a look at it to make sure there is enough growing room, because your increased consciousness may have you succeeding in ways you didn't even know you could. But if you don't have a workspace, or it's not working quite right, what are you waiting for? If your living areas are parts of your altar then every part of it should be treated as sacred.


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Amazon Sues Chicago Business For Allegedly Taking Part In Work-From-Home Job Scam
By Dana Kozlov April 10, 2019 at 10:30 pm
Filed Under:Amazon, Dana Kozlov, First Impression Interactive, Jeff Bezos, lawsuit, scam, Work-From-Home
CHICAGO (CBS) — Amazon is suing a Chicago business for allegedly taking part in a scheme involving an online ad promising money to work for Amazon from home.
Dale Brown says he was taken off guard Wednesday night when CBS 2's Dana Kozlov showed him his name in the lawsuit.
Dale Brown
The e-commerce giant is suing Brown; his partner, Jeffrey Giles; their LaGrange Company, First Impression Interactive; and a man named Roy Oron. The lawsuit alleges all of them baited people to buy unneeded Internet services by fraudulently advertising $27 an hour work-from-home Amazon jobs and using the e-commerce giant's logos and other images to do it.
"We run advertising for a guy that does business with this Roy guy," Brown said. "It's because we run their advertising."
But the lawsuit claims otherwise, stating First Impression Interactive "conducted a widespread and unlawful telemarketing operation" to lure alleged job scam victims through unsolicited phone calls and voicemails.
The lawsuit states the calls directed victims to websites, which then linked up to domains controlled by defendant Roy Oron, who is believed to be in Israel. They included so-called landing pages that not only advertised Amazon jobs, but also contained its logo and even pictures of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
"Nothing with us. That's all that Roy guy in Israel," Brown said. "We just ran advertising for them."
Brown concedes online Amazon job scams are rampant, a claim backed by the Better Business Bureau, but Brown insists his company's part was all above board.
Brown says he hopes to seek legal counsel, but has not been served any papers showing he's part of the lawsuit filed Wednesday.
Amazon said it is not only working with law enforcement to crack down on these employment scams, but it is also taking legal action against those involved, indicating this lawsuit is part of that effort.
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6 Must Watch Movies from Ellen Page
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Ellen Page is one of Hollywood's most dynamic actresses. Over the course of her career, we've seen her grow up and continue to make her mark in entertainment. For all that however it still feels as though she doesn't stand out as much as anyone else and it could be that this is the way she likes it. Or it could be that's just her style. But you can't deny her well-rounded performances in her movies that you can't help but think that anyone else might not have been the right person for such characters.
Here are some of her movies with great performances that you should catch up on!
Hard Candy (2005)
Directed by David Slade, Ellen Page portrays Hayley, a pre-teen who lures Jeff, a thirty two year old photographer (Patrick Wilson) to meet her despite their age difference. Upon meeting, she drugs his drink and quickly has him strapped down and helpless – to torture him so he'll admit to being a paedophile. Ellen offered a really good and strong lead performances. With such an innocent face, she remains consistently convincing to her role which is both powerful and chilling.
You kind of expect your kids to learn hard lessons in life, but getting pregnant is one of those that you'd rather they learn later on. Such is not the case in this movie where Ellen's performance as the titular Juno MacGuff, a hilarious, sardonic and unapologetically opinionated 16 year old falls pregnant after sleeping with her best friend, Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera). Having admired her performance in "Hard Candy", director Jason Reitman cast Ellen in the lead role. Juno received highly positive reviews from critics and became a breakthrough movie for Ellen.
The Umbrella Academy (2019– )
Portraying Vanya Hargreeves aka Number Seven, Ellen is a part of a family of seven foster children adopted as infants and the only one who isn't tapped to be in their squad of crime-fighting superhero kids. Even though she plays a character known for not having any powers, Ellen put in a superhuman effort to develop at least one capability: playing the violin. "For me on a personal level, I have to say this is one of my favorite characters I've ever gotten to play," Ellen says. Sure, her "ordinary" character has made her stand out in the lot of characters.
Ellen explores the darker side of motherhood in this movie. A drunken mess mother Carolyn (Tammy Blanchard) is hiding out from her unhappy marriage in a luxury hotel. Disinterested in parenting, she leaves her child under Tallulah's (Ellen Page) care, mistaking her for hotel babysitting staff. Tallulah promptly steals Carolyn's cash, yet just as quickly begins mommying the baby. Her performance reveals complex layers of conflicted maternal impulses and selfishness as she conveys her emotions well.
Whip It (2009)
Think "Juno", but with roller skates instead of teen pregnancy. This time around Ellen learned to skate in order to play Bliss Cavendar, a teenage girl from Texas, who is desperate to escape from the world of mother-daughter beauty pageants. Bliss' rebellion takes her to the city of Austin, where she finds an all-female roller derby league. Bliss is soon juggling playing for the 'Hurl Scouts' with pageant commitments. Ellen reportedly gave up the lead role in Sam Raimi's "Drag Me to Hell" in order to make "Whip It." We think she made the right decision.
In the stunningly visual and mind-bending Christopher Nolan film, it follows a professional thief named Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), who alongside his specialists, isn't hired to steal anything but rather implant an idea in a mind through dream traveling technology. Ellen plays Ariadne, a young architectural student brought into the project to be an architect of dreams. She is given no real personality, but she sure is gifted with screen presence. Her life, her emotions, flicker across her face in an surging wave, making whatever she says seem important and justified.
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Luca Gelhardt suspended and fined for betting on tennis
1065 ranked German player found to have placed 280 bets on tennis matches between 2012 and 2015
German tennis player Luca Gelhardt has been suspended for eight months and fined $7,000 after being found guilty of betting on tennis matches.
Half of the suspension (four months) and half of the fine ($3,500) are suspended on provision that no further breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP) are committed prior to 16 April 2019.
On that basis, Mr Gelhardt is immediately prohibited from playing in or attending any sanctioned events organised or recognised by the governing bodies of the sport. Assuming no further disciplinary violations are incurred, he will be eligible to compete again from 16 December 2018.
A Tennis Integrity Unit investigation found that the player placed a total of 280 bets on tennis matches through three online gambling accounts between December 2012 and November 2015. None of the wagers involved matches in which he played and none were linked to any other corruption offence.
Under the provisions of the TACP, all Covered Persons are explicitly prohibited from any form of betting on tennis.
The case against Mr Gelhardt was adjudicated by independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer Charles Hollander QC.
The 23-year old player is currently ranked 1065 in singles and reached a career-high of 848 in March 2018.
The relevant section of the TACP governing betting on tennis is as follows:
Section D.1.a: "No Covered Person shall, directly or indirectly, wager or attempt to wager on the outcome or any other aspect of any Event or any other tennis competition."
The Tennis Integrity Unit is an initiative of the Grand Slam Board, the International Tennis Federation, the ATP and the WTA, who are jointly committed to a zero tolerance approach to corruption in tennis.


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Nominations were received from over 400 companies throughout all eight counties of the Bay Area. Each company was required to have their employees complete a satisfaction survey and to reach an employee participation rate based on its number of Bay Area employees. Over 70% of ENGEO's employees took part in the survey. Afterwards, the results of the surveys were tabulated into scores between 1 and 100. ENGEO's score was 92.75.
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Anglo-Saxon and Frisian Rune Sets
The Anglo-Saxon rune set was adapted early in the 6th century B.C.E. from a rune row known as the Frisian rune row. The Frisian runes were the result of a rapid change in the language in Frisia. With such a rapid change in the language more runes were eventually needed so the Elder Futhark was expanded by 4 symbols to bring the Frisian rune row to a total of twenty-eight rune staves. Later around the 7th century a twenty-ninth rune, Ear, was added to form the Anglo-Saxon rune set.
When the rune row was expanded a slight change was made to the order of the set. Ansuz, the fourth rune of the Elder Futhark, was replaced with a new rune, Os and Ansuz was renamed Aesc. While this may have been the only change to the shapes and names of some of the runes it was not the only change in rune order that we come across with this set (and its similar sets). In various manuscripts and on some carvings we see the runes in different orders. On a knife found in the Thames River in London we see the full rune row but in a different order. On the Thames River knife we still see that the fourth rune is Aesc, but the last eight runes are arranged differently leaving the rune Ear to be at the end of the rune order.
Most of the information for the order of the Anglo-Saxon and Frisian rune sets is known because of the Thames River knife, also known as the Thames scramasax, and the Vienna Codex. The Vienna Codex is an early 9th century Anglo-Saxon manuscript that does provide a complete version of the Anglo-Saxon rune row.
Anglo-Saxon and Frisian Runes – Rune Meanings
The reason I have combined the Frisian and Anglo-Saxon rune sets together are due to their close relation to each other. Originally the Frisian set was created by expanding the Elder Futhark set by four runes (the first four listed below – Ac, Os, Yr and Ior). Then later one new rune, Ear, was added to form the Anglo-Saxon rune set sometimes called the Anglo-Saxon Futhork.
It should also be noted that the Elder Futhark rune Ansuz was renamed Aesc for these sets.
Sound: "a" as in "sat"
Stands for: Oak Tree
Casting meaning: This rune symbolizes great potential power and is a rune of great usefulness. Ac channels the power of strong, continuous growth from small beginnings to a powerful and mighty climax.
Sound: "o" as in "home"
Stands for: Mouth
Casting meaning: This rune, like Aesc, is a God rune. Os belongs to Odin in his aspects of a master communicator through language and writing. Os denotes the creative power of word in all its forms – in poetry, song, oral tales, and written literature.
Sound: "y" as in "yoga"
Stands for: Bow made from a Yew Tree
Casting meaning: Yr symbolizes the perfect combination of skills and knowledge applied to materials taken from nature. This rune lets us know when we are in the "right spot" for a situation, and is good to use when looking for lost objects.
Sound: "io" as in "helios"
Stands for: The World Serpent
Casting meaning: Ior symbolizes dual natures, evident in the amphibious habits of many water beasts (like the World Serpent). It also signifies the unavoidable hardships in life that we can do nothing about, but should still not worry about.
Sound: "ea" as in "dear"
Stands for: Soil of Earth (actually the dust our bodies become after death)
Casting meaning: Ear symbolizes the grave that we will all return to. However the only way that we can die is because there was life to begin with. "Without life, there is no death and without time there is no life." More generally Ear signifies the unavoidable end of all things.
Medieval Runes of Healing & Magick


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Ram V. Iyer is the President of The Business Thinking Institute. He is an MIT graduate, a senior advisor to business leaders and a leading expert and thought leader on business success. His varied education and experience enable him to 'connect dots' that few others do. He is an insightful business thinker and problem solver to high achieving business leaders. Through keen observation and analysis, he forms powerful insights to solve business challenges and individual success in business.
Here are a few highlights about Ram's background:
headed business strategy and marketing for a $4.3B business at Lucent which included the Minimize Nortel Campaign (MNC) to attack Nortel's cash cow products as a way to protect Lucent's cash cow account.
identified the key reasons why most people fail or have limited success in business – reasons beyond the usual lack of capital, technology and talent – that helps employees at companies become more effective in supporting business objectives and entrepreneurs and business owners achieve greater success in business - (www.businessthinking.com). A survey of 320 business people including 75 millionaires validated and provided key insights for business success. These are 'obvious', once pointed out, and uncommon common sense.
conceived and started the Midmarket Institute (www.midmarket.org) which had the largest collection of content on the midmarket on the internet;
identified over 800 important, common and recurring challenges and needs of midsize companies by interviewing over a hundred midmarket experts and CEOs. These provide important insights into various midmarket segments, particularly as they pertain to competing with incumbents and better-funded competitors;
hosts the weekly MIDMARKET RADIO show on which he interviews CEOs, thought leaders and experts from the middle market, also referred to as SMBs (small and medium businesses), SMEs (small and medium enterprises) or mid-market companies;
hosts the BUSINESS THINKING RADIO podcast that covers the factors for business success, many that are routinely ignored by the pundits and the academics (https://businessthinking.com/podcasts ;
interviewed CEOs and business experts across the United States, Europe and Asia for the MIT alumni associations, the Midmarket Institute and the Business Thinking Institute; and,
has been a CEO four times.
Armed with an education in engineering and underwater robotics, he has
designed mobile robots for Kodak, material handling equipment for Caterpillar, airplane assembly robots for Boeing's 777 & 757 airplanes and phone assembly robots for Lucent;
worked at startup, small, midsize and large companies;
worked in engineering, operations, marketing, strategy and chief executive roles ;
been a VC in Silicon Valley;
operated underwater robots in the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico and the Arabian Sea;
consulted to companies to improve business processes, cash management, finance operations, strategy and marketing for a range of clients across 16 countries; and,
worked at Boeing and Lucent; had DuPont, Cargill and Pfizer as clients, and started four companies.
Ram is an MIT grad with two master degrees, including one from the MIT Sloan School. He found out the hard way that to succeed in business, one needs 'business thinking'. He has succeeded and faced business failures and obstacles to business success. That prompted the founding of the Business Thinking Institute.
Ram is on a mission to help more people succeed in business – to achieve personal success, create jobs and increase the standard of living worldwide. His goal is to reach and educate 1 billion people about the necessary elements of business success by 2040. He wishes he had access to a website like this when he was in his 20s.
Ram has been a featured speaker at MIT, Princeton University, Rutgers University Business School, CEO Clubs of America, TiE, NASSCOM, The Conference Board (TCB), SBDC, VDA (German Automobile Manufacturer's Association), German American Chamber of Commerce, New Jersey Business & Industry Assocation (NJBIA), Princeton Chamber of Commerce, the Wisconsin Manufacturing Conference(WMEP), the Midsize Enteprise Summit (MES), the Small Business Development Centers and various Rotary Clubs. He has conducted several webinars on the midmarket for organizations such as the TCB and Progressive Business Publications. He has been featured in Money, Fortune, CFO Magazine and several other publications. He has written over a hundred articles in various publications and websites and interviewed hundreds of business leaders across the US, Europe and Asia. Ram's speaker website is at https://www.ramviyer.com where you will also find a list of his keynote speeches.
He has traveled to about 35 countries and 48 American states. He is the former President of the MIT Club of Princeton and the worldwide MIT South Asian Alumni Association.
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Washington D.C. – Today, the Science, Space, and Technology Committee heard from witnesses that there are significant flaws and bias reflected in the processes used to generate key climate change science, and to inform policy development and decision-making.
"The current Administration has been moving full speed ahead with regulations and policy initiatives that it justifies based on the available science," said Chairman Ralph Hall (R-TX). "Since these actions have the potential to severely damage our economy, there should be extra care in making sure they are truly necessary and appropriate."
Hall continued, "The legitimate questions that have been raised about the processes used to generate climate change science and policy have thus far been cast aside. The reluctance to engage in conversations with people who have doubts or question the veracity of climate science is at the heart of the wrong doing that undermines trust in climate change science."
The potentially monumental impact of climate change policy on the U.S. economy and nearly all aspects of daily life demand that not only are such policies grounded in science, but that the science itself is generated through processes and procedures that are universally accepted.
Members and witnesses today discussed the leaked "Climategate" emails from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit in November of 2009. These emails—many of which involved world-leading scientists in positions of influence with respect to key scientific assessments relied upon by policymakers—revealed significant communications suggesting a lack of adherence to basic principles of scientific conduct, openness, and information sharing.
In his opening remarks, Chairman Hall said "For many of us here, these emails were evidence that the trust in the underlying process was misplaced. I may not be a scientist, but as a politician, I can tell when someone is trying to pull the wool over my eyes."
Also discussed at length was the EPA's 2009 "endangerment finding," paving the way under the Clean Air Act for EPA to regulate greenhouse gases (GHGs), and particularly, carbon dioxide. A majority of the scientific basis the Agency used for its determination came from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) or from government reports that relied heavily on the IPCC as a resource.
Critical of the underpinning IPCC process, Dr. John Christy, Director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, discussed his skepticism of how IPCC operates. "The committee should understand that the IPCC presents one version of climate change science generated by an establishment that has evolved to largely reflect a particular point of view…this point of view attempts to dismiss information that questions the belief that greenhouse gases are the dominant cause of observed climate change."
Further questioning the lawful basis of the endangerment finding, Mr. Peter Glaser, a Partner at Troutman Sanders, LLP, discussed the lack of transparency by EPA in formulating this decision. "In my view, EPA failed to observe basic requirements set forth in applicable law as to how a regulatory determination such as the Endangerment Finding should be made." Glaser questioned the fundamental fairness and transparency of the way EPA arrived at its endangerment finding and the quality of the information on which EPA relied. "The procedures EPA failed to observe are designed to ensure the integrity both of the decisionmaking process and the ultimate result an agency reaches."
Witnesses also discussed potential data bias that can result from data selection, substandard temperature station quality, urban vs. rural effects, station moves, and changes in the methods and times of measurement.
Beyond concerns directly involving how scientific data is used, Dr. W. David Montgomery testified about the economic costs associated with proposed greenhouse gas regulations, and how those costs outweigh any possible benefits of such policies. Montgomery also rebuked the idea that regulating GHGs would drive an economically beneficial market in the U.S. for green technologies.
"Any claim that a regulation or standard will on balance save money should be regarded with a high degree of skepticism," Montgomery said. "Economic theory and the experience in Europe and the United States with renewable energy policies show the effect is the opposite of stimulus to clean technology industries. Clean energy equipment will be produced where it is least costly to do so, and domestic policies that raise energy costs can shift that comparative advantage against the U.S."
The following witnesses testified today before the Committee:
Dr. J. Scott Armstrong, Professor of Marketing, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Richard Muller, Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley and Faculty Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Dr. John Christy, Director, Earth System Science Center, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Mr. Peter Glaser, Partner, Troutman Sanders, LLP
Dr. Kerry Emanuel, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. W. David Montgomery, Economist
Congressman Ralph M. Hall
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